Due to many different things i'm moving my blog.......I don't know how to shut this one down so it'll be up and running for awhile but from now on i'll be posting here......
First off, i'm needing some extra thoughts and prayers sent my friend's way. She's 39 years old and just recieved the news that she has cancer. Her husband is doing all he can to support her and be there for her, but any little extra prayers and thoughts are truly appreciated.
Today........Oh my.......sitting in the health department, with my daughter, waiting for our turn for her immunizations. It wasn't too horribly busy, but there were quite the number of people going in and out and around.
My little angel is sitting in the chair directly across the aisle from me and playing with her stuffed doggie that she brought, when all of a sudden her eyes get really big, a huge grin pops across her face and at the top of her voice she proceeds to inform me, and the younger gentleman sitting just a couple of chairs down from us, that she had just "tooted and it really stinks!"
My brain chooses that moment to freeze and i'm sitting there with a look of pure "duh?" Then the bratchild proceeds to engage in conversation with the now giggling young man sitting down the row. The topic.....the proper way to 'toot' in public and how to blame it on the dog!!!!!!!!
Many of the signs and billboards in the area were no match for Hurricane Charley. However, one billboard resisted the 100-mile per hour winds of the eye wall of the storm. While the billboard still stands, the advertisement which was there when Hurricane Charley hit was pealed back to reveal an earlier message. When the sun rose the next morning on Sand Lake Road in Orlando the words on the billboard clearly read:
While going through the various blogs and postings in the places I normally frequent I have noticed a definate trend in really poor behaviour. This is exemplified by persons claiming 'maturity' but who then feel it's acceptable to post things to the contrary. Take this person for example... basically nearly all the postings on this site are pointed towards one person. Pathetic. Also of note is this person who seems fixated on two individuals...one of them being the current president of the united states, the other a person who basically tried at first to defend themselves through repeated attacks, then left the individual alone (as requested) and was then attacked again and again. Again, this behaviour was touted to be 'mature' by the blog owners. Again, I say pathetic.
I am not one to involve myself in the various forms of mudslinging...but I have compiled a list of words that I feel sum up the behaviours of these small persons quite well.
Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.
obsession
n 1: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will [syn: compulsion] 2: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone [syn: fixation]
stalk2( P )Pronunciation Key (stôk) v.stalked,stalk·ing,stalks v.intr.
To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait: stalked off in a huff.
To move threateningly or menacingly.
To track prey or quarry.
v.tr.
To pursue by tracking stealthily.
To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.
Main Entry: stalk·ing Function: noun : the act or crime of willfully and repeatedly following or harassing another person in circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to fear injury or death esp. because of express or implied threats; broadly: a crime of engaging in a course of conduct directed at a person that serves no legitimate purpose and seriously alarms, annoys, or intimidates that person
ha·rass( P )Pronunciation Key (h-rs, hrs) tr.v.ha·rassed,ha·rass·ing,ha·rass·es
To irritate or torment persistently.
To wear out; exhaust.
To impede and exhaust (an enemy) by repeated attacks or raids.
ha·rassern. ha·rassmentn.
Synonyms: harass, harry, hound, badger, pester, plague These verbs mean to trouble persistently or incessantly. Harass and harry imply systematic persecution by besieging with repeated annoyances,threats, or demands: Houndsuggests unrelenting pursuit to gain a desired end.. To badger is to nag or tease persistently: To pester is to inflict a succession of petty annoyances: Plague refers to a problem likened to an epidemic disease:
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sexual harassment n.
The making of unwanted and offensive sexual advances or of sexually offensive remarks or acts,.
monday morning you look so fine friday i got travelin' on my mind first you love me and then you say it's wrong you know i can't go on believin' for long but you know it's true you only want me when i get over you
Sorry......I know it's cliche but monday morning I always think of that song! LOL
Hey two new bloggers added to the list! Tal's daughters are both getting into the whole blog scene.....i'm thinking they're going be big hits! Not to mention that they're the youngest bloggers i'm familliar with! LOL
So treat 'em nice and go see what they have to say.
(thought this would be fun as I am NOT a soaps person....)
Tracey, in your soap opera scenario, you're The Double-Crosser!
The Double-Crosser's that wily character who works their way into everyone's lives, good graces, and beds. That's because on the surface, they're so appealing that many people can't even see the Double-Crosser's secret agenda.
While you might not share all those traits with The Double-Crosser, there's no denying you're a genial type who makes a good first impression and has no trouble making friends. People like to be around your good-natured, good-humored personality. Whether you've got your own agenda, or someone else's in your sights, is anyone's guess.
You and The Double-Crosser are probably playing for different sides of good and evil (we hope!). Should we ever find out otherwise, we suspect you'll already be long gone, sipping fruity drinks on a tropical beach while Interpol desperately searches for your trail. Unless of course you went for plastic surgery and have already inserted yourself into a new city. Who says the good guy always wins?
You aren't satisfied with just one flavor. They say variety is the spice of life and this shines through in your Ice cream of choice! Just don't eat all the chocolate and leave the strawberry and vanilla behind!
Well it's Saturday morning, overcast and wet outside and dull, dull,and just plain B-O-R-I-N-G&nb sp;here inside! I mean, how many times can you clean a house in one day?
Hubby is working today, again, as usual. He's been putting in all kinds of extra hours on a side project for the company and then yesterday they tell him that they're not sure they want it now so he'll not get paid if they choose to not take the part. HEL-LO?! What part of the last three weeks of salaried HELL are you not understanding???? I mean, it's not like he's getting paid hourly for the extra work........he's salary. So if they choose to not pay him he's put in extra time for NOTHING!
Not to mention the fact that the extra money was really needed at this point in time! Oh well, no use crying over what won't happen now....
1 - Live to relax! 2 - Love your bed, it is your temple!
3 - Relax in the day, so that you can sleep at night! 4 - Work is holy, so don't attack it! 5 - Don't do something tomorrow, that you can do the day afterwards! 6- Work as little as possible. Let the others do what needs to be done! 7 - Don't worry, nobody died from doing nothing, but you could get hurt at work! 8- If you feel like doing work, sit down and wait until that feeling goes away! 9 - Don't forget: working is healthy! So leave it for the sick people!
Well my kitchen table will never be the same again. Same with the surrounding carpet, chairs and the clothes were wearing last night! Who knew a tiny bottle of glue could spread so far?????
What happened? No it wasn't the battle of the glue bottles, or fix dad's favorite ceramic bowl before he got home... (due to breaking it while playing baseball in the house)......(which we've done too!).....but something much more fun!
We made sock puppets! Yes, you heard right.......sock puppets! And it was a blast!! This was Amanda's first time with the mighty sock-y art form and she was most creative. Did you know, one tube sock, men's size 11 can hold 50+ pipe cleaners in various sizes and lengths, at least two dozen puff balls (also assorted shapes and sizes) as well as half a bottle of glue, glitter, markers and a set of googly eyes?
I will be sure to post pictures when I get them developed! As for today's project..........i'm thinking something to do with modeling clay and popcicle sticks!
I got this from my good friend Linda and thought i'd share.....
Food for thought... "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!"
Well it's the end of another week and i've accomplished very little this past week..
Amanda is starting her fall break.....Friday was her last day until October 18th! I have NO clue what i'm going to do to keep her busy for three weeks!
I have made tentative plans for taking her to the chidren's museum in the historical district. They have all hands on displays for kids. And we're going to walk the waterfront one day......lots of neat little shops and little hole in the wall diners and things. I thought we'd work some more on the whole bike riding thing and I have to take her to get new shoes.....she's outgrown ALL of hers. But thats all i've got in mind.......
Any ideas from the parents and teachers....? I've got three weeks to fill here.....HELP!!!!!!
I ordered some new capri's on-line this last week. They're for working out and they were on sale for something like 75% off. So after going through the rigamarole of signing up for the online account, entering info, yadayadayada........I FINALLY get to order the two things I want.
I never recieved a confirmation email, but with yahoo.......well, it's just less than reliable these days so i'm not too worried by that. Now, five days later my banking account gets hit with the bill for the purchase......and it's the wrong amount. So I go check the website and half my order is cancelled. No warning, no nothing. But they're still charging me FULL SHIPPING!
So I call the customer service hotline. After being on hold for something like twenty minutes I finally get thru. I explain the situation and the rep is soooo nice and utterly CLUELESS!!!!!!!!! She puts me on hold again to talk to her supervisor and comes back to tell me that the item was out of stock, they won't be getting any more in do I want to order something else? HELL NO!
So I ask her about the shipping costs. She tells me if I want to send the items back that it'll only cost me another $5 and they'll credit my account with the retailer for the amount of the original order so I can order something different later. Ugh! So in the end with the costs of shipping and reshipping i'll be paying DOUBLE the cost for ONE freakin' item?!
While you're there you can download new computer wallpapers, enter a contest to win some goodies or even pre-order the new "Best Of" album due out Oct. 25th.
So if you're an old fan or a new one just finding out that some wines do indeed get better with time, go check it out!
Looks peaceful doesn't he? This is Kodi, my problem child, and the new poster child for Canine Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
I bought him a treat ball this past weekend. You know the type....a big, hollow, plastic ball, brightly colored, with another smaller ball inside it that has openings for stuffing bits of treats into it. The animal rolls the big ball around, eventually jarring the treats from the smaller ball out the openings and onto the floor.
Since the introduction of this toy, life has been anything but peaceful! Kodi picks up the ball and runs with it around the house several times then throws it on the floor to jar the treats out. It lands with a very loud, plastic, THUNK! He then bats the ball out of the way looking for tidbits. This goes on repeatedly, and about every 10-15 seconds you hear the clunk followed by the rattle of the ball rolling across the carpet.
When Kodi gets tired of 'dropping and searching' or when he feels the ball is empty he begins to talk at it. Personally I think the assorted sounds of moans, groans, growls and yips are a form of doggie cussing. Good thing I don't understand canine-ese.
Ocassionally, he mistakenly bats the ball under the futon couch and then the real doggie swearing begins as he is too big to fit under the futon to reach the ball. He sounds like a dying bullmoose when this happens and the assorted moans and whines are enough to jar the Pope out of his daily meditations!
He brings the ball to me for "refills" twice a day like clockwork. First thing in the morning, directly after his morning potty, and in the evening as soon as the dinner dishes are put away. He is persistant and won't take "no" for an answer.
This has been on-going for days now and I can not forsee any changing of the new behaviours. I still, however, remian hopeful that i'll actually pick out a "normal" animal at some point in my life!
You are Form 3, Unicorn: The Innocent. "And The Unicorn knew she wasn't meant to go into the Dark Wood. Disregarding the advice given to her by the spirits, Unicorn went inside and bled silver blood.. For her misdeed, the world knew evil." Some examples of the Unicorn Form are Eve (Christian) and Pandora (Greek). The Unicorn is associated with the concept of innocence, the number 3, and the element of water. Her sign is the twilight sun. As a member of Form 3, you are a curious individual. You are drawn to new things and become fascinated with ideas you've never come in contact with before. Some people may say you are too nosey, but it's only because you like getting to the bottom of things and solving them. Unicorns are the best friends to have because they are inquisitive.
You are the Fool card. The Fool fearlessly begins the journey into the unknown. To do this, he does not regard the world he knows as firm and fixed. He has a seemingly reckless disregard for obstacles. In the Ryder-Waite deck, he is seen stepping off a cliff with his gaze on the sky, and a rainbow is there to catch him. In order to explore and expand, one must disregard convention and conformity. Those in the throes of convention look at the unconventional, non-conformist personality and think What a fool. They lack the point of view to understand The Fool's actions. But The Fool has roots in tradition as one who is closest to the spirit world. In many tribal cultures, those born with strange and unusual character traits were held in awe. Shamans were people who could see visions and go on journeys that we now label hallucinations and schizophrenia. Those with physical differences had experience and knowledge that the average person could not understand. The Fool is God. The number of the card is zero, which when drawn is a perfect circle. This circle represents both emptiness and infinity. The Fool is not shackled by mountains and valleys or by his physical body. He does not accept the appearance of cliff and air as being distinct or real. Image from: Mary DeLave http://www.marydelave.com/
Gotta tell ya though.....after reading the interpretations given by this one person for the various arcana......Tarot is definatley a "personal" thing. So with a wry shake of the head I say.....take what you wish from the meanings given, but choose your own interpretations. And remember, this is all in fun only.
I was going to post some hilarious bit of story telling.....and give y'all a smile today, but I find that, since I was awoken at 3am with nightmares from hell, that i'm pretty darn tired and not thinking all too straight.
Does anyone else get these? These re-ocurring head trips that make you wake up with the cold sweats and biting back a scream as you don't want to wake the whole household?
I've been having these same images in my mind since.......well, for as long as I can remember. Sometimes i'll go months without any disturbances in my sleep and then all of a sudden......!!WHAM-O!! Scream-fest. Ugh!
I'm going to go cozy up to some hot tea and a nice warm blankie and watch my child play for awhile.
, when all of a sudden her eyes get really big, a huge grin pops across her face and at the top of her voice she proceeds to inform me, and the younger gentleman sitting just a couple of chairs down from us, that she had just "tooted and it really stinks!"
Then the bratchild proceeds to engage in conversation with the now giggling young man sitting down the row. The topic.....the proper way to 'toot' in public and how to blame it on the dog!!!!!!!! 
You aren't satisfied with just one flavor. They say variety is the spice of life and this shines through in your Ice cream of choice! Just don't eat all the chocolate and leave the strawberry and vanilla behind!
I mean, how many times can you clean a house in one day? 
Oh well, no use crying over what won't happen now....
......(which we've done too!).....but something much more fun! 
As for today's project..........i'm thinking something to do with modeling clay and popcicle sticks! 
I've got three weeks to fill here.....HELP!!!!!!
