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« Reply #400 on: December 04, 2009, 10:55:53 AM »

I feel so underdressed! I have these, but was planning on making a new one............. help me pick out a temporary one, guys......

The bottom one is so "you!" 

Unanimous for number 3, huh? OK, Fess up, guys! You all think I'm a ho!   




Ho is the word for the season, ho, ho, ho!


 


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« Reply #401 on: December 04, 2009, 11:35:11 AM »



Do I see sea man in musings!

 

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« Reply #402 on: December 04, 2009, 12:27:46 PM »



Do I see sea man in musings!

 



Hey Bearly!     

I think Sea's been looking for you on his Christmas thread in the lounge.     
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« Reply #403 on: December 04, 2009, 12:37:46 PM »


As to my 1st Thanksgiving in my new home...my kiddos helped with stuffing, and all side dishes. It was a breeze preparing. It still took me 2 days to clean it all up. (they all scattered afterwards...gotta love it!)

Shell, I just wanted you to know that I think of you often and have told your story several times.  Can you put the link to your thread in your sig line?  I love seeing the pictures but some of us live in the point and click world.




MaryMary, one day you are going to have to give posting from bed lessons.  I also miss your unexpected interjections of humor.  I also miss the twin reports.

         


MyTime, I hope today is a good day for you and your family and it is happy and drama free.




Getting near 10,000 posts, I am getting nostalgic.  I love you, Monkeys.


 

I got a new computer but it is not used to my fingers yet.  Correcting it takes a while, it kind of looks like this:  dgfhn sym gtu
gfvr.  It will get used to me, no doubt.




I am on the mend--sinus infection is leaving, back procedure in a week, and my kidneys are mostly working--with a little help.  I have felt your prayers and I believe heaven has too.  Can you imagine what heaven sounds like with a cage full of monkey prayers directed there?  Powerful!......the noise, of course, but the sincerity of the hearts of monkeys and friends asking to be heard is even more powerful.




The only thing they have not gotten a hold on is the d@mn hot flashes.  I bought the allergist office to a standstill yesterday with one.  They gave me my shot, then I went to get in my seat that someone had taken, so I had to retrieve my keys, water bottle, mag, etc. and had my way blocked while doing it, when I suddenly became the human torch.  My blood pressure shot from normal to 170/110, my skin and my joints burned, not to mention I turned so red, I was purple.  Oh, and did I mention the very attractive red spot that appears as a third eye between my eyebrows?  If you ever want to get attention at the doctor's office, do that.

   


                  

                                   
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« Reply #404 on: December 04, 2009, 12:40:09 PM »



Do I see sea man in musings!

 



Hey Bearly!     

I think Sea's been looking for you on his Christmas thread in the lounge.     

Thanks, Sassy!  Dare I go look?  Is that an evil snowman laugh I see?

 

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« Reply #405 on: December 04, 2009, 12:57:20 PM »

Wow, Bearlyhere.....was that a reaction to the shot at the allergy doc's?  That happened to my friend many years ago.  Yikes!
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« Reply #406 on: December 04, 2009, 01:35:45 PM »

Hey Bearly.    an angelic monkey
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« Reply #407 on: December 04, 2009, 01:46:32 PM »

Hi Bearly...!

Do you know how to make a link into a YouTube...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw

The Pink Glove Dance

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OEdVfyt-mLw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/OEdVfyt-mLw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>
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« Reply #408 on: December 04, 2009, 01:50:57 PM »

Bearly.....the next one is 10,000.....!   How great is that....!
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« Reply #409 on: December 04, 2009, 02:06:36 PM »

    I just got kicked out for a few minutes.
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« Reply #410 on: December 04, 2009, 02:13:36 PM »

Dishwasher serviceman is on the way.....will be back a bit later....! 
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« Reply #411 on: December 04, 2009, 04:33:24 PM »

Bearly.....the next one is 10,000.....!   How great is that....!

Bearly is holding out on us.....her next post ought to be 'sumptin'......
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« Reply #412 on: December 04, 2009, 04:41:47 PM »

Bearly.....the next one is 10,000.....!   How great is that....!

Bearly is holding out on us
.....her next post ought to be 'sumptin'......


"Anticipation" (Carly Simon)     
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« Reply #413 on: December 04, 2009, 04:44:44 PM »

Blast from the past...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq_5QZDpY1Y

1980 Heinz Ketchup Anticipation commercial

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« Reply #414 on: December 04, 2009, 05:07:54 PM »

For those that may use Slim Fast products and don't get over to our recall threads:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20091204/all-slim-fast-cans-recalled

All Slim-Fast Cans Recalled
Possible Bacterial Contamination Spurs Recall of All Ready-to-Drink Slim-Fast Canned Products

By Miranda Hitti
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Dec. 4, 2009 -- All Slim-Fast ready-to-drink canned products are being recalled because of possible contamination with Bacillus cereus, a bacterium that may cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting.

Unilever United States, Inc. issued the voluntary recall in cooperation with the FDA.

"The probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote," states a Unilever news release. Unilever says it issued the recall "out of an abundance of caution" based on its quality testing of Slim-Fast ready-to-drink (RTD) products in cans.

The recall involves all ready-to-drink Slim-Fast products sold in cans, regardless of flavor, "Best-By" date, lot code, or UPC number.

The recall doesn't include any other Slim-Fast products, such as powdered shakes, meal bars, or snack bars.

The recalled cans are sold individually or packaged in paperboard cartons containing four, six, or 12 steel cans that are marked "11 FL OZ (325 mL)" each.

Unilever urges people to immediately discard Slim-Fast ready-to-drink products in cans and call the company at 800-896-9479 for a full refund. Unilever's Consumer Services Center is open Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time. A recorded message is available around the clock, every day.

Unilever states that it "is in the process of identifying and correcting the production issue, and will resume production and shipping of the product when the issue has been addressed and corrected."
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« Reply #415 on: December 04, 2009, 05:45:33 PM »

Bearly.....the next one is 10,000.....!   How great is that....!

Bearly is holding out on us
.....her next post ought to be 'sumptin'......


"Anticipation" (Carly Simon)     

 
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« Reply #416 on: December 04, 2009, 05:59:59 PM »

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/dog-in-a-bp-shirt-greets-customers-at-clearwater-store/1054216
Dog in a BP shirt greets customers at Clearwater store     

By Dominick Tao, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

At the gas station-convenience store at the intersection of Nursery Road and U.S. 19 in Clearwater, clerk Cody, the chocolate Lab wearing a shirt with a BP tag, greets the customers.
 CLEARWATER

The sequence of events happens dozens of times every day at the BP gas station/convenience store at U.S. 19 at Nursery Road.

An unsuspecting customer pulls up to the drive-through window. But instead of a store clerk, up pops two paws, deep brown eyes and the tongue-flapping grin of a happy chocolate Labrador retriever named Cody.

Kids in the back seats of minivans often squeal with joy.

Even the usually stony faces of gruff construction worker-types can't help but crack a smile under the dog's unpretentious greeting.

"He hears the bell and goes running. When he pops up, that sets it off," said Karim Mansour, the store's and dog's owner. "Uncontrollable giggling."

The only thing that tops Cody's enthusiasm for a customer, is a customer who has a dog with him.

It all started one day five months ago when Mansour decided to bring his dog to work. He didn't think much of it at the time — he just wanted to have his best friend with him while he worked the sometimes slow, and occasionally, dangerous, early morning shift. The dog was given free rein of the store, and as a joke, Mansour put a shirt with a BP logo on the dog, and gave him a name tag.

"While he's here, he's an employee. My rule is, 'all employees need to wear the shirt,' " Mansour said.
 Without trying, Cody, always eager to greet any friendly stranger, quickly became a celebrity among store regulars.

"The first time I saw him, he had his tail just waggin' and waggin'," said Richard Mealey, who comes in a few times a week. "I love dogs. He's great."

But the best part might be the double-takes the dog elicits at the drive-through window.

"Oh, he's adorable," said customer Candy Thompson when greeted at the window by Cody. "Oh, he's such a big lover."

Photo shoots with cell phone cameras from the drive-through window are commonplace.

But the BP station is also like most other convenience stores — a sometimes strange melting pot of people from every class and creed, who at any given time could be going through some rough emotion. For those customers, Cody is the solution. He can do what the normal gas station clerk usually cannot.

"Convenience stores are so unpredictable. People come in drunk, stoned, angry, you name it," Mansour said. "He calms them down. Animals have the ability to soothe the human soul."

Earlier this year, a woman who had been fighting with her husband came into the station.
She came in all sorts of bawling and crying," Mansour said.

Cody, sensing something wasn't right, went to the woman. She put her face next to his, and sat on the floor with him. After several minutes talking to Cody, the woman pulled herself together.

"By the time she was done petting him, she'd stopped crying and seemed a lot better. 'Finally,' she must have thought, 'someone who listens and doesn't talk back,' " Mansour said.

Ironically, Mansour acquired Cody three years ago when an acquaintance, who was going through a divorce, could no longer take care of him.

Since Cody's following has grown, Mansour said, he has also seen a slight uptick in customer retention — a boon, considering his business has seen a slump in recent months.

"That Hess down the street is a superstore. It wipes me down. But people might come the extra half mile or so to get the more personal service — or just to see the dog, he said.

"In a dog-eat-dog world, when our economy sucks and business is hard, you've got to find a way to stand out."

Cody, the chocolate Lab wearing a shirt with a BP tag, greets customer Margaret Theis on Tuesday with his usual pleasantry that evokes a smile from those who drive in to the Clearwater store.


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« Reply #417 on: December 04, 2009, 06:09:09 PM »

Very cute!!   
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« Reply #418 on: December 04, 2009, 08:05:40 PM »

http://www.newsweek.com/id/225492/page/1
The Power of Two    an angelic monkey

Separated at birth, twin sisters born in China never doubted that they were somehow part of a pair. Four years, two continents, and a high-speed Internet connection later, they finally met their match.

Chinese twins met years after being adopted by separate American families
This story beats love at first sight. Two people longed for each other, though they may have never met. They felt connected though they may never have touched. They'd even been given the same first names, though their families were strangers. By the time Meredith Grace Rittenhouse and Meredith Ellen Harrington were finally introduced, love was almost beside the point. Their bond was more mysterious, more fundamental. The Merediths are Chinese fraternal twins who were adopted by two different American families. The girls found each other almost six years ago, when they were 4, and haven't let go since.

Jiangmen, China, is a subtropical city, but during the winter it can cool off quite a bit. It was on an early December day that Meredith Grace's birth mother left the newborn baby girl outside and said goodbye. In China, children who are abandoned by their parents are often left in public places where they are found quickly. Meredith Grace's mother chose a busy part of town, the entrance to Holiday Park, across the street from an orphanage. If anyone knew how long Meredith Grace waited on that sidewalk or heard how loudly the baby cried, it might have been her own mother—women who abandon their babies have been said to wait nearby, still watching over their children, unable to do more than see who comes along.

Meredith Grace was taken in by the Jiangmen City Social Welfare Institute on Dec. 8, 1999. She was described as weak upon arrival in the single typed page of history the orphanage gave her adoptive family. The administrators guessed she was 1 week old and gave her a birthday of Dec. 1. Two weeks later, another baby girl, also found nearby, arrived. She was given a birthday of Dec. 16, though now she celebrates on the first day of the month.
During the nine months the two girls lived at the orphanage, they likely did not have much contact. As far as their American adoptive families know, there was no reason for the institute to suspect that the girls were twins. They lacked a strong physical resemblance then. At the orphanage, babies slept in stainless-steel cribs lined up end to end. They were taken out to play on bamboo mats placed on the pink tile floor, but the infants would have been too young to interact much. Their adoptive parents believe, however, that the girls were cared for by the same two nannies, which would suggest that their cribs were in the same room. When they were 4 years old, both girls were able to remember who was the "nice" nanny and who was the "mean one" when they looked at a picture of the women (even though the "mean one" was smiling). Such is the detective work of families hoping to find clues that their daughters knew each other from the beginning.

When she was 10 months old, Meredith Grace moved into her new home in suburban Chicago with Jim and Susan Rittenhouse, one a science-fiction buff and the other a dog lover, and now, together, parents. Meredith Grace was an early talker, and like her father, an enthusiastic one. Bubbly and smart, she developed a passion for geography and soon was drawing maps of the continents and begging for a globe. She adjusted to her American life well, but she was obsessed with the idea of sisters. She used to tell her preschool teacher about the one she had in China; her parents took this to mean that she wanted one. Asked to complete the sentence, "When I grow up I want to be a … ," a 3-year-old Meredith's answer was "sister."
One month before the Rittenhouses adopted Meredith Grace, Leigh Anne and Mike Harrington had named their little girl Meredith Ellen and taken her home to Birmingham, Ala. Soon after, Meredith Ellen spoke her first words. When she was 2, she asked for a globe and started studying the continents. Meredith Ellen was quieter than the sister she didn't yet know about in Chicago, and she went through periods of melancholy. When she was 2 she told her parents, "I'm so lonely. I wish I had a sister." Leigh Anne and Mike decided to give her one—they adopted Ally when Meredith was 2 and a half, but the gloom didn't fade.

In Chicago, the Rittenhouses were getting ready to adopt a sister for their Meredith when a Yahoo group posting caught Jim's eye. He was skimming over a listserv connecting parents who'd adopted kids from the Jiangmen Social Welfare Institute at the same time. He rarely bothered to read messages anymore, now that it was almost four years on, but one posting was from a family he'd once exchanged a few friendly messages with during the lead-up to their adoptions. He remembered that they'd chosen the same name for their daughters. Now the other family was posting a recent photograph. Jim moved his mouse and clicked. That little click turned out to be a kaboom. There on his screen was what looked like his own daughter's face. His wife was in the next room. "Honey?" he said.

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« Reply #419 on: December 04, 2009, 08:26:46 PM »

Don't miss Dana Pretzer tonight!

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