What's Up With Google And The Blogging?

It seems that the last few days I have tried to write and nothing seems to be working here. I have gone into the blogs and found pictures gone, complete blogs gone, not to mention I haven't been able to edit through Html.

OK, so does Google want me to be perfect in all my sentences and spelling when they are not made accessible to me or the computer, program, blog site? Everyday I come in here and something is wrong with this! Now if I were a mind to, I'd blame this completely on my computer, however since I am doing the majority of this right now at work, when I can get on, I know it isn't this computer. OK, am I bitching this early morning? Yes Sir, I certainly am! Where the heck is my coffee? :-)

Update on the garden: Yesterday, I went and picked a whole 5 gallon bucket of cucumbers, and another 5 gallon bucket of squash and zucchini. I didn't can any yesterday because there has been so many things going on here at work, with my little Frances sick also, so she needed all my attention once she got up. Today will be dill pickle day.

This morning I went and gathered a few squash, leaving more than I gathered for another days worth of growth. There will be abundance in the morning. I went through the 3 rows of corn, lol yes, I remembered... and thinned them out. By this I mean I pulled up the extra stalks that aren't needed, about a foot high, leaving 1/2 inch between them. This gives them more room to grow, therefore not taking away from the main stalk of corn, thus bearing more corn. Yeahhhhhhh, right?

The first picking of green beans will need to be done in the morning also. I'm really wondering how I'm going to manage all of this by myself, but I will.

There is this neighbor boy/man ,did you catch that, who would help if I could stand him? He is 41, has 3 small children, married, finally on disability after 3 years of sitting and doing nothing. He is tattooed all over and paid for these tattoos after he got a settlement from a car bump up.

Talk about one having their priorities in order, he didn't think of buying groceries and storing them for the children. He stutters and has the mentality of a rock. And no, I have nothing against anyone who stutters, only one who stutters AND has tattoos.

He came over one morning early, walked into this house where I work, without a shirt on. I turned around and slap me right in the eye with a 2 by 4 and saw him, with my immediatete first reaction being:

"Excuse me, Where is your shirt at?"

He said, "Iiiitttttt ttttttoooooooo hhhhhoooottttt fuuuuurrrrr ahhhhhhh sssshhhheeeerrrrttttt. "

I said, "Not in this house it isn't! "

I can assure you he has never shown back up here without his shirt on.
Now get a picture of this.

He wants green beans and squash and cucumbers, anything he can get his hands on from this garden. However, there is a catch to this. He offered to pick them, but thinks we will can them for him! I see a clear indication where Zyprexa may very well be in order.

No thank him, I will pick the beans myself.

Have a great day and as always,

passion ~

Figure Of Speech :-)

A male patient is lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen mask
over his mouth and nose.

A young, student nurse appears to give him a partial sponge bath.

"Nurse", he mumbles, from behind the mask. "Are my testicles black?"
Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know, Sir. I'm only here to
wash your upper body and feet."He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, are my testicles black?"

Concerned that he may elevate his blood pressure and heart rate from worry
about his testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment and pulls back the
covers.

She raises his gown, holds his manhood in one hand and his testicles in
the other. Then, she takes a close look and says, "There's nothing wrong with them, Sir!"

The man pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her and says very slowly,
"Thank you very much. That was wonderful, but, listen very, very
closely......

Are - my - test - results - back?"

Dear Lord

A Step Ahead Of Vegetation

Good early morning to all,

My progress in the garden is really quite impressive. I only gathered a pale of a bucket this morning. Yes, That's southern talk. A pale is a little over a fourth of a five gallon bucket, so it would be safe to actually call what I gathered one third of a five gallon bucket. Whatever, right? It is just a lot easier to say, Yes Sir, I gathered a pale of squash! Yesterday I canned 7 pints and 7 quarts of squash and zucchini.

Now, if your wondering what I could possibly be going to do with this, just ask me. We do have to have meals on the front porch when someone makes it down the pathway to Julep, right?

I'm not sure how I missed the other row of corn in the early mornings of the beginning of the week, but I made a mistake while writing my quantities of rows of corn. I wasn't there when it was planted is the only reasonable excuse I have or that I have been so busy and in a hurry to get things done, I hadn't taken the time to really walk through the complete garden, but certainly have now! Sheesh, right. We have three rows instead of two.

Will someone please give me permission to be tired yet?

My dear friend who I work for, went through her surgery well yesterday. She is holding her own but will have to come home with IVs in which is no biggy. It just means that I will be hare longer on midnight and through the day. I'm not complaining because no one else would do things the way I would want them done, plus I'm looking at having to probably purchase another vehicle, not to mention perhaps a computer.

I went last evening before returning back here to work and checked on Lady In Waiting. That's what I call my computer... A Marine who worked for the government within the computer systems, Yes, step outside the box please, is the one working on LIW. So far the loaded files that were missing have been loaded back, however I had to take the recovery disk and see if this would actually run through the PC, as so far this isn't a recovery problem it seems to be fatal. :-( I will find out this morning when I leave work. Yeah, I'm getting off this morning, coming back tonight instead.

My son, Will, will be playing in the twelve year old All- Stars tomorrow at noon. His usual position is catcher or pitcher. However, he also has been playing first base and third. It will be interesting to see how this goes. We will play in Statesville, then Charlotte, and if we go to the state playoffs, it is said to be in West Virginia, imagine this!

As always, it is my honor,

passion

Catholic Humor

The elderly priest, speaking to the younger priest, said, "It was a good idea to replace the first four pews with plush bucket theater seats. It worked like a charm. The front of the church always fills first now."The young priest nodded, and the old priest continued,

"And you told me adding a little more beat to the music would bring young people back to church, so I supported you when you brought in that rock'n'roll gospel choir. Now our services are consistently packed to the balcony.""Thank you, Father," answered the young priest."I am pleased that you are open to the new ideas of youth."

"All of these ideas have been well and good," said the elderly priest, "But I'm afraid you've gone too far with the drive-thru confessional.""But, Father," protested the young priest, "my confessions and the donations have nearly doubled since I began that!"

"Yes," replied the elderly priest, "And I appreciate that. But the flashing neon sign, 'Toot 'n Tell or Go to Hell' cannot stay on the church roof."

They Walk Among Us

I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave it back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor and gave her the money back. She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back again...same scenario! I departed the store with the $46.64.

...............They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.

I walked into a Mickey D's with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich. I handed it to the girl, and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free." "They're already buy-one-get-one-free", she said, "so I guess they're both free" She handed me my free sandwiches, and I walked out the door.

...............They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.

One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and asked, "Where?"

...............They Walk Among Us!

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff."

...............They Walk Among Us!

I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."

...............They Walk Among Us!

My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.

...............They Walk Among Us!

My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.

...............They Walk Among Us!

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"

...............They Walk Among Us!

While working at a pizza parlor, I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into four pieces or six. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into four pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat six pieces."

...............Yep, They Walk Among Us!

They Walk Among Us, AND they reproduce, and WORST OF ALL...................................they VOTE!

My 6am Mornings

Up and atom to the garden I go. It is a lovely, crisp morning here in North Carolina. The temp is 66 and dew is every where. Again, with two buckets, I head to the squash patch. I gathered both full buckets. However, more of the yellow squash than the zucchini. Yeah!!! The cucumbers are blooming and tiny babies are starting to grow. The green beans are running, and soon will start to bloom. Two new rows are corn, silver queen have been planted, and these are doing nicely, only about four inches up, but coming.

The flowers have been watered and everything is ready for another morning here still remaining at work. I'm wondering how my friend and his farming is going? :-( I'm sure his corn is really high now. I think I'm going through withdrawals from not being able to communicate. My patients daughter is still in the hospital and will have a procedure this early evening to try to clean out some of the infection in her knee, that comes from Strep B, a side kick off of being a diabetic. She is certainly in my prayers as she is like my "Other" mother to me.

In all that has gone wrong here with me in two weeks and how emotional I had became, I know I'm blessed to have such a wonderful family to work with. We are all one. I tend to believe that, that is the way all relationships should be. A complete whole in all areas, or they just don't seem worth the effort. Does that wholeness come instantly, heavens no. But understand... in order for these and life to move forward, there must be some level of desire.

Have a great day and will update my process in how much I did get canned today! :-)

As always, it is my honor,

passion ~

God Was Too Busy Today

A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

One ofthe courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist and a member of theACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in.

He looked tothe ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."

The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."

It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold. The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently.

The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, "What the hell is the matter with you?

Why did you do that?"The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid shit and act like an butthole. So, He sent me."

Life Isn't Always Fun

Good morning to all,

I have been out of commission the last 10 days and not sure when I will return on a full time basis. What a crazy 10 days this has been. Firstly, my cell phone breaks, that holds all of my friends telephone numbers, then my computer has been sent to the hospital. On top of all of this, my patients daughter has been in the hospital and remains there, thus me working 17 hours a day, everyday. To add the icing to the cake, my daughter moved back in with me for a while, needing some space. However, I imagine all is well with everyone, my friends and such that I haven't spoken to in many days. I guess everyone is busy, or maybe they really haven't missed me at all. If the past weeks are any indication... I can see why. I don't do drama well at all either. :-(

Did I tell you all that my car broke down one and a half weeks ago and I finally got it out of the shop, but not before I paid 700.00. The right tire elbow broke completely into and had I not just stopped and pulled out from a side road, I would have been going 55 mph, so God is good. Sometimes when it rains it pours. I'm not sure what the lessons are from all of these hardships that I have occurred the last couple of weeks? Perhaps, that it is I, who I must always depend on and that I must always be ready to get over myself. I do know with all my heart, that the one person it seems that would have missed me horribly would be my precious little 89 year old patient who I love and adore with all my heart.

Old habits die hard, and newer ones hurt just as much. I have missed a few selective people recently who had become a habit to me here. The habit was a complete enjoyment and pleasure, perhaps even fulfilling. OK, so my feelings have been hurt, and I feel like maybe I have felt in my heart and soul far more than perhaps I should. But I'm a dissector of every thing. A full blooded Scorpio... I will get over it... :-)

On a lighter note, this week I canned my first batch of veggies from my garden here at work. I gathered squash at 6 am one morning and had 4 pints and 1 quart. Smiling, why this combo? Because Frances my patient loves stewed squash and this will be sufficient enough in quantity for her and the quart is for casseroles. That was yellow squash of course. Also gathered was zucchini, where I shredded 10 pints, and sliced 6 quarts for breads and stir fries for the winter. This was frozen. I was so excited to see my work sitting on the counter all in jars, sealed and ready to be stored. This clearly is work that becomes beneficial in the later months.

Walking in the evenings, I have spotted fire flies. Oh, you know it is truly summer time when they arrive. I will write on that a bit later. As for now, I'm headed to rest. It has taken me a while to figure out or remember how to go into my account here on another persons computer, but thankfully now I can write and get my mind off of other things, or is that get my mind back on things?

God Bless all! I love ya ~ :-)

Be back as soon as I can.

passion ~

The Woodpecker Might Have To Go!

Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark
One : Don't miss the boat.
Two : Remember that we are all in the same boat.
Three : Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
Four : Stay fit When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
Five : Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
Six : Build your future on high ground.
Seven : For safety's sake, travel in pairs.
Eight : Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
Nine : When you're stressed, float a while.
Ten : Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
Eleven : No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting...

Under The Sea

As bad as Aerial in the movie The Little Mermaid wanted to be out from under the water, I have decided I want to go to places I have never been taken to in all aspects of my life. This picture is of The Cretaquarium.
In Crete, tourists visit Mediterranean sea life at the Cretaquarium on the Greek isle.

Absolutely beautiful. :-)

passion ~

When To Call 911

This little old lady calls 911. When the operator answers she yells,

"Help, send the police to my house right away! There's a damn Republican on my front porch and he's playing with himself."

"What?" the operator exclaimed.

"I said there is a damn Republican on my front porch playing with himself and he's weird; I don't know him and I'm afraid! Please send the police!" the little old lady repeated.

"Well, now, how do you know he's a Republican?"

"Because, you damn fool, if it was a Democrat, he'd be
screwing somebody!"

A Beautiful Rainbow

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

passion ~

Things I Have Learned

Things I have learned ..
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them
I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
I've learned that it takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it.
I've learned that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.
I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do. but to the best you can do.
I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.
I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heart ache for life.
I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.
I've Learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.
I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice.
I've learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.
I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I've learned that true friendship continues grow even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I've learned that just because someone d oesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned that you should never tell a child that their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would if they believed it.
I've learned that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.
I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to.
I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.
I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I've learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.
I've learned that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.
I've learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.
I've learned that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.
I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find strength to help.
I've learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.
I've learned that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.
I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.
I've learned that although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.
I've learned that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.
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Positive Proof Now

OK all, I finally found the proof that we are actually experiencing global warming. So now we can assume by the chart that in 2007 we have just gone without panties. Saves money in two ways, purchasing and laundering them. Al Gore is sure to be pleased knowing he was right and we women are all without panties now. :-)

A Visual Of It's Own

Hello to all!

Cute huh? Sometimes, we as human beings must remember that every single thing, every emotion, every cause, every option isn't always about you or I. Thank goodness at the most precise time, something comes along, like " Miss WhatcanIsay" up above that just makes you smile.

As always,

passion