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We just left the state of Massachusetts. We saw the first sign welcoming us into the state of NEW YORK.I am blogging all of this on my nifty laptop, which is safely nestled on top of a Gary-made laptop holder. So cool.In about 2 more hours, we should reach Amsterdam, NY for dinner. I have our whole trip mapped out to the hour practically.We have it worked out to drive all day and night today, to

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Thanks to Cody & Meredith, I am now able to use a newer and cooler way to post pics! I love it!

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Only a few more weeks left and we are off on a road trip across the country to Seattle, WA. Our first stop is Chicago. We first have to find someone to animal-sit for us while we are away. A return-missionary heard we were traveling west and wants us to stop in El Paso, Texas. Hmmm, we'll have to seriously think about that one.

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After watching this movie, I have to say that I am not satisfied with the ending and I demand the next film to be made as soon as possible so as to see what happens next. I felt that this film was a very cutthroat yet amuzing protrayal of the good against the bad. Although most everyone kept changing which side they wanted to be on. It was long, and very entertaining. I could of watched more

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Lovely Samantha, Handsome Paul, and Cute Jonathan!

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Today is the first day for the next 46 days.My family and I are leaving on July 1st to travel across the country. Just me, my husband, and my 3 kids, in a car for a week. Seriously, my husband doesn't fly. He happens to have other super powers, but flying isn't one of them.My sister is getting married in July, in Seattle. So, my family and I are going to drive from Boston, MA a.l.l.l.l.l.l.l. the

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Often we have the missionaries from our church (Mormon) over for food and visiting. But once in a while, they will decide to just stop by. It just so happened that this particular day, 8 of them decided to stop by on the same day.&nbspThankfully, we had plenty of food.:)

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I have had a comforting thought. For myself I call it "personal revelation", but for everyone else, you can call it what ever you want.THE BIG QUESTION?How do I make permanent positive change in my life?Re-stated: When I want to make positive change in my life, how do I make it stick? What is the key to stopping the yo-yoing of trying to change and then I fail, then trying to change again? After

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Days 5, 6, and 7 sucked. Days 8, 9, and 10 were and are great!Part of my family got hit with strep-throat, and I was running back and forth to the doctor's last Thursday and Friday. I decided to give up trying on Saturday and Sunday thinking to myself that "it's no problem, I'll just start again on Monday".How many times have I told myself that?But this time, I wasn't going to binge on Sunday

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Day 2 and 3 were pretty much a repeat of day 1, except I didn't go for seconds on desert.Day 4. I have been getting little sleep lately. My littlest child has been sick with the flu/strep throat. I just found out today that he has strep throat. I am starting to feel like I have a sore throat now. But I refuse to pig out on sweets after giving myself that prep talk on Day 1.I am eating good, but

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Monday, March 12th. Today started out sucky for me. I went to bed late the night before and slept-in Monday morning. I was sooo tired. It must have been from all of the deserts I ate last night knowing I would be forbidden to eat ever again. So, after sending the kids off to school I ran back to my bed and stayed there till probably 12:oo in the afternoon. I couldn't believe how zonked I was.2:00

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Hello, I have new and improved plans for myself. I have accomplished many different things since my last post and I have made many changes as well.My first approach to coming back to my blog is to create a purpose for myself as to what I want to accomplish on this beautiful blog. I have decided to start with my first thought, to use this blog as my weekly to daily journal about my many changes to

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I thought this was real funny! Most, if not all of it is true.Subject: Jeff Foxworthy on Mormons This is to all of you that may be a Mormon, that may know a Mormon, that may live in Utah, that may have lived in Utah or have heard about MormonsIf all your dishes have your name written on them with masking tape.... You might be a Mormon.If you postdate your checks while shopping on Sunday..........

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I am on my last home stretch for school. I have 3 months to go. (Woo-hoo!) In 3 months I am graduating from a 2 year Muscular Therapy Program. It has been sooo great. I have worked really hard and have accomplished so much. I feel like I can't wait to actually get out there in the world and start doing some official job work.I have not been doing any blogging lately. I think that my mind has been

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Sorry that I have been gone for so long. I have been attending to a family emergency. It is such a sad time in life when a loved one leaves. I have been able to help out a lot where it was needed, and that was nice.I havn't had a lot of inspiration lately. I am sure time will help. And, I want the damn warmth to come my way finally. It has been about 10-20 degrees cold here almost everyday in the

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Rolling Stones concert at the Garden 2006!It was THE best concert I have ever been to. I had so much fun just being out there with all of the other fans, dancing, yelling, jumpin up and down. The Stones ROCK! I was able to get some pics. It was hard to do, but I did it and am now sharing them with you. Hope you enjoy, and I especially hope you all get a chance to see them in concert sometime soon

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Apophysis 2.03

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This was done by Ultra Fractal 4.0 until my Apophysis gets fixed.

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If you ever wanted to know what the "Clu" is, don't ask. It might just head your way. It sure came my way and hit me from Christmas to New Years. Lucky me!It is a new virus going around that gives you the cold and the flu at the same time. It makes some people bed-n-bath ridden for weeks. I did survive it, I'm not a baby when it comes to being sick, but I don't wish this bug upon anyone. Hope you

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Wow, it has been around 2 weeks since my last post.I had a wonderful time visiting my family out in Washington State. And, thank you to all who helped with present ideas. With time running out, I needed a lot of help. My husband came to the rescue and bought the presents for me. He picked a nice bottle of red wine, and a nice hooded "Boston" sweatshirt. My sister absolutely LOVED them! He also

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That's right. I only have 2 days to find a gift with only $100 to spend. The story is:I am flying out this Thursday from the East Coast to go to my sister's graduation out on the West Coast. I love my sister dearly and can't wait to see her, along with the rest of my family. So, I have 2 days to buy a gift, with $100 to spend. I need help! So, if anyone has 2 minutes to spare, andy idea would be

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And here are my two favorites combined together:I call it, "Two guys playing chess".---Melissa

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Oh my gosh. We had our first snow on Saturday, Oct 29th. And according to Farmer's Almanac, which ever day it first snows on means how many snow storms you will get this winter. 29 snow storms is the prediction now.Of course, yesterday and today are in the high 60's. But that's New England weather for ya.:)

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The glow of pumpkins on Halloween night!I love Halloween. There is something about the crisp air, the rustling of leaves in the wind, and the smells of scented candles and home baked treats that makes me feel all cozy. Of course costumes and candy are some of the highlights of this holiday.It's the eve of cold days to come and the prompting to light a fire and curl up into a warm blanket. Mmmmm!

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For all of you who may have wondered what happened to me, this picture answers some of your questions.My decision was a no brainer (pardon the punn). It was to either spend what little extra time I have left during a day, blogging and have lots o' fun - OR - spend my extra time studying for my Pathology class and pray intensely that I get a good enough grade to actually pass the class. (I haven't

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Today, I feel like sharing something a little bit different. I am sure most of you have all ready read or heard about this story. But it is one of my favorites and I can't help but get a little sniffly from reading it. So, here it goes...In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she

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Aren't all prayers heard. They may not be answered the way we want them to be answered. But I believe they are all listened to.That's what this design reminds me of.

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I am trying out a new fractal software. I don't know how you all will enjoy this, but I am liking it so far. I am calling this one "Dance".

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Don't you just hate that. It's really not cool.

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Thank you.

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I was reading somewhere that color can be very therapeutic.RedThe most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. It is also the color of love--- webexhibits.orgIn some cultures, red denotes purity, joy, and celebration. Red is the color of happiness and prosperity in China and may be used to attract good luck.--- Jacci Howard BearRed is hot. It's a strong color

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I just love entertaining pics.I wonder how many times this pic will make its way onto different blogs? I've seen a few.

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Same challenge as in previous post below, except this is a picture of what you feared being under your bed.

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Here's an art challenge for you: Use PAINT on your computer, and by only using the pencil and eraser tools draw a childhood picture of your house, (HOW YOU WOULD HAVE DRAWN IT AT THE AGE OF 10). Then color it. It is harder then you think.If you choose to do this challenge, leave a comment with a link to your blog site here so we can check out your pic.This challenge will stay open for a while to

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Great music and artist staight out of New York City. Leona Naess. I put her album "I tried To Rock You But You Only Roll" here on my blog if you care to listen to some hip music.If anyone is interested, she sells T-shirts too.

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This week it's Indie Rock!DEATH CAB FOR CUTIEMy absolute favorite on their album "Plans" is - Marching Bands of ManhattanROB DICKINSONOne of my favorites on the album "Fresh Wine For the Horses" is - Bathe Away

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These pictures came straight from the best seats in the house of the Rolling Stones concert 2005 at the famous Fenway Park. There may possibly be others who were also on the front line of the most amazing concert in history, but they had to dish out $3,000 per ticket while it took me only $100, a lot of smart thinking, and a little o' luck. Sit back and enjoy the rest of the pics.Pretty cool huh!

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BACKFLASHUpdates on my past posts:I decided to try to make friends with some of the mom's in my area,who's kids go to school with my kids. So far so good. I think that maybe all mom's are slightly insecure or intimidated about other mom's that they do not know. And, once you make the effort to introduce yourself and set play-dates with eachother's kids, you get the opportunity to create a

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Look who I saw wandering around the neighborhood yesterday. Usually I see them in walking around the neighborhood in adult groups of about 7 - 10. But this time we actually had the privelege of seeing the momma turkey with her little babies. They are pretty quiet, you would never be able to tell if they were around or not. My other neighbor June said that she saw them on my back porch. The mother

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Will Lance win this year after all ready winning 6 consecutive Tour de France's in a row.Today is the first day of the Tour. To see an animated map of this year's course, click onto, "Animated Map."It's pretty cool to know that someone is reporting the Minute-to-Minute happenings of the Tour. Who recked, who's making the best time so far, and so on. And for the record, here is Lance's start time.

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This is the coolest little frog I have seen on Flash! If you havn't seen him yet, you've got to. It is sooo funny!Just go to the "Crazy Frog Funny Flash"

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The most awesome concert! It was crazy trying to get there, lots of slow traffic. We even ran across some serious road rage, where the other driver even got out of his car to come over to my dirver's window to yell and swear at me. He was crazy and slightly intoxicated. Then, finally we are almost there and someone in the car announces that all too familiar, nails on the chalkboard sound, "I

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Here is my very first ever garden.I dug up some grass out of my back yard, chopped up the soil with a rake, removed all of the big rocks, thru some fertilizing soil down, and then planted my vegetable and herb plants.Starting in the back right corner we have green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, a couple of green peppers, then over to the front left we have sweet spanish onions, some more green

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Today I have decided that I absolutely hate another mother from my child's school. Her son is in my son's class. Our son's have not gotten along sometimes. My son keeps trying to be nice to her son, (because he is the greatest boy). Well, on many occasions after school when all of the parents come to pick up their kids, we have walked by this mother and her son, and my son has tried to say "Hi"

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I can't believe that the weekend is over and it is back to school again. It was such a nice weekend, and now it's over - Waaaaaa! Oh well, I'm sure my brain could use some work. By the way, I am going to school to become a Professional Massage Therapist. I am finishing up my first year as a part-time student. After this summer I will have only one more year to go, Woo-hoo! My classes include

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W ow, it has been a while sinse the last lightning storm. Right now, all I can hear outside are the LOUD booms of the thunder, and I can smell that fresh, wet cement smell. For all of you who know what I am talking about, I just love that fresh, wet cement smell. I've seen only one bolt of lightning so far, but the weather reports a lot more to come. I can't wait. I love lightning storms. Hope

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It's Friday again, and I cannot believe all of the stuff that can happen within a one week period of time. By the way, my hair cut looks great! The hair stylist was terrific! It was a one-on-one session, for an hour. I was able to ask him a lot of questions like,Why are you coming all the way up here to cut hair? A: To get a change of scenery from the Big City.I love your accent, where are you

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This is the life and log of my life. I'm a wife, a mother, a student. I love my family, my sanctuary, and my computer. Hee-hee! This is a day in the life of me.Once upon a time, a little girl named Melissa grew up, a little too fast if you ask me, into a confused woman with raging hormones and lots of insecurity. (sound familiar?) Got pregnant, married, moved to 3 different States, then finally

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