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October 29 Build it and they will come!! Recently a family that lives on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska built a sturdy, colorful playground for their three and four year old sons. They lined the bottom with smooth-stone gravel all around to avoid knee scrapes and other injuries, don't ya know. Gotta keep the kids safe, after all. They finished building it one Friday evening lately and were very pleased with the result.
The following morning, the mom was about to wake the boys and have them go out to play in their new play center. This is what she saw from the upstairs window:
I am Puma. (Party Unity Means Action.)I am Puma…..I am your neighbor…I live in the house on your street…you know..the one with no campaign signs in the yard.. I am waiting…. I am Puma…I stand beside you in the grocery store…I am the one with no campaign button on my shirt.. I am waiting… I am Puma…I am the one beside you at the traffic light…I am in the car with no bumper sticker.. I am waiting… I am Puma…When you call me at my home…I say to you “of course I will vote for “The One”….and I smile as I hang up the phone… I am waiting… I am Puma…On November 4th…I will wait no more….I will go to the polls with millions and millions of other Pumas and put my “Country First” Then you will know me…..I am Joe Puma You Will Hear Me Roar!!! 40 THINGS I’D RATHER DO THAN WATCH OBAMA 1. Watch a different tv program 2. Blog at PumaPAC 3. Watch a DVD or video 4. Listen to archive blog talk radio programs 5. Listen to a CD 6. Read a book or magazine 7. Clean your house 8. Clean my house 9. Play a board game 10. Do your laundry 11. Surf the web 12. Watch YouTube videos 13. Mail flyers to addresses in critical state phone books 14. Call a friend on the phone 15. Do a Prowl 16. Write an email to a friend 17. Do more Prowls 18. Play the piano (or instrument of your choice) 19. Do some exercising 20. Play a card game 21. Search for graphics for Puma PAC 22. Work on your family’s scrapbooks 23. Phone Bank for one of the opposing candidates 24. Work on your favorite hobby: Defeating ouhuhblahblah 25. Watch paint dry and grass grow 26. Visualize McCain/ Palin being sworn in. 27. Remove the last couple of NObama signs in your town. 28 Watch no name concede 29. Pray/Meditate for peace 30. Clean the litter box 31. Rake up all the leaves in my yard. 32 Get a colonoscopy 33- visit proctologist 34- get tooth extraction 35- chew on tin foil 36 seal a bag of hungry rats over my head 37- have fingernails pulled out 38- swim laps at the sewage treatment plant 39- look directly into the sun…. 40-Go down hill skiing in the nude MotherMother, If you were still alive today How many things to you I'd say. I know I'd tell you many times How glad I am that you are mine. I'd say how great I think you are And place a kiss upon your brow. If you still walked the earth today I'd rush to you without delay, Enfold you closely to my breast And let you know you are the best. Oh, Mother mine, do I convey This message that I send today? You see, I am a mother now And understand you more, somehow, For motherhood to me has shown No deeper love was ever known. I pray, dear Mother, that I'll be Just like the mom you were to me. March 11 Polished Like Gold
OH THESE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.. GOD BLESS THEM!!!! Isn't it so great for these elderly ladies, to witness and take part in the voting of the first Lady President? Ah.. love them!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful moment during this historical primary season!!!!! A woman for presidency? the Fist lady President. Go Hillary!!!! March 04 Do you want to make easy money?January 31 George Carlin's Views on Aging. Hillarious!!George Carlin's Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. 'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. 'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.' Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!' May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! January 17 Old woman gets pulled over by police.Officer: I see...Can I see your vehicle registration papers please. Older Woman: I can't do that. Officer: Why not? Older Woman : I stole this car.
Officer: Stole it?
Older Woman: Yes, and I killed and hacked up the owner.. Officer: You what? Older Woman: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see The Officer looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back up. Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun. Officer 2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please! The woman steps out of her vehicle. Older woman: Is there a problem sir? Officer 2: One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.. Older Woman: Murdered the owner? Officer 2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car, please.
The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk. Officer 2: Is this your car, ma'am?
Older Woman: Yes, here are the registration papers. The officer is quite stunned. Officer 2: One of my officers claims that you do not have a driving license. The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer. The officer examines the license. He looks quite puzzled. Officer 2: Thank you ma'am, one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner. Older Woman: Bet the liar told you I was speeding, too. What should i do to marry a rich guy???
December 28 Fake Live Space Users.. go away!!I'm having trouble with some live space users.. these are the one's that don't actually have a space.. they just SET ONE UP to latch onto you and
annoy you. They don't comment, they don't read.. they just try to get you to add them to your msm and ask you personal questions/want to use
the cam. They seem to be coming from the one country.. (which i will keep to myself.)
This is no dating agency
LISTEN UP!!
When you ask me to add you to my friends list.. don't suddenly ask me to meet you. don't ask me what i'm doing and what my phone
number is. If you persist in doing this.. i will delete you from my friends list. Better than that ..if you do not have an active space with a profile
picture.. i will not accept you so don't even bother.
Sorry guy's.. but that's the way it is now.. so play the game or go away!! Happy New Year My Friends!!To all my close friends here at live spaces..
i want to thank you all for the lovely comments you've left in my guestbook this past year. I wish you and your families a happy new year.
May it bring you much happiness and good fortune
All the best,
Alice xx December 09 My Ben Lomond.I got my photos of Ben Lomond today. At long last.. i've waited long enough!!
With some mountains you find that the starting point is ON the mountain itself ..you practically drive up them in the car, their not fun, too easy. Then you get the one's where you have to walk a long way to get to them. Sometimes you may have to walk around them a bit before you start to climb UP...easy too. And last but not least, you have the Ben Lomond types.
Ben Lomond... it's up.. up .. and up some more right from the word go. A decent climb, a tiring climb, craggies and ridges. You just don't get a breather from it.
So it was a long climb and a long day. Lots of aches and pains afterwards. But after getting to the summit and seeing those views.. we couldn't have cared less.
Ben Lomond - Meaning - Beacon Hill.
Altitude - 974 meters (Munro) December 07 Off Golfing.. lord almighty!!Lord almighty.. i'm going golfing on Sunday. I've had a go on a golfing range but never played a round as such. Now i don't think i was THAT bad.. My first ball went straight out in the right direction, not too far though. My other attempts were well... not as good. If the ball could've done a flip trick or summersault back on me .. it would've that day. It went to the left, right, up and down, never straight ahead and never in that darn hole. It was a laugh though!! I laughed so hard that day, my husband said he was never taking me out there again. That changed last week...
Last week ( oh pooie me) lol he got me the golfing gear so i off golfing it seems.. lol.. I'm actually looking forward to it.
It may turn out a nice day. I'll have to hold my tongue and try not to laugh though. lol Me? NOT!! t
Talkies laters .. as we say in Irieland..
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November 29 I did a speed walk this evening..I went out and did a speed walk this evening. Two/three miles out on the road.
I though i would be knackerd but i was actually quiet good. Usually after a break from this kind of walking i find i'm tight in the legs or i can't do it smoothly. But yep.. tonight i was fine. WHICH i'm delighted with... it was only two months ago that i landed myself in the hospital for two weeks and feeling sorry for myself.. lol. But that's another story.
I ADORE.. walking in the winter. It's the crisp air and the cold weather that does it for me. I love it when it hit's you in the face and the lungs.I don't even mind it when there's a little bit of rain. I like walking hail rain or snow. I like to get my legs moving, hands swinging and heart pumping.
It's also great for times like... when your wound up, when you feel like your banging your head against the wall (work) or you want to throw a punch at someone. What can you do? Put your walking shoes on and hit the road .. that's what i say. Many a time i went out feeling arrrhhhr and came back rejuvenated... full of spark, all my worries and frustrations washed away. You don't even have to speed walk, just a leisurely one at that.
When i got home i had my bath, put my jamies on, orderd a Kentucky, watched tv ... and came on here of course.
What a lovely day!!
November 23 Ben VenueI wish there were some mountains here that i could go out and climb. China's so flat where i am. There's just nothing here unless you travell for hours.. and i mean hours to get to one.
I miss my climbing..There's nothing better than getting to the top of a mountain and saying to yourself.. "That's another one under my belt."
Some people have said to me.. it's too hard, it's too cold..your mad. Of course it is but sometimes it can be easy as well!! And NO.. i'm not mad.. lol
It doesn't matter about the sweat, the tears, the puffing and panting, the stiffness, aches and pains, the sometimes harshness of the mountain or the cold for that matter. It's all part of the package.
It's the fresh air, the space and the glorious views.. not to mention the acomplishment of finishing one. For me that's what it's all about.
Sometimes i've come home having gone through or having all of the above. But you know what? I've loved every miniute of it. Other times i've come home with a cigerette in my hand laughting as if i had just been out for a walk. Every climb is differant.
It was around November if remember right that i went up Ben Venue in Scotland. Three attempts it took me to get to the top and all for differant reasons.
The first time i went up the wrong way and came to an
area which caused me to come to a stand still. It wasn't safe anymore. The winds were too strong.. blowing gales actually, the ground was slippery and i was on the
edge with a sheer drop to my right... what if i fell?.. So to remain safe, i used common sense.. i turned around and called it a day.
On my seccond attempt i went up a differant route. (obviously)
There were two. One was closed due to logging, unsafe ground and machinery (wip). The other took you into and through the woods. So i went that way.
It was winter/spring so the ground was soggy, wet, mist all aound. It was a hard route to take. Alot of the time you had to pull
on a branch of a tree or grab a stump to haul yourself out of a muddy patch .. failing that.. you sank.. lol.. Then on top of that.. you had to watch out for the colored green ribbons on the trees. These were put therr by the workers .. i believe .. to keep us safe and going in the right direction. Oh the great, great outdoors..
I know..i know.. i only made it to the bottom of the mountain that day. The weather started to get worse and dusk was stting in. So that was that.
My third and final attempt.. it was a do or die situation. I swore i was going to get to the top even if it killed me (joking) Too many obsticals had
prevented me from achieving my goal and i made a promise to myself that day that "today's the day". I would get it done and finish this saga once and for all.
I did indeed!!
Well suited up with hot drinks, nurishments and my walking sticks i launched off. I got to the cairn planted another stone, rounded the bend, hit
sleet and winds... i don't think i saw anything for a moment as the clouds were low but when a break did come, i saw a huge accent in front of me. I thought "oh bugger.. it keeps getting further and further away.. is this it at all?
It was!! I got to the top, had my photo taken, had a well deserved rest and a cup of hot soup, took in some of the scenery or what we could see of it and that was that.
By God.. thank heavens it's over and done with AND under my belt. Lawdy law... of all the mountains i've done.. this one has been the most frustrating one to date.
When will i do another? No idea.. but i can't wait!! xx November 08 What the heck am i doing???Do you ever have one of those days where anything you touch or do.. doesn't seem to come out right?
Well today's my day!!
 I don't know how many times i've added or adjusted stuff in here ... i just can't seem to get where i want to be. All these gadgets...
I tried to put in a count down thingy, i followed the istructions to a tee and it didn't work. The code just showed up after i saved it. So no count down gadget. So dammit.. i'm not going to try anymore. I'm off now to have a glass of wine and put my feet up for an hour or two, then i'll try again.
 October 31 2008 Olympics in Beijing.. {Tickets}We all know that the Olympic Games are held in Beijing next year ..
Because China is so hudge... they set up two lottery draws for x amount of tickets allotted to China.There were two phases, september just gone and this october. October results are not out yet. We had to apply at our banks / internet with our preferances.
I got mine!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm the only one in the company and amongst my friends that got one.. and i got NINE!!!!!!! A couple to mention are in the main stadium and i've got the vollyball as well. Now all i have to do is to decide who i'm going to take with me.
 I'm so over the moon. I've wanted to go to one for years and next year is my time to do so.
From what i've heard so far, the hotels in Beijing it seems are all pre booked by agencies. The room charges have gone up maybe four times their origional prices. I heard also throught the grapevine that their not interested in taking short stay bookings either. They want bookings for the whole duration of the Olympics.
Rats ass... it always comes down to money.. money.. money in the end... well that's it, that's my news for today.. talk later. February 21 What a "Dog Gone" day!!!
February 20 My Health Today... true!!Well today is not a pretty day for me and saying that, neither has the last couple of days. I've been sick as a dog. I think i ate something that turned my stomach and i've neen throwing up ever since. Plenty of water is the key i guess but who wants that when it makes you run th the bathroon 24/7? Can't win!!
Well i guess i'll sack the witch who fed me yep, you've guessed it my housekeeper. Try as hard as she can my stomach just does not like her cooking!! ha! ha! Ah.. only kidding, she's great.
Well now that i told you about my health problems, i am going off now to the kitchen and see what i can get ti eat.
Maybe a cream cake?? ha !! Now look below!!
February 16 My Sister... RhoddyOk ok .. it's Thursday afternoon, it's a lovely day, i'm well fed, my house is clean, my laundry'is done, ironing sorted, there's ice cream in the freezer, the weekend is almost upon me.... and i'm BORED!!!!!! There's nothing to do now and i'm peed off.
Yep!... yes indeedy.
I should be jumping around in bouts of laughter enjoying myself. But i'm not...
Roddy is e.mailing me again tonight, she's a scream. Last night she sent me a few e.mails. It wasn't her fault but i noticed that i had seen some of them before so i replied saying something like... " i've seen this one before ... i have that one and that one" .
I'm talking about video clips/jokes here!! At this time i was getting a few in evry day, the norm... the usual from her.
When all of a sudden my computer went bonkers!!!
Mails started flying in!! What's going on i wondered? I gazed through the fine print to find out that she had actually replied to my sarcastic mail from earlier.
What did she write????
"Oh? i'm just going to send you everything that i have Why?.. it's in the hope that i can give you something new." Bitch!! Ooops, sorry Roddy (foul language is being used here... duhhhh.. Roddy's my baby sister) I'm allowed to!! lmao!!!
Tell you what... she won't catch me tonight.. I won't open my gob. or rather... write a comment. I know she'll be waiting for another splat of good fun. But do you know what Roddy? I'm just going to sit here and zip my lips, glue my fingers to the coffee table , it ain't happening baby!!!!! it ain't happening!!!!!!!
February 14 Redneck 911 Call.
A couple of redneck hunters are out in The other redneck starts to panic, then He frantically blurts out to the operator, The operator, trying to calm him says,
The redneck comes back on the line and says, "OK, now what?"
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She was coming down the road towards me. She had a dog in
Yuck! I won't be doing that again. 
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