I am a Black American Woman, 43 yrs old, I am kind, patient, smart, have a great sense of humor. Unfortunately, I am also a paradoxical anomaly. Why? Because I ski, swim, make awesome baked ziti, love classic rock and pop music, old country, and of course 70’s disco. Apparently I missed the memo that says black girls aren’t supposed to swim, ski, ride motorcycles, or date white guys.
LMAO I also enjoy: museums, antiqueing, going down the shore, walking, shopping, plus the usual stuff that everyone likes such as; movies, theater, dining out etc. I root for the NY Giants and the NY Mets.
I am currently disabled due to Meniere's Disease and I am the sole caregiver to my 81 year old father who has Parkinson's Disease, and my 79 year old mom who is in the early stages of dementia. The worst part of being a live-in caregiver for my parents is that my mom is so afraid of my having another nervous breakdown, she can be a bit clingy. My mom can't tell me being depressed from me being lazy. Sometimes I just want to lie on the sofa, eat junk food, and watch tv in my jammies. That doesn't mean I'm depressed, I just don't have anything better to do. There are times when being lazy actually makes me happy. :)
I should probably clarify that Tex (the guy on the blue Honda Shadow) and I are friends, but no longer dating. Yes, I do have his permission to use those pictures. I told him about the site and as soon as he gets his laptop fixed he'll probably become a member here as well.
I blog on Google too, so I may just add some of those blogs here, if y'all don't mind
i went to my friends house one day and his and his girlfriends bikes were in front of the house and looked like this,i felt sorry for the bikes,his mother who is a friend of mine said to me,i really thought you would say something to him about it,cause of the way i am with my bikes!
We are renovating the house at the moment. It is something we seem to do so frequently that one reno job seems to blend into another. The painters just finished painting the interior about a week ago and now the contractor is setting up to add a bathroom in the basement. I don’t have a very good idle speed so waiting for people to turn up (the gas company, the builder) makes me edgy. I make Maureen edgy when I am edgy so she suggested I go for a shot run to kill time (an t get me out of her hair).
It’s a nice sunny clear fall day here so it was not hard to get talked into firing up the Road Glide and hitting the road. The Niagara River Parkway is almost empty this time of year and it sweeping curves are enticing me to crack the throttle and dance the Glide through the 10 km of great ride.
The stock sound system and speakers are no match for my helmet ear flaps and the Rineharts. Maybe one of the Cruiser Customizing friends can point me to a good sounding upgrade. Christmas is coming!
The Falls area is bathed in yellow afternoon sun as I cut away from the parkway. I just axed the Glide and don’t want the mist from the Falls to ruin the wax job. Back near Marineland is a small oasis above the Falls called Dufferin Islands. I stop and park the Road Glide pulling my Nikon D90 out of the saddlebag. The sun and shadows are fantastic. I take several shots then an obliging person sitting in their car having a late lunch enjoy the peace and beauty, offered to take a picture of me with the Harley. I couldn’t resist.
A few more shots and it is past the time to meet the builder. I fire up the Glide and take the back roads out to the main highway and get on the throttle as traffic is moving about 70 mph. The sun is just glorious and I feel great. It is just a short respite from the world of home renos but I will take every minute I get to ride and to shoot photos on such a wonderful fall day.
Hi everyone just want to let everyone know that feb 26-march-7 is bike week in daytona an my self an four of my friends are going we are going to ride down 1200 mile trip cant wait, the wait will drive my nuts. If any one wanting to go with us let me know we are going to pitch tents in deland im sure some of you know what im talking about cheep-cheep-cheep. We stayed there in 2006 i had the time of my life cant wait to do it again. this is one ride were your ass will fall off yeeeeeeh.
I recently bought my wife a GPS since she can get lost going around the block. The first time we used it we were going to visit a co-worker of hers so I programmed it to show her how it worked. Guess what, it has a mind of it's own!! Because of where we were going had two routes and the one the GPS wanted us to take had too much traffic, I went the opposite way it told me to. That womans voice programmed into the GPS is aggravating to say the least and kept insisting I turn right, over and over. Finally when we were almost at her friends house the voice said "turn left", the house was directly on the right, I think I pissed off the GPS lady. My wife noticed the wrong direction turn and asked why did that happen so I told her the GPS was sitting upside down on the dash. Guess what, she believed me and turned it over!!! I laughed so hard I actually missed the turn and had to go around the block. I reprogrammed the voice to be a male one because my wife said she doesn't trust the female one. Lucky my wife is sexy as hell and puts up with me cause she sure can be ditzy somedays..
A GPS is obviously not made for guys, we already have a woman telling us where to go and sometimes it entails road directions. A second female voice giving directions, especially wrong ones should be deemed cruel and unusual punishment!!!
HI TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FANS. I HAVE BEEN HEAD DOWN AND ASS UP WORKING ON THE NEW PROJECT TO IT GET RIDE READY FOR THE LAST WEEK, 12 TO 14 HOURS A DAY. I'M REALLY SORRY FOR NOT KEEPING YOU IN THE LOOP, BUT SOMETIMES ONE NEEDS TO GO LIKE HELL, IGNORING FOOD, BOURBON, MATES AND WIVES TO GET TO GET THINGS DONE !
SO HERE IS THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF ENTRIES. SADLY, THIS IS NOT THE REBUILD, NO TIME, AND NO NEW PARTS YET. THIS IS A RESCUE MISSION ONLY.
FIRST DAY : PARK THE WIFES 4 X 4 OUTSIDE, AND DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES LATER. PUT THE BIKE ON THE STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARAGE. WALK AROUND IT AT LEAST 11 TIMES TO DECIDE WHERE TO START. THIS MACHINE WAS TRULY IN NEED OF A FRIEND. PLACE THE TOOLS IN AN EASY TO GET AT AREA, UNCLUTTERED. REMOVE BITS FROM THE TOP DOWN AND INSPECT FOR JUST HOW MUCH FIRST AID IS REQUIRED AND ORDER OF IMPORTANCE.
DAY 2 : ALL THE TINS OFF, SCREEN AND OTHER APPENDAGES AS WELL. THE WHEELS REALLY NEED TO COME OFF, THEY'RE TO HARD TO WORK ON THE MACHINE. WHEELS OFF. MY UNCLUTTERED AREA NOW LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE WITH A SKELETON IN THE MIDDLE. SOME PARTS AREN'T TO GOOD, ESPECIALLY THE HEADLIGHT. RUST BUBBLES UNDER THE CHROME ALL OVER THE TOP. IN FACT THER IS NO CHROME ANYWHERE ON THE BIKE THAT ISN'T PITTED OR RUSTED TO SOME DEGREE. AND THE PAINT ALL OVER IS THE SAME.
SH*T, NOW MAYBE I'VE OPENED A PANDORAS' BOX. I JUST KNOW THAT TO GET THIS DONE IN A WEEK I HAVE MY WORK CUT OUT FOR ME. I'LL DO THE WHEELS FIRST. MAYBE FROM THE PIC YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDUP OF CRAP STILL REMAINING IN THE CENTER.
Still haven't got back my side covers from haveing the custom paint work done. Recieved a phone call Friday morning saying the paint work has been completed and that they were being dropped off for clear coat. Should have them back by mid week. Man I'll tell ya, I sure do miss not being able to get on the bike and just ride. But I am very anxious to see the work. I'm thinking tomorrow might be a pretty darn good day to get a short ride in. I might just have to make some side covers up out of cardboard and sneak on down the road to feel some air in my face. I'm sure tired of hanging the head out the window of the cage to feel it!!!!!! Hope ya all are feeling the air my friends, I'm sure not. ~Vstargrl~
been out ridin a bit and have learned some more interestin things. First not all bikers are friendly. I am far from intimadating looking person and my bike is not either. But other bikers don't seem to want to talk just look at you and go on. (there loss if you ask me ,I'm alot of fun ). Next I learned it is very different ridin with a group of riders. I enjoyed my trip to Mrtyle Beach with some friends (about 7 of them). First long trip went on and it was very much a learnin experince.You have to find a happy medium between there ridin and your ridin style. Of which I did. That whole trip is another story.
I went ridin with my hubby and learned we have different styles of ridin. Which surpised him cause he taught me how to ride.He is a slow starter takes his time goin through the gears. Me I go through them fast . To me thats half the fun of ridin. Hubby rambled some thing about gas mileage. (Guess when ridin old harely that is a concern).
You never stop learnin when your ridin. Hope never to stop learnin cause guess it means I stopped ridin. I have had a great season of ridin. have about a month left to ride and not freeze goin to try and get out every chance hope to see you out thereRIDE ON AND RIDE SAFE
The rally was in Leon, Guanajuato in central Mexico. The city was overrun by more than 30,000 bikes that weekend. We were on our way to meet a few more friends that were in town that weekend to go on a quick trip to the state`s capital city.
I just went and checked out my "friends" list and a thought occured to me. How can we call people friends when we don't communicate? Isn't that like being married??
I have a "Loonatic" friend, doesn't everyone? I have a friend that I can't pronounce "kpwww", I need VOWELS woman!! Some of my friends post blogs, jokes and comments that I get on board with but again, that isn't really communicating. I send little notes to some, mostly warning them I have used their names in postings, in fun of course, snicker, snicker(fortunately they have a sense of humour). There are even some I log on to see what they have been up to, read their profiles and whatever they have written, cool people I think. I miss Tracers blogs from when Kyle was away, she's better looking. We have women riders who have posted their pictures(daring souls) and my comment was "wow". They didn't seem offended or harassed, some even said thank you(if they ever knew what I was really thinking, ouch).
Some of those friends who so openly welcomed me to CC have not signed on in over four months, now that's a shame. Wonder if I scared them away? I do check, could be stalking, snooping or maybe just curious. In some cases, stalking fits.
If you have "friends" you really have an interest in, let them know especially so they know that they are not just an add on to a ever growing collection like trophys.
I just wanted to thank all of my CC friends who posted kind words of encouragement, tips, and insight into my mechanical disability in installing a sissy bar all by myself!
I'm posting a new picture of my bike in its current state...it changes all the time (I'm still finding "my" look).
It took all of 30 minutes today - something I couldn't do in two hours on Sunday!
Ya'll are the best!
Marianne
This email was sent to me by Samantha, I thought it worthy of a post here!
Robin Williams YA, HAVE TO LOVE HIM....!
HE MADE THIS SPEECH IN NEW YORK ..
You gotta love Robin Williams......Even if he's nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan. What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!)
'I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here's one plan.'
1) 'The US will apologize to the world for our 'interference' in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good 'ole' boys', we will never 'interfere' again.
2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany , South Korea , the Middle East , and the Philippines . They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.
3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.
4) All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
5) No foreign 'students' over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a 'D' and it's back home baby.
6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while
7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not 'interfere.' They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us 'Ugly Americans' any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH..learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?
'The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'you want a piece of me?' '
If you agree with the above forward it to friends...If not, and I would be amazed, DELETE it!!