I give you money and send you into the grocery store to pick up 6 items. You can only pick one thing from the following departments. What is it?

1. Produce: Champagne Grapes
2. Bakery: Hmm fresh baked crusty italian bread
3. Meat: Center cut sirloin steak
4. Frozen: Pistachio Ice Cream
5. Dry goods: Costa Rican Coffee
6. Dairy: Whipped Cream

Let's say we're heading out for a weekend getaway. You're only allowed to bring 3 articles of clothing with you... (assuming it's someplace warm)

1. Shorts
2. Sandles
3. Hat

If I was to listen in on one of your conversations throughout the day... What 5 phrases or words would I be most likely to hear?

1. quite
2. geeze
3. baby
4. Is it time to leave yet?
5. ciao

What 3 things do you find yourself doing every single day, and if you didn't get to do, you probably wouldn't be in the best mood?

1. Talking to Nat
2. Early morning quiet time outside
3. Having  my coffee or iced tea in the morning

Sweet, you just scored a whole afternoon to yourself. What 5 activities might we find you doing?

1. Drawing
2. Reading
3. working outside
4. Hiking
5. Getting lost in the woods ;-)

We're going to the zoo. But, it looks like it could start storming, so it'll have to be a quick visit. What 3 exhibits do we have to get to?

1. Wolves
2. Big Cats
3. Bears

You just scored two tickets to the taping of any live show that comes on t.v. of your choice. They are to....

1.  Hmmm either David Letterman or if during the day Ellen

 You're hungry for ice cream. I'll give you a triple dipper ice cream cone.

(from top to bottom)

1.  Chocolate
2.  Mint Chocolate Chip
3.  Double Chocolate Brownie

Somebody stole your wallet. In order to get it back, you have to name 5 things you know are inside to claim it.

1. driver's licence
2. Credit card
3. Phone Card
4. Picture of Nat and the kids
5. Social security card

If you could go back and talk to the 'old you' when you were in high school, and inform yourself of 4 things, what would you say?

1. Don't settle...love will come
2. Follow your instinct and not what is expected of you
3. You ARE a important part of the family
4. make your time count

Had a good time in the city.  Food show was fun and HUGE.   Went out to Junior's for dinner and saw soem ofa improv show later.  Afterwards wandered about Times Square and people watched as i wandered.  Had a good time but home again now.

ciao, jas

Well I will be heading off to NYC in the morning for a food show at the Javit's center.  I'll be looking for stuff for my cafe and just ideas and maybe find a new cafe idea to chase after.  i am kinda in a limbo state with the ice cream cafe I have now and may want to chase after opening another like my first one.  the combo bistro cafe, art gallery and a community place.

Being back in New york will be fun ...wandering the streets after the show during the day and just people watching.  Perhaps i can get my head cleared a little.

Anyways ..Be back monday night...ciao everyone!

Jason

So I have been writing a lot lately. going on about my self discovery and path I am on etc. Saying how wonderful all will be and is in my life and that I am getting back to being whole and together.

My life is not all sunshine and roses. there is a great deal of emotional and spirtual pain in it. My world is going every which way and sometimes I can't recall which is up and which is down. I get moody, I snap at the people i care about, I push away people i love and I can be controlling, even thought of ending all the struggles so to speak. Thats just a few of the many things I need to reconcile with myself.

I 've written about my ideals and where I'd like to be and what I am trying to do. I made it sound that I am all there but I'm not ...I have a few moments but they are few and far between. I need to work on putting more of my thinking into action for myself. I need to get me whole again on the inside. i haven't been to any great extent. i am a lot more complexed and confused and emotional at times then i let on.

I need to work more on practicing what i preach and get more in tune with me. Why? For many reasons, but the main one is to be true to myself. I need to be able to look the person in the mirror in the eye and know who I am looking at.

Someday I will be okay ...Right now I am not but i hope for a better tomorrow.

Ciao, Jas

This Father's Day is rather bittersweet for me for missing my father and my son..

My father was the world to me and I thank and honor him everyday of my life. I loved him and respected him. He was a very proud and family oriented man who would do anything in the world for his family and those he loved. I have strived to live up to that image to varying degrees of success with my life. I love you Dad.

Joseph ..I never got to be with you in person but you are in my heart, soul and blood as you are in your mother's. i love you and always will...The thoughts, possibilities and hope that was you lives on in both of us...Your spirit lives on and that comforts us..

I wrote this and have redited it a bit but I thought i would share it..

ciao, jas

To have snuggled close
In restful sleep
To feel your heart
Beside us beat
Beneath our touch
A soft sweet sigh
The love for our baby
That will never die.

I would have given my soul
To have watched you grow
But fate intervened
As you know

But now you are gone..
but still you are here
In our lives always
as we sense you everywhere

This bond we can not sever
The child we had, but never met
But still will have forever

So we give to you
This love we have
Forever in our hearts
As we travel life's path