The cutest of the cute, these baby ducks are often spotted in the spring following closely behind their mother. As a duckling you will grow up quickly, becoming one of the adult ducks seen commonly in ponds and streams. Playful and timid, charming and vulnerable, ducklings are nature's very definition of innocence.
Well, I finally installed apache, php, mysql, and phpmyadmin onto my system. Apache and phpmyadmin were the easiest to install. PHP was a little trickier. MySQL was just plain tough. But I finally studied it and learned a little more about it and got it installed and am now running my own webserver. I guess learning it a little bit at a time will be ok. Maybe eventually, once I make sure everything will be stable, I'll be able to host my site on my own. It's fun and challenging and it just makes me want to learn more :D
We just went through Hurricane Rita this weekend. We had the tv turned to the weather channel all weekend. It was kind of scary. We're in east Texas so we got a good wind and rain storm saturday. My father-in-law lives in Houston, he didn't leave when they evacuated. Thankfully Houston didn't get hit too hard. Galveston was in the danger zone and they didn't get too much damage either. There are some more cities closer to the Texas/Louisiana border that got damaged quite bad. It's path was up the Texas/Louisiana border. I personally haven't checked the news to find out what all happened. By the time it got to us, which was more inland, it was a category 1. It changed to a tropical storm shortly after it passed us. We had a tree down right down the street but that was the biggest extent of the damage here. I think Louisiana got the biggest part of the hurricane. New Orleans is flooded again. Poor people just can't get away from these things. There were 18 sightings of tornados across northern Louisiana. One apparently touched down, I don't know where though.
Well, thankfully our family is ok, my father-in-law is ok. Hopefully everyone who was effected by this hurricane is ok!
Well, our girls feel better after a week of being sick with a cold. The girls both got temperatures up to 102, but we gave them meds for it and got it all down pretty quick.
Angel was invited to a birthday party today at Kid's Station. :D Her absolute favorite place. One of her little friends at school invited her, I think it was her 5th birthday. They had a fun time until the presents were opened, then Angel wanted to help and her little friend didn't want any help. Then when it was time to go she threw a BIG fit because she didn't want to leave.
We also got a knock on the door from our neighbor later on. He and his friends brought us a little baby squirrel. They said that they got it from a boy that was kicking it around. The little thing must have just fell out of it's nest and this little brat found it and started kicking it, and his daddy was watching him do it! :x Good thing those boys found it. They took it over to my dad's house and left it with him. We went and got some Pet milk for it and are giving it some of Sara's antibiotics. Dad got a blanket and a shoe box and wrapped it up and put it under a light to get it warm. Luckily it was still breathing. Dad fed it some of our homemade mommy milk and it responded to it. It started trying to suck. A little bit after it ate it made a big stretching move. So it's responding well, better than I expected. :D Those boys think they're gonna get it back but they have another thing coming. Mom has been wanting a little squirrel for the longest time. I think what we'll do is take care of it until it gets well and big enough to take care of itself and maybe release it back into a tree. That is wishful thinking though. We did look at it and it looked like a little boy. Maybe squirrels are easier to tell than cats and rabbits. I don't know, this is my first dealing with a squirrel. I know how to take care of abandoned newborn kittens, so I'm sure this isn't much different. The only thing we're worried about at this time is whether the kicking thing did any damage. Hopefully it'll be ok!! :?
I got the link from Jenn's blog so I thought I'd take it. Here's how it turned out...
Blues
Blues are some of the most loving, nurturing and supportive personalities of the Life Colors. They live from their heart and emotions. Their purpose for being on the planet is to give love, to teach love and to learn that they are loved. Their priorities are love, relationships, and spirituality.
Blues are traditionally teachers, counselors, and nurses---basically the loving, nurturers and caretakers on the planet. Blues are constantly helping others. They want to make sure that everyone feels loved and accepted. People are always turning to Blues for comfort and counsel because Blues will always be there for them. They consistently provide a shoulder for others to cry on.
Blues are the most emotional personalities in the aura spectrum. They can cry at the drop of a hat. Blues cry when they are happy, hurt, angry, sad, or for no apparent reason at all. Even watching a sentimental commercial on television can bring on tears.
Red Overlay
People are not born with a Red Overlay. A Red Overlay is usually added to the outer bands of the aura early on in life because the person felt a need for protection. While a Red Overlay can offer protection, it also can become a terrible burden to bear.
The two most common indications that a person is carrying a Red Overlay are either feelings of intense anger and rage, or continuous struggle and self-sabotage. If these people don’t eventually remove the Red Overlay from their aura, their protective shield will eventually become their prison.
People usually add a Red Overlay to their aura for one or more of the following reasons:
They have had a life-threatening situation at birth or at a young age, which caused them to perceive that they may die, or that the world was not a safe place. Examples of life-threatening situations can include birth complications, severe illness, choking, drowning or suffocating. Many people do not remember these incidents, and so the source of their anger or struggle remains a mystery to them. They frequently have feelings of dread or of impending disaster for reasons unknown to them.
People may also add a Red Overlay if they have been physically, emotionally or mentally abandoned or rejected. Red Overlays frequently appear in people who were unwanted children, adopted or separated from a parent at a young age. This can also apply to children who felt emotionally abandoned by a parent, even when the parent appeared to be physically present in the home.
The most obvious and traceable causes for Red in the aura are those cases in which people have been physically, emotionally or mentally abused. Children who have been sexually abused, physically beaten, or raised by alcoholic or verbally abusive parents usually feel that the world is an unsafe and undependable place and that protection is necessary for survival.
Red Overlays can even appear around children who felt emotionally or physically smothered or suppressed. They feel betrayed by the adults, who were supposed to love, nurture and protect them as children. Not everyone who felt abandoned by a parent has a Red Overlay, however. The experience had to be intense enough or serious enough to have threatened the emotional or physical survival instincts of the child.
It is important for people to remove their Red Overlay. However, most people will not release the Red Overlay as long as they continue to believe that life is not safe.
Now I just took the test and that's how it turned out, Red Overlay and all. After reading that I realized that I did actually have a life threatening situatio n happen to me. Actually a couple if you want to get technical. Now these are stories that my parents have told me. I had/have wonderful parents, so it's not due to them.
When I was about 6 months old I was still nursing at the time. Suddenly she felt me stop nursing and go limp. I had quit breathing. They had to rush me to the ER. I turned out ok, but they never could figure out what happened. Could have almost been a case of SIDS, but back then I don't think they really knew what SIDS was. Thankfully I'm alright now! The second thing I can remember them telling me about was a vehicle accident that my dad and I got into. They didn't have child seat laws back then either. We were about 1 minute away from home and a woman ran a stop sign at an intersection and hit us. I fell in the floorboard on top of all the glass that had fallen out of the back window and my dad got his knee shattered by the emergency break handle. I think his head hit on the windshield too. We were both rushed to the ER and my dad got his knee cap removed and a bunch of stitches and I got a few stitches on the cheek. Still have the scar there too.
Taking that test and thinking back on those situations, that's got to be where the Red Overlay comes from. It's the only logical explanation. Now I realize why I am so scared with my babies. Ohh well, it was just a test. It was still fun though! :P
I am feeling sooo much better, things have been so busy though.
Ohh, look, it's blooming!!!!! ----->>
Here is a poem that Butterfly wrote... My name is Dinesha, but you can call me Butterfly.... I have problems reading and i can't hardly rhyme... I have 3 kids, 2 boys and a girl... They get on my nerves, but they are my world....
I come here online, to relieve some of this stress... If i wasn't able to do it, I would surely be a mess.... I hang out on neo, subeta and gaia... to hang with my friends, even if only for an hour....
My best friend on here is of course Sunny... She keeps me in line, and damn she is funny.... If it wasnt for her, I know I would be lost.... We help each other out, what ever the cost...
I think this has gone on quite long enough... coming up with these rymes are rather tough... so here I go now, clicking submit... I hope you all like this whole rhyming bit..............
This is one that she helped me write... My name is Donna, but everyone calls me Sunny... I think what Butterfly said was just too funny. It never fails, when I am down and sad... That she lifts me up and makes me so glad.
Now on to me, what can I say... I am just me, nothing special, no way. I take care of my 2 girls day in and day out... and work on my graphics, I love it, no doubt.
I love making graphics, making them for fun... I do them whenever I am not on the run. I make them for friends, every once in a while... It really makes my day when I make them smile.
I didn't want to do this, cause I don't know how... but Butterfly bugged me all day... until now. She helped me write this, and who would know more... of the things about me, but what are friends for.
Why NOW do I have to have mental blocks. I'm trying to make my own themes for my forum and my site and I just can't figure out the code. I KNOW this stuff, I've done it multiple times on neopets and countless other things. I just can't get it, it's like it's JUST beyond my grasp.
I'm still hurting and sore. I'm so tired I can't even stay at my computer long. I finally got some oragel to put on the sore spots and that seems to be helping a little. I didn't know that the meds that I'm taking would make my stomach upset. So I'm eating a little bit before I take them. Hopefully in a few days I'll feel much better. Right now I think I'm gonna lay down again. :cry:
I added a rotating image script to the right panel. It's the one with my girls pictures. I had to for one, see if it would work, and for two, show off my babies :D
Well, this morning was my appointment. I've officially got all 4 wisdom teeth cut out. I feel like hammered, well you know what I mean. I feel soooo bad. I'm hungry, thirsty and hurting :cry: The surgery didn't go too bad. The doctor was actually really good at the IV. It didn't feel any worse than having blood drawn. He even talked with me and helped me calm down. By the time he told me that I would start feeling it in a couple minutes and put the brace on my arm, where the IV was, I was out. I'm still a little out of it right now. The pain meds are gonna be kicking in pretty soon and I'm gonna be even more out of it. At least I won't be hurting.
I want to thank everyone who kept me in their thoughts and prayers through this. You all are wonderful and I'm thankful for having such supportive friends.
Well, I went to the oral surgeon's office today. I had an evaluation for my teeth. I did NOT realize how bad my wisdom tooth really is. My wisdom tooth, the one that has been hurting, is sitting parallel to my jaw. The root is pointing at the bend of my jaw. My nerve right in that area isn't even in the right place. Well, after my evaluation I found out that I am definitely going to have it removed. He also said that the tooth in front of it is loose but he thinks it will strengthen up after the wisdom tooth is removed. So, Wednesday morning I have an appointment to have all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed. NOT going to be fun. But hey, if my 3 year old daughter can do it then surely I can. Right now I'm on antibiotics and pain medications. I'm still taking the original antibiotics but now I'm on a RX pain medication, Vicotin :shock: It's wearing off right now but I have been feeling all loopy today. I just took another dose so I'll be weird in a little bit :P
I went to the dentist this morning because my tooth was hurting, Right in the back of my jaw. I found out today that I have an infection in my right gum at my wisdom tooth. The Doc said that it is trying to grow in sideways. Instead of the flat biting part pointing up like it's supposed to, it's pointing toward the tooth in front of it and toward my cheek, kinda diagonally. He gave me an antibiotic RX for the infection and told me to get some ibuprophin for the pain. It's doing ok now, still uncomfortable but not as painful as it was this morning and yesterday. He gave me a phone number to an oral surgeon that I'm gonna have to make an appointment with to have it removed. Most likely they'll have to remove all 4 because the 2 on top are fully grown in but are pointing outward and the other on my bottom left is a potential infection. I guess that would be the best option, I just don't want to hurt :cry:
I went to this site that had a little quiz, and come to find out it was a Harry Potter quiz. After I finished the quiz I found out that I had been sorted :shock:
I found this 3D rendering program on the internet, for free. So I download it and install it and start to use it. It is HARD. Well for me anyway. I've never worked with any kind of 3D stuff. I'm used to PSP. I guess it's the navigation and working with the tools I'm not used to. But anyway, here's what I've come up with...
I didn't do much editing because I was mainly trying to learn the tools. I saved it as a GIF with transparency, but it looks ALOT better as JPG. I just wanted it transparent for here :P
Ok, I admit, I haven't been updating like I should. I've been on and looking and seeing what I should add next but I just can't figure it out. :oops:
Humm, what to write about??!! :lol:
I found myself getting into this PHP scripting thing. I'm learning (slowly) how to install it on my server. I'm also finding out that alot of scripts require mySQL to run. I think I might, after I get my computer secure, install it on my system and run my own server here. I have Apache and I can get PHP and mySQL. I found a little site that explains the installation and all, so it seems fairly easy. The hard part is getting it to work on an actual website. It seems like a lot of work, but that's something I love anyway. Always doing SOMETHING on my computer :P
I'm considering on taking the PSP course that Jenn told me about. She took it and learned alot of neat stuff. Besides, it's free :P I'm going to look for some tutorials too. Maybe it'll give me something to do, and some stuff to post in my blog :D
The cutest of the cute, these baby ducks are often spotted in the spring following closely behind their mother. As a duckling you will grow up quickly, becoming one of the adult ducks seen commonly in ponds and streams. Playful and timid, charming and vulnerable, ducklings are nature's very definition of innocence.
