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Showing posts with label best friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best friends. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Thoughts, Prayers, Wishes... Please

Yesterday was my best-friend-since-4th-grade's birthday. Yes, she was born on tax day. So, I told her that she wouldn't be receiving a birthday gift from me, because all my money went to the government ;-)

Anyway, we got to talking about the 'things-happening-in-threes' theory that she and I always believed in and watched out for while we were growing up. Last week, she had three horrible things happen to people she knew, and she commented that she certainly hoped the rule of three-things was true, because that would mean the bad things were done. I hope so too, because the stories she told me were horrible and heartbreaking.

Now, I've got my own incident of threes here, and, of course, I am coming to my friends in the blogosphere for your help. I'm asking for your thoughts, prayers, good vibes, healing wishes, chants... whatever it is you do to hope and ask for someone to recover. I know you all will want to do this for me, because some of these people are fellow bloggers and loved dearly within the blogosphere.

Sanni - One of my most favorite people - I love this girlie so much! Sanni and little Hamster 2.0 have been ordered to hang out in bed and take is very easy. Seems that Hamster is a little too anxious to check out her brand new furniture in her room and all those adorable outfits waiting for her. She decided to start giving her mommy some pains, which caused concern and landed both of them in bed, which is causing Sanni to have cabin fever, as you can imagine. So, please keep Sanni and Hamster in you thoughts for health, strength, and calmness (so Hamster doesn't get any ideas about hurrying to get out and see her pretties again).

Barb/Skittles - Y'all know by now that Barb has become one of my dearest and best friends. Well, she has had A LOT on her plate lately. It isn't my place to go into detail, but she has been dealing with a lot, and I'm very proud of how strong she has been through it all, because I most certainly would not be able to be as strong as she has been. Well, now to top it all off - she is physically ill. While trying to sort things through and remain strong, she needed some time away from blogging. So, I assumed that was why she wasn't online yesterday. I was wrong. She is very sick, and, again, it isn't my place to tell her story... she will inform you when she gets back to blogging. However, it may not be my place to give you details, but it most certainly is my place as a friend to ask for thoughts, prayers, healing wishes, etc. You can never have too much of that, and it can never start too soon. So, I hope she doesn't get upset with me for putting this on here, and I hope she understands why I did it.

My Hubs (this is why I have not been blog hopping as much as normal) - Remember back in February when he had what we thought was pneumonia? Well, he's sick again. He has been very sick for over a week. He has the symptoms he had then, but, also has more symptoms. And, the symptoms are more disturbing and changing each day! At first, when we figured it was just the flu, I was not worried, and was just taking care of him and trying to help him get well. However, he's still not well, and I'm beginning to think we are dealing with something other than the flu here. I would think that, if it were the flu, I would have certainly contracted it by now. I mean, I'm just in too close of contact here in this tiny box house to have not got the germs. Besides, some of the symptoms are not normal flu symptoms, and, if you knew my husband, you would know that he never gets 'normal' illnesses. (Right LMQ & LMK?) Hubs tells me not to worry. He has told people that the reason Misty hasn't caught what he has is because "Misty is too mean to get sick." Ya know, you'd think someone who is being waited on hand and foot by you and being taken care of by you would be a little more appreciative! hehehe. However, I've discovered that Hubs is a little more concerned about his symptoms than he has let on, and that makes his worry-obsessed wife even more worried.

I'm going to blow the rule of threes and add another person to this list...

Colin from Life - I do not know Colin very well, but he is a very special friend to one of my very best friends, Tammy. Colin has been MIA for over a week now. He has not blogged, is not answering e-mails, and as far as we can tell, has not been online at all. Considering that Colin has a chronic condition, Tammy is very worried about her friend. Since she and I are both obsessive worriers, I can certainly understand what she is going through worrying about someone she cares about, and not being able to find anything out at all. So, please add Colin to your thoughts, and also add Tammy to your thoughts to give her peace of mind. If anyone out there happens to have personal contact with Colin and knows what is going on - PLEASE contact Tammy and let her know.

I truly believe in the power of positive energy, good thoughts, prayers, and love. So, please, keep these people in your thoughts. I'd really appreciate it.

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Friday, March 14, 2008

When Typos Are All Too Appropriate

Oh my gosh have I got a funny story for you! Guys - take this as an advanced warning - you may consider this post to be 'too much information' or 'too much woman-stuff talk'. So, if you're a guy and get uncomfortable about the true facts-of-life that women must deal with, then I suggest you just skip this post.

Last night, I was talking to my BBFF, whom shall remain nameless (Yeah, like you don't know by now), on the instant messenger. To fully understand this post, you need to know that lately, we have taken up the silly habit of using computer terms to refer to ummmmmm - body parts and marital 'relations'. You know, "formatting your hard drive" or "putting a floppy in your disk drive" - I think you get the idea, and, if you don't, well then, this post isn't really for you.

I told her that I wouldn't be online today until this afternoon, because I had an appointment this morning.

I typed "Man, I don't wanna go to my appointment tomorrow."

The ever-wise-woman (and she's really good at reading my mind too) replied, "Gotta go get a pap-smear, eh?"

"How'd you know that?" I asked.

"No woman wants to go get a pap-smear." She so matter-of-factly replied.

Then she asked, "So, even though you don't have any, does your doctor do a breast exam too?"

"Yeah," I replied, "If she can find them."

"When my doctor is doing the exam, he makes jokes the whole time to keep my mind off it." She told me.

"Oh, I'm usually making jokes about my lack of chest with my doctor," I joked, "and she usually is cracking up laughing."

"You have a woman doctor?" She asked.

"Yeah." I replied.

"Wow, I can't remember the last time a woman examined my di*k drive." She remarked...

At the same beautiful moment, we both realized that instead of an "s", she accidentally used a "c". When we both were able to breath again and see the computer through the tears in our eyes from laughing so hard, I replied...

"Oh, I am SO going to post about this. You just made one of the most appropriate typos ever!"

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Beyond a Step-Daughter

No, I didn't win the contest, and you do not need to keep voting. Thank you so much for your support and votes... Now...

Let me tell you a story about someone who means the world to me... my step-daughter (we'll call her Rahjee - nickname).

When I first married her dad, I must admit I was quite nervous as to how his children would accept me, considering the age difference between us. I knew that my step-son accepted me, because I saw him every other weekend. However, my step-daughters lived in a different state, and I did not have the opportunity to get to know them as well as I would have liked to before our wedding.

The step-daughter I am referring to is my husband's youngest daughter (middle child). She will be 20 years old this month, and she is one of my best friends. She is unbelievably funny and such a pleasure to be around; She does not meet a stranger, and no one ever feels uncomfortable around her. She does not pass judgments, has a gigantic and generous heart, never takes anything or anyone for granted, works very hard to reach her goals, and genuinely cares about other people.

Now that her dad and I have moved to this state, Rahjee and I are usually in contact with each other on the instant messenger the entire day and usually the entire night too. We talk about absolutely everything from something as little as what we are having for dinner, to venting to each other when we are upset, to rejoicing with each other when something great happens. We support each other, we encourage each other, we worry about each other, and we have some of the greatest inside-jokes ever.

When Rahjee heard about the caption contest for the gift certificate and realized that I could use the certificate towards the camera, she expended so much effort and time promoting her 'step-mom' that I was touched beyond words.

First, she wrote up a bulletin and posted it on her Myspace page. The words she put in that bulletin - the beautiful things she said about me - the way she talked about what our friendship means to her - I am not ashamed to say I had tears streaming down my face.

Her boyfriend (E, a great guy who treats Rahjee great) also put a bulletin on his Myspace page, along with Rahjee's half-sister, and one of Rahjee's friends who thought our relationship sounded so cool that she wanted to help too.

Rahjee also called everyone she could think of. Her entire family voted for me (Yes, this includes my husband's ex-wife, whom I have extremely high admiration and respect for. She's a great mother, has raised four fantastic children, and has stood strong through some very tough times. You probably aren't used to someone complimenting their spouse's ex, but she honestly deserves it.). But it didn't stop there... Rahjee and E contacted everyone they could think of, and then they asked those people to contact everyone they knew. E even asked everyone who plays World of Warcraft with him to vote!

Rahjee would hit refresh every time she went by her computer, and then she would excitedly instant message me to tell me how many votes I had. She did everything she could think of because she wants her step-mom to get her camera. You see, with Rahjee, if she cares about you, your dreams become her dreams, and she will do anything she can to help you reach them.

When I woke up Wednesday morning and realized that the contest had, in fact, not ended, and all those votes were now gone and replaced by a new contest which started from zero, my heart dropped. Honestly, my last concern was that I hadn't won like Rahjee and I had been celebrating the night before. My concern was that Rahjee had done so much, had thrown herself into promoting me, and was so excited. I must have said something like "Poor Rahjee" out loud, because my husband immediately said "What? What's wrong?" When I told him what had happened, he said "Oh boy, I wouldn't be surprised if my daughter gives some people a piece of her mind." You see, Rahjee will also fight for you ;-) And, trust me, she's not afraid to speak her mind ;-)

Yes, she was very upset about what happened. However, even though I didn't win that contest, I'm still a winner, because what she (and E and everyone else) did for me made me feel so much love and support that I can't even begin to put it into words.

To everyone who voted for me - Thank you - your votes and support mean more to me than I can possibly express to you. Also, thank you for allowing me to take the time to share with you what a truly special and amazing person my Rahjee is. She's so much more than a step-daughter, and she's so much more than a friend... she's Rahjee, and there's no one like her.

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

She's Fabulous

See that totally Hawwwwwt and wonderful mommy helping her most adorable son blow out his birthday candles? Well, I'm here to tell you that hot, wonderful, considerate, caring mommy has been nominated for some Bloggers Choice awards! Not surprising is it?

Let me tell you about the most recent week in her life... she had a migraine which left her unable to function one evening/night... to be followed up with a visit from some family during which her great-niece accidentally tipped a very large aquarium and flooded the entire living room - said living room carpet will eventually need to be replaced... her pre-teen daughter and friends messed up the computer and left her unable to focus on her income or anything else other than getting the computer working again... she thought she had (and was looking forward to) a day without children (she does daycare in her home), until a family member showed up with three kids for her to take care of until late that night...

That's just a week people - AND

through all of that going on in her own life - her own things to deal with... she still found out that her friend was fighting a depression and felt hopeless over it... she took the time to get in touch, be the considerate, goofy, fun, and silly friend she is... she made that friend laugh - she made that friend think about fun, silly, and outright ridiculous things - she made that friend feel loved... she...

she helped that friend see a light and feel some strength against a dark cloud which that friend hadn't been able to find before.

In my opinion - someone as special as that deserves our votes - in my opinion - it is MY mission to tell you how wonderful she is - my mission to tell you that she is up for these awards - my mission to ask you to please click HERE and then click on her sidebar and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE vote for her - she deserves it - she's fabulous!

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