The Dreaded Word Verification

The dreaded word verification.

You know what I'm talking about. It's that little square that comes up after you have written a comment on someone's post. There is something about that, that drives me crazy-er. It's just a minor inconvenience. It's just the fact that sometimes they write it so blurry or "squiggally" (new word) that I end up having to type it in more than once.....sometimes more than twice. Once I think I had to write it in 3 times but I don't think I've ever had to do it four times. What is even worse is when you copy the word incorrectly and your comment erases. Remember, my attention span isn't quite what it should be. My first comment may be full of compliments or funny responses, then it erases when I mess up the word verification....by then not only have I forgotten what I wrote, but there is a good chance that I have even forgotten what I read! You know what happens then.....the notorious "Nice Post" comment. hhmmmm....that made me think of The Notorious Missionary in Spain. Notorious comment....Notorious Missionary..... I haven't visited her in a while. I think I'll pop over there after I'm done here.

Where was I? Monkeys are funny.

Oh yeah. Anyway, as much as I dislike the Word Verification, it looks like I am going to have to enable it on my blog for a while. It seems that I have a new "blogger buddy" straight from, um, straight from, er, straight from a county that doesn't speak English. China or Japan maybe? I don't know.

As much as I enjoy new readers, somehow, I don't think this individual is actually reading my posts. Granted, quite often many of you don't "get" my posts.... usually because they may not be "getable" (another new word). But a least you understand the words. (even when I use words like squigally and getable).

Also, there is something about this individuals comments that make me think that we really won't be following his/her blog either. Perhaps I get that feeling because of the fact that the comments usually read something like...
Chinese symbols for about one or 2 lines...then the word PARTY in English, followed by more chinese symbols.
Do you think....Is it possible...could it be....Canned Corn Beef? Or even worse....SPAM!!








ANYWAY, I will be adding the word verification to my blog for a week or so. Then I'll remove it and see if I was able to get my blog off of this individuals mailing list..... actually, CK, could you do it for me?

SO, bear with me....or monkey with me??

Chow! (as in Chow Mein)

My Little Tax Deduction is 13!!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE ALBERQUANDO!!*

13 YEARS OLD!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!

Today Is Tuesday...You Know What That Means...

Today is Tuesday.
You know what that means.
We're Gonna Have a Special Guest...

Today's guest reminds me of more than a few conversations I have had. I know what I'm saying. Why doesn't it make sense to anyone else? Like Who? YES!
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Doesn't Excuse It...Perhaps Explains It

Preliminary but increasing evidence suggests that ADHD and Tourette's syndrome may be comorbid*.
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*Comorbid- existing simultaneously and usually independently of another medical condition.

30 X 5 Recap.

Recap of 30 X 5.

Oh for goodness sake! 30 X 5. To "move" for 30 minutes, 5 times a week, for 2 weeks. EASY!!

Yep, that's what Linda, at 2nd Cup of Coffee wanted us to think.

I'm moving all the time. This was to be a VERY easy commitment to keep.
So why did I get that feeling in the pit of my stomach as soon as I hit the reply button on the comment section?

Well, I committed, so I would do it. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.....there was a reply in MY comment section. It was Chatty kelly. SHE committed too. ACCOUNTABILITY! "Lets walk together!" she said.

umm..... ok.

Don't get me wrong. I love CK and love talking and visiting. It's that accountability thing. I love walking with someone too. It's just that darn accountability thing. Then there's that little factor of CK and I being the Heat Miser and the Cold Miser (literally AND figuratively).








CK- "Brrrr. It's cold"
ADHD- "Whew! It's HOT out here!"

CK -"Let's go 31 minutes just to be sure"
ADHD- "28 1/2 minutes. That's close enough"

CK.- " OK, Lets go".
ADHD- "WAIT...I need a water bottle. I should grab a t-shirt in case I get warm (those hot flashes can come out of nowhere). Where's my cell? Opps, I forgot to lock the car. ..." 20 min later...."Ok, lets go."

ADHD- "It's raining. I guess we'll do it tomorrow instead"
CK- "It's raining. Good thing the church has an indoor track".

CK-"I did an hour today. Extra credit, I guess".
ADHD- "I did an hour today. Does that mean I can skip tomorrow?"






So you get the idea.

DAY 1- DID IT! Worked HARD in the backyard stacking fire wood.

DAY 2- DID IT! Walked with CK.

DAY 3- Very Sore from moving firewood on Day 1. I'll skip today

Day 4- Migraine

Day 5- Migraine

Day 6- Migraine

Day 7- Had what I call a "headache hangover", when your headache is ALMOST gone, but ready to jump out and grab you it you move too fast.

Day 8- Maybe I'll walk tomorrow.

Day 9- 30X5, What was that again?

Day 10- Phone call from CK. "How is your 30X5 going"....I changed the subject (a typical thing for ADHD).

Day 11-Monkeys Are Funny.

Day12- I cleaned today. Does that count? Somehow, I think not.

Day 13- I only signed up because I thought there was a prize!!!

Day 14- I GOT IT!! duh. 30 X 5 = 150!!

Why didn't I just say that in the first place?

Today Is Tuesday. You know what that means. We're Gonna Have a Special Guest!!

Today is Yuesday.
You know what that means.
We're gonna have a special guest.

SO, wiggle your ears, like good mouseketeers.
Cause Tuesday is guest star day!!!!

I'm going to start this post with an apology to many of you.
Today's guest has always been a favorite of mine (I KNOW, I KNOW, I have LOTS of favorites.)

However, a lot of people rank this lady with Barry Manilo and Neil Diamond (sorry, I like Barry Manilo too).

Anyway, Lately I've referred to this lady a few times

HOWEVER, from your comments, I do know that I am not the ONLY fan. A few of you have commented that you like this lady (You really like her).

".....So I supposed, just like me, they long to be, close to you......"
(And some of you will end the clip as soon as it begins. if you do that, however, you're missing out on a classic!!

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Sue J ........... T h H a A p N p K y ............ Y b O i U r thday (cryptogram)

Thank You Sue J for the awesome birthday gifts!!

Like Kelly said on her post, Sue is the type of person to pick up a piece of information and make something special out of it.

As I have mentioned before, more than just a few times, when I was younger I thought Fonzie was the ABSOLUTE coolest of cool. I had a poster of him on the wall of my room that stayed there for years......until Grease came out. I can't remember if I even took Fonzie down then. I may have just moved him over a little closer to Clark Gable to make space for the John Travolta poster.

Monkeys Are Funny

ANYWAY, Sue remembered that AND my love for musicals, especially Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. This is a picture of the birthday gifts she brought to me. The card is a musical card and sings...what else....SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS. The puzzle is a Happy Days original (which I plan to complete AND post a picture of....one day). The cookies are delicious...well, they were delicious...now they are gone. And the flowers smell so nice that I smile every time I walk into the room.

THANK YOU SUE!!

AND....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!

30 X 5 No Problem

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday.

I see many of you do the Thankful Thursday Post. I think the first time I saw it was at Chatty Kelly's Blog. I've never joined in before but this week I really need to.

1. I am thankful for people that go out of their way to make my birthday special. These people know that I won't make a big deal about a birthday AND they know that if my birthday passed by without any fanfare I would be fine. HOWEVER, they also know how good it feels to be reminded that there really are people that do care about you and really do like you...."They really like you!". Because of them, I know it now also! SO, thanks Chatty Kelly and Edie for the birthday post AND thanks everyone for all the nice comments......special thanks to God's Girl and Lea at the Shabby Ole Potting Shed for the many MANY birthday wishes and trivia. (I can handle that ONCE a year)...and God's Girl...I'm on to you AND on to who those Anonymous comments were from! : )

2. I am thankful that we have all of our needs and many of our wants. Lately, I am seeing more and more unemployment. Not only on tv but even in my own neighborhood. I have always been a frugal person. Not a miser, but pretty careful about where I spend our money. I am very thankful that I have never had to worry about having enough money to feed my kids or for any of life's necessities. (AND that I am still able to throw in a few of those WANTS every now and then!!)

3. I am thankful for family. Even though I carry on about family every now and then, I am VERY lucky. My sisters are wonderful, my neices and nephew are great. I am thankful that my son and his cousin are best friends. AND it isn't very often that you hear someone say they are thankful for their in-laws. But my mother-in-law and her husband are wonderful and are ALWAYS there for me and for my children.

4. I am thankful that someone very close to me, that had prostate surgery, is doing great and is on the road to recovery.

5. I am thankful that a migraine that lasted almost 4 days is now just a small dull thud. ( a small dull thud.... hmmm)

AND, even though there are supposed to be only 5 things....

6. I am thankful that there are still people out there that think Monkey's Are Funny....even after that have read my posts : )


HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Hi! It's Chatty Kelly here.

This blog has been hijacked by Chatty Kelly & Rich Gifts to wish MY ADHD ME (aka Mary) a Happy Birthday! Knowing Mary as I do (she is my sister) I know she isn't big on celebrating her birthday. As a matter of fact, she's the type that would log in a 2 a.m. (cause she's a night owl) and see this post and delete it. So I changed her password!

Sorry, sis. This is one birthday surprise you aren't going to pull an April Fool's on me.

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love you! (awwww!)

Bloggers, I know how Mary makes you laugh and how you love her blog, so let's fill up her comments with special wishes today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY ADHD ME!!!!!!!

Today Is Tuesday, You Know What That Means...

Today is Tuesday.
You know what that means.
We're gonna have a special guest!!

Well, tomorrow is the big day.
April Fools Day!!

Is it any surprise at all that my birthday just happens to fall on April Fools Day!
God and His Sense of Humor!

Anyway, today's special guest is a song that has been dedicated to me more than once...

More than twice....

Ok, quite a few times.

I couldn't find the actual footage on You Tube....Copyright infringements I suppose, but this was the next best thing.
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My Personal Alphabet

My Personal Alphabet. I was reading through a book of journaling ideas for those times when you want to write but are having that awful thing called Writer's Block. One of the ideas was to create a Personal Alphabet. You just write something using each letter of the alphabet. It can be anything. How you feel, what you like, what you don't like, what you want, what you are thankful for, (get the point?) etc. It also said, a good idea is after you do it, put it away and then redo it again in 6 months and compare your answers. Just don't look at your old answers until you finish the new ones.

I have decided to put a different twist on it this time. I may do the original one, one day, but today I am going to write the very first thing that pops into my head after I say the letter. Kind of like the ink blot test. just write the very first thing that pops up in your brain.

So here goes....My Personal Alphabet....

A- A is for Apple. J is for Jacks Cinnamon Toasted Apple Jacks.

B-Be there...Or Be square.







C- Oh cannonball, oh cannonball ....Yes, I realize the song is Oh Tannenbaum, but I wrote the first thing I thought of when I said the letter C. I'm following the rules!!









D- Delaware (don't ask, I have No Idea why)

E-Walk Like an EGYPTIAN








F- Frontal Lobotomy (maybe this wasn't such a great idea after all)







G- Gee Whiz

H- HALLELUJAH!!

I- I spy with my little eye...

J- Jamestown

K- Krackle (as in Snap, Krackle, Pop....hhmmm am I subconsciously wanting some cereal?)

L- Lan' Sakes (My Grandmother used to use that expression)

M-Mellow Yellow









N-Nightstick.....??

O-Open your eyes

P- Perhaps....Just Perhaps

Q- Quality vrs Quantity

R- Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down (Karen Carpenter)

S- Sanford and Son (I didn't even like that show!)

T-Tardy--haha--now that's funny. Describes me to a "T"--T...get it ..T (I can't tell, are you laughing?)






U-Understood

V-Victory

W-Why? Why Not??

X- X-Ray

Y- Yonkers (never been there, never even thought about it..or have I? It was the first Y word that came to my mind)

Z- Zanadu-- actually I think it was spelled Xanadu but it is what I thought of when I said Z. It was an old movie (flop) with Olivia Newton John. I never saw the movie, but remember the song.

Now I know my ABC's , Next time won't you play with me?

This was an interesting thing to do. Kind of makes one wonder what's going on up there in those brain cells....

Hope you do it sometime. I'm interested in seeing all of your answers. Just remember...You MUST write the VERY first thing that pops into your head.

BYE!
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Teenage Boys.....Not The Brightest of The Bunch

Well, Teenage Boys. You gotta love em. (don't you?). How young men survive long enough to populate the earth is beyond me. You know what? They're crazy! They're just plain CRAZY!!

Here's a story that JM told me about what happened a while ago in the parking lot after school.....(ok, I'm grateful that for once he was a spectator and not a participant!)

(Sidenote: I Googled Teenage Boys just to find a picture to add to the post and found this book. It looked interesting so I checked it out. It is a realistic biography about a young man in college that strays from his faith but eventually finds his way back. Looks interesting for JM. I may order it.)

ANYWAY, Back to the story.

After school the kids were hanging out in the parking lot. A guy that is a football player was getting ready to drive away. As he starts driving, his friend jumps in front of his car. I think JM told me the guy yelled something like "Hit Me!". Well, the guy mashes on the gas pedal and slams into his friend! (not his friends car...but the actual kid!). When the car hit the kid, he literally was knocked up, his body did a complete flip and he landed on the ground behind the car.

There were gasps from other kids, the driver stopped and ran to check on his friend, the friend stood up and laughed and then everyone laughed and cheered.

I tried to get more info about this from JM but he is in training to be a man, so he never gets all the details.

I did find out the next day that the kid that was hit, went home and told his mom about it. ("Hey mom, a funny thing happened today...."). He was only telling her because he thought it was funny. From what I hear, she wasn't laughing and made him go with her to the ER.

SO, the football team is going to be short one player for now. it is hard to play with a broken rib.

Perhaps he should switch to electric football. My brother used to have that game many years aog. If I remember correctly, you set your men up, turned it on, and then the game shook and vibrated until either everyone fell over OR one man happened go wobble across and make a touch down.







That boy is lucky to be alive. So I say again, "How young men survive long enough to populate the earth is beyond me!"

30 X 5 (or was that 5 X 30?)

I'm In!!

It's the newest challenge at 2nd Cup of Coffee.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO reason why I cannot move for 30 minutes, 5 times a week.....well, there is one reason....procrastination. Actually, there is more than 1 reason. In addition to procrastination, there is laziness, non-prioritizing, not writing it down (if it isn't on my list, it doesn't exist), and did I mention laziness?

AND, this isn't a lifetime commitment. 2 WEEKS! That's all she asks. Just 2 weeks. I think she's trying to trick us into starting a habit that will continue on after the 2 weeks are over. Pretty sneaky, eh?

Go on over to her blog and check it out. As for me, well, I'm off (I KNOW I KNOW, You already knew that!). ANYWAY, I'm off to go MOVE!!

(right after I clean the cobwebs off of my Wii Fit)
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Today Is Tuesday, You Know What That Means....

Today is Tuesday.
You know what that means.
We're gonna have a special guest!!

Wow. When I found this clip, it REALLY made me realize how much television and commercials have changed over the years. It's funny (funny odd, not funny haha) that the actual shows on tv are SO MUCH worse than they were decades ago, but the commercials are definitely more kid oriented.

So wiggle your ears,
Like Good Mousekateers,
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Time to Organize

Today is the day! I have been putting it off for too long. I MUST get organized! things are getting out of control. there really is no excuse. I probably know more about organizing than most people. I had read just about every book on the subject....including being in the middle of a few right now. Well, not this very second. If I was reading it this very second I wouldn't be typing this post. It is obvious I am typing this post right now because the letters are showing up on my computer screen. But I do have a bookmark (I mean a real bookmark, not a computer bookmark) in a book or two, which means I am in the middle of reading them....just not at this very second.

I do enjoy reading. I should be the most self-helped, organized person in the world. That is if reading about it made it so. And as for daily routines, schedules and lists...well, I have multiple notebooks, journals, and 3 ring notebooks with dividers devoted to just that. And let me tell you, those notebooks are organized PERFECTLY. We're talking indexes, laminated sheets to mark off things on a daily routine list, and lists of anything a person could possibly list. I even have separate email accounts to organize separate things such as one devoted just to kids and school, one for organizing tips, one for everyday stuff etc. (which has proved to be a HUGE mistake...more on that later!).

I'm not 100% positive but I think that the lists and routines may just be a starting point. I could be wrong, but perhaps there is this thing called "Following through", you know, actually DOING the things on the list. HHmm, that's something to think about.

There's another thing that comes up fairly often in these books and websites. Finish one thing before you start another! What a novel idea! (get it, "novel" idea, book, haha, I crack myself up).

But the biggest part of getting anything done is JUST DO IT! Nike knew that all along. That applies to almost anything, except of course drugs, then you say JUST SAY NO. Otherwise, JUST DO IT. Maybe that is my problem. I get ready to JUST DO IT and somehow end up with the thought JUST SAY NO!

But today is the day. Today I am going to JUST DO IT! (that is, organize, not drugs) I am going to open up my main e-mail account and try to clean it out. Not ORGANIZE it, but delete everything over a month old...well, almost everything...I have to be sure it isn't important. Although, hopefully not urgent. Since I started blogging I got behind on my e-mails. Then it got so far out of control that I stopped opening the email account. I am positive I have HUNDREDS of unopened emails. The thought of opening it up is overwhelming. But that is what I'm going to do today. (right after I go write it on my To-Do List!)

On second thought, I'm going to skip the email account thing today. I can do that any time. Today I am going to go find all my to-do lists, need to do immediately lists, things that aren't urgent lists and The MASTER list of things I want to get done "one day". I am going to consolidate them. I'll put it all together in ONE notebook. I'll have A, B and C pages. A = Urgent, B= ASAP but not Urgent and C= Someday. Then I'll go to my A list and MINIMIZE. I'll A , B, and C THAT list.

I'll have everything together in one binder. I'll re-do my index tabs with A, B and C. Maybe I'll even add a D. D could be for things I want to get done around here, but realistically know that they really aren't going to get done. Still having them written down will get my a feeling of maybe....just maybe.... just one day ......(you never know....yes you do.).

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Hhhmmm, this is a much bigger ordeal than I realized. I just pulled out all my lists, notebooks etc.

I have the large 3 ring notebook that is going to be my MASTER PLAN...it will have almost everything else combined in it.






I have 2 notebooks with medical info for family members, (one is for me and the other is for everyone else ....Mine is still thicker). They have all sorts of little slips of paper in them to be updated. I think I'll put that under B.











I have 2 books for recipes. One has tried and true recipes in it (under the dust). The other has clippings of recipes from magazines etc that I want to try one day. If they turn out good, I'll transfer them to the Tried and True book. I think I need a section in my MASTER PLAN notebook for B 1/2.











4 more various binders with lists. Fire Dept info, certifications, duty crew info in one. Disaster Prep info in another (I'm big on Being Prepared), A book I'm writing for my dad in another, and one more for...hhmmm, nothing in it but blank notebook paper. It was probably for some great idea I had once upon a time. My dad's book will be under B. The rest can go under C.

4 more notebooks and journals. These won't go in the binder of my MASTER PLAN but still need to be updated. One is my journal where I keep Bible verses that talk to me, quotes I like, and happy things that happen. I'll write that on the MASTER PLAN under A. The other is a notebook of lists I keep in my purse for things I need to get while I'm out doing things and a few addresses that I forget every time I need them. I need to purge this one and then be sure it goes back in my purse. Definitely goes under A. The other 2 stay near my computer. One is e-bay info and the other is wonderful blog ideas that strike me from time to time that I may even get around to writing about one day. Hhmmm...A.










2 Portfolio Clipboards. One has info for the children I babysit and the other has...hhmmmm... more of my medical info...CONSOLIDATE!! A 1/2?










Last of all is this stack of various folders. One for each of my kids school info, one with college info, phone lists that may be needed one day, however, I don't think I'll ever need the class phone list from JM's (17 years old) preschool class. Maybe they could use a little bit of purging. We'll label that B. The others have various excersizing tips, magazine articles to read etc...file 13?

Also, in my MASTER PLAN notebook I already have lists and lists of projects, cleaning ideas, organizing articles, things that should be done, daily, weekly, monthly, seasonally and maybe one day. Lots of C and D things.

Oh yeah, here is a sampling of my organizing books. I sold some on e-bay but still have a few I'm not ready to part with. I've even read a few of them...ok, skimmed through. I'm not going to buy any more...well, there is this one I just heard about, Organizing Solutions For People With ADD. I MIGHT get that one...but after that...NO MORE ORGANIZING BOOKS!!









Well, I'm exhausted. I'm going to go make a short list of things I must do today. I'm going to put all these notebooks and binders in one spot so I can get started on them and TOMORROW I'll start consolidating them. Maybe this week some time I'll even be able to get started actually DOING something on one of those lists. Not today though. I've done enough on this project today. And after all Tomorrow Is Another Day!!

Random ADHD

Linda, at Mocha With Linda (I guess that was redundant)...it wouldn't have made sense to say. um, something like Carol at mocha with Linda or Lisa at Mocha with Linda...

Monkeys are Funny.

Anyway, she has tagged me to write 7 random things about myself. HHmmm, Me....random? Isn't that like Oil and Water? (or maybe more like Peanut Butter and Jelly). I'm such a consistent person!

The definition of Random in Wiktionary is "All outcomes being unpredictable, and in the ideal case, equally probable". "Typical, average, UNEXPECTED. lacking context, *Apropos* content (look it up), undefined, unknown".

SO, as I was saying, Me?....Random?....well, it may be hard to do this one, but I'll be a good sport and try.

By the way, I should have named my blog MyRandomADHDMe!

7 Random things about me that, after having read them, you will be no smarter, no more informed of world events, and possibly a bit confused.

1. Sometimes I take a long time to get to the point!

2. I take notes on EVERYTHING! I make lists for EVERYTHING! If I ever find them again, I think I might just consolidate them into one notebook.

3. I probably own, have read, and checked just about everything available on Organizing. I am probably THE MOST organized, disorganized person you will ever know.

4. I love projects (household), I love to plan then, I LOVE to make lists of what I need to do to complete them, sometimes I even buy the necessary equipment. I think I once even finished a project.

5. I love to listen to Karen Carpenter. I know, I know, but I can't help it. It's one of those things that when it comes on the radio (which it seldom does...but that is ok, because I have the CD) , that i roll up the window so I can LOUDLY sing right along with her. I had a Carpenters Christmas CD that I just loved and used to play it at our Christmas Eve Party....but out of respect for my father-in-law (who would probably rather hear ANYTHING else) AND (and probably everyone else that just didn't say it out loud) I now save it for my own personal listening.

6. My 17 year old son says that every one of my blogger friends are probably really 51-75 year old men that are stalking me. I told him that I have seen their pictures...hhhmmmm, that's the same thing he told me, many years ago when we had a My Space issue. When he found out I got gifts and correspondence in the mail and that I had given a few of you my address, he just shook his head and walked away. (He was smiling with that "I told you so look". Good thing I love him so much!

7. My 12 year old can do more on the computer than most adults. His computer teacher at school even asks for his help sometimes. When Kelly and I were a little bit later than expected, coming home from Jesus Christ Superstar, he said he wasn't very worried because he tracked my cell phone and was able to see what road I was on.....that is scary! he can remember specific HTML codes, Linux operations, all kinds of programming info......so why can't he remember to bring home his daily agenda from school each evening!!!

NOW! I'm done....are you feeling ENLIGHTENED?

8. Enlightened- aware, broadminded, cultivated, hip to, instructed, learned, savvy, tuned in, wised up.

Or Maybe you are feeling UNENLIGHTENED?

9. Unenlightened- confused, confounded, in the dark, misled, perplexed, uninformed.

10. I LOVE my Thesaurus.

11. I'm not always big on following the rules...this was supposed to be 7 things. Oh well....there are more...

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I could go on all day.................