My 14 year old australian sheppard callie passed away this evening.

I live in the middle of a small city. As such, woodland creatures rarely are seen at my house. My sister was walking her boyfriend to the door and as she was doing this, she was saying things like: "There's the elusive Pika. And there is the elusive Lola." (Those are our cats.) Right after she said that, her boyfriend opened the front door and said ( Read more... )

COLTSWINCOLTSWINCOLTSWINCOLTSWIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOT, WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For some reason, today I really miss my grandpa. He died 15 years ago, in May. I was seven. Today, I was walking around the house, looking at the pictures my mom has everywhere and I saw one of him and me and my siblings. (He died before any of my cousins were born.) And I just got really sad and wanted to cry. I didn't even really know him all ( Read more... )

Here are some of my holiday pics!


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....where does Superman keep his boots? I mean, he apparantly wears the super-suit under his not-so-super-suit, but he can't be wearing the boots with that, so... where are they? You never see him stopping and pulling out the red spiffy boots, WHERE ARE  THEY???

Well, now I know what it is like to bleed from the ears. I have a 6 year old cousin who has

Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of mental impairment. The syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 3600 males and 1 in 4000 to 6000 females.

Impact on males

The majority of males with fragile X syndrome will have a significant intellectual ( Read more... )

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I don't know what it is about the movie The Wizard of Oz, but anytime it's on TV, I can't help but watch it. I have seen this movie a thousand times, I was even in my high school production of it. Tonight, however, I noticed something I have never noticed before. In the scene where they meet the Cowardly Lion, after Dorothy smacks him on the nose, ( Read more... )

Well, I am finally free of being a cashier and a customer service manager and a customer service representative at Wal-Mart. I have moved into the Vision Center as and Optician. Today was my second day. I LOVE MY NEW JOB!!! I can already feel my Christmas spirit, which was cruelly gunned down by all the viscious, hateful, mean, rude people who ( Read more... )