Life's Moments

Finding time !!

2011-07-13T19:56:00.000-05:00

Seems like I don't really have the time to get on my computer like I used to but that maybe because since my Dr. added another anti-depressant to my citalopram, I actually feel more like doing things that involve a life away from the computer. Am sure some will find that a strange statement, but it is the truth. Getting your life back after an complete emotional breakdown is possible !!!! It will never be the same as it was, but at the same time it is better in a lot of ways.

Hard to believe Summer is almost half way over with and our a/c could use a break already. It has ran continuously all week trying to keep the house cool.

We had quite a few branches cut off of the trees close to the house plus the 15 ft. spruce came completely down. So Tony and I get out there late so it is a few degrees cooler and chop them up into small lengths so they get picked up with the trash. I have learned a very important lesson through this. Don't trust the person with the chain saw to always cut so the sawdust is going away from me. I was busy yakking as usual and Tony cut one of the branches at an odd angle and I wound up with a face full of sawdust. When I looked up I was wondering who had the more surprised look on our faces.. We had a good laugh over it and managed to finish the one pile without any more sawdust flying in my face.. :-)

We finished the day off with giving Baxter a bath outside and before it was all over with Baxter was standing out in the midle of the yard just looking at both of us, as we fought over who could get the other one the wettest...

WOW

2011-05-27T17:36:00.001-05:00

I actually have my blog back...It has been forever since I have been able to get on here...Now I must catch up on reading all my favorite blogs...
I have to work this Memorial Day Weekend but my Son and his family are on their way here for a visit...I'm pretty excited...
Hope Everyone has a Safe and Wonderful Holiday !!!

December 16, 2010

2010-12-16T18:16:00.003-06:00

Icy roads this morning created a few problems although I made it to work just fine. Took this pic after I slide into my parking spot at the hospital. Nervous from the short trip there but very thankful that I didn't slide into any ditches. Saw quite a few cars off the road. I just put putted to work....hahahaha

Tis the season for ice and snow though....We have been so cold this week that the snow we got this past Sunday is still on the ground and on alot of the side roads.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Sharon

2010-10-18T19:59:00.001-05:00

Just testing sending from phone to blogger.

Sept 28, 2010

2010-09-28T18:44:00.002-05:00

Finally a few days that feel like Fall is here. This pic was taken by skyzoom 4 this morning overlooking Saint Louis.

I am looking forward to winter....My favorite time of the year.

Tony and I have been working on the house one day at a time. I scrubbed the bathroom from floor to ceiling and took out all the old caulk and Sunday I replaced all the caulk. My legs are still screaming at me...can't decide if it is old age or lack of exercise or a combination of both. Tomorrow is my day off and I will be taking down all the curtains in the bedroom and cleaning it from floor to ceiling. I might not be able to walk after that one...hahahaha

Hope everyone has a Wonderful week

Sharon

One Of Those Days...hahahaha

2010-08-12T19:12:00.003-05:00

Guess I was more alseep than awake this morning when I was getting ready for work. One of the patients and I were discussing shoes and I mentioned that I liked working in Dr. Scholls and looked down and had to add to my surprise that apparently today I only wanted to work in one of them as I had on my left foot a Dr. Scholls and on my right was one of my yard work shoes.

Needless to say she laughed so hard and loud that when I went to the next room that patient wanted to know what was so funny and I had to tell him and this went on most of the day. The floor Supervisor of the Nursing Staff mentioned as I was going home that I needed to be on this floor more often as she had not heard so many patients laugh and enjoy themselves more than they had today... naturally I told everyone that I am wearing the other pair tomorrow...hahahaha

Hope everyone is having as good of a week as I am... :-)

Oh My !!

2010-07-07T12:52:00.002-05:00

Baxter has decided since I threw his old chair away to take up sleeping on the couch...ha ha ha
We thought he was adjusting to his new chair but as you can see he is not...
Life has been very busy the past few months. Hard to believe that we are into July already.
It is my day off and as usual I am playing catch up with the housework...
Tony has surgery on his eye the 23rd of this month and he and I both are looking forward to it as right now he can't even see out of his right eye.
I had been having extensive dental work done on my teeth but that has been put on hold for several more weeks while I take some antibiotics for an infection from the work.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week and staying inside and keeping cool
Sharon

2010-05-01T11:55:00.007-05:00

Well it was a wild and stormy night last night first I am texting my daughter from the basement where Baxter and I were sitting during our Tornado Sirens going off here and then a few hours later she is texting me from her basement as her family is sitting during the Tornado Sirens that were going off there in Arkansas.

I'm very thankful that we are all safe this morning.

I haven't heard from Tony yet but I am sure they got out on the golf course early... I hope they are having good weather.

I had to literally shove Baxter down the stairs and then it was a contest between his howling and the thunder and for a while there he was winning...hahahaha

After it was over I guess he was used to it down there and I had to shove him back up the stairs. Whew!! What a night.

I have a very busy day planned although I am late getting started as I slept in this morning.

I hope the rest of the weekend goes well for everyone.

Sharon

One of those days...LOL

2010-04-27T17:42:00.003-05:00

Well it started out that way anyway... I couldn't find my umbrella this morning, thought I left it in my car and it was drizzling when I left for work. When I parked my car it started pouring down and then I remembered I had put it up on the counter last night when Tony and I went to dinner so Baxter wouldn't destroy it. Yes, 3 years old and he is still all puppy.

Needless to say I was pretty wet by the time I almost reached the hospital and to save a few extra steps I cut through a part with grass on it...Big mistake as my feet slipped and I landed on my backside..thank goodness the grass hadn't really gotten wet yet... I was suppose to mail my netflix movie back and walked right past the mailboxes that are almost in your way going into the building. I always go get my girlfriend Carol a glass of tea from the Cafeteria as she doesn't get to work until the last minute and we are not allowed to go there after we start work. Spilt the first foam glass full and had to get another. All this within 15 minutes of getting to work.

Glad that the rest of the day went fine :-) I got to work on the 3rd floor of the hospital which is the Psych floor. I like to work there as I guess I have a lot of empathy for the patients in this unit. I enjoy talking to them and even more being able to encourage them that overcoming depression can be done, I am a living example of that.

Tony left today for his annual golf trip with his buddies. Baxter will plant himself in his chair at the front window and stay there whining for the next 6 days.

I have several days off as I know I won't get much sleep from all that whining...hahahahaha

Hope everyone has a Great Week.

Sharon

Early Morning Rambling's

2010-01-03T03:49:00.007-06:00

What fun the past few weeks have been. I am already tired of the snow and Winter is just getting started. It is almost 4 a.m. and I am wide awake. The temperature outside is 5 but with the windchill it is -7. Brrrr.. I have the next several days off and I have a very busy schedule planned. With all the hours I have put in this past month, I have neglected quite a bit of stuff around the house here.
I saw on Facebook today that my granddaughter Stacey got her first tooth in. Sammy better watch out now..
I turned 51 a few days ago. I had a really nice Birthday even though I had to work that day. Tony cooked me a wonderful dinner and had a cheesecake topped with strawberries. Yummy !! It is definitely all gone now, Tony only got one piece of it...hahahahaha
Two Birthdays stick out in my memory as my favorites. One was when I got a doll called Little Miss No Name. She had a sad looking face with a teardrop on it. I loved that doll. I wish I still had her. I have no idea what ever happened to her. The other was when I got my Sewing Machine. That I still have or rather it is still in my Dad's house. I wish I had it with me but with the circumstances like they are I will never go back there to get it.
We have another chance of a few snow squalls coming through today. Makes for a good day to stay indoors but knowing Tony he will want to get out and drive around the city for awhile. As always I grab the camera and hop into that passenger seat... There is always something interesting to photograph.
I hope everyone has a pleasant week.
Sharon

Hi

2009-12-22T18:36:00.002-06:00

LOL...The child is more than likely thinking this lady is crazy...LOL But at least she was paying attention to me...hahahaha

Going through my pictures and transferring them to discs. It has been wonderful so far watching the twins grow up through their pictures. I am fortunate that my daughter Beth thinks enough to take them for me all the time. Won't be going home for Christmas as I have to work the holiday, but my thoughts will be with my family. Hopefully will be going home after the first of the year weather permitting.

Tony and I did a lot of cleaning and catching up on some repairs around here this past weekend. I have worked the past two days and I am just wore out. Mostly from working along with this cold I have.

I hope everyone is having a good week and just in case I don't get back on here the rest of this week... I hope Everyone has a Very Merry Christmas...

Sharon

Windy !!

2009-12-09T09:28:00.006-06:00

My day off and so far this morning it has been spent laughing my backside off at Baxter. We had a burst of huge snow flakes and we went outside and he was running crazy all over the yard, jumping up all over the place trying to catch them... The wind is howling and he is howling everytime it does and he thinks every leaf blowing is a squirrel...hahahaha Poor dog... Going to have to put him in therapy as well.

Tony got a MP3 player from Elantis's 90 year anniversary celebration at work, which has become mine :-) So I am busy downloading all my Christmas music on it today and at the same time catching up on laundry and cleaning.

We have decided to not put up the Christmas tree as it would be too much of a temptation for Baxter to destroy while we are at work. He still has days where he gets upset and chews things up. Have always heard that Boxer's require alot of attention. Is so true. You can't watch T.V. here without Baxter standing in front of it staring back at you...hahahaha

I hope everyone is having a Wonderful Week !!!!

Sharon

Woo Hoo !!!!

2009-12-01T16:11:00.004-06:00

First snow of the season might be here tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. Not quite sure I am ready for it but they say we should get at least an inch of the white stuff...

Looks like I will be using my snow route much erlier than last year...hahahaha

Sammy is pulling up to things...Beth is surely going to have her hands full running after two of them at the same time...LOL

I hope everyone is having a good week...

Sharon

Just Grammy Bragging...LOL

2009-11-25T08:53:00.002-06:00

Sam is on the left and Stac is on the right... My they are growing.. Beth says they are going to do everything at one time..

I have the day off after working 8 in a row. Even though I woke up at 3 a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep for nothing. We are not doing anything special for Thanksgiving. Going to Tony's son's house for a few hours tomorrow. I have to work Friday and the weekend then.

I hope all my friends and family have a wonderful day tomorrow...

Sharon

Nice Cold Drizzily lazy day here !!!

2009-11-16T12:39:00.003-06:00

Took this picture earlier as Baxter and I were returning from grocery shopping. I don't mind the grocery shopping part but trying to decide on what we are having for dinners cause major anxiety attacks still, I guess it always will. Tony has to sit down with me and make out a meal list for the week. Good thing he is so understanding about this among other things...LOL

As you can tell from the trees they have just about shed all of their leaves. Today is my day off buy they are too soggy for me to be doing any raking with....Yeah !!!! And I work the rest of this week, so hopefully by the weekend the rest will be off and Tony and I will only have to rake one more time this year. Well leaves that is, the gum balls won't fall off until next month.

I went ahead and got my H1N1 shot this past week at the hospital. Was quite undecided about it but found out that is was going to become mandatory as a condition of employment with BJC just like the yearly flu shot is so I got it. At least now I don't have to run around in a mask all day long.

Well I hope everyone has a great week, I am off to make some meatloaf for dinner.

Sharon

I'm back.....

2009-11-11T09:46:00.007-06:00

Well after months of trying different meds., the doctor has put me back on Celexa. I hadn't realized just how long I have been off of Blogger. I have an account on face book and have connected up with alot of my high school friends on there, plus playing a few games as well. I got hooked on Castle Age and Country Life..LOL

Had a few days vacation and went home and we took this 5 generation pic while I was there. I am so thankful to still have my Mom and Grandma with me.

I went to a new psychiatrist but he is used to dealing with drug heads and alcholic's and as I am neither he really wasn't doing me any good so I am now in search for one who deals with PTSD. The hospital that I work has a employee help program so they are doing the searching for that one for me. The theraist there says I should just accept the fact that I have had PTSD for over 7 years now and will have to live the rest of my life with it. Guess there is alot worse things I could be dealing with than that.

Fall has finally arrived here in Saint Louis and I am enjoying it, we have raked the yard several times and it still could use another raking after the windy day we had yesterday. One thing that is good those trees didn't make near as many gunballs as they did last year. Am anxiously awaiting some snow now...LOL

What a Month...

2009-05-26T13:46:00.002-05:00

I started seeing a new psychiatrist who suggests it might be time I stop taking the Citalopram (Celexa) and maybe switching to another anti-depressant.
Let me tell ya, if I had known one of the withdrawal symptoms was your own body giving you electrical shocks through your whole system, I would have never gone on this anti-depressant.
I stopped taking the pills and within 5 days I was walking around just trying to maintain a smidgen of sanity. I don't EVER want to go through that again.
So now I am back on my dosage of 40 mg. a day and in a few weeks that will be cut down to 20 and so on. The process will be slow going and will more than likely take months and there is a possibility that it won't work.
The psychiatrist says 90 % of people get that withdrawal symptom. Of course it wasn't until after I started getting the shocks through my body that I was told this..
Now I feel trapped by a drug that has done me a lot of good for the past year.
Now I know why my first psychiatrist who put me on it said there might be a possibility that I would have to take it for the rest of my life.
I am hoping the weaning process works.
Only time will tell.

U.S. defense chief lauds soldier in pink boxers

2009-05-22T11:29:00.002-05:00

Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, TX, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA and Jordan Custer of Spokan, WA, center.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops.
In fact, Gates said he wants to meet the soldier and shake his hand the next time he visits Afghanistan.
"Any soldier who goes into battle against the Taliban in pink boxers and flip-flops has a special kind of courage," Gates said in remarks prepared for a speech in New York.
"I can only wonder about the impact on the Taliban. Just imagine seeing that: a guy in pink boxers and flip-flops has you in his cross-hairs. What an incredible innovation in psychological warfare," he said.
Army Specialist Zachary Boyd, 19, of Fort Worth, Texas, rushed from his sleeping quarters on May 11 to join fellow platoon members at a base in Afghanistan's Kunar Province after the unit came under fire from Taliban positions.
A news photographer was on hand to record the image of Boyd standing at a makeshift rampart in helmet, body armor, red T-shirt and boxers emblazoned with the message: "I love NY."
When the image wound up on the front page of the New York Times, Boyd told his parents he might lose his job if President Barack Obama saw him out of uniform.
"I can assure you that Specialist Boyd's job is very safe indeed," Gates said in the speech.
The U.S. defense chief was scheduled to deliver the speech at New York's annual Salute to Freedom dinner in Manhattan.
(Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Will Dunham)

Where have I gone...

2009-05-01T13:37:00.001-05:00

Have been sick for several weeks now..Am slowing getting over a bout of bronchitis. Hope to be well enough soon to blog again...
Sharon

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2009-04-13T09:24:00.004-05:00

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2009-04-11T22:25:00.001-05:00

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What Causes the Most Harm? Guns or Missouri Legislators?

2009-04-09T11:58:00.003-05:00

A bill approved yesterday in the Missouri House would lift a ban on carrying concealed weapons at state colleges and universities. State Rep. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) says his House Bill 645 (which was attached to another measure) will improve school safety because homicidal maniacs sometime target gun-free zones. Yeah, perhaps ol' Munzlinger is right. I'm sure a frat boy with a machine gun in his backpack could have stopped the Virginia Tech killer. Don't ya think?
By Chad Garrison

Some things just make no sense at all.....

2009-03-30T10:08:00.004-05:00

Some things just make no sense at all..

Woman stabbed to death in St. Louis

By Kim Bell

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCHST. LOUIS --

A woman who had a restraining order against her husband was stabbed to death by him as they rode in a car together Sunday in St. Louis, police say.

The victim has been identified as Paula Jo Jones, 33, of St. Louis.

Police arrested her husband, 48, and recovered a knife.

Jones, of the 6000 block of Garfield Avenue, was stabbed several times in the abdomen and neck.Police found her in her car at the intersection of Page and Skinker boulevards about 5:35 p.m. Sunday. She died at the scene.

Police say her husband, whose name was not released, has been taken into custody.

Investigators found that the couple had been riding together in a car when the husband began stabbing Jones.On March 19, Jones had obtained a temporary restraining order of protection against the man in St. Charles County.

Now I ask you if you had a restraining order out for a certain person, why would you go and ride in the same car with them ????

http://www.stltoday.com/

Eerie Figure Haunts Scottish Castle

2009-03-29T10:44:00.005-05:00

The figure peers down silently from an upper floor of the ruins of a Scottish castle, wearing what looks like an outfit from the Middle Ages. Could this be a long-dead Scottish earl, or just a random, modern-day visitor?

The eerie image is captured in a photograph taken by tourist Christopher Aitchison in May 2008 at Tantallon Castle, which sits on a rocky outcrop along the Scottish coast, east of Edinburgh. The "person" appears to be wearing an old-style greenish ruff around the neck.

Aitchison insists he did not tamper with the image and cannot explain it.
"I was not aware of anyone, or anything, being present in my picture, only noticing the anomaly when I got home," Aitchison said. "Staff have verified that there were no sinister dummies in period costume or historical reenactments going on that day at the castle. I did not notice any nice old ladies wearing ruffs walking around the stairs!"
The picture was made public Friday by Richard Wiseman, a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire who also studies the paranormal. Wiseman said he was looking for "photographic evidence for ghosts" ahead of a session on the subject at the Edinburgh International Science Festival next week.

Tantallon Castle was built in the 1350s by a nobleman and soon became the stronghold of the Douglas dynasty. For 300 years, the Douglas earls of Angus held sway at the castle as one of the most powerful families in Scotland, according to Historic Scotland, which looks after historic sites for the Scottish government.
The castle also was the scene of violence, enduring three great sieges: in 1491, 1528 and 1651. The last, by Oliver Cromwell's army, resulted in such destruction that the fortress was abandoned.
It remains the "last truly great castle" built in Scotland, with enormously thick and high stone walls enclosing large courtyards, and high stone towers.
That stonework could explain the mysterious figure in the photograph, having caused unusual shadows. It is also possible that a member of the public was standing there when the picture was taken, Wiseman said -- in which case, he hopes they will come forward.
"I think it's probably a person who's been caught in slightly odd dress," Wiseman told CNN. "We know the day it was taken ... so somebody might come forward to say, 'That was me.'"

Homeless

2009-03-29T10:29:00.001-05:00

It’s just so tragic and sad. All these poor homeless people with no one to depend on for the next meal but government handouts provided by taxpayers.

Here is Michelle Obama doing her part at a soup kitchen in Washington D.C. last Thursday. She brought with her food donated by the White House Staff. The first lady served up mushroom risotto and broccoli to a long line of destitute homeless men and women. She stopped here to pose for a picture from this poor unfortunate. This photo got national media attention.

Wonder why the media didn’t ask two bothersome journalistic questions. If this unidentified meal recipient is too poor to buy his own food, how does he afford a cell phone/camera? And if he truly is “homeless” where on earth do they send the cell phone bills?

Snow

2009-03-29T08:30:00.001-05:00

March 29th and we woke up to snow this morning... Will Spring ever get here ??

Lights out in 84 countries for Earth Hour 2009

2009-03-27T11:53:00.000-05:00

The lights are going down from the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the Eiffel Tower to Sears Tower, as more than 2,800 municipalities in 84 countries plan Saturday to mark the second worldwide Earth Hour.
McDonald's will even soften the yellow glow from some Golden Arches as part of the time zone-by-time zone plan to dim nonessential lights between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. to highlight global climate change.
"Earth Hour makes a powerful statement that the world is going to solve this problem," said Carter Roberts, chief executive of the World Wildlife Fund, which sponsors Earth Hour. "Everyone is realizing the enormous effect that climate change will have on them."
Seven times more municipalities have signed on since last year's Earth Hour, which drew participation from 400 cities after Sydney, Australia held a solo event in 2007. Interest has spiked ahead of planned negotiations on a new global warming treaty in Copenhagen, Denmark this December. The last global accord, the Kyoto Protocol, is set to expire in 2012.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged the convention to reach a fair and effective climate change agreement and promoted Earth Hour participation in a video posted this month on the event's YouTube channel.
"Earth Hour is a way for the citizens of the world to send a clear message," Ban said. "They want action on climate change."
Other videos have been posted by celebrities such as rocker Pete Wentz and actor Kevin Bacon and WWF has offered Earth Hour iPhone applications. Search engine Yahoo! says there's been a 344 percent increase in "Earth Hour" searches this February and March compared with last year.
New studies increasingly highlight the ongoing effects of climate change, said Richard Moss, a member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and WWF's climate change vice president.
"We have satellites and we have ships out at sea and we have monitoring stations set up on buoys in the ocean," Moss said. "We monitor all kinds of things people wouldn't even think about. The scientific research is showing in all kinds of ways that the climate crisis is worsening."
But not everyone agrees and at least one counter-protest is planned for Saturday.
Suburban Philadelphia ice cream shop owner Bob Gerenser, 56, believes global warming is based on faulty science and calls Earth Hour "nonsense."
The resident of New Hope, Pa., and owner of Gerenser's Exotic Ice Cream planned to illuminate his store with extra theatrical lighting.
"I'm going to get everyone I know in my neighborhood to turn on every light they possibly can to waste as much electricity as possible to underline the absurdity of this action ... by being absurd," he said.
Earth Hour 2009 has garnered support from global corporations, nonprofit groups, schools, scientists and celebrities — including Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
McDonald's Corp. plans to dim its arches at 500 locations around the Midwest. The Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Fairmont hotel chains and Coca-Cola Co. also plan to participate.
Nearly 200 U.S. cities, towns and villages have signed on, from New York City — which will darken the iconic Empire State Building and Broadway marquees — to Igiugig, population 53 on Iliamna Lake in southwestern Alaska.
Among the efforts in Chicago, 50,000 light bulbs at tourist hotspot Navy Pier will dim and 24 spotlights that shine on Sears Tower's twin spires will go dark.
"We're the most visible building in the city," said Angela Burnett, a Sears Tower property manager. "Turning off the lights for one hour on a Saturday night shows our commitment to sustainability."
The Commonwealth Edison utility said electricity demand fell by 5 percent in Chicago and northern Illinois during last year's Earth Hour, reducing about 840,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.
"It goes way beyond turning off the lights," said Roberts of the WWF. "The message we want people to take away is that it is within our power to solve this problem. People can take positive constructive actions."

Dispute between neighbors

2009-03-27T08:50:00.001-05:00

A town councillor in Wales, Mark Easton, had a beautiful view of the mountains, until a new neighbour purchased the land below his house and built a new home.

The new home was 18 inches higher than the planning dept had approved, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.
The new neighbour had to drop the roof height, at great expense.Recently, Mark Easton called the planning dept, and informed them that his new neighbour had installed some vents on the side of his new property.Mark didn't like the look of these vents and asked the planning dept to investigate.When they went to Mark's home to see what the vents looked like, this is what they found...
The Local Authority said the vents can stay since there is no planning law referring to shutter design.

Ice Cream Truck...Already ??

2009-03-26T14:01:00.003-05:00

Yes the Ice Cream Truck is making it's rounds already. Actually it has been making it's rounds for a few weeks now, just the first opportunity that I have had to get a pic of it...
Not only does the stores jump the gun on the holidays, the Ice Cream Truck jumps the gun on Summer months...
*Note*...The yard is full again of Gum Balls that are going to have to be raked up....AGAIN !!
Ah... the ups and downs of Springtime...LOL

Microsoft and GM

2009-03-20T08:01:00.001-05:00

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX),Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, 'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:

If GM had developed technology likeMicrosoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........Twice a day.

2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation' warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off

PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!!!

flying car....

2009-03-18T16:50:00.001-05:00

If this video won't play Here is the link to it...

Can't help myself......LOL

2009-03-17T17:32:00.002-05:00

I saw this and just cracked up laughing...I work in a Hospital here in Saint Louis and a paramedic was telling me just last week about the only time he almost dropped his end of the stretcher.. He strained his back but saved the patient from falling... Just my warped sense of humor....hahahahahaha

An Irish Blonde in a Casino...Happy St. Paddy's Day

2009-03-16T18:45:00.001-05:00

An attractive blonde from Cork , Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice. She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude'. With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!' As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed...'YES! YES! I WON, I WON!' She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed. The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, 'What did she roll?' The other answered, 'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'
MORAL OF THE STORY - Not all Irish are drunks, not all blondes are dumb, but all men...are men.

Lighting the fires of hope

2009-03-16T09:38:00.001-05:00

Lighting the fires of hope

If you get a chance please visit "Erasing the Board" by Suzen

She has a wonderful blog on Lighting the fires of Hope.

Mail Pouch Tobacco Barns

2009-03-15T11:40:00.005-05:00

The six original Mail Pouch barn painters all lined up for a picture in 1925. If you were to travel some of the U,S, routes throughout the Northeastern part of these United States, such as New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, or West Virginia, you will probably see some remains of a now forgotten art of outdoor advertising by way of the Mail Pouch Tobacco barn signs.
This all started back in 1925 in Syracuse, New York, when six men, 2 per truck, started their "barnstorming" painting: of Mail Pouch signs on barns. The trucks were Ford model T's with side curtains.
The original six man crew included: Bill Hart, Bill Bucks, Kenneth Walkerman, Carl Wunelle, and Maurice Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman, affectionately called "Zim" by family and friends, is the only living member of the original crew. He is the one who tells this story of barn advertising signs.
Zim was 18 when he graduated from high school near Washington Ct. House, Ohio, in 1924. His brother, Walter, was an executive with the YMCA, then living in Youngstown, Ohio. He urged him to come to Youngstown to find a job. He became interested in sign painting and went to night school at the YMCA and worked during the day as an apprentice in a sign studio.
In August of 1925, Maurice traveled to Syracuse where he met the contractor for the sign work which was hired by the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co. in Wheeling, W,Va., where they manufactured Mail Pouch chewing tobacco. The money paid to the contractor to do barn signs was from funds the Company allotted for Advertising. From Syracuse they traveled west on main highways, the U,S. and state highways. They looked for barns to paint their signs on.

Harley Warrick.....(The last Mail Pouch barn painter)

Log Barns

2009-03-14T14:07:00.002-05:00

These two barns may be among the only log barns left in Iowa. It is believed the large barn was built in 1868. Orville Nelson owned these primitive barns for years.

Saint Louis Archway

2009-03-13T12:42:00.003-05:00

Eero Saarinen United States Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, under construction, 1965 From the Collections of Arteaga Photos Ltd. (Image courtesy of the Walker Art Center)

Today

Quilt Barns

2009-03-12T09:30:00.008-05:00

Apparently this grass roots art movement began in 2001 and has spread to 16 states and 900 barns, adopted by rural communities as a way to honor the craft of quilt making and farming expressed through public art. Ohio, Iowa and Kentucky have over 250 in each state. Many barns are part of “quilt trails” that map dozens of barns per trail that sightseers can follow and enjoy.

The barns are painted in a variety of manners. Some communities hire local artists, and others are painted by clubs or high school art classes that seize the opportunity to volunteer to help create public art. Frequently a business with a truck with a hoist donates the crew and equipment needed to place the square, which is usually painted on two 4 x 8 sheets of outdoor plywood attached to a frame.
How to explain the rapid growth of the quilt-barn movement? The squares not only honor the wife of every farmer where they appear, they also recognize the rural heritage that has been a part of the fabric of America since Colonial times.

Round Barns

2009-03-12T09:09:00.003-05:00

Round barns in Indiana are a rarity in the 21st century. While Indiana, more specifically, Fulton County, is the round barn captial of the world, few round barns remain standing. These barns are a piece of the historical landscape of the Hoosier state. Round barns are indicative of an agragarian society at the turn of the century. The round barn is a long forgotten ingenuity of a farming society that searched for innovative ways to improve their farming techniques. Bob Hamibaugh stated, "The era of round barns was a time in our agricultural history that was brief, but important. It was the birth of modern farming," ("The Round Barns of Fulton County," By: Lisa Hurt Kozarovich). Frank Retter of Randolph County would agree. As the grandson of a round barn builder, he takes great pride in his family's contribution to this aspect of farming. The round barn that his grandfather built 100 years ago is still in the family and still in use today.

Winged luxury submarines 'fly' underwater

2009-03-11T11:47:00.004-05:00

Most people have had dreams of flying. Graham Hawkes had dreams of flying -- underwater.

Hawkes has been in the business of building underwater craft for more than a decade. In the early days, his company, Hawkes Ocean Technologies, built vehicles for researchers and moviemakers.
But in the past few years, the ultrarich have increasingly looked for cool playthings for their ocean adventures.
What better toy to have on the end of your 200-foot yacht than a submarine capable of diving to 1,500 feet below the sea's surface? Watch the flying sub in action »
Whoops. Did we say submarine? It's a submersible that can "fly" underwater.
The Deep Flight Super Falcon looks like a fighter jet, with its thin body, two seats, two sets of wings and two tail fins.

"We just had to tear up everything we knew about submersibles and start again on winged subs -- underwater flying machines," Hawkes said.
He said Deep Flight submersibles are designed to be more agile than any creature living in the ocean -- with the exception of dolphins. The company says that because of the wings, the Super Falcon can go barrel-rolling with dolphins while traveling at speeds much faster than other private submarines.

The craft can stay underwater for up to five hours and travel at speeds up to 6 knots, the company says on its Web site.
The first client for the Super Falcon was venture capitalist Tom Perkins, who wanted a toy to keep on his mega-yacht, the Maltese Falcon. The base price: $1.3 million. Another model, which has open cockpits and cannot dive as deep as the Super Falcon, sells for $350,000.

An eyefull of beauty...

2009-03-03T15:20:00.004-06:00

Sometimes the full beauty of the night sky is best experienced without any visual aid, as illustrated by this image of the Northern Lights and the constellation Orion seen from outside the city of Ester, Alaska. The Northern Lights form when charged particles from the sun flow through twisted bundles of magnetic fields that connect Earth's upper atmosphere to the sun.

Freaky....

2009-03-02T12:27:00.001-06:00

Try this FREAKY number trick! -- powered by flowgo.com

Huh???

2009-03-02T11:16:00.001-06:00

Traveling

2009-03-02T09:45:00.005-06:00

Stacey and Samantha

Just got back from a weekend trip to Arkansas. Tony and I got down there in time to get right in the middle of the Winter Storm that hit the South.

We had a slow drive coming back out of Arkansas in all that mess, but once we reached the Missouri line the roads improved.

Am glad to be back home where there is no snow...

Another funny from Auntie M... Abbott and Costello

2009-02-25T17:36:00.006-06:00

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and not too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this.

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, "Who's on First?" might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just> say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I> need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't > > start with some straight answers. What about20financial> bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOT T: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer. > > COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super > > Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on "START"............. ?

Who Is There ??

2009-02-25T00:38:00.003-06:00

Three older ladies were discussing the problems of getting older. One said, 'Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand, in front of the refrigerator, and can't remember whether I need to put it away, or start making a sandwich' .
The second lady chimed in, 'Yes, sometimes I find myself standing on the stairs and can't remember whether I was on my way up or on my way down.'
The third one responded, 'Well, I am glad I don't have that problem; knock on wood, 'as she rapped her knuckles on the table. She looked up and said, 'That must be the door, I'll get it!'

Attention...

2009-02-22T16:37:00.002-06:00

In today’s post I’m going to examine the causes, effects and magnitude of the shocking rise in the prevalence of adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD or ADHD).
You wouldn’t believe how sunny it is now. I’m going out for a jog. Or learn to skydive. Oops. It’s clouding over. Maybe I’ll just stay in and surf the Web.

23 Marriages....Guinness Book of Records

2009-02-20T10:57:00.001-06:00

Alexandria native-born Linda Lou Taylor has been married 23 times. With this, she received notoriety again for her12-year-old record for 23 marriages.
Linda Lou Taylor was born in 1940 and was raised in Alexandria, in central Indiana. Her first marriage was in 1957 while her last known marriage was in 1996. She remembers that her first husband, George Scott, is the nicest. She was just 16 at the time and Scott was 31. She married Jack Gourley for three times and was wed to Fred Chadwick for just 36 hours. At present, Taylor is Mrs. Linda Wolfe. She was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most married woman in history. She is the most married person still alive.
68-year-old Taylor has been married to Scott, Street, Smith, Moyer, Massie, McMillan, Berisford, Chandler, Essex, etc.. She holds a Guinness World Record as the most married woman in history. As reported by Gannett News Service, Taylor mentioned that two of her husbands turned out to be gay, that she ended up homelessness for two, one cheated on her, and another choked and padlocked her into the refrigerator.
“It’s easy to sum up,” Taylor said of her oft-married life. “When I was younger I was just a snot-nosed kid but the neighborhood boys were all in love with me. They all wanted to marry me.”
Despite the failure of her 23 marriages and being single for more than a dozen years, Taylor mentioned that she has not ruled out future marriage. “I would get married again,” she told Gannett, “because, you know, it gets lonely.”

Personal note:
I have only been married twice and that was more than enough for this gal.........Although some keep telling me ....3rd time is a charm...hmmmmmm....

Just one of those nights...

2009-02-19T23:55:00.004-06:00

Just one of those nights where sleep just isn't gonna happen when I lay down. First I laid there and remembered I forgot to take my medications. The one thing one doesn't want to forget to take is one's antidepressants. More than likely this is why I am not asleep as both of them have relaxants in them. When I got out of bed to take them, Baxter stretched out on all of my side of the bed, so I decided to come catch up on some of my blogs I read daily.

Browsing News Headlines, I came across one I won't soon forget...." Owner Shared Bed and Took Baths With Chimpanzee From Connecticut Attack". I am just not going to comment on that one !!

A few life lessons.....

2009-02-19T19:09:00.006-06:00

1- Even if it's only a Christmas card - never lose contact with old friends.
2-Things are seldom as bad as one imagines, give it time.
3-Take lots of pictures.
4-Keep a journal of memories.
5-Never pass up a hug.
6-There's no excuse for being unkind.
7-People who tell you a secret will tell your secrets.
8-Before your children leave home make them teach you the secrets to the tv remote, the answering machine, the computer, and your own cell phone.
9-Treat your children's spouses as your own children.
10-Do your very best at any job you're given to do - no matter how menial.
11-Laugh at yourself.
12-Your heart holds more love than you can ever give away.
13-It's ok if he doesn't change poopy diapers as long as he cleans up "dead critters.'
14-A smile goes along way.
15-There is no magic face cream.

Woman stands trial for selling pierced cats

2009-02-19T18:12:00.003-06:00

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania dog groomer has been ordered to stand trial on animal cruelty charges for selling "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings.
Holly Crawford's home outside Wilkes-Barre was raided Dec. 17 after the county Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals got a tip.
A prosecutor says Crawford inflicted pain on the cats, which were listed for sale for hundreds of dollars on the Internet. Crawford's attorney says state law says nothing about piercing cats or docking their tails.
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At a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Wilkes-Barre District Judge Paul Hadzick called it a gray area that needs to be decided by a trial judge or jury.
Charges against a second defendant, William Blansett, were dropped after Crawford admitted she pierced the cats.

Hmmm kinda perplexed here...Thinking next they will be saying clipping ears and bobbing tails on dogs is animal cruelty....Not quite sure about piercings????

Central Missouri town bans pit bulls

2009-02-19T15:40:00.003-06:00

FAYETTE, Mo. (AP) -- An animal control ordinance that bans getting new pit bulls and requires all dogs to be registered goes into effect this week in a central Missouri town.
The new restrictions in Fayette also limit each home to only three canines unless the owners have registered the animals before the Tuesday deadline.
The City Council unanimously approved the new rules. Other neighboring towns have similar restrictions on pit bulls.
Current pit bull owners will have to show proof of $100,000 of liability insurance, muzzle their pets when they are being walked and provide secure confinement for dogs kept outside.
Any pit bull puppies born in Fayette after Tuesday must be removed from the city after they are 8 weeks old.

Alot of towns are doing this now...

We have two pit bulls that get loose around here every now and then, but we just keep a close eye on them so we don't ever have any problems.

Three men are standing in line waiting to get into heaven.....

2009-02-18T18:51:00.001-06:00

Three men were standing in line to get into heaven one day. Apparently it had been a pretty busy day, though, so Peter had to tell the first one, "Heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and I've been asked to admit only people who have had particularly horrible deaths. So what's your story?"
So the first man replies: "Well, for a while I've suspected my wife has been cheating on me, so today I came home early to try to catch her red-handed. As I came into my 25th floor apartment, I could tell something was wrong, but all my searching around didn't reveal where this other guy could have been hiding. Finally, I went out to the balcony, and sure enough, there was this man hanging off the railing, 25 floors above ground! By now I was really mad, so I started beating on him and kicking him, but wouldn't you know it, he wouldn't fall off. So finally I went back into my apartment and got a hammer and starting hammering on his fingers. Of course, he couldn't stand that for long, so he let go and fell -- but even after 25 stories, he fell into the bushes, stunned but okay. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran into the kitchen, grabbed the fridge and threw it over the edge where it landed on him, killing him instantly. But all the stress and anger got to me, and I had a heart attack and died there on the balcony."
"That sounds like a pretty bad day to me," said Peter, and let the man in.
The second man comes up and Peter explains to him about heaven being full, and again asks for his story.
"It's been a very strange day. You see, I live on the 26th floor of my apartment building, and every morning I do my exercises out on my balcony. Well, this morning I must have slipped or something, because I fell over the edge. But I got lucky, and caught the railing of the balcony on the floor below me. I knew I couldn't hang on for very long, when suddenly this man burst out onto the balcony. I thought for sure I was saved, when he started beating on me and kicking me. I held on the best I could until he ran into the apartment and grabbed a hammer and started pounding on my hands. Finally I just let go, but again I got lucky and fell into the bushes below, stunned but all right. Just when I was thinking I was going to be okay, this refrigerator comes falling out of the sky and crushes me instantly, and now I'm here."
Once again, Peter had to concede that that sounded like a pretty horrible death.
The third man came to the front of the line, and again Peter explained that heaven was full and asked for his story.
"Picture this," says the third man, "I'm hiding naked inside a refrigerator..."

Baxter and Bread......

2009-02-17T15:52:00.004-06:00

Don't let this laid back attitude fool anyone...Last night I accidentally left a whole loaf of bread out on the dining room table...It was gone this morning. Nothing left but the plastic bag...How he gets a whole loaf of bread out of that bag without tearing or ripping it is beyond me....LOL We call him Houdini Baxter...LOL

Dog Training..

2009-02-13T12:53:00.001-06:00

Obviously you need to get it from the door mat to the DVD player for it to be effective...

Hundreds attend global warming protest....

2009-02-12T11:12:00.004-06:00

My Auntie M sent this too me and I wanted to share it with ya'll...LOL

Koala rescued in wildfire-scarred Australia

2009-02-11T07:50:00.001-06:00

Sydney---Firefighter David Tree shares his water with an injured Australian koala in a scorched forest near Mirboo North.

It was a heart-tugging scene borne by a chance encounter in the charred landscape of Australia's deadly wildfires: a koala sipping water from a bottle offered by a firefighter.
David Tree noticed the koala moving gingerly on scorched paws as his fire patrol passed. Clearly in pain, the animal stopped when it saw Tree.
"It was amazing, he turned around, sat on his bum and sort of looked at me with (a look) like, put me out of my misery," Tree told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I yelled out for a bottle of water. I unscrewed the bottle, tipped it up on his lips and he just took it naturally.
"He kept reaching for the bottle, almos t like a baby."
The team called animal-welfare officers to pick up the koala on Sunday, the day after deadly firestorms swept southern Victoria state.

The koala , which turned out to be a female, was in pain but recovering with antibiotics, Jenny Shaw of the Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter told Melbourne's The Herald Sun newspaper.
"She is lovely — very docile — and she has already got an admirer. A male koala keeps putting his arms around her," Shaw was quoted as saying. "It will be a long road to recovery, but she should be able to be released back into the wild in about five months."

Despite her gender, the now famous koala is nicknamed Sam.

Kissed by a Wild Alaskan Moose !!!!

2009-02-09T12:35:00.000-06:00

You folks who live in the “boonies” should be able to relate to this. The fellow in the picture is standing on his back deck which is about two feet off of the ground. He is about six one and 250 lbs; so she is a fair sized critter.

Lawn Mower Taser Arrest

2009-02-08T07:04:00.002-06:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qZtwJNjxk

And here is one with pepper spray....
http://www.biggeekdaddy.com/humorpag...nmowerDUI.html

World's Smallest Car....

2009-02-05T22:30:00.001-06:00

The world's smallest car, the Peel 50, nestled between vans in central London on Thursday. The vehicle, built in the 1960s, is going on display at Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum in the capital.

PETA...Superbowl...Whoopi...

2009-01-30T09:29:00.001-06:00

TMI Wireless

2009-01-29T14:24:00.006-06:00

I have spent the day browsing blogs here on blogger...

Today In Idabel Oklahoma is fast becoming my favorite...

Four women..one town..one blog..lots of sarcasm. Breaking News: Soon there may only be two women. But which two..stay tuned!

Was a day for staying indoors and keeping warm and dry...

Although Baxter thought different...I had to take the Trash Container out to the curb for today's Trash Pickup. Now it is quite a chore dragging that can through 9 inches of unshoveled snow and even harder with an 80 lb. Boxer jumping up on me and knocking me down in the snow... By the time I got back into the house I had been knocked down 4 times and was covered from head to foot with snow... He was still jumping around and wanting to play in the snow more...Geeeez !! Crazy Dog.....hahahahaha

Power Outages

2009-01-29T10:53:00.003-06:00

I woke up at 3 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep from worrying over my family in Arkansas. All of them without power.

My daughter and twins go home from the hospital today. Once she leaves the hospital I will loose contact with her as the phone service in Trumann is down.

Today is just a really stressful day for me...

Isn't That Interesting...

2009-01-27T12:15:00.003-06:00

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina delos Angeles de Porciuncula"
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this @ home!)
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tub and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Came across these as I was browing, guess to me the most interesting fact was about the $5 bill. Wouldn't ya know I don't have one to check it out :-)

I stand corrected on one of these...
The speaker in the House of Commons is the chairman. His/her role is to keep the debate flowing and to make sure that people get the chance to have a say in a debate and that the rules of debate and behaviour are adhered to. In other words no name calling etc. The speaker is supposed to be impartial, even though he/she is a member of one of the political parties, and so they do not get to give their own opinions on the debate. However the speaker does speak. They will call out the names of the MP's (or at least their constituency) when he (or she) is telling them that it is their turn to speak and the speaker will tell off MPs for bad behaviour. The speaker can have MP's ejected from the house if they persistently break the rules

Some Things Just Make No Sense To Me....

2009-01-23T10:52:00.006-06:00

Abortion opponents participate in the annual "March for Life" event on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The event was to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court abortion ruling.

I believe we all have the right to make our own decisions. And more than likely I will open up a can of worms on this one, but I believe those people participating in the "March for Life" could use their time more wisely Marching for the Children that are already here, starving and homeless in this Country. Our own Country is in all this mess because we (Our Government) doesn't take care of our own first. I could get up on my Soap Box big time over this but I won't, just saw this picture and the caption and it kinda riled me up a little.

The Transition Aircraft

2009-01-22T22:19:00.002-06:00

The Transition aircraft, shown in this illustration with its wings partially unfolded, can shift from road-worthiness to airworthiness. The vehicle carries a price tag of $194,000.

The aptly named Transition takes a stab at bridging the gap between automobiles and airplanes. Some people call it a flying car. The company designing and selling the vehicle prefers the term "roadable aircraft."
Either way, it boils down to this: You sit down behind the steering wheel, drive to the runway, unfold two wings and take off. You can fly 500 miles on a tank of gas — regular unleaded —and when you land, you simply fold up the wings and drive where you want to go. At the end of the day, you fly back, drive home and park inside your garage.

Amazing !!!!

2009-01-21T16:25:00.001-06:00

http://www.maniacworld.com/Record-New-Years-Eve-Jump.html

2009-01-19T08:33:00.007-06:00

We got a light dusting of snow last night and another dusting is expected tonight. I have discovered I am not graceful on ice or snow. I went out for the morning paper and decided to walk through the grass but my feet slipped out from under me and I decided to take the express route on my back side to the paper instead. LOL Never fails I always have an audience for any fall I take. Next time I will wait for the neighbors to already be gone for work before I attempt another paper run. Baxter (my Boxer) thought this meant play time and plowed into me while I was sitting on the ground.

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Big Cat Attitude's

Sunday Fun ????

2009-01-18T15:26:00.001-06:00

"The cure for boredom is Curiosity. There is no cure for Curiosity." Dorothy Parker

Well there might be a cure for curiosity...I was in the basement earlier trying to straighten up some more and the curiosity got the best of me about an Cabinet that I have not been into since I moved here. It is way back in a dark corner of the room with various boxes in front of it. I am hoping it is empty so I can store things in there. I work my way through the boxes and move them so I can peek into this cabinet and just as I open up the door, something makes a rattling sound and springs off of the top shelf and bounces off of me. You have never seen someone skedaddle over boxes and rush to the other side of the room like I did. Eyes bugging out and heavy breathing I stand still listening for a scurrying sound. Nothing. I strain looking over the boxes to see if I can see anything and all there is for me to see is a furry baby rattle laying on the floor. Color me Red at this point. I almost had heart failure from a baby's rattle.

Whew !!!!

Enough fun for one day...hahaha

Random Thought of a Saturday Morning

2009-01-17T11:29:00.006-06:00

Game Day !!!! Tony has out his Game Cube and is busy playing football. I have been busy this morning answering emails and browsing the internet.

I am such a worry wart when it comes to family and their problems. I woke up at 3 a.m. this morning thinking to myself "Why is my Mom having to wear a boot on her foot"? I never did go back to sleep. I did email her and found out the Doctor suspects she has a fractured bone in her foot. This is what I get for reading an email before bedtime and going to sleep worrying...hahahaha

We have a couple of Pit Bulldogs hanging out around the yard today. Baxter is keeping an eye on them from the front room window. This means if he goes out it has to be in the fenced in back yard. If they continue to stay this will mean we will have to call Animal Control. Not something we like to do but they will be better off.

Frigid weather startles South, blankets East
Subzero temps in multiple states; Alabama colder than Alaska for a day.
We are slowly warming up here in Saint Louis. The Sun keeps trying to peep out from behind the clouds.
We had plenty of snow flurries flying around last night but no accumulation. Just a light dusting.

Hard to believe that January is half way over with. Which is a good thing... Hopefully we will have an early Spring this year.

2009-01-16T08:14:00.006-06:00

NEW YORK - Everything about the fate of US Airways Flight 1549 seemed like a million-to-1 shot — a flock of birds crossing a jetliner's path and taking out both engines, a safe landing in the Hudson River.
It was a chain of improbability. Birds tangle with airplanes regularly but rarely bring down commercial aircraft. Jet engines sometimes fail — but both at once? Pilots train for a range of emergencies, but few, if any, have ever successfully ditched a jet in one of the nation's busiest waterways without any life-threatening injuries.
No wonder Gov. David Paterson called it "a miracle on the Hudson."

I know I for one was glued to the T.V. set during this..amazed and thankful that everything turned out O.K.

I watched part of the Presidents speech.
It was his final public appearance until he greets President-elect Barack Obama on Inauguration Day at the White House's North Portico.
Bush called the inauguration of Obama, the first black president, a "moment of hope and pride" for America.
"Standing on the steps of the Capitol will be a man whose story reflects the enduring promise of our land," he said.
Bush's presidency began with the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil and ends with tthe worst economic collapse in three generations.

2009-01-14T12:26:00.008-06:00

HaHaHa... Thought this picture was quite amusing.

I am off work the next 5 days although I will more than likely go in a few days and sit with patients.

The wind is howling out of the Northwest here and bringing the temperatures down with it. We have wind chill advisories posted for tonight and tomorrow.

I have been downstairs most of the morning straightening up and Baxter has sat at the top of the stairs the whole time whining at me. He absolutely refuses to come down those stairs. We have tried to coax him down several times and everytime he just lays at the top and whines.

The Electric Company is still digging up the yard and making a lot of noise in the process. They have dug huge holes in the yard. We worried about Baxter falling into them but they put up barriers around all of them. All the flags they put up marking where the water and gas lines are and they go and hit the water line twice so far. Guess that is better than them hitting the gas line. We have had a ice skating rink on our part of the road for the past week now.

2009-01-06T15:18:00.006-06:00

I never went back to work after coming home this morning. They had enough people come in to cover all the floors so I will try this once again tomorrow. Baxter and I have had a relaxing, quiet afternoon.

I have surfed the internet most of the day now. Wasn't anything else to do around here, I caught up on all of the housework over the weekend.

Baxter has been bored, as he keeps coming up to me wanting me to play...LOL He has a big green rubber bone that he loves playing fetch with.

2009-01-06T08:59:00.003-06:00

Icy roads this morning. I almost got in a deep Gully. Luckily my car stopped in the grass right off the road and I have front wheel drive on my car or I wouldn't have gotten back on the road without a tow. Once they had the other side of the road salted one by one all of us made it back onto the road and turned around. I came home and am waiting on the roads to de-ice a little bit before I venture out again...

2009-01-05T07:23:00.014-06:00

Blueberry Hill is a restaurant and bar located in the Delmar Loop neighborhood in University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Legendary performer Chuck Berry performs there for one hour on a single Wednesday each month, downstairs in the Duck Room.

I have the day off today, as I sat with a few patients yesterday evening. One of the patients was under Seizure precautions and wouldn't ya know it she had one of them on my shift. I might have looked calm on the outside but inside I was panicking big time. When all the excitement calmed down, one of the nurse went to check her vitals and I was mumbling but I guess a little too loud as all the nurses started laughing when I said " I think she is checking the wrong persons blood pressure !" I know mine was up.....hahahahahaha

I hope everyone has a Great Week.....

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2009-01-04T09:58:00.002-06:00

Anheuser Bush Stadium downtown Saint Louis.

2009-01-03T08:04:00.005-06:00

Beth was released from the Hospital last night and after she called me to let me know she was home, I finally got a good nights rest.

Just a lazy day here. Going to watch T.V. most of the day..LOL

I hope everyone is having a Good Weekend !!!

Sharon

2009-01-02T11:48:00.004-06:00

Not a good time for Beth starting the New Year off in the UAMS hospital... Although I have been researching this facility and she is definitely in the right hospital for high risk pregnancy. I have been on the phone with her several times over the past few days and I am very proud of how she is handling this stressful situation. She would much rather be at home but is dealing with this for the safety of the twins.

The hospital that I work for is having some layoffs. Seems everyone is effected one way or another by this economy.

I just got some of my hours cut back instead of having to be laid off.

I hope everyone has a Great Weekend.

Sharon

2008-12-30T16:04:00.003-06:00

Was a real nerve racking day today.. Beth was put in UAMS last night as they are having problems getting her high blood pressure under control. I called and talked to her when I got home from work today. She is going to stay another night in Little Rock and hopefully they will send her home tomorrow.

Was a very busy day at work. I am ready to relax for the night.

Hope everyone is having a Great Week.
Sharon

2008-12-29T14:52:00.002-06:00

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2008-12-27T16:54:00.003-06:00

Came home from work and Tony had the Christmas Tree all taken down and packed away. Am sure Baxter is thankful for this as now he doesn't have to put his big nose in it and get it pricked everytime..LOL

A warm day here in Saint Louis. We had a little bit of Severe Weather, mostly lots of rain and wind. I had to come down flooded streets to make it home. Most of the Severe stuff is in Illinois now.

Hope everyone is having a Great Weekend.

Sharon

2008-12-26T13:57:00.003-06:00

Well it is the day after Christmas and we are looking forward to the New Year again. Hard to believe that 2009 is now upon us.

The day here is warm, I went shopping earlier and didn't even have to wear a jacket out.

Talked to Beth this morning and her and the family spent most of Christmas Day at the hospital. She was dehydrated but doing much better now.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Sharon

2008-12-21T14:04:00.003-06:00

Quite Blustery today here in Saint Louis, the wind chill is -4 as I type. Definitely a day for staying indoors and keeping warm.

We were going to spend the day running around town again but decided not too.

We finished decorating the house last night and Baxter couldn't escape from wearing the hat for a few photos. hahahaha He tolerates me well..hahahahaha

Hope everyone had a Great Weekend. I am ready to go to the doctor tomorrow so I will be released to go back to work Tuesday...

2008-12-19T08:12:00.003-06:00

Woke up to temperatures in the mid 50's this morning, so the snow is melting fast. The winds are gusting up to 45 mph, quite breezy.

I already am bored with staying home with my injured back. Am looking forward to Tuesday when I can go back to work.

Yesterday morning we woke up to sirens from up the road. A hit and run accident. An elderly gentleman crossing the road to the gas station to get the morning paper was hit and killed. Bellefountaine Road is not the best of roads early in the morning. I always have to be very careful pulling out onto it.

I hope everyone has a Great Weekend!!!!

Season

2008-12-17T08:51:00.002-06:00

The Winter Season has definitely started early here. About every two days we get blasted with some form of winter precipitation. I have drove to work two days now on sleet, ice and snow. Tony has offered to take me but I have the attitude that it just isn't gonna whoop me !!!! I only had a few moments of sliding and I was able to control it. We are suppose to have freezing rain tomorrow morning.

I slipped and fell on the floor at work this past week and they sent me for x-rays. Turns out I strained and sprained my back muscles so all is OK. I go back to the doctor this next week.

I took a pic of the tree and Baxter was posing in his chair until a Squirrel running in the yard caught his eye and he decided to turn around and start whining wanting to go outside and chase it.

I hope everyone is have a Nice Holiday Season so far......

2008-12-11T15:33:00.001-06:00

This is Christian Hospital where I work. They gave us our Christmas Party today and it was a really nice dinner. We all got a pull along tote for our gift. They had the local school choir come in and carol also.

Yesterday morning I got into my car to go to work but it didn't want to go. Time for a new battery. We kinda figured we would have to do this just didn't know we would have to so soon. But considering I stay late at the hospital several nights a week, I have to have it dependable for me.

We got out the Christmas Tree last night and put it up. We will decorate it tomorrow night. Baxter was busy trying to sniff it but the needles kept poking him in his big nose. Now he walks by it and growls at it everytime. I don't think we have to worry about him messing with it. hahahaha

I hope everyone is having a great week !!!!

2008-12-08T08:50:00.001-06:00

We woke up this morning to a thin layer of ice covering everything. This is my day off otherwise Tony would have been taking me to work. Snow is fine for me to drive on but ice is another story completely. We are suppose to warm up to the 50's so it won't be around long although we are suppose to have snow tomorrow.

The photo is the view from the 10th floor of Christian Hospital, the Saint Louis skyline in the back ground.

Tony took Baxter outside this morning and when Baxter hit the ice on the front porch he slide right off the side. He is definitely not used to that. When he went running back up on the porch to come inside he slid into the front door.

2008-12-04T07:48:00.001-06:00

With the bad weather I was busy most of my break at work scraping snow off of the car and door as the wind chills were horrible and I knew I didn't want to do all of that at 11 at night when I would be going home. It took several tries to get my door open at 11 but the Security for BJC managed it. The roads were not too bad mostly the bridges and overpasses had black ice on them...Hate that crap...... Glad that I only live about 3 miles from work...LOL

I sat with a patient but most of our time was spent watching the traffic and all the accidents on the overpass of 367, which is right outside the Hospital.

Tony left for work earlier this morning to allow for those icy patches, me well I have the day off. I worked a double shift yesterday and will spend my day catching up on housework.

It is a good thing I have the day off as last night around 10 I decided to eat some chocolate covered peanuts and have a coke and when I got home I guess I was wacked out on that chocolate as I didn't get to sleep until 2 this morning. hahaha

I hope Everyone has a Great Weekend !!!!

Snow !!

2008-11-30T11:22:00.001-06:00

Woke up this morning to the first dusting of snow for the season. Baxter enjoyed playing out in it.

Happy Thanksgiving !!!

2008-11-25T14:00:00.002-06:00

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2008-11-25T10:43:00.001-06:00

Well the great smokeout started at work and as predicted this gal is not walking that long walk to the car for a smoke. I haven't quit smoking just not doing it during working hours.

Tony and I have decided that we will have our Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. I don't mind going to someones to eat dinner but I truely miss those leftovers in the fridge. hahaha And all who know me know I love leftover potatoe salad the best.....

We will be replacing our exsisting smoke detectors this evening as they ones that are here are quite outdated and unreliable. We have had several firetrucks in the neighborhood over the last few weeks although most of them are from people not having their furnaces checked out before they lit them for the season.

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving !!!!!

Thursday

2008-11-20T12:23:00.001-06:00

Messing around with my cell phone camera this morning. I have the day off, am not even sitting with any patients today. Tony will go hunting with his son this weekend at the farm, so I will do extra sitting then...

One more week and Thanksgiving will be here. A year ago I just wasn't quite sure I would ever make it to the point that I am today. With the help of family and friends I lead a productive life. I truely have a lot to be thankful for.

Saturday

2008-11-16T12:14:00.001-06:00

We dropped Baxter off at the Groomers Saturday and since we had a few hours before he would be ready Tony decided we should go downtown and run around. Tony has grown up here plus was a Limo driver for many a year so he knows his way around here. I just go along for the ride and enjoy the sites.

We went to Laclede's Landing yesterday. The streets are still cobblestone as you can see in the picture. Actually several parts of the city are still cobblestone. We went down to the heart of the city (1st streeet) and worked our way around enjoying seeing the City Workers putting up the Christmas decorations. We will go back down in a few weeks to see it all dressed up and ready for the Christmas Season.

We passed by the old Courthouse and the street was lined with protesters for Gay Rights marriages. Tony made a comment about wrong timing on that one, we were just thankful it was a peaceful gathering.

Saw several people at the street corners with signs begging for food or money. Sad to say but the thought crossed my mind are they really just out there panhandling to support their drug habits. Noticed a few people reaching out of their cars handing change to them.

I hope everyone has a Great Week !!!!

Cold Rains of November

2008-11-11T08:52:00.001-06:00

I worked a double shift yesterday instead of working my day off today. As you can see from the picture of the front yard, plenty of leaves have fallen again. Guess this coming weekend will be a very busy one for Tony and I. Although we have a chance of snow on Saturday.

Next Thursday is the big smoke out at work. People can go to their cars to smoke but no where else on the hospital property. I have to park quite a distance from the hospital so I am quite sure I will not be smoking during the day at work.

I hope everyone is having a Great Week !!!!

2008-11-04T15:19:00.001-06:00

My turn yesterday to get out and mow and rake up the leaves. I got three quarters of the yard done before dark and decided I would finish the rest when I got home today. Well scratch that bright idea, it was so windy today that it doesn't looked like I touched the yard yesterday. It is suppose to be even more windier tomorrow. Then rain on Thursday so it looks like we won't get back into the yard until this weekend. Am sure we will have monster piles of leaves by then. I personally think it is time to trim back several trees....hahahahaha

We found out this past week that Beth is having twin girls. I am sooooo excited.

I hope everyone is having a great week...

2008-10-30T11:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Halloween to All !!!

Fall

2008-10-23T09:30:00.000-05:00

Tony got out in the yard the day before yesterday and mowed up the first round of fall leaves. With 4 big trees in the yard we will have plenty of raking time this fall. Today is my day off this week and I am busy.

I have already got the Christmas music going. It is windy, chilly and rainy outside today.

November 20th, the hospital where I work is going smoke free. I haven't quite decided yet on if I will quit or not. We have to park quite a ways from the hospital and I just don't think I will be taking that long walk at break or lunch just to have a smoke. I am thinking I will just be smoke free at work.

Talladega 2008

2008-10-14T08:02:00.002-05:00

For Tony's Birthday we went to Talladega Superspeedway . We had a wonderful trip. We drove over 1200 miles and went through 7 states in a few days. It was quite an experience. We even got to stop and see my Grandma and Mom on the way back home. The Budweiser Suite was really nice but Tony and I agreed next time we would rather sit out in the Grand Stands. You can see more action out there..LOL

We got to meet Kasey Kahne who drives the Budweiser Car and get his autograph.

Jack Daniels...

2008-10-10T15:51:00.001-05:00

We took a side tour on our way to Alabama and went to Lynchburg Tennessee, to the Jack Daniels Distillery. It was quite interesting. We had to pass up the tour as it was an hour and a half long and we were on a pretty tight schedule. We hope to be able to go back again and maybe get the complete tour then.

2008-10-03T16:18:00.001-05:00

Well, tomorrow we start out for Alabama. I think Tony and I are both looking forward to this weekend away. Baxter is going to the kennel for the weekend. Tony's daughter is going to take him there tomorrow. I have to get busy and get everything ready. Hopefully we will be able to stop and visit with my Grandma and Mom on Monday for a few hours before we head back this way. I hope everyone has a Great Weekend !!