Oh my goodness ... in my enthusiasm to share my awakening... I have not even read the posts prior to mine. I am sooo sorry for not addressing some your posts first.

Lucky... I hope your home is safe. I guess that is kind of silly to be writing if it is not. ... You won't have a home to be sitting in and reading this. DUH. Just know I said a prayer for your safety and to be able to deal with whatever happens. {{ HUGS }}

Lori... Meow, meow, meow. (That is hello you fellow cat)
How exciting.... modeling a gorgeous long dress !!!!
I know you were beautiful !!!
I was asked YEARS ago to model at one of the Plus size stores.
I did not do it. At first it was exciting to be asked... but then.. it scared the **** out of me and I left so fast .
I always wondered why it scared me so much. Hmmm another thing to soul search about. Not tonight though. LOL

Sandy... great job on the Subway !!! You are doing so great !!!

Sara.... I was laying in bed last night and all of a sudden....
SARA !!! I remembered I forgot you on my last post. You were suppose to come and chew me out. LOL I sure miss how you USED to post all the time. Hopefully you can find a few more minutes to make a short post.

Baylee/Mary ... I will always be a no show on Wed for chat.
I have to confess... I am an American Idol junkie. LOL
Come rain, shine, snow or sleet... I will have my butt in front of that tv to see who gets booted off every Wednesday. LOL
I showed up tonight... but it was after 9pm CST so I didn't really expect to find anyone. Of course the nights I don't show up you guys all chat for HOURS.

Tina... I want to thank you for posting about how sweet your husband is. I am always thinking... yeah, my husband would do that for me too. OR yeah, my husband always wants ME happy too. (He's not always good at it... but he does try) LOL
I sometimes forget just how GREAT my husband is too.
You know what I say....

Focus on the negative and the negative increases....
Focus on the positive and the positive increases."

We have a choice how we see life. Thanks for the 'positive' reminders.

Aradia... you never shared how to pronounce your name.
I am itching to know. And I agree with you... Kat is too sweet to ban her from anything.... except the refrigerator.

Okay ladies... I was not even going to post tonight at all.
I have monopolized these threads quite a bit lately.
Although it might me bad for you.... it has really been good for me.
Thanks for your patience with my jabber.
Good night all.

You would think that I'd be sleeping at this ungodly hour...see what working these crazy hours does to me?

2cute: You had an epiphany! a.A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
b. A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization: "I experienced an epiphany, a spiritual flash that would change the way I viewed myself" (Frank Maier).
How wonderful that you have taken that extra step, deep inside...and came up with newfound knowledge about yourself. We are learning every day...it's so important to be open to that.


Lucky... Good grief, woman! Some people will do anything to lure the hunky firemen over! I'm glad you're OK.

Lori...sounds like a fun day. They don't do that kind of stuff at the Fashion Bug here! Do you get to keep any of the stuff that you model?

Aradia...yes, please solve the mystery...how DO you pronounce that...is it like Acadia? Pretty name. Thanks for your sweet thought.

Sandy...good job, getting your lunch at Subway. I wish we had one around here! I always hear good things about them. I can't wait for the day that the sun is out long enough and warm enough to get a sunburn!

Tina...as far as I know, gout is an inflammation of some kind...something to do with an over abundance of uric acid crystals that settle around certain joints. I hope dh feels better real soon. I hear it's very painful...Ibuprofen or similar anti-inflammatory should help. No Big & Tastys for him this weekend...he needs to be babied! Men are big babies, arent' they? Ya gotta love 'em though!
especially YOUR Mr Understanding!

Mary...I'm so glad to hear your brother has perked up. How did the visit with your Mom go?

Okay, gals...that's all that posted on this thread...I haven't the energy to go back to the previous thread...I know I'd lose my post if I did...so, I'll just say goodnight/good morning?

Oh yes...one more thing....
Happy Birthday, Baylee!!! What's on the agenda? BTW...I had a drink just for you tonight! Cheers! I went out for a bit of a frolic with my sis and the crew from her shop...one of the girl's BF is the lead singet with a local band. Tonight was his debut with this band...God, I am so OLD...I thought the music was WAY TOO LOUD!! They were good though, we had a lot of fun.

I'm dozing now...gotta run...see you alL tomorrow...er...LATER!

Love to all...

I know...I know...I can hear you now...."OH MY GOD SHE IS ON AGAIN!!!!!

I am soooo sorry ... but it is 4:00am and I can't sleep and when I can't sleep I...
"THINK" !!! It is a curse I am telling you !!!!

First.....
Happy birthday to you
Happy birhtday to you
Happy birhday dear Baylee
Happy Birhday Day to YOUuuu !!!

:

I am sooo jealous Kat got it posted before me. I had a yellow sticky on my computer screen to remind me alllll week. Grr. LOL
Hope you have a fun filled day !!!

Kat... you are tooooo funny !!!! Yes... I can see the HEADLINES now...
Firefighters found desperate woman with matches in one hand and a Big and Tastey in the other ... yelling ... "Take me sweetie... I am HOTTER than that fire." LOL

And thank you for that "title" you gave my moment.
Epiphany.... that sounds kind of nice. If I had a cat I would name her that. LOL

Okay... now for why I came back in tonight.
I have been "thinking" again.
I have a dumb question to ask. You wise women just might know the answer. Especially Kat... our resident nurse. Here it goes....

This is an off of the wall question... and before you say it... I already know it is dumb.

I was curious about blood transfusions and DNA.
With all of the soldiers in this war and even regular people here in the states too.... If someone needs a blood transfusion ... what happens with the DNA??
Does it change?? My mom once lost almost all of her blood and had to have MANY many pints of blood given to her. I know this must be occuring in Iraq too.
WHO's DNA will they then have ???? Does your body convert it back to your DNA? If yes.. then how long does it take to change.... If not .... and there are several different donors .... what DNA do you end up with ??
I know they match your blood type... but DNA is suppose to be unique. You no longer have YOUR blood.

I know an educated person is probably laughing at this question... (I can picture Kat snorting coffee out of her nose about now.) but I think it is even MORE STUPID to not ask it if I don't know the answers.

Also.... if your DNA does change... what about crimes?? Could you be convicted for a crime you did not commit? ... or found innocent for a crime you did?... determined by this DNA?? This question is more involved the more I think about it.

WAIT... I just remembered something... you don't have to have only blood to establish DNA. You can determine it from bones, saliva and hair. Hmmm.
But you also determine it from blood too. Okay... you wise ones out there. Help educate this dumb old grandma.
What /who's "blood" DNA will you have ????
(Don't you wish you could sit up all night and think of stupid stuff like this ?)

P.S. Do you guys get an email "everytime" I edited this post?
I sure hope not.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BAYLEE



Now, on to replies.

2cute: Wow, where do I start ? I'm so happy that you went a little further on your steps and discovered something else out about yourself. I'm not sure what 12 step program you are on (non of my business) I was gonna do the OA one, but well I think I am just scared of what I will find out about myself? Maybe I have not yet reached the stage I need to be at for this. I have lots of family issues which I have mentioned a little before and should have done Alanon when I was younger and my dads alcholism affected me, maybe it still does and I choose not to see it . But like you said babysteps, and right now my babystep is working on me and whats good for me. OH my goodness, how sappy was that? I turned the subject to me. I just wanted you to know that I was and am happy for you.

Then, about the DNA question? I don't have a clue? What a good question though? Maybe Kat can answer it? You blew my mind with it.

Lucky: oh, I should have put you in red instead of 2cute since your the one that is so HOT!!! I'm so glad the cute fireman got the fire under control and kept it away from you. Maybe you can call one of the cutie paramedics back today and say you think you inhaled to much smoke last nigh

Kat: night shift hours would keep me crazy too. And about the sunburn. I know you life just below me a bit, and did you have sun yesterday? We had overcast and sometimes that is the worst. I am blonde (yes natural) but it has gotten darker over the years and very fair skinned and burn in no time flat!!! You would think being 33 and having had a zillion sunburns I would have learned by now. And being next to an asphalt racetrack well, I don't think that helps? And, I think I have metioned to you all before that I have very thin hair too, and on top you can see my scalp some and yes I burn that too, I know to take a hat with me to the track and dummy I am forgot it. I guess because I could not see the sun, I was assuming that I would not burn, yeah right, I know the routine!!! They say on Wed. here in Maine we may reach 70 degrees. Wowzers and last week we were in the 20's.

Lori: Glad all went well at your show.

Aradia: You posted on this thread, so I just wanted to say hello and not leave you out...So HELLO!!!

Okay, I do believe I got everyone that posted on this thread so far. To everyone else a big HI . The kids want to go to the playground at the local YMCA today, so being the wonderful mom I am (hahahaha) I will take them for a while. I know, just a while longer and I will be able to play on the playground equiptment too .

I want to be accountable for what I did last night and want you all to know how human I really am. I had eatten for the day, I had eatten 26 pts.....thought I was done, but well for some unknown reason I decided to have 2 handfulls of choco chips, and then a bowl of cereal. Okay, I know the cereal prob. got covered with the 7 pts I had left but the choco chips...well thats a different story all together. Self sabotoge? Such a bad thing for my ego!!!And I got on the scales yes those lovely scales and I don't even want to talk about it. I have decided to keep my butt off of them till Thursday WI day I hope. I mean with this cold I have been drinking more to sooth my dry thoat, so maybe thats it, or I have eatten pasta a lot lately, Maybe to many carbs? But staying in the pts. so does it matter what you eat if your in your zone?

2cute: one more thing. I usually only get 1 email that there are messages here to read until I come to the board and then I will get another if there are more after I have been here. Sometimes though the internet being the way it is.....I get no message? Sometimes I think this is me though, because a new thread has started and if I havnt posted on it I don't get messages. Is that clear?

Love ya all,
Happy Sunday!!!!

ok 2cute dear, from another insomniac [yeah, it looks later, but i've been up since 5 am, done sunday Mass, laundry, cat duty]

how about the DNA question... first, blood is made up of a solid part, the cells, and the liquid part, called plasma. when transfusions are given, they generally give what's called packed cells, which is just the cell part with only enough plasma to make it flow. don'[t worry... they use the plasma for other things, like clotting factors and such.

the cell part has both red blood cells, which carry oxygen and are the most critical things when you're bleeding out, and white blood cells [a REALLY loose term that includes all those infection-fighting cells]. if i remember from my old blood banking days, most of those are taken out before transfusion.

white blood cells have DNA, mature red blood cells do not [immature red cells do have DNA, but it's lost when they mature].

red blood cells are made in the bone marrow from what's called stem cells [which can turn into a whole bunch of different ones] that DO have DNA. you can only change a person's DNA for these cells if you change their BONE MARROW. and that happens with bone marrow transplants, but not with transfusions.

so, if a person has a transfusion and commits a crime without bleeding all over the place, the DNA he/she leaves comes from shed skin cells, hair, nails, that sort of thing. if our criminal bleeds all over the place, the only thing they can tell is BLOOD TYPE from the red cells... and that won't show anything different. now, if they get hold of some WHITE CELLS, that's a different story.

so, 2 cute. i hope you went back to bed...

how badly have i confused you now??

Wow, I've never been assoicated with the word mystery before, I think I like it. Well I guess I never told much about myself, even when I was here before. So, here goes...

My birth given name was Crystal. But my life was full of misgivings and abuse, so when I slowly started sheding my coat, I took on a new identity if only for myself, and the name Aradia fit. I have found many ways to pronouce is, but I say R-de-ya. But its really accounding to who you talk too. I took on the name after I began to search deeper into my roots, and it just stuck.

I know some may think changing your name is silly, but here on the net I can get out of my life for a lil while and reach out for friends who accept me now as I am, not who I once was. I am so thankful for that. And I am so thankful for all of you. May each of you be blessed with the love and friendship that I feel from you every day I am here.

2Cute AND Kat you are the ones that turned a possible tragedy into a hot, sexy, Big & Tasty opportunity .

Weather here today is suppose to be 82 and on Wednesday, chance of SNOW!


I really hurt all over (NO, unfortunatly NOT from THAT Kat & 2Cute) from raking so I will be off to take some Advil.

I don't see smoke anymore this morning so I hope all is under control and won't start up again.

Happy
Birthday


Baylee

No time, ladies. Sorry. I was a 'showgirl' all day yesterday and was at the theatre from 11:00 AM yesterday until 12:30 AM this morning. Then I had to get up early and have my report posted by 10:00 AM. I'm exhausted and going back to bed before I have to work 3 jobs again today. I'll have to see you later.

Before I go:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BAYLEE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! And Many More....


See you all later...

God Bless America!

Happy Birthday Baylee!! I hope you have a great one, and lots more to come.

I spoke to soon. The Sherrif has been in front on my house since 10AM. There are now fire trucks from 8 towns here that I have seen. Farmers are being called in with disc's and trucks are hauling sand. The wind is still from the South which is good for me but if it changes - too scary. The wind is blowing at 20 miles an hour with gusts to 40 so it is makeing it difficult for the fire fighters.

Good afternoon everyone!

Meowsers, 2Cute --nice to know there is someone out there doing some soul searching; perhaps I should follow suit sometime when I am keeping my "cat hours"

Happy Birthday, Baylee: May your day be wonderful and full of pleasant surprises

Right now, the race is on, and Junior is in the lead...BUT, that could change before the day is over. Winston Cup is SOOOO unpredictable, and that is what makes it FUN!!!

I was outside enjoying the sunny day with the kitties earlier; Noah is primarily an indoor kitty, but he does venture outside to sniff the grass and chase the bugs now and again. He especially likes going out when my indoor/outdoor cat, Tigger, happens to be outside as well.


Hope everyone is having a great Sunday! Tonight, I am going to bingo after my walk.

Just wanted to wish Baylee a happy birthday! Hi to everyone else. Don't havetime for individual posts at the moment. Isn't it great that the POW's have been recovered and are alive and in pretty good condition considering. Many prayers have been answered. I'll be back later.
Steph

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