FREEDOM by Mary Hall (printed with permission)

Freedom has so many meanings to so many people. It can mean freedom of speech to one, where it is freedom of religion to another or a different meaning altogether.
There are people out there making their opinion known as to how they feel things need to be done to keep our freedom, (but the only way they lend a helping hand is to criticize) but then they turn right around with the same breath, and criticize the fact that there are men and women out there who, everyday, defend the very freedom they want so badly.
Every day men and women defend this great land so these people can praise and also criticize. But yet the men and women who defend their freedom don’t get the credit or support they so rightly deserve.
For years the military has been spit on, beaten, shot and well, just disowned. Just for going out and doing what they strongly believe in and want to stand up for.
It took something like 9/11 to have our Great Country open its eyes to what’ was really going on, and see that our very freedom is in jeopardy and yet there are still people out there who would give a soldier a slight smile or even the time of day.
Parents have lost their children, both sons and daughters, wives have lost their husbands, and now with all the women in the military fighting behind the lines instead of from the home front, we now have husbands who have lost their wives, and many, many children who have lost their parents . But for some this is still is not enough , and the ones we can not satisfy are the first ones who holler and scream the loudest when something happens overseas or here in the USA.
I’m not sure what these people want from our soldiers. For it seems that they are doing the very best they can. And yet they still complain and are not satisfied. I guess if we were to loose our freedom, totally and completely, and we let the countries who are attacking us everyday come into our great nation and take over or let the gangs and major crime bosses have at it all, then maybe, they would see how good they have it now.
Stop complaining and start supporting!
You don’t have to do a lot, simply say thank you. Thank you for all your hard work and for everything you have done for me. Its really sad that all the fussing, hollering, and complaining comes more easily, than saying Thank You, or a simple smile when a solider passes by , or even standing when you here the national anthem.
I ’m not sure that people realize what the military goes through on a daily basis to keep this great country of ours free.

Do Not Use This Company!!!!!!!!

As some of you know, I'm getting into ebay to try and raise some money for this site as well as supplement the income around the house. Well to try to make things easier, I decided to join Stamps.com during there trial offer. It didn't take me long to figure out that I really wouldn't use this company, and at the time it wasn't anything they had done, it's just I could do the same through paypal and have it not cost me as much. So I cancelled the account only they show no records of me doing that and since my computer crashed (mainly the harddrive that all my information was on) I have no proof handy to show them that I did. There attitude is "So sorry, we can't help you." They wouldn't even talk to me about this. I got charged because of their mess up. I never even used the account, couldn't even tell you the sign-in information on it. If you do decide to try this company out, make sure you have it in writting that the account is closed. SAVE IT on a removable disk or something like that so you can prove that it was closed or they will charge you and mess you over so they can make money. That's what they did to me. I plan on telling everyone I know to not use Stamps.com. They will rip you off if they can and there doesn't seem to be anyway to get out of it. It is not a company I would recommend to anyone! Please stay away from Stamps.com!!!!!! That is if you don't want to be charged for services you don't use.

One of my favorite things!!!!

Have you ever watched your child sleep? Aren't they such angels during this time? They're not fussing or begging for things or saying Mommy, fix me this. They are nice and quiet and so adorable. Watching them during that time, makes me remember why I had them in the first place. hahaha Can you tell, I really do love my kids.

I guess I'm talking like this because tomorrow is Mother's Day. Not only is it a day to show your mom how much you love them, but a day to look back and see just how having children has changed your life. I can't imagine my life without them in it. They bring such joy, headaches, love, aggrevation, and a few other emotions. Having kids around can be such a wonderful blessing and I thank God for them everyday, even when they are in the headache causing mode.

Anyway, I just wanted to touch base with someone and let you know that I'm alive and well. I hope your day goes wonderful.

Have a blessed day.

Spam, How to get rid of most of it!!!!

I don't know about you, but I hate having my email fill up with nothing but garbage, otherwise known as spam. I get so tired of going through my email accounts and seeing all those ads for "Meet the person of your dreams", or "I can save you money on your mortgage" and other like emails when I know I didn't sign up for their services. It might not be so bad if they would use my real name, but most of them have a greeting of "Dear Info". My name isn't info. I mean really, if you're going to spider my site for my email, then at least get my name as well. Make the spam more personal. But, I may have actually found a way to get rid of some of that useless spam that keeps coming to my inbox. I found this wonderful little trick that changes the way my email is posted on both my sites. The amount of spam I get for this email account has actually dropped by 50% and I don't get any spam at Staying Healthy the Natural Way. I wasn't sure if this little script would work, but it has. I don't mind sharing it with you if you don't know about it, but I would prefer not posting it here for fear that all those unscrupulous emailers find a way to work around it. There's no way I could charge anything for this little tidbit of info since I didn't come up with it. All you have to do is ask and it's yours.

I hope you have a blessed day.

Ponders of a Weird Mind (Mine)

Have you ever noticed that you think of great ideas when it's the most inopportune times? Usually when you don't have access to a computer. My ideas usually come to me when I'm driving down the road. Figures. And since I have my 4 year old with me, the idea never stays long enough for me to complete it. Today is actually an exception to this for a change. I heard on the radio about someone needing someone to do some work from home and this is a local gentleman. He needs a few odd jobs done, typing, editing, answering phones when he's gone, things like that. I thought to myself, "I can do that." So when I got home I called him. We hit off as if we've known each other for years. He'd say an idea he wanted to do and I'd come back with a way to make it just a little bit better, or he'd enhance an idea I had. It's funny how things like that work. I know God had a hand in this and this is why. I was almost home when I heard his ad, and the only time I really listen to the radio is when I'm driving. Come to find out, he had tried to send his ad by email twice and both times it was returned to him because it couldn't be delivered. He told me he figured he'd get a busy signal when he tried to call, but the call went through without a problem and I actually had a piece of paper to write his number down on. See, things can work out so right when God has a hand in things.

Here's some more good news. I actually got paid for working on a friends computer. It wasn't much, but the fact that I did is enough for me. At least for right now. One day, maybe I'll have my own computer shop open and get to do this all the time. I love tearing things apart to see if I can put it back together just to see how it works.

I'm going for now. I really need to clean this house. I hope and pray you have a great day and may God shower his blessings on you and your family.

Okay, it's started

I'm going to do something I never thought I would do. I'm going to talk about Survivor. As all of you know James got booted last night. I have to apologize for him, since he's from Alabama and I am as well. In my opinion, he made us Alabamians look bad. He said he could do this, he said he could do that and ended up not being able to do any of it. I had such high hopes for him since he's a redneck just like I am only to be disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I could have done any better. I do know that I wouldn't have said I could do something if I actually couldn't. Anyway, I had to get that off my chest. I'm done now. Thanks for reading.

I hope you had a blessed day. Livi

Well I'm finshed with my new site, at least for now!!

I've been working on my newest site for a while now and have finally finished it where I'm not ashamed of people going there to have a look around. If you want to go and see what I've been doing, the url is www.naturalyhealthy.com and it's the first site I've completely done on my own. Yes, I'm bragging again!

I also want t apologize for not posting anything here in a while because of it. I've kept up the work that's needed to run the program from this end, but have let this slide to hurry and finish the new site, which I probably shouldn't have done. Now that's it's done, I should be posting away. I hope you'll come visit to read them.

I hope your days are filled with God's blessings. If you ever need a friend to talk to, I'll be here.