Cheryl Beckham

Years ago I must have expressed out loud in front of someone, somewhere, something about the cuteness of a frog lawn ornament, that had caught my eye, for some reason. I didn’t even buy the frog, but some how that was to be the start of the many, many frogs that have now seemingly taken over my house and lawn. Word got out and frogs are a constant, but welcomed gesture from folks, as a gift, a token, a present, a tip (after all, I am a bar tender, and we receive quite a variety of tips now and then) from virtually everywhere from all types of people that I have/had a relationship with over the years. I must have a frog made out of any and every type of material that is known to man, in all kinds of sizes, and stances.

For Christmas I was given a frog aquarium kit, which requires a check to be sent in with the order for the frogs to come in the mail, or I could go down to one of the many pet stores that have popped up all over the place in the past few years. I’m sure at least one will have baby frogs for sale, it seems like the more humane way to receive new members of the family. But going to the pet stores, any of them like PetCo, Puppy Palace, and Petsmart always leaves me with me wallet emptied out and my heart broken from not being able to take home more of the critters that are all there, just waiting for a home, and knowing that their chances of being purchased and treated adequately highly reduces most of their survival rates.

One of the places that I try not to go in to are the A.S.P.C.A. and Animal Shelters, I have never left one yet with out crying like a baby and feeling like a piece of scum, and dirty. Not something that I enjoy or look forward to doing, ever.

I came across a site the other evening while surfing the net, it’s at thecouplespot.com. Now it’s not that I am into meeting people online, I’ve never even been into a chat room, but I somehow ended up there and what caught my eye was the way they advertise as a great way to meet people, couples actually, (even families, with similar interests, from all over the world and they have a link designed with military couples in mind. I think that it is a cool idea and I can see where there is a need for those amongst us with similar tastes and practices in lifestyles to be able to reach out and share what they have in common with others.

Of course it is always a lot more fun to be able to do things with those who like to do the same things. If you’ve a family, then you’ll want to know of those who have families as well and know what its like. Or if you’re about to move it’d be nice to know there are those in the area that could ease your transition, help with schools, churches or whatever. And besides, it’s even a great tool for doing a little networking and actually putting yourself out there and becoming known!

Last night my friend and I were sitting in the den and I said to her, ‘I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all, If that ever happens, just pull the plug.’

So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine.

She’s such a bitch!

I was surfing the net today and found a web-site that goes by, roguesandromance.blogspot.com where I found a post that was discussing a new book by the name of “The Pirate Wench”, which authored by Melinda Barron. After taking a look at the description of the book I knew instantly that I had to order it right away. The cost was only $5.95 and they accepted payment through Pay Pal, which is great for me, I had the whole ordering process done in less than 3 minutes, beats the hell out of taking a trip to the bookstore, now doesn’t it.

One of my favorite things is taking a nice hot bubble bath and soaking these old bones while reading a good book. I’m so happy to find this site and it looks like they have several more books that I am excited to see, so I am bookmarking this site for future purchases and some interesting information also.

If you can not afford to get a blog or know how to set one up or whatever the reason don’t worry, there are plenty of places out there that offer free blogs for you to write with. The first is Wordpress.com and is the best one to use when writing a blog online through a free service.

The second is named Blogger and is run by Google.  If you don’t like either of those, then try out blog.com and see if they have what you like. I think all three of them are good!

Good Luck and Happy Blogging!