What is Forgiveness?

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New Photo Blog - come follow me

So for the new year I started a new blog, its a photo 365 blog, Flojomo365

be sure to stop by and click on follow me.

here are a few of the 1st photos of it.

I am Thankful for

I AM THANKFUL FOR



MY WIFE

Who says it's hot dogs tonight (not my fav)

because she is home with me

And not out with someone else.



FOR THE HUSBAND

Who is on the sofa being a couch potatoe

Because he is home with me

and not out at the bar



FOR THE TEENAGER

Who has a messy room and is refusing to clean it

because it means she is at home

and not on the streets



FOR THE TAXES I PAY

Because it means

I am employed and earning money



FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY

Because it means

I have been surrounded by friends



FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG IN THE NEW YEAR

Because it means

I have enough to eat



FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK

Because it means

I am out in the sunshine



FOR THE LAWNS THAT NEED MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, GUTTERS NEED FIXING

Because it means I have a home



FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT

Because it means we have freedom of speech



FOR THE ONLY PARKING SPOT AT THE FAR END OF THE CARPARK

Because it means

I am capable of walking and I have been blessed with transportation



FOR THE HUGE HEATING BILL AFTER THIS COLD WINTER

Because it means I am warm



FOR THE LADY IN CHURCH SINGING OFF KEY

Because it means I can hear



FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING

Because it means I have clothes to wear



FOR THE ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY

Because it means I have been capable of working hard



FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF EARLY IN THE MORNING

Because it means I am alive



And finally for too many silly emails

Because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.

My Blackberry

This is so funny, I loved the Two Ronnie's, 2 fork handles sketch and this is a perfect upgrade.

James School Play 2010

Go Left

Sarah-Jane school choir singing White Christmas

Silent Monks

WOW

Armless Pianist Liu Wei - You're Beautiful

Happy Halloween

Depression

Musical Stairs

Very Clever

Some of the books I read this year.

These are a few of my favorite books from the last year....

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult or Anything by Jodi Picoult 
The Cruel Mother by Sian Busby 
Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived by Maria Housden 
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 
Before I Die by Jenny Downham 
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble 
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale 
The Cruel Mother: A Family Ghost Laid to Rest by Sian Busby 
Digging to America by Anne Tyler 
Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Relentless by Simon Kernick 
Be Careful What You Wish for by Alexandra Potter 
Come Away with Me by Sara MacDonald 
If the Spirit Moves You: Love and Life After Death by Justine Picardie 
The Memory Stones by Kate O'Riordan 
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown 
The Girls by Lori Lansens 
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards 
Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson 
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard 
The Island by Victoria Hislop 
Past Secrets by Cathy Kelly 
Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters 
The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde
My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson 
31 Songs by Nick Hornby 
Things My Mother Never Told Me by Blake Morrison 
Loving Him by Kate O'Riordan 
The Woman on the Bus by Pauline McLynn 
If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon 
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 

Susan Boyle on BGT - WOW

25 Random thngs about me.

1. I love being a Stay at Home Mum with my kids. Am grateful every day for the chance to spend my day with them.

2. I lived in Belgium 

3. Always wanted to be a singer ( I sing like a frog )

4. One of the rare people who actually liked school and would do it all over again.

5. Think the best sound in the whole world is my kids giggling.

6. Met my Husband via Yahoo Personals, he'd only been living across the street my whole life.

7. I believe in ghosts and have seen a few.

8. Hate Bananas - yuck

9. I've UK size 9 feet - thats an US 11 and a EU 43

10. I'm afraid of birds in a house. Don't like them flying about...gives me the creeps.

11. I was a Brownie, Girl Guide and Ranger.

12. Been on a safari in the Sahara Desert on a Camel...HOT!

13. I've got everything I always wanted. Husband & 2 Beautiful Kids

14. Would love to learn to fly.

15. I'm addicted to books and usually have 3 on the go at once

16. I've always drove Renault Cars, just love the comfort of them.

17. Want to grow old in Tuscany with my DH.

18. Miss teaching computers

19. Love Bruce Springsteen

20. Fell 100 feet of a mountain while skiing back in 2000, had to be rescued by the mountain rescue and airlifted home, I'm now disabled because of my spinal injuries.

21. Hate wearing shoes and kick them off as soon as I'm indoors

22. Would love to have another 2 kids, but have accepted that it ain't possible.

23. I'm addicted to my laptop and my online friends make my life a little brighter every day.

24. Family is the most important thing in my life, they're all that matter and will always come 1st.

25.Think this is my mantra - " I'm not bossy I just have better ideas"

Weird Death Notice in Local Paper...

Below is an extract from the Irish News for today 18th February.... bit spooky, considering my name is Maureen Breen and my husband is John Breen.....

BREEN John, February 17 2009 peacefully at Belfast City Hospital. Beloved father of John and Bobby, formerly of Scotch Street and latterly of 589 Antrim Road, Belfast. Remains will be removed from his late residence Thursday 19 at 11.30am for 12 noon Requiem Mass at St. Therese of Lisieux, Somerton Road, Belfast. Burial afterwards in Milltown Cemetery. Deeply regretted by his sons, daughters-in-law, grand-children, great grandchildren and entire family circle. Family flowers only, donations in lieu to Action Cancer.

BREEN (Craigavon) (nee Magee) February 17 2009 peacefully, Maureen beloved wife of the late Michael (Mickey) 309 Drumbeg North, and much loved mother of Lisa, Edward, Martina, Stephen, Paul, Linda, Francis and Thomas and the late Michael and Linda R.I.P. Funeral on Friday at 10.15am from her late residence to St. Anthony’s Church for 11.00am Requiem Mass. Interment afterwards in St. John’s Cemetery, Lylo. Our Lady of Lourdes pray for her. Very deeply regretted by her loving daughters, sons, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and the entire family circle.

Real story by a Man who was standing in a queue in Tesco's......

I have 2 dogs & I was buying a large bag of Winalot in Tesco and was standing in the queue at the till. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Winalot Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and the way that it works is to load your trouser pockets with Winalot nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the queue was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.

Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition because I had been poisoned. I told her no, it was because I'd been sitting in the road licking my balls and a car hit me.I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard as he staggered out the door.

Stupid cow.........why else would I buy dog food??

I am the new year

I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page
in your book of time.

I am your next chance at the art of living.

I am your opportunity to practice what you
have learned about life during the last twelve months.

All that you sought and didn't find is hidden in me,
waiting for you to search it out with more determination.

All the good that you tried for and didn't achieve
is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.

All that you dreamed but didn't dare to do,
all that you hoped but did not will,
all the faith that you claimed but did not have...
these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened
by the touch of a strong purpose.

I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance
to Him who said, "behold, I make all things new."

I am the new year.

Elf yourself 2008