Just A Reminder....

For those of you in the U.S. don't forget that Saturday night is "Spring Ahead" night.  We set our clocks one hour ahead when we head off to bed. But my reminder is to get new batteries for your smoke detectors while you're out  running your weekend errands. They are at the top of my shopping list.  In the mobile park where I live, an old man lost his life several years ago when his mobile caught on fire from a discarded cigarette.  The local fire department said there were smoke detectors in his place but none of them contained batteries. You hear about that all the time...and it's very sad.  So if you don't remember anything else, dear friends.....remember to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.   Until next time,  Linda

The Friday 5'er

  

      Hi guys!!! 

It's Friday and it is time for what I call "THE 5'er!"     

If you want to play all you do is cut and paste these questions into your journal. (there is no deadline as to when you can do "The 5'er) When you have answered them come back and leave a link in my comment section.  On the following Friday I will have a new set of questions! Have fun!

From: http://journals.aol.com/robinngabster/Thesearethedaysofourlives/entries/1512

LET'S PLAY!!!

 

1. How do you like your pizza and who do you think has the best pizza?  I personally just like Canadian bacon and pineapple combination.  I don't get pizza very often  & if I do...I just stop where it's convenient.  I have discovered Costco's big square pizza for $7.99.  I get their combo, come home bake it and then cut it up, package and freeze it for future lunches. I can get 9 lunch size packages for eight bucks....good deal.

 

2. How many journals do you have online and are any of them private?  just the one...I'm afraid if I had anymore...I'd never have time to do anything, especially go to work.

 

3.  Do you believe in heaven and if so what do you think it will be like? Absolutely, I think it will be likethe Bible says...a place of no more tears & sorrow, a Holy place where we'll see believing loved ones & friends who've gone before us and I think of all the disciples and  Moses, Abraham, Isaac and others, who'll be there....but most of all we'll see Jesus !  Hallelujah !!!

 

4.  Tell us about one of your bad habits. I don't bite my fingernails but I obviously eat too much or don't exercise enough because I'm too heavy.

 

5.  Everyone likes a good deal.  What was the last good deal you got?  You know...like buy one get one free kind of thing.  I am an avid reader and I hate to pay full price for a new book.  So I think it's a good deal when I can get a book I want at the Half Price Book Store here in town or get a good deal on one on eBay.  It makes me happy to get a $12.99 book for 3 or 4 dollars plus a couple dollars postage. By the way..I just finished a fantastic 3 book series by Tracie Peterson called "Yukon Quest"  and I got all 3 books on eBay...cheap.

The Memorials Have Started

Last Saturday  I reported on a shooting at a party at a Seattle home.  Six people and the shooter died.  Today the memorial services began for the victims.  Police have still not determined a motive, the shooter, a 28 year old also killed himself.  It's truly a sad event.  The youngest victim was only 14 years old. What a waste of precious young lives.

http://www.komotv.com/stories/42698.htm

As  parents we always worry when our kids are out of our sight. But yet, becoming independent is a natural part of growing up.  We can't keep them under our wing forever. I'm glad my kids are adults....even when they were teenagers...I worried but I don't think there was as much peer pressure to live on the "wild side" as there is today.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of all the young people who were involved in this tragedy last weekend. 

Weekend Assignment #105: Poetry in Motion

Weekend Assignment #105: Poetry in Motion from;

http://journals.aol.com/johnmscalzi/bytheway/entries/5723

I can't really say this is my favorite poem, but it's memorable in that I researched and learned it in a high school literature class, about 45  years ago.  Walt Whitman wrote this poem on the occasion of the death of Abraham Lincoln, in 1865. 

         Walt Whitman (1819–1892).  Leaves of Grass.  1900. 

                          O Captain! My Captain!

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;  The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;   The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,   While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:       But O heart! heart! heart!                 O the bleeding drops of red,           Where on the deck my Captain lies,             Fallen cold and dead.       
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;   Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;    For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;   For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;       Here Captain! dear father!         This arm beneath your head;           It is some dream that on the deck,              You’ve fallen cold and dead.     
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;   My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;   The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;   From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;        Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!         But I, with mournful tread,           Walk the deck my Captain lies,             Fallen cold and dead.  

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Good Wednesday Morning...My Easter Bunny Name is; Flopsy Cottontail

Monday Morning Question

Its Monday (already). Time for the Monday Morning Question:

From-http://journals.aol.com/lv2trnscrb/Ofmini-pawsandmenopause/entries/361

In "honor" of April Fool's Day coming up this week, what was the best April Fool's joke played on you or that you played on someone else?

You can either answer in the comment section below or in your journal and leave a link in the comment section.

Have Fun!

I can't remember what I did for my kids on April Fool's Day, but I remember my experience as a kid.  You would have had to know my mom, pretty much a no-nonsense person, to appreciate my surprise one April Fools Day.   She always packed my lunch for school and I remember this one year (I was probably in 6th or 7th grade) She put piece of cardboard in my sandwiches.  No other filling, just butter and cardboard.  Of course I was busy chatting away and didn't notice until I took a bite. Fortunately she had also put a dollar in my lunch bag so I could get a school lunch.  That may have been the most surprising part...she rarely let me get a school lunch...to her it was a silly extravagance. 

Have a wonderful Monday....Linda

Prayer Request for Families In Seattle

There was a horrible shooting in Seattle early this morning.  Six people were found dead in the house and one person transported to the hospital has now died, two others are in critical condition.    Because of the on going investigation, the victim's names have not been released causing concern and worry for the families of the young people who may have been there at a party. So many loved ones and friends will be changed forever by this senseless act. Also, the shooter killed himself after the execution style killing of the others.  Here's a link to the story from Seattle's KOMO TV ;

http://www.komotv.com/stories/42603.htm

Also, I just heard that my long time favorite real country singing star, 76 year old Buck Owens has passed away at his California home.  I actually saw him in person several times as a young country music fan, here in the area where I live.  As far as I'm concerned he sang real old time country music.  I also enjoyed him and Roy Clark on that old TV show "Hee Haw" for many years. 

I've got most of my duties done today...I feel good about getting a lot accomplished.  I still need to vacuum and look thru the accumulation of mail on my dining room table but that's about all that's left.     I did get a call from my grade school & high school friend Judi today.  She's a dental hygenist and has lived in the San Diego area for 40 years (although she says when she retire's in a couple years, she's coming home to the Pacific Northwest). Anyway, she's going on the Alaska Cruise in August and she said that she was thinking about it all week and just had to call me and see if I was excited as she is...we had a nice chat and I assured her that "yes I was excited"  and every day I think to myself ...."is it August yet?"    I hope everyone had a good Saturday, the weather was pleasant here today, not real warm but sunny.  The weatherman tells that rain is on the way again...oh well..it's spring, right?    Until next time,   Linda