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Dear Friend,

On this very special day (your 40th birthday) I wanted to take some time to reflect on our friendship and tell you how very special you are to me.

We met in 1981 (or 82 depending on the time of year) at cheer-leading tryouts.  I was in the 8th grade and you were in 7th.  Just saying that makes me feel a little old.  I believe you needed a flyer for your tryout and I agreed to assist.  We both made the squad and have been friends ever since (almost).  We spent our youth pushing the limits of “good girls”.  We never went out of our way to get into trouble, but surely pushed the envelope a little.  Like the time you insisted on going into The Small Planet because we knew my dad was in there and you thought we should say hi.  We never made it past the bar.  Two gentleman my father’s age insisted on buying us drinks, who were we to say no?   My dad came over and asked what we were drinking and tried to tell the men that I was his 17 year old daughter, but I insisted it wasn’t true and the men believed me (because they wanted to).  Dad had a pretty good sense of humor so we didn’t get in trouble…but we probably should have.

I’m sure we’ll never forget drinking tequila (stolen from Dad’s liquor cabinet) with diet Rock’n Rye.  We keep saying we’re going to do that again, but we never do.  Maybe we’re getting smarter!  We spent many nights up chatting about everything and I never felt like there was anything I couldn’t tell you.  I remember the fight you got into with your mom and then you moved in with us until…you had to scrub the kitchen floor after dropping your waffle on it.  Yep, bucket and scrub brush had you racing to get home.  Do you think the parents anticipated that?

I remember all the fun times we had after I moved in (both times) with you guys.  This was a more permanent arrangement and I’m sure my dad felt better knowing that 1) I moved a couple blocks away and 2) there was an adult monitoring our (my) comings and goings.  I guess since I was there most the time anyway, it made sense to move in and pay rent.

I’ll always remember sharing first loves and heartache and a hermaphrodite snowman. 

 We had a slight (10 year) fall out but once reconnected fell right back into stride.  I look forward to our yearly visits and am excited to have our first Mommy & Me trip with the girls.  I hope you know that you are like a sister to me and I treasure all our time spent together and hope it continues through the ages and the girls can become friends as well.  What a great friendship to pass along.

Thanks for being a great friend even if sometimes I didn’t deserve it.

R~

Dear Jack Frost,

I really need your help.  I came to live with this very nice family 5 years ago.  They treat me well, and show me off to all their friends and neighbors every December.  This family has 2 small children.  The little one gives me a hug every time she passes by. 

The problem is, these kids think I look just fine in their front yard.  I sit here every year, on this itchy grass, and they don’t even realize that I look out of place.  Could you please help me and them out.  I would really prefer to sit on some nice pillowy snow this year.  I’m getting tired of the itchy butt and these kids deserve some snow to play in.

Bottom line:  I look stupid sitting in the grass and the only ones who get that is the Mom that lives here and me.  So please, Mr. Frost, could we have a little snow this year?

Your Friend,

Frosty

Dear EntreCarders,

I just recently became aware of the situation with Turnip.  I visit his blog regularly and will miss not dropping cards on him, but Seriously?

I do not visit the EC forum that often and am not aware of all the drama that ensues.  I understand that there are faithful users who have tried to make the site more user friendly, others who have made suggestions, and some who just feel as though they are not being heard…but, Seriously?

Why personally attack a guy who was thoughtful enough to develop this service and give it to you for FREE?  Maybe it was a joke, maybe it was to stand out, maybe it was an intentional cruelty by a member who thinks they can develop a better platform.  I don’t know, and I don’t care.  Here is what I know:

You were selling EC credits on you sites and taking money away from the guy who gave them to you, which in my book is stealing.  If you want to “get stuff” and make a profit re-selling it…check out ebay.

You are now upset with the new terms and think it is unfair.  You are trash talking a guy who is only trying to “make it” just as you are.  Where’s all the camaraderie now?

Someone gives you a free service, works to make it the best advertising for your site, and when he changes the rules you yell foul?  How about instead of all the name calling, you just quit using the service? 

I’m not suggesting by any means that people should leave entrecard.  I have found the service very valuable and have met some very interesting people and blogs that I would not have met if not for the service.  I am grateful.

You do not have to share my opinion, but be realistic.  If someone gives you something for free…say Thank You, don’t demean their character because the free thing isn’t exactly what you wanted or transformed into something else.

 Thanks for stopping by.  I’m assuming your EC dropping but hope you like what you read and will come back.  This is my 3rd blog.  While I originally got into the blogging business to see if I could make a little extra cash, this blog is my outlet to voice my opinions and is a little more “me” than the others.  I share more of my true feelings and what I’m about here and take the opportunity to use my wit and sarcasm that I have had to curb since the addition of children.  This is also the blog that my family does NOT know about.  I may/have vented some frustrations and would never want to hurt their feelings.  That being said, please feel free to stop by anytime and tell me what you think.

I happened into a Walmart store on a Friday evening at approximately 9:00pm almost 5 years ago, and after that visit, swore to never go back.  I have nothing against Walmart (or at least didn’t at that time, but am thoroughly disgusted at their treatment of the Shank family, but that is another issue). 

I understand that their prices are low and that the convenience of 24 hour shopping is tempting, but if you have small children who should be in bed at this time and are “acting out” due to being at Walmart and not in their beds, you should cut them a little slack, or come at a better time.

The amount of abuse I witnessed in the 30 minutes I was at the store broke my heart.  My son was 3 months old, and yes, he was with my husband and I.  He was asleep in his stroller.  If he had started crying, I would’ve known that  he was hungry, and/or tired and would not have taken this “inconvenience” out on him.

I saw children yelled at, yanked, smacked, and literally thrown or slammed into carts.  It was an outrageous display of abuse from all types of mothers and it totally disgusted me.  It’s been 5 years and another child since that first and only visit to Walmart and I do not feel any differently.

I told my husband that any further trips to Walmart would result in a trip to jail for me.  If I had to witness any of that again I would seriously hurt one of those moms, and would feel just in doing so.

Treat your children kinder and know their limitations on time and sleep, and if a late night trip can’t be avoided, at least expect your children to “act up” and make your trip as quick as possible.

Sincerely,

Disgusted Mother

Dear Fellow Bloggers,

I am in desperate need of help with this wordpress/Today blog.  I am very new to blogging and jumped right in with a Bravenet blog.  I then started a blogspot blog which I ended up purchasing the domain for, then I came across this program and thought it would be fun to just write letters.  I’ve been blogging for 3 months and have been trying to teach myself about the different formats for the different hosting sites and have done okay so far, or so I thought.

Today I noticed that I had 5 unmoderated comments (Sorry, Tammy) on this blog.  I thought I had set comments to automatically post, but obviously NOT.  They were from weeks ago and I’m wondering why I never noticed that they were waiting for moderation?

I also can not figure out how to get my EC Widget on this page.  I have it on my “who am I” page and you’ll go directly to that page if my card is clicked on, but then you might miss the actual content of my blog.

I will accept any and all help and will be eternally grateful for any advice.

Sincerely,

Confused with Wordpress

Dear Big Brother Jury Members,

I appreciate all you have gone through and realize that you are all pretty pissed for NOT winning the money.  Now is the time to vote for the house member who deserves the $500,000.  If you look back at all that has transpired, and put all your “hatred” aside and look at the game as a game I think the winner is obvious… 

 Dan has played a flawless game, outwitting all of you.  The only bad moved he made was “in the way” he put Michelle on the block.  While it was a little harsh for my liking, the move was strategic and got him to where he is today.  You must look at the big picture, who you trusted, who you didn’t, and see that while he played both sides, he always played for himself and always made the best choices for “his game”.  He even had to suffer through a week as “America’s Player” and although you thought he was acting strange, you let it go.  Please do the right thing and give Dan the money.

I’m watching,

BB fan