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Dee: Congratulations on winning the JOTW Award! You deserve it, this is a great blog!
LWM: Blessings to you by sometime soon
Jan: Just dropping by to say hi and catch up with what you're up to!...have a great week! ...sorry it's been a while.
Dee: Your daughter is adorable & sounds a real sweetheart. I was just surfing around and wanted to say Hello!
RAINBOW: Hello! Stopping by to say "HI" and reconnect with you and all my other friends here! Hope you're doing fine!
Jan: Just stopping by to say hi and catch up..hope ya've had a great weekend.
The Holly Tree: Okay, Amanda, I hope you have a good time, my friend. And don't mind the oddness of this comment - I've downloaded Google Chrome, and for some reason, it isn't giving me the option to put in my username and password.
Dark Scriptor: Hi Amanda! Just came by to touch base and see how you're doing. Live Video? I'm not familiar with that site. My own shows are on Blog Talk Radio. Hope all is well with you, my friend.
LWM: New ALBs Post Come Visits and have some wine or tea with me
LWM: Just wishing you a very happy birthday
Jan: Happy new year!...sorry i'm a bit late (busy, busy)..hope all's well with you and you had a great time over the hols...all the best for 2009.
Grizz: Greetings Amanda, Hope I am finding you well and ready to ring in yet another New Year. Hope your Holidays were great and that all stayed safe and warm. Many blessings and may your new year be filled with joys, love and much laughter.
Jan: Hey...how ya doin...loved the Millionaire post...lol...there's folk round here like that too i'm afraid!...lolHave a great weekend
Bob Houlston: Hi Just drooped bye for a coffee and to say hello. BTW Lovely wall paper.
almacafe: was here.. nice blog!
success: hi... am visiting u again...
Jan: Dropping by with big HELOOOS!
Bob Houlston: Hi, I just called to say hello. Best wishes, Bob.
winnie: hi, nice blog you got here, care to exchange link?
Jan: A blessed Samhain to you Amanda love
lili: blog hopping...
Jan: Just lil' ol' me passing by to say hi
Jan: Hy Amanda...i'm concerned, i haven't heard from Blu in a while, i know she hasn't been doing anything with her blogs for ages but to find they have gone...i'll try sending her a text.
Jan: Hya...just passing through to see how things are with you...nice us non members can read ya post again, enjoyed catching up...take care n' pop by soon.
Azodnem: Just launched a new art series! Come check it out! Would love some feedback.
yarliss: hi, amanda, please forgive por no entrar a tu pagina since i started working I can not enter in this world, I have no time, but i dont forgot you no te olvido please siempre entra a mi pagina enter to my page always ........i love you and...is free
LWM: come on over and read my last 2 posts
Nick: Hey, my friend! Just dropped by for a quickvisit and to say hi. Hope all is well.
LWM: Come by and read a touching story of Faith What an Amazing world we live in
Jan: Hey, how ya doing...just dropped by to give ya a ...take care.
Vera: Hey Amanda! :) I hope your mornings are getting better, happy weekend!

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Thursday, July 2nd 2009

6:54 AM (11h, 35min ago)

Packing

I am up early today and got hubby to the train. We are picking him up this afternoon around 4:30 and then driving into Indiana to get Ashlyn then down through Indiana to Louisville to get to my dads. All in all a 6 hour trip if traffic is good. Hopefully once we get Bradley Ashlyns house will only be an hour away? I hope. We are trying to avoid some of this weekend traffic by leaving today...... somehow I think everyone else will do the same thing and we will be stuck in it anyway. Hopefully we can get around the city right before the really bad rush. We want to be at Valparaiso by 6. Hopefully we will be at dads by 12. Well 1am his time. Friday we want to go to Mammoth cave in KY. Have the girls see it and do a tour. also we want to go to the AFB by my dad too. He is retired and can show Bradley some stuff. On the 4th we are spending time with dad and maybe finding the fireworks. On Sunday we are Going up to Scottsberg IN to my Aunt Shirleys to see her and my Cousins Donna and Mellodee. Mellodee and David are up at Shirleys and so seeing them is a must. Brian my brother is driving down to Shirleys on Sunday so we will see him too for a few hours before we drive back up and drop Ashlyn off then go home. Action packed weekend and I am so glad we are going. I don't have much to do right now to get ready but must make a list so I don't forget anything. Right now I am just drinking some coffee and relaxing and thinking about what I have to do. I am bringing our video camera and regular Digital Camera they both fit in the same bag...... Mammoth Cave will be awesome. Mammoth Cave KY. click around the site and check out the pics!!!
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Tuesday, June 30th 2009

1:55 PM (2 days, 4h, 35min ago)

The bare honest truth

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Monday, June 29th 2009

7:41 AM (3 days, 10h, 48min ago)

Defending the DEAD

Thanks Holly I need to vent too........I am tired of hearing people making fun of Michael Jackson. Not here in the group (not mad at anyone here). I have online friends at Blogstar and such getting on cam and joking and shit. The jokes and bad talk are mean. Are they making fun of all the other celebs that have died in the past 2 fucking days? no. They are disrespecting the dead and it makes me mad. He molded our lives to an extend when we were kids, he was as big as Elvis, was labelled the NEW KING of rock. People paid thousands of dollars to see him in concert. Because of his past and the copycat shit he is shit on even in death. He was an unhealthy man yes...... i still don't believe he actually molested anyone. Never did. People out for money. People still labeling him Jacko and now laughing of him now he died. Come on people? Is this how you want to be remembered when you die? You can't defend yourself and you just want to be happy..... Well now he is dead and healthy and hopefully happy ..... REST IN PEACE ANGEL MICHAEL. there I feel a little better.
~~~Amanda~~~

George Carlin  - "Electricity is really just organized lightning."

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And here is something I found in my email box...probably from the Mormons we were talking to I am not sure. I TOTALLY DISAGREE with this and am only posting it  for humors sake......... I am a religiously open minded person and lean heavily to the PAGAN side.
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Witchcraft can Destroy your Life but Jesus can Restore your Life 
By Sherly Isaac
 
There are demonic powers that could destroy your life. Witchcraft is done by the help of demons and by the power of devil. In India what people do, if they have some sickness or some problem? They would either go to a witchdoctor and ask, "what should I do to get rid of it?" or they would do witchcraft by themselves. The witchdoctor gives them thread or things like that, putting demonic powers in it so that the problem may be transferred to some other person. Sometimes they throw fruits, raw rice etc in the middle of the road and if a person crosses over it, the person will get that sickness or problem... They would place curses on people through witchcraft. They would give something to eat and it would cripple their lives, their businesses and affect their lives greatly.

When I was in a small class, I studied about ants. What the ants do? If they find any sweet thing, they would sit over it and suck the sweetness out of it or suck the nectar out of it. The thing would look the same in appearance and in color but not the same as before. Sweetness is gone. I can say that witchcraft does the same thing to people. It would suck goodness and blessings out of their lives and would make them terribly miserable.

Once a pastor came from one of the cities of Punjab, India to preach in a meeting. He told his story why his mother could not get any children. Even after many years since their marriage she and her husband did not have any kids. And it bothered them badly. The reason for her barrenness was that one of their neighboring women who had no kids went to a witchdoctor and asked what she should do? The witchdoctor gave her some kind of powder after putting demonic power in that and said, "Mix it in water and throw that water over a newly wed woman and it will solve your problem." She came back home, mixed the powder in water and waited for the mother of the preacher who was newly wed at that time. As she came out of her home and as she was walking down, the woman threw the water over her. That was it, after that she never had kids for many years. But one day they heard the Good News of Jesus Christ and about His mighty power. They prayed to Jesus and Jesus healed her. That's how the above said preacher was born. 

My friend, witchcraft can destroy your lives but the awesome power of Jesus can restore your lives.
Once a person brought his epileptic son who suffered severely. But when Jesus rebuked the demon and when it left him, he was cured. We read in, Mat 17:14-19, And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him., Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me." And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

When Jesus was in this world He healed the sick, drove away the demon out of those who were oppressed by the devil and restored them, rebuked the devourer, raised the dead, wiped away the tears of people, removed curses from the lives of people and brought blessings in the lives of people. Yes, if witchcraft can bring curse and misery in your life, Jesus can bring blessings, peace and joy in your life. Jesus' name is so powerful that every demonic power has to bow down before Him. No evil power could ever stand before His mighty name. No curse could ever stand before His awesome power. 

Are you suffering today? Are you seeing curses in your life? Do you think that your life has been crippled because of curse placed in your life through witchcraft? Today I am going to break those curses from your lives in the mighty name of Jesus and you will experience deliverance through Jesus.

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that many are suffering today because of curses placed in their lives or because they inherited them from their forefathers. I come against every demonic power, every witchcraft done against them, every curse whether placed in their lives through witchcraft or inherited from generation after generation, I break it in the name of Jesus. Father God, I pray that no evil should ever touch these people. Mark them with your precious blood and protect them. Let them see blessings from now on. Let them be free from every demonic power. Fill them with your Holy Presence so that no demonic power could come near them. Thank you Jesus for making them free and helping them to be blessed. We give you all the glory and honor. We pray in Jesus name, Amen.


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CAN I GO PUKE NOW? what rubbish.
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Sunday, June 28th 2009

4:41 PM (4 days, 1h, 48min ago)

The River





I went to the park today with Rhiannon just me and her. Its on the Fox River very close by and we like to watch the boats blaze by while we play and eat. I took them with my camera phone. I only wish they were a little bigger. I am putting them in photo album here at Bravenet. The wind is so strong today it is almost blowing us over.

My photo albums
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Saturday, June 27th 2009

9:08 AM (5 days, 9h, 21min ago)

GOOD MORNING

Today is cool. It was in the 60's last night and put the fans in the windows and cooled the house off. Right now I am drinking coffee and catching up on blog stuff. To my surprise BaitLady came by to see my blog ysterday!!! HI BAIT LADY! I am so jealous of her trail camera. They got some great shots of wildlife in Northern Wisconsin. I feel like we are neighbors since we are in Northern Illinois. But the shots they got were awesome. Wild wolves and bears and mamma and cub...... and beautiful flowers. She says not to nick her pics. I can understand they are HERS. I would never do that to anyone. I have nicked public gifs and such that are free to take but never anything anyone OWNS. THANK YOU Baitlady for coming in. I hope she stops in again. On to other news Holly and I were playing with Blogstar last night maybe today we can do a show. We will see. I have things to do here since next weekend the 4th of July weekend we are driving to my dads in Louisville for the weekend to see him and hopefully Mammoth Cave or the AFB. Here is a video I like for all my nerdy friends like me.


This is dedicated to all fans of Queen and hey let's not forget about Mike Myers and Dana Carvey of Wayne's World. No effects or sampling were used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?) 
Atari 800XL was used for the lead piano/organ sound 
Texas Instruments TI-99/4a as lead guitar 
8 Inch Floppy Disk as Bass 
3.5 inch Harddrive as the gong 
HP ScanJet 3C was used for all vocals.


I think we have all this stuff in our house somewhere too. ENJOY!
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Friday, June 26th 2009

3:03 PM (6 days, 3h, 27min ago)

starlight

I have been thinking about my friend starlight today. She hasn't posted on her blog in a year. She and her hubby Denny have separated. I know can you believe it? She is now living in Maryland. She packed up after getting a job there working with mentally challenged people and she drove herself from Atwood IL all the way to Maryland to live and start over. Best friends since Middle School and she is waaaaaay far away now. She has been there about 3 weeks now? Its amazing what turns our lives take. They were married for like 20 years or something..... Starlight is skinny now from her Lapband and she went to some seminars in Maryland a year ago I think and while she was there getting her hair done the chatting led to her hearing of a job she apply for. So she did and they hired her and she said she could start when school year is out so she could give notice to her job she had then with busses. Well she a few days after school was out she loaded up a Uhaul and off she went. I am still in shock. I feel like I have lost a family member that I will never see again. She left Sophie her kitty with Denny and a lot of her furniture and stuff she left and she packed up all her important things drove to Maryland and is living some new friends ofer there in their extra room until she gets her own place. That takes so much strength to do especially with New friends and leaving family. She had no kids but she left her parents and brother, all the network of people are in Illinois. I envy her and at the same time I am mad at her I don't know whether to be pissed off or happy. And the real kicker....... has she called me yet? I get a text once in a while after I text her thats it. NOTHING from her direction on how she is doing and I mean real details...... she is like my sister. I feel like my sister/friend is not calling me. And Stasi if you read this... I am NOT mad at you. Just call me ok? Its not fair for you to be happy and not to share the details with me. DO YOU HEAR ME?
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Friday, June 26th 2009

6:18 AM (6 days, 12h, 11min ago)

early

Woke up early its now 6:19 am and I have fed the cats and made coffee.  Harley came in the bedroom with his load Harley Foghorn self letting us know he was hungry. BRAT.  It is 71F outside and its not coming in the house. I feel hot. HAPPY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. Slight headache with my sinuses acting up, I guess I am ok. I am also feeling a bit menatlly off. But then again my cycle is due to start if it is on time with itself by being a week early. Hi Holly how are you? Hi Jan How are you??? I wonder if anyone else comes by here? I have had better luck theses days with Facebook in terms of connecting with people. But this is where I can blog and vent not there. Even my dad is now in Facebook. Lets get the mental energies going better ok? I think I just need to visit with people I think today I will visit blog buddies...... I have been real bad about that the past year or so. If you are on facebook look up my phone number amd call me ok? I put it there. I think the only 2 people who may read this are Holly and Jan so feel free to use my number ok?
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Wednesday, June 24th 2009

9:50 AM (8 days, 8h, 39min ago)

UGH

WE HAVE SERIOUS HEAT HERE IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS. INDEX OF 109F. SO HOT WE HAVE TO STAY IN. WHERE I LIVE THE SEASONS ARE EXTREME COLD,HOT,WINDY,RAINY....WHAT EVER IS IN THE FORECAST IT IS NEVER MILD HARDLY EVER. FOR A NICE HOT SUMMER DAY I LOVE MILD AND 70. I GUESS I NEED TO MOVE BACK TO ENGLAND OR UP NORTH TO CANADA. THANKS MOM FOR MAKING ME ENGLISH. WE ARE FAR NORTH IN THE US BUT WE ARE RIGHT WHERE THE CURRENT BLOWS THROUGH SO WE GET EXTREME EVERYTHING EVEN THOUGH THE SUMMERS ARE SHORT LIKE 8-10 WEEKS MAYBE 12 BUT BY THEN MID SEPTEMBER ITS COOLING DOWN AND THEN BY OCTOBER ITS AUTUMN. SO WE ARE GETTING SOME SERIOUS HEAT EARLY MAYBE WINTER WILL BE EARLY TOO.  I FEEL BAD FOR PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES....  THEY HAVE IT MUCH WORSE THAN WE DO AS FAR AS HEAT IS CONCERNED. BEING IN THE NORTHERN MIDWEST IS EXCITING AS FAR AS WEATHER...... BUT THE HEAT CAN GO GO GO! AS DR SEUSS WOULD SAY.

MARVIN K MOONEY WILL YOU PLEASE GO NOW! GO GO GO! NOW NOW NOW! LOL.

EVERYONE STAY COOL LITERALLY AND DRINK A LOT OF WATER TONS OF WATER YOUR BODY WILL THANK YOU FOR IT. OUR HEAT ADVISORY LIFTS AT 7PM BUT IT WILL BE HOT ALL WEEK AND THEN MILDER STARTING NEXT WEEK. LETS HOPE THE 4TH OF JULY IS COOLER. 
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Sunday, June 21st 2009

2:40 PM (11 days, 3h, 50min ago)

Stuff

I have stuff going on in my head today. It's like my mind won't stop running and turning and going over things. I have been thinking about Ashlyn a lot today. She will be 14 in Aug. she is rapidly turning into a young lady. Mother Nature has not visited her yet but it's been on my mind a lot the past couple hours. I feel like in my mind that the dam will brake soon and I also feel like a clock is ticking for some reason and when the alarm goes off major continental shifts will take place. I feel like I am on the crux of something and one more flippen inch will be where the sidewalk ends or takes a drastic turn right into unknown territory. This anticipation and giddiness is driving me nuts. Maybe all of this is something happening to my body? My cycles have been a week early for months upon months and one of the months it was 6 weeks late. I am documenting it all. If all I am feeling is me and only me maybe and I am in premenopause. I am burning up today and its only 86 outside and cloudy. No AC but we really don't need it yet.  Its Fathers Day today and we really aren't celebrating it much just doing things around the house. SLOWLY since I am so flippin hot. I think I will relax and just noodle around Facebook and play some games maybe watch a movie. HAVE A GOOD DAY ALL.
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Saturday, June 20th 2009

10:30 AM (12 days, 8h, 0min ago)

Weel today.....

Today I have been battling ants. Once summer comes it seems that we have to share our old farm house with ants and such. We have a professional sprayer and stuff in it so I have been cleaning the kitchen and spraying but it seems that I have been doing this every day....I am so tired of it. The girls are here and I sprayed them down with bug spray so they don't get eaten up. And now they are playing outside. Fresh air is good. Yesterday the storms that came through left us wet and now humidity and stickiness and summer heat come through. AHHHH SUMMER. Well I am sitting in the cooler house and having my morning coffee......in summer. yes. I still need it in the morning.

Well Ashlyn is getting ready to do a summer job to help pay her mother back for her almost 3K cell phone bill. http://www.teamcorn.com/  If you are 13 or older you can do it. Its a hot sweaty job but lots of kids groups and students and such do it. It pays great. I hope Ashlyn can handle it. She will learn responsibility and make some friends and such I hope. Not to mention some calluses on her hands maybe. Well thats all for now...... until next time have a great weekend ok?
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