I Heart Faces Slice of Life

This week at I Heart Faces the theme is A Slice of Life, meaning an image that you feels captures a “slice of life.

I chose this picture of DJ from last weekend, while we were waiting to take part of the Dublin GA St. Patrick's Day parade. The Boy Scouts passed out flags to all of the Veterans that were taking part in the parade, as well as all of the kids that were riding on the vehicles with the Veterans, so DJ got one. Right by where the Humvee was lined up was a creek, and DJ being all boy, had to go explore.



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Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff Annual Mothers Day Dinners May 6th

Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office

 Third Annual Mother's Day Dinners.

May 6^th, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

13742 Highway 80. Jeffersonville, GA 31044

$20 per person

Contact J. McDaniels at the sheriff's office for tickets and more information or leave me a note in my comment section and I will get with you~!

 

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization governed by a volunteer board of directors. As a result, all (100%) of our revenue goes toward enhancing the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office and its endeavors.

We focus on developing and maintaining quality programs that help the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office's community projects. We believe that these educational and awareness programs result in increased safety and economic viability in the Twiggs County community.

We also raise funds to purchase needed equipment for the Sheriff's Office.  This equipment is used by the Sheriff's Office to keep criminals out of our neighborhoods, to make our highways and roadways a safer environment, and allows for the Sheriff's Office to be more efficient in its law enforcement capacity.

Love it!!

Jerry got this the other day in his email from a guy he games with online. I loved it!     LOVE IT!!!   Recently an article in the St. Petersburg, Fl. Times, The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: "How Would You Fix the Economy?"                   I think this guy nailed it! Dear Mr. President, Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.   You can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan": There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:   1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - unemployment fixed. 2) They MUST buy a new AMERICAN Car. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.     3) They MUST either buy        a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed. It can't get any easier than that!! P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes... Mr. President, while you're at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto! If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know. If not, please                   disregard.

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Fun Fact for Each State

 

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Fun Fact for Each State

ALABAMA .................. Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.
ALASKA .................... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
ARIZONA ................... Is the only state in the continental U.S. that
doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS ................ Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA ............. Its economy is so large that if it w ere a country, it
would rank seventh in the entire world.
COLORADO ............... In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the
Olympics.
CONNECTICUT ........... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.
DELAWARE .............. Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
FLORIDA ................... At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the U.S. 's
largest city.
GEORGIA ................... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton
made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
HAWAII ..................... Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than
residents in any other state.
IDAHO ....................... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS...................Has a Governor in jail. one pending jail & the most
corrupt state in the union!
INDIANA ................Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a half million
letters to Santa every year.
IOWA.............Winnebago get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the
only state that begins with two vowels.
KANSAS ..................... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house
in The Wizard of Oz.
KENTUCKY ................ Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA ............... Has parishes instead of counties because they were
originally Spanish church units.
MAINE ...................... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the
other five New England states combined.
MARYLAND .............. The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.
MASSACHUSETTS ...... The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN ................ Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of
the world.
MINNESOTA ............Bloomingtons Mall of America is so big, if you spent 10
minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days.
MISSISSIPPI ............. President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here
... that's how the teddy bear got its name.
MISSOURI ............... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
MONTANA ................. A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of
England.
NEBRASKA ............... More triplets are born here than in any other state.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ...... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEW JERSEY ............ Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.
NEW MEXICO ............ Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire
here.
NEW YORK ................ Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started
in 1747 in Montauk.
NORTH CAROLINA ..... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA ....... Rigby, North Dakota , is the exact geographic center of
North America.
OHIO ......................... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA ............... The grounds of the state capital are covered by
operating oil wells.
OREGON .................... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA ......... The smiley, : ) was first used in 1980 by computer
scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.
RHODE ISLAND ......... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened
here in 1673.
 
SOUTH CAROLINA ..... Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.
SOUTH DAKOTA ....... Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
TENNESSEE ............... Nashville 's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running
live radio show in the world.
TEXAS ....................... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885. The
Hamburger was invented in Arlington, Texas in 1906.
UTAH ....................... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened
here in 1952.
VERMONT .................. Montpelier is the only state capital without a
McDonald's.
VIRGINIA ................. Home of the world's largest office building... The
Pentagon.
WASHINGTON ........... Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other
state.
WASHINGTON D.C. .... Was the first planned capital in the world.
WEST VIRGINIA ......... Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers
Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN ............... The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get
around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.
WYOMING .................Was the first state to allow women to vote.
I hope you enjoyed this. I found it interesting!!!

Sending prayers for the Air Force Pilots downed in Libya

Please join me in saying a prayer for the two F-15 pilots that crashed in Libya, that they both make it home safely.

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St. Patrick's Day Parade Dublin GA

Saturday Jerry was asked to drive the humvee in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, GA. DJ and I tagged along, and brought one of the girls from his Sunday School class to join in the fun.













It was a beautiful day for a parade, and we enjoyed the Veterans that rode along with Jerry and the kids. As Jerry was leaving Dublin he was in a parking lot where they were smoking and cooking ribs and Boston Butts. He mentioned how good it smelled and was going to buy one when the person running it gave him one for free just for his service to our country. Which was pretty cool if you ask me.

Who ya gonna call?

Ghost Busters!



We were part of the Cherry Blossom Parade on Sunday. Jerry was asked to drive the Humvee for the parade and the kids and I joined in. While we were lined up, across the way from us were the Ghost Busters, which my husband had to have his picture taken with.

Please light a Luminaria in our Ceremony of Hope

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Help me fight back

 

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This year, over 1.4 million Americans will hear the words 'You have cancer'. I know too many people who are touched by cancer, and that is why I have joined the American Cancer Society on a mission to save lives and create a world with more birthdays by participating in the Relay For Life in my community. At Relay For Life we celebrate loved ones who have won their battle against cancer, remember those who are no longer with us, and fight back against this disease that touches so many. I am determined to make a difference, and I hope you will join me. I will be walking on May 13th at the Twiggs County High School. Please, support me in my efforts by using the link below to visit my personal web page and make a donation. Every dollar raised brings us one dollar closer to a cure, and to a time when the number of people who have to hear the words "you have cancer" is zero. Thank you so much for your support. Together, we ARE saving lives and creating a world with more birthdays! Click here to visit my PERSONAL page. If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=2496022&pg=personal&fr_id=32840&fl=en_US&et=RSidPD5dM1CCykxX7jlCHw..&s_tafId=678697 Click here to view the TEAM page for JES Tropical Heroes If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=853786&pg=team&fr_id=32840&fl=en_US&et=22-MXzQ6VE6VsQNCj3Qnug..&s_tafId=678697 This message has been sent by a friend who thought you would be interested in information about the American Cancer Society's special events. If you no longer wish to receive emails messages sent from your friends, family members or colleagues on the subject of the American Cancer Society's special events, please click here or paste this URL into your browser: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TellFriendOpt?action=optout&toe=caf675fba0a1c62ef6d86d35709b9e0e1ccd4c50a5c00593
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I Heart Faces Sun Flare

This week at http://www.iheartfaces.com/ the theme is sun flare. so I went back to our trip to Tybee Island over Thanksgiving week and came up with this one:

I hope you head on over to http://www.iheartfaces.com/ and check out all of the entries for this week.

Tolerance

Dictionary.com says

: tol·er·ance

   [tol-er-uhns]  Show IPA

–noun

1.

a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differfrom one's own; freedom from bigotry

I have tried to not say anything about this subject because I know it can get heated, and I know that not everyone shares my views, but things have been said lately to my children that make me feel like I need to at least get it off my chest on here. I am not writing this to start a debate, or call anyone out. I am writing this to explain why I am upset. 

People are different, all over the world people are different, be it religion, sexuality, race, whatever the case may be. I expect my children to treat EVERYONE the same. I believe that on the inside we are all the same, and that NO ONE should judge you for it. I expect that if the Human Race as a whole were more tolerant to those who are different than them, there would be a heck of a lot less problems in the world. And I expect that people in authority especially over those in their teens should model tolerance, and being more accepting. 

Maybe we are more tolerant as a family because of our life experiences, my children have been raised all over, starting in Arizona, and Florida and moving to the United Kingdom for 8 years. Maybe being exposed to all of the differences of cultures that are in the United Kingdom and Europe is why they are more tolerant that people that we have met since moving to Georgia, people who have never lived outside of this local area. 

I get very upset when people who are authority figures in my own children's lives purposefully go about trying to change this thinking in my children. Especially on a topic such as tolerance, and what they should be accepting of in others. How can that be considered the good Christian thing? 

I don't bash you because you are not tolerant, and I would expect the same from you. 

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Being on an American Cancer Society Relay For Life team is an amazing
experience!

Picture the scene: you're surrounded by your family and friends,
urging each other on to make another lap around the track, and the air
is filled with the sound of laughter and sometimes tears, as our
community celebrates those who have fought cancer, remembers the loved
ones we've lost, and fights back against a disease that has taken
too much from too many.

It would be an honor to have you on our team for this year's
Relay For Life.  The American Cancer Society is saving lives by helping
people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by
fighting back.  Are you ready to join the fight?



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