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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Friday, March 06, 2009 - 4:21 pm
Emeraldfire, may God continue to bless Alyssa, Bethany, you and your family. Your story took my breath away.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 06, 2009 - 5:49 pm
((((Emeraldfire)))) I made you a folder and copied your post over there, so when you are ready to put in the updates and the pictures people reading there will have the back story, and it will save you a little time. I hope that is okay with you.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, March 06, 2009 - 6:22 pm
May God bless you and yours through the rest of the year, Emeraldfire, and I truly wish Alyssa the best.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, March 06, 2009 - 8:09 pm
Emeraldfire thank heavens that the womenfolk in your family are obviously made of hardy stock! What an unimaginable nightmare, yet thankfully it seems that all's well now. (Gentle hugs for you, your daughter, and your grandbaby.) Pix please... 
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Saturday, March 07, 2009 - 5:18 pm
Emeraldfire, I too had been wondering how things were going for your daughter and baby. WOW, I did not expect all that! I am so happy things have worked out so well for all of you, and I pray for continued miracles for your family.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, March 07, 2009 - 5:22 pm
Thank God for such wonderful news! How harrowing but how wonderful that you can now just share in the wonderful time with your daughter and granddaughter. I cannot wait for pics!
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Emeraldfire
Member
03-05-2003
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 1:03 pm
Thank all of you for the love and support. It brought me to tears. I have yet to tell the whole story at once and I have still left out things, but it did actually help to share what I did. Thank you Juju for making a folder for me. I'm going to go to the test site and try posting a picture and then I'm going to post pictures in it. I'll let y'all know when they are posted.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 1:13 pm
I'm so happy that it has worked out okay and that things are going so much better. Let us know if you need any help with the pictures. I know there are lots of people here who would love to see them. 
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Emeraldfire
Member
03-05-2003
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 2:40 pm
Jimmer, funny you should mention the whole help thing. HELP!!! I tried out a picture in my profile which said it was too big but when I click on the picture I can't find how to make it smaller! I have to get off the computer right now but if someone can leave idiot-proof instructions in my folder I will try again tomorrow afternoon. Thanks!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 2:44 pm
Emerald, just email the pics (to me or Jimmer or whomever you know can post a photo) and we'll post them for you! That's the most idiot proof way to do it!!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 4:02 pm
As Julie mentioned as a quick fix you are welcome to mail us the pictures and we will resize them for you. I'll also leave instructions in your folder.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 7:42 am
Subject on the talk radio station I'm listening to is farting. Apparently flight attendants walk the isle and let it go, blaming the passengers. They call it "crop dusting". Why do farts smell? So the deaf can enjoy it too. True story. A couple was walking through a wax museum. She let a big one go. The couple started to hear odd noises. Not all the wax statues were real wax -- there were living human statues among them. The giggling started . . . . One of the statues caught the giggles so bad s/he had to leave the display area.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 8:17 am
That's true about crop dusting. Our flight attendant friends have told us about it.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 3:39 am
Below is an email from a friend of mine. If you are interested, would you mind helping? ___________ As you know, John has been working for years to become a published novelist. He has a unique opportunity right now, and if you can possibly spare a bit of time, you can help him out. One of his novels, PAPYRUS, has made it to the quarter-finals of Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel contest. This means it rated among the top 500 entries out of 10,000 total submissions. The next stage of judging is done online -- by Amazon customers -- and this is where I am asking for your help. · Amazon has uploaded an excerpt of PAPYRUS which covers the Prologue and first two chapters. The first way you can help is to read the excerpt and post a review. Here’s how to do that. Go to http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG3D3Y . Click on the “Download for Free” box in the upper right corner of the page. This takes you Amazon’s log-in page. Sign in. On the next page click “Continue.” On the next page, you can click “View now” or “Download to my computer” to see the excerpt. After reading the excerpt, go back to the original page, scroll down to “Customer Reviews,” and click “Create your own review.” Sounds complicated, but it really is easy. · Second, you can forward this email to your friends and ask them to look at the excerpt and post a review as well (and perhaps they can enlist some of their contacts to do the same). The Amazon reviews are critical. In deciding which novels progress to the semi-finals, the judges will consider not only the readers’ ratings, but also the level of interest, as indicated by the number of reviews. So that is why I am hoping you will forward my request to your friends, and perhaps ask them to forward it to their friends, as well. The review period goes from now to April 14, but the sooner the better. To give you an idea of what PAPYRUS is about, I have included a version of Amazon’s summary below. It’s basically an adventure story. But beyond that, it offers a new take on historical events and royal intrigue leading to the pinnacle of ancient Egyptian culture. It also explores women’s issues in Muslim society and the struggle between moderates and fundamentalists. Thriller/Suspense Papyrus by John Oehler Description: Rika Teferi, a former fighter in Eritrea's war for independence, is working on her doctorate in the Cairo Museum when an accidental spill of tea uncovers hidden writing on a papyrus written by Queen Tiye to her youngest son, Tutankhamun. Horrified at the spill but aching to read the entire secret text, Rika agrees to let visiting remote-sensing specialist, David Chamberlain, smuggle the priceless papyrus out of the museum and scan it with instruments on his aircraft. The results show Tiye to have been the power behind the thrones of her husband and sons. They also reveal that she was buried, not in Egypt, but in modern-day Sudan. Rika feels a spiritual bond with Queen Tiye (a Nubian commoner who married Pharaoh and revolutionized Egyptian society by introducing a monotheistic religion that freed Egypt from the tyranny of the Amun priests), and she is driven to connect with her. She and David devise a risky plan to find Tiye's tomb. But a major in the Secret Police misconstrues their covert activities as part of a fundamentalist plot to overthrow the Egyptian government and vows to kill them. Rika's quest to find Tiye's tomb parallels chapters reliving the queen's last journey up the Nile, three thousand years before, to achieve immortality by being buried alive in a coffin of oils. Throughout the story, Rika is torn between her passion for Tiye and her love of country. If she finds the queen's tomb, should she take from it only knowledge, or should she pilfer the valuable artifacts and sell them to buy arms that could tip the balance in Eritrea's continuing battle against genocide? In her growing love of David, she is also torn by the fear that he could never live in her culture, nor she in his. These quandaries plague her until the shocking end.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:11 am
I am having to do a project for my polsci class and while it is due at the end of the semester...i rather finish it now since it is somewhat easy (yah for me...i think). anyways, i have to write five different letters: one to my city, one to my county, one to the governator, one to my representative (Senate or House), and then one to like the FBI, CIA, etc. I am supposed to discuss topics that are relevant to me, and one of the topics has to be about water (seeing how California has a huge water drought on hand). i have other topics in mind (crime, environment, taxes, etc.). however, they don't seem to fit really well...like i have no idea what exactly to write to my rep. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. tia.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:17 am
I could give you my message to the governator...but I think it would all be red dotted 
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:23 am
haha. scoot...unfortunately...i have to turn this into the teacher...don't think it he would appreciate a f-u to the governator...even if i would. lol.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:28 am
Depends if he got a pink slip or not LOL!
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:52 am
Beckie you could write about a specific bill giving your support or why you are against it. Here the link where you can search for bills for California. http://www.legislature.ca.gov/port-bilinfo.html or at the national level http://thomas.loc.gov/
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, March 20, 2009 - 8:50 am
Beckie, I heard talk radio the other night from KGO in San Fran, Dr. Bill was on for the regular guy. He is very adamant about getting us off of foreign oil. Here is a link to the ad addressed to President Obama that he put in the Washington Post recently. He also has a letter written by a listener to Boxer and Feinstein about this and saving other $. The listener gave permission for others to copy and send it. Not that you should, but there may be some ideas for you in that letter. Good luck. http://kgoradio.com/viewentry.asp?ID=367990&PT=PERSONALITIES
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 7:46 am
We have vinyl garage doors, only two yrs old, that are beige.... we want dark brown. Anyone know if these can be painted easily? Will they need to be taken out, sprayed with specialty paint and reinstalled or can we just brush paint them with latex?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 4:42 pm
Dylan has had a fever over 101 since yesterday. I havent seen him this sick in years. He is sleeping most of the day today. His eyes are bloodshot, I assume from fever. I gave him tylenol cold and advil, alternating yesterday and today and still has fever. My question, if you have a steady fever for more than 2 days should you go to doctor?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 5:20 pm
Call your ped in the morning and see what he says...
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 5:37 pm
Pamy, does he have any other symptoms? Sore throat, earache, tummy ache?
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 6:17 pm
I would call his doc in the AM, like Julieboo said...
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