5/7/5

I HAVENT DONE THIS IN SO LONG
I AM SO GLAD IT IS BACK THOUGH!!!

Your
task: write a single haiku that includes the “BASIC WORD”
indicated
according to your birth month (assignments below).
If you want extra
brownie points, use the “BONUS WORD” as well.

BASIC WORDS

BONUS WORDS

FOUND ME A NEW PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG TO DO....
THIS ONE IS FROM THE PICTUREHEAVEN SITE

IT IS DONE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS A THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE,
SO ALL YOU PEOPLE COME ON, DO THEM BOTH!!!

THIS WEEKS IS Nature and The Sky

I HAD TO DIG INTO SOME OLDER SHOTS 
TO DO THIS ONE, BUT HERE GOES.......

TURKEYS IN THE YARD
NATURE

DRAGONFLY ON ANTENNA
NATURE

STRANGE FIREY SKIES AT DUSK
SKY

LIGHTENING
SKY

RAINBOW
SKY

TURTLE
NATURE

This weeks weekly photo challenge is hosted by mugen76

The subject is graffiti

Everyone is welcome to join in. All you have to do is post one or more photos regarding the subject on your site and comment here that you have posted, so we can all come by and have a look.

I REALLY LIKED THIS ONE BECAUSE MY SON USED TO DO IT AND ONE OF HIS FRIENDS STILL DOES.

HERE IS SOME OF HIS FRIENDS GRAFFITI

HE GOES BY THE NAME OF NEAT

I AM TRYING TO GET HIM TO DO ME SOME ON A CANVAS
TO HANG ON THE WALL..........

Internet Island Topic Post #21.00: "End of the Year 2006"

21.01: Year End Wrap Up:
The last week in December is when most periodicals and newspapers give a year end wrap up, showing the high, and sometimes low, points of the past year. Write your personal Year End Wrap Up, using photos and captions, or just words, to present the past year.

WHAT CAN I SAY...

LAST YEAR REALLY FLEW PAST ME.  I HAD LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS. 

LETS SEE, AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, I WAS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.  I BASICALLY DID THE SAME THING THIS YEAR FOR NEW YEARS AS I DID LAST YEAR. 

(APRIL AND TRAVIS FROM THE EARLY YEARS)

I HAVE TO SAY ONE OF MY BIGGEST LOWS WAS TRAVIS AND APRIL SPLITTING UP.  BUT IT IS TIED WITH THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY BREAKUP, BUT HE GOT MARRIED TO SOMEONE ELSE. 

(TRAVIS AND HIS WIFE KRISTI)

I DONT KNOW WHO WAS MORE HEART BROKEN, ME, APRIL, OR TRAVIS. 


APRIL WAS ALWAYS THE DAUGHTER I NEVER HAD AND I PRACTICALLY WATCHED HER GROW UP.  

I LIKE KRISTI, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT THINGS WERE REALLY RUSHED AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THEIR TIME, BUT IT WAS LIKE TALKING TO A WALL AND THEY ARE MARRIED AND I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT AND LEARN TO LOVE HER LIKE I LOVE APRIL. 

MY HIGH FOR LAST YEAR WAS THE FACT THAT I FINALLY GOT MY HOUSE CLEANED OUT.  APRIL IS GREAT, BUT HER DAD CAN SOMETIMES BE TOO MUCH.  I WAS REALLY SCARED AT FIRST BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I WANTED HIM TO GET HIS OWN PLACE AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLY TEMPORARY ANYWAY,  I WASNT QUITE SURE I WOULD MAKE IT WITHOUT HIS RENT MONEY. 

I REALLY SURPRISED MYSELF BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE MADE IT, I HAVE BASICALLY GOTTEN ALL MY BILLS CAUGHT UP, MY UTILITIES HAVE REDUCED, AND I DONT SPEND NEAR AS MUCH ON FOOD ANYMORE.  MY STRESS LEVEL WENT WAY DOWN, I AM NOT A CHOFFOUR ANYMORE, AND I AM NOT A MAID CLEANING UP HIS DROPS OF COFFEE ALL OVER THE HOUSE.  I DO NOT WORRY ABOUT HIM BURNING MY HOUSE DOWN OR BREAKING STUFF. 

ANOTHER HIGH WAS THE FACT THAT I GOT A DVR. 

ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I LOVE TV AND I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING TO CATCH ALL MY SHOWS.  NOW I CAN WATCH WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT......

ANOTHER HIGH WAS FINALLY FINDING AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST THAT I FELT I COULD TRUST AS FAR AS TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICATIONS...HE AGREED TO PUT ME ON NATURAL THYROID MEDICINE AND THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED. 

NO I HAVENT LOST ANY WEIGHT YET, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY MY FAULT FOR NOT EXERCISING. 

LOOKING BACK, I DID NOT DO THE QUANITY OR QUALITY OF POSTS THAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT I PLAN TO CHANGE THAT THIS YEAR.

I HAD A TIME OF HOOKING UP WITH SOME OLD HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS AND WENT OUT ON THE TOWN,

HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AND AM STILL WAITING TO FEEL UP TO GOING OUT AGAIN. 

I WAS BITCHING ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT SITUATION

AND I AM STILL BITCHING ABOUT IT!!

I WAS WORKING ON AN ACCOUNT LAST YEAR THAT NEVER HAD ENOUGH WORK, THIS YEAR I HAVE AN ACCOUNT THAT HAS PLENTY OF WORK USUALLY, AS LONG AS IT DOESNT SNOW!!

WE TOOK DILLON TO HIS FIRST AIRSHOW....HE HAD A BLAST.....

LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT TRAVIS WOULD BE ENTERING THE MILITARY.  I HAVE TO SAY IT IS A HIGH POINT AND A LOW POINT, BECAUSE I AM GLAD THAT HE HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE, BUT HE ISNT HERE ANYMORE AND I REALLY MISS HIM.  WE TALK ON THE PHONE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT IS JUST NOT THE SAME. 

A LOW POINT WAS FINDING THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR FRIENDS ARE LIKE FAMILY, DOESNT ALWAYS MEAN THEY THINK THE SAME OF YOU OR RESPECT YOU.... BUT AT THE SAME TIME I FOUND OUT WHO MY REAL FRIENDS ARE AND FOR THAT I AM GREATFUL...

WELL I DONT KNOW IF THAT WAS WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT I HOPE SO....

NEW CHALLENGE FROM
KWEEN OF THE QUEENS

ME, IN A NUTSHELL 

The object:

Write a synopsis of YOU!  If you were to go on the internet and decide to look over the dating sites there, what would you put in your profile?

Never mind that most of us are married!  So am I!  But just imagine for a moment that you aren't, and are looking.  What would you say about yourself?  Your interests?  A description of yourself ?  Would you be brutally honest?  Or playfully vague?  Go ahead and write whatever you want!  There are absolutely no boundaries for this challenge, except that I am requesting that you post a picture (not necessarily of yourself either!)  Make it totally serious, make it side splittingly funny, make it YOUR OWN!

TIME FRAME:

MONDAY, JANUARY 22 and TUESDAY JANUARY 23.

DIVORCED MOTHER OF FOUR SONS, VERY HOSPITABLE AND EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, AS LONG AS YOU DO THINGS MY WAY.  I HAVE ONE SON AT HOME, WHO WILL MAKE LOTS OF NOISE AND IS ADHD. I HAVE FOUR DOGS, WHICH WILL ALWAYS COME FIRST, THEY GET THE BED, YOU GET THE COUCH.  I MAKE A MEAN CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE.  I EXPECT LOTS OF ATTENTION AND GET JEALOUS VERY EASILY.  I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD.  I AM A TV JUNKIE.  I WILL TREAT YOU GOOD AS LONG AS YOU TREAT ME BETTER.  I AM LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO IS WILLING TO PAMPER ME AND THAT INCLUDES POLISHING MY TOENAILS AND MASSAGING MY BACK, BUT JUST REMEMBER, I AM THE RECIEVER AND YOU ARE THE GIVER.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SEND A PICTURE. 

THIS IS GOING TO BE COMBINED, IT IS A TAG THING I HAVE SEEN ON SEVERAL SITES AND THE OTHER IS FROM FROM FEATURE GROWNUPS.

I GOT THE TAG ONE FROM REDHAIREDCELT AND ENDLESSSUMMRE128 AND CALIFORNIA GAL AND SEVERAL MORE, BUT I GOT TIRED OF ADDING NAMES TO THE LIST SO ANYWAY.

I AM GOING TO DO THE WEIRD THINGS ON THE SURVEY ONE AND WHATEVER IS LEFT WILL GO ON THE FEATURE GROWNUP ONE.

THIS IS THE TAG ONE

THE RULES:  Each player of this game starts with 6 weird things about you.  People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly.  In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.  Don't forget to leave a comment that says, "You are tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

1. I CANT GO TO BED WITH DIRTY DISHES IN MY SINK.

2.  I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO WALK AROUND TALKING TO MYSELF,
ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM REALLY REALLY BORED.

3.  WHEN I SHOWER, I MAKE REALLY WEIRD NOISES THAT BOUNCE OFF THE SHOWER WALLS AND MAKE EVEN STRANGER NOISES, LIKE SQUEALING AND REALLY LOW BASS SOUNDING HUMMING, AND SIREN SOUNDS, ETC, YOU GET THE PICTURE.

4.  I TALK TO THE TV WHILE I WATCH IT, LIKE THE CHARACTERS CAN ACTUALLY HEAR ME.

5. I LOVE TAKING PICTURES, BUT I HATE BEING IN THEM.

6. I LOVE TO SING, I ESPECIALLY LOVE TO PUT THE TV ON VH1 CLASSICS AND TURN IT UP REALLY LOUD AND LISTEN TO THE 80S HAIRBAND BALLADS AND SING REALLY REALLY LOUD. 

AS FAR AS BEING TAGGED, I HAVE SEEN THIS ON SO MANY PEOPLES SITES THAT I DONT REALLY KNOW WHO HAS OR HASNT DONE IT SO BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVENT DONE IT, YOU ARE TAGGED!!!!

THIS ONE IS FROM FEATURE GROWNUP

2007 ~ January 1 of 2
THIS WAS DUE YESTERDAY...

Tell us something about yourself that we don't know

Something most of the Xanga Community does not know

1. are you an amazing musician?

2. Are you a clutz

3. Do you take amazing pictures

Tell us, show us, share with us

It doesn't have to be a current event and can be more than one thing... you set the rules -- funny, serious, heart felt -- it's up to you

WHAT CAN I TELL YOU THAT MOST OF YOU DO NOT ALREADY KNOW...

I LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE AND KEEP A HUGE BAR IN MY
DRAWER FOR THE URGE WHEN EVER IT SHOULD HIT AND I WONT SHARE IT.

I LIKE TOMATO, ONION, AND MAYONAISE SANDWICHES.

I REFUSE TO DRINK AFTER ANYONE. 

HOWS THAT?

SAID GOODBYE FOR THE NEXT YEAR
TO A REALLY GOOD FRIEND, TRAVIS SHIPLEY.....

HE LEFT LAST NIGHT FOR HIS TOUR TO RAMADI

THIS PIC WAS TAKEN JUST BEFORE LOADING UP TO HEAD OUT
THAT IS TRAVIS AND HIS WIFE NIKKI.....
THEY LOOK SO SAD.........

LETS ALL PRAY FOR SAFETY WHILE HE IS THERE AND
A SAFE RETURN HOME. 

GOT SOME PICS FROM MY TRAVIS LAST NIGHT..
HIM AND KRISTI ON THE PLANE BACK TO VIRGINIA..

NOW FOR HIM TO FINISH AIT AND GET BACK TO GA...
HE WILL GO TO BENNING FOR JUMP SCHOOL THEN TO
NORTH CAROLINA TO FORT BRAGG....

SO NOW, LETS DO A SURVEY.............

I HAVE BEEN WONDERING AS I KNOW THAT QUITE
A FEW OF YOU HAVE A XANGA AND A MYSPACE......

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BOTH AND HOW MUCH TIME
DO YOU SPEND ON ONE AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER...
DO YOU USE ONE FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM
THE OTHER.

EX.  I HAVE A XANGA AND A MYSPACE..
I USE THE XANGA TO POST BLOGS AND VENT
AND I USE THE MYSPACE MAINLY FOR PICS
AND BECAUSE MY KIDS AND PEOPLE THAT I
ACTUALLY KNOW PERSONALLY ARE ON THERE.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY BOTH HAVE THEIR OWN
QUALITY, FOR INSTANCE, I FEEL CLOSER TO
THE PEOPLE ON HERE, I CAN BE ME, I CAN SAY
WHAT I WOULD REALLY SAY, WHEREAS
ON MYSPACE IT IS MORE A MATTER OF CHECKING
COMMENTS, CHECKING MESSAGES, LOOKING
AT PICS AND SLIDE SHOWS, BUT NOT REALLY
COMMUNICATING.  YOU DO LOTS OF BULLETIN
SURVEYS AND AND IT IS ALL ABOUT GETTING
LOTS OF FRIENDS ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST THAT
YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER EVEN COMMENT TO
OR DONT EVEN HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON...

LIKE I SAID, YES, I HAVE A MYSPACE...
I ALSO HAVE 700+ FRIENDS, BUT OF THOSE
FRIENDS, MOST ARE BANDS THAT I JUST LIKE
TO LISTEN TO AND ADDED THEM AS FRIENDS
BECAUSE I LIKE THE MUSIC THEY PLAY...

I DONT LEAVE THEM COMMENTS, I DONT GO
TO THEIR SITES OFTEN, I BASICALLY USE IT
FOR NOTIFICATION OF THE WHERE ABOUTS
OF THE BAND AND IF THEY MIGHT BE PLAYING
NEARBY, OR NEW CDS COMING OUT, OR
TELEVISION APPEARANCES, AND SO ON...

I BASICALLY COMMENTS TO MY FRIENDS,
MY SONS, AND THE FEW XANGANS THAT
I HAVE FOUND ON THERE. 

ANYWAY.....LETS SEE HOW MANY OF YOU
ARE CLOSET MYSPACERS......

SPEAKING OF SURVEYS.....

GOT THIS FROM RI_RA'S SITE

I totally love listening to the answers they all give

What is your favorite word? 
Buttnuggett

What is your least favorite word? 
No

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? 
Other creative people

What turns you off? 
Know it alls

What is your favorite curse word? 
F#@K

What sound or noise do you love? 
Birds chirping

What sound or noise do you hate? 
Construction work

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? 
Photography

What profession would you not like to do?
Garbage man

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear
God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"You made it"

REPOST THIS IN YOUR XANGA
AND LETS SEE WHAT
ANSWERS YOU GIVE..............