The 90's Were Terrible, The Worst Decade Of My Life!

This is a song from the 90's called House. Written by Elton John. This is my cover video of House. http://youtu.be/W9GdZCXNtP0.

I'm thinking of the time frame as it pertained to my life... This song was always kind of dark and sad. My life in the that decade mirrored that. I went through a horrible divorce and ongoing custody battle in court, off and on, for all of the 90's. It was extremely taxing emotionally and financially . I got through it . It really was a Hell on earth...
My three beautiful kids and I are very close, partly because of what we all lived through. Man I wouldn't want to go back and relive that time for anything.  So glad thats over! I'll tell ya, I still rue the day I met that guy! I zigged when I should have zagged!

Music is a healer of the spirit. Some songs just hold a special personal meaning to your soul.

Myself, Britt, Lexie and baby Delcee

Taken in the 90's.

The Great,Greats That I Know and Love. My BFF's

 Clarice

Twinkle

 These are my two BFF's, Clarice and Twinkle. I absolutely adore my cats and, they know it. Something so incredibly comforting about having cats around. Each with very complex personalities! My meazer as I call her is rather snippy. She has acquired a few pet names lol. I call her Nipita Snipita because she is playful and bitey. I also refer to her as Reeses because her color and markings remind me of peanut butter cups. Twinkle my black beauty also has "pet" nicknames. She is sweet, mature in nature and sophisticated so I call her Twinkle Darling...and sometimes shes just "Twink". Her big golden eyes are as bright and clear as stars in the sky. Hence her name.

 My BBF's are as precious as they come. They put up with me and share their unique love to each of
us in our family. They spend hours just hanging out being present and visible in our lives no matter how boring we are. They aren't judgemental and always have a loving glance to impart when our eyes meet.  They cuddle and give freely little cat kisses on your arm or hand. When I'm sick they keep
quiet vigil over me till I'm up and around.  My daughter was 3 when I aquired Twink. It's been a night time ritual that Twink goes to bed with Zoe. I still refer to Twink as " babysitter kitty" even though Zoe is now 12 and hardly needs a sitter. In her hayday, Twink used to bring me " love" gifts from outside. Strangely, on Mother's Day and my Birthday she would do this I kid you not!

My cats are members of my family that I really cherish. When the time comes to say goodbye,it won't be easy. It never is...I feel blessed and fortunate to say that I have been lucky enough to have known and loved many unique, beloved cat creature BFF's. Never to be forgotten! My love to them all...If we really do get to reside in and enjoy an afterlife, I await to be reunited with each of them!

Morro Bay, CA... Downstream

This is Morro Bay, California. My hometown... Downstream reminds me of this place! 

Downstream written by Rick Davies. Cover video by Tyna J. Metzner. Thanks for listening!

http://youtu.be/ocTa8WRodIY

Happy 4th of July From My Family To Yours!

Time is fleeting, leave your "mark" upon this earth!

I saw these new white ducks that have come to live in our H.O.A. pond while on my walk today. They are a beautiful addition to our community and I, appreciate them! How they can exist in 110+heat  baffles me, but ok. This was one of my views on my walk this am.
Where does the time go? I keep feeling like I have to hurry up and do something great with my life! I feel as if I'm  trying hard to get somewhere but I'm not making it anywhere. I keep shouting out to the Universe but nothing ever comes back! I keep trying to make a difference in everything and everyone I touch... I want so much to do something that will leave my mark upon this earth!
This intense desire is fueled no doubt in seeing the progression of  my Dad's battle with Alzheimer's. This brilliant man who in his lifetime has achieved greatness! He served in two wars, WWII and the
Korean War. Graduated from Cornell University with a Master's Degree in Organic Chemistry. Was
then quite literally a rocket scientist with Aerojet General back in the 60's. Then into a career in
Plastics. He amazed us all by inventing a polystyrene insulation process that we all know today as " Foamular" distributed by Owens Corning. ( The Pink Panther foam boards you can buy at Home Depot). He designed dies and extruders and later became a consultant for hire regarding polystyrene insulation!
In his recent later years he became interested in the " Universe ". He used whatever information
mathematical calculation and the hypothesis of others to arrive at no doubt profound discovery! He was so excited to tell me that he had found something out about the Universe that would completely rock the scientific world. He was writing a book that was going to share this new discovery when
sadly, Alzheimer's robbed him of his ability to complete his endeavor. He still to this day speaks of trying to finish this book. Unfortunately,  for all of us really, this is not possible. This disease has taken from my father his most valued attribute, his brain. I see the frustration and the longing in his eyes to finish up what he had started. My sister and I have tried to see if we can help accomplish this
for him. The secrets/ discovery he feels he made lies within him and sadly won't be realized in his
lifetime.
Being witness to this has struck a chord in me that whatever I want/ need to do with my life needs to be done before I'm too old!  The clock is ticking for all of us. Don't put off trying to fulfill your greatness, whatever that may be! Leave your good and solid mark upon this earth, sooner rather than later!

My Dad, sister Joy and I Father's Day 2014.

Arthur L. Phipps the inventor of Foamular.

Discovery! Introduction

Hi! My name is Tyna. I'm new to Blogging here and haven't a clue what I'm doing but I'm going to give this a try!  I play keyboard and sing. I recently wrote this my first original song." Something More Than Nothing" http://youtu.be/zTSXMZrgLyg       It meant the world to me to write it straight from my heart and life experience. A genuine experience...

I'm trying to do something with it but I haven't a clue what. I have a Twitter account and I've been trying to shop my YouTube links around to see if I can generate any interest in my music. This is my first original but I have several other Cover videos on my YouTube Channel. I'm on a quest to see how far I can get. Just like the countless thousands of other musicians who want to make it!
I play by ear and I have since I was 4. Somewhat savant like. One day when I was 4 I sat down at Mom's piano and I played a song that my 12 year old sister had been trying to learn. I played it well and my Mom came into the room to praise my sister for playing it so well and found me at the keys instead. I still remember the look on Mom's face, as if she had seen a ghost. It scared her and then scared me lol. I thought something was wrong with me!

Anyway, of course my parents got me into piano lessons right away to teach me how to read music and I never could learn. Bless my parents for trying!I just wanted to play since I could, and I didn't have the patience to start at the beginning I'm guessing. I'm still that way today I think. This musical gift carried over to the flute and saxaphone also although I no longer play the sax...I don't have one. I often have thought about getting a guitar to see if I could play it but I haven't gone there yet.  Problem with this ability is that few people respect you as a musician if you can't read music. They don't seem to recognize you as having real talent. Becomes almost a stigma...

I played the badly out of tune, old as the hills and beat up family upright that still remains in my home, for many years. I was raising my family and couldn't afford the time or the money for this luxury. I just bought my Yamaha MOX8 in August. I would dearly love to be good enough to make money doing something with "this". I'm really working hard on developing a marketable Me. The more I try to learn about opportunities to get myself out there the more questions that I have! I almost feel that my level of musical ability is just a tease. Only a taste of what it all could be but not good enough to do anything with.  Only something for my own enjoyment, other people aren't interested in it. That very well may be my reality and I just don't want to see it. Regardless, I'm on a quest to see all that I can be!

If anyone feels that they have knowledge to help me and can give me a helping hand up I would appreciate it! So very much! I've got something to prove to myself and my husband who doesn't believe in my dream... Translated, I'm highly motivated to succeed on so many levels...