Freida's Adventures

Updated Today: 12/20/04

I try to update everyday! But sometimes I'm off on an adventure!

"The more one looks, the more one sees. The more one sees, the better one knows where to look." _Anonymous

Quick News:

I have been off on a woodturning adventure for a while! To see the photos of my Wood Turning Projects copy and paste this URL into your browser.

http://homepage.mac.com/freidaw/FreidasPhotos/PhotoAlbum31.html

The Wood turning project are at the bottom of the menu on the top of the page.

A Day at Dog Beach

Today Chip & Zoe visited the dog beach at Huntington Beach CA. It was Chip & my first visit to a dog beach and it was a great photo opportunity. Of course I had to take lots of pictures with my new Digital Rebel camera. So I thought I'd make a video with some fun music. So here it is enjoy!

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Wed - September 29, 2004

Here is another video from Wolden Multimedia I found.

It was one of our Promotional Pieces. Click on READ MORE to see the video and give it a minute to load.

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Tue - September 28, 2004

Earthquake in California but we didn't feel a thing here in Anaheim CA by Disneyland.

By listening to the news you would think that every time there is an earthquake we all feel it. Well, that's just not true. If the epicenter is right under us or not to far away then we can really feel the jolt. Feels like your riding a wave. I woke out of bed with my heart pounding very fast with the Whittier Quake but almost all of the others I hardly felt. Like this one today. Worst case is that your in the shower when one starts! That always worries me! Well, knock on wood that the big one doesn't happen.

I remember one time I was sitting in the dentist office waiting room by myself. I felt the earthshake. I asked the very big nurse if she felt it and she said "no, it was probably me just walking around". I looked down at the floor and it was concrete. Later when I got home I heard the news say that there was an earthquake and I laughed.

A song I'm going to write someday, "You make the earth quake under my feet, oh when you dance, around me mama!" he he

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Fri - September 24, 2004

Radar Eyes!

Beware of those eyes!

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Sun - September 19, 2004

Hello and Welcome to all of you looking at my Ceramics Pages!

It seems that I have a very large amount of people looking at my Ceramic pages which is great! But I'm curious how you found out about my site. Could you drop me an email and let me know? Is it a search engine? I'm just very curious since so many people from all over the world are looking. Thanks.

Email me at: freidaw@mac.com

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Tue - September 14, 2004

The Finger Adventure!

News Flash!

At 3:30 AM in an attempt to rescue a little Pomeranian dog (that sorta looks like hers only male) that was staring down cars in the middle of a very busy intersection. Freida Wolden took her dog and attached the lease and then used her dog as bait! Her dog (Pixel) is in heat (she may be 12 years old but she has still got that twinkle in her eye). Sure enough as she sat down on the front lawn the dog came out of the middle of the street to have a good sniff. After a time the lost little dog came right up next to Pixel and her. Freida decided to grab the little dogs collar. Poor little thing was scared and since Freida did not think ahead she had no lease to attach to it. The dog twisted and turned and pretty soon in the still of the night. A SNAP! Then she released the dog and realized she had re-broken her index finger on her right hand. That's the same finger she broke three days before her wedding 38 years ago!

She is now recuperating and will recover some day soon! Her wood turning career will be put on hold.

Update:
Her camera was delivered today, she will be using her middle finger to press the shutter button! And maybe at the dog too! Which, by the way, at 8-am, took off and ran home where the owner open the front door and welcomed him in after a good nights sleep.

The moral of the story, a broken finger is better than a splattered dog! I think?

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I Believe In You, Bette Mitler © My Favorite Song!

Here's My Favorite Song to Listen to While your Browsing, Enjoy!
Remember, that if you click off this page the music will stop. When you come back to this page just start it up again by clicking the play button.

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Mon - September 13, 2004

Knotts Berry Farm Sept. 2004 Adventure

We spend the day at Knott's Berry farm taking pictures. These rides really soak the kids. They come off the rides dripping wet! Another fun day in Anaheim!

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Wed - September 8, 2004

Welcome to my iBlog Adventure!

My name is Freida Wolden living in Anaheim, California. Hello to all my family and friends! And you my long lost, for 50 years now, newly found sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, nephews, cousins and etc. Wow, from growing up (I'm 56 years old now) as an only child to now having lots of family is really fantastic. I plan on trying to recall and track my life's adventure for you and me. It's been quite a ride and there's still more to come!

...Thanks to my newly found sisters & brothers Jerry, Judie, Julie, Mary, Marie, and others I haven't met yet, and who I haven't seen for 50 years, I now have some pictures of my early days.

...Wolden Multimedia Institute, a school I started around 1990 and ended in 2002 was a dream I had and was able to fulfill. The ending wasn't what I had planned but the school achieved many awards and most important, was a positive impact on many lives.

...All my family and all my friends, past students and I want you to know that "I Believe In You!"

...Any stories about you, me or us I hope you share.

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Pictures of August 25, 2004! My birthday!

Gene asked me, so what do you want to do for your birthday, go to dinner, a movie, down to the beach. I answered back, hmmm, how about going to Harbor Freight, Woodcraft, and the Art Supply Warehouse. He moaned a little and then off we went. We brought the camera's and took pictures of the day! We ended up at the beach on the pier, then off to Mimi's to eat. Okay, so I know the shoe's and the white legs stand out but I believe in comfort and now that I am 57 years old, I don't really give a damn if you like my white legs and ugly shoes or not! he he I'm an ordinary girl trying to make my way in this old world!

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Thu - August 19, 2004

Okay so Saturday I start my Woodturning Class at Cerritos College!

It's exciting to learn new things! Segmented Bowls making is what I'll be learning this time. So what is a segmented bowl? Look at this site:

http://gavinsbowls.tripod.com/gallery1.html

Although this week I have been searching the web for info on segmented bowls and all of a sudden I discover this could involve a lot of math! Oh my gosh! I think I'm in trouble! Well, I have the best teacher on the subject. I'll try to video the process and if I survive the math I'll even post my masterpieces, he he!

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Mon - August 16, 2004

An Entrepreneurs Life! Here's a video produced at Wolden Multimedia Institute in 2000

Well, looks like I lost all that I have written so far about WOLDEN so I'll start again. Here's a video that was created for the Anaheim Arts Council's yearly event to raise money. I love the little girl. Doesn't she have beautiful big eyes! She was just starting out and she made us all cry! We had some real talent at WOLDEN and I really enjoy looking back at the masterpieces we created together. Look for more to come.

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Mon - August 9, 2004

Zoe, Linda & Bill and Gene & Freida

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Our dogs have a new cool bath area! check this out!

Happy, Happy dogs! They especially like their pictures on the wall! The bath I ordered from https://www.petstreetmall.com
It's the easiest way to give the dogs a bath. And you hook it up to warm water over you washer and dryer. It's so easy!
See Chip & Pixel smile! Click Read More to see pictures!

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Fri - August 6, 2004

ONE DAY A BABY BIRD FELL OUT OF THE TREE!

This is a one week adventure I took as a Temporary Bird Mother!
Here's Short Little Movie Staring "LittleBird"
Click play to begin

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Sun - August 1, 2004

Jo Ann & Jim She is so sweet! Doesn't Jim look good? That's my boy!

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Sat - July 31, 2004

Some people who I love very much!

Nancy Clark, James Wolden, Sheriff Carona, Freida Wolden (that's me), Gene Wolden

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Fri - July 9, 2004

This is us when we were married!

July 9th was our anniversary! Ahhhh How time flys! We were about to take a bus to Las Vegas to get married when I broke my finger on a kitchen chair. My hand and fingers were so swollen and I was smiling but about ready to pass out!! It was an omen I think! hehe Well it worked out okay cause we have been together for 38 years despite his old age! hehe Gene is 18 years older than me.

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A picture of us 38 years later!

What a great day this was! Gene and I still smiling in our old age! We are soul mates forever!

It's hard to believe that so much time has passed. So many good memories that out weight the bad. Lots of give and take and plenty of forgiveness is what keeps us together. I'm so lucky to have been loved by him! Geez, I just made myself cry!

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Wed - June 23, 2004

Happy Birthday Robert! You'll always be our Prince!

On June 23rd, 1970, . . . .

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Mon - June 7, 2004

I was Shy Then!

Thought you might get a laugh out of this story about one of my
adventures. I ventured off by myself this day.

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Sun - May 23, 2004

What a great day!

Gene and I had such a great day Saturday. James (our son) called us up and took us to lunch and a movie in Downtown Disney. This is a great area out behind Disneyland that is really fun. We went to see the movie Troy. It was a good movie, lots of cutting action and ankle bleeding! The special effects were good but there is this one scene that I saw 4 repeats of the same chariot! Afterwards we strolled around the shops. My favorite is an contemporary art store that is full of unique art pieces. Gene had such a good time kidding around with Jim. It felt really good. I love watching both of them laugh! I'm very proud of our son. It was the best day I've had for a long time!

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Fri - May 14, 2004

Happy Birthday James! You'll always be my baby!

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Sun - May 9, 2004

Mothers Day Today! My happy and sad thoughts.

Happy Mothers Day to all my friends who have experienced the the wonderful gift of motherhood. When I visit my friend Hilda's house I experience a flashback of early 1970's when our kids were little. She has two boys 2 and 5. It warms my heart at her house. I remember the laughter and craziness of motherhood when I'm there.

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Fri - April 9, 2004

Buddy dies at 13.5 years. So sorry Mikki!

I thought I'd share these sweet words with you all written by my sad friend Mikki back in Davenport.

Dear Family & Friends,
Just a note to let you know our much loved big dog Buddy had a stroke sometime between 3am and 7am this morning. We had to put him to sleep so he wouldn't suffer. He enriched our lives for 13.5 years.

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Tue - April 6, 2004

Here's a Picture of my son Robert & his wife Chea! I miss them both. They live in Tennessee now!

So they probably will never see this picture! If you are ever in Maryville TN stop in and kiss them for me!

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Some Pictures I just ran across

This is Ashley my Granddaughter and me. Isn't she beautiful?

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Sun - April 4, 2004

Ceramic Musical Instruments

Here are two ceramic Bugles and One ceramic Didgeridoo I just finished making. They both sound great! Click on Ocarina's and Flutes &Ceramics in the left hand column to see other ceramic masterpieces (hehe) of mine.

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Sun - March 28, 2004

Just turned a bowl I turned in my Wood Turning Class!

What a thrill it is to use wood that would have ended up in a dump somewhere and turn it into a piece of art. Let me share with you the excitment of creating things out of wood. The pleasure can be found at a local community college and in my case one Sunday afternoon a week. I love learning but this is so much fun! And what's wrong with having fun in your life. I always said do like the book, "Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow". So I don't see the money yet, but I do love it anyway! And everything is not about money!

So did you know that turning wood is easy! A lathe is used to spin the wood around and a group of gouges, 7 to 10, are used to cut into the wood making shapes like spindles and bowls and cups and on and on. Type in wood turning in your search engine and see all the examples around the world. Beautiful pieces all inlayed and cut in ways I can't figure out yet! I'll try and put up pictures of my masterpieces (intro to wood turning class masterpieces) tomorrow. Look back in this message in a few days.

My problem is I love working with wood and ceramics! Ahhh What a wonderful problem!

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I sure learned a lot of info on the Mac Discussion Board

I'm gonna tell you that even after owning a Multimedia Institute for 15 years and being in the computer training business since 1978 the simplest questions arise and make you feel like a fool! That is because the same problem exists, people don't read the books or instructions. (RTFM) Everyone expects instant knowledge without going through the time to figure out the answer. Then writing it down so when you have that problem (and you will) again you can look up the answers. Including me!

So if you have a Macintosh and want answers to your questions from some very smart people go to this web address:

http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?13@38.Az4oaEHAiHf.4@.6890ca36

and see the treaded message that I left and really cool people help me figure out. Then browse around a while and remember this place or if you have a PC find a similar place to ask questions. It's free and you almost always find answers!

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Mon - March 8, 2004

Art Show

Gene and I took our artwork and displayed it at a local art show. How fun to be creating and selling your own artwork! Life is good and only getting better! Take a look at our display. Everybody loved Gene's work and he had a good time joking with people and seeing them laugh. There's only one problem. I'm afraid he going to sell something and I have grown accustomed to their faces. Thanks Vickie for taking the pictures!

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Fri - January 16, 2004

Started a Life Sculpture and Handbuilding Class This Week

What a blast! The class I'm taking at Cerritos College, Life Sculpture, teaches modeling clay from a Live Model. Our first young man is a little over weight and has long black hair. We sit at a table with wheels and all move around the model every half hour or so.
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Thu - January 8, 2004

Tonight, I am depressed! I ran over and killed a little dog today!

It was one year ago January 9th, 2003, that the terrible forceful winds blew our fence down in the middle of the night. Our little white Maltese dog went out over the downed fence from the backyard and disappeared into the night. In the morning when we discovered what happened we went into a frenzy to try to find her. She was around 10 or 11 years old and probably really scared. Up and down the streets! Over to the dog pound. Signs everywhere! Panic that she was hit by a car since we live on a busy street corner. A look in the sewer hole in the street! A walk up and down the railroad tracks. Back to the pound at 4pm everyday to see if she was brought in by one of the trucks. This went on for a month.

After spending a lot of time a the dog pound we realized she was gone from us. She was so white and cute and sweet.

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Wed - December 24, 2003

Merry Christmas to You!

Isn't it life good! I wish you lots of hugs, warm soup and hot tea, dog and cat kisses, smiles towards a stranger moments, but most of all I wish you would not be mad at your mother for one day or at least for one moment. It's seems acceptable and natural for one to be upset at their mother. But wouldn't it be nice, just for a moment to reach out and take a risk. Just be a little kid for a minute and remember a good smile and hug from your mom. Just one moment, that's all a mother asks for!

Remember, "It's not about who loves you, it's about, who you love".

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Tue - December 23, 2003

More Pictures of Little Freida (Frieda), Thanks Judie

What a Great Christmas Present to get to discover old pictures of me I've never seen before with people who loved me very much. But I was to young to remember!

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What? I have been spelling my name wrong all my life?

Earthquake Today! Kinda Shaky Out Here In California!

Here's a Photo I took of my Freinds Linda & Bill Moss and their dog Zoe

All Day in Woodworking Class!

Just Finished a Report on Artist Beatrice Wood

Gene, my husband, is a great Paper Mache artist!

Just Signed Up For 3 New Classes at Cerritos Community College

Freida, such a popular name I have!

My Aunt Dorothy from Marville Tennessee is soooo sweet!

What a Great Day!

This is a Push Stick! I made it in my Intro to Wood Class