AOL Uncut Videos~Going Away

You may have received an email telling you that AOL Uncut Videos is going away December 18th. I just transferred mine over to Motionbox as they suggested. It's very easy and only took about 10 minutes to transfer 30 some videos. AOL is getting rid of everything~will those of us who have AOL as our ISP be next? If so, where will you go? I don't know what I will do because I have DSL thru Qwest (my phone company). I'll have to check with them & see what my options are.

As I was going thru my various video's I couldn't help but think about each one and which one pleased me the most. There are a couple from past cruises that remind me of pleasant vacation events. But one stands out from all the others. For anyone that's new to my Blog, you may not have seen this one when I posted it originally. It's bath time for my little sweet kitty. Gabi is a rescued Exotic Shorthair (aka short hair Persian). Gabi took over my house on October 4, 2005. At the time, the Vet felt she was approximately 2 years old, so I gave her the birthday of 10-4-2003. She is now about 5 years old and still weighs just under 5 pounds. She's a petite little girl but that doesn't stop her from letting me know what she wants & when she wants it. When she's ready to eat Fancy Feast in the morning, if I'm not up~she runs back and forth across me making her soft little throaty cat talk noises until I get up. She is definitely the Princess of this house. And did I tell you that she has a crush on Possum, Raisin and all of Lisa's (Bison Farm) male cats~well she does. And two of her best girlfriend's are Katinka & Nina over in the U.K. She's got a huge network of feline friends......

It Looked Like A Space Ship Was Landing

I was out and about in my car today and as I pulled up to a stop light, I looked to my left and couldn't believe my eyes~it looked like a space ship was about to land on our always beautiful Mt Rainier. After the light turned green, I pulled into the nearest parking lot and got out my camera. (Monica, I actually had it with me today & I got this at Cirque Drive & Bridgeport Way). It's views like this that make me realize how blessed I am to live here in the Pacific
Northwest where~on any clear day Mt Rainier is always there.

FOOD FRIDAY

I've posted this recipe before but decided to repeat it since the Christmas holiday is getting closer and it's perfect for your Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner.

Cranberry Jello Salad

one 6 ounce box of raspberry jello

1 cup very hot water

1 can whole cranberry sauce

one 16 ounce can crushed pineapple (drain & save the juice)

2/3 cup saved pineapple juice

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Mix all of these ingredients well and then pour into a 9 x 13 inch pan and chill until firm. Several hours before serving; mix one 12 ounce package of whipped cream cheese and 1 cup heavy whipping cream. Spread over the top of the already chilled jello mixture and refrigerate until dinner.

This salad is so very good. I have made it a couple times since first getting the recipe from my friend Judy and it's always well received.

I have finally finished my Christmas cards. I'm not sending as many out this year as I have in the past, but I still had so many that needed a note, so I wrote a basic letter in WORD. And then added and subtracted to make each letter suitable for the individual who would be receiving it. Oh, do I ever love my computer & WORD, especially this time of the year. My next step is wrapping~which I always dread. But I want to get it done, so I can relax the week before Christmas. Until next time..linda

Happy Birthday To My Daughter, Julie !

My daughter Julie Michele was born December 4, 1961. Here we are checking each other out a month later on my birthday.

The day she was born was also my dad's 48th birthday....he always said she was the best birthday present ever.

This was taken om Mother's Day 1962 at "the farm" where my folks lived. You can see the pasture in the background.

You can see why she captured her grandparent's hearts.

Here she is with grandpa blowing out her four candles in 1965. She loved horses & my dad worked for the railroad so every once in awhile my mom or I would make a sheet cake and decorate the top with a pasture scene with little plastic horses and a plastic train running across the pasture. But this particular year the cake was strictly a girl's cake.

Here she was in one of her Christmas nightgowns. She has always received something with a Christmas theme for her special day.

December 4, 1989~This is the last birthday shared with grandpa. A few months later he suffered the first of several strokes and by September 1990, he had passed away.

Julie has always been a special joy to me. She's married to a great guy and just happens to be the mother of my two grand angels.

Happy birthday to my dear daughter! Love from your mommy

New Header Picture

I have so many great Christmas pictures I can use the next few weeks, I'm going to be changing them often. This is the latest one. What do you think?

Black & white is in again, don't 'cha know?

Christmas Lights

For two weeks the wife asked her husband to put up the Christmas lights. He finally did and now can't figure out why his wife isn't talking to him! Duh !!!!!

Ageless Wit & Observations

This has been around before but seems to be so much more relevant now.

"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, . . . .if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....But then I repeat myself.-Mark Twain

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle . . .. -Winston Churchill

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.- George Bernard Shaw

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.- G Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.-Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.-Ronald R eagan (1986)

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -P.J. O'Rourke

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.-Mark Twain (1866! )

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.-Unknown

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.-Ronald Reagan

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.-Winston Churchill

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.-Mark Twain

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.-Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress.-Mark Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.-Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.-Thomas Jefferson