Garfield's Cousin Fred
Have a great weekend!
Love & Understanding
Sometimes life hands you pomegranates. You get wiser. Sometimes life hands you that icky lemonade. You get stickier. Sometimes life hands you a boatload of people who either enhance your journey in lovely ways or rock the boat off course just for the hell of it. You get an oar and row in your own direction. It happens to all of us. Either way, there's gratitude to be found if you're willing to look. Sometimes the conflicts are indeed blessings in disguise - you just don't know it yet. Sometimes the storm IS the thing you will one day bless while you wait for calmer seas.
Maybe not today, but someday.
So find some patience and hang on.
We all have something to be grateful for one way or another.
I found a few things this week. I hope you did too.
~Mimi Lenox~
The Queen's Meme #35
The Gratitude Meme
1. What are you most grateful for when you first wake up in the morning?
That I am still here on this big blue spinning ball.
2. What are you most grateful for when you go to bed at night?
That I am still here on this big blue spinning ball.
Please understand, I am not trying to be facetious... I have lost too many loved ones and I am always aware of how short life really is.
3. Who is the person who has had the most influence on your life?
There is no one person. Life is ever changing and many people come and go leaving their footprints on your heart. But I can say without a doubt that my greatest teachers are those who have caused me the most pain.
4. Is there someone you'd like to thank for something special they did for you but haven't yet? Take the time to do it in this meme.
I would like to thank the one who told me that I "returned to my life with a shield of wisdom and strength and NOT weakness at all." For that , I am deeply grateful.
...and for another who never wavered in her non-judgmental support.
5. Who was your favorite or least favorite teacher?
If you could talk to them now, what would you say?
My grade 5 teacher was my favorite because she believed in me. I would love to tell her what wonderful influence she had on me as a child.
My grades 8 & 9 English teachers were my least favorite. One said I couldn't write and the other accused me of plagiarism.
I'd tell them both that they were wrong.
6. Do you say grace at mealtime?
"Not always," she said as she hung her head in shame.
7. Name one thing you take for granted everyday.
Just one?
8. Have you ever looked back at your life and realized that something you thought was a bad thing was actually a blessing in disguise?
Too many times... but in retrospect I can honestly say that I needed to go through the fire in order to learn some valuable lessons... and they were mine to learn.
9. What are the top five things you are most grateful for in your life?
I'd also like to thank my daughter for the photo above and for placing my words upon it...
Maybe not today, but someday.
So find some patience and hang on.
We all have something to be grateful for one way or another.
I found a few things this week. I hope you did too.
~Mimi Lenox~
The Queen's Meme #35
The Gratitude Meme
1. What are you most grateful for when you first wake up in the morning?
That I am still here on this big blue spinning ball.
2. What are you most grateful for when you go to bed at night?
That I am still here on this big blue spinning ball.
Please understand, I am not trying to be facetious... I have lost too many loved ones and I am always aware of how short life really is.
3. Who is the person who has had the most influence on your life?
There is no one person. Life is ever changing and many people come and go leaving their footprints on your heart. But I can say without a doubt that my greatest teachers are those who have caused me the most pain.
4. Is there someone you'd like to thank for something special they did for you but haven't yet? Take the time to do it in this meme.
I would like to thank the one who told me that I "returned to my life with a shield of wisdom and strength and NOT weakness at all." For that , I am deeply grateful.
...and for another who never wavered in her non-judgmental support.
5. Who was your favorite or least favorite teacher?
If you could talk to them now, what would you say?
My grade 5 teacher was my favorite because she believed in me. I would love to tell her what wonderful influence she had on me as a child.
My grades 8 & 9 English teachers were my least favorite. One said I couldn't write and the other accused me of plagiarism.
I'd tell them both that they were wrong.
6. Do you say grace at mealtime?
"Not always," she said as she hung her head in shame.
7. Name one thing you take for granted everyday.
Just one?
the
sun
moon
and stars...
the wind
in the trees
and the salty
sea breeze
and treasured
memories
of
days
gone
by
sun
moon
and stars...
the wind
in the trees
and the salty
sea breeze
and treasured
memories
of
days
gone
by
8. Have you ever looked back at your life and realized that something you thought was a bad thing was actually a blessing in disguise?
Too many times... but in retrospect I can honestly say that I needed to go through the fire in order to learn some valuable lessons... and they were mine to learn.
9. What are the top five things you are most grateful for in your life?
I'd also like to thank my daughter for the photo above and for placing my words upon it...
Announcing BlogBlast For Peace 2010!
Reprinted with permission of the author: Mimi Lenox founder of Blog Blast for Peace.
Welcome to the 7th launch of BlogBlast For Peace aka Dona Nobis Pacem in the blogosphere. It's inception began in 2006 with one single post and a cry for peace in our world.
A small group of bloggers answered that challenge and it began to spread across the internet in ways that humble me still. It reaches across political lines and religious creeds, abides in corners of unrest and places of hope, gives voice to individual beliefs and promotes tolerance for diversity. It celebrates the genius in each one of us, found in sparkling conversations of passionate pleas for change in the earth. It is that hope for change that motivates us.
1. Choose one of the Peace Globe designs shown on this page.
Right CLICK and SAVE in JPG format.
2. Sign the globe using Paint, Photoshop or a similar graphics tool. Decorate the globe anyway you wish. You can even include the name of your blog. Click here for thousands of inspiring examples from previous BlogBlasts.
3. Return the peace globe to me via email ~ blogblastforpeace at yahoo.com and return to the original post and sign the Mr. Linky below. Leave a comment and your blog's name and url in the Mr. Linky so that we can visit each other.
Your submission will be numbered and dated in the official gallery with a link back to your post and a permanent spot on the Official BlogBlast For Peace website.
4. On November 4,2010 DISPLAY YOUR GLOBE IN A POST on your blog, FACEBOOK WALL and TWEET IT!
Title your post "Dona Nobis Pacem" - Latin for Grant Us Peace. This is important. The goal is for all blog post titles to say the same thing on the same day. Write about peace that day or simply fly your globe.
Come back here and sign your name again once you've posted your own globe.
You can also find us on....
Join the Peace TWIBE
Bloggers Unite group
IPEACE Group
November 4, 2010
2. Become a Peace Globe Worker Bee.
This organization of busy helpers and dedicated peace bloggers began in 2009. The concept was created by this man and taken up by a growing number of bloggers with a passion for peace and this movement. Read "You See There Were These Bees...." to find out how the bzzzzzzz started bzzzzzzzing. Any one of the bloggers mentioned in that post or who commented on that post are ready and willing to assist you.
What does a PGWB do? Many of you already do the following actions that define a Peace Globe Worker Bee: Spreading the word, posting the date, flying the Blog Blast banner, offering assistance to anyone who needs help making a Globe, or directing bloggers to one of the sites where they can find out more about the movement. Please take the bee badge with you too! We want to see the peace bzzzzz everywhere! We appreciate all you are doing already to spread the word.
3. SHARE and TWEET this post every chance you get until November 4th, 2010.
This is what has gone before.
I can't wait to see what you do with this movement in 2010.
Papa's Marbles ~ How It All Began The Silence Of Peace
BlogBlast For Peace #1 BlogBlast For Peace #2 June 2007BlogBlast For Peace #3 November 2007 BlogBlast For Peace #4 June 2008
BlogBlast For Peace #5 November 6, 2008 BlogBlast For Peace #6 November 5, 2009
If words are powerful....then this matters.
Join us!
A small group of bloggers answered that challenge and it began to spread across the internet in ways that humble me still. It reaches across political lines and religious creeds, abides in corners of unrest and places of hope, gives voice to individual beliefs and promotes tolerance for diversity. It celebrates the genius in each one of us, found in sparkling conversations of passionate pleas for change in the earth. It is that hope for change that motivates us.
It was the Internet's first ever online movement of its kind to invite bloggers to post the same message on the same day. From blog to blog it has moved and continues to grow. We have been amazed to see the power and passion shown each year displayed on pages across the world. We visit each other with our prayers and scribbles, prose and poetry, art and angst, heart and hilarity - and we are moved by it. From one post to thousands of others in fifty countries and almost every state in the United States, something rare and wonderful happens on BlogBlast For Peace day.
I am privileged to witness it.
I invite you to experience it.
It's time.
Join us!
I am privileged to witness it.
I invite you to experience it.
It's time.
Join us!
November 4, 2010
Bloggers from all across the globe
will blog for peace.
We will speak with one voice.
One subject.
One day.
Bloggers from all across the globe
will blog for peace.
We will speak with one voice.
One subject.
One day.
How To Get Your Peace Globe 2010
Here's how to do it in 4 easy steps!
Here's how to do it in 4 easy steps!
1. Choose one of the Peace Globe designs shown on this page.Right CLICK and SAVE in JPG format.
2. Sign the globe using Paint, Photoshop or a similar graphics tool. Decorate the globe anyway you wish. You can even include the name of your blog. Click here for thousands of inspiring examples from previous BlogBlasts.
3. Return the peace globe to me via email ~ blogblastforpeace at yahoo.com and return to the original post and sign the Mr. Linky below. Leave a comment and your blog's name and url in the Mr. Linky so that we can visit each other.
Your submission will be numbered and dated in the official gallery with a link back to your post and a permanent spot on the Official BlogBlast For Peace website.
4. On November 4,2010 DISPLAY YOUR GLOBE IN A POST on your blog, FACEBOOK WALL and TWEET IT!
Title your post "Dona Nobis Pacem" - Latin for Grant Us Peace. This is important. The goal is for all blog post titles to say the same thing on the same day. Write about peace that day or simply fly your globe.
Come back here and sign your name again once you've posted your own globe.
Need ideas and inspiration? Go to BlogBlast For Peace.com to see the gallery of thousands of peace globes and posts from 50 countries already submitted and numbered.
If you'd like to read about the history of this movement, go here.
If you'd like to read about the history of this movement, go here.
You can also find us on....
IPEACE Group
What should you do while you're planning what to write and create?
1. Post this badge on your site and Facebook pages to promote.
Or feel free to use it as your globe on November 4th.
Just grab the code below.
Or feel free to use it as your globe on November 4th.
Just grab the code below.
November 4, 2010
2. Become a Peace Globe Worker Bee.This organization of busy helpers and dedicated peace bloggers began in 2009. The concept was created by this man and taken up by a growing number of bloggers with a passion for peace and this movement. Read "You See There Were These Bees...." to find out how the bzzzzzzz started bzzzzzzzing. Any one of the bloggers mentioned in that post or who commented on that post are ready and willing to assist you.
What does a PGWB do? Many of you already do the following actions that define a Peace Globe Worker Bee: Spreading the word, posting the date, flying the Blog Blast banner, offering assistance to anyone who needs help making a Globe, or directing bloggers to one of the sites where they can find out more about the movement. Please take the bee badge with you too! We want to see the peace bzzzzz everywhere! We appreciate all you are doing already to spread the word.
3. SHARE and TWEET this post every chance you get until November 4th, 2010.
I can't wait to see what you do with this movement in 2010.
Papa's Marbles ~ How It All Began
If words are powerful....then this matters.
Join us!
The American Idol Meme
1. Do you watch American Idol?
No but I think I know someone who does... Just let me get her on the phone.
Meet my niece Gillian!
~ She is definitely the most musically inclined member of my family and an avid fan of American Idol.
~ these are her answers.
2. Who is your favorite judge?
Simon
3. Who is your favorite contestant this season and why?
Crystal Bowersox ~ she's raw talent.
4. Who is your least favorite contestant this year and why?
Tim Urban ~ he's lacking in talent in comparison to other contestants.
5. Have you ever actually voted via text message?
No I haven't.
6. Is there a part of the show you find really annoying?
NO... nothing at all.
7. What is your overall opinion of the show this season?
I'm disappointed that Didi didn't go further but otherwise I'm pretty happy with this season.
8. Do you like Simon Cowell as a judge? What do you think of his judging style?
Love him. He's a bit crass but he gets his point across.
9. Is Ellen DeGeneres qualified to be an American Idol singing judge?
I think so. She fun, and she says what she thinks. Period.
10. If you could pick a song to sing on the show this week, what would your song choice be and why?
Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin.
Why? because I love it and I can sing it!
11. Who is your favorite all-time American Idol winner? If you like, post a video of their performance.
Kelly Clarkson
I'm Not Crazy!
Welcome back to Sunday Stealing!
The Meme Time Meme
The Meme Time Meme
01. Real First Name: Delta
02. Birthday: I'm 41 and my Daddy still calls me baby. You do the math.
03. Where do you live: Brownsville
04: What are you studying/What are you working as: I spend my days looking for a mysterious dark haired man.
05. What makes you happy: wearing my faded rose from days gone by...
06. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: the whispers... it never stops... can you hear it? They say he's a man of low degree. Oh God MAKE IT STOP!
07. What is particularly good/bad about your blog: Oh I don't have a blog... I just borrowed this one from Dawn. I heard that she may know my mysterious dark haired man.
08. An interesting fact about you: Between you and me... the folks around Brownsville... (they say I'm crazy.)
09. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment: Oh yes... he promised to take me for his bride.
10. Favorite place to be: walking downtown with a suitcase in my hand.
11. Favorite lyric: They wrote a song about me you know.... Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on...
12. Best time of the year: summer... I always wanted to be a summer bride.
13. Weirdest food you like: oysters... they make me feel soooo romantic.
RECOMMEND
01. A film:
02. A book:
03. A song:
04: A band:
Oh I don't have time for that stuff... he's meeting me here today and taking me to his mansion in the sky. I'm not crazy! He promised!
PLUS
01. One thing you like about a blogger that you have not met: If I haven't met him I cannot be sure but if he's dark and mysterious and has a mansion I'm sure we'll get along just fine...
02. Two things you like about yourself: In my younger days they called me Delta Dawn and I was the prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.
03. Name three things that you need in a lover: You are beginning to irritate me. He must be dark, mysterious and have a frickin' mansion okay?
Weekend Funnies
Old age is when you still have
something on the ball but you are
just too tired to bounce it.
something on the ball but you are
just too tired to bounce it.
Have a great weekend!
How could I forget you?
She came into my life when I was still a baby blogger.
With her courage and compassion
she inspired me
with words
of wisdom
and kindness
for all mankind...
on a blog
aptly named
A Piece of Peace
Showed me what it was
to forgive...
myself
and
let
go
of
the
pain
I stole this from her blog in April 2008
and today I have been blessed by a visit
from my dear friend who asked for
one small request...
With her courage and compassion
she inspired me
with words
of wisdom
and kindness
for all mankind...
on a blog
aptly named
A Piece of Peace
Showed me what it was
to forgive...
myself
and
let
go
of
the
pain
I stole this from her blog in April 2008
and today I have been blessed by a visit
from my dear friend who asked for
one small request...
To hear this song...
and once again
spread a little love
and peace around...
How could I ever forget you RubyshooZ?
This one goes out to you...
The Lovers Dance
Spring has flung and fling has sprung. It is time to put your imaginary hat on and step outside the box into the world of fantasy. Spring! Love! Lust! Pheromones! Broken hearts! Dares! Parties! Beaches! Trips! The world of flinging! Ahh....the romance. Ahhh...the migraines.
Webster's defines a spring fling as:
a short period of unrestrained pursuit of one's wishes or desires.
The Spring Fling Meme (The Lovers Dance)
1. Tell us about the your latest spring fling.
I'm still working on my spring fling. Offers are coming in as we speak. Could I get back to you on that?
2. What made your fling so special? OR what made it so bad?
Can I get back to you on that too?
3. Have you ever been flung on vacation?
Be serious... who would flung me? I am unflungable... unflingable... oh you know what I mean.
4. All current serious relationships aside, what would be your fantasy spring fling? Come on. You can tell us. We won't tell your significant other. Maybe.
It's no secret...
I'd get lost on his island anytime.
I'd get lost on his island anytime.
5. How long did your spring fling last? (either the one in your head or the one in your bed)
The one in my head is ongoing... like a soap opera it never ends.
6. Is there a blogger you'd like to fling for spring? Would you tell them?
Invitations are already sent to my top ten. The best offer wins the fling.
7. What is the worst thing that could happen during a spring fling?
The worst thing that could happen would be if my
8. What constitutes a proper spring fling? ie: Kinds of activities? How will time be spent? What should spring flingers do? What should they NOT do?
You wrote the rules My Queen... Love! Lust! Pheromones! Broken hearts! Dares! Parties! Beaches! Trips! Anything goes........ :)
9. If your fling lasts through summer is it still a spring fling?
No. It's called a Summerling... and after that a Falling... that's the part where you actually fall for the person. If it continues any longer then it's a Winterling but nobody usually gets that far. By then the fun is sucked right out of it and it's no longer a fling... it's flung... you know what I mean?
10. How do you get out of a spring fling relationship?
You tell him to Fling Off. Works every time.
Save me Berta
1. Never in my life have I been: arrested. Well at least not for real... :)
2. The one person who can drive me nuts: is the same person who can make me laugh uncontrollably.
3. High school was: so high school...
4. When I’m nervous: I get very quiet.
5. The last song I listened to: was "Say Hey" which is playing in the post below and is now stuck in my head... I love you! I love you! I love you!
6. If I were to get married right now my maid of honor would be: Berta from Two and half Men. I'm sure she'd knock some sense into me.
7. My hair is: in a towel.
8. When I was 5: I was a pretty cute kid!
9. Last Christmas: I gave you my heart. But the very next day, you gave it away. This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special...
oops.... that song just popped into my head at random. Sorry.
10. I should: be in charge of the world. I'd make everyone play NICE.
11. When I look down: I see my feet? Yup... they're definitely my feet.
12. The happiest recent event was: the discovery that if I look down I can see my feet. Who knew?
13. If I were a character on 'Friend' I would be: Joey. He might be a little simple but he is the one having all the fun! So..... How you doin?
14. By this time next year: another year will have passed.
15. My current gripe is: Fire fox. It's had me running in circles for the last two weeks.
16. I have a hard time understanding: why some people hold grudges for years and years and years. Don't they ever get tired?
17. There’s this girl I know that is: holding one right now... and I wish she'd just let it go and move on...............
18. If I won an award, the first person I would tell would be: my facebook status and save my breath...
19. Take my advice: don't eat yellow snow.
20. The thing I want to buy: is sitting at the Future Shop with my name on it.
21. If you visited the place I was born: you would not find me there.
22. I plan to visit: The Future Shop and pick up the item with my name on it.
23. If you spent the night at my house: you better not expect room service or any other service for that matter.
24. I’d stop my wedding if: Berta was my maid of honor. Save me Berta!
25. The world could do without: silly love songs.
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.
But I look around me and I see it isn't so.
But I look around me and I see it isn't so.
26. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: Ewwww..... You cannot convince me that I would ever need to lick the belly of a cockroach for any reason... that's just nuts.
27. Most recent thing I’ve bought myself: shampoo. Like you really needed to know that.
28. Most recent thing someone else bought me: you don't need to know that either.
29. My favorite blonde is: my daughter.
30. My favorite brunette is: my daughter the year before.
31. My favorite red head is: my daughter all the years before that.
32. My middle name is: hey you.
33. In the morning I: wake up? I hate trick questions.
34. The animals I would like to see flying besides birds are: pigs.
35. Once, at a bar: I kissed a boy and I liked it.
36. Last night I was: seriously too tired to answer all 42 of these questions.
37. There’s this guy I know who: who kissed me and he liked it ;)
38. If I was an animal I’d be: a cool cat and then people would sing to me...
39. A better name for me would be: depends on who you ask... I've been called a thing or two...
40. Tomorrow I am: busy.
41. Tonight I am: busy. Call someone else.
42. My birthday is: the day I celebrate the day I was born. Duh.
27. Most recent thing I’ve bought myself: shampoo. Like you really needed to know that.
28. Most recent thing someone else bought me: you don't need to know that either.
29. My favorite blonde is: my daughter.
30. My favorite brunette is: my daughter the year before.
31. My favorite red head is: my daughter all the years before that.
32. My middle name is: hey you.
33. In the morning I: wake up? I hate trick questions.
34. The animals I would like to see flying besides birds are: pigs.
35. Once, at a bar: I kissed a boy and I liked it.
36. Last night I was: seriously too tired to answer all 42 of these questions.
37. There’s this guy I know who: who kissed me and he liked it ;)
38. If I was an animal I’d be: a cool cat and then people would sing to me...
Hey there Dawn
you're a real cool cat
you've got a lot of this
and a lot of that...
you're a real cool cat
you've got a lot of this
and a lot of that...
39. A better name for me would be: depends on who you ask... I've been called a thing or two...
40. Tomorrow I am: busy.
41. Tonight I am: busy. Call someone else.
42. My birthday is: the day I celebrate the day I was born. Duh.