Tag: random musings
member name: Rhonda *TheTightwad* S.
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December 03, 2006 05:22 PM EST --
The last straw for me was my town lighting the Freedom Tree. What the heck? Freedom Tree? Great idea, wrong month. It is a Christmas Tree, people! I am not understanding why Christians have to compromise . . .
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September 30, 2006 08:00 AM EDT --
Thanking the driver of the white Navy van, I grabbed my duffel bag and entered the building numbered 217. It was a small office, so I pushed my over-sized bag into a corner and proceeded to . . .
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December 16, 2006 10:10 AM EST --
It took some research, but here is a list I came up with.
Amanda-Don Williams
Barbara Ann-Beach Boys
Cathy's Clown-Everly Brothers
Diana-Paul Anka
Elvira-Oak Ridge Boys
Frankie and Johnny-Folk . . .
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October 07, 2006 11:08 AM EDT --
1. Give gifts to people that they really are going to enjoy. Listen throughout the year and if they love coffee, give them a bag of special coffee and a mug, if they are looking for . . .
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October 21, 2006 08:58 AM EDT --
When I was a child, I didn't have supportive parents. My father was in the Navy and mom raised me alone much of the time. There was so many things that I wanted to do, but . . .
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October 28, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
Our United States were never perfect. Crime has always been here, and much of it has been violent. Look what we did to the Indians. Gangs have also been a part of the United States. . . .
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November 11, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
I remember when Oprah started introducing to the world RAOK. What a great concept. I know she didn't think of it, and it has been done forever, but it is always a good idea to jump . . .
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November 11, 2006 12:15 PM EST --
Have a goal. Strive through blood, sweat, and tears to reach the peak of your desire. Practice for perfection and never stop trying, even if think you reach a dead end. There is always . . .
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November 25, 2006 06:11 AM EST --
At 4am, I was bright eyed and ready for my day at Wal-Mart. Black Friday is always fun for me, even if I have to wake when there was 2 shining in the hour position of my alarm clock. . . .
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December 30, 2006 11:00 AM EST --
When I lived in Hawaii, I spent a lot of time at Anna Miller's near Pearl Ridge Mall. It was open 24 hours, so a group of us would invade at 1 or 2 am. I belonged to a theatre group called the Act . . .
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December 31, 2006 07:00 AM EST --
I moved out on my own when I was nineteen. I didn't really have a choice, and I wasn't really ready, but this is what happened. My father retired from the Navy out of Hawaii and they had plans . . .
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January 20, 2007 12:07 PM EST --
It is funny how little things can spark so many memories. Wal-Mart is selling fake pussy willows in a vase and every time I walk by them, a new memory develops.
When I was four years old, . . .
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January 28, 2007 09:14 AM EST --
When I lived in Scotland, my mother and grandmother came out and visited me. It was Grandmas’ first trip on an airplane, so that in itself was a big adventure. They flew into Edinburgh, . . .
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January 27, 2007 08:50 AM EST --
Every local paper runs a story about a stupid crook. Here is our latest. The guy broke into a car wash and was still inside when the police showed up. He ran away on foot. He must have been running pretty . . .
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December 11, 2006 11:27 AM EST --
It was Sunday evening in Wahiawa, Hawaii. Paco and I were hanging out at the Youth Center on the Navy base where we lived. He was the Teen Advisor and I was a teen. We were also good friends and . . .
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September 24, 2006 08:56 AM EDT --
I was just finishing up C-school in Pensacola, Florida. I had been in the Navy for four months. It was time to be given orders to our new duty stations. As our instructor . . .
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November 12, 2006 08:07 AM EST --
These past 21 years have not been easy. We have had more ups then downs. Many times I have wished he would walk away and not come back. Now he may and I am not sure how to handle it. . . .
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November 11, 2006 12:44 PM EST --
Have a goal. Strive through blood, sweat, and tears to reach the peak of your desire. Practice for perfection and never stop trying, even if think you reach a dead end. There is always . . .
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November 05, 2006 11:05 AM EST --
Things You Don't Want to Know About Your Co-Workers
Ok, I am on a roll with thong stories now.
I have a seventeen year old son, who is very much into hard . . .
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October 22, 2006 06:39 AM EDT --
Until recently, I thought of the kids in marching band to be rather reclusive geeks, Guess that is one of the prejudices we pick up as high school students. I had to rethink this belief . . .
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