tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15788746971602086042024-03-19T04:48:04.451-05:00Musings of MeggiePeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-21428714675566214232011-09-11T11:05:00.000-05:002011-09-11T11:05:18.887-05:00Will Never Forget!It's me again from beneath the covers. I'm starting to feel like myself again,and with only one more to treatment to go at the end of September, I'm starting to believe that these wonderful feelings will only get stronger and stronger.<br />
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Like many people, I have been listening to the 911 coverage this morning and remembering that beautiful September day. Not a cloud in the sky as I remember, a promise of a beautiful day.<br />
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My husband was working from home that morning and my son Kevin was there too. I turned the news on and saw the first plane hit the tower. Nobody knew at that time what was happening. I had muted the sound, and I couldn't get my eyes off the screen!<br />
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My family and I watched in complete disbelief as a second plane hit the tower straight on, no doubt, no accident! Well you all know the rest, and like when Kennedy was assassinated,<br />
we will never forget where we were and what we were doing on Sept 11.2001.<br />
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A friend from high school sent me this video yesterday and I wanted to share with,... who else,... YOU! OK , I cried,... but such a beautiful tribute!<br />
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Another beautiful fall morning awaits me and I can't wait to enjoy every breath of it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ut4ntJmA-g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ut4ntJmA-g</a><br />
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Bye for now. Have a great week ahead.Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-29376827833844140202011-08-23T09:09:00.000-05:002011-08-23T09:09:13.588-05:00UPDATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo6s-iBsNKj4Dqesjdabx5rBCm28Nesb0wN9cqpRClGP34mWlCgnoN3Et9d2sWKTiCSP6otk4CefZjpnxO5e4WVYToGSdhBy_5t0DGvZEs7t4P7Y2vSyax2LMHnORjN77JfLvZTwnmJc/s1600/pets+8.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo6s-iBsNKj4Dqesjdabx5rBCm28Nesb0wN9cqpRClGP34mWlCgnoN3Et9d2sWKTiCSP6otk4CefZjpnxO5e4WVYToGSdhBy_5t0DGvZEs7t4P7Y2vSyax2LMHnORjN77JfLvZTwnmJc/s400/pets+8.bmp" width="300" /></a></div><br />
I just wanted to stop in and visit with all my friends. <br />
I have been gone for quite sometime and I apologise for not keeping in touch more.<br />
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I can report though that I'm about to go through my 5th treatment next week.<br />
My husband and I travel up to Chicago for these chemo treatments every month<br />
and stay overnight at a wonderful hotel. <br />
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The treatment are not terrible by any means but they do wipe me out and make me nauseous!<br />
A little chemo brain sets in too, and my head gets a little cloudy. <br />
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I have a sixth treatment at the end of September and then(fingers crossed)that's it for a while<br />
My scans look clear too, so the insides are looking as good as the outside.<br />
I always liked to match!<br />
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My thyroid has been acting up too, making things just a little bit more difficult. <br />
All in all, I'm doing well,.. my Dr even has a smile on her face these days.<br />
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So please forgive me for ignoring you for so long and thank you for sticking with me.<br />
I still have a little ways to go.to the finish line, but I will try and stop in more often..<br />
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I have to go and have my blood drawn in a bit<br />
so I'll close now I think.<br />
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Keep smiling everybody and thank you all for your kind notes and sincere good wishes! <br />
They seem to be working!!!<br />
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Til next time my friends!<br />
XOXO<br />
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Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-35800680860730827842011-03-17T13:31:00.000-05:002011-03-17T13:31:41.009-05:00Analogies, metaphors and similies, oh my.!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8Lg38azpvcZXaPRd1k1Es5McqQIcpbY9v-chROPGJX0UnpjRu7cYh4oBMxTLL5iRwpYLhMkFLTMSSqSxBatMxEbrfxgZoHhCiVRwEEnJwaKQRsqZKWZ39H0geWlITOmmpZJ-C5yRvNs/s1600/penny+2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8Lg38azpvcZXaPRd1k1Es5McqQIcpbY9v-chROPGJX0UnpjRu7cYh4oBMxTLL5iRwpYLhMkFLTMSSqSxBatMxEbrfxgZoHhCiVRwEEnJwaKQRsqZKWZ39H0geWlITOmmpZJ-C5yRvNs/s320/penny+2.bmp" width="320" /></a></div>.<br />
Life seems to get in my way a lot lately and I've been ignoring my friends here for too long!<br />
I'm going to start Antibody treatment soon for my CLL.<br />
I'm hoping to get into a clinical trial in the next month or so.<br />
It's two proven, synthetic antibody drugs working together for this study.<br />
So no chemo yet, hopefully.<br />
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Today I'm posting this list that a friend sent to me It tickled me and I thought that it might tickle you too. I particularly like numbers 4, 5 and 11, but it was really hard to pick favorites..<br />
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Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit <br />
<div style="clear: both;">their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. <br />
These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the <br />
country. <br />
Here are last year's winners… <br />
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1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently <br />
compressed by a Thigh Master. <br />
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2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like <br />
underpants in a dryer without Cling Free. <br />
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3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a <br />
guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with <br />
a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about <br />
the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. <br />
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4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef. <br />
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5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up. <br />
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6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. <br />
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7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree. <br />
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8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine. <br />
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9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't. <br />
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10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup. <br />
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11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30. <br />
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12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze. <br />
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13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease. <br />
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14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward eachother like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.. <br />
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15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled NancyKerrigan's teeth. <br />
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16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. <br />
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17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East River. <br />
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18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut. <br />
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19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do. <br />
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20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work. <br />
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21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while. <br />
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22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a landmine or something. <br />
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23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant. <br />
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24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools. <br />
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25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up. </div>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-13650081473551392032011-02-27T15:26:00.000-06:002011-02-27T15:26:47.639-06:00Microfiction Monday # 57<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYK9qVl8YnvVR1fQBqkQCZJHcHwhP6RINqoTufhtOrjvXJSexlCEZ5n_XRPaAQW1hXT8aegfBWwS1pvBndI_wzMGYBW8bb_cE8Ws2ldnGwsLuGLEw3TdCNYsNypP5E69_8AyuZhJapnY/s1600/microfictionmonday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYK9qVl8YnvVR1fQBqkQCZJHcHwhP6RINqoTufhtOrjvXJSexlCEZ5n_XRPaAQW1hXT8aegfBWwS1pvBndI_wzMGYBW8bb_cE8Ws2ldnGwsLuGLEw3TdCNYsNypP5E69_8AyuZhJapnY/s320/microfictionmonday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Where a picture paints 140 characters.</span><br />
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Susan over <a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/">stonyriver</a> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.<br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OH NO this isn't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Louboutin">Louboutin's</a> red-soled pumps gasped Twyla</div>This is 1 ugly Hush Puppy hanging on a thread<br />
Now where did I put my Fairy Dust?<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name. <br />
She even has a brilliant<a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php"> counter</a> to help us count.<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!</div>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-59341044554979673182011-02-20T16:21:00.000-06:002011-02-20T16:21:57.121-06:00MIcrofiction Monday # 56<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2931ph0bHUB_U1LPNhAGv9QrZ4STfANT1dAVjryy_XMcd8XIBJteU6i2Pfc8pG_-v7TrIfHaqBKfgxoSpYdnEKZH7wjV1M6qATSFGnsmk6ntM09paiYICt4qSw7TP3utS2yISuYVzRpo/s1600/microfictionmonday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2931ph0bHUB_U1LPNhAGv9QrZ4STfANT1dAVjryy_XMcd8XIBJteU6i2Pfc8pG_-v7TrIfHaqBKfgxoSpYdnEKZH7wjV1M6qATSFGnsmk6ntM09paiYICt4qSw7TP3utS2yISuYVzRpo/s320/microfictionmonday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Where a picture paints 140 characters</span>.<br />
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Susan over<a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/"> stonyriver</a> /hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.<br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>4th new school in three years, thought Bobby.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>Mom's working, came by myself.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>The hallway is long, so many doors.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>Hope I make friends.</strong></span><br />
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Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name. <br />
She even has a brilliant <a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php">counter</a> to help us count.<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-20299310792252762962011-02-14T09:33:00.000-06:002011-02-14T09:33:24.138-06:00Musical Monday/ Happy Valentine's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZSqsvBbSDW9WkLIFvaPMRb-v4HqS9b6dl3trkmgIjb1bIqS7X-lHFoCgvq6o7ZBUgTMFTvh-2amTL1AadFbLvUNN9sfSzAOkEOGCajwmTVPmxgDnqISHlO39FCCTwDCSsASebo9ft_c/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZSqsvBbSDW9WkLIFvaPMRb-v4HqS9b6dl3trkmgIjb1bIqS7X-lHFoCgvq6o7ZBUgTMFTvh-2amTL1AadFbLvUNN9sfSzAOkEOGCajwmTVPmxgDnqISHlO39FCCTwDCSsASebo9ft_c/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #cc0000;">What is moving you today? Let us know, throw a video up on your blog and go over to Musical Monday, hosted by Amanda at </span><a href="http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bloggin With Amanda</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> ,...and please don't forget to leave a comment and your link while there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Love is definately in the air and love songs are in my heart.this week.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">My birthday is the day after Valentine's Day, so it's an easy reminder for my husband.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">He never forgets. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">So many love songs to pick from, what a hard choice this was for me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">So this week, I'll start with the King himself and go on from there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">HappyValentine's Day and Happy Music Monday to you all!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">While you're in a musical mood, please also visit </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Denise at </span><a href="http://deniseisrundmt.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Run DMT</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> who is hosts a Music Monday blog hop. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">and Dolly at </span><a href="http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">XmasDolly</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> , Lorie at </span><a href="http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Shewbridges of Central Florida</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> ,</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Larry at </span><a href="http://cakeblast.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cakeblast </span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">, and last, but not least Callie from </span><a href="http://jamericanspice.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">JAmericanSpice</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">all host Monday’s Music Moves Me.</span>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-74543161990047206922011-02-13T18:05:00.000-06:002011-02-13T18:05:17.297-06:00Microfiction Monday #55<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtTf2BSvtaiwTFROteMsBXYq_9PsobGc2h221m4SfOlfB0g1dg8DSGYU9LVIAnemtVIEbQ-Wl38L-UwN6spF2WGS9PYakPca-yaZaCfVqSfInqf0FjUcsijS0fbr48x64deA_qUBtd4U/s1600/microfictionmonday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtTf2BSvtaiwTFROteMsBXYq_9PsobGc2h221m4SfOlfB0g1dg8DSGYU9LVIAnemtVIEbQ-Wl38L-UwN6spF2WGS9PYakPca-yaZaCfVqSfInqf0FjUcsijS0fbr48x64deA_qUBtd4U/s200/microfictionmonday.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
Welcome to Microfiction Monday.<br />
Where a picture paints 140 characters.<br />
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Susan over<a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/"> stonyriver</a> <a href="http:///">/</a>hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.<br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
I took a romantic look at the picture this week.<br />
I was so tempted to make it funny, but my husband liked it this way.<br />
So I'll make him my muse and dedicate this to him.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Happy Valentine's Day to my sweet man,</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">and thank you for my beautiful flowers.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Have a wonderful Valentine's Day everyone!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name. </div>She even has a<a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php"> brilliant counter</a> to help us count.<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!</div>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-15194669739059099622011-02-06T16:16:00.000-06:002011-02-06T16:16:21.568-06:00Microfiction Monday # 54<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where a picture paints 140 characters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><strong>Susan over at<a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/"> Stonyriver</a> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.</strong><br />
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<strong>So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.</strong><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong>Having been a realtor in my past life in California, </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong>Susan's picture looked like a possible sale to me.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong>Have a wonderful week everybody!</strong></span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>"Timeless Architecture</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>Chicago Re-gentrification.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>A turn of the Century Factory</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>Reborn as Upscale Lofts!</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>Call today!"</strong></span><br />
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Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name. <br />
<div style="text-align: left;">She even has a<a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php"> brilliant counter</a> to help us count.<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!</div>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-88133838277669722882011-01-30T21:07:00.000-06:002011-01-30T21:07:56.374-06:00Musical Monday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe5XYNvJbatgjGSuKHGJXPuTD1t81AVfQkIsZoTFEjPz6IDrRvJO3mXCQwG2DqcKUxE8QZaRf85RUysD11xlpQvzFdKyNzWMgNps7wbt0Hlcr0oybHa0W0qR3QHY3kukgxjMhJ83a7Uo/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXe5XYNvJbatgjGSuKHGJXPuTD1t81AVfQkIsZoTFEjPz6IDrRvJO3mXCQwG2DqcKUxE8QZaRf85RUysD11xlpQvzFdKyNzWMgNps7wbt0Hlcr0oybHa0W0qR3QHY3kukgxjMhJ83a7Uo/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">What is moving you today? Let us know, throw a video up on your blog and go over to Musical Monday, hosted by Amanda at<a href="http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/"> Bloggin With Amanda</a> ,...and please don't forget to leave a comment and your link while there.<br />
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This weeks theme was to pick my favorite band or group. I had a real hard time picking just one group or band. I know I could have picked a couple,... but that would have made it harder..<br />
So today, January 30th, I pick Simom and Grafunkle as my fav.band or group.<br />
Th first song is just great in my eyes. Always makes me feel better no matter what.<br />
The second song is one that my husband suggested. It's one of his favorites and one that he continues to sing to me ,... even after decades of being together! <br />
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Have a great Musical Monday and a great week ahead!</div><br />
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When you're weary Feeling small <br />
When tears are in your eyes <br />
I will dry them all I'm on your side <br />
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When times get rough And friends just can't be found <br />
Like a bridge over troubled water <br />
I will lay me down <br />
Like a bridge over troubled water <br />
I will lay me down <br />
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When you're down and out <br />
When you're on the street <br />
When evening falls so hard <br />
I will comfort you <br />
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I'll take your part <br />
When darkness comes <br />
And pain is all around <br />
Like a bridge over troubled water <br />
I will lay me down <br />
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Like a bridge over troubled water <br />
I will lay me down <br />
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Sail on Silver Girl, <br />
Sail on by <br />
Your time has come to shine <br />
All your dreams are on their way <br />
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See how they shine <br />
If you need a friend <br />
I'm sailing right behind <br />
Like a bridge over troubled water <br />
I will ease your mind <br />
Like a bridge over troubled water <br />
I will ease your mind<br />
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As we marched down to Faneri-o <br />
As we marched down to Faneri-o <br />
Our captain fell in love with a lady like a dove <br />
And they called her name pretty Peggy-o <br />
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Come a-runnin' down the stairs, pretty Peggy-o <br />
Come a-runnin' down the stairs, pretty Peggy-o <br />
Come a-runnin' down the stairs, combin' back your yellow hair <br />
You're the prettiest little girl I've ever seen-o <br />
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In a carriage you will ride, pretty Peggy-o <br />
In a carriage you will ride, pretty Peggy-o <br />
In a carriage you will ride, with your true love by your side <br />
As fair as any maiden in the ar-e-o <br />
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What will your mother say, pretty Peggy-o? <br />
What will your mother say, pretty Peggy-o? <br />
What will your mother say, when she finds you've gone away <br />
To places far and strange to Faneri-o? <br />
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If ever I return, pretty Peggy-o <br />
If ever I return, pretty Peggy-o <br />
If ever I return, all your cities I will burn <br />
Destroying all the ladies in the ar-e-o <br />
Destroying all the ladies in the ar-e-o<br />
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While you're in a musical mood, please also visit <br />
Denise at <a href="http://deniseisrundmt.com/">Run DMT</a> who is hosting a Music Monday blog hop. <br />
and Dolly at <a href="http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com/">XmasDolly</a> , Lorie at <a href="http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/">The Shewbridges of Central Florida ,</a><br />
Larry at<a href="http://cakeblast.com/"> Cakeblast</a> , and last, but not least Callie from <a href="http://jamericanspice.blogspot.com/">JAmericanSpice</a><br />
hosts Monday’s Music Moves Me.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Where a picture paints 140 characters</span>.<br />
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Susan over at <a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/">Stonyriver</a> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.<br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Ain't that the Life-Buoy from our sunkin skiff shouted Popeye</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">I pray the pirates didn't melt dear Olive Oyl and add her to the soap.</span></span><br />
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Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name. <br />
She even has a <a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php">brilliant counter</a> to help us count.<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-3967885130314512772011-01-24T00:04:00.000-06:002011-01-24T00:04:20.491-06:00MUSICAL MONDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJ6TmaAB0r4cI4_ppfHLr1MfukCwLFdAn2ofZ9YdoMYDIsyFTiXLNrm_LDd0SCEdCwGSFZGhHQGJftchBN-7qjmpB8b7YlJ36ApiwFTNsJlNRf__tuBPupjRkt-ixN_PMFvZ9MygzvSs/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJ6TmaAB0r4cI4_ppfHLr1MfukCwLFdAn2ofZ9YdoMYDIsyFTiXLNrm_LDd0SCEdCwGSFZGhHQGJftchBN-7qjmpB8b7YlJ36ApiwFTNsJlNRf__tuBPupjRkt-ixN_PMFvZ9MygzvSs/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Let us know, throw a video up on your blog</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and go over to Musical Monday,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> hosted by Amanda at Bloggin With Amanda ,...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and please don't forget to leave a comment</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and your link while there..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hold on to me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I’ll hold on to you</div>It’s something we both need, we do<br />
Hold on to me<br />
I’ll hold on to you<br />
It’s something we both need, we do<br />
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Saw there, the look in your eyes<br />
When I walked into your life<br />
And carried in, bags of my own<br />
And you stood there arms opened wide<br />
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Hold on to me<br />
I’ll hold on to you<br />
It’s something we both need, we do<br />
Hold on to me<br />
I’ll hold on to you<br />
It’s something we both need, we do<br />
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I know it’s gonna<br />
Be real hard<br />
Coming from where we’ve come from<br />
Ups and downs, all over town<br />
So thankful I’ve found you<br />
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Hold on to me<br />
I’ll hold on to you<br />
It’s something we both need, we do<br />
Hold on to me<br />
I’ll hold on to you<br />
It’s something we both need, we do <br />
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While you're in a musical mood, please also visit <br />
Denise at Run DMT who is hosting a Music Monday blog hop. <br />
and Dolly at XmasDolly , Lorie at The Shewbridges of Central Florida ,<br />
Larry at Cakeblast , and last, but not least Callie from JAmericanSpice<br />
hosts Monday’s Music Moves Me.<br />
So head on over and check them all out..<br />
They're very sweet and they love music too!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</span></div><br />
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Where a picture paints 140 characters.<br />
Susan over at <a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/">Stonyriver</a> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.<br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
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<strong><em>It's been the darkest of days</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>coldest winter in years. </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Now it's raining,the river is flowing</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Spring for the Midwest</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Not a chance!</em></strong><br />
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Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name.<br />
She even has a <a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php">brilliant counter</a> to help us count.<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-85519352667512398532011-01-16T19:28:00.004-06:002011-01-17T09:20:14.703-06:00MUSICAL MONDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9qof8c6AKIbFjmf5xxwKSARjeIfAKdyrIiknyxVPzVe65yIPPCXOx01BEyq8_E-jbSyBBAPIMgTMnMU86GwkN8RRwx-70mCDPlTt0NPT5-iIlIlKF0XjBELS7btJ455mAxyvyFGY9F4/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9qof8c6AKIbFjmf5xxwKSARjeIfAKdyrIiknyxVPzVe65yIPPCXOx01BEyq8_E-jbSyBBAPIMgTMnMU86GwkN8RRwx-70mCDPlTt0NPT5-iIlIlKF0XjBELS7btJ455mAxyvyFGY9F4/s400/musical+Monday.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
What is moving you today? Let us know, throw a video up on your blog and go over to Musical Monday, hosted by Amanda at<a href="http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/"> Bloggin With Amanda</a> ,...and please don't forget to leave a comment and your link while there.<br />
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This week I picked MAD WORLD by Gary Jules. With The Tuscon Killings and the subsequent funerals, I found myself in deep sadness for all the victims. After the smoke cleared and the partisan name calling calmed down, I feel we are left with two very serious problems, depression and mental Illness and gun control.<br />
Alone, each is a big problem, all together they continue to be a lethal cocktail..<br />
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"Mad World" is a very haunting song with a definite message..<br />
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Then on a happier note I found this song,<strong> "Feeling Good"</strong> sung by Jennifer Hudson, cause this IS how I feel now!<br />
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While you're in a musical mood, please also visit <br />
Denise at<a href="http://deniseisrundmt.com/"> Run DMT</a> who is hosting a Music Monday blog hop. <br />
and Dolly at<a href="http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com/"> XmasDolly</a> , Lorie at <a href="http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/">The Shewbridges of Central Florida</a> ,<br />
Larry at <a href="http://cakeblast.com/">Cakeblast</a> , and last, but not least Callie from<a href="http://jamericanspice.blogspot.com/"> JAmericanSpice</a><br />
hosts Monday’s Music Moves Me.<br />
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So head on over and check them all out..<br />
They're very sweet and they love music too!<br />
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Welcome to Microfiction Monday.<br />
Where a picture paints 140 characters.<br />
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Susan over at<a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/"> Stonyriver</a> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.<br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"CAMERA</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> ACTION</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> CUT !</span><br />
Who hired the <strong>belly with the'brella fella</strong><br />
Somebody <strong>PLEASE</strong> get the stand-in a real sword<br />
Time is money people"<br />
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Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name.<br />
She even has a <a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php">brilliant counter</a> to help us count.<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-35732914611357135162011-01-10T13:24:00.003-06:002011-01-10T13:28:43.666-06:00Help Me... PLEASE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MRgf5P9cGuxB33mQs7rg_79GVetfmHIdlofEhe-zxqY8gPqiaFXFskzuv3Vf_niQ6A30p8YR694_PZbG44FBuqDgV1rNBX7WR1Ilz6E5ZldYWFx5GhdAk6OcyZvFBM8DksV-P0Z3A-g/s1600/penny.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MRgf5P9cGuxB33mQs7rg_79GVetfmHIdlofEhe-zxqY8gPqiaFXFskzuv3Vf_niQ6A30p8YR694_PZbG44FBuqDgV1rNBX7WR1Ilz6E5ZldYWFx5GhdAk6OcyZvFBM8DksV-P0Z3A-g/s400/penny.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I recently got a note from a fellow blogger that I love hearing from and don't want to frustrate so much that she won't continue to visit me. I am not technically inclined enough to instantly figure this out by myself.<br />
So I could use your help if possible..<br />
<br />
Here is part of the message that I recently received.<br />
..."Your blog keeps freaking my computer out I get messages telling me to adjust my graphics. I get <br />
messages telling me to adjust my color scheme. Then your page won't scroll, it jerks instead and finally when I type my comment and send, I get told the server can't connect. I don't know what's up because I am not having any trouble with anyone else on blogger tonight"<br />
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If anybody out there is having similar problems with my blog or has had similar problems on their blog,<br />
please could you let me know.<br />
If you also know how to fix the problem, then you would make me a very happy girl.!!!<br />
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Thank you so much for listening .<br />
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(I already tried blogger for help, and they were no help!)Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-85843103706944837362011-01-10T10:06:00.000-06:002011-01-10T10:06:28.071-06:00MUSICAL MONDAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1RfrsRzmkf7TjIvLC0qZ_8gt3X9ei1JI-YmpEelzN71j-x4KOQOjn3k73UvKEG60qi7ethJMeLQw_Y5ApdMEnuRkQ9IKCgvKcwzpRw8om1b7oBsbfUhiDIsZgT9ys7fz64n-sFiAKrA/s1600/musical+Monday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1RfrsRzmkf7TjIvLC0qZ_8gt3X9ei1JI-YmpEelzN71j-x4KOQOjn3k73UvKEG60qi7ethJMeLQw_Y5ApdMEnuRkQ9IKCgvKcwzpRw8om1b7oBsbfUhiDIsZgT9ys7fz64n-sFiAKrA/s400/musical+Monday.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Let us know, throw a video up on your blog and go over to Musical Monday, hosted by Amanda at <a href="http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/">Bloggin With Amanda</a> ,...and please don't forget to leave a comment and your link while there.<br />
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This week I picked "Make You Feel My Love" sung by Adele and written by the one and only Bob Dylan<br />
I think Adele is very soulful when she sings, and I think she did ole Bob right!<br />
Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Musical Monday!<br />
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"Make You Feel My Love"<br />
Written By Bob Dylan</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
When the rain is blowin' in your face<br />
And the whole world is on your case<br />
I could offer you a warm embrace<br />
To make you feel my love.<br />
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When the evening shadows and the stars appear<br />
And there is no one there to dry your tears<br />
I could hold you for a million years<br />
To make you feel my love.<br />
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I know you haven't made your mind up yet<br />
But I would never do you wrong<br />
I've known it from the moment that we met<br />
No doubt in my mind where you belong.<br />
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I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue<br />
I'd go crawlin' down the avenue<br />
No, there's nothin' that I wouldn't do<br />
To make you feel my love.<br />
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Though storms are raging on the rollin' sea<br />
And on the highway of regrets<br />
Though winds of change are throwing wild and free<br />
You ain't seen nothin' like me yet.<br />
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I could make you happy, make your dreams come true<br />
Nothing that I wouldn't do<br />
Go to the ends of the Earth for you<br />
To make you feel my love. <br />
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While you're in a musical mood, please also visit <br />
Denise at <a href="http://deniseisrundmt.com/">Run DMT</a> who is hosting a <a href="http://deniseisrundmt.com/">Music Monday</a> blog hop. <br />
and Dolly at <a href="http://thenewxmasdolly.blogspot.com/">XMASDOLLY</a> , Lorie at <a href="http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/">The Shewbridges of Central Florida</a> ,Larry at <span style="color: #6699cc;"><a href="http://cakeblast.com/">Cakeblast</a> </span>, & last, but not least Callie from <span style="color: #6699cc;"><a href="http://jamericanspice.blogspot.com/">JAmericanSpice </a></span> hosts Monday’s Music Moves Me. <br />
So head on over and check them all out..<br />
They're very sweet and love music too!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Where a picture paints 140 characters.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Susan over at</span></strong><a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> Stonyriver</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><strong>DAD LOOK AT ME</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><strong>I know it's the Rose Bowl Parade and all</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><strong>but I think you're way too old for this LAME costume</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><strong>You're Embarrassing me!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Now Leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>She even has a </strong></span><a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>brilliant counter</strong></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><strong> to help us count.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!</strong></span>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-82723459748537648282011-01-04T13:03:00.000-06:002011-01-04T13:03:08.834-06:00BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.A friend of mine sent this to me today and I thought it was cute. It's a little off color, as my Mother used to say, but we can handle it!<br />
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A lady walks into Tiffany's. She looks around, spots a beautiful diamond bracelet and walks over to inspect it. As she bends over to look more closely, she unexpectedly farts.<br />
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Very embarrassed, she looks around nervously to see if anyone noticed her little 'whoops' and prays that a sales person wasn't anywhere near. As she turns around, her worst nightmare materializes in the form of a salesman standing right behind her and he's good looking as well..<br />
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Cool as a cucumber, he displays all of the qualities one would expect of a professional in a store like Tiffany's.<br />
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He politely greets the lady with, 'Good day, Madam. How may we help you today?'<br />
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Blushing and uncomfortable, but still hoping that the salesman somehow missed her little 'incident', she asks, 'Sir, what is the price of this lovely bracelet?'<br />
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He answers,<br />
"Madam . . if you farted just looking at it - you're going to shit when I tell you the price ."<br />
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Audrey Hepburn was so beautiful. I had forgotten just how much!<br />
Breakfast At Tiffany's is one of my top romantic movies.<br />
I love happy endings !!!<br />
Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-35311191654663554262011-01-03T10:36:00.104-06:002011-01-03T13:33:02.806-06:00MUSICAL MONDAY / 2011<span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="265" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUal2pmbnY_T6dKJ00Uo7x6F_k1xvM2O4DAoEE3mNhlMLOcAbje-vP4jz-8ga6QZcFWbj4uVAdp57HOyPn48HXRqmJLwXq4BIXxEXWKW5GnlunP2zfoUyA-02vZRQKE3lXd9_RPxsfas/s400/musical+Monday.jpg" width="400" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is moving you today?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let us know, throw a video up on your blog and go over to Musical Monday, hosted by <a href="http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/">Amanda</a> ,...and please don't forget to leave a comment and your link while there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This first week of 2011 Denise @ <a href="http://deniseisrundmt.com/">Run DMT</a> had a theme idea, to share a song that captures your motto for the New Year. Will 2011 be more of the same or are you taking on new endeavors? Tell us your thoughts with a tune.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I picked "Friends" by the Devine Miss Midler.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I am going through a tough spot in my life, I often just stopped communicating with my posse. (good friends) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I know silly, cause that's when you need your friends the most. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Being a better friend, Check!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My second pick is</span> <span style="font-size: large;">"I Hope you Dance:" by Lee A Womack,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">this is just something I need to do for me! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Check, Check!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this is my plan for 2011, among so many other things.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you have a wonderful year too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While you're in a musical mood, please also visit </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>First there was Exon Valdez in Alaska,</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>now the BP rig in the Gulf.</strong></span></div><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>Juan Valdez is so fed up</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><strong>he's going back to pitching coffee beans.</strong></span><br />
<strong>(More with Juan </strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAYyUWJD3GU">here</a>!)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name.</span><br />
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<strong>French Proverb</strong><br />
<strong>"Hope is the dream of a soul awake."</strong><br />
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It's been a heck of a year, some lows of course,... but oh so many highs!<br />
I've been busy the last couple of months with DR appointments for me and<br />
(a new twist), for my husband too!<br />
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Unfortunately frequent Dr appointments are in my life now to stay,<br />
and I'll just have to balance better and find time for the things that I love to do .<br />
Time for me to be a better friend and to dream bigger dreams!<br />
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I love this version of Auld Lang Syne by Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis.<br />
To me it's just beautifully different!<br />
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A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2011 TO ALL!<br />
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<strong>Pope John XXIII</strong><br />
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<strong>"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do."</strong>Peggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10592721778055452503noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1578874697160208604.post-90361439191464292632010-12-26T15:21:00.029-06:002010-12-26T16:54:53.384-06:00MICROFICTION MONDAY # 48<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</strong></span></em></div><em><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Where a picture paints 140 characters.</strong></span></em><br />
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<em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Susan over at</span></strong></em><a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/"><em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Stonyriver</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation. </span></strong></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Don't worry Gertrude, said Heathclif</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ten more miles, we'll be in Atlantic City</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">eating Salt Water Taffy Wrappers...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">WAIT UP!"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">(<strong>My homage to the late, great Red Skleton</strong>!)</span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!</span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I know many of you have already seen this video taped just this year.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Being a closet superstar entertainer, I would have loved just being in </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">the room! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">My family will soon be gathering together for the Holidays. My oldest son, Robert who lives in DC has been here all week and we have had the best time . My daughter Julie and her dog Jameson arrive tonight to join her other brother Kevin and her doting parents, to make this a very Merry Christmas</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> !</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I count my blessings everyday and spending time with my family is a gift!</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I pray that everyone here in my bloggy world have a a very Merry Christmas!.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">May you be blessed </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">With the spirit of the season, </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">which is peace,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">The gladness of the season,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">which is hope,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">And the heart of the season,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">which is love...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">May God grant you many years to live,</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">For sure He must be knowing</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">The earth has angels all too few</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">And heaven is overflowing.</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">--Irish Blessing</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">HO HO HO </span><br />
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Let us know, throw a video up on your blog and go over to Musical Monday, hosted by <a href="http://www.blogginwithamanda.com/">Amanda</a> ,...and please don't forget to leave a comment and your link while there<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>What more can I say, THE BOSS singing "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN."</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>LOVE IT!!!!!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!!</strong></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Welcome to Microfiction Monday.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> Where a picture paints 140 characters.</div><br />
Susan over at <a href="http://www.stonyriver.ie/">Stonyriver</a> hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation. <br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;">I wish all of my friends from Microfiction Monday a joyous Holiday.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13;">I have enjoyed meeting all of you so much and look forward to 2011 for even more great stories.</span><br />
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So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13;">We're never going to get to Grandma's house for Christmas.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #274e13;">We asked the train conductor for the "Forest Park" station</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #274e13;"> not the FOREST!</span></strong><br />
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Now leap on over to Susan's place and leave your name.<br />
She even has a <a href="http://www.design215.com/toolbox/character_count.php">brilliant counter</a> to help us count<br />
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!<br />
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