Just Stuff and Hi Anna!

Decided I better blog before B evicts me from the blog.
A great big HELLO to Anna! (Brace yourself for this ride - we're all crazy in our own way!)
Not much new to report since the return from our trip. Had a bad lightening storm the other night and one of the new calves got struck and died. Was very sad, especially when her mommy stood by her and cried and bawled all day until we took her away and buried her. (Yes - people here think we are nuts for burying our cows, but they are pets to us.)We've been very lucky in that this is the first calf or cow we've lost, but I still told Darrel I don't want any more. He told me I will just have to suffer and get used to the idea that these kinds of things happen. (A big raspberry to him!)
Was supposed to watch the 3 demon seed children this weekend, but it was hubby's weekend to work and I refused to watch them by myself. I'm sure this totally negated any good kharma I've accumulated, but I know my limitations and have been very good lately about being vocal about them.
Preparing for Janelle, Cj, and Jaden McKenzie to arrive on Thursday for a 5 day visit. Preparing basically means sleeping as much as possible until they arrive and actually getting food in the house.
Keeping finger and toes crossed for Mishy's meeting tomorrow, and wishing Lydia good luck in her new venture. Doris - are you out there? Slip Brent a mickey so you can have the computer for a while.
By the way - Happy Halloween everyone and be sure to VOTE on Tuesday!!! Darrel and I will be voted, in essence just to cancel each other's votes out.

For a humorously different view of the debates

Hip-Hop Debate - Miniclip.com

Mozilla Update :: Extensions - List - All Extensions - Page 1

I was reminded by Forrest, from BlondeSense, who uses Linux(Smart Boy) that one of the joys of Firefox is add ons that "you" choose rather than the ones chosen by some giant software company. These add on are called extensions and perform a wide variety of tasks. The link below will take you to the firefox extension page where you can browse and download to your hearts content. Remeber that Firefox 1.0 is still prerelease and that some extensions at time may have little buggies still in them. This is part of the joy and frustration of beta software.

Both Dona and I have opted to still use Netscape for mail as the thunderbird mailbox still has some of those aforementioned buggies in its filtering and folders. But Firefox itself is still running like a charm.
Mozilla Update :: Extensions - List - All Extensions - Page 1

2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes

2004's Scariest Halloween Costumes

Welcome Anna!

Still doing the heavy negotiations here...trying to figure out what might be behind some of the unexplainable...we have a mediation meeting in the morning...YIKES!

BloodyFingerMail.com : Leave Your Mark

BloodyFingerMail.com : Leave Your Mark

Welcome Anna and Happy Halloween

Welcome Anna! I think that Halloween is probably my favorite holiday to celebrate with the children. I know that it should probably be Christmas but it just isn't. I'm rarely caught up in the spirit of Christmas during the actual Christmas season. I'm usually caught up in way to much commercialism and am probably missing something there. Halloween is pure fun, I have taken many pictures and will have at least a few up by the time that I get back from Florida. I'm employed! I'll be working as a book distributor while the kids are at school. Ranger will be going to daycare and Kelly pre-school. I am going to continue to nurse Ranger, he is a few weeks shy of a year but he is not ready to give up mommy's milk just yet. I am leaving on Monday. I had no idea how much I did until I had to make arrangements to have those things done by someone else in my absence. I am anxious and at the same time unsure. I am excited and yet feeling guilty for working as if this is some equivalent of child abuse. Lil Kel could really use some social interaction but my sweet little Rangy Roo will be so, so hard to leave. I am happy to report that my A/C works, my doors don't sag (breasts still do), and there is no trash in my car. May not get a chance to blog again for a week. If I have access to a computer I may.

Quote furnished by husband

Still waters may run deep
but usually it is just another scummy pond

Welcome to Anna

We have another new blogger, Her name is Anna, She is the Mother of 2. So lets all give her a great big crazy woman hello

Check out the billboards - Found by Dona

Funny pictures, jokes - Dribbleglass.com - Trivia, billboards, cards, fallacies

Something to consider when you decide who can lead us through this war

GreeneSpace: Patriot acts

I have already voted so I should probably shut up. I admit Kerry isn't perfect but when it comes to war I prefr to vote in people who have been there and have a clue and the current Republican Administration just doesn't. Read the list in the link above and decide who think might better handle a war

Correction to previous post about Firefox

It does have a form fill feature it just works automatically instead of having to click somewhere. It was so good it confused me.

Did the candy bar quiz and only missed 3 - Are you havfe a high carb craving Miss Lydia, When you finish the books I need you to bringthem back or send them on to MIshy

For all who care I have the next stephanie Plum novel

Name that Candybar - Science Museum of Minnesota

Name that Candybar - Science Museum of Minnesota

"Film Fans Make Bush 'Movie Villain of the Year'"

LONDON (Reuters) - President Bush may see himself as defender of democracy and compassionate conservatism but British film fans have voted him "Movie Villain of the Year."

The American "Axis of Evil" fighter is wooing voters with security pledges ahead of the presidential election next week, but it was Bush's role in Michael Moore's anti-war film "Fahrenheit 9/11" that won him the villainous title.

In a poll for Total Film magazine, the U.S. leader fought off competition from such well-known baddies as atomic scientist Doctor Octopus from "Spider-Man 2" and fellow Texan Leatherface from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

"The overwhelming response of our readers voting Bush top villain just goes to show how frightening people found him in Fahrenheit 9/11," Total Film's editor Matt Mueller told Reuters.

"He was absolutely terrifying in that film. The infamous scene where he's informed about the Twin Towers attack while visiting a school, and sits there absolutely paralyzed, is enough to strike fear into anyone's heart," he said.

Great News and Political Cartoon Site

Reason

Firefox & Thunderbird. All Hail The Return of A Real Browser

Anybody who truly knows me, knows that I do not like Internet Explorer, It is slow, riddled with security problems and the number one product that idiot hackers write viruses for. It is also the most suseptable to pop ups, ad-ware and spyware. Because of these many problems and because I hate bundled software which you can not remove, I have always been a big Netscape fan. This worked out great until a few years ago when AOL bought out Netscape. Suddenly Netscape became a large bloated piece of software with way too much junk and began having the same problems that explorer was experiencing. With every update the prgram became larger and fluffier.

Well if you are tired of fluff and want to get back to the basics of a lean mean browsing machine, now is the time. Firefox is now available. Firefox is an open source browser written by the Mozilla team and on the Mozilla platform which is also the heart of the Netscape platform. In other words Netscape without the fluff. It contains excellent security features, the code is nice and tight instead of bloated with things you will never use and it works. At the moment it is also less suseptable to viruses, popups and spyware. Thunderbird is the mail client you use with Firefox. Both are free open source downloads.

For the last Month my netscape has been degrading rapidly sucking resources and dying on a regular basis. I have been looking for a way to migrate all my Netscape info so that I can remove it from my system. Firefox worked beautifully, inn fact I had less trouble migrating Netscape to Firefox than I have had while Updating Netscape versions during the last three years.

All I did in fact was download the programs and install them. Everything down to the very last email I had received, every folder, bookmarks and setting was transfered automatically. Have only rarely seen this smooth a transfer in my life and it certainly hasn't been on the recent Netscape Builds.

So far I have only found 1 bug - In both Firefox and Thunderbird I requested that no desktop Icon be made during installation and both programs made one anyway but that is an easy delete and most people want it on the desktop so this is not a real issue. The other item I miss is the Form Fill out but I can reinstall Roboform to take care of this. Remember do not ever install Gator on your machine. Always use Robofill for forms and password saving. Gator is very evil spyware.

So if you are smart, want to surf more securely and wish to support something besides the Windows takeover of the world download Firefox Now.

Becoming a Real Man. - TWO YEAR DEGREE COURSE

For those of you who are married, were married, or are contemplating
marriage under the assumption that men need (or ought) to be trained for
marriage...

TWO YEAR DEGREE COURSE
A new two-year degree is being offered at the University that many of you
should be interested in:

Becoming a Real Man. That's right, in just six mini-semesters, you, too,
can be a real man as well as earn an MA degree. (Male Arts)

Please take a moment to look over the program outline.
FIRST YEAR

Autumn Schedule:
MEN 101: Combating Stupidity
MEN 102: You, Too, Can Do Housework
MEN 103: PMS-Learn To Keep Your Mouth Shut
MEN 104: We Do Not Want Sleazy Under things for Christmas

Winter Schedule:
MEN 110: Wonderful Laundry Techniques
MEN 111: Understanding the Female Response to Getting in at 4am
MEN 112: Parenting: It Doesn't End with Conception
EAT 100: Get a Life, Learn to Cook
EAT 101: Get a Life, Learn to Cook II
ECON 001A: What's Hers is Hers

Spring Schedule:
MEN 120: How NOT to Act like an arse when you're Wrong
MEN 121: Understanding Your Incompetence
MEN 122: YOU, The Weaker Sex
MEN 123: Reasons to Give Flowers
ECON 001C: What Was Yours is Hers

SECOND YEAR

Autumn Schedule:
SEX 101: You CAN Fall Asleep without It
SEX 102: Morning Dilemma: If It's Awake, Take a Shower
SEX 103: How to Stay Awake After Sex
MEN 201: How To Put the Toilet Seat Down

(Elective)
(See Electives Below)
Winter Schedule:
MEN 210: The Remote Control: Overcoming Your Dependency
MEN 211: How to Not Act Younger than Your Children
MEN 212: You, Too, Can be a Designated Driver
MEN 213: Honest, You Don't Look Like Brad Pitt
MEN 230A: Her Birthdays and Anniversaries are Important

Spring Schedule:
MEN 220: Omitting %&*!@ from Your Vocabulary (Pass/Fail Only)
MEN 221: Fluffing the Blanket after Farting Is NOT Necessary
MEN 222: Real Men Ask For Directions
MEN 223: Thirty Minutes of Begging is NOT Considered Foreplay
MEN 230B: Her Birthdays and Anniversaries are Important II

Course Electives:
EAT 102: Cooking with Tofu
EAT 103: Utilization of Eating Utensils
EAT 104: Burping and Belching Discreetly
MEN 231: Mothers-In-Law
MEN 232: Appear to Be Listening
MEN 233: Just Say "Yes, Dear"
ECON 001C: Cheaper to Keep Her

Just a thought for all the women out there.
MENtal Illness
MENstrual cramps
MENtal breakdown
MENopause

GUYnocologist (poetic spelling)

Ever notice how all of women's problems start with men?
and when we have real trouble, it's a
HISterectomy

Rednecks, Bee Stings, and other annoying things...

Gee...that title sounds like I should complain for a while. Oddly enough, tonight I have nothing to complain about. (I'm sure this won't last.) Got home about 1:00 today from our trip to Tennessee (that would be where the Redneck part fits in). Had a great time with old dear friends, but I'm so damned happy to be home!! For someone who leads an incredibly boring life, I seem to be gone from home a lot.
Got home exhausted, but spent the last 6 hours rearranging my living room. This is extremely strange behaviour, so I'll chalk it up the the aforementioned menopausal mania. While away I purchased some over the counter items to try to curb the nasty side affects of menopause and I must say they have been very effective. I am still waking at night with sweats, but only waking up, throwing the covers off, and going back to sleep instead of getting up and spending 2 hours trying to cool off.
Got stung by a bee while in Tennessee on Saturday, which created great panic for everyone, as I am highly allergic. Darrel ran to our car and opened the newly created "CPR kit," and retrieved an item we recently purchased at Wal-Mart (yes, I hate it too, but shopping locales are limited) and "extracted" the venom from my rapidly swelling and mottling hand. It worked wonders and I was saved a trip to the emergency room.
All in all it was a terrific trip - good company, exceptionally good food (I think I gained 10 pounds while away!), and a couple of good movies (Hildago & Last Samurai). Now I just want to stay home for a while!

Organic Milk Pusher/Be Nice To Cristal/ Trashmobile

Just in case anyone saw the milk link I did not intend to be an organic milk pusher. I have a blog with Kelly and I thought that I was posting it there. It was sort of a joke. I found that I wasn't enjoying writing very much because I felt as if I was always complaining. Kelly asked me to start emailing him so I created him a blog and he is actually posting on it. He was a bit hesitant at first but I think it is an excellent idea, as we are away from each other over 50% of the time. The downside to this is that I have been neglecting my writing duties here. I know how you all depend on me for tales of diapers, depression, dieting, and not getting enough sex. Cristal complained that I was not writing enough. As if she has a right to complain. She totally snubbed us and went and started her own blog! Which is very cute and everyone must go and visit because she really needs love right now. She is feeling very pregnant and anxious. Her doctor put her on a terrible diet and she is going through sugar withdrawals. She will probably read this and be mad at me, but she will forgive me because she is a very nice person. Even nicer than me if you can imagine that. Let me know how that supplement works for you Brandy. If it does any good than I will order some. You can be the guinea pig! I have tried so many things that do not work. I recently started taking Ginkgo Biloba and I don't know that it has improved my brain function but I am sleeping better and feeling better in general, less tired mostly. Ranger has just started to talk! He started saying Hi Dad to Kelly on the phone. It is pretty awesome. The first time that he said it Kelly did not believe it was him. Brandy you will be glad to know that I never litter. My Truck is a trash can on wheels. Occasionally though something does fall out and then you'll see me running threw parking lots chasing my trash like an idiot. You would think it would be so much easier to clean out my Truck before it got to that point. Maybe this is like an exercise program for me, a sense of adventure, a little game or something like that.

Heavy negotiations going on here...I am confused...but trying to hang onto sanity and some sense of the possibility of resolution. Still trying to work it out so I can stay here in this place, but the thought of the mortgage is scary...no scarier I guess, than any other mortgage though...so what is the point of moving? I have credit card statements (most...) and have asked my attorney to go for a 'continuance', so I have a bit of time to peruse them. Already found a bit of business debt not accounted for...oops...

One of my Favorite Poems and the path I chose in life

The Road Not Taken - by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Many Foods Serve Up Health Benefits

iWon - Health: "Recent studies have given every chocolate lover reason to rejoice: Chemicals known as flavonoids -- found in abundance in dark chocolate -- loosen up the arteries and promote heart health.

This revelation may have many people wondering if other favorite foods might also provide similar health benefits. If America's scientific community is right, the answer might just be a resounding, 'You bet your life!' Literally.

Based on a spate of recent research, pecans, grapes, mushrooms, cranberries, blueberries, broccoli, kiwi, pomegranates, almonds, cabbage, cinnamon and a host of other popular foods don't just taste great, they may also be good for much of what ails you."

Just My Opinion - Not my Opinion- But a good Blog's opinion

Just My Opinion: "Guardian column calls for Bush assasination
There really isn't other way to read this column from Saturday's London Guardian:

On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?

Okay I admit it, this was not a very nice thing for the guardian to say and I truly don't wish the president harm but having the rest of the world think this way can't be a good thing for America. Besides that would have just put Cheney in Charge and while Bush may be incompetant and dangerous, Cheney is downright evil

Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print

Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print: "380 Tons of High Explosives Missing From Iraq, thanks to US Government Inattention

Does the Bush administration make you safer?

Oh, really?

380 tons (that's 760,000 pounds) of high explosives have been looted from the Iraqi site of Al Qaqaa (sounds like 'Deep Shit'), which was supposed to be under U.S. military control but the security of which has been neglected since the war began. The Bush administration has acknowledged that the 380 tons (that's 760,000 pounds) of high explosives disappeared on their watch, after April 2003, as a result of chaotic looting. The U.S. military knew about the site and the existence of the explosives, in no small part because the agency that George W. Bush termed 'irrelevant,' the IAEA, specifically informed the U.S. about it and told them they needed to guard the site. But looters were still picking over the site of Al Qaqaa as recently as yesterday.

How much is 380 tons (that's 760,000 pounds) of high explosives?

* it would take 40 large trucks to hold all the explosives;
* less than one pound of the sort of explosive gone missing was used to take down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland;
* just five pounds could blow up a dozen jetliners;
* 760,000 pounds makes one and a half million downed jetliners.


(Sources: New York Times October 25, 2004 and Associated Press October 25, 2004)

Has the Bush administration made you safer?"

McDonalds Advertising gone bad - Funny But R-Rated - I hate McDonalds

McDonalds Advertising gone bad

To brush or not to brush, that is the question

One of my goals now that I am forty - is too take better care of myself, To get into a routine of washing the face every night and doing the brush the teeth thing before I go to bed and flossing at least once a day.

These are things I am horrible at. The teeth get brushed every morning in the shower for the prescribed three minutes and the flossing is no big to deal but I hate doing things at night and I am not sure why.

I have been trying to analyze this weirdness and with the brushing the teeth at night I think I have figured it out. Minty Fresh breath is a good wake up in the morning but it almost seems sacriligious to replace the flavor of a great homecooked dinner or dessert with that same fresh minty taste I use in the morning. And besides it wakes me up. I have enough trouble getting to sleep at times with the hot flashes and waining hormones anything that makes me more awake at midnight is not good.

So to you toothpaste manufacturers make me a toothpaste that is mellow, something light maybe a bit fruity, not candy like, but nice. One that won't startle my brain into thinking its time to get up or melt my tongue with its minty strength. After all my pillow doesn't care if my breath is minty fresh.

PS If you make lots of money on this idea send some my way.

Corpus Christi, Americas trashiest town

Ah, society as we know it, rude, crude and waiting for a beating. One I am sure will arrive when they least expect it. Last night sitting at dinner with my daughter and her family I was telling how little things make a difference. One night months ago while picking up trash, when we first started here at U-Stor, A guy honked his horn and threw out his whataburger bag at me. I believe he won the asshole of the week award at the time. Picking up trash is something we do constantly here in Corpus Christi, TX, I have never seen a city where the people were so intent on making things look like crap. Dirty diapers, half eaten food, broken beer bottles and any other form of filth they can find lines the streets of what is supposed to be a tropical beach town. I would hate to guess the amount of money this city spends on litter pick-up and its not enough, not to mention the fact that it could be spent on so many better things. Even the shopping centers here leave their parking lots filled with cigarette butts, can, bottles and other trash. Its down right disgusting.

At any rate, we are required to keep our lot as immaculate as possible, which is only good business and not something I mind, but it is a constant chore. The couple that lives across the street from the storage should get an award because they keep everything perfect at their house and yard and are excellent neighbors. Then they nasty filthy car dealership across the street on the corner was sold to Rockport motors and they also do an excellent job on cleanliness. So in the last year this little corner of Corpus has become one of the nicest on Ayers. We have even seen improvement in the littering content on our lawns. Last week one of the neighborhood residents who was out for a run as he does every afternoon while we are picking up street trash. Ran past me and then picked up all the trash he found as he turned around and ran back. I was impressed and grateful. Giving myself warm fuzzys for setting a good example and it helped restore a little faith in S. Texas humanity.

We came home after dinner last night full of the warm glow of family and food to the fact that someone had spread several Whataburger meals (Notice that it was Whataburger again, Maybe there is something int he food thats leads people to littering) across the front garden in our parking lot. It was disgusting, half eaten hamburgers papersacks and general yuck.

As near as we can tell from the video, (yes if anyone is curious we do film everything) They were trashing the place right about the same time I was telling the story of the good neighbor picking up trash to my daughter. Which proves once again that no good deed goes unpunished. So whoever you were, next time eat in Whataburgers parking lot and use the trash can instead of being a lazy good for nothing disgusting slob. Have some pride folks and some manners, please

Another really wonderful Female Blog in the Tradition of Blondesense who led me to this this link

Utopian Hell

The Joys of electronic voting in Florida

Voting_Machine.mov (video/quicktime Object)

Mothers Unite!

Mothers Opposing Bush: Join The MOB!

Quote of the day

"Life may not be the party we hoped for...
but while we are here we might as well dance!"

Just for Laughs

Linda's Laughter

Art shows, Dinner and fancy capes

Went to an art show at K-Space studios today. They had some nice things none that I really wanted to buy but some cool stuff. Unfortunately as much as I love this particular studios atmosphere (even if they won't let me in because I am too traditional) It was just tooooo hot up there to enjoy. Too many bright lights and too many people and no airconditioning. Didn't stay very long as all of us including the baby were sweating rivers after 15 minutes. I won't go back unless the show is scheduled between december and February. Tried to go to another show at Artwerks, A much nicer studio than K-Space but I read the flyer wrong and there was no party so instead we went to dennys and ate dinner which was good. April, Michael and baby were with us and it was nice going out all together. I am going to have to do this more often.

MY son is coming to visit me in January with his girlfriend, I am beginning to wish we could all live in the same state again as I miss him terribly most days.

Blazermans costume sounds very cool. You should take pictures. I too love capes. My mother in a moment of inspirational greatness made me a hooded cape or cloak several years ago for christmas this is still one of my favortie things and it is too bad that it never gets cold enough to wear it here in south Texas. The Hubby still thinks its silly but I don't care it is my favorite coat and I would wear it all the time if there was a drop of cold weather to be had. The one I have isn't fancy it is wool with nice fuzzy fake fur lining in the hood and let me tell ya when we were at auctions in January in Kansas and it was snwing I was the totiest person there. I want to make a fancier one out of a light purply grey suede with flannel lining which would work better in these warmer climes than wool. I have the pattern and everything and someday probably when I am 90 I will finally get around to making it.

Lydia's Answers

1. What time is it? 6:27 PM
2. Name: Before Age 13 - Lydia Ann-Marie
3. Nickname: none! A few people tried to call me Lid but I put a stop to that. Kelly calls me sweetheart. Which is kind of corny but I don't mind.

4. Number of candles on your last birthday cake? 29.
Birth Date: November 26

6. Pets: 2 cats (Iris and Blaze) 1 dog (Rebel Weenie) 1 fish (Purple Nemo)

7. hair color: Very dark brown.
8. Piercing: Ears
9. Eye color: Brown
10. How much do you love your job? It could be worse.
11. Current Residence: Corpus Christi
12. Been to Africa? No but I'd go in a heartbeat...I love to travel.
13. Been toilet papering? Yes twice in junior high, once at a slumber party and once with my little bro (we even threw eggs at the house!)
14. Loved somebody so much it made you cry? Yes
15. Been in a car accident? fender benders (not my fault though!)
16. Croutons or bacon bits? real bacon bits
17. Favorite Day of the Week: every day
18. Favorite Restaurant: The Lagerhaus in Darmstadt Germany
19. Favorite Flower: Stargazers and other sweet strong smelling flowers
20. Favorite Drink: Ice Coffee
21. Favorite sport to watch: None
22. Favorite ice cream: An old 31 flavors flavor Daiquiri Ice
23. Disney or Warner Bros.? I do have a Winnie the Pooh tattoo!
24. Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Any Good take out chinese
25. What Color is Your Bedroom? Washed Khaki with Autumn Oak trim.
26. How many times did you fail your drivers test? 2 First time I was so anxious I had to stop to puke. Second time failure to yield.

27. Before this one, whom did you get your last email? Cristal


28. Which store would you choose to max out your
credit card in? Don't know.

29. What do you do most often when you are bored? I have four kids and no time to be bored! Write, read, fantasize.

30. Most annoying thing people ask you? Why do you talk that way? Are you wearing a retainer? What did you do with my __________ (Insert anything there)

33. Favorite TV show (s): none When the Anna Nicole Smith show was on I use to watch that (I thought it was funny) I really got made fun of for that one.
34. Last person you went out to dinner with: Kelly, Kelly 2 and the Rangy Roo.
35. Ford or Chevy? Chevy
36. Time you finished this e-mail?6:47
37. Place you want to visit most? Don't know. Would like to take a cruise to Alaska.

American Indian Art at King Galleries - Leona King Gallery

American Indian Art at King Galleries - Leona King Gallery

So many good female blogs and so little time

Maiden Over

Another new lady blogger - Give her comments for inspiration

a seed falls

An intelligent and interesting Lady Blogger from N. Carolina

GreeneSpace

A new Amatuer Daily comic for your perusal

Overcompensating: Jeffrey Rowland's True Oklahoma Stories

It's the email Queen Again

Shirley sent this to me in Email but I don't feel like sending it to everyone so I am just answering here. Feel free to do the same.

1. What time is it? 11:04
2. Name: Before Age 13 - Kimberly Ann - After, Brandy Lare (Yes I was a rotten Child)
3. Nickname: dragonlady Although the husband has some les flattering ones and I have been declared a witch in several midwestern counties

4. Number of candles on your last birthday cake? 40
5. Birth Date: October 13, 1964

6. Pets: 2 sugar Gliders (Ruby and Riley) and 1 Cat (19 years old named patches)

7. hair color: Dishwater Blonde (doesn't that just sound lovely)
8. Piercing: Ears
9. Eye color: Hazel
10. How much do you love your job? I like it alot
11. Current Residence: Corpus Christi
12. Been to Africa? No but I'd go in a heartbeat...I love to travel.
13. Been toilet papering? Yes Once, Cactus of all things. If you use colored toilet paper and then water it down it leaves pretty colors that no one is willing to remove

14. Loved somebody so much it made you cry? I cry all the time
15. Been in a car accident?Yes
16. Croutons or bacon bits? real bacon bits
17. Favorite Day of the Week: any day I'm not working
18. Favorite Restaurant: Too many to list
19. Favorite Flower: Peony
20. Favorite Drink: Really sweet Green Tea
21. Favorite sport to watch: Politics
22. Favorite ice cream: Burgandy Cherry
23. Disney or Warner Bros.? warner bros
24. Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Any Good take out chinese
25. What Color is Your Bedroom? Beige like the rest of my life
26. How many times did you fail your drivers test? 1 - Hit the damned curb when parallel parking and had to go back the next day

27. Before this one, whom did you get your last email
from? Someone promising me a bigger penis, breasts, longer sex and better drugs(don't you just love SPAM

28. Which store would you choose to max out your
credit card in? Don't do credit cards, don't like stores more likly to max it out on Ebay

29. What do you do most often when you are bored? read books and write silly things like this on my computer. Sex

30. Most annoying thing people ask you? Again Too many to list

33. Favorite TV show (s): CSI & Stargate & 7th Heaven & Andromeda &&&&&&&
34. Last person you went out to dinner with: My husband
35. Ford or Chevy? Chevy
36. Time you finished this e-mail? 11:13
37. Place you want to visit most? Egypt

Hey Lydia - This sounds like something you might like to try - I bought a bottle today will let you know how it goes

Trigger Factors Mood Food

A pony in a hatchback- How cruel can one person be. And how did you talk it into getting in

Dutch police fined the driver of small hatchback car after spotting a Shetland pony crammed in the back, police said on Thursday.

'The small Shetland pony had no room to move and his head was pressed against the window,' police said. A woman on the back seat held the animal by a rope.

Police fined the 42-year-old German driver of the Volkswagen Polo 220 euros ($277.1) for improper transport of the animal, just bought on a local Dutch market.

'Once the driver has obtained an export certificate, the pony can go to Germany,' police said."

Yet Another Thing in Life I do Not Understand

CBS News | Fan Dies In Sox Celebration Melee | October 22, 2004�08:37:58: "A college student celebrating the Red Sox come-from-behind victory over the New York Yankees was killed after a police officer called in to control the rowdy crowd shot her in the eye with what was designed to be a non-lethal projectile.

Fifteen other people, including a police officer, suffered minor injuries in Boston's Kenmore Square neighborhood early Thursday, after thousands of baseball fans spilled onto the streets near Fenway Park to celebrate the Red Sox winning the American League pennant at Yankee Stadium. "


Okay so you like sports and your team won, that doesn't mean lets go out and trash the the city, I just don't get it. It is a sad thing that the girl died and being killed by a rubber bullet is certainly something of a freak accident. But for Gods sake why were these people out there.

I don't understand drunk and disorderly. I don't understand why if your team wins there is this sudden need of the drunken crowd to set things on fire throw things through windows and in general act like throw backs to Neanderthals. OKay that might be an insult to Neanderthals.

Menino said he was considering prohibiting liquor sales and asking bar and restaurant operators to ban live television coverage during games to curb the rowdiness. "Since people won't accept responsibility, I, as mayor, will take it into my own hands," Menino said Thursday.


Please do take it into your own hands because America is certainy not willing to. And I hate restaurants that show sports games and other idiot shows on tv while I am eating anyway.

Never understood the new fad - Lets see I am going to pay 50.00 or more for this meal, in this lovely place, but Shit my table is next to the tv so I am surrounded by idiots who have to watch their game and the kids that idiot parents let walk around the restaurant unattached. I don't think so. That order will be to go or I just won't eat at your restaurant.

Dol't sell liquor at the games, get the tvs out of the restaurants, arrest and largely fine anyone involved.

Come on America lets teach our children to be civil, that rioting is bad even if they are happy when they do it. That destruction of property is bad no matter what the excuse. That fighting is bad unless you are fighting for your country or to save your family.

College students are too old to for this sort of thing. And again while I feel sorry for the girl that died. All of you who had children out there after the game being hooligans and all of you who participated are just as responsible for her death as the rubber bullet was.

Quotes of the Day

"Life isn't like a box of chocolates ...
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow."


"A good friend will come and bail you out of
jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying,
"Damn...that was fun!"

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Urban Legends Reference Pages

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (Awesome Paint Job)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (Awesome Paint Job)

New Breast Cancer Vaccine Passes First Hurdle - Trustworthy, Physician-Reviewed Information from WebMD

New Breast Cancer Vaccine Passes First Hurdle - Trustworthy, Physician-Reviewed Information from WebMD

New Breast Cancer Vaccine Passes First Hurdle
Experimental Breast Cancer Vaccine Halts Tumors in Mice

Capes

Went to Cristals house today and she finished the Blazerman's costume while I watched and helped the children get paint all over themselves. Blaze's costume is pretty darn cool or hot rather. I will describe it in detail momentarily. Blaze wanted to be a pumpkin for the third year in a row. I dissuaded him of course like any good mother would do. Squish his dreams, that's my job (only a sick joke). I asked him if he could be anything what would he be. He said as he grinned ever so widely, "A fire ball!" I said, "Right on!". Now how the heck do you make a fireball costume? I had no earthly idea but the pumpkin thing was getting pretty darn old if you asked me (which nobody did, but I added my two cents anyway.) So I got the idea to dress him in red from head to toe and paint flames all over the place. Except for I haven't really blossomed as an artist yet so I chickened out and enlisted Cristals help. It started out with painting flames and it ended up with cutting and sewing and before I knew it there was a black flamed cape lined with orange satin. Funky flamed gloves too! Cristal rocks! We are creative genius's! Blaze said so himself. He is wearing his costume right now. It thrilled him! Oh to be six years old again. I would love to wear a costume just because. Sew capes to all my clothes. When I lived in Sierra Vista Arizona there was an eccentric man that wore a vampire cape and ornate silver jewelry. I often saw him around town. It was pretty much a half a horse town or maybe we had all the same haunts. We called him THE COUNT. I thought he was sort of Silly at the time. This was about 13-14 years ago but now I admire him. He could have been mentally ill or he could have just liked wearing a cape and didn't give a damn about what any one thought. More later.

The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free

The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free

Please tell ten friends today The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman

It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram" for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Turning 40 and Things I want for my Birthday

Turning 40 isn't bad. Still feeling good, no obvious difference. Wrinkles did not suddenly appear overnight, nor did my boobs suddenly sag to the floor. 30 was much harder and left me depressed for years. The only hope I can offer you Lydia is that if you make it through the next ten years you can have your life back. It seems like a long time to wait but it will pass in a flash.

My code mantra for my 30s was "If I do what I am thinking they will arrest me". Remember to keep repeating this during the difficult moments, then smile, bite your tongue and move on because as that famous sentence said.

"This too shall pass"

For anyone out there interested(my mother, my son, perfect strangers - I am not picky) in buying me goodies for my birthday below is a list. This list can also be used for christmas. This year I am working on me getting a new computer. Last year we did one for Les, and the year before Joshua, April has been getting hand me downs but at this point even hers is faster than mine. so it is my turn. Especially since I do more real work on the silly thing than the 3 others combined. I am limiting my requests to things under 150.00 and mostly under 100, and some down right cheap

Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra (Black) VIA Socket A ATX Motherboard and AMD Sempron 2500 Processor at TigerDirect.com

Need 2 of These
CM-IDE-12C Coolmax 12" IDE Translucent Copper Round Cable at TigerDirect.com

Need one of these
CM-FDD-12C Coolmax 12" Floppy Translucent Round Copper Cable at TigerDirect.com

One of these
4R120L0 Maxtor 120GB 5400 2MB ATA-133 EIDE Hard Drive at TigerDirect.com

Only need one of these but 2 or 3 would be perfectly acceptable
ULT30092 Ultra 512MB PC2700 DDR 333MHz Memory at TigerDirect.com

And one of these
U-30267 Toshiba 8x4x12x DVD�RW 32x16x40x CD-RW Dual DVD Burner at TigerDirect.com


would like to have for my my painting
Wireless i-Pen PRO Presentation Digital Pen - iPen Optical Pen Mouse

In the wee hours of the night....

Up at 2:00 in the morning and oddly enough no one I know is online. Surely I'm not the only one with menopausal night sweats? Okay - maybe I am. I've been trying to convince myself for a while that these nightly bouts of waking up drenched in my own sweat and unable to cool off aren't what I know they are. I have fibro and chronic fatigue - this means I've had unexplainable fevers at night for years and they're nothing new. Since my trip to Connecticut last month, I've been sick, so of course the fevers have been worse. Ah crap - I can't lie to myself anymore. These are NOT my usual fevers and I AM getting damned close to 50!! Well, I won't be the first person to go through this and I suppose I'll survive, but this means most of my blogs from now on will consist of mindless ramblings and detailed descriptions of my physical condition. (What's that you say? "So what's new?" You have a point.)
I wonder if my body kicking into full-gear menopause would also explain the strange obsession I've had the last 2 weeks with cleaning windows? I wonder if I can use this new malady to explain lots of behaviour, and thus get away with even MORE quirks? Hmmm...maybe this won't be so bad after all?
Well, I'm off to peruse info on the net on natural HRT.

Uncle Sam Ate My Baby - Just couldn't resist the name

Uncle Sam Ate My Baby

1000 LIFE LESSONS or HOW TO STAY ALIVE FOREVER

1000 LIFE LESSONS or HOW TO STAY ALIVE FOREVER

Cristal and lawncare and the meaning of life.

Cristal is a cool cat. She was perusing our blog and was disturbed by my last entry so she called me to make sure that I was not going to jump off the harbor bridge or anything like that. Cristal is a sweetheart, I love that girl. I really do! I am so glad that I can call her my friend. Having things in common does not necessarily make for a good friendship but I think that we can really relate to one another because of similarities in our upbringing and then there are the obvious similarities. Like absent husbands and both of us being mothers of young children. We are both the same age. I will turn 30 a few months before she will though. A really late happy birthday to you Brandy. If you want to do a little late celebrating we can make plans for next time Kelly is in town. Did I happen to mention that I need a Margarita. Funny things that have happened to me recently-
Kelly is always blaming me for everything that he cannot find in his life. Most of the time I just apologize because it is not like I could actually remember if I was the last one to touch something or if the kids carted off the item while I was not looking. The other day he could not find the string to the weed eater and went off on me about it. Well this is where I drew the line. Kelly I know how convenient it is for you to blame things on me but lets get real here. Have you ever once witnessed me touch an implement of lawn care? Do I mow the lawn? No! Do I edge the lawn? No! Do I weed eat? No! Do I even water the lawn? Sadly the answer is still no! But some how this man thinks that I must be responsible for the disappearance of the stupid weed eater string. He worked himself into such a fit over the string that when he finally found it and did not apologize to his beautiful wife God struck down his only used on one other occasion weed whacking man tool. Ha! That's what you get Mr. Roar at your poor wife for nothing. He then announced that he hated his life and I just looked at him in shock. I should have said something but what I wanted to say is, "Your a big fat stinking baby". So I didn't say anything at all. Okay so this isn't really a funny thing but I am smiling as I type this.

I'm alive. (I think I am) I think there for I am or something like that.

Yes I am alive. I have not wanted to write lately because even I am depressed by my own writing. I am kind of in a funk of sorts. It was very odd how it happened really. I was pretty naively content with my life and then all of the sudden I became somewhat dissatisfied. I don't even feel like complaining about it anymore and then there is the issue of feeling selfish because obviously I have so much to be grateful for and here I am feeling this way. I got a haircut and then I felt a little better. I look a little better and vain as I am that always helps. Maybe it's the end of summer. I am loved. I am beautiful. I have family. I have friends. I want for nothing. Well almost nothing. I would like some time of my own but I guess that I made that decision when I decided to get married and have children. Some how I invisioned that I would continue to be me and have my own interests (that I would share with my family). It just has not worked out that way. I feel so consumed by them, these people that I love. Kelly is always going in his own direction and I guess that I need to learn to go in mine. I have traveled with him in his many endevors ignoring the paths that I wanted to explore.

And she rises from the grave....

Brandy has only chastised me once for my lack of blogging, but I feel it coming my way again soon, so this is my attempt to fend it off. I won't moan and complain about my lack of good health lately - just suffice it to say that I'm upright, mobile, and semi-human once again. However, Darrel came down with the same thing and I took him to the doctor last Tuesday, two days before we were supposed to leave on our trip to Tennessee. He is still not well. We were going to go anyway, but one of the new calves got sick on Wednesday and would have died by the time we got home if we hadn't stayed home to doctor him. He is well. (Perhaps Darrel and I should take a dose of what we gave the calf???)
So, now our trip is planned for this week. Will be leaving on Wednesday, provided Darrel feels well enough by then and neither of the other 2 calves gets sick between then and now. (This is worse than having children!)
Was happy to hear from Doris and her rainy night in Kentucky sounded divine to me!! Lydia - do we need to send out a search and rescue party for you?
April and Missy Em were in the vicinity this weekend, but stayed away due to the germ infestation in my house. Can't say that I blame them, but I would have loved to have gotten my hands on Emmy for a while! (Sorry April - once you have kids you take back seat. That's just the way it is.)
I can't say that I have much new to report, as I'll I've done since I got back from Connecticut is read books and sleep. And sleep and read books. Life could be worse.

Young, Female with attitude - Not really a good attitude but attitude none the less - Spells as bad as me

I'll teach you to fight like a girl

Kewl Pics

Kewl Pics

William Gibson - the Author - You Know Science Fiction

William Gibson

How does it feel to be forty?

Happy Birthday dear, belated...and...was just thinking about when I turned forty (six years ago +)...I vowed to make my fifth decade my best...so far it's been probably the worst, but I still have three + years to go, and I haven't given up on that hope.

Very Cool blog filled with pages and pages of ancient coins and information about them

HobbyBlog

dominattyrix redux

dominattyrix redux

Lydia Where are you

We have two new art shows coming up soon - One at artwerks Opens on the OCt 25th. Just in time for halloween they bring you - Sticks and Stones - Roots and bones.

Starting on the 23rd at Kspace is the Man Show - An exhibition exploring the myths, misconceptions and the realities of a male dominated world. KSpace is a cool place but their leader is a tad insecure - I really wanted to work there but she just couldn't deal with the lady that introduced us. The sad part is she lost out on some of the best help a studio could have just ask Mishy.

Contemplating going to both openings. Anyone else out there interested let me know

April and her other half have taken the baby Em and run away to Kansas for the weekend. Hope they have fun but I hate having them out on the road. I do paranoid mommy very well. They would be so much safer tied up in a bx in my garage where they couldn't get into any trouble.

Survived the birthday - Pleasant and mellow - Took down the pool and declared an end to summer. Working on making curtains for my bedroom and maybe a quilt for Emily for Christmas. Life is good

A Rainy Night in Kentucky

It's a cold, rainy night in Kentucky. The wind is rustling the leaves, whirling them in a distorted jig at times. My 100 year old house gives a little creak here, a soft sigh there. I have fresh bread in the oven, and I have turned everything off except, obviously, the internet. All is peaceful here in my World, at least for another 10 minutes or so. Then my husband will be home, and control will switch. Ah well, nothing lasts for ever.

But for now, Beth is asleep, and the dogs are curled up beside me as I frantically type this brief blog. I'm thankful that I have this oportunity, and very thankful for the friend who thought enough to send it to me. Things might be bad, but hopefully they'll get better soon. I try to remind myself that things could always be worse.

So, I'm thankful.

Have a good night D2,

The other D.

Reaction from teens to the presidential debate: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Reaction from teens to the presidential debate: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

I am reading the divinci code, wonderful, full of trivia, Here are the origins of the much maligned pentagram,

Here are the origins of the much maligned pentagram, amazing how much we have changed, We have a bad case of forgetting the past and that will probably be our doom. Besides historical trivia is so much fun - These books get 4 stars