yeahhhhh Mouthy/Granny Grace! yeahhhh Simon!!!
Sunnygal41
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Welcome Mouthy !!
by Simon inmouthy is in da house .... she logged on but because of a small resolution display couldn't see her username at the top right without scrolling.. i may need to do a version of the site / skin for small resolution displays but hope you manage with it as it is for now grace..
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A rubbish life for LA marathon recycler
by Sunnygal41 ina rubbish life for la marathon recyclerby tangi quemener tangi quemener tue dec 23, 1:37 am etafp dave chameides poses with his trash for 2008, in the basement of his home in los angeles, california(afp/robyn los angeles (afp) dave chameides has spent almost an entire year living a life full of utter garbage, and hoping he can inspire other americans to do the same.. the los angeles-based cameraman has lived in his comfortable hollywood home without throwing away a single piece of trash, from wine bottles to chewing gum and pizza boxes.. instead the 39-year-old chameides -- nicknamed "sustainable dave" -- recycles his garbage or else stores it in his basement.
he says he wants to show that it is possible to dramatically reduce his family's consumption habits.. and he can show astounding results.
rather than the 1,600 pounds of trash the average american family produces each year, chameides, his wife and two daughters have amassed only 32 pounds over the last 12 months.. "if i were the average american, this entire basement would be filled with plastic water bottles," said chameides, who chronicles his campaign with an internet blog (http://365daysoftrash.blogspot.com).. chameides has shunned bottled water in favor of filtered tap water -- except when on holiday in mexico, but even those water bottles were brought back to his home, compacted and stored with other trash.. his war on packaging also extends to the family groceries.
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The time is coming when we ALL will have to do something similar.
it has already been an awakening for many many people of how much trash we generate and how WASTEFUL we truly are.........if you use paper towels, paper/plastic cups, dishes, and plastic utensils, then you are HUGELY wasteful, unless those things can be RE-CYCLED into something for RE-USE. At my last apartment complex, and not particulary ecologically minded, they had an area set aside to recycle newspaper, cardboard, plastic/glass bottles. I threw everything i could in them........empty plastic jars and bottles from food items of every sort........i figured if they could use it, they would, otherwise, something responsible would be done with the very unrecylable items. Here, in the new place, I asked a friend who already lived in the building about trash recycling options and she said that the waste company that picks up our garbage DOES recycle.........it makes me feel soooo much better to DO something, however small to try to make less impact on our Mother, Earth. Even on a larger scale, this has touched this town, regarding many lovely old buildings that were built in the early 1900's. One was recently destroyed and a local Executive of the Art League in town did a great piece on saving these architecural beauties of our town's history
Anyways, I'm sure that many people have similar stories and I'm not a member of a minority group........thankfully, it continues to grow and expand and using creativity and ingenuity, it transforms our trash into usable objects or even artwork, as in the story above.
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Life and death in the backyard
by Nathan Natas ini live inside the seattle city limits in an old residential neighborhood.. during the winter i put out "bird pudding" made from oatmeal, margarine, birdseed, peanuts, etc.
to help meet the nutritional needs of a family of crows that we share the neighborhood with.
the crows, in turn, share their puddin' with a few pigeons and a few local squirrels.
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SNOWBIRD SAID: "If killing was meant to be, I wonder why it upsets us so? It is even upsetting to the animal kingdom."
I am of a mind that it is just a very natural reaction to a natural thing..........no one wants to die violently, but, it does happen. It's the law of the jungle for animals: kill or be killed.........crows are extremely intelligent and have been known to hold funeral gatherings for one of their own, as well as mourn a crow of their group who has been killed. funny that they call a group of crows a murder...........hmmmm
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Scientists worry Yellowstone could blow due to many recent earthquakes!
by Witness 007 infoxnews reports 250 earthquakes hit the yellowstone park area in recent days.
this area has been called a "super volcano" and very "high risk.
" one eruption 2 million years ago was a vei 8 which caused global cooling and devastation.
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yep, that did it for me..........thanks, Chris! LOL!There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they Do... Not... Know about it! -- Men In Black
That was no earthquake. The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
Everyone happy? Carry on.
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I found old letters from a girl I loved....
by justhuman ini was cleaning up my room and i found letters from a girl i loved.
although she was leaving in a scandinavian country she was so warm and cute....but it was my fault that this affair didn't continue.
then i realize that this love was fake.
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powerful thought, bro. in my own experience, i've got my two very best friends from WT world out and we are best of friends and love each other unconditionally................i'm filled with deep gratitude for this gift, because I know how it is for those on the other side of the fence.............as blissful as it is for me, for the opposite it is torment. as far as the man i was married to......he is still a JW, happily remarried to a sister he met online. he is deeply happy because he lives in his favorite state (FL) and gets to play as much golf as he wants, among other things. i was the ender of that relationship. (sorry for the bad english) my take on the situation with jw loved ones: if they are open minded, they will find a way to continue the relationship. if they aren't and are truly brain washed by the cult, they will totally shun you..........however, i must play devil's advocate in MY situation, as I was the one who chose to leave. no victim here.
peace out
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The "Awakening"
by Sunnygal41 inthis resonated deeply.
a time comes in your life when you finally get it .
how to love, how much to give in love, when to stop giving and when to walk away.. .
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welcome, purps............ pretty awesome, eh!
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gorgeous crescent moon with Venus above tonite!
by Sunnygal41 ini've been watching the sky show tonite as the velvet curtain of night slowly fell...........there is a beautiful crescent moon, with venus at right angles to her..........i also saw the three planets about two/three months ago...........i am loving the huge windows in my fourth floor apartment........i see sooo much up here!.
terri.
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i've been watching the sky show tonite as the velvet curtain of night slowly fell...........there is a beautiful crescent moon, with Venus at right angles to her..........i also saw the three planets about two/three months ago...........i am loving the HUGE windows in my fourth floor apartment........i see sooo much up here!
terri
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Scientists worry Yellowstone could blow due to many recent earthquakes!
by Witness 007 infoxnews reports 250 earthquakes hit the yellowstone park area in recent days.
this area has been called a "super volcano" and very "high risk.
" one eruption 2 million years ago was a vei 8 which caused global cooling and devastation.
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yeah, i saw that too..........while there does exist a real, well documented super caldera there, fatalistically, anyone living in the North and South American continent would be devastated. I was speaking with my mom tonite, (an active JW) and she said that it would happen so quickly none of here at ground zero so to speak would even have time to react..........dead, charred, blown away as ash on the wind...........that's all that would be left of anyone...........and, then, the smoke, ash, etc in the atmosphere would spread rapidly via the world's wind patterns and the whole planet would be affected. guess we'll have to wait and see what will happen.
terri
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my ex-husband (one and only one) and i met at McDonald's in a small town in the '70's,,,,,,,,,
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The "Awakening"
by Sunnygal41 inthis resonated deeply.
a time comes in your life when you finally get it .
how to love, how much to give in love, when to stop giving and when to walk away.. .
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this resonated deeply with me and i thought of all of you, here on JWD/JWN and i wanted to share it with you, to interpret as you want, along with heartfeltwishes for a future of bright possibilites and hopeful tomorrows!
terri
THE AWAKENING
A time comes in your life when you finally get it . . . When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out - ENOUGH!
Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quieting down after a blind tantrum, your sobs begin to subside, you shudder once or twice, you blink back your tears and through a mantle of wet lashes you begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your awakening.
You realize that it's time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change or for happiness, safety and security to come galloping over the next horizon. You come to terms with the fact that he is not Prince Charming or she is not Cinderella and that in the real world there aren't always fairy tale endings (or beginnings for that matter) and that any guarantee of "happily ever after" must begin with you and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance. And there's nothing wrong with being single too. I love it most of the time. But it gets lonely too.
You awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are . . . and that's OK. (They are entitled to their own views and opinions.) And you learn the importance of loving and championing yourself and in the process a sense of new found confidence is born of self-approval.
You stop bitching and blaming other people for the things they did to you
(or didn't do for you) and you learn that the only thing you can really count on is the unexpected. You learn that people don't always say what they mean or mean what they say and that not everyone will always be there for you and that it's not always about you. So, you learn to stand on your own and to take care of yourself and in the process a sense of safety & security is born of self-reliance.
You stop judging and pointing fingers and you begin to accept people as they are and to overlook their shortcomings and human frailties and in the process a sense of peace & contentment is born of forgiveness.
You realize that much of the way you view yourself, and the world around you, is as a result of all the messages and opinions that have been ingrained into your psyche. And you begin to sift through all the crap you've been fed about how you should behave, how you should look and how much you should weigh, what you should wear and where you should shop and what you should drive, how and where you should live and what you should do for a living, who you should marry and what you should expect of a marriage, the importance of having and raising children or what you owe your parents.
You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view. And you begin reassessing and redefining who you are and what you really stand for. You learn the difference between wanting and needing and you begin to discard the doctrines and values you've outgrown, or should never have bought into to begin with and in the process you learn to go with your instincts. You learn that it is truly in giving that we receive. And that there is power and glory in creating and contributing and you stop maneuvering through life merely as a "consumer" looking for your next fix.
Your learn that principles such as honesty and integrity are not the outdated ideals of a bygone era but the mortar that holds together the foundation upon which you must build a life.
You learn that you don't know everything; it's not your job to save the world and that you can't teach a pig to sing. You learn to distinguish between guilt and responsibility and the importance of setting boundaries and learning to say NO. You learn that the only cross to bear is the one you choose to carry and that martyrs get burned at the stake.
Then you learn about love. Romantic love and familial love. How to love, how much to give in love, when to stop giving and when to walk away.
You learn not to project your needs or your feelings onto a relationship. You learn that you will not be more beautiful, more intelligent, more lovable or important because of who is on your arm or the child that bears your name.
You learn to look at relationships as they really are and not as you would have them be. You stop trying to control people, situations and outcomes. You learn that just as people grow and change so it is with love. . . and you learn that you don't have the right to demand love on your terms just to make you happy.
And, you learn that alone does not mean lonely . . . And you look in the mirror and come to terms with the fact that you will never be a size 5 or a perfect 7 and you stop trying to compete with the image inside your head and agonizing over how you "stack up." You also stop working so hard at putting your feelings aside, smoothing things over and ignoring your needs.
You learn that feelings of entitlement are perfectly OK . . . . and that it is your right to want things and to ask for the things that you want and that sometimes it is necessary to make demands.
You come to the realization that you deserve to be treated with love, kindness, sensitivity and respect and you won't settle for less. And, you allow only the hands of a lover who cherishes you to glorify you with their touch . . . and in the process you internalize the meaning of self-respect.
And you learn that your body really is your temple. And you begin to care for it and treat it with respect. You learn that fatigue diminishes the spirit and can create doubt and fear. So you take more time to rest.
And, just as food fuels the body, laughter fuels our soul. So you take more time to laugh and to play.
You learn, that for the most part, in life you get what you believe you deserve . . . and that much of life truly is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
You learn that anything worth achieving is worth working for and that
wishing for something to happen is different from working toward making it happen.
More importantly, you learn that in order to achieve success you need direction, discipline and perseverance. You also learn that no one can do it all alone and that it's OK to risk asking for help. You learn that the only thing you must truly fear is the great robber baron of all time. FEAR itself. You learn to step right into and through your fears because you know that whatever happens you can handle it and to give in to fear is to give away the right to live life on your terms.
And you learn to fight for your life and not to squander it living under a cloud of impending doom. You learn that life isn't always fair, you don't always get what you think you deserve and that sometimes bad things happen to unsuspecting, good people. On these occasions you learn not to personalize things. You learn that your deity isn't punishing you or failing to answer your prayers. It's just life happening. And you learn to deal with evil in its most primal state - the ego. You learn that negative feelings such as anger, envy and resentment must be understood and redirected or they will
suffocate the life out of you and poison the universe that surrounds you. You
learn to admit when you are wrong and to build bridges instead of walls. You learn to be thankful and to take comfort in many of the simple things we take for granted, things that millions of people upon the earth can only dream about; a full refrigerator, clean running water, a soft warm bed, a long hot shower.
Slowly, you begin to take responsibility for yourself by yourself, and you make yourself a promise to never betray yourself and to never ever settle for less than your heart's desire. And you hang a wind chime outside your window so you can listen to the wind. And you make it a point to keep smiling, to keep trusting and to stay open to every wonderful possibility.
Finally, with courage in your heart and a renewed spirit you take a stand, you take a deep breath and you begin to design the life you want and begin to live as best as you can.