tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772340479097641732024-03-05T10:24:58.210-05:00Maeves Madness (Inch Beach, Ireland)maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-34381380649919495362011-07-28T19:50:00.000-04:002011-07-28T19:50:34.990-04:00Eagle On HeadstoneMy friend sent this to me and I was so moved by the photo I thought I would share. WITH WHO!! hehehehe I think two people read my blog! LOL Anyway, it is a very moving photo!!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">One of the most emotion-evoking photos I've ever seen. Taken at the<br />
National Cemetery in Minneapolis on a June morning as it appeared in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune.<br />
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Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words!!! It says everything without a single word. This should become an official Memorial Day, 4th of July and/or Veterans Day remembrance photo; Our symbol standing guard.</span><br />
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</div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-18508724165493379432011-07-22T10:24:00.002-04:002011-07-22T10:33:56.426-04:00In Memory of Jodi<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On this Angel Anniversary, I seek the spirit of Jodi who lives so deep within my heart to help me through this day~<br />
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~ If I had a single flower for every time I think about you Jodi I could walk forever in my garden.<br />
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~ We miss you so much</span><br />
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</div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-61330980444425204802011-07-21T12:12:00.000-04:002011-07-21T12:12:09.737-04:00Just Stuff<strong>My son-in-law was at the launching of Atlantis a few weeks back and toke this clip! When I worked for IBM I had the opportunity to attend one of these launches as their guest, but could not afford the expensive at the time! It must be an awesome thing to actually be there!</strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>A friend of mine posted this little vese on Facebook and thought it was excellent!</strong></div><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong> I have been to a lot of places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito, either. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport, you have to be driven there. I have made several trips thanks to my friends and family!</strong></span> <span style="color: red;">;-)</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>My daughter is in Iceland and sent me this fantastic photo!!</strong></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Got a new point and shoot and was trying it out and caught this picture of my cat Seamus (Shay-mus) ... he is my little red haired Irish boy!! I think he is eyeing the bird up in the tree!!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>AND who is into "testing"?? Well they have some new codes for seniors - have you seen them?</strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Since more and more Seniors are texting and tweeting, there appears to be a need for an STC (Senior Texting Code). I know that none of us qualifies as a "Senior" so just pass this along to your "older" friends.<br />
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ATD: At The Doctor's<br />
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair<br />
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth<br />
CBM: Covered By Medicare<br />
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center<br />
DWI: Driving While Incontinent<br />
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers<br />
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was<br />
FYI: Found Your Insulin<br />
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!<br />
GHA: Got Heartburn Again<br />
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement<br />
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?<br />
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out<br />
LOL: Living On Lipitor<br />
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On<br />
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner<br />
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas<br />
ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up<br />
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop<br />
TTYL: Talk To You Louder<br />
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?<br />
WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again<br />
WTP: Where's The Prunes?<br />
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil<br />
GLKI (Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you’re an oat-aholic, then McVitie's HobNobs are your biscuits. First launched in the UK in 1985, they were later followed by the Milk Chocolate alternative in 1987. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While in Ireland and Scotland I got hooked on these things, I could eat a whole sleeve of biscuits myself every day!! Non-sweet, great tasting cookie. Send your taste buds soaring with the mouth watering oat and wheat <strong>HobNob biscuits</strong>. The initial crunch followed by the gentle melt leaves you wanting more. I must say they are most addictive, these knobbly golden delights will leave you with just one difficult problem - <strong>to share or not to share? NOT!!!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> While in NYC babysitting my grandson in early June I stopped in one of the markets and low and behold there they were on the supermarket shelf, I was like an old junkie, I started to shake, and place every last one into my cart ... price, did I check to see what it was, NO, it was HobNobs, I had not had them in years!! I have to say once I got to the checkout though I was not prepared for the total ... those little morsels were almost as much as gold ... well not quite, but almost!! BUT it is also a market in NYC, on Broadway, so I expect some price increase but $4.99 a small box! WHOA!! Well I bit the bullet (and the cookie) and purchased my HobNobs and was in full glory walking back to my daughters place as I munched on HobNobs and dreamed of being back in the UK!!! Guess where I am going the next time I visit my daughter!!! YUP .... back to the market!!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/25139167">+Pool</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/rabbitrabbit">GYLo</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Here is the website: <a href="http://pluspool.org/">http://pluspool.org/</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">OH, and congrats to the US Woman's Soccer team for their advancement to the World Cup Semi Finals!! Way to go!!</span>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-81445484443167001372011-07-04T10:05:00.005-04:002011-07-04T13:40:15.200-04:00Happy Birthday America!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr4kc5PPB4EkQraU1kbeirQsRCGqCE1v12hArtXijXYrn087pTp-E5iva4lMemLZe0m7xVHtSwR_UfM4trx8_ai4jqKRcEGc9RwFksRbt7GQF3gWKfp1ucdKIKhgnQAhxPagW0kH0_cqB/s1600/268735_10150249081368442_565253441_7224117_4489919_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr4kc5PPB4EkQraU1kbeirQsRCGqCE1v12hArtXijXYrn087pTp-E5iva4lMemLZe0m7xVHtSwR_UfM4trx8_ai4jqKRcEGc9RwFksRbt7GQF3gWKfp1ucdKIKhgnQAhxPagW0kH0_cqB/s320/268735_10150249081368442_565253441_7224117_4489919_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">July 4, 1776, a celebrated in the United States to commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Independance from England!! Don't get me wrong, I love England!! In fact there are days when I wish I was back there, but I love the USA!</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">I found this story this morning on Yahoo and thought I would share it!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgv_gMnMg_2spXRKURziJm1exc4fL5HnRGmBrfEZA6uzutTBveTwfPYdZtxcMOZm95XBK8UvHxYRdpXOyUgjyM3VnEzEXR82roEWZJyizxuSYi9gBM3CgUwea0DcWjPvuZgNZXi1Z8v3v/s1600/johnhancock_90633238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgv_gMnMg_2spXRKURziJm1exc4fL5HnRGmBrfEZA6uzutTBveTwfPYdZtxcMOZm95XBK8UvHxYRdpXOyUgjyM3VnEzEXR82roEWZJyizxuSYi9gBM3CgUwea0DcWjPvuZgNZXi1Z8v3v/s320/johnhancock_90633238.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There are a lot of stories surrounding the <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_zoom_1.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #19538f;">Declaration of Independence</span></a>. One of the most famous concerns John Hancock and his comically large signature. According to legend, the founding father signed his name bigger than everyone else's because he wanted to make sure "fat old King George" could read it without his spectacles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's a neat story about American brashness, but it isn't very accurate. The truth is a tad less dramatic. <a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AlHV5jwD3pDfi2TTx0jNV7ykfqU5/SIG=11na4o17k/**http%3A//www.snopes.com/history/american/hancock.asp" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #19538f;">Snopes.com explains</span></a> that Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, gave a super-sized signature not because he was itching for a fight with the king, but because, among other things, he happened to be the first person to sign the document.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because Hancock was the first to sign, he did the sensible thing and put his name front and center. He was the leader of the Congress, after all. He didn't know his fellow patriots would sign their names on a smaller scale.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, why are some of the other signatures high and to the left while others are down and to the right? The National Archives explains, "In accordance with prevailing custom, the other delegates began to sign at the right below the text, their signatures arranged according to the geographic location of the states they represented. New Hampshire, the northernmost state, began the list, and Georgia, the southernmost, ended it."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And it's worth remembering that signing one's name to the Declaration of Independence was no small thing. Those who signed the document were sure to be hanged for treason should they be caught.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another popular story says that the members of Congress were inspired to lend their own names to the document after seeing Hancock's epic autograph and the bravery it signified. Neat, but not true. Not only was Hancock the first to sign the Declaration, he did it weeks before anybody else. The National Archives explains, "One of the most widely held misconceptions about the Declaration is that it was signed on July 4, 1776, by all the delegates in attendance."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In reality, Hancock signed it in the presence of just one man, Charles Thomson, the secretary of Congress. National Geographic explains, "no one actually signed the Declaration of Independence at any time during July 1776. Signing began on August 2, with John Hancock's famously bold scribble, and wasn't completed until late November."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_independence.jpg" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #19538f;">That famous painting</span></a> of all the founding fathers gathered around, signing the document was a case of artistic license!!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This flag was flown over the United States Capitol in Washington, DC on Jan. 15, 2000 and then sent to me. I only bring it out on very few occasions.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ALL said ... Happy Birthday America!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiDDKLNGqeHGuXkY4Cqj98kz_aSFk8JNIwqeW9SdAH16suP8IyYJYg9l_QDTZ9002YIEwmfXR9MusTyRrIGdQCffCP4SLrDndhnLlcDWRfURrJ89g6Igdqe1YdrT8SE0xV98jQcqearCS/s1600/flag-fireworks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiDDKLNGqeHGuXkY4Cqj98kz_aSFk8JNIwqeW9SdAH16suP8IyYJYg9l_QDTZ9002YIEwmfXR9MusTyRrIGdQCffCP4SLrDndhnLlcDWRfURrJ89g6Igdqe1YdrT8SE0xV98jQcqearCS/s400/flag-fireworks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-30954900199680588542011-07-02T21:43:00.001-04:002011-07-04T10:59:43.527-04:00Camera Ramblings<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>WOW twice in the same week!! Can you believe it!!!</strong></span></div><br />
Went out today searching for a new "point and shoot" camera! Sadly my trusty old point and shoot Cannon has captured it's last likeness of anything. This camera toke some AMAZING photos for me and I am deeply sadden that she will not be accompany me on anymore ventures. Here are a few snaps she had saved for me .... I think you can click on the picture to see them larger, at least you use to be able to, so many things have changed since I have been away!! <span style="color: #741b47;"><strong>*smile*</strong></span> Enjoy the pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">seagulls on Long Island ... they were looking for food!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken at sunrise in North Wildwood, New Jersey, a lone fisherman.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some very busy bees hard at work, taken in Gettysburg, PA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of my favorite entertainers and fiddle players, Ms. Eileen Ivers. I try to catch at least one of her shows at least once a year, she is amazing!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my rescue boy Darby, named after my great-great grandfather in Ireland.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AND this is my red haired Irish boy named Seamus, he too is a rescue, his mom died when he was only three days old, so he thinks humans are his mom! He is a very sweet boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken in the spring at Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, my great-great- grandparents are buried there as well as my great grandparents and other aunts and uncles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was also taken at Green Wood Cemetery, I liked the color contrast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another butterfly shot, this was taken at Robert Frost summer home in the mountains of <br />
New Hampshire (a female monarch)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my many whale shots, not bad for a point and shoot huh!! This was taken off the coast of New England. We saw so many whales that day. This was a Humpback Whale.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also a Humpback Whale. The way they "ID" the whales is by the underside of their tail. Each whale has a distinct imprint, just as a human has fingerprints.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a little blurry, the horse was trotting along, but look at the little boy looking out the window at me! This was taken in Intercourse, PA. (no wise cracks)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taken in Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken in Dingle, Ireland</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, the same morning I was walking the beach at sunrise in North Wildwood I came across this girl taking pictures of a pumpkin on the beach. OF COURSE I had to ask her why!!! She was taking a photography class and the teacher told them they had to find a pumpkin (it was late Sept.) and take it someplace unusual and photograph it. I though she was pretty clever. Love the seagulls hanging around ready to attack the pumpkin!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can actually see her furry back, this is a female Monarch, taken in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire</td></tr>
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</div>WELL now all I have to do is find myself a new point and shoot, I have spent hours reading reveiws and I am undecided between two cameras. I have only been at the store half dozen times, check each one out, get confused and leave again!! Maybe tomorrow!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PEACE!</div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-30320463930747403882011-06-29T12:26:00.000-04:002011-06-29T12:26:49.973-04:00Stoned Kitty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh723r-AnMkZmNa4jKGGX__7eMm2chbzsySA6mtasvR_HpoxdoZ19SCAn3K2Q-QTEpDUNoO154csSPA_RidHdbzPU4Ys0qS7XhnW9RrCkWbSZ-Hv8W9opDWnki4sBLz_yPnz6wq3O7ubgad/s1600/IMG_9152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh723r-AnMkZmNa4jKGGX__7eMm2chbzsySA6mtasvR_HpoxdoZ19SCAn3K2Q-QTEpDUNoO154csSPA_RidHdbzPU4Ys0qS7XhnW9RrCkWbSZ-Hv8W9opDWnki4sBLz_yPnz6wq3O7ubgad/s320/IMG_9152.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stoned kitty after almost losing his tail, and 2.5 hours in the Kitty hospital!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-81717637555423057722011-06-29T11:56:00.000-04:002011-06-29T11:56:14.025-04:00Missing My Blog<div>I miss you my BLOG ...............</div><div>I have been away for to long, and so much has happened while I was away! Well not really but isn't that what you are expected to say!! Actually my life has been rather BLAH ..... no travel, no big parties, a broken camera so no good photo's, just living upstate life!!</div><div></div><div>Hmmmmm I am still dwelling deep in the ghosts of my past. I did put together a pretty outstanding poster board of my English roots. I saw the idea on line, yes folks, I lifted the idea from another Englishman! However it was a TON of work to put it together!! I am very pleased with the outcome, I am not sure it can be viewed here since it is a file and not a jpg. Maybe I can try to capture it on my big camera, which may I add is also acting up!! </div><div></div><div>I really need to paint my bedroom and I kick myself daily in the ass for not being more aggressive about it. First I need to sort through clothes, get rid of what I know I will never wear again and then start moving stuff!! I have decided on a color, so that is one good thing! I am thinking a sage green/grayish color with bright white molding. My canopy bed is pine and I think that would work. It would also give me a chance to get some beautiful botanical prints that my daughter drew hung on the walls!! </div><div></div><div>I miss my grandson everyday! He is the joy of my life, how one little person can fill so many voids in your life and make you smile is truly unreal! He is a game player too and is learning to be quiet crafty in many ways, and they are not all artsy! LOL!! I love him to pieces.</div><div></div><div>Oh we did have a kitty incident, I accidentally slammed my poor Kitty's tail in the door. I have three indoor cats, all whom try to escape each time I come in or out. While bringing in groceries a few weeks back one escaped behind me that I did not see, hence the tail in the door!!!! We spent LOTS of money and 2.5 hours in the kitty hospital. I am happy to say the tail was saved, thank gosh! What is a Puss N Boots without a tail! Here is a picture after we brought him home, he is a little stoned from all the meds!!! LOL</div><div></div><div>For some reason I can not upload shots today????</div><div></div><div>Oh well .... tomorrow perhaps!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-38122235321590709732011-06-29T11:55:00.000-04:002011-06-29T11:55:04.787-04:00maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-17834790054187912852011-03-08T21:53:00.005-05:002011-03-08T22:13:21.359-05:00Another Change in My LifeOK first off I am confused how my blog got changed around! That will teach me never to tinker when you mind is not fully charged. I hate they way it looks but do not want to mess with the layout just yet!! AND the colors....YUCK!!!<br /><br /><br />This weekend marked my 20th year marching with a great group of folks, The BC Celtic Kazoo Band! I have led this band now for 10 years and it has been both a labor of love and a royal pain in the ass at times!! AND sometimes a part time job...of which there is no pay, except the grattification that comes on parade day when all run smooth! AND it did just that this past Saturday.<br /><br /><br />Thursday night at last practice we had well over 100 people show up. They surprised me with an appriciation award and a few very nice trinkets!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhwvuyml95wMDQj3QRW2_dUegmF4b3PTVFFXs_4CXPKHT-LQl5p7LBDGOSyFA99Z9p-Eq7w7HcFsfmddlBk_EZEhsGtctpbFKVJJkgCdJ7ZESqiVJoK6VeqPYaHSUjRFXWHra9DwnF8Gm/s1600/gifts.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581911340046524658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhwvuyml95wMDQj3QRW2_dUegmF4b3PTVFFXs_4CXPKHT-LQl5p7LBDGOSyFA99Z9p-Eq7w7HcFsfmddlBk_EZEhsGtctpbFKVJJkgCdJ7ZESqiVJoK6VeqPYaHSUjRFXWHra9DwnF8Gm/s320/gifts.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center">It was a great parade day! Here is a little clip taken on Saturday. I will post more pictures soon</div><div align="center">. <iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ege3OFiHny0" frameborder="0" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikBXjtSiNSJ3oq4B_5hC150wxdaW4ddUZG2mCTuECBarGCcf8PJIGkHPylzkaXRAskV2213hq_O_sDmCDjhr1I3zY_hNG7ogOH3NeqheE0Ne2ZSQGFG7FZrvrXkSNg40HwYbeFbPEFHba/s1600/irishsmiley.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581912276074640146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikBXjtSiNSJ3oq4B_5hC150wxdaW4ddUZG2mCTuECBarGCcf8PJIGkHPylzkaXRAskV2213hq_O_sDmCDjhr1I3zY_hNG7ogOH3NeqheE0Ne2ZSQGFG7FZrvrXkSNg40HwYbeFbPEFHba/s320/irishsmiley.jpg" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-73537444590539424312011-03-04T10:27:00.005-05:002011-03-04T11:06:34.353-05:00Past Parades<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPRJCfaCmOABQKrWgSwFq8Wc21CJLMHjSSPG2A7gpB1lCkhNEquV9Tl9z3zndp9xFSl-kyusdbHv9EDQqrJK2mel5PjY8NhkedUIgm5GqxxDiNra6_v80ydl3j_9kmw7ZqPMEouKhRUc8/s1600/celticknotshamrock.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 106px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 103px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580250418068038530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPRJCfaCmOABQKrWgSwFq8Wc21CJLMHjSSPG2A7gpB1lCkhNEquV9Tl9z3zndp9xFSl-kyusdbHv9EDQqrJK2mel5PjY8NhkedUIgm5GqxxDiNra6_v80ydl3j_9kmw7ZqPMEouKhRUc8/s320/celticknotshamrock.jpg" /></a><br />Well I wanted to write some magnificent words of wisdom here, but alas they all escape me...so in prep for tomorrows local parade here are a few clips from previous years of our band!! YES, a KAZOO BAND!!!<br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>This is a few of our drummers warming up</strong></span> ...<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dWDmBMaSQhs" frameborder="0" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>A rainy past parade day...<br /></strong></span><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ubOYd2gEIc0" frameborder="0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>A SNOWY parade day ... </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>AND yes those are jello shots on the table!!!<br /></strong></span><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXDOY1qAdDM" frameborder="0" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>The crowds love us ... not sure who toke this someone on the side lines, I found it on You Tube!! LOL</strong></span><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j0OiogYqUuY" frameborder="0" width="480"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>These are the Kazoo Band friends...the Philly Pipe band rocking with some Kazooers on parade day!! You gotta LOVE these guys!!! This clip makes me smile!!!!<br /></strong></span><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m1n0S7uMz40" frameborder="0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#003333;">HAPPY PARADE DAY Binghamton, New York!!!! </span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#3333ff;">I will try to post some pictures next week of the festivities!!</span></strong></div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-60508218698043674042011-03-03T10:23:00.004-05:002011-03-03T10:43:46.644-05:00New York Tourists!!<strong>Not from being from NYC proper but I have walked the city often enough to also be annoyed by the people stopping to "look up" or take photos and thought these two clips were hysterical</strong><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Vp38Hk6aMuw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RKx0aek1T0w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-48799763681333852152011-03-02T21:39:00.005-05:002011-03-02T21:53:54.711-05:00Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUvEljOBifFOQycYjnmOnSffZtXY9-BP1ccIAnAaUaP5-n4ZrKr39OTBu4YeVnxuC2eF0kbqb37nNCRavbhwZQ8MLkmBar_oe-GARtC8JMhs8Eh4Z1eiUGO7oLb3vOkXujNHZRcNmEpCk/s1600/cat-in-the-hat-picture.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUvEljOBifFOQycYjnmOnSffZtXY9-BP1ccIAnAaUaP5-n4ZrKr39OTBu4YeVnxuC2eF0kbqb37nNCRavbhwZQ8MLkmBar_oe-GARtC8JMhs8Eh4Z1eiUGO7oLb3vOkXujNHZRcNmEpCk/s320/cat-in-the-hat-picture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579681219926469586" /></a><br />If you want to pronounce the name the way his family did, say Zoice,not Soose. Seuss is a Bavarian name, and was his mother’s maiden name: Henrietta Seuss’s parents emigrated from Bavaria (part of modern-day Germany) in the nineteenth century. Seuss was also his middle name.<br /><br />Theodor Seuss Geisel — known as “Ted” to family and friends — liked to say that he adopted the name “Dr. Seuss” because he was saving his real name for the Great American Novel he would one day write. But that’s probably not true. When talking to the media, Geisel was more interested in telling a good story than he was in telling a true story.<br /><br />He wrote an illustrated 44 books!<br /><br />I don't know if you agree but I think he looks like Mr. Rogers in this picture!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5TGMUv2KM7MuqjHnxbQCG1oMz2t0yuVqa_iwym_nb-p5_I-9okcnfenDv-2yWQoBVm8FgY5KFMvG2et0UC0RfUXdEYtxJm461wSoT3E-u4M_bQGyygjPv86LqIxvnBEmofaTfD1BG-Fz/s1600/564px-Ted_Geisel_NYWTS_2_crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579679400608623026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5TGMUv2KM7MuqjHnxbQCG1oMz2t0yuVqa_iwym_nb-p5_I-9okcnfenDv-2yWQoBVm8FgY5KFMvG2et0UC0RfUXdEYtxJm461wSoT3E-u4M_bQGyygjPv86LqIxvnBEmofaTfD1BG-Fz/s320/564px-Ted_Geisel_NYWTS_2_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Thanks for some GREAT books, and Happy Birthday Theodor Seuss Geisel !!maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-8659378519623534982011-02-27T21:57:00.003-05:002011-02-27T22:33:24.204-05:00Getting Ready For the High Holy Month!Well, I admit it, I have been lame about posting. I use to so look forward to the pearls of wisdom that would flow through my veins and onto the blog....hehehe. I have been lame about so many things in my life and I should really get my ass in gear, but alas no one has poked me with a cattle prod recently!!<br /><br />I am however looking forward to the "High Holy Month (HHM)" as we so fondly call it in the kazoo band. When kazoo practice starts, we know soon so will the "HHM." To those who do not know what the HHM is, let me explain. Once the holidays are over and cabin fever starts setting in, we start thinking about kazoo practice. YES, I know that sounds like an oxymoron!! KAZOO/PRACTICE!! I know the kazoo is not a REAL instrument, but never tell that to a devoted kazooist!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ngFJUDc2GlHOZfLeLovUcn6Z7tMDjdbnu5erjLw2VhN7IlBY-MJQSyjEZsdwg1TgOaycoZfHm2fKK3elNK279QgYNpdlAyfHsI7dmGp2qG9jqCjmOuO9wNEnmvzKwO3nMT1-GXIy3svT/s1600/%2521cid_X_MA1_1298557661%2540aol.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578576962160522626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ngFJUDc2GlHOZfLeLovUcn6Z7tMDjdbnu5erjLw2VhN7IlBY-MJQSyjEZsdwg1TgOaycoZfHm2fKK3elNK279QgYNpdlAyfHsI7dmGp2qG9jqCjmOuO9wNEnmvzKwO3nMT1-GXIy3svT/s320/%2521cid_X_MA1_1298557661%2540aol.jpg" /></a><br />The winters are long and cold upstate New York so we try to entertain ourselves any way possible, yup, kazoo practice brings us all together once a week. We start in January and culminate on St. Patrick's Parade Day weekend in Binghamton, which always falls on the first Saturday of the HHM. Yes, March!<br /><br />Most novice revelers only come out usually on the actual high holy day itself, St. Patrick's Day, March 17th, but being the dedicated Irish group we are, we celebrate the whole month, hence the term the "High Holy Month."<br /><br />So as I said, we have been practicing for six weeks, this being our last week before we march in the parade. We are just hoping the snow and sleet hold off and that St. Patrick himself blesses us with a sunny day!<br /><br />So to start off the HHM I found this neat clip. I KNOW, it is not every ones taste in music but give it a listen!!<br /><br />More HHM postings to follow!!!<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l9wMhloawI4" frameborder="0" width="640"></iframe>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-43231054882494875612011-02-21T08:47:00.004-05:002011-02-21T08:53:10.823-05:00Happy President's Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszFFrdhtqWdJSPb2ozuuVlqZRah_AAEhfzvu-6BXdk5qo0FAD_ewOrjQ0cpm7-gqvRy0SxSZlhmnvkOY-V_L083eC35MXSclaViATJhMCvJ-foWJqyegrbyHzBXELamhyFzTSppJC0fqW/s1600/birthdaygeorge.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 258px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576139335181468930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszFFrdhtqWdJSPb2ozuuVlqZRah_AAEhfzvu-6BXdk5qo0FAD_ewOrjQ0cpm7-gqvRy0SxSZlhmnvkOY-V_L083eC35MXSclaViATJhMCvJ-foWJqyegrbyHzBXELamhyFzTSppJC0fqW/s320/birthdaygeorge.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br />Alright, here's a list of cool presidential fun facts and worthless presidential trivia that you are sure to impress your friends with at the big annual Presidents Day Party. These are all from the first 25 presidents. <br />•When he was inaugurated, George Washington was down to his last real tooth.<br />•John Adams last words were, "Thomas Jefferson still survives!" Unbeknowest to Adams, Jefferson had died hours earlier.<br />•Thomas Jefferson was the first president to shake hands instead of bowing to people. He died deeply in debt, and Monticello was sold off. It went unoccupied for almost 100 years, falling into a sad state of disrepair before it was made into a monument in the 1920s.<br />•James Madison was 5'4" tall, and weighed 98 pounds.<br />•In the election of 1820, the immensely popular James Monroe received every electoral vote but one, and ran for president unopposed. The one elector voted against him so that Washington would be the only president elected unanimously. <br />•John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator, and had a pool table installed at the White House.<br />•Andrew Jackson was a chronic drooler, and suffered from the hives. He was orphaned at age 13. Early in life he had smallpox and dysentery. Later in life he had tuberculosis and dropsy. His wife had a nervous breakdown.He was shot in a duel (he killed the guy who shot him), and since the bullet wasn't able to be removed, he had an infection for the rest of his life.<br />•William Henry Harrison's inaugural address was two hours long, despite the fact that it took place in a freezing downpour. He refused to shorten his speech or even put on a coat. He quickly developed a cold, which then became pneumonia, and was dead within a month. His is still the longest inauguration and shortest presidency.<br />•Martin van Buren's autobiography doesn't mention his wife once.<br />•20 years after being elected president, John Tyler was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives. He had 15 children by two wives. His first child was born in 1816. The last Tyler child died in 1947. <br />•Zachary Taylor didn't vote in the election in which he ran for President. His death is still a mystery. His body was exhumed in 1991 to rule out death by poisoning, but no one is still sure how he died, since the doctors botched the autopsy. The best guess is heatstroke.<br />•Millard Fillmore's last words were, "The nourishment is palatable."<br />•Franklin Pierce was classmates with Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at Bowdoin College. After numerous family tragedies, Pierce drank himself to death.<br />•Robert Todd Lincoln declined his parent's invitation to attend Our American Cousin the night Lincoln was killed. He was at the train station in New York where Garfield was killed and witnessed it happen. He was at the Pan Am Exposition in Buffalo when William McKinley was killed. <br />•Andrew Johnson was illiterate until his wife taught him how to read in his young 20s.<br />•Ulysses S. Grant's real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He changed it because he didn't want to enter West Point with the initials H.U.G.<br />•Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 election by one electoral vote.<br />•James Garfield could simultaneously write in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other. He was killed not by the bullet shot by Charles Guitaeu, but by the incompetence of his attending physicians. They continually probed the bullet hole with unwashed fingers and instruments, causing the infection that ultimately killed him.<br />•Grover Cleveland was sheriff of Erie County, NY. One of his duties was executioner, and he tied the noose and pulled the trapdoor on two convicted murderers.<br />•Electricity was installed in the White House when Benjamin Harrison became president. He and his wife were horrified at the prospect of being electrocuted, so they never touched the light switches. The lights remained on at the White House during the entire Harrison presidency.<br />•William McKinley was on the front of the now discontinued $500 bill. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjyozc3MWxV3XHSlKE1M3rfqn3KKe6dUN1Ky1wMXpdscui3KhAc_Wv-03PsXQImA0QpLROhMmaLmz9TUMslLDB4Cl-T405roTn4BT_Ku2W6O6FtmMeVmMRr-kvKzA5Cn-L9tKGYmw7JUE/s1600/presidents-day.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjyozc3MWxV3XHSlKE1M3rfqn3KKe6dUN1Ky1wMXpdscui3KhAc_Wv-03PsXQImA0QpLROhMmaLmz9TUMslLDB4Cl-T405roTn4BT_Ku2W6O6FtmMeVmMRr-kvKzA5Cn-L9tKGYmw7JUE/s320/presidents-day.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576140043668153442" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-80872508830175523092011-02-14T00:33:00.002-05:002011-02-14T00:35:55.789-05:00Valentines Day<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Happy Valentines Day!!</strong></span></div><p align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3MnxIw4LjhmZeZJOAQyNnHwHe4dYUNksy_avfts5AzG9-SYlK3KkELl5h_0LMaRbDpaIkSoQRdtMz9pokICY-8U5Ez3UuMBxjclMZXF_PbFRSQQeB6W_ziRkkzV00YSPCjAXXl6o39Up/s1600/VALENTINE.jpg"></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 178px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573414534414664018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3MnxIw4LjhmZeZJOAQyNnHwHe4dYUNksy_avfts5AzG9-SYlK3KkELl5h_0LMaRbDpaIkSoQRdtMz9pokICY-8U5Ez3UuMBxjclMZXF_PbFRSQQeB6W_ziRkkzV00YSPCjAXXl6o39Up/s320/VALENTINE.jpg" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-36151246863170446322011-02-12T12:08:00.005-05:002011-02-12T12:15:38.732-05:00CHD Week Comes to an endCHD Week is coming to a close. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think of my daughter....<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>While at the beach thinking of you, writting your name in the sand, watching the waves and smelling the clean salt air, I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you. ~</strong><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkcqUEgb_CSLwGUC5hXM0Sf8UHTTA_wjx6cr60W4Jxo3PmoOz6GYqli6LVfKx65B8MwlbKCG56XlACjkyrVc5W678SBrdL8MV9UxQjrWqPoZQIJGRqqHmKdvJT4mSlaw8zCXacQNDNXwN/s1600/sandJodi.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572851345412198482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkcqUEgb_CSLwGUC5hXM0Sf8UHTTA_wjx6cr60W4Jxo3PmoOz6GYqli6LVfKx65B8MwlbKCG56XlACjkyrVc5W678SBrdL8MV9UxQjrWqPoZQIJGRqqHmKdvJT4mSlaw8zCXacQNDNXwN/s320/sandJodi.JPG" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-10437905102000165312011-02-07T17:53:00.002-05:002011-02-07T17:58:41.265-05:00CHD Awareness Week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblbGJB00vdlJlQpusnrIIIqaHg1No3Z3CplnF3UOhbDuiJ7aea4jYvnnhbzXFB1wHRaOXlp1ENG52Uz7TJbHGZsKsNIzmD2f1R_m33d0fiUw0yYMlrAfvKyuXnnCL57635dtVCNWExqSS/s1600/bandage+heart.jpg"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571084871225127602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblbGJB00vdlJlQpusnrIIIqaHg1No3Z3CplnF3UOhbDuiJ7aea4jYvnnhbzXFB1wHRaOXlp1ENG52Uz7TJbHGZsKsNIzmD2f1R_m33d0fiUw0yYMlrAfvKyuXnnCL57635dtVCNWExqSS/s320/bandage+heart.jpg" /></strong></span></a><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong> CHD Awareness Week is an annual awareness effort to help educate the public about Congenital Heart Defects. Participants include individuals, local support groups, national and local organizations and congenital cardiology centers throughout the world!<br /><br />Congenital Heart Disease is considered to be the most common birth defect, and is a leading cause of birth-defect related deaths worldwide.<br />Despite the fact that CHD affects approximately 1.8 millions families in the U.S., a relatively small amount of funding is currently available for parent/patient educational services, research, and support.<br /><br />By sharing our experiences and providing information, we hope to raise public awareness about conditions that affect approximately 40,000 babies each year in the United States alone.<br /><br />It is our sincere hope that efforts to educate the public will result in improved early diagnosis, additional funding for support and educational services, scientific research, and access to quality of care for our children and adults.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHQDxhLUbUGkq_Yyww9jtpFGwLP8jG1QQM7UkJ3TIBIYJ_kxOwrmLoEbFeOVlt3zsLjl0EOEibi2yGR1o3YQc9YZjwCagZWYrbOBC9Vjjk9tZO7CYUXVfRhbdNXYgZDz2oDaT8_EzPYU_/s1600/jodi+3+%25282%2529-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568036385822331730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqUHilPdTl6qNoZnt5aiQfDXxU1KQRFRYqcIqXl4SBsnMi4rOTf2DEXF3l7P6ECaCRkbCoUJruYNI5RlnB_6bTT_aAF5z9ZgUSeaFU92Z_VupZ0mszKuHy2WSzogxClX1PaL9FRAmdQ3r/s320/%2521cid_2B681F7EEEB544F0BE2CDF9166A5B4C2%2540CompaqCQ5504f.jpg" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-38698482442259311922011-01-28T10:52:00.006-05:002011-01-28T11:01:52.986-05:00National Kazoo Day!<strong>HAPPY NATIONAL KAZOO DAY!!!! </strong> Celebrating 161 years of kazoo playing in America!!! Of course, kazoo players are not known to be perfectly precise, so feel free to celebrate National Kazoo Day on January 26, 27, or 29th if you so desire. In fact, most people will agree that we should consider January 24-30, 2011, National Kazoo WEEK! So celebrate all week long.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6wkF_5iE3Az4X-9emc26FNeap7uHaB0Z4h8urV-9nd1yCHA7kinTM614LB1VVRNHMhlBuKemO631HTcIYR-sIDtNoZnJxfrK9ZGx-KbxlknaB1hedFcbT8Pr1VuXrg7Z8mDltbfV-uRa/s1600/Kazoo+eagle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567266260541886322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6wkF_5iE3Az4X-9emc26FNeap7uHaB0Z4h8urV-9nd1yCHA7kinTM614LB1VVRNHMhlBuKemO631HTcIYR-sIDtNoZnJxfrK9ZGx-KbxlknaB1hedFcbT8Pr1VuXrg7Z8mDltbfV-uRa/s320/Kazoo+eagle.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><strong>AND Happy Anniversary to the BC Celtic Kazoo Band for celebrating 20 years in the Binghamton St. Patrick's Day Parade!!!!!</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI3nOAiTHX3WZWjrZks91LrMgbGlwi-FYVp-bv5aTizYMRPWXq1bwB4za4NxlcC8NY7obIXl7S67tdQrZLEqP5uuVk-7zyxjCvBmbrkHfL0hJQG4Gt64BMTjl1ZxpRVOjUf1P5iJaOW-t/s1600/KazooBand2007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567267127267447362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI3nOAiTHX3WZWjrZks91LrMgbGlwi-FYVp-bv5aTizYMRPWXq1bwB4za4NxlcC8NY7obIXl7S67tdQrZLEqP5uuVk-7zyxjCvBmbrkHfL0hJQG4Gt64BMTjl1ZxpRVOjUf1P5iJaOW-t/s320/KazooBand2007.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhvfmp0bFdvE9xvlpU4lfgZen0fci8hznFZhYiGmznJe2jQ8Yzn4S_ViowdYKQq1dvrgILF5jOIJz0XiaVLz-1wtI5yRYS__r6H8p_yeR7jweTjv1tvdbSN8HC0hlzmS3pprw7Mz7JEDm/s1600/Proof+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567265938587103730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhvfmp0bFdvE9xvlpU4lfgZen0fci8hznFZhYiGmznJe2jQ8Yzn4S_ViowdYKQq1dvrgILF5jOIJz0XiaVLz-1wtI5yRYS__r6H8p_yeR7jweTjv1tvdbSN8HC0hlzmS3pprw7Mz7JEDm/s320/Proof+1.jpg" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-54033628713310364582011-01-15T22:42:00.005-05:002011-01-15T22:51:44.083-05:00Are There Birthdays in Heaven?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-eMzfP0-FmpzREkGIw0xJAzJpEucgnLdmbMmPuCSDnk5debPz4Kvrxoqf-1IdBUMEzYlElTCKgLG_iH5RHnK1VHGnvbXk-QJCUzsr1hwiEkTGcDE1r8zIvjE0vnn1S27cYILaJa3vvGO/s1600/JAN2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 180px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 252px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562625317688563218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-eMzfP0-FmpzREkGIw0xJAzJpEucgnLdmbMmPuCSDnk5debPz4Kvrxoqf-1IdBUMEzYlElTCKgLG_iH5RHnK1VHGnvbXk-QJCUzsr1hwiEkTGcDE1r8zIvjE0vnn1S27cYILaJa3vvGO/s320/JAN2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>In memory of my daughter </strong><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>Jodi </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Happy Birthday</strong><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>on what ever plane you roam</strong></div><div align="center"><br />The card that I wrote you...</div><div align="center">has no address.<br />A present to give...</div><div align="center">but you are not here to receive it.<br />A cake with candles...</div><div align="center">but you can not blow them out.<br />Although inside my heart aches...</div><div align="center">I will blow the candles out for you, </div><div align="center">and dream of what I wish were true,<br />To share this living life with you. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I miss you so much, and will always <strong>love you</strong> .... xoxoxox</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEubOgYBDIcO6WH7s6q5WsLzuTMjNOVOhejZ1L79sTY05-MP-a-QWELmuLuVFDiA6a-PqAbUnTXLNcCY0illeQsLoPpjWQVlZfWcKJc8oI9qOLagPZ7EwickvLpn3dtjl7j9NgJzVWCJq/s1600/Jodi+Heart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562625470401315634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEubOgYBDIcO6WH7s6q5WsLzuTMjNOVOhejZ1L79sTY05-MP-a-QWELmuLuVFDiA6a-PqAbUnTXLNcCY0illeQsLoPpjWQVlZfWcKJc8oI9qOLagPZ7EwickvLpn3dtjl7j9NgJzVWCJq/s320/Jodi+Heart.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">mom</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-33186285725328629512010-12-21T19:21:00.003-05:002010-12-21T19:31:09.707-05:00Winter Solstice<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicT0m6X8NAm-vHWai06vQvUuaof5aEhDprNk6bkwjxF6Y74oE6nob_ZbjPN6Ylwn4LdndzaV3tc_jENnCXK_D283KP_dD_a_V0Stb1J21oLUk1ZnPDEPhDhKhGLM5SvJ6VSyePSbLp_0gL/s1600/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_749378.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicT0m6X8NAm-vHWai06vQvUuaof5aEhDprNk6bkwjxF6Y74oE6nob_ZbjPN6Ylwn4LdndzaV3tc_jENnCXK_D283KP_dD_a_V0Stb1J21oLUk1ZnPDEPhDhKhGLM5SvJ6VSyePSbLp_0gL/s320/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_749378.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553297551944459522" /></a><br /><br />The longest day of the year ... just because the earth is cold doesn't mean there's nothing going on down there in the soil. Think about what lies dormant in your own life right now, and consider what may bloom a few months from now.<br /><br />Cold and dark, this time of year,<br />the earth lies dormant, awaiting the return<br />of the sun, and with it, life.<br />Far beneath the frozen surface,<br />a heartbeat waits,<br />until the moment is right,<br />to spring.maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77234047909764173.post-2360789028053916452010-12-20T20:47:00.004-05:002010-12-20T21:27:42.122-05:00Lunar Eclipse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoNGA9hh6n8Sp97_CuZRN9iUnyr53W3HcVlhBc3mJrdGdIGUzr90o0xQsd23lHGMnzrINTKnxtfx_Y7RjMIwWMaQDIhnhOvFkFGW1EosgwCcNizKDAZXKtUvmbL2GPuSC8kjhotR3rCdW/s1600/lunar.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 290px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552954047361376802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoNGA9hh6n8Sp97_CuZRN9iUnyr53W3HcVlhBc3mJrdGdIGUzr90o0xQsd23lHGMnzrINTKnxtfx_Y7RjMIwWMaQDIhnhOvFkFGW1EosgwCcNizKDAZXKtUvmbL2GPuSC8kjhotR3rCdW/s320/lunar.jpg" /></a><br />Get your warm jammers on and get ready to look skywards tonight as the full molten moon will be cast with a long shadow during the total Lunar Eclipse! NASA says this can be viewed from our own backyard! Get those fire pits ready!! I am hoping to set my alarm and get a chance to spy this celestial show!! This is due to start 1:15 eastern time, and the moon is expected to take 3 hours and 28 minutes to pass. So if you hit that snooze button you still have a chance when you get up to pee!!<br /><br />Also today I was drawn into updating some photo's and for some reason I kept on going back to one photo of my great great grandfather, so I jumped/toggled over to my genealogy software and looked up gg-grandpa's name, and specifics ... I guess he was sending me vibes from "afar" to wish him a happy birthday!! Happy Birthday great great grandpa, even though I never met you I still think of you!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumZs7PFR5hgUf16XJJUU14WNnDBRLhyVCD2ihgJ5HcjBfyUynGqezPHaxar3vb-JfeGgfE8hnyjDewQf9v6536sKdLrSZyAYxd-RxbCH4biobqY-9FC-UDsTyUWvxsPZjtOfN4wpoyYBA/s1600/thomaswaldron2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552955744470528626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumZs7PFR5hgUf16XJJUU14WNnDBRLhyVCD2ihgJ5HcjBfyUynGqezPHaxar3vb-JfeGgfE8hnyjDewQf9v6536sKdLrSZyAYxd-RxbCH4biobqY-9FC-UDsTyUWvxsPZjtOfN4wpoyYBA/s320/thomaswaldron2.jpg" /></a>maevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15472169010489567331noreply@blogger.com0