Robyn

2010-12-10T13:02:00.000-08:00

Believe it or not....
I'M ALIVE!!!!
No, really.

And I didn't post this. :)

The Wedding Ceremony of Paul and Carrie

2009-12-18T17:26:00.001-08:00

It's always fun to throw together a few of my favorite clips and call it a video!

Wanted: a passion pill

2009-12-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

Is there anyway to artificially create passion? to stir up the driving force that has made good people great? If there is, I'd like to have it. I'd like it to be condensed down into pill form; something I could swallow down with my breakfast. But as it is, there's not. There's not always emotion to help keep determination strong. Sometimes I have to stop trying to rely on my feelings to make me do things I want to do, sometimes I have to just rely on my own mind: my own logic telling me to do it, whether I feel like it or not, or else I'll regret it later on down the road.

Tha-thump

2009-08-30T19:51:00.000-07:00

For everyone who says my blog is dead...here's one a heartbeat for you, this blog may be in hibernation,

but it's not dead! this florida campmeeting by the way if you were wondering

arkansas: the sequel

2009-05-19T19:59:00.000-07:00

Two in one night! I'm on a roll! I really do hate that it's dark, but oh well. it's not like I can haul arround my own lighting all the time.

For Lee

2009-05-19T17:14:00.000-07:00

So, this for you lee ;). Keep bugging me so I'll post more, okay? I know I haven't posted a video in a while...I've been kinda working on this for forever. Today I just decided, you know what? I don't really how good it looks anymore. I'm just going to post it and delete it off my computer so I can move on to something else.

sis. paige's wedding.

2008-11-17T18:35:00.000-08:00

yay! it's up, and it's not even 2009! it's a little longish, since I wanted the video to run throught the entire song.

It's alive!

2008-10-19T22:01:00.000-07:00

all smiles

Caroline

flower girls + the bride

the groom

mama's kiss

"I don't know what to do with this thing!"

I'm back! just took a *ahem* little break, and now I'm back with a vengeance. I've a video lined up...sis. Paige just got married, and she allowed me to do her wedding video for her. (most kind of her considering inexperience) and so I'll probably be posting that before 2010. in the mean time, here's some nice still shots from the video.

my new art blog

2008-07-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

This is my first picture from my new art blog, 365artdays. the aim of my new art blog to challenge me to draw a year's worth of pictures. I hope that in doing so that I will become a much better artist than I am now.

The wedding

2008-06-25T20:47:00.001-07:00

Okay...It's back...so sorry Sis. Jennifer's comment got deleted...but anyways...congrats to the happy couple.

Mudding

2008-04-28T14:22:00.000-07:00

This was a lot of fun to tape and edit. This is what is call 'mudding': driving a jeep (or other four wheel drive vehicle) into muddy conditions. I'm sorry that my camera battery died before I got the best part...when the jeep I was riding in got stuck in water that came right up to the door. by the way... the yellow jeep is Valerie's and green jeep is Dee's.

knoxville

2008-04-12T18:10:00.001-07:00

Okay so the sound at the end refuses to behave...this is the second time I uploaded, so please just ignore it. The original video is actually 10 minutes long...but if you want to see more you'll just have to ask me in person. There's a lot of good stuff left out. I had a lot of fun. and in case you were wondering why on earth I post a video of myself falling...well...just ask me in person.

Gatlinburg

2008-04-11T09:04:00.000-07:00

Autumn lays on a bed on nails

Dad makes it to the top ten on virtual basket ball

In front of wonderworks

Dad and autumn

Yesterday we went to Gatlinburg as part of a two-day vacation Mom and Dad had planned. Kristen thankfully remembered the go-kart place she'd went to last time she was in Gatlinburg. The track was great and we had a lot of fun driving like maniacs. (Go-Kart racing is a good way to get release road rage. I think it might be therapeutic). Then we went to Wonder Works. Although I'd been there once with the homeschoolers, I still enjoyed myself. Well...I think that's all for now!

Be ye therefore patient

2008-04-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, so it has been a looong time since I last posted. (thanks a lot for the reminder Patrick) I do have another video on the way... I just have to get it loaded up. Not a big deal, you probably think, just click upload right? wrong. our internet has been blinking in and out like nobody's business, and it so infuriating to try to upload even one video. So anyway, the next video will be here when: I manage to get on Erin's computer and the internet holds on long enough. Translation: When ever the next red-moon eclipse is.

Basket ballll!

2008-02-12T09:39:00.000-08:00

I can almost promise you (guys) you're going to hate the music...so feel free to turn it down and turn up your own music while watching. and if you like it, please comment. (you don't have to have a blogger account to comment btw)

wince

2008-01-29T10:41:00.000-08:00

This one is, erm...not so good. let's just say I learned a few things about video taping....ALWAYS USE A TRIPOD!!!

Part 2

2008-01-15T11:18:00.001-08:00

I wish I could have included more. but, ah, well.

FINALLY!

2008-01-11T20:40:00.001-08:00

Well, here it is! the video you all have been waiting for! It took FOREVER for me to figure out how to get better quality ( I hope) and it took forever to it upload to youtube. the internet connection kept conking out on me...but enough of this. goodnight.

Happy new years part 1

2008-01-05T12:55:00.000-08:00

Sorry....had to remove the video since i detected quite a problem...will have it back up hopefully soon

Happy new year!

2008-01-01T20:51:00.000-08:00

New Year 2008 Glitter Graphics

(INSERT VIDEO HERE) yes, I am going to be working, editing my new years video, and if you saw me with my camcorder, chances are you were in it! (So if you ever see me with my camcorder, smile pretty!) I should have it up at least later on this week.

Happy b-day to moi!

2007-12-20T14:10:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my mom and family for making today a special day.

answers....(and explanations...)

2007-12-11T07:49:00.000-08:00

2007-11-24T06:40:00.000-08:00

YES! i finally got a mobile camera. I just need a firewire cable...but I shouldn't have to worry to much about that, second hand, they're actually not much. The camera itself works pretty well, except for in very low light, so I probably will have to buy a light to put on the top as well. anyways, that's all for now! bye!

Thanks giving

2007-11-21T12:39:00.000-08:00

So...I finally gave up on the idea of a pre-thanksgiving video...it just wasn't workin' out. I had this idea , which I thought would probably come out really well, but alas and alack, it was not to be. but anyways! here's some things I'm thankful for:
1. God & salvation
2. my family
3. my friends
4. internet
5. youtube
6. blogger
7. music
8. life, health strength
9. living in america
10. books/good isight
11. Erin's Mac
and also....

Kristen! she's 13 now!
(*sniff* they grow up so fast!)

left behind :)

2007-11-13T15:39:00.000-08:00

I've been abandoned! *sniff*

answers...

2007-10-31T10:57:00.001-07:00

hiatus

2007-10-24T14:04:00.000-07:00

Yes, I know I was going to upload the answers...but Erin's computer no longer gets internet , so I am forced to wait until I can get a flash drive or something to transport the video with. in the mean time, here's Patrick Watkins with a song he composed

Let's play a game!

2007-10-20T17:01:00.000-07:00

Please. Please. comment. you can just be like. 'hey I watched it.' or even 'it stunk.' but leave a comment okay?
by the way, I'll have the answers up sometime around oh, monday or tuesday?

Ranting 101 for the mild

2007-10-19T20:54:00.000-07:00

I'm so cruel to keep inflicting these videos on my poor, compasionate readers. but it's like I can't help myself! must...up...load....but seriously, nothing in this video or any 'rant' video to follow is to be taken seriously okay?

phones

2007-10-10T12:36:00.000-07:00

Were do I get this stuff?* shakes head* I need sleep.

2007-10-10T12:02:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this was one of my first attempts at stop motion. it's not hard but it is tedious. kind of like reading this blog, no? yes, the music is a little maybe I 'll fix that one day... but not today :).

2007-10-06T06:16:00.000-07:00

So I did decided to do another video. hopefully sometime in december, I 'll have a mobile video camera. Right now I have to use the built in one on Erin's computer.

Video camera. I want one.

2007-09-04T00:05:00.000-07:00

so here is the camcorder I am looking at getting. Sony has had a reputation with me and my family for building nice, long lasting equipment. ( I can't count how many times I've dropped my cd player and it survived.) So far I have been content to rely on other's electronics to capture my memories... but now *Sigh* its time to relinquish some cash, and buy something of my own. irritatingly enough, I discovered that most camcorders are either really priceY (well, okay pricey for me) or pretty dinky. Maybe I should just save up. But I probably won't. I have so many ideas bouncing around in my head, if I don't do something about them, I'll explode.

Knoxville

2007-08-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

I will probably do another podcast not to far into the future, since Erin's gone 95% time thanks to her new job as dog nanny. I soo wish I had pictures from working in Knoxville . But such things will have to wait until I get a digital camera or some other memory recording device.
I enjoyed painting the bell the most, (I'm not sure I can explain why). Somehow it made me feel good to see the worn bell brightened with a fresh coat of white paint. It's amazing what a some buckets of paint and willing workers will do for a building. I wish most of all that I had before/after pictures of everything. when the workers were done, the building looked almost new. The saints coming in for Knoxville camp meeting will be pleasantly surprised. once again, I lack a suitable stopping point. of course, I could just stop typ
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Facebook

2007-08-23T22:19:00.000-07:00

yeah, the last post was a i'm so sleepy i should not be allowed near my computer post. But no, I was not bashing the people who read this blog. (kudos to ya'll) I originally wrote it for face book's notes...and believe almost NOBODY (accept me occasionally) reads those. well, with that out of the way, I have more cheerful silliness to share with los todos. Weston just turned....um let me get back with you on that...But I am authorized to tell you that he had a backwards birthday party. When I get the time, I'll post some pictures. Erin FINALLY got her dream job at a doggy day care, where she happily earns money while serving dogs...eh, that actually doesn't sound so great...but SHE loves it, and that is ALL that matters.
Watch out world! Robyn Thames has completed drivers ed and is well on her to getting her permit! woo-hoo! Her driving instructor was so pleased, he said, and I quote: "Robyn, students like you are the reason I teach driver's ed" well....Okay, so that didn't happen, but he did say that I did well. pooehy. I have reached a stopping and don't know how to stop.

Please Vote!

2007-07-31T08:17:00.001-07:00

http://contests.fotki.com/nyip/facesinthecrowd/208690491.html

So above is the link for Victoria Bullock's picture that she submitted to the NYIP photo contest.
The prizes look very nice, so please vote for her!

My Wedding pictures :)

2007-07-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

The wedding

this is a flip book dedicated to the allison/ whatever bro. David's last name is wedding. hope you guys enjoy! I know I didn't cover much but i have already spent too much time on the cpu, and i really should get off now. Oh, yes and if you have a slow internet connection, this might take a while, but it's definitely worth it. flipbooks are like online scrapbook. also, if you look at it, please comment in the c-box or on this post. I worked hard on it, so any feedback is welcome!

2007-07-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so since I'm blogging, you have probably guessed that I survived teaching 40 kids unscathed. (deep breath.) it was a lot of fun acutaully, everybody caught on to what I was doing really quickly. I was teaching origami at the weaverville library by the way.

stressing!!!

2007-07-25T21:52:00.000-07:00

40 KIDS! AND ONLY ONE MOI! I'm supposed to be doing an origami class for the library, and they called earlier today and told me that I'm going to have 40 kids ages 7 up, to teach origami.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! how one earth can I do that? I don't know if I'll have any hair after tomorrow.

SO SORRY!

2007-07-14T15:30:00.000-07:00

Funny iphone review

2007-06-29T13:03:00.000-07:00

through the glass...something I stayed up WAY too late to make

2007-06-26T20:58:00.000-07:00

urm

2007-06-02T14:33:00.002-07:00

Belated Happy Graduation to Erin.

2007-06-02T13:14:00.000-07:00

Erin in the beautiful graduation dress my mom made (she did an excellent job didn't she?) taking a picture with our grandparents.
from top left, Grandma Pat, Granpa, Erin, Grandma Johnson, Uncle Joe, Aunt Crista, Mom, Dad,
Next row : Autumn, Weston, Evan, Kristen, And me!
Erin giving her thank-you speach. Don't tell her I said this, but I thought she did very well.

GTG

2007-06-02T06:06:00.000-07:00

I don't have much time... The family, (+Eric and Johnny Ender) are supposed to be going to this lake thing where you can fish. So I'm just going to put up something Autumn said that I thought was kind of funny: She was explaining to Johnny what the rise in the middle of the road was. "It's a speed bump, but it doesn't make you go any faster."

Royn&Robyn

2007-06-01T21:42:00.000-07:00

So, here is another silly, I-don't-know-why-I'm-doing-this podcast, buut...I had fun making it, so I hope you have fun listening to it! More to come later :)

All things new

2007-06-01T01:23:00.000-07:00

As you can see, I'm trying out some customization on my blog using the gimp ( a really great program that is like owning a free version of photo shop). I'm still not very good at it, and the header you see now is really just a stand-in at the moment while I prepare a master piece :).
Meanwhile....
I'm working on another podcast just as silly as my first. It should probably be up by at least next week, but with my nutty schedule, I can't promise anything.

HAPPY B-DAY EVAN! Evan just turned 11 today, and what could be described as the most amazing coincidental birthday ever. Not to long ago, Evan was talking to a neighbor, and happened to tell her he liked lasagna. It turns out that her daughter's birthday is a day before his, and That neighbor was making a lasagna for her, and announced that she would make Evan one as well. And she did! It was delicious. That was yesterday. Today we went to the 4-h office, and Rachel Winebarger just happened to be doing a presentation on cake decorating, and gave out cake to everyone present in honor of Evan's birthday.

aaaannnnd lastly...........I forgot to practice piano almost the entire week and We (Erin, Kristen, Weston, Evan and I) have a recital this Sunday! AAAAAHHHH! Welll, I think that's gonna be it. g'night mates.

Autumn's debut

2007-05-24T21:24:00.001-07:00

Autumn's debut.mov

my first podcast

2007-05-23T09:40:00.001-07:00

I am slowly going crazy 1,2,3,4,5,6 switch...crazy going slowly am I 6,5,4,3,2,1 switch

robyn's 1st attempt.mp3.m4a

flowers, daisy

2007-05-08T16:23:00.000-07:00

more playing... I really should get a life.

2007-05-08T11:12:00.000-07:00

more playing with the program. No point to it really,

2007-05-02T11:05:00.000-07:00

heres something I managed to create on a free program called the gimp. It's kinda like photoshop, to my mind.

Asheboro zoo

2007-04-29T12:07:00.000-07:00

I managed to steal er, get these photos much faster than I thought :)

I loved the endangered species

carasoul.

Beautiful plants abounded in the tropical rainforest. not to mention talking parrots.

Google

2007-04-29T11:37:00.000-07:00

hello, anybody out there? it's been sooooooo long since I last posted. I'm still trying to get internet on my computer, but so far no good. Well, here's an interesting thing to do if you're bored, google yourself. I found out that someone had posted about me and sis.Ellen's family on thier blog, as well this one. It's more fun googling yourself if you have a unique name (sarahs and Jennies will probably kinda get lost in the crowd). Well, let's what else is going on....hmmmm... oh, yeah, we went to Asheboro zoo friday. (I so wanted to see Bison, but by the time my group go to it they were gone :() I'll try to steal...oops get some pics from Erin to post here but I can't promise anything...

2007-04-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, plz help save net radio! it's free and (sometimes) better than the usual 91.3 fair, so for my what was it...five viewers? click there and you can put your name on a petition and all that good stuff. What's happening is royalty fee for Internet broadcasters are being at least doubled, and are now higher than broadcasted or satellite radio!

balloon art

2007-04-11T12:23:00.000-07:00

Irina patterson is an amazing balloon artist with the ablity to create hundreds of designs. I got the pictures from her blog, lifeandart.typepad.com. It's really cool when you get make your living do things you love.

panda

2007-04-06T07:42:00.000-07:00

this has nothing to do with anything but it's a cute picture and i haven't put up a post in sooooooo long!

4-h

2007-03-19T07:44:00.000-07:00

Yay! I'm doing this with my new, exciting computer. Basic rundown of last weekend:
1. went to 4-h teen retreat. had lots of fun, met new people, learned how to make my own flashlight. Got to lay on a bed of nails, (science class) poke a balloon without popping it, and was the only one my table not to really learn how to jump a penny over a pencil in one puff of breath. if you want to see the humiliating photos of me trying to do so, Erin will probably have them up in not too long. anyways, that's all for now. ttfn.

COMPUTER FEVER!!

2007-03-13T10:41:00.000-07:00

So, because I know you guys have been sick of looking at the large ebay logo and the announcement of my (mediocre) success, here's some more news...I FINALLY HAVE MY OWN COMPUTER AND IT'S COMING THURSDAY AND I CAN BARELY WAIT AND I AM TELLING EVERYONE WHO LISTEN TO ME!!! that said, I have nothing else of interest to bring to the table at this time. the pic above is what my computer looks like. it might look like a dinosaur but the computer I'm on now (at the library) is a windows 2000 as well at it works great. ( faster than our windows xp). yours truly,
Robyn

2007-02-28T19:55:00.000-08:00

I LOVE EBAY!!! I just a 600% profit :D.

Spell check

2007-02-25T18:19:00.000-08:00

Wow, I am beginning to realize (to my horror) I am slowly becoming a .....WORDY BLOGGER!! you know, one of those bloggers who never post a picture, who write text-book sized posts about cheerios! well it's either that or a Web-pics blogger. Web pics blogger (n) one who posts pictures they pull from the web searches like Google, and posts them continually. But what can I say? I don't own a camera *sniff*** so this is all I have to offer. do y'all forgive me? but anyways about the topic I have typed in up there. You guys have patiently suffered through my spelling errors, but shall not suffer any longer! for I, Robyn-Lanae Thames have discovered this day SPELL CHECK! just say no to bad spelling! (Too bad there's no grammar check). anyways, I just wanted to share that poignant moment with you. God bles u.

Driving lesson

2007-02-24T18:08:00.000-08:00

Well, I went for my first sort of real driving lesson today. My dad took me to the church parking lot, and I gave it a go. Progress report: although at times I felt perilously close to certain destruction I managed to emerge from that driving session with no broken bones, and without sending my dad into cardiac arrest. Also, the church property is unscathed as is Bro. Jeff's car. I hadn't been too eager to go for my driver's permit, after all I had three drivers ahead of me. Why should I bother? Now I know. There's something powerful about pressing down on the gas and feeling the engine respond. Something thrilling about the chance to control something so large and powerful. so, I shall go for my permit hopefully sometime this summer.

Old Agile me

2007-02-22T06:14:00.000-08:00

that's me. in Japanese, 'ro' means old and 'bin' is a small metal container used for storage...just kidding. 'Bin' actually means agile. My name's kind of oxymoron :). Want to see what your name looks like in Japanese? click Here.

2007-02-17T17:04:00.000-08:00

Attention fashionistas what you are about to see may shock and alarm you. please discontinue viewing if you experience nausia or gagging.

2007-02-16T06:37:00.000-08:00

yeah, wouldn't you just love to show up in church like that? Unfourtunately the runway is the outlet for crazy people's imaginations more often then not :). Every once in a while they (the fashion producers) come out with clothes that look mildly wearable.

2007-02-15T19:15:00.001-08:00

belated, but better late than ever right?

Welcome silvestah

2007-02-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

above is silvestah, the newest adition to the Ender household

aww! caroline gets a well-needed nap.

Eric watching the game cube

Janice giving susannah a new 'do

oreo snack

Had a lot of fun tonight at sis. Michelle's. The Gilliland kids were here as well...it's been pretty wild. We had a delicous beef straganof, ( I don't think I spelled that right) but it's like spaggeti with macaroni noodles instead of the usual. one of the wildest 'services' ever was conducted in the ender living room. the Gillilands new two songs nearly by heart and belted them out at the top of thier lungs while racing around the living room table. This is only one of several incidents but it's the one I remember most. anyways, good night.

2007-02-07T06:22:00.000-08:00

since I know how boring it is to read about my love for certian Ice Cream or my blog following (or lack thereof :) I have instead provided you with something to look at. A picture is worth a thousand words right?

2007-02-05T07:12:00.000-08:00

oooh lala ! I LOVE bluebell Ice cream. really, after you've had it, there's no going back. I personally like vanila the best. it really tastes as good as home made.

Update

2007-02-03T21:24:00.000-08:00

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*beep* you may now continue on with your lives. You don't need to keep re-checking my site praying that I'll update...I am releasing you! this is the update ya'll were begging for! yeah right. but anyways, to those three people check this site, two of whom are my parents...okay, I admit it, the third person is me but I take what I can get okay? I'm a little desprate here. :) man, I'm so tired. that's why I'm being stupid and writing all this. good night. I'm going to bed. maybe tomorrow sanity will have returned and I'll horifically emberassed and erase all this.
--------------------Robyn-Lanae Thames------------------------------------------------------

On colds and sinusses

2007-01-05T13:44:00.000-08:00

ugh, don't you just hate colds? Normally it's not that big a deal, but when my sence of taste mysteriously (or not) dissapears, I start having a problem. I love eating and it's disgusting putting something in your mouth and only feeling it. (or maybe it's more disgusting writing a post about colds...but hey I don't have a constantly exciting life so I have to use something!) SOOO anyways I went on this quest searching for the exclir for cold and sinus problems. I am sharing the formula with you, dear reader, so you don't have to search as well. this is what I did to get my taste back by four-something.

1. sip hot water (with no taste sipping hot water isn't so bad)

2.blow my nose a lot

3.search on the internet

4. contemplate drinking yogi tea

5.I can't stand the stuff so I didn't drink it, but I did do the yoga suggestion on the side. it was excellent.

6.sniff some of this stuff that was strong enough to penetrate through my stopped up nose (note to self: if something is that strong, never sniff it without a cold)

Aaaand....I think that's it. Hope this helps you it worked for me!! and oh yes, if you have better subject matter for me to write about please send it in!!!

2007-01-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

The above picture about explains how I feel right now, tired and worn out. . But I have had fun, enjoyed some fellowship...the knox's party was really fun... ummmm...the services were a blessing, I really liked what bro. Romero said: don't put yourself in unnescary temptation and I think I'll try to use it. Kudos to sis. Ellen for driving me, and special thanks to sis. Mitchie...she is a lot of fun to be with:)! and thanks as well to Josh, he was very patient and a good entertainer. well, maybe I'll put up pics later when I get them from justine...until then goodnight ya'll.

2006-12-26T13:32:00.000-08:00

Not much for today. I'm kind of babysitting since Erin's pretty out of it. Thankfully, Rei is sleeping on her tie-down next to me. I can't hear what the boys are doing...which might not be a good thing knowing them...but it probably means they're on playstation. umm...anything else I should add? oh yes, this girl is hillarious, and the home video is touching. to visit it go to
happyslip.com. thanx every body who wished me a happy birthday.

2006-12-21T13:34:00.000-08:00

What do you think? I know her hands too small....I soo need to work on my proportions.

christmas/b-day

2006-12-20T16:06:00.000-08:00

so today is my b-day, but I liked that little greeting so I put it up. I am now 15 years old, and still saved! I'd put up a birthday pic, but...
1. I can't find Erin's camera
2.My hair is disgusting since I was sick 95% of the day
Really, today I was too sick to my b-day breakfast, but that's okay, I'm just going to have it tomorrow. So I guess you could say my birthday is tomorrow, because it's the things you do on the day, not the day itself, that makes it special. ttfn!

is this not

2006-12-19T07:09:00.000-08:00

ROME (Reuters) - A village in the Italian Alps is finally basking in winter sunlight thanks to a giant mirror installed on a mountain top to reflect the sun's rays into the main square.Viganella, with a population of less than 200, lies in a valley so steep that each year from November 11 to February 2 it hardly receives any sunshine.
That was until Mayor Pierfranco Midali decided to do something about it.
Now a 5-metre (16-foot) high, 8-metre (26-foot) wide mirror tracks the sun's movement and reflects its rays into Viganella's historic piazza.
The mirror, which cost around 100,000 euros (67,000 pounds), was unveiled on Sunday to the delight of the inhabitants.
"Here it's very cold in the winter and residents, many of whom are elderly, used to stay inside all the time. Now people are enjoying sitting on the bench in the square and having a chat," said Maria Velona, who works at the townhall.
Midali has been contacted by local authorities with similar problems in Canada, the United States and France.

this from yahoo! news

2006-12-19T06:37:00.000-08:00

Giggle for the day...
Why Why, Why
do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from t he end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid idiot?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE......The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.

2006-12-18T06:49:00.000-08:00

I think that pretty much says it. other than maybe PLEASE COMMENT! IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?

2006-12-18T06:17:00.000-08:00

Isn't this a cool pic. that's me and Erin's shadows.

these are ballet dancers from the holiday parade

Just 'cause

2006-12-12T14:20:00.000-08:00

Isn't that cute. That is the whole reason for this pic. Goodness, would something interesting please happen?

2006-12-10T19:16:00.000-08:00

here's a tribute to the cutest funniest veggies that I know. I'm also promoting thier new site, boyz in da sink. Doesn't larry look cool?

Watson fun!!

2006-12-08T08:22:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BELATED B-day Jordan watson! You are sooo adorable! We've a lot of fun hangin' out at the watson home while my mom and dad went to columbia, south carolina. night before last Jordan turned dos annoas! (I know I spelled that wrong). So we had a small party with him. he got a small snake flashlight, and a cell phone! (I didn't know they made play cell phones with cameras) the pillsbury cake was good! tip: if ya gotta go instant, skip the duncan hines and head straight for the pillsbury. anyways, I know I haven't posted in awhile, and since ya'll are dyin for word from me, heres a good long one.

2006-11-20T13:01:00.000-08:00

You Are a Yellow Flower

A yellow flower tends to represent joy, friendship, and playfulness.

At times, you are childlike, as a buttercup is.

And at other times, you are fickle, like a dahlia.

And more than you wish, you tend to feel bittersweet, like a marigold.

What Color Flower Are You?

Oh, wow so true, so true. lol.

our rei of sunshine

2006-11-16T08:14:00.000-08:00

Rei is the newest addition to our family, a lovable ball of fuzz, or technically classified as a seven week old black lab straight from the nursery. rei is going to be training to be a guide dog puppy.she was named after a chinese girl. Yesterday we drove down to Gorgia to pick her up. She is soo small! our last guide dog came at about 12 weeks, and was much bigger. most of the way down she burrowed behind my back or scrunched in the corner in between the car seat and the door. Even bubbles seems to like. we credit this to the fact that she's 1.gone through jake allready and 2. the pup is as small or smaller than her, making her automatically less threatening. well, she's her now, and Autumn is officially her favorite playmate(other than bubbles).

2006-11-13T10:11:00.001-08:00

Justine and I are working on a gingerbread 'house' or more like a '60s diner. today we'll take them to be judged and displayed at the grovepark inn. every year during november, the grove park inn hosts a national gingerbread contest. justine's siblings araon haynes, along Evan, hunter bounds, lee did a house, and sulema, nina, and grace, and autumn did another.

this is the barn that aaron and his team did. cool huh?

this the younger girl' s house, green gables. maybe i'll post some picz of us working later. kudos to sister ellen for letting use her kitchen, for her patience, expertice, and for all the work she did getting us the candy. Mwah!

2006-10-05T12:30:00.000-07:00

Yay! I love the recorder! we actually had recorder lessons from sis. Robin when we were younger. Since then I've played around with it some, but I'd forgotten a lot of the notes. It only has 6 holes right? well, not to long ago my mom bought a Disney recorder book. so now I've been driving some of my family crazy while I learned 'under the sea' and 'beauty and the beast'. I might even accompanying Erin or Kristen in our upcoming piano recital.

Field trip

2006-10-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

YaY! I finally got a picture on here. this is a pic of some of the weapons from the war reinactment we went to. The weapons were my favorite part. it was really amazing some of the things they used in the revolutionary war. I guess this is a kind of morbid intrest considering the disgutingly awful damage these weapons did....but I like 'em anyway.
the picture above is lee throwing a tommyhawk a log targets. the man explained that generally wouldn't throw it....then what you have to fight with? but he let us practice. the key is to throw it kind of like you're throwing a baseball...and not to try to flip it. it'll rotate all by itself. I was kinda pathetic but I think some of the little ones got it on thier first try.

2006-09-16T13:38:00.000-07:00

What do you guys do when you're bored and online? that's it because I'm bored and online. (lethal combination)

http://www.rltmanga.piczo.com

2006-09-02T07:27:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of a butterfly that landed on me at the butterfly exhibit which was at the nature center. we went to it for our first day of school surprise. my mom always does something special for the first day of school. she decorated the breakfast room in a jungle theme, and we got treats and notebooks in a bag.
usually it's a complete surprise for all of us kids, but this year Erin baked the cake, Evan helped with breakfast....I forget what kristin did...but I pretty sure she did something. anyway, maybe I'll put some pics up for that. I've actually got pictures up from the butterfly exhibit and our 1st day of school at my website. (I've finally updated) if you want to see it, you can click here.

2006-08-31T06:47:00.000-07:00

here's a joke. one day a perfect man marries a perfect woman. of course, they l ive d a perfect life.....almost. then one snowy night as they were driving home from a party, they spotted a figure on the side of the road. of course being the perfect couple, they stopped. it was santa! not wanting to dissapoint the children, they loaded santa and his gifts into the car. but as they were on thier way home, they had an awful crash. only one survived....who was it?

Women read here.....since their is no such thing as a perfect man, and no such thing as santa, that leaves the perfect woman.

men read here.....and, since neither santa or the perfect man was in the car, that means the woman must have been driving...which explains the crash:D

I got that from Erin who got that from carrie. there's a video that goes with it, but I don't know where to find it.

2006-08-17T06:51:00.000-07:00

well.....I've decided to stay....not one for making up my mind am I? anyways, all my amigos are here! (plus I found a really cool blog layout.) anyways, I haven't updating either blogs because of this: purplepanda2.piczo.com I found a really great way to make money, if I can make it work. cafepress.com will make t-shirts and stuff for you featuring your product, which in my case is a panda I worked on almost non-stop since I heard about it. anyways, I finally opened my store, and was building a promotional website to help send people to the store. *phew* that took goodness knows how long. it's 9:50 Erin, do you know where your dog is?

2006-07-24T17:04:00.000-07:00

We say goodbye like this....Yes, I have made the deciscion to move on. blogger just wasn't getting the job done....actually it was pretty good while it lasted. but now.....(drum roll please) I submit for your approval, theblogaddict.com for people like me, who are terminally addicted to blogging ad need help. no, just kidding, but it is pretty nice. visit me at rltmanga.theblogaddict.com! hope to hear from you soon!

CONGRADS!

2006-07-21T07:06:00.000-07:00

baby Brigetta! congradulations Sis.Debbie and Bro.Rodney Burleson. I just received the information from sis.Linda that baby Brigetta came at about 3 something in the morning! this is the church's miracle baby, so I can probably predict this child will be spoiled rotten!xD

2006-07-19T12:23:00.000-07:00

well, we got back safe and sound from raleigh. Unfourtunately, Erin didn't place for her presentation about guide dogs. there was another girl there who was giving a presentation guide dogs too, and she had been doing it for 11 years. I have to say, hers was excellent. but it's still pretty good for Erin to have gotten all the way to state on her first try :). afterward we visited the museum of science, which really neat. I took some fun pictures, which I can't get to because it's on sis.Owens camera and I don't have the usb cord, unfortunately. but the exhibits were pretty amazing. they actually had a whale's bone skeleton hanging from the ceiling! We took Jake with into the musuem and got stopped by a security guard. he was like "Now what's up with this dog?" and Erin of course said, "he's a guide dog in training..." but the man wasn't buying it. "Are you blind?" noooo. but anyway, we had to go back to the front desk were the gaurd was informered that yes, guide dogs and puppies in training are allowed in the building.

weee're back!

2006-07-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

whew, I just got back from fellowship meeting. we were actually supposed to be around 12-something last night, but we got stuck in tons of traffic!! we moved on like, 15 miles (more or less) in three hours. what happened was a truck ran into this suv and killed I think it was an entire family. traffic was going so slowly one woman got out and walked her dogs, and these two boys got and played football on the side of the highway. anyway, the youth jubilee was a lot fun. the messages were very encouraging. I think if i never eat at taco bell or mcdonalds again in my life it will be too soon ;).well, i probably will have to, we're leaving for roliegh, (raleigh?) tonight. ugh, I am so tired. later

Shout out!

2006-07-12T08:58:00.000-07:00

anyone like manga and fruits basket other than me?
I personally like yuki better than kyo because he seems more in control of his feelings. I think thoru is a sap because she acts soooo nice and polite all the time! but I think its good they put her in there with the kyo and yuki because those to are allways at each other's throat. anyway, I went to manga art class at the black mountain library monday, and got inspired! actually, the class went over the basics, positioning of the eyes...ect,ect. I made a couple of friends, Jb, ashton, and some others. the librarion promised to get more manga books which I think is great because...is this another run on sentence? anyway, I start college this fall!!

Viva la liberdad

2006-07-12T07:29:00.000-07:00

So this is in response to all of the posts being put up about illigals in our country.
Remember these are still people...Not everyone who looks Hispanic are Mexican! Try calling any Hispanic on the street a Mexican and see what happens to yah... Also realize that you happen to live in a nice country, in a nice home, and everyone doesn't have that privilege. Did you know slavery still exists? Not something close to slavery...But slavery itself. So remember, just 'cause you have money and a house, and food when you want it...Everyone doesn't. This is not to say that its good to let people slip through the borders. I'm well aware that allowing that would be welcoming drug smugglers and others like them with open arms...But bashing Hispanic people simply because a crowd of them came to see fireworks on the fourth July was kinda harsh. You automatically stereo typed them because of how they looked. Please remember this in the future. God bless America.

my good days outweigh my bad.

2006-07-10T08:10:00.000-07:00

I've been checking out other people's blogs and sites. goodness, I need to start blogging more. I'm so behind!! last night this guy came to our church and testified about how this other church he visited brought people in from the homeless shelter, and some other down-and-out places. then the preacher got making the racist jokes and said God was a racist. so the man was upset, and he gave a loooong testimony until bro. Charlse finally said it was time to move on with the service. it was mostly a testimony service. one thing that really stuck out in my mind...two things really, but the first is what bro.willie watkins said, which was. "My good days outweigh my bad," which I thought was amazing giving his situation. it inspired me to stop griping about all the little stuff that I think are so bad, and to be grateful instead that I'm in reasonable strength and help.

who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

2006-06-12T13:27:00.000-07:00

Today we went to a library program, probably one in a long line of programs we'll visit over the course of this summer. This one was about wolves. or more accurately, wolf-dogs. the lady who was the speaker brought an actual wolf-dog with her. dissapointingly, this one was low-bred, so He didn't have a lot of wolf in him. his face looked like a husky or malimute, but the rest of his body had that brown-patchy wolfish look. after the lady told them that the fur was spun by volunteers and used to make purses and stuff, the kids kept reaching up to the poor animal and pulling its hair out. fortunately (for the kids ;) that didn't seem to hurt the dog. unfortunately, the dog got tired of the constent attention and took off, (not running, walking) through the room. one of the in audience explained that the dog was tired of being petted, and was probably moving out of the way of the pestering little hands. until we meet again,
Robyn

2006-06-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

Got home from church not to long ago, and right now I'm listening do adventures in article. Eugene is trying to find out who his father is....right now he's at the homeless shelter. yesterday I made the mistake of telling my mother, about ebay wrapper cash. actually, my mom's not a prob, it's my sister who happened to be listening in (ahem kristen...) and so now she knows about it too, which means i can't confiscate her wrapper. you're problly wondering why I want those wrappers. The thing is Hersey's has a promo, where you can use the codes on the inside of the wrappers to redeem for ebay cash or stuff in the hersey 'store.' anyway, I got Evan's wrapper so now i have 4 pts.