FINDING MY WAY BACK TO LIFE....and the LOUNGE

Jenn Copp

I have to start off by saying I miss the Lounge. I have been gone way to long. Sometimes your life takes a turn and the stories you go through you don't feel are worth listening to or sharing. I think "I" don't even want to read it. But in the end, through all my struggles I have learned that I help people. So I am back. 

I have to say dating in my forties is probably my hardest struggle. Here we are at this stage of the game and you want things perfect. You think I have been through so much and I don't want to settle, so, your bucket list is pretty high for the match you are looking to make. Everyone keeps telling me ..You are the strongest person I know.  You chose not to settle for your husband because you wanted better for yourself. Keep plugging away Jenn. Well on that note I feel like I try. 

Putting yourself out there again and again is not easy. The awkward first meet alone is worthy enough to make me stay home. I am truly a hopeful romantic and in this day and age I question is; Is that even realistic?  Will I ever meet that guy that just gets me at Hello. The moment we lock eyes I would never want to leave their side and vice versa. I have to say I know I want that and more. It is not even an item on my bucket list. It is more ... I want that person that is my best friend. They will laugh with me, cry with me and everything in between. 

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Barbara Ward-Finneran

What Matters

Leave the Fat Girl Home

YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE IT! EVERYDAY!

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY

Dawn Boyle

Fishnets and Other Contraptions

Getting On My Flip-Flops

REMORAS....and other feeder fish, like you

FISHNETS....

Marion Pellicano Ambrose

Demlicans or Republicrats

I Remember Joe

PARANOMARL PUB - FARMER'S REVENGE - A GEORGIA TALE...

ALASKAN PIPE DREAMS

Tony Walker

HE SAID... He's Asking

WICKEDLY HELPLESS

Daddy's Girl

The Types of Women That Man Should Avoid

CATHOLICS, CONFIRMATIONS AND CHURCHES, OH MY!

Jillian B. Hart

What's So Complicated?!

Handcuffs Anyone?

SHE SAID... He asked, I'm answering

Wicked Questions

THE HOT LIST

Jillian B. Hart - Hart's Desire

Baby It's Cold Outside

After the Kiss

Road Rage and...

Tony's Divorce 

Jenn Copp

Rather Kiss Frogs...

Electric Parades, They Electrify Your Soul

Patty B

Sticky Sweet

Sticky Sweet - Famous Chocolate Quotes

Worth A Peek...

From Darkness and Despair

The Good Girl's Dilemma 

Art Gallery of Dreams

Paranormal Pub

Maryland Tale of Terror

When Forty Feels Like Sixteen

THE LEGEND OF THE ACAI

PYTHONS...ARE APPARENTLY WHAT'S SHAKEN

Dawn Boyle

What is the story with people and their fascination with Pythons?

A few months ago, Marion wrote a story called Pet Python. It got hits the day it ran, but nothing earth shattering. Since the original post date Pet Python has been in the top ten of the highest traffic source. Marion wrote again about the horrible story of a young child being killed by the snake and the parents going to jail...again - BAM! People are all over Delayed Reaction Lounge in search of information and/or stories about Pythons.

What gives? What is the draw? Tell us you python lovers out there....we will be more than happy to give you more snake stories if that is your desire.

I hope while you are reading Marion's Python tales you poke around...we have something for EVERYONE here at DRL....don't miss our very own Buxom Blogging Temptress Jillian. Grab a laugh with Tony. Marion's other stories of ghostly happenings and her love for nature and it's creatures, or check out what Barbara and I have to say in our posts. Rumor has it Jenn Copp will be back soon as well!

Thanks for stopping by the Lounge, grab a drink and hang for a while...we LOVE the company!

Below are some interesting facts about pythons...and also links to our writers and their favorite stories!

Pythons are a group of large non-venomous snakes that belong to the family Pythonidae. They are found in the continents of Asia, Africa and Australia. About 26 species of Pythons exist in the world. Pythons are ambush predators. They attack their prey all of a sudden even before their presence is witnessed. A typical python kills its prey by a process called constriction. Python grasps its prey and wraps its body around it. Without any hesitation, it increases the number of turns around its prey. As a result, the pressure on the prey increases and the prey is forced to stop inhaling. This eventually kills the prey or makes it unconscious. The python then easily swallows the unconscious prey. It may take several days for the prey to be completely digested.

Dawn Boyle - SOCIOPATH....
http://delayedreactionlounge.blogspot.com/2011/07/aka-sociopath.html

Barbara Ward
http://delayedreactionlounge.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-do-you-want.html#more
Jillian B. Hart
http://delayedreactionlounge.blogspot.com/2011/06/business-trip-part-vii-harts-desire.html
Tony Walker
http://delayedreactionlounge.blogspot.com/2011/03/catholics-confirmations-and-churches-oh.html

Marion Ambrose
http://delayedreactionlounge.blogspot.com/2011/04/demlicans-or-repubicrats.html
Jenn Copp

http://delayedreactionlounge.blogspot.com/2011/03/rather-kiss-frogsprince-charming-is.html

BE BACK WHEN WE FEEL LIKE IT!

GONE FISHING... GONE BOATING... GONE BEACHING... GONE SWIMMING... GONE BBQ-ING... GONE OUT...

GONE TO HAVE SOME HOLIDAY WEEKEND FUN!

Hope you do too!  However, if you are taking a break from some fun in the sun...

While we are gone, please feel free to poke around the lounge! 

We have over 650 blog posts, chances are you missed something good!

If you'd like an easy way to find something good - here are some of our favorite posts!

Barbara Ward-Finneran

What Matters

Leave the Fat Girl Home

Dawn Boyle

Fishnets and Other Contraptions

Getting On My Flip-Flops

Marion Pellicano

Demlicans or Republicrats

I Remember Joe

Tony Walker

Road Rage and...

Tony's Divorce 

Jillian B. Hart

What's So Complicated?!

Handcuffs Anyone?

Hart's Desire

Baby It's Cold Outside

After the Kiss

Jenn Copp

Rather Kiss Frogs...

Electric Parades, They Electrify Your Soul

Patty B

Sticky Sweet

Sticky Sweet - Famous Chocolate Quotes

DEALS DEALS DEALS!!!

Jenn Copp

What are the odds I would be working for a group buying site called Grublife Metro? I am a girl that is all about finding new places and trying new restaurants. Up until two years ago money was no object, I would head out with credit card in hand and come home at night with tons of pictures, a satisfied stomach and tons of laughs.

Life is different now, I am starting a business, single, three kids, responsibilities and still crave the desire to roam. So here I am wanting to do everything I am used to yet trying to watch my budget. Then along comes my daily Grublife Metro email. It is like a dream come true. Can I really jump in the car and head to a fabulous restaurant, Get my hair done, bring my kids to laser tag all at least 50% off !!! Yes, I can!!

It is such a great concept. I am still able to try new things. My kids all have no idea that things are different financially. I just shop smarter. Yes we will still frequent a place without a deal if I really like it, but the deals definitely help. They take us from going out to dinner only once a week to going out to dinner maybe 3 times a week. So as I am building my career and my businesses and I hope soon to be back on track. I hope to say to my children .. " Kids where do you want to go this weekend " and really be able to say .. Let's go!!! I know even when I have money, I will still enjoy getting my deals in my email. I will still buy them because they get me to try new places and new restaurants. It is like a ticket in hand that offers me a new experience!! I love that!!! So the next time you think of going out. Look for one of our deals and give it a try, visit a restaurant you never tried before. You too will love it!!

EAT PRAY LOVE

Tony Walker

How many of you saw the movie "Eat Pray Love?"
From what I knew of the movie it didn't seem like the kind of movie I would like but in trying to score with my wife I agreed to watch it with her when she rented it last week.
I was right. I didn't like it.
I'd see it again just because Julia Roberts looks fantastic but otherwise I thought it was awful. This is where I get into the premise of the movie so if you wanna see this but haven't, I am about to ruin it. You've been warned.
Julia Roberts plays a well renowned author, Liz Gilbert. She is known and makes super money but doesn't have much luck with men and is unsatisfied with her life. So she drops everything and decides to go to Italy, India, then Bali for some spiritual knowledge and to find herself.
She goes to these countries and not a single bad thing happens to her. She makes wonderful friends, stays at the most beautiful places, and once in Bali she falls in love with a man and they end up happily ever after.
Are you kidding???
My problem with this movie is that so many women (maybe men too but I've heard women talk about this movie) will identify with this movie. "I would LOVE to go to those places!" Give me a break!
First off, she is a big time author with a ton of money. I know money can't buy happiness but come on! How many of you would LOVE to have a cool job like a well known author? Hey Liz! Try flipping burgers all day! Be grateful you get to do what you love and express yourself through your writings!
How many women who saw this movie are now thinking of ways to pack up and take an extensive vacation like she took to all those wonderful places???
Yes you too will go to these places and make a million friends and not have a single problem! You won't suffer from loneliness! You won't get sick! You won't wander into any "bad parts of town" and only find beautiful sunsets! You will meet wonderful, sexy men who will sweep you off your feet!
I'm sorry. I just find all this supposed spiritual journeys to be a bunch of crap. You have issues with yourself, running away to all these places won't get you away from you! Plus the fact that most of us can't afford to take off for months like this character did.
Look at one of my favorite women-the beautiful Jennifer Copp. She didn't leave her girls to go "find herself." She came home and found ways to make the best of some negative situations by taking advantage of positive surroundings and being close to family and friends. She appears to be in a good place and very happy. She didn't run away. Julia Roberts should have made the "Jenn Copp Story!"
What do you guys think? Did you see the movie? Have you ever gone on extended trips in hopes of finding yourself?

THE HISTORY OF THE BLOG... PART II

 Barbara & Dawn





We have been "SHAKIN" up the internet,  by bloggin' since February 14, 2011.  Since this is our baby, we will be celebrating "months"... We are two months "young" today.  

Happy Birthday DRL!

Everything continues to exceed our early expectations!  We are thrilled - beyond words, humbled and amazed by the fan following that has developed so quickly.  

The traffic to DRL increases weekly.  At the 16 day mark when "The History of the Blog - Part I" was posted we had over 6,400 views from all over the world. To date, we have over 33,000 views. New countries appear all the time and according to blogger stats come back again and again.   The dream of sharing our voice and vision has been received in over 50 countries around the world.


Amazing connections, cross promotions and new departments have been created.  More are in the works!  (If only there was more time each day!)


The messages of courage and hope that have come out of our "Pink Reaction" that highlights the journeys of the incredible survivors who are part of the Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project (BCABPP).  Doris, Ellen and Pamela your dauntless determination in the face of such great challenge, as well as the willingness share your stories, while creating beauty Born From Darkness and Despair, with photographer, Michael D. Colanero, - makes you heroes in the world of survivors!  We are honored to have helped to give this project more "voice". Special thanks to Gabby who help us discover this amazing group! 


Paranormal Pub has been spooky fun and has quite the following and brought us Robert Rothschild Jr., the ghost hunter.  His and Marion's ghost "stories" have been hauntingly good fun!  Our Eatery has awakened taste buds around the world and created quite the stir in the kitchen.  Deanna at The Unnatural Mother has cross promoted with us, we thank her for her support and promotion of DRL!


John Pasko of the Melbourne Police Department, American Police Hall of Fame, and founder of Families of the Shield, will be a guest writer in the near future as we help to pay tribute to those Police Officers who have made the Ultimate Sacrifice. Stay tuned for tributes to these heroes.  


This month we will be inviting our readers to be writers and submit articles for specific feature topics as well as some departments.  Encouraging others to find their "write" way to think, dream, act, endure and share. Sports enthusiast - get your game on! We will be opening the Sports Bar very soon!  We are now welcoming advertisers to the site and hope our readers will embrace and support them.  


Our fabulous writers, Jillian, Marion, Patty, Tony, Jenn, and Robert  continue to entertain, evoke passion, curiosity & fear, and just good ol' fun that makes you Wanna Laugh. They help keep everyone tuned in and coming back daily for more!   Thank you for sharing your talents with us and the cyberworld.  We are not only blest by your prose you write, the laughter & tears you evoke but by the friendships gained along the way!  Also, a nod of KUDOS to our friends; Laura, Gary, and "Jay"  - your behind the scenes input, inspiration, advice and doses of "sanity" go above and beyond what the words "thank you" can express. All of you - are "the crew" of ROCK STARS here at DRL- we appreciate all the hard work and endless emails, texts, calls, questions, IM chats, and Facebook banter you endure!  


Speaking of Facebook... DRL has a fan page and a friend page - both of which are growing by leaps and bounds. Check them out!  You will find your favorite authors commenting and posting there!


Many, many thanks to our "fans" & "followers"!  You have made over 1,500 comments and we welcome more.  Don't be shy!  We love to get your input and thoughts.  To quote, Jillian, Talk to "us" people!  You make every lost hour of sleep, every very chaotic behind the scenes moment, every tech issue, and every "mistake" and typo, every tear and delirious belly laugh endured in this wild and crazy ride of creating this work in progress --- WORTH IT!  We are learning and growing each day! We just might  be dangerous when we really know what we are doing!!! Ha!


Much gratitude to our families and friends for their amazing support and continued encouragement!


It is our hope that you will continue to be with us here at DRL. 
"The place to hang... While you survive the storm".


As you know we have already decided that we will be throwing a party when we hit 100,000 where we can CHEERS to never pulling the plug! ;)  (We should be more then half way there by this time next month!) Remember "virtually" everyone's invited!!!  


Again, Many Thanks! ;)
Peace & prayers,
XOXOXO,
Barbara & Dawn

PS... Over 30 links built into this post -
Check 'em out to relive the fun, or to get to know us if you are new to hangin' at the lounge!

TRAGEDY ON THE HUDSON

Jenn Copp

My heart goes out to the family of the woman who drove her kids to their death in the Hudson River. Not knowing the full details and hearing it had to do with domestic disputes makes me sad. I know so many people going through divorces and watch as the parents can't get along. It saddens me that for the sake of their children they can't make it as smooth as possible. A lot of times one person is helpless in the process as the other person is going to show them paybacks. Not paying child support, not making sure their kids will be taken care of. Why does this have to be?  It is hard enough on the children. Do they have to be in the middle of a domestic war. Splitting from a significant other is hard enough, to feel so desperate that you drive your children into a river is the saddest thing I have heard. In my life I am a fixer, be it a good or bad trait I am still figuring it out but I wish I could one day reach out to people in need and help them.

HAVING IT ALL... Now

Jenn Copp

Is it possible to look at a picture of yourself from a year ago and not really know yourself in the picture? That is what I thought last night. I have a picture that was on my computer, I've erased it a bunch of times and no matter what it still shows up. This time in my downloads folder. It was a picture of me out at a restaurant, What I see is only a girl who was going through a really tough time. I was closing down a business that I loved, dealing with thyroid cancer and a failing marriage, all at the same time.  I look back and still don't know how I made it out in one piece.