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>
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>1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
>
>2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
>
>3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
>
>4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
>
>5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
>
>6. You watch the Weather Channel.
>
>7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break
>up".
>
>8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
>
>9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up".
>
>10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@#ing kids
>next door won't turn down the stereo.
>
>11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
>
>12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
>
>13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
>
>14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
>
>15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
>
>16. You take naps.
>
>17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of
>one.
>
>18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset
>rather than settle your stomach.
>
>19. You go to the drug store for Ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms
>and pregnancy tests.
>
>20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff".
>
>21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
>
>22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going
>to drink that much again".
>
>23. 90% of the time you spend in front of the computer is for real
>work.
>
>24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
>
>25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them
>instead of asking "Oh S*$# what the hell happened?"
>
>Bonus:
>
>26. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that
>doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old butt.
>Then you forward it to a bunch of old pals & friends 'cause you know
>they'll enjoy it & do the same.

Ontario,Canada
Gloria

They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up for injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer when there is a better solution.


They go without new shoes so their children can have them.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards.


They are happy when they hear about a birth or a new marriage.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.


Women come in all sizes, in all colors and shapes.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin!


Women do more than just give birth. They bring joy and hope. They give compassion and ideals. They give moral support to their family and friends. Women have a lot to say and a lot to give.

Ontario,Canada Thankyou to all my blogger friends
Gloria

Close your eyes...And go back in time

Before semi automatics and crack...
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...



Way back...I'm talking about

Hide and seek at dusk.
Red light, green light.
The corner store.
Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch,
jacks, kickball, dodgeball.
Mother May I...
Red Rover and Roly Poly.
Hula Hoops.
Running through the sprinkler.
An ice cream cone on a warm summer night...
Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or
maybe butter pecan.


Wait...

Watching Saturday Morning cartoons...
Short commercials.
Fat Albert, Road Runner, The Three Stooges, and Bugs.

Or back further...

When around the corner seemed far away,
And going downtown seemed like going somewhere.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro.
Climbing trees, building igloos out of snow banks
Running till you were out of breath.
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.
Jumping on the bed.
Pillow fights.
Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down...
Being tired from playing...Remember that?
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike
into a motorcycle.


I'm not finished just yet...

When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked,
and gas pumped without asking, for free, every time...
and, you didn't pay for air.
When nearly everyone's mom was at home
when the kids got there.
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up,
if you even had one.
It was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb.
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken
out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.
When girls neither dated nor kissed
until late high school, if then.


When they threatened to keep kids back a grade
if they failed...and did!
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited
a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't
because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!



Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say,
"Yeah, I remember that!"



Remember when...

Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
The worst thing you could catch
from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."

If you can remember most or all of these,
then you have LIVED!!!

Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from "grown up" life...
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!!

sTAY SAFE AND ENJOY MOTHER NATURE!!!!!!

oNTARIO, cANADA
glORIA

p.s. i AM SLEEPING IN TOMORROW.....

Home is where you hang your @.

The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.

A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.

You can't teach a new mouse old clicks.

Great groups from little icons grow.

Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.

C: is the root of all directories.

Don't put all your hypes in one home page.

Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish.

The modem is the message.

Too many clicks spoil the browse.

The geek shall inherit the earth.

A chat has nine lives.

Don't byte off more than you can view.

Fax is stranger than fiction.

What boots up must come down.

Windows will never cease.

Virtual reality is its own reward.

Modulation in all things.

A user and his leisure time are soon parted.

There's no place like home.com.

Know what to expect before you connect.

Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice.



Ontario,Canada
Gloria

My post tonight is about the love and friendship that I have found here in the stream. I met this cute little girl a while back. ANd instancely fell in LOve with her like she was my own flesh and blood.Now she is leaving to go off and join the Marines.And to serve her country. I am sad but at the same time I am so proud and happy for her. The person that I am talking about Is Abigail.
Abigail kiddo you have come a long way in the past few months that we have been chatting here and on MSN.And I want everyone that reads these blogs how PROUD !!!! I am of you.Remember what I have told you ok...And Never forget me and the others here that love you.. I have figured out why this here stream was started and I am thankful to Pioneer for doing this for all of us..

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF MISS ABBY AND KEEP YOU HEAD DOWN !!!

MUMS



I have always liked a person who tells it like it is.ANd that is you Abigail.

ALways and forever means just that..Never ever say good-bye always say later....