NOVEMBER 27, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER NINETY-SIX.... WORDS

NOVEMBER 27, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER NINETY-SIX.... WORDS         LadyHarleys Challenge The US is celebrating Thanksgiving today. So, let's all give THANKS for what we have... Take one of the Thanksgiving words below and turn it into what you're thankful for.
Words that can be used:......THANKS; CORNUCOPIA; PUMPKIN; THANKSGIVING; PILGRIMS; NOVEMBER; THANKFUL; FAMILY; and / or FEAST. (You don't have to limit yourself to just one of the words. If you're really bored, or up to the challenge... do all them all!) :o)          




My Thanksgiving Day was a blessing that has filled my cup to overflowing tonight! It brought to me a peace of mind I have not felt in quite some time.   
I am truly grateful for all this day held for me. The Lord God smiled on me and mine today, His bounty was more than enough, it brought not only more food than we could eat... it brought also, the knowledge that I did good for God when I raised the child he blessed my life with.. for he is a good person.. it brought me much peace.
I pray with all hope in my heart,  that it was the same for every home in America, and the world over today.         THANKSGIVING     T... Time with my child.
H... Hope for the future.
A... Angels who watch over us.
N... No deaths or bad illness in the families this year.
K... Kangaroos live in Australia and not in my backyard.
S... Silence .. sweet.. sweet.. silence.
G... Getting my hind end in gear and working on the house.
I... Incredible friends and fun on the net.
V... Valuable time, that I have always had.. but only just discovered.
I... Invitations to become involved in someone Else's life.
N... Nickels and dimes I can save instead of spend.
G... God still loves me..in spite of myself..  and He loves all of you  too!           For More Stories and Poems Click Here     graphics for my blog provided by
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NOVEMBER 24, 2008 LITTLE BIT OF FUNNY ...LITTLE BIT OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE TESTOSTERONE

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

LITTLE BIT

OF FUNNY

LITTLE BIT OF

THE SIDE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE TESTOSTERONE

Auntie J. is back from the deer hunt 2008! She sent me these today, and they are terrific! The first one was a commercial from the Super Bowl.. lol.. you gona love it! The second one is a comparison guide, usually for the average red blooded .. testosterone infested males among us.. but hey.. I like to bark a tire every once in a while myself! I enjoyed both of them tremendously.. and I thought I would share with ya'll.. spread the giggle so to speak... and if your in need of a male jump starter girls.. this will do it for ya! Guaranteed! This second video will not let me write the codes in to make it not auto start.. I am sorry you guys.. but sometimes it is just not something that can be done unless I spend about an hour making it happen.. and honestly.. I don't think you guys mind clicking the button off and on do you?  If you do.. then I suppose your gona be irritated with me.. but your still gona like the videos! lockerridge

NOVEMBER 20, 2008 THE STATEMENT FROM THE STATE OF MY FRIENDS.

NOVEMBER 20, 2008  THE STATEMENT FROM THE STATE OF MY FRIENDS.

Hiya everybody! How the heck is everyone doing this lovely late autumn in November. This blog is simply about a website I found which gives us all an insight as to how the people of our individual states in the USA ( Sorry you guys outside the border.. I looked but you guys don't have a state.. you have an entire country.. and they don't talk much ... though they do mutter frequently)might think their home state would consider themselves to be most likely to profile itself to others.
 Yes... I included Arkansas..( really.. did you think I wouldn't!) I knew if I didn't certain parties would have a fit with a hole in it.. I won't mention any names.. but the initials are Wile, Mikey, Dingo, and yes.. Karma... don't hit me with those baby blues.. it won't work.. stop it ..
 okay it is working ..
 I am sooo sorry I included your state in this blog..
 NOT!
These are somewhat on the insulting side in some of the shout outs.. so don't get all twisted off at the top of the ground. lol..
 Chances are your state is the worst one of all!..
 okay here we go..
 stating with none other than.. the A's of course..
But not necessarily to remain in this order.. why?.. cause I said so.. and its my blog.. that is why!.. I love power!.. who needs a man?

SUGARQUBE KAREN!.... SHE COMES FROM A PLACE IN ARIZONA THAT HAS A LAKE .. AND IT HAS A SAW.. I THINK THEY MUST WATCH A LOT OF SCARY MOVIES WITH JASON AS THE STAR.. HE PROBABLY IS A HACKASAW NATIVE OR SOMETHING.. WOULD BE MY GUESS ANYWAY.. AND YES IT COULD BE RIGHT.. I AM RIGHT SOMETIMES!! MAN.. THIS CROWD IS REALLY HOSTILE TODAY.. NO WAIT .. THEY ARE JUST NORMAL.. ITS ME WHO IS TRYING TO MAKE THEM OUT TO BE REALLY NICE FOLKS.. WHAT AM I THINKING.. NOT CORRECTLY FOR SURE! MIKEY.. STOP IT!
ALTERB4EGO "CRYSTAL", NORMIE, AND LOCKIE!
WE TOO COOL FOR SILLY OLE SCHOOL!
THE GREAT NEW GIZMO HERSELF.. DANI! ( hey.. she is my best friend.. be nice to her or lockie will give you the wrong state.. snicker.. I love power in the morning!)

VINNIE AND THE FLASK MAN THEMSELVES.. NO.. I DID NOT SAY THEY WERE ELVES! WHOA.. TALK ABOUT YOUR INNER EAR PROBLEMS.. MIKEY BEHAVE! JILLERMAR!... OR BETTER KNOWN AS .. THE JUICE.. LIKE A SHOT OF VITAMIN C TO PICK UP ANY ONES DAY.. THAT IS MY BUD .. JILLY.. TOO BAD YOU GOTTA PUT UP WITH A LOT OF GATORS AND STUFF.. .. HEY WAIT A MINUTE.. I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY CALL YOU SWAMP GATOR WRESTLER CHAMP.. DIDN'T I? HUMMM... REBEL CHOPPERS ... BETTER KNOWN AS APRIL.. NO! SHE DOES NOT HAVE TEETH THAT PLAY DIXIE!..  THE WOMAN OF HARLEY RIDER.. PREVIOUS OWNER OF A REALLY BITCHIN... GENERAL LEE LOOK ALIKE.. WAS ORANGE AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS! DIO AND FLAGON!!..  THE HIPPEST AND HOPPEST FLAME THROWIN'EST SCALY GREEN LIZARD WITH WINGS.. I LOVE HER CAUSE SHE LOVES ME!.. RIGHT FLAGON?.. UM.. WHERE DID SHE GO?... FLAGON.. FALGON.. PUT DOWN THE STUFF TO MAKE SMORES.. I STILL HAVE A SCAR ON MY ANKLE FROM THE LAST TIME YOU GOT IRRITATED AT ME.. DIO.. DIO.. DIO!!!!.. WHEW! OJ!.. OJ IS A NEW FRIEND EVERYONE, SO SAY.. HI OJ! ... .. (good grief)...  YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST PATHETIC.. I CAN GET MORE ENTHUSIASM FROM A CAN OF CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP .. THE OFF BRAND.. NO WAY ARE YOU GUYS EVEN IN THE LEAGUE WITH CAMPBELLS.. JUST BE PATIENT OJ.. THEY DON'T BITE.. WELL.. THEY HAVE THEIR SHOTS I THINK.. SIGH.. MIKEY AND BERNIE.. THEY BOTH HAVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF MIXED IN WITH THEIR NAMES.. SO JUST CALL THEM MIKEY AND BERNIE.. THEY PROBABLY DON'T LIKE IT .. BUT HEY..THEY ARE FROM THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF TEXAS....  THEY WILL LIVE THROUGH IT JUST FINE! DINGO BLUE SUGAR FOOT.. OR IS IT .. DINGO SUGAR BLUE FOOT.. OR DOES SHE EVEN HAVE BLUE FEET.. I DON'T THINK SHE IS MADE OF SUGAR.. NAH.. I KNOW FOR SURE SHE IS NOT MADE OF SUGAR.. SO LETS ASSUME SHE IS BLUE.. THAT WOULD NOT MAKE HER A SMURF OR ANYTHING.. NOW WOULD IT? (nuk nuk!) RAPTUROUS RED!... SHE IS REALLY A STRAWBERRY BLONDE RIGHT NOW.. DUE TO A MOMENTARY LACK OF STRENGTH IN STANDING UP TO HER HAIR STYLIST.. SHE KNOWS BETTER NOW.. YEP.. LIVE AND LEARN.. YA LIVE AND LEARN.. HUH RR? TUTALL (LEE) AND TRAILER TRASH (JOHN).... BOY WHAT CAN I SAY AFTER THOSE ID HANDLES ON THESE GUYS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA? YOU GUYS KNOW WHY TEXAS DOESN'T SLIDE OFF INTO THE OCEAN DON'T YA?.... HEHEHEHE.. I KNEW YOU DID! KARMACREDITPLAN!!.... THIS WOMAN HAS GOT IT GOING ON NOW.. SHE IS THE PERSON WHO OPENS AND CLOSES THOSE BRIDGES THAT BREAK IN THE MIDDLE.. WHICH BY SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY BREAK APART.. I WILL NOT DRIVE OVER ONE. KARMA.. MIGHT BE FEELING FRISKY ONE DAY AND DECIDED TO PLAY WITH THE SILLY MOTORISTS WHOM THINK THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THEIR DESTINY.. NAHHH.. NOT KARMA... RIGHT KARMA?... KARMA... UMM.. KARMA.. WHY ARE THOSE PEOPLE SUDDENLY SLIDING DOWN THE UP SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.. SHAME SHAME SHAME.. HEHEHEHE.. IT IS FUNNY ISN'T IT?... DO IT AGAIN! WILE COYOTE AND IGGWAD... NOW THAT IS A PAIR.. THE BLIND FOLLOWING THE ONE WITH TUNA BREATH.. ON A MOTORCYCLE NO LESS.. I SIMPLY AM SPEECHLESS AT THE SIGHT OF A PENGUIN ON THE BACK OF A MOTORCYCLE WITH A COYOTE DRIVING IT.. WELL HE IS KIND OF DRIVING IT.. IGGWAD YOU HAVE TO LET HIM BREATH.. DON'T HOLD ON SO TIGHT.. OH HE HAS THE TUNA IN HIS POCKET.. SILLY ME.. I HAD NO IDEA THEY HAD POCKETS.. LET ALONE TUNA IN THEM... CARRY ON.. AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE.. HAWAII.. I DO HAVE A FRIEND FROM THERE .. SHE IS SAKURA4ETERNITY.. BUT SHE IS NOT ONLINE WITH US SINCE MAY.. BUT I KEEP HOPING!.. ANYWAY.. THEIR SHOUT OUT IS SIMPLY THE BEST.. I LOVE IT AND ALL OF YOU.. FROM YOUR BUD LOCKIE..
OKAY MIKEY.. YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH FOR "ONE" COOKIE.. AND IT CAN BE AN OREO DOUBLE STUFF IF YOU KEEP IT UP!
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NOVEMBER 15, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE #92 MY UNCLE BILLYS FRIEND.. BOBBY... AND BOBBYS FRIEND .. RUSSELL

NOVEMBER 15, 2008  UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER NINTEY TWO.. MY UNCLE BILLYS FRIEND.. BOBBY
AND BOBBYS FRIEND .. RUSSELL
Lilangelwolf's  Challenge  Write about how a veteran has touched your life...
To write about a veteran who has touched my life and simply pick one to write about, is an extremely difficult task for me
.Within my family, many of my uncles were veterans.. I have cousins who are veterans... I have in-laws who are veterans.. and I have friends who are veterans. From all divisions of the military they have walked the walk, of the protector of my freedom.
Most of the uncles who were in service, joined because of financial hardships in this country. There was no work when they were in their teens, and as for school.. college.. they really had no time for it.. they were looking for work.
 They were hungry.
I mean that literally folks.
 Times were extremely hard then, for everyone.
All four of them lied about their age, and were either learning to be a sailor or hoping to become an airplane pilot, by the time they were 17 years of age.
 All of them, save one, continued and signed back up several times for more duty time. This was all done at a time when we were not at war, or involved in a police action .. in other words. Viet Nam.
The one uncle who joined the Air Force, was good with his hands, and a perfectionist .. so he was put in the division which designed and sewed the parachutes .. he later was part of the Nasa program.. where he helped design and sew the parachutes for the Apollo missions.. ( Yeah it was really great! He was my show and tell at school many times!) One uncle who opted for the Navy after signing back on many times.. saw that he wanted no part of the Viet Nam fighting and he signed on with the Merchant Marines.. which he retired from at an early age ..
 The other two uncles.. well they were not exactly angels..  they joined because it was either go to the military or go to jail.. lol.. so they became swabbies as they called it.
 There are many people whom I know, that were in the action of the front lines during WWII and Viet Nam.. I figured out when I was quite young, that the ones who wanted to tell you all about it..  were never shot at. They were the ones who worked in the offices or the garage.. maybe a driver for an officer. The vets who do not speak much of it.. that usually shy away from speaking for any length of time about their experiences, are the ones whom I listen intently to. They are the ones who have had their lives irrevocably changed by the reality of war.
 War means death .. pure and simple, with no way around the basic fact. When you are fighting in a war. You have to kill people. Or they will kill you.
So I thought long and hard about my choice and there has to be two of them. I can't write about one without adding the other to the story.
My uncle Billy was a "get out of jail free veteran". He liked to have a few beers with his buddies and then drive around .. very fast. He was not a fella who was real smart when he was drinking, .. and he was constantly getting caught .. driving very fast while over the legal level of alcohol in his system for a 15 year old, is something the authorities frown greatly upon.. especially if your a belligerent drunk kid, who wants to fight.
After he had been a constant visitor to the cross bar motel.. and had a personal relationship with the circuit judge.. the judge took pity on him and his mother ( my granny) and gave him the choice of Navy chow or Penitentiary chow at the ripe old age of 17. The choice was not a difficult one. This all took place before the Viet Nam action started, and he actually seemed to enjoy the traveling around the world, collecting a truly stellar collection of tattoos.
 His friend Bobby on the other hand.. straightened up and graduated high school. He got a good job at a new manufacturing plant, that had just fired up in the area, and got married .. to a beautiful lady, and they had a baby girl.. He was a really content young man..

Then he was drafted.

 My uncle was up for resigning at the time that Bobby was drafted. Uncle Billy came home and Bobby went to Viet Nam. Bobby is not a very big guy.. he just made the height and weight requirements to be inducted. He is a blonde and has one of those cutie pie faces with the dimples and blue eyes.  Since he was small and quick..with good eyesight and a deer hunters hearing ability..  he became what we now know as a Tunnel Rat.
 He was the fella that when they came upon a village with known enemy activity.. they usually found a tunnel they used, to move around quietly, and to hide from the Marines. They were known for their booby traps and believing that if they gave their life killing an American soldier.. they would be given much in the afterlife. They actually put bombs on their children, and sent them out crying to the GI's,  When the GI would pick them up .. the bomb would explode. This enemy had nothing they would not sacrifice to kill an American soldier, well really.. you just had to be an American to be their target.
 So Bobby was the point guy when it came to checking out a tunnel for VC before the rest of the platoon entered.

 When Bobby came home... he was no longer Bobby. He was a man without a future. He was a man who could not stand to be awake and aware of others without medication. He jumps at every small sound. He does not stand upright any more. He is in a semi crouch most of the time and his hands are always ready to cover his major organs and his face at any sound ,and usually they are shaking.
 He lost his wife.. his children grew up without ever really knowing him.. simply because he is afraid to have them in the house with him at night when he sleeps fitfully. He has flashbacks and his sweet wife took off one night with the children.. no clothes.. no money.. just grabbed the kids and took off running down the street.. She, nor he, has ever told us exactly what happened.. I don't really want to know.

 He is on full disability from the military. He has never worked at public work again.

While in Viet Nam, Bobby met a guy from the same area where we live in Arkansas, by the name of Russell. They hooked up as hillbilly buddies, and have been really tight since that time in their life.  This guy is a really sharp fella. He is so sharp that he was taken into the Green Berets.. a very skilled and very dangerous person in the military. These are the fellas who are called into those secret little missions to rescue someone .. or maybe take out a anti tank gun when they can't get to it any other way. They kill first and never ask questions. They are trained to carry out orders.. the most important thing is to carry out the orders they are given.. and never ask questions. They are the military trained killing machines.. with all the skills it takes to be a lethal weapon just by breathing.
 Russell came home and he was not Russell any more either. He astonishes me sometimes.. He is a really big guy.. with red hair and a southern drawl that you could cut with a knife. He seems to be one of the slowest moving, and slightly goofy, nice guys I have ever met. Until he gets pissed. I have seen him stand flatfooted right next to a guy who was well on his way to making him pass the calm sweet guy point, and with no effort at all, it seemed on Russells part,  jump straight up and kick the guy in the head and knock him out cold!
 It would be okay if that was where he would stop.. but it is not.. after he knocks them down  he then proceeds to step two.. that is  to break their neck.
Literally.

 He is also on medications.. and he has never been able to return to public work.

 He still carries a knife in his boots. He wears boots and fatigues .. year round. He has been known to walk in his sleep and they have found him in some strange places.. in cellars.. one time on the water tower..

He moves often.. to be trained as intensively as he was.. they build these guys egos to the point of them believing they are invincible .. and now he just feels inadequate to the job of living without war.
He has married finally, about 5 years ago.. she keeps him sane he says.. I say.. she is a brave woman with a lot of love for him to take on the challenge of living life, post war with a veteran Green Beret, who survived two tours in Viet Nam.
 Bobby has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and Russell came to Bobby when he came home to stay.. so I now have the both of them in my life. My Uncle Billy passed away when I was 26 years old from a heart defect that they never detected in the service, when he was 37. And Bobby and Russell .. well.. they are always there for me.. all I need do is say I need something and they are on it! So I am very careful about what I ask for!
The way they  have touched my life in the most profound way .. was they showed me.. without ever really saying too much about it..
that war is hell

War is about one thing. People killing other people.

 It takes bright young human beings and turns them into empty shells .. sort of like it takes their past AND their future, and just throws it away.
They also showed me the loyalty that comes to people when they live through something like that .. together.
 They never .. ever turn away from another veteran. No matter the need. They will pull together and make it happen some how.
 They are more family to me than blood kin is for the most part. They don't talk very long about a subject if it is serious. They simply can't understand why people spend so much time talking about problems. To these two that is a waste of time and energy, the way they see life is if there is a problem.. you just go out and fix what is wrong.. or eliminate the problem causer.
 They do not put up with a whole lot of dumb stuff.. and that has rubbed off on me recently, in a big way!
 I am blessed that I had Bobby and Russell fighting to keep me free.
 As are all of you.
They gave us their past and their future, so that we might not have to give ours up.
 Please pray for those who are now in  Iraq. I pray for no more men who were so infused with surviving and winning a war that they are empty shells who have no idea how to live without it.
Peace.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2008 A LITTLE BIT OF OFF COLOR FUNNY JUNK... RATED R FOR REALLY FUNNY!

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

 A LITTLE BIT OF OFF COLOR FUNNY JUNK... RATED R
 FOR REALLY FUNNY!

I LOVE THE DOG IN THIS ONE

THE DEATH STAR CANTEEN... LEGO BLOCK VIDEO... LOL ...LOL! THIS ONE HAS A FEW WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH F AND END WITH K.. BUT I FIGURE WE ARE ALL ADULTS HERE AND WELL.. IT IS TOO FUNNY TO THROW OUT BECAUSE OF A SLANG WORD OR TWO.. AND I PROMISE .. IT IS FUNNYYYYY!

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NOVEMBER 8, 2008 SHAG CARPET IS GROOVY

NOVEMBER 8, 2008 SHAG CARPET
 IS GROOVY

I have been involved in a major undertaking lately. The remodeling of my mothers house so that I might take up residence there. sigh.. it is not very much fun.. nope not fun at all as a matter of fact.
I hired a very good contractor to do he work.. he took me shopping with him and helped me pick out the new kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanity. We spent a good three hours doing this and not once did he even give one of those testosterone invoked throat clearing things men do! That is impressive!
I on my own went shopping for light fixtures and floor tiles.. sigh.. I simply can't make up my mind about the wall paper though.. too many pretty styles and I have to think about the ones that are simply fashionable, but not time wearing type things. I do not plan on changing the walls every year, like I did when I was younger.. seems like a waste of time at this stage of my life.. lol.. now isn't that a funny thing to have happen to me. I am thinking like my mother!
I made a small slideshow to give you an idea of the things I am on the path of changing and some of the things that were simply rotten or broken and had to be done about.. so I will let the pictures tell the tale.. of the beginning.. and I will post one when it is finished and let you guys see the world I live in.. small and compact.. kind of like me!

As for shag carpet being groovy.. well.. let me just say.. I finally got the trigger assembly to my Bissell Carpet Cleaner tracked down and in my possession.. so when the cleaning begins.. I am afraid that the shag carpet will be full of groovies.. cause I think it is rotten too! sigh...

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE... LOCKERRIDGE ENTRY.. LEAFS LIFE..

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE...    LOCKERRIDGE ENTRY.. A LEAFS LIFE..

Cagh's Challenge

{Write a poem about a leaf.
Short, sweet, and to the point }

A Leafs Life I was born in the springtime
no bigger than a grub
They called me Bud I grew so fast in the summer time
they said "No Way He Is Just A Baby!"
So they called me Shady In autumn I really did shine
as is all leaves duty
They changed my name to Beauty In the winter time I left home
on the winds that blew
I did roam
for some animal I became an appetizer
Now my name is simply.. fertilizer
terri mccain/lockerridge


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OCTOBER 31, 2008 NEW GROUP! LOCKERRIDGES ENTRY FOR THE UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE WRITING GROUP.

OCTOBER 31, 2008
  NEW GROUP!
  LOCKERRIDGES ENTRY
 THE UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE WRITING GROUP

 I have joined a new group! The United Friends Challenge, is a group that challenges each other with topics for new stories, and poems that are original and from the members own experiences in life. I am going to try my hand at a few and see how it goes.. it may be I am not cut out to write fictional stories.. my blogs consist of me sitting and talking to my friends, as though they are in my kitchen having a cup of coffee with me. So let's see how it goes. If you guys don't show up on challenge day.. I will get the hint! I don't think my ego will mind too much, it has always had a pretty tough skin on it!

{Rosiebeck's Challenge....... Write in a poem in a "comedic or humorous" way...how your parents met.. Make a their meeting a comedy or something funny or lively.. This would really be a challenge..if its too hard to do it...make an essay instead of a poem..}


        

 Billy Joe and Reba Lou


Billy Joe and Reba Lou
 my mom and pop
 met on a mountaintop
 when they were but little tots

 There never was a time
 when knowing one another was not
 seems they grew up knowing
 together they would be always
 as they took life's shots


 The families lived close together
 as humans do seem to gather
 so they grew from child to adult
 he learning to plant a crop
 she on the business end of a mop


 Billy Joe and Reba Lou
 my mom and pop
 married and settled down
 on the same mountaintop
 he leaving the crop
 weekly paychecks he sought
 needed to buy her a new mop

 Life for them
 was happy and content
 ah! could this get any better?
 yes it could they thought
 on the day I was born
 they shouted I was heavensent

 Love and laughter
 tears and sorrow
 both sickness and health
 filled their days
 and love deepened in every way

 Billy Joe and Reba Lou
my mom and pop
 were always together
 never apart
so it must have been
 in heaven where they got their start

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OCTOBER 31, 2008 A BREAK FROM BEING A GROWNUP... LITTLE PEOPLE.. BIG TALENT

OCTOBER 31, 2008
   A BREAK FROM BEING A GROWNUP...
 LITTLE PEOPLE.. BIG TALENT

This little darlin' makes lockie cry she is so pure in her smile and her song This little guy deserves a break I think.. I am not a real fan of this type song.. but he has really put all he is into it. These two have been groomed for competition for a long time! They are stage people from the word go! Watch the end of it when they are talking to the Simon and the little girl is telling him off kind of.. hilarious! This little darlin' is my favorite of them all.. she is so cute she makes me cry as does the first little girl.. but when she tells him she is an American..I blubber all over myself!
 love the little ones.. love the little ones.. they make all the grownup troubles worth it.. videos for my blog provided by Metacafe For more videos, click here lockerridge

OCTOBER 29, 2008 THE INSANITY OF REMODELING..A HOUSE AND A BRAIN

OCTOBER 30, 2008
THE INSANITY OF REMODELING
A HOUSE AND A BRAIN



IT'S ROTTEN! IT'S ROTTEN!
This seems to be the battlecry of the carpenter who is remodeling my house. Have mercy on a woman with that sound in her ears every 10 minutes it seems like!

If you have been with me a while you know that I have yet to move into my Moms house, even though she has been gone for three years this Nov. 14. For some reason I kept waiting for her to come home.. but I suppose everyone,( even insane people like me) realize after a while that some wishes just don't come true. No matter how hard you hope and pray for it.. God has but one answer sometimes.. and that answer is NO.
So facing another winter in this cold mobile home, which actually the mobile home has twice the room in it as the house does.. but it is not even close to being as insulated and yes indeed.. WARM! So I have tried on several occasions to hire somebody to do some work for me. I need to have the bathroom redone for certain and when we had all those storms this spring.. the wind knocked loose some of the metal stuff over the trim board and I saw the evilness called dry rot plainly.
You would think in todays economy with so many people out of work and on unemployment, someone would have jumped at the idea of getting some money in their pocket... ho ho.. no so!
I must of called 10 different people locally and no one even showed up to look, let alone give me a bid! Until.. my neighbor really got hit hard with the last big one that went through and had to have their siding replaced on their house.. they too tried to find someone to do the work locally.. but to no avail. Then the lady neighbor got a phone call from her nephew in Kansas who is a carpenter.. ah ha!.. he was tickled to death to get the work.. so I contacted them and he is now at my house.. groan!

So far he has had to replace most of the trim board, and the people who put the steel siding on the house .. put this kind of pressed cardboard stuff under the eves of the house and it was so far gone.. it actually just kind of crumbled when he pulled the plastic covering off of it! Nasty now! But he contacted the people who sell the siding stuff and asked what was up with all of it and they said it was just a way that was used in the early times when everyone was just learning about steel siding.. was supposed to add insulating value to the house..
So now I have new stuff with little vent holes in it.. hopefully it won't impair the insulating value I had on the house before.. it is a bit too tight though.. nothing escapes.. so I am having him install a ventilation fan in the hallway to move the stale air out and get some flow to it.. Mom just breathed the same air over and over again I guess...

Tomorrow I am off to see about cabinets for the kitchen and a new vanity and light fixture for the bathroom.. new carpet for the bedrooms and new lights for the living room and kitchen.. whew! I have so much stuff to have to deal with as far as going through all the things in the house. That seems to be my undoing most of the time. I have tried so many times to start this and get moved in.. sigh..
I suppose I should just not be so strange about it all.. but sure feels like I am doing something wrong when I throw out boxes and boxes of old cancel checks and warranties on hot water heaters from 1979.  She saved everything .. in organized neat bundles.. in plastic containers.. stacks and stacks of the stuff.

Going to set a big brush fire next time it is a misty rainy day.. Gary finally got the trees that had been blown down on the holding pen fence cut down and the brush piled up.. need to remember to put my cast iron cookware in there when he gets it going good.. burns all the built up yuck and they are like brand new again. But we found out the roof of the barn had been rotten in one spot and the tree limbs have knocked a hole in it we didn't see until now.. boy.. it is sure getting deep around my knees right about now! The entire barn is in bad shape and it need to be pulled down and a new building of some sort put up.. probably another barn with a add on to keep the tractor and the lawnmowers and stuff in.. that can wait though.. surely something can wait a little bit. Now I got the ball rolling.. it wants to bounce around too much for me to not get called for a walk.... or a technical foul .. mouth!

The wood stove Mom used in the winter is still in wonderful shape and will be so much warmer this winter than this fireplace in the trailer. But I am going to miss the open flame to watch... that is really a nice thing when it is cold outside and windy.. to be warm and have a nice fire to watch.. but then when you have to go out in a rainstorm or snow storm to gather in wood.. or heaven forbid you run out of wood and have to go cut it in a snowstorm.. or worse yet.. buy a rick.. well.. it kind of evens out I guess.. last year to heat this 16x80 mobile home.. I only used 200 gallons of butane.. I also cook with butane too.. and that my friends is simply awesome!
I will post some pictures pretty soon.. maybe.. hehehe.. progress reports as the home and brain remodeling continues..

lockerridge

DivShare - Tour

http://www.divshare.com/tour
A file hosting and storage site that is pretty great. You can upload photos, videos, music mp3s to the site. They have a free account which will host up to 5GB of files and a bandwidth of downloads of up to 200GBs. During a days time you have a limit of 10GBs of downloads from your site.
When you upload a video it will convert the format to flash and provide a embedding code.. a link or an email link for your use to streamout from the site or for friends and family to link to. When you upload your photos the site offers to make a slideshow for you to embedd or link to. Or just like photobucket.. it will host individual photos for you.
The premium account which just about doubles the amount of space you have access to and includes the option to brand your videos and photos is only 75 cents a month. I recommend it as a good thing on the internet to house your private files.. they have the option of password protecting each and every file you upload to them.

Web Design 102

http://www.ironspider.ca/webdesign102/index.htm
If your interested in learning how to design your own Web Page. If you need to start from the bare bones of what is the definition of web page.. then this is the site I think is perfect. It is written by a fellow who goes by the id of iron spider .. eh.. and he knows how to make it simple and easy to understand. You learn how to make a simple web page template or box design with frames. He starts by telling you how to design a crappy web page.. and then how to design a good web page. I recommend it to you as something I found extremely useful and once again.. it is free to all which to partake of it.

LunaPic Online Photo Editor

http://www.lunapic.com/editor/
This is a free photo editor that is just about wonderful! I have always had a wish for something that would allow me to take a part from an animated graphic or to add a part to it and still manage to keep the animation intact.. This is my wish come true. Easy to use.. Easy to understand.. it allows you to animate.. to sparkle.. to adjust all of the photos basic editing that you need to do.. and you don't even have to make an account with them!
I use this almost daily and I recommend it to anyone who likes to play with photos to be used on the internet..

FormatFactory - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

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This is a freeware product to convert file formats between videos so that they might be viewed on the internet or burned to DVDs or CDs.
I have yet to find anything it cannot or will not convert to whatever is an option in its menu.. and I have yet to find anything that is not on its menu!
Once again.. it is a free product that I use almost daily. It has some editing capabilities but if you would like to be able to do that sort of thing also.. there is a premium upgrade you can purchase from them.
I recommend it highly.

OCTOBER 26, 2008 MEET MY FRIEND CRYSTAL... SOMEONE TRULY SPECIAL...

 OCTOBER 26, 2008

 MEET MY FRIEND CRYSTAL
 SOMEONE TRULY SPECIAL

I have met a lot of people who are special, here on the internet. The first of course being Dani.. my best friend and partner in web crime.

The very first person who I met here was a man from India named Pradeep, who goes by the Id of PD. I have lost touch with him since the move from 360 to Multiply, and that is something I regret greatly.. but all of our lives change on a daily basis and from those pointers in our lives, we move along.

This blog is about Crystal .. she is alterbe4ego here on Multiply and she is simply a wonder gal!
She has had some health problems that affected her mental state, because of an imbalance of chemicals in her body. Most people never try to really overcome these kinds of problems, but this lady fought the long fight to find the medicines that would help her .... I am here to tell you she is just fine in all respects except one.. she does not think she is! lol..

She strives to understand and live her life according to the Lord God whom she loves with her whole flesh and bone being and her soul.
I like her very much. I had the opportunity to visit her in person, this summer, when I went on vacation. She lives about 3 hours from me in Arkansas. I met her children and husband.. her dog and her cats.. and felt wonderfully at home and welcome.

The following letter I have posted with her, generous permission is one she wrote to her, as yet unborn, baby daughter. At the time she wrote this she was in the high points of her illness, that caused her to be delusional in her sense of reality.
This is a tribute to the mother that Crystal is and the person she is inside.

 Her beauty is within and without and I admire her strength and courage a great deal.Her mind playing tricks made her fear she would lose her life before she could raise her child, so she wrote this letter to her. The plan was   to give it on her graduation day.. but for some reason they opened it today.. and I was blessed because she posted it.

The love of a mother for her unborn child..

A LETTER TO ALEXANDRIA

The following is the letter I wrote while sitting alone, scared, pregnant, delusional and wanting to give the best possible advice that could be given to a child should I not have the chance to teach it myself.......

Little one,

You've been with me a little more than three months now.  I don't know where we're going from here.

I want you to know I love you already and I'm scared as hell.  I love your daddy but we aren't married.  In fact I don't think I would have let this happen (being pregnant) if he hadn't sounded like that's what he wanted and I wasn't already thirty.

I don't know what the world will hold for you-I only know that it hasn't been the most pleasant place to me.  I'm hoping you will have things so much easier than I did without being spoiled.

If something happens where I forget, or I'm not able to tell you, the main thing I want you to know about me is that I loved the Good Lord and I want you to learn about him strictly from the bible before you study any religion.

I also want you to take good care of yourself and never let anyone teach you about "can't".  And if you find yourself wanting something really bad, at least try once.  Never get old saying, "I wish".  Some opportunities only happen once, "What if I had...." is the saddest 20/20 statement you can ever ponder upon because even in failure you learn to succeed.

I am hoping I can inspire love, kindness, thoughtfulness, and tolerance in you.  But I also hope to teach you that life isn't fair without letting you resent it.  I've spent a lot of useful time worrying about how "life isn't fair".  I hope to teach you not to accept that as an excuse to fail like I have.

Always be honest with yourself and others.  If you lie to yourself in one area, you cheat yourself in another.  If you lie to others you betray the most valuable thing they have to give.....their trust.

Your friends deserve the truth because you love them and your enemies aren't worth degrading your integrity with a lie.  Sometimes, "None of your business" is the best answer.

Try not to judge people by appearances.  Quite often a perfect appearance is a beautiful mask for an ugly pride-so keep remembering who you really are so you don't have false pride.  If you are inclined to criticize try to remember if you are possibly guilty of almost the same thing.

Once a day find something good in an impossible person.  You'd be surprised how wonderfully something like that can affect the meanest people.

Sometimes people are nasty because that's all they know-try to SHOW them that there is a better way.

Above all else, if you see me violating this stuff myself, remind me of what I said and rise above my shortcomings.

I don't know what I could add to this.

If everything goes normal and smooth, I'll be giving this to you (hopefully) on your graduation day.

My granny told me once, "If it feels right in your heart then do it.  But if it don't feel right in your heart then you know it's wrong........If you always do what you feel is right in your heart, then you'll have a big stick to fight the world with and you can tell everybody your granny gave you that big stick."

Well, darlin', granny gave it to me, now I leave it to you to give to your children too-it's the family heirloom and the only one worth much.

I love you.

Mom

lockerridge