I love my team-The NY Mets...David Wright and Jose Reyes are my favorites and it is fun to go to Shea and see them in action from time to time.Yep...Joe is cute too... We now have Ryan Church batting lefty !!! .. and Brian Schneider as our new catcher too...I love to bowl-I take it pretty seriously though-so really it is that I like to bowl in leagues and tournaments. I love to watch my son and daughter bowl as well. I have met a lot of great people that I really enjoy spending my time with through the sport. I have also met some very nice pro bowlers at various Jr Gold, Teen Masters and PBA tournaments (and there are some not so nice ones as well-lol). I am in 3 leagues and then I do some A2Z and USBC tournaments---HOWEVER ---The most important thing in my life though are MY 3 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. Lauren ElizabethLauren is my humanitarian who teaches me to be open and to not judge. She empowers me with her viewpoints and schools me on what is going on in our world when it comes to woman and children, poverty and sickness, political injustices. I am proud of who she has become and what her future holds for her.I love you Lauren. My son Matthew John -my sleepyhead---so easygoing and affectionate and sweet natured. Smart as can be especially when it comes to math and science. when he is awake and talking I love to hear his opinions on things. He is an awesome bowler with four 300 games under his belt. I Love you Matthew.My youngest Kristen Michelle-my little preemie who was so precious to us and still is. Like her brother she is a great bowler -averaged 185 this high school season while being in all AP and Honors classes. We will be celebrating her sweet Sixteen on May 9th.I love you kristen. My beautiful dogs-my black 9 yr old cockerpoo Holly and my adorable always happy and smiling-YES SMILING-soft wheaten terrier Layla-she is almost 2 now... All the new precious little ones in my life that personify inherent goodness. Isabelle These are Jake's feet in the sand on MarcoMy best friend Annabanana... She can ALWAYS count on me-She is like Sunshine and a Breath of Fresh Air. Can't live without either of those! This picture was taken outside the Atlantis Hotel-Bahamas-we were bahamamamma'ing
others who believe in the law of attraction. We attract those that we wish to attract and I do not wish to attract anyone who has an unkind soul.KARMAThe First Law of Karma - If you want positive results in your business and life, you need to cause others to have positive results.The Second Law of Karma - To make up for bad karma, you don't need to be Ghandi or Mother Theresa. Just have nice thoughts and do simple acts.The Third Law of Karma - If you never do good things, you'll never have good things done to you.The Fourth Law of Karma - All the mean, self-serving things you do will come back to get you. Even if nobody witnesses them.others who believe in this quote: Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin Today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation or reward or punishment. Safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you." -Princess Dianaand another one:""If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different...I'd rather be completely fucking mental."- Angelina Jolie"Thank you Lauren for opening my eyes...Allowing me to see Goodness in what I perceived as bad ...and allowing me to see evil in what I thought was good...
I would like to meet others who are sensitive and caring and make me laugh. Kind-Kindred Spirits-
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to tell him what he meant to me and how there is not one day that goes by that I do not cherish and hold onto my memories.
When i look out at night I see my dad in the twinkling stars
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I like alot of music-both old and new-
Classic Rock like Eagles-Zeppelin-Stones-Journey-Foreigner
Fleetwood Mac-Police-Genesis---
like Harry Chapin-Cats in the Cradle is one of my all time favorites...
Imagine by the Beatles is another and a third is Blowin in the wind---the answer my friend is blowin in the wind -the answer is blowin ...in the wind...
Jim Croce---
Bye Bye Miss American Pie-drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry-and good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye and singing this will be the day that I die...Old Punk Stuff like Blondie, Benatar and Heart
Bon Jovi is not Gay I like it so shush up Scootch!...I have always loved Madonna's Music especially her old stuff. Cherish!!!!
Rock Chick girls
Pink, Avril, Kelly Clarkson, Natalie Imbruglia,I like new stuff-like the Killers, Snow Patol, The Fray,
I can't help it-I just love the words to Chasing Cars...
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I like mostly romance-comedy-and psychological thrillers- The Notebook was a favorite although I really don't like to cry in movies...Brat Pack Movies like Pretty in pink and the Breakfast Club Old Time Movies GiGi with Leslie Caron.I love musicals like Grease,Rent,Chorus Line...I hope they do Wicked and have Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenowith as the two main characters.I have my favorite actresses and Actors and usually like the movies they are in- Angelina was awesome in Gia and Girl Interrupted!Reese was so good in the Legally Blonde movies and I like all her silly sappy stuff...I loved Fifty First Dates...and Fever Pitch... And Drew's girl Cameron-Loved the Holiday movie and Something about Mary was hysterical... Loved Michelle Pheiffer in that movie in which she played a rookie teacher in the inner city (name???) and she was good in the George Clooney movie One Fine Day too as well as so many others...I enjoy George Clooney and Brad Pitt and Matt Damon and Ben Afleck Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller... The scene where Ben is in the bathroom in Along came Polly was so funny which brings me to another Favorite of mine Jen and Vince... and I also love kate Hudson and Owen Wilson and James Garner...he broke my heart in The Notebook...reminded me of the kind of person my dad was
I like to watch the Mets play---especially this guy right here...He and Jose Reyes are cuties and make watching my team a bit more fun... My favorite Television Show is Greys Anatomy.I also still like E.R.. I like friday Night lights with yummy Kyle Chandler...I like Criminal Minds...CSI NY...andI also like shows where we get to see real people-Go ahead say Yea right and laugh at me but whatever-I like American Idol-The Apprentice-Americas Next Top Model-Wife Swap-Bachelor-What Not To Wear-flippin houses shows AND Project Runway ( yay Christian) which along with America's Next is my fav.I I have recently started watching some soaps on the soap channel at night when I cant sleep-Y&R and Days.
Nov-Dec. Just started Ken Follett's book The Pillars of the Earth and it is so descriptive I almost felt like I was actually in 12th century England watching a hanging. I hope I continue to like it since it has almost 1,000 pages!!! A few books I want to read next are: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi about women who meet secretly to read American Novels and how it shapes their lives, A Long way Gone by Ishmael Beah-his story of being a soldier boy in Africa and how the UNICEF got him to America, The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin about the 9 justices of the Supreme Court today And Women in Jerusalem by AB Yehoshia.If you have read any of these let me know!I like many books-ones that make you think. I have had trouble reading since my dad died-not sure why. recently read Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult which is very interesting and her book "19 minutes" which was also really profound and well written.slso by her I read the Pact and "My Sister's Keeper"... Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende was awesome-Loved the Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini and Thopusand Splendid Sons which was also well written and interesting-
My dad-Alan John Plank
He was an amazing dad/husband/human being. He met my mom during World War 2-He was attending college when he was drafted-because he had over a 160 IQ and spoke like 8 languages he was put in the intelligence-He met my mom in England where she was a secretary to a general. She decided to enlist when her cousin Reggie who was a pilot was killed. She was so angry when that happened. So they met at a dance and it was extremely romantic - their story. He had to go to Germany since he knew German-He wrote to her and she fell in love with him through his letters-the box of them are in the attic. The train he took back to England to see her was not stopping at Besingstoke(?) so as it slowed he jumped off-. He asked her dad to marry her and he came back to America to do what he had to do to get out of the army and to marry my mom-he bought her a wedding dress and other stuff since in England everything was rationed and he was very affluent . My Grandad told my mom-don't be heartbroken if he doesnt return like so many Yanks did -but he did return. After the marriage and honeymoon in Scotland they came to America-My mom a 20 yr old war bride and my dad a 23 yr old veteran going back to college. He became a teacher and he attended Columbia for his Masters and Doctorate. He became a Principal and he loved what he did. He was an only child and my mom was one of like 8 and he so wanted a big family like she had-so they had 4 by the time my mom was 26 and he 29. I came much later-He called me his extra dividend. I had an amazing childhood with a dad who was home at 5 pm and summers when we would go to England for the summer. When I was 12 my dad had a massive heart attack and he was in Glen Cove Hospital for a few months-He almost died so I am grateful I did have him for another 30 years. I am alot like my dad personality wise. I am nowhere as kind and good as he was but I am like him in so many ways-Well i am rambling and not doing him justice here really but it is all in my heart which is over-flowing with love and respect right now-I miss you daddy with every inch of my body and every ounce of my soul.
He was truely beautiful.God Bless all the men and women who put their lives in jeopardy for me and my family and our country everyday.And How about everyday people who work for the better of humanity-they stay away from gossip and rumors and talking bad about each other. They are kind and understanding and do not judge-These are people I admire and respect.