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My Dragon's Lair Sharing is the reason for my being...

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Falling Hearts

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/30/2006 11:01:00 AM 0 comments

We don't think of every thing in our old age.

Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a cat named Bob for companionship.
One sunny afternoon out of nowhere, appeared the fairy godmother.
Cinderella said, "Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these years"?
The fairy godmother replied, "Cinderella, you have lived an exemplary life since I last saw you. I'm prepared to grant you three wishes. Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?"
Cinderella was taken back, overjoyed, and after some thoughtful consideration, she uttered her first wish:"The prince was wonderful, but not much of an investor.
I'm living hand to mouth on my disability checks, and I wish I were wealthy beyond comprehension.
Instantly her rocking chair turned into solid gold.Cinderella said, "Ooh, thank you, Fairy Godmother
"The fairy godmother replied "it is the least that I can do. What do you want for your second wish?
"Cinderella looked down at her frail body, and said, "I wish I were young and full of the beauty and youth I once had.
"At once, her wish became reality, and her beautiful young visage returned.
Cinderella felt stirrings inside of her that had been dormant for years.
And then the fairy godmother spoke once more: "You have one more wish; what shall it be?"
Cinderella looks over to the frightened cat in the corner and says, "I wish for you to transform Bob, my old cat, into a kind and handsome young man."
Magically, Bob suddenly underwent so fundamental a change in his biological make-up that, when he stood before her, he was a man so beautiful the likes of him neither she nor the world had ever seen.
The fairy godmother said, "Congratulations, Cinderella, enjoy your new life."
With a blazing shock of bright blue electricity, the fairy godmother was gone as suddenly as she appeared.
For a few eerie moments, Bob and Cinderella looked into each other's eyes.
Cinderella sat, breathless, gazing at the most beautiful, stunningly perfect man she had ever seen.
Then Bob walked over to Cinderella, who sat transfixed in her rocking chair, & held her close in his young muscular arms.
He leaned in close, blowing her golden hair with his warm breath as he whispered..........
"Bet you're sorry you neutered me."
david

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/30/2006 09:56:00 AM 0 comments

She literally doesn't get it.


MySpace.com
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=764003416&n=2

Get that fish! Why can I see it and be right under it and not be able to get it?
Again I tried to add a working video here. It still will not work. But it is a link to see the cute kitten getting cold feet!

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/30/2006 07:49:00 AM 0 comments

Happy Memorial Day







More to come for this entry. Playing with the codes made what I put here not work. So I will be back. I found some nice stuff. So I of course, would want to share it.

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/30/2006 06:16:00 AM 0 comments

I knew those pigeons went to school for their aim!



Myspace Graphics

Don't believe the saying it is good luck if they poop on you. That is only so you don't feel like it is other than what it is. You were in their space! Of all the sky there is you are the one who is under them when they fly over. Coincidence? I think not.

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/30/2006 02:17:00 AM 0 comments

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/30/2006 02:00:00 AM 0 comments

Send in the clowns.


Myspace Graphics & Myspace Graphic Codes

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Monday, May 29, 2006

Get Well Soon

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I am pondering my life and why I didn't die.
About my traveling I am just a little nervous. And I cannot stop thinking about wanting to know what the doctors did to me to save my life. I am confused. I lost 6 hours + and Rich has tried to fill me in from his witnessing what happened.
I am confused. I thought I had taken my last breath, wondering how long I could go without air and stay of sound mind or alive. And although I was unable to move or talk, I was aware of what they were saying and doing to my body. This I did hear: they found my swollen throat was blocked with blood. Where was it from and why was this? And they were not able to push the air tube into my lungs, it kept going into my stomach. I absolutely must not put off getting a Medic Alert bracelet. How many times I have taken the paper home? Then I went to my private thoughts. That I was thinking that I was happy in this life, I had a lot of good and was learning a lot. But then I thought I had let go of this worldly Universe, if that was to be my new destiny, to go on to some other dimension or adventure or new place.
I thought last of Rich, picturing him behind the curtain knowing that I was thinking of him, and then I thought of my Mi Sun and his brother. I guess they are my favorite kittens. And then I know of nothing else.
~ About 10 minutes after I arrived to ER they started the Crash Unit at 12 midnight. ~ Till Rich is ready to leave about 6am with me sitting in the bed in Critical Care like nothing had happened. What did they do? How did I survive? Why am I still here? Well some of the answers I know. But I rarely am in a state of why am I here and what is my purpose? But that is all I can think of.
And Rich is still saying that I am going to out live him! My God! I almost didn't! I was just lucky that I did a few things before hand and chose the right place to go when I did, or I wouldn't be.
Rich said they worked on me for over an hour. And the condition I was in with blood on my mouth, gown and sheets. And there was a black crash box with tools, and a yellow one that said "difficult" unopened. He says I kept trying to open my eyes and keep my head from being on the bed. He was trying to tell me to relax and rest. I finally did when he was stroking my forehead. Gosh I know I like that. See I don't have to be conscious to like a kind act.
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Update 6/12: I don't have a question so much of why I am still here, now. As I am continuing to do the good I can while here on this Earth. And taking care of Rich and the kids and enjoying friends.
I was speaking to people and they say to continue to enjoy life and share what I can. Isn't that my mission I believe to be my reason to being here? I think this is so right!
I am very happy with being here. I am not cured on my temper Or that I am going to leave some thing alone when I don't agree or like what is said or done. And still I am enjoying being a shopaholic. I guess miracles are not made over night. I am still ME But for all I have I am blessed with many good things and happiness. I am content to enjoy what our Gods and Mother gives me now. And not to worry about things I cannot change.
I have found the blood found in my throat was from the first attempt to put down the tube into my lungs. As my throat was so swollen it wasn't able to go where it belonged. And the air they tried to give me couldn't for the same reason.
I am still curious of what they did to save me. Always being curious of medical facts and procedures, etc.
I am grateful to not having a trachea tube put in, it could have or would have destroyed my voice box and I would be needing a microphone to be heard in a strange voice not known to me. I wonder if that would have curtailed my love of talking? Made it harder to get things out? Would people have had the patience? Well I am "lucky" I don't have to find out! :-)
And one of my friends is upset that I say I am "lucky" to still being here. That "luck" has nothing to so with it. Well call it a phrase of speech, if you like.
Happiness is wonderful. Life is beautiful. Even if there are things and people who still bug and bother me! Smiling from ear to ear.
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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/29/2006 05:06:00 PM 0 comments

Mr Rogers Message is always timely. Healthy programming for our children.


Mr. Rogers Addresses the Senate (1969) In 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before congress to oppose Richard Nixon's budget cutbacks for Public Broadcasting, and melted the cold heart of a Senator.
6 min 50 sec 155,242 views May 22 at 12:35 PM

My comment: I enjoyed him so much. With his imaginative world he created that we believed in. He took us into his neighborhood and taught us how it worked and the diverse people who did different things for their jobs and pleasures in life. While you could count on certain things were the same there was always new and different things going to happen. And we memorized his songs. Not these stupid things that run around without vocabulary making rediculous gestures and noises. How are they supposed to teach our children?
I was amazed to see his tender show with children who talked about their cancer. To later find that Mr. Rogers died of cancer is wonderful to see that he was so gentle and loving with these children.
And it seems to be like other people who do the same, like the Duke, John Wayne who portrayed an old man dying of cancer. And he also was diagnosed with his own cancer.

Some comments added about this film on ifilm.
Mr. Rogers died in 2003 at the age of 74 of stomach cancer. "Mr Roger's Neighborhood" aired on PBS from 1967-2001, the longest running program on PBS. He remained as genuine as the Mr. Rogers character.
I grew up loving this program. It was so simple and genuinely honest. I loved the music. Mr. Rogers actually went to college to study music composition, so his love of music is evident in the programming. Jazz composer and musician, Joe Negri, played the handyman on the program.
I got goosebumps too. I have such pleasant memories of the program. May 24, 2006 5:53 AM Re: I Forgot just how GREAT he was!!
I watched his biography, can't get through it without crying! I admire him so much! I was lucky enough to get an original manuscript, or transscript, (or whatever it is called) of his final show....autographed by Mr. Rogers and Mr. McFeeley. Mr. M. was at a hospital charity auction in my area and someone bought it for me.
Mr Rogers was always good hearted and just plain wonderful!

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/29/2006 11:51:00 AM 0 comments

Friday, May 26, 2006

Wtc/USS New York
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
USS New York is about 45 percent complete and should be ready for launch in mid-2007. Katrina disrupted construction when it pounded the Gulf Coast last summer, but the 684-foot vessel escaped serious damage, and workers were back at the yard near New Orleans two weeks after the storm.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
"It would be fitting if the first mission this ship would go on is to make sure that bin Laden is taken out, his terrorist organization is taken out," said Glenn Clement, a paint foreman. "He came in through the back door and knocked our towers down and (the New York) is coming right through the front door, and we want them to know that."
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, La., to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up."
"It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? - 'Never Forget'

Looking for more I googled and found these (partial results) And will go through them looking for more about this ship.

Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide
Historic Naval Ships Listed By Location Historic Naval Ships Listed By Name ... Admiral's Barge, Romulus, New York. North Carolina ... www.hnsa.org/index.htm

Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - Ships by Type
Historic Naval Ships By Type. Aircraft Carriers Battleships Coast Guard Cruisers Destroyers ... USS Little Rock, Buffalo, New York, USA ... www.hnsa.org/class.htm[ More results from www.hnsa.org ]

USN Ships--USS Plattsburg (ID # 1645), 1918-1919
US NAVY SHIPS --. USS Plattsburg (ID # 1645), 1918-1919. Served as USS Harvard in 1898. Previously SS City of New York and SS New York (British-American ... www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/id1645.htm

USN Ships--USS Leviathan (ID # 1326)
SS Leviathan (American Passenger Ship, 1914). ... Photographed by the New York Navy Yard. US Naval Historical Center Photograph. ...
www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/id1326.htm

US Navy Ships Sunk or Damaged by Enemy Torpedo, Bombs, or Gunfire ...
US Navy Ships, lost during World War I, description of incidents, dates, ... 78 alongside Army dock at Fort Wadsworth, New York; total loss; no casualties. ... www.usmm.org/ww1navy.html

Open Directory - Society: History: By Topic: Maritime: Ships
... preservation and promotion of historic vessels in New York harbor. Includes ship ... Northwest Ships - Naval ships with Northwestern geographical names. ... www.dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Topic/Maritime/Ships/

SS AMERIKA, SS AMERICA, EDMUND B. ALEXANDER: Maritime Matters
... Cherbourg - New York. She was the largest ship in the world until 1906. ... On December 15, she was raised, then repaired at the New York Navy Yard. ... www.maritimematters.com/amerika.html

The Ships of New York Shipbuilding Corporation
The Ships of New York Shipbuilding Co. Last Updated: May 15, 2006 ... Reuben James was the first US Navy ship lost to hostile action in World War II, ... www.yorkship.home.comcast.net/Yorkships.htm

Links to Sites
Then ordered to New York we made our way through the Singapore Channel. ... Historic Naval Ships Association - - This website lists historic US Merchant ... www.americanvictory.org/links.asp

US Navy in WW1
NEW YORK class, BB.34 NEW YORK, BB.35 TEXAS, 2 ships - 27000t, 21 knots, ... SS.25 Sturgeon (E.2), 15th January 1916, United States, at Brooklyn Navy Yard, ...
www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyUS.htm

So far I have not found any more. But actually my brother knows who is in charge of this and I am going add that here at another time. I am sure from there we can find more. And his wife had pictures but she doesn't save things as I do! I don't throw anything out!

Added 6/28: And the links I found were not to do with the ship, as I had hoped some thing would be.
There is some thing a stirrin' about ships being a Navy child. I enjoyed my father's rare stories of the difference of the 2 he spent (?) 18 months on. Imagine being away on a tin can for so long? Mr Rogers (?) is a favorite of mine. Where he gets what he wants in the end. And it is the end. The one with the palm tree and the captain acts like Bliegh? Another is It was the strawberries with Bogart. And the Crimson Tide and Red October, Das Boot, Grey Lady Down. All touch the heart strings. I am sure I am forgetting some...
Brother wrote: Rear Admiral George Yount, US, (RET.) is the vice president of the company that is building her. Mom and Dad will recognize him as the Shipyard Commader that promoted me to Commander on the deck of the Missouri in 1995.
So you can google and find more on him. I have not gone through what I found. But he is there.

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/26/2006 10:37:00 AM 0 comments

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Why People Don't Have More SEX!

Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 Subject: too funny. Sent by Elise:
Why couples don't have sex..funy! ignore the bottom crap
(it is a chain mail)


Reasons why couples dont have sex.
TO MY DEAR WIFE:
During the past year I have tried to make love to you 365 times.
I have succeeded 36 times, which is an average of once every ten days.
The following is a list of why I did not succeed more often:
54 times the sheets were clean
17 times it was too late
49 times you were too tired
20 times it was too hot
15 times you pretended to be sleeping
22 times you had a headache
17 times you were afraid of waking the baby
16 times you said you were too sore
12 times it was the wrong time of the month
19 times you had to get up early
9 times you said weren't in the mood
7 times you were sunburned
6 times you were watching the late show
5 times you didn't want to mess up your new hairdo
3 times you said the neighbors would hear us
9 times you said your mother would hear us
Of the 36 times I did succeed, the activity was not satisfactory because:
6 times you just laid there
8 times you reminded me there's a crack in the ceiling
4 times you told me to hurry up and get it over with
7 times I had to wake you and tell you I finished
1 time I was afraid I had hurt you because I felt you move
KEEP READING.......
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TO MY DEAR HUSBAND:
I think you have things a little confused. Here are the reasons you didn't get more than you did:
5 times you came home drunk and tried to screw the cat
36 times you did not come home at all
21 times you didn't come with energy
33 times you came too soon
19 times you went soft before you got in
38 times you worked too late
10 times you got cramps in your toes
29 times you had to get up early to play golf
2 times you were in a fight and someone kicked you in the balls
4 times you got it stuck in your zipper
3 times you had a cold and your nose was running
2 times you had a splinter in your finger
20 times you lost the motion after thinking about it all day
6 times you came in your pajamas while reading a dirty book
98 times you were too busy watching TV
Of the times we did get together:
The reason I laid still was because you missed and were screwing the sheets.
I wasn't talking about the crack in the ceiling, what I said was, "Would you prefer me on my back or kneeling?"
The time you felt me move was because you farted and I was trying to breathe.
THIS IS THE CHAIN MAIL PART: IGNORE:
Once you read this letter you have to keep it going.
This game has been played since 1996. You must send this letter to 7 people.
On the 5th day someone will ask you out or say "I love you."
So here are the rules:
If you read this on a Sunday, wish for a good week
If you read this on a Monday, wish for money
If you read this on a Tuesday, wish for love
If you read this on a Wednesday, wish for success
If you read this on a Thursday, wish for anything you want
If you read this on a Friday, wish for a really hot date
If you read this on a Saturday, wish for an important phone call
repost in 3.5 min. and your wish will come true
Make sure you repost in 3.5 min. or your wish won't come true.
titles it : reasons why couples dont have sex



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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Our EPIC Awards.

Rats! I wrote something really intellegent, and didn't save some thing else I was working on for hours. So when will I learn not to trust my Microsoft for not crashin? I have another log about 9M and Rebel Drop in Center, here. Remember our art is being displayed on the 6th floor at the Main Library, Broward County in their Gallery.
This was what Rich and I were doing today. A nice luncheon and awards given. And seeing friends. A chance at raffles. And our art is displayed. And exposed to many more people. For the table favors this year Nicole and friends at 9M made small ceramic bells that were glazed in many different designs, to symbolize the MHA Bell. Unfortunately there were only 130 bells created so as this year was our largest turn out of 230, there were guests who didn't get bells. I think the large turn out could be for who was being honored or over the years it is becoming more well know.
I would vote for Jan and Anita but they cannot be included as it is their JOB. I don't see how this is different from these people who also work at their jobs. But they look at it as unfair. Hey they aren't voting for themselves.
History of the Bell
THE STORY OF THE MENTAL HEALTH BELL. In 1950 leaders of the National Mental Health Association chose a special bell as the organization's symbol. www.mhahp.org/Bell.htm
In 1950 leaders of the National Mental Health Association chose a special bell as the organization’s symbol. They looked for a symbol which people associated with freedom and liberty.
Among those leaders were those intimately familiar with the deplorable and inhumane conditions in the locked state mental hospitals during the 1940’s. Those hospitals used shackles, chains, handcuffs and other barbaric relics to restrain mentally ill patients.
In 1952, the National Mental Health Association collected in the lobby of their national headquarters in New York City the metal restraints from hundreds of mental hospitals all across the nation. The lobby was described as looking like a “chamber of horrors” as the collection piled up.
All of the restraints were shipped to the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore, Maryland, where they were dropped into a crucible and cast into a 300-pound bell in 1953.
Nothing could proclaim hope for those with mental illness more dramatically than a bell cast from the actual chains and shackles used as restraints in a not-so-distant past. The bell is currently housed at National Mental Health Association’s headquarters in Alexandria, Va.
The bell is now recognized throughout the nation as the symbol of the mental health movement. Its use as a logo depicts a profile looking forward to the future, reflecting the Mental Health Association’s continued leadership in pursuing the vision described by the bell’s inscription.

“Cast from the shackles which bound them,
this bell shall ring out hope for the mentally ill
and victory over mental illness.”

Different states have their own sites for Mental Health.

The NMHA Bell Story http://www.nmha.org/about/bellstory.cfm
"Cast from shackles which bound them, this bell shall ring out hope for the mentally ill and victory over mental illness."(Inscription on NMHA Bell)
During the early days of mental health treatment, asylums often restrained persons with mental illnesses by iron chains and shackles around their ankles and wrists. With better understanding and treatments, this cruel practice eventually stopped.
In the early 1950s, the National Mental Health Association (NMHA) issued a call to asylums across the country for their discarded chains and shackles. On April 13, 1956, at the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore, MD, NMHA melted down these inhumane bindings and recast them into a sign of hope: the Mental Health Bell.
Now the symbol of NMHA, the 300-pound Bell serves as a powerful reminder that the invisible chains of misunderstanding and discrimination continue to bind people with mental illnesses. Today, the Mental Health Bell rings out hope for improving mental health and achieving victory over mental illnesses.
Over the years, national mental health leaders and other prominent individuals have rung the Bell to mark the continued progress in the fight for victory over mental illnesses.
To see a photo of the 300-pound NMHA Bell click here.

Mental Health. Association. in Texas.
http://www.mhatexas.org/story%20of%20bell.htm Story of the Mental Health Bell~Back to Home ~ Mental Health Facts ~ Affiliates and Partners ~ Mental...The idea of the Mental Health Bell sprang form ... www.mhatexas.org/storyofbell.htm
This is for my friend moving to TX. There is a lot of help offered to adults and children relating to hurricanes on this MHA site.
Resources for Help and Information:
TEXAS RESOURCES: Mental Health Association in Texas
Red Cross-Central Texas http://www.centex.redcross.org/
Texas Department of State Health Services http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/ (800) 252-8154
Texas Council of Community Mental Health
Mental Retardation Centers, Inc. http://www.txcouncil.com/centers.html
NATIONAL RESOURCES: American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster
Anxiety Disorders Association of America http://www.adaa.org/index.cfm
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) http://www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD) http://www.ncptsd.org/
National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/
(800) SUICIDE (784-2433) Crisis Line (800) 969-NMHA (8255)
Info and Referral National Suicide Prevention Lifeline http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org (800) 273-TALK(8255)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Alliance http://www.ptsdalliance.org/ (877) 507-PTSD
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
Interviews With Texas Leaders About This Website
Business executives and other Texas leaders have made three discoveries about mental illness that have changed their lives and changed how they run their businesses. Click here to share their 3 discoveries.

EPIC Awards
Working for mental health and victory over mental illness through education, prevention, advocacy and empowerment. http://www.mhabroward.org/gpage11.html

MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH !! April 27, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Anita Godfrey, President/CEO 2006 EPIC AWARD HONOREES ANNOUNCED The Mental Health Association of Broward County is pleased to announce its 2006 EPIC Award honorees. EPIC stands for Exceptional People Impacting the Community and this 11th Annual EPIC class represents the strength, passion and compassion that is at the heart of Broward County’s human services support network.
The 2006 honorees and their accomplishments follow.
Gayle Bluebird of Fort Lauderdale is a nationally recognized consumer advocate who has worked tirelessly to promote opportunities for persons with behavioral illness and who, most recently, successfully engineered Florida’s first statewide peer advocacy network.
Wendy Jenkins serves as clinical director of Sunrise based JAFCO - Jewish Adoptions & Foster Care Options. Through her work, Ms. Jenkins champions needs of children, bringing them hope and support that comes from her heart. As a foster parent, she demonstrates a commitment that goes beyond the workplace, enriching children’s lives as well as her own through her dedication and daily commitment to their futures.
Phil Ketchum Through two terms as volunteer chair of the Governor appointed Local Advocacy Council, Mr. Ketchum had demonstrated a steadfast commitment to the needs of our most vulnerable persons with mental illnesses, fighting for their rights and supporting their access to and place in the greater community. Mr. Ketchum is a resident of Fort Lauderdale.
Marci Ronik of Coral Springs is ubiquitous in Broward’s behavioral health community. As a trainer and mentor to organizations and to individuals, she has helped to advance quality of service for mental illness, for co-occurring substance disorders, for jail based and forensic clients and for domestic violence victims. Her leadership has advanced Broward County to a place of national recognition for innovative and progressive service.
Rev. Dr. Barbara Bernard-Shaw of Fort Lauderdale is known simply as Pastor Shaw. This amazing woman has dedicated countless volunteer hours to serving as Guardian Advocate for Broward’s mentally ill in crisis. Her goal is to assure competent and nurturing care that yields prompt and appropriate treatment and a successful return by her charges to community living.

A recognition luncheon celebrating the 2006 honorees and their accomplishments will be held on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at Signature Grand in Davie. Sponsor opportunities, advertising and congratulatory message options can be arranged by contacting the Mental Health Association at 954-746-2055. Individual luncheon tickets are $45 and can be purchased by check or by charge to Visa, MasterCard or American Express. 2006 EPIC Gold Sponsors are GEO Care, Inc and North Broward Hospital District. Silver Sponsors include Linda Strutt Consulting and Memorial Regional Hospital. For additional information, call the Mental Health Association or see our website: http://www.mhabroward.org/.
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A few favorite Cartoon characters I found.

A favorite of mine. It would be nice to find all the ones I enjoy!
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I thought I saw a puddy cat! I know I saw a puddy cat!
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Remember this guy?
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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/24/2006 07:12:00 PM 0 comments

Some fun signs I like.

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Dr. Phil is speaking to me personally! I just know it!

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/24/2006 06:59:00 PM 0 comments

A reliable guessing game in the final hours.

On Channel 7 there is a website mentioned of interest for the American Idol results in a few hours.
WSVN-TV - Channel 7 - Miami
WSVN, WSVN-TV, Channel 7, South Florida News, Miami News, Fort Lauderdale News, Dade County News. www.wsvn.com/
This website that has been acurate in guessing/predicting the out come of Idol.
So if you don't want to know ahead of time, don't open this link.
If you love who you want to win, spend the buck and vote! A vote can mean the difference in a win or loss. And no I am not getting a kick back. But I wonder if this will also affect the outcome?
DialIdol.com - Speed dial your favorite American Idol ®s to the ...
Season 5 controversial speed dialing site that provides statistical probabilities for contestants...www.dialidol.com/

For those of you who want a quick look without needing to wander any further look below.






http://dialidol.com/asp/predictions/Predictions.asp

Dial Idol Rank Idol Dial Idol Score Margin Of Error
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1 Taylor Hicks 45.583 1.141
2 Katharine McPhee 37.097 1.227
- Margin of error: Per Idol; not scientific.

Oh please tell my you know who won! How right you are. I guessed right, did you?

The man is King! Ruler of his 15 minutes of fame. What next?



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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/24/2006 06:26:00 PM 0 comments

Looking for something finds another.

What he writes has nothing to do with my opinions. Just something I wanted to share and found interesting. My friends are interested with this subject so this is for them. A different view from another source. Outside of the Catholic leadership at the Vatican leading a ban on this movie. It is a mystery movie that is fiction. Meant to entertain and be fun! Why should the studio offer a disclaimer and apology for some thing that has nothing to do with them? Now that is my/our opinion. I think the books to decode this is making a fast buck! Why would it be necessary to say they weren't monks and other stuff since it is make believe?

What order to read the Chronicles of Narnia http://www.aslan.demon.co.uk/narnia.htm
His Blog is about Mary Magdalene http://www.andrewrilstone.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Public Service Announcement
Everything the Bible says about Mary Magdalene

1: Jesus performed an exorcism on her.

Luke 8:2 ...Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils
Mark 16:9 ...Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils

2: She had been a follower of Jesus in Galilee, and came with him to Jerusalem
3: She was one of a group of women who helped Jesus financially (Matthew, Mark and Luke.)

Mark 15: 40 ...Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome (who when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

Luke 8:2 ....and the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

Matthew 27:56 ...And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.

4: She witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke (implicitly) and John.)

Mark 15: 40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome.

Matthew 27:56 And many women were there beholding afar off...among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

Luke 24:10 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
4: She witnessed the burial of Jesus (Matthew, Mark and Luke (implicitly)

Matthew 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Mark 16:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

Luke 24: 55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

5: She went to Jesus tomb on Sunday morning and found the body missing. (Matthew, Mark, Luke (implicitly) and John)

Matthew 28: 2 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Luke 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

John: 21:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

6: She was the first person to tell the disciples about the resurrection (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.)

Matthew 28: 6 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

Mark 16: 10-11 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene….. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept

Luke 24:10 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

John: 20: 4 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him."

John 20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

7: She is the first person to see the resurrected Jesus.(Matthew, Mark, John.)

Mark 16: 9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene….

Matthew 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "All hail." And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

John 20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou?" She saith unto them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him." And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, "Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, "Mary." She turned herself, and saith unto him, "Rabboni"; which is to say, "Master". Jesus saith unto her, "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God."

NOTE

Matthew and Mark records a story about an anonymous woman who poured precious ointment on Jesus head. Luke reports a substantially different story about an anonymous sinful woman who poured precious ointment on Jesus feet, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head.

Luke and John both say that Jesus was sometimes the guest of two sisters named Martha and Mary who lived in a village called Bethany. John says that Jesus raised their brother, Lazarus, from the dead; and that this Mary is the same one who anointed Jesus.

John also tells a story of how Jesus forgave an unidentified woman taken in adultery.

None of these women are said to be the same person as Mary Magadelene. Nor for that matter, are the frequently married Samaritan woman, the wise Syro-Phoenician, the woman who touched the hem of Jesus robe, or any other nameless female character in the New Testament.

The official site for the Church of England http://www.cofe.anglican.org/
The Da Vinci Code - Making Your Mind Up
The Da Vinci Code http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/davinci

According to Dan Brown’s novel, Jesus married Mary Magdalene, they had children and their blood line continues today.
The Church of England believes that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit, fulfilled a ministry on Earth, died on a cross and rose again three days later. He left behind a new church that has spread throughout the world.
These are very different beliefs about Jesus. What do you think?
Manchester Cathedral clergy pose 'Da Vinci style' to promote their event on May 30th.

Click on the links below to find out more.
Responses to ten frequently asked questions such as:
Would it have been wrong for Jesus to be married?
Has the church excluded women?
Is sex evil?
Plus how to run a Da Vinci event in your church.
[Link to external site, with thanks to the Church Army]

Fact or fiction: take part in an online poll
[Link to external site, with thanks to Word and Spirit Resources, The Christian Enquiry Agency and Presence Retail Limited]

Has the church been covering things up for 2000 years?
[Link to external site, with thanks to rejesus.co.uk]

What the Archbishop of Canterbury has said
[Link to Archbishop of Canterbury's site]

Visit Winchester Cathedral to find out more
Lincoln Cathedral has also planned a series of events

This site also contains a wealth of information on
what the Church of England believes.

Image above - one of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House's fake frescoes, painted for the filming of The Da Vinci Code movie and still in place.

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/24/2006 02:30:00 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

What is important to me these days.

Knowing I enjoy being a shopaholic for bargains and owning things I still feel what we have to our property is not what counts toward our happiness. If I am content with myself as a person is more important than the things I own, though I do enjoy playing with them or admiring something pretty to look at. I like to collect things but what makes me truely happy is when I am quiet with myself. Listening to how I feel and what I can ponder of what I have learned.
My family of furry kids are very important to my happiness. They are unconditional lovers and friends. Even when they are independant they need to be cared for and nurtured; and they are so cute and cuddly even when they don't want to be handled.
And enjoying good friends is after that on the list of pleasures.

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posted by LadyIrene @ 5/23/2006 10:43:00 PM 0 comments

Monday, May 22, 2006

Dedicated to my friends leaving Florida

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You haven't left yet and I miss you already. I will miss our times together. But I am hoping you don't loose my name in your address books! I will promise to be good to keeping in touch, too!

Here's for your road trips!
Remember to watch out for the White Line Fever!
And my if you go fast! Watch out for Smokey!

Don't forget you'll need a postcard to remember:


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When you have to move your stuff remember this! Running around pulling out your hair. Try to remember all your stuff! I have had this happen where I realize I have forgotten something I really liked, worse yet leaving behind Rich's favorite shirts, which he cannot replace. Just remember all the family members and the kids with furry tails!
And I found another maze.


These are for my Christian Friend. I have a lot of faith in our Saints to protect us and offer us comfort.
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