The Siren Speaks!

Hello Lasses!

Siren School has started a NEW adventure, and yours truly is yet again the FIRST to step up to the plate, errrr...... microphone, so to speak.

After tech gremlins determined that we weren't allowed to do our show on Wednesday, we rescheduled for today, and then the little buggers decided that our Hostess was in a timezone some where in Samoa! (We haven't figured that one out yet) So without further ado, here's Siren Speak, Siren School's blog talk radio, featuring ME!

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Silver Linings

 Do you believe this? That every cloud has a Silver Lining....or do you think that is too...."Pollyanna," for you?





In recent years, my mom and I have taken to looking for them in different situations we find ourselves in. We're trying to get my dad to see things our way too, but I don't think he's completely convinced.




Have you ever found yourself in the position of BEING the Silver Lining for someone else? Maybe you have, yet you weren't aware of it. Or maybe you are lucky enough to be able to say, "Yes, I have been!"

Today was MY day to BE the Silver Lining. I was waiting for my ride after work. She hadn't replied to my text or shown up by the time a friend and fellow co-worker was done. When she saw me still waiting, she asked me if I would like a ride home. Depending on my mood, depends on whether I say yes or no......today was a YES PLEASE! kind of day. She had just finished telling me she had left her cell phone at home and was telling me about some troubles she was having with her van, when it started acting weird.....neither of us had ever had a vehicle act like it was. We were stopped at a light when her van died, no power what-so-ever! Of course we were in a right turn only lane, and her flashers weren't working either. She reaches for her Triple A card and goes to get her phone, and realizes, OH NO! I hand her my phone so she can call the auto club. We then proceeded to have an enjoyable conversation and some quality time together. The only flies in the ointment were all the rude people that kept honking their horns, as if that was going to make us move. And out of all the people honking, only two gents asked us if they could help move us someplace else......which we kindly refused, because we A) had a tow truck looking for us.....Oh, that's another story! and B) we both felt that where we were was a safer place for all concerned, since it was a busy intersection, and turning right or going straight would have put us in a one lane road and it would have blocked traffic going those directions.

So, the SILVER LININGS for this day started at 7 a.m. when I had an encounter that made me want to choke someone.......then with an unintended no-show from my ride, both of which made me want to be home even more, so I said "YES" to a ride home from a friend who was going to need my phone and my company so that she wouldn't be stuck alone with a disabled car.

 I hope that YOU can find the Silver Linings in your life. And if YOU are the Silver Lining, I hope that you are aware of it. But remember, even if you don't see the results of your actions, they have long lasting and even longer reaching after affects. And those could be the Silver Linings in someone elses life.

CERTIFIED!

Well my Lasses! I did it! I'm officially Certified to be a Siren School Salonniere. Check out the Upcoming Events tab for our fun and exciting gatherings!

I'm not the only one that was Certified today! 

Check out Kimberley from The Intrepid Ladies Adventure Club and Tea Society.

AND there's Sanndi from The Bohemian Belles.

I can't wait to see what ideas they come up with for their Salons!

Oh......wait.....What kind of certified did YOU think I meant? 

Is it.......

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 We all do it. I'm as guilty as the next person. At work I'm always asking, "Is it 2:00 yet?" Because that is the time I'm supposed to be off. And while I'm happy to have a job, some days it just can't be over soon enough. Wishing the day to be done is such a waste of precious hours, and yet, I know I'll do it again and again.

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 Then there's this one. Granted, only a portion of us do it. But that's because we are the lucky ones that actually have the weekends off. "Is it Friday yet?" Why? What is so special about our weekends that make it so important to get to them quicker? Most weekends, I'm not doing anything new and exciting. Unless I'm getting together with my girlfriends for our once a month gathering. Wishing our weeks away is a waste of such precious time. The hours turn into day, which turn into weeks and then years. Then we look back and wonder where has the time gone. We never get it back, and yet, once again, I know I'll do it again and again. Even though I would like to say that I won't, bad habits are hard to break.

I actually just did the "Is it 2:00?" bit yesterday at work. And the co-worker that I asked had an extremely insightful answer. I will try to remember it and learn from it. I pass it along to you so that you can perhaps do the same. He said, "It's getting there, and as long as you're alive, you'll eventually see it."

And being alive to see it is indeed a reason to be happy in the moment. May we decide to make the most of all our moments and achieve what happiness we can.

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Dreams and what they mean......

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Most of you reading this will probably be thinking to yourselves, "YES! She's going to go in depth and tell me what it means when I dream about being chased by a 10 foot tall dinosaur!"

Errr, sorry folks. If you're dreaming about that, you're on your own, as is anyone else who thinks I'm going to tell them anything about what their dreams mean. And I don't type that to be mean, honest. I can't do it for a couple of reasons. First and most important, I don't know! Second, I don't completely believe all that stuff about different images or actions in dreams meaning certain things. I know that there are A LOT of people that do believe and that's fine with me. To each their own I say.

Now, to contradict myself just a tad bit, I DO believe that dreams can warn us about stuff. My mom has had dreams of relatives being sick or injured. When she'd call to talk my grandmother or to talk to them to tell them to be careful if they were doing something, she'd find out that they had just found out they were sick or had been injured while doing the thing mom had dreamed about. We learned the hard way not to ignore that type of dream, and we'll leave it at that.
 
Me on the other hand, I've had plenty of dreams about getting married, having kids, my wedding, adopting kids, my wedding dress, kids; get the idea? To the point of actually knowing what the kids I'm adopting look like, what my wedding dress would look like, my grandfather was there for one of the wedding dreams (passed away a few years ago). But to no avail! I'm not married, no kids, nothing on the horizon that looks like either situation will change. Not complaining at all, just the facts ma'am (or sir!).


Which brings me to the whole reason for this lengthy bit of rambling.......I also believe that images and experiences from the day before can influence your dreams, and that was the case yesterday. I recently found out that a good friend has the possibility to adopt a baby within the next few months and a couple of friends and I were discussing it. One of the last images I saw last night was of another friends 7 month old baby boy and then I was reading a status about what some kittens were doing that a facebook friend had posted. All of this combined to make for one heck of a wild dream scape last night.

Middleton Dolls

Remember friends, NO KIDS!!!!! In my dream, I was trying to wake up to get ready for work, but I had overslept and I still needed to feed the baby, (he was mine, where I got him from is anybodies guess) and he was still young enough to be breast fed. I was stressing out because I couldn't get ready for work plus feed him, because I was going to be extremely late. The next thing I know, my cute little human baby boy morphs into a cute kitten that I'm trying to breast feed..........this lovely scene replayed on a loop ALL NIGHT LONG!!! Go ahead, laugh, everybody else has.

On that note, good night! I didn't sleep well obviously with all that drama in my dreams last night! :D

Our Value

Hello Lasses.

Recently at work, I had an interesting conversation with a customer. And it made me think, how many of us as women (and even men) do not value ourselves enough to realize that we deserve better than what we are being offered by a person that claims they are interested in us? I can only go by my personal experiences, and they are few, but this latest one was a real humdinger of one. A male customer informed me that his girlfriend had left him. I say I'm sorry to hear that, expecting it to go no farther. He proceeds to ask me if I'm single and his final bit of absurdity was to ask me for my phone number, to which I replied, "I'm sorry, but no."

I'm sure there are many relationships which started out as a "rebound" relationship that have lasted and the couples are quite happy. Knowing about it ahead of time kind of changes things for me though, because his actions and demeanor put me on edge, as if he were hoping for some sympathy sex.....If I would have done it, it would have taken a piece of my soul afterwards, and that is too high of a price for me.

The sad part is, there is a woman or women out there that would give it to him. Even knowing it was a rebound thing. Why do they think so little of themselves that they think this is all they are worth? We as humans are worth so much more. We deserve love and laughter, trust and respect, relationships that build us up, not tear us down.

I'm not judging, that is not my place or purpose. Maybe it's my old fashioned values that make me think like this, and I'm okay with that, but I would simply like for you to put more value on yourselves so that you can be happy in your life!

And remember, you as a person are more valuable than gold, jewels or money!

GREASE: Again

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Living the Siren Life

I haven't started blogging yet, but when I do, this is where I will put all of my ramblings.  For now, you can find my articles and bits of written whimsy in la Vie Sirene magazine.  The publication is on summer hiatus right now, but will be back in September with an issue on Mythical Creatures including a couple of entries from me!

When you go to the site, use the search box to type in "Bonnie" and all of my posts should come up for your perusal.