People you meet on the Internet will often try to give you advice.
Really.
Even if you weren't asking.
Take what you can use, and leave the rest.
No sense getting your knickers in a twist over advice YOU think is silly, bad, wrong, harmful, outdated, dangerous, callous, insincere, inappropriate ... get it? It's just advice. You get what you pay for. Snopes it, Google it, rub it on down ... makes no matter.
Are you really up for giving yourself an aneurysm over advice you got on the Internet?
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
had a GREAT weekend!
We camped with horses at Ionia for the second time. It was our new horse's second trail ride and he did great. ONE good spook, at a deer just off the trail so he's excused... my old horse would have done the same. (We didn't see it... hmmm)
Saturday we rode out in the morning for a good 12-14 mile route. Once we got out a ways, Westley kept saying, let's stop here, or look at that meadow ... I chewed him out about leaving the marked trail. That's bad. ;)
Finally we got to the "outlook" just past marker 8. The trail was completely closed at the top of the hill, with new wood posts and caution tape blocking the way. I was trying to refigure our route when he said something about stopping and taking a break, something about his knee. I'm thinking okay (whatever you big wuss) and got down and looked around at the view.
Well he came over to me and pinned me up against one of the posts. He was fiddling around with something in his pocket. I said "What are you doing?" (thinking he was doing something else altogether) and he said "Proposing."
One of my very best friends in the whole wide world (I have been blessed to have no less than four people I'd call a BEST friend, most of whom I've known since before high school, and still talk to regularly) asked me to marry him! I hugged him and kissed him and he said "Is that a yes?" and I said YES and cried a little tiny bit but don't tell anyone because no one saw it. *grin*
Anyway he pulled out a ring and I was shocked ... amazed really ... he's been complaining about not having the money for a ring and a wedding (we've been talking about getting married for 2 years but he'd not officially asked) and so for a temporary ring he made a braided horsehair ring with hair from all three of our horses and also a little from his own ponytail. It could not have been more perfect. Fits right and everything. HE HAD NO IDEA that I've been talking to someone about horsehair bracelets, and getting a gift for him made from some tail hair from his first horse... JUST this past week! That's just the funny connection we have.
You couldn't have smacked the smile off my face all weekend long. :D
xpButtercup
aka Westley's FIANCE!
P.S. Next summer!
Saturday we rode out in the morning for a good 12-14 mile route. Once we got out a ways, Westley kept saying, let's stop here, or look at that meadow ... I chewed him out about leaving the marked trail. That's bad. ;)
Finally we got to the "outlook" just past marker 8. The trail was completely closed at the top of the hill, with new wood posts and caution tape blocking the way. I was trying to refigure our route when he said something about stopping and taking a break, something about his knee. I'm thinking okay (whatever you big wuss) and got down and looked around at the view.
Well he came over to me and pinned me up against one of the posts. He was fiddling around with something in his pocket. I said "What are you doing?" (thinking he was doing something else altogether) and he said "Proposing."
One of my very best friends in the whole wide world (I have been blessed to have no less than four people I'd call a BEST friend, most of whom I've known since before high school, and still talk to regularly) asked me to marry him! I hugged him and kissed him and he said "Is that a yes?" and I said YES and cried a little tiny bit but don't tell anyone because no one saw it. *grin*
Anyway he pulled out a ring and I was shocked ... amazed really ... he's been complaining about not having the money for a ring and a wedding (we've been talking about getting married for 2 years but he'd not officially asked) and so for a temporary ring he made a braided horsehair ring with hair from all three of our horses and also a little from his own ponytail. It could not have been more perfect. Fits right and everything. HE HAD NO IDEA that I've been talking to someone about horsehair bracelets, and getting a gift for him made from some tail hair from his first horse... JUST this past week! That's just the funny connection we have.
You couldn't have smacked the smile off my face all weekend long. :D
xpButtercup
aka Westley's FIANCE!
P.S. Next summer!
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Freecycle.org
I have given away and received many fine things through Freecycle!
I have received a 21" computer monitor, works great!! (This thing was $4K when new!) I then freecycled my 15" monitor to a good samaritan group. I recently gave away a bunch of CD-ROM games and young children's videos, and a Halloween costume.
Once I asked for items to be used for a rummage sale fundraiser for Relay For Life, and received a truckload of items. That was neat.
Freecycle is great for dealing with items I really don't need, but don't want to throw away, and aren't worth dealing with eBay for.
Keep useful stuff out of the landfill. Find a group near you.
I have received a 21" computer monitor, works great!! (This thing was $4K when new!) I then freecycled my 15" monitor to a good samaritan group. I recently gave away a bunch of CD-ROM games and young children's videos, and a Halloween costume.
Once I asked for items to be used for a rummage sale fundraiser for Relay For Life, and received a truckload of items. That was neat.
Freecycle is great for dealing with items I really don't need, but don't want to throw away, and aren't worth dealing with eBay for.
Keep useful stuff out of the landfill. Find a group near you.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Livestrong and eBay
I got my Livestrong bracelet back in August from a co-worker. I have worn it from time to time, but not as a fashion (or 'compassion') statement. Before the Tour, people didn't know what it was for, and I could tell them about my experiences with family and friends fighting cancer.
But the bracelets sold out, and demand was high. People decided to buy bulk and sell them on eBay. Why not, if it's legal? The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) still gets their $1 and the message is sent farther and wider. I blame the people buying them off eBay more than the sellers. If people are too lazy to google "livestrong" and see that they can get them for $1 from LAF, that's their ignorance. If they are buying them to be hip and cool, so what? The middleman is entitled to profit from their trendy need.
I am a supporter of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Relay For Life and have used eBay to raise money for my chosen cause. Any of these sellers could say they are giving $5 or 50% or something to LAF for each sale, but then it is left to their conscience. If I sell something on eBay to raise money for ACS, I have them make a check out to ACS and send me a separate one for shipping costs. And not $5.99 when it costs under $2 to ship.
eBay is not unlike a big flea market. No one has to bid. They make that choice. The sellers know that if they don't offer what's hot, someone else will.
But the bracelets sold out, and demand was high. People decided to buy bulk and sell them on eBay. Why not, if it's legal? The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) still gets their $1 and the message is sent farther and wider. I blame the people buying them off eBay more than the sellers. If people are too lazy to google "livestrong" and see that they can get them for $1 from LAF, that's their ignorance. If they are buying them to be hip and cool, so what? The middleman is entitled to profit from their trendy need.
I am a supporter of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and Relay For Life and have used eBay to raise money for my chosen cause. Any of these sellers could say they are giving $5 or 50% or something to LAF for each sale, but then it is left to their conscience. If I sell something on eBay to raise money for ACS, I have them make a check out to ACS and send me a separate one for shipping costs. And not $5.99 when it costs under $2 to ship.
eBay is not unlike a big flea market. No one has to bid. They make that choice. The sellers know that if they don't offer what's hot, someone else will.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
I am pleased
Life is very good. I only have to look back at what life was just four short years ago to see that. I cannot begin to describe how different life is now. Suffice to say that it is much, much better.
Vague I am, and confused you must remain.
Vague I am, and confused you must remain.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Welcome to the Internet
You know, I visit quite a few message boards, and every single one of them has self-appointed etiquette police. Cross that person or group, and you can expect them to petition the webmaster to ban you. Or rally the troops to ignore you or flame you whenever you post. Like cliques in high school, some of them.
My favorite posts are the "I'm gonna leave" ... "I was going to leave but" ... "Goodbye" ... and especially "I'm never coming back!" Maybe the Internet is not the place for you if you are so easily offended by the words of strangers. See ya.
My favorite posts are the "I'm gonna leave" ... "I was going to leave but" ... "Goodbye" ... and especially "I'm never coming back!" Maybe the Internet is not the place for you if you are so easily offended by the words of strangers. See ya.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Random thoughts
People say the nicest things about the dead. You know all those wonderful things written about people in the obituaries, and the kind remembrances given in eulogies?
We should try to say such nice things to people while they are alive.
We should try to say such nice things to people while they are alive.
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