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Musical Monday & Monday's Music Moves Me: Words Get in the Way Please scroll down for Monday Mayhem Something's whirling in my head. It made me stall in the middle of a wide space between university buildings yesterday. Thank goodness I am blogging as it helps me realize this insanity is hardly rocket science. Here's Gloria Estefan moving me, "there is so much I want to say but it's locked deep inside..." Amanda @ Bloggin with Amanda hosts Musical Monday XmasDolly of XmasDolly , Lori of Shewbridges of Central Florida , Larry of Cakeblast , and Callie of JAmerican Spice host Monday's Music Moves Me ***************************** Monday Mayhem: Give us your shopping tips! With the holiday shopping season in full swing, we want to hear your shopping tips for the situations below. 1. You mention to your neighbor, with the body odor, that you are heading out to the mall in the morning. Neighbor asks to go with. What do you say? Tell him/her that there'

Sunday Stealing: The Baker's Meme Scroll down for Our Weekend Memoirs Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named Reymos at the blog My World is Getting Smaller Every Day . He states he got it from Carl Dorsey at Iron Cook: American . (and Carl stated it was written by Thomas Baker, thus today's title). But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing ! Note: There were a bunch of rules and mandates that we were suppose to give but Bud lost them. Or hid them, either way it is his bad. Cheers to all of us thieves! 1. If you could interview anyone on your blog (alive or dead) who would you chose and why? Perhaps JA. I want to know what she thinks of the evolution of her fave subject 2. What do you feel is your strength as a blogger? answering memes (lol) 3. Can you share a little bit about yourself that you have not already mentioned on your bl

Mommy Moments is where Moms muse about motherhood and show off their kids. Joys, worries, disappointments, hopes, challenges and successes are shared. Chris hosts this meme every Friday at The Mommy Journey . Today's theme got me debating if these punching bags would do. Maybe HK skyscrapers would count. Three of the world's tallest buildings felt lofty across the horizon. So big too. They dwarf me much like the way challenges of mommyhood do. But then life is bigger than all these biggies. And good too.

When I was in college a cousin and her boyfriend gave me a musical jewelry box . It was shiny black with silver flower inlay. The deep red interior revealed suede-wrapped compartments where pieces of jewelry could be cozily kept. ( Photo courtesy) A melody automatically played when the box was opened. It transported me to Fairyland. Feeorins and Asparases danced; billowing ruffles in lavender air interspersed with crushes and course requirements. I spent many moments with that gift charmed by its daintiness. Soon after graduation I relocated to another country. Life rolled by with two decades of work, relationships and events. But I did not forget the memory of keepsakes that brought me quiet joy, that amazing music box in particular. At times when I can I stroll around cyberspace to look at music boxes, and nostalgia swells spontaneously. As December with its trimmings approaches I long for something reminiscent of what I used to have. A music box for Christmas sounds like

Musical Monday & Monday's Music Moves Me: Thanks to you - Tyler Collins Please scroll down for Monday Mayhem T is for thanks, thanksgiving and Thanks to you . This video provides lyrics. I hope you enjoy this song of thanks. Amanda @ Bloggin with Amanda hosts Musical Monday XmasDolly of XmasDolly , Lori of Shewbridges of Central Florida , Larry of Cakeblast , and Callie of JAmerican Spice host Monday's Music Moves Me ************************ Monday Mayhem: PONDERISMS Part II 10· In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. So, what is normal? Monday Mayhem 11· How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? Anything could go up in smoke with carelessness 12· Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things and drink whatever comes out'? Thought it was the calf 13· If Jimmy cracks corn an

Our Weekend Memoirs: Palenke de Saraburi Please scroll down for Sunday Stealing Those sunflowers I posted on Tuesday's My World meme was a bit of a long, full Sunday I had with friends last weekend. I'm sharing snapshots on an installment basis as parts of the day held different descriptions. We went out to explore Saraburi Market in the morning. It was windy and our hats were in danger of being blown off our heads. We wandered between stalls and found strings to fix the flying hat situation. There! 3 baht a piece and the hats stay put. Manao taw rai ka? (How much is the lemon?) This is our Pacman-Margarito breakfast. Munch, swallow, brace for the punches. Now if I could have the abs of those cheerleader trio I would be glad to skip this yumminess. But I don't so I'll settle for a low pitch Philippine national anthem. I wonder who is she.... Pacquiao and Margarito are not roosters jabbing each other's guts out, but neither can I stand blood sport. It w

Mommy Moments is a meme where Moms muse about motherhood and show off their kids. Joys, worries, disappointments, hopes, challenges and successes are shared. Chris hosts this meme every Friday at The Mommy Journey . Today's topic is so little . I dug through what's left of CJ's offline albums and found one I scanned last night. This is one of CJ's earliest photos. He's just hours old. The first time I looked at my trophy, I was slightly aghast: CJ looked like a lizard. So you guessed it - little, tiny everything. Too little perhaps for a silly first-timer's vanity. CJ with his tiny self is pictured here with his paternal uncle who cradled him away from camera flashes. I obviously didn't do research on photographing infants, but I'm glad I have this shot as I don't know when are they ever going to pose again together. CJ is not letting his recent, little obsession off his cheeky grasp. He takes it with him everywhere. I sing him, "CJ has an Ultra

Saraburi, a province near Bangkok, is abloom with sunflowers this month. The place continues to be a panorama of gold until January. Night was falling fast when we arrived on the field, but we were squealing with delight when silhouette of the flowers came into view. A yellow beauty turns in. We had to see her at a brighter time of day... So came back we did in the morning, and a sea of bright constancy swept before our eyes. A Facebook friend mused, "... and I think to myself what a wonderful world!" This had me bursting to life more than any other sight in my world. My World Tuesday is brought to you by Klaus and the My World Team Sandy , Wren , Fishing Guy , Sylvia

Golf is my ex-hubster's sport. It is also his friend's son's nickname. Golf's younger brother's nickname is Beer . Ex-hubster's nephew is fondly called Fluke , and somewhere in this strange kingdom I came across a girl nicknamed Gift . Check out some of the rest, spelled as they are in documents and see what they mean in someone else's local dialect: 1. Virus destruction, harm, jealousy personified 2. Birat pronounced bi-lat which means female genital 3. Paleeya bitter gourd 4. Anus down the alimentary canal, out of it 5. Auten male genital 6. Pota prostitute 7. Sukanya his or her vomit 8. Panit skin 9. Atchara papaya pickle 10. Tilawan to taste 11. Olopong serpent 12. Sombut alternately to confront and a confrontation 13. Karoon now Find more lists at Megan and Janet's T13

Musical Monday: Music of my Heart, NSYNC and Gloria Estefan Monday's Music Moves Me: Coward of the County, Kenny Rogers Please scroll down for Monday Mayhem Until last night after watching the film Music of the Heart, I listened but never paid attention to NYSYNC and Gloria Estefan's Music of my Heart. The lyrics are beautiful. This song moves me today. Amanda @ Bloggin with Amanda hosts Musical Monday Over at Monday's Music Moves Me there's a country music party. Well, who else to feature but my favoritest Kenny Rogers. I can't name a song of his that I don't like. Coward of the County has good advice, "You don't have to fight to be a man" and some thought to ponder, "Sometimes you got to fight when you're a man." XmasDolly of XmasDolly , Lori of Shewbridges of Central Florida , Larry of Cakeblast , and Callie of JAmerican Spice host Monday's Music Moves Me ************************ Monday Mayhem: Versatile Blogger Award Thing

Our Weekend Memoirs: Halloween on Khao San Please scroll down for Sunday Stealing Perhaps more than usual, Khao San Road, advertised as the gateway to Southeast Asia, was alive with the dead last Sunday. This was my first time to ever be in a halloween party. halloween merchandise on Talat Yod I wanna pour Bloody Mary into that silly, gaping mouth On FB I asked, "does he need a mammogram, doc?" The reply was "maybe the girls beside him...." Wahahah! Edward and Jacob didn't show up. If they did I swear I would have gone bloody bonkers, a nosebleed at least and worse than these decomposing kids at most. This baby has gotten away with curfew. Seated at last with our halloween chow. Ebie and Arlene host Our Weekend Memoirs ************* Sunday Stealing: The 14 Question Meme Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named Jayne at the blog Journey Through Grace. She states that she was tagged by her friend The Bug at the blog Bug Eye's View. But, it was probably s