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Sunday, September 21, 2003

Sun, 21 Sep 2003 04:02:02 GMT

Craktpot has asked us here at Xanga to post this memorial message for barbll:

Barbara Woods
12/23/1944 - 9/19/2003

Our friend Barb Woods won her battle with ALS this morning. Her husband, Kent, called Teri/craktpot to tell him she had gone home (how sweet of him in such a difficult time.)

Barb always had a laugh or a smile to share, though she was limited by her disease. She loved flowers, children, jokes, people and life. This quote was found on her site and she pretty much lived by it:

"I live by this credo:
Have a little laugh at life and look around you
for happiness instead of sadness.
Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
Even in your darkest moment,
you usually can find something to laugh about
if you try hard enough."
- Red Skelton -
.··-.¸.-··. (`'·.¸(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)¸.·'´) .··-.¸.-··.
`·. GOD LOVES YOU .·´

She has gone home... no more stays in bed, no wheel chairs, no more having to use a computer to communicate, no pain or suffering. She is in heaven and free... she can see Jesus and she can walk, laugh, talk and dance!

Please keep her husband and family in your prayers. If you wish to contact them via snail mail, their address is listed below.

We love you, ~Barb~!
Thanks for all the laughter shared across the miles.
We will miss you, but are glad you suffer no more.
Someday, we will see you again, dear sister & friend.

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning
or crying or pain,
for the old order of things
has passed away."
Revelation 21:4

Tuesday, April 22, 2003

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:29:02 GMT

HI XANGA FRIENDS

THANKS NANCEL FOR

NICE CARD THIS WEEK

I REALLY LOOK FORWARD

TO MY MAILMAN NOW

I'M ENJOYING THIS SUNNY

DAY IN IOWA

BARB WOODS

507 N 12 AVE

MARSHALLTOWN 50158

FOR THOSE WHO ASKED

Tuesday, April 15, 2003

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:33:32 GMT

Happy Easter to my Xanga friends

Thank you all for the Easter cards

Muse and Winnie I loved yours

Craktpot 'I read your blog so I was looked

for it ' just it, nice of you Xangans are the Best

Portia sent me a lovely angel card today,thanks

Marj your a dear lady, I love angels.

Monday, March 24, 2003

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:30:08 GMT

The calender says it's Spring and I've seen my first robins. The tulips are popping up and my crocus will bloom soon. Sunshine looks inviteing though my window. We need some rain to start the grass greening up. I have a window box I want to fill up soon with pansies. Hope you are enjoying Spring!

Monday, March 17, 2003

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:44:34 GMT

Happy St. Pat's Day Friends

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:53:04 GMT

For all the Xanga care you show to me

Thank you Muse for the lovely rose card and to Winnie for her phone call they both brightened my day.

Monday, March 10, 2003

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:31:15 GMT

Friends its geting so hard for me to blog

I will keep trying as long I can

Thank you for your prayers and for all the love you shown me

Thursday, March 06, 2003

Thu, 06 Mar 2003 17:48:30 GMT

Black and White (Under age 40? You won't understand.)

   You could hardly see for all the snow,
   Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.
   Pull a chair up to the TV set,
   "Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet."

   Dependin'g on the channel you tuned,
   You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June.
   It felt so good. It felt so right.
   Life looked better in black and white.

   I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys,
   Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys,
   Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train,
   Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane.

   Father Knows Best, Patty Duke,
   Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too,
   Donna Reed on Thursday night! --
   Life looked better in black and white.

   I wanna go back to black and white.
   Everything always turned out right.
   Simple people, simple lives...
   Good guys always won the fights.

   Now nothing is the way it seems,
   In living color on the TV screen.
   Too many murders, too many fights,
   I wanna go back to black and white.

   In God they trusted, alone in bed, they slept,
   A promise made was a promise kept.
   They never cussed or broke their vows.
   They'd never make the network now.

   But if I could, I'd rather be
   In a TV town in '53.
   It felt so good. It felt so right.
   Life looked better in black and white.

   I'd trade all the channels on the satellite,
   If I could just turn back the clock tonight
   To when everybody knew wrong from right.
   Life was better in black and white!

Monday, March 03, 2003

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:21:15 GMT

Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday or Carnival, annual festival marking the final day before the Christian fast of Lent, a 40-day period of self-denial and abstinence from merrymaking. Mardi Gras is the last opportunity for revelry and indulgence in food and drink before the temperance of Lent. The term Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday.”

The date of Mardi Gras varies from year to year, always falling between February 3 and March 9

. Although Mardi Gras refers often encompasses a much longer period of celebrations leading up to Mardi Gras Day. The Carnival season is marked by spectacular parades featuring floats, pageants, elaborate costumes, masked balls, and dancing in the streets.

Some scholars have noted similarities between modern Mardi Gras celebrations and Lupercalia, a fertility festival held each February in ancient Rome. However, modern Carnival traditions developed in Europe during the Middle Ages (5th century to the 15th century) as part of the ritual calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.

Today pre-Lenten Carnivals are celebrated predominantly in Roman Catholic communities in Europe and the Americas. Cities famous for their celebrations include Nice, France; Cologne, Germany; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New Orleans, Louisiana, holds the most famous Mardi Gras celebration in the United States. Residents of New Orleans have been celebrating Mardi Gras since the 18th century. Mobile, Alabama, has a lesser known but equally old Mardi Gras tradition. Mardi Gras is informally observed in many North American cities, usually invoking the spirit of the New Orleans festivities.

Friday, February 28, 2003

Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:58:42 GMT

Feeling very weak today Xanga friends so not a big blog cause I can't raise my arm any more