http://www.azjade.com/index.php/blog/index/ Occasionally Jaded, Sometimes Sunburnt, Always Brain Dead en do-not-reply@azjade.com Copyright 2008 2008-10-13T23:42:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/no_longer_living_life_through_the_rearview/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/no_longer_living_life_through_the_rearview/#When:23:42:00Z It is times like these that I become acutely aware of everything around me. The sights, the smells, the sounds, the very feel of the ozone tenderly embracing me. The evening air is electric with possibility. The night is full of protons, filling my lungs with positivity. Hope is not just an emotion or a feeling one holds onto with both hands for dear life, it becomes something that breathes within you all on it’s own. The sun is setting,… Easily Amused, Notes To Self, Smilin' 2008-10-13T23:42:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/dear_craving_if_i_throw_a_stick_will_you_leave/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/dear_craving_if_i_throw_a_stick_will_you_leave/#When:13:43:00Z Or, how about if I throw myself into a road trip? That outta do it, dontcha think? Actually, it’s not as bad as it was yesterday, which blew my mind as I haven’t craved really at all since I quit. Odd, don’t you think, that I would crave so intensely this long after the actual physical addiction has passed - leaving behind only the psychological addiction to deal with, which as really not been a factor until yesterday.  Hmm...... No matter. I didn’t cave, I didn’t give the neighbor five dollars for a cig. I just kept ocB… Miscellany, Smilin' 2008-10-10T13:43:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/i_am_a_birthday_heel/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/i_am_a_birthday_heel/#When:13:07:00Z Happy Birthday to the most wonderful lady I have ever had the opportunity to meet! I feel so blessed every day that I have been graced with the knowledge of her love, of her wisdom, of her humor and her warmth. God has given the world a most amazing gift when he presented it with you, “E”.  I am so sorry I missed your day!! I would have sent a cookie bouquet in the shape of shoes of course! Or, shoe balloons, or shoes...even though I don’t know your size! Any how, Happy Belated Birthday! You are now… Announcements, PSA's 2008-10-09T13:07:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/deny_its_the_way_of_rocky_balboa/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/deny_its_the_way_of_rocky_balboa/#When:11:48:00Z Never take “No” for an answer. Never let anyone tell you that you “can’t” do it. Never think at any point that something is “impossible”. Never feel within your heart that you’ve come to the end of your ramp. I mean, really. Take Rocky for example. If ever there were a person who should truly just give it up, is at the end of their ramp, it would be him, don’t you think? Inspirational, I say! … Hints From Jade, Sunburns 2008-10-09T11:48:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/sweet_16_my_princes_peanut/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/sweet_16_my_princes_peanut/#When:11:41:00Z It doesn’t seem possible, really. On one hand it seems like just yesterday that my sweet BTP came flying into my life, no holds barred, breaking all the rules along the way. On the other, it seems eons ago that I held such a tiny and delicate infant, on the verge, wondering if we would ever make it to this beautiful day. Her 16th Birthday! And, here we are. Today my Beautiful Teenage Princess… Announcements, Smilin' 2008-10-06T11:41:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/what_do_the_stars_say_about_you/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/what_do_the_stars_say_about_you/#When:14:33:00Z Sometimes silliness is just what the dr. ordered. Easily Amused 2008-10-05T14:33:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/no_wonder_im_not_marriage_material/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/no_wonder_im_not_marriage_material/#When:12:32:00Z This made me literally spit coffee out through my nose this morning!! I never would have survived had I been a wife during these times. I would have been strung up and hung in the town square for sure. See, I would have told him to go ahead and get his coffee from those women at the office and while he was at it, he would have to figure out how to un-super glue himself from the inside of his leg....  Um, Hello?! 2008-10-04T12:32:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/important_life_lessons_from_a_famous_nerd/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/important_life_lessons_from_a_famous_nerd/#When:21:29:00Z Over the generations, I believe that children have been set up with extreme feelings of entitlement. They have no idea what the real world is like, and due to the ways in which society has bent over backwards to create a politically correct feel good environment for our children, they have basically set them up for serious failure. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a high school and he highlighted 11 things that you will not learn at school, but that are very important in the success or failure of our future generations. I found these 11… PSA's 2008-10-03T21:29:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/found_me_some_internets_to_steal/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/found_me_some_internets_to_steal/#When:22:56:00Z Whoa. Shhhhhhhhh! Don’t talk about it so loud or they will shut their router off and I won’t have no more internets for, like, ever again!  *whew* I have been waitin’ a long time! Alrighty then, on with da show! Click pic to see the entire photo set! On Sept. 22nd we loaded up into the Budget Rental Truck (the BIG lesson here folks is you get what you pay for, mmk? Just remember that.) and we… Smilin' 2008-10-02T22:56:00-06:00 http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/where_there_is_a_will/ http://www.azjade.com/index.php/site/where_there_is_a_will/#When:11:10:00Z Someone will always find a way! Ha! Ok, so I am posting this from my Treo and probably (for sure) dont’t have the patience to go thru the entire story of the dramatic beginnings of our trip or any of the fabulousness of being here. I will do that as soon as my damned neighbor turns their wireless router back on!  Sheesh people, srsly....give a girl a break!  =) Woke up this morning to lightning, thunder and rain. Real rain kiddies. The kind that gets things actually wet rather than spitting on you. Also woke up to some… Sunburns 2008-09-29T11:10:00-06:00