When disaster strikes somewhere in the world, if the media and celebrity is on board especially, suddenly you see the surge of donations and fundraisers everywhere. But what about the everyday? Where did that overflowing of generosity and kindness go? Last week, my bus buddy was sitting with a bunch of other commuters waiting for the bus. There was no room to sit so I was standing around the corner. Once these folks got up to get on their bus, I moved in to sit down. There was a purse laying next to my bus buddy and I knew for...
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I’m one of those fortunate enough to have and hang out with diverse groups of friends, both in real life and out here in the blogosphere and twitterverse. All of them different shapes and sizes in colors of the rainbow with even larger variety of interests and points of view. All have great sense of humor and never take anything too seriously. But those we pull no punches on the most are Brandon’s circle of friends. The boys have known each other since high school and once we’re welcomed to the family, you’re also fair game for endless teasing and...
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It’s not quite a year-end recap yet. But hot dang, where did 2009 just go?!?! Recap will be here after Christmas to see how I did with my last year’s goals. I don’t think I did too horribly…? In the meantime, here’s our eCard, wishing you a wonderful Christmas or whatever holiday you are celebrating…or your right to not celebrate at all! Heathen’s Greetings! 😉...
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Apparently I broke my Google Analytics when I upgraded to WP 2.8.2 last month and had zero visitors since. And now it keeps telling me I have NOT upgraded to 2.8.2??! *sigh* UPDATE: Not broken any more! YEY! Thank you all 15 of you who showed up yesterday to help diagnose the problem. 🙂...
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It’s proven. Brandon and I can definitely survive in the wild…with proper gears, that is. We have figured out that a cure for my wonderlust and his breaking out of the gaming rut is camping. So we have been buying up gears from REI so we need to test them–and our skills–out somewhere safe. Somewhere we can pack up and run home to if anything goes wrong. So I snagged us one last spot of car camping at San Onofre San Mateo campground for Friday and Friday night. Friday morning, we woke up on our own sweet time, stopped to...
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As long as there are military men and women out there fighting for our freedom in a war or just doing their jobs somewhere peaceful, everyday should be Memorial Day. As LA Times reports, with the current war, it is such at Camp Pendleton. And just to shine another light on Memorial Day, we should all be thanking and remembering the FAMILIES of those out there VOLUNTEERING to fight for all of us. The wives and husbands holding down the fort while they are gone, not knowing if they would be coming back. The mothers and fathers watching their children...
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