Better put a leash on Patrick….

The Survivor Chick. Out.

–Smiles

How can I lose with such people as you in my corner holdin’ the spit bucket?

Thanks!
The Mominator. Out.

I just came back from a wonderful seminar where it cost 5 dollars or two cans of food to be donated to the Rocky Mountain Food Bank. I will give you all the information if you are interested. They will try to do this every six months or at least yearly. There are some great marketing classes in this and if anyone is interested, let me know by emailing me.
coloradopolly@yahoo.com. I can also share that Kelly’s conference can’t be beat and when God let’s me, I’m on my way! She is chock full of support and good ideas. Too bad I live here now, used to be much closer, but I do believe God’s timing is always right for his writers.

Happy New Year all and….keep up the good work Kelly, it doesn’t go unnoticed. Welcome too to you newer members.

Hugs, Paulette

Sometimes ya gotta laugh, or you’ll…was it cry…or was it scream?

I’ve done both…many times. nike

I don’t know how 2010 could not be your year with that positive attitude! Annnd hey eating it in your sleep aint such a bad thing! I have some of my best meals after 12am

I’ll keep you in my prayers!
Kelly

It’s been a wild 2009, indeed, but 2010 will be GREAT!

Thanks so much.

K.

K.

You’ve created a permanent tribute to your father, and the Marine Corps. So real. I know he’s as proud of you and your daughter, as you are of him. He’s safe now, and grateful to see the legacy he’s left behind.

South Korea is a free thriving country today, thanks to the sacrifices young men like your father made on those cold days 60 years ago.

You’ve helped us remember that freedom isn’t free.

Semper Fi

Dunbar

Hugs,
K. [The Mominator]

Fantastic.

Grins

Smiles,
K.

We are a military family, my husband, his father, my brother, my cousin…well you get the idea. Sometimes its hard for me to see passed the “now” of Barbies and Barney.

God bless her, God bless you for making her. “Proud”…”pride” nahh…the feeling that swells in your heart is far greater than that! You go Momma…standing ovation! Job well done.

Thank her on behalf of my family. She will be included in the prayer at our Thanksgiving day table, as will all of the soldiers that sacrifice so much for our way of life.

Have wonderful Thanksgiving…God’s blessings, ALWAYS!
(now I’m going to go blow my nose and play Barbies)

Hugs to all,
Paulette Harris

Roger

Thanks so much for the feedback. Writin’ serious stuff is so hard for me. Nice to know I did one right!

Smiles,
K.

Until getting pregnant can have the same negative effect on males in terms of ruining their lives and futures and plans and dreams, I’m for limited abortion. While the egg and sperm are a zygote (a mass of dividing cells) or an embryo (a mass where you can’t tell whether it’s a fish, a bird, a horse, or a human as all embryos look alike at this stage of the pregnancy)…I believe there is nothing wrong with abortion. Of course, this is a very small window of time. When it turns into a fetus and now looks human….nope, too late. It is a human baby then and “ya had plenty of time to know you were pregnant and didn’t want to have a baby”….now it’s no longer your choice….the baby counts as a human because it now has human characteristics. The Bible says the soul enters the body when the first breath is taken. But I believe in saving a human life before it has a soul but when it could be “anything”…in its embryo form….I am comfortable in aborting it.

Well written, my friend. What precious memories to cherish. And thos pictures! Wow.

Beautiful.

One thing I didn’t put in the story that was funny: That newspaper photo made my dad semi-famous. Trouble was, they listed my auntie as my dad’s wife instead of his sister-in-law. [You can still read the caption under the picture.]

Finally home, he was lookin’ to have some fun with the gals. His cheeks were crimson from all the ladies who’d seen his picture in the paper, slapped him, and said, “Fresh! Your poor wife!”

The guy couldn’t get a break, y’know? Except in the nose. The one fight he almost lost, his opponent made the mistake of breakin’ Dad’s nose. He was furious, came back from the brink of unconsciousness, and beat the guy to a pulp! [Hmm. I wonder where I got my gumption???]

Next week, we’ll take a more fun approach with the piece on my I Ain’t Quittin’ Child.

Until then, miss me.

This is the Mominator. Out.

After all those years, it was still hard for him. Next week, we’ll take a more fun approach with the piece on my I Ain’t Quittin’ Child.

To all of you with family in the military or veterans, my family thanks your family for your loved one’s service.

Also, please refrain from diverting from the topic. This is no longer a political blog. If you wanna state those kinds of opinions, you need to do it on your own blogs.

[However, I will be starting a political blog next year: www.thecrazedconservative.com, and premiering my first parody via U-Tube: “Ode to Obama.” No time right now, though.

Love to all,

The Mominator. Out.

What a beautiful compelling story. Thank you for sharing such a personal story with the rest of us.

May Jesus bless your family at this time.

Hugs,
Paulette Harris

Roger

This story makes me cry, one for the author, and one for me. It brings back so many memories of my family from generations back to the present. I cry for those who have fought with all their strength to keep us free as they saw the big picture and the need to keep us free. The strange thing is that some of them were not very educated, but felt the call of God on their lives to go and fight for freedoms that sometimes they didn’t even understand.

So, I salute you all in my personal way because I don’t think there is one true American who hasn’t been affected one way or another as they either go or see someone they love go to continue the fight.

Prayers to all of you and thank you Kelly for a beautiful story of love and sacrifice.

Hugs in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
Paulette L. Harris

I enjoyed reading your ‘post’ a lot. I can relate to what happened to
your father.

I experienced something similar to the Chinese soldier slipping on the
ice. What else could things like that be other than acts of God? A
worn Chinese boot in the case of your father, or in my case a puff of
wind under a wing?

I used to think the latter, now I choose the former :–))

Roger

Thanks. I actually just fixed a bunch of nagging errors I just caught. Sigggh. Glad you’ll be back.

Hugs,
Kelly

After that, my kid’s tour in Iraq entitled: My Daugther Wears Army Boots.

K. Out.

This makes you SO not ‘regular’.

And when you wrote …”See, told ya I was a regular gal.” That’s what is so great about you, Kelly.

Thanks for sharing. Have a great day!

Looking forward to more!
Hugs,

Linore

So glad ya laughed. I can go to sleep happy tonight.

K.

Thanks. I read through it first, and was aghast there were errors! Hope I caught ‘em all.

K.

Many thanks for the prayers.

Love it when people think big!

Colorado ain’t too far. Next year CMA will have a cond=ference here. Start savin’ up….

K.

Love the excitement. We’re gonna have some fun!

The overheads are so I can edit them for the class. Any copy place can do ‘em cheap: OfficeMax, Staples, Office Depot, Kinkos [FedEx]

No rush. We’ll be waitin’ for ya!

K.

Didn’t ask you? Put so many notices up everywhere, think all of North America knows. But you ain’t in. I doubt you’re hoppin’ on a plane to CA next Friday….

K.

I would love to come. I will lift all of you up, I am sure you are all gona have a rockin kewl time! I am so happy this is all coming together for you.

If you ever think about holding one in Colorado, look me up I am good at putting together these things! I would love to help you, even around the country, but then I am always thinking BIG!

Hugs and prayers to you and your family.

Paulette Harris

Our three pages, does it have to be an “overhead” or will paper be fine? (I don’t know how to get it into overhead….)

I am so excited! (I said that already, I know!) LOL

However, late Oct. early Nov. his boss told the crew that things could change a great deal depending on who won the election in Nov. Well, he wasn’t allowed to say anything else; left it up to the crew to figure it out. My son-in-law has since lost his car-pool buddy that was with the same company, just on a different rig. His best friend who went to a different company in the summer, was let go as well. That rig was in the Pacific off of southern California. Understand folks, it means that the entire rig shut down. So….right now I guess I would ask for prayers for my son-in-law as he believes it is a day to day job right now. Really scary for an almost forty year old with several children to raise in a blended family.

As usual, thank you Kelly for saying what we are all thinking.

GM claims its costs will drop to $69 next year, but even so, the $31/hour difference will add hundreds to the cost of each vehicle. A government-backed chapter 11 bankruptcy seems like the best way of saving the company (and Chrysler) because the court can cancel union contracts, allowing all facets of costs to be renegotiated. Hard luck for the employees, of course, but they’ve lived high on the hog for decades.

Kelly you are doing a great job. I find your writing very informative and interesting. I have been low key lately as I learn about a little writing job I got. It will be great for my bio. I have gotten over the learning curve of the company and so after four computers failing on me….I can jump in and give my two cents worth. I am disappointed in President’s Bush’s decision about the bailout. I did see Norma Rae too and it is sad that the Unions have taken over so much. I could actually see both sides of the coin for a brief moment when I saw her story, but this is ridiculous.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you.

Blessings,
Paulette Harris

UGH.

Glad I could entertain ya!

K.

Still, the benfits of the suits are outta line, IMO.

Thakns for commenting!

K.

I completely agree with both you and Lynn! For someone in my tax-bracket, I’m amazingly anti-union. Not that I don’t want line workers to make good money, but come on! We shouldn’t be paying them after they’re dead!

My favorite example is Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart always gets a really bad rap because they’re not unionized, and oh, the poor employees don’t get paid much! Well, my thinking is, if you have no education and no experience and no special skills, you SHOULDN’T be making as much as someone who has put in the time and effort to get those things! Besides, I’ve known several Wal-Mart employees who will testify to their good treatment.

The beauty of a true capitalistic society is that the more valuable workers get paid more, and the lazy people get paid less, so you earn what you deserve. Obviously we live in a fallen world, and things don’t always work out the way they necessarily “should” but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a generally good system. You work hard, you make more, and you shouldn’t have to spend your hard-earned money bailing out the companies who screwed things up.

Thanks for letting me rant! If you’re bored, have too much time on your hands, or if you want to hear more of my capitalistic rants, please visit me at my blog: http://avilyjerome.blogspot.com

Thanks, Kelly!

I heard on the news a while back that the American auto industries are asking for money because they are about to go under, but yet Honda is opening plants and hiring tons of people…….so, what’s that tell us? The American auto industries are not doing things right, they need to shape up AND NOW!

Thanks for the post!

K. “The Crazed Conservative”

It only took you thirty minutes?!?!? Shiny!

Very fun, thanks for sharing that!

Oh, and I like your new name: The Crazed Conservative.

Why, thank ya! Spent 30 minutes on it–well worth the time, as it’s the most fun I’ve had in a while.

K.

The final stanza emerges as the appropriate climatic finish! Kudos Kelly.

Ahh… How I’d love to see the rich and over-priviledged, out-of-touch people have to return to the days of horse, buggy, and wax candles. Aargh!

It would be interesting to see how many politicians would wander to the houses/camps of the previously ‘under-priviledged’ people (who know how to survive) and beg for food and directions along the adventurer’s path into the ‘morrow.

Nicely done.

KELLY SAID:
“Believe it or not, I was just pitched by a segment producer to be cast on “The Osbournes.” Juuust missed it. I’m too controversial…”

K.