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Mars n Alex

Sitting, lost in conversation, digging up the past

About Me

We're newlyweds, mom and step-dad to 2 beautiful girls, music fans, travelers, sports fans, and best friends. We LOVE hanging out with friends and going to concerts and checking out local bands. We're currently working on getting our business with Melaleuca going. Hopefully, we'll be throwing a party soon to celebrate Alex getting his way, way, way, way, way, way, way overdue green card!

My Interests

Music, computers, my KIDS, traveling, golf, reading, politics and this.....

Spider Solitaire

I'd like to meet:

Fellow local music fans, musicians, artists, like-minded liberals who are sick of the direction this country is heading

Music:

Lennex, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Weezer, 311, Sublime, Green Day, Breaking Benjamin, QOTSA, Millencolin, Unwritten Law, Offspring, Tears for Fears, The Cure, STP, NIN, Audioslave, Audiovent, Mad at Gravity, John Mayer, my lord the list could go on forever.....

Movies:

Pirates of the Carribean, Gone With The Wind, JAWS, Alien, Aliens, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Television:

24, Lost, Housewives, Survivor, Las Vegas, The OC (thanks Brandon!), Real Time with Bill Maher

Books:

Anything by Sandra Brown, Perri O'Shaughnessy, or Tami Hoag; the occassional Nora Roberts; The DaVinci Code; as for classics - 1984, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, A Tale of Two Cities

Heroes:

My kids - they astound and inspire me every day!

My Blog

my hubby getting his head shaved for charity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inxL6AlY5zg I am so proud of him! The event was such an emotional experience - there were many kids there who have gone thru or are currently going thru chemo...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:08:00 PST

FINALLY

Alex’s employment authorization has FINALLY been approved!  We should have the documentation within a couple of weeks.  Now, all we have to do is sort out our housing situation (cross ...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:59:00 PST

Another Irish Drinking Song

http://www.paulandstorm.com/lyrics/another-irish-drinking-so ng/ Another Irish Drinking Song Gather ’round, ye lads and lasses, set ye for a whileAnd harken to me mournful tale about the Emer...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:56:00 PST

What a fantastic day!

Life is quite amazing these days.  Actually, it has been for some time, but I haven’t gotten around to blogging about it.  Today was particularly fantastic, tho.  It started out ...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:41:00 PST

Incomprehensible?

Why is it? When things are put into perspective why do they begin to appear to be the most complex? When a salesperson asks you why you came to need what you are about to purchase from them did you co...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:09:00 PST

Here I was, sitting, minding my own business....

Really, I was just sitting on the couch, watching US Open tennis, not bothering anyone.  I heard the cats running around the house, but didn't think anything of it, cause that's what they do at t...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST

ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!

I'm so friggin frustrated!!! Started out the evening looking forward to the Skins/Ravens game.  Had to wait an extra hour for it to begin due to major thunderstorms directly over FedEx Field. Gam...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:21:00 PST

4 days in Aspen

Gave me somethin to do whilst Alex is in England!  Played 2 rounds of golf - horrible the first day, but was able to keep my focus the 2nd day and shot a 109.  Not great, but since the cours...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:20:00 PST

Saying goodbye

My grandmother just passed away this afternoon.  Her body finally succumbed to her wishes and let her go.  Now she is with my grandfather who passed away almost 40 years ago.  Godspeed,...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:30:00 PST

A Beautiful Wedding

Gretchen and Bruce's wedding was spectacular!  She was a vision of beauty, he was an ideal of calm - they came together as we all expected - the happiest of couples ever.  The whole weekend ...
Posted by Mars n Alex on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:08:00 PST