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Deb

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About Me

I am married with two sons, ages 20 and 16. I met my husband, Ed, while living in Austin, Texas. I moved to Austin by way of other stories I won't include here about a year or two after graduating from college. I guess Ed and I had known each other 10 years before we actually were married. Our life in Austin was so much fun. We both miss Austin, Texas to this day. I know Ed is terribly homesick for Texas.
But, we moved to Weirton after we had Josh and have been here since then. We’ve been married now for 20 years and our kids are now almost grown. We have a good life together. Ed and I work hard and pay our bills. We have found this MySpace thingy and that is about our only distraction from the humdrums of our life now.
Our children are very well mannered, kind and smart. We hope that they will be more successful than either one of us and we believe they will be.
I enjoy reading, watching movies, downloading and listening to music, playing online games and video games. I am addicted to the Nintendo Wii and The Twilight Princess game. Ed and I are pretty much homebodies now as we gave up the wild party life quite a while ago.
I try to remain a tolerant person even though some people can push one beyond all tolerance. I find that tolerance is such an important quality to have to find serenity in this crazy world. I hate injustice especially when it comes to children. I do like the quiet life and just hope for love, happiness and success for my two boys. They are both wonderful children and I am very lucky to be their mother. I pray for an end to this unjust and terrible war in Iraq. I wish that our young people could just come home. My heart goes out to all families who have lost loved ones to this senseless war and to all young men and women who have been wounded so needlessly. Peace!



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My Interests

I love watching Mason play baseball. He has been playing since he was 6 years old starting with T-Ball. He is a great ballplayer. He has played a few different positions but my favorite is watching him play shortstop. He has a wicked glove. But, this year he got to catch for the first time and we were very pleased with how natural he appeared behind the plate. He wants to be an actor when he grows up and he certainly does his best to keep us entertained.
Mason's JV team is now 12-2. Ed and I love this team. These boys have shown us what it means to actually play like a real team. They all cheer for each other and are happy when one of their own shines on the field. There are no superstar attitudes or cockiness. It has just simply been a joy to watch this team this year.

I love hearing Josh play his guitar. He quits if he thinks I am listening but I think he sounds pretty good. He has taught himself. He is just starting his 2nd year at Pittsburgh Technical Institute. He will have an associates degree in Electronics. Josh was never a big fan of school but he is really doing well at PTI. Getting A's and B's so far. Update: Josh just was accepted for his internship at a local communications company right here in Weirton. So, this will be much more convenient and is very encouraging for Josh. Ed and I are so very proud of him.
Ed and I are very proud of them both!




I'd like to meet:

Kind, gentle and compassionate people but with strong emphasis on a huge sense of humor and ability to laugh at themselves and everything else in the world.
MY FAMILY ALBUM



"There are two ways to live your life...
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein




Music:

Beatles, Dylan, Eric Clapton, Derek and the Dominoes, Cream, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, The Who, The Allman Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Dire Straits, Marvin Gaye, Nancy Griffith, Lou Reed, Led Zeppelin, Police, Peter Gabriel, Nickelback

Also like Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Oasis, Green Day , Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Evanescence, Maroon 5

Movies:

The Fellowship of the Ring~ The Two Towers~ The Return of the King
Harry Potter movies 1-5(Loved Order of the Phoenix!)
Beautiful Mind
Shawshank Redemption
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Green Mile
Moulin Rouge
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Princess Bride
12 Angry Men


Television:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (all time favorite TV show). Favorite show now is Scrubs. Love that show. It just makes me laugh out loud every time I watch. Love Zach. Also watch South Park, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report (Hmmm, I don't seem to watch anything but Comedy Central. Actually, I also watch the Food Network. I enjoy the food and cake decorating challenges. And, I do at times try to enrich my thinking with some PBS or History Channel. But, not too much.)




Books:


A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkein)
Harry Potter (Books 1 through 7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (an amazing journey) (JK Rowling)
And . . . some past favorites: The Stand (Stephen King), Lost Horizon (John Hilton), The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Tom Robbins), Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry), The Power of Myth (Joseph Campbell)

Heroes:

My children, Josh and Mason, are my real heroes.I also consider anyone who sacrifices their own happiness and/or safety for the well-being and happiness of another human being or animal a true hero. When I was a kid, I loved Roberto Clemente. He was the right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his whole career and one of the greatest players of all time. However, his greatest achievements were what he did to help those people who could not help themselves. He died doing that while on a rescue mission to give food and aid to the victims of a Nicaraguan earthquake. The plane that was carrying the supplies with Roberto on board crashed into the ocean just after take off. The body was never recovered.
One of the greatest Americans of the 20th century and a hero of mine: Bobby Kennedy. He is still so sadly missed from the world.
Words of Bobby Kennedy (The Night Martin Luther King was killed)
"Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people."
MEET BARACK
Goering=Cheney
These words are chilling!
CURRENT MOON moon phases

My Blog

Im fixing the hole (Where for art thou, Ed?)

Do you remember that Beatles song that goes"I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets inAnd stops my mind from wanderingWhere it will go."Well, this song popped into my head the minute I found that Ed was...
Posted by Deb on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:56:00 PST

Obamarama

So, if you read Ed's profile quote, you saw that someone ripped up our Obama for President sign in our front yard. Someone actually came into our yard in broad daylight and ripped the sign into piec...
Posted by Deb on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:16:00 PST

Celtic Woman

So, I went and saw the Celtic Woman on St. Patrick's Day in Pittsburgh.  It was to say the least one of the best concerts I've ever had the opportunity to see.The concert was at a place called th...
Posted by Deb on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:05:00 PST

Whining About Old Age

I remember hearing the phrase "growing old with grace" at one time or another during my youth that some person used when describing some ancient person to me.  Now that I have made it to my early...
Posted by Deb on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:24:00 PST

Im going to see Celtic Woman - St. Patricks Day in Pittsburgh

Wow! I just got the tickets for the Celtic Woman concert in Pittsburgh.  I'm going with my sister. They are singing in Pittsburgh on St. Patrick's Day.  How cool is that!  If you have n...
Posted by Deb on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:41:00 PST

Resist Authority

A friend of mine that I work with came to work yesterday and proceeded to tell me that a principal at the high school her daughter attends has gone off the deep end.  This high school has had a t...
Posted by Deb on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:41:00 PST

Youve been tagged (read, dont read,)

You've Been Tagged The rules are:Once you have been tagged you have to write a blog with 8 weird or random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 8 people to be tagged and li...
Posted by Deb on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:29:00 PST

A Love Letter to Ann Coulter

This is a pretty funny video from Henry Rollins called "A Love Letter to Ann Coulter". I especially enjoyed the line "but most of all you need to just shut the fuck up". If only....Ann Coulter is th...
Posted by Deb on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:02:00 PST

Serious Thought for Christmas 2007

    A Serious Thought for Christmas 2007    Well, I will have to get serious here for a while.  I've been thinking deeply and overly sentimental again about the Chri...
Posted by Deb on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:38:00 PST

Whos your baby daddy? (A little humor)

This is some responses to questions that were posed to women regarding who the father of their child is.  It may seem like these answers were made up but believe me they are not.  Not only ...
Posted by Deb on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:09:00 PST