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Country: United States
State: Texas
Birthday: 10/7/1949
Gender: Female
Interests: Chatting, reading, dancing, crafts of all kinds favorite being plastic canvas.
Expertise: Don't know if I really have an area of expertise, unless it is one of chatting, hahaha. I'm kind of like the saying: Jack of all trades, master of none.
Occupation: Other
Industry: Other
Message: message me
Member Since:
2/12/2003
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| Wow, it is hard to believe I have been away for so long. Have been living with my daughter for the past 5 1/2 months. Hope to have some repairs finished on my mobile home in near future so I may return to my own residence. There is no place like home.
The boys (grandsons 5 and 7) are out of school but have lots planned for them to keep them busy during the summer, such as newly acquire library cards, craft items, baseball equipment, swimming pool, education reviews and helping Nana get ready for a big yard sale. I believe there is more to life than the boob tube and video games ALL of the time.
Take care and have a great day.
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| Sorry for not being around this past week. There was a family crisis and some other "stuff". I'm coping as well as can be expected. I can't talk about it yet, but if you would please say a little prayer for my family I would be ever so grateful.
Sydney, that paragraph about falling out of stupid was received by me in my email. I am not married, I am a widow.
I promise to get caught up on my visiting real soon. Have a great day, all week, lol.
Hugs and smiles to all.
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"A m e r i c a"
Why I Love Her
You ask me Why I Love Her?
Well, give me time and I'll explain.
Have you seen a Kansas sunset
Or an Arizona rain?
Have you drifted on a bayou
Down Louisiana way?
Have you watched a cold fog drifting
Over San Francisco Bay?
Have you heard a bobwhite calling
In the Carolina pines,
Or heard the bellow of a diesel
At the Appalachia mines?
Does the call of Niagara thrill you
When you hear her waters roar?
Do you look with awe and wonder
At her Massachusetts shore,
Where men who braved a hard new world
First stepped on Plymouth's rock?
And do you think of them when you stroll
Along a New York City dock?
Have you seen a snowflake drifting
In the Rockies, way up high?
Have you seen the sun come blazing down
From a bright Nevada sky?
Do you hail to the Columbia
As she rushes to the sea,
Or bow your head at Gettysburg
At our struggle to be free?
Have you seen the mighty Tetons?
Have you watched an eagle soar?
Have you seen the Mississippi
Roll along Missouri's shore?
Have you felt a chill at Michigan
When on a winter's day
Her waters rage along the shore
In thunderous display?
Does the word "Aloha" make you warm?
Do you stare in disbelief
When you see the surf
Come roaring in at Waimea Reef?
From Alaska's cold to the Everglades,
From the Rio Grande to Maine,
My heart cries out, my pulse runs fast
At the might of her domain.
You ask me Why I Love Her?
I've a million reasons why:
My Beautiful America,
Beneath God's wide, wide sky.
Written by John Newman Mitchum (1973)
Music:Adaptation & Arrangement -Billy Liebert
Recited by John Wayne
in memory of John Newman Mitchum (1919-2001)
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A Hug
A Hug Is A Wonderful Gift To Share;
A Way To Show Each Other That We Care.
There Is So Much A Hug Is Able To Do,
When You Feel Those Arms, Holding You.
It Is A Place To Feel Safe And Warm;
A Comfort For A Sad Heart That Is Torn.
An Expression Of The Love In Our Heart,
For Ones Who We Wish, Never To Be Apart.
A Greeting When We Meet To Say Hello,
Or To Say Goodbye When We Have To Go.
It Can Hold Us Up When Life Gets Us Down,
And Make Us Smile, Instead Of Frown.
A Hug Can Be Given For No Reason At All,
And Given To Those, Both Big And Small.
We're Never Too Old To Feel The Joy It Brings,
As It Is One Of Life's, Most Pleasing Things.
And For All Of This Beauty, A Hug Is Free;
Costs Nothing, Yet Means So Much To Me.
We Should All Hug Another To Show We Care,
For To Feel A Warm Hug, Nothing Can Compare..
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| Oh, the cold front has passed. Yippeeeeee!!! It was in the 70's yesterday and suppose to be in the 80's today. With the gentle breeze the weather is perfect. It could stay like this year round and I wouldn't complain. :) Not much news. Just trying to give a face lift to a group I am manager of on MSN, plus working on my PSP, so I'll cut this short and leave you a couple of things I hope you enjoy.
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A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other.
The Groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. "Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the success of my marriage."
His father replied, "Don't you love this girl?"
"Oh yes, very much," he said," but you see, I have very smelly feet, and I'm afraid that my fiance will be put off by them."
"No problem," said dad, "all you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to bed." Well, to him this seemed a workable solution.
The bride-to-be, overcoming her fear, decided to take her problem up with her mom." Mom," she said, "When I wake up in the morning my breath is truly awful."
"Honey," her mother consoled, "everyone has bad breath in the morning."
"No, you don't understand,. My morning breath is so bad, I'm afraid that my fiance will not want to sleep in the same room with me."
Her mother said simply, "Try this. In the morning, get straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is to not to say a word until you've brushed your teeth."
"I shouldn't say good morning or anything?" the daughter asked.
"Not a word," her mother affirmed.
"Well, it's certainly worth a try," she thought.
The loving couple were finally married. Not forgetting the advice each had received, he with his perpetual socks and she with her morning silence, they managed quite well. That is, until about six months later. Shortly before dawn one morning, the husband woke with a start to find that one of his socks had come off. Fearful of the consequences, he frantically searched the bed. This, of course, woke his bride and without thinking, she asked, "What on earth are you doing?"
"Oh, my God," he replied, "you've swallowed my sock!
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One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river.
When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a silver axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.
Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord went down again and came up with an iron axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "Yes."
The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happily.
One day while he was walking with his wife along the riverbank, the woodcutter's wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
"Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!"
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried the woodcutter.
The Lord was furious. "You cheat! That is an untruth!"
The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You will
come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also say 'no' to her, You will thirdly come up with my wife, and I will say 'yes,' and then all three will be given to me. But Lord, I am a poor man and I will not be able to take care of all three wives, so *that's* why I said yes this time."
The moral of the story is whenever a man lies it is for an honorable and useful reason.
Yeah, right!!!!
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Stupid Forever
During a friendly argument, my husband asked me why I married him in the first place. "I was just stupid," I teased. When he said he was happy to hear that, I requested an explanation.
"People get divorced all the time because they fall out of love," he said. "But I've never heard of anybody falling out of stupid."
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Have a wonderful day. Hugs and smiles to all. | | |
| Hello. Yesterday the wind just blew and blew, getting stronger as the day passed and then last night as the cold front came in the wind was horrendous. I could hear the shingles literally being ripped off my roof. At the rate it is going I won't have any left by the time I can reroof my double-wide mobile home with a pitched roof. The high today is only suppose to be mid 50's. Big change from mid to upper 70's. And the low will be down in low 30's. No wonder ppl can't get well. I want my spring back. :(
I finally found where all of my subscribers are listed, so I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of them for subscribing and the nice comments they leave for me.
Geri, Mrs. Ann A, CoalMinersDaughter, lili, Nance1, crazybear, Tooty, debi, Starwolf, crzylady, and my newest NCqponmom.
Hope you enjoy some of the following today.
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Put the Glass Down
A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.
He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm.
"It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.
If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.
It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."
"If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."
We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
Pick it up again later when you have rested...
Rest and relax.
Life is short, enjoy it!!
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The Secret of Life
The secret of life is to make the best
of whatever comes along,
Make every day fresh and new,
Go in search of knowledge and experience.
Let your questions and
your answers reconcile.
Do your best to remember
that the best kind of learning curve
is an educated smile.
Share your magic with the people
who share your memories.
Let your feelings run deep.
Be in touch with the people
who live in your heart.
Be a caring person who plays for keeps.
To really know what success means, earn it.
Don't rely on some elevator to get you there.
The higher the floor you want to reach,
the more important it is to take the stairs.
The easiest lessons to remember
are the ones you learn the hard way!
Appreciate the little things
that make each day
unique and special.
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Our faith in God is easy when the Waters 'round are stilled,
When the voyage undertaken finds Our dreams and hopes
fulfilled.
But holding on to God is hard when wrestling with our doubt,
And when the storms are fiercest, and our boat is tossed about.
It's then our Faith is shaken, when the Master's sound
asleep, not knowing we are sinking, and the waters 'round
are deep.
We wonder then how He, Who's Lord of all the land and sea,
could seem to be so unaware of our catastrophe.
It's when our faith seems weakest, God will calm the sea and soul,
and when we are most broken that He'll touch,
and make us whole.
(Author Unknown)
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Now for a bit of humor.
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Charlie wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. Charlie looks around the room and sees that it is in a perfect order, spotless, clean. So's the rest of the house! He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table "Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to go shopping. Love you." So he goes to the kitchen and sure enough there is a hot break- fast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating.
Charlie asks, "Son, what happened last night?"
His son says, "Well, you came home after 3 A.M., drunk and delirious. Broke some furniture, puked in the hallway, and gave yourself a black eye when you stumbled into the door."
Confused, Charlie asks, "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?"
His son replies, "Oh that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you said, "Lady, leave me alone, I'm married'!"
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Have a wonderful day today and weekend to come. Hopefully I will be just about well by Mon.
Hugs and smiles to all.
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| Good Morning. Feeling kinda puny here. Went all winter and managed to stay well, and now that it is getting warmer what happens?........but I get sick. Usually a cold turns to bronchitis on me within a matter of hours and I think it is here. That in turn causes breathing problems so I am back on my oxygen. Have started on some medicine so I hope it is short lived.
My sick car is still sick. Seems it is not the timing chain after all, but possibly the valves. I believe I really got rooked by the car lot in Dec. (Got it Dec. 6, and it broke down Jan. 7.) They wouldn't even give me 30 day warranty since it was under $1,000. I really needed a car at the time and took the first one that seemed ok and within my price range. I'll never do business with them again!!!
From time to time we all complain about different things. It is human nature. I ran across this piece and wanted to share it with all of you.
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I AM THANKFUL FOR THE WIFE WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS
TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME, NOT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
FOR THE HUSBAND WHO IS ON THE SOFA WHO IS BEING A
COUCH POTATO BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.
FOR THE TEENAGER WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING
DISHES, BECAUSE THAT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME, NOT ON THE STREETS.
FOR THE TAXES THAT I PAY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM EMPLOYED.
FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.
FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE.
FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.
FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND THAT I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.
FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM WARM.
FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH THAT SINGS OFF KEY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I CAN HEAR.
FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.
FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.
FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM ALIVE.
AND FINALLY...FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE THINKING OF ME.
SEND THIS TO SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT.
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For those of you who asked about the young man's address and didn't see my reply, that is his complete address to my knowledge. Here it is again.
Lonnie J. Lewis
Navy corpsman
C Co. 1/4 WPN PLT
UIC 39726
FPO AP 966139726
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I believe I saw on someone's site that they are going to be grandparents. :) You might enjoy this next piece.
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If you are not a grandmother yet,just look forward to it.
What is a Grandmother?
(taken from papers written by a class of 8 year olds)
A grandmother is a lady who has no little children of her own. She likes other peoples. A grandfather is a man grandmother. Grandmothers don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the store and have lots of quarters for us. When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
They show us and talk to us about the color of the flowers and also don't step on "cracks." They don't say, "Hurry up." Usually grandmothers are fat, but not too fat to tie your shoes. They wear glasses and funny underwear. They can take their teeth and gums out. Grandmothers don't have to be smart. They have to answer questions like "why isn't God married?" and "How come dogs chase cats?".
When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again. Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television, because they are the only grown ups who like to spend time with us. They know we should have snack-time before bedtime and they say prayers with us every time, and kiss us even when we've acted bad.
Pass this along to another Grandmother.
It will make "Her" day!
Truly out of the mouths of babes, hahaha.
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Here's a rib tickler.
This guy went to see a highly recommend psychiatrist. The doctor showed the man an inkblot and asked, "What does this remind you of?"
The guy replied, "A naked woman."
Then the shrink showed the man another inkblot and asked the guy the same question. The guy responded, "A naked woman on a bed."
This went on and on, inkblot after inkblot. The psychiatrist finally said to the guy, "You are a sick pervert."
The guy replied, "I'm not the pervert here. You're the one who keeps showing me all those dirty pictures."
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Have a great day. Hugs and smiles to all. | | |
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