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[auntie]

Anyone watching what's been going on with the missing little girl ...Caylee, I think her name is. I saw the grandmother on Larry King last night. Is this a wierd situation or what. The mother is in jail..but they haven't actually charged her. The grandmother says that she thinks the child was in the care of a baby sitter..but they won't release any information as to who or what this baby sitter looks like. It's wierd. I gotta tell ya ..I don't think Grandma has all her marbles either. STRANGE family. I hope the little one is okay..but it sure seems there is ALOT more to this story..that we aren't privy to yet.

 

[PolynesianPixie]

This is the useless facts thread people..... I established the RIP thread. I'm trying to keep things upbeat here.

So sorry. I'm done now.

Ami-

If I may recommend a book to you & to share with your MIL & others....

"90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper. You talk about giving hope!!! If you can't find it, PM me & I'll get a copy to you.

Hugs, my friend!!

I just found it on Amazon! Thank you! It really sounds like something my MIL will enjoy and appreciate. Me too, for that matter.

Your talk about celebrating life is so true. I know it is..... I just do not handle death well. I should learn from my children who feel sad for their own loss, but KNOW that they are in heavan with Jesus and can truly be happy for those we've lost.

We had a party. Celebrated their lives, let them go.....Sort of let them go. I'm just not very good at the letting go part.

Ami,

I've been to way too many funerals like that. It's hard not to be moved when the bugle blows. There aren't too many WWII vets left around anymore.

I've told my wife I don't want a military funeral and she's already told me I have no say in it.

Are you still in Charlotte? We'll be there (or close by) on Sunday.

I wouldn't give you a choice either. It was gut wrenchingly beautiful, I sobbed like a big blubbering baby along with countless others.....but I'm so glad it happened.

I'm no longer near Charlotte, unfortunately. We decided to come on home today. We just needed to get back to "real life" before Monday. Have safe travels and enjoy that grandbaby!

That may very well be one of the most well written and beautiful descriptions Ive ever had the pleasure of reading here on th Dis boards. Ami....you sure have the gift of appreciating lifes hidden treasures.

I'm a lousy writer. I've always heard that the best writing comes when you write about what you actually experience. I'm not sure I've ever experienced anything so moving before. So....that's the best I've got in me.....thanks for taking notice!

 

[seabee]

Ami, I'm glad you are back, we've missed you around here. The funeral sounds beautiful. I think military funerals are so moving, not that any funeral wouldn't be, but the bugle and everything really gets to me.

I want them to play "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum when I go. I'm like you Deb, I want people to laugh, and celebrate, not because I'm dead but because I was a fun person. Besides, can you imagine the faces on people when that song starts!

 

[Gatordad]

So sorry. I'm done now.



I just found it on Amazon! Thank you! It really sounds like something my MIL will enjoy and appreciate. Me too, for that matter.

Your talk about celebrating life is so true. I know it is..... I just do not handle death well. I should learn from my children who feel sad for their own loss, but KNOW that they are in heavan with Jesus and can truly be happy for those we've lost.

We had a party. Celebrated their lives, let them go.....Sort of let them go. I'm just not very good at the letting go part.



I wouldn't give you a choice either. It was gut wrenchingly beautiful, I sobbed like a big blubbering baby along with countless others.....but I'm so glad it happened.

I'm no longer near Charlotte, unfortunately. We decided to come on home today. We just needed to get back to "real life" before Monday. Have safe travels and enjoy that grandbaby!



I'm a lousy writer. I've always heard that the best writing comes when you write about what you actually experience. I'm not sure I've ever experienced anything so moving before. So....that's the best I've got in me.....thanks for taking notice!

No No NO, I didn't mean you. This is useless facts, and you weren't speaking useless facts. Your posts actually have meaning. Let this thread be for stuff like Kurt Russell was in an Elvis movie.

 

[stacktester]

No No NO, I didn't mean you. This is useless facts, and you weren't speaking useless facts. Your posts actually have meaning. Let this thread be for stuff like Kurt Russell was in an Elvis movie.

Oh my lawd. Is Pete actually having a positive feeling about something? I think I'm gonna cry.

 

[des1954]

I want them to play "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum when I go.

Nicole---I want YOU to plan the music for my memorial service!!

 

[big kahuna1]

He has that tingle thingy running up his leg!

 

[RvUsa]

HA! I got another one saying "thingy". Just read my tags, my thingy is contagious! Heck it may even be viral!

 

[clkelley]

Good morning all!!!!

 

[RvUsa]

Hi Carol, how are you feeling? Hope you are having a wonderful day, it is beautiful here!

 

[2goofycampers]

94 degrees predicted here, without the heat index. It's hot.

 

[des1954]

94 degrees predicted here, without the heat index. It's hot.

This is an everyday occurance here in Fla from June thru Sept. But,,, without these temps in the summer, there would be no citrus fruit in the winter. So...drink your Florida Orange Juice & keep the Florida economy "flowing"! (Pun intended)

 

[des1954]

Our Gov't at work! Yesterday in the House of Representatives...just a few of the bills introduced. Talk about wasted money!!

Two bills passed approving names for two different Post Offices. (Hasn't the USPS been privatized?)

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] introduced S. 3434: A bill to combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces. (Do we need a bill to re-inforce that illegal actions are...um...ILLEGAL?)

Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY] introduced S. 3444: A bill to provide for upgrading security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb. (Why not ban all fertilizers that could be used in making bombs and dirtying our water supplies?)

Sen. Gordon Smith [R-OR] introduced S.Res. 643: A resolution calling for greater dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Government of China regarding rights for the people of Tibet, and for other purposes. (Who the heck cares what the Dalai Lama & China talk about - and what business is it of ours?)

Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] introduced S.Res. 649: A resolution designating September 18, 2008, as "National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day". (Nuff said)

I like this one... but wonder what subversive "pork barrel" legislation is attached to it...

Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY] introduced S. 3419: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors, and for other purposes.

The rich will get richer...

Sen. Robert Menéndez [D-NJ] introduced S. 3446: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to defer the tax on the gain on the sale of certain telecommunications and media businesses, and for other purposes.


For more of your tax $$$$'s being wasted, go to:

http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:activebills


We need to start antagonizing our elected officials and remind them that they work for US!!

 

[heatair]

Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY] introduced S. 3444: A bill to provide for upgrading security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb. (Why not ban all fertilizers that could be used in making bombs and dirtying our water supplies?)

Then we wouldn't eat.

Nitrogen fertilizers are easily converted into bombs. A lot of nitrogen fertilizer is required to grow corn and a lot of our food. It's also used to grow the feed corn to 'finish' the cows before they are turned into the hamburgers we all love.

AND a lot of fertilizers are made from hydrocarbons, the same as the fuel we burn in cars.

Thus endeth the completely, totally and throughly useless fact for today.

Thank you. I'll be here all week.

J

 

[des1954]

Then we wouldn't eat.

Nitrogen fertilizers are easily converted into bombs. A lot of nitrogen fertilizer is required to grow corn and a lot of our food. It's also used to grow the feed corn to 'finish' the cows before they are turned into the hamburgers we all love.

AND a lot of fertilizers are made from hydrocarbons, the same as the fuel we burn in cars.

Thus endeth the completely, totally and throughly useless fact for today.

Thank you. I'll be here all week.

J

I realize that... I was just being sarcastic and siteing yet another example of Gov't blathering!

 

[clkelley]

Hi Carol, how are you feeling? Hope you are having a wonderful day, it is beautiful here!

I'm doing good today. It's hot here and muggy!!

 

[g8trmom1]

Oh my lawd. Is Pete actually having a positive feeling about something? I think I'm gonna cry.

Pete adores Ami, he would NEVER have meant to hurt her....
but it did sound mean Pete!!! I'll have to whop him one when he gets home Ami!

 

[Gatordad]

Oh my lawd. Is Pete actually having a positive feeling about something? I think I'm gonna cry.

no need, i'll go back to being grumpyman.

 

[auntie]

This is an everyday occurance here in Fla from June thru Sept. But,,, without these temps in the summer, there would be no citrus fruit in the winter. So...drink your Florida Orange Juice & keep the Florida economy "flowing"! (Pun intended)

Deb..the kids and I are leaving for Anna Maria Island tomorrow morning! I'll have to let you know how it goes. My son loved it when he went in May(on your recommendation )..and has been itching to get back there ever since. Before I could say no ..he booked the rooms and air for me and the kids. How do you say no to that? Poor hubby is staying home workin' like a slave..and then taking care of the pets.

Supposedly there is free internet, so I'm hoping to check in here and report back.

 

[AuburnJen92]

Have fun Phyllis!