It's been awhile........no, I'm not going to sing..........(WHEW!), although, now that song is running through my mind!
Thought I'd try to post an avatar, since that and my msgs haven't been working here on this site recently, so I have't poted anythng recently...so here it goes............

hmmmmmmm guess not! :P

 Well, as far as I can tell, I still can't get to my messages - If you have left me one, I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you by now, and normally I would have, but I can't even get to them to see them right now. - BUT - I CA get to my comments!
Sooooooooooo...........instead you can leave a message or what wold actually technically considered a "comment" - directly in my blog post, or on my profile page. - I can comment/reply in yur blog post or on your profile page - Just let me know what you prefer. :)

 Hopefully Shoutpost will have it's message glitches fixed soon!

Take Care all, have a great day, and happy blogging! :D

:)

 Well after reading Barnabus' post - Iwent and made myself a 'smore! And it was GOOOD! ....... And now I'm having twizzlers - See what happens?!!?!?

 Ok, who's idea was it to be awake already?? I agree with Cookie, I wanna go back to bed too! Two words - SNOOZE BUTTON! (Ugh!)
 - And the lap=top from hell seems to be working, although the way this "tab" system is set up, it's driving me crazy, and of course since the lap-top is now working, and I want to post an avatar, - you guessed it - Photobucet is down for maintanence ............no words.....just, no words...........

 Oh yeah.......................MORNIN'!

:)

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  **Sorry the little pics don't show up - but this one is still pretty funny! ;)

                                                                     (Honest and No Kidding)
 
 
  A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2,000 sq foot house 4 inches deep.
  If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with  roller blades, 
they can ignite.     

A 3-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

  If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong
 enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman  cape. 
It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20X20 foot room.

You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.

 This is an e-mail I recevied - Glad I didn't miss this annual event this year! - Perseids Meteor Shower

Sky & Telescope
>
>Dark Nights for This Year's Perseids
>
>
>Mark your calendar for Sunday  night, August 12-13.
>By ALAN MACROBERT
>
>This year the new moon of August  comes on Sunday, the 12th, perfectly
>timed
>to bring dark, moonless nights around  the peak of the Perseid meteor
>shower.
>Moreover, Earth should pass through the  shower's richest part around 1AM
>ET
>on August 13th -- so North Americans and  western Europeans should have the
>best seats in the house.
>
>
>
>
>
>Stargazers could see more than one meteor per minute in s
>with very dark skies.
>
>The  Perseids are bits of space debris that were shed by Comet Swift-Tuttle
>in past  centuries and remain traveling more or less along the comet's
>130-year
>orbit  around the sun. The particles range in size from sand grains to
>pebbles, and  they have the consistency of dry dirt. As it orbits the sun,
>Earth
>passes  through this thin "river of rubble" every year in mid-August. Each
>meteoroid  rips into our upper atmosphere at 37 miles per second, creating
>an
>incandescent  trail of shocked, ionized air. This hot trail, not the tiny
>meteoroid
>itself, is  what you see.
>
>The  Perseids are one of the two strongest, most dependable annual meteor
>showers  (the Geminids of December are the other; here's a _list_
>(http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/Meteor_Showers_in_nbsp_2007.
html)
>of all the best ones). The  grand Perseid displays of the 1990s seem to be
>well and truly over, so this year  under a dark sky you might see "only" 60

>to 90
>Perseids per hour between  midnight and dawn. Light pollution cuts down the
>numbers, but the most  spectacular streakers always shine through.
>
>Sky  Chart for August 12
>
>
>These meteors can flash into view anywhere in your sky, but all of  them
>(if
>you trace their paths back far enough) appear to diverge from a spot in
>northern Perseus near Cassiopeia. This is the shower's radiant point. The 
>radiant
>is an effect of perspective; the particles are actually traveling in 
>parallel
>through space. Meteors you see near the radiant look slow and short 
>because
>they're coming at you almost head-on. Those far from the radiant appear
>longer and faster, because you see them broadside.
>
>In early evening the radiant is low in the north-northeast, so  Perseids
>graze into the atmosphere over your part of the world at a low angle  and
>you
>don't see very many. As the night grows late, the radiant rises higher  in
>the
>northeast, the meteors arrive more nearly straight down, so you see them 
>in
>greater numbers. By the first glimmer of dawn the radiant is quite high, 
>about
>60° up for observers at mid-northern latitudes.
>
>How to Watch
>
>Find a spot with an open sky view and no glary lights. Bundle up in 
>blankets
>or a sleeping bag, both for warmth and mosquito shielding (and don't 
>forget
>the repellent). Lie back, gaze into the stars, and be patient. The 
>direction
>to watch is wherever your sky is darkest, usually straight up. That's  all
>there is to it.
>
>And don't forget that the shower lasts more than one night. Rates are 
>about
>a quarter to half the peak for one or two nights before and after. In 
>fact,
>the shower lasts about two weeks and stragglers have been recorded as late 
>as
>August 24th.
>
>Also, not all meteors you'll see are Perseids! In addition to  occasional
>random, sporadic meteors, the weaker Delta Aquarid shower is also  active
>during
>Perseid season. The Delta Aquarids are slower, often yellower and  fly away
>from a radiant in eastern Aquarius.
>
>Sky & Telescope's website offers more tips on _watching meteors_
>(http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/3304061.html) 
>and _what causes
>them._
>(http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/3304046.html)
>
>
>

 Hey! I gota much needed nap today too! WHEW!

    - And for those of you also in need of a good nap, but are having some trouble catching those "Z's" - Here's a little ditty to help you with your slumber - courtesy of Ernie from Sesame Street!  :)

 "Dance Myself To Sleep"
- As sung by Ernie of Sesame Street -
( - comments by Bert, as his entire bed is lifted up by "The Boogie Woogie Sheep, and carried outside! )

 SWEET DREAMS!

:)

     Well, Imanaged to get down to the farm today - after I started out, I saw dark clouds on the horizon....sure enough I ended up in a rainstorm, and thought about Bishop's Fantasy's white knuckle adventure that she blogged about earlier, as I too ended up following along behind a large white truck, being able to see nothing else, and there being no place to pull over and wait it out!

 - Got there safe and sound, and even though the farm had closed for the day, (of course), - I was able to get in and work on the mural some more before the big 52nd Birthday event to honour The E. F., this weekend. (YAY!) - I don't have a digital camera, so the pics will have to come after this weekend (hopefully!). 

 I was able to finish the painting of The Merry Miller's house, and add The Wishing Well, (one of the newest recovered peices), and to add a little "landscaping", including the pond and stream that are connected with The Merry Miller's House.

 I feel like I got something done today, but I still have alot more to do - another stone to finish painting a Castle on, and  some hands and feet for The Dish and The Spoon, to cut out of syrophome, that will later be fiberglassed, and attached to the figures as they are being restored.

:)

 Link to old pics of the Park - http://www.co.ho.md.us/DOA/DOA_PIO_KIDS_Xplore_EnchantedForest.htm 
   Click on The Little Gingerbreadman, in the lower right corner, to see more pics! :)
    *Please note; The pic of Humpty Dumpty is not the one from this park - and They don't show Mother Goose, just The Swan and The Black Goseling  -  minor but important!

:)

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running  competition.       

                   
The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants...

The race began...

    
No one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.

You heard statements such as:

"Oh, WAY too difficult!!"

"They will NEVER make it to the top."

"Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"

       
The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one...

Except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher...

The crowd continued to yell,

"It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up...

But ONE continued higher and higher and higher...

This one wouldn't give up!

Be DEAF when people tell YOU that you cannot fulfill your dreams!

Always think:

God and I can do this!

 Didn't get to the farm like had planned to today, to get things worked on for this weekend's event - but I did get some painting done here today - did alot of small detail - my eyes are starting to cross! -  no pics of anything yet - have to work on that! - Well it will be more painting tomorrow and back up to the farm later in the week - drop things off that I've finished, and work on things like the mural - kinda hard to work on that here! ;) - hubby got The Spoon handle made and fitted onto the bowl part of The Spoon - ( from Dish and Spoon nursery ryhme) - Have to take that back tothe farm and prime it and paint it and have the face painted on to it - then it gets attached to the board along with The Dish. Lots to do before the big weekend!

:)

Well saw this on the news - had a hard time finding anything about it online - but finally found an article that has the pic -

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/08/06/michael-vick-chew-toy-the-only-thing-you-can-still-buy-with-vic/

 Well the last few days did me in - going through the emotions of the memorial service and a HUGE lack of sleep  (up til 4am everynight) - it finally all cought up with me - I had a migraine the entire day and night yesterday. UGH! I hate them and wouldn't wish them on anyone, but at least it wasn't quite as bad as they can, and have, gotten before. - But I lost an entire day. Hate it when that happens too. I have alot of work ahead of me, with getting ready for The E. F. Birthday event, Aug. 11th and 12th - lots of painting painting and more painting to do - and I need to get back over to the farm before that weekend, and get some more painting done on the mural too -*sigh*  - of course it ususally gets like this every year - pretty hectic,  but hey, it's all for a good cause! (Just hope I can get everything done that I want to get done before the deadline! (yipes!- fingers crossed!)
Sorry I missed everyone's posts - now I'llhave to play catch-up  - - - inbetween painting of course! ;)

Oh, and my lovely lap-top won't let me post an avatar - (lucky for you guys I guess!) LOL!

:)

 I went to my friend's father's memorial service this morning...Jesus Loves me....was sung at the graveside. They are a Christian family, and everyone in the family knows how to play an instrument. Their home was alsways filled with music. It was a song that the family sang together with him at his bedside before he passed away. I've always loved this song and taken great comfort in it - but I don't remember ther being other verses to it.  Here is the song in it's entirety:

                                        Jesus Loves Me

                              Jesus loves me! This I know,
                                For the Bible tells me so;
                              Little ones to Him belong,
                          They are weak but He is strong.
                                   Yes, Jesus loves me!
                                   Yes, Jesus loves me!
                                   Yes, Jesus loves me!
                                  The Bible tells me so.

                           Jesus loves me! He who died,
                            Heaven's gate to open wide;
                             He will wash away my sin,
                             Let His little child come in.
                                 Yes, Jesus loves me!
                                 Yes, Jesus loves me!
                                 Yes, Jesus loves me!
                                 The Bible tells me so.

                         Jesus loves me! loves me still,
                           When I'm very weak and ill;
                        From His shining throne on high,
                        Comes to watch me where I lie.
                               Yes, Jesus loves me!
                               Yes, Jesus loves me!
                               Yes, Jesus loves me!
                               The Bible tells me so.

                        Jesus loves me! He will stay,
                        Close beside me all the way;
                       He's prepared a home for me,
                       And some day His face I'll see.
                            Yes, Jesus loves me!
                            Yes, Jesus loves me!
                            Yes, Jesus loves me!
                            The Bible tells me so.

  My friend and her family are all doing well, and we will be keeping in closer touch.

I also want to say thank you to those of you who posted comments on my last blog post about this, and shared such kind words.
                              It means more than you know.

:)