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Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 @ 10:54 am by  MsMarti
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This is a cool program I found that generates a collage from a Google image search word you enter. It generates a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms).
Try it out!
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2006 @ 07:20 pm by MsMarti
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I liked this message and since it's Blue, I thought I would post it for today.
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Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 10:26 pm by MsMarti
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One thing that's been a tradition with my daughter, niece and nephew is taking them to Petland to play with the animals.
When we're looking for something to do to fill an hour or so, we always stop in for some pet play time.
If you've never been, they have small rooms setup to take a dog or cat of your choice into. You can play with them as long as you want, even in you are not planning on buying one.
Since I was babysitting, I took my niece and nephew there tonight. It was their reward for finishing all their homework. This is only the second week of school and they've had homework every night that has taken the entire evening to finish!
My niece wanted to hold the cute little Boxer.
When we took the Boxer into the play room, he stood there shaking his tail, which was actually his entire behind, and stood waiting to be held. He was never hyper. He wanted to be cuddled and would put his head on my niece's shoulder like a little baby.
My niece and I were instantly attached.
I've been pondering the thought of having a dog, and I think I've found the kind I want.
I won't be getting this one though, Petland is too expensive. Any pets I get come from the SPCA. Tags: boxers dogs pets animals
Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 09:05 am by MsMarti
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13 Things On My To-Do List
Since I spend most of my time on my computer, my to-do list is groooowing. When I'm not on my computer these are the things I should be doing.
1. Rake my yard. I have a big yard and lots of trees, I still have leaves from the fall.
2. Planting flowers. I need to plant some flowers but it's too hot!
3. Clean out my closet.
4. Clean up my daughters room since she just moved.
5. Finish reading One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich.
6. Sew. I need to sew some curtains for my bedroom.
7. Clean out my storage shed or move. The best way to get rid of junk is to move. lol
8. Scrapbook. I need to finish sorting pictures from last year.
9. Check out the sales at JoAnn's Fabric.
10. Fix my scanner. I need to search for some new software.
11. Paint by dresser. I changed my bedroom colors and the dresser I have needs to be painted to match.
12. Give my cat a bath. I do this because it helps him not to shed so darn much.
13. Clean out my kitchen pantry.
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Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:34 am by MsMarti
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The move is over and I'm back!
I drove 400 miles in a U-haul, towing a car, moved, and drove back the same day, in 110 degrees I might add.
It was another day for supermom.
The U-haul with the car attached was as long as an 18-wheeler. I kept asking if you didn't have to have a commercial license to drive this thing?! They said no, just be careful and give yourself plenty of room so you don't sideswipe anyone with the car.
Gee, thanks. I don't think I would have figured that one out unless I did go to commercial driving school!
Oh, and one other thing they said, don't back up, the car could jackknife.
OK.
The truck shook the entire time, but after awhile I got the hang of it.
The trip took longer since I never went over 50mph. I was passed by, not one, but three 18-wheelers!
We made it to our destination. I pull in the apartments and realize there is no place to drive out unless I back up.
I'll try to figure out how I'm going to get out while we're in the office getting the keys.
The office lady suggested turning around in the parking lot. It looked big enough and if there wasn't enough room I figured I could always drive up on the lot of grass, which I ended up doing.
When I look back ,the car is turned way too far to one side and the trailer part is hitting the car door. I get out to evaluate the situation and the car has come off the trailer!
I panic! I'm fixing to ruin my daughters car and we haven't even been there 24 hours! I run to the office and they send a maintenance guy to help me out. We both agree if I turn my tires just right I can get them lined up just so, and roll the car off the trailer.
Our mission was successful, the car was off the trailer and no harm was done!
After unloading the truck I arrive home at 2:30AM. I was glad to be back in a familiar area and glad this day was done!
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Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 @ 04:10 pm by MsMarti
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You may or may not have noticed I gave my blog a make-over, highlights and everything. If you didn't notice, you should come around more! :)
I wanted something less busy, but you know....pretty. So I compromised and put the prettiness at the top, my banner. Glad you brought it up, speaking of my banner I changed the name. Since this is about me I wanted to personalize it, so I added my name with some bluebonnets to resemble where I'm from. I may add a few final touches here and there to the side bar, but other than that my makeover is finished. How do I look?
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I'm spending the next two days getting ready to move my daughter 3 hours away. Not too far to visit, but far enough to give me her her independence.
I'll miss her dearly, it's the beginning of a new phase in our lives. She's growing up and I'm growing older. Ugh!
Have I told you lately how much I hate moving? We have enough stuff to fill an entire apartment, well except a complete bedroom set that's coming later. After two trips to Target yesterday, and 5 trips last month, we still don't have all the necessities.
My list of mommy-do's is getting longer by the minute.
I have a truck rented from U-haul, but after yesterdays shopping trip and the 5 additional boxes of stuff given to her by some good friends, (which I'm grateful for!) it's not going to be big enough!
The a/c just went out in her car. My mom sent me to a place that doesn't.work.on.a/c's, but fortunately they knew of a good place that did. After making a/c repair stop #2 they determined all the a/c parts are working, it's an electrical part that needs to be changed so it will switch from heat to a/c.
That could be totally made up and I wouldn't know it.
They refer me to yet another place. A/C repair stop #3 in full speed. Anxiously arriving, they inform me they are full to come back Monday morning. *sigh*
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A girls still gotta feed her computer addiction, ya know.
I love to scrapbook and I have a gazillion photo's that I'm working on. I purchased new photo software that enhances photos and a whole lot more. I just have to figure out the "whole lot more". The instruction manual is 250 pages!
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These cute little furry babies are out of control. They have taken over the house, the furniture, the food bowl and everything else they can find.
I try to keep them confined to the laundry room. It's large and plenty big enough for them all.
My back door opens into the laundry room which leads to my kitchen. There's not a door closing off my laundry room from the kitchen which means #1) I have to keep it clean, and #2) I have to find something to close the gap so they don't have full run of the house. They are big enough now to climb over everything I've put there and they're taking over quicker than I can keep up with them.
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 @ 09:48 am by MsMarti
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It's a Girl Thing-Youth Photo
Ever wonder what those cute little darlings are going to be like when they become a teenager? For those of you who haven't got to experience the joys of teenagers, are you in for a treat! And I mean that in a good way.
If you have a teenager, remember the days when they used to be so good about putting away their toys so they could have ice-cream? Or was I the only one that used blackmail? *lol*
In the younger years when they didn't care, it was ok to have one bottle of shampoo and one body soap.
When they turn teenager it's a different story my friend! We have to have 2 different kinds of shampoo and conditioner, body soap, body scrub, feet scrub, shower gel, hair gel, leave-in hair conditioning spray, hair protector, hair spray and hair spritz.
Not to mention the two different kinds of blow dryers, the Ionic one that locks in the hair conditioning spray and the Conair that comes with curl attachments.
After blow drying, the hair has to be finished off with the special Ionic hair straighter that protects the hair from heat. Do you really think?
I'm sure I've left something out.
Boys have it way to easy!
I haven't even mentioned Maybelline and Revlon!
Hope you weren't planning on company anytime soon.
I fall for this stuff everytime. I buy it like like it's the last bottle in stock. Did you notice?
They really do grow up so fast.
*All comments are welcomed! Even if you are not participating in the Photo Hunt. :)
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 @ 04:54 pm by MsMarti
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I've heard several people, including myself, are having problems getting pinged by Technorati.
I filled out support tickets and tried to call them, but no one replied to my emails and when I called they said they didn't have a Technical Support department. Huh?? They gave me an email address to a customer service manager, Janice jmyint@technorati.com, which I wrote to. She responded within a couple of days and told me to add the following link in my HTML since I have a feed. She stated the following:
Technorati indexes a complete blog, starting with the HTML page and assisted by RSS and Atom feeds. Since you have a feed, to aid our spiders in picking up your post information, it is recommended to associate your feed to your blog. To do this, please add the following link="alternate" code in the <head> section of your blog HTML. This will direct Technorati and other services such ourselves to your feed:
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="FEED URL">
Once I added this to my HTML I started getting pinged again.
If you're having problems this might help! technorati ping blog
Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 @ 07:56 pm by MsMarti
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This is my new kitten, he's the one I'm keeping from the litter. My daughter named him Ruskie. LOL
kitten cats cute photo
Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 @ 01:59 pm by MsMarti
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