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In memory of my cousin Michael we lost this year. His 49th birthday was on November 7th
Making Amends
It’s such a dark grief, a long dark
tunnel of sadness, how did you
get through your grief, dear sister?
New born baby, then Daddy,
A 5 years old grandson, our Mother,
a husband barely 50 and
a son only 38 and just engaged - why?
Why do our males die so young?
Each day I drive past the...

 
1.  My full name is TINA not an abbreviation from Christina (I have always been asked that)
 
2.  I love my electric TOOTHBRUSH
3.  I loved the books
a.  Tuesday's with Morrie
b.  Three Junes
c.  The time travelers wife
 
4.  TARGET is my favorite store

5.  I have a TON a scrapbook supplies!

 
6.  I look forward to the Biggest Loser on TUESDAY
7. ...

Found this on Trish's blog - thought I'd try it out...
you are lightcyan
#E0FFFF
Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.
Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into...

Okay I admit it, I thought about Sesame street - but I didn't think to look up any clips on you tube until I seen Micki's blog
and it cracked me up!
So here's to Wednesday and the number 9
I've only been married ONE time
I have TWO brothers
I have THREE children
I have FOUR brothers in law
It will be FIVE years since I quit smoking
I get up at SIX almost every morning
There are SEVEN grandkids...

Today just seemed to blow by - as does every day anymore.  I went into work for a couple hours and ended up leaving by 12:30 to meet some girlfriends for lunch today at House of Hunan.  {luckily I work for my husband} Once we finished there I had to pick Zach up from school and we ran some errands.
Part of those errands were running to the store to get some pictures copied for this weekends crop. ...

1.  I hate SPIDERS!  I can't spot them from a mile away and alert the nearest person (usually Zach) to come and get rid of them!
2.  The dog got his name SHAGGY because of my brother.  My brother Joe had two dogs, one is a Springer Spaniel named Ziggy(which my mom is taking care of now).  This dog is amazing - we all love him.  So after my brother Joe passed away and we were getting a dog...

Went to dinner tonight to celebrate Gordon's 53rd birthday at Coppertop Restaurant.  We had a nice time sharing funny stories of recent years and of course all those childhood stories come up... they say I got in trouble a lot as a kid but I don't remember it that way?

 

 
I saw this on Dalovely Damanda's blog and it looked fun...so I figured I'd try it...

1. your rock star name (first pet & first car).
Wheaters - Chevelle  
2. your gansta name (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie).
Vanilla grasshopper
3. your “fly girl” name (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name).
Tzar 
4. your detective name (fav color,...

1.  My first child Ryan was born on December 7, 1987 and died February 23, 1993 from Encephalytis from an unknown cause.  It has been the worst thing I have ever gone through - as you never get through it.  But like the song the dance - I could have missed the pain, but I'd of had to miss the dance... so true! 
2.  I LOVE to READ
3.  Love Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20... cute, cute, cute!
...

So far that extra hour is working in my favor!  Getting lots done and its still early in the day!
1.  Continue working on projects
2.  Clean house (put away Halloween decorations)
     a.  clean bathroom - wash floor
     b.  wash kitchen floor
     c.  re arrange dinning room
     d.  dust (family room, dinning room, kitchen)
3.  Clean outdoors (Halloween decorations...