April 2007

For ALL the victims of our world

April 30, 2007
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My “Dear Husband” Doesn’t Get It

April 29, 2007

My sweet husband is not a blogger, and is sometimes mystified by the abbreviations used. This morning I vacated my seat at the computer for a few moments, and he took the opportunity to sit before the monitor. He doesn’t get that chance very often anymore. I had left a blog post on the screen [...]

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I Need A Cup Of Coffee!

April 28, 2007

If y’all have read my blog before, you might have noticed my obsessive love of bacon and blogging. Probably by now you think I have a pathetically addictive personality. You’re right. But, I only get addicted to things I love. Coffee is one of them. I learned to drink coffee when I was very young [...]

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Link Love #7

April 27, 2007

Some time back now, I wrote a post challenging people who participated in Thursday Thirteen to share a little “Link Love.” I encouraged people to actually go into archives and read a few posts from bloggers they didn’t know. After all, the stated purpose of the meme is to get to know other bloggers better. [...]

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My Cat Toy Design—Don’t Delay, Call Today!

April 26, 2007

With five “fe-lions” I spend a lot of time on the “pet aisle” of my local grocery store. I’m always looking for toys to humor my pets, and I know you other cat lovers are, too. I found this cat toy at the Kroger grocery store yesterday, for approximately $11.00 With some on-line research, I [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #7 Symptoms of Blog Addiction

April 25, 2007

There was a time, not so long ago, that if you had shown me the box of chocolates above I would have been drooling all over myself. If there is one thing I love more than bacon (well, almost) it’s chocolate. I was addicted. To get over that, I started playing computer mahjongg. I played [...]

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Thinking bloggers

April 25, 2007

“I’m trying to think, I’m trying to think…but nothin’s happenin’”

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Wordless Wednesday

April 25, 2007

Y’all have never known me to quiet for Wordless Wednesday. This begs explanation. It is a closeup image of a weaving called “Fireworks” that I did (before I started blogging). A friend said I couldn’t weave something that cost nothing. I showed her. This is in a frame made from limbs. The raffia was easter [...]

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The “Teenage Brain”

April 24, 2007

My husband gave me a newspaper clipping that contained an article from the Texarkana Gazette. It claimed that research is being done on the teenage brain! Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather! I thought that “teenage brain” was an oxymoron. I decided to do a little bit of internet research of [...]

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Penny For Your Thoughts

April 23, 2007

Have y’all ever noticed how certain smells can trigger buried memories? As a storyteller, I often mention aromas that will help people connect to the story. Ponder that for a minute and you’ll know what I mean. Think of Vick’s VapoRub. If you’ve ever smelled it before, you can imagine it now. That may be [...]

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If The Shoe Fits

April 22, 2007

It seems like I have tons of shoes jumbled on the floor of my closet and kicked underneath my bed. Do any of y’all have that problem? Shoes are everywhere, except by the front door. I won’t leave them there, after all my recent research on feng shui (that’s not pronounced feng shooey!). You see [...]

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Those Forgotten “Archived Posts”

April 21, 2007

Do y’all have posts in your archives that you feel are under appreciated? You know—the ones you wrote back when you were “talking to yourself. I know that I sure do. At the time I wrote them, I labored over them as if I were birthing an elephant without benefit of epidural. I just wanted [...]

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“Shelly, God Wants You To Fry”

April 20, 2007

I envy people like Scribbit who often has wonderful recipes on her blog with pictures that look good enough to eat. Now, I’m not a bad cook at all (if you like bacon grease), but my presentation leaves a lot to be desired. Also, my cooking repertoire is rather limited, because I’m just not very [...]

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Quick Links #3

April 19, 2007

My Thursday Thirteen follows this post, but there are a few things I want to mention before you read further: There’s a contest going on at my house: This Eclectic Life’s This Blog Blows My Dress Up Contest. Click the contest button on the sidebar or click on the photo (to take you to the [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #6 I Should Have Known Better

April 18, 2007

Last week, I did a silly post about bacon. But, this week I feel it necessary to give y’all some more serious information about the Life Lessons that I have learned. It isn’t a short post (as if any of mine ever are), but I can’t talk about life in 100 words or less. I [...]

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This Blog “Blows My Dress Up” Contest

April 18, 2007

I enjoy posts that make me think. Poignant posts that work my emotions catch my eye as well. But, I believe my favorite posts to read are the ones that turn over my giggle box. Why? Because a good dose of laughter is healthy. Studies have shown that a good belly laugh causes your muscles [...]

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Quick Travel Tip

April 18, 2007

Trying to travel from New York to London? Google Maps can get you there. Go to Google.com because Yahoo can’t help you (Yahoo is always so unreliable). Click on “maps.” Then, click “get directions. Two boxes (for beginning location and ending location) will appear. Type “New York” in the first and “London” in the second. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday #5, Serena of the River

April 17, 2007

This is the statue of the “mermaid” (from the previous post) trying to pry the fish hook from her flesh. It is in the river in Salado, Texas and was freely given to the town. If you are participating in Wordless Wednesday, or even if you are not, please feel free to leave a comment. [...]

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Serena of the River. A Texas Tale.

April 17, 2007

Imagine a bundle of energy packed in a 5’8″ frame, with a shock of almost orange hair, a face covered in freckles, and a laugh that starts as the sound of a chicken cackling over a newly laid egg and ends as a donkey’s bray. If you’ve got that in your mind, it’s the storyteller [...]

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Quick Links #2

April 17, 2007

There’s a longer post simmering on the back burner, but some of y’all are early risers, so I thought I’d put a few random things on the table for munching until I get done. For those of you who participate in Thursday Thirteen, I noticed a site that has some attractive TT banners and is [...]

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