****I got this in an email today!****
When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/O Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
I got tagged for a linky love in from “Hooked On Memes“! Thank you!
I’ve tagged 5 more bloggers below.
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Welcome to Ann’s Link Love In sponsored by the SuburbanGypsy.
Since this will be Ann’s very first meme, let’s get her going and good! Alright?
I have selected 5 bloggers (not including myself and our friend Ann) to tag and bestow a bit of linky love. I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog and pass that love forward. A bit of Free Love if you will.
Simply tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not edit, replace, or delete. Just keep on adding! With any luck, this will be one heck of a groovy list.)
It’s just that easy! What is in it for you? A little bit of fun, the joy of annoying your blogging buddies – AGAIN, new friends, potentially an increase in your blog traffic, Google Page Rank, and in your Technorati *wink*
Add your blog url…
Ann’s Rants | Suburban Gypsy | Life in the Lost World | What Women REALLY Think | Journeywoman | YummY! Down On This | Hooked On Memes | Shannon’s Moments of Introspection | Small Reflections | Skittles’ Place | Fatty Kathy’s Weight Loss Journey | Beautiful Orchids | Gina’s Public Diary | 3 Sides of Crazy | Mom Knows Everything | Penny Lane | Multifaceted Mama
You are next…
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Give Back PeaceGive me back myself, give me back men
Linked to me.
As long as men live as men,
Give back peace,
Peace that never crumbles.
by Sankichi Toge
Helen Keller: “I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”
John Lennon: “Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.”
I was Tagged by the lovely Tamy over at “3 Sides of Crazy” for this fun tag meme.
RULES:
Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things … Nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question. Then tag 3 other people. (It’s harder than it looks!)
WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Shannon
4 LETTER WORD: Scat
BOY NAME: Steven
OCCUPATION: Secretary
COLOR: Sky Blue
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Shorts
A PLACE: St. Louis, Missouri
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Soap
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Slept in
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: Scram!
FOOD: Shrimp Fried Rice
I want to tag:
Penny Lane
Skittles Place
Southpaw’s Journey
Tuffy’s Tale
A sweet, kind blogging friend of mine (Bud) brought it to my attention that the comments section of my blog is not working very well. It seems blogger implemented something new and it seems to only work some of the time. So, I changed my settings so that the comment section is now a pop-up window. Please let me know if this works or not
Hugs!
~*~ Shannon ~*~
The Peace Globe project began in the fall of 2006 with a simple post from one blog, Mimi Writes. The post ignited a flame in the blogosphere. The flame became a passion. The passion became a movement. It amazingly traveled from blog to blog to blog across the globe. Bloggers wrote passionate articles on what peace means to them, along with the promise of three Latin words scribbled on a globe – Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace) - branded with the integrity of their names or blog names. It was positively inspiring to watch. And it began to happen all over the world – from Singapore to China to Afghanistan to Brooklyn.
1. Right CLICK and SAVE the peace globe below or choose from other designs here.
Here’s the most important part.
4. On November 6, 2008 DISPLAY YOUR GLOBE IN A POST. Title your post “Dona Nobis Pacem”. This is important. The goal is for all blog post titles to say the same thing on the same day. Write about peace or simply fly your globe. 
Go HERE for the other 3 globe template choices!)
If you’d like to help spread the word, take this button to your site. The code is in my sidebar.
I, Mimi Queen of Memes, hereby royally tag the following…….
………………………………………………………………………………………………YOUR NAME HERE.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE TAGGED TO PLAY.
Please passing this meme through the blogosphere. Peace + Power
This is Mimi Pencil Skirt reporting from the lovely land of the Peace Globes.
Memeing the Movement.
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Skittles (Barb) over at Skittles’ Place is have a birthday today…so…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
I hope you have an awesome birthday!
Hugs!
Shannon
This was originally posted by Michele in a post titled “Another Last Time Test“. I have appropriated her neat little test to post here along with my answers. Please visit Michele when you get a chance.
1. When is the last time you actually looked like the photo on your driver’s license?
I just renewed my license not too long ago so I have not changed much…only a new haircut.
2. When is the last time you purchased tickets for a sporting event?
In the year 2000. I took the kids to see the Kansas City Royals play baseball!
3. When is the last time you were asked to prove your age to enter a bar or to purchase alcohol?
Four or five years ago when the Man and I went out with his nephew.
4. When is the last time you let the person in a hurry cut in front of you in line?
Last week at the local gas station.
5. When is the last time you flirted with the idea of spending more that a week’s salary on a pair of shoes?
I have never done that and I never will. I don’t like shoes that much!
6. When is the last time you thought “you can’t possibly be serious”?
LOL Today at work.
7. When is the last time you wished a politician would simply answer the question they were asked?
Every day! Sometimes several times a day.
8. When is the last time you called around to several stores looking for a particular item; and was this item the new shade of nail enamel in the Chanel fall collection? I have not done this in years…it is easier to find things on the Internet. And no, I have not been looking for the new shade of nail enamel in the Chanel fall collection.
44 ODD Things about you! Learn 44 things about your friends, and let them learn 44 things about you! Just cut and paste, delete my answers and add yours.
1. Do you like blue cheese? No
2. Did you ever smoke? No
3. Do you own a gun? No
4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? Fruit Punch
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Yes
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I like them
7. Favorite Christmas movie? A Christmas Story
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Pepsi
9. Can you do push ups? Not Really
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My Watch
11. Favorite hobby? Reading
12. Do you have A.D.D.? Yes
13. What’s one trait you hate about yourself? I worry too much
14. Middle name? Gayle
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment. “I need to wash my hair.”; “I am hungry.” and “I need a Pepsi.”
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Pepsi, Sweet Tea and Water
17. What do you currently hate right now? Stupidity
18. Favorite place to be? Home
19. How did you bring in the New Year? Watching TV
20. Where would you like to go? Ireland
21. Name three people who will complete this? Gina, Vickie and Marsha
22. Do you own slippers? Yes
23 What shirt are you wearing? black t-shirt
24 Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Yes
25. Can you whistle? Yes
26. Favorite color? Blue
27. Would you be a pirate? Yes
28. What songs do you sing in the shower? Anything I can think of
29. Favorite Girl’s Name? Vickie
30. Favorite boy’s name? Colt
31. What’s in your pocket right now? Nothing
32. Last thing that made you laugh? A TV show
33. Worst injury you’ve ever had? Fiboroids and cysts on my ovaries
34. Do you love where you live? It is ok
35 How many TVs do you have in your house? 3
36. Who is your loudest friend? Chrissy
37. Do you have any pets? Yes, two dogs
38. Does someone have a crush on you? I doubt it
39. Your favorite books: Good ones
40. Favorite Sports Teams? Cardinals, Chiefs, Rams and Packers
41. What kind of snack food? Chocolate
42. Favorite meal? Supper
43. Dressed up or casual? Casual
44. What song do you want played at your funeral? Amazing Grace
