Thank you, Dawn!! Anna's update...

Hello, all,

It's the real Anna again. Thank you SO MUCH to Dawn for blog'sitting for me during the last 7 hours. I really missed everyone, I know those last hours are sometimes the best fun.. ! But I had slept only three hours the night *before* the blog, and I would have never made it through. It was hard for me to make myself go to bed, but... I know it was the best for my health.

And that's what I want for all of you -- the best of health. Take care of yourselves.

It's not too late to make a pledge! We have raised unofficially...

are you ready?

$390...

and officially... $290.

Is that awesome, or what?!

My free magnet/button offer still stands -- no one took me up on it!

There is so much more I wanted to write about, but you know how it goes.. 30 minutes goes really fast, and there isn't enough time to get thoughts together everytime between posts.

Of my wonderful readers out there, who would like me to keep on blogging healing resources here? I'm thinking to keep going past the blogathon, but I'm not sure yet. I want your thoughts!


In any case, keep in touch all you gals and guys!

Much love,

Anna

PS. Don't forget -- if you still want to pledge, you can! Click here.

THE END

Okay, so here it is...the end.

I think the real anna may stop and say her own good bye. But I would like to thank Rachel for being an encouraging monitor, Chris for keeping a newbie company via chat and to abzdrgon, tucker, yeepei and rebekkah_sri for their upbeat comments.

Take great care and maybe I'll see ya next year.

Note on the Author

So I would like to take the second to last post to say something about the person who founded this blog site.

First off she supportive. If i am anything but chipper she is interested.

Second she is progressive. She leads the way in supporting women's rights for safety, faith, and self care.

Third she is artistic. She can pick a medium and succeed in it. So much to express and so valiant in expression.

My friend is a wonderful person to know. I want to thank her for her dedication in supporting this blog even though she was feeling ill. It was an honor to help out.

back for the last in 30min.

Movie Listing

I've decided to reread an old book, rather than try to start a new one. It is a bit easier to put it down and check the time. So lets see......what can be said. Good movies i've seen this year.

#1 Children of Men --- Excellent piece of social commentary, and so is the soundtrack
#2 Live Free Die Hard --- How is the fourth sequel good? It was fun
#3 Simpson's Movie --- Sigh, the EPA gets attacked again ;)
#4 Harry Plopper--- The 5th installment was filmed well. Very tight and not much over drama.
#5 Shrek III---I've really got to explore more independent movie options.

....see you in 30min

Time Flies

I can't believe how short 30min is when you have to check in online. This is very enlightening for sure. Reading is more dangerous than TV, because of the lack of predictable timeline. All shows have a pre-written time to end or sub climax. Books are all about how long it takes you to read them. I am a very slow reader and thus not much happens in 30min, except that I almost forget to post.

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Mis Post

My last post was a bit early, so I'm sending this out as a HOWDY! to keep the basis covered. Only TWO hours LEFT!!!! Everyone this is hard work and as I've teamed up with someone to do only 25% of the work, i must say Kudos to you all. :)

Reflection

Living in an apartment designed in the 60's, with only baseline updates since then, is most reflected in the bathroom. There is a huge mirror above the sink. One that starts at the waist and reaches several feet above the person who's image is refracting back.

What is the first thing that i look at when i see myself? But of course, my face. It stares back at me asking for some suggestion of why I'm looking at it in the first place.

I sigh in disgust and grab the brush.....first think i do is brush my hair. There isn't much of it, so it needs managed. All of it gets brushed back so the knots are out....it then falls in it's genetically predetermined semi-curled, parted position on my shoulders.

Next I look at my eyes...those piercing eyes that expected some deep destiny but are stuck with mediocrity. I laugh at them.....flip my hands through my hair again and walk out, inspection complete.

Sometimes I wonder why i don't use moose or wear makeup. Other days i'm grateful the time provided by my simplicity. I hope my reflection eventually lets me off the hook.

.....back in 30min