<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932</id><updated>2012-01-31T13:16:10.088-08:00</updated><category term='RON PAUL'/><category term='A Franciscan blessing'/><title type='text'>From One Butterfly to A Flutterby</title><subtitle type='html'>My musical randomness I guess. Inspire, Love, Hope, &amp;amp; wisdom.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-437642350894310752</id><published>2012-01-11T12:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T12:43:42.001-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to blog.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I'm back on the bloggin w&amp;#228;ggin. This most recent knee break is bound to set the most glorious fire under my ass. I think I'm going to start juicing. U are what you eat. My plump ass needs to get juiced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-437642350894310752?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/437642350894310752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=437642350894310752' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/437642350894310752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/437642350894310752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-to-blog.html' title='Back to blog.'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-9217711728723193720</id><published>2008-12-05T12:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T12:03:35.525-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush’s environmental legacy on GMOs is irreversible</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In a few hundred thousand years, after all weather effects of 21st century climate change have disappeared from the earth’s surface, after our quietly smoldering nuclear waste has been extinguished, two destructive impacts traceable to George Bush’s policies will yet remain.&lt;br /&gt;The first is extinctions. Species that have died out, including the subset resulting from Bush’s environmental policies, will forever deprive our evolving biosphere of their contribution.&lt;br /&gt;The second is genetically modified organisms (GMOs)—animals, plants, bacteria, and viruses, who’s DNA have been mixed and mangled by insertions from foreign species. Once released into the ecosystem, by intention or accident, the genetic pollution self-propagates. No recall by the Obama administration can clean up Mexico’s indigenous corn varieties, now contaminated by our genetically modified (GM) corn. No executive order can remove or even identify the wild mustard plants now carrying altered genes bestowed on it by the pollen from its cousin, GM canola.&lt;br /&gt;We all know stories that illustrate the exponential effects of invasive species. Here’s my favorite, recalled in my book &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.geneticroulette.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Genetic Roulette&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;On Christmas Day 1859, the Victorian Acclimatization Society released 24 rabbits into the Australian countryside so that settlers could hunt them for sport and feel more “at home.” The rabbits multiplied to well over 200 million, spreading out over 4 million square kilometers. That Christmas present now costs Australian agriculture about $600 million per year.&lt;br /&gt;Will GMOs of today show up as the “Australian rabbits” of the future? While their impact on our ecosystem and diet is largely unstudied, that has not stopped the current and past administrations from presiding over the release of millions of acres of GM crops. Not only does each plant carry a gene from bacteria or viruses, its DNA has hundreds or thousands of mutations resulting from the disruptive process of genetic engineering. Reports suggest that the side effects of &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://geneticroulette.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GMOs are quite dangerous&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Bush policies institutionalize GMO contamination&lt;br /&gt;If we were to ban GMOs today, as is more than justified, some contamination from commercialized GM food crops will nonetheless carry forward in the gene pool of those (and related) species. This includes contaminants from our largest farmed GM crops, including soybeans, yellow corn, cotton, and canola, as well as the smaller crops: Hawaiian papaya, zucchini, and crookneck squash. Newly added—in this year’s harvest—are GM sugar beets and white corn. There are also GM tomatoes and potatoes no longer on the market, but whose genes and seeds, to some degree, continue to persist “out there.” But the dirty laundry list actually includes over 100 different experimental GM crops, field trialed at more than 50,000 sites in the US since 1986.&lt;br /&gt;Although the government is supposed to make sure that these trials won’t contaminate the surrounding environment, a 2005 report by the USDA Office of Inspector General harshly condemned the USDA’s abominable oversight. “Current regulations, policies, and procedures,” said the report, “do not go far enough to ensure the safe introduction of agricultural biotechnology.” The agency’s weaknesses “increase the risk that regulated genetically engineered organisms will inadvertently persist in the environment.”&lt;br /&gt;But George Bush’s pro-biotech response was to further weaken the agency’s GMO oversight—and he’s trying to do it quickly, before Obama steps in. The &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/fedregister/BRS_20081009.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;proposed ruling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; makes gene escape more likely, even from GM crops designed to produce pharmaceutical drugs and industrial chemicals.&lt;br /&gt;Monsanto admits more contamination&lt;br /&gt;As a &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/GE-contamination-as-USDA-weakens-rules-0166.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;backdrop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; to Bush’s rushed proposal, Monsanto just admitted that an acre of its field trialed, not-yet-approved GM cottonseeds, was inadvertently harvested and mixed with approved cotton. It then entered our food chain as animal feed and cottonseed oil. Oops.&lt;br /&gt;But the FDA, EPA, and USDA employed another of the Bush administration’s institutionalized &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/utility/showArticle/?objectID=191"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;abdications of GMO oversight&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. They &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01920.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;declared&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; the cottonseed contamination safe, in spite of insufficient data to support their claim.&lt;br /&gt;If Bush gets his new USDA rule into effect, let’s hope Obama heeds the advice of the &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/GE-contamination-as-USDA-weakens-rules-0166.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Union of Concerned Scientists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, which “recommends that the new administration make revocation, revision and strengthening a top priority.”&lt;br /&gt;No that won’t fully clean up our altered gene pool. But it will start to contain the runaway long-term genetic pollution that is now out of control.&lt;br /&gt;© copyright Institute For Responsible Technology 2008&lt;br /&gt;Jeffrey M. Smith is the author of publication Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, which presents 65 risks in easy-to-read two-page spreads. His first book, Seeds of Deception, is the top rated and #1 selling book on GM foods in the world. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.responsibletechnology.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.responsibletechnology.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, which is spearheading the Campaign for Healthier Eating in America. Go to &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" __removedlink__264221891__href="http://www.seedsofdeception.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.seedsofdeception.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ff9966;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; to learn more about how to avoid GM foods.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-9217711728723193720?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/9217711728723193720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=9217711728723193720' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/9217711728723193720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/9217711728723193720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/12/bushs-environmental-legacy-on-gmos-is.html' title='Bush’s environmental legacy on GMOs is irreversible'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-8595317247436780313</id><published>2008-11-20T19:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T19:19:23.455-08:00</updated><title type='text'>http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/AboutGeneticallyModifiedFoods/index.cfm</title><content type='html'>US Consumers Have Been Given a False Sense of SecurityAbout the Safety of Our Food Supply&lt;br /&gt;You may have heard the FDA and food industry claims that genetically modified (GM) foods are safe, properly tested, and necessary to feed a hungry world. UNTRUE! Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are one of &lt;a href="http://www.seedsofdeception.com/GMFree/CampaignforHealthierEatinginAmerica/HealthRisks/index.cfm?" target="_blank"&gt;the most dangerous and radical changes&lt;/a&gt; to our food supply. These largely unregulated ingredients found in 60-70% of the foods in the US, are well worth the effort to avoid them.&lt;br /&gt;Many consumers in the US mistakenly believe that the FDA approves GM foods through rigorous, in-depth, long-term studies. In reality, the agency has absolutely no safety testing requirements. Instead the agency relies on research from companies like Monsanto, research that is meticulously designed to avoid finding problems.&lt;br /&gt;It’s easy to understand the FDA’s industry-friendly policy on regulation of GMOs when you see the revolving door between agency regulators and the companies they regulate. The White House mandate to the FDA (under the first George Bush) was to promote biotechnology and the person in charge of developing the agency’s policy at that time was a former Monsanto attorney, who later returned to Monsanto as their vice president.&lt;br /&gt;The FDA has claimed it was not aware of any information showing that GM crops were different “in any meaningful or uniform way,” from non-GMO crops and therefore didn’t require testing. But 44,000 internal FDA documents made public by a lawsuit show that this was a complete lie. The overwhelming consensus among the FDA’s own scientists was that GM foods were quite different and could lead to unpredictable and hard-to-detect allergens, toxins, new diseases and nutritional problems. It turns out that FDA scientists, who had urged superiors to require long-term studies, were ignored. &lt;a href="http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showPage/index.cfm?objectID=gmfree,5163"&gt;See, Failed Government Regulation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Even though evidence of this apparent fraud at the FDA was presented at a Washington, D.C. press conference in 1999 with major media in attendance, the media didn’t alert the public.  In fact, most Americans know so little about this subject, that only about 1 in 4 consumers even know if they’ve ever eaten a GM food in their lives, even though the vast majority of processed foods contain derivatives from the four major GM crops: soy, corn, cottonseed and canola. &lt;a href="http://www.seedsofdeception.com/utility/showPage/index.cfm?objectID=gmfree,5164"&gt;See, GM Foods at a Glance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-8595317247436780313?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/8595317247436780313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=8595317247436780313' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/8595317247436780313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/8595317247436780313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/11/httpwwwseedsofdeceptioncompublicaboutge.html' title='http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/AboutGeneticallyModifiedFoods/index.cfm'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-2536135404145706532</id><published>2008-11-18T20:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T20:05:37.023-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Do Genetically Modified Hormones Given to Dairy Cows Pose a Health Hazard?</title><content type='html'>Do Genetically Modified Hormones Given to Dairy Cows Pose a Health Hazard?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer to the above question is unfortunately a resounding "maybe" according to researchers writing in the current issue of The Western Journal of Medicine.&lt;br /&gt;"Milk from cows treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH in the US, rBST in Europe) has significantly elevated IGF-I levels," state physician Joseph Mercola and researcher Cory Mermer. IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor-I) is a growth factor responsible for a wide variety of biological functions.&lt;br /&gt;"In addition, the IGF-I in the milk of rBGH-treated cows is potentially more bioactive than the naturally occurring form, and this bioactivity may be increased further by pasteurization," they continue.&lt;br /&gt;Children may be particularly vulnerable to adverse effects, because of their rapid growth rate and their more permeable intestinal tract. In addition, other segments of society may also be at an increased risk, such as those with celiac disease, Crohn's disease, autism, cirrhosis, cow's milk allergy, and people taking certain medications.&lt;br /&gt;"It is not enough to look at healthy adults and say that the intestinal absorption of IGF-I is negligible. Rather, the vulnerable in society need to be protected," state the authors. "Let's not put corporate profits ahead of children's health. The use of growth hormones in livestock has certainly not been proven safe, and no overriding benefits would justify such risks."&lt;br /&gt;Increased IGF-1 levels are not the only concern when it comes to "genetically modified" (GM) milk, says Samuel Epstein, MD, Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition.&lt;br /&gt;"This milk is qualitatively and quantitatively different from natural milk," states Epstein. "In addition to the issue of increased IGF-1 levels, these differences include:&lt;br /&gt;contamination of milk by the GM hormone rBGH;&lt;br /&gt;contamination by pus and antibiotics resulting from the high incidence of mastitis in rBGH injected cows;&lt;br /&gt;contamination with illegal antibiotics and drugs used to treat mastitis and other rBGH-induced disease;&lt;br /&gt;increased concentration of the thyroid hormone enzyme thyroxin-5'-monodeiodinase; increased concentration of long chain and decreased concentration of short chain fatty acids;&lt;br /&gt;and a reduction in levels of the milk protein casein."&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Epstein has recently completed his latest book, which is entitled &lt;a href="http://sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100410800" target="_blank"&gt;Got (Genetically Engineered) Milk?&lt;/a&gt; The Monsanto rBGH/BST Milk Wars Handbook, and is available as an eBook at &lt;a href="http://www.sevenstories.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Seven Stories Press&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;For additional information please see the full text version of the letter on the journal’s website at &lt;a href="http://www.ewjm.com/cgi/content/full/175/6/378" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ewjm.com/cgi/content/full/175/6/378&lt;/a&gt; or contact Dr. Epstein (see contact info below).&lt;br /&gt;Source: Western Journal of Medicine, December 2001;175:378-379.&lt;br /&gt;Contact:&lt;br /&gt;Samuel Epstein, MD, Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Professor of Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois School of Public Health, Phone: (312) 996-2297, Fax: (312) 996-1374, Email: &lt;a href="mailto:epstein@uic.edu"&gt;epstein@uic.edu&lt;/a&gt;, URL: &lt;a href="http://preventcancer.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://preventcancer.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-2536135404145706532?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/2536135404145706532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=2536135404145706532' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2536135404145706532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2536135404145706532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/11/do-genetically-modified-hormones-given.html' title='Do Genetically Modified Hormones Given to Dairy Cows Pose a Health Hazard?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-5137851367189508373</id><published>2008-11-18T12:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T12:48:58.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Aspartame</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/ImageServer/public/2008/March/3.11aspartamerats.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 600px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 385px" alt="" src="http://articles.mercola.com/ImageServer/public/2008/March/3.11aspartamerats.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One Woman's Astonishing Experiment With Aspartame&lt;br /&gt;Victoria Inness-Brown’s family was addicted to diet soda. After researching the effects of aspartame, she strongly believed the artificial sweetener might one day lead to their illness or even their early deaths.&lt;br /&gt;So she decided to perform her own aspartame experiment -- with 108 rats for 2 years and 8 months. Daily, she fed some of the rats the equivalent, for their body weight, of two-thirds the aspartame contained in 8-oz of diet soda.&lt;br /&gt;Eleven of the females who took aspartame -- 37 percent -- developed tumors, some of massive size.&lt;br /&gt;For details of Inness-Brown’s amazing experiment, click the link below.&lt;br /&gt;Sources:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="SourcesLnkAdmin" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" href="http://myaspartameexperiment.com/" target="_blank"&gt;My Aspartame Experiment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://store.mercola.com/b/abmc.aspx?b=251&amp;amp;z=1"&gt;Toxins and Impurities Could Be Lurking Inside Your Body &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://store.mercola.com/b/abmc.aspx?b=251&amp;amp;z=2" target="_blank"&gt;Find Out More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="drcomment"&gt;Dr. Mercola's Comments:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A picture is worth a thousand words, they say, and the photos taken by Mrs. Inness-Brown of her diseased and genetically deformed test rats truly speak for themselves.&lt;br /&gt;The fact that aspartame is endorsed by the U.S. FDA as a safe product, and is recommended by many doctors as a good alternative sweetener in lieu of sugar is enough to make you go speechless with rage.&lt;br /&gt;But I’m not known for being chocked and dismayed into silence. Instead I wrote the book &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/sweet-deception-aspartame"&gt;Sweet Deception&lt;/a&gt;. If you or your loved ones drink diet beverages or eat diet foods, this book will explain how you've been deceived about the truth behind artificial sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose -- for greed, for profits ... and at the expense of your own health.&lt;br /&gt;The book took several years to write and I had five physicians work on it full time. It is the most comprehensive book on the market addressing this issue. I had to be very careful as the makers of Splenda had their NY law firm write me a 30-page long threatening letter telling me they would sue me if I published the book. It has been two years since the book was published and no lawsuits yet. I guess they realized when you tell the truth it is difficult to prevail in any litigation.&lt;br /&gt;There is so much evidence showing &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/tesla_conference.htm"&gt;aspartame to be a potentially deadly agent&lt;/a&gt; that several prominent, well-educated doctors and even judges have written &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/books.htm"&gt;books on the subject&lt;/a&gt;. H.J. Roberts three-pound tome &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884243177/optimalwellnessc"&gt;Aspartame Disease -- An Ignored Epidemic&lt;/a&gt; is another must-read if you’re anywhere near the fence on this issue. Dr. Roberts' excellent article &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/01/07/aspartame-disease-part-two.aspx"&gt;Aspartame Disease -- An FDA Approved Epidemic&lt;/a&gt; is also posted on my site.&lt;br /&gt;Biochemical Warfare Agent in Your Food Supply&lt;br /&gt;Does it make sense that what was once listed by the Pentagon as a biochemical warfare agent is now an integral part of your modern diet?&lt;br /&gt;That’s exactly what happened with aspartame – it’s the poster child for unconscionable greed coupled with political power that may &lt;a href="http://www.dorway.com/betty/nutrap1.txt"&gt;run as deep as the CIA&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;That aspartame is a profitable business should be no surprise. As an example, the Maryland-based biotech company &lt;a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE3D71E3FF935A35752C0A961948260"&gt;Genex Corporation&lt;/a&gt; went from reporting $14.3 million in revenues in 1985, to a paltry $2.8 million in 1986 after they lost their aspartame business. Genex had been one of the main suppliers of aspartame up until October 1985, at which time the NutraSweet Company began manufacturing the chemical themselves.&lt;br /&gt;Sold commercially under names like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, Equal-Measure and Canderel, aspartame can be &lt;a href="http://www.aspartame.org/aspartame_products.html"&gt;found in more than 6,000 products, including&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;Diet sodas, juice drinks, and flavored waters&lt;br /&gt;Chewing gum&lt;br /&gt;Table-top sweeteners&lt;br /&gt;Diet and diabetic foods&lt;br /&gt;Breakfast cereals, such as Fiber One&lt;br /&gt;Fiber supplements, such as orange flavored Metamucil&lt;br /&gt;Jams&lt;br /&gt;Sweets&lt;br /&gt;It’s even found in vitamins, as well as prescription and over the-counter drugs such as Alka Seltzer Plus, and some Tylenol medications.&lt;br /&gt;Food For Thought&lt;br /&gt;One 12 ounce diet soda contains about 180 mg of aspartame, or 15 mg of aspartame per ounce, which equals approximately 4.5 packets of NutraSweet.&lt;br /&gt;According to the industry-run &lt;a href="http://www.aspartame.org/"&gt;Aspartame Information Center website&lt;/a&gt; – a propaganda masterpiece, if I ever saw one -- the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), as set by the FDA, is 50 mg/kg. That equates to about 20 cans of 12-ounce diet soda if you’re a 150 lb. adult, or six 12-ounce cans for a 50-pound child.&lt;br /&gt;The ADI for tabletop sweeteners is 97 packets for adults, and 32 packets for children.&lt;br /&gt;Based on the photos from Mrs. Inness-Brown’s experiment, using the equivalent of two-thirds of the aspartame contained in one 8 ounce can of soda per day, these ADI’s do not appear to be anywhere near “safe” limits.&lt;br /&gt;The Aspartame Information Center’s “myth” section goes on to make this statement:&lt;br /&gt;“Despite the overwhelming documentation of aspartame’s safety, unfounded allegations that aspartame is associated with a myriad of ailments, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and lupus, have continued to be spread via the Internet and the media by a few individuals who have no documented scientific or medical expertise.&lt;br /&gt;Recently, several governments and expert scientific committees (including the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency, the French Food Safety Agency and Health Canada) carefully evaluated the Internet allegations and found them to be false, reconfirming the safety of aspartame.”&lt;br /&gt;Really, now…&lt;br /&gt;Well, certain parts are partially true. For example, the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission did come out with a report named &lt;a href="http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out155_en.pdf"&gt;Update on the Safety of Aspartame&lt;/a&gt; in December of 2002, concluding aspartame was safe.&lt;br /&gt;Whether or not the Committee could get an A for accuracy, attention and impartiality is debatable, however. This &lt;a href="http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002-response.htm"&gt;Independent Analysis&lt;/a&gt; of the EU report in question states:&lt;br /&gt;“This response will demonstrate that:&lt;br /&gt;1. Members of the European Commission Scientific Committee on Food have ethical and financial conflicts of interest with the food industry that should have disqualified them from participation on the Committee.&lt;br /&gt;2. Members of the Scientific Committee on Food did not read some or most of the research papers they cited.&lt;br /&gt;3. The report ignored independent research related to aspartame and instead relied heavily on and frequently cited articles in books and reviews put together by employees or consultants of the aspartame manufacturers (Monsanto and Ajinomoto).&lt;br /&gt;4. Persons ingesting aspartame are being exposed to significant amounts of formaldehyde that has been shown by independent research to accumulate throughout the body.&lt;br /&gt;5. Aspartame manufacturer-sponsored studies are designed in a way as to avoid the possibility of finding adverse effects, yet the Committee accepted these studies without any question. In contrast, nearly all independent research on aspartame in humans and animals has found that it can cause problems.&lt;br /&gt;6. Human studies and clinical reports published in the medical literature linking aspartame use to fibromyalgia, seizures, panic attacks, mania, brain cancer, migraines / headaches, vertigo, symptoms related to depression, memory loss, hives, irregular heart beats, and numerous other symptoms were largely ignored by the Committee.”&lt;br /&gt;The Aspartame Danger is NO MYTH!&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to what the PR machine says, there is overwhelming scientific evidence that aspartame is exactly as dangerous as we say it is, and whenever you root around to see who gave aspartame its latest “clean bill of health,” invariably you will find ties to the industry.&lt;br /&gt;By the Aspartame Information Center’s statement above, you’d be led to believe that Dr. Morando Soffritti of the European Foundation of Oncology in Bologna, Italy is a home schooled scientist with “no documented scientific or medical expertise” either.&lt;br /&gt;But as Mrs. Inness-Brown details in her article, Dr. Soffritti’s 8-year mega-experiment with 1,800 rats, completed in 2005, is perhaps one of the most telling studies performed to date.&lt;br /&gt;The results of his experiment also showed a dose-related increase of lymphomas and leukemias in female rats, observable at the dose level of 20 mg/Kg of body weight – just 40 percent of the accepted daily intake permitted by current regulations.&lt;br /&gt;And what about the photos? Do they lie?&lt;br /&gt;They show the visual manifestation of many of the &lt;a href="http://www.presidiotex.com/aspartame/Facts/92_Symptoms/92_symptoms.html"&gt;common symptoms associated with aspartame, according to FDA&lt;/a&gt;’s own records, including:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tumors&lt;br /&gt;Eye problems, including: protruding eyes, retinal detachment, blindness and bleeding eyes&lt;br /&gt;Partial paralysis&lt;br /&gt;Spasmodic Torticollis (involuntary spasms in head and neck)&lt;br /&gt;Unsteady gait&lt;br /&gt;Skin problems and lesions&lt;br /&gt;Obesity&lt;br /&gt;Genetic damage and birth defects&lt;br /&gt;I have a large assortment of information about aspartame -- its chemical makeup and biological impact – posted on my site. A good place to start is by reading the Related Articles listed below, or simply enter “aspartame” in the search box on my &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/index.htm"&gt;home page&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;br /&gt;How to Kick the Artificial Sweetener HabitIf you consume a lot of diet foods and beverages, it’s likely because you have sweet cravings (yet you think you are making a healthy choice by avoiding sugar).Your body, however, is craving sweets because you are not giving it the fuel it needs. Finding out your &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/02/26/metabolic-typing-part-three.aspx"&gt;nutritional type&lt;/a&gt; will tell you exactly which foods you need to eat to feel full and satisfied. It may sound hard to believe right now, but once you start eating right for your nutritional type, your sweet cravings will disappear.Additionally, don’t underestimate the power of the &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/08/30/emotional-issues.aspx"&gt;emotional component of your food cravings&lt;/a&gt;. I recommend using an energy psychology tool such as the &lt;a href="http://www.mercola.com/forms/eftcourse1.htm"&gt;Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)&lt;/a&gt;. More than any traditional or alternative method I have used or researched, EFT works to overcome food cravings and helps you reach dietary success.And, if diet soda is the culprit for you, be sure to check out &lt;a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/05/04/turbo-tapping.aspx"&gt;Turbo Tapping&lt;/a&gt;, which is an extremely effective and simple tool to get rid of your soda addiction in a short period of time.&lt;br /&gt;Last, but not least, neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D. also has a great web page describing &lt;a href="http://www.wnho.net/wtdaspartame.htm"&gt;what to do if you have used aspartame&lt;/a&gt;, with tips and directions for detoxing safely.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-5137851367189508373?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/5137851367189508373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=5137851367189508373' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/5137851367189508373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/5137851367189508373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/11/aspartame.html' title='Aspartame'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-4031697900334252933</id><published>2008-08-30T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T22:47:50.798-07:00</updated><title type='text'>6 months.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovrlmPV5I/AAAAAAAAAFs/KjlUb9F4YaM/s1600-h/023+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240553542272374674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovrlmPV5I/AAAAAAAAAFs/KjlUb9F4YaM/s400/023+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovr53joWI/AAAAAAAAAF0/7zmGeOBNrrg/s1600-h/026+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240553547713716578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovr53joWI/AAAAAAAAAF0/7zmGeOBNrrg/s400/026+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovsXh79WI/AAAAAAAAAF8/nWtMnKWhzuc/s1600-h/002+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240553555676099938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovsXh79WI/AAAAAAAAAF8/nWtMnKWhzuc/s400/002+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lol my silly boy..... been busy these days.. when am i not......&lt;br /&gt;-35lbs bout time..... 100 more to go. cant wait to post my progress pics:o) i miss you guys ttyl. hugs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-4031697900334252933?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/4031697900334252933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=4031697900334252933' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/4031697900334252933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/4031697900334252933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/08/6-months.html' title='6 months.'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SLovrlmPV5I/AAAAAAAAAFs/KjlUb9F4YaM/s72-c/023+(2).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-6357655962106052532</id><published>2008-07-27T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T20:45:27.909-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i love you. :)</title><content type='html'>I am so sorry that i seem to use this blog only for political moments. I'm so busy working on becomig a "skinny chick" . (-22lbs in 1 month.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SI1P9UzGsPI/AAAAAAAAAFc/BJxi4V1Db18/s1600-h/100_0569.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227922657420685554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SI1P9UzGsPI/AAAAAAAAAFc/BJxi4V1Db18/s400/100_0569.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SI1P9svNN-I/AAAAAAAAAFk/T2ldhGrOkPc/s1600-h/0000000.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227922663846787042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SI1P9svNN-I/AAAAAAAAAFk/T2ldhGrOkPc/s400/0000000.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps try to post more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-6357655962106052532?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/6357655962106052532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=6357655962106052532' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/6357655962106052532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/6357655962106052532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-love-you.html' title='i love you. :)'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SI1P9UzGsPI/AAAAAAAAAFc/BJxi4V1Db18/s72-c/100_0569.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-5923454840408563493</id><published>2008-07-26T14:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T14:35:34.535-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Franciscan blessing'/><title type='text'>A Franciscan blessing</title><content type='html'>A Franciscan Blessing for my friends....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May God bless us with DISCOMFORT at easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships, so that we may live deep within our hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May God bless us with ANGER at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people, so that may work for justice and freedom and peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May God bless us with TEARS to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that we may reach out our hands to comfort them and turn their pain into joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May God bless us with ENOUGH FOOLISHNESS to believe that we can make a difference in this world, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And may the blessing of God who creates, redeems and sanctifies be upon you and all you love and pray for this day, and forevermore.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-5923454840408563493?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/5923454840408563493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=5923454840408563493' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/5923454840408563493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/5923454840408563493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/07/franciscan-blessing.html' title='A Franciscan blessing'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-5620956661589086511</id><published>2008-07-26T14:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T14:24:44.357-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RON PAUL'/><title type='text'>WAKE UP</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QiKh9Ko3mw4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QiKh9Ko3mw4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-5620956661589086511?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/5620956661589086511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=5620956661589086511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/5620956661589086511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/5620956661589086511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/07/ron-paul.html' title='WAKE UP'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-3855250633609272822</id><published>2008-06-11T21:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T21:51:55.384-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I love you guys so much! I Had such a blast!!!! I hope it doesnt take that long to get out there again. LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCrQuxHpyI/AAAAAAAAAEk/5JIMfuFFybY/s1600-h/daddy+feeding+johnny+035.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210853072787973922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCrQuxHpyI/AAAAAAAAAEk/5JIMfuFFybY/s400/daddy+feeding+johnny+035.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCqybowbvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Pce0W_iONCA/s1600-h/daddy+feeding+johnny+051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210852552256548594" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCqybowbvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/Pce0W_iONCA/s400/daddy+feeding+johnny+051.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCqywS9aLI/AAAAAAAAAEU/m7cOTo1HGsM/s1600-h/daddy+feeding+johnny+068.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210852557802268850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCqywS9aLI/AAAAAAAAAEU/m7cOTo1HGsM/s400/daddy+feeding+johnny+068.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCqzS4Z0SI/AAAAAAAAAEc/nJUEVqMnIK4/s1600-h/daddy+feeding+johnny+076.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210852567086125346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SFCqzS4Z0SI/AAAAAAAAAEc/nJUEVqMnIK4/s400/daddy+feeding+johnny+076.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-3855250633609272822?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/3855250633609272822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-5249650943419148361</id><published>2008-04-12T20:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T21:03:25.821-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My boys:o)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGF5t41AgI/AAAAAAAAADc/41onMyEMqAQ/s1600-h/IMG_1456.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188575472324510210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGF5t41AgI/AAAAAAAAADc/41onMyEMqAQ/s400/IMG_1456.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGF6N41AhI/AAAAAAAAADk/B3u2Js7ffqU/s1600-h/IMG_1459.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188575480914444818" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGF6N41AhI/AAAAAAAAADk/B3u2Js7ffqU/s400/IMG_1459.JPG" 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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGFnN41AeI/AAAAAAAAADM/P1qtdQ7Pmjo/s1600-h/IMG_1479.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188575154496930274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGFnN41AeI/AAAAAAAAADM/P1qtdQ7Pmjo/s400/IMG_1479.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGFnt41AfI/AAAAAAAAADU/dObe7sRzP2s/s1600-h/IMG_1496.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188575163086864882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/SAGFnt41AfI/AAAAAAAAADU/dObe7sRzP2s/s400/IMG_1496.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-5249650943419148361?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-XI3MqHaBI/AAAAAAAAACc/JmH7ASbH8ww/s400/28WGLQSQFRMSL5V6-2FN6Q.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180767796975855634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-XI3cqHaCI/AAAAAAAAACk/LWJhFhXJZgc/s1600-h/28WGLQSQFRMSL5V6-7EIAE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-XI3cqHaCI/AAAAAAAAACk/LWJhFhXJZgc/s400/28WGLQSQFRMSL5V6-7EIAE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180767801270822946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-XI3cqHaDI/AAAAAAAAACs/Xp0jt5gSv_U/s1600-h/28WGLQSQFRMSL5V6-L5CSS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-XI3cqHaDI/AAAAAAAAACs/Xp0jt5gSv_U/s400/28WGLQSQFRMSL5V6-L5CSS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180767801270822962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-WcqMqHZ7I/AAAAAAAAABs/ox9mnHPzmrQ/s1600-h/03-10-08_1125.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R-WcqMqHZ7I/AAAAAAAAABs/ox9mnHPzmrQ/s400/03-10-08_1125.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180719195125934002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-345133490314822221?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/345133490314822221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=345133490314822221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/345133490314822221'/><link 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type='text'>HUGS</title><content type='html'>I hope everyone is doing well!! Miss you and love you all!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-6769820338363877405?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/6769820338363877405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=6769820338363877405' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/6769820338363877405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/6769820338363877405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/01/hugs.html' title='HUGS'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-1747200984485630097</id><published>2008-01-13T19:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T19:57:50.003-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jamie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=4be38d8f039f4e97291c93" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="window" allowFullScreen="true" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&amp;p=4be38d8f039f4e97291c93&amp;skin_id=701&amp;host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link?p=4be38d8f039f4e97291c93&amp;skin_id=701&amp;source=emplay" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link_image/4be38d8f039f4e97291c93/701.gif" style="border:0px;" width="408" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&amp;utm_source=emplay&amp;utm_medium=txt0" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;"&gt;Make photo slide shows at &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;www.OneTrueMedia.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SO FUNNY! he was so MAD!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-1747200984485630097?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/1747200984485630097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=1747200984485630097' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/1747200984485630097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/1747200984485630097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/01/jamie.html' title='Jamie'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-7141737923813858236</id><published>2008-01-13T19:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T19:39:37.214-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R4rW1mWnugI/AAAAAAAAABc/iXqxoDQUUR0/s1600-h/belly+33+Weeks.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155168939795790338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R4rW1mWnugI/AAAAAAAAABc/iXqxoDQUUR0/s400/belly+33+Weeks.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;get out get out get out get out get out get out!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This pregnancy is 20 times harder then the last.  yet i cant wait to do it again, go figure. sigh i cant wait to be over and done with it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes. those are stretch marks. sigh.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;count down t-38 days no more no less.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-7141737923813858236?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/7141737923813858236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=7141737923813858236' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/7141737923813858236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/7141737923813858236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2008/01/get-out-get-out-get-out-get-out-get-out.html' title=''/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/R4rW1mWnugI/AAAAAAAAABc/iXqxoDQUUR0/s72-c/belly+33+Weeks.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-4080539656469272569</id><published>2007-10-18T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-18T17:20:43.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IT'S A...............</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;thats right folks we are having a nother little baby boy!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-4080539656469272569?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/4080539656469272569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=4080539656469272569' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/4080539656469272569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/4080539656469272569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/10/its.html' title='IT&apos;S A...............'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-2721824629066336746</id><published>2007-10-08T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T19:22:11.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm still here.</title><content type='html'>I'm just in the middle of a move from chicago to the burbs. its been some trip. I'll tell you about it next time. love and miss you all. hugs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-2721824629066336746?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/2721824629066336746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=2721824629066336746' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2721824629066336746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2721824629066336746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-not-dead.html' title='I&apos;m still here.'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-2200637672292882933</id><published>2007-09-21T18:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-21T18:54:27.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From 1 to 2</title><content type='html'>any of you guys worry about going from one kid to two? I'm totally freaked that jamie will feel left out or unloved. couldnt be farther from the truth. am i alone on this one?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-2200637672292882933?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/2200637672292882933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=2200637672292882933' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2200637672292882933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2200637672292882933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/09/from-1-to-2.html' title='From 1 to 2'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-3624032386333500892</id><published>2007-09-20T21:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T21:28:05.364-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>ok heres one you will like, its not finished at all because i ran out of pictures.&lt;br /&gt;keep in mind grandpa use to call gram sunshine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=1356710c3d8eb6218251b9" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="window" allowFullScreen="true" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&amp;p=1356710c3d8eb6218251b9&amp;skin_id=701&amp;host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link?p=1356710c3d8eb6218251b9&amp;skin_id=701&amp;source=emplay" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link_image/1356710c3d8eb6218251b9/701.gif" style="border:0px;" width="408" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&amp;utm_source=emplay&amp;utm_medium=txt1" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;"&gt;Make an on-line slide show at &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;www.OneTrueMedia.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-3624032386333500892?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/3624032386333500892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=3624032386333500892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/3624032386333500892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/3624032386333500892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/09/ok-heres-one-you-will-like-its-not.html' title=''/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-8915112986332082446</id><published>2007-09-11T17:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-11T17:59:48.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why is it now unpatriotic to ask questions?</title><content type='html'>WTC Building 7, a 47 story tall skyscraper was the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3rd building to collapse that day. Why was it not&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;investigated by the 9-11 Commission?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it coincidence that a military simulation of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hijacked planes flying into buildings was&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;taking place on the morning of 9/11?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why does the data recorder of Flight 77 show a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;flight path in a different place than the one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;released by the 911 Commission?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBC &amp; CNN began reporting WTC 7 had&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;collapsed almost a half-hour before it did? How&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;did they know this and who told them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The head of Pakistani Intelligence transferred $100K&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to Mohammed Atta but was not investigated, why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why have the 80 + videos outside&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the Pentagon never been released?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why has it never been explained what caused so much&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;steel to turn into molten metal at the WTC site?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What force pulverized most of the concrete and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;office material of the Towers into dust, then&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ejected steel beams into the air?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why is it now unpatriotic to ask questions?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-8915112986332082446?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/8915112986332082446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=8915112986332082446' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/8915112986332082446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/8915112986332082446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/09/why-is-it-now-unpatriotic-to-ask.html' title='Why is it now unpatriotic to ask questions?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-6289117095713677885</id><published>2007-09-04T18:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-04T18:07:27.735-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I miss him......</title><content type='html'>hes with nana and poppop in NC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=176b7b83f5d3ec092b5214" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="window" allowFullScreen="true" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&amp;p=176b7b83f5d3ec092b5214&amp;skin_id=701&amp;host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px 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href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/6289117095713677885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=6289117095713677885' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/6289117095713677885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/6289117095713677885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-miss-him.html' title='I miss him......'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-2803504591370729738</id><published>2007-09-04T14:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-04T14:04:54.605-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I've got pictures!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3IJatNofI/AAAAAAAAABU/7iqskDysjVY/s1600-h/3.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106457616621347314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3IJatNofI/AAAAAAAAABU/7iqskDysjVY/s400/3.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3H7qtNoeI/AAAAAAAAABM/U6kmkzNiWrw/s1600-h/jamie.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106457380398146018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3H7qtNoeI/AAAAAAAAABM/U6kmkzNiWrw/s400/jamie.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3HzatNodI/AAAAAAAAABE/mw_1Hwyefog/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106457238664225234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3HzatNodI/AAAAAAAAABE/mw_1Hwyefog/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3HratNocI/AAAAAAAAAA8/cznwSNZYZd8/s1600-h/2.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106457101225271746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3HratNocI/AAAAAAAAAA8/cznwSNZYZd8/s400/2.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3HkKtNobI/AAAAAAAAAA0/U9INNjO7K7Y/s1600-h/1.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106456976671220146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3HkKtNobI/AAAAAAAAAA0/U9INNjO7K7Y/s400/1.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They are located at &lt;a href="http://photographybyjas.net/photoproof"&gt;http://photographybyjas.net/photoproof&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;When you go to the website, click the Access Gallery link and enter in the access code below:&lt;br /&gt;Access code: demarco&lt;br /&gt;After you do that, you will be able to view these pictures. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-2803504591370729738?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/2803504591370729738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=2803504591370729738' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2803504591370729738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/2803504591370729738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/09/ive-got-pictures.html' title='I&apos;ve got pictures!!!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rt3IJatNofI/AAAAAAAAABU/7iqskDysjVY/s72-c/3.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-7112364060890508655</id><published>2007-08-22T14:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T14:21:36.124-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Monkey Doodle Dandy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsyliatNoaI/AAAAAAAAAAs/HqAT1k9_sY4/s1600-h/Picture+134.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101634488607023522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsyliatNoaI/AAAAAAAAAAs/HqAT1k9_sY4/s400/Picture+134.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This little boy thought it was a good idea to pick on my jamie. Err wrong, as so it goes jamie tells me from day to day that this little Diablo keeps pushing him and hitting him. I take my son in my arms and tell him " well baby thats not nice is it?" "no mommy." He replies. "you dont like getting hurt do you?" "no mommy." he tells me in the softest voice. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I tell him baby you need to tell your teachers the next time he hits you. he agrees. end of story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I take him in to the class room the next day to talk to the teachers about this bastardo of a child, they say hes one of our problem kids, i so kindly reply " and thats the way it should stay, one of YOUR problem kids, He is and you are letting it become our problem, this needs to stop. not 2 seconds later this little punk kid pushes jamie onto a table~~&gt; black eye city folks. I almost took this kid out. I wanted to spank his butt sooo bad but i guess theres a law somewhere saying you cant hit other peoples kids blah blah blah...... whatever.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Later that night&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I told jamie, if that little punk ever hits you again you need to punch him right in the nose.(hey I'm irish and we take no guff.&lt;~(not the word i was looking for....) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;this went on for weeks of this kid hitting him and whatever else. i had it up to my $#% with this kid. i told him a few kind words- nothing. i kept telling jamie what to do.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; a few weeks ago was my glory moment for my sweet little jamie. turns out my kiddo has my temper, el diablo was picking on jamie one dark and gloomy day- just so happen to be a bad day to be picking on him he had enough.  As the story goes from the daycare peeps that little monster was being a brat to him all day (why the hell didnt you stop it was my first question as i balled up my fist.) they told me when it came right around nap time jamie had ploted all day to get even steven.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;they said sometime during nap jamie got up and the little punk happened to get kicked in the noggin. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; i said well its about time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the little boy came up to me and said.... He kicked me! and i said GOOD FOR HIM! DONT START WHAT YOU CANT FINISH AND DONT PICK ON MY HOT TEMPERED LITTLE BOY.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He never touched jamie again.    The End&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hows that for blogging.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ok i should be planning or at least getting ready for my wedding. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;hope you enjoyed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-7112364060890508655?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/7112364060890508655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=7112364060890508655' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/7112364060890508655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/7112364060890508655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/08/monkey-doodle-dandy.html' title='Monkey Doodle Dandy'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsyliatNoaI/AAAAAAAAAAs/HqAT1k9_sY4/s72-c/Picture+134.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-8402245559166308848</id><published>2007-08-22T13:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T14:03:51.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rsyjf6tNoYI/AAAAAAAAAAc/s5IgahXB6lk/s1600-h/Picture+272.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101632246634094978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rsyjf6tNoYI/AAAAAAAAAAc/s5IgahXB6lk/s400/Picture+272.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;now excepting Italian and Irish Baby names. i would love to hear ideas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My Due date is March 5th 2008.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsykG6tNoZI/AAAAAAAAAAk/5G5Hse0dzt4/s1600-h/Picture+226.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101632916648993170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsykG6tNoZI/AAAAAAAAAAk/5G5Hse0dzt4/s400/Picture+226.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Heres my monkey head watching the &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;dolphins at the shedd.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-8402245559166308848?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/8402245559166308848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=8402245559166308848' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/8402245559166308848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/8402245559166308848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/08/baby.html' title='the baby'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/Rsyjf6tNoYI/AAAAAAAAAAc/s5IgahXB6lk/s72-c/Picture+272.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-237168680060619238</id><published>2007-08-22T13:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-22T13:23:41.438-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting Married</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsyasqtNoWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HeGVpbCyLGc/s1600-h/mydress.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101622570072777058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" height="336" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsyasqtNoWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HeGVpbCyLGc/s400/mydress.JPG" width="246" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I'm Happy to say we are getting married, I'm sad to say that we are eloping and that my family cant join the wedding. but I'm still happy we are getttin married hee hee:o)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ok I know this blog thing is taking me forever! I'm sorry, its been a pain planing a wedding. you should see the place. its awesome! i will try to figure out how to put up pictures of this place or you guys will have to wait for the wedding pictures to come out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I hope you all are Happy and in Love. I know the feeling and it is the bestest!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I will try to keep up with this bloging thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Hope to see all of you soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Oh yeah one more thing. for those of you who dont know there is another baby on the way!!! :o)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Love ya!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-237168680060619238?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/237168680060619238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=237168680060619238' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/237168680060619238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/237168680060619238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/08/getting-married.html' title='Getting Married'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OG7Iy46ojZU/RsyasqtNoWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/HeGVpbCyLGc/s72-c/mydress.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-563329967927890932.post-1423708461361500831</id><published>2007-04-06T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T10:02:30.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice seeing you all here.</title><content type='html'>I really dont know what to say seeing as how I am not much of a blog having type person. but hey if it means i get to talk to more of my family i will do it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess i will give this blogging thing a shot. later that is. I will have to think of more stuff to say.... i wonder  if people just sit here and type what they are thinking...like i just did. huh. guess this wont be to hard after all.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/563329967927890932-1423708461361500831?l=imtheturtle1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/feeds/1423708461361500831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=563329967927890932&amp;postID=1423708461361500831' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/1423708461361500831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/563329967927890932/posts/default/1423708461361500831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://imtheturtle1.blogspot.com/2007/04/nice-seeing-you-all-here.html' title='Nice seeing you all here.'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00385213227661683580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kcO-fyLZ_Mk/Tw4hczcSGPI/AAAAAAAAALA/pX3poYfrfxY/s220/DSCN0927.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry></feed>
