**THE SOUND TIRES ON MY LIPS TO FADE AWAY INTO FORGETTING**

IF I COULD UN-SWIRL ALL THE EMOTIONS GOING ON IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW MAYBE I WOULD SEE A LITTLE CLEARER

SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER

WALK LITTLER LIGHTER

AND

ULTIMATELY BE FILLED WITH A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE..

I'M WORKING ON IT NICELY..

"JOYFUL GIRL"

I'M TIRED OF PLANNING,DREAMING OF PREPARING BECAUSE WHEN I DON'T SUCCEED OR REACH MY GOALS I BEAT MYSELF UP.....HARDCORE...

I'M DONE WITH THAT..

I'M READY TO TAKE IT SLOW

BE A LITTLE GREEDY..

WITH EVER SINGLE DAY I BREATHE I AM LEARNING LIFE'S HARDEST LESSON..

WE ARE ALL SELFISH HUMANS

PLAIN AND SIMPLE..

WE LIVE FOR OURSELVES BEFORE WE LIVE FOR ANYONE ELSE

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO

FRIENDS AND FAMILY

WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE THEM HAPPY??..

ALL THE WHILE THINKING THAT IF THEY WERE HAPPY

I WOULD BE HAPPY

THAT IS THE BIGGEST LIE I HAVE EVER FED MYSELF..

BUT.......

THAT'S ALRIGHT..

I AM REALIZING NOW THAT IT IS OK TO BE SELFISH SOMETIMES

BECAUSE,WELL THAT WOULD MEAN I WAS HUMAN..

WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR OURSELVES IN THIS WORLD,ALL THE WHILE RESPECTING EACH OTHER..

I'M READY

I HAVE TWO FEET AND MY BALANCE IS GETTING MUCH BETTER..

I HAVE TWO HANDS AND MY GRIP IS GETTING STRONGER..

I'LL STAND FIRMLY ON MY FEET WITHOUT A HAND REACHING OUT TO YOU WHILE THE OTHER IS TUCKED DEEP INSIDE MY POCKET..

AND WE WILL LEARN OUR WAY TOGETHER YET ALONE

HAPPINESS,JOYFUL,LIFE,GOOD,LOVE,LOVE,LOVE

**HAIL IN PA**

RUFUS DID NOT LIKE THE HAIL STORM

HAIL ON OUR FRONT PORCH

HAIL IN THE FLOWER BED BY A LILLY THAT IS GETTING READY TO GROW

HAIL ON THE SIDE PORCH

HAIL IN THE FLOWER BED

OUR CREEPY BASEMENT

HAIL AND RAIN ON THE BACK PORCH

HAIL ON THE BACK PORCH..IT REMINDS ME OF DIP N DOTS ICE CREAM..

MMMMMMM

I JUST THINK THIS IS PRETTY..

..IT IS THE WALL THAT SPACES OUR HOUSE FROM OUR NEIGHBORS..

THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM..**RAINBOWS**

HEY THERE BLOGGER FACES..!!..TODAY WAS A GLOOMY DAY IN PA..WE WOKE UP AND RAY WENT OUT TO GET US SOME BREAKFAST..:)..PANERA BREAD BREAKFAST..I'M TELLING YOU GUYS,IF YOU HAVE NEVER ATE THERE..YOU NEED TO TRY IT..DELICIOUS..
I GOT RAY TO SIT DOWN THIS AFTERNOON AND WATCH A LIFETIME MOVIE WITH ME..
THE OBSESSION
PRETTY GOOD ONE..
LATER ON WE WENT AND DID SOME CLOTHES AT THE LAUNDRY MAT..
AFTER WE GOT DONE WITH THAT WE HURRIED TO THE CAR,BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS A BAD STORM COMING..
MY WINDOW DON'T ROLL UP ALL THE WAY ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE,THANKS TO MY FATHER WHO HAS YET TO FIX IT..:)..AND IT BEGAN TO HAIL..I'M NOT TALKING LITTLE HAILS I'M TALKING EVERYONE WATCH OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO GET ATTACKED..(lol)..
SO RAY IS TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN THE CITY OF YORK WHERE EVERYONE IS FREAKING OUT BECAUSE NO ONE COULD SEE,WE FINALLY MADE IT HOME SAFELY..WE HAD TO SIT IN THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES..
BUT AFTER IF IT CALMED DOWN WE MADE IT INSIDE..AFTER THAT RAY PLAYED ON THE COMPUTER SOME,HE GOT OUR MYSPACE IM UP AND RUNNING..AND I STUDIED..I SEEM TO BE DOING ALOT OF THAT NOW..:)..
AFTER RAY GOT DONE TINKERING ONLINE WE WENT TO WAL-MART AND DID SOME GROCERY SHOPPING..AND NOW WE ARE HOME AND I AM BLOGGING..RAY GOES BACK TO WORK TOMORROW AND I AM OFF DOING MY HOUSEWIFE THING..(lol)..CYNTHIA IS IN WEST VIRGINIA ENJOYING HOME WITH OUT ME..:p..
BUT WE WILL BE COMING HOME TO SEE EVERYONE THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY..AND WE ARE GOING TO RAYS SISTERS EASTER WEEKEND..CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FAMILY..:)..HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A NICE NIGHT..
!!!!muah!!!!

**A LITTLE FEELING**

I REACHED A REALIZATION OR FEW.........

*************HONESTY DOESN'T MEAN NOTHING IF YOU DON'T OWE IT....

^^^^^^TRUE FRIENDS ARE THE HARDEST TO FIND AND HARDER TO KEEP^^^^^^

TRUST IS LIKE BEING BLINDFOLDED AND WALKING INTO TRAFFIC...........................................SELFISHNESS IS OKAY,AND IT'S TIME I GET MINE..:)....

LOYALTY IS JOKE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO CARE IN THE FIRST PLACE...

LOVE IS A BROAD TERM USED TOO OFTEN

EYES ARE THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUL

_______________________REASONING IS FOR A FOOL...TAKING CHANCES MAKES THINGS LESS BORING____________________________________

EMOTIONS KEEP US FEELING ALIVE...

HATE IS ONLY BITTERNESS COVERED IN ENVY...

..STUDYING THE PAGES OF A SOUL IS THE ONLY LESSONS WORTH WHILE..

~~~~DOUBT IS THE WAY WE CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS~~~~

AND FAITH IS ONLY A SAFE PLACE FOR A THE WEAK.......

A NAME ATTACHED TO MY TRUE COLORS SEEM TO BE SHOWING IN ALL THE PEOPLE I THOUGHT I KNEW...A PERSON I KNOW KNOCKED ME OUT WITH THE TRUTH I'VE BEEN DENYING FOR A LONG TIME NOW,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THANK YOU FOR THAT REALIZATION.............FOR BEING THE ONE PERSON WHO DIDN'T SUGAR COAT IT FOR ME...

I BELIEVE I'M READY TO WALK IN TRAFFIC WITH MY EYES CLOSED MORE OFTEN BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT MAKES FEEL ALIVE,OR THE FACT IT MAKES ME FEEL AT ALL..

I JUST WANT TO FEEL EVERY MOMENT INSTEAD OF REMEMBERING A TIME WHEN I ACTUALLY FELT SOMETHING MOVE IN MY HEART...I'M NOT A WASTE OF LIFE OR SOMEONES THROW AWAY..I'M READY TO BE WRECK LESS AND MINDLESS..WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT MY HEART NEEDS..I'M STARTING TO LIKE THE FEELING OF LOSS CONTROL...

*I'LL STICK IT TO YOUR SKIN,PIERCED FOR SOMETHING*

**MY MANY PHOBIAS**

I WAS CHECKING OUT SOME PHOBIAS LAST NIGHT ONLINE,AND I GUESS I HAVE MORE FEARS THEN I THOUGHT..(lol)..

ACAROPHOBIA-FEAR OF ITCHING OR OF THE INSECTS THAT CAUSE ITCHING..

ACHLUOPHOBIA-FEAR OF DARKNESS..

ACOUSTICOPHOBIA-FEAR OF LOUD NOISES

AGORAPHOBIA-FEAR OF OPEN SPACES OR OF BEING IN CROWED,PUBLIC PLACES LIKE MARKETS,FEAR OF LEAVING A SAFE PLACE..

AMAXOPHOBIA-FEAR OF RIDING IN A CAR

ARACHNEPHOBIA OR ARACHNOPHOBIA-FEAR OF SPIDERS

ATELOPHOBIA-FEAR OF IMPERFECTION

AUTOMYSOPHOBIA-FEAR OF BEING DIRTY

BOGYPHOBIA-FEAR OF BOGEYS OR THE BOGEYMAN

CACOPHOBIA-FEAR OF UGLINESS

DEMONOPHOBIA OR DAEMONOPHOBIA-FEAR OF GROWING OLD

HADEPHOBIA-FEAR OF HELL

HARPAZOPHOBIA-FEAR OF BEING ROBBED

HYODOPHOBIA-FEAR OF ROAD TRAVEL

HOPLOPHOBIA-FEAR OF FIREARMS

LOCKIOPHOBIA-FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH

MOTORPHOBIA-FEAR OF AUTOMOBILES

NECROPHOBIA-FEAR OF DEATH OR DEAD THINGS

OBESOPHOBIA-FEAR OF GAINING WEIGHT

OCHOPHOBIA-FEAR OF VEHICLES

OPHIDIOPHOBIA-FEAR OF SNAKES

ORNITHOPHOBIA-FEAR OF BIRDS

PEDOPHOBIA-FEAR OF CHILDREN**THIS ONE IS LIMITED,BUT REALLY SOME CHILDREN FREAK ME OUT!!..:)

SATANOPHOBIA-FEAR OF SATAN

SELACHOPHOBIA-FEAR OS SHARKS

THANATOPHOBIA OR THANTOPHOBIA-FEAR OF DEATH OR DYING

XENOGLOSSOPHOBIS-FEAR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

XENOPHOBIA-FEAR OF STRANGERS OR FOREIGNERS

*I'M ALMOST DONE WITH MY 1ST SEMESTER..THIS IS WHAT I'VE LEARNED*

THIS IS THE OVER VIEW OF HALF OF MY 1ST SEMESTER..AFTER I FINISH MY BIOLOGY STUDIES THEY HAVE TO SEND ME 3 MORE UNITS AND I WILL BE OFF TO TAKING MY PROCTOR..THE NEXT LESSONS ARE

ANIMAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1

MEDICAL MATHEMATICS

INFORMATION LITERACY(I WILL HAVE A GRADED PROJECT IN THIS ONE)

AFTER I TAKE MY PROCTOR I WILL BE GOING INTO MY 2 SEMESTER..:)..I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT STARTED..BELOW IS A BLOG OF WHAT I HAVE STUDIED AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR..HOPE YOU ENJOY READING ABOUT IT..IT IS REALLY EXCITING KNOWING THAT BEFORE I STARTED THIS I KNEW NOTHING..

THIS IS WHAT I'M STUDYING NOW..THE ESSENTIALS OF BIOLOGY AND THE INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY..THIS HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING BUT ALSO VERY HARD FOR ME COPE WITH,BECAUSE THEY DO TALK ALOT ABOUT EVOLUTION AND STEM CELL PROJECTS..I TOLD RAY I AM REALLY TRYING TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT IT,BUT IT IS HARD FOR ME TO..BUT I JUST KEEP TELLING MYSELF TO GET THROUGH IT..IN THIS I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR ABOUT THE CELL,HOW TO DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS,HOW THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS WORK,EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS,THE FUNCTIONS OF DNA AND RNA,DOMAINS AND KINGDOMS OF LIVING ORGANISMS,DISCUSS DARWIN'S THEORY(WHICH I WILL BE DOING LESS OF..LOL)NAME THE MAJOR PLANT GROUPS..ALSO I AM GETTING READY TO STUDY GENETICS..SO THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING..AND THEN IT WILL GO INTO EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY OF LIFE(BLAH)STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS,AND THEN ECOLOGY..PRETTY MUCH STUFF WE LEARNED IN 9TH GRADE SCIENCE..(lol)..BUT I GUESS WE HAVE TO REFRESH..I AM DOING GOOD SO FAR IN THIS UNIT,I TOOK MY FIRST EXAM ON THIS THE OTHER DAY AND GOT AN 87..SO THAT ISN'T TO BAD..I MISSED 4 QUESTIONS..BUT I THINK I'M DOING OK..:)

I DIDN'T DO TO GOOD ON THESE LESSONS,CONSIDERING RAY AND I WERE MOVING AND TRYING TO GET THINGS STARTED UP HERE IN PA,AND I HATE READING ABOUT COMPUTERS..I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY BORING..BUT I DID OK..THIS LESSON CAME WITH A TEXT BOOK UNDERSTAND COMPUTERS TODAY AND TOMORROW,AND A STUDY GUIDE INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS..IN THIS LESSON I SOMEWHAT LEARNED HOW TO DESCRIBE WHAT COMPUTERS DO AND HOW THEY WORK,HOW TO EXPLAIN(SOME)HARDWARE COMPONENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS,IDENTIFY THE TWO GENERAL TYPES OF SOFTWARE..BUT THAT IS ABOUT ALL I CAN DO IN THIS FIELD..(lol)..THESE TWO BOOKS WERE HUGE AND THAT'S ALL I CAN DO..SO THAT SHOULD TELL YOU NOT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT COMPUTERS..BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW..I'M NOT GOING TO BE WORKING ON COMPUTERS ANYWAY,IF I NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK AT MY COMPUTER I WILL CALL A COMPUTER TECHNICIAN..(lol)..HAHAHAHA

THIS WAS ONLY A SUPPLEMENT,I DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE AN EXAM ON THIS LESSON(THANK GOD)IN THIS UNIT I SOME WHAT LEARNED HOW TO ANALYZE WORDS,LIKE THE DERIVING MEANING,ROOTS AND AFFIXES,AND WORD BUILDING,MEDICAL VOCABULARY FOR THE VETERINARY OFFICE LIKE DIRECTIONAL TERMINOLOGY,ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY,AND THE DESCRIPTIVE ANATOMICAL TERMS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TERMS,METRIC TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIKE MEDICAL SHORTHAND(BLAH)METRIC ABBREVIATIONS(BLAH)AND PRONOUNCING ABBREVIATIONS(BLAH BLAH BLAH)..I ALSO STUDIED SURGICAL TERMINOLOGY,REPRODUCTIVE AND GENETIC TERMINOLOGY AND GENERAL TERMINOLOGY..I'M GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE A TEST ON THIS,BUT I WISH I WOULD HAVE,JUST TO SEE WHAT I WOULD HAVE GOT ON THE TEST..:)..

THIS ALSO CAME WITH A DISC TO LISTEN TO AND HELP YOU THROUGH IT..

OH MY..HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION..(lol)..

PRETTY HARD STUFF RIGHT HERE..THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED GETTING JUICY..AND I ALSO PRACTICED ON RUFUS,AND THE CATS,(lol)..

IN THIS UNIT I STUDIED HOW TO DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE VETERINARY TECHNICIAN AND EACH OF THE VETERINARY HEALTH CARE TEAM MEMBERS IN ROUTINE VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS,HOW TO TAKE GOOD HISTORY ON AN ANIMAL,HOW TO PERFORM APPROPRIATE SMALL ANIMAL AND LARGE ANIMAL RESTRAINT FOR A ROUTINE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION PROCEDURE,IDENTIFY THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO PERFORM A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION,HOW TO EXPLAIN LARGE AND SMALL ANIMAL EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES,HOW TO TAKE AN ANIMALS TEMPERATURE,PULSE AND RESPIRATION,BOTH LARGE AND SMALL,HOW TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION AND RECOGNIZE PROBLEMS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION,HOW TO RECORD INFORMATION ON AN ANIMAL IN A MEDICAL RECORD,AND EXPLAIN THE VETERINARY TECHNICIAN'S ROLE IN CLIENT EDUCATION..

THIS BOOK IS HANDLING AND RESTRAINT

IN THIS UNIT I STUDIED HOW TO EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR HUMANE RESTRAINT OF ANIMALS IN A VETERINARY SETTING,HOW TO DISCUSS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ANIMAL RESTRAINT,HOW TO IDENTIFY THE RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR SMALL AND LARGE ANIMALS,AND I CAN ALSO ANALYZE THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO DETERMINE AND EMPLOY THE APPROPRIATE SMALL AND LARGE ANIMAL HANDLING AND RESTRAINT..

AND YES I AM LEARNING HOW TO WORK WITH LARGE ANIMALS TO..:)

THIS BOOK IS CALLED BEHAVIOR,THIS WAS HONESTLY THE EASIEST BOOK THAT I STUDIED..IN THIS LESSON I LEARNED HOW TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO STUDYING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR,HOW TO IDENTIFY COMMON PET BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS,AND HOW TO RESOLVE THEM,AND HOW TO DISCUSS THE VETERINARY TECHNICIAN'S ROLE(THAT'S ME)IN RESOLVING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS..

THIS BOOK IS CALLED INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL CARE

IN THIS BOOK I LEARNED HOW TO NAME AND DISCUSS THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES REQUIRED IN THE VETERINARY FIELD,I CAN SUMMARIZE THE HISTORY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE,HOW TO DESCRIBE THE ASPECTS OF VETERINARY PRACTICE THAT REGULATE BY LAW,DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS TYPES OF VETERINARY PRACTICES,TELL YOU THE RESPONSIBILITIES,AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE VETERINARY HEALTH CARE TEAM,DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND FUNCTIONS OF A VETERINARY PRACTICE,AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,DEFINE PROFESSIONALISM AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND TELL YOU THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VETERINARY CARE FIELD..

REALLY ITS NOT AS HARD AS ITS SOUNDS..(lol)..

THIS BOOK WAS THE FIRST BOOK I RECEIVED TO START STUDYING WITH..IT IS CALLED STRATEGIES FOR THE INDEPENDENT LEARNER..REALLY ALL THIS WAS,WAS TO JUST TEACH ME HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE QUALITIES OF DISTANT LEARNING,HOW TO USE EFFICIENT STUDY SKILL,HOW TO WORK THROUGH MY STUDY GUIDES CORRECTLY,HOW TO TAKE NOTES CORRECTLY,AND HOW TO PREPARE MYSELF WITH MY EXAMS AT THE END OF EACH LESSON..PRETTY EASY COMPARED TO WHAT I'M DOING NOW..

I WILL GRADUATE IN 2012,WITH MY ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN VETERINARIAN HEALTH CARE,I'M HOPING TO RUN MY OWN BUSINESS ONE DAY..AFTER I FINISH SCHOOL,I'M WANTING TO LOOK INTO ANIMAL ACTIVISM..AND RAY AND I ARE WANTING TO START A NO KILL SHELTER FOR ANIMALS..HE IS ALSO WANTING TO START A RESCUE CENTER FOR GOLDEN RETRIEVERS..

THE THING ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN;AND THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT HAPPEN

*FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT*

**A BLASTY BLAST WEEKEND**

YOU CAN THINK OF YOUR OWN CAPTION FOR THIS ONE
RUFUS WAITING FOR THE BOYS

SO SQUARE

RAY AND I

THE LAST REBEL

JERRY HAD A NAPKIN ON HIS HEAD AT THE LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE

PRETTY COOL PICTURE

GETTING READY TO GO EAT

ME AND MY GANG

LURCH AND JERRY IN THE BACK SEAT COMING HOME FROM LYNDON'S

(DINER)

ME AND JERRY

ME AND LURCHY

OK SO THIS WEEKEND WAS AWESOME..THE BOYS GOT HERE AROUND 9:30 ON FRIDAY NIGHT..RAY WAS STILL WORKING,SO WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR RAY WE JUST SAT BACK AND TALKED ABOUT OLD TIMES..AFTER RAY GOT HOME AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING WE WENT TO LYNDON'S,AN OLD FASHIONED DINER..THE BOYS LOVED IT..WE WENT HOME AND WENT TO BED FOR A BUSY NEXT DAY..

ON SATURDAY WE GOT UP EARLY..WE TOOK THE BOYS AROUND PA,LET THEM SCOUT IT OUT A BIT..WE TOOK THEM TO PANERA BREADS TO EAT BREAKFAST..AND THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE MALL..AFTER 4 AND A HALF HOURS THERE WE WENT BACK HOME TO REST UP FOR DINNER AT THE LONGHORN,WE HAD TO MAKE RESERVATIONS..IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO DO THAT..CONSIDERING THAT THIS PLACE IS SO BIG YOU WILL NEVER GO INTO A RESTAURANT WITH OUT HAVING TO WAIT AN HOUR BEFORE YOU EAT..SO WE JUST MADE RESERVATIONS..

AFTER WE ATE WE HUNG OUT..CAUGHT UP ON SOME GOOD TIMES AND ROCK AND ROLL..THE NEXT DAY WE GOT UP AND WENT TO DENNY'S..THE BOYS LEFT AROUND 1:00 AND THEY GOT BACK TO WV ABOUT 10:00..

NOW IT IS BACK TO THE NORMAL LIFE IN PA..RAY IS WORKING TODAY AND I AM GOING TO DO SOME STUDYING..

HOPE YOU GUYS HAD A GREAT WEEKEND..AND I WILL BE BLOGGING LATER..

**PALS**

LET ME APOLOGIZE TO BEGIN WITH

LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY

BUT TRYING TO BE GENUINE WAS HARDER THAN IT SEEMED

AND SOMEHOW I GOT CAUGHT UP IN BETWEEN

LET ME APOLOGIZE TO BEGIN WITH

LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY

BUT TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE WAS HARDER THAN IT SEEMED AND SOMEHOW I GOT CAUGHT UP IN BETWEEN

MY PRIDE AND MY PROMISE

BETWEEN MY LIES AND HOW THE TRUTH GETS IN THE WAY

AND THINGS I WANT TO SAY TO YOU GET LOST BEFORE THEY COME

THE ONLY THING THAT'S WOSE THAN ONE IS NONE

SICK OF THE DARK WAYS WE MARCH TO THE DRUM

AND JUMP WHEN THEY TELL US THAT THEY WANNA SEE JUMPIN'

FORGET THAT I WANT TO SEE SOME FIST PUMPIN'

RISK SOMETHING

TAKE BACK WHAT'S YOURS

SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT ATTACK YOU FOR

CAUSE I'M SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE I HAVE BEFORE

LIKE IT'S STUPID STANDING FOR WHAT I'M STANDING FOR

LIKE THIS WAR'S REALLY JUST A DIFFERENT BRAND OF WAR

LIKE IT DOESN'T CATER THE RICH AND ABANDON THE POOR

LIKE THEY UNDERSTAND YOU IN THE BACK OF THE JET

WHEN YOU CAN'T PUT GAS IN YOUR TANK

THESE JOKERS ARE LAUGHIN' THEIR WAY TO THE BANK AND CASHIN' THERE CHECK

ASKING YOU TO HAVE COMPASSION AND HAVE SOME RESPECT

FOR A LEADER SO NERVOUS IN AN OBVIOUS WAY

STUTTERING AND MUMBLING FOR NIGHTLY NEWS TO REPLAY

AND THE REST OF THE WORLD LAUGHIN' AT THE END OF THE DAY

IN THEIR LIVING ROOM LAUGHING LIKE

WHAT DID HE SAY??..

IN MY LIVING ROOM WATCHING BUT I AM NOT LAUGHIN'

CAUSE WHEN IT GETS TENSE I KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN

THE WORLD IS COLD THE BOLD MEN TAKE ACTION

HAVE TO REACT OR GET BLOWN INTO FRACTIONS

TEN YEARS OLD IT'S SOMETHING TO SEE

ANOTHER KID MY AGE DRUGGED UNDER A JEEP

TAKEN AND BOUND AND FOUND LATER UNDER A TREE

I WONDER IF HE HAD THOUGHT THE NEXT ONE COULD BE ME

DO YOU SEE THE SOLDIERS THEY'RE OUT TODAY

THEY BRUSH THE DUST FROM BULLET PROOF VESTS AWAY

IT'S IRONIC

AT TIMES LIKE THIS YOU PRAY

BUT A BOMB BLEW THE MOSQUE UP YESTERDAY

THERE'S BOMBS IN THE

BUSES

BIKES

ROADS

INSIDE YOUR MARKET

YOUR SHOPS

YOUR CLOTHES

MY DAD HE'S GOT A LOT OF FEAR I KNOW

BUT ENOUGH PRIDE INSIDE NOT TO LET THAT SHOW

MY BROTHER HAD A BOOK HE WOULD HOLD WITH PRIDE

A LITTLE RED COVER WITH A BROKEN SPIN ON THE BACK HE HAND-WROTE A QUOTE INSIDE WHEN THE RICH WAGE WAR IT'S THE POOR WHO DIE

MEANWHILE,THE LEADER JUST TALKS AWAY

STUTTERING AND MUMBLING FOR NIGHTLY NEWS TO REPLAY

AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WATCHING AT THE END OF THE DAY

BOTH SCARED AND ANGRY LIKE

WHAT DID HE SAY

**WITH HANDS HELD HIGH INTO THE SKY SO BLUE AS THE OCEAN OPENS UP TO SWALLOW YOU**

_FOR YOU GUYS,CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU_

...=)...

MUSIC SAVES THE SOUL

**HANDS HELD HIGH**

!!!ANOTHER BLANKET THAT I FINISHED TODAY..:)..98 MORE TO GO!!!

**STOP ANIMAL TESTING**

ME BEING THE GIRLY GIRL THAT I AM..I LOVE TO GET DRESSED UP,USE HAIRSPRAY,MAKE-UP,LOTIONS,THE PERFECT KIND OF SHAMPOOS AND CONDITIONERS,AND I USE FACE WASH TO HELP MY ACNE,BUT THERE ARE SOMETHINGS THAT EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SOME OF YOUR COSMETIC COMPANIES

**THEY TEST ON ANIMALS**

TODAY I AM BLOGGING ABOUT ANIMAL TESTING

NOTE:THESE ARE VERY DISTURBING FACTS,I WOULD ADVISE ANYONE THAT HAS A SOFT HEART TO BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ,BUT I ALSO ADVISE YOU TO READ IT..WE AS HUMANS NEED TO TAKE A STAND ON THESE ACTS..

JUST REMEMBER

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE DID THIS TO YOU OR YOUR FAMILY??..

TO MEASURE SEVER BURNS ON LIVE TISSUE,AN ANIMAL IS BURNED ALIVE WITH WITH A FLAME-THROWER UNTIL THE CHARRED FLESH CAN BE REMOVED IN LARGE PIECES FROM IT WHILE THE ANIMAL IS STILL ALIVE..AN EXPERIMENT TO STUDY HEAD TRAUMA REQUIRES A PET'S HEAD TO BE STRAPPED DOWN AND RECEIVE HIGH IMPACT BLOWS TO THE HEAD RESULTING IN SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE..TO DEMONSTRATE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN EYE PROTEIN LEVELS OF THE SITE DEPRIVED,PET'S EYELIDS ARE SEWN SHUT THEN LATER COMPARED TO NORMAL PROTEIN LEVELS..TO STUDY RECOVERY FROM INJURY,A PET IS TRAPPED DOWN,AND THE PET'S KNEES ARE CUT TO LEAVE LARGE FLAPS..ANIMALS TESTING COSTS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC OVER $136 BILLION ANNUALLY..ANIMAL TESTING IS COSTING YOUR FAMILY AND MINE MORE THEN $300 DOLLARS A YEAR..ALTERNATIVES COST A SIGNIFICANTLY LESS AMOUNT AND PRODUCE FAR BETTER RESULTS..HUMANS AND ANIMALS ARE DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS..MANY DRUGS APPROVED FOR HUMAN USE BASED ON ANIMAL STUDIES HAVE HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET AT A LATER DATE BECAUSE OF SIDE EFFECTS NOT REVEALED IN ANIMALS STUDIES..MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED AND LATER DIED FROM TOXIC REACTIONS TO MEDICATIONS IN 1994 THAT WERE NOT PREDICTED BY ANIMAL TESTS..HERE ARE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL TESTING FAILURE..

MANY PATIENTS WHO WERE ADMINISTERED THE GENERAL ANESTHETIC METHOXYFLURANE LOST FUNCTION OF THEIR KIDNEYS BECAUSE ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS FAILED TO REVEAL POSSIBLE KIDNEY TOXICITY..THE ARTHRITIS MEDICATION,FLOSINT PROVED FATAL TO HUMANS AFTER PASSING TESTS ON RATS,MONKEYS,AND DOGS..OPREN,A COUGH MEDICATION TESTED SUCCESSFULLY ON MONKEYS AND OTHER ANIMALS,KILLED 61 PEOPLE AND CAUSED SEVER REACTIONS IN THOUSANDS OF OTHERS..

THE ANTIDEPRESSANT ZELMID TESTED ON RATS AND DOGS WITH NO PROBLEMS,CAUSED SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN HUMANS..AFTER BEING TESTED ON NUMEROUS ANIMALS,PRACTOLOL CAUSED BLINDNESS IN 78 PEOPLE AND KILLED 23 OTHERS..THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER EXAMPLES..DRUGS THAT PASS ANIMAL TESTS END UP HARMING OR KILLING HUMANS ABOUT 61% OF THE TIME..PROMISING TREATMENTS ARE WITHHELD FROM HUMANS WHEN THEY DON'T PASS ANIMAL TESTS..

SCIENTISTS POINT TO HUGE CHANCED OF POSSIBLE VACCINES FOR CANCER,HEART DISEASE,AND HIV BEING WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF FAULTY ANIMAL TESTS..AND NOT ALL OF THE ANIMALS ARE KILLED IN LABORATORIES ARE RESEARCHING DRUGS AND CURES,MILLIONS OF RABBITS DIE AFTER TORTURED BY COSMETIC COMPANIES..

COSMETIC COMPANIES PERFORM MORE THEN HALF OF ALL ANIMALS TESTS..ANIMAL TESTING IS A FLAWED AND GENERALLY MISLEADING METHOD OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION THAT WASTES TIME,MONEY AND RESOURCES..ANIMALS AND HUMANS ARE VERY DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGICALLY,METABOLICALLY,ANATOMICALLY,GENETICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY..THEY ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH HUMANS AND ANIMALS ARE DIFFERENT..

RODENTS DEPOSIT PLAQUE(FATTY ACIDS)IN THE LIVER,WHILE HUMANS DEPOSIT PLAQUE IN THE BLOOD VESSELS..UNLIKE HUMANS,RATS HAVE NO GALL BLADDER..CATS LACK AN ENZYME THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO METABOLIZE IBUPROFEN..THE CIRCULATION SYSTEM OF DOGS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY WALK ON FOUR LEGS,WHILE HUMANS WALK ON TWO..

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON..NOT ONLY THAT,ANIMALS CAN NOT BE USED TO TEST FOR OTHER ANIMALS..RESEARCHERS AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY TESTED SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AND RATS AND MICE,AND FOUND THAT ONLY 30% OF THE TIME,A DRUG THAT CURES A DISEASE IN RATS CURES THE SAME IN MICE..ANIMAL TESTING IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE ANIMAL THAT IS BEING TESTED ON..

THE ONLY TRUE SCIENTIFIC MODEL FOR A RAT IS ANOTHER RAT..LIKEWISE,THE ONLY TRUE SCIENTIFIC MODEL FOR A HUMAN IS ANOTHER HUMAN..THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWED THE DRUGS MARKETED BETWEEN 1976 AND 1985..OF THESE,52% WERE FOUND TO BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN PRE-MARKET ANIMAL STUDIES HAD INDICATED,WITH ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDING PERMANENT DISABILITY AND DEATH..

LESS THEN HALF OF DRUGS AND COSMETICS ON THE MARKET SHOW THE SAME RESULT IN HUMANS AS IN ANIMALS..INSTEAD OF ANIMAL TESTING,YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF TOSSING A COIN!..

MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT PROMOTE ANIMAL TESTING ALSO POINT TO THE POLIO VACCINE,BUT THE TRUTH IS FAR MORE COMPLICATED..THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLIO VACCINE CAME IN 1949 WHEN ENDERS,WELLER,AND ROBBINS SHOWED THAT THE POLIO VIRUS COULD BE GROWN IN HUMAN TISSUE..

...THEY WERE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THIS DISCOVERY..

DESPITE THIS BREAKTHROUGH,SALK AND SABIN(WHO ARE USUALLY CREDITED WITH THE POLIO VACCINES)..CONTINUED THEIR RELIANCE ON TRADITIONAL ANIMAL MODELS AND THE USE OF MONKEY TISSUE..THEY FEARED THAT HUMAN TISSUES WOULD HARBOR DANGEROUS HUMAN VIRUSES..

WE NOW KNOW THAT MONKEY CELLS HARBOR DOZENS OF VIRUSES,SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO INFECT HUMANS,AND ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST AS DANGEROUS AS HUMAN TISSUE,IF NOT MORE..

SABIN HIMSELF MADE AN IMPRESSIVE ARGUMENT AGAINST ANIMAL TESTING WHEN HE TESTIFIED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS IN 1984 SAYING,"WORK ON PREVENTION(OF POLIO)WAS DELAYED BY AN ERRONEOUS CONCEPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE HUMAN DISEASE,BASED ON MISLEADING EXPERIMENTAL MODELS(OF POLIO)IN MONKEYS."..

YOU SEE JUST BECAUSE SOME SCIENTISTS USED MONKEYS DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAD TO OR THAT MONKEYS WERE A GOOD CHOICE..

ANIMAL PRODUCES INACCURATE AND DANGEROUS RESULTS AND WASTES ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF PRECIOUS TIME AND RESOURCES,WHILE PROMISING-NEW-TECHNIQUES ARE IGNORED..CONSIDER THE ENORMOUS WASTEFULNESS OF MATERNAL DEPRIVATION STUDIES,IN WHICH MONKEYS ARE TAKEN FROM THEIR OTHER AND SYSTEMATICALLY ABUSED..BY US THE HUMANS..THE CONCLUSION FROM THESE STUDIES,THAT ABUSE AND NEGLECT LEAD TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE AND SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT..

IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T JUSTIFY TE SUFFERING OF COUNTLESS ANIMALS OR THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,WHICH HAVE BEEN SPENT TO COME TO THIS FOREGONE CONCLUSION..

MEANWHILE,PROGRAMS TO HELP ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN ARE DEPRIVED OF THE FUNDING WHICH COULD MAKE A VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THESE CHILDREN'S LIVES..

SINCE 1901,2/3 OF ALL NOBLE PRIZES IN MEDICINE HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO SCIENTISTS THAT USED ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES,NOT ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS IN THERE RESEARCH..

RESULTS DERIVED FROM ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS HAVE HAD A VERY MINIMAL EFFECT ON THE DRAMATIC RISE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE 20TH CENTURY..BETWEEN 25 AND 50 BILLION ANIMALS ARE MEANINGLESSLY KILLED IN LABORATORIES EACH YEAR..

**WE,AS HUMANS,CAN STOP THIS**

WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF IAMS?..QUALITY DOG FOOD RIGHT?..WELL I STUDIED THAT THAT PROCTER & GAMBLE,THE COMPANY THAT STILL DOES UNNECESSARY ANIMALS TESTING MAKES THIS..I WAS VERY SURPRISED..VETERINARY EXPERTS SUGGEST YOU FEED YOUR DOGS THIS FOR BEST HEALTH..

IRONIC,BUYING A PRODUCT TO FEED LOST AND ABUSED DOGS,FROM A COMPANY THAT ABUSES ANIMALS IN THE WORST WAY..

EXAMPLE OF A PROCTOR & GAMBLE EXPERIMENT

**A BUNNY,HER EYES AER TAPED WIDE OPEN,AND A STINGING LIQUID(LAUNDRY DETERGENT)IS BEING DRIPPED INTO HER OPEN EYES.THE TEST WAS DONE TO SEE HOW MUCH LAUNDRY DETERGENT IS NEEDED BEFORE THE ANIMAL GOES BLIND,OR HER EYES ARE COMPLETELY BURNED OUT..

THE TEST SHOWED THAT LAUNDRY DETERGENT IS DAMAGING WHEN IT IS SPLASHED INTO EYES..

...NO WAY REALLY??..

REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU ACCIDENTALLY SPLASHED A LITTLE BIT OF WATER INTO YOUR EYES,UNCOMFORTABLE AT BEST,I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN THAT ANIMAL WAS IN..

IF A PERSON IS DUMB ENOUGH TO SPLASH LAUNDRY DETERGENT INTO THEIR EYES,NO AMOUNT OF TESTING,AND TORTURING SMALL ANIMALS WILL CHANGE THAT..

BELOW IS A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT DO TEST ON ANIMALS..REMEMBER LADIES..NEXT TIME YOU PUT ON THAT MAKE-UP OR HAIRSPRAY..

REMEMBER WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO WEAR IT..

*PLEASE BOYCOTT THESE PRODUCTS*

IF I CAN ANYONE CAN

Alcon Labs
Allergan, Inc.
Alpha Hydrox
Arm & Hammer
ArmorAll
Arrid
Aziza
Bain de Soleil
Ban Roll-on
Banana Boat
Bausch & Lomb
Benckiser
BenGay
Block Drug Co. Inc.
Bounty
Boyle-Midway
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Carpet Fresh
Carter-Wallace
Chesebrough-Ponds
Church & Dwight
Clarion
Clairol
Clear Choice
Clorox
Commerce Drug Co.
Consumer Value Stores
Coppertone
Coty
Cover Girl
Crest
Cutex
Dana Perfumes
Dawn
Del Laboratories
Desitin
Diversey
Dow Brands
Drackett Products Co.
Drano
EcoLab
Eli Lilly & Co.
El Sanofi Inc.
Elizabeth Arden
Erno Laszlo
Faberge
Fantastik
Fendi
Final Net
Finesse

Flame Glow
Giorgio
Givaudan-Roure
Glade
Glass Plus
Helene Curtis Industries
Huggies
ISO
Jhirmack
Johnson & Johnson
S.C. Johnson & Son
Johnson Products Co.
Jovan
Keri
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Kiwi Brands
Kleenex
Lady's Choice
Lancaster
Lava
Lever Brothers
Listerine
Lubriderm
Lysol
Max Factor
Mead
Mop & Glo
Nair
Naturelle
Neotoric Cosmetics
Neutrogena
Neutron Industries, Inc.
Olean
Oscar de la Renta
Pantene
Parfums International
Pearl Drops
Pennex
Pfizer, Inc.
Pine-Sol
Plax
Playtex Corporation
Pledge
Polident
Post-It
Prince Matchabelli
Proctor & Gamble Co.
Quintessence
Raid
Reckitt & Colman

Richardson-Vicks
Sally Beauty Supply
Sally Hansen
Sanofi
SC Johnson & Son
Schering-Plough
Scotch
Scott Paper Co.
Sensodyne
SmithKline Beecham
S.O.S.
Stanhome Inc.
Sterling Drug
Suave
Sun Star
TCB Naturals
Tegrin
3M
Tide
Tilex
Unilever
Vaseline
Vidal Sassoon
Visine
Vivid
Warner-Lambert
Westwood Pharmaceuticals
White Shoulders
Whitehall Laboratories
Windex
Woolite
Yves Saint Laurent

**HAPPY ST.PATTYS DAY*

~NEVER IRON A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER,YOU DON'T WANT TO PRESS YOUR LUCK~

(lol)

...THAT'S CUTE...

WELL HOPE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A GOOD ST.PATRICKS DAY..TODAY I HAVE BEEN WATCHING LEPRECHAUN..THEY ARE HAVING A MARATHON OF IT ALL DAY ON SCIFI..WOOHOO..GOTTA LOVE THAT LITTLE GUY..I ALSO FINISHED MY WAFFLE STITCH BLANKET FOR THE ANIMALS AT THE ASPCA..1 OUT OF 100 DONE..(lol)..AND IT IS GREEN ALSO..SO I WORE MY GREEN TODAY ON BLOGGER..RAY IS WORKING,HE GETS OFF AT 5..I THINK I AM GOING TO MAKE SOME SPAGHETTI FOR HIM TONIGHT..THAT IS HIS FAVORITE MEAL..ALTHOUGH RUFUS AND I ARE GETTING TIRED OF IT..:)..AFTER DINNER I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HIT THE COURTS FOR A COUPLE GAMES OF TENNIS,AND THEN TO THE GHETTO LAUNDRY MAT AGAIN..THERE WERE COPS DOWN THERE THE OTHER NIGHT..(lol)..HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE LUCKY ST.PATRICKS DAY..

**ITS MY LIFE..REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT**

ITS ANOTHER NIGHT IN HELL

ANOTHER CHILD WON'T LIVE TO TELL

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO STARVE TO DEATH

AND AS WE SIT FREE AND WELL

ANOTHER SOLDIER HAS TO YELL

TELL MY WIFE AND CHILDREN I LOVE THEM IN HIS LAST BREATH

HABITUAL OFFENDERS

SCUMBAG LAWYERS WITH AGENDAS

I'LL TELL YOU SOMETIMES PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WORSE

NATURAL DISASTERS

OR THESE WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHES PASTORS

I'D BE SCARED TO SEND MY CHILDREN TO CHURCH

AND HOW WE SEEK SALVATION WHEN OUR NATIONS RACE RELATIONS HAVE ME FEELING GUILTY OF BEING WHITE

FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE

OUR CREATOR AND OUR SAVIOR

I'M NO SAINT BUT I BELIEVE IN WHAT IS RIGHT

STOP POINTING FINGERS AND TAKE SOME BLAME

PULL YOUR FUTURE AWAY FROM THE FLAME

OPEN UP YOUR MIND AND START TO LIVE

SHORT CHANGING YOUR NEIGHBORS

LIVING OFF HAND OUTS AND FAVORS AND MAYBE GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU GOT TO GIVE

SIMPLIFY

TESTIFY

IDENTIFY

RECTIFY

AND IF I DO SOMETHING I'M NOT SUPPOSE TO,STOP BEING SO UP TIGHT

ITS ONLY HUMAN NATURE

ITS A MATTER OF SALVATION FROM THEM PATIENCE UP ABOVE

SO DON'T GIVE UP SO EASY ON THE ONE YOU LOVE

SOMEWHERE YOU GOT A BROTHER,SISTER,FRIEND,GRANDMOTHER,GRANDFATHER,HUSBAND,WIFE

NIECE,NEPHEW,MOTHER OR FATHER,JUST DYING TO BE WITH YOU

YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO UNCONDITIONALLY,RELIGIOUSLY

LOVES YOU

SO JUST HOLD ON 'CAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE AND IF YOU CAN TAKE THE PAIN AND YOU CAN WITHSTAND ANYTHING,AND ONE DAY STAND HAND IN HAND WITH THE TRUTH

AMEN

**LOUNGIN' AROUND**

**REMINDS ME OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES**

**MY WAFFLE STITCH BLANKET FOR THE BABIES**

**RUFUS RELAXING TODAY,RAYS IN THE BACKGROUND PLAYING HIS XBOX**

**OUR BED/BEDROOM**

**RUFIE'S BED**

**THE WINDOW IN OUR BEDROOM,AND ALSO THE PICTURES BELOW WILL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THESE WINDOWS**

**ACROSS THE STREET**

**DOWN THE STREET..MORE TOWNHOUSES**

**UP THE STREET..THE PARK**

HEY THERE CRAZY CATS..HERE FOR ANOTHER BLOG..TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WERE YOU JUST WANT TO HANG OUT IN THE HOUSE..TODAY I DID ALOT OF CLEANING..:)..FINALLY..I HAVE BEEN WORKING ALOT ON MY BLANKETS THAT I AND A COUPLE OF OTHER GIRLS ARE MAKING FOR THE ASPCA..I DECIDED TO GO WITH THE WAFFLE STITCH FOR MY BLANKETS,I MIGHT EVEN A DO A FEW OF THE GRANDMA DISHCLOTH ONES ALSO,I MADE ONE OF THOSE..I FINALLY TOOK SOME PICTURES OF MINE AND RAYS BEDROOM,AS YOU SEE,THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH TO IT,WHEN WE CLEANED OUT OUR BASEMENT IN VICTOR,WE THREW ALOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD AWAY,BEFORE WE KNEW WE WERE MOVING UP HERE..SO ALOT OF OUR THINGS ARE IN THE DUMP..:(..BUT I WORKED WITH WHAT I HAD..WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE BOYS TO COME UP..JERRY AND MICHAEL'S GRANDPA PASSED AWAY,SO REMEMBER THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS..THIS MORNING WE WENT OUT TO PANERA BREADS AND ATE BREAKFAST,THEY HONESTLY HAVE THE BEST BLUEBERRY MUFFINS IN THE WORLD,AND I THINK AFTER WHILE WE ARE GOING TO HIT KFC FOR SOME CHICKEN,AND BISCIUTS..YUMYUM..HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD DAY..DON'T FORGET TO SIGN THE PETITIONS ON ANIMAL CRUELTY AND PUPPY MILLS..

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/

**FOR THE ANIMALS**

STARE IN WONDER WHO'S HERE TO BRING YOU DOWN

FIND YOUR MARTYR I'M SURE YOU'VE MADE THE CROWN

SO LIGHT A FIRE UNDER MY BONES SO WHEN

I DIE FOR YOU AT LEAST I'LL DIE ALONE

AIN'T NOTHING FOR ME TO END UP LIKE THIS

THERE'S NO COMPARING ME THIS TIME

ALL MY HEROES HAVE NOW BECOME GHOSTS

SOLD THEIR SORROWS TO THE ONES WHO PAID THE MOST

ALL MY HEROES ARE DEAD AND GONE

BUT DOWN INSIDE OF ME THEY STILL LIVE ON

DARK DEVOTION IN A BEACON PARADISE

SHOWS NO EMOTION TO A WILLING SACRIFICE

YOU CAN PUT A MAN ON TRAIL

BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THE GUILTY PAY

AND YOU CAN CAGE AN ANIMAL BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY THERE PAIN

AIN'T NOTHING FOR ME TO END UP LIKE THIS

THERE NO COMPARING ME THIS TIME