Come Hop With Me On New Years!

It's a new year and a new weekend. First of all...

Do you make resolutions? What are they??

Personally, I don't. Because I don't need to lose weight, I live a pretty peaceful life, generally we are financially stable (excluding medical bills). And I know that I won't keep any resolutions that I make.

Now, as usual, it's Weekend Wandering with For The Love Blogs. So be sure to get with them and join the community if you have yet to do so and add your button to their hop.



BUT!! Before you do so, be sure to also ADD YOUR LINK to my link up tool (below).

Just please remember if you participate in MY hop...The *ONLY* stipulation I have is to please LEAVE A *GENUINE* COMMENT here on my page to show that you have read it. Not a copy/paste thing or a "I followed you/follow me back" comment... I am okay with people stating if they came from another blog hop and found me. But I don't play the "followed you/follow me back" game.

**If you cannot abide by that one simple rule for linking on my page, I wish for you to NOT link it at all, nor even leave a COMMENT on my page.

If *anyone* is caught breaking the rules for MY BLOG PAGE and the way I wish to run MY blog hop/link up, then the comment and/or blog link and button will be DELETED.

Now leave your link here, and then get hopping over to FTLOB (via their button) and join in the community and the fun!

Some People Make Me Want To Bang My Head On The Desk...(Blog Hop Stuff)

What part(s) of the following do people apparently NOT get when I post this??...

"The *ONLY* stipulation I have is to please LEAVE A *GENUINE* COMMENT here on my page to show that you have read it. Not a copy/paste thing or a "I followed you/follow me back" comment... I am okay with people stating if they came from another blog hop and found me. But I don't play the "followed you/follow me back" game.

**If you cannot abide by that one simple rule for linking on my page, I wish for you to NOT link it at all. I hope you understand. Thanks.."

You will find this one my posts that I add my Linky Tools link up button to. And that is only maybe (now) twice a week to run in time with For The Love Of Blogs as to give them more exposure and to further help out my fellow bloggers from that community and other places within the blogosphere.

I don't "have to" add the tool to any of my blogs. I do it because I want to and I like helping others to gain more readers. Not just myself.

Thanks to "link and run" types of "users and abusers" of the link up ability to my page, I removed it. Then decided to bring it back here and there. Then, I felt that I wanted to help Vic and Ashley at FLOB by also doing a link up capability on the posts I run to show case them and two of their blog hops I'm involved with.

So now, I will say it this way from now on in ALL FUTURE blog hop posts that I provide a link up tool for others to add to...

"The *ONLY* stipulation I have is to please LEAVE A *GENUINE* COMMENT here on my page to show that you have read it. Not a copy/paste thing or a "I followed you/follow me back" comment... I am okay with people stating if they came from another blog hop and found me. But I don't play the "followed you/follow me back" game.

**If you cannot abide by that one simple rule for linking on my page, I wish for you to NOT link it at all, nor even leave a COMMENT on my page.

If *anyone* is caught breaking the rules for MY BLOG PAGE and the way I wish to run MY blog hop/link up, then the comment and/or blog link and button will be DELETED.

I hope you understand. Thanks.."...

Now, do you all think that THIS will make it clear? Especially if you have actually READ FTLOB's "rules" about blog hopping and leaving comments on other's blogs. They also *DO NOT CONDONE* copy/paste comments or the "followed you/follow me back" comments and also feel it is TACKY as well as RUDE.

If these things keep happening on my blog, then I will put an END TO PROVIDING a link up/blog hop on my blog page.

Oh Boy! I got Tagged by Donna!!

Apparently, Ms. Donna over at Write Now Write Later got sly on me and TAGGED me in a questionnaire. So here it goes, folks!

4 shows I watch:
1. All My Children
2. Ghost Hunters
3. The Walking Dead
4. Myth Busters, How it’s Made, all those weird shows! <
4 things I am passionate about:
1. Animals! Hey, I’m the cat lady, you’re not surprised right? (No wonder Donna and I click, eh?)
2. Reading and Writing of course << Yep, yep!
3. Chocolate
4. My family (AMEN SISTA!!)

4 phrases I say a lot:
1. "I don't think so!"
2. "Bite Me...Seriously!"
3. “Freaking nuts are you?"
4. “Aw hell nah!"

4 things I have learned from the past:
1. Life goes on, no matter how bad things get.
2. There are friends, and there are friends that are just another part of your family.
3. Putting one's self last all of the time has permanent consequences that don't ONLY affect you.
4. Having a heart for others makes you the richest person in the world.

4 places I would like to go:
1. Ireland
2. Scotland
3. Disney World/Land
4. Smithsonian

4 things I did yesterday:
1. Wrapped Presents.
2. Watched my husband put up outdoor Christmas stuff.
3. Listened to my kids.
4. Wrapped MORE presents.

4 things I am looking forward to:
1. January!
2. Celebrating the holidays with my family. < 3. possibility of disability going giving the rest of the money due my kid thanks to THEIR screw up (again).
4. Seeing the excitement on my youngings’ faces when find under the wrapping all the things that they've been hoping for...Though they did NOT get EVERYTHING that they wanted.

4 things I love about winter:
1. Snow, Snow, Snow!.
2. The holidays of course.
3. Warm blankets and sweaters.
4. Hot cocoa.

4 things on my wish list:
1. That Scott's granddad pulls off another miracle and is still around for at least one more Spring.
2. Sorcerer's Apprentice with Nicolas Cage!
3. At least make it to one hundred readers for my blogs!
4. A good next year for all my family and friends.

4 people I tag:

Angel over at Angel Believes.

Alexes at One Cluttered Brain.

Dez at Lullabye.

Jessica Penot at Ghost Stories and Haunted Places.