Category: Life

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My father taught me to protect myself

One thing I can say about our father is he made sure to teach each of us girls how to protect ourselves.  He was in the military and was taught some martial arts in there and in turn, taught us how to get away if someone was to grab us and other things like that.  I always wanted to take Karate lessons and found karate pictures online one day.  That rekindled my interest but you know how it is, you work all day, come home and fix something to eat and the last thing you want to do is go back out.

Luckily I bookmarked the site and went back to it a little later.  I found that the site is named  Martial Arts Tutor and you can actually learn Karate moves, Judo, Tai Chi, and all sorts of various Martial Arts.  There are a lot of Martial Arts articles, pictures, and even movies they’ll tell you about to help you learn.  I can learn any form of Martial Arts right in my home so that way, I have no excuse what-so-ever not to do a lesson.  In fact, I can view the same kick or whatever over and over until I get it right without feeling embarrassed that I didn’t get it as fast as someone else might have.  This is great!!!

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What a wonderful outlook this lady has

Did you by chance happen to see the lady that had a face transplant on Good Morning America this morning?  What an amazing woman!!  She just lifted my spirits more than anyone has in years.  Bless her heart her husband shot her in the face and she was a beautiful woman and it left her without a face at all.  The most amazing part of this woman is the wonderful outlook on life that she has.  She said that she has forgiven her husband.  I would only hope that I could be that gracious and forgiving but I’m not sure I could.  Then again, after seeing her and her wonderful heart, if she can forgive what he did to her, she inspires me to be more forgiving in my life.

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My cousin is getting married, finally!!!

She and her guy have been engaged for about 5 years now I think it is and they finally decided to go ahead and get married. Everyone keeps saying “It’s about time!!” She has a beautiful engagement ring but he didn’t purchase wedding rings when he got it so now they have to find a set of wedding bands they like. She was telling me about an online store they were looking at where they could get the rings they pick out the very next day, has a great selection of over 200 wedding bands and great service too. She showed me the ones she thinks they’re getting and they were absolutely beautiful!!!

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Please read this if you don’t read anything else on my blog

I got this information from my mother.  She’s become a bit of a health nut since my father died of a heart attack.  I’m not sure where she got this or even if it is totally accurate but I didn’t figure it would hurt to let you guys in on it too.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can you believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ‘sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup,warm water or warm beer after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE’: (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack . Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive…

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this and tells at least 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life.

So tell others to read this too. It just might save their life or the life of someone they love.  After all, isn’t that what blogs are all about, helping others in one way or another?  It is for me.

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Darn it I hurt myself!!

Some of my friends and I decided to go play tennis this past weekend since it was perfect weather on Saturday.  It wasn’t too hot or too cool so we hit the courts.  As luck would have it, I think I got a shin splint. Now I don’t know much about shin splints so my friend recommended I check this web site. It’s full of all kinds of wonderful information on what a shin splint is and how to make it better. In fact, it has a list from a-z of injuries. It will explain what the injury really is and how to make it better so you can’t ask for more than that.  It just might save you a doctor bill you know, and I like the sounds of that.

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I am so very blessed

I have had a best friend since 4th grade.  We have been through our rough spots but we always manage to come back together as best friends.  I don’t know many people that have had a best friend as long as I have and with that in mind, I feel so very blessed.  I can call her and she instantly knows how to make me smile or laugh like a couple of school girls.  We have been through some very hard times together and knowing that she’s there for me means the world to me.

I don’t hardly even have to explain to her what I’m feeling because she knows me well enough to know just by the tone of my voice.  Isn’t that amazing?  I sure think so.  I would give the world to find a husband that understands me like she does but most of the ones that are like that already have boyfriends.  Well girlfriend, I just wanted to let the world know how much you mean to me and make sure you know just how much I treasure you for who you are and I think that’s a pretty amazing person.  After all, if you can put up with me for all of these years and still love me, that makes you the most special person on the face of the earth to me!!  I love you more than words can say girlfriend.

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My aunt sent me some pictures

I’m not sure where these pictures are from but my aunt sent them to me in an email.  Actually there were 19 of them but I picked out a few of my favorites to share with you.  I hope you don’t mind.  Nature is amazing and so very beautiful.  We all need to take care of Gods creatures a little better than we have but that’s my opinion.  How could anyone hurt this beautiful creature?

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Then this one is just too cute.  It looks like they are all in a chorus and singing their little hearts out to me.  How could anyone want to hurt them either?

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Even with the threat of swine flu causing panic, just look at what a sweet picture this on is.  Even pigs love too apparently.

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But my favorite of all has to be this one.  Imagine the chance of catching this shot.  It looks like God is smiling at us, doesn’t it?  I’m sure he has a sense of humor, if not, why in the world would he have made man and woman so different!!!

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Amazing, don’t you think?  I sure do!!

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Swine flu scare

There are so many people that are over reacting about the threat of swine flu.  I have started seeing people walking around all of the time in crowds wearing surgical masks.  I could maybe see it on an airplane or in Texas but not everywhere.  I just don’t understand all of the over reacting.  Not once have I heard that the threat is as bad as some are making it out to be.  Now I could see someone being afraid if they did this.

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Gotcha didn’t I?

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$50 Lesson

My cousin just sent this to me in an email. I thought it was funny. No I’m not a dedicated Republican or Democrat either. I vote for the person not the party, just so you know.

I recently asked my friend’s little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? ‘She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’ Her parents beamed.

‘Wow…what a worthy goal’, I told her. ‘But you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.’

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ‘Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the work,and you can just pay him the $50?’ I said, ‘Welcome to the Republican Party’.

Her parents still aren’t speaking to me.

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Boy was I surprised!!!

Did you watch Dancing with the Stars last night.  It was the results show where they send someone home and I was absolutely surprised at who was voted off.  It was Julianne and Chuck.  I really thought that Ty would be sent home even though I think he’s doing great but he’s just not as good as the others.  Chuck and Julianne were better than Ty and Chelsea but I guess there were more cowboys calling in and voting than country music fans.  You never know who will go and who will stay.  Sometimes it’s not the worst dancer, ya know!