Last day of July 2006

                     

Hello everyone.  Hope you are doing ok.  I can't really complain.  My life is what it is.

Someone is starting a journal for the first time.  If you want to go visit and welcome her to the neighborhood here's a link:
Dreamweaving

So I went to the doctor today.  He is changing my meds.  That's the good news.  (well i guess it's good news) The new med isn't covered by my insurance.  I tell him I can't pay for it.  So he goes and gives me a months supply in samples.  Then what I asked?  He said maybe by then the insurance will have added that med to those they cover.  If they don't I ask.  Well we will have to change to something else.  What the?

Try a different med that we know the insurance won't pay for (at least not yet) in hopes that it will help me and be added to my insurance.  Huh?  So what if it works great and the insurance still won't cover it.  I will have to come off it.  So why even try?  Don't know.  I'm willing to try but I think it is a useless experiment.  Oh well.......

Finally got that card in the mail.  You know who you are.  I am so lazy at times.

                                           

Every summer the city has what they call "bulky item pickup".  It's where you can put all your trash (that you should haul to the dump but you don't for whatever reason) on the curb during certain weeks and they come pickit up for free.  You would not believe how much junk people must be storing in their houses!  LOL  You see a little of everything out at the curbs.

But the city doesn't have to pick up half of the stuff.  Nope.  You put stuff out at the curb and people start going through it and close of half will be gone before the city comes by.

My dad has a neighbor that loves this time of year.  He collects and sells anything metal.  He will pick up about anything -- washer/dryers, refridgerators, metal chair, bikes, anything with metal.  Some people pick up old furniture and redo it.

I have done that twice myself.  Picked up a rocking chair that had seen better days.  My dad fixed it up and gave it to his sister.  I also picked up a ratty looking bedside table.  Dad put a new back on it, we sanded and painted it and it looks brand new.

That's it for now.  Still trying to get caught up on my journal reading.  Sorry guys.

 

                     
                me dancing like no one is watching!  LOL

 

Vivian is coming out of hiding!!! WOO HOO

Through recent emails Vivian has decided to come out of hiding (LOL) and help with doing something for AOL's 3rd anniversary!!!!!  Can you see me doing the happy dance?

Go to her place  -----> Vivian's
Read all about it and pass the word!!!!!!!  The more it gets around the better!

Kathy

 

Tag: AOL Journals Anniversary

reposting because the alerts weren't working when i posted the 1st time

feel the love

Do you need to "feel the love"?  Then click here -----> Love

Wasn't planning on doing an entry but......

How stupid (yeah, stupid.  this is way beyond dumb) can a person - a wealthy person - be?  Go here ----> divorce  I just can't believe a BILLIONIARE could be that stupid.

Oh, while I am here, I have a journal for you to check out.  She is struggling with depression and was recently told she is bipolar.  I am just getting to know her but I know she would appreciate some comments from anyone going through the same thing. click here ----> Angel

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.  Stay cool!

Kathy

not as stupid when i try!!!

Retook the test.  Hey, I'm not as stupid as I was on Wednesday!  LOL 

 

Just checking

Alerts working now?  Or has everyone decided to quit posting and making comments?  LOL

feel the love

Do you need to "feel the love"?  Then click here -----> Love

Bet you don't remember

                     

This month (or maybe it's next, but I'm thinking this month) is an AOL J-land anniversary.  Three years!!!!!

Were you here when AOL gave us this:

                         

They gave us one for year two but I can't find it right now.  Bummer I know.

This year without the driving force of some "old" J-landers I guess the anniversary will be passing (or has past) without any WOO HOO. 

We lost our beloved Pamela early this year to cancer.  She was one of the very first AOL members to journal.  Vivian who made the 1st anniversary something to remember has left J-land and blogging altogether I think.  Gregg and SloMo have dropped off the face of the earth.  Others that where here in the begining have left -- oh I know some like me are still here.  I have just named those that were really into the anniversary happenings in the past.

No awards this year probably.  Gregg, Vivian and Patrick tended to that in the past and they have left.  Even if they were here don't know if they would want to take that undertaking again.  It was a lot of work with a lot of complaints.  You just can't please everyone you know.

When did you join J-land?  Were you here for the first anniversary blow out we had?  Here for year 2's little party?

I know I don't have the dates right, but I do know it was sometime in July/August that AOL Journals went live 3 years ago this year.  And believe me they have came a long way!!!!!!  If you are new here you would not believe what we had to work with in the beginning!

Take care.  reminisce on your time here in J-land.  The folks that have touched your life.  The ones that are still here and those that have left. 

     

 

Tag: AOL Journals Anniversary

Everyone: copy/paste/answer

Ok folks this is a "tag your it" thingy.  I won't put anyone on the spot but if you want to do it that's great.  Copy/paste the bold black words and add your own words to them.

I Am  living in the great state of Denial!  LOL

I Want to have a big, no huge dog someday (like a great dane)

I Have  a sewing machine that I rarely use.

I Wish  I had more friends here in town.

I Hate  having to make a decision.

I Fear  growing old alone. 

I Hear that life can be an amazing adventure

I Search for love and friendship. 

I Wonder about what Heaven will really be like. 

I Regret  not learning spanish.

I Love the smell of fresh cut grass.

I Ache for something to say right here!  LOL

I Always  pray before going to sleep.

I Usually  let my cats run all over me.

I Am Not a real perky type person

I Dance where no one can see me.

I Sing in my car.

I Never  pick my nose in public.  LOL

I Rarely  do housework. 

I Cry often for no apparent reason.

I Am Not Always  a depressing person to be around.

I Lose  my way at times but so far I have always found my way back.

I'm Confused most of the time.

I Need to feel loved, wanted and appreciated.

I Should lose weight.

trying to catch up

 

I am trying to get caught up with all of my "online life".  Journals, emails, groups stuff like that.  And I am not getting to far fast!  I had someone ring my door bell (looked through the peep hole and didn't recognize the man so I didn't open the door), cats want to be fed, online I read a journal and start following a link here and there and finding things to share here.  So I am taking a small break to share a few things I have found today that you may (or may not) want to check out. 

First Stuart wants everyone involved in an email compaign here  ---->>>Save The Children (this link is to his journal entry).

Great entry over at this journal  -----> The Un-dead

Took a stupid test.  Now is your turn to try it to see how stupid you really are.  Let me know how you do: 

Ok I am stupid.  But maybe not.  Maybe I threw the test.  Yeah, maybe I answered wrong on purpose!  You will never know!!  HA HA  ::evil laugh::

 

Going to try to catch up on more stuff.  Let me know your stupid score!!

 

It's just me

John's Monday photo shoot is about yawns.  The only yawn I have a picture of is this old one of Dallas.  Or maybe she is laughing?  She was a great kitty.  Cats always look wicked when yawning.  I always think of Stephen King when I see yawns like this!

I have started getting lots of mail at my parents house.  I've told mom just to trash whatever comes because it has to be junk mail.  I mean I haven't lived at that address since 1984 (?).  Mom saves the stuff for me to look at anyway.  Today there was an envelope that on the outside said something like important news about my mortage insurance.  I knew it was junk, mom said you haven't even opened it how do you know?  Easy mom, the people that have my mortage and my insurance KNOW where I live!  Sure enough it was some ad from that little reptile guy (Geico if you can't guess).

Yeah, I think we all have days when we feel like this.  Or am I wrong? 
I haven't been doing the greatest.  I know I'll be ok and everything.  But I'm not ok right now.  I go back to the doctor on Monday so we'll just see what he has to say.

The newest edition of CarnivAOL is up if you didn't know.  You can go here --->>> CarnivAOL to see who is sharing this month.

Watching the SciFi channel this morning, there was the old show "In Search Of" and they were talking about the church of Satan.  Some of it just made chills run up and down my spine.  There was the blues guitar player way back when that wasn't really all that great.  He disappered for a while and when he came back he played better than ever.  Almost like magic.  Rumor had it that he made a deal with the devil for his talent/fame.  Just did a little searching on the web.  His name was Robert Johnson, and the last song he wrote/recorded before he died had the line ""Hello, Satan," I believe it's time to go."  Ok, so the "myth" may or may not be true, but it gets you to thinking.  People play around with "satanism" and the "dark arts" and have no real clue as to what they may be walking into.

Guess that's it for now.  This sig tag is larger than I thought it was.  Sorry if it takes a while to load:

Just A Reminder

This place could use some cheering up Don't ya think?

Interview with a Vampire

I have been talking with "the vampire" for the past couple of days.  While this has been very informative to some, a little depressing for others, I feel that this will be the last of the interview.  If I feel a need to talk to the vampire in the future I will be sure to post the interview here.  But for now this is the last installment.  I need to move on.

Interview with a Vampire part 3 -- final chapter

We have talked about a lot of things.  I think people are getting a better understanding of you.

You think?

Sure.  Don't you?

I wonder.  I wonder if someone that doesn't have me in their life can understand me at all.  But it really doesn't matter now does it?

Sure it matters. The more people that understand the more compassionate they can be.  They can be more supportive.  More understanding.  Fewer people saying that people that are depressed are "weak minded".

Weak minded?  Someone has said that about me?

Yes.  Not to the person's face but close and loud enough for them to hear.  "I will never be depressed because I am not weak minded."

Hmm.....didn't realize I had that much power over people that aren't depressed.  This is great news.

Great news?

Yes.  The more people look down on or criticize or are afraid of depression/bipolar or any mental illness really the easier my job.

Easier?

Sure.  If everyone around the depressed person acts like total idoits the more depressed my lovelys become.  Great for me.

That is totally scarey.

Maybe for you.  The more people that don't understand mental illness or think they know it all (and trust me they don't) the harder they make it on those that are ill.  I love it.

Moving on.  What else would you like to share with us?

Mental illness is not catching.  It's not like a cold that can be passed from person to person.  A lot of mental illness seems to be inherited though.  And it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Nothing to be ashamed of?

You don't have to repeat that.  I want people to be ashamed.  But the truth is my victims have done nothing wrong, they haven't done anything to bring me to them. 

So depression (or other mental illnesses) doesn't have anything to do with being "weak minded" or that you are a bad person?

Right.  But please stop telling people this.  It is bad for business.

Anything else you want to share?

Trying to hurry me and shut me up are you?

I didn't say that.

But it's the truth.  Talking to me opens all kinds of wounds for some people.  But that's ok.  I like that actually, but I guess you don't.

Ok so I will share a little more with you. Depression is big business with the drug companies.  Most of what is on the market that helps to alleviate depression is very expensive.  And the psychiatrist make a pretty penny to.  So it is an expensive illness.

Also with meds that are out there are tons of side effects that also help my cause.

Your cause?

Yeah.  Depression.  The more depressed I can make my victims the more I like it.  And with meds that cause side effects like: sleeplessness, weight gain, sexual problems, nausea, headaches, possible liver or kidney damage......

Ok, I think we get the idea. Meds have all kinds of bad side effects.

And some meds do warn that they can increase risk for sucide.  Not everyone that is depressed thinks of sucide though.  But I can get them to think things like: would be so great if I went to sleep and never woke up, or maybe if that big rig would cross the yellow line and hit me head on ..........Things like this run thru a lot of my victims minds.  They won't act on it, but if death were to "jump in their lap" they would be grateful.

Speaking of meds they can mess your brain in other non beneficial ways.

Such as?

My lovelys have memory problems, they often will feel their brain is just mush.  Like I have this one victim that because of all the meds (or maybe it's just me and not the meds but who can tell?  LOL) can't remember the mulitplication tables, doesn't remember much of anything about growing up.  My lovely has associate degrees from the local community college but most of what was learned is gone.  Or at least my lovely believes it is.  My lovely doubts if he/she could do college or any higher learning now.

You are a depressing creature.

You betcha.  If I do my job right my victims can't work or at the very least have problems holding a job.  My victims will loose friends and hopefully their family will distance themselves.  Isn't that great?  I get my lovelys isolated and then the depression just keeps feeding on itself.

I can't see a good thing in any of what you have said.

That's because you are not a vampire.  I am.  I am here to suck as much of life out of a person as I possibly can.  The more disruptive I am to their lives the better.  The more money I make them spend the better.  I am possibly one of the best vampires on the face of the earth.  Great isn't it?

No it's not.  I am very happy for those that find meds that help them to get on with their lives.  I feel bad for those that the meds stop working after a while.  It hurts to think that loved ones don't understand, can't understand.  It just makes it harder on those that are sick.

You can kill vampires that suck blood by putting a stake thru their heart.  How can we kill a vampire like you?

You can't kill me.  You can make me easier to live with but you can't kill me.  You can make people more knowledgable but you can't kill me. 

I hope that someday doctors can change that.

I don't.

I know you don't.  I really hate you.

Is that.......

Shut up.  This interview is over.

Interview with a Vampire

Today we have part 2 with my interview with the Vampire.  This is a very draining interview for me and I hope to finish it very soon.

Interview with a Vampire  Part 2

Ok yesterday you were explaining how you basically just take over someone's life.

Yep.  That's me.  I just love to suck the life out of people. 

Will you share more with us today?

Sure.  What do you want to know?

I don't even know where to begin.  Why don't you just tell us more about the effects you have on people?

No problem. 
How about house work?  Those of my lovely victims that can't work are home all day so you would think they would have a spotless house right?

Sure I guess.  What else is there to do if you aren't working.

Well you are so very wrong.  Most of my victims -- not all of them now  -- houses are chaotic.  I am not saying they are living in filth, they clean enough so they don't have bugs or anything.  But the floors aren't swept or mopped.  The bathtub could use a bath!  LOL

My people rarely put things away.  Talk about clutter!  I don't see how these people live.  Things are just plopped down on any availble surface or empty floor space.

I don't understand.  Why don't they put things away?  Why not spend time cleaning? There isn't anything else for them to do.

Because I won't let them.  I make it so either they don't care, or they care but just can't make themselves do anything about it.  It gets to be a viscous cycle.  They know they need to pick up that book (or whatever) and put it away.  But I won't let them.  Then before they know it their entire house is just out of control.  And this is where the fun really begins.

Fun?

Yeah, once I get them to let their house go they will eventually look around and see what a mess they are living in and get even more depressed about it.  And someone will tell them to get up off their hiney and start cleaning and putting things away.  Only problem is I have them so uptight about it they can't see where or how to begin.  To them it is a lost cause.  More depression.  I simply love it.  They see no hope in their houseever being the way it once was.

That is so mean.

Hey, it's my job.  Someone has to make these people miserable.

See my victims really do care about their homes and lives.  But it is no match for me.  Thanks to me they will finally get to the point that they don't care, or care just enough for it to make them more depressed.

As for not having anything to do.  Well there are tons of things they could do.  Say reading.  But I won't let them concentrate for any length of time and they have to read the same page like 10 times and still don't know what they have read.

Same goes for watching TV.  My lovelys just can't seem to follow what is happening on the show they are watching.  I had one poor soul say once that it was too bad there wasn't a channel of just 30 second commercials for her to watch.  That was about the length of time she could actually follow.  Cool huh?

Well I don't see anything cool about it.

Guess you wouldn't.  Too bad.  I could make your life really miserable. 

I also love to suck any fun out doing hobbies.  This is so great.  Take something a person finds enjoyment in and then ZAP I take all the enjoyment out of it.  The hobby becomes more of a chore, or they just don't have the engery to get off their bigold hiney and do it anymore!  LOL

I really wish you didn't take such delight in people's pain.

Funny you said that.  I can cause physical pain too.

You can?

Sure I can make all kinds of problems for them physically.  First I love to mess with their sleep.  I doubt you will find anyone with depression/bipolar or any other mental illness that don't have problems sleeping.  The doctors give them all kinds of sleeping pills but they don't work, or at least not for long.

I can give them headaches, stomach aches, general aches and pains.  With the anixeity I give people they may start having uclers or acid reflux. 

I think mostly I just make them feel unwell.  Not something they can point to and say this hurts.  Understand?

Not really.  How can a mental illness cause physical pain?

Ok.  Mental illness IS a physical thing.  Something in your brain isn't working the way it should.  This is a known fact. 

What doctors and others are finding out is that the brain is a very mysterious thing.  They know how they think it is supposed to fuction but they still don't have the how and why of it all.  I hope they never figure it out.

So you take this part of your brain that can make you depressed.  So depressed that you want to die.  Why is it so hard to believe that it can't make your body feel sick?

I think I am getting a headache trying to understand all of this.  Can we talk more about this later?  I know I could use a break and my readers probably can to.

Sure thing.

Thanks.  We will finish up our talk soon.

Interview with a Vampire

Today I was very lucky to get someone to sit with me to talk about clinical depression.  Anything he shares with us in the interview are things he (and his "victims") believe to be true.

And now lets get started:

Interview with a Vampire  --- Part 1

Good evening, I am so glad that you agreed to this little interview.

So glad I can be here.

Can you share with my readers a little about yourself?

Sure.  Most people don't know that I really exsist.  But I do.  Those that know me know me by several names: bipolar, manic depression, or clinical depression.  I am the illness that befalls millions of people.

But you said you were a Vampire.

Oh, but I am.  I do my very best to suck the life out of the people I "chose" to make sick.  I am on them everyday 24-7-365.  It's a pretty steady gig.

So how do you go about "sucking the life" out of these people?

Well first let me tell you that I am different from the "blues" or just plain old depression.

How so?

Well the blues is something a lot of people get.  It's a lot like plain old depression.  That is what I will call situational depression.  It happens to people that have just experienced a loss of some sort usually.  Like someone dies, a pet dies, you lose your job, you are having money problems things like that.  When the situation passes or gets better the depression will lift.

And you aren't that kind of depression?  What kind are you?

I am clinical depression.  I am the depression that won't go away.  I am the one that messes up the chemical blance in your brain.  I am more of a physical depression, not a situational one.

Ok, I think I am beginning to understand what you are saying.  Can we now talk about how you effect people?  How you treat them?

HA HA.....I treat them really good.  First I make them depressed.  Then I start working my way into their brain, their life and some people say I go right for the soul as well.

You sound very proud of what you do.

I am.  No one does it better than me.  I can make people do all sorts of things that they normally wouldn't do, or for that matter would ever think of doing.

I don't understand.

Of course you don't.  If you and others understand there would be no need for this interview would there?

Let me try to explain in terms that you and your readers might understand.  Depression can strike anyone.  Any age, social status, wealth, race anyone will suit my purposes just fine.

First off I get people so they can't work.  They can't get out bed, cry for no reason, can't concentrate, can't do much of anything but lay in bed and cry.

Sometimes I will get them to isulate themselves more and more.  They will lose some -- if not all -- friends, family members will go by the way side also.

Why is this?  Why do people leave?

Depressed people are well depressing.  Who wants to hang around a cry baby?  Someone that "can't" meet you for lunch?  And most "normal" people don't understand true clinical depression.  They think it is something that doesn't really exsist.  It's just the blues and that you should just "shake it off",  or "get over it".

And depressed people can't just get over it?

Right.  And that makes my work easier.  I keep people in bed and crying as long as I can.  They will usually go to a doctor and get medicine and it will work great for some of them.

But not everyone?

Right. Some will never be able to get back to anything close to "normal".  The meds don't work for them, or will work for awhile and then stop working and something new will have to be tried.

I love it.  These people I can slowly -- but surely -- suck the life out of.  I get people to wear the same clothes for days, up to a month or longer if I do my job really well.  And they will stop bathing.  Why? Too much effort.  And they just don't feel like it.

And eating!  This is great.  Most of the meds will make them gain weight.  And some will cause cravings for fatting foods.  My people will also find cooking a meal hard if not impossible.  So they will eat junk food, order pizza, or go thru fast food drive thrus.

Wouldn't it be easier to cook that go out for fast food?

Heck no.  Cooking requires more effort than I will let my people have.  They would have to go grocery shopping, and then think about what they want to eat, get up off that really comfy couch and go fix the food.  Easier to get in car and go thru a drive thru.  And this helps me to help them to keep packing on the weight which in turn makes them feel worse.  Makes me feel great though.

This is a lot to take in.  I'm not sure if my readers can "get" depression just yet.

Give them time to digest what I have said.  Then come back and I'll give you another interview.  Maybe by then your readers will start to believe more of what I have to say.

Well thank you so much for sitting down with me for this interview.  I know that we have barely scratched the surface of what you do with your "victims" (as you call them.)

So that's part 1 of this interview.  More to come.  Hopefully the "vampire" will share more of his world with us soon.

Kathy

It's That Time Again

It's time to share some links!  WOO HOO  I know you guys love it!!!  And don't forget that there are tons of links over here ---->>What to do online  The links I post here in this journal eventually make there way over to that journal.  So lets get started shall we?

                                 

dying words of famous people - famous last words

 

Trip Gas Price

 

Harrison Lake Sand Castles

Beauty of Summer

Carefree Summers

Click here: Mind in the Eyes    --  can you "read" someone's emotions just by their eyes?

Touch Someone

Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Yardsales Garage Sales tips Yardsale Rummage - free tips

 

Welcome to OnlineOrganizing.com! -- OnlineOrganizing.com

 

Yard Sales (Garage Sales) Portal: yard sale and garage sale classified ads, nationwide searching, and expert's advice.

 

---=== Baby Queen === leukelinks.be ===---        click on - need your sound on!!

 

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx 

 

* PETS - Animals - Dogs - Cats - Cute & Ugly!   --  great site, has other things there as well as animals

 

High Tech Prayer

Dark Sun Sizzling

Ice Cream Recipes

 

Greetings From The Heart

Cereal Box Archive

 

Click here: I Can Only Imagine   christian video

 

                           

SCAREY

First let me say I am a Christian.  And I know you are not supposed to judge other people.  Having said that, I just ran across something I hadn't heard before.  About this famous guy that is a Christian.  I would have never thought it was true but have found a couple of sources. 

When I tell you who you may understand my shock.  It just goes to prove that you can't judge a book by the cover!

So who am I talking about?  Are ya sitting down?  Really?  Ok, here goes:  Ted Nugent!  Yeah, the rock n roll guy, the guy that loves to hunt (that is a totally different subject and I don't feel it is related to the topic at hand) you've seen his reality show on tv.

I was browsing Snopes.com and came across this:

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Ted Nugent Quote

Thought my eyes were deceiving me so I went to his offical site:

Welcome to Ted Nugent.com!

 Which doesn't mention it (or so I didn't see it), but I did learned he was once voted father of the year! 

Another story about him here:

Ted Nugent: 53 years clean and sober - Salon

Does mention that he is a Christian.  Why am I so shocked?  Have I really judged the book by the cover?  I sure have.  After seeing him on the tv these past few years I thought.......well, heck it really doesn't matter what I thought.  (other than I think the guy might be crazy--but I guess we all are to an extent LOL).

So what did we learn today?  Can't judge a book by the cover.  Can't judge what is in a man's heart.  Not all Christians look or act the same.  Don't judge all Christians by the actions of another Christian.

Ted Nugent still creeps me out though.  Sorry folks but if you have ever seen his reality show............and don't forget to read his hunting stories on his site.  ewww......

Just another hot July friday

    If you haven't been to John's today you need to go check 
    this entry out.  It is soooooo funny.
        Meow, Baby 
     Then you can go here to learn how to put one in your journal>
     Embedding YouTube Video In Your AOL Journal

     Now for just some rambling:

     Hate this season's Big Brother!  All Stars my foot!!  They have half
     of season 6 on there!  What the heck were they thinking?

     Listening to AOL radio that plays songs from the 1970's.  Great
     stuff.  I like watching VH1's series about the 1970's.  That was
     a great time for me.  The music was great.  I was growing up, it
     was just great.

     I really wish this background was seamless.  It would look so much
     better.

     The weather here in my little corner of NC is HOT.  No other
     word for it.  We should be having some storms tonight and tomorrow.
     That should cool things down some.

     There is a new show on USA called Psych it comes on Fridays right
     after Monk.  I love Monk and so far I love this new show Psych.
     Oh, and on Wednesday's TNT are doing a series of shows based on
     the Stephen King book "Nightmares and Dreamscapes"  I taped
     this weeks and can't wait to watch it.  I love Stephen King!  Well,
     I love his writting.  I am beginning to wonder just what type of
     person he is in "real life".  I like his wife's books also.

     Who is your favorite author?  Or authors?  I have a few that I
     like but want to hear who you like first.  And what types of books
     you read.

     I have an ivy plant on my front porch that isn't very lively.
     It was huge and beautiful when I got it.  But it sure has
     been really wimpy the past couple of years.  I can't bring
     it in because my cats will try to eat it, and besides ivy is
     an outdoors type of plant right?

      My favorite flower is the daisy and if you mix it with
      some ivy then you have the perfect look for a bouquet of
     flowers!

     I have photos and postcards of daisies on the wall beside
     of where my computer is.  I also have a print of one of
     Ursula Vernon's work.  Love her animals!  This is the print
     I have >> Metal and Magic  and I have a small print of this one>>
     Metal and Magic.  So very cute!!!

     Well enough rambling.  Got stuff to get done.  Hope you all have a
     great weekend. 

                                      


      
 

Joke for today

A guy shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him
around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore she kept staring at him.
She finally overtook him at the checkout, and she turned to him and said, "I
hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease; it's just that you look so much
like my late son.

 

" He answered, "That's okay."
 

"I know it's silly, but if you'd call out "Good bye, Mom" as I leave the
store, it would make me feel so happy." She then went through the
checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, the man called out,
"Goodbye, Mother."

The little old lady waved and smiled back at him. Pleased that he had
brought a little sunshine into someone's day, He went to pay for his groceries.

"That comes to $121.85," said the clerk.

 

"How come so much ... I only bought 5 items.."

The clerk replied, "Yeah, but your Mother said you'd pay for her things,
too."

Do not trust all little Old Ladies.

What am I? Bratwurst?

                                      

Anyone having AOL problems?  I had to cut off my computer and restart to get any web sites open today.  Yesterday was a nightmare I couldn't open half my mail.  Errrrrrrrr

                                        

I heard something about AOL on the news but I missed most of it.  I did do a search and come up with this: 
AOL Said to Be Planning Free Ad-Based Web Access - New York Times
I read and re-read it.  Still don't know what I read!  AOL is going to be free? No, the article said they just wouldn't be advertising it? No that can't be right.  If you have any idea what the article is saying let me know.  I feel like an idoit but I just don't get it.

This graphic has nothing to do with anything.  It just looks like something cool to drink and it is hot here in my little corner of the world.

Took Sophie to the vet today to get her nails trimmed.  She did NOT want to go.  I have no idea what her problem was.  After Dr B trimmed her nails and shaved her "poop chute" she was fine.  She laid in the floor and let him pet and rub her.  Dr B does have a way with animals, but she was a totally different cat after everything was taken care of.  Oh, but she was not happy in the car on the way home.  I was never so glad to get a cat home in my life!!!

Don't have much of anything to say.  I have such a boring life.  Heck I don't really have a life but who cares?

Dad did call the police about the dumping of trash onto his property.  The police went to the house that dad thought it was coming from.  It's a rent house and it wasn't the people living there but their landlord that had dumped the stuff.  The police called them and they said they would take care of it immediately.  They could be fined if they don't because it is considered and illegal dump site and the city is really cracking down on those.

While the cop was at my parents house, one of their neighbors came walking down the street drinking a beer.  The policeman jumped all over him for it.  LOL I would much rather he be walking on the sidewalk drinking than driving (this man who is single has 3 vans and they all have been wrecked)

Guess that's it.  Take care.  Stay safe.

 

AKKKKK!!!!! Anyone else having problems?

AOL is driving me crazy today!!!! 

First it wouldn't let me open about half my mail, now I can't get journals open to read.  I had to use an outside browser to be able to open my own journal!!! 

Is it just me?  What the heck is going on?

Kathy

Have you ever wished you could do this?

 

 

                                            

 

 

 

a quote I found and liked

 

finish each day and be done with it....

you have done what you could;

some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;

forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day;

you shall begin it well and serenely.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Saturday

                                             


        I hope everyone has had a great Saturday so far.  Mine
       just got off on the wrong foot and stayed that way.  LOL
      
       It's Saturday so I was going to sleep late.  Great plan.
       Oh, but you know about the "best laid plans"!  I knew my
       neighbors were going to have a new roof put on.  But I 
       didn't think it would be on a Saturday morning!  Sounded
       like a million hammers were going at one time.  I looked out
       and saw at least a dozen men working on the house next
        door!  So much for sleep.

        That just put me in this really great (sticking finger in
         mouth) mood that I just couldn't shake.  I go to my 
        parents house only to hear dad raising cane because
        someone had used the back of their property as a dump.
        He thinks he knows who has done it, so he was going to
         call the man that owns the house (it's a rent house).  I
        told him that he isn't gonna care as long as the stuff
        isn't on his property.  We thought about calling the police
        but since no one actually saw the stuff being dumped
        what good would that do?

         So the rest of today has just dragged along.  I decided
          on some nice quite computer time.  The neighbors on the
         other side of me have decided to play around with their
         motorcycle and cars.  They aren't going anywhere, just
         gunning the engines.  With the price of gas, heck even
         if gas wasn't high, I don't see the point in doing that.
         It must be a younger man's thing.

         I told you my mom's cat died, well the other cat in their
         house -- Sara -- has not acted the same since.  She hid
         for the first couple of days.  Had to take her food to
         her.  She is acting better now but not normal.  It is really
         weird.  Maybe she is scared that something is going to
         happen to her.  I mean, in her life that house has had 2
         other cats and a rabbit (all have died).  
 
         It would be so cool to know what animals think.  And how
         they think.  I mean they don't actually talk so they can't
         think in words so just how do they tick?  Hmmmm  My
         cats look like such angels when they are sleeping.  Wonder
         what they dream of?

          Take care.  Have a great safe weekend.


                     

Natural Highs -- something I got in the mail

1. Falling in love.

 

2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.

 

3. A hot shower.

 

4. No lines at the supermarket.

 

5. A special glance.

 

6. Getting mail.

 

7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.

 

8. Hearing your favorite song on the radio.

 

9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.

 

10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.

 

11. Chocolate milkshake (vanilla or strawberry).

 

12. A bubble bath.

 

13. Giggling.

 

14. A good conversation.

 

15. The beach

 

16. Finding a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter.

 

17. Laughing at yourself.

 

18. Looking into their eyes and knowing they Love you

 

19. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.

 

20. Running through sprinklers.

 

21. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.

 

22. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.

 

23. Laughing at an inside joke.

 

24. Friends.

 

25. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.

 

26. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.

 

27. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).

 

28. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.

 

29. Playing with a new puppy.

 

30. Having someone play with your hair.

 

31. Sweet dreams.

 

32. Hot chocolate.

 

33. Trips with friends.

 

34. Swinging on swings.

 

35. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.

 

36. Making chocolate chip cookies.

 

37. Having your friends send you homemade cookies.

 

38 Holding hands with someone you care about.

 

39. Running into an old friend and realizing

 

that some things (good or bad) never change.

 

40. Watching the ___expression on someone's face

 

as they open a much desired present from you.

 

41. Watching the sunrise.

 

42. Getting out of bed every morning and

 

being grateful for another beautiful day.

 

43. Knowing that somebody misses you.

 

44. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.

 

45. Knowing you've done the right thing,

 

no matter what other people think.

A frog, a sofa, and help wanted.

I love nature.  I love all kinds of animals.  So naturally I fell in love with this photo:

                   

How cool for the frog to let the mouse to have a ride!  To read more about the picture just click on the picture.  It is on the National Geographic site.  You will find other great pictures at their site and can even download wallpapers if you want of the pictures.

This was me waiting for my couch to be delivered today.  Or should I call it a sofa?  Sofa sounds more expensive than couch doesn't it?  Oh, well it really doesn't matter what you call it.  The delivery guys weren't thrilled when I asked them to move my old sofa out of the house.  But a HUGE problem came when they tried to get the new sofa into my house.

Just as you enter my front door there is the corner of a wall.  Plenty enough room for going in and out, and all my furniture came through that doorway when I moved here.  Even the old sofa came through the front door.  The new one wouldn't.  It is about the same length as the old one but it is.....what's a good word? chunkier?  Anyways there was no way it was coming through the front door and around that corner.

So one of the delivery guys starts looking at one of my front windows.  I kid you not!  I have those replacement type windows that you can take completely out (of course I didn't know it until today).  I am not lying folks!  My brand new sofa came into my house via the living room window!!!  This sofa had better last an extremely long time!  The only way for it to leave is the way it came in, through a window!

              

Tammy over at "As I Am" is looking for help for a new idea she has.  I would not to justice in trying to explain.  Here is an excerpt from her entry:

I would like a list of people who wouldn't mind offering a bit of their time helping others. All that is required is that you be available whenever possible to receive emails from people who are going through the same thing, or have a loved one who is. I will put my name first to get it started. Just be there to answer their questions and give whatever support you can. I know it's a good thing and I know it helps because once, I found a friend who was going through the same things. I finally felt like I wasn't alone. That person understood my pain. I get a lot of emails every day from people asking me questions about my condition. It works!

Please go and read her entire entry to see if you are able to help her out.  And even if you can't help leave a comment to say you were there.  I know she would love it.

Whew, this has been a long entry.  Sorry.  Take care.

               

I'm better now. Just had to vent.

                           

I love the above graphic.  Siamese cats look like their eyes are crossed.  At least the ones I have had in the past have looked that way.

I am in a much better mood now.  After I hit enter on my last entry I did come back and delete part of it.  You didn't miss much.  It was just me venting on some things said in a discussion group and something in some journals that I surfed through today.  No, not your journal, I have never been to these before and I know they haven't been by here.

Today I just let every thing anyone said hit me the wrong way.  Except for the group I told you about.  She was down right hateful to me.  But I'm letting it go now.  Yep.  I put it in a bubble and blew it away (saw that on the tv show Dharma & Greg and I liked it so I just stole it! LOL)

Anywho, I have got to get the living room cleaned up.  Tomorrow I am having a new couch delivered! I am sooooooooo happy about that.  It's a birthday gift from my parents.  Yeah the birthday was last month but we didn't go shopping until earlier this week.  Can't wait.

So I am in a good mood now and I hope you are all also.  Didn't know my rant would get so many comments!  Maybe I should rant more often. LOL  Nah, I don't think so.

Take care.  Be good to yourself.  Give someone a hug.

     

 

I am sooooo mad. I'll get over it though. Soon.

                          Ok I am starting off by telling you that I am in a
                      mood.  It has nothing to do with any of you.  So
                      don't take anything I am about to say to heart.
                      I need to vent that's all.

                     Today just hasn't been my day.  Then I try to log
                      on and have all sorts of problems.  Finally get
                      logged on.  In my email I find a note from the
                      owner of a group I am in.  She has decided to
                      change the rules of her group.  Her group she can
                       do that.  But I decide to leave the group.  So
                       I email her and say to unsub me.

                       I get a nasty email back where she goes all off
                       on me.  She then used the quote I have at the 
                       bottom of my emails against me!  The nerve of
                       her!!!  I wasn't being cruel to her.  She changed
                       the rules and I don't want to abide by them so I
                        left the group!