Tomorrow Is Thanksgiving !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello dear world.....

How are you ? Well today I had to work but it wasn't at all busy because a lot of people were leaving early for the Thanksgiving holiday. Anyway the weather was pretty alright today. The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow I sure hope it will be. My family and I are planning to go to Church tomorrow morning that is if I don't end up sleeping in late.

Anyway......once I got home my family and I did quite a few things. My oldest niece made some sweet potato pies a few hours ago. I sampled one of them and it was quite good. We also prepared our Thanksgiving turkey with seasoning and what have you. My dad chopped up some celery and some other things for our dinner tomorrow. My youngest niece helped my mom to make a cake. What did I do you wonder ?????? I helped clean up the kitchen I'm not much of a cook but I helped to spray a pan and cover it to death with flour. By the way........the cake that was made is what you call a spring green color. We will also be having some stuffing and some creamy mashed potatoes. Questions dear world : What will your Thankgiving dinner be like and what is your favorite food of Thanksgiving ? I "LOVE" it all.

On another happy note my dear world. I have some great great news my dear friend Meg of Friendship, Loyalty and Love has returned to J-Land. She has a new journal titled "Follow Your Dreams" here is her link please go and visit her. Here is her link ---------> http://journals.aol.com/megzie212/fyd/ . I know that you will enjoy meeting her. Go over and say hello to my friend. Tell her I sent you over.

Okay I have to say that I have mailed out all of my Thanksgiving cards and when Christmas comes I will be sending out my Christmas cards. If you would like to be added to my list just send me an e-mail and I would be more than happy to send you a card. Many of you will soon come to find a card from me in the mail signed, sealed and delivered as soon as Christmas draws near.

In other news I would like to say hello to my dear friend Diane a.k.a Loststream for her kind words to me. HELLO DIANE !!!!!!!!! How are you ? I'm sure she's reading this aren't you Diane ? Tell your husband I also said hello. I really hope that he is doing fine too.  I also hope your kids are doing fine as well. Give them a HUGE HELLO for me.

Back to what I was saying. I am trying to catch up on my journal reading and seeing how my friends at J-Land are doing. By the way my other friend Morgan has been down lately. To Morgan I would like to say "WE LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So my dear world how are you ? How are things in your neck of the woods ? How is life treating you ? I would like to wish everyone a great big "HAPPY THANKGIVING" from me to you. I will be thinking of each and every one of you during this holiday. I will be hoping your Thanksgiving is filled with family, friends and endless memories during this time.

Until I return I would like to say........Thanks to all of you for your many kind words, comments and friendship. I am so glad to be a part of J-Land. I hope that you all know how much I appreciative I am to be getting to know each and every one of you. As you know I shall return !!!!!!!

Until then.........Good-night dear world.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!!!!!!!

Sharing Some Thoughts & Loving "The Dixie Chicks"

Hello dear world

How are you ?

I have been reading Rosie's O'Donnell's blog

I am going to do an entry like hers

here is her link ------->

http://www.rosie.com/blog/

Yesterday the parade was fun

there were marching bands

fire trucks, the police came

The owner of Chick-Fil-A came

and Santa arrived on a fire truck

Yesterday I also had a dessert called

A Fried Oreo which was rather good

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Recently I have been reading

Stevie's journal which I love

here is his link ------>

http://journals.aol.co.uk/stevietwain/ThelifeofSte/

He talked about "The Dixie Chicks"

I love..............love.........love.........love..........love

"The Dixie Chicks"

here is their link ------->

http://www.dixiechicks.com/

They have a song called

"Not Ready To Make Nice"

I think that its great

and I'm proud of them

for the fact

that they stood up for what they believe in

I understand if someone doesn't agree with me

Do you like "The Dixie Chicks" ?

By the way.....Helen's son Clark had a birthday

I also wanted to tell you that our wonderful

Jeannette shared a journal with us

here is the link------->

http://journals.aol.co.uk/cayasm/isnt-she-great/

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So my dear world

how was your weekend ?

I hope it was nice

I also hope you will have a really nice

Thanksgiving

By the way are you ready for

Christmas ????????

The clock is ticking......tick,tick,tick,tick......

that's all for now

byyyyye !!!!!!!!!!

I'M BACK !!!!!!!!!

Hello dear world.....

How are you ? You will be happy to know that I'm back. I'm sorry for being gone so long my spirits were kind of low for quite a while but I'm feeling better now. I'm sorry for making you worry my dear friends.

Anyway.....I'm back !!!!!!!!! Pretty soon it will be Thanksgiving here in my neck of the woods so I mailed off quite a few cards. If anyone would like me to send a card let me know through an e-mail what your address is. I will be more than happy to send you a card for the holidays. So what will you be doing for the holidays my dear world ?

I am happy to report that the holidays have begun in my neck of the woods and it all begins tomorrow. Tomorrow in a part of my neighborhood known as Jonesboro, Georgia there will be a "Holiday At Home Parade" here is a link -------> http://artsclayton.org/holidayparade/ . The parade is a day long festival on a place called Main Street. There will be arts, crafts, food and fun. At the parade there will also be floats, dancers, high school marching bands etc, etc, etc. The parade will begin at 4:30 and will end with the lighting of the Christmas tree on Jonesboro's Historic Courthouse Lawn.

My mom will be setting up an Avon booth there. Did I tell you my mom is a Avon Representative which means Avon baskets and other items. My oldest niece's band will be performing there and she will be in the parade so I'm sure it will be quite amazing. The parade will also be hosted by the famous restaurant chain Chick-Fil-A. The parade is always such a fun time for many people such as myself. I really wish you all could be there. I will be getting up quite early tomorrow morning to help set up and see the parade come to life.

On a different note its been quite cold here in Georgia. I am starting to long for Summertime once more. How is the weather where you are ? If there is any sunshine in your neck of the woods would you mind sending me some of it.......

Before I say good-night I would like to say to all of you my dear friends Diane a.k.a loststream, Jeannette, Sandra, Mary, Helen, Hadon, DPoem, Bill, Mark, Terry, Morgan and the rest of you my dear friends you know who you are I didn't forget you let me just say " I MISSED YOU " more than words can say. I will be talking to you again.

Its late my dear friends so I will say good-night and sweet dreams. If I don't get to talk to you until after Thanksgiving let me say "Have A Great Thanksgiving" !!!!!!!!!

Byyyyye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matthews Hamper House & Brahma Bulls

Hello dear world

How are you ? Today in my neck of the woods it was a iron-gray colored wet day. Yes dear world here I am. I am happy to report that I am doing better today. I didn't see anything on the news about the car accident but maybe it will show up in the newspaper. I do hope that the drivers of the cars will be alright.

Anyway......earlier today I went to a place that I like called "Matthews Hamper House" here is a link ------> http://www.matthewshamperhouse.com/ . At the Hamper House they sell wicker baskets, clear plastic wrapping bags, faux flowers and many other things. I really like going there because its fun to go there look around and perhaps see something I want to buy.

While I was at The Hamper House there were some old-fashioned looking cowboys outside who were sitting in a truck with a see-through cage filled with ( 4 ) Brahma Bulls. Here is a link ------> http://www.ionet.net/~brahman/ .The bulls were quite large and they were the color of licorice. The bulls were magnificent looking let me tell you. It was sad to see that on their ears they had on tags with numbers on them. I'm sure that were probably taken to market where someone bought them and more than likely had them slaughtered. I really wish that I could have touched them. I also wish that I could have talked for a minute to the cowboys I saw. I imagine that the cowboys were probably from somewhere out in Texas. The only time I have ever seen a bull is on television. This was the 1st time I have ever seen a bull up close. Have you ever seen one dear world ?

All in all it was a really fun day. How was your day ? Did you see anything that you have never seen before ? I do hope that you had a really wonderful day.

I also wanted to say thank you to all of our troops in Iraq and for the Veterans who fought for our country. I do hope that soon the war on terrorism will be over some day. To all of you men and women who fought for our country and may still be fighting let me say from my heart "THANK YOU". I do hope that our troops in Iraq will be able to return home once and for all. ALL OF YOU ARE REMEMBERED AND LOVED. I wanted to share a poem with you which was written by Colonel John McCrae on May 3, 1915.

In Flanders Field

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

 

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

 

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

 

That's all for now. I will talk to you again tomorrow. Good-night everyone. Sweet Dreams !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Startling Day

Hello dear world

How are you ? Where do I begin this evening ? At the beginning perhaps. As I might not have told you my father and I work in the same building together so we rode into work together. Anyway.....On our way to work around 6 a.m. we happened upon a terrible car accident.

One of the drivers was a woman. There was another driver in another car but I don't know if it was a man or another woman. Being that my father works in law enforcement he had to pull the car over and help direct traffic. When he got out of the car he walked over to a Deputy Sheriff that was at the scene.

Anyway.......The woman driver and her car were on the left hand side while the other car was on the right hand side. No ambulance had arrived on the scene at the moment. Some police officers were standing by the woman trying to talk to her but I could see that she wasn't moving or responding.

I was standing across the street from where the woman's car was. The womans car was wrecked completely on the front and the car she had been driving was smoking. The other car was on the right hand side. I could hear an ambulance trying to get to the scene of the accident. There was so much I could see. There was some police car lights flashing and there was glass in the street. I don't know if the glass in the street was from the woman's car or if the glass was from the other car.

My dear world I was quite shaken at the time. In a way I wish that I hadn't seen the car accident. Its quite sad to see something so tragic. After the ambulance arrived on the scene my dad came back to the car. I still don't know if the other driver was badly injured. My father told me that the woman was bleeding really bad. He also said that he didn't know if the other driver had any injuries but he said that the other driver would be taken care of.

The thing is I have NEVER seen a car accident like that first hand. While I was at work I kept thinking about the people in the accident. I do hope that the drivers of the cars will be alright. I don't even know what hospitalsthe drivers are in.

My dear world I was quite shook up today by the accident. I haven't heard any news about the accident on television. No information or news was put on the radio about it either. The car accident felt like a movie or something. I do hope both drivers are well. Even now I am thinking about the accident.

So dear world how was your day ? How are things in your neck of the woods ? I had to come and talk to you dear world so I did. Today I wish that I could have crawled into bed, pulled the covers over my head and stayed hidden from the world.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

 

I LOVE WEDNESDAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello dear world

How are you ? I'm sure your ready for the answer to the question I asked you well here it is......

What did the light bulb say to the lamp shade ? You stay here, I'm going out for the night. Was that not funny ? I thought it was quite funny.

Anyway......my dear world you will be proud of me when I tell you my news. I did my research and on November 7, 2006 on my lunch break I went and voted. My voting precinct is at a school called "E.W. Oliver Elementary". I went to the school, filled out a little form, put my information on it, I gave my little form to a woman who was working the voting polls with some other people. I then got a little yellow card that you insert into a machine. I stepped up and voted. Once I voted I got a sticker which is the size of a small paper doughnut. In my neck of the woods they give you a sticker which has a round peach on it with the words "I'M A GEORGIA VOTER" written on the peach. My dear world I have another question for you.

WHERE DO YOU PUT THE STICKER AT ??

How did I vote ? Democratic

On a different note earlier this evening I watched my favorite favorite favorite show "BONES" on fox. David Boreanaz still looks amazing. I LOVE WEDNESDAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry for not writing sooner dear world its been a long couple of days. I have been working 8 hour shifts at work and my days at work have been really busy. Its been a little cool here in my neck of the woods but its supposed to get warm tomorrow. I don't know one day its supposed to be warm but you go outside and its cold. Then somedays its supposed to be cold but you end up finding that its warm outdoors.

Anyway........how are you ? how is life treating you these days ? That's about it for now.........gotta go

Byyyyyyye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feeling Playful

Hello dear world

Its about 10:00 p.m. or somewhere around there. I'm sorry for writing you a little late it was a long day. I had to work today a long 8 eight hour shift.

Anyway....here's a little bit of news from my neck of the woods. Today I purchased "Breakfast At Tiffany's" which is a classic. Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard make the movie worth watching. I have to say that I think living next door to a gorgeous guy like George Peppard would be worth a thousand journal / diary entries don't ask me why.

On a different note earlier today I watched "Gilmore Girls" which is one of my favorite shows on television next to "Bones" that is. Following Gilmore Girls I got to see "Under The Tuscan Sun". While I sit and watch it I always pretend that I run off on a little trip there. I also pretend that I've gone to Tuscany and bought myself a winery even though I know next to nothing about wine except that it is a flavorful drink.

Here are some links:

http://thewb.warnerbros.com/shows/gilmore-girls/about

http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/underthetuscansun/

Excuse me for a minute everyone but I would like to answer the very talented writer Rebecca of "In The Shadow Of The Iris" when she asked why do we blog ? For me I have to say that I love finding things out. For instance I like finding out who went where, who sat by whom, who ate what, who shops where and even where they went immediately following dinner.

I also want people to know that they are seeing different parts of me which add up to every single part of what makes me.......me. I can honestly say that here with you dear world I can be as you already know or as I already might have shared that I can be....silly, curious, angry, philosophical, quiet and sometimes I can be something of a mad scientist with my thoughts sprung from my day-to-day life.

Okay,okay,okay enough with me being serious how was your day dear world ? How are things with you ? I hope that the rest of your week goes well. I'm sure that you have things to do besides reading my endless rambling.

Though before I go how about a question......

What did the light bulb say to the lamp shade ????

I will return later with the answer. Will the following question leave you aching for my quick return ????

Ta ta for now dear world......Good-night