From my family to yours... wishing you all a new year filled with happiness, success, and love. Looking forward to our friendships continuing. HUGGLES!
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Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year - 2013
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From my family to yours... wishing you all a new year filled with happiness, success, and love. Looking forward to our friendships continuing. HUGGLES!
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From my family to yours... wishing you all a new year filled with happiness, success, and love. Looking forward to our friendships continuing. HUGGLES!
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The Classy Driving the Classic - Priceless
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I love this woman and hope I am half as spry as she is when I am her age... Gives new meaning to the Little Old Lady from Pasadena.....
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A friend of mine sent me this video and I just had to pass it along. This woman is 101 years old and drives an 81 year old classic car - on which she can change the oil and the spark plugs..... neither of which I can do, by the way.
She is totally adorable and so proud of her car. Check out at the end how she uses the little red towel to step on the running board without getting it dirty, then brings it with her to use at her destination. Enjoy.....
I love this woman and hope I am half as spry as she is when I am her age... Gives new meaning to the Little Old Lady from Pasadena.....
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
My Dear Friends The Larkins are in Need of Your Prayers
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My dear friends the Larkins who's son Noah has been battling a terrible brain tumor for years need your prayers. Poor Noah has been declining in health rapidly over the last few weeks and his mom Amber has asked for just a couple of things. Mainly, to "pray for strength. Please pray for Landin - his little sister - (I will need a lot of help with baby girl. Noah is not only who she wants “to marry,” but is her best friend. She worships him.)" (italics added)
Also, she doesn't "want is one more dime spent on us – PLEASE, PLEASE donate it to Noah’s Light. Whether it be $20 that you would have spent on flowers or $1 for a card – DONATE IT!!!!!!! Help me battle this demon – our fight is not over!"
This family has given me more joy than anyone can ever know. Through all that they have been through, Noah has brought light, love, and happiness to more people than I think he and his family will ever know.
The one thing Amber wrote about her love of her son that brought tears to my eyes was: "This is what is important; this is what to remember. God gave us a REAL, visible Angel and through Christ, Noah has actually made miracles – we are so blessed!"
Please keep this dear family in mind as you spend time with your family this holiday weekend.
DONATE
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Holidays to You All
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To those of us who are Christian, today is a very special day in that we celebrate the resurrection of our savior, Jesus Christ. I am wishing all of you celebrating Easter, a very happy day with whomever you are with, and that you are all surrounded by love and joy.
For my Jewish friends, I want to wish you a joyous Passover... From my research and my own personal bible studies, I have learned the story of Passover as follows (taken from Chabad.org):
"After many decades of slavery to the Egyptian pharaohs, during which time the Israelites were subjected to backbreaking labor and unbearable horrors, God saw the people’s distress and sent Moses to Pharaoh with a message: “Send forth My people, so that they may serve Me.” But despite numerous warnings, Pharaoh refused to heed God’s command. God then sent upon Egypt ten devastating plagues, afflicting them and destroying everything from their livestock to their crops.
At the stroke of midnight of 15 Nissan in the year 1313 BCE, God visited the last of the ten plagues on the Egyptians, killing all their firstborn. While doing so, God spared the Children of Israel, “passing over” their homes—hence the name of the holiday. Pharaoh’s resistance was broken, and he virtually chased his former slaves out of the land. The Israelites left in such a hurry, in fact, that the bread they baked as provisions for the way did not have time to rise. Six hundred thousand adult males, plus many more women and children, left Egypt on that day, and began the trek to Mount Sinai and their birth as God’s chosen people."
I wish the same for my Jewish friends as I do for my Christian friends, love and joy as you celebrate with your family and friends.
I would like to ask everyone today to please remember those who are away from their loved ones protecting our country and our freedoms and say a prayer for their safe return as soon as possible.
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To those of us who are Christian, today is a very special day in that we celebrate the resurrection of our savior, Jesus Christ. I am wishing all of you celebrating Easter, a very happy day with whomever you are with, and that you are all surrounded by love and joy.
For my Jewish friends, I want to wish you a joyous Passover... From my research and my own personal bible studies, I have learned the story of Passover as follows (taken from Chabad.org):
"After many decades of slavery to the Egyptian pharaohs, during which time the Israelites were subjected to backbreaking labor and unbearable horrors, God saw the people’s distress and sent Moses to Pharaoh with a message: “Send forth My people, so that they may serve Me.” But despite numerous warnings, Pharaoh refused to heed God’s command. God then sent upon Egypt ten devastating plagues, afflicting them and destroying everything from their livestock to their crops.
At the stroke of midnight of 15 Nissan in the year 1313 BCE, God visited the last of the ten plagues on the Egyptians, killing all their firstborn. While doing so, God spared the Children of Israel, “passing over” their homes—hence the name of the holiday. Pharaoh’s resistance was broken, and he virtually chased his former slaves out of the land. The Israelites left in such a hurry, in fact, that the bread they baked as provisions for the way did not have time to rise. Six hundred thousand adult males, plus many more women and children, left Egypt on that day, and began the trek to Mount Sinai and their birth as God’s chosen people."
I wish the same for my Jewish friends as I do for my Christian friends, love and joy as you celebrate with your family and friends.
I would like to ask everyone today to please remember those who are away from their loved ones protecting our country and our freedoms and say a prayer for their safe return as soon as possible.
Happy holiday, thank you for being my friend!!
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Happy Pie Day..... 3.14 (159265)
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Did you notice that today's date is Pi day??? 3.14!!
So I think we should all celebrate by eating a big piece of your favorite pie... My favorite happens to be cherry with whipped cream on top. YUMMY!!!
Enjoy Pi Day, everyone!! =)
Today also happens to be my friends' Mark & Martha's daughter Ashley's 10th birthday... so I want to wish her a very happy birthday as she grows into a happy, bright and beautiful young woman... Love you my little lady, Ashley!! <3
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So I think we should all celebrate by eating a big piece of your favorite pie... My favorite happens to be cherry with whipped cream on top. YUMMY!!!
Enjoy Pi Day, everyone!! =)
Today also happens to be my friends' Mark & Martha's daughter Ashley's 10th birthday... so I want to wish her a very happy birthday as she grows into a happy, bright and beautiful young woman... Love you my little lady, Ashley!! <3
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Monday's Music Moves Me: 03/05/2012 ~ I Have the Greatest Friends
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Hey, lookie everyone.... I'm back!! YAY.... I missed you all so much, but I had a terrific month off and did some great things with my hubby. A few I've already posted about and some more that I still have to post. I'm still editing photos and will get the posts up as soon as I can. So now, on with our music post....
Welcome to 2012's Monday's Music Moves Me!!! We are going to make this meme SPECTACULAR this year!! But of course, we cannot do that without all of you... so come on share your music with us and get your friends to share with us, too. Our fearless leader is none other that the sweetest and most wonderful Marie of XmasDolly. Helping her keep this train running are ME, my dear friend Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and the lovely Callie of Jamerican Spice. We will also have some helpers along the way when we need to because life is.... well, life!
Here is what you need to do to play along....
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts (we will all follow you and try to comment each week), grab their buttons too when you visit (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button) and show them some love by leaving a comment.
Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!
Today's theme is FREEBIE WEEK so pick whatever songs are on your mind, write up your post and share with us because we love music and we love you all. I want to dedicate these songs to the wonderful ladies who filled in for me during the month of February here on our Monday's Music Meme while I was busy... the fantabulistic Denise of RunDMT and Cathy of Cathy Kennedy's Blog - you ladies ROCK!! Thank you so much and I lubs you!
With a Little Help From My Friends ~ The Beatles
You Got a Friend in Me ~ Randy Newman
You've Got a Friend ~ James Taylor and Carole King
And one final song for this week to honor one of my favorite singers who has been taken from us much too soon... Davy Jones. I've have gone to see him every year at EPCOT during the Flower and Garden Fest since we moved down here. He was always the last performer at the Flower Power concert series and I have him in my calendar for this May already. I just don't have the heart to take him out of my book. So in honor of Davy, I give you....
Daydream Believer ~ The Monkees
I hope you enjoyed these songs, and once you write up your post, don't forget to sing the linky (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....
Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit my friend Denise at Run DMT.
I'm very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.
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Hey, lookie everyone.... I'm back!! YAY.... I missed you all so much, but I had a terrific month off and did some great things with my hubby. A few I've already posted about and some more that I still have to post. I'm still editing photos and will get the posts up as soon as I can. So now, on with our music post....
Welcome to 2012's Monday's Music Moves Me!!! We are going to make this meme SPECTACULAR this year!! But of course, we cannot do that without all of you... so come on share your music with us and get your friends to share with us, too. Our fearless leader is none other that the sweetest and most wonderful Marie of XmasDolly. Helping her keep this train running are ME, my dear friend Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and the lovely Callie of Jamerican Spice. We will also have some helpers along the way when we need to because life is.... well, life!
Here is what you need to do to play along....
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts (we will all follow you and try to comment each week), grab their buttons too when you visit (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button) and show them some love by leaving a comment.
Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!
Today's theme is FREEBIE WEEK so pick whatever songs are on your mind, write up your post and share with us because we love music and we love you all. I want to dedicate these songs to the wonderful ladies who filled in for me during the month of February here on our Monday's Music Meme while I was busy... the fantabulistic Denise of RunDMT and Cathy of Cathy Kennedy's Blog - you ladies ROCK!! Thank you so much and I lubs you!
With a Little Help From My Friends ~ The Beatles
You Got a Friend in Me ~ Randy Newman
You've Got a Friend ~ James Taylor and Carole King
And one final song for this week to honor one of my favorite singers who has been taken from us much too soon... Davy Jones. I've have gone to see him every year at EPCOT during the Flower and Garden Fest since we moved down here. He was always the last performer at the Flower Power concert series and I have him in my calendar for this May already. I just don't have the heart to take him out of my book. So in honor of Davy, I give you....
Daydream Believer ~ The Monkees
I hope you enjoyed these songs, and once you write up your post, don't forget to sing the linky (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....
Jenny of Penny Pincher Jenny
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Naila Moon of Just the Stuff Ya Know
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Don't forget... if you are one of the lucky ones chosen for our spotlight dance, you get to grab the Spotlight Dancer Button from Dolly's right sidebar and proudly display it on your blog... WooHoo!
Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit my friend Denise at Run DMT.
ROCK ON MY FRIENDS!!
I'm very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.
*** Just one more thing...
PLEASE, we are family friendly blogs
and while we really don't want to censor anyone,
but we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.
If you find that you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,
please find a different venue.
If your song does contain a small amount of questionable Language,
please put disclaimer BEFORE the video.
Thank you very much!***
Sunday, January 15, 2012
I'm In a Funk
As most of you know, I lost one of my dear little doggies last Friday. I have been in a bit of a depression since then and have not felt much like blogging. I am working on a tribute post to her and will also get to visiting you all soon.
I want to thank you all so much for your kind words on Twitter and Facebook, your love and friendship has meant more than you can ever know.
Thank you so much, love and hugs from Lorie, Bill, Nano, Lady Mia, Mumbo, Wiggles, and Mandie
I want to thank you all so much for your kind words on Twitter and Facebook, your love and friendship has meant more than you can ever know.
Thank you so much, love and hugs from Lorie, Bill, Nano, Lady Mia, Mumbo, Wiggles, and Mandie
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year's Resolutions ~ Why We Fail
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Happy New Year to all my wonderful friends!
Wishing you health, happiness, success and love in the new year and beyond!
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Friday, December 23, 2011
I Love Christmas Post #13
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I love sending and receiving Christmas cards!
Thanks to all my friends and family for your beautiful cards.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Monday's Music Moves Me: October 24, 2011 - I'm Thinking About All My Friends
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Welcome to a Monday's Music Moves Me, the fantabulistic music meme hosted by me, my dearest of friends Dolly from XmasDolly, Callie from Jamerican Spice and the wonderful Stacy from Stacy Uncorked. This week's theme is FREEBIE! So, what's moving you today???
I've been thinking about all my friends this week. Some have been having some difficulties, others have been really supportive of me, and I even got to see one of my good bloggy friends that I haven't seen in a year and a half. So today I'm posting songs about FRIENDSHIP.....
You've Got a Friend in Me ~ Randy Newman
You're My Best Friend ~ Queen
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beetles
And one fun one to close it out......
Thank You For Being a Friend ~ The Golden Girls Theme
So for all of my great friends - and you know who you are - those are for you! Now, what's moving you today? Write up a post and let us know... Here is all you need to do to play along:
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)
Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!
Once you write up your post, link up with us (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....
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Welcome to a Monday's Music Moves Me, the fantabulistic music meme hosted by me, my dearest of friends Dolly from XmasDolly, Callie from Jamerican Spice and the wonderful Stacy from Stacy Uncorked. This week's theme is FREEBIE! So, what's moving you today???
I've been thinking about all my friends this week. Some have been having some difficulties, others have been really supportive of me, and I even got to see one of my good bloggy friends that I haven't seen in a year and a half. So today I'm posting songs about FRIENDSHIP.....
You've Got a Friend in Me ~ Randy Newman
You're My Best Friend ~ Queen
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beetles
And one fun one to close it out......
Thank You For Being a Friend ~ The Golden Girls Theme
So for all of my great friends - and you know who you are - those are for you! Now, what's moving you today? Write up a post and let us know... Here is all you need to do to play along:
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)
Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!
Once you write up your post, link up with us (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....
CONGRATULATIONS!!
If you are one of the lucky ones who is chosen for our spotlight dance, don't forget to grab the Spotlight Dancer Button from Dolly's right sidebar and proudly display it on your blog... WooHoo!
Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Lady Estrogen and my friend Denise at Run DMT.
ROCK ON MY FRIENDS!!!
We're very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.
*** Just one more thing...
PLEASE, we are family friendly blogs and while we really don't want to censor anyone,
but we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.
If you find that you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,
please find a different venue. If your song does contain a small amount of questionable language, please put a disclaimer BEFORE the video.
Thank you very much!***
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Larry the Cable Guy's Git-R-Done Foundation Charity Event
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Sunday night was Larry the Cable Guy's Git-R-Done Foundation charity event with both silent and live auctions. Bill and I had the privilege to volunteer during the event checking in people as they arrived and helping them check out and pay for their auction items.
The food was delicious and the people were very generous. Larry was SO nice and very grateful to all of the volunteers who helped out during the event. All of the volunteers were even treated to dinner the next night as a thank you for all we did. Here are some photos of the event and the dinner the next night.
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Sunday night was Larry the Cable Guy's Git-R-Done Foundation charity event with both silent and live auctions. Bill and I had the privilege to volunteer during the event checking in people as they arrived and helping them check out and pay for their auction items.
The food was delicious and the people were very generous. Larry was SO nice and very grateful to all of the volunteers who helped out during the event. All of the volunteers were even treated to dinner the next night as a thank you for all we did. Here are some photos of the event and the dinner the next night.
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| Ron "Tater Salad" White |
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| Silent Auction |
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| Silent Auction |
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| Paddle used for Live Auction =) |
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| Bill in his Git-R-Done Cap |
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| Live Auction |
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| Bill and Ron "Tater Salad" White |
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| Volunteer Dinner (that's me in the back) |
If you have it in your heart and your wallet (believe me I know times are tough) and can help out this outstanding charity so that so many little children can have the opportunity to walk when no one thought they could, will you please give what you can, either online or through the mail.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
So Sad.... No Monday's Music Moves Me for me Today....
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I'm so sorry that I didn't get a chance to post any songs this week for M4.... what a week I've had. I spent two days lying down because of vertigo, I had my business launch for Rodan and Fields, then I spent the rest of the week with my friend Lynn running around and getting things ready for the Git-R-Done Foundation Golf Classic charity event.
I was up Saturday until 1:00a.m. typing for the silent auction then had a glitch in my computer... then stayed up until 4:00a.m. trying to correct it, got up at 8:00a.m. to try and retrieve the info but no such luck. Sooooo I had to retype everything again on Bill's desktop and print them all out... UGH!! You all know how that can be. But I got them done and over to the golf club in time and helped set up the items for the silent auction - some really AWESOME items. Then me along with 3 very special women, Wendy, Kathy and Amanda were set to check in all the arrivals and then when the auctions were over, we had to check them out and have them pay for their purchased.
It really was a wonderful event... the food was delicious and it was great to be able to meet Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White. I'll have more on the event with photos later - when I wake up more... By the time we got home last night, I was so tired Bill said I was sound asleep and snoring by the time he got in the bedroom, so he covered me up, moved my computer and turned off the TV and the lights - what a good man.
Don't forget you can still participate in our Monday's Music Moves Me with today's theme being Songs about an animal or their breed .... Let's see what's got you moving today. Here's all you have to do:
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)
Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!
We're very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.
I'm so sorry that I didn't get a chance to post any songs this week for M4.... what a week I've had. I spent two days lying down because of vertigo, I had my business launch for Rodan and Fields, then I spent the rest of the week with my friend Lynn running around and getting things ready for the Git-R-Done Foundation Golf Classic charity event.
I was up Saturday until 1:00a.m. typing for the silent auction then had a glitch in my computer... then stayed up until 4:00a.m. trying to correct it, got up at 8:00a.m. to try and retrieve the info but no such luck. Sooooo I had to retype everything again on Bill's desktop and print them all out... UGH!! You all know how that can be. But I got them done and over to the golf club in time and helped set up the items for the silent auction - some really AWESOME items. Then me along with 3 very special women, Wendy, Kathy and Amanda were set to check in all the arrivals and then when the auctions were over, we had to check them out and have them pay for their purchased.
It really was a wonderful event... the food was delicious and it was great to be able to meet Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White. I'll have more on the event with photos later - when I wake up more... By the time we got home last night, I was so tired Bill said I was sound asleep and snoring by the time he got in the bedroom, so he covered me up, moved my computer and turned off the TV and the lights - what a good man.
Don't forget you can still participate in our Monday's Music Moves Me with today's theme being Songs about an animal or their breed .... Let's see what's got you moving today. Here's all you have to do:
First step: Head on over to You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog! Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts' sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY - Follow your hosts, grab their buttons too when you visit them and show them some love by leaving a comment.. (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M button)
Final step: Go visit the other Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment, you know you like comments, they do too!
ROCK ON MY FRIENDS!!
We're very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.
*** Just one more thing...
PLEASE, we are family friendly blogs and while we really don't want to censor anyone,
but we do ask that you keep your songs rated PG13 or less.
If you find that you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,
please find a different venue. If your song does contain a small amount of questionable language, please put a disclaimer BEFORE the video.
Thank you very much!***
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Larry the Cable Guy's "Git-R-Done" Foundation Golf Classic
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This weekend I have the privilege of helping my friend Lynn out at a charity event at the Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, FL organized by Larry the Cable Guy's Git-R-Done Foundation to benefit Arnold Palmer Medical Center and the International Hip Dysplasia Institute.
Hip dysplasia means that the bones of the hip joint are not aligned correctly. It affects thousands of children and adults each year and is known by many different names:
Approximately 1 out of every 20 full-term babies has some hip instability and 2-3 out of every 1,000 infants will require treatment. In spite of the frequency of DDH in babies and the potential for life-long disability caused by DDH, the awareness of this condition is poor outside of the medical profession. Early diagnosis, prevention, and simple treatment is the best solution, however many hip dislocations are difficult to treat with the current methods of care. This event will help bring money and recognition to the disease so that more children can be helped and cured.
This two day event on Sunday, Oct. 16th and Monday, Oct. 17th includes golfing, awards dinner and a cocktail party with both a live and silent auction. I am going to be involved in the cocktail party, signing in those who arrive and then taking care of the sales at the auction - I'm really excited about helping out such a fabulous charity. I'm also psyched to be able to meet some of the celebrities who will be there taking part in all of the events, including:
Larry the Cable Guy- Git-R-Done! Larry was born in the back of an El Camino during a Foghat concert. He has been touring for over 20 years and has enjoyed success with his Blue Collar friends, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. He currently stars in Only in America on The History Channel and will lend his voice to Mater, the lovable tow truck, in this summer’s Cars 2!
Ron White- Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White is best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy” phenomenon. He has two Grammy nominations, a Gold Record, two of the top rated one-hour specials in Comedy Central history, and a book that appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List. 
Boo Weekley- Since joining the PGA in 2007, Boo already has 35 finishes in the Top 25. He has 2 wins, both at the Verizon Heritage in 2007 and 2008. He is nicknamed after cartoon hero Yogi Bear’s sidekick, “Boo Boo” Bear. 
Dennis Rasmussen- Dennis was a starting pitcher for Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres and then played with New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds,Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals He batted and threw left-handed. In 1988, his 14-4 record with the Padres tied him with for the team single season Won-Loss record (.778). 
Joey Fatone- Joey Fatone first tasted fame as one of the five pop artists of the popular boy band ‘N Sync. When ‘N Sync disbanded, he decided to use his creative genius elsewhere, appearing in a Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors and in highly-acclaimed films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Fatone placed second on Dancing with the Stars, season 4 and recently finished work on a new movie, Inkubus 
Davey Johnson-As a major league ball player, Johnson reached the World Series 4 times with The Baltimore Orioles in the late 60′s and early 70′s, and won it all twice with them. He has the distinction of being the last person to get a hit off of Sandy Koufax. After his career ended in ’78, Johnson became the head coach of the New York Mets where he won the World Series as a head coach in 1986. 
Doc Rivers-Rivers spent most of his playing career with The Atlanta Hawks, showing off is great defensive skills. He became the Head Coach of The Orlando Magic in 1999, winning the Coach of the Year award in 2000. In 2004, he became the Head Coach of The Boston Celtics and it is there that he led the team to win The NBA Championship in 2008! 
Lee Janzen- Janzen has won eight times on the PGA Tour, most notably the 1993 and 1998 U.S. Opens. In 1993, Janzen defeated Payne Stewart, en route to tying the 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record of 8-under par. Five years later, he again beat out Stewart to win his second U.S. Open. He overcame a five stroke deficit on Sunday, the best final-round comeback in a U.S. Open since 1973. Janzen also notched a victory at The Players Championship in 1995.
This weekend I have the privilege of helping my friend Lynn out at a charity event at the Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, FL organized by Larry the Cable Guy's Git-R-Done Foundation to benefit Arnold Palmer Medical Center and the International Hip Dysplasia Institute.
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| Larry won $300,000 on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader." He is donating that money to The Arnold Palmer Foundation to further research on hip dysplasia |
Hip dysplasia means that the bones of the hip joint are not aligned correctly. It affects thousands of children and adults each year and is known by many different names:
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
- Hip Dislocation
- Congenital Dislocation of the Hip (CDH)
- Loose Hips
Hip dysplasia prevents the hip joint from functioning properly and the joint wears out much faster than normal, much like a car's tires will wear out faster when out of alignment. It is also a "silent" condition that means pain is not normally felt until much later stages, making it harder to detect.
Approximately 1 out of every 20 full-term babies has some hip instability and 2-3 out of every 1,000 infants will require treatment. In spite of the frequency of DDH in babies and the potential for life-long disability caused by DDH, the awareness of this condition is poor outside of the medical profession. Early diagnosis, prevention, and simple treatment is the best solution, however many hip dislocations are difficult to treat with the current methods of care. This event will help bring money and recognition to the disease so that more children can be helped and cured.
This two day event on Sunday, Oct. 16th and Monday, Oct. 17th includes golfing, awards dinner and a cocktail party with both a live and silent auction. I am going to be involved in the cocktail party, signing in those who arrive and then taking care of the sales at the auction - I'm really excited about helping out such a fabulous charity. I'm also psyched to be able to meet some of the celebrities who will be there taking part in all of the events, including:
Larry the Cable Guy- Git-R-Done! Larry was born in the back of an El Camino during a Foghat concert. He has been touring for over 20 years and has enjoyed success with his Blue Collar friends, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. He currently stars in Only in America on The History Channel and will lend his voice to Mater, the lovable tow truck, in this summer’s Cars 2!Ron White- Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White is best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy” phenomenon. He has two Grammy nominations, a Gold Record, two of the top rated one-hour specials in Comedy Central history, and a book that appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List.Boo Weekley- Since joining the PGA in 2007, Boo already has 35 finishes in the Top 25. He has 2 wins, both at the Verizon Heritage in 2007 and 2008. He is nicknamed after cartoon hero Yogi Bear’s sidekick, “Boo Boo” Bear.Dennis Rasmussen- Dennis was a starting pitcher for Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres and then played with New York Yankees Cincinnati Reds,Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals He batted and threw left-handed. In 1988, his 14-4 record with the Padres tied him with for the team single season Won-Loss record (.778).Joey Fatone- Joey Fatone first tasted fame as one of the five pop artists of the popular boy band ‘N Sync. When ‘N Sync disbanded, he decided to use his creative genius elsewhere, appearing in a Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors and in highly-acclaimed films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Fatone placed second on Dancing with the Stars, season 4 and recently finished work on a new movie, InkubusDavey Johnson-As a major league ball player, Johnson reached the World Series 4 times with The Baltimore Orioles in the late 60′s and early 70′s, and won it all twice with them. He has the distinction of being the last person to get a hit off of Sandy Koufax. After his career ended in ’78, Johnson became the head coach of the New York Mets where he won the World Series as a head coach in 1986.Doc Rivers-Rivers spent most of his playing career with The Atlanta Hawks, showing off is great defensive skills. He became the Head Coach of The Orlando Magic in 1999, winning the Coach of the Year award in 2000. In 2004, he became the Head Coach of The Boston Celtics and it is there that he led the team to win The NBA Championship in 2008!Lee Janzen- Janzen has won eight times on the PGA Tour, most notably the 1993 and 1998 U.S. Opens. In 1993, Janzen defeated Payne Stewart, en route to tying the 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record of 8-under par. Five years later, he again beat out Stewart to win his second U.S. Open. He overcame a five stroke deficit on Sunday, the best final-round comeback in a U.S. Open since 1973. Janzen also notched a victory at The Players Championship in 1995.If you have it in your heart and your wallet (believe me I know times are tough) and can help out this outstanding charity so that so many little children can have the opportunity to walk when no one thought they could, will you please give what you can, either online or through the mail.
If you are in the central Florida area and would like to attend any of the events or even have the ability to donate something for the the auctions, please email me at LJSBlog@aol.com or contact the organizer directly at adrian@gitrdonefoundation.org or 702-370-3691 (the organizers are requesting the value be $100) - where are my wonderful ETSY business owners? You have some beautiful jewelry out there!!
As Larry the Cable Guy says, some of the top minds in the world are working to spread the word about diagnosis, prevention and care for Hip Dysplasia. Thanks to people like all of you and those who join events like this, with all of our help, we will "Git-R-Done!"
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| The International Hip Dysplasia Institute is making great strides thanks to a $5,000,000 donation from the Git-R-Done Foundation. |
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