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Saturday, November 01, 2003
1. What was your first Halloween costume? I can't remember, but I remember how embarrassed I was because my mom had me trick or treat for UNICEF. I just wanted candy.

2. What was your best costume and why? I won a school costume contest in 3rd grade for a clown costume that my mom made for me. I hate clowns, LOL, but the costume was really good.

3. Did you ever play a trick on someone who didn't give you a treat? No, I'm nice.

4. Do you have any Halloween traditions? (ie: Family pumpkin carving, special dinner before trick or treating, etc.) We take our kids to a church "Trunk Or Treat". There are games inside the cultural hall, and afterwards the kids go from car to car in the parking lot and "Trunk Or Treat." It's a safe alternative to Trick Or Treating, and the kids love it because they're with their friends.

5. Share your favorite scary story...real or legend! Nah. I don't like them.
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I liked this even though I didn't do very well:


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I am a Pisces.
(Also known as "Fish")

My Horroscope starts like this:
" A Pisces cannot live without lies and treachery. They often get so wrapped up in their own tall tales that they can easily forget which of their stories are true and which are not. "
(Read more | Find yours)

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Excerpt from Believing Christ that applies to my last 2 days:

"We can expect this struggle to go on as long as we live. Each of us has experienced this opposition of the carnal self in one way or another. For example, from time to time I will tell my carnal self, "Flesh, today we are going to diet!" To which my flesh inevitably responds with something like, "In your dreams, Bozo," and then sets up the steady chant, "Hot fudge! Hot fudge! Hot fudge!" This opposition of the flesh, the carnal self, is not something that we can overcome once and for all while in mortality. As long as we are in mortality, our carnal nature will be prone to evil continually..."



WEIGHT LOSS Post-It


I'm trying to get my WW keychain (for losing 1/10th of my body weight) by Christmas.

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

My available Flex Points for the week: ??? let's say 25
Water I need to drink: 6 5 4 3 2 1

"Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate." --Terry Pratchett from Carpe Jugulum


Update: I didn't keep up with my points AGAIN.

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Friday, October 31, 2003

SPOOKY STORIES II

Halloween Cat

Piglet Ate A Pound of Rotten Bacon
She found it out in the woods where I threw it. I didn't see this horrific event, but I just know it, because she's normally a thin dog, and now she's practically a sphere. She will have to be an outside dog today, because the gastrointestinal ramifications are bound to be severe...

Halloween Pringles
Bright Orange...

BLOOD
I forgot all about the BLOOD! I spilled it on the floor when I was cleaning out the fridge. I had to clean it up. I suppose it could have been pizza sauce...

A Poltergeist in the Bathroom?
It's the self-locking door. Creepy...



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SPOOKY STORIES

Halloween Cat

Brother Stevens
He called this morning, and my neck felt almost broken by the time I managed to extricate myself. And I have to pick him up tonight and take him to the church with us. He has no teeth, BTW, so that's a little scary...

My Mother-In Law
Called right after Bro. S. She wants to wish Scott a Happy Birthday because she couldn't get us on the phone yesterday. He might be in for some guilt...

I Found My Bra
Finally! Under all the costume clutter...

Mad Scientific Experiments
Threw away those yucky guts, rotten eyeballs, shrunken heads, and a section of pig corpse out of the fridge...

Found A Corpse in the Sink
A dead daddy-long-legs. They make their way into the house in droves every fall. I Hate Them With A Passion...

Six Hours Left To Live
Before I have to have 2 costumes finished.

Piglet Is a Monster
Who pooped in her kennel last night and peed on the carpet this morning.

More Stories to Come... if I live through the day.


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OddTodd's

Odd Todd's Halloween Special
Odd Todd's Halloween Special II

Also, there's a pretty cool toon called The One if you like The Matrix. I'm not into it, but my husband and kids loved it.

Those are the only ones I feel I can recommend without previewing for your kids. I watched a couple of others with the kids and oops --- not exactly the kind of stuff I want them to watch.

via nothin 2 do
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Thursday, October 30, 2003
We drove to Branson today -- about 3 hours up there. Silly us, we didn't check the calendar, and Silver Dollar City was closed, duh. It was sort of like that "Vacation" movie where Chevy Chase drove across country to Wally World, only it was only a 3 hour drive, and we didn't go buy a gun. Plus we didn't strap a dead woman to the top of the car or get stranded in the desert... okay, nevermind. The point is, we were up there, so we went to Ripley's Believe It Or Not, which was fun. Then we drove up to Springfield to the Bass Pro Shop. I'd never been there before, and Wow.

But the rest will have to wait, as I'm very, very tired. Good-night.
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JHave you tried these yet? I just Love Them! They actually stay stuck on things, instead of floating down and hiding behind your desk, which kind of defeats the purpose, IMO. And I'm not getting paid by 3M to tell you this, honest. My mom is Seriously Addicted to Post-It notes, so I guess I get it from her, because I've got Post-It's everywhere too --- only now they keep their "sticky" much longer and stay put where you need them. Even though I'm a tightwad, that actually justifies paying more for the 3M product instead of buying generic. I love to use Post-It's as bookmarks too, because you can pick up the book and start reading in the exact place you stopped. Just be careful with these, as you can tear pages if you're not careful! Good thinking, 3M, Post-It notes that Stay Posted!

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Update: this just didn't work today. Tomorrow is another day...



WEIGHT LOSS Post-It


I'm trying to get my WW keychain (for losing 1/10th of my body weight) by Christmas.

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

My available Flex Points for the week: 35
Water I need to drink: 6 5 4 3 2 1

-- ugh, plateau time

"Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate." --Terry Pratchett from Carpe Jugulum

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Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Check it out! Does anyone else love Seinfeld as much as me? Is it possible? I can't wait until it comes out on DVD --- or IF it comes out on DVD.
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yada*YADA*yada


The "braless wonder" is back from her excursion into town. I made it a point to stop by K-Mart and buy one, however. I'm a Wal-Mart shopper for almost anything, but bras are good to buy at K-Mart. Why? Because no one else shops there. They don't even have anyone working in the fitting room area, so you can just cruise on in there with all the bras you want, and pick any big, roomy dressing room you want -- they're ALL empty. So if I'm going to have to try the clothes on, K-Mart is the place. And it was my very good fortune that the first one I tried on fit.


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WEIGHT LOSS Post-It


I'm trying to get my WW keychain (for losing 1/10th of my body weight) by Christmas.

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

My available Flex Points for the week: 0
Water I need to drink: 6 5 4 3 2 1

"Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate." --Terry Pratchett from Carpe Jugulum

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I decided to try again today, since I had forgotten how fun it is. I don't even try to rhyme the "Poetry in Motion."

My first attempt:

The Great Potter's wheel
turns to create
And as a pot crumbles into dust---
The Kind Hands shape souls again
Love is the Legacy Eternal

Scaled down to 20 tiles so I could enter it:

The Potter's wheel
turns to create
A pot crumbles into dust---
Kind Hands shape souls again
Love --- the Legacy Eternal



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Here are some poems I wrote that I found last night while digging through floppy disks:

3/27/01


Beyond much harm, Look...
Awake hopes that nerves will calm
You'll laugh in the end!


3/28/01


The tiniest life
Thoughtfully created
Feel the heart beat...
Soft, natural music
Of His incomplete masterpiece


I went through a Poetry.com phase back then, and used to enter poems. The second one was in the "poetry in motion" category, where you arrange word tiles to make poems. It's a lot of fun. I never won, but I didn't care. It was just fun to see what could be done with the words. The second one is my favorite.

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I figured that would be a good, attention-getting title. And I can't. I currently own 1 bra. It's because it's hard to find a good fit, and I hate to try on clothes. And bras are something that at least for me, must always be tried on. And I always procrastinate bra-shopping. Now I have to go take Brother Stevens into town, and I have no bra. Not that that's a Big problem for me, but it's a tad nippl --- nippy outside. I guess I will have to wear a jacket the whole time ~~sigh~~.

He said something about bringing his weather radio-- you know the one that plays the national weather alerts. He did that once, and I thought I was going to have to crash into something -- Anything just to make it stop. I will have to be strong today, and find a nice way of telling him that I will chuck it out the window if he puts it in my car again.

I'd much rather blog, but I have to go. Later...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2003


The Many Misadventures
of Piglet and Her Poo
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blah*BLAH*blah


I thought I'd say something tonight instead of just filling space with notes and quizzes.

Life stinks when Scott is gone. I tend to eat too much and sleep too little. Thankfully, he'll be back tomorrow, and then he'll take the rest of the week off for his birthday, which is Thursday. We're going to go to Silver Dollar City for the day, which should be fun. We have season passes, so we really need to get in a few more visits before the end of the year.

I've used up all my points today, plus 6 flex points, and I still would like to eat more, but I know I'd better save those last few extra points for tomorrow and Thursday. Hopefully I'll earn some points at Silver Dollar City by walking a lot.

I got a call from a church neighbor up the road who asked me if I could keep her baby Thursday of this week and 3 days next week. I was really proud of myself, because I said I can't Thursday becuase we're going to SDC, and that I could handle taking care of him for one day next week. In the past I would have felt obligated to take him for all 3 days next week as penance for not taking care of him on Thursday. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that this is one of those freebie favors, even though she's going to work. I do feel bad for her, but there are plenty of other people to ask. I've had 5 kids of my own, but it's not the same as babysitting. I've always hated babysitting. It stresses me out. One day will seem like an eternity no matter how cute he is. I like to look at babies, and I like to hold them, but when they start to scream, cry or stink, I'm ready to hand them back. Do I sound mean? Well, I'm just grateful that I don't feel guilty. I wonder how I managed to avoid feeling that way this time. I used to wallow in it any chance I got.

I'm holding Piglet, and she has incredibly bad gas. She's so small and cute --- totally lap-sized. But she has the foulest breath and the gassiest butt ever. Ugh. Back to the kennel with her.





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(Quiz from Emode.com)
Walking On Sunshine

R"Your upbeat approach to life makes "Walking on Sunshine" the perfect anthem for you. We can see you dancing down the vegetable isle with your grocery cart, smiling at all the checkout clerks. We sure hope you've had your Wheaties to keep up with your perky pace all day long. This happy, horn-driven tune carries you to work every day. And even in those brief lapses when you're not fully on your game, "Walking On Sunshine" seems to put things in perspective and get you back to your super groove. "And don't it feel good?" Who cares that this tune was a one-hit wonder for Katrina and the Waves? Even that quality matches your one-of-a-kindness. You're walkin' on sunshine and spreading it wherever you go."

Yeah, well that was yesterday... I'm a witch today.

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I'm going to be a slacker again today. I stayed up late, got up early, Scott's working out of town, and I don't have to go anywhere today. --- I take that back, I have to go to the genealogy library tonight.



Slacker a.m. Routine


Morning prayer
Scriptures
Shower
Get dressed to shoes
Fix hair & makeup
Make bed
Check my calendar
Take vitamin, progesterone

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WEIGHT LOSS WORKSHEET


I'm trying to get my WW keychain (for losing 1/10th of my body weight) by Christmas.

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

My available Flex Points for the week: 14 8

Water I need to drink: 6 5 4 3 2 1

-- too much salt yesterday :(

"Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate." --Terry Pratchett from Carpe Jugulum

J

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Monday, October 27, 2003
I got this idea from Mandarin Design. These are all text, not graphics. If it looks really weird, then you don't have the Wingdings font. If you want your horoscope, click on your zodiac sign. However, you may be somewhat disappointed in what the stars predict for you. I didn't do the predictions -- they were done by one of my favorite musicians.



h Aquariusi Pisces^ Aries
_Taurus` Geminia Cancer
b Leo c Virgo d Libra
e ScorpiofSagittariusg Capricorn
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CNN -- Elders, Terry debate right-to-life issues

Why would anyone be interested in the opinions of Jocelyn Elders on any issue? How CNN can take her seriously is beyond belief. I'm really sorry to have to say this, but she might be the stupidest woman alive. I've been disgusted with her "ideas" since the early 80's when I was in high school. Some of her more notable ideas have been making "safer guns with safer bullets," teaching masturbation to school children, and legalizing drugs, while going after the tobacco companies. Since I'm from Arkansas, I know all about this woman. Only someone like Bill Clinton would have EVER considered putting her into the position of Surgeon General -- a position she had to resign from after 15 months because was a complete embarrassment. I seriously think that she must be on drugs. I have no idea how she got a license to practice medicine in the first place -- probably Cracker Jacks.

J

Re-elect George W. Bush in 2004! (I think it's safe to take the campaign ads down now, but let me know if you see another Howard Dean ad, and I'll be sure to run them again.)
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Heading off to the doctor this morning...



Slacker a.m. Routine


Morning prayer
Scriptures
Get dressed to shoes
Fix hair & makeup
Check my calendar
Take vitamin, progesterone



J

Re-elect George W. Bush in 2004!

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WEIGHT LOSS WORKSHEET


I'm trying to get my WW keychain (for losing 1/10th of my body weight) by Christmas.

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

My available Flex Points for the week: 1614

Activity Points earned:

Water I need to drink: 6 5 4 3 2 1

Yesterday's Pedometer Reading: I don't wear it on Sundays
(Recommended # of steps: 10,000)

"Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate." --Terry Pratchett from Carpe Jugulum

J

Re-elect George W. Bush in 2004!

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I have never even mentioned Howard Dean since I started this blog, but for some (stupid) reason, I'm getting "Dean For America" and other crap campaign ads for him at the top of my page. Let me state most emphatically, that I detest the very idea of Howard Dean. I voted for George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. I intend to vote to re-elect George W. Bush. I don't like Howard Dean.

Let's see if that fixes the problem...

Update:
So far it's not working. So I'm left with 1 of 2 options: Trash Howard Dean at the bottom of every post, or run my own re-election campaign for Bush at the bottom of every post. So, I'm going to start with the latter, as I'm a nice person. I have nothing personal against the man other than the fact that his campaign ads are showing up on my page.

Update Update:
Oh yeah, and I'll put that Bush re-election campaign feed back in my right column as well...
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Yesterday was our ward's annual Primary program. It was great. The kids were So Cute, especially the littlest ones. But my favorite part of the program was when they sang this beautiful song:
I Lived In Heaven

I lived in heaven a long time ago, it is true;
Lived there and loved there with people I know, so did you.
Then Heav'nly Father presented a beautiful plan,
All about earth and eternal salvation for man.

Father said he needed someone who had enough love
To give his life so we all could return there above.
There was another who sought for the honor divine.
Jesus said, "Father, send me, and the glory be thine."

Jesus was chosen, and as the Messiah he came,
Conquering evil and death through his glorious name,
Giving us hope of a wonderful life yet to be ---
Home in that heaven where Father is waiting for me.

It was almost as if they were angels up there. It touched me so deeply. The scripture reference for this song is:

Doctrine and Convenants 138:56
Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men.

I actually thought this one would apply as well:

Jeremiah 1: 5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee...

I felt so bad for one little girl who sang a solo so beautifully. After the program she went to go find her father, and he had left without saying good-bye to her. She was crying. I felt so bad for her. Some dads just don't understand how important thay are in their child's life, and if they do figure it out, it's when their kid is grown up and they don't see them very often. Of course, the same can be said for mothers sometimes. I'm pretty sure that if he could have seen how devasted she was, he would have felt pretty rotten. It just makes me feel so grateful for Scott. He's a really good father who is almost always very interested in the things our children do, and he enjoys spending time with them.
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Sunday, October 26, 2003
This is all I'm going to do before church. When life gets hard, lower your expectations... Well, I'm sorta kidding. Sunday is my lazy day, anyway. My #1 goal today is to make it to church on time.



Lazy Morning Routine


Morning prayer
Get dressed to shoes
Fix my hair and makeup
Take vitamin, progesterone


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WEIGHT LOSS WORKSHEET


I'm trying to get my WW keychain (for losing 1/10th of my body weight) by Thanksgiving. --- "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas..." will be a better date for this goal to be completed. ~~sigh~~

28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

My available Flex Points for the week: 20

Activity Points earned: none

Water I need to drink: 6 5 4 3 2 1

Yesterday's Pedometer Reading: 752 steps -- pathetic
(Recommended # of steps: 10,000)

"Those who are inclined to casual cruelty say that inside a fat girl is a thin girl and a lot of chocolate." --Terry Pratchett from Carpe Jugulum

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But you know, it WAS a very short test, with only yes or no answers. I'm not going to worry too much about being insane. Or am I in Denial?

DisorderRating
Paranoid:Low
Schizoid:Low
Schizotypal:Moderate
Antisocial:Low
Borderline:Low
Histrionic:High
Narcissistic:Moderate
Avoidant:Moderate
Dependent:Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:High

-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --
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