Today is my 32nd birthday. Another day older, but yet the wiser seems to elude me! I have had so many well wishes and phone calls. Thanks everyone! A friend brought me some Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey Ice-cream this morning. I had told her last week how I had resisted it while at the grocery store. So, I am not sure if her giving it to me was vindictive or not.:) No, I was happy! It is my birthday, so I needed to indulge in something bad for me. ( Bad, but oh so good!) I decided to have only a spoonful then put it back in the freezer. Well, One spoon turned to two, then three. Then 3 year old Delaney and 2 year old Sophie came over for a little taste. Well, we made of game of it. How could I resist those faces? I would give one a bite, then the other. Then of course they INSISTED that I have a bite too. So you see where I am going with this folks? Yes, it's true. We ate the WHOLE thing. All 473 mL. 1 pint of creamy, delectable, 300 calorie and 18 grams of fat per tasty serving of it!

I was thinking. ( A big stretch, I know.But, stay with me for a minute!) My Mom said she had a proposition on MYspace yesterday. She e-mailed me the letter, and I just can't resist posting it here. I will add my thoughts in italics, and my response to her at the end. I got a good laugh out of it!

" Sounds like your place was a busy/popular spot in the neighborhood. That's good. You must be a very open, approachable "mom" and anchor to have such a wide following. Have you ever spoken with anyone, in person, that you've encountered in here? Done lunch, a walk in the mall or any such nonsense? Totally non-romantic.( yeah right) I'm not suggesting any such thing actually. I'm just a person who likes to take walks and have met a few interesting people from online who also like to walk.( I am surprised only people online like to walk, I thought it was a pretty universal thing?) So I guess it was a suggestion of sorts but no problem or pressure one way or the other. Anyhoo, have a good one. DJ "

I told my mom to respond as such( Please, no offense to those wheelchair bound, oxygenated, or severally overweight)

" You should write back and tell him how you are physically unable to walk, as you weigh 467 pounds and are in a wheelchair with an oxygen mask. But, maybe he could push you around at the mall, since you have been house bound since 1986...."

Any other suggestions? I have to honestly say I have never been asked out on MYSpace. I did have some guy ask me to be his friend, as he has just moved to Memphis from India. Does this really happen often?

Have a good night:)

ChristinaMaria

 

Okay, Just some fun stuff today. Does anybody else read the peciluar news from MSN? WEll your in for a treat today. Here are a few of my favorites! I am really wishing this first story could happen to me!

Solved! The case of the mystery maid
Unexpectedly cleaned house befuddles woman, and police just laugh!

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - When Debbie Phillips tried to report a crime, police just snickered. "I told him that someone came into my house and cleaned," the president of the Putnam County School Board said. "He just laughed."
The problem wasn't that her home smelled a little fresher or looked a little tidier. The problem was that Phillips had no idea who the mystery cleaner was.
Her husband denied cleaning up the joint. So did her next-door neighbor. Everyone she asked denied responsibility.

All she knew was the rugs weren't where she had left them that morning in June. Trinkets had been rearranged and in the master bedroom, the bed was made differently.
It didn't look like anything had been stolen, but she couldn't be sure.
Nearly a month passed before the mystery was solved. Her son called her at work recently after a cleaning lady arrived at the front door.
As it turns out, her neighbor across the street, with a similar house number, the same number of rooms to be cleaned and a house key hidden in a similar spot outside, had hired a cleaning service.
"They just came to the wrong door," Phillips said.

© 2006 The Associated Press.


Workers discover chocolate Virgin Mary
Drippings beneath vat at chocolatier bear resemblance to mother of Jesus

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. - As a chocolatier to the rich and famous, Martucci Angiano has posed with many celebrities — but on Thursday she held in her hand a figure that dazzles her more than any Hollywood star.
Workers at Angiano's gourmet chocolate company, Bodega Chocolates, discovered under a vat a 2-inch-tall column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a striking resemblance to the Virgin Mary.
Since the discovery Monday, Angiano's employees have spent much of their time hovering over the tiny figure, praying and placing rose petals and candles around it.



"I was raised to believe in the Virgin Mary, but this still gives me the chills," Angiano said as she balanced the dark brown figure in her hand. "Everyone should see this."
Kitchen worker Cruz Jacinto was the first to spot the lump of melted chocolate when she began her shift Monday cleaning up drippings that had accumulated under a large vat of dark chocolate.


Chocolate drippings usually harden in thin, flat strips on wax paper, but Jacinto said she froze when she noticed the unusual shape of this cast-off: It looked just like the Virgin Mary on the prayer card she always carries in her right pocket.
‘My eyes went directly to the chocolate’"When I come in, the first thing I do is look at the clock, but this time I didn't look at the clock. My eyes went directly to the chocolate," said Jacinto, dressed in a hair net and apron as she paused from her work. "I thought, 'Am I the only one who can see this? I picked it up and I felt emotion just come over me. For me, it was a sign."


Cruz Jacinto, an employee at Bodega Chocolates, holds a piece of chocolate believed to bear the likeness of the Virgin Mary and the prayer card she carries with a portrait of the Virgin Mary in Fountain Valley on Thursday.

The chocolate, on display for most of the week in the front of the company gift shop, now rests in a plastic case in a back room and is brought out only for curious visitors.
The stack of hardened confection has a wide base and tapers gently toward a rounded top, giving the appearance of a female figure with her head tilted slightly to the right. The dark brown melting chocolate hardened into subtle layers that resemble the folds of a gown and a flowing veil.

A tiny white circle, about the size of a pencil eraser, sits in the upper center of the creation, just above a slight ridge that runs across it. Cruz says the white speck is the head of the Baby Jesus as he is held in Mary's folded arms.
For Jacinto, the discovery came just in time. The single mother has struggled with marital problems for months and says she was about to lose her faith.
‘This has given me renewed faith’"I have big problems right now, personally, and lately I've been saying that God doesn't exist," she said, pulling the dog-eared prayer card out of her pocket. "This has given me renewed faith."
Angiano, who co-owns the 10-year-old company with her sister, has rubbed shoulders with plenty of stars in her job.


The gourmet boutique runs booths at all the big awards shows, including the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Country Music Awards and the Latin Grammys. Pictures of Angiano with top celebrities — and her chocolates — line the office walls.
But this week's brush with the image of a 2,000-year-old idol has left even Angiano star-struck.
"That's our Oscar right there," she said.

© 2006 The Associated Press.

Okay, Honestly, I see a bird if anything, maybe a falcon. If I really focus, Darth Vadar in all his evilness. I think if you look at something long enough, you can make anything you want out of it. Like, right now I am staring at the light fixture in my son's room. It's, wait, It looks like. Sponge. Sponge Bob. No. Sponge Bob Square Pants. Okay, so it really is Sponge Bob in all his squareness smiling his pearly whites at me with the light switch as his nose.
My challenge to you today is to look at the objects you come in contact with and see if they are not really an image of your favorite Backstreet Boy, or Madonna. Heck. Maybe you will see Dubwa, or your Great Grandma Jo. Please send any images to me. I will keep my eyes out today! Cherrio.
ChristinaMaria