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Remembering September 11th From the Perspective of a Flight Attendant

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It has been 8 years and the memory has faded. Some of the kids I work with do not even remember this tragic incident, but I think it is important to keep in our hearts. Not only to remember those brave souls who were on the planes and in the towers, but also those who fought to rescue them and those who fought to rescue us. This tragedy united our country for a time, a unity that has now past. But maybe, just maybe, we can all come together again on this day to remember what our country is about. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness…Freedom…Independence….not from responsibility for our actions, but from oppression and inequality.

I remember the moment I heard about the attack. I was sitting in my apartment getting ready for a trip to Austin that afternoon. I was a flight attendant and my shift started in a few hours. My sister Amy called me and told me that a plane had flown in to one of the towers. I turned on the television to see the building smoking from a gaping hole.

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I sat in shock as I watched a second plane come crashing in to the second tower. It was at that point that we all knew this was no accident. That is when the fear and uncertainty started. I was sure of one thing and that was that there was no way I was going to work that night. There was no way I was stepping foot on a plane. Well, neither was anyone else. All planes were grounded immediately. (My sister Jen was also a flight attendant and was grounded in Sun Valley with no extra clothes for days.) I think it is important to remember those moments and how we felt. It is important to remember how we stood united and how we turned back to God. Because one thing was certain, we were going to need his help. I wore a flag pin everyday I flew after that.


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Where were you when you heard about the towers?
Can you remember how you felt?

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Upgrade Your Free Diaper Bag

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You know the one. You got it free the day you went home from the hospital with your little bundle of joy. I actually got a really cute diaper bag as a gift, but found it was a little big and boxy for quick trips. My free diaper bag was just the right size to fit in the basket under the stroller and so it is the one I have been carrying for most of the time. (Luckily, they gave me two when I left because they accidentally tried to send me home a day early and let me keep the one from that day. I have already gone through one in the almost two years I have been carrying them)

I actually think it is kind of cute with its geometric circle design, but I was never very fond of advertising that I was carrying the free Similac bag. See the white branding tag. Let’s call him little Mr. eye sore. It was like that dreaded zit on my cute little free bag.

No more. Pulled out the cover up and Sayonara Mr. eye sore! I just pinned this cute pink flower pin through the tag. I’m feelin pretty good about my little makeover! Now it matches my pink phone and camera. (Hey Molly, I used my camera timer for this pic. Are you proud?)

Just in time to head out to my son’s little friend’s Gymboree bday party. Thanks Hailee! We had so much fun! I even got a big ego boost when Hailee’s grandma said she loves reading my blog. It’s always fun to hear that there is someone out there!

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Update A Brass Kitchen Light Fixture With Paint

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Here she is in all her glory. I have hated this ugly brassy light fixture in my kitchen since I moved in 4 years ago. I finally got around to fixing her up with a new outfit. I chose a sleek black, mostly because I could not find oil rubbed bronze spray paint. Anyone know where to get that stuff? Home Depot and Lowe’s do not carry it.

  1. I started off by nicely asking my hubs over a period of days to to take the fixture down. I had previously purchased the paint and primer (both Rust-oleum brand) shown below.

2. I Totally forgot to take pics of the cleaning and priming. I ran the glass parts through the dishwasher and wiped down the rest to make sure it was dust free. Then, everything got a coat of primer.

3. Once the primer was dry (follow the directions on the can) I added a coat of Satin Black. I laid the rings on some newspaper, but found that it stuck and left little pieces, so I moved to the garden ornament/paint can drying method.

4. I hung the actual fixture from a tree in my backyard and coated it with a coat of primer and two coats of black. Here is my disclaimer: follow the directions for drying times on your paint. I am lazy and did not care if I obliterated this ugly piece so I just waited until it looked and felt dry to add more coats and it did start to crackle a little in a few places (Mostly on the circle that attaches to the ceiling). Lucky for me, I they don’t really show and kind of add a bit of a worn look so yahoo for me.

5. Once it is all painted and dry, start reassembly. Put the rings back on the nice clean glass and once again start the requests to hang it. This time won’t take as many requests since your hubs has been eating with no light above the table. Even little son wanted in on the action. This is the one time he got to stand on the kitchen table without getting in trouble.

6. Hubs had a bit of a rough time with this at one point, so some of the paint on the chain rubbed off. Lucky for me, I chose to use black paint so these scratches and dings were easily touched up with a sharpie. I am so ghetto. 😉 My hubs suggested black finger nail polish which is a great idea had I been goth and kept black fingernail polish on hand at all times. I will be picking some up when it rolls out for Halloween just for times like these.

So here she is…from gold lemay (had to look up how to spell that) to little black dress!
Before After

Go see the other transformations on Reinvented’s Trash to Treasure Tues, Santuary Art’s “You should have seen it before” party and

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Feature Friday-Gmail Blog

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Hey all! Today’s Feature Friday is The Official Gmail Blog.

Google Gmail blog - News, Tips and Tricks from Google"s Gmail Team

Now this may seem a little weird, but when you see some of the tips I found on there, you will be glad I shared. Trust me. If you already use a gmail account for your email than these will show you how to get the most out of it. If you do not, maybe you will want one. (No, they are not paying me to say this. If only I got paid for all the times I go on and on about products or companies I like. I would have like $10 by now. 😉)

So here we go. Ever wanted to train to be a ninja? Well this part isn’t technically part of the blog, but it had so much great info and so many of the blog posts linked to it that I just had to share. It has tips for all levels, so you can just find the one that fits you.

Gmail Ninja

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White belt:

Green Belt:

  • Tweak your settings and include a forgotten attachment detector or turn on Undo Send so you can cancel oopsy messages before they are sent.
  • Set up filters for your email to label, delete or star messages

Black belt:

Gmail Master:

  • Not gonna lie, most of these were over my head, but you could check them out.

I would say I am residing somewhere between green and black.

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DYK…I am a karate white belt in real life? I took a community ed karate class with my sister Jen. It was so much fun though slightly questionable at times. We had to spar at the end of class and we would have to go up against brown belts (the one right under black) because there were not many people in our class. I swear to you our Sensei never washed his Gi. The scent ripened each week. My very favorite was kicking the bag. I do a mean roundhouse. I never did try breaking a board. 😉

Also, if you have not checked out Google Reader, you should. This is what I use to read all of the blogs that I follow. It is nice to have them all in one place and have it automatically show me when there are new posts instead of having to go to each site to see if it was updated.

Well, that’s all we have time for…ta ta for now!

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