tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895029649661729222024-03-15T18:10:41.255-07:00Blessings Each Day...Bendiciones cada diaBlessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-10361241791069875912011-06-02T06:08:00.000-07:002011-06-02T06:08:39.844-07:00Yikes<strong><u><span style="color: red;">Newest glitch in blog land is that I CANNOT comment on your blogs or even my own! Any wasy to fix this? HELP! It keeps making me sign in again and doing a word verification over and over and over and no comment ever appears!</span></u></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-1816054974196029042011-06-02T05:52:00.000-07:002011-06-02T05:52:06.847-07:00Stepping into the water a little<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Things are much "quieter" here in blog land and I am afraid that I can be part of that reason...it is so easy to hibernate and stay in hibernation! But, I am not a bear (maybe on a VERY bad day when crabbiness gets its' way with me) so I need to poke my nose out and see what's going on here.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong><em>It has been nice to "sneak" back here and take a peek at all the blogs still being done fairly faithfully, but I miss seeing many others.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong><em>In fact, my computer crashed some months ago and we can't find the software to download pictures from my newest camera and so we have pictures downloaded somewhere in cyber space!</em></strong></span><br />
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Well I found this one of us on a trip to the park...looks like we need to cut back on those midnight snacks...doesn't it? (Isn't that baby adorable...wish I could hug and kiss it, but I gotta wait till heaven to do that or the mama would probably send me to heaven a lot sooner!)<br />
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"A bilingual road sign in Wales caught bikers off guard. The English part read Cyclists Dismount. The Welsh: Llid Y Bledren Dymchwelyd, or "Bladder disease has returned." One theory for the mistake—instead of typing cyclist into an online translation program, someone typed cystitis. " <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><em>Actually if you've got bladder disease you probably needed to dismount and find a restroom anyway!</em></strong></span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">...Thanking the Good Lord for His many blessings on all of us and letting you know that I STILL earnestly remember you in prayer!!</span></em></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-41847005378124705482010-11-10T17:02:00.000-08:002010-11-10T17:02:56.604-08:00No, I did not "re-disappear"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nhYYEjDfcGsT89mnnfYOjxpr9R9tfuGTwc88Wh-5XXgJOM4F86ss18M8N-e00dv4aejXh8Eojv0dP15USlmrXZP9h2G1MA73HLJxkIVMfpQen1rLpIlhGpdfzWB7hQqddbewhwxMnrM/s1600/2574512996_905c6acfa8_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nhYYEjDfcGsT89mnnfYOjxpr9R9tfuGTwc88Wh-5XXgJOM4F86ss18M8N-e00dv4aejXh8Eojv0dP15USlmrXZP9h2G1MA73HLJxkIVMfpQen1rLpIlhGpdfzWB7hQqddbewhwxMnrM/s1600/2574512996_905c6acfa8_m.jpg" /></a></div><strong><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">(I did a pallet knife painting of a sunflower and butterfly for Cheryl but this is as close as I have in my files).</span></strong><br />
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These last few days have been very eventful, with two major occurrences:<br />
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2nd...Michael will undergo surgery tomorrow for a complete replacement of his defibrillator/pacemaker. With God's blessing it will be a short surgery and he will go home afterward. If the leads are messed up going into his heart then it may mean a stay at the hospital. Please raise up a prayer for him my friends.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><em><strong>~~~Thank You heavenly Father, Son and Holy Spirit for the blessings of loving and happy memories and for Your healing Hand in our lives.</strong></em></span>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-50767815411347139142010-11-06T05:32:00.000-07:002010-11-06T05:53:29.034-07:00Whoooo is this???Could it be she came out of hibernation??? Hmmm....that almost sounds good...lots of sleep, something that doesn't seem to come my way very often.<br />
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Couldn't find a bear in my 'collection', so have a non hibernating elephant and use your imagination please...<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Do they look like big brown bears now(you might need to squint and stand on one leg!)???</div><br />
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Today would have been my late beloved husband Mario's birthday, so I pray that it is a wonderful day of happy memories for all those lives he so lovingly touched here on this planet.<br />
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In honor of this special day and special person, allow me to share a lovely prayer I was given at a prayer group meeting...<br />
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<strong><em><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia;">p.s. Just to let you know, I have been sneaking back here to read your posts and 'keep in touch' that way.</span></em></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-73487171821672187312010-05-27T15:39:00.000-07:002010-05-27T15:39:40.622-07:00Puff puff...here I come to hurry up and say Hip hip hooray for Bernie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1nizDUZS3QX1Ubi-kRe347rcSQ_BjPyCAVHECvNg_Ti1W-DETi_hvm6GpihyphenhyphenSG2vvP_l5vIxqHOLWV6-sifWvUmQ-pdOWuDyf65tEZUErx5NoABfR8WQ-AwddaOVIAYxD2ZfVTQonWM/s1600/Bernie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1nizDUZS3QX1Ubi-kRe347rcSQ_BjPyCAVHECvNg_Ti1W-DETi_hvm6GpihyphenhyphenSG2vvP_l5vIxqHOLWV6-sifWvUmQ-pdOWuDyf65tEZUErx5NoABfR8WQ-AwddaOVIAYxD2ZfVTQonWM/s320/Bernie.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It is so perfect that it is Bernie's birthday because her birthday should be every day</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Since her name starts with "B" that way!</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And she always has nice things to say.</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">(Her blog name says <a href="http://bernie-onmyown.blogspot.com/">"On my own")</a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But her words say "I'm there for one and all...</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Just give me one little call."</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">B</span> is for ....the bountiful blessings she sends to all</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">E</span> is for ....the extra care she has for others big and small</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">R</span> is for ....the rosy attitude she sends to those who are sad</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">N</span> is for....never giving up when things seem to go bad</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">I</span> is for....iced tea that she will serve you if you want to drop by</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">E </span>is for....the endless care she will show you if you cry!!</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Bernie, you are a true gem and a privilege to know! I just got back from an overnight trip to take my son and family to see his sister and then to Brande's family after that but I had to get something out for your special day...I pray it was/is wonderful just like YOU!</span></strong><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;">~~~Heavenly Father thank You for the blessings of people like Bernie who show Your love to others in so many ways!</span></strong></em>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-8637692272458757932010-04-23T06:12:00.000-07:002010-04-23T16:22:39.333-07:00IT'S GREEN TIME...How Green Are You????<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I guess the answer to this is "Never green enough, but working on it!"</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Being Irish helps but I'm constantly learning new ways to "go green"...for example, I just found out that we can take all of our plastics to our local dump for recycling...YA HOO to that one as Michael goes through tons of Propel water daily!</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f;">So this isn't all about the guy below but he IS saving energy/our earth/ the ecology by walking!!!....</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/spring-cleaning/">Home cleaning supplies</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: #93c47d; color: #38761d;">(It's soooo easy to just use vinegar and baking soda to clean and disinfect most surfaces, toilets and showers that I now keep a large container of white vinegar and a box of baking soda in the bathroom!)</span></em></strong></div><br />
<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: lime;">The strength of any deep clean comes from the supplies you use to wipe, polish, scrub, and soak—but that doesn't mean you have to stock up on sprays and powders that are made of potentially toxic antibacterial chemicals. Find out how using kitchen staples—<span style="font-size: large;"><em>like vinegar, baking soda, and good old hot water—can get your house as sparkling clean as anything on the shelves (at a fraction of the price), </em></span>and how those once-a-year jobs (like vacuuming the refrigerator coils) can make your home more efficient than you realized.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: #274e13; color: #f3f3f3;">Get a jump on your spring cleaning by tackling all of your home's trouble spots, from junk drawers and closets to garages and attics—because having less to clean makes the job go that much more quickly. Once you've managed to get rid of those magazines you'll never read and those clothes you'll never wear, find green ways to get them out of your house, from donating and recycling to selling or reusing—which can help make someone else's life a little greener, too.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #38761d;">(Lately we've been getting SO many calls from clothing donations centers that we've given to recently and in the past that we could end up naked around here...now THAT"S scary!!)</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13;">In this guide, we'll show you how to reduce, reuse, and recycle the clutter that's blocking your access to summer essentials like the beach chairs and the barbecue; how to clean your home from roof to floor with non-toxic, homemade household cleaners; and how to get—and stay—organized without investing in a pile of plastic storage bins. Who knows? You just might love your new, clean, green space so much that next year’s spring cleaning won't even be necessary—so you can head right outside at the first sign of warm weather.</span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8VNblzPWu8TP4VBndFRMGRXX4Fxpm3J0rZqNKb6yqptiriAt2IVmApTP7bsQ0rSoZzqY2SdJ2HX4lM9a92Go0wamdkdUvuRaeV_05DdXOyhhS9sbUN4HUnI5CvWeJzuumvFpCZhs4bc/s1600/3098785473_1195e7dded.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8VNblzPWu8TP4VBndFRMGRXX4Fxpm3J0rZqNKb6yqptiriAt2IVmApTP7bsQ0rSoZzqY2SdJ2HX4lM9a92Go0wamdkdUvuRaeV_05DdXOyhhS9sbUN4HUnI5CvWeJzuumvFpCZhs4bc/s320/3098785473_1195e7dded.jpg" tt="true" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">With paper towels making up 3,000 tons of landfill trash every day, it's hard to justify using those disposables—no matter how convenient they are—and it feels even harder to stop. But if you think about all the tasks you use a paper towel for, it's easy to figure out how to replace them, from using microfiber towels on glass and mirrors to turning old shirts into rags to mop up messier spills. For more how-tos on giving up the roll, try these seven simple replacements.</span></strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #38761d;">(ONE thing we started doing a long time ago was saving the paper towels that are still 'clean', like those used to quickly dry something or to cover something put in the microwave etc, so that they can be reused to wipe up spills or wash the floor, which I do tile by tile with old paper towels.)</span></strong></em><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This is an easy one: there are plenty of ways to dry your hands without using paper. Cloth towels are simplest—and the prettiest, if you're interested in keeping the look of your kitchen or bathroom up-to-date; try organic cotton towels for an even greener solution. You could also take your cues from Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, and install an electric hand dryer, especially if you're providing your home with power from an alternative energy source, like solar or wind. Even simpler? Just give your hands a quick shake and let them air dry.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">If you're used to grabbing a paper towel for every drip, crumb, and splatter that ends up on your tile, then your household waste will see a big reduction by replacing those paper towels with the reusable option that worked so well for generations: the sponge. From pushing crumbs into the trashcan to using a damp sponge to wipe up coffee stains and spaghetti sauce, a simple sponge is one of the most utilitarian tools in your kitchen—and if you're worried about spreading bacteria, use the tried-and-true trick of microwaving a wet sponge for about 30 seconds to kill germs.</span></strong><br />
<strong><em><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #38761d;">(I daily microwave my sponges and love knowing that they are even cleaner than a paper towel afterwards!)</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"></span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">For sopping up simple spills—water, fruit juice, cooking splatter—use absorbent cloth towels and wash them with your place mats, cloth napkins, and other food-prep fabrics. For more complicated spills, like juice from raw meat, set aside separate towels and wash them after each use to prevent bacteria from spreading—and keep in mind that using your hand towel without washing your hands after touching food will mean it, too, needs to be washed more often.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">You can make your own glass cleaner from lemon juice, rubbing alcohol, vinegar, dish soap, and water, but when it comes to applying it to glass, sponges can leave streaks and terrycloth towels can give you a mirror covered in fuzz. Instead, use microfiber towels from Method that are specially-designed to work on glass and mirrors—or copy another trick from housekeeping gurus and use newspaper for a streak-free shine.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We understand if this is the one room in your home that makes you most inspired to use disposable cleaning products, but the rules that apply in your kitchen apply here, too: use a microfiber glass cleaner; microwave sponges and wash your scrubbing towels after every use to kill bacteria; and use non-toxic cleaners to keep your bathroom free from harsh chemicals.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Using paper towels to pat dry vegetables might not be the biggest drain on your weekly supply of disposables, but removing excess water will help when steaming, blanching, or drying raw veggies (and those techniques can help you preserve your fresh bounty for winter use). Simple cotton towels are your new best friend, here—or look for linen towels that absorb just as well without releasing any fibers. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13; color: lime;">Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13; color: lime;">Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13; color: lime;">For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13; color: lime;">America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13; color: lime;">And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #274e13;"><span style="color: lime;">Julie was remodeling her house. She had a painter come by to look at her house.</span> </span><br />
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And one I've shared before but a cutie...<br />
<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">They were walking through her house and they came to the first room where Julie said, "I think I want this room blue." The painter wrote something down on his clipboard, walked over to the window, and shouted, "Green side up!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #93c47d;">Then they went on to the next room. There, Julie said, "This room is going to be brown." The painter wrote something down on the clipboard again, walked over to the window, and shouted, "Green side up!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Now Julie was extremely confused, but she brushed it off, and they went to the next room. Julie said, "This room should be red." The painter wrote something down on his clipboard, walked over to the window, and shouted, "Green side up!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Julie was even more confused now. She asked the painter, "Why do you go to the window and shout 'Green side up!' every time I tell you what color I want a room?" To this, the painter replied. "I have blondes laying sod across the street."</span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="background-color: #274e13; color: #b6d7a8; font-size: x-large;">~~~~~Heavenly Father, Son and Holy Spirit I thank You for the blessings of this beautiful green planet You gave us...please help us honor You by taking good care of it.</span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"></span></div>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-10145763054302983972010-04-22T03:56:00.000-07:002010-04-22T03:56:00.864-07:00Happy Birthday to You Terri!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #351c75;">Terri is a fascinating goal setter and dream maker, a true inspiration to people who want to make THE WORLD a better, kinder and nicer place, so I say to you...may you continue to inspire and find new and wonderful goals to make this world a better place, Terri and </span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #351c75;">H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!!!</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;">A search on the Internet found this article (which Terri could probably have written). If you want to read the rest of it, just click on the first line...</span><br />
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Am I actively moving in the direction of my goals and dreams each and every day?<br />
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Everybody has dreams and most people have goals. If you want your goals and dreams to become reality, you must move toward them consistently and purposefully. By nature, we always begin with distance between where we are and where we want to be. Our job is to narrow that distance until it no longer exists. To accomplish that, we need to draw our goals and dreams closer to us, while simultaneously moving toward them.<br />
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Some people attempt to attract their goals without taking much action. Others choose to act on their goals, but without the added advantage of also drawing those goals to them. Action alone can bring positive results, but it is much faster to combine the two techniques.<br />
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For the sake of clarity, let’s differentiate between dreams and wishful thinking. In some conversations, the two might be interchangeable. Not so in this case. When I talk about dreams, I am really talking about highly desirable goals. Future realities that we fully intend to realize. For our purposes, a dream is something that we are willing to work toward, and are determined to manifest, just like a goal."<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #274e13;">It's always important to end with a smile, so hope this brings one to your face, Terri and that your day is wonderful in all ways. May the Good Lord bless and be with you always.</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>~~~Thank You dear Lord for the blessings of friends to inspire and guide us on our journey of kindness.</em></strong></span>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-49831968372789569262010-04-10T03:49:00.000-07:002010-04-10T04:07:49.737-07:00Here's to the BIRTHDAY GIRL...HAPPY BIRTHDAY DI!!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSelXlXXvjmQDnmh4Gu3Q1YtQRHWkUTAvTs7mtPwDOxmKxS7m26wlgVkiYyNSZkzJyMLloizon4y4nPFB4bck-RqgAfXLw3PQg077ktzqv8bHOjGfNgC4RKCJX1yBfHy3IAKOL8_PRhZI/s1600/Diana's_Birthday_-_April_10th_edited_final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSelXlXXvjmQDnmh4Gu3Q1YtQRHWkUTAvTs7mtPwDOxmKxS7m26wlgVkiYyNSZkzJyMLloizon4y4nPFB4bck-RqgAfXLw3PQg077ktzqv8bHOjGfNgC4RKCJX1yBfHy3IAKOL8_PRhZI/s320/Diana's_Birthday_-_April_10th_edited_final.jpg" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Di has never been shy</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">To let us know</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Where she would like to go.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">So here's a beach or two</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">For a friend so true...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Are you looking for some townhouses on the beach Di?....</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrdzAcXsUAVB7X8VBVNRe1YJFJHGv6DI6Q6rfRAxokuOqInC8ODaTHDAQ2msxLx_kmOiIdrmRhiFnFv3eMc4yxZFMKo4N4jjm0UlBQPwUlt_MgJwwLYAMP-_TDVGjekgnEowBXIhyphenhyphennnM/s1600/52864545_2624fe439a_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrdzAcXsUAVB7X8VBVNRe1YJFJHGv6DI6Q6rfRAxokuOqInC8ODaTHDAQ2msxLx_kmOiIdrmRhiFnFv3eMc4yxZFMKo4N4jjm0UlBQPwUlt_MgJwwLYAMP-_TDVGjekgnEowBXIhyphenhyphennnM/s200/52864545_2624fe439a_t.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>Or maybe a more secluded spot where you can set up your own little tent?...</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDZiR0M4OlVv1Ko1Ifxbr98Ej6tmQDJkU77yDaWEyQEh0b1Lb-vWA63xY1QrPxBjbrHLeZ8f7NeQelkXzJGcrY8bWHeR2FthDRfKq4frrwlAUK2vlbcamD3YHLw0oWccGe7sCCyJb3fE/s1600/481343955_cc160f8a99_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDZiR0M4OlVv1Ko1Ifxbr98Ej6tmQDJkU77yDaWEyQEh0b1Lb-vWA63xY1QrPxBjbrHLeZ8f7NeQelkXzJGcrY8bWHeR2FthDRfKq4frrwlAUK2vlbcamD3YHLw0oWccGe7sCCyJb3fE/s320/481343955_cc160f8a99_m.jpg" wt="true" /></strong></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;"><strong>Uh oh, found these guys listed as beach creatures...maybe they're just stopping by to entertain Diana?...</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrELaFKgJQMMjlOSIwohzYGMuy1vJUv3FBQbkLAtXYe7EotcFsJuT2wf4QPkdtF-iIFKu2NfNKhbzRDw__CMRJl-t3_ETo2i4X1Mt2HGlHZ9xgl23sw0wp2DkNkfIsvFBhQAqPDjuZC_Q/s1600/353061980_9dc88817cb_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrELaFKgJQMMjlOSIwohzYGMuy1vJUv3FBQbkLAtXYe7EotcFsJuT2wf4QPkdtF-iIFKu2NfNKhbzRDw__CMRJl-t3_ETo2i4X1Mt2HGlHZ9xgl23sw0wp2DkNkfIsvFBhQAqPDjuZC_Q/s320/353061980_9dc88817cb_t.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;">Here's a nice fixer upper house on the beach...what do you think, Di?....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA09ijOk91OdMpAQBvQ25zjtBi0Ypb7U6P3OeaioGxOYBU6PNT8JKlO0RJqS_GutTpTRJefaalSc3BsMctDdLChyphenhyphenw9YlMd_BFANV9c5ShS7dEeuB6ByPpOcgFThEiiusRalw1upwjENaE/s1600/1319518729_16e6c4b796_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><strong><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA09ijOk91OdMpAQBvQ25zjtBi0Ypb7U6P3OeaioGxOYBU6PNT8JKlO0RJqS_GutTpTRJefaalSc3BsMctDdLChyphenhyphenw9YlMd_BFANV9c5ShS7dEeuB6ByPpOcgFThEiiusRalw1upwjENaE/s200/1319518729_16e6c4b796_t.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></span></strong></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">Uh oh...watch your food or these guys will swipe it....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaLUSy27TafJbFZBspzyy-g8Fm4C4aQO53bHsILtz-M2reGuFmJn6RcyygAvLHPw_IWE9JOwiFNtJWl18owRpLdDyotiKB8EXZvR5tTVAoyJanARgczW2lWSwF2i_ZZTwN8U1Epk376E/s1600/3129884643_830a276f52_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaLUSy27TafJbFZBspzyy-g8Fm4C4aQO53bHsILtz-M2reGuFmJn6RcyygAvLHPw_IWE9JOwiFNtJWl18owRpLdDyotiKB8EXZvR5tTVAoyJanARgczW2lWSwF2i_ZZTwN8U1Epk376E/s200/3129884643_830a276f52_t.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Ah, yes, beloved beach</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: red;">glass just for you...something I had</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #073763;">never heard of till Eileen let me see the light!....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Okay, now here's all your Village friends dropping in to see you....</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Guess you'll be pretty surprised when you see this photo I snapped of you getting ready for your trip to the beach!!! You are styling girl!!!.....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="color: #274e13;">Well I searched and searched for some cute beach jokes and could only find these, so they may be a little corny or pitiful but they are nice and CLEAN (guess they were washed by the beach or washed up on shore or just beachy keen jokes)!....</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What did the pacific ocean say to the atlantic ocean?</div><br />
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Nothing, they just waved!<br />
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Why couldn't the sailor play cards on his boat?<br />
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Because someone was always sitting on the deck.<br />
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What does stuck seaweed say? <br />
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"Kelp! Kelp!"<br />
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What did the fish use as a cell phone? <br />
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A Shell Phone!<br />
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What do you find on a small beach? <br />
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Micro-waves!<br />
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What do you call a woman with sand paper on her head? <br />
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Sandy!<br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><strong>~~~Heavenly Father, Son and Holy Spirit thank You for the blessings of good friends celebrating the special day of their birth and our ability to make them smile!</strong></span></em>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-46038114661806143902010-04-04T03:09:00.000-07:002010-04-08T18:40:39.034-07:00Morning has broken...HE IS RISEN!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="color: #bf9000;">IT IS SUNDAY AND THE DARK CLOUDS OF SADNESS ARE BROKEN</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">...THE WORLD IS NEW FOR JESUS HAS ARISEN FROM THE DEAD....</span></span></span></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>May we all be wearing a HUGE smile today knowing we are so well loved...</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>So many things speak to us of new life...the very eggs that we admire in all shapes and sizes and designs...</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #38761d;">As Michael and I travel down (plenty of time for prayer on the over two hour trip) to see and celebrate Easter with my daughter Ria and her family, I will be praying for all of you to have and enjoy a truly BLESSED EASTER!!</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: red;">~~~Dearest Lord</span> and Savior,</span> <span style="color: #073763;">thank You for the blessings</span> <span style="color: #274e13;">of Your incredible love</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">...may we spread it in so many ways!</span></span></em></strong></div>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-16857012490397368392010-04-02T03:02:00.000-07:002010-04-02T03:04:38.935-07:00LOVE is The Good in Good Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OybIsmxy_5lmPv0zNsGeMrGqzxnqwd0HfEOSFDIEfKYTq8bzVwGM6bXzRQu7T96y8BGIbdbfPhSbDFoN7PEYgXcxIhWyjGU8w8M7bSCcfb5ViozGyfiORquV6E7_Z-UUt9nBR5KVNh4/s1600/149270712_f05ffe79c6_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3OybIsmxy_5lmPv0zNsGeMrGqzxnqwd0HfEOSFDIEfKYTq8bzVwGM6bXzRQu7T96y8BGIbdbfPhSbDFoN7PEYgXcxIhWyjGU8w8M7bSCcfb5ViozGyfiORquV6E7_Z-UUt9nBR5KVNh4/s320/149270712_f05ffe79c6_m.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Friday...hmmm I think it should be <strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">"What Love Truly is Friday"...</span></em></strong>the good part is all the good that has been given to us because "...He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9XMlPn1_Mqcuzk1Bz_ZNGVX1IazFlWuYO0nYxsTD8J7NE54GRr6R5fIS2A7LFSruCS8XcmWJZr6F8pxPF5d5IowVwfDqy0sa74LBFyHt8PGp1jUGoTyc2QV8VzHKMD3c48HxANDol0Y/s1600/2301851387_7041798151_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9XMlPn1_Mqcuzk1Bz_ZNGVX1IazFlWuYO0nYxsTD8J7NE54GRr6R5fIS2A7LFSruCS8XcmWJZr6F8pxPF5d5IowVwfDqy0sa74LBFyHt8PGp1jUGoTyc2QV8VzHKMD3c48HxANDol0Y/s320/2301851387_7041798151_t.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Here's how one source explains Good Friday....<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">"<a href="http://news.holidash.com/2010/03/31/why-do-we-call-it-good-friday/">We're all familiar with the acronym T.G.I.F., but there's only one Friday on the calendar that's earned the distinction of being called "Good Friday."</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Judging by the name alone, most of us might deduce that Good Friday is a holiday that's both good, as opposed to bad, and is observed on a Friday. However, if you weren't raised in a particularly religious household, you may not be familiar with exactly what it is about that particular Friday that makes it such a "good" one compared with other Fridays.<br />
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From a religious perspective, though, the term "Good Friday" is a bit of a misnomer since it refers to the day on which Jesus Christ was crucified. As you might expect, it was a particularly bad day for Jesus' disciples and followers (Judas, I'm looking in your direction) and it's a rather penitent day for Christians today. <br />
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Theologically speaking, you could make the argument that Good Friday was necessary in order for Jesus to absolve mankind of its sins, but still the name Good Friday seems like a stretch. Couldn't it just as easily be called Sad Friday? Or Bad Friday? Or The Worst Friday Ever?<br />
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For clarification, I've turned to the A&E Network's chief historian, Dr. Libby O'Connell. According to Dr O'Connell, the term "good" in this case is simply "a mistranslation of the word 'holy.' Holy, of course, meaning sacred and sanctified, is translated from the Latin word Sanctus." <br />
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Generally speaking, the English translation falls a little short when recognizing the holiness of the occasion. "Easter," explains Dr O'Connell, "is the culmination of the Christian year, not Christmas. Good Friday is one of the most important days of religious reflection."<br />
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In most languages, the holiday we refer to as Good Friday is translated as "Holy Friday," which captures the spirit of the holiday a little more accurately."<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>He was lauded and sung to on Palm Sunday as a Saviour then they hung Him on a cross!! People's praise of us is not so important...what matters is the love we give no matter what...the kind word in return for the crabbiness of a loved one, the gentle response to the rude person at the check-out counter or the doctor's office or the repair person etc. etc. etc. These are only hard to do things NOT impossible....</strong></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My old camera took this photo of Kelly last July when I took her to the beach for her birthday...thought it might be appropriate considering the crazy things my blog is doing!...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><strong><em>~~~Thank You Lord for the blessings of suggestions and for the effort of using them.</em></strong></span>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-63566601957127889352010-03-22T07:14:00.000-07:002010-03-22T07:25:51.888-07:00Testing ....1,2,3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1RYhQgzZyXVE1uFohPatxhlgMaVaLIwhE2DWLoXs4mNpKm2waVNmbk5jkOrT_McAbTRKZNp_EujwVsFjZ5jfntwez8vvzEO5O51ayB5y9EPtxYh0W0RIE5oYTPoMDU7REmVzSf2SECQ/s1600-h/100_6985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1RYhQgzZyXVE1uFohPatxhlgMaVaLIwhE2DWLoXs4mNpKm2waVNmbk5jkOrT_McAbTRKZNp_EujwVsFjZ5jfntwez8vvzEO5O51ayB5y9EPtxYh0W0RIE5oYTPoMDU7REmVzSf2SECQ/s320/100_6985.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div>I got into my blog FINALLY...so let's see if others can!!<br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">~~~Thank You dear Lord for the blessings of fixed problems and fixed blogs!</span></strong></em>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-47998370822346998952010-03-09T08:01:00.000-08:002010-03-09T08:01:04.667-08:00Lent...A Time To Repent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1bnebnAldgrSj4joAIoN0mRTkvdeva7mc8LrwQnGsY46jE5USWLk_HOR03CFYE8vkGFBVwjPTguUg6L949YCPOMjjF4hK5mMziE_Vc3AoZljkTYSMI2VX89mJxbfgWnX5kH4-EfdVwk/s1600-h/2893015404_baf5628bda_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1bnebnAldgrSj4joAIoN0mRTkvdeva7mc8LrwQnGsY46jE5USWLk_HOR03CFYE8vkGFBVwjPTguUg6L949YCPOMjjF4hK5mMziE_Vc3AoZljkTYSMI2VX89mJxbfgWnX5kH4-EfdVwk/s320/2893015404_baf5628bda_s.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A time to reflect on our sins and weaknesses. A time to repent for the many ways we rebel against God on a daily basis!<br />
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Not to be fear mongering, but straight out of the Bible, this is why we share this with you as we journey through, the Holy Lenten season. If you are not producing much fruit, this is a good time to reflect on whether you are doing what God has created you to do, especially in this time and place.<br />
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God is good in allowing us to change our lives and be the servants He created us to be. This life is a journey, a "flash in the pan". This is NOT our home. While we are here, we have to be busy about the Lord's work, we are to occupy, not just coexist. The pagans are busy winning many souls to Hell, souls that God has put in our paths, souls that unless we reach out to save them, they may perish for all eternity!<br />
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A clear conscience makes a soft pillow.<br />
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The wages of sin is death. <br />
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Repent before payday.<br />
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Never give the devil a ride. <br />
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He will always want to drive.<br />
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Forbidden fruit creates many jams.<br />
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Christians, keep the faith...but not from others!<br />
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Satan subtracts and divides. <br />
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God adds and multiplies.<br />
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To belittle is to be little.<br />
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Don't let the littleness in others <br />
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bring out the littleness in you.<br />
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God answers knee-mail.<br />
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Try Jesus. If you don't like Him, <br />
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the devil will always take you back.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The praying for others does not cease</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Even when on my forehead worries crease</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">For I wish you all sweet peace</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">And from problems a prompt release.</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">If we our troubles all up to Him</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Then we can sing nothing but a happy hymn</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">For even our most troublesome day</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Will turn out so much better if we PRAY.</span></strong></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now this post all all a messy jumble</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For those of you who have failed to be overwhelmed with snow pictures, I render a few from our backyard on snow day here in Georgia. Just like us, Tinkabelle was amazed at those big flakes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL65tUTKn-_abzxPbUwheyxWuE9Zti1EGAPjmkgUdJeOt41tQHlyo8HBfsj15NqnDB-8yVRijKdWqpg6LXXVmiqCma72q68o3klqFYAvQR-XFrM9OUhL7-2IHhZQrH_ddZYctMA-nmKC4/s1600-h/100_7009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL65tUTKn-_abzxPbUwheyxWuE9Zti1EGAPjmkgUdJeOt41tQHlyo8HBfsj15NqnDB-8yVRijKdWqpg6LXXVmiqCma72q68o3klqFYAvQR-XFrM9OUhL7-2IHhZQrH_ddZYctMA-nmKC4/s320/100_7009.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the view from the other side of our back patio. You can see our snow covered water barrel on the ground where the workmen took it and left it, along with the concrete blocks they removed and left in the front yard (all without even asking, sad to say) for whatever purpose when they were repairing our water main pipe...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiVYjt00BGoiNmoqPYmhtbcxdvCZfnIbSVPNqg-X9TakIhYxDUjMkLB2q0_TEz6ioikJY1JVQElHOlWxthmz7a5Oae4I0kQR6_LbgCotTko4QWHnokjwdaU6X5dcnuRa2F2a7XTriyTU/s1600-h/100_6998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiVYjt00BGoiNmoqPYmhtbcxdvCZfnIbSVPNqg-X9TakIhYxDUjMkLB2q0_TEz6ioikJY1JVQElHOlWxthmz7a5Oae4I0kQR6_LbgCotTko4QWHnokjwdaU6X5dcnuRa2F2a7XTriyTU/s320/100_6998.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadie Mae and Tinkabelle right before their trip out into the snow with shiny eyes (guess I should have removed the red eye here)....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8Tt8GKql42tMrzOAxlUk-IO94DiV-Pa-VOJVgSl8uf4ZAa3hdzTYLdiZjYBdHOO7Ae9G9ozBIanZt4JqnYN2l4TKYg70y864kmQSmIjUnXGdkzaxS1D1BUtuSwOW8V53kTX70WW4aDM/s1600-h/100_6991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8Tt8GKql42tMrzOAxlUk-IO94DiV-Pa-VOJVgSl8uf4ZAa3hdzTYLdiZjYBdHOO7Ae9G9ozBIanZt4JqnYN2l4TKYg70y864kmQSmIjUnXGdkzaxS1D1BUtuSwOW8V53kTX70WW4aDM/s320/100_6991.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another view of the first picture....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVW3x53nuXFyynz48i8dSB6YIt6dxkm0IFTJU5HLMm5zx5i_5xfD0VRNDgajXNYpFSW537HpQx5AmWK3IuKqgpEcVI7bScuTHpd2sJgm6Ht3MwXQFTCoHtI8ZZJFruzKLM3TTz-hcL6E/s1600-h/100_6993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVW3x53nuXFyynz48i8dSB6YIt6dxkm0IFTJU5HLMm5zx5i_5xfD0VRNDgajXNYpFSW537HpQx5AmWK3IuKqgpEcVI7bScuTHpd2sJgm6Ht3MwXQFTCoHtI8ZZJFruzKLM3TTz-hcL6E/s320/100_6993.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely falling flakes and the shed and our garden to the right of it, all decorated with snow....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQeTbaH0aXxTn2-ak0TEg2rjTqNySOd0xVc75jxizgJHMYBm8EtSsWV4AKXLlx3HkYcOY8So7hgxebiwMJfFrSiZk8n_Zbg8hQM2MJpo7bEzocA4xEFPVuOxMm_p9xGNXCYy7owX9Okg/s1600-h/100_6999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQeTbaH0aXxTn2-ak0TEg2rjTqNySOd0xVc75jxizgJHMYBm8EtSsWV4AKXLlx3HkYcOY8So7hgxebiwMJfFrSiZk8n_Zbg8hQM2MJpo7bEzocA4xEFPVuOxMm_p9xGNXCYy7owX9Okg/s320/100_6999.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadie Mae plowed out into the snow, more adventurous than Tinkabelle who had to see what would happen to Sadie Mae first....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #274e13;">Now here comes part of the goofiness, the jokes are in the middle and it took me a l o n g , long time to fix this up because it copied and pasted with about <span style="font-size: large;">17 </span>blank spaces between every third or fourth word!!! As I was finishing, I discovered that it ended up in the middle of my post and then I had to just "let it go" as there is no way to drag all those other pictures to the top. If you like your laughs at the end then skip to the bottom then come back here...</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child with the first half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the second half. It's hard to believe that these were actually done by 1st graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic! (don't peek till you get there!!!)</div><br />
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1. Don't change horses.......until they stop running.<br />
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2. Strike while the.............bug is close.<br />
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3. It's always darkest before......Daylight Saving Time.<br />
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4. Never underestimate the power of.....termites.<br />
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5. You can lead a horse to water but.....How?<br />
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6. Don't bite the hand that......looks dirty.<br />
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7. No news is.....impossible.<br />
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8. A miss is as good as a....Mr.<br />
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9. You can't teach an old dog new.......math.<br />
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10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll.......stink in the morning.<br />
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11. Love all, trust.......me.<br />
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12. The pen is mightier than the.......pigs.<br />
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13. An idle mind is.....the best way to relax.<br />
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14. Where there's smoke there's.......pollution.<br />
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15. Happy the bride who.....gets all the presents.<br />
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16. A penny saved is......not much.<br />
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17. Two's company, three's......the Musketeers.<br />
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18. Don't put off till tomorrow what......you put on to go to bed.<br />
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19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.......you have to blow your nose.<br />
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20. There are none so blind as.......Stevie Wonder.<br />
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21. Children should be seen and not.....spanked or grounded.<br />
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22. If at first you don't succeed.....get new batteries.<br />
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23. You get out of something only what you.......see in the picture on the box.<br />
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24. When the blind lead the blind.....get out of the way.<br />
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25. A bird in the hand....... is going to poop on you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Here comes some of the news around here....</strong></div>This looks like what may have happened to Tinka (this dog even looks a little like her), but our cats' front claws are gone, so it could have been a wild animal in the backyard or her sticking her nose under the fence and it wouldn't fit. We don 't know but the poor baby had three bloody scrapes on top of her nose. We cleaned them and put some neosporin on them (which she promptly licked off). So far it is slowly healing and looks fine and so is she (no swelling, no appetite loss and still playful)...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, for more excitement. Here's where we had to take Michael a week ago and beside it (that anughty coffee) is the reason. Not only did his defibrillator go off and shock him but the next day he was wracked with cramps down his back and his legs. His muscles were cramped from dehydration (lots of coffee takes out water, causes his heart to race and the defribrillator to eventually go off) ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now my Michael is being very cautious and not drinking coffee at all and also finally drinking plain water along with volumes of Propel. Sad to say, though, the doctor once again upped his medications, not allowing him to see if these changes would adjust anything or everything....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ8UktYv16-OwV_M2xzD86RoJFEvpAOvJolEseLj4Oih3NGFI_dZBn1gj-KoTUxKZHbWuIYo3l0B6JGbR2su-Tp15bwo0xieOY5ubHTRU9KzW6wnL6j7miMQWlBLvCZknsS2DbqCM7Hs/s1600-h/2195620831_fda178b1cd_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ8UktYv16-OwV_M2xzD86RoJFEvpAOvJolEseLj4Oih3NGFI_dZBn1gj-KoTUxKZHbWuIYo3l0B6JGbR2su-Tp15bwo0xieOY5ubHTRU9KzW6wnL6j7miMQWlBLvCZknsS2DbqCM7Hs/s320/2195620831_fda178b1cd_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what I found when I typed in "BAD COFFEE"....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last, but certainly not least among our "adventures", we discovered we had a leak in the main pipe from our front yard to the house!! PLEASE learn from me and get <strong><span style="font-size: large;">at least</span></strong> three estimates before letting someone do the job. Being stressed with a still problematic septic system and then some major leaks in the main pipe made me jump in and say yes instead of waiting. I feel we were ripped off deeply on this, but it is fixed at least...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ07CTaY9LKdk5V8AjhLTfRNHktwjtnfwjGcPuibJQS0NzeNGGenBsUVpOgiCPDN2Ttvghno3pw4JtSPrNPXaxF8DxDe8Y3ZknER163bBEEpFGRCVzgP3Ldt4GeUGH9KK5z2l5ybvzPnY/s1600-h/3677331836_910663e2f2_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ07CTaY9LKdk5V8AjhLTfRNHktwjtnfwjGcPuibJQS0NzeNGGenBsUVpOgiCPDN2Ttvghno3pw4JtSPrNPXaxF8DxDe8Y3ZknER163bBEEpFGRCVzgP3Ldt4GeUGH9KK5z2l5ybvzPnY/s320/3677331836_910663e2f2_m.jpg" /></a></div>26. Better late than......... pregnant."<br />
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Meanwhile I/we got lured into a thing called Farmville on Facebook which has kept our minds off the financial woes and medical issues, so it takes up alot of time but has kept us happy.<br />
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<em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><strong>~~~Dear Lord, thank You for the blessings of friends and things that can ease our minds when we are stressed.</strong></span></em>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-4127738250645671352010-02-10T02:09:00.000-08:002010-02-10T02:09:00.787-08:00Want to know 4 Secrets?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's Internet entertainment/education is brought to you by four restaurant secrets. I have been fortunate enough to have been in many restaurants in many places, so as you look at these restaurants, please let me know which one you would chose to go to for a night out if money was no object.</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can't believe that I almost forgot</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">For to rhyme words I must take a shot</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As you take a gaze upon each spot</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Below and rate it hot or not.</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is good for my brain I can feel it work</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">So try it yourself and try not to smirk</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Or worry that maybe you'll twitch and you'll jerk</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>This one looks pretty elegant, doesn't it?....</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">A guy would never have to worry about his date walking out on him at this restaurant, unless she was a really great swimmer (bet their 'catch of the day' is REALLY fresh)....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1oZhSyG2PCp5v4fhPyNcPuGj1Rr5b7dvFGk3XpIJVeYIwYcF0XY4fSpkanI5f5L14zLjx96Nud6lQXrAMb_1SNtrjKP6JGaPty0ntmh-bCEp1jXlAkGr1YgdEm2Ozas-o8d7C-aG6Xg/s1600-h/1469367436_7ca03a6dea_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><strong><span style="color: blue;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1oZhSyG2PCp5v4fhPyNcPuGj1Rr5b7dvFGk3XpIJVeYIwYcF0XY4fSpkanI5f5L14zLjx96Nud6lQXrAMb_1SNtrjKP6JGaPty0ntmh-bCEp1jXlAkGr1YgdEm2Ozas-o8d7C-aG6Xg/s320/1469367436_7ca03a6dea_m.jpg" /></span></strong></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #7f6000;">This nice little quaint French restaurant reminded me of the ones we saw in Catalan, Spain which is a tourist spot and has signs transalted into hysterical English, like "If you like dogs that are hot to eat, please to come here to eat..."</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeN-fDtCnK6bpGkKPliScYTTt5ltf8YglcGrgXEOKNq1d1Q7x3EOWu8QSQqjz2Q93TzmoeXxJqRsmuQipEdYhb5YrVXRpFq2RnO6EygCngBXjnT1sladZLIWKQrHiw2r58rEG2ZXlvWA/s1600-h/2187856378_59be37999c_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeN-fDtCnK6bpGkKPliScYTTt5ltf8YglcGrgXEOKNq1d1Q7x3EOWu8QSQqjz2Q93TzmoeXxJqRsmuQipEdYhb5YrVXRpFq2RnO6EygCngBXjnT1sladZLIWKQrHiw2r58rEG2ZXlvWA/s320/2187856378_59be37999c_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is somewhere not in the U.S. but it looked interesting and fancy schmancy...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIqTDNDLIdQ_rkQDBmILcUbdHZFRgCg5F2Ke8OQoD1rrZ_09ZCC7ZLFetx6Fu9BAkEMURQCzVX61147S-Wu8fXz6Eyc2PNw-k_ljwtR1mXzeohuPoKDdSaw_plPDDecMQPmt-E1YoXZ4/s1600-h/2478450740_aee446477e_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIqTDNDLIdQ_rkQDBmILcUbdHZFRgCg5F2Ke8OQoD1rrZ_09ZCC7ZLFetx6Fu9BAkEMURQCzVX61147S-Wu8fXz6Eyc2PNw-k_ljwtR1mXzeohuPoKDdSaw_plPDDecMQPmt-E1YoXZ4/s320/2478450740_aee446477e_m.jpg" /></span></strong></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Even though this restaurant is somewhere in the Arab Republic, it really reminds me of a restaurant that Mario and I went to in Poland, only there were booths all along both sides...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPgQ-fdJoVUqFHMNL6ZgGAgC73uoONq-Qf43sasf1rA-iA_R-LIlLCFCQYgZ868tLApE54bqfDivMXm63UN4OcBjOVsUYW7TLFhileJh68Wzexg6i8pp7jhWRzVcVwIa5qwjtt4KqV8Q/s1600-h/2497771074_b290929950_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPgQ-fdJoVUqFHMNL6ZgGAgC73uoONq-Qf43sasf1rA-iA_R-LIlLCFCQYgZ868tLApE54bqfDivMXm63UN4OcBjOVsUYW7TLFhileJh68Wzexg6i8pp7jhWRzVcVwIa5qwjtt4KqV8Q/s320/2497771074_b290929950_m.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is a restaurant overlooking the water but it looks as if it could be on a ship...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Now here are the secrests you have all been waiting for....<br />
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"4 Must-Know Restaurants Secrets!<br />
By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding <br />
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Eat This, Not That <br />
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by David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding a Yahoo! Health Expert for Nutrition <br />
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If being an anonymous blip on a giant corporation’s assembly line makes you feel like a character in some bleak sci-fi movie, we’ve got good news. There are plenty of ways to fight back—to enjoy all the convenience of modern restaurants and all the foods you still like to eat without paying extra money every 6 months for a new pair of pants.<br />
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You see, all major restaurant chains—from the fast-food purveyors to the sandwich shops and coffee bars to the sit-down dinner joints with their vaguely Italian/Mexican/Chinese/whatever themes—operate with the same set of secrets, secrets they don’t want their customers to know. And if you know these secrets, well, guess what? The power to eat what you want and still stay slim is in your hands. Lucky you!<br />
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This list of sneaky secrets, straight from the book Eat This, Not That! Restaurant Survival Guide will help you start taking back control! And, even better, we’ve created an Eat This, Not That! iPhone app—it’s like having your own personal nutritionist at your fingertips!<br />
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Secret #1: Don’t get “supersized” <br />
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Sure, it feels like you’re getting a bargain because you’re getting proportionately more food for proportionately less money. But a “value meal” is only a value for two sets of people: the corporations that make the food and the corporations that make liposuction machines and heart stents. Because food is so inexpensive for manufacturers to produce on a large scale, your average fast-food emporium makes a hefty profit whenever you supersize your meal—even though you’re getting an average of 73 percent more calories for only 17 percent more money. But you’re not actually buying more food. You’re buying more calories. And that’s not something you want more of.<br />
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Secret #2: Remember, the waiter is a salesperson<br />
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A 2005 study published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services found that you’re more likely to order a side dish when the server verbally prompts you. (“Do you want fries with that?”) Restaurants know this, and now you know it, too. When the waiter makes a suggestion, remember his job is not to make you happy. His job is to extract money from your wallet and insert fat in its place.<br />
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Secret #3: Don’t get too excited<br />
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You eat out all the time. A 2008 study in the International Food Research Journal found that people are less likely to make healthy restaurant choices when they feel that they’re dining out for a “special occasion.” And as we said, dining out used to be special. But before you head out to your next meal, really take stock of how many times you’ve eaten out this week. If you’re eating every meal at home and dining out truly is a once-a-week splurge, then don’t worry about it so much. But if you’re like most of us, eating out is probably more like a once-a-day splurge. And if that’s the case, remember, there’s nothing special here. Eat smart today because you’ll have to do it again tomorrow.<br />
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Bonus tip: Download our free Eat This, Not That! guide to shopping once and eating for a week—and save calories, time, and money!<br />
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Secret #4: Start small<br />
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Here’s the good news: No one is going to stop you from ordering seconds. So be like any good businessperson, and start small. Here’s exactly how expensive it really is whenever you go for the “bargain”:<br />
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7-Eleven: Gulp to Double Gulp Coca-Cola Classic: 37 cents extra buys 450 more calories.<br />
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Cinnabon: Minibon to Classic Cinnabon: 48 more cents buys 370 more calories.<br />
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Movie theater: Small to medium unbuttered popcorn: 71 additional cents buys you 500 more calories.<br />
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Convenience store: Regular to “The Big One” Snickers: 33 more cents packs on 230 more calories.<br />
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McDonald’s: Quarter Pounder with Cheese to Medium Quarter Pounder with Cheese Extra Value Meal: An additional $1.41 gets you 660 more calories.<br />
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Subway: 6-inch to 12-inch Tuna Sub: $1.53 more buys 420 more calories.<br />
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Wendy’s: Classic Double with Cheese to Classic Double with Cheese Old Fashioned Combo Meal: $1.57 extra buys you 600 more calories.<br />
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Baskin Robbins: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, Kids’ Scoop, to Double Scoop: For another $1.62, you’ve added 390 calories.<br />
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The bottom line on all this? For just a hair more than 8 bucks, you’ve bought yourself an additional 3,620 calories. If you ate each of these once a week, and you were to switch to the smaller size each time—again, still all your favorite foods, just in a more reasonable size—you’d save about $417 a year. It’s not going to buy you a new car, but it could put you on a plane to the Bahamas. But far more important than that is what it will mean to your waistline, because in saving that $417, you’ll also save 188,240 calories in a year—enough to shave a whopping 54 pounds of flab off your body! (Hey, take the 400 bucks and buy some new pants!)"<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I even found some restaurant jokes for you....</span></em></strong></div><br />
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SIGNS YOU’RE AT A BAD RESTAURANT: <br />
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The parking lot has a space marked “RESERVED—HEALTH INSPECTOR” <br />
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Their top breakfast special is Honey-Nut Oakios cereal with prune bran and a Geritol power shake on the side.<br />
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The main fare at noon is whale-meat sandwiches, and the name of the place is “Thar-She-Blows Lunchmart” <br />
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You complain about your dinner, and the waiter asks if you’d like to speak to the house lawyer.<br />
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"I should have known better when I saw a sign in the window of the diner that said 'New! — Breakfast Burrito — Now with real Burro!'..."<br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">~~~Lord, thank You for the blessings of restaurants where we can be delighted with new tastes that we would otherwise never know.</span></em></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-14633120146743387732010-02-08T04:39:00.000-08:002010-02-08T04:39:05.003-08:00I know I can do this!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><strong>Well, this was supposed to be last Wednesday's post, but that didn't happen. So this will now be called Marvelous Monday's post.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong>What has been happening is tons of more rain, in fact, there has been more rain recorded in the state of Georgia than has ever occurred in the history of weather reporting!! Which means we are back to square one with our septic problems...rats! Looks like our income tax return will be going towards an improved system but meanwhile we visit our local grocery store for restroom needs and showers are happening at Michael's workplace, although I can still do the dishes by throwing out the water, so that's a blessing...too bad my clothes washing effort didn't work.......although...I have been tempted to try a smaller load (shhh, don't tell Michael!)</strong></span><br />
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<strong>Let's change this sad story to a picture or two.</strong><br />
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<strong>Here's one of Michael and I taken in late December when we went to Fernbank museum...it looks as if I am falling into him with my eyes closed...well, a girl's gotta get sleep whenever she can!...</strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>This is just a neat one I thought I'd share with you because it is just a wire silhouette...</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Students in the adult French class I teach include quite a few health-care professionals. During one class, I was coughing so badly a doctor in the class raised her hand. "If you like, I could give you a prescription for that," she offered. Another hand shot up. "I could fill it for you," said a pharmacist's assistant. Not to be outdone, a paramedic added, "And I can take you there to pick it up!" <br />
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While waiting in line at the Department of Vehicle Services for my new license plate, I heard the clerk shout out, "E I E I O." "Here," the woman standing next to me answered. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>~~~Thank You Lord for the blessings of patience, please grant us LOTS of it (and I will avoid the temptation to say 'right now".)</em></span></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-31559456628701994952010-01-31T04:22:00.000-08:002010-01-31T04:54:18.134-08:00Stop, Look, Listen and PRAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #93c47d; color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Here's a nice prayer I found while searching the Internet the other day, so I thought I'd share it with you.</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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from the book Prayers from Around the World and Across the Ages<br />
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As we are together, praying for Peace, let us truly be with each other.<br />
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Let us pay attention to our breathing.<br />
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Let us be relaxed in our bodies and our minds.<br />
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Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds.<br />
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Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves.<br />
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Let us maintain a half smile on our faces.<br />
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Let us be aware of the source of being common to us all and to all living things.<br />
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Evoking the presence of the Great Compassion, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion—toward ourselves and toward all living beings.<br />
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Let us pray that all living beings realize that they are all brothers and sisters, all nourished from the same source of life.<br />
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Let us pray that we ourselves cease to be the cause of suffering to each other.<br />
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Let us plead with ourselves to live in a way which will not deprive other living beings of air, water, food, shelter, or the chance to live.<br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">You may need to click on this (or put it under a microscope) to enlarge this and read it as I am having trouble reading it now...</span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was listed as humorous, but it is also very thought provoking...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Someone's passing creates a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person's share of the work. Whenever there was a job to do, a class to teach, or a meeting to attend, one name was on everyone's list, "Let Someone Else do it." Whenever leadership was mentioned, this wonderful person was looked to for inspiration as well as results; "Someone Else can work with that group." </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was common knowledge that Someone Else was among the most liberal givers in our church. Whenever there was a financial need, everyone just assumed Someone Else would make up the difference. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">~~~Heavenly Father, I thank You for the blessings of doing little and sometimes big things to make this a world that is closer to the loving world it was meant to be.</span></em></strong></div><br />
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</div>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-40940369157962229112010-01-28T17:39:00.000-08:002010-01-28T17:39:19.629-08:00WE DID, WE DID....Well HE DID!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is crazy...lately too much going on to get the other things done that I want to do, like finish today's post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prayer group went into overtime and then I had to go shopping at three different places and by the time I got back, Michael was already home so it was time to fix dinner and home made apple pie, so I am rushing to finish up this post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple;">You will all be delighted to know that Michael went immediately to the laundromat to finish the laundry (that is the 'we did, we did...well he did' title)which left me with the also delightful task of cleaning up the laundry room disaster. It took me as long to do that as it took Michael to pack up the clothes, drive to the laundromat (which amazingly he remembered where it was from 7+ years ago when he moved in here but he can't remember 90% of what I say), finish the wash (it took four loads that our washer could have made in three loads) and drive back home. Of course you could have eaten off the floor when I finished (by the way, why DO they say THAT when you clean so much?? No matter HOW clean, I would not want to eat off of anyone's floor in ANY room!)</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Interestingly Michael said there were SEVERAL men there and only ONE woman using the laundromat!!! Think this could be a new guy hangout?? That guy looks like he is just fascinated with the spin cycle on that washer....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22eO_vmU2PmW3aRgLRdnc2l94QO65Q-koHB-87mjFbm8X1MNgtabgtIHnmZ6ZknHw21ZVgyAGbeb-umf9sPvr-xXoUTYFCBXDsctpbIOiOnURRNflTr4sDjinCsrZq_tlRdb0SE7DWgQ/s1600-h/3508670909_1c1c38500a_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22eO_vmU2PmW3aRgLRdnc2l94QO65Q-koHB-87mjFbm8X1MNgtabgtIHnmZ6ZknHw21ZVgyAGbeb-umf9sPvr-xXoUTYFCBXDsctpbIOiOnURRNflTr4sDjinCsrZq_tlRdb0SE7DWgQ/s320/3508670909_1c1c38500a_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">I have no idea what our local laundromat looks like so I will have to have Michael take me there one day (did I ever tell you that he took me to see the local dump after we got married???...his idea of a fun time can be scary!!)....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWihOVHJKm6B2nJHs3cSUn1Nf6Om3TbFET8L6nTPHLBUFprLOr3DxtKXC-94jZkJNaGX2mXSrbMh75tAYfzAGM3MBRPaHa06OEAe409EeREjJHUV0zqsOaAkdLOSnqJS_oMPaQillKTdk/s1600-h/3508671609_8237f4ac82_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWihOVHJKm6B2nJHs3cSUn1Nf6Om3TbFET8L6nTPHLBUFprLOr3DxtKXC-94jZkJNaGX2mXSrbMh75tAYfzAGM3MBRPaHa06OEAe409EeREjJHUV0zqsOaAkdLOSnqJS_oMPaQillKTdk/s320/3508671609_8237f4ac82_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Did I ever tell all of you about the time when I was a young new bride (18 yrs old) and my late beloved hubby, Mario and I were stationed in Alaska at a little town named Delta Junction? Our trailer court had a laundromat in the middle of it and I would trek through the snow to do the laundry, often by myself. One time there was a huge sheet under the folding table and it was covering something, so I made the mistake of peeking and there was a dead wolf!! Boy did our laundry get done in record time that night!....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHe8IiPjA1qn0SFvkSTVljaKXMAnCA78PrBiI3dwPg4h_hZQE8rwYzra7OF3oTsvXA6vAZI5hUsbZnFlSyrpzx46rNLhmPiXsVq8BdPcmoKZP9-lLTp3_gFlgOX30f5PXjuqztuD51vxQ/s1600-h/3595858198_4a6ee63ed6_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHe8IiPjA1qn0SFvkSTVljaKXMAnCA78PrBiI3dwPg4h_hZQE8rwYzra7OF3oTsvXA6vAZI5hUsbZnFlSyrpzx46rNLhmPiXsVq8BdPcmoKZP9-lLTp3_gFlgOX30f5PXjuqztuD51vxQ/s320/3595858198_4a6ee63ed6_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">When I looked for pictures of flooded laundry rooms, I found TONS of them...which makes me wonder about the who and how of those many, many photos. Somehow, I don't think Michael would have been too appreciative if I had said "Honey, just hold that hose and the soaked floor while I go look for the camera and take several pictures while you flounder around in the mess."</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The adventure continued once Michael got back with all four loads of wet clothes as we (meaning me trying to convince him that this was indeed a great idea) decided to put them outside. We have a bench, a secluded area of fence and two drying racks for putting the wet clothes to dry on this sunny but cool day, all of which succumbed to the unbelieveably gusty winds...winds that could probably take you parasailing (without the ocean, although we did have several puddles) to Guatemala, China and maybe even Australia! So, you can now picture us chasing clothes aound the yard and watching the racks fall down...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1h-bxBZNCoxBqS0CaLIhbjnHfnd6Y6ZoMWb7BzHe5fefWHlYTbG0rRJKQFYNAS_pvOaQ3d0-Bj3iMP0wyCVcp4yaDRB6MBMtEDR2q-hCoGS3GHxzW0qGCpPF5LlFp0LyN6AAxqnZQfc/s1600-h/92869658_8b7fd59e20_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1h-bxBZNCoxBqS0CaLIhbjnHfnd6Y6ZoMWb7BzHe5fefWHlYTbG0rRJKQFYNAS_pvOaQ3d0-Bj3iMP0wyCVcp4yaDRB6MBMtEDR2q-hCoGS3GHxzW0qGCpPF5LlFp0LyN6AAxqnZQfc/s320/92869658_8b7fd59e20_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If we had clothespins and a drying line, they would have looked somewhat like these only I think the clothesline might have blown up and away as well! Once again Michael failed to let on to all the fun he was having (he must just be shy that way)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP-RhwSICK1x_EmC6MMTY6FNr0nqBHtic7u7vCg-Wy-0LBG27xEXPyQIya3Tg0kOiKUasNYn1sBlGKvSwn37avNsQ8uZZmCJPHB7Ye8zSf_89ZkkkvdgRp6Jg682faJQ6WPNApofKc0A/s1600-h/335475137_79b85a5dab_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP-RhwSICK1x_EmC6MMTY6FNr0nqBHtic7u7vCg-Wy-0LBG27xEXPyQIya3Tg0kOiKUasNYn1sBlGKvSwn37avNsQ8uZZmCJPHB7Ye8zSf_89ZkkkvdgRp6Jg682faJQ6WPNApofKc0A/s320/335475137_79b85a5dab_m.jpg" /></a></div>One of the adventures you didn't hear about was the unique way I had to do the dishes. Since NO water could go down the drains, I had to get creative (don't worry, THIS time it is not so scary). I had to have a bucket nearby as I plugged the sink and washed and rinsed in the plugged area, then I had to bail out the water into the bucket with a glass or bowl, fill it then go to the back yard and throw the water out onto the grass, unlike this lady who is throwing it on a truck and some children...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Let's end these pictures with a totally adorable photo I found of a baby koala bear investigating a bucket of water. Michael and I didn't do this, but then we didn't have big enough buckets either (or I might have suggested it)...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><em>Now for yet a few more chuckles that I got in an e-mail....</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">"You can't read this and stay in a bad mood!</div>1. How Do You Catch a Unique Rabbit?<br />
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Unique Up On It.<br />
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2. How Do You Catch a Tame Rabbit?<br />
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Tame Way.<br />
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3. How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest ?<br />
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They Take The Psycho Path<br />
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4. How Do You Get Holy Water?<br />
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You Boil The Hell Out Of It<br />
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5. What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall?<br />
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Dam!<br />
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6. What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice too Long?<br />
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Polaroid's<br />
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7. What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't work?<br />
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A Stick<br />
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8. What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours?<br />
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Nacho Cheese.<br />
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9. What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?<br />
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Subordinate Clauses.<br />
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10. What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand?<br />
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Quattro Sinko.<br />
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11. What Do You Get From a Pampered Cow?<br />
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Spoiled Milk.<br />
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12. What Do You Get When You Cross a Snowman With a Vampire?<br />
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Frostbite.<br />
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13. What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches?<br />
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A Nervous Wreck.<br />
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14. What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup?<br />
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Anyone Can Roast Beef.<br />
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15. Where Do You Find a Dog With No Legs?<br />
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Right Where You Left Him.<br />
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16. Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils?<br />
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Because They Have Big Fingers .<br />
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17. Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive?<br />
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Because It Scares The Dog.<br />
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18. What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic?<br />
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Sanka.<br />
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19. What Is The Difference Between a Harley And a Hoover ?!<br />
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The Location Of The Dirt Bag.<br />
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20. Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down?<br />
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Because They Wore Their Belt Buckle On Their Hat.<br />
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21. What's The Difference Between a Bad Golfer And a Bad Skydiver?<br />
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A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack , Dang!<br />
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A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack .<br />
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22. How Are a Texas Tornado And a Tennessee Divorce The Same?<br />
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Somebody's Gonna Lose A Trailer<br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">~~~Dear Lord, I thank You for the blessings of entertainment in unique forms when challenges arise.</span></em></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-47164847377301820452010-01-28T06:59:00.000-08:002010-01-28T16:43:02.172-08:00It's started but no time to finish right now...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ACcK7Vs369cqG0o3wyY-m9WoO0ZIabWeLqLUMEbnV6nPdaqLfc1l9YItJFNFNbEkp9NrPmak1qvzK_5-_NP4zobSj7MrjJyit5Ax2GEBKfXey73TyTU9s170Ccojs2XbocLP1OIK6N8/s1600-h/501718359_8f8378a496_m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ACcK7Vs369cqG0o3wyY-m9WoO0ZIabWeLqLUMEbnV6nPdaqLfc1l9YItJFNFNbEkp9NrPmak1qvzK_5-_NP4zobSj7MrjJyit5Ax2GEBKfXey73TyTU9s170Ccojs2XbocLP1OIK6N8/s320/501718359_8f8378a496_m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Thursday continuation of what happened is started but, with today being prayer group day, I have no time to finish it up, but time enough to send blessings on all of you as I drive and pray my way to prayer group this morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just like the little guy in the picture above, I stepped up to get some things done around here first thing this morning (among them my Bible reading) and YAHOO...using the sweet dishwasher for the first time in a week!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be back to finish up the 'real' post for today but until then, May the good Lord bless, be with and guide you all today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">~~~~Thank You, Lord for the blessings of septic tanks that finally empty out enough to take showers at home and wash dishes.</span></em></strong></div>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-42912103449605468792010-01-27T05:45:00.000-08:002010-01-27T05:45:23.156-08:00The Monday post that had to wait until Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>We had rain for too many days </em></span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>And now my poor brain is in a haze</em></span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>And muscles are sore too</em></span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>From having too much to do.</em></span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes siree, I did have a post started for Monday and I was all gung ho about getting back on blogging track, but life decided to de-rail me!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In case you haven't read the news, we have had buckets full of rain and more rain here in Georgia. I know the Indians did rain dances, so I was trying to figure out if a rain "walk" might stop some of these drops.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rain is not so bad or sad, but what happens to our already stressed septic tank can cause a tear or two....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our back yard had many spots like this, only this looks pretty and ours looked muddy or murky, sort of, kind of jerky...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, on with this tale of woe that is still kind of funny too. Since we could not use our water in the house, except for a rare flush or two or for brushing teeth (you haven't LIVED till you've had to go to the nearest store to go to the bathroom), I came up with a (potentially) nifty or (ultimately)dumb idea for the backloads of laundry that were piling up once the rain started. Creative thinking for getting out of jams or repairing things or saving money has been my forte, so I thought about this and came up with a <strike>solution/</strike>catastrophic idea. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately Michael decided to take Monday as a vacation day, so I said, let's do laundry and he said "What?" For some reason doing laundry not only doesn't thrill him but the ramifications of how to do it also stunned him. I said, "Let's just take the hose from the back of the washer, empty the kitchen garbage can and put the hose in there for the water where we can then take it outside." Sounds like a plan? Of course the water comes out with lots and lots of force so one would have to be there to hold the hose when the washer started spinning.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, let's play some cards and wait for this to happen is what I said to sweet and unsuspecting, but still unsure Michael. AT the first pause, I go into the laundry room and hold the hose as it amazingly fills up the whole <span style="font-size: large;">huge garbage can</span> to the point where I have to stop the washer and have Michael help me bail out some water. Michael disappoints me by failing to say "Wow this is fun and I am thrilled to use my day off this way." We were both amazed at how much water came out of that tub, but we got rid of it in the back yard and away from the septic tank area, then we sat down to await the rinse cycle. Sad to say, neither one of us has the ability to retain any short term memory so we heard the machine stop after the rinse cycle and went on playing cards.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a little bit of what our laundry room looked like but you have to add LOTS more water, all the kitty litter that the cats toss out every day from their litter box along with the dust balls and toys they shove under the washer AND DRYER...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I need to get ready for my art class (which I have missed for over a month now), but there is more to this delightful tale, so maybe tomorrow will bring the rest of the story.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No need for jokes today as the laundry room provided that!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">~~~Thank You dear Lord for the blessings of a sense of humor to laugh and not cry about many things, please help me to laugh more and cry less.</span></em></strong><br />
</div>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-85723255598716798142010-01-23T03:07:00.000-08:002010-01-24T04:42:06.063-08:00Keeping our "Heads Up"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes we look the other way when life gets complicated, troublesome or challenging...and then</span></strong><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the 'stuff' we have 'swept under the rug' just grows bigger and ends up tripping us!</span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Before I go any further I would first of all like to ask all of you wonderful bloggers to please, at the very least, pray for the victims of the Haiti earthquake and the rescuers that goodness and kindness will be multiplied everyday. If you can stretch your budget, maybe a donation to one of the many worthwhile agencies that are helping (fortunately our church even has a 'sister parish' in Haiti, so we are contributing almost directly).</span></em></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, on to the more mundane but still important things that we need to <strong><span style="font-size: large;">not</span></strong> sweep under the rug.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this article (below) as the headline on my computer news site on Friday so it was worth sharing to hopefully help you and me and all of us. It was all about hackers and the fact that we often use passwords that are too easy to access.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Or you could unleash this little guy on the hackers computer and NOTHING would ever work right again...</strong><br />
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So here is the article in its' entirety....<br />
"If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe<br />
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by Ashlee Vance<br />
Friday, January 22, 2010<br />
provided by<br />
Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was "12345."<br />
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Today, it's one digit longer but hardly safer: "123456."<br />
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Despite all the reports of Internet security breaches over the years, including the recent attacks on Google's e-mail service, many people have reacted to the break-ins with a shrug.<br />
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According to a new analysis, one out of five Web users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like "abc123," "iloveyou" or even "password" to protect their data.<br />
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"I guess it's just a genetic flaw in humans," said Amichai Shulman, the chief technology officer at Imperva, which makes software for blocking hackers. "We've been following the same patterns since the 1990s."<br />
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Mr. Shulman and his company examined a list of 32 million passwords that an unknown hacker stole last month from RockYou, a company that makes software for users of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The list was briefly posted on the Web, and hackers and security researchers downloaded it. (RockYou, which had already been widely criticized for lax privacy practices, has advised its customers to change their passwords, as the hacker gained information about their e-mail accounts as well.)<br />
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The trove provided an unusually detailed window into computer users' password habits. Typically, only government agencies like the F.B.I. or the National Security Agency have had access to such a large password list.<br />
"This was the mother lode," said Matt Weir, a doctoral candidate in the e-crimes and investigation technology lab at Florida State University, where researchers are also examining the data.<br />
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Imperva found that nearly 1 percent of the 32 million people it studied had used "123456" as a password. The second-most-popular password was "12345." Others in the top 20 included "qwerty," "abc123" and "princess."<br />
More disturbing, said Mr. Shulman, was that about 20 percent of people on the RockYou list picked from the same, relatively small pool of 5,000 passwords.<br />
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That suggests that hackers could easily break into many accounts just by trying the most common passwords. Because of the prevalence of fast computers and speedy networks, hackers can fire off thousands of password guesses per minute.<br />
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"We tend to think of password guessing as a very time-consuming attack in which I take each account and try a large number of name-and-password combinations," Mr. Shulman said. "The reality is that you can be very effective by choosing a small number of common passwords."<br />
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Some Web sites try to thwart the attackers by freezing an account for a certain period of time if too many incorrect passwords are typed. But experts say that the hackers simply learn to trick the system, by making guesses at an acceptable rate, for instance.<br />
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To improve security, some Web sites are forcing users to mix letters, numbers and even symbols in their passwords. Others, like Twitter, prevent people from picking common passwords.<br />
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Still, researchers say, social networking and entertainment Web sites often try to make life simpler for their users and are reluctant to put too many controls in place.<br />
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Even commercial sites like eBay must weigh the consequences of freezing accounts, since a hacker could, say, try to win an auction by freezing the accounts of other bidders.<br />
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Overusing simple passwords is not a new phenomenon. A similar survey examined computer passwords used in the mid-1990s and found that the most popular ones at that time were "12345," "abc123" and "password."<br />
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Why do so many people continue to choose easy-to-guess passwords, despite so many warnings about the risks?<br />
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Security experts suggest that we are simply overwhelmed by the sheer number of things we have to remember in this digital age.<br />
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"Nowadays, we have to keep probably 10 times as many passwords in our head as we did 10 years ago," said Jeff Moss, who founded a popular hacking conference and is now on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. "Voice mail passwords, A.T.M. PINs and Internet passwords — it's so hard to keep track of."<br />
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In the idealized world championed by security specialists, people would have different passwords for every Web site they visit and store them in their head or, if absolutely necessary, on a piece of paper.<br />
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But bowing to the reality of our overcrowded brains, the experts suggest that everyone choose at least two different passwords — a complex one for Web sites were security is vital, such as banks and e-mail, and a simpler one for places where the stakes are lower, such as social networking and entertainment sites.<br />
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Mr. Moss relies on passwords at least 12 characters long, figuring that those make him a more difficult target than the millions of people who choose five- and six-character passwords.<br />
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"It's like the joke where the hikers run into a bear in the forest, and the hiker that survives is the one who outruns his buddy," Mr. Moss "<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"If Life Were Like A Computer:<br />
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You could add/remove someone in your life using the control panel. <br />
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You could put your kids in the recycle bin and restore them when you feel like it!<br />
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You could improve your appearance by adjusting the display settings.<br />
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You could turn off the speakers when life gets too noisy.<br />
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You could click on “find” (Ctrl, F) to recover your lost remote control and car keys.<br />
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To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"!<br />
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If you mess up your life, you could always press "Ctrl, Alt, Delete" and start all over!<br />
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I had been doing Tech Support for Hewlett-Packard's DeskJet division for about a month when I had a customer call with a problem I just couldn't solve. She could not print yellow. All the other colors would print fine, which truly baffled me because the only true colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow. <br />
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For instance, green is a combination of cyan and yellow, but green printed fine. Every color of the rainbow printed fine except for yellow. I had the customer change ink cartridges. I had the customer delete and reinstall the drivers. Nothing worked. I asked my coworkers for help; they offered no new ideas. <br />
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After over two hours of troubleshooting, I was about to tell the customer to send the printer in to us for repair when she asked quietly, "Should I try printing on a piece of white paper instead of this yellow paper?" <br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">~~~Dear Lord thank You for the blessings of our creative minds and please help us to use them to make this world a safer and better place.</span></em></strong>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-10709513344056229092010-01-14T03:12:00.000-08:002010-01-14T03:45:46.826-08:00Guess Who's Having A Birthday and who LOVES pink??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1XydJV1owaxCmlb-dCcqXYcvAbb6WLdLiLV7sPld2_RHX70R88kvrNT44f4-BViQ2vz9PecUKOuPQ93w6BwPueA5CGVyDIeqQVI_fwGhyMl09DsnJG1yUzllDY0zvdqonA_mxKLMPXo/s1600-h/!cid_91D6EFFCEC224390952AE00145F37218%40EvelynPC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1XydJV1owaxCmlb-dCcqXYcvAbb6WLdLiLV7sPld2_RHX70R88kvrNT44f4-BViQ2vz9PecUKOuPQ93w6BwPueA5CGVyDIeqQVI_fwGhyMl09DsnJG1yUzllDY0zvdqonA_mxKLMPXo/s320/!cid_91D6EFFCEC224390952AE00145F37218%40EvelynPC.jpg" /></a><br />
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Eileen's blog (Umma's World) and swiped a few wonderful pictures to honor her on her special day today. Just love this one of she and Ray in the park with Jayden....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">Gotta give Eileen some pink today as she does (or at least she used to) love it so much. It's a mini pink kitchen...</span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should we all pool our resources ( I am low on resources but I have three candy bars) and get her this car?....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And wouldn't she love having this in her front yard?....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though this is pretty much a hot pink, I think Eileen could carry it off!!....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And does she have pink luggage???...this is yet another gift idea for those of you who are stumped and yet loaded with money...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aaah, yet another project for Ray (such a nice guy) where he can surprise Eileen and shock himself, all in one fell swoop...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a REALLY pink cake with a heart for someone who is a sweetheart...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With all this pink there is bound to be something pink Eileen will like here...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about pink flamingos? This painting might be a little pricy but I'm sure we could find her some plastic ones for her front and back yard and maybe even inside the house!!...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eileen dearly loves coffee, so here's a cup that even I might be able to handle...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some more vintage pink for Eileen...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And VOILA... a pink sunrise for her too...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally, some pink birthday balloons...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To cover her kitchen burners we have some pretty pink flowered burner covers...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this was the perfect flower to send her for her birthday....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally for the fine person and good friend and empathetic person that she is to me and to so many, I want to say....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On my birthday I got a really funny card from a friend. It joked about how our bodies might be getting older, but our minds were still "tarp as shacks." I wanted to thank the friend who sent the card, but I couldn't. She forgot to sign it. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greeting Cards: When you care enough to send the very best but not enough to actually write something. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best birthdays of all are those that haven't arrived yet. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">May you live all the days of your life.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Jonathan Swift <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Cora Harvey Armstrong <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Bernard Baruch<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Robert Frost <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">If I'd known I was going to live this long (100 years), I'd have taken better care of myself.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ubie Blake<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Lucille Ball<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Jack Benny <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind, And count each birthday with a grateful mind. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Alexander Pope<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whatever with the past has gone, The best is always yet to come. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Lucy Larcom<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Ellen Glasgow<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Franz Kafka<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to be an artist<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">To paint pictures just for you,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So when each birthday comes around,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can send you quite a few. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Anonymous<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The most important product of his effort is his own personality. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">~~~Heavenly Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I thank You for the blessings of celebrating special days with special people like Eileen and please bless all those celebrating birthdays this month.</span></em></strong><br />
</div>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-12624563276229839252010-01-11T07:33:00.000-08:002010-01-11T07:33:38.533-08:00Cleaning up the leftovers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, let's see if I can get back on track with posting. As a young girl (10-12 yrs. old) I used to be a pretty good pitcher and catcher for baseball so let's see if I can't handle some of these curve balls that have been thrown my way.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomorrow morning my sweet duaghter Laura will be going back to Phoenix and I will deeply miss her. She is still fighting this bad bout of bronchitis but she said that she finally felt slightly better yesterday. Instead of coughing for 45 minutes out of every hour (literally, but probably even more), she is now only coughing once or twice each hour.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately we did get to finally go (Laura really pushed herself to go there as even her energy level is very low) to Mimi's to see the llamas up close and personal.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life is really off track and there have been missed painting classes, poetry recital meetings, prayer meetings as well as untyped HOA minutes (guess I will have to get creative here and make people read them and say...'wow, I don't remember discussing this' or 'did we really all decide to go to Marcy's and clean her yard, the kitty litter and wash the windows?"), so there are some challenges to overcome and catch up with.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That makes this leftover picture so appropriate,,,,<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New Year's resolutions should always include good eating or better eating habits, so when I found this among my leftover pictures, it was perfect...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There must always be time for quiet reflective moments and I'd love to be sitting on this rock just praying...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I was first married and living in Alaska with my late beloved husband Mario, we had a trailer in Delta Junction, Alaska and one day Mario called me outside and there below the steps was a family of buffalo, complete with a baby and covered in a light coat of snow...sooo pretty, maybe that's why I had this picture in my files...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is to remind me/us that, even in our most difficult and trying moments there is only one set of footprints in the sand because Jesus is carrying us through it all...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knowing how much I love all animals, this must be a picture that I came across and couldn't resist...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe I collected this one to remind myself to stop squawking so much when things go wacko???...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is just a nice artsy picture so my love of art caused this one to be 'grabbed'...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aside from the healthy part of this picture the flying pear appeals to my silly side...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knowing how 'earth saving' I am, can anyone question why I saved this picture?....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or, finally, how about joining me for some tea or coffee or water with lemon here at the warm seaside (a far cry from the ice and light snow that we have here still)...<br />
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Two grave robbers decided to rob a grave, that's what they do. They find a prety nice grave and start digging. <br />
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After they dug up the topsoil they found a hole and in the hole there was a man with wild white hair sitting in front of a piano. The man would play a couple notes then erase something on a piece of music. <br />
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The two men, amazed beyond belief, yelled down to the man, 'Who are you, and what are you doing?' The man looked up and said...<br />
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'IM BACH, AND IM DECOMPOSING' <br />
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Two atoms were walking down the sidewalk and suddenly one slips off the curb and says "Oh no, I've lost my electron!"<br />
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The other atom says "Are you sure?"<br />
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1st atom says "Yes, I'm positive!" <br />
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One warm summer evening a mother was driving with her three young children. A woman in the convertible in front of them stood up and waved. She was STARK NAKED. As the mother was reeling from shock, the five year old said, "Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"<br />
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A mother was struggling to get the ketchup out of the bottle when the phone rang. She asked her four year old daughter to answer it. She heard her daughter say, "Mommy can't come to the phone. She's hitting the bottle."<br />
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Not quite getting it, the little first grader said, "I led the pigeons to the flag."<br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">~~~Thank You Heavenly Father for the blessings of all the leftovers that we come across, just showing how we are blessed with so much that there is something leftover!</span></strong></em>Blessings each dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253526265578804769noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-489502964966172922.post-73663102084276930422009-12-31T21:00:00.000-08:002009-12-31T21:02:24.611-08:00May God Bless our New Year With Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My prayer for one and all</span></em></strong><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. Originally the new year was celebrated in the beginning of spring. In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the year. It first came to be fixed at January 1 by the Roman senate in 153 BC.<br />
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Many cultures believe that what they did or ate on the first day of the year could bring them either good or bad luck for the rest of the year. Some traditional New Year foods thought to bring luck are something in the shape of a ring, black-eyed peas, pork, cabbage or rice. <br />
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The modern tradition of making resolutions dates back to the early Babylonians. <br />
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Today, celebrations include parades, football games, and fireworks. Since the 1900s the night of December 31, New Year's Eve, has become an occasion for celebration."<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #073763;">This must mean we need to stay bubbly in the New Year and maybe even make bubbles as well...hmmm, think I'm gonna go get some bubbles that we have and blow them all over the place!...<br />
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2006: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.<br />
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2007: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.<br />
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2008: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight.<br />
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2009: I will work out 3 days a week.<br />
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2010: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On New Year's Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local pub and said that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every husband to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On New Year's Eve, Daniel was in no shape to drive, so he sensibly left his van in the car park and walked home. As he was wobbling along, he was stopped by a policeman. 'What are you doing out here at four o'clock in the morning?' asked the police officer.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">'I'm on my way to a lecture,' answered Roger. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">'And who on earth, in their right mind, is going to give a lecture at this time on New Year's Eve?' enquired the constable sarcastically. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">'My wife,' slurred Daniel grimly.<br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: lime; font-size: large;"><em>~~~Thank You dear Lord for all the blessings this past year has brought and for all the future blessings in 2010, may all people be a little kinder and gentler, starting with me.</em></span></strong><br />
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