Blogs from the Mind of Marie

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63771732012-01-22T08:39:39.109-06:00Blogs from the Mind of MarieNever make someone a priority in your life if you are only an option in their life.Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.comBlogger1031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-63171548353509559102010-07-05T13:55:00.002-05:002010-07-05T14:04:02.806-05:00The things I didn't say

I had a new beginning right before the Thanksgiving holidays this past year. It was not my choice. Looking back I know it was for the best and we are both better because of it. It hurt...I learned. Among those lessons --- I'm stronger than I could have ever imagined. I had not realized that I'd spent so much time trying to do what I thought was expected of me that I neglected to take time to

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-19296819263753725332009-12-16T16:02:00.004-06:002009-12-16T16:10:28.449-06:00More thoughts

If I could pick out a song that would be fitting for the past two months of my life it would be a tough choice between Martina McBride's Anyway and Kenny Roger's I Don't Need You Baby. Martina's song is probably more fitting. "God is great. But sometimes life ain't good and when I pray. It doesn't always turn out like I think it should. But I do it anyway. " Something good will come out of

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-22285779037840015232009-11-13T09:34:00.003-06:002009-11-13T09:43:55.222-06:00Life goes on

Have been doing a lot of cleaning and chasing dust bunnies in the past week. Making lemonade from life's lemons. It's the best thing to do. I can hardly wait 'til our TN visit. I did a bit of my Christmas shopping for Brittany.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-41492688229099071372009-10-15T15:30:00.002-05:002009-10-15T15:36:24.036-05:00Holiday Plans

I'm getting ready to take a trip to TN to visit family and friends. Eva is going with us to TN. That should be a real adventure. It will be good to have some time away. Brittany is growing so fast. I noticed yesterday that I need to go through her closet again and get rid of clothes she's outgrown. Won't be long til Thanksgiving and Christmas. I really need to start in on my Christmas

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-72549496759120543892009-09-29T14:02:00.002-05:002009-09-29T16:22:10.247-05:00Catching up

I did not realize until today that it had been so long since I'd posted to my general blog. I've been making an effort to post to my genealogy blog more but this blog and my gardening blog have kind of been neglected. Lot's of things have happened since July. I'm making great progress despite what at times seems like horrible odds. I'm going to make the most of the "lemons" I've been given.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-83491663745297243112009-07-01T14:37:00.004-05:002009-07-01T14:51:37.421-05:00My Vacuum REALLY sucks

My old vacuum didn't suck....in fact it didn't pick up much of anything. I bought a Eureka Pet Pal Bagless Vacuum today for around $80 at Walmart and am so pleased. We have a small inside dog so I thought it might help to invest in a new vacuum since the older vacuum was better suited as a doorstop. While vacuuming our 2 Bedroom Apt. I emptied the canister(which is fairly large) twice. This

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-46032618698652272682009-06-29T06:23:00.004-05:002009-06-29T06:43:14.275-05:00Summertime

My sis, Becca and my niece & nephew visited me this past week. We had a great time. Was so great to see them. The kids enjoyed going to Heritage Park and playing and swimming in the pool at the hotel. It's very hard to find swimwear at a store when temps are this high. Kmart had a wonderful selection so I bought Brittany two :-) Last week was also some kind of Bizzaro Death week. MJ,

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-41827900815734025702009-06-15T19:31:00.000-05:002009-06-15T19:32:27.446-05:00

Don't spend major time with minor people. People in your life that continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, have different values along with a lack of respect for your values... are not friends.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-28271957938019794822009-06-10T07:59:00.005-05:002009-06-10T08:06:03.054-05:00Eva has arrived :-)

We brought Eva home yesterday. She's still settling in but seems to love it here. She is still a bit nervous and I think might miss the other dogs some though she is loving the attention she gets from being the only one here. Will post more pics later.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-56395491299705570062009-06-06T20:41:00.003-05:002009-06-06T20:56:52.199-05:00Change of Plans

The puppy has found another home as we decided that with it being a mix it had a good chance of stirring up our allergies. We are hoping to adopt this sweet white chihuahua named Eva from the FairyDogMother Rescue. She was surrendered by her owners(an older couple) when they could no longer care for her. We payed a visit to the facility today to meet Eva. She is so very adorable. I'll post

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-49590645084800890442009-05-27T09:51:00.002-05:002009-05-27T10:03:01.642-05:00A puppy

One of our neighbor's has a chihuahua that had puppies and he'd asked if we wanted one of them. I picked one out last weekend and so around the first week in July I should be hard at work training it. It's white with a brown patch around its eye and right now is abt the size of a large hamster. Brittany is excited about it and I've told both her and Jim that I would need their help esp. during

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-42880762787654433422009-05-10T19:50:00.001-05:002009-05-10T19:52:05.808-05:00What a Wonderful Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. Went to see the new Star Trek Movie with my hubby, Jim. It was awesome. Brittany gave me a dozen roses too...she's the best.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-57580417904626069442009-01-12T20:44:00.002-06:002009-01-12T20:47:12.641-06:00Finding Time

It has been so hard to get everything done that I wanted to accomplish each day. School has started back and my first on campus classes are on Thursday. I've already started the online portions of the classes and have 3 projects dues a week from tomorrow so looks like I won't have much free time until I can get ahead in my work on a few of them.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-50892083307826799232008-12-08T05:36:00.002-06:002008-12-08T05:51:54.820-06:00The Holidays

Well we are half way through the holidays. We have had our tree up since the week before Thanksgiving at Brittany's insistence. I have to admit, I've really enjoyed the tree this yr. I have gotten "inspired" looking at it and made about half a dozen ornaments for it in between studying for finals and finishing up projects. We had a great Thanksgiving even though I didn't get to go home and

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-57326890700743345622008-10-07T14:12:00.002-05:002008-10-07T14:14:19.669-05:00Tribond

Got out the board games Friday night and Brittany and I had a great time playing Tribond. I'd not played it in forever and she'd never played it before. She seemed to like the game too especially since she won.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-32498930803377483832008-09-05T15:20:00.002-05:002008-09-05T15:25:23.113-05:00Back to class

Well it's after Labor Day and Brittany and I both are back in classes. She's been back more than me. I was out all this past week because the Evacuees that were running from Gustav were housed at Wallace. My Wednesday and Thur. classes were all canceled. I'll be glad to get back to those this next Wednesday. We've got projects due in them though I'm almost certain the due dates will be

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-72112216349697466642008-07-14T14:23:00.003-05:002008-07-14T14:41:45.138-05:00School starts in a month(for me) & 3 weeks(for Brit)

Classes will be starting back up for me in a month. Early online registration is a week from today. I'll only be taking 3 classes this semester(my normal load is 4 or 5) so will feel light although it is still full time status. Brittany and I are going shopping for her some clothes and her school supplies tomorrow.(wish us luck on that). It's hard to believe that she will be in the 5th

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-70675177885607192942008-06-03T19:21:00.002-05:002008-06-03T19:26:30.759-05:00

Brittany got two awards at the Awards presentation held on the last day of school(see pic above). I'm so proud of her. It's hard to believe she will be in 5th grade this fall.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-49394101500363715862008-05-03T07:46:00.003-05:002008-05-03T07:53:01.413-05:00Forty and Finals aren't fatal

Just finished up Finals this week for the Spring Semester. Semester grades should be posted by the end of next week. I did well on all the finals and didn't stress myself out surprisingly. I'm taking the summer off and will go back in the Fall semester. I turned 40 almost two weeks ago. I had thought that would be a rough birthday but I took it pretty well. It's not fatal after all. We've

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-85589014743834337162008-04-26T09:45:00.003-05:002008-04-26T09:53:14.324-05:00Brittany's Spring Haircut

We went to the beautyshop yesterday. Brittany picked out how she wanted her hair cut & styled. I think the cut looks sooo cute on her.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-57729292137299129312008-04-11T16:56:00.001-05:002008-04-11T16:56:23.406-05:00Seasons 1-3 of Battlestar Galactica in 8 min 17 seconds

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-34496718345466988292008-03-18T18:51:00.002-05:002008-03-18T18:55:16.510-05:00Covers of Rihanna's "Umbrella"

I finally had the opportunity to hear Mandy Moore's version of the Rihanna hit "Umbrella" after hearing Marie Digby's version on a Coverville podcast. I really love both of them better than the original.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-76970454759572809402008-03-12T18:56:00.003-05:002008-03-12T19:04:50.123-05:00Cover Song Combo

I've been meaning to post about this for awhile now. Anyone that knows me well, knows how much I like odd covers of songs. Naturally I'm a big fan of Coverville--a podcast by Brian Ibbott which is like candy to me. Today I decided to catch up on some of the podcasts that I missed. Coverville 296 The Nirvana Cover Story was one that I missed. On that podcast there is a cover that Brian plays

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-13537930400351960012008-02-28T14:28:00.003-06:002008-02-28T14:32:54.649-06:00Picking a new hairstyle

I've been trying to decide how to get my hair cut for the warmer weather. I've finally decided on a style which is about 2 inches shorter than what I have now and is a bob haircut. Also I need to get my hair colored and will be going for more blonde with a few lowlights. It should look something like the pic below with more blonde and my face

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-56009690696400638892008-02-07T19:11:00.000-06:002008-02-07T19:19:02.228-06:00Laptop, School, etc

My new laptop arrived today. I absolutely love it!!! Will make it so much easier to get notes both genealogy and CS at library. I've installed OpenOffice on it and will see how I like that. It took about 5 min. to set up the Laptop and connect it to my network. Downloaded AVG software and installed and got all the updates. School is going pretty well. I am really enjoying the computer

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-5837090081088220532008-01-22T16:32:00.000-06:002008-01-22T16:36:05.601-06:00Picture of my Degree

Well I am so proud that I finally finished my Business Mgmt Degree this past month. Had to take a picture of it. I'm now working on my Computer Science Networking Degree.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-7071737569308512582008-01-08T18:37:00.000-06:002008-01-08T18:59:21.974-06:00Spring Semester Begins- Computer Science Network Technology Degree

I finished my A.A.S. Business Mgt Entrepreneurship degree this past fall semester and am starting another degree in Computer Science Networking Technology. I began my two online classes yesterday and am pretty excited about things. The two online classes are Intro to Operating Systems and Intro to the Internet. I'd not really done much in DOS or seen how a MAC works but we are covering that in

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-67852338096704189652007-12-16T17:13:00.000-06:002007-12-16T17:22:02.194-06:002007 in review

It's been a busy year and is hard to believe that 2007 is almost over. I got married, moved to a new apartment, had surgery and finished my business management degree. Brittany has changed so much over this year. She is growing up so fast. When I decided to get my hair highlighted I asked her what color she thought would be good. Initially she said orange(her favorite color). Then to my

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-30717102116266577092007-11-14T05:31:00.000-06:002007-11-14T05:39:56.485-06:00Thanksgiving is almost here

Wow..what a busy month. Between my classes, Brittany's schooling and regular household chores I've barely had time to catch my breath. I'm loving my new desktop. Finally something that doesn't move at turtle speed. Brittany loves it too since she gets my old desktop minus the programs that slowed it down. We ordered a new sound card for Jim's but are returning it for another since the tech

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-62955311584956721122007-10-31T19:40:00.000-05:002007-10-31T19:45:09.941-05:00Happy Halloween

Have been studying nonstop. Four test between Monday & Tuesday of next week. Brittany dressed up as a black cat for Halloween. She is so cute. Less than 2 months and I'll have my degree. :-)

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-81120536950454516132007-10-14T17:23:00.000-05:002007-10-14T17:26:33.044-05:00WorldCat

I just love the WorldCat site. I spent most of the morning adding my book list

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-40315229513174033382007-09-21T05:56:00.000-05:002007-09-21T05:58:07.047-05:00Town Politics

Have been extremely busy with school and life in general. My weekends are spent trying to catch up on housework, study for upcoming tests, watching a little football and if there is any time left over...I relax. The deadline for filing for graduation this semester is Oct 5(got to take care of that). I'm trying to decide whether to go back and work towards a 2nd associate degree or try for a

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-84750670802985894302007-08-25T06:36:00.000-05:002007-08-25T06:43:49.235-05:00First week of on-campus classes

I finished reading Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks last night. What a wonderful book. If you haven't read this book, please do. Make sure you have a box of tissue nearby. After finishing the Nicholas Sparks book I started reading the first few pages of Sophie Kinsella's Can You Keep A Secret? Truly, a good book is a great way to relax. The first week of my Fall semester is behind me.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-89710764254328627412007-08-13T19:43:00.000-05:002007-08-14T21:03:49.300-05:00Tinkering with C++

I have been reading a bit(no pun intended) about programming and found the following links useful. I will add more as I go... The Dev-C++ Resource Site C Programming.com C++ Language Tutorial Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days How to think like a Computer Scientist

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-27854897304657941382007-08-08T15:26:00.000-05:002007-08-08T15:42:10.317-05:00My Summer Semester Ends, Brittany's School yr begins...

We have really been busy. Now that it's too hot to do much I can catch up on blogging. I got my grades back for my summer semester classes. I made A's in both of the classes(Advertising & Sales Promotion, Office Graphics & Presentation). I got my books for the fall semester and won't have anything to be done before classes begin on Aug 17th. Brittany's classes start tomorrow. I went to her

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-10936440626232170842007-07-16T18:21:00.000-05:002007-07-16T18:30:43.500-05:00Fall Semester Registration

I registered for the fall semester at WSCC last night shortly after midnight. $1350 worth of credit hrs.(15) I have just enough left over for my books for each of the classes. I priced the books at the bookstore and should be able to get them with the $800 remaining. Four of them total $600 so unless the 5th book is $200 I should be ok. Classes---------Course Name-----Instructor BUS 263I------

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-26459618517649896522007-07-06T08:31:00.000-05:002007-07-06T08:51:58.409-05:00Fall Semester Registration

Working on my schedule for the Fall Semester. Not sure if I am exempt from Orientation requirement or not. I've been attending since '95 and this is my last semester before graduation so I don't see the logic. Business Management and Supervision Associate in Applied Science Degree GENERAL REQUIRED COURSES ORI 101 Orient to College------------1 ? ENG 101 English Composition I-----3 x SPH 106

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-39630327296596653262007-06-30T19:59:00.000-05:002007-06-30T20:19:07.513-05:00Smoothies

Ok. I've been on a smoothies kick since I had my surgery. Here are a few sites that have some good recipes. http://www.flowercarole.com/ http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Drinks/Smoothies/ViewAll.asp http://www.smoothie-recipe.com/Also a few lists of ingredients for smoothies which can be mixed and matched to come up with your own recipes. Obviously some of these just shouldn't mix...but here goes

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-37239708488573414312007-06-11T12:07:00.000-05:002007-06-12T20:33:19.764-05:00Good report from the Dr.

Had a good visit at the Dr. yesterday. Everything seems to be healing and so far no problems. He started me on HRT. Brittany is doing very well. She's had a few problems with sinus and strep infections but she took her meds like a trooper. Her appetite has been great lately too. She had to get another tooth crowned and has a tooth coming in on a baby tooth that has a crown on it. That

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-16193668831812729872007-06-08T07:54:00.000-05:002007-06-08T08:12:15.597-05:00

My next Dr. Appt is Monday the 11th. He didn't put me on hormones at my last appointment but will do that Monday. I don't think I've really experienced any symptoms of being hurled into menopause so far. If I have...I haven't recognized it and no one around me has been brave enough to tell me ;-) School is coming along pretty well. I have a test coming up on the 13th as well as a meeting of

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-21654300917645608812007-05-31T15:00:00.000-05:002007-05-31T15:07:28.129-05:00Surgery Etc.

Today was a good day. Got the results back from the biopsy they did during my surgery. Great News!! No abnormal cells in new areas :-) I am doing well. It has been a week since the surgery. Tomorrow I have a Dr. Appt and he will check my incision and give me a prescription to keep menopause from kicking my butt. Brittany's awards ceremony went well. Her last day of school was today. It

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-69641876499645444472007-05-13T09:16:00.000-05:002007-05-13T09:24:40.891-05:00Brittany's Dance Recital

Brittany's Dance Recital went well. She did a great job. We got her Orange Lillies and Grandpa & Nana Beckman got her a beautiful rose. Afterwards as is tradition we went to Dairy Queen. Brittany was exhausted from her busy day and week. I am so proud of my girl. She wasn't the only one who was exhausted. Today is Mother's day and I will be taking it easy. Monday I hope to be able to set

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-75953239309476089072007-05-10T05:50:00.000-05:002007-05-10T05:55:56.979-05:00Grades

Received my Spring Semester grades yesterday. I made an A in all four of my courses which means I made the President's list. Summer semester starts on May 25th

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-18776207264954591062007-04-21T08:26:00.000-05:002007-04-21T08:32:17.682-05:00My Birthday

Had a great birthday yesterday. Brittany took this pic before we went to the park for a picnic and then in search of some more flowers to plant in our flowerbed. It was a really nice day. Alan and Diane brought cupcakes and they along with Brittany and Jim sang Happy Birthday to me. Online registration starts Monday morning at a minute after midnight. I have a project due Tuesday so

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-11641752672948083972007-04-04T20:59:00.000-05:002007-04-04T21:12:05.078-05:00Brittany's 10th Birthday

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-81775334182345482562007-03-25T11:02:00.000-05:002007-03-25T11:11:22.193-05:00Spring has sprung!!

My yearly test came back atypical so I have to have a colpo. Not looking forward to that but am looking forward to getting it over with. It's scheduled for April 2nd. Brittany and I went to the park Saturday. She fed the ducks and played on the swings there. A boy that is in her class was also there fishing with his mom and we spent some time talking to them. Her Birthday is coming up soon.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-65373105468352884102007-01-15T07:16:00.000-06:002007-01-15T07:29:31.542-06:00New Year--New News

We had a pretty good weekend. Brittany and I went to a birthday party for her friend Meagan. Brittany really enjoyed herself. Saturday and Sunday's weather was wonderful. Temps were around 70s though the wind was a bit cool if you weren't standing in the sun. Saturday and Sunday the playoffs were on the tube. I watched some of the games with Jim. Brittany and I are both out of school Monday and

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1165539338692795682006-12-07T18:55:00.000-06:002006-12-07T18:55:38.786-06:00

Give Brittany several sheets of Construction paper a box of crayons and some tape and in less than five minutes she did this. Such talent.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1165273329900649002006-12-04T17:02:00.000-06:002006-12-04T17:02:09.906-06:00

This must have been her "ok Mom it's cold hurry up and take the picture" face.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1165272993803480042006-12-04T16:56:00.000-06:002006-12-04T16:56:34.096-06:00

Pictures of Brittany at "Christmas In Hanceville" Dec 2, 2006. We had a great time. Brittany went on the hayride to see Santa, Jumped in the Castle Jump House, scarfed down a hotdog, coke and popcorn in record time and found the Clown who was making Balloon Animals and had her make an orange dog with a yellow leash. We also watched a group of cloggers.

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Me and Brittany at my youngest brother Michael's house in Hermitage, TN

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Was up at my brother's house over the Thanksgiving holidays. Note that Starbucks is a closer walk than drive from his home :-)

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Brittany's new Haircut. Isn't she the cutest.

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Brittany dressed in her Halloween costume on Halloween night. She and I went to the Fall Festival at Hanceville 1st Baptist Church. She saw several of her classmates and we had a great time.

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Brittany's Jack-O-Lantern Brittany and I went to the Fall Festival at Hanceville Elementary School today. She had a blast. She played most of the games--Bean Toss, Fish for Prizes, Spin & Win and went in the House of Bones and of course had to jump around in the Bounce House. She won a large stuffed animal. She picked out a black cat dressed in a Pumpkin outfit. She also got popcorn and a

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Brittany and her prizes from the Hanceville Elementary Fall Festival Oct 28th 2006

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My Daughter has been diagnosed with Pervasive Development Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified. Hers seems to be problems communicating although she is a whiz with school work and at times she suffers from anxiety. I honestly believe that her anxieties are mostly caused by not being able to get her point across or knowing the way to go about expressing herself. I have been reading up on the

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Was looking around online trying to price MS Access 2003 which is something I need that didn't come with my MS Office 2003 Sm. Business Suite and found this site-- OpenOffice.org: Home. While it won't help me get the software I need for my MicroComputer Applications class I do want to check it out. Looks pretty interesting.

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Had a great weekend with my daughter. Amanda(a friend that I worked with at WallyWorld) and I went along with my daughter to the Day in the Park Event at Heritage Park in Cullman this past Saturday. While the grass was holding alot of water and it made things a little messy we still had a great time. Brittany went to the face painting booth and got a large red heart painted on her right cheek. We

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1147053999453566202006-05-07T21:03:00.000-05:002006-05-07T21:06:39.466-05:00Favorite Quotes

I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.--Kurt Cobain I am saved by the buoyancy of citrus! --Mitch Hedberg Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists. When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in

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Chinese Food: Beef Teriyaki Egg Drop Soup Egg Roll Lake Tung Ting Shrimp Happy Family House Fried Rice Dragon & Phoenix(minus the water chestnuts) CiCi's: Pepperoni Pizza Taco Bell: Steak or Chicken Border Bowl Burger King: Whopper w/ Cheese Onion Rings Arby's: Super Roast Beef Sandwich Curly Fries Jamocha Shake Dairy Queen: Double Bacon Cheeseburger Onion Rings Mocha Moolatta

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Well Tonight's The Office episode was great as usual. I am really nervous about Jim putting in for a transfer. At least I think that's what he did. From the previews I couldn't really tell for sure. Maybe it's just what the writers want us to think. Season Finale is next Thurs. will post more on my thoughts on the show then. Paris left American Idol Wed. as she had the least amount of

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1146622003980762152006-05-02T21:05:00.000-05:002006-05-09T23:03:13.086-05:00My Karaoke CD Collection

Karaoke Bay Crazy Party Songs 3: Sweet Caroline One Week Come on Eileen Born to Boogie I'm a Believer Bad Moon Rising Goodbye Earl I Got You Babe Jumpin Jumpin Build me up Buttercup Red Red Wine(UB40's version) Sweet Home Alabama I Like it like that If I had a $1,000,000 One Way or Another Funky Town Karaoke Bay Ultimate 80's: Mickey Jessie's Girl I Love Rock & Roll What I like about you

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Found the solution to the problem I was having getting my gmail to pop into Eudora. I kept getting SSL Negotiation Failed Certificate Error. Hopefully this will be useful to others who use gmail in conjunction with Eudora. I would guess the solution would be the same for a MS Outlook or MS Outlook Express user but they would have to figure out how to do it within the respective program.

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One of the weirdest weekends of my life...I swear. It makes me wonder if there is an ounce of good left in the world. I'm voting no. I watched the Rerun of "The Office" --The Dundies episode Thur. It's one of my favorites.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1144032981856357572006-04-02T21:51:00.000-05:002006-04-02T21:56:21.866-05:00Spring Cleaning

I guess it was a fairly productive weekend. Have been going thru old papers and condensing down stuff and throwing things away. I plan on doing the same thing with my books. As much as I love my books it's probably a good idea if I get rid of ones that don't have a special meaning to me....I know...if I do that I won't be getting rid of any of them.

Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862948653538575553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377173.post-1143678319794885602006-03-29T18:24:00.000-06:002006-03-29T21:06:00.986-06:00American Idol Results--Mar 29th

I was a bit surprised that Katherine was in the bottom 3. I think even Bucky was surprised by that. Lisa having the least amount of votes was no surprise..her performance was really poor.

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My Favorite American Idol(Season Five) Performances YouTube - Elliott Yamin - Moody's Mood For Love

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Heard this song for the first time in a long time this evening. Lyrics of Landslide--sung by Fleetwood Mac I took my love and I took it down Climbed a mountain and turned around And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills 'til the landslide brought it down Oh, mirror in the sky -What is love? Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changin'...ocean tides Can I

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Not much going on. Still haven't had any luck with the job search. The end of May will be here before I know it and I am very worried.

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The job search isn't going so well. Finding a job that pays enough to cover my basic bills and which I am able to get back and forth to and from on public transportation may be a problem. It's not that I have alot of bills 'cause in the big scope of things I don't. Jobs around here just do not pay much over minimum wage. I watched an episode of Bones starring David Boreanaz(most folks will

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Me Brittany and Jeremy on Christmas Morning of this year.

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A photo of me taken this Christmas morning. Lighting could have been better.

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Side view of the Christmas tree

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I picture of my Christmas tree. I think it turned out well. I am glad I decided to put one up this year. Almost didn't but decided that Brittany would enjoy it.

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More of my books in what will be my daughters room as soon as I find her a daybed like I want her to have.

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Picture of my bedroom showing my books and pc.

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Pictures of my bedroom at the apartment. I know ...the walls are bare. I really need to get some pictures and wall hangings on them.

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Picture of my bathroom at my new apartment.

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Pic of Kitchen as seen from the living room.

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Pic of Kitchen as seen from the Kitchen

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Picture of the apartment's living room

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We have separated and I am in an apartment now. Not something I wanted to do but hopefully it will lead to good things. I have been without my voice for a week now. It makes looking for work difficult when you can't communicate vocally. I miss Brittany most but I also miss having a family to take care of and working around the house and with my flowers. At least it will be winter in a few days

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Things haven't been so great. I'm in TN at my sister's for the next two weeks(most likely). I miss my daughter very very much. Yesterday would have been my son's 15th birthday. I've never felt so alone. The new haircut and the outfit my sister said I needed are nice but I still feel a very very definate shade of grey.

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The Poison Pen Review: The Office For 09.20.05 I missed the 2nd Season Premiere of The Office. Luckily I was able to catch it on Bravo Sunday night. Downside was that I ony got to see about the last 15 min. of it due to the Dish losing signal as Rita(The Tropical Depression formerly known as Hurricane Rita) went over me.

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My Favorite Jazz Songs in no particular order: Hypnotic--Paul Taylor Thursday--Steve Cole Ordinary Day--Matt Bianco People Make the World Go Round--Richard Elliot Waters Of March - Al Jarreau & Oleta Adams Cosmic Monkey--Paul Brown Tropical--Chuck Loeb Someone to Watch over me--Sting Lunar Lullaby--Pieces of a Dream Sunrise--Simply Red

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CCPLS.COM - The Cullman County Public Library System Online The Cullman Co. Libary Site has been updated and now has downloadable audio books. I am really excited about this. Am also excited about the online catalog. :-)

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My Top 10 Favorite songs of the moment in no particuliar order. There are several Jazz songs I like too but my brain has a hard time remembering the names of most of them as they are mostly instrumental and there are no lyrics to associate with them. I will make a listing of the Jazz favs at a later date. Photograph--Nickelback Scars--Papa Roach Just Want You to know--Backstreet Boys These

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Major Book Sites Amazon Barnes & Noble BooksAMillion Borders abeBooks.com Elephant Books Book Search Sites Alibris Book Search BookFinder.com Book Sale Finder ISBN Book Search BookSense.com BookCloseouts.com AddAll (Book Price Comparison) Genealogy Book Sites Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books Barnette's Family Tree Book Company Byron Sistler and Associates, Inc. Clausen Books Closson

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Google Earth really cool site. Google Moon is also really cool.

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My SCIFI.COM shows had their season premiere last Friday--SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and BattleStar Galactica. I really enjoyed the season openers and I look forward to watching each Friday however I really miss Enterprise. I was not at all happy with Enterprises' series finale.

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Blogthings - You are a Black Coffee: "You are a Black Coffee At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it Your caffeine addiction level: highWhat Kind of Coffee Are You?"

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The Discovery Channel has a great promo commercial involving Lance Armstrong & the guys from American Chopper. Check it out at Pro Cycling: Promo Video. I love it!!

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THE WISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COOKERY: AN ENCYCLOPEDIC HANDBOOK FOR THE HOMEMAKER William Wise Publishers This cookbook is wonderful. I was lucky enough to get the one that my grandmother had. As a child I loved to sit and read about the different food items. The books contains about anything you would want to know about any food items. It doesn't contain recipes for the microwave for obvious reasons

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STARTREK.COM I have waited for several weeks to write bout this topic as I thought maybe time would help. However, I don't think that's going to be the case. I am still feeling cheated with the series finale of Star Trek Enterprise. Not only did they do a shabby job of writing for this the finale episode....they killed off my favorite character and what we were given was basically an

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My Daughter Brittany who on her 8th birthday told her Daddy that she was growing up and that she was now an 8 yr. old woman. LOL

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I absolutely love V05's Lavender & Chamomile Nourishing Oasis Shampoo & Conditioner

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It's been a good while since I had time to sit down and write a bit. I went to my sister's the last two weeks of Sept. to help my mother out while my sister had her surgery. Becca's surgery went well and looks like things will be ok. I am so thankful for that. Had alot of things waiting on me to get done when I got back in. Just now feeling like I've made some headway on them. It feels

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3 Doors Down on LAUNCH--I love their song "Here Without You". You can watch the video from the LAUNCH Page.

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Has been awhile since I last blogged. I ordered some microfilm this week from TN State Library & Archives which contains church records for the Shellsford Missionary Baptist. The cemetery of that church is where several of my Hale family members are buried. As I was trying to figure out how long it would take and mark the time on my Thomas Kinkade Desk Calender I noticed that the calender

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