Carrot Cake

I'm a Carrot Cake..... What are you??? Can't wait to hear about your favorite dessert! Pick your dessert, then look to see what psychiatrists think about you! No cheating! After taking this dessert personality test, send this e-mail on to others, but when you do, be sure to put your choice of dessert in the subject line. Also, send it to the person who sent it to you! Okay, if all of the desserts listed below were sitting in frontof you, which would you choose? (Sorry, you can only pick one!) Angel Food Cake Brownies Lemon Meringue Pie Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Icing Strawberry Shortcake Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing Ice Cream Carrot Cake NO... You can't change your mind once you scroll down! So think carefully what your choice will be! This is fun. OK - Now that you've made your choice, this is what research says about you! Angel Food Cake - Sweet, loving, cuddly. You love all warm and fuzzy items. A little nutty at times. Sometimes you need an ice cream cone at the end of the day. Others perceive you as being childlike and immature at times. Brownies - You are adventurous, love new ideas, are a champion of underdogs and a slayer of dragons. When tempers flare up, you whip out your saber. You are always the oddball with a unique sense of humor and direction. You tend to be very loyal. Lemon Meringue Pie - Smooth, sexy, & articulate with your hands,you are an excellent after-dinner speaker and a good teacher. But don't try to walk and chew gum at the same time. Abit of a diva at times, but you have many friends. Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Icing - Fun-loving, sassy, humorous. Not very grounded in life; very indecisive and lack motivation. Everyone enjoys being around you, but you are a practical joker. Others should be cautious in making you mad. However, you are a friend for life. Strawberry Shortcake - Romantic, warm, loving. You care about other people and can be counted on in a pinch! You tend to melt. You can be overly emotional and annoying at times. Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing - Sexy, always ready to give and receive. Very creative, adventurous, ambitious, and passionate. You have a cold exterior but are warm on the inside. Not afraid to take chances. Will not settle for anything average in life. Love to laugh. Ice Cream - You like sports, whether it be baseball, football, basketball, or soccer. If you could, you would like to participate, but you enjoy watching sports. You don't like togive up the remote control. You tend to be self-centered and high maintenance. Carrot Cake - You are a very fun loving person, who likes to laugh. You are fun to be with. People like to hang out with you. You are a very warm-hearted person and a little quirky at times. You have many loyal friends.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)
It is a mad, mad world. However, the universe is suggesting that you get some anger management skills. You may feel that others are just not connecting on the same level as you and this may be true. This will not be solved by striking out. Nor will it be improved by stuffing your emotions deep inside. Perhaps you need to find more effective ways of submitting your demands to the universe. Try telling the divine that you are ready for a little more sanity. Then try to redefine what would make this a sane world for you. The green amber will help you ground and help you to reinterpret the actions of others in a more positive manner.

Cruise Lady

Howdy everyone!!!!

Well, I had my third belt test for Tae Kwon Do last Thursday...... I am now a Yellow Senior!!! (that is a yellow belt with a black stripe running the length of it right in the center).

I am taking some time off before I get my Masters... Decided to give it a little so that I don't burn out. I will still be going to TWU (Texas Woman's University), but now I am trying to decided to go Education, or Nursing... I will keep all y'all posted. Right now I am leaning more towards Nursing then Education/Teaching.

I am going to go on a Cruise in January with the LDS SINGLES CRUISE with Dr. John Lund to the Western Caribbean ~ January 15 - 22. If anyone else is interested you can reach them at www.CruiseLady.com or at 1-888-707-4386. Should be loads of fun!!!!!!!
It will depart/return from Houston, TX... Going to Cazumel, Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Cancun, Mexico; and spend 2 days at sea. There will be a sacrament Meeting held Sunday.

Chat at y'all later!!!!!!!!
MJ

BC Rescue

This is just a little note that I got from BC Rescue... I hope you enjoy it and may you all have a wonderful day!!!!!!

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are hislife, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, tothe last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of suchdevotion. -Anonymous

The Story of Fill the Boot

The Story of Fill the Boot Many of you have never heard the names Butch Snyder and Jim Grigsby. They weren't movie stars, or writers or musicians or the heads of industry. They were firefighters. And while their names may not be familiar, their legacy lives on every year because of an idea they had back in 1954. In that year, Butch and Jim, along with a group of Nevada Firefighters, decided that they wanted to do something good for Jerry's kids. So they grabbed their work boots and headed out into the community with the hope that people would fill those boots with money. The people did, and they haven't stopped. Since that humble beginning in 1954 firefighters' boots have overflowed with coin and cash totaling more than $145 million dollars! Fill the Boot has grown into one of MDA's biggest fund raisers. The money collected over the past forty-four years has funded breakthrough research, clinics, Summer Camp, and medical equipment for thousands and thousands of kids and adults. But, Fill the Boot is not just about ho0e for people with neuromuscular disease, it is about remembering. In a sad twist of irony, both Butch Snyder and Jim Grigsby, two of the Nevada Firefighters who took those first boots out in 1954, themselves succumbed to neuromuscular disease and died early deaths. The story of Fill the Boot is not a sad one, however. It is a story that celebrates life. It is a story that tells us about the spirit of human caring. It is a story that tells us how a few people can challenge anything, even a disease, if they have the generosity of hear, like that of a firefighter.

Learn the facts!

Subject: Learn the facts!

Learn these facts to properly debateour poor misguided friends &family before election time !!!

There were 39 combat related killingsin Iraq during the month of January.....In the fair city of Detroit there were35 murders in the month of January.

That's just one American city,about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.

When some claim President Bush shouldn'thave started this war, state the following:

FDR...led us into World War II.Germany never attacked us: Japan did.From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost,an average of 112,500 per year.

Truman...finished that war and started one in Korea,North Korea never attacked us.From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost,an average of 18,334 per year.

John F. Kennedy...started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.Vietnam never attacked us.

Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire.From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost,an average of 5,800 per year.

Clinton...went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent,Bosnia never attacked us.He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platterthree times by Sudan and did nothing.Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.

In the two years since terrorists attacked us
President Bush has ...
liberated two countries,
crushed the Taliban,
crippled al-Qaida,
put nuclear inspectors in Libya,Iran and North Koreawithout firing a shot,
and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

The Democrats are complainingabout how long the war is taking, but...It took less time to take Iraqthan it took Janet Reno to take theBranch Davidian compound.That was a 51 day operation.

We've been looking for evidence ofchemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.

It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Divisionand the Marines to destroy the MedinaRepublican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy tocall the police after his Oldsmobilesank at Chappaquiddick.

It took less time to take Iraq than it tookto count the votes in Florida!!!!

Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB!
The Military moral is high!

The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.

PASS IT ON.

VIVA LA FRENCH

During a raging battle, French soldiers captured a British officer. One soldier sneered and asked, "Why do you British officers wear red coats? Don't you know it's easier to see you and target you in a gun fight?"

The officer replied, "We wear red coats so that the soldiers we lead will not see blood and lose heart when we are wounded."

The Frenchman thought about this and passed the story on to his commanding officers. They were impressed and saw the logic in what the officer said. And that is why, to this very day, French officers wear brown pants in battle.

You know you're living in 2004 when...

You know you're living in 2004 when...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family isthat they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You go home after a long day at work you still answer the phonein a business manner.

7. You make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to getan outside line.

8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for threedifferent companies.

10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.

11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.

12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to seeif anyone is home.

13. Every commercial on television has a website at the bottom ofthe screen.

14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn'thave the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic andyou turn around to go and get it.

15. You get up in the morning and go online before getting yourcoffee.

16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)

17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forwardthis message.

19. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9on this list.

AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

Go on, forward this to your friends ...you know you want to!

One Nation Under God

A college professor, an avowed Atheist, was teaching his class. He shocked several of his students when he flatly stated he was going to prove there is no God.
Addressing the ceiling he shouted: "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!"

The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a pin fall. Ten minutes went by.
Again he taunted God, saying, "Here I am, God, I'm still waiting!"

His countdown got down to the last couple of minutes when a Marine just released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked up to the professor, hit him full force in the face, and sent him ver teacups from his lofty platform. The professor was out cold!
At first the students were shocked and babbled in confusion. The young Marine took a seat in the front row and sat silent. The class fell silent...waiting.

Eventually, the professor came to, shaken. He looked at the young Marine in the front row. When the professor regained his senses and could speak he asked: "What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?"

"God was busy. He sent me."

One Nation Under God

My Pirate's Name

Your pirate name is:

Bloody Mary Cash

Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!

Daddy's Empty Chair:

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come
and pray with her father.

When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows.

An empty chair sat beside his bed.

The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit.

"I guess you were expecting me, he said.

'No, who are you?" said the father.

The minister told him his name and then remarked, "I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up,"

"Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man.

"Would you mind closing the door?"

Puzzled, the minister shut the door.

"I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter," said the man.

"But all of my life I have never known how to pray.

At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head."

I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the old man continued, "until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me, "Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest."

"Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not spooky because he promised, 'I will be with you always'. "Then just speak to him in the same way you're doing with me right now."

"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day. I'm careful though. If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm."

The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey.

Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her daddy had died that afternoon.

"Did he die in peace?" he asked.

"Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later, I found him dead. But there was something strange about his death.

Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his head on the chair beside the bed.

What do you make of that?"

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said,

"I wish we could all go like that."

I asked God for water,

He gave me an ocean.

And when I asked God for a flower,

He gave me a garden.

I asked God for a friend,

He gave me all of YOU

Put the Glass Down

Put the Glass Down

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management.

He raised a glass of water and asked the audience,
"How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"

The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm.

"It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.

If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.

It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

"If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."

"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."

We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.

So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.

Pick it up again later when you have rested...

Rest and relax.

Life is short, enjoy it!!

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
and some days you're the statue.

Always keep your words soft and sweet,
just in case you have to eat them.

Always read stuff that will make you look
good if you die in the middle of it.

Drive carefully. It's not only cars that
can be recalled by their maker.

Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing
worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.

If you can't be kind, at least have the
decency to be vague.

If you lend someone $20, and never see
that person again, it was probably worth it.

It may be that your sole purpose in life
is simply to serve as a warning to others.

Never buy a car you can't push.

Never put both feet in your mouth at the
same time, because then you don't
have a leg to stand on.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

The early worm gets eaten by the bird,
so sleep late.

When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.

Birthdays are good for you; the more
you have, the longer you live.

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun
to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty, some
are dull, some have weird names, and
all are different colors but they all
have to learn to live in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who can
enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.

Have an awesome day, and know that
someone has thought about you today....

MY LITTLE HOUSE!!!!

I HAVE MY OWN LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT NOW!!!!!!! It is really my parents old house,... but i like it and it is JUST ME!!!!! I like living there and i have set up my own phone and internet conection (high-speed)!!! That means that I can start playing "CALL OF DUTY" only one of the most awesome games ever!!!!!!!!!

Classes are going pretty well... I am taking my Child Development class from BYU Provo On-Line right now. Master's classes start next summer semester.

chat at y'all later!!!

Check out my other posts they have been updated some.

Bye for now,
Martha

NAVY Profile.... it was kind of cool to take the survey....

YOUR WHO I AM RESULTS:
When you talk, people listen. When you lead, people follow.

The pressure’s on and you’re on top of your game. Deadlines are your thing and you meet every one of them.

You think ahead. You invest in yourself. What you do today will pay off tomorrow.

You have a brain and you use it. You read books without pictures in them. You want to go to school, get ahead and do it right.

You like being part of the crew. Your friends, your family, your people, you win, you lose — together.

You’re on point, anticipating anything that could happen. You’re a planner — you’ll never be caught off guard.

No surprises. That’s what you’re about. You like knowing ahead of time what’s going to happen and what’s expected of you.

The people you work with are more than the people you work with — they’re your family.

Border Collie Rescue Texas

I am now a foster home for Border Collies here in Texas!!!! Right now I have "Rain" a 3 month old tri color male pup. He is great!!! He is sleeping under my feet right now as I am typing this. He is going to his new home on Monday. He will be a ranch dog on 10 acres on the Red River, Texas. He is so cute!!!!!
I went to a Fly-Ball Race today and that ROCKED!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! It is so cool to see what those dogs can do!!!!!!!

In other news: I am still meeting with my Personal Trainer and working out at Bally's Fitness Center.
I am now 25 years old (as of earlier this month)
My mom is working on her Novel.
My dad is running the store as always.
My brother and sister-in-law are doing well and own their house now.
My younger brother is still at TAMU getting his degree.
I am getting my MAT (Masters of Art in Teaching) in Bilingual Education.

Bally's Total Fitness Center

I have started up with a personal trainer at Bally's Gym here in Texas. Working on getting my right knee back up to speed and getting better fit. I'll let y'all know how that goes.
But i'm at work and have to go for now.
Choa
MJ

BACK FROM VEGAS!!!

HOWDY ALL!!!!!!!!!
John (my brother) and I are back from the Shot Show in Las Vegas, NV. Learned a lot from that trade show!!! WOW!!! And I learned to LOOK DOWN!!! Wow don't look at the billboards out there!!!!!!!!! That was crazy!!! Never seen so many exposed girls... wow.... i didn't look up for the rest of the week.
Had fun at the show, but we were so tired afterwards that we didn't get a chance to do much else.
hope y'all have a great week!!!
bye for now
MJ

26 Things That A Perfect Guy Would Do

Hey everyone!!!!!!!!!!! Just got this email and thought I would share it with everyone else. Hope you like them... and guys take notes, we (girls) really do like these things!!!!
I am at work right now... can't chat much right now... will post on Friday 6th.
Take care and keep smiling!!! ;)
MJ
PS... I will be in Las Vegas, NV the week of Feb 11th to the 16th for the Shot Show. So I won't be able to post that week. Okay chat at y'all then!!!

26 Things That A Perfect Guy Would Do:

1. Know how to make you smile when you are down.

2. Try to secretly smell your hair, but you always notice.

3. Stick up for you, but still respects your independence................

4. Give you the remote control during the game.

5. Come up behind you and put his arms around you.

6. Play with your hair.

7. His hands always find yours.

8. Be cute when he really wants something.

9. Offer you plenty of massages.

10. Dance with you, even if he feels like a dork.

11. Never run out of love.

12. Be funny, but know how to be serious.

13. Realize he's being funny when he needs to be serious.

14. Be patient when you take forever to get ready.

15. React so cutely when you hit him and it actually hurts.

16. Smile a lot.

17. Plans a romantic date full of cheesy things he wouldn't normally like to do, just because he knows it means a lot to you.

18. Appreciate you.

19. Help others out.

20. Drive 5 hours just to see you for 1.

21. Always gives you a peck on the cheek when you depart from each others company, even when his friends are watching.

22. Sing, even if he can't.

23. Have a creative sense of humor.

24. Stare at you.

25. Call for no reason.

26. Quit smoking, chewing, drinking, or drugs - just because he loves you that much to quit it.

Now Make a wish!!!!!!~~AND MAKE IT A GOOD ONE!!!!

MASTERS PROGRAM

Howdy All!!!!

I just applied for the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from Texas Woman's Universty for my certificate in teaching Bilingual Education!!!!!!! I am excited!!!!!!!! I will aslo get to teach starting in the Fall and finish up my MA!!!!!!!! This is going great here!!!!!!!!

MJ

Sorry been sick.

Howdy everyone~~

Sorry I haven't posted for a little while... I caught that bug that has been going around and it laid me out for about a week!!! But I am getting better now, so I should be able to go back to work in the morning (saturday). I don't like being sick, it isn't a lot of fun y'all know!!!

Anyway... I am working for my dad right now... Not really dating anyone at the moment, but that could change (some cute guys in the area)... working out at Bally's Gym... Starting to work at the Dallas Texas Temple again (as soon as it opens from cleaning)... Yeah that is all I can think of right now... Oh... and I am training with Dallas again!!! (German Shepard Dog now 13 months old)... Yep that is it... have to go for now... chat at y'all again later.

MJ

New Adventure

Good eveing all~~

Hope everyone is doing well and that this email finds you all in good health.

I have started up a with my brother and sister-in-law at the Bally's Total Fitness Center. Today was my first visit and I will be going back again in the morning at 0630 hrs!!!!!!! I am excited!!!!!!! Very nice fitness center with personal trainers!!!

Work is going well too!!! All seems to be working out just fine down here in TEXAS!!!!!

Well, good night and chat back soon.

MJ

Howdy~~

I am working at TargetMaster right now with my family and it is good. I am getting better at cleaning all the guns and teaching the classes. I'll be going down to Austin for the CHL Instructor class so that I can start teaching.


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***UPDATE***
CHL INSTRUCTOR CLASS IS IN AUGUST 2004!!!

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I will be teaching at the Garland ISD soon as a sub and then in the Fall I will start as a full-time teacher.

I have to go and help finish cleaning the rental guns now. Chat at y'all later. Texas is good!!!!! I am glad to be home!!!!!

MJ

The funeral went well and there were many of my Grandpa's family and friends there.

I have Graduated from BUY-I and I will be looking for work as a teacher.

My friend Karin is back in Rexburg and starting her Senior year at BYU-I she has 2 more semesters to go!!! I was suppose to have picked her up from the airport in SLC and driven her back, but I wasn't able to do that so I brought her a travel buddy, one of my friends Jaimi Hunt, and they went back on the Trailways bus to Rexburg. I packed up my stuff and headed for home with my dad who flew in Monday afternoon and we started on the 30 hour road trip. We arrived today, Wednesday, late in the afternoon.

I have to go to bed now it is 2220 hrs and I have to be at work in the morning at 0900 hrs.

Love y'all
MJ