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A Love Story... Apr 9, '08 8:22 AM
for everyone A Love Story..... Can you believe it! Not that long ago my life was a mess. I've suffered with mild depression all of my life. In October of 05,the girl I thought I was in love with,broke my heart. I was devastated. Once again,something bad had happened to me within just a couple of days from my birthday. This seemed to be a trend. My little brother died a week after my 7th birthday. My dad had a stroke on my 27th birthday. My first wife told me she wanted to have an affair on my 33rd birthday. I've had a two other girlfriends that broke up with me on other birthdays. I continued to go to Mass each week,but I felt lost. I prayed for God to help me through this,but always felt like God had turned his back on me. I was utterly and completely lost! I stopped singing in the choir because it felt like a lie to sing God's praises knowing He could care less about me. I stopped taking communion,because I could see the smirk on the face of Jesus as I looked to the altar. I never gave up though,even though I swear to this day that for just a while,God gave up on me. It was the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass (before Mass begins the choir sings for 30 minutes),and as the choir was singing "O Holy Night", I felt it. Whatever had been blocking me from God was gone and I was once again filled with His Holy Spirit. I left Mass that night feeling like everything would be alright. Fast forward to March 6th 2006. I just bought a computer,never having one before. Maybe there is something to be said for my best friend's advice. He's seen the heartaches I've endured by meeting women at bars,and suggested on-line dating. Hmm...OK I'll give it a shot. I put myself out in the "big cyber world" on a couple of dating sites. plentyofish,was one of them. Just like on 360 now,I was myself. I was honest. Just as soon as my profile went through,the computer sent me some matches. One woman,with the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen, had a profile that could have been written by me. We sounded so much alike it was a little scary. I'll keep her to my favorites and just watch her,since I'm too shy to email her. Two days later (4th day ever on-line) Oh My God! That girl with the blue eyes has sent me an email! We emailed back and forth,and by the 3rd day we were spending hours on the phone. We met within 2 weeks of first contacting each other. It was love at first sight for both of us. Fast forward 13 months I still can't believe it! I'm in Vegas with the woman that's about to become my wife. Life is GREAT! Fast forward 1 year It's here! Diane and I have been married for a year on the 11th. I've never known such joy and peace. The depression that I've lived with for so long is all but forgotten. All I needed was that "missing piece" of my heart to complete me. Diane is that piece. Thank you Diane for contacting me, for calling me, for marrying me, and for loving me. You have my love now. You have my love always!



lilwolfsis wrote today at 8:25 AM I'll say "awwww" on here too! navarrofreak67 wrote today at 8:58 AM WAAHHHHHHHHHhhh
*but good wahs.. sniff
You could make a movie of that...
I am so happy for you guys.. MFEO
Made for each other.. you just had to find where you fit together..
I wish you both many many many more years of Love and Laughter. zzvirgo wrote today at 9:41 AM Sniff sniff you guys are killing me. 9:30 in the mornin and Im crying this is sooo sweet So wonderful LOVE IT! I am a hopless romantic. You guys R the Best Love Aunt Z phukcherry wrote today at 1:54 PM OMG! I'm gonna cry! That is soooooo sweet! Congrats you two! Jeffy....I'm so glad you are happy! I wish you both all the best life has to offer. Love you both always! -Cheryl audio reply video replyAdd a Comment    

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 Some "Senior" personal ads seen in Florida newspapers: 
(Who says seniors don't have a sense of humor?) 

FOXY LADY: 
Sexy, fashion-conscious blue-haired beauty, 
80's, slim, 5'4" (used to be 5'6"), searching for 

sharp-looking, sharp-dressing companion. 
matching white shoes and belt a plus.  

LONG-TERM COMMITMENT: 
Recent widow who has just buried fourth husband,

and am looking for someone to round out a six-unit plot. 
Dizziness, fainting, shortness of breath not a problem. 

SERENITY NOW: 
I am into solitude, long walks, sunrises, the ocean, yoga and meditation. 

If you are the silent type, let's get together, 
take our hearing aids out and enjoy quiet times. 

WINNING SMILE: 

Active grandmother with original teeth seekinga dedicated flosser 

to share rare steaks,corn on the cob and caramel candy 

BEATLES OR STONES? 
I still like to rock, still like to cruise in my Camaro on 

Saturday nights and still like to play the guitar. 
If you were a groovy chick, or are now a groovy hen, 
let's get together and listen to my eight-track tapes. 

MEMORIES: 
I can usually remember Monday through Thursday. 
If you can remember Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

let's put our two heads together. 

MINT CONDITION: 
Male, 1932, high mileage, good condition, some hair, 
many new parts including hip, knee, cornea, valves. 
Isn't in running condition, but walks well

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone been away for a long time . But im back, sort of, my sister is still very ill but hanging in there. Ive missed all of you so very much. I find it hard to keep my mind on hardly anything else. She has COPD and her lungs and Kidneys are shutting down. But she is doing wonderful right now, So pray a lot and spend a lot of time with her trying to cope. Love all of you for all your kind words of encouragement. Hope to see all of you here soon. Love Z

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New word for 2008 dictionary:

Electile Dysfunction: the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president put forth by either party in the 2008 election year.  Love you Z

 

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I walked in late on the news tonight . I didnt get all the information. Does anyone know what it is all about? I heard Microsoft is trying to buy out Yahoo, and what did they say google had to do with it? Did anyone else hear ?    They are trying to buy them, its not for sure yet and Google is trying to help keep Yahoo afloat.......... Love you Z  

Dear Abby,
>>>
>>>
>>> My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me
>>> from the
>>> beginning, and, when I confront him, he denies
>>> everything. What's
>>> worse,
>>> everyone knows that he cheats on me. It is so
>>> humiliating.
>>>
>>> Also, since he lost his job eight years ago, he hasn't
>>> even looked for
>>> a
>>> new one. All he does all day is smoke cigars, cruise
>>> around and B.S.
>>> with his buddies while I have to work to pay the
>>> bills. Since our
>>> daughter went away to college he doesn't even pretend
>>> to like me and
>>> hints that I may be a lesbian. What should I do?
>>>
>>> Signed: Clueless
>>>
>>> -------------
>>>
>>> Dear Clueless,
>>>
>>> Grow up and dump him. Good grief, woman - you don't
>>> need him anymore!
>>> You're a United States Senator from New York running
>>> for President of
>>> the United States . Act like one.
>>>

Written
by:
Laurinda Morris, DVM
Danville Veterinary Clinic
Danville , Ohio

This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix that ate half a canister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM on Tuesday.  He started with vomiting, diarrhea and shaking about 1AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call my emergency service until 7AM.


I had heard somewhere about raisins AND grapes causing acute Renal failure but hadn't seen any formal paper on the subject. We had her bring the dog in immediately. In the meantime, I called the ER service at MedVet, and the doctor there was like me - had heard something about it, but....    Anyway, we contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center and they said to give I V fluids at
1 1/2 times maintenance and watch the kidney values for the next 48-72 hours.

The dog's BUN (blood urea nitrogen level) was already at 32 (normal less than 27) and creatinine! Over 5 ( 1.9 is the high end of normal). Both are monitors of kidney function in the bloodstream. We placed an IV catheter and started the fluids. Rechecked the renal values at 5 PM and the BUN was over 40 and creatinine over 7 with no urine production after a liter of fluids.  At the point I felt the dog was in acute renal failure and sent him on to MedVet for a urinary catheter to monitor urine output overnight as well as overnight care.

He started vomiting again overnight at MedVet and his renal values have continued to increase daily. He produced urine when given lasix as a diuretic. He was on 3 different anti-vomiting medications and they still couldn't control his vomiting. Today his urine output decreased again, his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was at 10, his phosphorus was very elevated and his blood pressure, which had been staying around 150, skyrocketed to 220.. He continued to vomit and the owners elected to

Euthanize.

This is a very sad case - great dog, great owners who had no idea raisins could be a toxin. Please alert everyone you know who has a dog of this very serious risk. Poison control said as few as 7 raisins or grapes could be toxic. Many people I know give their dogs grapes or raisins as treats including our ex-handler's. Any exposure should give rise to immediate concern. 

Onions, chocolate, cocoa and macadamia nuts can be fatal, too.

Even if you don't have a dog, you might have friends who do. This is worth passing on to them. Confirmation
from Snopes about the above...
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp

Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course"   Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned "Titanic". I'll give you a sound bite: "Throw all the bums out!"   You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.   The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the "America" my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?   I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have.   The Biggest "C" is Crisis !   Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis.   It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory.  Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.   On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A Hell of a Mess   So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves.    The middle class is being squeezed every which way These are times that cry out for leadership.   But when you look around, you've got to ask: "Where have all the leaders gone?" Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense?  I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.   Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?  We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.   Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm.   Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.   Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when "The Big Three" referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?   Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.   I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is  everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?   Had Enough?   Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope I believe in America. In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: the "Great Depression", "World War II", the "Korean War", the "Kennedy Assassination", the "Vietnam War", the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this: "You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a call to "Action" for people who, like me, believe in America. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had "enough."   Excerpted from "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?". Copyright (c) 2007 by Lee Iacocca. All rights reserved.

Well Im too sad to really do anything else but write so in my grief, I will be MIA a lot for the next 3 weeks, I just found out I am losing my best friend, my sister, my substitute mother, in about 3 wks the Doctors say,I am creating a website for her and her family to go to in their pain to try to get through this. She is the finest person I have ever known. She loves the whole world but esp God so she will be fine, Its the rest of us saps that is having the hard time with it. Love Z




This  is dedicated  to Our Shirley Jane Culver Gay



I put this Conferate Rose in here because its Shirleys favorite flower.

A florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about
> his
> bill and the barber replies, "I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing
> community service this week." The florist was pleased and left the shop.
> When the barber goes to open his shop the next morning there is a "Thank
> You" card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.
> A cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the
> barber
> replies, "I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service
> this
> week." The cop is happy and leaves the shop.
> The next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a "Thank You"
> card
> and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.
> Later that day, a college professor comes in for a haircut, and when he
> tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, "I cannot accept money
> from
> you. I'm doing community service this week." The professor is very happy
> and leaves the shop.
> The next morning when the barber opens his shop, there is a "Thank You"
> card
> and a dozen different books, such as "How to Improve Your Business" and
> "Becoming More Successful."
> Then, a Congressman comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his
> bill
> the barber replies, "I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community
> service this week." The Congressman is very happy and leaves the shop.
> The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen
> Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.
> And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the
> working citizens of our country and the members of our Congress.
>

Dear Zona,

Fred's South Carolina surge is working!

Two new polls by Zogby and Rasmussen, conducted just this week, show support for Fred growing. Thousands of internal calls by the campaign show Fred's strength increasing.

It's Day 10 of Fred's South Carolina bus tour, and Fred is on fire!

At each stop he is met with large and enthusiastic crowds...so large in fact, that a couple of times the local Fire Marshall has closed off the event, leaving lines of folks waiting to get in to hear what Fred has to say.

These crowds are made up of people who are long time Fred Heads, people who are undecided, and even some folks who thought they had made up their minds.  But, after hearing Fred's message and seeing him up close, it's clear that he is the consistent conservative voice in this race. 

Don't take my word for it though, watch these videos of real live South Carolinians declaring their change of heart in Fred's direction.

Folks are taking a second look at Fred, and they like what they see.

Help us keep this momentum going!  With only 2 days before voters go to the polls, we can't let up now. 

Forward this message to your friends, ask them to become a Friend of Fred.  Make an online contribution.  Download some calls and Phone for Fred. 

Every supporter, every contribution, and every phone call makes a difference.

Can we count on you for a donation of $25, $50 or $75 today?

Thanks for your support...we're almost there!

Sincerely,

William B. Lacy
Campaign Manager

      Even after this hit the news today, I had an agent call me and ask if I would still like to have Allstate as my automobile insurance, when I asked her about the news today, she says "actually That is a lie" I politely hung up on her.   Is that Gall or what?                                  Allstate suspended from writing new auto policies in Florida   

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has suspended Allstate companies from writing new car insurance policies in Florida for refusing to comply fully with a state subpoena.

McCarty abruptly ended a scheduled two-day meeting yesterday after just two hours.

He was angered that Allstate officials failed to turn over some information the state requested on property coverage rates and that company officials described the state's request as “irrelevant.”

The decision affects all five Allstate subsidiaries in Florida.

McCarty said the order, which he will issue this afternoon, will only affect Allstate's ability to sell new automotive insurance policies, and has no impact on renewals or new home insurance policies.

Governor Charlie Crist issued this statement on the suspension:

“I applaud Commissioner McCarty for sending a clear message to Allstate Companies and protecting Florida's consumers. It is clear to me that Allstate must have something to hide if they are unwilling to comply with the Commissioner's requests. This type of behavior is an unconscionable disregard for this process and their customers.                           I came so close to changing to this company for my Auto insurance this month......So glad that I didnt   Z

 

JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PRAYED FOR MY GRANDSON, HE IS GOOD,WE ARE GOING TO DOCTOR THIS MORNING , BUT HE IS FINE. SOME VIRAL THING. BUT HE IS ALREADY OVER IT.LOVE AND PEACE TO ALL OF YOU AFTER THE DOCTOR TODAY I AM GOING TO VOTE(FOR FRED) LOL                        LOVE YOU Z

This is Jordan please say a prayer for him tonight he is very sick. Started running high temp, last night we couldnt keep it down, took him to Hospital this morning at 500 am hes been there all day they cant find out what is wrong. Sent him home, for a while, he still very sick They may put him in tomorrow.His fever is flying up to 104 and 105 with no infection no other symtomsThis is my grandson precious one I have took care of since he was born. I am so tired and cant quit crying, Please pray for him Love you Z I will keep you updated.