Smartiplant's Journal

They Dont Make That Anymore

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Sat, 11 Oct 08 19:07:00 UT

I was thinking today about some things that I wish we could still buy in stores. The first thing I thought of were those coloring christmas cards that were around back when I was a kid. It was a card that had a christmas scene on them for you to color. I think it would be neat if they still made those.

Then I thought of of the Sunshine Lemon Cooler cookies that they used to sell. Oh how I loved those! I actually did a search on them and came up with a recipe knock off for Lemon Coolers. Here is the link.Sunshine Lemon Coolers I am going to try them out and hopefully they will at least be close.

Lastly, I asked hubby if there was something he wished he could still buy and he said Dodger cola. That was a new one on me but I found a picture of the bottle.

So how bout you? What do you wish you could get that is no longer manufactured?

One Minute Each Night Pray For America

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Wed, 8 Oct 08 15:21:00 UT

I received this email today and I think it is a wonderful idea and plan to participate.

ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT....
This is the scariest election we as Christians have ever faced, and from the looks of the polls, the Christians aren't voting Christian values. We all need to be on our knees.

Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders to behold. This scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it. I challenge you to do so. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land.

This election is the scariest I remember in my lifetime. 2 Chronicles 7:14..'If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.'

During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England , its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped. There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America.

The United States of America and our citizens need prayer more than ever!!! If you would like to participate, each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, the upcoming election, that the Bible will remain the basis for the laws governing our land and that Christianity will grow in the U.S.

If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along. Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Thank you. Please pass this on to anyone who you think will want to join us. God Bless You!!!

Maple Splendor

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Thu, 2 Oct 08 06:15:00 UT

It takes awhile for us to get any Fall color here in Texas but when we do, it is glorious! Lost Maples is my favorite place to see Autumn leaves.

The website below provides an excellent "tour" of the Fall scenes at Lost Maples State Natural area near Vanderpool, Texas.

Fall Found at Lost Maples

Gods Smile

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Wed, 1 Oct 08 07:54:00 UT

From an email I received. They called the picture "God's Smile"

Meme I swiped from Reenie

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Mon, 29 Sep 08 22:07:00 UT

I swiped this meme from Reenie

1.What time did you get up this morning?
5:00 am

2.Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds

3.What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Babylon AD (hubbys choice, not mine)

4.What is your favorite TV show?
Eureka

5.What do you usually have for breakfast?
Coffee and toast

6.What is your middle name?
Elizabeth

7.What food do you dislike?
Oysters

8.What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Been playing a 80s and 90s cd mix I made

9.What kind of car do you drive?
My mother's Oldsmobile, I gave my Toyota to daughter.

10.Favorite sandwich?
Chicken Salad

11.What characteristic do you despise?
Irresponsible people

12.Favorite item of clothing?
turtlenecks and jeans

13.If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Europe

14.Favorite brand of clothing?
dont have a favorite really

15.Where would you retire to?
some place where there's mountains

16.What was your most recent memorable birthday?
None

17.Favorite sport to watch?
football

18.Furthest place you are sending this?
posting on journal

19.Person you expect to send it back first? dunno

20.When is your birthday?
May 11th

21.Are you a morning person or a night person?
morning

22.What is your shoe size?
10

23.Pets?
three dogs

24.Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
I will see my grandson this weekend!

25.What did you want to be when you were little?
teacher

26.How are you today?
good

27.What is your favorite candy?
Reeses Peanut butter cups

28.What is your favorite flower?
Iris

29.What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Oct 5th

30.What is your favorite pastime?
gardening, writing, genealogy, reading

31.What are you listening to right now?
Nothing

32.What was the last thing you ate?
Marie Callendars chicken pot pie

33.Do you wish on stars?
yes

34.If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
orange

35.How is the weather right now?
clear, probably mid 80s was 92 for a high today

36.The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
sister's housekeeper

37.Favorite soft drink?
Diet Coke

38.Favorite restaurant?
Mariachi's De Jalisco

39.Real hair color?
Ash Blonde (wish some gray)

40.What was your favorite toy as a child?
dolls

41.Summer or winter?
winter

42.Hugs or kisses?
Hugs and kisses

43.Chocolate or Vanilla?
Vanilla

44.Coffee or tea?
Coffee

45.Do you want your friends to email you back?
Iâm posting, not emailing

46.When was the last time you cried?
Friday, Sept 26th

47.What is under your bed?
you want a list? pictures, a kite, probably a few dog toys

48.What did you do last night?
visited inlaws

49.What are you afraid of
cant think of anything

50.Salty or sweet?
Both together

51.How many keys on your key ring?
about 8

52.How many years at your current job?
5 months

53.Favorite day of the week?
Saturday

54.How many towns have you lived in?
about 27

55.Do you make friends easily?
Yes

56.How many people will you send this to?
Iâm only posting

57.How many will respond?
Donât know. :)

A Surgery, A Reunion and A Praise

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Mon, 29 Sep 08 21:37:00 UT

I am so tired right now that I am just downright delirious. I didnt sleep well last night because I was afraid I wouldnt wake up early enough to help sister get to her scheduled surgery on time. We ended up actually getting there a little early but that didnt help the amount of sleep that I got.

Sister came through her gallstone surgery beautifully. I will be here with her for a couple more days and then go back home only to return here again for the weekend.

This weekend is big doins in my hometown of Crystal City. There is a class reunion as well as the 100th anniversary of the church I grew up in. I am hoping there will be a good turn out to both events so that I can see a lot of old friends.

The downside to the events of the weekend is that my hometown has been on a steady decline since the seventies and even though my old church is celebrating a big anniversary, it is also closing its doors for good. The membership is down to about a dozen older members and they just can't keep the church going anymore. Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces and introducing them to my family. I hear tell my kindergarten teacher will even be there and she is 90 years old now!

Thanks again to Brown Eyed Girl for pointing me to some resources for dressing up my page. Now if I can figure out how to make the front page background repeat to journal post pages as well, the I will be ecstatic!

Day with Daughter

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Sat, 27 Sep 08 19:13:00 UT

I enjoyed a nice visit with my daughter today. She had moved about three weeks ago and I had not yet seen the new place.

Daughter and her boyfriend are living in a little house that is actually in the country but not far from "civilization" so they really have the best of both worlds in that respect. It was a cute place.

She and her boyfriend are engaged and planning a wedding for Nov. 14, 2009. Thankfully she gave me lots of time because I am worn out from this year and it is not even over yet!

Of course it is all in the beginning stages but I told her that if she was planning a Fall theme for her wedding, it would be a real advantage in terms of picking up decorations when they go on sale.

It Pisses Me Off

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Sat, 27 Sep 08 18:41:00 UT

I am reposting this here after posting it to my blogger blog. Apologies to Reenie and any others who have read this already for the repition.

It pisses me off that

*Both McCain (150,000) and Obama (500,000) accepted money from Freddie/Fannie when they both admitted that they knew a year or more ago about the financial problems. If they were concerned about our country and its financial problems they would have refused the money. Don't tell me these amounts are not enough to fix the problem. I already know that but this is the very type of action, that cumulatively got us in this mess.

*Wall St. and Government both think they live in a royal kingdom and they can spend all they want with no consequences. What we have here is a bunch of little kings that we are supporting. England fortunately has only one royal family while we are having to support hundreds in a royal lifestyle.

*Government - who doesnt know a damn thing about financial responsiblity proposes that they can fix this mess for us. They need to be calling in the financial wizards of our country to find solutions. Government only knows how to worsen the problem and we are going to be paying for a 700 billion dollar bandaid.

*It pisses me off when people refer to Sara Palin as a "hockey mom". If that isn't a goddamn sexist remark I dont know what is! Before she was chosen as a running mate she was "Governor Palin" now that she is in world focus, she is just a hockey mom according to many which is the same thing as saying a woman cant handle the job and we need some man with a dick hanging between their legs in order to make sound decisions. That is the biggest crock of shit I have ever heard! I cant believe this does not make more women pissed off than it does.

*It pisses me off that I have yet to hear Obama speak of his mother. I dont know if this means he is a racist or a sexist, but he only acknowledges the black side of his lineage and only mentions his father.

Remembering Mom

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Fri, 26 Sep 08 06:31:00 UT

Today marks one year since my Mom passed away. She died on her father's birthday. She died after spending 30 years in an off and on battle with cancer. In that time span Mom had two mastectomies, then stomach cancer and then Leukemia, the cancer that older cancer patients seem to get after all the chemo treatments they have had over the years. I guess the cure prolonged her life and I am grateful for that, but it is also what killed her.

The picture below is my favorite picture of Mom. She was 42 at the time and working as County Treasurer and even though she obviously grew older, in my mind, this is how she always looked.

Before Mom's funeral she asked me to do two things. One was to make up a program to be handed out and the other was to include this poem.

When I am gone, just release me,
let me go - so I can move into my
afterglow. You mustn't tie me down
with your tears; let's be happy
that we had so many years. I gave you
my love, you can only guess
how much you gave me in happiness.
I thank you for the love you each have
shown, but now it's time I traveled on alone.
So grieve for me awhile, if grieve
you must, then let your grief be comforted
with trust. It's only for awhile that
we must part, so bless the memories within
your heart. And then, when you must
come this way alone, I'll greet you with
a smile and a "Welcome Home."

I Love You Mom

love, Littlebeth

Wed., Sep 24, 2008

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Wed, 24 Sep 08 07:35:00 UT

Sorry about the title. Sometimes I get tired of thinking up titles.

It has been a busy week. I have been catching up on business bookkeeping and working on a contract for a new customer. This is in addition to my regular job with the county.

Also found out this week that my sister is having gall bladder surgery Monday so I will be going to stay there a few days. She takes care of our Aunt and my handicapped brother so she needs some help to say the least since she will be having surgery herself.

I feel bad I havent caught up with other journals lately but I promise I will

love ya, Nan

Amazing Tribute to My Mom

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Mon, 22 Sep 08 11:07:00 UT

I'm having a hard time keeping my mind on work today. I am thinking about Mom alot this week because Friday will mark one year since she passed away.

I guess she is also on the minds of other people who knew her because this weekend I got word that there had been a donation made in my Mom's name towards the cancer center currently being built at the hospital where my Mom worked for nearly 30 years.

The donation amount was an amazing $100,000.00! What a wonderful surprise and what a wonderful tribute to the way she touched lives of people while she was here and now people will benefit from the cancer center as well.

I also thought this morning about the woman who donated blood and platelets anonymously on my Mom's behalf the whole time Mom was fighting leukemia, and I think about when Mom died that the hospital where she worked flew their flag at half mast for one day in her honor. They had never done this before (and really werent supposed to).

There have been so many other wonderful tributes along the way too and this week, I am relishing in those tributes and remembering and letting the tears fall that I was not able to while I was taking care of her.

Backgrounds for Journalscape

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Sat, 20 Sep 08 22:56:00 UT

Below is a link to a website that will generate the code you need for different backgrounds.

You will first need to have a website like photobucket where you have uploaded background tile images.

Once you have done that you pick the tile image you want to use from your photobucket account and copy the code next to where it says direct link under that tile image.

You will then go to the Background Code Generator page in the linke below and paste the code into the box next to where it says background image. Then choose "repeat horizontally and vertically" in the drop down image box below that.(I left the other boxes at their defaults)

Next click the button that says "Generate Myspace Layout" and copy the code in the box below the buttons and put THAT code in journalscape's settings box where you put your history. **note the new background will only show on your front page, not any other journal entry or settings pages. You will see when you go to your front page and sign out that the page will have your new background.

Many thanks to Brown Eyed Girl for telling me what to look for when I asked her about adding a background!

Background Code Generator

My Duh Moment Of The Day

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Sat, 20 Sep 08 07:08:00 UT

Yesterday as I worked on sealing juvenile files, I made a call to one of the law offices to ask for an update on a hearing. This particular file had been on my desk since June waiting for action by the court.

Even though this file should have already been dealt with I realized as I spoke with the secretary they couldn't very well do anything about it right now.

You see the law office is in Galveston and the secretary explained to me that she was answering from her phone at home but that as soon as they could get to their office again she would update me on the case. Doh! How easy it is to forget that people are still trying to get life back to normal after hurricane Ike.

Please continue to remember them in your prayers; some of these people are starting over again and I sure don't envy their situation.

note** There would have been an adorable and appropriate graphic with this post if photobucket were not having issues this morning. :-)

Tighter, Tighter by Alive N Kickin

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Thu, 18 Sep 08 14:56:00 UT

What a great old song this is!

Hurricane Ike Photos

lilbeth511-blogger@yahoo.com — Thu, 18 Sep 08 06:14:00 UT

This is a good collection of photos from Hurricane Ike.

Short,Eventful Life of Ike