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NANA P!!!

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America’s 2,663 YMCA's serve more than 20.2 million people each year, uniting men, women and children of all ages, races, faiths, backgrounds, abilities and income levels. At the heart of community life across America, mission-driven YMCA's are a place to belong and to live the values that guide and unite our members: caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.From cities to suburbs to small towns, YMCAs serve America's children, families and communities by “building healthy spirit, mind and body for all.” Across the country, 67.7 million households and 33.7 million children 14 and under live within three miles of a YMCA. Fifty-eight percent of "Y's" (1,496) serve communities where the median family income is below the national average.
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(BEST VIEWED IN WIDE SCREEN BY HITTING F11 KEY.To return to your original format, hit F11 again) Yeah..I know..I know..What's a 62 year old lady of independent means doing on Myspace, you ask?? Hey.. BABY BOOMERS RULE HERE!!! That's what I'm talkin' about!Plus, my fabulous kids think it's THE BOMB,so whatever they want.. they get! Soooooo... to begin with,I was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin, and moved to Phoenix,Arizona in 1968 and have lived here ever since. About 16 years ago,I was diagnosed with a neurological disorder called Cervical-Cranial-Oromandibular-Dystonia, AKA... Spasmotic Torticollis..AKA Segmental Dystonia..AKA..Meige's Syndrome.(Take your pick! HA!)Anyway,Google it,(either Dystonia or Torticollis or Meige's Syndrome) and read up on it! Awareness is the name of the game here..or CHECK OUT MY BLOGS CALLED "PUTTING A FACE ON DYSTONIA" AND "DYSTONIA..DID YOU KNOW???"(YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HIT THE LINK TO "VIEW ALL BLOGS" ABOVE TO GET TO THESE INFORMATIVE BLOGS....)FOR IT TELLS YOU WHAT DYSTONIA IS ALL ABOUT, AND WILL SAVE YOU TIME SEACHING IT OUT. Sure can't say dystonia is a walk in the park, but I have learned to live with it the best I can. ALSO, IF YOU CHOOSE TO WATCH THE VIDEOS BELOW, BE SURE TO MUTE THE MUSIC,SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT IS BEING SAID ON THEM. I CANNOT EXPRESS IT ENOUGH THAT DYSTONIA AWARENESS IS VITAL TO MORE RESEARCH DOLLARS! KEEP THE VIDEO MOVING TO MORE SITES!!!
Speaking oF Dystonia, June 1st thru June 7th was officially DYSTONIA AWARENESS WEEK,and with that in mind, here is a slide show below that I dedicate to the most brave, courageous, caring, compassionate, determined,strong people I know. They all have DYSTONIA.
I truly believe, I see here in these images, all the hope, all the determination, and all the love in the eyes and smiles that reach inside our souls and gives us strength beyond our dreams. So give generously to the Organizations that are listed at the end of this slide show.Yes..We ALL Thank You! Soooo....Check it out and...BE SURE TO MUTE THE MUSIC ON MY PLAYLIST ABOVE BEFORE VIEWING THIS SHOW..AND WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE OTHER VIDEOS ATTACHED TO THIS VIDEO SCREEN,TOO!
Like I said, dispite my movement disorder,I feel truly lucky, for I have been blessed with a wonderful daughter who has given me three fabulous grandchildren,(who all moved to Pennsylvania the summer of 2007,and I miss them with all my heart :-( ), and a wonderful step daughter who has given me three fab grandchildren,too,and 5 GREAT grandchildren.They sure keep me going. And last but not least, my truly wonderful twin brother,Peter, and two sisters,Lyn and Lee, for without their undying encouragement and support to keep goin',I don't know what I would do. KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU! I LOVE YOU ALL!
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PLEASE SIGN MY GUESTBOOK BY CLICKING ON THE YELLOW "SIGN MY GUESTOOK" AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TV SET,, AND "BROWSE" TO ADD A PIC! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MYSPACE MEMBER TO DO THIS....JUST ADD PIC FROM YOUR OWN COMPUTER FILES!(You don't HAVE to add a picture.. just say "Yo!"..and that will be fine with me!!!Adding a pic is just an added BONUS for me!) ANYWAY,IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON MY GUESTBOOK,AND THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY! STOP BY OFTEN, CUZ I WILL BE ADDING,SUBTRACTING, AND BRINGING NEW LIFE TO THE SITE PERIODICALLY!
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DYSTONIA AWARENESS IS JUNE 1ST THRU JUNE 7TH! BE SURE TO MUTE THE MUSIC,SO YOU CAN LISTEN AND WATCH THE ABOVE VIDEOS BRINGING DYSTONIA AWARENESS TO THE FOREFRONT! USING YOUR MOUSE, YOU CAN CLICK ON EITHER ARROWS TO VIEW YOUR CHOICE OF VIDEO. ITS TRULY AMAZING!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE OR MAKE A DONATION, PLEASE VISIT THE DYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION WEBSITE BY COPYING AND PASTING INTO YOUR BROWSER WINDOW THE URL LISTED BELOW THIS IMAGE.
WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS WHEN WE GIVE...
ONE PERSON AT A TIME!
YES..WE CAN!!! WE BELIEVE IN A MIRACLES!
http://www.dystonia-foundation.org

My Interests



..BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY BLOGS CALLED "DYSTONIA POEMS AND ESSAYS" AND DYSTONIA VS. LIFE.WHAT I MISS THE MOST.." THERE IS MORE NEW AND AWESOME WRITINGS IN THERE NOW ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS!!!!

I am interested in a huge aray of Art,mostly being photogravues of turn of the century Native American Indians,with E.S. Curtis and Carl Moon being my most favorite and most inspirational.
Other interests include reading, crafty stuff, movies,Cooking,Thinking,Computering to some degree.LOVE to fish! As far as my fav places go, The Grand Canyon is my spiritual retreat. I LOVE Mexico.(anywhere down by the Sea of Cortez brings back very wonderful memories.)and I love my hometown of Milwaukee and the northern peninsula of Wisconsin called Door County.(Did I mention I love to fish???) But seriously, my real special interests lie mostly in watching all of my grandchildren and great grandchildren grow into strong, healthy and wise children, in a world way tougher than when I was a kid, and most important, being with my family and my daughter,Dena, and my unconditional friends who have stood by me thru all my highs and lows.

I'd like to meet:


Who I would love to meet??I guess Bill Clinton hits the top of my list(IMHO,he has been the best president this country has had in a very long time)...but on a more realistic level,I'm pretty open to meeting all ppl, as long as they are honest and caring and compassionate individuals, (and can type better than I can on this computer.) Iam totally LIBERAL,but really choose to be concidered "progressive",so that explains why Fox news isn't even in my vocabulary! (GET OUR TROOPS HOME, GEORGIE BOY..AND GET GOING ON STRAIGHTENING OUT OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!)That's my story,and Iam stickin' to it..(I could go on and on about this TOTALLY INSANE AND CORRUPT Administration but I don't want to get heartburn.LOL...nor do I relish the thought of getting hate mail from the extreme right-wingers.)But,I'm really not here to get on a soapbox politically.(Ok..ok..Maybe just a tiny bit political... Sometimes I just can't help myself). I'm mostly here for my kids, and the great friends I have kept over the years,and the ones I have met on MySpace.. and to bring more awareness to this movement disorder called DYSTONIA, that afflicks as many as 250,000 people (if not more...with many people going diagnosed inaccurately)in the United States alone, making it the third most common movement disorder behind essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease. And a special note to all my new friends thru the dystonia network here on Myspace,I gotta tell ya, U R ALL MY HEROES,BAR NONE, AND THE MOST COURAGEOUS!!
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO BELOW... BUT BE SURE TO MUTE MY MUSIC,FIRST!

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THIS VIDEO BELOW IS GREAT! YA JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS KID!! BE SURE TO MUTE THE MUSIC,SO YOU DON'T MISS WHAT HE IS SAYING,AND HIS IMITATION OF G.W.BUSH IS TOTALLY PRICELESS!!

YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO WATCH THIS GREAT VIDEO BELOW!IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY MY VERY GOOD FRIEND,LIL'ONE, WHO HAS DYSTONIA, AND I AM SO PROUD OF HER FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO OUT TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO DYSTONIA! MY HATS OFF TO YOU,LIL'ONE. YOU ARE THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVEST!!! (BE SURE TO MUTE THE MUSIC.. SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE GREAT MUSIC SHE HAS ADDED.)

Music:

Way too many to mention.Right now,Iam sooo happy that David Cook won American Idol cuz not only is he a great rocker, but he can now do something that he not only loves to do, but can create a platform that can serve other people.. mainly cancer patients...(UR the BEST,DAVID!) but in reality, I'm pretty eclectic, but some of my other favorites are Eva Cassidy,Nora Jones,Mary Chapin Carpender,Elaine Elias,Chris Rea, Boz Scaggs,Chris Botti,Andrea Bochelli, Bon Jovi (you,rock, Jon!),Sting,Dixie Chicks,Josh Groban,Danny Wright, Dianna Krall,Michael Buble,Nicholas Gunn,Toby Keith (OHH BE STILL MY HEART.Don't ask).Ohhh hell, YOU ALL ROCK!! Many more but can't think of who they all are right now.

Movies:

The best most recent movie is by far "Babel"..and have probably watched Dances With Wolves so many times,I can resite the entire dialogue,which is one great feat for Nana P. here,concidering how long it is! Any movies with Mike(oops.I mean Jack.How could I get that wrong???? Duhhhh) Nicholson, Dianne Keaton,Meryle Streep,KEVIN KOSTNER (yummmm),Owen Wilson (tooo funny), and too many more to type out for now.But I also have a great passion for alot of the older movies.. going as far back as SILENT SCREEN.

Television:

OK..here we go again.So many I do love but a few (Ha! only a few!!!who am I tryin' to kid here!) of them are CSI Series,Criminal Minds,"24", Desperate Housewives,Grey's Antonomy,Now,Bill Moyer Journal (sooo glad to have you back, Bill!)Frontline, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,COUNTDOWN with Keith Olbermann (he's the BEST!) Jack Cafferty of The Cafferty File (says it like it is! You rock,Jack!Check out his new book appropriately called "It's Getting Ugly Out There"), PROJECT RUNWAY ROCKS.Ohh.. and how could I forget The Young and The Restless???(I have watched that for almost 30 years. You think Iam gonna give it up now??? NOT!)
Oldies?? I love re-runs of Coach, and The Honeymooners..LOL, but sadly,I cant find any right now on cable TV.
Some other shows that I really like are Shark,Dirty-Sexy,Money, Cane, Private Practice, Brothers and Sisters, Boston Legal, House, Medium, and I simply ADORE the new show "Men In Trees", Which is MY BEST PICK FOR 2006 and way into 2008 for sure!!!(I sooo want to be there..but now, ABC has cancelled it, and I wonder where ABC's CEO's heads are. Such a great fun show. I will truly miss this one!) Ohhh and surely can't forget HGTV, where my "dream team" is awaitin' to paint and totally renovate my house ON A DIME (yeah,right.LIKE, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN))And you have not LIVED until you have watched Family Jewels, and every "Flip House","Flip My House".."Flip Your House".."Flip Everyone's House" that is allowed on TV. Will I ever get away from the TV set?? Man..I hope so!)

Books:

Some political books and crime novels like ones written by Patricia Cornwell and John Kellerman and biographies.
Inspirational writings like I just finished Lucky Man by Michael J Fox,and it was GREAT.Another great book is "The Shadow Catcher" by Marianne Wiggins,which is kind of a non-fiction/fiction novel about the life of E.S. Curtis,and we all know how I do love him!. I am not that interested in "self-help" books but love to read about other ppl's challenges for I have a few of my own.
Poetry is my next love,and have a very special place in my heart for poems written by James Kavanaugh. (IF YOU CHECK OUT MY BLOG, YOU CAN FIND ONE OF HIS SHORT POEMS THERE. IT'S THE BLOG CALLED "TO"...)

Heroes:

All the people who have great passions to give back to this country and the world whatever they can, to enrich the lives of those less fortunate,and all the ppl who believe in taking good care of this marvelous planet!

BE SURE TO WATCH THIS INFORMATIVE SHORT VIDEO NARRATED BY LEONARDO DI CAPRIO ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

As I have mentioned before the most courageous HEROES I know,are the wonderful people who spend their every waking minute bringing awareness to Dystonia.
If You or someone You know & love, have Dystonia, click on the very link below in "Groups" called "Dystonia Support Group". WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE THERE... ONE PERSON AT A TIME,SO COME JOIN OUR GREAT SUPPORT GROUP, AND BECOME ONE OF THE MANY PPL WHO EITHER HAVE DYSTONIA, OR ARE MAKING AN ASSERTVE EFFORT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT!

My Blog

I'M VOTING REPUBLICAN BECAUSE.....

I saw this Utube video on Kieth Olberman tonight (and thanks for the heads up,R!!) and just HAD  to put it on my blogs.. I mean..really. IMHO...I think this really says it all,folks! Really says it al...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:40:00 PST

MUSICIANS AND THE DYSTONIA LINK.....

  A MUST READ FOR ANY MUSICIAN!! Focal DystoniaTommy Lovelace is a guitarist with Focal Dystonia. His message in the Guestbook inspired this page. If anyone else reading this has it, Tommy would ...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:52:00 PST

A TWIST OF PHRASE.. A GUIDE TO DYSTONIC DEFINITIONS...

I came across this article in Dystonia Dialogue that I feel is important for all of us to have. It gives an easy to understand definition to different types of Dystonia. I found this article extremely...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:49:00 PST

A COLLECTION...DYSTONIA POEMS AND ESSAYS...

I have wanted to put all the poetry  and essays that I have read from other people who have this movement disorder called Dystonia. Read them all, and realize the strong impact that Dystonia has ...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:27:00 PST

DYSTONIA VS LIFE..WHAT I MISS THE MOST...

I have decided to add to our Dystonia Awareness another blog titled "Dystonia vs. Life.. What I Miss The Most..." .So much we all end up missing out on, that for years, we took for granted prior to be...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:05:00 PST

JASON'S STORY..."LIVING WITH DYSTONIA"..

Here  is a great  inspirational story written about a friend of mine from the dystonia group named Jason. KUDOS TO YOU, JASON, FOR YOUR PERSERVERANCE AND FAITH! (And great jo...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:43:00 PST

24 THINGS TO REMEMBER....

24 Things to Always Remember. . .and One Thing to Never Forget   1. Your presence is a present to the world. 2. You're unique and one of a kind. 3. Your life can be what you want it to be. 4. T...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:51:00 PST

WHEN I AM.....

WARNING..... Current mood: cheerful Category: Writing and Poetry When I am an old women I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.And I shall spend my pension on brandy...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:49:00 PST

PUTTING A FACE ON DYSTONIA...

My many, many Thanks to Lil'Resilient One for allowing me to post this on my Space page. She has done sooooo much work in compiling all this information,and I want to be sure the message gets sp...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:03:00 PST

TO.....

To... "A cat named Ralph who makes me laughand feel lovedAnd a tired old man who makes me cryand feel helpless But especially those Who can hear the honking of geeseabove the sound of trafficWho can ...
Posted by NANA P!!! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:46:00 PST