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Saturday, January 31, 2009

A Numerologist's Analysis of the First-Name "Nadya

There's explanations regarding the Octuplets Litter on www.ellindodge.com again...on this numerologist's #6 "family and relationships in focus" Personal Day - combined with the #7 Universal "analyze everything and what you see is not what you get" Day...we now know that NADYA, the first name of the octuplet's mother is a #9, means of self expression, with a #2, Soul Urge (natural instinct ) and a projected first impression, #16/7. That's enough number information to do a personality analysis.

Let's take the #9, means of self expression - in it's purest sense - and not including Destiny's conflicting neurotic Challenges, that's an unselfish, brave romantic. That explains why Nadya's mother said that Nadya has been obsessed with having children since she was little. She has no realistic means of caring for her fourteen babes and her mother says, she won't be at the house to care for Nadya's kids when Nadya comes home from the hospital. Nadya doesn't want to share her obsession with a husband...she does not want to marry according to her mother. In her fantasy, everyone will understand and want to help her achieve her ends.

Nadya, the #9, navigates with Toto and Dorothy but doesn't know that she's not in Kansas. Unrealistically romantic, Nadya sees everything working out through charity, empathy and compassion. Yeah, the donations of charitable, empathetic and compassionate suckers...

...seems that Nadya is peopling her own universe. With a #2, Soul Urge, Nadya wants intimates that give her unconditional love and cooperation. Well, if ya' can't meet 'em on Match.com. Nadya, create 'em with the detachment of in vitro!

Then there's the #16/7 Karmic Self Image...Self Image is also the first impression that other's receive and the visualization from childhood of what life should be as an adult. Nadya wanted to be a cultured, educated, respected, princess. She appears to be a lot wiser, aristocratic and cosmopolitan than she is.

The #16/7 has a tendency to make one rise to reach their objectives and then lose all they have gained. Nadya's #16/7 Self Image causes her to attempt to outsmart others to get the material things she wants. She'll get attention... assistance...healthy babies...and through risky judgments, faith in the wrong people, ambition or greed, disgrace, and other underlying factors, hidden legal issues possibly...the #16/7 "rise to fall" disappointments happen...however...

...with the entire first-name number analysis, it's easy to see what could make Nadya use in vitro to become pregnant, insist upon carrying seven babies, happily delivering eight ,with six kids under seven at home, no life partner and no means of support - other than her bankrupt parents. When I find Nadya's birth date, we be able to compare her personality to her options, see what her psychological Challenges reveal and learn the types of people and experiences her Destiny number has to offer her - and, the self-made universe she imagines will guarantee a lifetime of unconditional love.

Friday, January 30, 2009

A Numerologist's Analysis of Greed and Gullibility

Universally it's a #6 "home improvements, family concerns, maintaining relationships in focus" Universal Day - however, I'm in a #5 "think out of the box and be curious" Personal Day and the litter of octuplets - eight babes to a singular Mom (living with her Mom) who had six little darlings at home (one set of twins) makes me wonder how we're gonna' end up paying for her moments of pleasure.

Tis said that her Mom, Dad and the "single Mom" have been able to care for the six at home and eagerly await the arrival of the eight tiny boys and girls destined to share the three bedroom home on the cul de sac surrounded by accepting neighbors. No information as to how the fourteen kids will be distributed in the home. Fertility drugs are involved - this isn't an accident...
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... I am skeptical...unless there is mental illness connected to the single Mom, I do not believe this was done without forethought. I imagine that by the time the newborns arrive, donations will have been accepted by the "just thrilled" Mom of everything the babies need...like a ten bedroom-eight bath, house, all the diapers they can use and a bus to help with marketing groceries.It's a good plan if you're thirty-ish, still live with your folks, have no husband or father for the kids and want a better future. The possibly forever naive or scheming Mom will be cared for - the public can be extremely naive and gullible when children are involved.

I know I was naive and can be gullible. I believed four proposals of marriage were going to lead to forever. Maybe you've wondered "how the Devil made you do it" too. Possible you can identify with my errors of judgment through your memories and would like insights to a "fix." So, today I found...

...an essay in the Wall Street Journal by a professor at the University of Connecticut, Stephen Greenspan (no relation to Alan), that mentions his latest book, "Annals of Gullibility" that caught my eye...as did articles on www.skeptic.com and in Skeptic magazine - 'cause I had just read (in the NY Times) that lawyers are concerned about clients anteing up hourly fees in this economy and are considering switching to flat fees.

Now, I had to be gullible to believe that. I read Stephen Greenspan's explanation of how he got caught in the Madoff Ponzi scheme just like other slightly naive, greed motivated, educated, sophisticated investors and liked his examples of how even smarties get zonked by "A Trojan Horse", WMD's in Iran, sexual seduction and medical fads.

It's in tough cash flow times like these that our accustomed "old millennium" extravagances make us salivate over a flat screen TV lacking the "new millennium" money to pay for it - and, so I suggest we check our "gullibility meter."

Too many people are taken in by the "no interest, pay this off in three years" sells offered by Best Buy and other electronics retailers as well as expensive furniture stores and automobile showrooms. The seduction comes just as you're checking out and it's a quick sell...no time to read fine print - if you miss one payment or are late by a day, you're on to 30% interest...

... how they calculate? Even if you pay the small amount billed each month that pays the loan off, if you default in any part of the contract, they charge interest from the day you bought the item. That's chutzpa! Worse bandits than the Wall Street monsters who are taking bonuses from government bailout monies and telling us that's how they get salaries on Wall Street!

Wall Street doesn't get it - they sell based in a client's gullibility and collect bonuses through greed. Desperate retailers and used car salespeople should make us wary. When money is involved even families may fight and be greedy. Evaluate your "naivety button" and your "gullibility meter" in these trying times. Beware or you too may fall prey to an, impossible to believe, "think out of the box", "offer you could not refuse."

Thursday, January 29, 2009

A Numerologist's Analysis of Untraditional Changes

Universally it's a #5 "anything can happen Murphy's Law in effect" day...unconventionality reins. Since I'm "Queen of the Non-traditional", adjustments are on my mind. Changes for me and unexpected topics in the news...

...the Post Office is losing customers and money and thinking of cutting mail delivery by one day...not necessarily cutting Saturday...possibly low-volume Tuesday...I guess another price increase won't do it for them...so much for "through hail, snow and sleet, we deliver the mail. Their motto does not include the current economy. Times are truly changing.

In the Oval Office, the edict is "business casual" on weekends and jackets not a necessity when the President's around. Obama gets cold easily, turned the heat up, and as one aide commented, "You can grow orchids in the Oval Office." White House unconventional food news...One formal chef and one healthy, clean food chef have taken over the White House kitchen. The Obama's added twenty-eight old, Mr. Kass from Chicago to cook the things he knows they like for them...evidence that times are changing to an informal, comfortable culture.


Another sign of change...the "Yes WE Can" Dems hung together to pass the Stimulus Package and the "No WE Can't" Republicans voted as one to squash the plan. Togetherness was never a Senate or House forte...Gad zooks! These are indeed changing times.

Credit Card regulations set to change for customer benefit in the Spring of 2010 causing banks to up interest rates in preparation now. Just as Citi Bank has been asked not to take delivery of their luxurious corporate jet, as they fail and accept bailout money, they've come up with an unbanker-like rip off. I guess they were going to pay for the executive-perk-jet with the spontaneous raise of interest they gave themselves on my "always paid more than required and always paid on time" credit card.

With an agreement to pay off my card at 1.9% for the life of the loan, they sent a letter announcing that next month my rate goes to 9.9% or 19,9%...the wording was so vague that I cannot figure out exactly what I will be paying...it will be more then the 1.9% I contracted for. Watch the mails - if you're still getting mail delivery - for your credit card interest increases. Too bad the banks are forewarned. Too bad the new law is a year away. Too bad for you and me.

So, with "Murphy's if-anything-can-go-wrong-it-does Law" following me on this "anything-can-happen" Universal Day, the awareness that agreements with businesses - like banks - that have trusted traditions can be changed untraditionally is clear. This unanticipated down sliding economy and informal new administration is changing the foundations of my beliefs. The companies I trusted and the formal Presidential image scream "expect the unexpected" - some businesses change for the worse and some people can change lifestyle for the better...

...good thing I'm accustom to adjusting to the untraditional, 'cause times are really changing.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

A Numerologist's Take on "Madmen" in the White House

...seems like the TV show "Madmen" and the operating skills of 1950's Advertising agency hucksters are hits at the Obama White House. In an effort to get his Stimulus Package passed, The Pres has invited six Democrats and six Republicans that are voting on the Stimulus Package to a cocktail party staged to sell his product. Darn good idea.

In the 1950's, booze, cigarettes and a social setting mixed product manufacturers (known as "clients"), that had to advertise, with hype-sters (known as Ad Men), who created enticing public images for the manufacturer's product. Cocktail parties in homelike settings were keys that opened doors to discussion and handing out favors - things that would not happen in a conference room. Attempting to mix the representatives of the two parties in a social setting may bring about revealing insights, a drunken brawl or nothing at all.

Since this is the dawning of the new millennium, we should see the return of early 1900's past performances. The early 2000's are bringing back 1932's FDR construction projects that create jobs. 1920's banking industry changes. The simplicity of cooking and eating at home, craft hobbies and social service neighborliness as a natural part of "the simple life" are returning.

And in the "Yes WE Can" era, it seems we will research successes from the past and do anything we can to keep communication open. (Gotta' find the booze recipe that sparks diplomacy and cooperation.) With the return of the social setting selling tool, The Business Motivated Cocktail Party, we'll be watching "Madmen" for ideas. I expect the two martini lunch that lasts into cocktail hour and continues to dinner will have a comeback too. That reminds me...the expense account was created in the 1950's too...

...however, if you're just entitled to a "Petty Cash" draw, try my stock tip: Buy liquor, tobacco and cell phone stocks. If I'm right and the future holds increased drinkin', smokin' and talkin-it-up" gatherings just like a "Madmen" commercial, you'll profit.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A Numerologist's Take on A Forward Thinking Day

It's a good day for this numerologist and a lot of other forward thinking folks. The Brits are getting free credit for new car purchases and training for auto workers. We're talking diplomacy with Iran and sending envoys around the globe - one of President Obama's promises being kept. For the many who won't be ready - Analog to digital TV changes have been put back to June 12. And, my web site, "Instant Delivery Readings" for sale page was up and running yesterday.

Yes...it's a good day for me, the Super Bowl, 70% Pittsburgh Steeler favorites and the second in history, surviving octuplets. Good for me...

...not so good news for Karl Rove - on February 2, subpoenaed finally - to talk about his role in the Bush Administration politization of the Justice Department...a question of firing attorneys for political reasons. Not too good for smoking apartment dwellers in Silicon Valley's, Belmont CA...a ban on smoking in their own homes is in effect. Not good for the new season's couture fashions...no one - not even TV's "Project Runway" wants to air them --- yet.

However, Brad and Angelina were together - looking very relaxed at the SAG Awards show. Brad tie less? That's a switch for the fashionisto that used to be married to a fashionista. And, Michelle's Inauguration style ball gown was aped and admired at the SAG "do" too. India's "Slumdog Millionaire" is winning awards and is causing riots in the slums of India...Slum dwellers don't want to be called "dogs." I can openly agree with that.

This new Obama Administration moves on Obama briefings that are clear, concise and forward thinking. People are saying what they mean. So, Here's what's on my mind.

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Yes, yesterday was a good #1 day for me and with your personal readings, today can be a #3 "spread the forward thinking word" Universal Day for you.

Monday, January 26, 2009

A Numerologist's Foggy-Bloggy Day

It's a foggy-bloggy #1 "find something new to talk about' Personal Day. Change will be slow...yeah...I know. I'm patient - I'm perfectly patient - just getting tired - ducking waves and extending life lines.

There's President Obama's briefing, on his seventh day in office, that covered auto emissions, fuel economy, his "green agenda" projected into 2011 and 2009 layoffs - layoffs and more layoffs. News articles labeling and describing "The Twenty-five People Responsible for the Global Financial Crisis" - that's old stuff that's not gonna' produce anything new. And, Demi Moore's daughter, Rumor Willis reaction to her Mom's bringing a guy more her age home - not only for dinner - but for-ever. An older woman and a younger guy - that's new to a sixteen year old...an old story in my crowd. So, my foggy take on the news is "it's hard to buy something new so let's assess what we've got."

Craig Barrett, Intel Corporation, Chairman, is focused on the effective use of assets 'cause the ship is sinking...not new stuff. That's where my head has sailed for the past few days. How to stay above water through - no, swim well - through this tsunami of delays to bailout solutions and my personal financial drowning. It seems to me - it's time to start saving nickles 'cause they turn into dollars...

...researching the basic ingredient(s) in cleaning products (read the label) and using them instead of buying expensive advertised brands makes inexpensive bulk basics valuable again. For example: Baking soda...used in many cleaning products, on a damp cloth cleans crayon marks off walls. Soaking mineral stained metals in vinegar brings them back to life. Dawn detergent and hot water (according to the lady at Tiffanys) is the best for cleaning your gold and diamonds - if you haven't sold or pawned them.

Then there's tips to extend the life of existing assets. According to a recent e-mail...Salt in a paper bag cleans dusty artificial flowers with a few shakes. A spray of cologne or perfume on a light bulb gives the room a pleasant aroma for a few days and saves buying sprays and other odor adding (or killing) expensive throw aways. Toilet paper and kitchen paper cardboard towel rolls are used to store electric cords and saved gift wrap ribbons. Hydrogen peroxide removes blood stains from clothes, carpet...most every fabric completely and quickly. Scotch tape and package sealing tape wrapped around your hand removes dog and cat hair, lint, wool balls anything clinging - at a touch. Aluminum foil wrap on fresh greens keeps them fresh. An oldie but goodie...Leftover wine can be frozen to be used in stews and I discovered, create a new taste sensation when used as ice cubes in lemonade and most fruit drinks.

Well, it's still a foggy-bloggy-lookin'-for-what's-new- #1 for me. January's #3 "it's all talk and no substance" Universal Month vibes are overflowing the dam. Hangin' in - swimming upstream - waiting for February's #4 Universal Month practical problem solving activity so I can tread water.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

A Numerologists's Take on Cleaning Out Closets

...my wardrobe came into close scrutiny today, my #9 "clean out the mental, physical and spiritual closets" Personal Day. The #1 start something new" Universal Day contributed to my taking immediate action. And, that's 'a good thing.' Since sadly, there's no "clothes budget" anymore, and that presents a practical reality...what to do with what I've got?

Everyday work clothes don't count...I work at home. If my clients knew how many phone consultations are done in my underwear in summer and sitting on a heating pad, clothed in ski underwear and a bathrobe. in winter...oy vey. So, there's no time wasted on revamping a wardrobe that's only intimate with the washing machine and dryer. Evening clothes don't count...who can afford to go to pricey charity ball galas anymore?

It's the "go to dinner" or "see a client" or "do a lecture" clothes that really need revamping. That's a focus on suit and blazer jackets. Somehow pants live on (if I forgo stuffing and desserts) and since I gave up skirts when Hillary changed her pear-shape to svelte by wearing pants suits, jackets and pants are my "dependables."

The problem is: over wide shoulders, too much underarm to hem fabric, lapels that are too narrow or too wide, jacket length to short or too long and since I do not have an inexpensive seamstress on call, going to the neighborhood cleaner for jacket repairs gets expensive.

For example......even if I had an inexpensive dressmaker-seamstress, jackets - particularly shoulders - need to be altered and changed by a menswear tailor. They know how to fit shoulders so you don't have pleating going from underarm into the jacket's mid-back seam or a high underarm that restricts movement.An experienced shoulder tailoring = minimally $50.- probably, $90....could be much more! Narrowing the jacket width = another minimum $40. Lapel reshaping = another minimum $40. Shortening the jacket = gotta' be over $40. ??? That's a minimum total of $170. and seems to make a jacket too expensive to repair.

With bargains readily available...I decided tis better to buy one perfect black jacket and wear it with a variety of sweaters, blouses, scarves, shawls and different colored pants and look good all the time than to have a closet-full of undependable jackets...

...admittedly, I was a bit depressed at the start. However, this clothes talk makes me reflect and realize that my objective is to feel confident and look good whenever I go out. So, one perfect jacket can be worn., worn and re worn and with this decision...I'm gonna' gather together the various colored, expensive, ill fitting, too long, out-of-style jackets in my closet, bag 'em and get a tax deduction from the Salvation Army Thrift Store.

Hum...maybe the tax deduction will cover the cost of a new jacket ??? This #9 "finish-up" Personal Day works perfectly with the #1 "start -up" Universal Day and results in a cleaned out a closet, helping a charity and changing my mood...so, you can see how using numerology's day-to-day- prediction can suggest productivity and problem-solving - and, that's 'a good thing.'

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Nutty and Nice News

This Numerologist's #8 "solve problems with common sense and efficiency" Personal Day began with more "nut cases" and "nutty but nice" happenings making news than it would seem imaginable. In this #9 "empathy and compassion filled philosophical" Universal Day --- in our "be sane or sorry" economy --- due to Super Bowl Sunday approaching or imaginations running wild to avoid depression...there are lotsa' nuts in the news.

If I had to choose a number one "nut case", Illinois Governor, Blagojevich would win the prize for using cowboy movie, "The Oxbow Incident", to present his innocence plea in court. Bloggy's wild, disconnected, talking-live comparisons of his situation and the movie story line characters makes me question his sanity. If he keeps this up, it will be a nutty decision, however, he could walk away with time spent in an upscale mental institution.

Then there's almost a tie for "first" - reports of Sarah Palin's eleven million dollar book deal negotiated while she attacks the media for writing about her kids - and, her $180,000. wardrobe lies crumbled, stuffed in black trash bags, in the GOP office...waiting how-long to be given to charity? And big Republican donors getting a bit out of hand - uncomfortable --- how nutty can they be, asking, where their money went?

Meaning no disrespect...however, the Pope seems to approve of hate-mongering and antisemitism with his decree to lift excommunication for Bishop Richard Williams and three other bishops who deny the Nazi Holocaust and gas chambers ever existed...meaning no disrespect, Sir - that's nutty.

Ingrate, Jeremy Piven, of "Entourage" TV series fame, couldn't fulfill his - (he's supposed to be a professional) - "Speed the PLow, Broadway theater commitment. He quit due to eating too much fish. Then had a temper tantrum at a photographer's publicity shoot yesterday. Rude and crude - he tore the sleeve off a $350. shirt while bad-mouthing assistants. Piven enjoys a public presence and the good life afforded by a TV job and it's nutty for a short, ordinary looking approaching middle-age character actor not to be grateful, and - didn't his Mama tell him, it's not nice to tell fishy stories?

Nutty and Nutty: McCain's hitting on Obama choices when unity is a top priority...Republicans bringing back bills related to the bailout that did not pass before Obama was elected so, Obama had to remind them that he won. Firms that received bailout money are lobbying for more. If we give them 'more" - that's nutty on top of nutty.

Nutty but Nice...Michelle Obama's J. Crew clothes selections for her children caused JCrew.com to crash...folks looking to buy? That's a good thing! Jill Biden's scrumptious, well fitting, strapless, red Inaugural Ball gown designed by New York designer, Reem Acra, was almost ignored - that's a nutty way to treat a really nice Jill Biden choice. Obama struck down the nutty Bush ban on giving federal money to developing countries for Family Planning...that's nice.

This Numerologist's last but not least "nice but nutty"...Aretha's Inaugural song hat was truly unique for her persona - and it is nice. However, to the thousands trying to buy one - it works for Aretha - wearing it to church would look nutty.

Friday, January 23, 2009

First Dog Breed Choices by Breed Number

This Numerologist's #7 "analytic" Personal Day my mind delves into Malia and Sasha Obama's "choice of First Dog" dilemma and my book, FROM ACE TO ZUMMO. The little ladies are torn between a Labradoodle, #8 and a Portuguese Water Dog, #6.

FROM ACE TO ZUMMO lists the breed by number, each number has a chapter of information that delves into the breed talents, preferences and idiosyncrasies ,and tells the reader what the pet is thinking. The questions about compatibility of pet and pet companion are answered. For me, It's an easy choice; my type-of-companion preferences are established and I wrote the book. For the Obama's, FROM ACE TO ZUMMO may solve their dilemma.

For the Obama family, it would be a good idea to decide if Labradoodle high work energy demands suit their lifestyle. This is an intelligent, competitive, courageous mixed breed that needs athletic friends and leaders. This breed needs challenges, exercise and play all day. Labradoodles think, "I'll assume leadership and power - Elect me leader and we will win." It's not easy to train a Labradoodle to succumb to the owner's Alpha position...that's you, if you own one.

The Portuguese Water Dog is a homebody...it's credo is, "You make me comfortable and love me and I'll protect, nurture and follow you anywhere." Portuguese Water Dogs are very "teachable." They are quick to learn because they are food oriented and a doggie treat will get them to do everything. This breed is very emotional, sympathetic and steadfast. Portuguese Water Dogs know that they are supposed to listen to and be supportive of the Alpha leader...that's you if you own one.

These breeds are very different. My choice would be the Portuguese Water Dog. I live with and love my #9 Miniature Schnauzer. Miniature Schnauzer breed #9 includes the #6 homebody with #8 bravery, #9 compassion and #7 intelligence. She never leaves home without me, learns quickly and would bravely protect and defend anyone in trouble. That's my breed personality choice for compatibility.

Our First Family will choose their First Dog shortly. FROM ACE TO ZUMMO would be helpful. I hope they read the book.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

This Numerologists #6 "think about home, relationships and family concerns" Personal Day. It's a joy to see that the Credit Card Bill of Rights is being re-introduced in the House and Senate. It will be Obama-rama magic If the bill passes the House and Senate now. And, if it is signed by the president - passed - banks must comply now. Personal relief goes into effect in ninety days. Now is key.

Instead of waiting till the Spring of 2010, banks will have to stop increasing credit card interest rates at will and being selfishly selective as to where they apply monthly payments. Banks are changing credit limits without notiication and putting payments to the lowest interest debt leaving the high interest debt almost the same on each month's statement. And, with this positive practical action to control bankers greed sending out "Yes WE Can" vibes, try negotiating with your credit card debtors...

...if credit cards are with the same bank, you may be able to bundle your accounts. Another key word for now..."bundle."

And, if you're thinking of taking your financial life in your own hands...take a course in "negotiation." You can re-negotiate your lease (if you're a renter). You can approach cable companies, cell phone networks and if you owe more than your house is worth now, talk to your mortgage holder to renegotiate interest rates. They may not want to lower the debt - however, they do want to collect their money eventually.

Companies do not want to lose customers. With negotiation and a diplomatic approach, the rash of good "advice on personal finance" books available now may give you insights and tools that ease financial concern and add to personal freedom.

We'd have the freedom - that's time and energy - to look outside of the problems within our own personal enclosure if we took action to help ourselves now. We need to know that the rules and rates change every day. It's not enough to make one phone call to stay on top of the pile; "the squeaky wheel gets the oil." Phone to maintain a presence while waiting for a "yes or no."

If you want to make the most of your household budget, list possible commitments that you can approach to negotiate to bundle credit cards, lower interest rates and decrease household expenses now.

This Numerologist's take: We'd be able to get involved in Barack Obama-Colin Powell's call to us to make a commitment to community service..now. If we see legislators implementing practical solutions to our home, neighborhood and family concerns now, we'd be less stressed and able to connect to community problems - contribute as a cohesive neighborhood tomorrow -feel freed of depression and help others now.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Numerologist's Take on First Lady Fashion

My Numerologists #5 "pivotal change, expect - and do - the unexpected" Personal Day - still on an Obama-rama high. I hoped and it happened: The Inauguration Day plans went as well as Obama's election campaign. The day's formalities and evening galas gave a hopeful world a look at the incoming administration's truth, reality purposes and connection. Now, if I could just say equally nice things about Michelle Obama's fashion choices.

Warned by friends to "shut my mouth", I'll get right to the point. I wish someone would tell Mrs. Obama that we have American designers who know women's clothes should be structured to pull in the waist, flatten the tummy, make the bust line look perky, never loose shape, move gracefully or not move at all, be strapless and stay up, and, be of a length that flatters the individuals leg shape and height - and doesn't trip the wearer (or anyone walking behind).

Michell Obama may have asked designers to create comfortable clothes. However, comfort and dress structure are built-ins to custom design patterning. For "off the rack" clothes, a bustier, models cinch, "Merry Widow" are worn beneath to give the upper body a smooth midriff, narrow-as-possible-waist and no belly.

The built-ins are the work of a well-schooled, custom or couture designer that examines each customer's body shape with artful scrutiny and dresses woman to hype the positives and cover up the flaws. And, for women in the limelight, styles and color are chosen not only to enhance but, with purpose in mind.

Briefly, the heavily jeweled, designed for cocktails, yellow coat and dress, (that looked green on TV), worn from morning to sunset, Inauguration Day outfit and unstructured ball gown - above the waist - looked like the over-the-shoulder-wide-band was hastily hand-stitched on (to be sure the strapless - lacking the structure of a built-in bra) would not fall down)., The uneven hem, (looked-like it might have been a train back) - made-to-trip-on, "debutante coming-out-party" dress that made walking up and down stairs a nightmare was a bad dream and, the silhouette made the London Times comment, "maybe she has a bun in the oven' - oh, gotta stay "briefly...

...I know Michelle Obama is a "quick-study." Just the way she changed her public tone from professional, efficient, activist, Black-American woman to "Super, Focused on Family Wife-Mom" at the early electioneering stage, she is probably going to observe, listen to comments and add to her storehouse of knowledge. For now, I wish she had made the same quality fashion choices she made for Melia and Sasha - they looked warm, comfortable and they looked their part.

This numerologist does not believe that the new first ladies Inauguration Day naive fashion choices will become "American classics" or made the most of her stunning stature and enhanced her beauty or grace. She is a tall, slender, youthful 40ish, knockout! And - On a well structured, perfectly formed Smithsonian figure, the "First Lady Exhibit" clothes put on display will hang flawlessly and send Michelle's under-developed fashion designer tastes and "early-First-Lady" fashion statement into the future.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Numerologist Prediction: Obama, the Man

Numerologists wait for things to happen too. We predict...but who could have predicted these magic moments of worldwide joy?

Sure, I knew that with the new millennium really beginning in 2008, a "virgin first" would be elected president....not politicians with a past - experienced Washingtonians, Hillary Clinton or John McCain. When McCain introduced "virgin first", Sarah Palin, I freaked! She did give him a boost up and deflated his campaign with rampant political ambition and unimaginable ignorance. So, It had to be an educated, cultured, intellectually gifted, universal contributor, to move Americans to a "virgin" vote - a prepared "virgin first"...that is Barack Obama.

As I watch the preparations for Obama's inauguration and eagerly await his words to the nation, I thank whoever-she-is-up-there for the sun and clear skies that accompany the bitter cold. John Kennedy's inauguration day and night were wet, slushy, freezing - I was there - and no amount of joy in having him as president, could make me warm.

Looking at the vast crowds on my TV screen, that I know are really cold...all I see is warmth. This numerologist predicts habitually...it's a blessing and a curse. ..however, although slow progress to economic recovery is clear and it's apparent that Americans are quick to adopt the "Yes We Can" and "Yes We Did" theme of this incoming administration, can I predict that Obama's vision will get us out of this overwhelming political mess that Bush-Cheney bequeathed...yes I can.

Yes he will. Now, I must live long enough to see Obama untangle the legacy of disengaged leaders and corrupt details he has inherited. It will take time for people to realize that it's not enough to be proud of electing a Black-American.

We elected a man dedicated to bringing us "back to simplicity", back to family focus, and back to accepting that sacrifice will breed recovery and giving public service is as rewarding as driving a new Lexus.

Obama, the man, will - must - alter our ego-focused 1900's expectations that grew to an excessive way of life to the 2000's new millennium focus...exploring and creating partnerships, urging diplomacy not war - and taking care of the details of intimate relationship. To focus on cooperating for success.

Still watching TV...waiting to hear Obama's acceptance speech...This numerologist's take on Obama's influence: In time, we'll observe him as an amazing force of energy. We will emulate him: A man who appreciates what he has, works for what he needs and knows that he, and we, cannot do it alone.

Monday, January 19, 2009

MLK, JR. and Obama Magic

...woke up in the middle of the night - typical #5 Universal Day break in routine - turned on CNN - brimming with MLK, Jr.'s brand-of-magic-memories..and relived my 1963 bus trip from NYC to Washing, DC, to support Martin Luther King, Jr.'s march for equality.
Looking at today's cheery DC assemblage on TV - I recalled - nobody was laughing in my bus. Our trip was fueled by festering anger. Buses headed to hear today's MLK, Jr., "We Shall Overcome" speech replayed and tomorrow's 44th presidential inauguration are charging toward the Washington Monument fueled by joy.
I was thirty-one, riding the bus in 1963, we were taking such tiny, painful steps toward America's promised equality - even I thought I'd be dead before we'd elect a Black-American president of these conflicted United States. During tomorrow's inauguration ceremony...I'll pinch myself - whew, still above ground - so, I'll experience magic.
Now, I'm TV watching - Wearing dungarees and work boots, Obama's surrounded by doers - painting walls - conferring with young and old - making more changes...even MLK, JR. Day is shifting focus and, becoming a day dedicated to hands-on community service...and encouraging participation - NOW.
So NOW, the TV is off - I'm surfing the net to find the nearest homeless shelter that needs a pair of willing hands. This is a purposeful #5 "pivotal changes introduced" Universal "push for progress" Day. And, although there's bristling activity everywhere - everyone appears content just to have someone connected to reality to believe in again. It seems to me, Obama is making new millennium magic...and for a numerologist, he's very believable.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Obama Creates Past, Present, Future Memories

This numerologist's take on Obama's pre-inauguration activities bring back my 1950's generation's good memories - and, is creating amazing memories for this 2000's generation. At my age, memories abound and they're welcome. They keep me warm.
Visualizations stay with us for a lifetime. Obama has the talent for doing things in living color - he's active in DC and when he travels he seems to genuinely want to talk to everyone. Unlike Bush - he's enthusiastic about connecting - doing everyday things he's never done. His youth - his natural desire to be out and about, enjoying simple things, is a big plus to Americans under economic siege.
Young or old, we look and listen everyday - he's not hiding, plotting, planning his administration in secret...He's speaking publicly - often I think I can see his thoughts mulling together as he draws pictures with words. His confidence builds our confidence as he shows us how to identify with past successes and imagine future improvements. He's a planner - an organizer - a go-to-guy who knows he's making memories.
Obama's train ride to DC - the whistle stop waves to endless crowds along the tracks - the speeches to teeth-chattering crowds with smiling lips - endless smiles two days before his inauguration - when on an average day, it hurts most of us to smile. People gathered hours before his arrival just to have the memory.
I like remembering the gutsy, average guy from Missouri who took over when cultured, classy, FDR died...Obama's wave from the back of the crawling train brought back Harry Truman's whistle stop memories. Harry loved to play the piano. He got mad - publicly angry - when his daughter was criticized - never forgave the critics - and , knew the "buck stops here." I recall I thought he belonged in our kitchen.
Memories of FDR's Fireside radio chats flood in when almost daily there's an Obama message to the people. I thought FDR was a family friend because although the country was at war and so many everyday things had changed - his voice resounded on my Mom's kitchen radio almost every dinner time.
Tomorrow we celebrate an American icon...Black-America's pioneering spirit, Martin Luther King, Jr. with in my 1950's memory, an impossible dream creating an unforgettable memory...it's one day before Black-American, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as President of the United States of America. After I see it, I'm gonna' be a really toasty-warm old lady reliving the memory.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Universally, it's a #11/2 "futuristic visions, sensitive emotions, preach my message" Day...with my #1 "begin new projects" Personal Day influence. So, the new sermon for today's vibes is...With numerology prediction, it's not hard to follow the practical - stress diminishing - adage - "Live life one-day-at-a-time."

You're gonna' feel the high strung nervous energy released by the #11/2 universal vibes most of the day with lowered physical energy at around four o'clock - that's lowered blood sugar time for most of us. A four ounce glass of orange juice will turn the vapors away.

Knowing that it's possible to raise a credit score by ten points, when trying to find out what it is, can give you the vapors too. Gotta' check that out after I check my score on www.GoFreeCredit.com where -tis said - information is given for a free month and there is no negative effect on a credit score..and, more how to avoid the vapors preaching...

...since this is a good time to purchase a home - interest rates are low and it's surely a buyer's priced market...so, it's good to remember that mortgage lenders and real estate agents are still desperate for business. It is suggested that when you're purchasing a house, the home appraisers used by these people need to be double-checked for truthfulness and accuracy: Get your own appraiser. Appraisers business activity is down too. They could be tempted to color appraisals. It's known to happen. Tis possible...you could end up with a house that isn't worth the appraisal...and sometimes...high nervous energy breeds paranoia...

...wondering why the Financial Times is headlining, "regulation is a small price for protection." Are we entering into a government run banking industry? If that happens - Who's gonna' bail out government banks when GM and other bailout recipients default? Tis said, "Banks hide their bailout money in the Cayman Islands" and other offshore stashes. They're still not lending. Foreclosures are still on the rise. We owe China big time! Will China foreclose on us? Taking it one-day-at-a-time...

...today's high strung nervous energy must be getting very personalized - "doing a job" on my imagination...so, I'm thinking it's time to grow my hair long and take more vitamins. So, if I get desperate for mortgage payment cash, I can sell my hair and become a paid medical guinea pig - and, with that money - keep my house. If I have a house, I can sponsor "Gold Selling Parties" to cover other basic living costs....that's a plan.

Numerology daily number predictions keep me writing out stress and from going to daily emotional extremes...these extremes, have in the past, preceded bad decisions. Just knowing I'm supposed to look to new ideas and plans - and realizing that I'll be doing it with angst and unrealistic projected fears...I can deal with that one-day-at-a-time.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Bush, Madoff = Renewals and Firsts

This day of firsts brings in first-timers and millennium renewals. Although the calendar marks today as January 16, for numerologists this is a #1 "start new projects, make contacts, be creative and progressive" Universal Day. The first time a commercial airliner crashed into water, had a safe landing and not a soul is hurt. The new millennium renewal of Sears layaway plan...

...and, above all firsts - a marriage scam of giant proportions. In a marriage of fifty years duration, a wife that goes to the office every day and eats dinner alone every night with her husband does not know that he has a brokerage business that gave her an eighteen room Park Avenue apartment and doesn't place orders for stock buys and sells...

...Bernie Maddoff's wife and business partner of fifty years had three mansions plus a giant yacht and, had no idea that he sat in his office all day - had lunch at the desk - and played with his scheme.

Why didn't the Stock Exchange pundits notice the computer inactivity? Will we see changes in the SEC as one of the new millennium renewals?

Numerologically - We should see the application of practical corrections in the summer of 2011. Expect to see at least a year of more disclosures, bailouts that don't bail out mortgage holders and bank money injections that just detail the problems.So, "firsts" are in focus: We hear about Germany's flirt first-kill later Internet killer. Esquire magazine put a very innovative ad in it's cover for the first time....more to come. Rachael Maddow topped Larry King and ABC's, "This Week" beat NBC's, "Meet the Press."

And, when I listened to the President Bush's Farewell Address on radio for the first time - didn't see his arrogant stance, sneering mouth and glazed, staring, hopeful eyes - visualizing escape and thinking, "Playing "war and terrorists" has been fun but, when can I go on a real "lost weekend?"

I have firsts in mind: I felt sorry for arrogant, inept, Bush when listening to him apologize for his well intentioned but bad outcome decisions. I have renewals in mind: Betcha' Bush adds a well stocked bar room to his new Texas mansion.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

A Woman's Right to Choose Public Service Now

Due to friendship with a few pro-choice activists and women who lived during the 1960's shocker, Helen Gurley Brown's, SEX and the SINGLE GIRL and 1970's Gloria Steinem-Betty Freidan-Bella Abzug bold consciousness-raising for equal rights, I was not-too-gently-nudged to a planning meeting-retreat of Arizona Women's Political Caucus of Greater Phoenix. - a chapter in the non-partisan, National Women's Political Caucus.

I never think of myself as a joiner and equality for woman isn't something I generally go to meetings to promote...having supported two children on two to three jobs at varying times for twenty years, I fought the battle for "equal pay for equal work" - fair hiring practices - in real survival time. However, yesterday, less self-involved and wiser......I came away with an interest in promoting a women's access to power and spreading the word.

It now seems to me that gender is equal - maybe tougher - than color as a barrier.

Times have changed...if there are generational barriers, we need to find common ground and young women should be made aware of the opportunity to be involved and, the need for activism - much to ponder......this awakening made me realize that I personally want to find a way to see more women who express their belief in a women's right to choose in public elected and appointed offices.

I've freelanced all my working life and am not a corporate benefits junkie. So, I didn't know that woman are often overlooked for freebie educational benefits..and much more. Believers in equal SS benefits for women who stay home to care for children and health insurance coverage for birth control drugs (since insurance pays for Viagra) need to find and add their energies to the non-partisan, Women's Political Caucus Chapter in their neighborhood.

The dedication to eradication of sexism, racism, ageism, violence, poverty, discrimination against the disabled and discrimination on the basis of religion and national origin - and, ensuring reproductive freedom and freedom of sexual orientation...these goals and purposes are in the bylaws of Arizona's Women's Political Caucus. This is the place! I am thinking of getting involved...I don't do "get involved"...however...the millennium has changed my perspective. I feel a call to public service now.