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If I Have To Stay Up All Night...

If I have to stay up all night, I'm determined to get the website of my dreams up and going today, because I want it to share a birthday with my mom!

Nobody Should Be Above The Law!!!

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I, for one, have had enough of people getting away with crimes that really hurt people while others get sent up the river for personal choices that might not be the best choices but certainly aren't crimes!

Count me in as someone who doesn't like to see a segment of society set up to be the slaves of the rich and powerful.  I have nothing against rich and powerful people--only if said people use their wealth and power to trample over others in a growing number of ways.

Therefore, I want to share something sent to me and hope that you, like I, will check this out and get involved!!!

Thank you for reading!!!
Ainsley Jo Phillips 



Thanks for taking action.

Here are some ways you can spread the word to make sure Attorney General Eric Holder gets the message loud and clear.

If you are on Facebook, click here to post the petition to your Wall.

If you have a Twitter account, click here to automatically tweet:
Tell Eric Holder: Nobody is above the law. http://bit.ly/ZZPt8a #p2 #RuleOfLaw CC: @TheJusticeDept

You can also send the following e-mail to your friends and family. Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.

Thanks for all you do.

--The CREDO Action Team

Here's a sample message to send to your friends:


Subject: Tell Eric Holder: Nobody is above the law
Dear Friend,

Not one of the Wall Street crooks who drove our economy off a cliff has gone to jail. And now we know why.

For the country's top law enforcement official, Attorney General Eric Holder, "too big to fail" has now become "too big to jail."

Shockingly, Attorney General Holder recently admitted as much, saying:

"I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if you do prosecute, if you do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy."

Nobody in our country is above the law. But apparently Attorney General Holder has lost sight of that.

Tell Attorney General Holder: "It's your job to prosecute criminals. If you can't bring yourself to prosecute Wall Street crooks, you should resign."

Click the link below to sign the petition:

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/too_big_too_jail/?r_by=-2724146-nGvtiJx&rc=confemail

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Because I'm Michelle's Godmother...

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Because I'm Michelle's godmother, I've been blessed with watching her grow from a precious, little baby doll...

...into a wonderful, little girl with wisdom beyond her young years...

...into the amazing, young woman she is today...

...a loving wife and mother (and how can it be possible that her two daughters and a son are all teenagers now!?!) who wears many hats and does so much to make so many positive differences wherever, whenever, and to whomever she can!!!

One of the hats she wears is that of someone with her own eBay store, and I'm always trying to come up with ways to promote it for her.

She generally keeps it very active with auctions and such, and you never know what she might be selling at any given time.

When you find the time, please click here to check out what she has to offer--and do share this with your friends! 
 

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Important Note:  

This is a blog-entry that I'm going to be adding to throughout the day of February 24, 2013 and won't have it finished until sometime before the midnight leading into February 25, 2013, so check back for more updates throughout the day--and even in the time to come so that you'll know how I spent February 24, 2013...

Although the following birthday message is mighty cute, it isn't all there is to this blog-entry by a long-shot, so keep on scrolling down to find more...

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First Update: 
It's a little after ten in the morning, and I'm just starting to talk about this blog-entry and let you know how my day has gone so far.

As you've probably guessed from the graphic at the top, February 24 isn't just any old day for birthdays.

Among those having birthdays today there are included the birthdays of:

One very special friend who stole my heart over two decades ago.   

Even though we've both moved on, there will always be a part of him stitched to my heart as if by strong and intricate embroidering.  

Therefore, if he reads this, I want him to always know that he and I are forever friends to this day and beyond!

He'll always be my very special Johnny Angel!!!   

I really wish he would join me at Facebook, as we have a lot of catching up to do from the last time we talked back in 2001.

He's one very amazing person who has made a lot of positive differences in the lives of so many people, myself included! 

The other one whose birthday is also today is someone I'm simply going to identify as Don The Top Hat Crazy Man. 

He was once married to one of my friends and is a real hoot! 

In the near future--as in when time allows--I'm going to explain why I gave him this handle here. 

It's quite a story! 

I'll just say that I must have given him the impression that I was born and raised in St. Olaf, Minnesota (which really isn't such a bad thing--and I know that I'm a whole lot like Rose in certain ways and proud of it) the first time we talked--which was several years before my friend and I even knew him!

Now, if what I just wrote doesn't sound like a St. Olaf story in the making, I don't know what would!  LOL

I've discovered that, besides Johnny Angel & Crazy Don, I have several friends on FB who are also celebrating birthdays, so Happy Birthday To All Of You!!!

Anyway, I think I'm just about ready to post this.  Are we having fun yet!?! or Am I already driving you daffy!?!

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Second Update: 

Well, I now know what works for Michelle (my goddaughter) when it comes to running errands for me.  She's pretty flexible today, which works very well for me! 

Speaking of Michelle, please check out her store at eBay, as she has a lot going on at the moment--and, more times than not, at any other time you might want to check there.

I also have an eBay store but not really active at the moment, though I hope that will be changing before long.

Anyway, I need to assemble my shopping list and get those snail mails ready to mail.  

One of them is going for the purchase of a wonderful book from a very inspiring and beautiful friend, Michael Alan "Map" Pierce.  You can read more about him by clicking HERE.

On this note, I need to sign off for now, because talking about what I'm going to do isn't going to get the job done...

...

Third Update:  Talked to my mom at 7:15 instead of 7:00 because I wanted to give her the chance to see the full moon.  Actually, it won't be full until tomorrow night, but the skies might be overcast then.

It turns out that one of the windows in her room faces where the moon rises, so she got to watch it from her room--which means that we were both watching the moon together.

Michelle will be coming over a little after noon tomorrow instead of tonight--which will work out better for both of us, as she's under the weather and needs to rest, and I'm feeling extra energetic for now and need to get some things done. 

However, I won't be getting anything else done until I've had the tuna noodle casserole I'm currently preparing.  Will have to share the recipe with you when I have more time.

I've just taken out the trash to be picked up in the morning--which isn't the easiest job for me to do at this time, but I get it done.
 
If you live out of the city limits of Anderson and are looking for garbage collection service, I can't say enough nice about Manifold Refuse! 

I'll have to tell you more about them in the near future, too.

On this note, it's time to sign off and fix my supper! 

Fourth Update:  I think this link--while it might not say it all--says a lot.I hope you'll check out what all is behind the various links you'll find when you go there...

Fifth Update:  February 24 will soon be over, but that won't mean that I won't be in action on other days.  I'm thinking that I might do something like this tomorrow.  After all, it would have been George Harrison's birthday...   

A Beautiful Legacy

On February 9, 2013, 
an ambulance was hit by a black Honda,
 taking the lives of two young on duty EMTs. 

 Timothy McCormick (24) 
(who made the inspiring video shown above) died that day, 
and the other young man, 
Cody Medley (22), 
followed him the next day.  

They should have had the chance 
to live to a ripe old age--
or, at least, not die 
in such a senseless way 
as being hit by a drunk driver. 

I don't see getting drunk 
as something that's so cool
that it should be a rite-of-passage
experienced by all young people.

I also don't see it
as a means of self-comfort
to get you through 
some bad times in your life.  

However, I'm not going to demand
that people never take a drink
as was demanded
back in the time of Prohibition.

I'm not even going to try to get laws passed
to make getting drunk illegal.
I believe that
education 
is far more effective 
than legislation.

We as a nation
have got to quit giving the impression
that getting drunk
is a cool and entertaining part of life,
because it isn't!

Getting plastered to have fun
isn't a life choice that I claim for myself.
However,
I guess 
it's 
different strokes 
for 
different folks.

Also,
if you're one of those who drink
to dull the pain of 
a broken heart 
or
other disappointment dealt to you in life,
I believe that there are better ways
to comfort yourself.
However, I'm not going to stop you.
Instead, I'll just advise against it. 

Having said this,
I believe that it should remain illegal
to drive when drunk.

If you don't get "caught" at it, 
you might really think 
you're getting away with something.

Getting away with DUI is VERY uncool--
and DUI isn't cool, either.
You might think that you're somebody
who can drive safely even when plastered.
NO
!!!
If you think that, 
you're just deceiving yourself!

Do you really believe 
that you're such a wonderful driver
even when you're 3000 sheets to the wind
that you'll never cause a tragic accident?

Even if you manage to never see
the inside of a jail cell
for more than a few hours
because you or your family is rich enough
to hire the very best lawyer for you,
you will still be 
haunted by the knowledge
of the tragedy you've caused
by your decision to drive drunk.

Are you thinking about 
going out and getting drunk?
Have you made any arrangements
to 
either 
have a designated driver along 
or else
rely on public transportation 
to get you back home again?

If you haven't,
it might do you good
to watch that inspiring video again
as a reminder of the tragic loss
you might end up causing
...
  

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My Water Campaign

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There are things in life that many of us take for granted with one of those being having water available for our use that isn't difficult to get to--and, even when gotten to, is so contaminated that drinking it might cause illness or even death!

Until early May, I'm going to be having a campaign to raise funds to bring about the building and maintenance of safe wells in communities that don't have what we take for granted.

This is a wonderful time to run such a campaign (though I can find plenty of good excuses to run them at other times of the year as well) because there are so many celebrations going on.  

I'm calling this campaign

Ainsley Jo's Multiple-Celebration Campaign

and you can learn more about it by going here:

http://mycharitywater.org/ainsley-jos-multiple-celebration-campaign

My goal is to raise $10,000 during this time, which will make a wonderful difference to at least 500 people.

This probably sounds ambitious and unrealistic, but I don't see it that way at all.  Even if the entire amount isn't raised, there will still be enough collected to make some kind of a positive difference.

Please share this message with others!!!  Any kind of donation you're able to make will be very welcome.

We can do this!!!

Please Help Whitney To Find Her Birth Parents!!!

Please share this page with 

people you know,

because

you never know who just might see it

and

be able to bring 

this couple and their daughter 

together! 

I'm Currently Doing Very Intricate Work...

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Just a note to let you know where I've been lately just in case you've been missing me at Facebook and/or other places. 

At this time, I've been engaged in very intricate work with the goal of getting my Internet life--which, also, affects various parts of my life away from the computer--more organized and streamlined.

When I get this closer to done (that is, with enough completed to make it ready for public viewing), I'll let you know and will share some links with you.

For right now, however, I need to stay on-task--with the exception of those times when I need to be taking care of "real life" matters along with the basics in my life such as getting enough sleep, preparing and eating healthy meals, going to the bathroom, etc.

I'm happy to report that there are no longer any mice scampering around here--which saves me a lot of headaches.

I'll be writing something about that at Epinions before long.

One thing I'm going to be doing now is sharing a link to my Epinions profile page.

As you'll be able to see when you get there is that I've been (and am still in the process of) sprucing it up a bit as well. 

On top of all of this, I've been trying to keep up with paying my bills along with keeping up with my mom who is now in a nursing home and, recently, has been in the hospital.

I'm happy to report that she's making a remarkable recovery and will be returning to the nursing home before long where everybody misses her because she's such a sweet little old lady!!!

Although she's very happy at the nursing home, her goal is to get back to living in her own home where she has lived since it was built in 1967 (and--before that, with a few months spent in a mobile home so that the three boys of the family who bought our home would be able to spend time getting to know the neighbor kids before starting school that September--in the original house that came with the farm we bought and moved to back in the spring of 1954) where she can look out on familiar surroundings again and enjoy being more on her own.

I plan on moving into her home with her sometime this spring.  I would, of course, move in first and get things ready.

After that, she will be able to move back here.

That's the big plan, anyway.

However, I want to make sure that things are also in place where she will be receiving a high enough quality of professional/skilled care that she'll be reasonably safe in doing so.

Therefore, I plan on going about this gradually by, initially, having her over for visits but where her primary place will still be the nursing home.

Even when the time comes that she's able to live in her own home on a permanent basis, we want to stay connected to the nursing home just because everybody has been so nice to her there and has treated her like a family member or close friend instead of just another element of the head count.

Due to some problems we're having with people who don't have our best interests at heart, I'm not making public just where she is other than to say that she's in another town.

When we're to the place where we're able to get out and take road trips again, we'll make visits there part of some of our trips.

Anyone from there will also be welcome to visit with us as well, though it would probably be good to pre-arrange those visits so that people won't be dropping in at all hours around the clock or they might find us in bed, in the shower, or even out-and-about.

Hopefully, we and Pinky will be out chasing down the Circustime Icecream trucks before their season is over for the year.  Same goes for eating at Frazier's Dairy Maid and Gene's Root Beer Stand.  

By then, my mom should have her teeth, gums, and mouth in much better shape and be able to enjoy more of the food once more.

We'd also like to be out looking at all of the Christmas lights this year.

Today, I need to take care of arranging to pay some bills.  I'll be going between that and working on my big Internet project.

For now, however, I'm about to call my mom.  It's always a highlight of my day to be able to talk to her, and the feeling's mutual!

Please keep both of us in your prayers, love, and positive thoughts...       

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