tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58992582012-02-16T14:01:35.692-05:00I am constantly growing while I shrink!Joannoreply@blogger.comBlogger3801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-80558146614398160222008-06-28T11:14:00.002-04:002008-06-28T11:35:30.128-04:00

...however it's been for a REALLY good reason. You'll notice that the date on my last entry was 6/7/08. That was the day that I met (in person) a really amazing man. We met the weekend before online and talked - A LOT - both online and on the phone. In my humble opinion, we clicked instantly. I tried to be cautious and to not get too excited about this man, but once I met him in person, it

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-61491288097546755122008-06-07T22:15:00.002-04:002008-06-07T22:29:14.426-04:00

I have been rather busy lately, and I'm having a love/hate relationship with that fact. I am currently so tired, but I'm like a little kid that doesn't want to go to bed because she might miss something. Life has been rather interesting lately and a good kind of interesting to boot! Woo Hoo! I think I'm going to give in and go to bed, but wanted to post something as someone has been looking

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-83490758795359600292008-05-11T12:12:00.004-04:002008-05-11T12:27:12.608-04:00

Patrick is taking a photography class and his class is currently working on taking photographs of people. Jef and I got together with him yesterday and I got to play "Super Model" for a few hours! The picture above is Jef's favorite of the bunch. All of Patrick's favorites were some that I will only share with close friends and family because they are really goofy looking! LOL! It was

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-62485150115306575272008-05-11T11:54:00.002-04:002008-05-11T12:08:13.702-04:00

I'm completely back on food and still losing weight! Woo Hoo! I'm now at 138.2lbs lost! Woo Hoo! Woo Hoo! It's been kind of challenging losing weight a whole lot less dramtically than I was losing before. This last week I lost 2lbs and the week before 1lb. Now I'm very pleased and proud of those pounds lost, but when I used to average 6.5lbs a week when I was on Optifast, it's kind of

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-30699559883292875922008-05-11T11:46:00.003-04:002008-05-11T11:54:25.212-04:00

Y'all may remember that back in August I had surgery to fix my eye. I had what some call a "lazy eye" and, in addition to making people think I was looking beyond them instead of at them, it prevented me from seeing 3-D effects. A friend and I went to Stone Mountain a few weeks back and they have a 3-D show there and it was looking like it might rain, so we thought, what better way to wait out

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-8357202733962694142008-05-11T11:35:00.002-04:002008-05-11T11:44:36.003-04:00

Hello out there! It's been a while since I've blogged. Some of it is due to I didn't want to not pull up my blog and not see my little Fred. Some of it was just being too tired to blog. Work has been kicking my ass lately, but I've been trying to kick back and I'm hopeful that maybe things will calm down a bit. Since I've last blogged, I got Shelby a kitten. I was having lunch with a friend

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-40065520019283262362008-04-11T12:51:00.003-04:002008-04-11T12:59:33.159-04:00

My beloved Fred passed away this afternoon about 12:15. Before I took her to the vet, we sat on the recliner together and cuddled and she sat on the crate in front of the open window in the sunshine. I took these pictures right before I took her to the vet. She went very peacefully and I was with her the whole way. Needless to say, there were a lot of tears shed (and are being shed) but I

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-47286148325237112472008-03-30T14:16:00.003-04:002008-03-30T14:33:15.165-04:00

I went to visit HDW in Dallas, TX over Easter Weekend and had a great time. I flew for the first time in many, many years without using a seat belt extender so that was a wonderful way to start the trip! We went and got a mani/pedi and waxing on Thursday, Friday during the day we went to the Dallas Arboretum where they have an event called "Dallas Blooms;" Friday evening we went to the Dallas

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-65283835296629865382008-03-30T14:14:00.002-04:002008-03-30T14:16:41.161-04:00

I didn't weigh in on 3/21/08 because I was out of town, so when I weighed in on 3/28/08 it was for 2 weeks. I lost 4 lbs which I feel really positive about because my "monthly visitor" had visited and I ate a little more than I was used to while I was out of town. YAY! Peace Love & Happiness!

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-52292921660849218832008-03-15T18:31:00.002-04:002008-03-15T18:52:09.270-04:00

My second week of eating was pretty uneventful, which is great! I was very pleased to get on the scale and see that I've lost another 3lbs! Today I got to start eating lunch! Woo Hoo! One of the recommended lunches is a whole wheat tortilla, with 2 oz of low fat cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and salsa. OH. MY. GOD. It was freakin' amazing! So simple, but so tasty! The last couple of weeks

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-59680105234128334402008-03-15T18:06:00.004-04:002008-03-15T18:31:31.649-04:00

Boy Howdy! Mother Nature sure got her knickers in a kink last night and today! Downtown ATL was ripped up last night as a EF 2 Tornado went through. A tornado! In the city! I know it's not unheard of, but it is rare! I talked to 2F today and he told how he was at his Bookstore in East Atlanta Village when the storm hit. He said, first the hail, then the rain and then the wind. He said as he

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-44874397390706637992008-03-09T09:56:00.003-04:002008-03-09T10:32:49.733-04:00

I made it through my first week of beginning to eat without much fuss and still lost 3lbs! Woo Hoo! I was feeling pretty good about that!Friday when I got home it was 63 degrees. I woke up Saturday morning and looked out the window to see snow! It was a very small amount and didn't even think about sticking, but was still fun to see!I got dressed and went to Costco before meeting Jef and Orbit

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-45399873585165008762008-03-02T12:47:00.002-05:002008-03-02T12:55:34.738-05:00

I had a pretty good week! I was working toward being at 120lbs lost by the time I started eating, and I got very close! I was supposed to start eating yesterday, however I had my day planned out very meticulously and you know what they say: The best laid plans are blown to hell! LOL! I was really starting to get anxious about it and was contemplating getting a salad from Wendy's (a

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-14429317467989431422008-02-23T07:36:00.002-05:002008-02-23T07:39:56.254-05:00

THANK GOD! After two weeks of losing 2.5 and 2.0 pounds, I was trying not to let it get to me. Don't get me wrong - I'm happy I lost those 2.5 and 2.0 pounds, but it was the least amount I've lost since being on Optifast. I'm about to begin the transition back to food and I wanted to get some good numbers in before my weight loss naturally begins to be 1-2 pounds a week.I've got one more week

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-12199608267250185912008-02-23T06:47:00.003-05:002008-02-24T17:30:44.650-05:00

When I was a kid growing up in the 70's and early 80's, my music exposure relied on 3 things - my parents record collection, what I heard on the radio and my fledgling record collection. My parents were a little too old to be hippies, but they still got into some pretty cool music. I remember being absolutely mesmerized by the album cover for Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy." It was a tri-fold

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-13431341223840177412008-02-10T12:42:00.000-05:002008-02-10T12:53:41.565-05:00

This is Shelby Cat, my little sentinel. She loves to look out the window and is quick to let us know if there is another cat outside that is threatening the perimeter. Peace Love & Happiness!

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At this week's weigh in I lost 2.5 pounds. Previously the least amount I have lost was 3.5 pounds, so I tried to think of what I did differently this last week. The only things I could think of was that in addition to going to water aerobics 3x last week, I also took the stairs every day to my 5th floor office and I was wearing jeans at my weigh in and jeans do weigh more than the normal pants

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-333207072126466542008-02-01T23:48:00.000-05:002008-02-02T00:00:07.082-05:00

Before: 9/28/2007Before: 9/28/2007During: 2/1/2008During: 2/1/2008 I LOST 4.5 POUNDS LAST WEEK WHICH BRINGS MY TOTAL TO 103.2 POUNDS LOST!!! I promised myself that I'd reveal my "before" pictures when I hit the 100 pounds mark, and I got Jef to take my "during" pictures today! ...and look! I'm wearing jeans! ;-) Peace Love & Happiness!

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-42578881682771015322008-01-26T09:09:00.000-05:002008-01-26T09:39:31.505-05:00

Yesterday's weigh in put me at 98.7 pounds eliminated! I must admit I'm feeling pretty awesome about that!This has been a really good week, but a really hard week as well. (Why is it that short weeks notoriously happen that way?) Work was crazy - I won't go into details but I had a call that I lost my cool on and my boss levitated out of her cube and whispered very loudly "GIVE ME THE CALL!"

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-70598550852077348592008-01-26T08:50:00.000-05:002008-01-26T09:09:31.277-05:00

Once upon a time there were 2 little girls who met on the bus when they were 8. One day when they were in high school and old enough to drive (15-17 years old) They drove to Ridgmar Mall in the big city of Ft. Worth, TX and decided to get another hole in their ears to keep the ones they got when they were 9 company. After completing this task (which Psycho Killer now remembers as being MUCH

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-41285149892352176522008-01-21T12:33:00.001-05:002008-01-21T12:33:17.663-05:00

I invite you to listen to his famous speech in it's entirety.Peace Love and Happiness.

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I came home after my hair appointment on Saturday and knew I would be in the house at least until midday on Sunday, but here I am on Monday at 11:45am and I still have not cracked my front door. BLEAH! :-PI've done all my chores, watched countless movies, read all the magazines in my house and tried to make plans with several people to no avail.BLEAH! :-PI have got to get out of the house, so I'm

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-4553202213810771072008-01-19T14:13:00.001-05:002008-01-19T14:28:18.226-05:00

It's snowing! Here in Georgia! More than just a few flakes! People are going out of the their mind and of course it's egged on by the media breaking into regularly scheduled programming for a "WINTER STORM 2008 UPDATE!" complete with dramatic music. I got up this morning and went to get my "hair did." As I got in the car at 9:30, it started to sleet, however the temperature was a balmy 37* so

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-80912138681904442022008-01-19T00:11:00.000-05:002008-01-19T01:02:57.351-05:00

I lost 3.5 pounds last week. I'm feeling pretty good about that, but I must admit that I'm having a low day. I thought I felt better after my group session today and after talking to my sister, but in reality, perhaps I need to just feel what I feel. I do need to make sure that I don't stay here in this low place. Part of the reason that I'm feeling blue is that I finally reached the

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-88428737060863973472008-01-12T12:34:00.001-05:002008-01-12T12:37:58.818-05:00

I had my first weigh in yesterday after having not been to the clinic since 12/27/07. I skipped a week when I went to my sisters 1/3/08 - 1/7/08. At my last weigh in I was 78.7 pounds eliminated and I lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks! YAY! I'm so fortunate that my weight loss is still averaging 5 lbs a week! My doctor is very pleased and proud and dagumit! So am I! Woo Hoo! Peace Love and Happiness!

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-87645375275528361482008-01-10T20:43:00.000-05:002008-01-10T20:50:01.448-05:00

My uber talented sister is blogging again. She has created a new blog and is going to be concentrating on her photography. Is this the last of "Ramblings of a Redhead?" Who knows? In the meantime, I would encourage you to check her out here. Peace Love and Happiness!

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-49327345903555680702008-01-08T11:55:00.001-05:002008-01-08T11:55:41.876-05:00

This was sent to me by one of the smartest men I know! This guy is really good at explaining info that might normally make your eyes glaze over.In my humble opinion, it's definitely worth the time to listen to it and ponder what is said.Peace Love and Happiness!

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-57832554453113367262008-01-05T10:16:00.000-05:002008-01-05T10:34:28.986-05:00

Seaster wrote me an email before I came to visit that said that they were thinking of going hiking when I was here and would I be OK with that? It's a real easy hike! I wrote back that I was OK with that. There was much debate on when we were going as we've had quite a cold front come through the Southeast, but finally, B-I-L aimed the Hummer toward Pilot Mountain and the decision was made we

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I was driving today and listening to music. I recently downloaded all of my Sting collection onto my IPod and I was enjoying "Ten Summoners Tales." It made me think of and old boyfriend who really loved Sting. He loved him so much that when the CD "The Soul Cages" came out and Entertainment Weekly panned it, he wrote a very angry letter and canceled his subscription. I loved that he felt so

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-13174059453694026182008-01-01T18:36:00.000-05:002008-01-01T18:47:08.252-05:00

I was sitting at home watching TV and occasionally surfing the net on this cold but beautiful day. I got a call from Seaster and B-I-L as they were on their way to the airport to pick up my nephew, Eric. Seaster said something to the effect that what I do today will be what I'm doing the remainder of the year. I didn't want to be home alone watching TV and occasionally surfing the net for the

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-39309252968261107602007-12-31T22:14:00.000-05:002008-01-01T19:02:15.576-05:00

Hey there! Long time no see, huh? Yes, I let a year elapse between posts. I toyed with the thought of not blogging again forever. However , my faithful friend Jef has been encouraging me to blog again because he believes I can write and he believes my story is both interesting and inspirational. I think I've finally come around to believing him. There are others out there of my family and friends

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Jef put this Meme on his blog and I thought it was fun, so I thought I'd give it a try. Here's how it works:1. Put your music player on shuffle.2. Press forward for each question.3. Use the song title as the answer to the question.Q: What does next year have in store for you?"I don't want your love" Duran DuranHey! I'm already not liking this!Q: What does your love life look like next year?"

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-23993254075760906852007-01-13T15:00:00.000-05:002007-01-13T15:05:56.888-05:00

...OK...maybe it's not Summer, but I was reminded of that old "Seals & Croft's" song when I looked at the weather and saw it was a balmy 68* outside! I opened my sliding glass window and was caressed by a gust of fresh clean air. It was one of those truly extraordinary ordinary things that happen through out out days. Shelby, the younger of my two cats, loves looking out the window but becomes

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-65105392932851251972007-01-13T14:16:00.000-05:002007-01-13T14:59:52.636-05:00

As you may or may not know, I got in a bit of a fender bender in my car the weekend of New Year's. (No alcohol was involved) I put my car in the shop on 1/2/07. Shortly after that, I got the title for my car in the mail. I opened the envelope and looked at the title, but didn't feel like I could truly get excited because my car was not in my possession at that moment.HOWEVER, I went and picked up

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-37454620330527994362007-01-05T08:40:00.000-05:002007-01-05T08:45:07.688-05:00

I finally made it to my sister's after a pleasant 5 hr drive from the ATL. I'm driving in the subdivision that their house is in and turned onto their road. Imagine the smile on my face as I approached their house and every Christmas light is still just blazing! Our family was not able to celebrate Christmas until now, and Sister and B-I-L kept it like Christmas for Eric and I. Pretty cool,

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-50944931423957957352007-01-05T08:33:00.000-05:002007-01-05T08:40:23.192-05:00

As y'all may have surmised from my last post, I had to rent a car while my car is in the shop. Luckily my car insurance covers 80% of the cost of the rental car. So when it came time to make the decision on what car I would get, I was told that I could get a Chevy Cobalt for $4.50 a day, or I could get a Chrysler 300 for $6.50 a day. I chose the Big Ass Pimp-mobile - of course! So, I'm

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-70738113194697633782007-01-01T17:25:00.000-05:002007-01-01T17:47:29.017-05:00

Wow! It's 2007! In my line of work I've been using 2007 dates for a month or so now, so it's weird that it's finally the date that I've been using! LOL!Speaking of work - it's been very challenging lately, which is a big part of the reason that I haven't been blogging with any sort of regularity. However I am off this week, so I'm going to try to make up for lost time! Since I've last

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-38524438778091802792006-12-16T01:33:00.000-05:002006-12-16T01:46:20.429-05:00

Have you ever had one of those weeks? Man, this last week about did me in. But I survived - and I'm trying to put it in the past and forget about it. The bright moments of my week was checking my mail and having Christmas cards start to trickle in. My first was from my Step Mom! She sent me an angel with my name on it and a tiny little picture of her and I when she was here last fall. I look

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1164721237987891332006-11-28T08:39:00.000-05:002006-11-28T08:40:38.013-05:00

YeeHaw! You are 84% Texan!! Well what do we have here? You're almost a ** Texan! Good job parder. You did better than those California transplants! You just need to brush up on some little things but you know alot about the Lone Star State. God Bless Texas.How Texas are you?Create a Quiz

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Join her there, won't you? http://ramblingsofaredhead.blogspot.comHAPPY THANKSGIVING!:-)

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1163301340527230332006-11-11T22:10:00.000-05:002006-11-11T22:15:40.526-05:00

Jef and I drove up to North Georgia to Cloudland Canyon last Saturday to see some Fall color. This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip.I can't help but hear Paul McCartney's voice in my head singing, "The long and winding road, that leads to your door..." Where will your "long and winding road" take you this holiday season?:-)

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I went over to Jef's for the annual handing out of the Halloween candy. His neighborhood is overrun with kids on Halloween! Last year there were close to 250 kids that came up to the porch. This was a slow year with only 189. One lovely little girl of approximately 8 years came up the steps in a beautiful long dress, her hair pulled back in a bun and a wrap around her shoulders. "Oh! You

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1162193675590786172006-10-30T02:32:00.000-05:002006-10-30T02:34:35.610-05:00

1. When it appears that you have killed the monster, never check to see if it's really dead. It isn't. 2. Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke. 3. Do not search the basement or attic, especially if the power is out. 4. If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language that they should not know, shoot them immediately. Shooting them will save you much grief in

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1162060700546623262006-10-28T14:38:00.000-04:002006-10-28T19:27:29.423-04:00

Element - CrabFreakin' Hil-lair-ee-us!!!

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For my birthday this year, I got a total of $100 worth of ITunes cards. 4 months later, I'm about to use them all up. HOWEVER, Christmas is coming up and there is hope for more ITunes Cards! (Hint! Hint!)...but I digressed...Last week I found a gem that I had on a 45 RPM record when I was a kid: "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson. When I listened to the snippet of "Thunder Island" to make

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1162004827701586922006-10-27T21:59:00.000-04:002006-10-27T23:07:08.263-04:00

Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after the night at a business function.He forces himself to open his eyes and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table.And, next to them, a single red rose!Jack sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean andpressed.Jack looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean.

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Hapeville, a 'burb South of Atlanta was home to a Ford plant that, in recent years, specialized in making the Ford Taurus. Today, the plant closed and 2000 people are out of a job. The plant had been open for 60 years. Despite this very sad news, there were a couple of nice stories that came out. The first was a man on his way to his last day of work at the Ford Plant stopped for gas and won

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1161669593904941492006-10-24T01:51:00.000-04:002006-10-24T01:59:53.926-04:00

If you feel so led, I hope you'll click the above (RED) banner that I added. I think it's a very clever idea to get people excited about contributing to a very worthy cause by getting them excited about shopping!I almost gave in and bought one of the limited edition Red IPod Nano's, but I didn't. If you are not feeling like feeding into the whole consumerism thing, then you might consider "Keep

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....or something like that.In my head I'm singing that song by The Who from Tommy. I'm not sure if it translates well. But anyway... I have a problem. I need validation. I need acknowledgment. I want you to notice me. Let me entertain you - let me make you smile. I was talking to Jef the other day about how it really is distressing to me when no one comments on my blog or my pictures on

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ENJOY!:-D

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Have you heard about this yet? It's very cool to contribute something, or just to look what others have contributed. To me, it's interesting to see what is important to all sorts of different people all over the world. I made this contribution to the capsule in honor of my Mom. She's been physically gone for 10 years this month. I wanted to do something to commemorate that as well as honor

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1160706373994262662006-10-12T22:26:00.000-04:002006-10-12T22:26:14.340-04:00

Ma-na Ma-na!

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The little girl was used to having her sister leave on alternate weekends. She knew her sister went to see her Daddy. However this time things seemed different. Everyone seemed mad and upset and the little girl didn't like that and tended to stay out of the way when that occurred. At 4 years old, she had already learned the meaning and advantages of "out of sight - out of mind." Her

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1159110398364892832006-09-24T11:05:00.000-04:002006-09-24T11:06:38.423-04:00

Woman #1: Do you go to church on Sundays? Woman #2: I worship at St. Mattress on the Springs! ;-)

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I kid you not. Barbie has a dog that when you feed him a biscuit and push on his tail, he makes a biscuit for her that she can pick up with her very own pooper scooper! BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!Barbie also has a kitty that when she gives it drink from a water bottle it will wet it's litter box for her and then she can scoop the box.All I can do is shake my head. (heavy sigh!)

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I knew September 11 was going to be kind of overwhelming with it being the 5th anniversary. I avoided all TV shows having to do with any of it. I peeked at CNN.com occasionally, but only to scan headlines. I did not understand why a person would want to relive that day in "real time," however if you were that person, CNN replayed the whole day on the internet. A friend and I looked at it for

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My friend was lamenting the other day that things have gotten so out of hand as far as kid's birthdays go. These days if you aren't practically sending your kid and 100 of his closest friends for a trip to Disney World, you are a loser. Even if you do send him to Disney World, then there's the pressure on how to top that next year. My family was very economically challenged when I was growing

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1157320139762000092006-09-03T17:21:00.000-04:002006-09-03T23:14:52.696-04:00

NOTE: Despite the subject matter, this story is meant to be humorous. One thing my family has always been able to do is laugh in the face of adversity. Ha HA! When my Mom found out she was dying, she started planning. OH the planning that was involved! Everything was in place when she finally passed away - everything except what she wanted done with her ashes. So my sister and I asked her,

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1156396494092974612006-08-24T00:39:00.000-04:002006-08-24T01:29:23.803-04:00

At least 5 years ago, my friend Ray and I had gone to listen to this cool folky acoustic chick named Beth Wood and I was instantly hooked. She is passionate about her music and writes her songs in a way that really speaks to me. I love the way she explains where her songs came from. She was introducing her song, "New Blood" and explained that it was about this musician/songwriter that she

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1155261145484345402006-08-10T20:39:00.000-04:002006-08-10T21:52:26.330-04:00

During the course of my work day, I stop and check CNN.com. I'm not sure why I continue to do this because doing this usually accomplishes one of two things: Either I'm pissed at what they think is news, (Did you see the headline the other day that Paris Hilton has decided to be celibate? SO F'ING WHAT????)or it makes me want to crawl in a corner and cry at what's going on in the world today.

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When I was a little kid, Mom would get S&H Green Stamps at Buddies, the grocery store up the street from our house. She would get me to lick all the stamps to put them in the books that you collected them in. Then after several books were filled up, the glorious day would come when we would go to the S&H Green Stamp redemption store! I was not all that interested in the stuff you could get at

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1155255748426967682006-08-10T20:22:00.000-04:002006-08-10T20:23:45.660-04:00

I dreamt Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls broke up with me. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I'm not a lesbian? :-)

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This is my Avatar on Yahoo. I just created it. I found out about them when my sister created one for herself a while back. She has it on the sidebar of her blog. I look at my sister's blog every single day. I hope against hope that this will be the day that she starts blogging again. She used to be quite the avid blogger, but not anymore. I know I don't have that much room to talk because

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After checking out of the Omni Hotel, I pointed my Honda South on I-75 and began driving toward Flagler Beach, FL. When I decided that I wanted to go somewhere for my birthday, I looked around at several beach destinations and came across an online ad for "The Whale Watch Motel" in Flagler Beach. I hadn't heard of either one of these places, but I checked out the website and instantly fell in

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I took the week of the 4th off from work. When I decided that I was going to do this, I also made the decision that I wanted to do special things because this was also around my birthday. I went on Hotwire.com and looked up hotels in downtown ATL on the 4th of July. Lo and behold I found one that was only 100.00 for the night! I ordered it up and it was at the Omni Hotel which is right smack

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1152573853448411222006-07-10T19:04:00.000-04:002006-07-10T19:26:05.793-04:00

My birthday was 7/1/06 and I am now 39 years old. Not "29...again," but 39. I've lived a lot of life in my 39 years and I claim every one of my years and every one of my gray hairs! All of those experiences and blood, sweat and tears and laughter and smiles and really low times and insanely high times and middle of the road times have made me the Joan that I am today - and I like her - NAY! I

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If my Mom were still with us, she'd be turning 65 today. This is the only digitized picture I have of her. It was sent to me by family friends who wanted to point out how much my sister looks like Mom. Mom went through a period of not coloring her hair and it wasn't the most flattering look for her, but I like this picture for the expression on her face. (By the way, this is my sister on her

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When I was a kid, I was lucky enough to spend the majority of my growing up years in a small town - Granbury, Texas. I feel very fortunate to have been able to grow up where everyone knew my name, knew my parents and would have no issue whatsoever reporting any wrongdoings I might be doing. However I was, for the most part, a good kid and rarely did my parents hear anything but glowing reports

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Yes, I'm late getting on the IPod bandwagon, but it's not for lack of wanting to. I just didn't want to shell out the money for one. However, my brother-in-law bought my sister one of the new IPods that do everything but cook you dinner and mix you a martini, and therefore I got her old IPod Shuffle. My sister gives the BEST hand-me-downs! If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have a digital

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I just added to my sidebar a link to my flickr account. My nephew has been buggin' the bejeebus out of me to start uploading, so upload I did! Can anyone give me some feedback if paying the $25.00 per month for the "pro" account is worth it?MERRY CHRISTMAS, ERIC! ;-)

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This duck took ducking a little too seriously!

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This is the park that's near my house. I love this little park! I took my camera along on my excursion there last Sunday and here are some of images I got. I hope you enjoy them! Most of the Tulips were past their prime, but I found one that still looked beautiful. This Mama Duck had 13 ducklings! This is a close up of the fountain in the middle of the pond. I love the look of water

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Ahhh! Spring in the South! The Flowers! The Warm Weather! The Tornado Warnings! I grew up in Texas and then moved to Georgia. One thing that both areas share is violent spring weather! The other morning, a storm was coming in during the early morning hours. I was sleeping soundly in my happy bed, when I heard "The Sirens." For those of you that don't know, when there is a tornado warning

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Did you realize that at 2 minutes and 3 seconds past 1 o'clock today it was:01:02:03 04/05/06:-)

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OK...I am not that old - I'm only 38 - but I find myself becoming more and more appalled by the lack of manners of the "younger folks." Let's start with a simple "Please" and "Thank You." Whatever happened to thanking a person if they patronized your business and you'd like for them to come again? I go in some places these day and I feel lucky if I'm looked at and grunted at. Is saying please

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1143060756145076522006-03-22T15:29:00.000-05:002006-03-22T15:52:36.223-05:00

...when you're a stranger...Sometimes I just don't understand why people think the way they do. For instance, my friend who is a copywriter is having to replace the voiceover artist he uses for the product he works on because this voiceover got into some trouble that made it to the news. Apparently the product he works on does not want to be associated with said voiceover artist's bad deed. My

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Yes, I know I've been kinda quiet. I've been feeling quiet. I've got some things on my mind that I can't discuss here that has me feeling...well, quiet. So I hope that those of you that may have been checking back here and going, "Where the hell did she go?!?" will forgive me for my silence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This afternoon I was watching the We channel and they had this show called "

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How evil are you?

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...and it went a little something like this....I love my carLOVE, LOVE LOVE my carShe so totally ROCKS!Never would I put her in a box!Yes, I was very in touch with my "Inner Child" at that moment! However I do love my car. It was a lovely November evening in 2001 when she and I met and I've been in love ever since! My Honda is the first "Brand-New-Nobody-Has-Driven-It-But-Me" car. I took her

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Are you lookin' at me?Ralph and Norton and a School of Rays

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Whale SharkPink JellyTube leading into the Big TankDiver in the Tropical Fish TankGrouper with an Entourage

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Beautiful Yellow and Blue Tropical FishiesSchool of RaysAre you ready for your close up, Mr. Turtle?Beautiful BelugaBlue JellyHammerhead SharkMore to come tomorrow...!

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I just got through watching "Elizabethtown" on DVD. I had heard that reviews for the movie were not so good, but I still had an interest in it. Let me stop right here to interject that I think Orlando Bloom is one of the most handsome men I've seen in a long time. My God he is a gorgeous specimen of man! Whew!...But I digress...I enjoyed the movie. I could relate to a lot of it. The part

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I got a call from Jonathan this evening. I didn't hear the phone ring because I was watching a movie. I checked the messages and he mentioned that he was in Ft. Worth visiting his sister and meeting his newborn niece and had I heard that Shauna died? Shauna? Dead? No!Shauna Suggs was one of my best friends in high school. We shared a locker. She was President of the Drama club and I was

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Tagged by the lovely and talented Beastmomma!Four jobs I've had: Newspaper InserterAsst. Manager of Polar Bear Ashburn's Ice Cream and DeliHigh End Handbag salesperson at Foley's Department StoreManager of the Music Department of Hastings Books Music and VideoFour Movies I can watch over and over: When Harry Met SallyLegally Blond (I think this is because it's on TBS every friggin' day!)Rent (OK

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I know that in New York you can have anything delivered any time of the night or day, but why has that not caught on here in Atlanta? You can get pizza and you can get Chinese and only between 11 and 11. There used to be a service here called Webvan.com where you could order groceries and then there was kozmo.com where you could order snack food, condoms, cd's or movies along with a lot of

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I have always been a little anal about my laundry. Two things come to mind as to why I am. First, from the time I was 5 until I was in my 20's I had to go to the laundromat. We were rather "economically challenged" when I was growing up, so owning a washer and dryer was a luxury. When I was a young adult, I remained "economically challenged." It wasn't until my Mom passed away and left me

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1137730699749150692006-01-19T22:50:00.000-05:002006-01-19T23:18:19.803-05:00

Whenever I heard that they were building an Aquarium here in Atlanta, I must admit that I scoffed at the idea. Why were they building an aquarium so close to the Chattanooga aquarium? Wouldn't they cancel each other out since they are so close together? So I started to hear the buzz about how freakin' big the place was going to be and how there were going to be Whale Sharks. OK...maybe having

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1136570110437942832006-01-06T12:42:00.000-05:002006-01-06T12:55:10.500-05:00

While I was at my Sister and BIL's for Christmas, my nephew and I noticed something about my Sister. Well - we didn't really notice - since we already knew this about my Sister - but we had fun giggling at her expense as a result of it. My Sister cannot sit still. It's true! Christmas Eve there was a lot going on in the house with all the people milling around. However we were starting to

Joannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899258.post-1136262471802668742006-01-02T22:58:00.000-05:002006-01-02T23:27:51.846-05:00

Yeah - I know - I said I was going to start blogging again regularly and what did I do? Promptly fell off the side of the world again. The weeks leading up to Christmas were very busy! I don't know why but it was all I could do to drag myself to and from work during that time period. When I finally drove away from work toward NC and my family on 12/22/05 at 3:35pm, I finally felt like I could

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I present to you a building off I-285 that some how manages to orchestrate many floors of lights into the form of a Christmas Tree! Woo Hoo!Did you miss me? I missed you!I had a period of time where I just wasn't inspired, however I'm becoming more inspired every day! I would like to say Happy Hanukah, Merry Christmas, Happy Winter Solstice and Happy Kwanzaa to all of you! Whatever you choose

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Beastmomma tagged me to complete this Meme. Thanks Jaspreet! Meme Instructions1. Delve into your blog archive.2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to).3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. Ponder it for meaning, subtext or hidden agendas...5. Tag five people to do the same My 23rd blog entry is dated October 23, 2003

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It was 2 years ago today that I started "Ye Olde Blog!" Thank you for your support!WOO HOO! :-D

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Before the Moth Ball, Red, the Captain and I went to a few of the homes on the Grant Park Tour of Homes. I looked at my pictures and I've come to the conclusion that I'm hypnotized by stained glass. Beautiful, isn't it?

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Red and the Captain came into town last weekend for the Grant Park Tour of Homes and the Moth Ball. What better escort to a party than you sister and her husband, I say! The theme for the Moth Ball was "Shaken Not Stirred: A Night With James Bond." There is a table decorating contest and my sister, "Queen of All Things Crafty," was set loose on the decorations. She did a FANTASTIC job and won

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...please consider donating to the American Red Cross or the relief organization of your choice to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

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My beloved friend Jef is 5.4285714 in dog years today!:-)

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I met L & G yesterday for lunch. This resulted from a call on Thursday night that I made to G that went a little something like this:G: Hello?Me: I. MUST. HAVE. MEAT. G: Umm...do you want me to go out and bludgeon something for you or what? Me: No, but I really need a steak. Do y'all want to go get one?L & G being the accommodating people that they are agreed to meet me for a steak and

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