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Poem I wrote in 2008

I'm trying to clean up my computer folders and I am looking through old word docs that I have written. I have a couple of poems and a wide variety of other things I have written. So the next couple of blogs here are old by a few years...I am just copy/paste all of the writings that I want to share on this blog. I have in mind that some day when Kara is older she can refer back to this blog and read through what her momma wrote about. Assuming this blog site will be around and also have all my postings still stored online...I sure hope Kara likes these when she is older.

A Man & a Woman in the Bookstore Café

May 21, 2008 Wednesday 5:30pm

Observational poem by: Martiel Hay

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He gazes into her eyes

As she rattles on about something insignificant

He is mesmerized by her smile

And the green shade of eye shadow she has on

She leans forward in her seat

Anticipating his next word

He discreetly glances at his watch

The spark is dying down…

As he sips his hazelnut latte

She says something funny

Catching his attention

Still not sure how this blind date is going

He hopes to leave holding hands

She’s starting to get the first date jitters

And nervously tares her café napkin

As their date is coming to an end

They leave together from the bookstore café

Not holding hands

But just as good friends

To be continued…

Here is a poem I came across on my computer. I wrote it back in 2006, 5 years ago. I had just moved to Missouri back then when I wrote this poem.

Poem by Martiel Hay Nov 09, 2006

Summer Day Confusion

The sun is blinding
Like a summers day
Or the middle of May
I want to go out and play
While the weather is not too cold
Or so I am told

It is November remember
The trees have gone topless
Dropping their leaves
And exposing their branches!
It is mid-November
But seems like summer
I am wearing my sunglasses
And running the AC
Can't you see
The confusion

With this the illusion?

Is it winter
Or summer
who decides
I feel warm and see blue skies
Right before my very eyes
It should be November
And it might be winter

It feels more like summer

Could have fooled me

As I turn on the AC

70 Q & As

Questionnaire for bored peeps 07/2011 

I've answered all 70 non important questions about me. Some of you, blogreaders, may find these fastinating to find out bits of info about me, others will click on the next blog to read. I don't mind. I was just bored and filled out the answers to all of these questions...some are pretty dumb and some are interesting. Such as how many states have I lived in? That would be 3, CA-OH-MO

1. What are your initials: MLH...Use to be MLK after a great man named Martin.

2. Name someone with the same birthday as you: The screaming baby in the plastic crib next to me back in 1978.

3. Last thing you ate: home cooked meal, I cook now and it is so easy! last night I made 

4. For or against same sex marriage: for

5. I say Shotgun! You say?: Wedding!

6. Last person(s) you hugged?: Andrew

7. Do you believe in God?: yes

8. How many U.S states have you been to?: 24

9. How many of the U.S states have you lived in: 3

10. Ever lived outside of the US: no

11. Name something you like physically about yourself: The freckle on my pinky, oh no it is sort of fading away now, I have had this freckle for scince at least 1996! 10+ yrs later I can hardly see it.

13. Who is your best friend?: It's a tie between Genoa and Emily

14. Why are you still up?: 11:54, just got done watching a movie.

15. Who/what made you angry today?: my Blogger. I was trying to edit my blog earlier and got frustrated with it. 

16. Favorite type of Food?: Sushi

17. Favorite holiday: 4th of July

18. Do you download music: yeah onto my invisible iPod!

19. What illegal things have you done?: Jay walked, etc.

20. Are you shy?: depends on the situation.

21. If you could have any car, what would it be? Toyota Rav4

22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally?: yeah

24. Do you like Bush?: I like the rose bush kind.

25. Have you ever bungee jumped?: nope.

26. Have you ever been white-water rafting?: no.

27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you? do creeps at a bar count

28. How much money ya got?: $3 and some change

29. Have you met a real redneck?: I reckin I have

30. How is the weather right now: Hot Summer day.

31.What are you listening to right now: The voice in my head reading these questions and then my thoughts answering these questions, and the sound of fingers typing the answers…and little Kara playing in the background…

32. What is your current fav song?: Lime in the Coconut (old) it has been stuck in my head and I need to get it as a ring tone!

33. What was the last movie you watched? Netflix Unknown, it was a plot with a twist type movie, liked it.

34. Do you wear contacts: no.

35. Where was the last place you went besides your house?: My friends pool! It was a fun time hanging out yesterday with everyone.

36. What are you afraid of?: crawlies

37. How many piercing's/tattoos do you have?: 2 piercings and no tats

38. How many pets do you have:  2, we have our dog Duke, and Mr. Fish

39. What's one thing you've learned?: Kara is amazing to watch as she learns and I learn right along side her.

41. What do you usually order from Starbucks: I love the holiday time when they have the Eggnog Lattes mmmm!

42. Have you ever fired a gun: yes.

43. Are you missing someone?: yes.

44. Fav. TV show?: Threes Company or MONK

45. Do you have an ipod?: iDon’t have any sort of iPod mp3 gadget…I need to thow, my birthday is next month?! Hint hint. J

46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb?:a few actually? Cybil Sheppard, Jullian Moore, and Naomi Watts?

48. Who would you like to see right now?: my family in Oregon, I REALLY need to make a trip out there, haven’t been up there in a long while.

49. Favorite movie of all time?: The Princess Bride

50. Do you find yourself loved?: yes

51. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren't supposed to?: this is a dumb question, I am 32 and have never done ANYTHING wrong or got caught out of the entire 32 years of existence!?…yes

52. Favorite flower: Sunflower

53. Butter, plain, Kettle, or salted popcorn?: kettle corn, the kind made in the giant copper pot at the festivals.

54. What Magazines are you reading: Just whichever mag is in a lobby...

55. Have you ever ridden in a limo: on special occations.

56. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?: yes.

58. What's something that really bugs you?: the never ending laundry

59. Do you love someone now?: Of course!

60. Do you like Michael Jackson?: sure.

61. What's your favorite smell?: Peach colored roses.

62. Favorite basketball team: Lakers

63. Favorite cereal: Fruit loop necklaces!

64. Do you drive? Yes,  I know how to make the metal box on wheels go!

65. What's the longest time you've gone without sleep?: 20 hours? New years related, we were up the whole night

66. Last time you went bowling?: last year.

67. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?: past out, in the shower.

68. Who was your last phone call?: with my friend.

69. Last time you were at work?: I worked the night of the U2 concert and was off at midnight, which was the same time 52,000 people were driving home from it and caused traffic for my commute home, never any traffic at 12am usually!

70. What is your favorite state to be? Content

What a week!

 This is a blog that never was posted, and stuck in the "draft" part of my blog writing. I just now came across this and some others to post. Written June 6, 2010! So a little over a year ago, I wrote this and Kara was 15 months old. I'll have to find the photos and post along with this blog later.
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Sunday we went to the Rennasaince Fair with our friend, Carissa and her two kiddos. Kara had it easiest, being pushed around in a stroller the whole time, and being fanned to keep cool from the 80+ degrees out. We had a blast there. When we got there, we first checked out the pirate and juggler show. There was a lady pirate on stage singing a little ditty with adult humor mixed in it. The funny part was she had pointed out that her 2 year old son was in the audience...he was sitting over by us about three people over. When she started to sing the song, her son was singing right along word for word. He doesn't even know half of what he is saying means. Andrew and I took turns riding a camel, which was an experience I never thought of doing before. Riding the camel was a spontaneous opportunity. We ended our Rennasaince Journey with meeting the Queen and she granted Kara as Princess Kara, handing her an official Rennasaince scroll tied up with royal purple ribbon. My friend's daughter was also granted as Princess Ellie. The girls were honored to be given such a role. Ellie is older, 4 years old, so this was more exciting to be named Princess Ellie. My friends son, was also sworn in by one of the knights to be a Jr. Knight and to help protect both the Queen and her Village. The Knight had a large, shinny sword; and Carissa's son knelt down on one knee, while the knight touched shoulder to shoulder with the sword. It seemed so official and exciting!

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a-pool-in-the-river-for-everyone

The link above takes you to a website showing details of the this AWESOME, INOVATIVE, THE NEXT BIG THING, idea thought up by 3 Dudes who wanted to swim on a hot day in the River. This is so very genius of them to design this. These guys will go far in life and become billionairs if this lifts off of the drawing board! Some day soon, I hope all the rivers and lakes can get floating pools to enjoy the water better.

The idea is to have a pool in the river which filters the water of the river and keeps cleaner water for people to swim in than just the river water alone...most times it is not safe to swim in a river with all the gross water out there with its dead fish, and pollutants in the water. This pool idea also contains the people to an area and not having them in the vast body of water that a river has.

This is so brilliant! What a great way to use up natural resources and cool down the community in the hot summers. This is first being planned to be build and created in a New York River...but if this takes off there are so many locations for this idea of a floating pool to be used. There's the Ohio River, Chicago, Great Lakes, New Orleans, St. Louis, and others all over the nation to benefit from this floating pool idea. Don't forget the lakes too! This floating pool idea would work nice in parks with lakes!

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