Checkin' In...Checkin' Out...GIVE AWAY PARTY

Today's Intention...check in with myself...


I ask how I am within myself today? Am I particularly tired, stressed, or off-form? If any of these characteristics apply, can I try to let go of the concerns that disturb me?

Like the Hotel California...you can check out any time you like...but you can never leave...is that not true of ourselves...we can check out of our lives at any time...but we can never really leave...every time I go to Atlanta (sorry Atlantans)...I see throngs of people who are checked out...they are checked out when they drive 98 MPH everywhere...they are checked out in stores where they act like the world will end if they don't get what they want NOW...they are checked out with their children in restaurants...need I go on???

And sometimes I, too, check out...just more quietly...that is why it is important to check IN with myself regularly...today I am all three...tired, stressed, and particularly off-form...tired because I have been working non-stop for several months now, stressed because I can't seem to get the magazine finished and to the printer, and particularly off-form because of the first two...and the fact that I am getting older...

So what do I do about it......

Host a

BIGarse* G I V E A W A Y

P A R T Y....

Monday is my happy birth day and my 240something post...

so in honor of my

240somethingth Post & Birth Day...

I am having a

240somethingth Post & Birth Day

Give Away...

it is BIG... BIG...


very B I G. . .

So how do I enter this BIGarse GIVE AWAY...leave a comment between now and Monday noon on any post between now and Monday...if you link to this post, you'll get 2 additional chances...

So what's the BIGarse prize you ask...the first hint is below...

Tell your friends...everyone is invited...there will be dancin'...pink champagne on ice...mirrors on the ceiling...* stands for something big also....

Hotel California The Eagles

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!