A case of True Love

These skeletons were recently unearthed, locked together in an eternal embrace. True love through the ages. Full Story.

Just for the Record... Hats Off to Dove!

Dove has an ongoing ad campaign that showcases beautiful women. Yeah ok. So what is so great about that? Dove recognizes the beauty of all women, inner and outer. They have dared to step out of the norm. They have dared to showcase women of all shapes and sizes and all ages. It is a beautiful campaign. Yesterday they revealed their newest model, age 64, in a fully nude ad in Times Square!

Oprah is doing a show today about this campaign and showcasing women of all shapes, sizes, color and age and they are all beautiful. It is the direction and the mindset we all need to take on. The glitz and glamour of Hollywood has messed of the minds of many young women making them believe if they do not fit the beautiful mold, they are not beautiful. How sad that is to see the confidence of young women shaken and destroyed by such stereotyping.




Hopefully, the stage is being set and we will break out of this stupid mindset and learn to appreciate all people for who they are and their own individual inner and outer beauty!

Super Bowl Shuffle

Aw, these pour souls. Its cute, they were just misinformed as to who they should have been "shuffling" for...

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS!!!!! THAT LITTLE VONAGE TUNE KEEPS GOING THRU MY HEAD AND MY FEET WANT TO DO THE HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!

What a game! Whew! We had a blast watching it. All three of my kids ended up home for the evening and then discovered there is already a two-hour school delay in the morning. Of course all evening long they kept having me go back online and check to see if it had closed. My goodness they get an inch and go for the mile!!!




We all watched the halftime show together and my kids were appalled at Prince. They thought he was extremely weird - and the silouhette with the guitar during "Purple Rain" just didn't help his cause at all with my kids. What can I say? He does have a few good tunes....




My oldest son was cheering for the Bears. Sigh. I don't know what possessed him to do that! My youngest had made me promise him earlier in the week if the Colts won I would buy him a Colts jersey. I think the time has come I may have to invest in one for myself too! Early on in the evening my daughter's boyfriend told me he was going to buy me a Bears "Grossman" jersey. My response? Perfect! I need a good bonfire starter!!! (AWB is influencing me.)




In the third quarter AWB called to make sure we had the game tuned in and my youngest son answered and had a nice little conversation and hung up the phone. He looked at me as serious as could be and said, he called to talk to me mom, he said he will talk to you some other time. I couldn't stop laughing. A few minutes later the phone rang again and I answered that time - and yes AWB - we had the game on loud and clear in our house! hehehehe!

GO COLTS!!!!!!!!!

Blogging

It's been less than a year since I first met AWB. One of the first things I learned about him was that he blogged. He gave me a link to his blog and I read through it. I was rather shocked at some of his posts and his "out there" attitude. I still found it to be intriguing however.

I continued to read his blog and click on links to other blogs and became more interested in it. I finally decided I wanted to try blogging, but I didn't want him to know at first. So I went to the Yahoo 360 page and started my own blog. I had fun with it. I found it to be nothing more than a journal really. But I also found it refreshing that I could rant and rave on any topic I wanted. Then I started getting comments and discussions started forming and I realized I was learning to really look at all sides of any given subject.

I have always considered myself to be an easy person to talk to with the gift of gab on my side. Some issues, I was not and still am not very well-versed on, so I would be a bit more quiet on such topics.

So I finally got comfortable with the blog thing and found the blogger site and figured out how to get my own blog started. I was actually quite proud of myself and finally directed AWB to it. He immediately went to work on it and started adding all kinds of things to it for me. And then, I was officially hooked.

Something I have noticed about me and this blogging thing...I have become very aware of the world around me. I think I used to live in my own little bubble. But now I find myself surfing newspapers online and news services looking for stories of interest to blog about. As you know, I also blog on Angry White Boy and sometimes I stay up late at night trying to find a good news story and get it posted before anyone else does!

There are many critics out there about blogs, but I personally have become much more aware of the world around me, I have learned to state my opinions and stick by them or back down if someone shows me why my views are skewed. Everyone has a right to what they believe, there have been a couple of times when I have let my feelings get hurt, but when I brush myself off and jump back in, I realize it is ok for me to believe what I believe, as long as I am at peace with myself. Blogging is a good thing!

One of The Best Days Ever

Finally. Yesterday we had a snow day. It was the first one this school year. Last year we had one in December. When that happened last year, it was cool, but we had just moved into our neighborhood and my kids didn't know many of the other kids yet. The end of the day last year ended with a game of football in our yard and the kids had met many of the other neighborhood kids.

Yesterday, the kids I could not get out of bed were suddenly up, running around, bundling up and heading out the door. There were neighbor kids in and out with them all day long. I think I made hot chocolate by the gallon! I did manage to get some work done but I also took time out to play.

I made my very own snow angel and went over to the hill and did a little sledding! My kids always crack up when dear old mom becomes a kid too! But it was fun. We mananged to make a few snowballs and toss a few back and forth, but we just couldn't pack the fluffy stuff enough to make a snowman. Ah well....

My daughter, Miss Priss spent most of the day inside and grumbled when someone would come in and get a bit of snow on the floor for her to step in. We even got both cats outside in the snow for a bit, Mercedes loved it and rolled in it, Mulligan ran back in the house as fast as he could.

We took a break in the afternoon and dug out the movie "Snow Day" which was the point where I finally got some work done! The boys were devastated when they made the discovery that we were out of microwave popcorn. The world ended there. Until dear old mom showed them how to really pop popcorn. You know like we did in the old days before microwaves...on the stove in a big pan with a lid. They swore it was the best popcorn they ever had!!!

The highlight of the day? When my youngest sat in my lap before bedtime and told me it was "the best day ever!"

This is how Mulligan spends a snow day....

Ok, this is the cat that used to be Molly until I noticed he had.....em.....balls, now he is Mulligan. This bad azz bad boy is spending today lounging on a pillow. He made his usual dash for the door to go outside with me when I went to get the mail and his front paws hit the snow and he slammed on his brakes and backed himself back into the house. I found him like this when I returned from the mailbox. Mind you, this is the same cat who grinches at you endlessly until you put an ice cube in his water dish! Just another kid I tell ya!

SNOW DAY

If you've never made a snow angel, it's time to give it a try. This is winter
fun at its best.
Instructions
STEP 1: Bundle all participants up in warm
clothing, including hats and gloves.
STEP 2: Find an area of snow that is
clean and has not been walked through.
STEP 3: Line up next to each other or
spread out around the area.
STEP 4: Stand far enough apart so that when you
spread your arms you can't touch the person next to you.
STEP 5: Fall gently
into the snow onto your back.
STEP 6: Keep your entire body flat in the
snow.
STEP 7: Brush your arms between your head and waist in a sweeping
motion.
STEP 8: Move your legs apart as far as they will go and then
together.
STEP 9: Repeat these motions (it's like doing a jumping jack while
lying on your back) until you have made indentations in the snow.
STEP 10:
Have someone stand at your feet and pull on your arms to help you up.
STEP
11: Get up without stepping on your snow angel or making a handprint in the
middle of it.
Tips & Warnings
This works best in snow that is
powdery and not hard or wet.
Put some colored water in a spray bottle and
spray your angels different colors to make them stand out.
Help children
make their own snow angels. They will need help making the right motions and
getting up.
Take photos to preserve your art.

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Sounds like me....

you are blueviolet #8A2BE2

Your dominant hues are blue and magenta. You're the one who goes to all the parties but doesn't quite fit in at every one... you know what you want, but are afraid of what the world might think of it. You're a little different and that's okay with them, and if you're smart it's okay with you too. Your saturation level is higher than average - You know what you want, but sometimes know not to tell everyone. You value accomplishments and know you can get the job done, so don't be afraid to run out and make things happen. Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.

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