Hope

I recently read a book called God on a Harley (c) Pcoket BooksISBN: 0-671-00278-3. This was the most inspiring book I have ever read! It is by Joan Brady and it is short, maybe 120 pages and filled with wisdom. This book is a MUST READ for everyone!!!!!!!! I highly recommend it, it will change your life. Thanks Joan Brady for the writing!



Here are the main elements of the book:

1. Do not build walls, for they are dangerous. Learn to transcend them.

2. Live in the moment, for each is precious and not to be squandered.

3. Take care of yourself, first and foremost.

4. Drop the ego. Be real. And watch what happens.

5. All things are possible all of the time.

6. Maintain Universal Flow. When someone gives, its an act of generosity to recieve. For in giving, there is something gained.



Slaine!

Heidi =)

Done

After studying for a week. Making sure I understand Fluid and Electrolytes and how they work in IV solutions and which adds volume to the cells of the body, which is isotonic and which sends fluids from the blood vessells to the cells, I'm ready to be done.The final this morning was easier than I thought, but I'm superstitious and wont hold my breath until I see my final score. I'm also one of those students who calculates every percentage to see how high or low I can get on a test. Ahhh. I hate tests. HATE THEM!

The good news is the first part of nursing is done! The next starts May 7th and it will be Psych Nursing, Labor & Deliver, and Peds. I'm kind of nervous about peds, I dont want tohurt a child by giving them an injection. Im thrilled toexperience Labor and Deliver and hopeI can see a baby being born! As for Psych Nursing, I have both a bachelors and masters degree in Psychology so I'm kind of excited to apply what Ive learned over the years.

This class will gothrough summer, giving me a break between June 30 and August 13. So, I'll have my Bday off....GO AUG 3!!!I'm very big on celebrating my birthday! Go figure, I'm a Leo. Then we resume classes again and finish Nursing 201.....and go to Medical Surgical Nursing for 2 semesters and then on to m senior work.



Heidi =)

Pics

****Cliffs of Moher, Ireland and Jamestown, Virginia USA PICS****

These pictures are of Jamestown from 2005.....this year it celebrates it's 400th anniversary. The Queen will be here in Virginia on May 4 to view Jamestown as the 1st English Settlement. I've been to both the Historic Part of Jamestown where they have a historic dig going on and to the new Jamestown Center. There are three ships...the Godspeed, Susan Constant, and I forget the name of the third. Each ship you can walk on and is an exact replica from the ships the colonists and Capt James Smith arrived on. They evern sail these ships on the bay once a year. The center is wonderful and they are dressed in period clothes and work on the center as if it was 400 years ago.

The other pictures were taken on Oct 13 2006 at the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast side of Ireland. The day there were taken was extremely windy and we were fearful to walk to the edge. On our return trip next year, we will venture closer and explore further. I hope you enjoy these pictures.

Slainte Cairde!

Heidi =)

Hope you enjoy my photos.....

Finals

Ive been studying for my Nursing Final. I hate cumulative finals becasue there is so much to study. My philosphy is if you dont know it now, you wont learn it in a day. All I can do is review everything. I'm sure many of you know what I'm talking about.

When I earned my Masters degree in Psychology, everything was written. I'd have a 5-10 page paper due twice a week and a final paper of 50-80 pages. This developed my writing ability, and I'm thankful for that. The point is in Grad school we never had tests, just written work and projects which I loved! I hate tests and I have horrible test anxiety!

Next week is my break week between classes and I have a lot of work to do. I'm hoping to finish the revision, or at least the first draft of the revision during the week. I have alot of work ahead of me.

Slainte Cairde!

Heidi =)

LEO

Yep, I am a LEO, I love the spotlight and leading people. I like attention. I am proud.....well to a point anyway. One of my best friend's who has been explaining astrology to me, and I find it fascinating. We looked up the moon phases at our birth, and I was born Aug 3, 1972 at the EXACT time of sunrise, making me like a 3rd degree Leo or maybe a 4th degree Im not positive , Ill explain more when I understand.

The moon was waning, or moving from full to new....growing dark again the day I was born. This means time for change, to change old patterns. My close friend on the other hand works as a wonderful spiritual advisor and psychic ( she is the most accurate psychic I've ever met) and she was born at the EXACT time of sunset, on a wanning moon, almost to the same degree as me. She was born July 3, and I, Aug 1. We have a close connection, that helps to explain our close freindship and communication.

What I'm trying to say is simple, astrology can be very simple or complicated depending on how you look at it, and it's not a proven science like chemistry, but it's INTERESTING. I write fantasy and paranormal novels, so this can add spice and connections between my characters.

JUST FYI INFO.........BLUE MOON.....

I also want to say the phrase "Once in a BLUE MOON"is an old pagan phrase. A true "BLUE MOON", only occurs every 3-5 years and it means there are 2 full moons within a lunar cycle. We have one in 2005, August I think it was. We have a BLUE MOON this JUNE.....June 1 and June 30 (fascinating its the very first and last day of the month), with the summer solstice or longest day of the year (sunlight) on June 21. This is traditionally known as the magickal day that the human world is able to fade or communicate and pass into the faery (or fairy) world.

Slainte Cairde!

Heidi

PS....I had my clinical pass/fail exam for nursing school today, and after a stressful day, I thrilled Im home. Thank God it's over. Hopefully, I'll know tommorrow how I did.

Shooting

Today was a sad day here in Virginia. Most of us here know someone who atteneded or attends Va Tech in Blacksburg, VA. This university is tough to get into and a great school. I am deeply saddened by the shooting and death of 32 people. The world is a crazy place and you never know when your time will expire. My hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to the friends and family members of those who lost someone in the shooting today.

Heidi =)

Evanescence Concert

Hey Everyone!

I had a great time last night...except for the Mosh pit which somehow magickally emerged right next to me. I've been to quite a few concerts, but have never found myself in the middle of this. I hated being brutally pushed, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why grown men (no women, of course!) would jump into the air and body slam each other. This is silly to me. I don't understand it.

The concert was Chevelle, Finger Eleven, and of course....Evanescence. Chevelle and Evanecence were awesome. Amy Lee has a beautiful voice and her piano playing is fantastic. The way she combines her rocker attitude with classic piano and her beautiful voice her remarkable. Overall, I had alot of fun, besides the mosh pit and the drunk sailors who spilled a cup of beer down me becasue they were running around in circles like drunken idiots.....and I'm not joking. They truly were running around in circles....

If you get the chance....see Evanescene.....they are awesome. Just an FYI, I listen to them when I write.

Slainte!

Heidi

Blarney....Kiss the Blarney Stone....Gab some more

Here Ye, My Eire Mates.....Kiss Blarney and join in gabbing with us!!! Yes, this is where you lay back and kiss the stone itself. Those of us with Irish ancestery (me), have to do it as a ritual....kidna silly....(here's a secret....I didnt kiss it. I already the gift of the gab....so totally true. But my next visit maybe I will, just to give me more gab...maybe that can convert to the gift of elequent writing...viola`...magick)
Slainte Cairde!
Heidi

Concerts!!!!!! Yeah!!

Tommorrow night Im going to see my favorite band.....Evanescence. I LOVE them. If you havent seen Madonna's Confessions concert...its an AWESOME show, with lots of dancing and special effects, its the concert where she's on the cross....., another awesome concert is Duran Duran from Wembley in London.....I just love those guys!!!! Oh Yeah, cant forget the masters of metal...KISS is awesome in concert....what a show!!!!! The makeup! WOW. what concerts have you seen that you thought put on a good show? Def Leppard and Posion were awesome, and so was Godsmack....oh yeah....and Lord of the Dance=) Gotta Love the male Irish dancers......*Big Grin*

Slainte!

Heidi =)

New Poem for writers and more Ireland pictures...

THE PHOTOS ABOVE ARE FROM BLARNEY CASTLE WHERE YOU CAN KISS THE FAMOUS BLARNEY STONE FOR THE GIFT OF GAB. I TOOK THESE ON OCT 16,2006. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TOWER PICTURES BOTH IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR, BECAUSE I TOOK THOSE AND WILL SIZE THEM TO 8X10'S FOR MY LIVING ROOM (WHICH HAS PICTURES OF ALL THE PLACES WEVE TRAVELLED TOO) iM A TRAVEL NUT!!! SHARE YOUR TRAVEL STORIES WITH ME!. IF YOU LIKE THEM, CONTACT ME AND MAYBE WE CAN ARRANGE SOMETHING SO I CAN SEND YOU THE PICTURES TOO.

THE BLARNEY STONE WAS A HEFTY HIKE TO THE TOP, IVE ENCLOSED A PICTURE OF WHAT MOST OF THE STAIRS IN CASTLES ACROSS IRELAND LOOK LIKE AND THE TOP OF BLARNEY CASTLE WHERE THE STONE IS THAT YOU KISS (I HAVE MORE DETAILED PICS OF THE ACTUALLY BLARNEY STONE ILL POST LATER).

IMAGINE WALKING THOSE IN THE DARK WITH SLICK STONE AND FLAME TORCHES AND CRAPPY SHOES. I ACTUALLY SLID DOWN 4 STAIRS AND LET ME TELL YOU A THING OR TWO ABOUT SLIPPING ON STONE STAIRS, YOUR SORE FOR DAYS! IF NOT WEEKS! YOU HAVE TO CLIMB TO THE TOP TO KISS THE BLARNEY STONE, THEN LEAD BACKWARDS ON YOUR BACK TO KISS IT. THERE IS AN ATTENDANT WITH YOU.

QUICK STORY ABOUT BLARNEY CASTLE: THE OWNER OF BLARNEY KEPT THE ENGLISH FROM SEIZING HIS PROPERTY AND CASTLE HOME DURING THE TIME ENGLAND TRIED TO OVERTAKE THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SO HE WOULD WRITE LONG, BEAUTIFUL LETTERS TO ENGLAND'S QUEEN ELIZABETH (I BELIEVE IT WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH, IF IM WRONG PLEASE LET ME KNOW) NOT THE CURRENT QUEEN, THIS WAS LIKE 1100) AND SHE WAS SO FLATTERED BY HIS WRITING THAT SHE NEVER TOOK THE CASTLE AND THATS HOW THE BLARNEY STONE GOT ITS NAME BECASUE IT'S OWNER KEPT THE CASTLE AND GROUNDS FROM HIS ELEQUENCE AND GIFT OF TALKING.

I'LL POST MORE FROM IRELAND LATER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, JAMESTOWN, CHARLESTON OR TO SEE MY VERY OWN GHOST PIC MY HUSBAND TOOK LEAVE A RESPONSE OR EMAIL ME: HCD@HEIDICDAHLQUIST.ORG (THIS ISNT CAP SENSITIVE)

SLAINTE CAIRDE (IRISH FOR CHEERS FREINDS) THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF GAELIC....IRISH AND SCOTTISH BUT THEY ARE VERY SIMILIAR.

PLEASE READ MY POEM BELOW, IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. SO ITS COPYRIGHTED, YOU NEED MY PERMISSION IF YOU WANT TO COPY IT

IN TIMES OF NEED

In times of need, I look to you.
To see your strength, your love.
You are there through everything calling me to rise above.
You are my strength, my hope,
my inspiration, the only one I need.
To conqueor life and fufill my writing dreams that only I dream.
(written and published by Heidi C. Dahlquist (c))


have a splendid evening mates,

Heidi =)