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X'mas letters that make you barf!! Dec 4, 2008 6:34 am
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Yeah .... I already got my first one from a niece. One of those people who write bragging about all the wonders that have occurred in the past seasons. They are always the first to send them out. They seem to want to make sure that people will return with drooling chins utterly jealous of all the marvelous fortune they've enjoyed - their perfect kids and their wonderful achievements, their brilliant grand-children, their lavish homes, those awesome globe-trotting trips, and yes, those two new Corvettes parked side by side in the driveway of that mansion, one red, one white, and each leaning against their own. (YES!!! I actually got that picture!!! I put it on my fridge next to a picture of me standing next to my 1999 Toyota Corrolla. roflmao!!) These letters are not one page, but two type-written pages long expounding upon how absolutely glorious life is!!! Good LORD!!!

Problem is .... she failed to mention that her one and only son, a senior in high school earlier this year, can't stand her new husband, that they had a big old blow-out, and her son was literally kicked out of the new husband's house late at night without as much as being permitted to take a change of underwear with him.

He drove to grandma and grandpa's place, 40 some odd miles away, after midnight, in need of a place to stay. He drove the car the new daddy dearest had provided for him BEFORE the marriage. By the time the kid landed on his grandparent's doorstep, he was greeted with the message that daddy dearest had reported that car stolen. His mom, who is obviously more smitten by gold and silver than concern for her own son, assured her parents she was "with" her hubby all the way on this one.

And, it only got worse. My niece refused to discuss what happened, but she assured my sis, her mom, that Kenny would never be welcomed back in her hubby's house again, that she did not care if he lived in the street.

Well, Kenny remained with his grandparents who got him through he senior year of high school all at their own expense, more or less telling the new son-in-law to stuff it. Upon graduation, Kenny joined the Marines.

And .... MIND YOU .... in the X'mas letter, Mom is bragging about Kenny turning out so well. Oh, my good GOD!!! Like SHE is taking credit for it!! She deserted her own blood in exchange for wealth .... and according to my sis, things are not so great in Paradise. YOU'D never know it by reading this letter!

Enuf, already. You get the picture of those phony letters where everything is right and wonderful in one's little mind and space.

Excuse me while I barf.
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"Widow's" weeknd in Wisconsin Nov 23, 2008 5:55 pm
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The opening of the hunt .............

It was GREAT! I drove to Madison, Wisconsin, to be with some lady friends I had not seen in months. We did some serious shopping (I got a new Colombia jacket), went out to eat and had some fun down time. I was kinda, sorta, glad the men were away!!
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Sarah Palin in my face AGAIN tonight!!! Nov 16, 2008 4:52 pm
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Golly, gee! Is that woman never going to go away?? Tonight she is analyzing what went wrong with the campaign for allllllll the Republican governors across the country.

She doesn't get it, does she? Apparently, she never watches Saturday Night Live or David Letterman.

SHE was a large part of the problem, me thinks. McCain should have selected Mitt Romney as his running mate instead of one who gets off on her celebrity status.

I hope she is not in the limelight for the NEXT four years priming for 2012!!!! Gads!!
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Ohhhhhhhh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer weiner ..... Nov 16, 2008 1:46 pm
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That is what I truly want to be
'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener
Everyone would be in love with me.

If YOU could be "edible," what would you be? ROFLMAO!!
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Uh oh! Did I make a boo-boo!! (No, Dodo! NOT a Boobie! LOL) Nov 15, 2008 12:53 pm
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I handled an older man and a younger woman in the work place on Friday that needed help with doing the on line job search thingy. As has been the case recently with guys who have lost their jobs at the paper mills or cheese factories about this town, many of them are not familiar with computers and are even intimidated by them. There's a registration process that can take a person quite a long time to complete if they don't type, so very often, I plug in the demographics for them, and they are always grateful for the service.

I asked the question I always ask. "Are you able to type?" The response from the older man was, "Nope".

"Okay," I said, "I'll take the driver's seat .... or has your daughter come to help you with that?" (Hey! It's not uncommon that younger people will come in to help their parents on our computers.)

"Nope," said the gentleman, "she's my girlfriend, and, no, she don't type neither."

OMG!! Open mouth, insert foot! roflmao. I think my face turned about as red as the sweater I was wearing! I can't even remember what I retorted, but I was apologetic, and we all ended up laughing.

That will teach me not to be presumptive of appearances!!
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There is no escape ........ Nov 14, 2008 3:44 pm
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This morning I deleted a blog comment that offended some people I respect. What I should have said better than I did was that I long for blog comments that run far a-field of the bashing and trashing, and, above all, the whining, and that they occupy far more of the blog page than they deserve.

Someone launched from my blog and composed one of her own in an attempt to reek even more havoc than she has in the past. I hope that person got a ton of hits, which seems to be the motivation. This is a person I do my very best to avoid but one, supported by her usual cohorts, will simply not grant me that option. I have not addressed her in literally months, nor have I addressed her cohorts. However, she chooses to enter my space by the back door to do nothing but PROVOKE. I think it's the one and the same person who has cried PEACE more frequently than any other .... what? for three years now????

Today, I logged in to find blogs of greater substance than the norm here lately. It was quite nice and much appreciated.
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One of my all time favorite "dumb blonde" jokes ... gotta luv it! Nov 12, 2008 3:57 pm
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Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them.

Hellloooo ... just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid. So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves!

Helllooooo? It's been a year! I told him.

There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up. He never called back. Guess I won that stupid argument.

I bet he felt like an idiot.
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A Lesson in Humility ........ Nov 12, 2008 6:15 am
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I can't even remember when I became aware of this little ditty, and it doesn't state the author, but it's in my stash of things to keep .... as a reminder. It's called Sometime:

Sometime, when you're feeling important,
Sometime, when your ego's in bloom,
Sometime, when you take it for granted
You're the very best loved in the room ...

Sometime, when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow this simple instruction,
And see how it humbles your soul.

Take a bucket and fill it with water.
Put your hand in it up to your wrist.
Pull it out and the hole that's remaining,
Is a measure of how you'll be missed.

You may splash all you please when you enter.
You can stir up the water galore,
But stop and you'll find in a minute
That it looks quite the same as before.

There's a last stanza, but the print is sooooooooo faint on my copy that I cannot read it!! This is so old it's a carbon copy!! However, what's printed here is the gist of the message .......... Quite humbling, hey?
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I'm terribly disturbed .... Nov 9, 2008 10:43 am
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at reading a couple of blogs revealing of the negatives occurring at St. Pete this year. They were, indeed, unfortunate events, but I shudder to think that reading about these negatives could conceivably deter people from attending future bashes. I've already heard the comment, "If that's what happens at these bashes, forget it!"

It's not just the unfortunate events themselves that disturb me, but also the squabbles occurring within those blogs, the bashing and lambasting going between members on the attack or on the defensive. People are brutal!! They are certainly not coming off as ambassadors who would promote these gatherings!! Rather, they look like a bunch of viscious wildcats!! The behaviors of a few were deplorable, granted. But it's a dang shame the negatives are demanding more attention than the positives.

I cannot help but feel that those who worked sooooooooooo hard to make the bash a wonderful happening are disappointed that these outcomes have a way of casting a dark shadow on something that is truly a great event.

Am I alone in these thoughts??
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Look to the future with hope ....... Nov 5, 2008 5:35 am
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This election is without precedent! It provides for me new meaning to the words The United States of America. It means to me that Blacks, Whites, and all colors between, are on the brink of conversion to the ultimate, same race - the human race - where blood flows red beneath the surface of the skin and hope rings eternal in this most wonderful evolution!!

Would not Martin Luther King have loved to live to see this day!!

Let us remain/become united in a common cause ......... the healing of this great nation!!
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X'mas letters that make you barf!!classy_bagladyDec 4 2:53 pm
"Widow's" weeknd in Wisconsinearthytaurus3Dec 3 4:12 am
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Ohhhhhhhh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer weiner .....BrujaNov 21 5:00 am
Sarah Palin in my face AGAIN tonight!!!fluffy1Nov 18 2:40 pm
Uh oh! Did I make a boo-boo!! (No, Dodo! NOT a Boobie! LOL)earthytaurus3Nov 16 1:12 pm
There is no escape ........earthytaurus3Nov 15 9:18 am
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I'm terribly disturbed ....bikenskiNov 12 12:51 pm
A Lesson in Humility ........AZImpNov 12 12:37 pm
Look to the future with hope .......earthytaurus3Nov 5 3:36 pm