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I’m Bringin’ Happy Back!

The flower pots on my front porch have been looking lonely and sad for the past several months due to the strange weather here in the “Sunshine State” - but, for the past couple of weeks Spring has begun to fight its way back in…

So, soon I’ll get my hands dirty and transform those sad pots into beautiful little pots of Spring.

And in honor of my beloved flower pots and the return Springtime, I’ve decided to bring a little happy back!

I’ve mentioned recently how much I adored and now miss my “Happy Wednesdays”, so…

Happy, Happy Wednesday!! :-)

And when I think of Wednesdays, I naturally think of FUN THINGS - and what could be funner than…

A GOOD BLONDE JOKE!?!  (and I am not talking about myself, thank you! - that would be called a “walking blonde joke”!)

…but I digress.

  • Did you hear about the blonde who plugged her power strip back into itself to save electricity?
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  • Why did the blonde put lipstick on her forehead?  Because she was trying to make up her mind.
  • A blonde was driving down the highway when she read a sign saying, “Clean Restrooms Next 10 Miles.” She was really late for her appointment since there were 26 restrooms to clean.
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  • Why do blondes always smile during lightning storms?  They think their picture is being taken.
  • What do you call an eternity?  Four blondes at a four way stop.
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Ha Ha…Takes one to know one, I suppose!

Anyway, have a happy Wednesday - And, please feel free to send me your best blonde joke with a few qualifiers:

  1. It’s difficult to find ones that I’ve not heard before (goes with the territory, I guess :-) )
  2. PLEASE PLEASE THEY HAVE TO BE “G” RATED!!
  3. They really need to be very very short for this kind of forum.

Have a beautiful one!

Peace.

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angiebledsoe
on March 24, 2010
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If You Don’t Mind…

…I would ask for your prayers.

As many of you know, I’ve been ill for quite some time.  I seem to catch whatever anyone throws at me - actually, if a man sneezes 10 blocks away, it somehow seems to travel right to my head!

But, beyond that, several weeks ago I began to feel dizzier than normal (no blonde jokes please - it’s not “Happy Wednesday” yet people!) - so, last week I finally went to see my doctor about it.  Then she did a blood pressure test…

It didn’t surprise me that my blood pressure was low initially - usually nurses take it more than once and seem to want to tap on my wrist and say, “Is this thing on!” - but, when I stood up, my bp dropped through the floor.

Apparently, it’s called orthostatic hypotension - they know what it is, they just don’t know what’s causing it.

So, in the next couple of weeks I’ll be going to a cardiologist and having a bunch of scans (I read in my dr’s referral something that looked like “ct brain scan” - I really don’t want that because I definitely WON’T pass that test!!).

Anyway, if you think of it, please pray for me and my family.  I have been MIA for quite a while now and they have had to pick up the slack (in fact, I really haven’t been out of the house in weeks except to go to church ONCE and go to the doctor).

It just stinks for everyone - I can’t sing anymore until I know I won’t fall over and take out the first 2 rows in the theater, and…well, it’s just getting old to lie down all the time and feel like a slug.

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Seriously, I’m making the “couch potato” look great - I’m more like a bedroom squash!

And let me tell you - IT STINKS TO BE A SQUASH!!

Thanks so much for your prayers.

Peace.

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angiebledsoe
on March 22, 2010
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To Remember Happy Wednesday All Over Again…

It feels like I’ve been waiting and waiting forever for things to go back to the way they used to be.  Of course, life doesn’t work that way - time marches on and yesterday is left in the dust. But, at least, I think I’ve just about reached the fifth stage of grief: ACCEPTANCE.

Why the grieving?  Because of the seeming death of the blog!

I remember when I first began blogging - nearly 3 years ago.  It was something I never felt I really had before: an outlet for complete expression.  It was both comforting and therapeutic for me.  It connected me with people from all over.  My Mac was always with me, and since illness is a very common thing for me, it became a companion to me on those long days by myself.

Me...in the beginning.

Me...in the beginning.

During the first year and a half, my readership reached almost every state and nearly every continent.  Then, most of my local friends took up blogging too.  It was…wonderful.

Then, all of the sudden, everyone just stopped blogging…and reading.  I was in complete denial about it, but it must have affected me since I began to blog less and less often myself.  It turned into a big vicious cycle.  And I felt like I was being left on a cold mountain alone.

Then, on the news the newscaster said some words that took my breath:

“Blogging is so 2007!” - Apparently due to Facebook and Twitter and the ease of typing in quickly things like:  “I’m sitting on my porch with my dog”  and “I love this weather!”, the art of the blog has been left in the dust like the telephones that used to be “tethered to the wall”.

Those social networks that trade full expression for easy quips will never really do it for me.  Being more of a writer than the text-messaging type, I will always miss those days - the days of “Happy Wednesday!” and “The Remains of the Day” and that time in the day when I would read everyone’s blogs…

I just miss those days a lot.

I’ve been sick quite a bit lately - basically for the past month or so.  So I guess that has made this loss feel more profound.  Anyway, I’m doing what I’ve always done when the weather’s a little stormy for me…I write…I blog.  I have to.

Even if that’s as far as it goes.

I guess ,in the end, I have to remember that I can’t change what others think or do.  I can only change myself…my perspective.  I can be my own “Happy Wednesday” and be thankful for those years that my love of the blog carried me.

After all, I can still express myself…in the remains of the day.

Peace.

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angiebledsoe
on March 18, 2010
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I saw the sun today!

…just for a little while as we went to pick up Nate from school and then went to the drugstore.

That’s really all I have to say…

…it’s just been so long.  It feels like it’s been perpetually Winter since the new year!  I’ve discovered once again that I’m not at my best in the wintertime - especially when it seems to never end.

But, today reminded me that Spring will eventually come - even if it’s after Easter (I think that would be a travesty, btw!!)

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…I’ll just hold on to that thought during this long cold Winter.

Peace

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angiebledsoe
on March 1, 2010
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