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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
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POLITICS AS USUAL
Current mood:  blah
Category: News and Politics
I am so frustrated ... Obama's tune changes with the wind ... and McCain is an uninteresting old man. All I can do is vote McCain Palin, because they hold my trust more than Obama. There's just something really off about Obama and a little off about the other. It sucks! It sucks! It sucks!
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
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*****PLEASE TAKE THE TIME*****
This is very interesting stuff.
I didn't know ...
I wanted to share it with you.
I'm going to try to imbed the video, but I'll send the youtube link as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH--o
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Friday, September 19, 2008
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OBAMA JOKES
Current mood:  amused
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Like any experienced Chicago politician, Obama would go the cemetary to register voters. One night he came across a grave so old and worn that he couldn't make out the name on the tombstone. The staffer holding the flashlight got impatient and suggested they just move on to the next plot. Obama angrily exclaimed, "This person has a much right to vote as anyone else here!"
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Bill Clinton said, "I didn't inhale."
Barack Obama says, "I didn't inject."
Richard Nixon said "I am not a crook!"
Barack Obama says "I am not on crack!"
Harry Truman said, "The buck stops here!"
Barack Obama says, "Leave the bucks here!"
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Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day I went downtown and into a shop. I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. I said to him, 'Come on, man, how about giving a retired person a break'? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. I called him a 'Nazi.' He glared at me and wrote another ticket for having worn tires. So I called him a 'doughnut eating Gestapo.' He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he wrote a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him the more tickets he wrote. Personally, I didn't care. I came downtown on the bus, and the car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said, 'Obama in '08 .' I try to have a little fun each day now that I'm retired. It's important to my health.
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Dear Abby,
I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas, who has recently been diagnosed as a carrier of HIV virus. My parents live in Fort Worth. One of my sisters lives in Pflugerville and is married to a transvestite. My father and mother have recently been arrested for growing and selling marijuana. They are financially dependent on my other two sisters, who are prostitutes in Dallas. I have two brothers: one is currently serving a life sentence at Huntsville for the murder of a teenage boy in 1994. My other brother is currently in jail awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three children. I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who lives in Longview. She is a part time 'working girl'.
All things considered, my problem is this. I love my fiancee and look forward to bringing her into the family. I certainly want to be totally open and honest with her.
Should I tell her about my cousin who supports Barack Obama for President?
Signed,
Worried About My Reputation
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Q. Why is Barack Obama so thin and scrawny?
A. If he were any heavier he wouldn't be able to walk on water.
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The Presidential election was too close to call. Neither the Republican candidate nor the Democratic candidate had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settle things. The candidate that caught the most fish at the end of the week would win the election.
After much of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest take place on a remote frozen lake in northern Minnesota . There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this isolated lake and return at 5 P.M. with their catch for counting and verification by a team of neutral parties.
At the end of the first day, John McCain returned to the starting line and he had ten fish. Soon, Obama returned and had no fish. Well, everyone assumed he was just having another 'bad hair' day or something and hopefully, he would catch up the next day.
At the end of the 2nd day John McCain came in with 20 fish and Obama came in again with none.
That evening, Harry Reid got together secretly with Obama and said, 'Obama, I think John McCain is a low-life, cheatin' son-of-a-gun. I want you to go out tomorrow and don't even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and see just how he is cheating.' The next night (after John McCain returns with 50 fish), Harry Reid said to Obama, 'Well, tell me, how is he cheating?'
Obama replied, 'Harry, you're not going to believe this, but he's cutting holes in the ice!'
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Saturday, June 07, 2008
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DAD’s CANCER
Category: Life
So, my dad is back home now, still recovering. He's got a few tubes coming out of him at the moment, but they're supposed to come out next week. He's sleeping a lot, because they woke him up every hour or so at the hospital. The first night he was home he slept 13 hours. He's down to 8 hours now.
I guess, they found cancer in his prostate during surgery and removed his prostate while they were in there. That means the cancer has spread somewhere besides the bladder.
When he recovers from his surgery they want to talk to him about Chemo. The prayer requests are not over. It's going to be about a month before they will even talk to him about the Chemo treatments. Please keep him and the family in your prayers.
Thank you so much!!
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
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THANK YOU!!
Current mood:  hopeful
Thank you so much for the prayers for my Dad and his bladder cancer, please keep them coming. :)
My dad had surgery to remove his bladder and replace it with a portion of his intestines.
My dad came out of his surgery late Thursday night with everything looking good. The staff kept coming into the waiting room updating the family members with play by plays. Everytime they removed something, they sent it to pathology and the cancer did not spread into the other portions of the urinary tract. That's a good sign that the cancer has been caught!! I had no idea that the surgery was going to be as long as it was.
I got there pretty early in the day and he didn't get out of surgery until 9:00 pm. He was in recovery for a couple of hours and we had heard word that all went well, so I headed back to the hotel where Clark was waiting for me. I heard that when my dad came out of recovery and they were moving him to a room he was smiling and waving. He doesn't remember that though. He didn't get much sleep that first night because he's sharing a room and the next patient over just had his prostate removed ... we over heard the dr. saying it was 4 times the size it should be. He moaned and groaned all night.
The next day, my dad was only allowed to wet his mouth with sponges to keep it moist. He was not allowed to digest any liquids yet because of the type of surgery he had. His voice was kind of rhaspy, but he was in good spirits and his sense of humor was still there. He was exhausted from the night before, but didn't seem to mind everyone being there. He was happy to be swinging around his morphine drip button like he was king of the world.
Today was the second day after surgery and he was able to drink water and sprite. That's all he wanted, so he was very, very happy about that. He could speak better as well. Still a faint voice, but he could tell us what he wanted. He was in more pain today and trying not to take too much of the morphine drip. He wasn't as sleepy either, until the nurses made him get up and around to walk to the nurses station. They wanted him to go farther, but he's just not there yet. He probably made it by the end of the day. I didn't stay as long today, because it seemed the nurses had other ideas for him and in between, he was clutching the pillow to his abdomen and looking like he needed a rest.
My dad will be in the hospital a few more days trying to get some mobility and limited comfort back before they send him home. They've got some work to do now and I'm sure he'll be having some check ups coming up to see how things are working for him. It's amazing what they can do.
When they took out the bladder, they did remove some lymph nodes around the abdominal area and sent those off for what they called a permanent test. It takes about a week to get the results back from that ... if they are negative for cancer, then they say he's in the clear. I think once you've had cancer like that though, they need to check every so often. I don't think any test is conclusive for never getting it again.
Prayers are appreciated. Thank you for all the prayers you've sent our way so far.
While I was in Kansas City, I did happen to make it out to the Bodies Exhibit at Union Station. That was really neat and I'm glad I got to see it. If you can't make it out to see it. Most of the stuff is on their website, it's not quite as big as I'd imagined, but it was really neat if that stuff doesn't gross you out. Deffinately a must see for the Kids in the family!! I'd be happy to go again!!
I'd love to see the other stuff in that Science City too, too cool!!
MUCH LOVE,
Lori
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
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Wichita Trip
Current mood:  blank
Category: Travel and Places
Well, we're confused now … we don't know if we want to go to Wichita now or not. We went there this weekend to look around at different areas.
We looked at some houses, since there is not much you can do job wise on a Saturday. We were interested in a particular area, but all the housing available is new development over $100,000. Of course in Topeka, you can't get a home in a decent neighborhood for less than $100,000 and that's for an older home. We looked in other areas besides the one we were most interested. The homes just got bigger and more expensive. And then right next to a half a million dollar home was a one room shack. It was either one or the other and neither one was for us. We stayed towards the north of Wichita. I'm sure it's different the further in you go. We were just hoping to find some are just outside the city that we liked.
We drove and drove and drove.
Then we went looking for a hotel room. One we stayed at before where I got a deal on price line was twice as much as the price I'd gotten it for months ago and the high school aged clerk was not at liberty to wheel and deal. They were definitely not booked, but she didn't know that you can give a room out for half the price if it's just going to sit there anyway. You have to haggle, but the employees have to know they can make a deal.
So, we went in search of a hotel room. There was construction on Kellogg. You couldn't get to half the hotels. We found a way and the difficult to get to hotels were half the price. They were more like motels than hotels. We chose one that we knew had been bought out and redone.
We walked in and the lobby was clean and it had been redone with pretty marble. There was a pool off the lobby that was absolutely beautiful with a vaulted sky lit ceiling. They had fake palm trees in there. It was clean and inviting. We were looking forward to relaxing in the room. I should have known though when we went in and a lady that looked upset was telling the front desk that they needed clean linens and fresh towels that something was up. You would really think that might just be a fluke though.
THE ROOM – Ha ha ha ha … redone – We went in and got a room and they sent us to the 5th floor in this scary, very scary elevator. We walked in and it looked old, just old … that's not bad. The picture above the bed had splattering on it that looked like blood. The bed wasn't made. The mirrors were all crooked and the fluorescent lighting in the bathroom was almost out and all it could do was strobe. It was like a fun house. The older furniture was not just re-finished, it was painted over, this thick maroon paint that was still sticky to the touch. They had a refrigerator in there that was dirty and rusted inside and a microwave from the 1970's. I don't know if they worked or not. When we went to leave to get something to eat, I stepped into the elevator and it went down a foot. We were going to say something to the front desk about the room, but there was no one at the front desk. When we got back there was someone there and we mentioned it and we got moved to a SUITE. They said the splatter on the picture was finger nail polish and I knew that's what it was cause it had a gloss to it. I'd think if they knew it was there they would remove it. I guess not. There's probably something worse behind the picture frame. We tried to get on the elevator to go to our new room, but they were slow and there were about 20 kids from Texas A & M that just got off a bus. So I told Clark, let's take the stairs. We went up 5 flights only to find out the doors are locked from the stair well to the hotel floors. Just to get on the floors, not to get off the floors. So we went all the way back down to wait and wait and wait on the elevator. We went up to the old room to get our stuff and then had to take the elevator down to the new room. They had two elevators running, but one was slower than the other. They were both slow. We got on the one elevator and pressed the button to go down. It would just stand there and not do anything. I would give up and step off the elevator and the doors would start to close. Clark would hold the doors and I would get on and it would just sit there with open doors. This was a cycle we repeated about 4 times until Clark just let the doors close and I was standing on the outside of the elevators and Clark was inside. He went down in that elevator and I waited for the other one. I think that elevator just didn't want me on it. I didn't trust it. They were both scary.
THE SUITE - It was as big as my one bedroom apartment as far as the square footage. It had a full size couch in it and a balcony. The furniture was the same paint job, and the fridge and microwave were the same, but we weren't using those. The bed was made, the sheets looked clean … I know I've seen the 20/20 shows where they come in with the black light and they aren't clean, but they LOOKED clean. J The couch was made of a tightly pulled pleather and I laid across that for about 20 minutes. We were the only ones on that floor not with the Texas A & M group. We'd planned on going to see a movie. Clark and I looked at each other and I was really willing to stay and see a movie for him and to make the trip worth it, since we really accomplished nothing. He asked me "Do you just want to go home?" … we hemmed and hawed about it and just talked about it for about 30 minutes and then I said … I'd really be more comfortable at home and I'm willing to drive back and forfeit the $39 for the hotel and just go home.
So we came home. I thought Clark was leaving for me, because I wanted to. On the way home he was telling me how relieved he was to get out of there. Then he told me he didn't think Wichita was for him. So we may be looking at the Kansas City area now, possibly the Missouri side. I'm not worried about finding a job or a place to live there. Sunday I was looking for my driver's license and they didn't give it back to me at that hotel when I paid. DAMN IT! Now I have to go get a new driver's license. I'm not going back to that place.
We talked and even though this was just one experience I think we're both more comfortable with the Kansas City area. We're going to go to Kansas City this weekend and check out different areas. I don't know that our minds are made up, but we need to be somewhere where there is opportunity for both of us to be employed and where we feel comfortable. Plus, it's my home and there is no place like home.
Goin to Kansas City, Kansas City here we come.
BY THE WAY, THE NAME OF THAT HOTEL WAS THE GARDEN INN
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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Interesting Things I Found Out
Current mood:  anxious
Category: Life
~Native American Marriage Ritual~
When the earth was first made, all
things were present, but people saw
only their isolation from one another
and from the mountains and rivers that
had created them. For a long time,
each creature followed a separate
path, until the first man looked at
the first woman and envisioned an
unity not seen before. From their
love, happiness was created and a
thread soon connected man to woman,
stars to trees, and the tongue of
the ocean to the thrust of the rock.
Some called it nature, others called
it the plan of the universe. But
between men and women arose a bond
of love, unbroken to the present day.
~Nancy Wood
~A Traditional Cherokee Wedding~
The groom enters one end of the council
house and the bride the other.
The couple then meets in the center
by the sacred fire.
The priest faces east as does the door
of the council house.
The groom's mother stands by him and
the bride's mother beside her.
She holds the bride's gifts of corn bread
and a blanket.
The bride's brother stands beside their
mother symbolizing his responsibility to
his sister and her children.
The bride and groom wear blue blankets
representing their old ways and life.
The priest blesses the fire and the
union of the two.
He asks for a long and happy life
for them.
It is custom for the bride to give the
groom a red and black belt she has made,
but any gift of the heart will do.
The mothers give gifts to their children
who exchange gifts with each other.
They join together their blankets
symbolizing their mutual support
within the marriage.
Then each drink a corn drink from a
double-sided wedding vase.
They drink from east to west then
from north to south giving their
blessings and respect to the earth
and all her creatures.
The vase is thrown down upon the earth
and broken to seal their wedding vows
of now being united as one.
The broken fragments are then returned
to Mother Earth.
A white blanket is placed around the
shoulders of the couple symbolizing
their union.
The bride then holds the basket of bread,
the groom the basket of meat and those
in attendance take a piece of bread and
meat as a sign of their approval.
Following this, a feast is held for
the entire gathering.
~Dorothy Sullivan
Native American Ways
of Saying...I Love You!
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Sheth she~n zho~n - Apache
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gvgeyvi - Cherokee
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Ne mohotatse - Cheyenne
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Chiholloli - Chickasaw
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Nu' umi unangw' ta - Hopi
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Konoronhkwa - Mohawk
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Ayor anosh'ni - Navaho
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Techihhila - Sioux
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Tom ho' ichema - Zuni
~The Legend of the Cedar Tree~
Tradition holds that the wood of the
cedar tree holds protective ancestral
spirits for the Cherokee. Some carry
a small piece of cedar wood in their
medicine bags worn around the neck.
It is also placed above the entrance
to homes to protect against the entry
of evil spirits. Also, traditional drums
and flutes are made from cedar wood.
~Love Flute Legend~
Legend states the Native American Love
Flute holds the power for attraction
and was used to enhance courtship.
Throughout the wedding night, the flute
could be heard playing.
(The music playing on my three
Native American pages is performed
on hand-carved cedar Love Flutes.)
An American Indian Legend
According to an American Indian Legend:
If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it.
Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly can not reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all.
In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish.
So, according to legend, by making a wish and giving the butterfly its freedom, the wish will be taken to the heavens and be granted.
We have gathered to grant this couple all our best wishes and are about to set these butterflies free in trust that all these wishes will be granted.
American Indian Wedding Prayer
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now you will feel no more lonliness,
For each of you will be a constant companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is only one life ahead of you.
To enter your days of togetherness.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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THANK YOU!!
Current mood:  worried
Category: Life
It’s good to have so many caring friends!!
Thank you for all of your well wishes and offered thoughts and prayers.
I don’t go to church and so don’t have the prayer list support of that.
Personally, I’d rather go to myspace for that anyway.
I appreciate your sentiments. So many of you have responded to the news that my dad has cancer and I appreciate it.
I just wanted to let you know.
The news is still fresh and we won’t know what the options are for sure until his next apt., so I’m still kind of in shock.
I just wanted to tell you all THANK YOU SO MUCH!
From the bottom of my heart.
I POSTED THIS IN A BULLETIN BUT I DIDN’T WANT MY THANKS TO DISAPPEAR IN 10 DAYS.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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CANCER
Current mood:  melancholy
Category: Life
My dad has cancer. He had surgery to remove a tumor in his bladder just over a week ago. They said half of the tumor was dead, so it was looking very promising. They biopsied it. After the biopsy though, it was fact that it was cancer and it’s not all gone. It was in the lining of the bladder as well. It’s a kind of cancer I guess that radiation or Chemo would not help. So they want to remove his entire bladder. He has a rush appointment at KU Med. to have this done. I’m not sure when it is, I asked him to keep me posted. I don’t even know what you would do without a bladder.
Please keep him and my step mom in your thoughts and prayers.
Thank you!!!
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