tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25034224230157466702024-03-14T11:50:24.515-07:00RISE ABOVE UJUST SOME PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON LIFE, AND ALONG THE WAY MAYBE I COULD HELP SOMEBODY RISE ABOVE SOME BAD STUFF
AND ALSO RISE TO THE GOOD STUFF.
IT ALL STARTS WITH RISING ABOVE YOU!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082005814385248316noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-46399694065115204412014-09-11T12:05:00.000-07:002014-09-11T12:05:16.874-07:00My heart hurts every year on this day, Remembering everyone that was taken from us<br />
13 years ago today. Not really thinking anything of it because it always seems like yesterday to me…<br />
But when my son's 13 and 15 years old hugged me this morning and said I LOVE YOU DAD.<br />
It was like all of a sudden i could remember everything we've done together in those 13 years.<br />
I am so blessed to have them. Now all i could think of is all those children whose parents were taking away from them on that day.<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082005814385248316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-19459428002477748532014-09-05T14:39:00.000-07:002014-09-05T14:39:35.902-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: lime;">"RISE ABOVE YOU"</span></b><br />
IT'S IN ALL OF US.<br />
WE DO IT EVERY DAY.<br />
SOME OF US DO IT GREAT<br />
AND OTHERS NOT SO.<br />
WHICH BRINGS ME TO<br />
THE REASON I SHARE.<br />
<br />
I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE TODAY<br />
AND AS I'M WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT,<br />
IN A VERY GOOD MOOD<br />
ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.<br />
THERE IT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME<br />
<br />
THAT RISE ABOVE YOU MOMENT!<br />
<br />
THIS GUY IS GETTING INTO HIS CAR<br />
AND RIGHT BEFORE HE OPENS THE DOOR.<br />
WITH EVERY SINGLE BIT OF ENERGY IN HIS BODY<br />
SUCKING AND GURGLING GASPING FOR AIR<br />
HE SPITS THE BIGGEST WAD OF MUCUS<br />
OUT OF HIS BODY AND ONTO THE FLOOR.<br />
<br />
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!<br />
<br />
LIKE AN ANIMAL WITH NO SHAME.<br />
RISE ABOVE MAN!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082005814385248316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-28437237102334438752014-09-04T10:04:00.000-07:002014-09-04T10:04:31.402-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I SAT HERE AND SHARED MY THOUGHTS.<br />
I LIKE TO THINK THERE'S ONE PERSON OUT THERE THAT READS THIS?<br />
<br />
ANYWAY I'M GOING TO TAKE MY OWN ADVICE, AND<span style="color: red;"> <b>RISE ABOVE ME</b></span>.<br />
IT'S BEEN A LONG YEAR AND I HAVE A LOT TO SAY…<br />
<br />
I JUST NEED TO PUT ALL THE WORDS, IN THE RIGHT PLACES.<br />
SO FOR THAT ONE PERSON STAY TUNED…<br />
THERE'S A LOT MORE WORDS COMING.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082005814385248316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-23430754800280746462012-07-17T12:15:00.001-07:002012-07-17T12:17:18.436-07:00BOTTLES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
MY THOUGHTS CAN FILL ALL THE BOTTLES EVER MADE.<br />
I WOULD LOVE TO SIT ON A BEACH, AND BRAKE EACH AND EVERY<br />
ONE OF THEM. ONE BY ONE, AND SET ALL OF THOSE WORDS FREE,<br />
TO RISE ABOVE FOR THE WORLD TO USE AGAIN...<br />
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-88492440278895744842012-02-25T08:32:00.000-07:002012-02-25T08:32:46.701-07:00LIVING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">THOUGHTS ON LIFE, IF YOU HOLD A SMOOTH PIECE OF GLASS<div>IT'S LIKE SILK AND THEN IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND ON TOP </div><div>OF A PILE OF ROCKS, IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE</div><div>JAGGED AND POINTY.</div><div><br />
</div><div>LIKE ME, WE ALL WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN THAT </div><div>SMOOTH PLACE...</div><div><br />
</div><div>THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE, LIKE ON THE GLASS, WITH NO FLAWS</div><div>BUT IF WE GET THERE, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ONE THING.</div><div>IF YOU UPSET THE GLASS AT ALL, AND IT BREAKS.</div><div>YOU END UP IN A WORSE PLACE THAN WHEN YOU STARTED.</div><div><br />
</div><div>IF YOU <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">RISE ABOVE</span></b> AND LOOK AROUND, YOU'LL FIND </div><div>YOURSELF ON THAT PIECE OF GLASS ALREADY.</div><div>JUST DON'T UPSET IT...</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-51385038677221393862011-12-31T19:42:00.000-07:002011-12-31T19:42:45.479-07:00NEW YEAR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> NEW YEAR'S, MAN THE WORDS ALONE BRING SO MUCH HOPE.<br />
IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THEM, THE<br />
THOUGHTS OF MANY PEOPLE HOPING THIS WILL BE A BETTER<br />
YEAR...<br />
<br />
WHAT DOSE YOUR NEW YEARS THOUGHT SOUND LIKE?<br />
DO YOU WISH YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER YEAR<br />
DO YOU WISH THIS UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE AS GOOD AS THE<br />
LAST.<br />
<br />
OR MAYBE YOU WILL WISH SOMETHING GOOD FOR<br />
SOMEBODY ELSE...<br />
<br />
A NEW YEAR ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES<br />
FOR A NEW START, THE SILLY THING IS WE CAN START NEW<br />
ANYTIME WE WANT!<br />
<br />
MY WISH IS THAT ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS<br />
WILL<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> RISE ABOVE</span></b> ALL THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF A NEW YEAR...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-49470184024209772532011-12-29T15:11:00.002-07:002011-12-29T15:11:35.576-07:00MannersRise above people, just keep on telling yourself rise above. if I don't the next person I hold a door open for and says nothing to me is getting a free lesson on the way things work!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-75280792929198756532011-10-28T15:16:00.002-07:002011-12-30T20:47:45.374-07:00JUNKYARDS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">THIS IS ONE OF THE SADDEST PLACES FOR MOST MEN, BUT YET IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLACES FOR MEN TO GO.<br />
WHEN WE WALK IN TYPICALLY WE ARE LOOKING FOR PARTS FOR A CAR WE ARE RESTORING OR A CAR WE NEED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD.<br />
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BUT WHEN WE WALK IN WE ALL SEE THE SAME THING.<br />
BROKEN DREAMS...<br />
FROM CARS THAT WERE SOMEBODY'S VERY FIRST,<br />
TO CARS THAT SOMEONE DIED IN...<br />
<br />
CARS THAT DROVE YOU TO YOUR FIRST DATE, AND CARS THAT DROVE YOU TO YOUR LAST DATE.<br />
<br />
CARS THAT SOMEONE WAS BORN IN.<br />
<br />
CARS THAT SOMEONE WAS MURDERED IN.<br />
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EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN STORIES THAT NO ONE KNOWS EXCEPT FOR THEIR<br />
PAST OWNERS.<br />
<br />
WHEN I SEE CARS IN A JUNKYARD I SEE POSSIBILITIES.<br />
MOST ARE JUST TWISTED METAL THAT DONATE THEIR PARTS TO OTHERS.<br />
BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF CARS THAT JUST NEED TO<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> RISE ABOVE</span></b><b style="background-color: red;"></b><br />
THE MUD AND DIRT. WITH A LITTLE HELP, THEY CAN COME BACK<br />
LIKE NEW AGAIN.<br />
<br />
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TAKE ME FOR INSTANCE MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY<br />
KNOW ME BUT I THINK MY WIRES ARE CONCEALED...<br />
<br />
VERY FEW PEOPLE GET TO SEE MY WIRES.<br />
<br />
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I THINK I HAD MY<br />
WIRES TO EXPOSED AND I BROUGHT THEM BACK<br />
IN FOR SAFETY...<br />
<br />
THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS MOST PEOPLE<br />
DON'T REALLY KNOW ME.<br />
<br />
WHEN YOU HOLD BACK FROM WHO YOU REALLY<br />
ARE PEOPLE ONLY KNOW PART OF YOU.<br />
<br />
THEY MAY SEE A GOOD PART OF YOU OR A BAD<br />
PART OF YOU DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR<br />
HOLDING BACK FROM...<br />
<br />
I'M TRYING TO <b>RISE ABOVE</b> BAD WIRING.<br />
AND ORGANIZE JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF EXPOSED WIRE<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">HOW ARE YOUR WIRES...</div><div><br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-9493420973743379302011-09-20T11:36:00.000-07:002011-09-20T11:36:37.533-07:00NOT A BAD DAY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">IT STARTED OUT GETTING UP LATE RUSHING TO GET MY BOYS TOGETHER FOR SCHOOL...<br />
<br />
PACKING THEM IN THE CAR TURNING THE KEY AND HEARING NOTHING BUT A CLICK IT WAS A DEAD BATTERY...<br />
<br />
OH WELL WHAT TO DO?<br />
DUST OFF THE OLD PONTIAC, DROP THE TOP,<br />
THE BOYS WERE SO EXCITED OFF TO SCHOOL WE WENT...<br />
<br />
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AND THEN I REALIZED HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WEATHER IS NOW,<br />
THE TOP WILL PROBABLY NOT <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">RISE ABOVE </span></b>US UNTIL THE END OF WINTER...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-1011984432964896582011-09-18T11:23:00.001-07:002011-09-18T11:36:06.797-07:00FAMILY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I'VE BEEN THINKING HOW MOST OF US ARE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY<br />
YET WE SEEM TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE HAVE THEM...<br />
<br />
FOR SOME REASON WE LET THINGS LIKE GREED AND JEALOUSY<br />
GET IN THE WAY.<br />
AND FORGET THAT WE ARE FAMILY...<br />
<br />
WE STOP TALKING TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T<br />
CALL YOU BACK OR THEY NEVER RETURNED SOMETHING.<br />
<br />
SO IN REALITY THIS WORD <b>SOMETHING</b> BROKE UP YOUR FAMILY.<br />
<br />
I'VE PROBABLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT LATELY BECAUSE<br />
9/11 JUST PASSED AND I'VE BEEN THINKING OF THE FAMILIES THAT<br />
DON'T HAVE THE CHANCE THAT WE HAVE...<br />
<br />
ALSO, THE FAMILIES THAT ARE LOSING SOMEONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY ARE AT WAR, FOR US! THE PEOPLE NOT TALKING TO OUR FAMILY BECAUSE<br />
OF <b>SOMETHING?</b><br />
<b><br />
</b><br />
BUT NO MATTER HOW WE LOSE SOMEONE, I JUST WONDER WHY<br />
IS IT THAT WE FINALLY SEE ALL THE GOOD STUFF IN THEM<br />
WHEN THEY'RE GONE...<br />
<br />
WE SHOULD <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">RISE ABOVE</span></b> US AND NOT MISS WHAT<br />
WE ALREADY HAVE, <b>SOMETHING, </b> GREAT FAMILY...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-71267350302982943632011-09-11T12:38:00.000-07:002011-09-11T12:38:24.058-07:00NEVER FORGET<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">ON THIS DAY IT ALL COMES BACK<br />
IF YOU LIVED IN NEW YORK ON 9-11-01<br />
YOU KNEW SOMEONE WHO<br />
LOST THEIR FREEDOM "LIFE"...<br />
<br />
<br />
I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT WHERE<br />
I WAS WHEN IT HAPPENED. BUT<br />
THE BIGGEST THING I REMEMBER<br />
IS DRIVING TO WORK EVERY DAY<br />
FOR MONTHS AND SEEING THE SMOKE<br />
COMING FROM GROUND ZERO.<br />
<br />
SEEING THE FUNERAL PROCESSIONS<br />
ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY FOR<br />
OVER A YEAR...<br />
<br />
AND PEOPLE BREAKING DOWN<br />
IN TEARS FROM SOMEBODY IN<br />
THE ROOM JUST MENTIONING 911...<br />
<br />
KNOWING EVERYONE AROUND YOU<br />
LOST SOMEBODY THAT DAY...<br />
<br />
THAT FEELING WILL NEVER GO AWAY.<br />
<br />
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET.<br />
<br />
AND WE WILL<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> RISE</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">ABOVE...</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-4470756523920985012011-09-06T12:18:00.000-07:002011-09-06T12:18:26.034-07:00LIFE IS GOOD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">WELL THE RESULTS ARE BACK<br />
I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO DIE...<br />
<br />
BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHEN.<br />
<br />
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I SPENT<br />
ALL THAT MONEY ON THOSE<br />
TEST WHEN I COULD OF HAD<br />
MY BAGS REMOVED FROM<br />
UNDER MY EYES...<br />
<br />
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BUT I DID GET THESE REALLY<br />
COOL X-RAYS.<br />
<br />
LIFE IS GOOD IT'S TIME TO<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> RISE ABOVE...</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-21306707537758393672011-08-30T11:33:00.000-07:002011-08-30T11:33:47.071-07:00WHERE IS YOUR ENERGY GOING?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">WELL MY LIFE HAS BEEN PRETTY BUSY LATELY<br />
I HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING GREAT.<br />
I'VE BEEN GOING FROM DOCTOR TO DOCTOR<br />
THE GOOD THING IS THEY HAVE NOT FOUND<br />
ANYTHING ABNORMAL...<br />
<br />
THE FUNNY THING IS WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL<br />
GOOD, AND YOU LOOK AROUND IN YOUR LIFE<br />
AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WORRIED YOU,<br />
YOU THINK IF I JUST USE ALL THAT ENERGY<br />
IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE INSTEAD OF<br />
WORRYING ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND<br />
ME. I PROBABLY BE IN A BETTER PLACE...<br />
<br />
ANYWAY ONE MORE M.R.I. TONIGHT AND<br />
AFTER THAT, IF ALL IS GOOD?<br />
<br />
I, AM, GOING TO <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">RISE ABOVE </span></b>AND PUT THE<br />
THE ENERGY BACK IN MY LIFE...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-70691366563258383992011-08-24T20:19:00.000-07:002011-08-24T20:19:37.543-07:00A GOOD THING...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> OK SO I SPENT THE DAY IN THE HOSPITAL, BEING POKED AND PRODED.<br />
THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG, NOTHING "LIFE THREATENING " ANYWAY,<br />
WHICH IS A GOOD THING. NEXT UP IS GOING TO THE NEUROLOGIST AND<br />
THEN AFTER THAT I'LL HAVE A CLEAN BILL OF<br />
HEALTH AS LONG AS THEY DON'T FIND ANYTHING<br />
<br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">RISE ABOVE OUR HEALTH...</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-65319296091509385572011-08-24T10:38:00.000-07:002011-08-24T10:38:41.569-07:00CHOICES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO<br />
"RISE ABOVE US"<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">WELL HERE I SIT REALIZING THAT I'M NOT EVEN REMOTELY</div> LISTENING TO MY OWN WORDS.<br />
<br />
I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE DOCTOR LATELY BECAUSE I HAVE<br />
SOME UNUSUAL THINGS HAPPENING LIKE PAIN IN MY RIGHT<br />
HAND AND IT'S SWOLLEN.<br />
<br />
THINKING THAT THIS WAS JUST ARTHRITIS NO BIG DEAL...<br />
<br />
BY THE WAY IF YOUR WONDERING BUDDY IS DOING GREAT.<br />
<br />
ANYWAY WITH THE OTHER SYMPTOMS I HAVE IT TURNS OUT<br />
THEY THINK I MIGHT OF HAD A STROKE...<br />
<br />
I KNOW IT'S CRAZY THE PICTURE OF HEALTH THAT AM<br />
THAT'S A JOKE IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW ME.<br />
<br />
IT TURNS OUT THE EASIEST WAY TO FIND OUT OR SHOULD<br />
I SAY THE FASTEST WAY...<br />
IS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL SO THEY CAN DO ALL THE<br />
TEST RIGHT AWAY STUBBORN THAT I HAVE BEEN<br />
AVOIDING GOING TODAY I MADE THE CHOICE<br />
TO <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">RISE ABOVE ME </span></b>AND GO...<br />
<br />
HOPEFULLY I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-18353223057363772492011-08-20T06:11:00.001-07:002011-08-20T06:11:38.679-07:00Strong gripYou could have all the strength in the world but if you don't have a good grip you've got nothing RISE ABOVE and work on your grip...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-89570956145939354992011-08-19T09:41:00.001-07:002011-08-19T17:04:29.169-07:00BUDDYS RISING UP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW BUDDY IS DOING,<br />
HE STILL HAS HIS COUGH BUT HE'S GETTING STRONGER<br />
EVERY DAY.<br />
<br />
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NOW HE IS OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH THE OTHER DOGS.<br />
<br />
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I THINK HE'S <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">RISING ABOVE</span></b> HIS WOUNDS WELL...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-77682887962378691892011-08-18T12:14:00.000-07:002011-08-18T12:14:25.887-07:00WHAT HAPPENED TO BABY ON BOARD?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I WAS JUST WONDERING TODAY I SAW A CAR WITH A BABY ON BOARD SIGN AND<br />
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THEM BUT WHEN THEY CAME OUT THEY<br />
WERE A BIG SUCCESS.<br />
<br />
EVERYBODY THAT HAD A BABY PUT ONE IN THEIR CAR WINDOW,<br />
IT MADE SENSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD DECIDE NOT TO HAVE ROAD RAGE AROUND YOU...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYZf_1D9g3dV96cGSS1MLMQAQ6OCLU-TIrGHdGW_fQtnreBWex3V5TfxkUmI_424_bLKGcRrBweLRayHR2H0neJYfWlm97emEi-BGMYwriNc_0xWZZc3tnNkA4UX59BxUvzU9isGqvFk/s1600/11-1154-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYZf_1D9g3dV96cGSS1MLMQAQ6OCLU-TIrGHdGW_fQtnreBWex3V5TfxkUmI_424_bLKGcRrBweLRayHR2H0neJYfWlm97emEi-BGMYwriNc_0xWZZc3tnNkA4UX59BxUvzU9isGqvFk/s320/11-1154-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.babyearth.com/safety-1st-baby-on-board-magnetic-sign.html?gclid=COLymIu72aoCFRp2gwod3FIM8A">http://www.babyearth.com/safety-1st-baby-on-board-magnetic-sign.html?gclid=COLymIu72aoCFRp2gwod3FIM8A</a> HERE'S A LINK WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM.<br />
<br />
I JUST HOPE THE REASON IS NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE LOOK...<br />
IF SO WE NEED TO <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">RISE ABOVE</span></b> THIS ONE.<br />
<br />
LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-67445603316361482892011-08-17T10:25:00.001-07:002011-08-17T10:27:49.016-07:00BUDDY UPDATE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">JUST AN UPDATE FOR ANYONE WHO IS FOLLOWING THE STORY ON MY BUDDY<br />
HE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL.<br />
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS HE'S GOT KENNEL COUGH RIGHT NOW WHICH SHOULDN'T<br />
BE A BIG DEAL.<br />
<br />
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AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO HE'S THE ONE IN THE BACK. GETTING ALONG<br />
GOOD WITH ALL THE OTHER DOGS NO FIGHTING OVER FOOD.<br />
<br />
I ACTUALLY CAUGHT SOME OF THE DOGS SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED WITH BUDDY.<br />
I THINK HE LIKES IT HERE...<br />
<br />
DOGS DON'T NEED TO<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> RISE ABOVE</span> </b>THEY HAVE GOOD SOULS...<br />
<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-60407612564015640012011-08-17T07:33:00.001-07:002011-08-17T10:30:59.257-07:00RISE ABOVE ME<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> SO THIS IS WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE<br />
WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING<br />
THE RIGHT THING AND RISING<br />
ABOVE THE LAZINESS AND GO<br />
CUT THE LAWN...<br />
<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WELL THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TO RISE ABOVE AND IN 110 TEMPS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IS NOT THE TIME TO DECIDE TO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">RISE ABOVE YOU!</span></b></div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-35089103237242022232011-08-16T10:44:00.000-07:002011-08-16T10:44:20.913-07:00RISE ABOVE U: IF SHE CAN RISE ABOVE WE CAN TO<a href="http://riseaboveyou.blogspot.com/2011/08/if-she-can-rise-above-we-can-to.html?spref=bl">RISE ABOVE U: IF SHE CAN RISE ABOVE WE CAN TO</a>: "I RENTED THIS MOVIE THE OTHER NIGHT FOR FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT. THIS GIRLS STORY IS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE, TRAGIC SAD, BEAUTIFUL, AND INSPIRATION..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-62620043721676172782011-08-16T06:42:00.002-07:002011-08-19T17:37:08.992-07:00IF SHE CAN RISE ABOVE WE CAN TOO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0055PMUSU&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>I RENTED THIS MOVIE THE OTHER NIGHT FOR FAMILY </div><div style="text-align: left;">MOVIE NIGHT.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">THIS GIRLS STORY IS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE, TRAGIC</div><div style="text-align: left;">SAD, BEAUTIFUL, AND INSPIRATIONAL...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">A TRUE STORY ABOUT A GIRL WHO'S ON TOP OF THE</div><div style="text-align: left;">WORLD GETTING SPONSORED BY A BIG COMPANY</div><div style="text-align: left;">FOR SURFING THE ONLY THING SHE WANTS TO DO</div><div style="text-align: left;">IN LIFE. </div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">THEN HER LIFE CHANGES WHEN SHE GETS</div><div style="text-align: left;">ATTACKED BY A SHARK...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><br />
</li>
</ul><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"> THIS IS A MUST SEE MOVIE...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> AFTER WATCHING YOU WILL TRULY KNOW</div><div style="text-align: left;"> THE MEANING OF <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">RISING ABOVE YOU...</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-56676121653383478862011-08-13T07:57:00.013-07:002011-08-15T14:27:31.942-07:00IT'S CRAZY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_lwolyx="108"><div closure_uid_dw5pit="109">I SIT HERE AND WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT </div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="109">I THINK ARE NUTS OR JUST NOT RIGHT.</div></div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="110">O BY THE WAY BUDDY IS DOING DOING WELL. </div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="110">IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING?</div><br />
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I WRITE THIS STUFF AND PEOPLE READ IT.<br />
<div closure_uid_dw5pit="111">NOT MANY BUT PEOPLE DO READ IT!</div><div closure_uid_lwolyx="109"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_lwolyx="107"><div closure_uid_dw5pit="112">LIFE IS TO SHORT TO SIT AROUND </div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="112">THINKING ABOUT STUFF SO I WRITE IT...</div></div>FUNNY RIGHT...<br />
<br />
<div closure_uid_dw5pit="138"><div closure_uid_y9yg44="120">I LIKE WRITING ABOUT WHAT I THINK. </div><div closure_uid_y9yg44="120">LETS FACE IT IF NOT IT WOULD JUST BE </div></div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="138">STUCK IN MY HEAD...</div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="138"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_dw5pit="138">THAT WOULD BE A BAD WORD...</div><br />
<div closure_uid_dw5pit="114"><div style="text-align: left;">SO I RIGHT AND I <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">RISE ABOVE </span></b>THE BAD WORDS</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503422423015746670.post-4696231002002338642011-08-12T07:33:00.001-07:002011-08-16T08:28:47.645-07:00DAY 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">OFF TO WORK EARLY FOR ME TODAY.<br />
SO I FIGURED I'D LET YOU KNOW HOW<br />
OUR BUDDY IS FEELING.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWDYWgHFjFKWorRf9GZfmXwabRsFdNCbKR1saSFXUE5-PnN0Oog9elSJ0pXL6Icbhdo4sRuOMDnqb0Ye22bS1QIi0Kj7SKAeb4lv87NPd8nMy01OLmqQTkAFdk-JVit0uCFaR2oWqHlU/s1600/IMG_2500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWDYWgHFjFKWorRf9GZfmXwabRsFdNCbKR1saSFXUE5-PnN0Oog9elSJ0pXL6Icbhdo4sRuOMDnqb0Ye22bS1QIi0Kj7SKAeb4lv87NPd8nMy01OLmqQTkAFdk-JVit0uCFaR2oWqHlU/s320/IMG_2500.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> I THINK YOU COULD TELL FROM<br />
THE PHOTO HE'S DOING VERY WELL.<br />
HE'S VERY ALERT AND HAPPY...<br />
<br />
HE' <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">RISING ABOVE</span></b> HIS WOUNDS</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0