Thematic Photographic - Urban.... and Stuff.
Thematic Photographic 67hosted by CarmiToday's Theme: Urban 
Baltimore...
as seen from the 27th floor of the World Trade Center
I chose this picture (as opposed to one of the other views I took that day) because this one shows how faaaaar the urban sprawl goes... sort of. You really don't see the end of it! It just goes and goes forever, it seems! And yet, I know it doesn't... because I live in the country! About an hour away. I love that I am only an hour from Baltimore, and 45 minutes from Washington, DC. I really don't think I could ask for more! And as much as I love to explore them... there is still sO much I have never seen. And I've lived in this area almost ALL my life! (2 years in Minnesota... the rest, here.)
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Stuff...Soooo... NO QUILLY... my wrong doing with the MVA (formerly known as the DMV - Department of Motor Vehicles -- or now as Motor Vehicle Administration) that I had to get fixed yesterday was from a repair order I had gotten for a broken tail light. I didn't remember to tell Dennis about it until a few days later, and when he went to fix it, it wasn't broken. Apparently there had been a little electrical snafu. So I SHOULD have taken the paper back down to the PD the next day and gotten it signed off on. . . but I forgot. Then the tail light DID break and I had to wait until I remembered to tell Dennis again - which was awhile. Then I should have taken the paper down to the PD right away - cuz it was already waaaaaaay more than 10 days! But I forgot. Numerous times. So, while Krysti was home this weekend, I asked her to FIX it for me ... cuz she has friends... ya know? Well... I had waited too long! One of her friends DID sign off on it for me - but as "late" -- and he told me to get to the MVA on Monday in HOPES that my registration had not yet been suspended! Well, I couldn't go Monday... Krysti needed me to do a favor for her. And I couldn't go Tuesday - cuz Mom had a dentist appt. in the morning and a neurologist appt. in the afternoon! Soooo yesterday I made sure I got my butt up to the MAIN MVA which is about an hour away -- up near Baltimore. It was GREAT though! God really WAS with me! I walked in, went to the information desk (which had NO line) told them what I needed to do, they pointed me to a door and up the steps and to a window. I went. Behind that window was the smiling State Trooper. I told him I am BAD and explained what was up, and that I was about 2 months late getting the paper signed off... and he stamped my paper, signed my paper, tapped some keys on his keyboard, said it WAS suspended but it's not now, told me to keep the paper IN my car for the next 3 days, and bye-bye! I was not in that building 3 minutes I don't think! I've never had such an experience at the MVA in my LIFE!!! It was awesome!!!
Jiente... I hope I cleared up your troubles with our foreign initialized government organizations! Also... yes, we were talking about "returning" Christmas gifts in yesterday's meme. I could tell you were very startled about that! I do not DO the returning of gifts thing UNLESS it is clothes that I bought for one of my kids that they just realllllllly do not like! I do ask them to tell me. (OR if they are the wrong size, we go swap them out for the right size) But no... ANY other kind of gift we do not return! And I do not re-gift either. But mostly I just don't buy my kids clothes anymore for Christmas. If I buy them for their birthday - we do like Krysti and I did this past weekend and make it a girls day out together! Then there is no returning to be done, because we got the right size of what she liked to begin with! I absolutely LOVE to shop for my kids ... but my taste and there's is NOT always the same! So it's just better that I don't!
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Thematic Photographic #65 ... and A meme NOT from Thom!
Thematic Photographic 65hosted by CarmiToday's Theme: Perspective 
*NEW* Shoes!Aren't they cute???They are from MY perspective!
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This meme came to me via email yesterday! I don't do copy/paste return... but I do change them into blog fodder! Sooooooo JANE... here's to you!
1. Do you like blue cheese? I LOVE it! Especially on a buffalo chicken salad! YUM!
2. Have you ever smoked? Sadly I did! 3 packs a DAY. For 20 years. I quit 17 years ago! Cold turkey.
3. Do you own a gun? I do not. Dennis does.
4. What flavor Kool-Aid was your favorite when you were a kid? Cherry - cuz they didn't HAVE blue yet!
5. Do you ever wish you could click "undo" in your life like you do on your computer? Ohhhhhh yea... occasionally that would really come in handy!
6. What do you think of hot dogs? Welllll... I think they're long little tubes of parts you would NEVER eat... Every now and then I LOVE them. But not usually. LOL!
7. Favorite Christmas movie? Miracle on 34th Street - the original - has always been my favorite. But I do love It's A Wonderful Life too...
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee... sweetened creamer please. Almost any flavor.
9. Can you do push ups? As a matter of fact, I CAN!
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My cross necklaces.
11. Favorite hobby? Photography... mixed with blogging!
12. Do you have A. D. D.? That wasn't what they called it when I was young... and I think I outgrew it -- withOUT medication!
13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? Yes. Glasses. I have had contacts before... but at this point, I really need Lasic to be able to see again... but I'm a chicken!
14. Middle name? Clare - which I used to hate - but now, it's just a name. I've actually met a few Claire's as an adult that I really liked - so they've given me a better outlook about my name.
15. Name 3 thoughts you have at this exact moment. 1.) I need to fill the bird feeders 2.) WHY am I cold in September? 3.) I should get off the computer and maybe change out the laundry too.
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? coffee, water, iced tea...
17. Current worry? Can't think of anything...
18. Current hate right now? I'm not feelin' it...
19. How did you bring in the new year? Ummmm... snoring I believe!
20. Where would you like to go? A million b'zillion places! Just name one and I want to go there!
21. Do you own slippers? No... I borrow hubby's!
22. What color shirt are you wearing? pink
23. Which household chore have you put off for too long? cleaning out the back room ... again!
24. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? NO! They are sweaty hot and I slip out onto the floor! WHO invented those crazy things?
25. Can you whistle? I can make a noise - but I can't whistle a tune.
26. Where are you now? At home.
27. Would you be a pirate? Ummmmm... NO!
28. What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever pops into my little punkin' head - but honestly -- usually my showers are pretty quiet.
29. Favorite Girl's Name? Does this mean the name that belongs to my favorite girl? Or what name I LIKE the best? I'm not pickin' favorites! I do like the name Dakota though! And that's strange because usually my favorite names begin with "J"...
30. Favorite boy's name? Actually I like Dakota for a boy OR a girl.
31. What is in your pocket right now? I don't HAVE a pocket right now - but I wish I did so I could put something really WEIRD in it for this question!
32. Last thing that made you laugh? Mom telling Dennis that he was being sneaky... for the millionth time!
33. Worst injury you've ever had? Hmmm.... I've never had a broken anything... maybe when I hit my finger (HARD) with the sharp end of my sheet metal hammer? That was pretty bad! I literally *saw stars*! It split my fingernail in half...
34. Do you love where you live? Yes, I do... but I'm very tired of being here! Give me HALF an opportunity to move and I'm snatchin' it!
35. How many TVs do you have in your house? Do the broken one's count? LOL! We have 4 working ones and two non-working ones -- which is 6 more than I wish we had!!! That's not true... if Dennis didn't have one he'd drive me nuts - so we do need ONE!
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Thematic Photographic - Summer
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SPLASH Down!Lots more water park fun to come!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh! Yesterday's #3 was left blank because I didn'thave a bloomin' thing I was wonderin' about ...Quilly said it best - all my wonders are pretty much solved byGOOGLE!Labels: Thematic Photographic
Thematic Photographic - Abandoned
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Today's Theme: Abandoned 
I knew the very minute I saw Carmi's topic this week which photo I wanted to use for it. I took this back in June, just outside Union Station in Washington, DC. This woman made me so sad. I just wished that I could do sOMething besides offer her a few bucks. I pray for her often. No one deserves to live like this... and I know some of them "choose" it... but I think what life must have been like to make them choose it. At any rate... it saddens me.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My doctor's visit went fine Tuesday. We did indeed talk about my weight... and tossed around options - ones which I'm not willing to try. (surgery) I knOW what I have to do to lose weight... and I know I CAN do it... it's just a matter of setting it again as my priority! Right now, it obviously isn't my priority. (but it should be... and I know that!) He did NOT mention the two tests that I was dreading he would... I do have to go in for fasting bloodwork though - that's not too horrible - and he wants to get a doppler of my carotid artery. I'm curious about that one myself! So yes - it's two more appointments -- but it's not the two WORST ones! YAY!
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Thematic Photographic -- Lines
Thematic Photographic 61hosted by CarmiToday's Theme: Lines
LOTS of lines around the Hubble Space TelescopeSmithsonian Air & Space Museum
And the "line" waiting to go inside this"wee piece" of a space shuttle.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tomorrow we are heading up to the beachfor a couple of days. I will be MIA until Sunday! :) See you then!Labels: Thematic Photographic
Baltimore...
