DEC. 31, 2OO6 ______________IMAGINE _________________

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before clicking onto the music link below.

It is much better this way. You can look at the slide

shows and really listen to the words to this classic

song of peace and brotherhood all over the world.

John Lennon - Imagine.mp3

IT IS THE END OF THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2006

IN THIS YEAR, I HAVE GROWN MUCH AS A PERSON, AS I AM SURE WE ALL HAVE. EACH YEAR, AS IT GOES BY DAY BY DAY, DOES NOT SEEM SO SIGNIFICANT.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON THE CULMINATION OF THOSE DAYS, YOU SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. SMALL, LARGE, MEDIUM, NOT MUCH NOTICED, OR LIFE SHATTERING.

YOU AND I HAVE CHANGED, AND SO HAVE THE OTHERS AROUND US, AS WELL AS OUR MATERIAL POSSESSIONS.

WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD, MY FRIENDS. IT HAS SOME UGLY SPOTS, WHICH DARKEN THE VIEW OF THE BEAUTY, BUT IT IS STILL THERE, WAITING FOR YOU AND I TO LOOK. REALLY LOOK, AND SEE WHAT IS HERE FOR US. GOD HAS BEEN GENEROUS TO US, WITH BEAUTY FOR THE EYES AND EARS. FOOD FOR THE STOMACH, AND CHILDRENS LAUGHTER TO ENSURE THE FUTURE.

WITH THIS IN MIND I HAVE PREPARED A SLIDESHOW OR TWO IN HOPES YOU WILL SEE SOME BEAUTY TODAY, THIS LAST DAY OF 2006, AND THAT IT MIGHT LINGER INTO THE BEGINNING OF A BRAND NEW YEAR, WAITING FOR US TO CHANGE AND CHANGE THINGS... TO IMAGINE, AS THE WORDS TO SONG TELL YOU... IMAGINE ... ITS EASY IF YOU TRY... AND THE HOPE THAT ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE.....

WHEREVER IT IS THAT GOD HAS PLACED YOU ON THIS EARTH, THERE IS BEAUTY....

THE FACES OF THE FUTURE, THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.... IMAGINE.... WHAT IT WILL BE.... IT'S EASY IF YOU TRY.....

IMAGINE IF YOU CAN..... THE FLOWERS AND THEIR BEAUTY ARE A GIFT FROM GOD,

HE MADE JUST FOR YOU.....

IMAGINE IT....IT'S EASY IF YOU TRY....

THANKYOU MY YAHOO 360 CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, FOR YOUR PART IN THE PERMANENT CHANGES TO MY LIFE THIS LAST YEAR! IMAGINE .... IT'S EASY IF YOU TRY... HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THIS EXPERIENCE WITH YOU... I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN THAT THE WORLD CAN LIVE AS ONE .... SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY I'M A DREAMER, BUT NOW I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE .....

PLEASE HEAR THIS PRAYER LORD LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME


lockerridge yehaw ....baaaby!

DEC. 29, 2006 FAITH IN WHAT CANNOT BE SEEN OR TOUCHED ...

AS WE ARE FACING THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER NEW YEAR, I HAVE BEEN REFLECTING ON THE ONE WHICH I HAVE JUST LIVED. IT WAS NOT A UPLIFTING YEAR FOR ME, AS I WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF YET ANOTHER GRIEVING TIME TO LIVE AND WORK THROUGH. ANOTHER TIME OF FEAR AND WONDERING, WHY WOULD GOD LET BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?

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WITH THESE THINGS BECOMING A CONSTANT IN MY LIFE, I SET OUT UPON AN INWARD JOURNEY TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY. I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS I BELIEVE ..... TO FIND THOSE THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUTHS. THIS IS A LITTLE OF WHAT I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT MYSELF, AND THE LIFE I AM USING UP AT AN ALARMING RATE OF SPEED. I KNOW I USUALLY WRITE BLOGS ABOUT THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT ARE FUN AND ARE FUNNY TO OTHERS, TO SHARE THE GOOD THINGS I HAVE TO ENJOY. I CAME TO UNDERSTAND HOW I AM ABLE TO LOOK UP AND NOT DOWN. AT LEAST AFTER A TIME. I AM HOPING THAT BY SHARING THIS WITH YOU, YOU MIGHT BE HELPED SOMEHOW, IF EVER YOU ARE FACED WITH SOMETHING LIKE I HAVE.

AS CHILDREN WE ARE TAUGHT BY OUR PARENTS THAT GOD IS REAL. THAT HE CREATED US AND THAT HE LOVES US. JUST BEING TOLD TO BELIEVE IS NOT GOING TO LEAD ONE TO DO SO. WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN EXPERIENCES IN LIFE, TO LIVE THE GOOD DAYS, TO EXIST IN THE BAD DAYS, BUT ALWAYS TO HAVE THE ONE THING THAT MAKES YOU CARE ABOUT LIVING, THAT MAKES YOU SEEK AND FIND YOUR CREATOR, THAT GIVES YOU FAITH.

THAT ONE THING, THAT EVERYONE MUST HAVE, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO ANYTHING, IS HOPE. WITHOUT HOPE, WE WILL PERISH. WITHOUT HOPE, THERE IS NO GOOD TOMORROW. WITHOUT HOPE, THERE WILL BE NO ONE WHO WILL TRY TO DELVE INTO THE FINDING OF A CURE FOR A HORRIBLE DISEASE.

WITHOUT HOPE THAT WE MIGHT FIND A CURE, OR THAT EMOTIONAL PAIN MIGHT EASE,WHY WOULD ANYONE DO ANYTHING? IF WE DID NOT BELEIVE AND HOPE FOR SOMETHING BETTER, WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR LIVING. WE ALL ARE GOING TO DIE SOMEDAY. WITHOUT THE BELIEF AND THE HOPE OF GOING TO A BETTER PLACE, WHY WOULD ANYONE FOLLOW THE RULES SET FOR US TO ADHERE TO? HOPE GIVES US THE TOOL TO CARRY ON TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WHEN THIS TRUTH BECAME EVIDENT TO ME, I WONDERED WHERE DID YOU FIND HOPE? WHAT CAUSED IT TO OCCUR IN A PERSON? THE BEGINNING OF HOPE IS WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF. THEN YOU HAVE THE HOPE THAT, TOGETHER THINGS WILL GET BETTER. YOU HOPE THAT IF YOU DO THINGS FOR THAT OTHER PERSON, THEN THEY WILL NEVER GET SICK. THAT DEATH WILL NEVER FIND THEM.

WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN MY LIFE LIKE THEY DO, I SAW WHAT HOPELESSNESS CAN DO TO SOMEONE WHO WAS DYING. I SAW SOMEONE WHO WAS ALWAYS SO TOGETHER, AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING IN HER LIFE, LOSE HOPE. SHE LITERALLY WILLED HERSELF TO DIE, FOR LACK OF HOPE OF ANY DAY BEING WORTH LIVING.

THIS THING CALLED LOVE, AND THIS THING CALLED HOPE, WERE NOT SOMETHING LEARNED BY PEOPLE. IT IS INSTILLED IN US BY A HIGHER POWER. BECAUSE ON MY OWN, I WOULD NEVER CARE ENOUGH, HAVE HOPE ENOUGH TO CARRY FORWARD WITH MY LIFE. IT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING I THINK A PERSON IS TAUGHT. WE ARE NOT THAT STRONG OR OPTIMISTIC. GOD HAS LEFT IT WITH US WHEN HE FIRST BREATHED HIS LIFE INTO US WHEN WE WERE BORN. THE TRUTH I HAVE FOUND IS THAT HOPE IS THE THING THAT EVERYONE LIVES ON. MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, SO I ALLOW LOVE INTO MY LIFE EVEN THOUGH I FEAR LOSS, BECAUSE IT BRINGS TO MY LIFE HOPE. WITHOUT HOPE, I WOULD, LIKE MY LOVED ONE, PERISH......

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lockerridge

DEC. 27, 2006

I FOUND THIS REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL GRAPHIC AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF YOU! I THINK IT IS JUST AMAZING HOW THEY CAN MAKE THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

THIS ONE HAS INSPIRED ME TO CONTACT MY LOCAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL TODAY AND I AM SIGNING UP FOR A COMPUTER BASICS COURSE FOR THIS SPRING SEMESTER!

HEAR THAT, PD AND IGHOUSESHOE..... LOCKIE IS GETTING SOME FORMAL TRAINING AND SHE WILL BE SENDING YOU THINGS TO LEARN HOW TO DO! ( WHEN FROGS CAN JUMP OVER THE MOON, IS WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN!) LOL

WITHOUT ANY FURTHER WORDS, LOOK AT THIS BUTTERFLY, AND IF YOU DON'T SIGH WITH PLEASURE, THERE IS SOMETHING IN YOUR EYE!

PRETTY SPECIAL HUH?.....

BUT IF YOU ARE MORE OF A FLOWER KIND OF PERSON,

CHECK THIS OUT...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I KNOW YOU AGREE, WITH ME, THAT WHAT WE SEE, IS AS SPECIAL AS CAN BE!

late night edit------ the butterfly is not fluttering with all of its winged capabilities my friends. Something tells me it has to do with the dreaded and evil flash player 9, which is installed upon this computer, and works everywhere else but here!......

This could be a clue....or not.....or maybe it is really late, I am really tired, and I hope the flash player 9, active X thingeymabob, gets a error and dies! Oh , yeah, I would not shed a tear one..... I wouldn't even send it a battery to try and jump start it!

Adobe is just jealous. I guess it knows I am moving into a house with bricks on it instead of adobe. Jealousy can be an ugly thing my friends, oh so ugly!

lockerridge

DEC. 25, 2006 CHRISTMAS 2006 ....MY YEHAW IS NOW A YOHADIT!.... MAN AM I EVER TIRED!

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~*~*~*~*~*~NOW THAT CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE, I THOUGHT THIS SONG BY JOHN LENNON WAS SOMETHING WE COULD APPRECIATE....CLICK THE LINK BELOW, WHILE I SHARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK OF OUR CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY..... LOCKIE IS TUCKERED OUT, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SHORT, AND MOSTLY PHOTOS. MY YEHAW, IS BUSTED! I AM A YOHADIT... LOL

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John Lennon - So This Is Christmas.mp3

TIMOTHY KYLE ( HOMERS NEPHEW), AND A SMALL VIEWABLE PART OF HIS MOM (THE INSANE BEAR CHASING SISTER), GREW OLDER, BY A YEAR ON THE 20TH, AND IS NOW 6 WHOLE YEARS OLD! ALSO KNOWN AS "THE TERROR" TO HIS KINDERGARTEN TEACHER!

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NO, THIS IS NOT BLUE DYE FROM THE ICING THAT IS COLORING HIS TONGUE.... I THINK MAYBE HE IS AN ALIEN CHILD! OH YEAH! ALIEN IS THE ONLY EXPLAINATION FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THIS KID DOES, AND SAYS!

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THE DUKE BOYS! THIS CAR HAS BUTTONS, THAT YOU CAN CLICK, AND THE HORN DOES THE FAMOUS REBEL HONK, THE NEXT BUTTON, GIVES YOU THE BOYS YELLING YEHAW, AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IN A 6 YEAR OLD'S MIND, THE SOUND OF TIRES SPINNING ,AND GEARS BEING SPEEDSHIFTED! HE LOVED IT! ( A GIFT FROM HIS MEMAW)

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THIS IS HOMER'S MOM, ANNA MARIE, ( HER REAL NAME). SHE THINKS DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND, JUST LIKE THE WOMAN (ME), WHO BOUGHT THESE FOR HER! SHE IS WORTHY OF SO MUCH MORE, I COULD NEVER BEGIN TO RELATE TO YOU HOW LOVING AND GIVING SHE IS. SHE IS ONE IN A MILLION AND ONE! I LOVE HER.... NO MATTER IF, HOMER AND I DECIDED WE HATED THE AIR EACH OTHER BREATHED, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS WOMAN!

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ONCE MORE WE SEE THE SUPER KYLE, DEFENDER OF LOCKE MOUNTAIN, GETTING THE TRAINING NEEDED FOR HIS ROBOT BOOTS, WITH WONDERFUL REALISTIC SOUNDS! ( HEHE, HIS MOMMA JUST LOVES ME! ZING, BONG, BONG, ERRK,, SQUEAK!) PACKING HIS BRAND NEW SWORD FROM HILLBILLY TECHNOLOGY INC., WHICH WHEN THE TIGGER IS PULLED, LIGHTS UP WITH KALEDIOSCOPE COLORS UP AND DOWN THE SWORD, WHILE MAKING A SWOOSHING SOUND LIKE IT IS POWERING UP. HEY, DO I KNOW HOW TO PICK OUT TOYS, OR WHAT? KIDS PARENTS I GIVE GIFTS TOO, NATURALLY HATE TO SEE ME PULL THAT PACKAGE OUT OF THE TRUNK! THE WAY I SEE IT, THEY ARE GOING HOME WITH THEM NOT ME, SO WHY NOT BASK IN THE GLOW OF HERO WORSHIP THEY HEAP UPON MY WORTHY HEAD! HAHA! SITTING IN HIS FAVORITE ROCKING CHAIR-LOUNGER, BEHIND KYLE, IS HIS PAPPA HAROLD (REAL NAME), JUST TAKING IT ALL IN STRIDE..... SLOW AND EASY.... WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT EXCEPT FOR AN OCCASION FOOT WIGGLE TO ROCK THE RECLINER TO A FULLER LOUNGE POSITION. .... AND MOM-RIE, SITTING UPON HER FAVORITE AFTER DINNER PERCH, BUT WITHOUT HER USUAL NOVEL.

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CHECK OUT THE " I MAKE DIRT LOOK GOOD" JOHN DEER T-SHIRT!

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HERE IS HOMER JR. HARD AT HELPING TO GET DINNER READY, BY TALKING TO A GIRL ON THE PHONE..... FOR AN HOUR.... THEN AFTER HE ATE, HE HAULED OUT OF THE HOUSE, CLIMBED INTO THE ROCKET (HE WISHES) SLED, AND WENT PEALING OUT OF THE DRIVE. OFF TO HIS MOTHERS HOUSE. I AM SO APPRECIATED... I COULD CRY TEARS OF HAPPINESS, FROM ALL THE LOVE I FEEL EMINATING FROM HIM, AND OH! MY AT HIS CARING WAY OF EXPRESSING IT! HE PECKED ME ON THE CHEEK AND SAID," GOOD EATS" .........SIGH......THE FAMOUS SOIE IG HAT, I CONVINCED HIM TO TAKE OFF THE DUCT TAPE ON THE BILL IN CELEBRATIONS OF CHISTMAS, AND THE FACT, THAT HIS MEMAW( MOM-RIE) WAS COMING. SHE HAS A LOT OF POWER IN HER SUGGESTIONS, I MUST LEARN HER SECRETS! LOL

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MOM-RIE AND, I IN MY KITCHEN, CONTEMPLATING THE BENEFITS OF SQUARE ICE CUBES OR THOSE CUTE LITTLE ROUND ONES..

HUMMMM... I DO HAVE THAT CERTAIN LOOK THAT JUST TELLS SOMEONE, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH A TURKEY.....

IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN PERFECT GROOMING AND FANTASTIC CULINARY SKILL INTO ONE HUMAN BEING, BUT I COME DARN CLOSE, YEP, DARN CLOSE!!!!!!

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WE FORGOT TO TAKE A PHOTO OF THE TURKEY BEFORE IT WAS CARVED, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST CHRISTMAS DINNER, IN MY HOME, EVER...... MY TABLE CLOTH WAS A MIGHT TOOOOOOO SMALL, BUT I HAD NEVER PUT THE LEAF EXTENSION IN THE TABLE BEFORE, HOW WAS I TO KNOW WHAT SIZE IT WAS? LOL

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YOU CAN SEE HOMER'S COMPUTER I GAVE HIM, WHEN I GOT TIRED OF WAITING TO USE MY COMPUTER ( THIS ONE), AND THE PEOPLE AT DELL BUILT ME ONE OF MY VERY OWN. IT IS LOCATED JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THIS ONE IN MY BEDROOM..... I HAVE A 17" LCD MONITOR ( THEY ARE JEALOUS, AND I LOVE IT!)!.... YEAH, THEY ASK, BUT THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO, NO, AND NO AGAIN! YOU CAN USE THE COMPAC OR IT IS NOTHING....THEY KNOW I AM EVIL, AND THEY KNOW I BITE! AT MY HOUSE, IF YOU CAN'T SHARE, YOU PAY NO ATTENTION WHEN YOU ARE TOLD "DO NOT DO THIS, IT TOOK ME ALL DAY TO FIX IT LAST TIME YOU DID !", AND DO IT ANYWAY, YOU LOSE POINTS IN THE LOCKERRIDGETHUMBS^UP POINT BANK!

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HERE WE ARE STUFFING OUR FACES, EXCEPT ME, WELL, I AM TAKING THE PHOTO. THE FELLOW WHO NEEDS A SHAVE, AND HAS AN ENTIRE TURKEY LEG IN HIS GRUBBY HAND IS MY DARLIN' LIL BOY, 23 YRS. OF AGE, HANDSOME JAMIE LEE. HE THINKS YOU CAN GET A TAN FROM CAMERA FLASHES I AM SURE, MY CLUE IS THAT HE ALWAYS HAS THIS OUTGOING THING HAPPENING WHENEVER THERE IS A CAMERA IN SOMEONES HAND........CHUCKLE. THAT'S OUR COUSIN ALYSON ( THAT COLOR OF RED WASN'T THE HAIR COLOR, SHE WAS BORN WITH, I DO HOPE THIS A TEENAGE PHASE.....)TO HIS LEFT, THEN HOMER JR. ( JEFF IS IS REAL NAME), THEN MY BELOVED PARTNER, HOMER( NOPE! I AIN'T GONNA TELL YOU HIS REAL NAME ), THEN HAROLD, FATHER OF ALIAS HOMER, AND ANNA MARIE ( MOTHER OF ALIAS HOMER). THE REST OF THE CREW, HAD TO TAKE MY COUSIN ALAN'S SON, BACK TO HIS MOMMA'S HOUSE ( YEP, DIVORCE, SIGH). THEY LEFT ME ALYSON, TO VISIT WITH FOR A WHILE. BUT, AFTER SHE ATE, TOOK OFF HER SHOES,GOT ON THE COUCH, AND WAS OUT LIKE A LIGHT! ( WONDER IF I AM THAT BAD AS A CONVERSTIONALIST). JAMIE, AFTER JEFF LEFT FOR " HIS" MOM'S, GOT IN JEFF'S BED AND ZONKED OUT! KID'S THESE DAYS JUST DON'T HAVE ANY STAMINA, YA KNOW? I BLAME LITTLE DEBBIE SNACK CAKES AND THE WORD "LIKE"! "LIKE I WAS GOING TO TALK TO THEM, LIKE I REALLY, LIKE YOU KNOW,WANTED TO FIND OUT , LIKE HOW THEY WERE DOING, LIKE YOU KNOW." LIKE....HEHEHE....WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE IS WAS " FAR OUT MAN!" ....YEAH

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WELL ALL MY 360 FRIENDS, THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK, BUT MOST GOT THE, MOVEMENT DURING THE SHOT BLURS, AND WELL YOU KNOW THAT CAN HARDLY EVER BE HELPED, SO ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT WERE WHAT CAME OUT AS WORTHY OF YOUR INTEREST. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND WILL ENJOY THE BEST NEW YEAR OF YOUR LIVES!

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lockerridge