I'm just overjoyed! I finally scheduled an hour for myself to catch up with my blog family. Reading my blogsis, Tammi of Road Warrior Survival, brought some happy tears to my eyes. In her posts: "Be Careful What You Ask For" and "Almost" we get to see her stong faith and positive attitude, not only are they amazing, she's inspirational. I was really happy to read that things are going so great for her. I'm going to call her and tell her myself while she's on the road, but I needed to share her wonderful news with all of you too.

But I especially love this affirming line from one of these posts:
"Anything worth having is worth waiting for."

more...

Posted by: Michele at 10:23 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
Post contains 413 words, total size 2 kb.

If you're reading this, it's becaue I'm elbow deep in cables, wires and computer entrails. My PC was finally coming to it's last breath, and warning me about it for awhile. So, after some nudging (or hexes) from Jon I decided to just get on with it and do the overhaul that it needed.

I tested the waters earlier today by fixing my son's pc. Tomorrow night I'll begin tackling my pc. In the previous post I wrote ALL about it, so if you're so inclined go and read all I'm doing during this coming week.

To keep you amused and entertained, IÂ’ve transfered my archives from my former site on blogspot, and have linked below my top 10 posts (based on hits and ranking) for your perusal. You be the judge and let me know if you agree with the rankings. By the way, if you take the Quiz, I'll be posting the answer keys to the questions on 4-16-05. Have fun reading!

10.From the Shores of the Tigris River
9. Letters from Baghdad
8. Moore dangerous than al-Zarqawi?
7. Deconstructing Kerry's Health Plan
6. Democracy and Rage
5. Terror & The Men In My Squad
4. To My Fallen Friends
3. Lost in Translation
2. J'accuse!
1. A Fun and Sexy Quiz

This post will stay at the top until I return to blogging F/T.

Posted by: Michele at 10:58 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
Post contains 239 words, total size 2 kb.

Ok, my computer is officially on itÂ’s last legs. If it crashes one more time I wonÂ’t be held responsible for my reaction. So thereÂ’s a number of things I need to do in order to fix the problems and bring it up to speed. First, I need to psych myself up in order to go into a computer store. Why? Simple, men in these stores are trained to make people (men and women alike) doubt there own computer knowledge.

Case in point, the last time I went in to a store to buy a sound card the sales associate was insisting (without even setting eyes on my pc) that the problem was a dead hard drive. He was aiming for me to get a new computer. So, having built my own computer and having taught Comp Sci 101, it really drives me over the edge of civility when these kids assume IÂ’m an idiot and will fall for their lies.
more...

Posted by: Michele at 10:45 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
Post contains 654 words, total size 4 kb.

This is a letter thatÂ’s been long overdue! I just had to write to you, to thank you for doing something so incredible that has truly changed my life. ItÂ’s still hard for me to believe, all these many months later, how our lives were thrown together, when I lived in that outer hinterland called blogspot.

Sometimes people come into our lives and we think nothing of it. As my blog brother _Jon says: "we're often not aware of the reason for the 'convergence of events that happen in our lives and that bring people together.'" Who would have thought my blog bro was so deep. He's probably going to be upset with me for writing this, but I think I'm a pretty lucky girl to have him in my family.

You have singlehandedly created this wonderful family which has been a true blessing, not only in my life, but in that of my wonderful blog brothers and sisters. Although, our family chart is quirkier that the Greek or Roman Mythology charts of old, the empathy, laughter, intelligence that is shared by all, makes this a very unique and wonderful family to be "a part of". In truth, without all of them, but especially you, my life would be a very empty and dull one.

I want to say thank you for being like a true dad to me: always being supportive no matter what was going on with self-centered me; always being very patient, especially when I wasnÂ’t back home when IÂ’d said IÂ’d be; never taking my rebelliousness or my melancholy too seriously; always knowing what to say and in what tone to say it in to help me get through the day; but most importantly, for always just being there, close enough to give me a hug, far enough to let me learn from my own skinned knees. DonÂ’t know if youÂ’ve realized it, but youÂ’ve truly changed my life by creating this family and making a concerted effort to make me be a part of it even when I was so steeped in my grief I didn't want to be a part of anything or anyone.

Thanks for being such a silly, funny, caring, loyal blog dad. And I want to say a special thanks to blog mom for inspiring you and helping to make you such a special man. ((((((((((Hugs))))))))))

Your ever grateful and loving blog daughter,
M/

Posted by: Michele at 09:10 AM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
Post contains 409 words, total size 2 kb.