tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76497474535838065082024-03-05T08:50:22.902-08:00random ramblings...random thoughts of a 50-something Mom of 3, Golden Retriever lover, who still, at times, feels like she's in high school...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.comBlogger1591125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-62942716605623983672017-04-24T11:40:00.000-07:002017-04-24T11:44:43.764-07:00Time Gone By...Two and a half years. Let that sink in for a moment. I haven't posted here for two and a half years. Time has come and gone and so many things have changed. Good, bad, and otherwise. I'm almost at a loss of where to start.<br />
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My last post was in November of 2014. My oldest daughter Bear had gotten married in April. It was a spectacular, joyous day and it was picture perfect! Fast forward to today and she and her husband are the proud parents of Max, an adorable, sweet, funny 19 month old! He is my first grandchild and has added so much fun and joy to my life. <br />
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I'm so fortunate that they live close and I have the opportunity to spend lots of time with this perfect little man!<br />
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Remember my youngest daughter, aka "Pickle"? Well, she too has become a wife and a mother! She and her husband were married in a beautiful, intimate wedding ceremony in our back yard, in May of 2015. <br />
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The following March they welcomed a beautiful little girl named Avery, lovingly nick-named Princess Peanut. It's hard to believe that my baby now has a beautiful baby of her own! <br />
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These two little perfect sweethearts have brightened my world beyond measure!<br />
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Pickle and her husband moved to Texas last October, which has been very difficult for me to accept, but I am working on it. Nothing in life is perfect, so it's best for me to try to get used to the idea. Thankfully there is FaceTime and things along that line that can keep us in touch. It is heartbreaking to be so far away from people you love so much, but things are what they are.<br />
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The Boy continues to do well. He is a Purdue graduate (Class of 2015) and is back in San Diego full time now working at a great job and living in his own place with his girlfriend. Boiler Up!<br />
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In January of 2016 we had another addition to our family. A friend reached out to me about a young Golden Retriever in need of a new home. Having 4 already, adding a 5th Golden to the mix was the last thing I needed...but it couldn't hurt to learn more, right? Haha! Famous last words! We welcomed Charlie into our home officially at the end of January, and he has been a blast!<br />
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Shortly after getting him home and settled I started working with him to get him certified for pet therapy work. He had the right temperament and I knew he'd do well. He has done so well, and already has over 200 visits under his belt. He came into my life at just the right time, that's for sure.<br />
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In April of last year, we lost our sweet, precious, kookie Jill, aka Gigi. She was just 10 years old, and at the beginning of April we noticed she was having a tough time eating and keeping food down. She was diagnosed with leukemia and within a few weeks she was gone. It was heartbreaking to say the least. Jill was always a favorite with our friends, as her silly and extremely loving personality won everyone over. She was especially loving and watchful over the babies, which only made her even more lovable, if that's possible.<br />
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So, with a hop, skip and a jump, here we are... there is so much more to catch up on, but I find my time is short as I get ready to head out for a therapy visit. I wish you all well, and I hope to be back soon. Maybe tomorrow, maybe in a week or two, or heck, knowing me it might be another year or two. I'll keep you in suspense.<br />
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You can always keep in touch on Kona's FaceBook page. I'm still really good about keeping that updated daily. Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/KonaTheLoveSponge <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-56304097663342542832014-11-18T15:19:00.002-08:002014-11-18T15:20:59.622-08:00Honey, I'm home! I can't believe I've been gone for 9 months! Sheesh, I could have had a BABY in that time. Thank goodness I didn't...Lord knows I'm too old and way too busy for a baby. Now a grand-baby? Maybe one of these days.<br />
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So, where did we leave off? Oh yes, I do believe it was February. Where oh where do I start. Well, it's been a VERY busy year. I'll do my best to catch up and not bore anyone to tears.<br />
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The most exciting thing that has happened all year is that my beautiful oldest daughter, known here as "Bear" got married in April. Crazy, isn't it? I'm WAY too young to have a daughter of marrying age, right? Hardly! Bear got married to her fiance Barry (I did NOT make that up.) and it was a lovely, perfect wedding. <br />
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We were all thrilled that everything came together beautifully. It was both exhilarating and a huge relief at the same time. </div>
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After the wedding, we slid into a very warm summer. Sometime in mid May, Kona managed to tear his CCL (the dog equivalent to our ACL) He had to have knee surgery on July 9th. Not fun, not fun at all! </div>
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We are extremely lucky to have a huge support system, many of them coming from Kona's FaceBook page. If you are on FaceBook, be sure to like his page. He goes by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KonaTheLoveSponge" target="_blank">Kona the Love Sponge</a>. I may have been gone from here for a while, but I've been busy on his page just about everyday. Priorities, right? Haha! </div>
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Back in July I also did something that some people might have thought was a bit odd. I shaved my head. One of my dearest friends is battling breast cancer, and I shaved it in her honor and to share the experience with her. My hair has pretty much grown back now, but she is still fighting, and if I had my way, I'd still be bald. </div>
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I didn't mind the look, and it sure was easy! It was a great experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat...<br />
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Kona's rehab took quite a while, but in the long run it was totally worth all the work we did with him. He had weekly cold laser therapy sessions and underwater treadmill sessions. We were so thankful to find a fantastic place to take him. Here is a little bit of what he went through.<br />
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Kona wasn't the only one who surgery this summer. The Boy managed to do a heck of a job messing up his knee and also had ACL surgery...He also had a summer of physical therapy and work to get back on his feet.<br />
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So now, here we are, staring the holidays in the face. I know I've said it before, but it's amazing how the time flies. The Boy is back at school at Purdue University for his final year. It was just yesterday that he was leaving and I was a sobbing mess. Bear is married, and Pickle, my baby, is out and about, enjoying her independence and spreading her wings. She turns 21 in less than a month. I swear I was just taking her to kindergarten...</div>
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Hubby and I celebrated out 24th anniversary in Oct. No Halloween party this year - the wedding was enough to take care of this year. We are kicking around the idea of another Halloween blow-out next year, but that is still to be determined. </div>
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The dogs keep us busy - Harley will be 12 in April, Jill tunrs 10 next month, Kona turned 7 last week, and our puppy, Lucas (aka Squirt) is already 18 months old! Remember when he was just a little guy? Yup - time flies indeed. </div>
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Well, that's it for now...a little bit of catch up. I'm sure I've forgotten a ton of stuff, I mean it has been 9 months for goodness sakes. I'll be back soon, and I promise it won't be another 9 months. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-68826101882231662092014-02-01T12:59:00.001-08:002014-10-20T17:46:28.037-07:00Well, so much for that! <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had every good intention of blogging at least once a week this year. Ha! What was I thinking? That I might actually have time to blog? Silly, silly me. Here it is Feb. 1st already and I've posted exactly ONCE so far this year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January was bu</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sy month. I did a LOT of visits with Kona, committed to working more with Lucas (aka Squirt) on his manners (he is a work in progress) and so much more. I visited with some old friends, had a wonderful spa day with one of my besties, surprised another of my besties for her birthday, made a quick trip to Vegas, went to a bridal fair with Bear, had lunch with a couple of different friends on different days, attended the funeral of the father of an old friend, went to a couple of dog events, saw a movie or three, fell down and nearly knocked my teeth our, worked on wedding stuff, worked some gold parties and fundraisers,went on a super cool scavenger hunt, and so much more. No wonder I didn't get the chance to blog!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But here I am now, so no hard feelings, right? Here are some photos from the month just to keep you in the loop.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I won a couple hundred bucks on this spin!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hard at work and having a blast!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I got an "UP" by Jawbone, and it monitors how much I sleep (or in my case how much I don't sleep!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We got most of the invitations out!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hanging with Syl and Bear at a bridal fair. Lots of good ideas, and goodies to taste and drink test!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playing with the pups- first pool fun on the year.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-36242245183093048572014-01-02T17:58:00.001-08:002014-01-02T17:58:06.163-08:00365 Days of GratitudeWell howdy! See, I told you I'd be back soon. Here it is, the 2nd of January, and I am thinking about the year to come. I am so thankful that 2013 was a good (or at least BETTER) year for me and my family for the most part, and I am hopeful that 2014 will also treat us kindly.<br />
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Last January I stumbled across a post somewhere (maybe it was on Facebook, maybe Pintrest, I don't remember) about how someone made themselves a jar of "Happy Moments." I loved the idea and decided to do one for myself. Here is an excerpt of what I wrote about in on my FB page.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">I've already started my jar for this year - and have my first "happy moment" note it in - with a bit of cash of course.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">I've heard about 2 other really fun things I think I'm going to at least try to do this year as well. The first is the "weekly bank" game that so many people have been talking about. You start off the first week of the year, week 1 of 2014, and you put $1.00 into a piggy bank, or other safe place. Then, at the end of week 2, you put $2.00 in the piggy bank, and so on...until the last week of the year, when you are supposed to put in $52. If you do it every week without cheating, at the end of the year you will have $1378! That's not shabby! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">I LOVE this idea, but once again I'm going to put my own little twist onto it. I'm going to reverse the order. I'm going to do a count-down with the money (since my funds always seem to be tight at the end of the year with family birthdays, holidays, etc.) So, every Friday, starting with tomorrow, I'm going to put money into a piggy bank. Tomorrow I'll put in $52. Next week on Friday I'll put in $51, the week after that $50. You get the point. I think it will be fun to do, especially if I can remember to do it each Friday!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 14px;">Since it's only the 2nd of January, I figured it wasn't too late for me to start doing this.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">So...give it some thought and let me know if you plan on joining me in any of these little adventures...I'd love the company. </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-58031964004493846832013-12-23T20:17:00.000-08:002013-12-23T20:18:13.568-08:006 Months! <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bet you gave up on me ever returning to this blog. Heck, I even thought of giving up on it....but as always, I am drawn back. I still love this blog and appreciate all of my readers, especially those who have been so faithful and have continued to check back day after day, week after week, and month after month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, here I am! Alive, well, and as always very busy. Christmas is the day after tomorrow, and I can't believe that the last time I posted it was summer time and we were in the pool every day, enjoying the warm weather, etc. Honestly, I don't know where the time has gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm making a New Year's promise to myself....I'll blog at least once a week in 2014. It may sound silly, but I actually REALLY miss blogging! I am on facebook a ton, but it's just not the same. FB is great for the quicky little note and photo, but I don't get to share what's in my head nearly as much as when I get to sit down and really ramble. Haha! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For now I will leave you with our family Christmas card, and Kona and Lucas' card... yes, I had a special Christmas card made for the two of them....Kona's FB page is now up to over 11,800 fans....how crazy is that? That boy and the little Squirt certainly keep me busy. If you want to follow their antics, click over to their FB page, and "like" it. I'm on that page at least once a day....here is a link for you. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KonaTheLoveSponge" target="_blank">Kona's Page</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas, and happy holidays! Let's keep in touch! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-53600588309288680592013-06-23T07:55:00.000-07:002013-06-23T07:57:46.021-07:00You Tubing It.<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>If you are FaceBook with me, you probably already know that back on April 11th I created a page for Kona. It's called "Kona The Love Sponge." I'm not sure what exactly possessed me to do it, but it's been a TON of fun, and the page gains daily "likes". Earlier this week we passed the 7000 mark, which I thought was pretty cool for only having the page for 2 months. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The page is narrated from Kona's point of view, and is 99% just about him - his day to day antics, therapy work, and interactions with the other dogs. It's a blast to get the comments from folks all over the world who have stumbled across his page and seem to thoroughly enjoy it. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Anyway...Since bringing the new little fella into the house I've been making a few short videos. Nothing great - just short, cute snippets. (I've also created Kona's very own You Tube channel - I know, I know....I'm nuts.)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here are the couple I've made so far. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoy making them. Please feel free to share them with anyone you think might enjoy seeing them too.</strong></span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-14827415413472146922013-06-13T16:38:00.001-07:002013-06-13T16:38:42.106-07:00One Month....<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>It's been an entire month since I've posted. How lame am I? Sheesh!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Well, of course a TON of stuff has been going on since I last posted, but namely two big events took place. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>First of all, I went on an AWESOME vacation to Maui with some folks I work with. I earned a 5 night stay at the Black Rock Sheraton Maui. It was F A B U L O U S! Airfare, hotel suite, dinners, entertainment, and lots of other cool stuff was all paid for. How is that for awesome. I work for the coolest guy and the best company. Check it out sometime. </strong></span><a href="http://www.rgtgold.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>www.rgtgold.com</strong></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here are a couple (ok, maybe a few more than just a couple) of my favorite photos from the trip. I'm starting to work on a video of the trip that I'll probably eventually share here. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Meet Lucas! He joined our family officially on Saturday the 8th, and he is exactly 2 months old today! </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I'll be updating with more pics soon. Honest!</strong></span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-61445662100399669982013-05-13T11:39:00.001-07:002013-05-13T11:39:10.731-07:00In LimboI'm sure you've noticed that I haven't been spending much time on my blog lately. I don't know why, I can't put my finger on it. I feel as if my blog is in limbo.<br />
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I can't pinpoint if it's that I don't have the desire to constantly update it...or if I have things going on in my life now that I'm not comfortable sharing. Maybe it's a little of both of those. It's also partly because when I post I like to put a lot of thought into what I post, and thought takes time. I haven't had a lot of that lately. <br />
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For some reason, about a month ago I got a wild notion of starting a FaceBook page for Kona. Don't ask my why. It was just a silly idea. I thought it would be fun to see if anyone would "like" it. Well, come to find out, I've had nearly 7000 people like it in just over a month! That's been a fun little project for me to play around with. Posting the pictures is quick, easy, and doesn't take much thought. I get the instant gratification of the people giving his posts the thumbs up. <br />
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It's been fun for me to watch his page grow. I guess speaking through him is like having a little alter ego. A sweet, furry, lovable alter-ego, that everyone seems to love. You can't knock that. If you are on FaceBook and want to check out his page, his link is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KonaTheLoveSponge" target="_blank">Kona "The Love Sponge"</a><br />
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I've had plenty of stuff going on here, some really good, some not so good. Such is life, right? I try not to dwell on the not so good, but sometimes that is easier said than done. I'm sure it's like that for all of us.<br />
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On to some of the good. Yesterday was Mother's Day. I got to spend Mother's Day with my Mom, my husband, two of my children and my dogs. <br />
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We went out for breakfast, spent part of the day out and about, then came back to the house where I got some lovely gifts, and we enjoyed an afternoon of fun in the pool. It was a very pleasant, low stress, relaxing day.
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I've got two big, exciting things coming up very soon. First a trip to Hawaii in just a couple of weeks that I am really looking forward to. I owe that to the fantastic company I work for - the RGT Group. Be sure to check out our new web site. <a href="http://www.rgtgold.com/">www.rgtgold.com</a> <br />
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We are staying at the Sheraton Black Rock, which has some of the best snorkeling on Maui. <br />
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I love to snorkel, and I am really excited about getting on my gear and hitting the water. So excited in fact, that I got it all out yesterday and did a little test run in the pool! <br />
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The other exciting "thing" happening soon is that our addition to the family will be coming home in about 4 weeks. We paid a visit Saturday. Needless to say the puppies have changed just a little bit since I saw them last. <br />
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One of these 3 little fellows will be coming home with us soon.<br />
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They had all had baths just before we arrived. They were cuddled and getting dry in towels SO cute!<br />
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This was Kona (on the left) at about the same age....and one of the males from the litter.<br />
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Snugly little wet faces.<br />
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One of the sweet females. <br />
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So, as you can see, there are a lot of things going on. I've only mentioned some of the good here. There are more good things to tell about. Fun, exciting things going on in the house. I'll try to stay focused on the good. Promise. <br />
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I'll do my best to keep up a little better, but please hang in there with me. I'm probably not going to be as consistent as I was - at least not for a while. Just too much other "stuff" going on. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-47610489660794317892013-05-06T12:04:00.004-07:002013-05-06T12:04:50.381-07:00What if...What if this happened to your Mom. PLEASE take a couple of minutes and read this. It's important. Rob is a high school friend of mine. NO ONE should have to live with the thought of this monster getting out. <br />
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Cathlene Anne Harbert was born in October of 1944. She grew up in various places, but spent most of her life in San Diego, California. In 1963 she met George Lambeth, they married and had three sons. In 1970 the Lambeth family settled in Mira Mesa, where Cathi became an active member of the community. She worked at Lowell Mason Elementary as a teacher's aide and yard duty. She was also a member, and later elected P.T.A. President. She was well known in the neighborhood, and was an honorary mom to many of the Lambeth brothers' friends. Later she became involved in the Mira Mesa Youth Soccer League as a coach and board member. She loved her Sharpshooters teams, the girls were the daughters that she never had.<br />
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She was missing for 10 days when her body was discovered in a garbage dumpster. Her killer was Thomas Patterson, a friend of her estranged husband. Cathi Stubbins (she had divorced several years prior and remarried) had taken pity on the down on his luck Patterson and allowed him to live in her garage for a short time until he got back on his feet. She knew that he was a troubled man, but out of the goodness of her heart she wanted to help him out, not knowing the full extent of his past problems. On a Saturday in October 1982 Cathi gave Patterson a ride to his father's house. He lured her to a hotel room under the pretense of a meeting with her estranged husband, then murdered her. I share the video below only so that you will fully understand the gravity of what this monster did. He murdered her, cut her into pieces, and then threw her in the garbage.</div>
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Patterson was previously convicted in 1978 for the molestation of an 8-year old girl, and paroled in 1980. He was also convicted of grand theft in 1981, then paroled again in 1982.<br />
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After killing Cathi, Patterson fled San Diego and hid out for almost a year avoiding capture, before finally being apprehended in late 1983. In 1984 he was allowed to plead guilty to 2nd degree murder, and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The family and friends of Cathi, as well as the District Attorney's Office in San Diego, have successfully opposed bail for Patterson in 1993, 1995, 2001, and 2008. We recently received notice that the latest parole consideration hearing will be held this coming July. As always, my brother Darren and I will represent her family and friends opposing parole for Thomas Patterson. But we need your help this time.<br />
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He has been in prison for almost 30 years, and as time goes on I grow more and more concerned that the parole board will decide that he has been in long enough. Maybe he's learned his lesson, maybe he's no longer a threat. I dread hearing the decision that he has been deemed suitable for parole. So this time I would like to have a lot of letters from the community stating that we all remain opposed to the parole of this convicted child molester and murderer, that he will never be suitable to live among us. Please take a few minutes out of your life to help us assure that this creature is not allowed to move into your neighborhood, to prey on your loved ones. Let's make sure that he dies in prison, never free for a moment, never having another chance to destroy the lives of innocent people.<br />
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If you would like to help, just write a letter opposing his parole. It doesn't have to be a long letter, just make sure to hit whatever key points are important to you. Maybe you are a friend of Cathi or her family, and you have seen first hand the effects of this crime. Perhaps you are a concerned citizen that does not want violent criminals released into your neighborhood. Whatever it is, write a letter and share your thoughts with the Parole Board. Your letters DO have an impact at the hearing, the board takes them into consideration. There is no set format, just be sure to include the name Thomas Patterson and CDC #B97941. Mail your letter to Rob Lambeth, P.O. Box 6993, Big Bear Lake, CA 92315. I will gather them and make sure they get to the Board of Prison Terms.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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Time is short, we did not get as much notice as in the past. I need as many letters as possible in my hands by May 15 so I can be sure that they are submitted in time. Please feel free to forward this web site to anyone you feel would like to help.<br />
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On behalf of my family I thank you in advance for your assistance.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I was able to snap this one though, of our new friend, Randolph. He is a new Rec. Therapist at the VA and was learning the ropes of escorting us along our visit.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>One of the patients we visited today told me that Kona reminded him of "Falcor" from the movie "Never Ending Story." It had been YEARS since I'd seen that movie, but I instantly knew exactly what he was referring too. I made this little comparison. </strong></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-33249299382722091392013-04-24T11:24:00.003-07:002013-04-24T11:24:39.601-07:00Happy- Wake up!I stumbled across this and just thought it was adorable! <br />
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What.A.Cutie. Pie!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-58803410928761326312013-04-23T20:49:00.003-07:002013-04-23T20:49:42.394-07:00"Time"The prompt for today's photo-a-day challenge is "time" which is extremely appropriate, considering I haven't had the TIME to update or post for the last couple of days! <br />
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With so many watches one can never really be sure what time it is! <br />
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Yesterday's prompt was the word "blurry" - it's actually harder than you think to take an intentionally blurry photo and still make it decent looking. This is a photo of my favorite peanut butter M&M's. <br />
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Sunday's prompt was "fire" - I kind of liked this one and how the flames reflected on the granite. It reminded me of the buring bush (from the "Ten Commandments" movie) that is on fire but never burns. I know, I know, I'm strange. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-28897566005489022162013-04-20T13:39:00.000-07:002013-04-20T13:54:29.216-07:00Thinking about "Junior" <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Today's photo-a-day challenge prompt is "on your mind." Well, I have a TON of stuff on my mind but nothing that I can really take a photo of, other than "Junior."</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I was lucky enough to meet one of the puppies from the litter I will be getting our next fur-baby from. We made an impromptu visit yesterday, and got to sneak in a 5 minute visit. It was awesome! The babies are only 6 days old (7 as of today), and I don't think I've ever seen a puppy that teeny before. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Junior" is our temporary name for our little fellow, and I'm not sure that it will be this one or not - I only got to see this little guy. Visiting with the breeder just got me even more excited, and thinking (again) about bringing a new baby into the house, thinking of names, etc. </b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-65182881455536514372013-04-18T19:29:00.003-07:002013-04-18T19:29:53.920-07:00Hiddy-Ho Good Neighbor<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Today's prompt for the photo-a-day challenge was "Hello"- and I was stumped. What to do, what to do. Take photos of random people waving at each other? I think not. A simple hand in motion? Nah, boring....time was running out, so I figured, what the heck, go to "old faithful" - the dogs, for inspiration.</strong></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-65845435844903791062013-04-17T21:39:00.001-07:002013-04-17T21:39:01.743-07:00"Busy" indeed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's photo-a-day challenge prompt is the word "busy" which seems incredibly appropriate considering I've been too busy to post since last Friday! I have been keeping up with my photo challenge though, just not posting here. <br />
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I've been so busy, in fact, that is completely slipped my mind that last month, on the 6th, was my 5 year Blog-iversary! WOW! How did that come up so quick? Yup, just as I was posting about being a <a href="http://sue-randomramblings.blogspot.com/2013/03/slacker.html" target="_blank">SLACKER</a>, I hit the 5 year mark. Kinda crazy, right? <br />
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So, let's see, where were we...okie dokie, we'll play a little catch-up on the prompts for the last couple of days. <br />
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Saturday's prompt was "view from your bed" - you can see here the view out my bedroom window...dog toys anyone? <br />
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Sunday's prompt was "water" - I couldn't decide which of these I like better - so I cheated and posted them both. <br />
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Monday's prompt was "alone"<br />
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Tuesday's prompt was "your favorite color" - here is what I posted, with a little explanation. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 13px/18px "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Photo-a-day challenge, prompt for today was "your favorite color." On most days I would probably answer this with a post of something pink or purple (they tie in my book) but today the colors that ring "favorite" to me are the colors of our country's flag.</span><br />
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As I mentioned, today's prompt was "busy" - I have so many to choose from...Today Kona and I participated in a heath fair. We were there for about 4 hours, and we were very busy.<br />
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He's over all of this picture taking stuff...bring on the petting! <br />
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Ah, much better.</div>
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Holding hands with random women? That's my boy...<br />
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Enjoying the company of some other terrific teams. <br />
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Yesterday we were at the VA Hospital for a Volunteer luncheon. We received a special pin in recognition of our 500+ hours of volunteering there over the last couple of years. It was very cool! <br />
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Such.A.Ham.<br />
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On Monday we were at the VA for our normal Monday visit. Sometimes Kona likes to stop and smell the roses...or in this case, the ivy. </div>
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My boy is always happy after his therapy visits. I think he smiles as much as the people we visit! </div>
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So that's it for tonight...busy enough for you? Whew! Tomorrow's prompt is "hello" - I wonder what the day, and the prompt will bring.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-20551975474516008432013-04-12T22:11:00.000-07:002013-04-12T22:24:58.016-07:00Gigi in the "middle" <span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Today's prompt for the photo-a-day challenge was "in the middle."</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"Oh, this will be easy," I thought to myself. Just grab the pups, my camera, and a couple of little treats, and snap away. Easy, peasy, right? </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ha! Well, apparently, Jill (aka Gigi) had some other ideas.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: purple;">Here is the progression of the photos I took - with commentary by Jill herself.</span> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>You want to take our picture? Go ahead Mom... but I'm NOT going to smile. </em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em> Hey, why is it that KONA always gets to be in the middle? I don't care that he is the "only" boy now, and he doesn't know what the word "golden" really means...I mean seriously Mom, look at his fur!</em> <em>I'm turning my back on him in protest.</em> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em> Well, we are mixing up the order a bit, but I'm still not happy...why is HARLEY in the middle now? Just cause she is the oldest of the bunch? Whatever...I'm still going to give you my pouty face.</em> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em> Are you serious? Another one with HIM in the middle? Fine, I'll give you my "best" side. So there!</em> </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> <em>What? My turn for the middle? OK, I'll turn around.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em> There, now I'm finally smiling. I like being the important one too ya know!</em></strong></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-45227375126868374032013-04-12T11:32:00.001-07:002013-04-12T11:32:18.600-07:00"Detail" April 11th's challengeYesterday's prompt got me thinking...what could I photograph showing good detail?<br />
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I liked this...<br />
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but thought this was even better!<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>So, you know I am participating in the "April Photo-A-Day Challenge", right? I've been taking a photo (or 50!) everyday, but have been too busy to post them. Lame excuses? You've heard them all from me...but dangit, I'm just darn-tootin busy! I'm just thankful that there aren't any real rules to the game. Just get out, take some pictures relating to the prompts we are given, and then post.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I have a few to catch up on, so here goes...our last post was April 6th, so I have several to post.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The prompt for April 7th was "dreamy." I just so happened to be in Disneyland that day...home of Sleeping Beauty's castle. Pretty "dreamy" if you ask me. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>April 8th's prompt was "on your plate." Well, THIS was on my "plate" while I was at Disneyland, and since there are any real rules, that's what I'm using for this particular prompt. Besides, I didn't eat anything decent on the 8th, and you don't want to see the junk on my proverbial "plate" - stack of paperwork on my desk, etc. Yuck...Yup, this chocolate malt and banana split are MUCH more appetizing! (By the way - I did NOT consume all of this myself. I had lots of help, honest! )</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Yesterday, April 9th's prompt was "tiny." This one was challenging for me, as I don't have a good macro lens - and what I wound up with were a LOT of very blurry images. I liked this one...</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>So, as of this very moment I am caught up. I know it won't last. Ha ha! Today's prompt is "a place" and since I am meeting a bunch of my Golden Group friends for a meetup tonight, I'm sure I will have some pictures to share on the "place" we go. Until then....</strong></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-20698347883263599892013-04-06T21:39:00.001-07:002013-04-06T21:39:06.932-07:00April 6 - Whoosh! <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Today's photo-a-day prompt was a tough one. The prompt was "Air."</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hmmm, how does one take a photo of air? I'm sure you probably all have some terrific ideas that I didn't think of...I was nearly stumped. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A flag flying in the air because of wind. Wind=air. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Branches of a palm swaying in the breeze. Breeze = air.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> And, last but not least, vapor trails - my "official" air entry. Vapor trails "<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">are long thin artificial </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouds" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Clouds">clouds</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> that sometimes form behind </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; line-height: 19.1875px;" title="Aircraft"><span style="font-size: large;">air</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Aircraft">craft</a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">. Their formation is most often triggered by the water vapor in the exhaust of </span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>air</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">craft engines, but can also be triggered by the changes in </span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>air</u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> pressure in </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingtip_vortices" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Wingtip vortices">wingtip vortices</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> or in the</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <u>air</u> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">over the entire wing surface." Ta-da! My photo of </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>AIR!</u></span></span></b></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-14312247909136241782013-04-05T22:03:00.001-07:002013-04-05T22:03:33.938-07:00April 5 - Good Stuff all day<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The prompt for the photo-a-day challenge today was 'something good'...so I knew today just had to be a good day. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Pickle and I started the day with a trip to the swap meet. She was looking for few little things and we thought it would be fun to cruise around there for a while. Kona thought so too. He'd never been before, and really enjoyed himself. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The funny thing about walking around down there (about 15 miles from where we live) was that Kona (not me) was recognized not once, but twice by people we've visited. It was pretty cool. He is practically a little celebrity around some of these parts, and he is SUCH a ham. Along with being recognized, we were stopped about 15 times by people just wanting to pet him. Needless to say he SOAKED up the attention...that's my boy, good ol Kona "the Love Sponge."</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It was a busy morning for us...the swap meet, visiting with a hospice patient, lunch out with a friend, and then home to change and get ready for the VA. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I had a brand new team joining us at the VA today, along with a couple of others that are partially thru their supervised visits so I decided to leave Kona at home. I would be plenty busy just observing the other teams, and Kona was ready for a break.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The visit at the VA was, as normal, a big hit. We had 6 teams and the patients, families, and staff just LOVE the dog days. I bet you'd smile if you saw this group walking down the hall too!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> These two cocker spaniels are just dolls! They are named "Flirt" and "Little Miss Independence" aka "Indy" - and although they are not related, they almost look like twins. They are nearly done with their supervised visits and will soon be certified with my Love on a Leash Chapter. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"> To top off a nice day full of good things - dogs, friends, therapy visits, etc...we went to our favorite soul food place -</span><span style="color: magenta;"> <a href="http://bonniejeanssoulfood.com/" target="_blank">Bonnie Jean's Soul Food Cafe</a>. </span><span style="color: blue;">This, my friends, is my official entry for my "something good" photo. Believe me, it was beyond good!</span></b></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-74811657125899317792013-04-04T21:11:00.000-07:002013-04-04T21:11:01.209-07:00April 4- and the prompt is..<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Today's photo-a-day challenge prompt is "This happened today..."</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For me it was another busy day out and about.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I visited my Dad, and brought new flowers (my school colors, by the way!)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> I was a beautiful view from the Cabrillo National Monument, just down the road from the cemetery.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> The coolest thing that happened today, and my "official" entry for today's challenge is this one below. This is a photo of my cousin once removed, Danielle, and Pickle. Today they met for the very first time. They've lived their entire lives less than 120 miles away from each other and it took over 19 years for them to meet. Is that crazy or what? Welcome to San Diego Danielle, lets not be strangers. </b></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-62087589211887213202013-04-03T17:49:00.004-07:002013-04-03T17:49:46.523-07:00April 3 - Beginning with "A"<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So...the prompt for today's photo challenge is "something beginning with A." </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surprisingly, I have lots of fun stuff to choose from! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went with Pickle, Bear & Barry on an <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>dventure today. We went <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/" target="_blank">geocaching</a> again, and once again had a BLAST! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was wearing my St. Louis <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>rch shirt....</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we stumbled upon a geocache that had these little "<span style="font-size: large;">A</span>loha" dolls in it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the geocaches we were looking for required us to walk <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>cross this footbridge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The geocaches are hidden well, and you must look <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ll <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>round to find them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Geocaching is like an Easter Egg hunt for <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>dults and kids <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>like. It is a really fun <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ctivity for people of <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ll ages!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was my favorite find of the day - an <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ncient <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ltoids container with a log book, etc. in it, and best of <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ll, it fits right in with my <span style="font-size: large;">A</span> theme of the day! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548224510968474278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649747453583806508.post-48318953337362912242013-04-01T21:23:00.001-07:002013-04-01T21:23:08.175-07:00April 1 - "Play"<strong><span style="color: blue;">The first in my "photo-a-day" series for April. Prompt is "play." I'll be straight up and tell you that I'm cheating right off the bat. I took this yesterday. Sue me. </span></strong><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: blue;">Dolphins at play.</span></strong></em><br />
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