Two questions for me...

Q's.
Why do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
Why a Turkey?

A's.
We really don't.. (And certainly not only because Casey can't eat much)...

But do not misunderstand either-  IMHO, there are plenty of days to be thankful each year- (365 or 366 days as a matter of fact...)-

http://flintville.multiply.com/journal/item/877/An_Ethical_Responsibility_to_Teachers_Parents_and_Students
Odd, there are same number of days for family to be together too.
for that article, please scroll down to "Now on to the topic at hand..."

And please, as always, place special and precious stock in the comments/replies.

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Then here too: http://flintville.multiply.com/links/item/273/

Lots is repetitious Mr Bill-  But, ALL IS IMPORTANT- (which is why some of those blogs have been reposted).

NOTICE THE OBVIOUS LACK OF COMMENTS ON SOME OF THOSE?! (You must tell me *why* that is)?!
I think it is because too many people are afraid of something 'different'...
(Sad that).
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Pertinent too- from here: Link: http://lrrpslady.multiply.com/journal/item/937

“We have a biological father and mother, but our real father is Tunkashila [Creator] and our real Mother is the Earth.”
Wallace Black Elk,
LAKOTA

Who really gives us our life?
Who really gives us our food and nurturing?
Who really allows us to be born?

We are born through our parents who act as the vehicle of life for the Creator and Mother Earth. Our parents take care of us for a little while and when we are ready we must leave them and be faithful to our true Father, the Creator, and our true Mother, the Earth. Then we need to be of service to the Creator and be respectful to Mother Earth.

Great Spirit, thank you for being my Father. Teach me to honor the Earth.
By: Don Coyhis
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Then you asked...  "Why a turkey?"

Not sure... <------ That will be YOUR assignment today! hehehe
Possibly there were no buffalo in those parts?
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My turn to ask YOU  something...
Where did your questions come from?

XOXO
Me


Please check some of the tags below too-
There may just be a few things you haven't read before...


Also,
For EVERYONE:
Do feel free to ask anything you would like to know. There are very few things that I will not answer.

Peachie Was Nosy...

Good Afternoon!
I have a bunch of running around to do today, and we are leaving shortly.
In lieu of a real blog, I have stolen this from Miss Peach.

Here are MY answers...

1) Would you tell if you knew someone was cheating? 
That would depend upon whom was cheating. (I told my ex once that he was cheating, and he got rally p*ssed)


2) What's the worst way the economy is affecting you right now?
Stocks. Bonds. CDs. (Patience is a virtue). ;-)

   

3) Have you ever been angry for being born?
Of course not.


4) What has been your favorite job in your life?
SAH Mom


5) Have you ever seen a baby being born?
ALL 5 of my grandbabies


6) Have you ever watched someone take their last breath?
Yes, Daddy


7) Do you think you have what it takes to handle a real emergency? 
Strange question. Stranger answer.
As many of you already know, I have terrible anxiety attacks; and yet, I am most levelheaded and calm WHILE something is happening. It is only afterward that I "lose it"...


8) Do you sing off-the-wall things while you clean?
Nope. But I always have Rock Show (Sirius-TV) on the background.


9) If you could unlearn something what would it be?
Absolutely not. It has all made "ME" what I am today.


10) Do you own any cookbooks?
Literally, dozens.


11) Is your car paid for?
Both of them are. I do not buy on credit for autos. hehehe
(Well, not the last three anyway).


12) How is the weather right now where you live?
Bit decent, warmish for February. But gloomy outside...


13) Did you know they sell Cactus in the produce department? 
Glad Peachie knew this! (And if you don't know, click on her name).
No wonder kids won't eat their veggies and have nightmares.


14) What did you make for dinner to/last/night? 
Fish and veggies (no cacti)

15) How do you feel about the mail service being dropped down to 5 days a week rather then 6 due to the economy? 
Who cares? It would save lots of $$$.  
But with the price of postage going up, I am guilty of buying 500 "Forever" stamps too. 
 
Please copy/paste and let me read your own answers!
Love to all! I am outta here!

XOXO
Me


PS...
Interested in the Forever Stamps? (Buy in bulk)!
Go here.
http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&categoryId=21903&productId=37853&langId=-1

Questions? And Answers!

Questions? And Answers!
aka
Just having some fun...

 

Good Morning Everyone

Being that I am a quiet, reserved, and shy individual, who would never, ever lie or steal...

Here's my blog... (Stolen from  Jenni
hehehe

SURVEY
Written on an 8~year~old level,
(answered by the horses mouth) That'd be me...

Who was the last person you were under the covers with?
Under what????

Has anyone ever told you you have pretty eyes?
Yes,
but only the middle one...

Do you ever keep arguing when you know you're wrong?
"If you can't be right,
be wrong at the top of your voice."

How do you think your latest ex feels about you?
I really don't have to think about this one!
hehehe

When was the last time you fought with your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse?
Not a fighter-
Don't have a boyfriend,
(or a girlfriend),
(or a spouse)...
So it must kinda be like baseball,
"ya can't hit what ya can't see"....

When was the last time you wrestled?
2 days ago

How is your hair?
Messy

Do you like your first name?
Sure.
(Sheesh, who wouldn't like to be named after the Mother of Mother Mary)?
... BIG gulp...

Do you like to cuddle?
Is that a cooking term?
Sounds like "curdle"...

Last time you ate grilled cheese?
Would have been to compliment the grilled 'possum

Name something great that happened today?
I just woke up for Pete's sakes
hehehe
...Guess that's 'great' enough then.

How many different people of the opposite sex have you really cried over?
I actually HAVE kept count...
To date? 17,742...

Who was the last person's voice you heard?
Zoe's

Do you like your life right now?
Sure!
(Just that there's times I wish it belonged to someone else).

Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Fool me once...
or
Knock three times...

Regret doing anything in the past week?
No.
(Not yet anyway)...

Would you cry if you found out you were pregnant?
HOLY FREAKIN' MOLEY!
I would find a bridge and jump off...

How many kids do you have?
Small goats? I don't have any

When did you last cry?
I don't remember

Have you ever kissed anyone whose name started with A?
I don't think so.
(But those that kissed me canNOT say the same thing)!

Have you ever kissed anyone whose name started with M?
I suppose I might have...
(See I used to drink coffee)...

Do you drink coffee?
Only if there's Baileys

Do you crack your knuckles?
UGH...
(And I can't stand it when someone else cracks theirs)...
My chorus director used to crack his knuckles all the time!
And it would get me real upset...
Dang Mr. Pufall...
hehehe

What were you doing 20 minutes ago?
Sitting on my ass trying to figure out if I should steal this from Jen

Does anyone call you babe?
♫ "I've Got You Babe..." ♫

Ever pee in public?
Hmmm...
...Choice of peeing in my pants or doing the 'bear' thing.
No choice there.

Last thing you drank?
It wasn't coffee...

Are you happy right now?
Let's see...
...Singing Sonny and Cher,
Named after the BVM's mother,
haven't done anything to regret (yet) this week,
no one cracking their knuckles
and not pregnant...
The answer is completely blissful!

What was the highlight of your weekend?
Um...
It's Friday.
I'll let you know on Monday

What were you doing at midnight last night?
Listening to boxes getting thrown/kicked around upstairs

When is your birthday?
Next month, (Or October)
If I am to believe one or the other adoption story...
?

Where does most of your family live?
Mother Earth

Did you kiss or hug anyone today?
Not that I can recall...

Ever told someone you loved them and meant it?
Nope.

Have you ever thought about getting your nose pierced?
Yes.
(And about how funny it would be when I'm 75,
~ and sneeze)...

Have you broken a bone?
Evel Knievel I ain't,
but have broken a few...
...wrestling even...

What was the last reason you went to the doctor for?
For my quarterly pregnancy test...

Have you ever slapped someone?
Hasn't everyone?
...OMG!
that felt SO good!

What can't you wait for?
Wait!
Do I really have a choice?

Who are you talking to right now?
Whoever is reading this and will leave a comment

Have you ever been suspended or expelled from school?
Nope.
Just kept getting thrown out of class...
(by none other than Mr. Dave Pufall).

Have your parents ever smoked pot?
Kinda late to be asking them this.

Do you want someone back in your life?
Who?
Better question, Why?

Do you tend to make relationships complicated?
hehehe
...Hmmm
jigsaw on steroids?

Who was the last person who called you?
Bill
(I think his last name is Collector).

Are you good at giving directions?
Turn left,
no right,
at the purple barn,
go a while 'til ya get to that one tree by the rusty oldsmobile,
then go right,
past the next puddle...

Would your parents be mad if you got pregnant?
HAHAHA!

What did you last eat?
Crow.
Tastes like 'possum.
('possum tastes like chicken)...

Has anyone told you they missed you lately?
If they told me they missed me my guess would be that we're communicating so this question makes no sense

Are you wearing any clothes that don't belong to you?
Just a few vagrant dog hairs

If you could seek revenge on someone would you?
hehehe
"and lead us not into temptation..."

Would you ever steal someones boyfriend or girlfriend?
Yokes!!!
If they can be stolen, I sure as hell don't want them.

Mountains or the beach?
***
Wait, first tell me what I'm doing...

Bonfires or fireplaces?
***
Now tell me if it's summer or winter...

Have you ever taken medicine that wasn't prescribed to you?
Yes.
But I didn't inhale.

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There y'all go!

Have fun with your own!
hehehe

XOXO
Me

And do let me know which ones you think are true about me,
and why!

Originally posted to my Y! 360, Friday June 20, 2008 - 10:22am (CDT)

"D" = 500~ "Outside, IN"

500~ "D" And 'Outside, In'

 

Books. Books. And more books...
Yes, I know these are on the INside! hehehe

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***Note to 360 Friends:
Please remember that after 50 comments you have to push "next" to view the rest of them...

Note to Multiply Users:
I have about 55 or 56 comments, Q&A, on the 360 blog already. Please check there. 
Pretty please?  It does seem to be working at this point!

 

Good Morning All!
You might want to grab a cup of coffee. Could be that I will be a little long~winded today.

I went on this mission here a little while ago after I had come in from the kennels.
Every now and then, looking around, SOMETHING will strike my fancy; and usually it is NOT my dust either.
hehehe... (I very much prefer it that way too)!
There is something almost poetic about being blind to the dustballs and furballs that lay around. (Well, until I trip over one anyway)! hehehe

Not having the slightest idea what to do about this blog, I have decided to begin by catching you all up on our 'yesterday'.

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First to get dressed and get outside to plow the ever present, (and continually falling), snow that we have had of late.

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Some damn fool had left the Cub Cadet OUTside!
Who could/would do such a thing?
What the 'hey' !?!?!

 

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Now you cannot see it in the picture, but that left front tire was half flat.
(As mama would have said, "It's no big deal, it is ONLY flat 'uponst' the bottom").

And she would have laughed at me trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with the danged tractor too because it wouldn't really go, or push anything...
Just as soon as I backed up a bit I saw it though.
Get the bicycle pump.
And the nozzle attached to the valve core "thingie" promptly broke off and let all the remaining air out of that tire! (Kinda knocked the air out of my sails too)...
Time to get the little compressor.
Blow up the tire.
Pray that there is not a nail in the dang thing...

And I was off.

Slowly at first, 'til I'd made the first few swipes, then turn the blade so it scrapes to the outside of the driveways.
I had almost finished up one driveway, and had taken a circle through the yard to "have at" the other driveway. Getting to the road with that, there is a car in the ditch, across the road.
Bound to happen sooner or later. I walked out there, hoping that no one was hurt.
(I really do hate blood and guts).
With the exception of a blood vessel in her eye the young gal was not hurt, and she had already called her mom. They would call Triple A, and meet her here.

Almost everybody that drove by stopped to see if we needed help, or if anyone was hurt.
~~~Scratch that last remark; EVERYONE that drove by stopped.

And the young lady had NO coat either.
I did leave her out there.
She wanted to wait for her parents anyway; and said "it's not that cold."
And I was thinking that the few minutes it might take her mom to get there wouldn't hurt her any. (But it might have taught her to at least put a coat, some mittens and a pair of boots in the car)... hehehe

The Sheriffs Dept was the first to arrive. He brought the girl inside his car while I cleaned the ends of the driveway. Then I told him to get his car in the driveway anyway.
No use in them getting hit out there. (There is a blind hill one way, and a curve to the east; and what you cannot see in the photo is the ice that was on the road, uncovered by the county snowplow)... The county had salted the hill, (in one direction), about 30 minutes before this happened- Just enough time for that melted snow/ice to have frozen over again.
A few minutes later her parents got there. (Papa did a bit of hollering too; not about the car, but about her inappropriate winter attire)! hehehe
Jerry got there. (Jerry Kapla owns the Suamico Garage AND the tow truck). A very nice man too, and I am sure he got NO sleep the night before either. $nowstorm$ are alway$ highly profitable for the tow truck owner$.

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The deputy had to pull back out of the yard to warn/direct traffic.
"Dad" is in the car, while Jerry winches him out of the ditch.

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And that was the end of our excitement yesterday morning.

MORE excitement yesterday afternoon when New York squeaked an upset in Dallas!
So now The Giants get to come to Green Bay!

Trust me on this now...
...Saturdays last game in the snow will be nothing, compared to how these boys will be playing next Sunday.
The highs for next Sunday will be lucky to make it into the single digits above zero.
The windchill will be at least in the negative teens BELOW zero.
That is, if the 7~day forecast holds true. And I know that they have a tendency to change forecasts from time to time. (Just not by that much)...

And yes, as always in Green Bay it will be a sell~out crowd come hell or high water, (or frigid and freezing temps)!

Time to get out the winter long~johns! hehehe

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And on now, to address # 500.

I was out with Miss Milly earlier, 1-ish or so, (and yes I have to plow the yard out again). But as I came back in to "assume the position" in front of my monitor, one little thing caught my attention...

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It is a flower that my little Miss Valerie had made for me in school!

And with that came a thought to snap a few pictures for you!
(I mean, now that you already know what my OUTside looks like).

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Just pardon my dang dust please...
And yes, I know that there are books everywhere!
hehehe
(I believe I got that passion from my mother)...

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In my living room, a half~dead plant!
Hmmm... Does anyone else see the irony in that sentence?

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~Along with a silver teapot that also needs my attention!
(And obviously more books too)!

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There are a few chairs, leftover from Christmas,
that need (still) to be brought back out to the shed.

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My sewing machine, (and the fish),
that also need that attention...

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I am surrounded by many pictures of family and friends!
(Pictures, hanging on the walls, that sorely need a coat of paint)!

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On to the kitchen...

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An old church cookbook lays out,
while the top of the fridge holds stuff that doesn't fit in the cupboards.
Wait, it probably does fit... If only I would arrange those cupboards!

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And on upstairs...

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If anybody can find the original of this picture, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Not a horse, it is a Unicorn. With no signature.
Torn out of a ragmag some 25 years (or so) ago...

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And a few other pictures taken in my room...

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A parrot Dad had gotten while in the Navy;
And of course, MORE books on my headboard!!!
hehehe

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My old guitar in one corner...
And the ever~present incense burner in another.
My favorite smells for the burner? Patchouli. Musk. Opium.
Probably a carryover from those wild 70's...
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Peeking into my closet...

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Faded photographs,
♪(covered now with line and creases) ♪
And my four high school yearbooks, (all signed too) hehehe
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And I believe that's enough for 500!

Roberta has a dentist appointment this morning.
Casey is already in town to take her there; and to watch Master Gabriel while his mama gets an estimate for her dental work. (Brave, brave girls that I have)!

Time for me to go clean the yard... (and maybe when that is done I can come in and answer your questions)! hehehe
Yup.
It's "Open~Season"
Go ahead.
Hit me with your best shot!
(I double~dog~dare ya)!

Have a grand, brand~new week!

XOXO
Anne

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Originally posted on my 360  Monday January 14, 2008 - 06:59am