tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71586432012-01-29T21:29:08.384-05:00Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.comBlogger19371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-68375619458757205322012-01-29T21:29:00.000-05:002012-01-29T21:29:08.395-05:00

Looking good behind the wheel. It has finally happened! Sean has taken to the road. He picked up his learner's permit this weekend and has been logging the miles. So far he's put in over 100 and that was before supper. Be careful out there while you are learning and watch out for everyone else, you know that they won't be watching out for you.

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I am beginning to think that something out there doesn't want me to have a ring made by Le Vian. Today, I tapped my hand/ring against a counter at work and half of the ring went flying across the kitchen! Definitely NOT what I was expecting to happen. Upon a close examination I found that one of the butterflies had sheared off at the base where it connected to the main part of the ring. I

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I have been so bad with my blog post of late. So many excuses for where the time has gone between them. Work, school, family, holidays and just plain ole not having anything exciting to report. School Let's see since the last real posting, I've begun my final module for school, which is photography. Since deciding to finish out my program with the photography module, I have picked up a new

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Dr. Michael Goldberg's just released "What the Tooth Fairy Didn't Tell You, The Wise Consumer's Guide to Dentistry in the Big Apple" explain the ins and outs of dental health. The stories and pictures will inspire and educate. The book is a guide to enable you to make health-saving, money-saving, pain-saving and time-saving choices. Although his book focuses on the New York City area, it is an

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Hmm...

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As the tale ended in October, we were just days away from our conference and my fingers were crossed that the fix we had put into place was going to work (at least for the duration of the conference.) On Thursday afternoon, as I left to set up for the conference we were still operating well. Friday morning arrived and it wasn't pretty. Doctor arrived and I expected the usual computer hand off,

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REUNION PHOTOS If you would like a higher resolution photos than the ones posted on Facebook please email me and I will be happy to send it to you.

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Apple has been the bane of the boss' and my existence today! It seems a simple trip to the Apple Genius bar to update the OS, get more RAM and have iCloud installed has turned into a exercise in futility. I don't know what's going with their product, but the Mac OS X Lion (10.7.2) has been on the fritz for the last two days. I'd wager to say that I've spent about six hours or more on the phone

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A few months ago I purchase a darling double butterfly Le Vian ring. Much to my disappointment, one of the side diamonds fell out after only wearing it for four days! Not to fear, back to the store and the ring was completely covered under the Le Vian warranty and off it went to have the stone replaced. I had hoped that this process would only take a week or so, but it was well over a month until

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I had an interesting conversation this week about the political landscape and I heard the best analogy as to the condition that the voters are finding themselves in during this election cycle. Fade in on a couple sitting on the sofa, neither in the mood to actually go out for the evening (there is nothing that is compelling them to go - no movie, play, etc.) There they sit flipping through the

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I heard a really interesting story this weekend at a family get together. It seems one of the cousins had a cat show up at their house a couple of years ago on Christmas Eve, clawing at their door. One of the youngsters in the house thought that the cat might be an angel so they fed it and fixed it a place to sleep. The cat was gone the next morning. The at Easter the following year the the

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-11801742069980429882011-09-11T06:05:00.000-04:002011-09-11T18:06:49.861-04:00

IN MEMORY OF ALL WE LOST, THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11

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We awoke up Sunday morning to find that the second largest tree in the backyard had indeed become uprooted and was wedged between two others at the edge of the yard. The upper canopy was also entangled with about five to six others. The Hickory that was next to it also was going to have to come down as well, its roots were all entangled with the large oak. We also had another uprooted tree at

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Went into work for a few hours this morning. It was amazing how quiet the office was even with the wind whipping around outside. As I started for home the rain was beginning to fall, but the winds were the most notable indication of what was to follow. The streets were littered with clumps of fallen leaves and a multitude of pine needles. There was the occasional limb, but nothing significant.

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Today has been a doozie! I started out the morning seeing what looked like a 6-inch piece of gray string on the floor. Turned out what I thought was a string was actually a dead snake in my bedroom floor. One of the lovely four legged children, must have brought it in from going out to potty during the night. The cat use to bring me presents like this, but now the dogs are getting in on the

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Time for college students to start getting back to school for the fall. Classes started this today for John Tyler and boy are they having some issues. Walt tried to get into his class and it came back with an error telling him to try back later. The second class is also having problems. You would think that the community colleges wouldn't be plagued by this type of technical difficulty since

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So sitting at the front desk this morning, getting things under way and in come two sales people making cold calls on various offices. We're polite; take their information and promise to pass it along. Then it happens. They ask a couple of questions about the office and before they know it we've got one scheduled for a hygiene appointment and the other all set to give us a call back to get hers

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I wasn't too sure that I was going to begin a second 365 Project, but after much encouragement here I go again. I began year two on 7/15/2011. I decided that by posting this as a single blog entry it would be easier for others to check back here and follow the progress as opposed to trying to keep up with several Facebook links. (Facebook only allows 200 photos per album). I will be adding

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After seeing a couple of people on Facebook proposing to take a photo a day for a year. I jumped in with both feet. What an interesting way to chronicle the year. It turned out to be a really interested experience - it is amazing what you see if you just look around. The majority of the photos that were taken for this first year (7/11/2010 to 7/10/2011) were taken on the route between my

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Alec, Have super fun birthday. - Mamaw

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Here's to a terrific year for the second of the four twelves!

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Danielle, May you both have many more happy years together. - Mom

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The office phones have been giving us a devil of a time over the past month. At first is was an intermittent issue, but it has gotten down right ridiculous. Our first major issue was easily explained by a cut line when a subcontractor was laying FIOS cables near the office. Then the next go round was just a week or so later and was caused by a cut in the line as well. (The cable installation

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I nearly had a meltdown last night after discovering that my hard drive space was down to only 8GB. Now the last time I had this issue it turned out to be multiple restore points had been made while installing a very large program - which had to be installed a couple of times to get it right. No worry - just delete them and off you go. Well that certainly wasn't the case this time. Of course I

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This past weekend started out pleasant enough, that is until I received a flurry of emails to just about everyone of my email accounts from the same individual. Not only did they send the emails to me but they cc'd my siblings, mother and a nephew too! Way over the top. Now I am NOT that hard to find. In fact there is a contact email address on this blog site, so I'm not really sure why they

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First Phase of House Repairs Walter has been the busy beaver at the house. He has jumped right in and started in on some major home repairs. He has begun replacing any and all questionable pieces of cedar siding on the house. It has made for an quite the colorful looking house - current siding, new primed boards, and a few unprimed board thrown in for good measure; not to mention the caulked

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-30726826031852171052011-06-20T08:14:00.000-04:002011-06-20T08:14:22.523-04:00

Spent yesterday afternoon celebrating Father's Day with my Dad. We had a great lunch and I surprised him with a Dairy Queen ice cream cake.

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I attended this Memorial Day Service sponsored by the J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1343 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Huguenot Springs Cemetery Foundation. The day was spent honoring those that are serving, have served and those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The Keynote Speaker spoke on "The History of Confederate Memorial Day and Recent Research on the Confederate War

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In response to the prediction that the Rapture was going to occur on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Oakland minister & radio host, Harold Camping predicted that Judgement Day would be Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 6 p.m. ET.  Obviously this did not occur, millions did not vanish nor were there any reports of anyone vanishing.  I've been attempting to check out his radio website just to see what he had to

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The owner of Ecto XB contacted me shortly after my first post. Turns out there are several videos on YouTube of the lights in action. Here is the link to the channel where other videos are located.

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ECTO-XB I could hardly contain my surprise when I was on the way home from work this evening and passed by this vehicle in the parking lot of a local mall. It took me three passes in the parking lot to get just the pictures that I wanted. It made for a great picture of the day. Who would have thought that there was such a thing here in Richmond. I did do an internet search in hopes of

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Inner Peace: If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,  If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,  If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,  If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment , If

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Dear Friends, Spring is in the air and Passover and Easter are just around the corner. Spring cleaning is, in fact, a form of spiritual cleansing, and what better way to feel that this task has been completed than to support the charity nearest to your heart? Passover is a celebration of the Jewish Exodus, when we were freed from slavery in Egypt. Every year we say "Next year in Jerusalem!" but

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Once Upon A Timeby Kermit Kirk You drive by Copeland Funeral home on the left and Mutt Williams places of business on the left and right before crossing the little bridge over straight creek. The Christian church on your right. And then the pride of the little town is in view on your right, St. Charles High School. Across the street from the school a Saturday baseball game is in progress between

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Even the Richmond skyline is cheering for the VCU Rams. This shot was taken from the Northbound side of the Lee Bridge, around 10:30 p.m.

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Heading into the home stretch in getting ready for another conference this weekend. Printing, making slide, copies, stapling and stacking. I'm beginning to think that I'll never get all the stuff into the car! Other than that piece of logistics, things are coming along nicely. Email & Newsletter Gleanings: You Have To Love Real JusticeAllegedly an actual personal ad from the "Savannah

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Success! The trash is gone! I should have made that phone call a long time ago. So glad that it and the smell are out of here. What a great way to start Spring.

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Turns out that I was woefully misinformed by the guy at the Best Buy (toll-free number) that I spoke with on Thursday morning. The extended warranty had never been transferred over to the television that I purchased after the first one was stolen. Which he told me on Thursday that it had been. FAIL. While I was waiting in line at the Geek Squad desk I did notice a row of pictures of the

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The last couple of days the television has been acting up. It kind of reminded me of the old tube televisions that have to 'warm up' before the picture actually forms. I was going to live with it until I received a call from Best Buy yesterday evening. Turns out that they wanted me to extend my extended warranty. Talk about timing. Just when I was thinking I was going to have to purchase a

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Feb 17, 2011 - The trash pile is growing. The neighbors began piling their trash up in a trailer in their backyard just after the first of the year. It is really becoming an "issue". The neighborhood cats are clawing through the bags in search of table scraps. There have even been raccoons in the area before and I'm sure that this collection of stuff would be of interest to them. The loose

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Sex After Death A couple made a deal that whoever died first would come back and inform the other if there is sex after death. Their biggest fear was that there was no after life at all. After a long life together, the husband was the first to die. True to his word, he made the first contact: "Marion ... Marion " "Is that you, Bob?" "Yes, I've come back like we agreed." "That's wonderful!

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Special thanks go out to Sean & Dean who just about spent the whole day over at the house helping us clear out the rocks and downed limbs in the yard. Dean even took the chainsaw to about 50 small stumps in the backyard. Now it doesn't look like a field of spikes, all nice and safe now. We don't have to worry about people cutting through the yard and falling on one of the pointed stumps. Much

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Just a quickie to end the whole Verizon Wireless saga. FedEx got my note and no phone was delivered to the house. At least now, I don't have any more packages to worry about. Glad to finally be over with all of that. On the happy side, I'm loving my iPhone 4. It has solved all the reception issues that I was having at the house and my calls have been crystal clear. Yeah!

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I didn't think we'd get here, but sure enough we did, part 6 of the Verizon Wireless saga. I went out this evening to get wood from the wood rack and discovered a FedEx door tag! The 2nd phone that was due to have been delivered on Friday of last week had arrived. Thank goodness no one had been home to sign for the darn thing. I've got the little door tag all prepared for tomorrow - written

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The email that I had received from Verizon was right on the money, FedEx showed up this morning with the replacement phone which I promptly refused to accept. The problem was it was five days later than it was promised (not a FedEx problem.) I'm still shaking my head over the whole ordeal, but at least with today's delivery refusal and a return package via UPS I am through with this particular

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Well the replacement cell phone did arrive Saturday before noon as promised. I was highly amazed. Then I went to get it all set up to run, that was another whole story. Here I started to get the thing all activated and set up and it won't let me activate it. It automatically called support. I felt like I had been directed directly to the sales department and here I was just trying to

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The story it seems goes on and on. This morning the FedEx guy came to the office bearing packages, but not the one that I was looking for. He being the wonderful guy that he is, called the other carrier who delivers to the house to see if he had a delivery for me. Hmmm...no delivery at either address. This did not bode well for Verizon. I waited patiently till quitting time for the day to

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Well my Motorola Android phone kept dropping calls, and dropping calls. So I finally made the call to Verizon tech support to get a resolution, this only after I had already attempted to do all the standard corrective measures (updating towers; software; and re-seating the battery). It turns out that there is a "known" issue with the phone and they are all set to ship out a replacement one to

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-37859730107454394122011-02-15T18:48:00.000-05:002011-02-15T18:48:51.153-05:00

CATHOLIC HEART ATTACK A man suffered a serious heart attack and had open heart bypass surgery. He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a Catholic Hospital. As he was recovering, a nun asked him how he was going to pay for his treatment. She asked, 'Do you have health insurance?' He replied in a raspy voice, 'No health insurance.' The nun asked, 'Do you have money in

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Read this one over the weekend with regard to cupid being the symbol for romance & Valentine's Day. "When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is this little fat midget with wings coming at me with a weapon." I nearly fell over laughing and then wondered, just where did this idea that Cupid was all sweet and lovable come from. I ran this one past Walter, a fount of random

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photo: Dorothy Parsons Why We Shoot Deer in the Wild(A letter from someone who wants to remain anonymous, who farms, writes well and actually tried this.) I had this idea that I could rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-75729198222565971812011-02-10T19:50:00.002-05:002011-02-10T20:03:22.293-05:00

Dang! Woke up this morning to snow! Was sort of expecting it but not really. Thank goodness it wasn't' enough to even cause a hiccup in the normal flow of the morning. It would have made me crazy if it had. I've been working the front desk at the office. I'm still trying to find the right rhythm for how & what all needs to be done up there. Going to have to find the right balance between

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The little one that I brought home from the hospital. Such a sweetie! Hard to believe that she's all grown up, married and with children of her own.

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May you have a spectacular year! Love, Mom

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Around 1988, Ronald Reagan came to R.J. Reynolds to speak. At the time we lived in the West End near their headquarters and I took Walter, with my Aunt Barbara, up to see him as he got off Marine One. As I remember there were about 10 of us at the back gate there to welcome him. We didn't get to see but a glimpse (no digital cameras back then either) but it was a great time.

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A man had 50 yard line tickets for the Super Bowl. As he sat down, he noticed that the seat next to him was empty. He asked the man on the other side of the empty seat whether anyone was sitting there. "No," the man replied, "The seat is empty." "This is incredible," said the first man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the

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The Great Mystery Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from President Obama's past saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc. ?? Not one person has ever come forward from his past. VERY, VERY STRANGE.. This should really be a cause for great concern. To those who voted for him, you may have elected an unqualified, inexperienced shadow man. Reminds me of The

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I went digging through my email this evening and found these gems! Enjoy! Quote of the Day: May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-55554525193641569722011-02-05T19:11:00.001-05:002011-02-05T20:10:51.953-05:00

I laughed so hard that I cried! Enjoy!

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I am beginning to seriously wonder what some people are thinking these days. With the economy in its present state and unemployment levels as high as they are, what are people thinking. Have/has the army of unemployed lost their ever-loving minds. Back in the day when many of us first started working we may have had a uniform of sorts to wear for our job and certain rules that we were required

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Pondering life and relationships this evening. Sometimes it seems that just when yo think you are getting it together, you end up getting slapped out of the blue. Looking for the silver lining. Time to step back and see if I can find one.

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-81976370456443031402011-02-03T20:39:00.002-05:002011-02-03T20:41:08.085-05:00

Remember getting up in the morning to watch Sailor Bob? Watching as “Gilly,” pesters Sailor Bob with jokes from the porthole. Blue Bird entertaining us from the porch of his birdhouse; and Mr. Mouse as he “squeaked” about the days events to Sailor Bob. And don't forget the awesome drawings, Sailor Bob created with his ever ready magic marker. Now you can take a trip down memory lane with

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"Thwarted at every turn", could have been the theme for what was going to be a quick run downtown to Bottoms Up Pizza to pick up pizza for lunch. The trip down was uneventful and took no time, but the trip back was another story all together. We hopped on the Downtown Expressway heading out of the city to only be blocked as we headed for the Powhite by road repairs (rolling pothole repairs).

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-29432425424964597762011-01-27T11:30:00.000-05:002011-01-27T11:30:41.850-05:00

Love You Sweetie!

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Have you ever contemplated the parade of people that pass through your life? Who they are and what impact that they have made upon your life? If you really start to think about the list of grows on a daily basis, whether it is a new co-worker, the person in a checkout line with you, or someone you just happened to speak with on the phone. How many of them are you leaving better off for having

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It has been one heck of a day. I felt like I was starting off the day behind the 8 ball. I had a handful of items that were holdovers from yesterday to get me started. Verizon gave me one heck of a time this afternoon - just trying to get that resolved took over 2 hours of time on either hold or talking to tech support. I thought for sure for a while there that they had totally forgotten me,

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Man is it only Tuesday! I could have sworn we were up to Thursday at least. Been busy trying to find myself on my list of stuff that needs to get done. Still working on my homework assignments - down to the last 2 for my print production class. I've got one almost complete and ready to turn in. Looks like I may actually get it finished this weekend. I was thrilled to be able to come in

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-89571699332070770272011-01-18T00:01:00.001-05:002011-01-18T18:56:32.395-05:00

Have a Wonderful Birthday Wayne!

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Have a spectacular birthday Josh!

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From my email: GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting blossoms attracts butterflies,

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Roz's Annual Masquerade Party got off to a big start this evening. Partiers descended upon her house and things were going full steam in no time at all. It was great seeing all the different and exotic masks this year. What a great way to celebrate Courtney's 21st Birthday! More Masquerade Photos

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It has been a truly interesting week. I've been chatting with some folk online for the past several weeks in the evenings and have finally gotten to know a few of them. They are spread out all over the globe, Australia, Canada, and all across the US. For such a small group they have been having such a wide array of issues just since Christmas: floods in Australia; snow and cold in the North

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-28458520223448432412011-01-11T14:40:00.000-05:002011-01-11T14:40:14.907-05:00

I got an ugly surprise from the postal service this afternoon, they brought back about 40 packages that I mailed out yesterday telling me that I hadn't put enough postage on them. I had weighed them on the postage meter and made sure that they fit through the postal services own template. Photographic proof that they fit!!! So how does that work!? It's just extremely irritating to do the job

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What an interesting start to what may be an icy day. Decisions, decisions, decisions... should we open, go in late or not at all. Here we are in the office and waiting for patients to show up for their appointments. I'm busy in my office working on a magazine and a newspaper ad. Watching the traffic from my window things look like they are moving just fine out there right now. Only time will

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Saturday started off the weekend snowy, boy did I want to stay home. But duty called and I was off to a morning at the office. We did get a whole lot accomplished (more than I thought we would). Although going out turned out to be a really good thing. I got some great pictures of the snow before it melted off. January 8, 2011 Snow Pictures I'm finally getting myself back into the swing of

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Just posting this one as it came in on my email today! A little three-year-old boy is sitting on the toilet. His mother thinks he has been in there too long, so she goes in to see what's up. The little boy is sitting on the toilet reading a book. But about every 10 seconds or so he puts the book down, grips onto the toilet seat with his left hand and hits himself on top of the head with his

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-71114376878862994752011-01-02T15:24:00.000-05:002011-01-02T15:24:50.434-05:00

Just caught the dog munching on steel wool, so glad that I heard him making odd noises in the other room. He is definitely not the brightest bulb in box. I have got to figure out just what we can do to keep him from munching on things that he shouldn't. The list is getting pretty long: pillows, sheets, pot holder, blankets, shoe(s) lots of those, paper, stuffing, plastics, stuffed animals, a

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Walter in his infinite wisdom has arrived at two different scenarios for what could occur during 2011: 1) We will begin to see unemployment numbers improving which will be the hallmark of us beginning out climb out of the recession.  These numbers will not be back to their pre-recession rate but there will be an improvement. OR 2)  Due to the Federal Reserve Printing money, we will see a large

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-21850029026268184892011-01-01T18:19:00.002-05:002011-01-01T18:22:16.618-05:00

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure. Pass this on to your friends and let

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You can read the article and see more pictures of Dr. Martin in action at Wall Street Journal.

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Dr. Martin appeared in an article in this morning's Wall Street Journal! It sure is going to make for an extra busy day at the office.

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The Idiot In Command

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The snow is falling here and doesn't show signs of stopping.

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It's that time of the year again. Santa is on the way and NORAD is following him. Check out his progress on his journey, at NORAD tracks Santa.

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This video is no longer available except for viewing on YouTube. Please watch it by clicking here.

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From my email: Three years ago, a little boy and his grandmother came to see Santa at Mayfair Mall in Wisconsin. The child climbed up on his lap, holding a picture of a little girl. "Who is this?" asked Santa, smiling. "Your friend?" Your sister? "Yes, Santa," he replied. "My sister, Sarah, who is very sick," he said sadly. Santa glanced over at the grandmother who was waiting nearby, and

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This years annual Holiday program was presented to the community on behalf of the Salvation Army. The Band, directed by Joe Simpkins, consists of approximately 60 dedicated volunteers. This year the Richmond Pops Band was joined by the Richmond Choral Society, under the direction of Markus Compton; and Sara Dell'Omo, mezzo-soprano with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in

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More Eclipse Images

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The photo being displayed on the monitor in was taken by me at the DVI Gala on November 28, 2010 at the Jewish Heritage Museum, New York, NY.

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Walter & Kelly have been busy elves at the house, breaking out the Christmas decorations this evening. Candles and wreaths are at the windows, stockings and garland at the mantle and on the banister. The tree is up and awaiting decorations. We're waiting to see how Bounce behaves towards the tree before adding any ornaments.

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Facebook and the internet in general is just utterly amazing. Here I was today just sitting there minding my own business when a name from the past showed up in my Facebook email. It is amazing who can and will find you. A couple of emails later and here I was on the phone for over an hour! It was fantastic catching up with Melissa after all these years. I really was delighted to find out

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-27193476240652905402010-12-02T19:11:00.000-05:002010-12-19T19:12:21.886-05:00

I had a great time in New York! It was an exciting time and I was able to do and see so much while I was there. I walked 5th Avenue, visited the Empire State Building, had a fantastic dinner at Marea. I learned quite a bit about Jewish heritage as well. On Sunday, we were at the 30th Anniversary Gala for Dental Volunteers for Israel at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. New York Trip Photos

Judyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838885836763692375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158643.post-34999334163436130072010-11-30T14:55:00.006-05:002010-12-01T21:16:39.995-05:00

Michael & Laurie Goldberg Proclamation from Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City declaring November 28, 2010 as Dental Volunteers for Israel Day in the City of New York. Gala Photos Videos from the DVI Gala Program

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