tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12662787901901625172024-02-06T21:56:07.811-08:00Her Royal JoanessJoanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-52068427675962452892011-04-20T09:55:00.000-07:002011-04-20T15:14:11.391-07:00Florida Nature Coast Bloggers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lvrrAcoxYEWS8tMvyEUgThvQAXq9NxkWpdpTDT4vTCFJH9toHK76RGqpPBgbz8mVykYMHogdZ1Q57EFRWLABTEP37DP3xszeg6xhnEFYmtz8Y_if5mPmrNoRIB-3xYc7Ah1iIfSuMos/s1600/Blogger+Meeting+41911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lvrrAcoxYEWS8tMvyEUgThvQAXq9NxkWpdpTDT4vTCFJH9toHK76RGqpPBgbz8mVykYMHogdZ1Q57EFRWLABTEP37DP3xszeg6xhnEFYmtz8Y_if5mPmrNoRIB-3xYc7Ah1iIfSuMos/s400/Blogger+Meeting+41911.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few months ago I was invited by Connie Roberts to meet up with a few local women who also blog and all live in the area. Connie is very knowledgeable and I jumped at her invite, and also because she is a very nice lady and I loved the idea of meeting face to face! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first meeting was in an Artsy Fartsy type restaurant run by a church and it was a really cool place. I think there were 5 of us there and this lunch meeting turned into the Nature Coast Bloggers! We laugh and have fun and share ideas and these women are becoming my teachers happily! Even though we all blog, we all have different themes. Most of us have several blogs like myself, but none have giveaway blogs, although one of the gals just joined Dove Chocolatiers and she is having one on her site. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yesterday our group met at a local Dennys, actually 3 members missing as we are growing :)! We discussed some of the blogging conferences coming up and which ones were thought of as good, etc. We also talked about affiliates and making money with certain ones. I am really learning. I am so glad I was asked to join in the beginning by Connie and now we are good friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If there are any of you in the Nature Coast Area, we have been meeting in New Port Richey area, let me know and I will get you information. Warning, may be habit forming and cause rowdiness as an older man complained to our waitress in Dennys that we were too loud, and the waitress Brenda told him where the library is if he wanted quiet LOL! She fit in and we had so much fun with her we are going back there next month! So watch out Dennys, we shall return!</div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-75489163605268711842011-04-17T16:23:00.001-07:002011-04-18T09:57:31.772-07:00When I Die - Adult Joke<div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /> </span></div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">My wife and I were sitting around the breakfast table one morning.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I said to her, "If I were to die suddenly, I want you to immediately sell all my stuff."</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">"Now why would you want me to do something like that?" she asked.</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">"I figure that you would eventually remarry and I don't want some other asshole using my stuff." </span></div><div class="yiv1713286617MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">She looked at me and said: "What makes you think I'd marry another asshole?"</span></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-37077392241030660752011-04-06T08:25:00.000-07:002011-04-06T08:26:32.498-07:00Wordless Wednesday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUufj5ULxBhk8Zu9ktqN90pG2JLgeNNz5q_BB6yTWnQ46br5-lxfQnCV2WMwxe0TwCTmjZYUHYZ2U9v3_F5kspW0I00wbKOP5o8G8k3UoCA1vXMpV4ynCls3v2pnmRUJ1YCD4Y2FVu3E/s1600/Joan+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUufj5ULxBhk8Zu9ktqN90pG2JLgeNNz5q_BB6yTWnQ46br5-lxfQnCV2WMwxe0TwCTmjZYUHYZ2U9v3_F5kspW0I00wbKOP5o8G8k3UoCA1vXMpV4ynCls3v2pnmRUJ1YCD4Y2FVu3E/s640/Joan+%25281%2529.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Ultra-Ego Wonder Woman, Xenia Princess, Miss Piggy, "Hi-Yaaaaaa"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo by HC Noel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ecmsEnsqqcvlVrX_T-Y8ysLO3vPnb0uw3SqcWAmxo8ky3aTZpzb1ppHJdmak6GUpvOG5xe4cWNil1Q0Njyx48Zohy3x5XJThAPHW42HIDujcTMFnS3ntMZILYGfNUaHN49Ekylf2eQ/s1600/Cindy+Concert.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ecmsEnsqqcvlVrX_T-Y8ysLO3vPnb0uw3SqcWAmxo8ky3aTZpzb1ppHJdmak6GUpvOG5xe4cWNil1Q0Njyx48Zohy3x5XJThAPHW42HIDujcTMFnS3ntMZILYGfNUaHN49Ekylf2eQ/s1600/Cindy+Concert.JPG" /></a></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-885921457035262072011-04-02T16:47:00.000-07:002011-04-02T16:47:19.907-07:00Mom's Blueberry Squares!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcmrX8RY8tR8FGsej1lgz42Zr06yJm9UA1Nn0BvNIZkAcCSempskRscvunlQdvMiUCJt-Otmw95-g5rUIUc1tmpjaDpLcBIXqwTcvhjtqqgcJK3jEhkj4zfBcBi5YdAFC1ZR1neUWfNQ/s1600/blueberry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcmrX8RY8tR8FGsej1lgz42Zr06yJm9UA1Nn0BvNIZkAcCSempskRscvunlQdvMiUCJt-Otmw95-g5rUIUc1tmpjaDpLcBIXqwTcvhjtqqgcJK3jEhkj4zfBcBi5YdAFC1ZR1neUWfNQ/s1600/blueberry.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">As I was growing up I used to love to help my mother and grandmother in the kitchen. They were awesome cooks! I would be sat on the kitchen counter with a mixing bowl and wooden spoon ready to help when summoned. Some times I would wait and wait and now thinking back my mom would give me a little flour and a bit of water to appease me, and I would sit and stir and stir. I always ended up with some sort of paste concoction that could probably be used to spackle a wall!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The older I got the more I was allowed to help and I graduated from paste to sitting and mixing all the dry ingredients needed for a recipe and then would hand it over for my mother to add her eggs, vanilla, and whatever else she had. This was a good lesson in team work! I remember it all so well.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">My most favorite recipe I used to help her with was her now famous Blueberry Squares. She would always make this for me, well into my adulthood. I loved to come home and smell these baking in the oven just for me!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I would now love to share her recipe with you in her honor and memory!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Blueberry Squares</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u>Ingredients</u>:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">4 cups Flour</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1 cup Sugar</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">3 teaspoons Baking Powder </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1 Cup Crisco</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">2 Beaten Eggs</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">½ Cup Milk</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1 teaspoon Vanilla</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">2 Cans Comstock Blueberry pie filling (One can should be drained somewhat)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><u>Directions</u>:</div><ol><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mix together the flour, sugar, and the Baking Powder.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Cut Flour mixture with Crisco using 2 knives or a pastry blender until pea sized</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mix together eggs, milk, and vanilla and then add blend well into the flour mix. Now take this mix and separate it into two piles.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Roll each pile between wax paper and then put one layer on a cookie sheet. After this then you will fill with blueberry filing.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Cover now with second layer of the rolled out dough. Sprinkle the top with both sugar and cinnamon.</div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Bake this at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes, until top is lightly browned. This should make about 20 – 24 servings!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div></li>
</ol><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Here are some serving suggestions:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Serve warm with Vanilla ice cream or blue berry ice cream. Refrigerate uneaten portions and eat as a morning danish! It is always a perfect time for Blueberry Squares.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I hope you enjoy this recipe of my mothers. You will be hooked after one bite.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I have also tried this with other pie fillings but non compare to the blueberry! </div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-65812597794270646492011-04-02T11:50:00.000-07:002011-04-02T11:50:09.185-07:00Dreams of Glass at 2 Classy Chics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGldpDsSZ0x59_jHy9iyaqEEYEF2L0LrZDhSqFqWs1ik36LTaAgUad2uuyjH5gfZX89NdXEJff7RSTntamj6vygT1N9A1RW-EGWOkPNsa25Eo8uIShZQUkfMC82jCjNSHHiXTYv0ISVQk/s1600/Glass+Egg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGldpDsSZ0x59_jHy9iyaqEEYEF2L0LrZDhSqFqWs1ik36LTaAgUad2uuyjH5gfZX89NdXEJff7RSTntamj6vygT1N9A1RW-EGWOkPNsa25Eo8uIShZQUkfMC82jCjNSHHiXTYv0ISVQk/s200/Glass+Egg.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Wow I want to share a terrific Giveaway being offered now on the<br />
<a href="http://twoclassychics.blogspot.com/2011/03/dreams-of-glass-jewelry-review-giveaway.html">Two Classy Chics</a> giveaway site. They are giving away a $60 credit<br />
towards the purchase of a piece of jewelry on Dreams of Glass<br />
web site. I have to tell you it is all beautiful and it is really hard to<br />
choose a favorite.<br />
I am a total glass art freak and can look at their site for hours. I have<br />
collected several pieces of glass art and have also stained glass! I am<br />
totally enamored with Chihuly glass and can only hope to get a piece<br />
some day.<br />
In the mean time, I will close my eyes and wish to win this giveaway,<br />
ends 4/12 so I have a lot of prayers to get in!<br />
Thanks Shelly and Chris for this giveaway!Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-66935743396052581602011-03-29T16:35:00.000-07:002011-03-29T16:35:30.309-07:00Sacred Springtime Ritual<h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(135, 20, 76); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; color: #87144c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 30px; text-decoration: none;">This is an awesome article written by Coach Joanna Lindenbaum, Check out her site with direct link and sign up for her inspirational and intuitive newsletters and check her programs that she offers as a coach! I just recently found this gem and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs! </h2><h2 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(135, 20, 76); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; color: #87144c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 30px; text-decoration: none;">A Sacred Springtime Ritual to Help You Open Up to Your Potential</h2><div class="entry" style="color: #667b06; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4em;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><img alt="" class="alignleft" height="294" src="http://www.soulfulcoach.com/images/plantbeingwatered.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" title="Plant Being Watered" width="200" /><strong>Each year, when the early Spring comes around, I get excited.</strong></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I get excited because this time of year symbolizes new beginnings, fresh energy, and the joy of birthing new things into the world.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">You see it everywhere - the days are longer, the birds are chirping, there are even tiny little buds on the trees.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">And I know it’s a powerful opportunity to bring new energy into my own projects, relationships, and life, as well as the perfect time to step more fully into bigger and better possibilities for myself and my future.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>What I often find, though, is that it’s difficult to transition into Spring-time energy if you are still stuck in Winter-time mode, and feeling tired, unmotivated, and frustrated. </strong>This is especially common if you haven’t made the time to clear out the dust and stagnancy that can sometimes settle and take hold in the colder months.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">That’s why it’s vital this time of year to <strong>intentionally cleanse out the emotional, mental and spiritual blocks that might have built up over the winter months,</strong> in order to then be fully prepared to open yourself up consciously to the <strong>curiosity, joy, and freshness</strong> that is so readily available to you this time of year.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Here is a ritual you can do to cleanse, renew, and then open up to your full potential to help prepare you for this magical season! In order to do this ritual, you will need paper and pen; a feather duster (optional); and a potted plant:<span id="more-337"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>1) Take 10 minutes to journal on all of the things that have become stagnant and dusty for you during the Winter-time.</strong> Get clear for yourself where the cobwebs need to be swept away to make space for new energy. Consider all areas where you could bring new energy in, including emotional, mental, and spiritual areas: larger things such as particular relationships and work, and then details within those such as “making the same dinner night after night” or “haven’t created a new salespage in a long time.”</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>2) After you’ve gotten super clear on all the stagnant areas of your life, take some time to feel yourself under their weight. </strong>Really feel in your body what it’s like to be under the dust and cover of those stagnant things. You can close your eyes and visualize yourself covered with snow or dust.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>3) Then, literally “dust” the stagnancy and old issues off your body. You can use an actual feather duster or simply use your hands.</strong> Start at the top of your head and dust off any old energy there, move to your face, and then your neck, removing and dusting off whatever got stuck during the winter season, then move down to your shoulders, and so on, all the way down to your toes. Really take the time to shake off, let go of, and release all that has become sluggish, inactive, and old, dusty weight.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">(This can work really well with a partner too - you can have your partner clean the dust off of you, and then switch).</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>4) If you do the dusting and clearing to completion, you will feel an incredible sense of openness and freedom in your body.</strong> Now that you’ve cleaned out the old Winter energy, you can really align with and leverage the newness of Spring. 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They had announced the departure of her plane. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.' <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.' </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><img height="238" src="http://f1105.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f803684%5fAHYIw0MAAKHcTYeoqgqcWGMM1JM&pid=3&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="250" /></span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #004200; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />They kissed and the daughter left. The father walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?' <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye? <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is...the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?'<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.' He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.</span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img height="120" src="http://f1105.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f803684%5fAHYIw0MAAKHcTYeoqgqcWGMM1JM&pid=5&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="130" /></span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #004200; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. </span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /> </span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #004200; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye. </span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img height="120" src="http://f1105.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f803684%5fAHYIw0MAAKHcTYeoqgqcWGMM1JM&pid=2&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="120" /></span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #004200; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />He then began to cry and walked away. <br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; an entire life to forget them. </span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #e01f25; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #80803f; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">TAKE TIME TO LIVE....</span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img height="159" src="http://f1105.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f803684%5fAHYIw0MAAKHcTYeoqgqcWGMM1JM&pid=4&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="153" /></span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #004200; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" />To all my friends and loved ones, </span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /> </span></b><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #80803f; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I WISH YOU ENOUGH.</span></b></div></div></div></td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-51712926600684839452011-03-18T14:25:00.000-07:002011-03-18T14:25:46.450-07:00In Grandpa's Hands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Im8xeCF_93ErwCVGK2ZkEbffqeT33nxhXmWQfEd1_YEoNyEaXjAxqPfIF_JBvh6x9qlc3xKt0aTe5fwVMv4DUPLFbNzdS8C2UjZ551XvNmORElMhaxtJy_VlG7l5dMPwDJLvHCYeAyY/s1600/hands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Im8xeCF_93ErwCVGK2ZkEbffqeT33nxhXmWQfEd1_YEoNyEaXjAxqPfIF_JBvh6x9qlc3xKt0aTe5fwVMv4DUPLFbNzdS8C2UjZ551XvNmORElMhaxtJy_VlG7l5dMPwDJLvHCYeAyY/s320/hands.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Be sure and look at your hands after you have read this . . . . </span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; display: table; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">
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</tbody></table><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">This is good. I'll never look at my hands the same!</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn't move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat, I</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">wondered if he was OK. Finally, not really wanting to</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">disturb him but wanting to check on him at the same time, I asked him if he was OK.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">He raised his head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking," he said in a clear strong voice.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">"I didn't mean to disturb you, Grandpa, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK," I explained to him.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">"Have you ever looked at your hands," he asked. "I mean really looked at your hands?"</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands</span><span style="color: navy; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">as I tried to figure out the point he was making. Grandpa smiled and related this story:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">"Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled, and</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">weak have been the tools</span><span style="color: navy; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse and walked my daughter down the aisle.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">And to this day, when not much of anything else of me works real well, these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of my life.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
</ul><ul style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" type="disc"><li style="color: black; display: list-item; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></li>
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</ul><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember God reached out and took my grandpa's hands and led him home.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">When my hands are hurt or sore I think of Grandpa. I know he has been stroked and caressed and held by the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300482873_30" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">hands of God</span>. I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">When you receive this, say a prayer for the person who sent it to you and watch God's answer to prayer work in your life. Let's continue praying for one another</span><span style="color: navy; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Passing this on to anyone you consider a friend will bless you both.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Passing this on to one not considered a friend is something Christ would have done.</span></div></div></div></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="display: block; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Be sure and look at your hands after you have read this . . . . </span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #813f62; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 38px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-28298280860399369362011-03-08T08:51:00.000-08:002011-03-08T08:51:51.568-08:00Chihuly Art Glass<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><img align="absmiddle" alt="Neptune_Seaform" height="225" src="http://maildogmanager.com/pics/theartscenter/library/.resized_167x225_Neptune_Seaform.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" title="Neptune_Seaform" width="167" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><img align="absmiddle" alt="Wild Poppy Persian Pair_1" height="225" src="http://maildogmanager.com/pics/theartscenter/library/Wild%20Poppy%20Persian%20Pair_1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" title="Wild Poppy Persian Pair_1" width="167" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><br />
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1299602563_12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Dale Chihuly</span>, <em style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Neptune Seaform </em>Dale Chihuly, <em style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /> Wild Poppy Persian Pair </em></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <img align="absmiddle" alt="Fiesta_Macchia" height="225" src="http://maildogmanager.com/pics/theartscenter/library/.resized_167x225_Fiesta_Macchia.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" title="Fiesta_Macchia" width="167" /> <img align="absmiddle" alt="Azure_Blue_Seaform_Pair" height="225" src="http://maildogmanager.com/pics/theartscenter/library/.resized_167x225_Azure_Blue_Seaform_Pair.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" title="Azure_Blue_Seaform_Pair" width="167" /></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Dale Chihuly, <em style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Fiesta Macchia </em>Dale Chihuly, <em style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /> Azure Blue Seaform Pair </em></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I don't know what kind of art you like but I personally get goosebumps and excuse the bluntness, a little turned on when I see Art Glass, and more specifically Chihuly Glass.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Here are a few of his pieces that are soon to retire, what does that mean? They will soon jump up in price. </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">One must truly appreciate the art of Chihuly and I am seeing his work in more and more places such as in the Casino at Paradise Island in the Bahamas and as the Center of attention in the newer cruise ships. His pieces are not in my price range, except for a few token small pieces that really aren't worth the money and I am not sure he made them or his assistants.</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">So what kind of art are you in to? There are so many things to tantalize the art lover in you! From glass, to sculptures, to paintings, to architecture, what catches your eye?</span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot even begin to explain the frustration in my household for nearly a month waiting for AT&T to get their stuff together and hook up our home phone after we signed up with them to save money!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack! There were daily phone calls that </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lead to being transferred and repeating our story to god knows how many customer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">service reps! We were even given appointment times on several occasions for a rep</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to show up at the house and then no shows and when we called no one had any</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">records of our call! ARGH! After 2 weeks or more we finally got</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it straightened up but I gotta tell you that AT&T has the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WORST customer service I have ever seen!!!</div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-26416371530458855742011-02-21T10:49:00.000-08:002011-02-21T11:01:24.629-08:00Guest Recipe - Crock Pot Peached Pork Chops from Shelly Hill<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">My 82 yr old great aunt has collected recipes over her the years and has now passed them onto me. Some are ones she clipped out of newspappers, magazines, given to her by others and so forth. I have thousands to sort through. I think the vintage recipes can be the best ones because they are usually simple to prepare and use ingredients you normally have on hand. Yesterday I decied to make the following recipe that she gave to me using my crock pot.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">5-6 pork chops</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">1/4 c. brown sugar</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">1/2 tsp. cinnamon</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">1/4 tsp. ground cloves</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">1 (29 ounce) can cling peach halves</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">1/4 c. vinegar</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">salt and pepper to taste</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">Lightly brown pork chops on both sides in a skillet. Sprinkle pork chops with salt and pepper. Pour off excess fat-grease.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, tomato sauce, 1/4 c. syrup from peaches and vinegar in a large bowl.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdS0gWJD60hivptp-yw1JHWwYmTAk1FHu7ymZXxuqViYm2V0yBXg8PiHjMMx4QW-lFwgOPFNe9acmKLLtgJ9r7lSfXlPivxalI1x2YQr47CXQlUanpAA-6w_YA8nrh_TA0Km8kA54bSDw/s1600-h/step2.JPG" style="color: #9f3a30; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307481215360751746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdS0gWJD60hivptp-yw1JHWwYmTAk1FHu7ymZXxuqViYm2V0yBXg8PiHjMMx4QW-lFwgOPFNe9acmKLLtgJ9r7lSfXlPivxalI1x2YQr47CXQlUanpAA-6w_YA8nrh_TA0Km8kA54bSDw/s320/step2.JPG" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; width: 150px;" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">Arrange pork chops in your slow cooker (crock pot). Place drained peach halves on top.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXG7H05HFnDNgCVmSYfA5y0Fjk66v7gK5RAtV-Fyt75Wc_U2QetnUrFBWNIGco51Ls3wBoy4NJGgXJ32XwPtNdx8Wc_yVI8qK-teGE8Y0zWcDbhEZgYf8nJkHohh7pG-3UaAETVDqK_w/s1600-h/step3.JPG" style="color: #9f3a30; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307481601350516818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXG7H05HFnDNgCVmSYfA5y0Fjk66v7gK5RAtV-Fyt75Wc_U2QetnUrFBWNIGco51Ls3wBoy4NJGgXJ32XwPtNdx8Wc_yVI8qK-teGE8Y0zWcDbhEZgYf8nJkHohh7pG-3UaAETVDqK_w/s320/step3.JPG" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; width: 150px;" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">Pour tomato mixture over them. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 4-6 hours until done. Makes 5-6 servings.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqbn6GJBAe7QJdz2vJ95nkDyD6GulKKgBvt2PZn7cy64auBPmjz2e_qqTwlP0VA3TO8-J_TQofIxIXkfeQr0gtv0CHoUFy26APye7jKpb1W7Au-a629WUY2nWRlnwRVLZf7o27OqkbrA/s1600-h/step4.JPG" style="color: #9f3a30; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307481910076280050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqbn6GJBAe7QJdz2vJ95nkDyD6GulKKgBvt2PZn7cy64auBPmjz2e_qqTwlP0VA3TO8-J_TQofIxIXkfeQr0gtv0CHoUFy26APye7jKpb1W7Au-a629WUY2nWRlnwRVLZf7o27OqkbrA/s320/step4.JPG" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-align: center; width: 150px;" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;">Now your finished product should look like this! Happy Eating!</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.3em;"><br />
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</span></span></h3></div></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-37707198952400470572011-02-19T11:05:00.000-08:002011-02-19T11:07:20.158-08:00Every Day is a Struggle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUtiyfEpxTmGE4RwpE9KHYMWVBrizKJf64qwT19ePrFIgI1YjFYClAURoWOmX4GzZ7QKY1uvnHhu283Z4w7dd8uzHfd2NzBZVZ8fbmRPRadkoW9tjJTQ-nGFTRiH4osKOSG2UZ9preDw/s1600/Lupus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUtiyfEpxTmGE4RwpE9KHYMWVBrizKJf64qwT19ePrFIgI1YjFYClAURoWOmX4GzZ7QKY1uvnHhu283Z4w7dd8uzHfd2NzBZVZ8fbmRPRadkoW9tjJTQ-nGFTRiH4osKOSG2UZ9preDw/s1600/Lupus.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Several years ago I got sick and was hospitalized because I was having small strokes and also had some small clots in my lungs as well. I had a hysterectomy while in there because of endometriosis and after the surgery the blood doctor, known as Hematologist, was getting me on a regime on blood thinners to keep my blood where it needed to be, without making me ill with the opposite problem. This disorder, known as Lupus Anticoagulant or Antiphosolipid Protein Syndrome had totally changed my life.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">At the same time as I was in the hospital with all of this I was also diagnosed with Lupus, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue syndrome. This was all a little bit more than I could handle at the time mentally. So we then add Depression to that list! It has been quite a struggle! I am enough medications to choke a horse and was also taking injections of Lovenox, a blood thinner, twice a day because I am resistant to other medication for this issue.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">I found myself at this point unable to work or do anything. I had several surgeries related to my disorders and bleeding, and bleeding issues also after a heart cath. I got paralyzed on my right side when this happened. I had apparently bled out of my femoral artery into my leg and the bleeding damaged all the nerves in my leg. I could not walk or do much for myself. I lay in an ICU bed being transfused with 9 units of blood and totally out of it. I had several more surgeries on the site in my leg and then put on what is known as a wound vacuum. Once I could walk with a walker I could go home. It took me several days still before I could break lose.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Once home I felt so much better. I could sleep in my own bed, be with the family, and see the dog! It was also Christmas time so that made things cheerful and I was so ill that the hospital had contacted the Red Cross and had my son sent home.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">At home I also had Home Health Nursing and physical therapy visiting so I was in good hands. It took me several months to recover to the person I am today, not the same person at all. I now walk with a cane and fight pain daily in the leg that got injured and am unable to return to work. I have now ended up on disability and SSI. Before I was an active business woman and this was the hardest thing for me to do, as I loved my job!</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">So today my life is different. I am thankful to be alive and have more faith in God, but I cannot really drive and go out and do things. I have taken to blogging and writing articles and using my brain if not able to use my body! I am thankful I have a supportive family that understands my moods and pains and do what they can for me.</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">You never know what is going to happen to you. One day I was a productive member of society and the next day I became handicapped! Be thankful for what you have, as someday you may not be so lucky. Do not take anything for granted and whatever your faith is, stay strong with your higher being so you have that to fall back on when you are faced with life's trials and tribulations!</div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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We’re a brand new <a href="http://brainfoggles.com/2011/02/16/nature-coast-florida-bloggers-group/">local blogging group</a> and are having our second meeting next week. We believe in sharing information, inspiring each other to think outside the box and becoming a social networking tribe.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://brainfoggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Nature_Coast.png" style="color: #49b7d8;"><img alt="Nature Coast Florida" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9207" height="299" src="http://brainfoggles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Nature_Coast.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 80px;" title="Nature_Coast" width="300" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It includes the following counties:</div><ul><li>Citrus</li>
<li>Dixie</li>
<li>Hernando</li>
<li>Jefferson</li>
<li>Pasco</li>
<li>Levy</li>
<li>Taylor</li>
<li>Wakulla</li>
</ul><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">We currently meet during the week for lunch once a month and then spend time talking. We keep in touch through email and have a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nature-Coast-Bloggers/179507038755066" style="color: #49b7d8;" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> as well. As we grow, The <a href="http://brainfoggles.com/2011/02/16/nature-coast-florida-bloggers-group/">Nature Coast Blogging</a> Group plans to take on more projects to teach newer bloggers, to increase our earnings and to work more closely together.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you live in the Nature Coast area, we’d love to have you join us! Just leave a comment and I’ll get in touch with you right away. If you know of a blogger in this area, or aren’t sure if they are in the Nature Coast, let them know about us, or leave a comment. All types of bloggers are welcome. The more the merrier!</div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" style="color: #49b7d8;" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"></a></div></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-73154398012130726392011-02-17T18:10:00.000-08:002011-02-17T18:10:12.020-08:00Family Portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wfHh8wl0XyoAYo9fQc6te2tZkhyCQPPqRtCA1_RWb5ne25WdeYEQt6yV14yb6aoMEIDlarzsrQKq8SsjosS7f0PHE9L2zQkT_7iImIi2qA8gNgMm4_JgYRNWtlH7xayzJj9SyR2kch0/s1600/Xmas2010family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wfHh8wl0XyoAYo9fQc6te2tZkhyCQPPqRtCA1_RWb5ne25WdeYEQt6yV14yb6aoMEIDlarzsrQKq8SsjosS7f0PHE9L2zQkT_7iImIi2qA8gNgMm4_JgYRNWtlH7xayzJj9SyR2kch0/s400/Xmas2010family.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a picture of myself and lovely family on the cruiseship</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for Christmas 2010!</div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-70494609427829627112011-02-16T10:32:00.000-08:002011-02-16T10:32:23.309-08:00New Blog Giveaway Site - mylittlehouseoftreasuresHi all! I want to introduce you all to<a href="http://mylittlehouseoftreasures.blogspot.com/"> Little House of Treasures</a> Blog Giveaway site. This is a new site started by my dear friend Darlene! Right now she is giving away a skin care set. I am going to repost some of her blog here for you to see:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-7g2vSSNzIfLawCupl3KMprqGAfJEXRIkQ1N3OTlDQJ4DwV9JJ39DuW6TMIAR0bOP8njV9uyLra8rboe5xDgpUXrW2yL6Bb1hJAiC5ncKrFc7CH6R3r81hQVc4oUiz_5gL46qjuFlj8/s1600/embarrassed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-7g2vSSNzIfLawCupl3KMprqGAfJEXRIkQ1N3OTlDQJ4DwV9JJ39DuW6TMIAR0bOP8njV9uyLra8rboe5xDgpUXrW2yL6Bb1hJAiC5ncKrFc7CH6R3r81hQVc4oUiz_5gL46qjuFlj8/s1600/embarrassed.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Have you ever had a fashion faux pas? One so embarrassing that it causes nightmares? One so embarrassing it has taken you years to share the story, to share a laugh with others, at the expense of your own dignity? This is just one of several I have had happen and I think twenty years later I can finally tell the story!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Think back to the early 80's! Wrap around skirts were all the rage then and I owned several. I must admit they were comfy and easy to match with tops as all were solid colors. To wear one you would wrap a skirt around your midriff with a tie that went through a hole to meet up with another tie, and you would then tie the skirt closed and together! I just loved wearing there until.....</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">I was a college student at the time and I landed a great summer Intern job in Washington DC for the summer. I also joined a carpool where we all met at one parking lot to leave our cars. I was Sooooo lucky I thought as I would sit with Mike all the time and I had a tiny crush on him! TINY tiny crush LOL. I always made sure to look good for Mike in the mornings. I remember how he made my heart pitter patter! Yes I had this tiny crush!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">One day when Mike was driving, I was the last out of the car. As we were gabbing about up coming concerts, special events, etc. and I was hoping he was going to ask me out. Oh please lord let him ask me I thought as I was getting out of the car! I really wanted a date with him!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Well I stood up and continued our chat and noticed his facial expression had changed. I looked down and in his car seat was my skirt and I was standing there in my panties in the parking lot! OMG was I embarrassed. My face must of turned every shade of red in the book! This would have been a perfect scene on a sitcom. It was absolutely mortifying to me, to expose myself to this guy I so wanted to date!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Now what, I thought. What am I to do besides crawl into a hole and die? This wasn't happening, please this wasn't happening! Finally I politely smiled, grabbed my skirt and rewrapped it around me and went to my car.I was almost in tears from embarrassment as this was probably the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me in my life, at that time!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">So what did my friend, my crush, my car pool buddy say? Nothing! He just smiled and wished me a safe ride home. Being the gentleman he was, he never mentioned a word of this to me (Everyone else maybe)! We never did go out but I often remember this incident and giggle to myself!</div></div><div style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><table class="yiv1052401315MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: table; "><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><tr style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: table-row; vertical-align: inherit; "><td valign="top" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: table-cell; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><table class="yiv1052401315MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: table; "><tbody style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><tr style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: table-row; vertical-align: inherit; "><td valign="top" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: table-cell; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><p class="yiv1052401315MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: block; "><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 78, 152); ">Grandparents - as seen by their grandkids!!</span></b></p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><p class="yiv1052401315MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; 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outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><p class="yiv1052401315MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: block; "> </p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><p class="yiv1052401315MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; display: block; "><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 78, 152); ">1.</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 78, 152); "> <b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "> She</b></span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 78, 152); "> was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1296413815_0" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">watchful eyes</span> of her young granddaughter, as she'd done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Grandma, you forgot to kiss the</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 78, 152); "> <b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">toilet paper</b> <b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">good-bye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good-bye....</b></span><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(33, 99, 9); ">2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 62. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(145, 12, 0); ">3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse, took out her teeth and proceeded to wash her hair.. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?" </span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 26, 152); ">4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like. "We used to skate outside on a pond.. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(33, 99, 9); ">5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he replied.</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(145, 12, 0); ">6. A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 26, 152); ">7. I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these colors yourself!"</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(33, 99, 9); ">8. When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use Grandpa. Now the mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(145, 12, 0); ">9. When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure." "Look in your underwear, Grandpa," he advised "Mine says I'm 4 to 6."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 26, 152); ">10. A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting." she said. "How do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(33, 99, 9); ">11. Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. "Sure," said the young boy confidently. 'It means carrying a child."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(145, 12, 0); ">12. A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog's duties.. "They use him to keep crowds back," said one child. "No," said another. "He's just for good luck." A third child brought the argument to a close."They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 26, 152); ">13. A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. "Oh," he said, "she lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then, when we're done having her visit, we take her back to the airport."</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(33, 99, 9); ">14. Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good good things, but I don't get to see him enough to get as smart as him!</span></b><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: black; "> </span><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(145, 12, 0); ">15. My Grandparents are funny, when they bend over, you hear gas leaks and they blame their dog.</span></b></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-6603052436057343002011-01-17T17:23:00.001-08:002011-01-17T17:26:30.341-08:00Old Fashioned Taffy Pull<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31BSrp-sdr3uwwhcNJWaGVHxSdV2YxV0J4WKQ31SS2O3jaL0Hhc7pqOXNDPhI43oat0EIcd3mEh9v81-1XO-1uNpc05JAUVjccpcWE15EM0-Wh5cNpTc06grFNj_Q5SZ7RmzkxADE1aQ/s1600/Taffy+Pull.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31BSrp-sdr3uwwhcNJWaGVHxSdV2YxV0J4WKQ31SS2O3jaL0Hhc7pqOXNDPhI43oat0EIcd3mEh9v81-1XO-1uNpc05JAUVjccpcWE15EM0-Wh5cNpTc06grFNj_Q5SZ7RmzkxADE1aQ/s400/Taffy+Pull.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563330506688729106" /></a><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Old Fashioned Taffy Pull</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I think back to my childhood and wonder what my favorite memory is. The first thing that comes to</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">my head is the good old fashioned taffy pulls my mom would set up with friends and family when my grandmother came to visit. It became a given when my Grandma Jenny visited, we were going to have a fun time with a taffy pull!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">It would all start with the knocks on the doors and friends and neighbors and a few family members would show up. That came with loads of smiles and laughter and I am sure now that I am an adult and think back, there was cocktails included! </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">While all the conversing and acting out went on, my grandmother was in the kitchen getting all the ingredients ready, 1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water, 4 Tbsp. Light Corn Syrup, 1 Tbsp. Vinegar, and ¼ tsp. of baking soda. Next my Grandmother combined the sugar water and corn syrup and stirred over low heat until the sugar dissolved, all the while with me under toe, and probably in her way but she would never let on! She would then cook without stirring to light crack stage (270 degrees) and then removed from heat, added vinegar and soda and mix thoroughly. Next she would pour it onto a greased platter to cool.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Now came the time for the fun! The pull will begin! All the women would crowd into the kitchen, drink in hand, ready for the task at hand. My Mom would pass around some softened butter and the ladies would take just enough to grease their hands to keep the taffy from sticking. The women would then pull and pull on the taffy, until it was too hard to pull. When the taffy became too hard to pull, it was then twisted into a rope to desired thickness. Once cool Grandma would break into pieces. Each time making about 2 dozen pieces. The ladies would then refill their drinks and go into the other room while my Grandmother would repeat the process. This would be repeated over and over until all the guests and my Mom had their own batch of Taffy!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I really miss the good old days when a taffy pull would be a fun high light of the weekend, instead of all the complicated things of our tech filled world! Perhaps you should host a good old fashioned taffy pull with your friends and enjoy a day all together. It might just become a special highlight in your house!</p>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-62041532284782921512011-01-16T11:11:00.000-08:002011-01-16T11:46:50.350-08:00Ezine Article Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzJzB59ANn54awXNvgJSxF5-DlCG2wEPqN9QQZy3zeWckVDw1eWr2qADavneABHklxt5OctqP9G_bNdELTG8sGk5NXgoUPItN7Nu_GAV13EkdWiyNjISnpmZhCMezCQ3C-hjyIO2iu9I/s1600/writing.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzJzB59ANn54awXNvgJSxF5-DlCG2wEPqN9QQZy3zeWckVDw1eWr2qADavneABHklxt5OctqP9G_bNdELTG8sGk5NXgoUPItN7Nu_GAV13EkdWiyNjISnpmZhCMezCQ3C-hjyIO2iu9I/s400/writing.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562866049989101042" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Well call me crazy or whatever you want but I have entered Ezines challenge to write 100 articles in 100 days. Surprisingly I am a few days ahead of myself!<div>I have never done something like this before so please wish me luck!</div></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-21908312857269067962011-01-13T17:41:00.001-08:002011-01-13T17:44:52.751-08:00Hola Mexico<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieFZkXaJzwx-Emo2J1Rb9Hcze1Ov-riXnf4eVEV7Zj_am7K5rgf6lQICOjBKvPRKjr7nXAh_WRuUWHN8TzVYEGa8MUh9k-JfWCC7gCd57f4WT2v24RzMgn68xg6t2htQ7XvNzv8_Jhlg/s1600/Me+and+E+at+Senor+Frogs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieFZkXaJzwx-Emo2J1Rb9Hcze1Ov-riXnf4eVEV7Zj_am7K5rgf6lQICOjBKvPRKjr7nXAh_WRuUWHN8TzVYEGa8MUh9k-JfWCC7gCd57f4WT2v24RzMgn68xg6t2htQ7XvNzv8_Jhlg/s400/Me+and+E+at+Senor+Frogs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561850873609798146" /></a>Like Mother like daughter as all that know me would say! This was taken Christmas day at Senor Frogs in Cozumel Mexico. I loved the Christmas Cruise we took this year instead of gift giving things that would never get used! I know the kids had a good time although there are a few photos of my daughter that I am not sure of!Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-13956820766393886812011-01-11T16:52:00.000-08:002011-01-11T17:20:37.732-08:00You Have a Home Party Biz- Now What?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriD4rEwOoK5eBBQTSX5dIFl5FMRl63ARlMSKbOp7Ya1-wxg6qXz0-Ykb4FzyET3PGzQuyk5vmwRnSppVZ76Jeo-w6JZ7sutd8D1GJD0RNBcrFnsjGJaFWLo9Yp9Yvk38yUAY0BoSM9Ks/s1600/party.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriD4rEwOoK5eBBQTSX5dIFl5FMRl63ARlMSKbOp7Ya1-wxg6qXz0-Ykb4FzyET3PGzQuyk5vmwRnSppVZ76Jeo-w6JZ7sutd8D1GJD0RNBcrFnsjGJaFWLo9Yp9Yvk38yUAY0BoSM9Ks/s320/party.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561103112300588498" /></a><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><u>So You Are Going To Start a Home Party Plan Endeavor</u></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">It is the end of the night and you are sitting at a friends home placing an order from her home party and you find yourself thinking, “I really like this product and if I sign up to sell it I can help out my friend and also buy at a discount for personal use!” Great! You just signed up on an impulse. Do you really know what it takes to do home parties? Do you have time for this business? Are you ready?</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">These are just a few questions one should ask oneself before signing on the dotted line and handing over a chunk of money for your starter kit!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">Beginning a home party biz can be a little bit overwhelming. The first thing to do is look to your upline(your recruiter or a manager or team leader etc.) for support and guidance. If they aren't going to be there for you now is the time to learn this. There are many web sites, yahoo groups, and networking sights dedicated to home businesses so don't panic!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">Sit down and make a list of people you know who will help you start off your business. I suggest your first party be your own! Ask these people to help you out and pin them down to a date and time if you can. Now check out and see if you have all your supplies you need in your kit. Read and learn and KNOW your product. Be prepared to answer questions. No one expects you to be an immediate expert but basic information is important to know.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">Now it's party time! Here are some do's and dont's for your party. Don't serve alcohol at the party as it is not that kind of party! DO NOT set up an elaborate table full of Hor Dourves as a potential hostesses may think that would also be expected of her. The simpler the better when it comes to snacks.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">You are ready to start. You need to take control of the room. It is hard your first few times but it will get easier! Stand up and announce you are ready to start your presentation. Hopefully the room will get quiet for you. If not, kindly let those talking that you are ready and would like to get started as you promised your hostess it would only take a certain amount of time to do presentation and get done as everyone's time is valuable.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">Now you have finished your presentation. Find a quiet area where you can help each guest go over their order. You may be able to offer suggestions and do some up-selling when one on one with the guest. Ask this guest what they thought of the items and if they would help their friend out by booking a party. Also feel them out on having a home business, as they just may be your next recruit. Let the guest know you enjoyed meeting them and give them approximate time frame to expect order.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">You are now done with all the guests and it is time to close out the party. The hostess says she has a few more catalog orders coming in. Be stern and let her know you need those by such and such a date to close out party. Total up sales and let hostess know where she stands. You may be able to get her to add to her orders more to get her hostess gift of choice!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">Once you have her orders all in get the order in to the company as soon as possible so the orders will arrive quickly. Either deliver to hostess or if direct ships to her give her a call to make sure all is OK and see if there is anything you can do to help! Also let her know you would like to call her again in 6 months to see how she is doing!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">These few tidbits will hopefully help you get on with your business and start out a success!</p>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-74459118096553787912011-01-11T13:07:00.000-08:002011-01-11T13:17:50.564-08:00Hundred Articles Hundred Days<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLWiv44hcJwl7vHJYkHm4gfIU7mSZfv5WPHO-lGN0Yv9AqY02aVpKO4T4hBUtteF_2QrtxWontXc2kwKz7btKo_iQrHn6wCIQxxXuc3EIVGK2N_PT0H1VCsG3TWzJAwKWO056fkMncXQ/s1600/keyboard.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLWiv44hcJwl7vHJYkHm4gfIU7mSZfv5WPHO-lGN0Yv9AqY02aVpKO4T4hBUtteF_2QrtxWontXc2kwKz7btKo_iQrHn6wCIQxxXuc3EIVGK2N_PT0H1VCsG3TWzJAwKWO056fkMncXQ/s400/keyboard.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561040072950434658" /></a>Well I have done it! I am going to try my hardest to write 100 articles in 100 days for an ezine challenge!<div>I have submitted one I will share here and now I am off to write my next. Come on brain we can do this!</div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-56821682041411866992011-01-02T15:20:00.000-08:002011-01-02T15:25:53.489-08:00Happy New Years!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTP_qhOPa_2yjhjDVYVAp8R6XDvt6NDtdw9KdweKKc_NR5RF0NqQg0e7yQ-hYFWlbFrYZ9ru77SpVuzwl_DO6truX9kHP4BWZeVEswdHzOMLHYSRj1GyaqLKJCLeBGqVWSxbbJT0AyAf4/s1600/fireworks1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTP_qhOPa_2yjhjDVYVAp8R6XDvt6NDtdw9KdweKKc_NR5RF0NqQg0e7yQ-hYFWlbFrYZ9ru77SpVuzwl_DO6truX9kHP4BWZeVEswdHzOMLHYSRj1GyaqLKJCLeBGqVWSxbbJT0AyAf4/s400/fireworks1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557733203602639458" /></a>I wish all of you a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year! May every day have beautiful fireworks to inspire you! Love Life and Love the Lord!<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Happy New Year!!!</span></div>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266278790190162517.post-58396269722083864152010-12-20T08:50:00.000-08:002010-12-20T08:56:41.825-08:00Dips for the Holidays!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSU47x3_UZApYY8_gte_n7vNsP-KXWdvgM-3ElmHaoIeAvsBs71tHhaqkH270qjxreQZ9tXf04ho-G4Ph5MM6Z9E-1GFQVHvU-Cl56JnRtnHZAPMXHfIUETh_KcMK6bEpnZas85fQCBQ/s1600/spinach+dip.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSU47x3_UZApYY8_gte_n7vNsP-KXWdvgM-3ElmHaoIeAvsBs71tHhaqkH270qjxreQZ9tXf04ho-G4Ph5MM6Z9E-1GFQVHvU-Cl56JnRtnHZAPMXHfIUETh_KcMK6bEpnZas85fQCBQ/s400/spinach+dip.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552809411207872002" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><p class="articletext" style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; "><br /></p><p class="articletext" style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; "><br /></p><p class="articletext" style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; ">I would like to thank Shelly Hill for sharing these recipes. Her wonderful blogs are listed below where you can read all kinds of articles and also get more yummy recipes! If it has to do with cooking, Shelly is your girl. She is awesome!<br /><br /><b>Creamy Horseradish Dip</b><br /><br />1 (8 ounce) pkg. cream cheese, softened<br />1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise<br />1/3 cup horseradish sauce<br />1/4 cup chopped green onion<br />4 Tablespoons finely chopped bacon<br /><br />Combine cream cheese, mayonnaise & horseradish in a small bowl until well blended. Stir in the chopped green onion and bacon.<br /><br /><b>Artichoke Chili Dip</b><br /><br />1 (8 1/2 ounce) can artichokes, chopped<br />1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles<br />1 (4 1/2 ounce) can chopped black olives<br />1 cup low-fat mayonnaise<br />1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated<br /><br />In a medium sized bowl, mix together all of the above ingredients except for the grated Parmesan Cheese. Place mixture into a baking dish and sprinkle the grated cheese on top. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until done. This tip is best served warm.<br /><br /><b>Spinach Chestnut Dip</b><br /><br />1 pkg. frozen spinach, drained and chopped<br />1 can slivered water chestnuts, drained<br />2 green onions, finely chopped<br />1 pkg. Knorr vegetable soup mix<br />1 cup sour cream<br />1 cup low-fat mayonnaise<br /><br />In a large bowl, combine all of the above ingredients together in the order that they are given. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.</p><p class="articletext" style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; "></p><p class="" style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Article Source: <a href="http://www.wahm-articles.com/" style="color: rgb(161, 16, 30); text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.wahm-articles.com</a></p><p class="articletext" style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; ">Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys cooking, canning and baking a variety of foods for her family. You can visit Shelly's online site at <a href="http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(161, 16, 30); text-decoration: underline; ">wahmshelly.blogspot.com</a> for free recipes, cooking tips and menu ideas.</p></span>Joanesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942481571651407226noreply@blogger.com1