The Weekly Spotlight of Friends

Just like a rose...

2006-09-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

Just like a rose,
so precious and rare,
is the forever friendship
the two of us share.

Planted with kindness,
it's warmed by the sun
of caring and sharing,
laughter and fun.

It's grounded in trust
and nurtured by love,
with a sprinkling of grace
from God up above.

Tears of sadness and joy,
like dew, renew this friendship
I share with you.

And in the heart's garden,
we find the room to be ourselves,
to grow and bloom.

A blessing of beauty unsurpassed,
our friendship's a flower
that will always last.

What is Kitty?

A three-year-old boy went with his dad to see a new litter of kittens.

On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother, "There were two boy kittens and two girl kittens."

"How did you know that?" his mother asked.

"Daddy picked them up and looked underneath," he replied. "I think it's printed on the bottom."

It's time to

Patricia B

Into our Weekly Spotlight of Friends

I was born in the 50's in Oregon and that's where I still live. I'm the eldest daughter and have one sister 4 years younger than myself. I attended Milwaukie High School, Clackamas Community College and PSU.

In 1987 a friend set me up on a blind date with "Steve". He and I met under the "umbrella man" and went to MUSIC By MOONLIGHT concert. After that date, we kept on dating and were married a year later. We have lived on a "floating home" on the Columbia River in Oregon for 20 years. We don't have children, so our cats are our 2 kids.

Hubby is in Recycling & construction and am his office manager. Some of the time we've been married, I've been his construction "grunt" -- helping him in demolition, recycling etc. It is a challenge! I was a tomboy pretty much as a girl and never feel like I'm too prissy to pick up a hammer and slam it into an old building. Exercise is what keeps us young and vital!! Luckily Steve doesn't think that a woman can't "do a man's job!"

For fun we go to festivals like farmers markets and little town craft and collectibles sales. We go to Estate, antique sales and flea markets a few times a month. We have collected so much stuff that it overflows our house. I have Disney "PLUTO" collectibles, old buttons, demitasse tea cups, vintage "salts", shot glasses, vintage hankies, doilies and vintage Christmas glass ornaments. I love "ALL THINGS CHRISTMAS" and when I find Angels, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Snowmen and Santa items -- I add them to my collection. It seems like our little house is wall to wall Christmas during the holiday season.

My favorite hobbies throughout the years has been arts and crafts. I sew, make wreaths, scrapbook and my favorite activity is making cloth dolls. I've used recycled vintage items: old fabrics, buttons, etc. that I found in my dolls. I made cloth dolls until 2001 when I hurt my right hand. I fell on concrete stairs and landed on my right hand. I've got pretty severe nerve damage and it's lasted for years. Because of hand pain, I had to cut down on my doll making and crafting.

I like to garden and have pots and pots and pots and pots of Flowers and a few veggies. This year we grew the tiny sweet cherry tomatoes. I have 4 tomato plants in BIG pots. We have tomatoes nearly every day!! I also grow lettuce and lots of herbs. The basil has taken over and I'm lucky we like PESTO!!

The cats and I watch my husband fish. He just loves to "throw a worm in the river". It's very relaxing after a day beating the keyboard to take a good book out on the deck with Sophie and Snickers and watch the ducks! I have never seen a cat who loves to fish like Snickers does!! When hubby catches the squaw fish, Snickers is nearby. She picks the small ones in her mouth and proudly carries them into the house. We pick them up and throw them back in the river.

After I got hurt, I learned about computers and was introduced to networking a few years ago. I want to learn how to put some of my pictures that I have taken with the digital camera in some of my forums! I also am going to get back to selling on ebay. I was a very successful ebay seller!! Hubby and I have TONS of of "treasures" in our sales. Also my husband inherited a stamp and postcard collection that I will be putting on ebay this year.

I'm hoping my networking and some programs I'm involved in pay off soon. I want to earn enough money to donate money to the schools. Children need a good education. I'd also like to get involved in something like a "Big Sister" program because you stay young......being around the young.

My favorite networking businesses are Tri-Unity, Club Galleria, Eco Energy and Adland's new venture $7 Miracle Matrix and Bring Your Buddy. You can see my forums that discuss my businesses here: http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/13043/ShowForum.aspx

One of my favorite forums is my "fun" one: Humor, Friendship, Romance and Inspiration - Please post all your favorite LOVE poems, Inspirational stories, Jokes, Humor here and even Recipes! Love is the most powerful emotion! Cry LESS, Laugh MORE, Smile OFTEN! My forum is here: http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/13228/ShowForum.aspx

I would love for folks to read and post - there is something for everyone (the only thing I ask...is "keep it clean"! God is looking over my forums!

Congrats Patricia for your Spotlighting and

for letting us know you better!

The Spotlight Gazette Team

Parents and Children

2006-09-15T10:26:00.001-07:00

God the Parent

Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids.

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was: "Don't."

"Don't what?" Adam asked.

"Don't eat the Forbidden Fruit." God replied.

"Forbidden fruit? We got Forbidden Fruit? Hey, Eve..we got Forbidden Fruit!"

"No way!"

"Where?"

"Don't eat that fruit!" said God.

"Why?"

"Because I am your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants.

A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry.

"Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the 'First Parent' asked.

"Uh huh," Adam replied.

"Then why did you?"

"I dunno," Eve answered.

"She started it!" Adam said.

"Did not!"

"DID so!"

"DID NOT!"

Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own...thus the pattern was set, and it has never changed.

This week we invite into the
Spotlight of Friends

Jo Matthias!

What a great honor it is to be selected for the Weekly Spotlight. I don't have a great story to tell, but here goes....
I was born in Daviess County Hospital in Washington, Indiana, Sept 8th, 1954. My mother was Bette Sterling, she was the oldest of 9 children, I was her oldest of three girls. I have had no contact with my sisters or others in my family since 1988. Long story, and no comment. I am officially '52'.
I was raised on a farm in Odon, Indiana. It was a great learning experience. We had everything, Cows, Pigs, Chickens, Horses, Ducks, Goats, Cats, Dogs, you name, we had it. And if we had it, we ate it!(we didn't eat the cats and dogs of course!!!) My grandfather also hunted and trapped and fished, we ate that too!!! We had gardens that would be envied today, we canned all kinds of vegetables, meats and fruits. We froze things too when we were able to afford freezers. I also remember burying apples in boxes covered with hay to use in the wintertime.
I was always called 'a little Democrat' by my greatgrandfather, so as I grew up I associated myself with the Democratic Party, only to learn at the ripe old age of 24, that my greatgrandfather was a Republican! Can you imagine the blow that was???? However, I still associate myself with the Democratic party today. I am very Liberal though!
At age 10 we moved to Bloomington, Indiana and I attended school there at Central High and Bloomington South. We moved to Florida when I was in the 9th grade and we were on "vacation" from Christmas through June. I once had a teacher ask what my parents did for a living.... I said "Nothing" He asked me where they got their money, I said "from the bank", Needless to say he was flabbergasted.. My parents didn't work when we lived in Florida. I told him that when they needed money they just went to the bank and got it. Which was true, because my parents owned their own business in Indiana. I attended school at Immokalee High School in Immokalee, Florida for 4 years off and on, where I subsequently graduated.
I have two children, my son Jerrett, age 30 and my daughter, Jo Rae, age 26. I have 5 grandsons, 2 granddaughters and a granddaughter on the way, due any day. My children and my grandchildren have been my life and my inspiration. I have no desire to relive my marriage.
Jerrett is a member of the Texas National Guard, and has been a member of the National Guard since 2004. My daughter has been a CNA since she was 16. Both are high school graduates.
I am a U.S. Army veteran, I was active duty with the Army during the Vietnam Era Conflict, and was a member of the Indiana National Guard after that.
I have been an avid reader and book collector all my life. I have a personal library of over 2000 hardback novels, not to mention the reference books that I have accumulated. I am moving again in the next month or so, and my daughter would love to burn all my books!!!
She hates my library....She likes to read, but can you imagine all the boxes of books that we have to move!!!
I love springtime here in Indiana, because I get to walk in the woods and hunt mushrooms. I love to find them and I love to eat them. Mushrooms are so wonderfully delicious!!! I have a "mushroom stick" that I have had for at least 10 years. I consider it my 'lucky stick', a person has to have a "stick"!!! Cannot hunt mushrooms without a stick!!! I also love to be outside and in the woods alone. This is my favorite time of the year!
I have been a member of the AdlandPro Community since October of 2004. This community has been great to me and for me. I have met so many wonderful people from all over the world. AdlandPro has been a haven of friends for me ever since. I am homebound and rarely talk to anyone outside my immediate family and HERE, you, AdlandPro friends have really been a blessing in disguise.
I am in the $7 Miracle Matrix... http://www3.telus.net/rmc/opfm.htm The $7 Miracle Matrix, an Adland success story, was started by Adlanders to help each other create a long term residual income by working together. We have 100% participation by all members with a daily support forum here at Adland. To get more information on this Adland success story, go to: http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=15055 If you would like to come on board with us, please go to: http://www3.telus.net/rmc/opfm.htm and request a link.
And Bring Your Buddy...Another Team here at Adland
http://bringyourbuddy.net/ro.php?id=584
I am not a fan of using personal messages here at AdlandPro for advertising. I am however ready and willing to read most all forums. At times, I am very surprised at the variety of subjects in the forums. We truly have a great group of people here. I can make posts that are controversial to say the least. I am not a person that wants to be in the spotlight and I have no idea how I came to be here.
It would be nice if everyone would participate in all the wonderful forums provided here at AdlandPro, like this one and the POTW(GO VOTE!!!!)among others. There are so many activities for everyone to enjoy and for everyone to participate in. Everyone benefits from participating in activities here at AdlandPro, we gain friends and prospects....I'm always surprised that more of us are not involved in the community of AdlandPro.
Thank you all,
Take care,
Jo

Jerretts first daughter, Aaliyah Celene, was born on September 11th.

Congratulation and thank you Jo for joinig our
gallery of friends here in our Spotlight!
The Spotlight Gazette Team.

The Treasure in us

2006-09-06T12:38:00.000-07:00

Treasures in You

There are treasures in life,
but owners are few
Of money and power
to buy things brand new.

Yet you can be wealthy
and feel regal too,
If you will just look
for the treasures in you.

These treasures in life
are not hard to find
When you look in your heart,
your soul, and your mind.

For when you are willing
to share what's within,
Your fervent search
for riches will end.

The joy and the laughter,
the smile that you bring;
The heart unafraid
to love and to sing;

The hand always willing
to help those in need;
Ones quick to reach out,
to labor and fee.

So thank you for sharing
these great gifts inside;
The caring, the cheering,
the hug when one cried.

Thanks for the energy,
encouragement too,
And thank you for sharing
the treasures in you.

Let's

into The Spotlight of Friends

Mary Hannan

Here is her interesting BIO!

I was born 9 miles north of Athelston, Iowa, at home of coarse. I have three older sisters, 2 older brothers and a younger Peggy Sue. Mom let us name her and it was unanimous by the way. She was the only one of us born in a hospital.
My Dad was a farm hand he worked for a few different farm owners. In 1960’s living about two miles from Roland, Iowa where Peggy was born, he was making $30.00 per week. In the fall his boss would purchase 250 Hybrid chicks and in the summer the roosters was in our freezer and the hens where laying eggs in the henhouse, which meant that last years layers were now in the freezer marked ‘Old Hen’ that added flavor to Mom’s home made noodles.
Dad and my brothers would kill and skin the fryers and pluck the roosters. Mom and my sisters and I would prepare them for the freezer, cutting up the fryers.

From the time I was old enough to us a knife, at the ripe old age of nine, on my kneeling on a chair, I helped with preparing the chickens for the freezer.
Dad would gather the eggs. Mom would stand for hours carefully washing them. She would put some in the fridge for us and crate up the rest for Dad to sell at the local produce.
In the spring and again in the fall Dad’s boss would let him butcher a hog. I still remember getting sick when Mom rendered the lard, but I did enjoy eating those Cracklin Cookies she made.
I remember when my oldest brother got his first job. When he got his first paycheck he stopped at a grocery store and bought two five-pound canned hams. Mom said she would cook one and put the other one in the fridge. my brother said, “You’re cooking both of them. We’re gonna get full tonight.”
I grow up listening to Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Del Shannon, Rickie Nelson and of coarse Elvis. Watching movies of The Marx Brothers, Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy and my all time favorite, Red Skelton.

I never had a chance to know my Dads parents. They died before I was born, so had my Mom’s Dad. The only Grandma I knew died when I was eight years old. So I guess that’s way I enjoy helping the elderly, kind of like replacements for grandparents I never knew.

I never really did to good in school. I was a sickly child. As the doctor put it, I had rotten tonsils. I had a hard time concentrating. I also get headaches from fluorescent lights. I attended grade school at Roland Community School.

In the summer of 1968 my Dad got a job near Atlantic, Iowa. There was just my parents myself and younger sister. My other brothers and sisters had already flow the coop, so to speak. Dad was making $500.00 per month there. Compared to the $30.00 per week, we

it was a big step up for them. I attended Atlantic Jr. High and barely squeaked by on my grades. Needless to say I have learned more on my own than I did at school. I was into crossword puzzles and word games because it was something I could do without too much effort. Two months into the ninth grade, I quit school.

My Dad’s last job took us to rural Indianola. I got my first job staying with a sweet lady in Indianola for $60.00 per month. My Dad would drop me off on Sunday evening and pick me up on Friday night.

Then I just bounded around, mainly baby setting with my nieces and nephews. I guess that was a trait I got from my Mom. She loved children period. She often told me, “When I look at a child I don’t see race or color, I see a child.”

In 1978 I had an Aneurism burst in head. It was in the left frontal lode of my brain, causing a stroke with effecting g my right side of my body. The doctors said if I was alone and my sister I was staying with at what time, had not have acted so fast I would have died within five minutes. It felt like my brains where frying. She got a pan of ice water and some dishtowels and she said steam was rolling off the towels. She would no sooner get one rung out and she burned her fingers taking the other on off my head. She did this until the burning stopped. Then she and her husband took me to the hospital. The doctor on call gave me a shot for pain and didn’t keep me. Sometime during the night I had a stoke. The next morning I they took me back to the ER. I was then taken to the University Hospital in Iowa City. I remember my family gathering in my room and the doctor saying that the medication that they would have to give me to get the dried blood out of my head could kill me. If I survived, the paralysis could last three weeks, three months or indefinitely. I would her to have some rehab after I was released. Three weeks

and for days later I was released from the hospital. I did not require any rehab.

I got married in February 1984 and a month later my Dad died of a heart attack. A few days after his funeral I was standing in the kitchen and cursing God for taking him for me without me having a change to say goodbye. All at once I felt firm hands on my shoulders and proceeded shaking me so hard I passed out. No one can ever convince me take there is no God. I got the message real quick! I had always believed, but I crossed a lines and he just let me know about it!

My daughter was born in 1987 and my son in 1990. My daughter won some awards in school from perfect attendance to the Presidential Award of Academic Achievement to being in the Who’s Who in High Schools Book. See is also on the Dean’s List at the college she attends. I am home schooling my son. This year he is in ninth grade.

I work in housekeeping at a nursing and rehab facility.

I have been a Deacon at our church for going on five years now. The minister tells us we are known as a praying church because of the stories told by people whom we’ve activated a prayer chain for and was miraculously heeled.

I sort of accidentally found this wonderful community of friends. It was a happy accident. I really enjoy being a part of it. Other sites say they are so great, but they can’t hold a candle to Adland.

My opportunities I am involved in that I have gotten results from:

http://www.myalright-site.com

http://www.programhoppers.com/7394/

http://www.affiliatemarketingformula.com/?ref=soretoe48

http://websites.ws/soretoe

http://www.100000usd.com/?afid=AF57C646395

http://freeaddepot.com/?aff=7694

http://topsurfer.com/newuser.cgi?referer=soretoe

http://www3.telus.net/rmc/opfm.htm

This link is just for fun. I like to watch children with this, especially five and under:

http://topsurfer.com/camera.cgi?soretoe

God Bless,

Mary

Enjoy Mary your Spotlight!
Congratulation!
The Spotlight Gazette Team!

Love is what we have...

2006-08-29T15:20:00.000-07:00

Contemplation

See the hopes and dreams
They wash over me like the waves of the sea
I would stop when one came my way
But they constantly flow on one after one

Generations of unknown souls have crossed
These paths of life lost and forgotten
They are remembered in fact
In the inspiration of the heart of man.

No not one is lost even though
They came and went long long ago
Few words were written or known
They were not heroes or published in thier greatness

Living to the extent of exquisite dreams
Building on one anothers hopes and love
Love is what we have of them
It is eternal in its splendor and being

No one is forgotton you see
Love is what is left behind
When a soul passes from the earth
The extent they love is remembered
In each and every one of us.

"And in the end, the love you take
is equal to the love you make"
The Beatles

by Robert

It's time to welcome our special guest of this week

ROBERT TALMADGE !

Hi, I am Robert Talmadge. New to Adland Pro by a few months,
I am not new to the Internet. I was logging on what we called
"boards" before the internet came into being around 1993.

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life,
are those which he didn't commit when he had the oppportunity."
- Helen Rowland

I was born in Addison, Michigan on September 21, 1950 at 5:00 pm.
My birth was a difficult one, even though my mother told Doctor Robert
John (who I was named after) not to give her pain medicine, he did.
I was a blue baby and was not given much chance of survival. And
so my life continued this way, but I started school at age 4. By
age 17, I graduated with honors. My senior year testing put my
aptitude and knowledge at college graduate level.

My carreer actually started at age 12, when I read and memorized over 2,000 books and texts. I started my first business making lead sinkers for fishermen and the shops along the Sandusky River in Fremont, Ohio, where I grew up.

I started designing transistor radios in 1962, and also made solid rocket
fuel and launched my own solid rocket.The police were looking for the person who made the strange device they found 22 miles out of town and I saw the picture of my rocket in the newspaper, so I got frightened and stopped launching them.

My lifelong education continues and it encompasses many Universities, extensive
research on the internet and my personal library of hundreds of rare books written by many of the world's greatest people.

Trying to avoid the draft, I enlisted in US Army Special Services Airborne

After my Honorable Discharge I began as an Electronic Technician, first
repairing Televisions, and then moving to michigan. After 3 more jobs
I started a new career as a production line supervisor at Kysor International.

In a couple of years I became Director of Research and Development at Kysor International. I was struck by a truck in the driver's door. My neck vertabrae were crushed. My career was then over. Between the pain and the stress,
I could no longer work this position.

This made me begin an intensive investigation into Anatomy, BioTechnology, Biomechanics, Biophysics and ending with Naturopathy, when I obtained my Doctorate of Naturopathy. in N.C. When I was able to get out of my wheelchair and walk, I started to market on the Internet.

I have helped many people and still continues to this day.

To the business profile-

I work and live in Jacksonville FL with my wife Sue of 56 and my
daughter, Stacey who is 29, where we have lived since 1989.

I have been in MLM marketing a while, Starting with
Shaklee in 1978. On the Internet with my main website
since a year from last July. Here:

http://www.payyourbills.ws

I am currently working on Joint ventures and I sponsor a
different one about every month. last month's venture
is on this web page "My Free Giveaway"

I have two for next month and they are "Viral Reloaded" and
"viralmarketinggiveaway2"

Joint ventures or JV is the current trend and can build your
list, sell your product and if properly promotied, can make you money.
I also am promoting a List building program called Lead Prospector
that helps New to Pro marketers build thier main List.

I am looking forward to greater posibilities in the future and
I work nonstop from about 4:30 am to about 9:00 pm.
I was told once by a great marketer:

"There are 3 kinds of people in the world:

Those that MAKE THINGS HAPPEN...

Those that WATCH Things Happen...

and Those that SAY "What Happened?"

What I like to do:

I started writing poetry when I was 19 in the US Army and sent them
home to my Mother, and my girlfriends. A few of them were published
in the local newspaper in Fremont, Ohio.

I did not write again until 2001. This poem is posted as "The Guardian Angel"
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/thread/413973.aspx

All of my poems that are on this forum are originals that I
wrote while I posted them. I have posted a few that were
from other people and I note that in the post.

I have written articles and a few blogs, but Internet Marketing
has taken most of my time recently. I work with a great handicap
with my neck injury and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, typ 2 Diabetes
Severe biological depression. The last three are all but cured now
by my knowledge in Herbal and Holistic Medicine, and so I set
about to help others. So far, I have not widely used this knowlege on
the Internet. My friends and family have been enjoying my services
and I had helped people who responded to ads in Health Magazines.

My wife Sue is 56 and never has had to go through Menapause, I cured
this condition with herbal treatment. My daughter has a learning disability
and her tested IQ was 45. After I treated her with supplements, it is
now 79. A guy who has Downs syndrome is renting a room from me
he had a tested IQ score of 57, and after treatment is now 95. He is
working full time and drives a car quite well.

Heart disease runs in my family and has been the main cause of
death on my father's side. My brother is now 60 and has no sign
of heart disease. I had my heart graphed and scanned in 2004
while I was in the hospital, and the Doctor told me that it looked
like the heart of a man at age 20. This is very curious because
A nurse told me I had all of the risk factors for heart disease.

I am planning a new series on the internet about Holistic Health
I spent the last year learning Marketing, and now one of my
friends who is a Psyciatrist has asked my help to sell his
Published books for his retirement.

Thank you for reading.

Robert

Congratulation Robert and Welcome to our Spotlight!
The Spotlight Gazette Team.

I feel lucky!

2006-08-24T12:54:00.000-07:00

Friendship Garden

Friends, like flowers, come in all shapes and sizes,

They are quick to our side when the need arises.

They add variety and interest to our lives,

Without them we wonder if we could even survive.

They make a cloudy day seem sunny,

Sometimes they are serious, other times funny.

Our best interest they have at heart,

And always are sad when it is time to part!

And now... please

into this week's Spotlight

Ildiko Dalos!

Here is her interesting BIO!

... I was born and raised in Budapest, the Hungarian

capital in Europe. There are about ten million people who live in Hungary and over two million of them live in the capital city. I was born in a small family, had no brothers or sister, neither my parents have. We lived in a condominium on the third floor and the windows where looking to a real tourist attraction in Budapest, an old castle of a Hungarian king. My father was a manager for a Hungarian insurance company and my mother was an accountant for an export-import company. After 55 years of marriage, they are still together, retired and live in the country in Hungary today.

My role model was my grandmother who was a well-known illustrator in Hungary. Her name is Emy Rona. She lived 84 years and illustrated about 374 books for children. I was grown up on her books and in her fantasy world. She had many exhibitions in Hungary and other European countries. She was invited by the Walt Disney Company to work for them, starting at the New York Worlds Fair in 1939-40, but my grandma said no because she couldnt imagine to live without her loved family and country. She was always smiling and had a good word to everybody. People respected and loved her. I remember sitting on her side when we often went to the zoo in Budapest where she was illustrating pictures of animals for childrens books. My dear Grandma wanted if I follow her steps and become illustrator myself, but I had no patient as a child She died almost 18 years ago and I still dreaming with her and missing her dearly.

After graduating from high school, I started working for the same insurance company where my father was working. I found it too stressful and after about half year I went to work for the export-import company where my mother worked. There I did the administrative side of export-import contracts. I worked there for 17 years and finished college. In 1987 I came to the United States. The company worked with oil products and it was an interesting job. I liked it because every buyer and seller, and every contract was different, so I always found something new and interesting when set up paperwork and had phone calls and correspondence with them. Also, I often traveled officially to the countries in Europe.

In 1986 I met my future husband. It was love for the first sight. He was a mechanic who made special tools for aircrafts. He is Hungarian American, lived in New Jersey for over 12 years in that time and was visiting his friend in Budapest. He came back to the United States, followed by long phone calls and letters between the two continents. A year later we decided to marry, so I moved to New Jersey from Hungary. There we lived about half year. I liked to live in New Jersey because I felt the little town looks like one in Hungary. In New Jersey I had my very first job in the United States. I worked part time for a small grocery store. The problem was when people asked me for a piece of cheese or meat in pounds. In that time I had no clue how big or small size I needed to cut with the machine because I was still thinking in metrics (and never worked in a grocery store). From New Jersey we often visited New York. I loved that beautiful city.

Six months later we moved to Florida where my other grandmother lived in that time. I was babysitter here for a beautiful baby boy and didn't speak English yet. My grandmother is almost 98 years old today and a few years ago moved back to Hungary. West Palm Beach is a friendly town and we enjoyed swimming all year long in the warm and clear water of the Atlantic Ocean and liked the white sand and the palm trees on the beach. However, Christmas time was difficult for us because it was warm and both of us were used to cold and snowy holidays. We loved Florida, but didn't have that special feeling what comes at Christmas time when you live in a place where four seasons and icy cold weather are.

After about two years in Florida, we decided to move to California. We bought a trailer and moved across the United States in about 16 days. In our way we stopped at many beautiful places. The western hats and big plate of beefs in Texas, the beautiful red cliffs in New Mexico and the unforgettable Grand Canyon in Arizona are the most memorable experiences. After this beautiful travel, we arrived to the Californian capital, Sacramento. Here I experienced snow only once in this 17 and a half years and the summers are really hot. After the Hungarian weather conditions, I feel we have only two seasons here: spring and summer. Sacramento takes up a place in a valley. If you travel for about an hour and a half, you are in the Bay area, the beautiful San Francisco and the really cold Pacific Ocean. If you travel to opposite direction for about same time, you arrive to the Sierras. There are snow parks at winter, so if we really want to experience snow and build a snowman, we make a trip there. Two years ago we went last time and had lots of fun.

In April 1991 I gave birth to my only child, Vivian. She is smart and speaks very well Hungarian, even if she was born in California. She just started 10^th grade in high school. My daughter wants to be an attorney. She made this decision when she was only ten years old. The reason: she loves to talk back and having her very own opinion. The profession she chose is really suitable for her. Vivian has her great-grandmothers talent. She learned to love art through her great-grandmothers pictures. She likes to illustrate too.

In the main time, my marriage ended with my daughters father because he was an alcoholic and I didn't want to be part of it.

When Vivian was very young, I went to college and have an AA Degree. There I learned the English language too. From the very beginning, I raised my child alone. I went through many hard times here in the richest country of the world and learned to be strong. Today I am working in an office and living in my own house. The house looks like a museum because it is full with my grandmothers pictures. Last year I was a loan officer, but didn't like to be on commission. I learned a lot and wanted to be a real estate agent. I reached my goal and today I hold my real estate license and shortly I want to start to sell houses because I was always interested about real estate.

I love nature and animals. I love to swim and enjoy every kind of art. I am an optimistic person who likes to laugh. This helped me through many hard situations in the past. I love modern technology. Probably this is the reason for I really like my main business, BizBuzz Marketing what I am doing only a short time. I love the idea, new mobile phone technology and company. Buzzirk Mobile will be big in short time and the fun part just starts because it will be introduced to the public on August 27, 2006 on the Emmy Awards. I feel I am a lucky person because I found Adland, this great community. It is really great to find helpful and nice people on the Internet when there are so many scams and need to be so carefulIn about two and a half months I have made over 500 friends. I enjoy having friends all over the world. Thank you for being my friend and good luck to your business and personal life.

Thank you for reading this far,

Warmest Regards,

Ildiko Dalos

Congratulation, and Thank you for joining our

Gallery of Special Friends!

The Spotlight Gazette Team

It All Comes Naturally

2006-08-15T23:57:00.000-07:00

Words to Live By

Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
and some days you're the statue.

Always keep your words soft and sweet,
just in case you have to eat them.

Always read stuff that will make you
look good if you die in the middle of it.

Drive carefully. It's not only cars
that can be recalled by their maker.

Eat a live toad in the morning and
nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.

If you can't be kind,
at least have the decency to be vague.

If you lend someone $20,
and never see that person again,
it was probably worth it.

It may be that your sole purpose in life
is simply to serve as a warning to others.

Never buy a car you can't push.

Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time,
because then you don't have a leg to stand on.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

The early worm gets eaten by the bird,
so sleep late.

When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.

Birthdays are good for you;
the more you have, the longer you live.

Ever notice that the people who are late
are often much jollier than the people
who have to wait for them?

If ignorance is bliss,
why aren't more people happy?

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, some have weird names,
and all are different colors;
but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

A truly happy person is one
who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Happiness comes through doors
you didn't even know you left open.

Have an awesome day, and know
that someone has thought about you today....

"Hello Thomass, I thank Jesus for sending you to earth, and I thank Him that you are my friend!!!! You are a good business gentleman and you are Amazing!! On Adlandpro you deserve a 10!!!!!! Keep in touch, "
Faith

... what more can we say, beside giving

THOMASS

a WARM WELCOME to
The Spotlight Galery of Friends!

Here is Thomass's interesting Bio!

My name is Thomass Jaymess Erskine which most of you know is my pen name. the name I was given at birth was Carl Jeffrey Wylie. I have chosen to use the former because Thomas is my great great grandfathers name and James was his fathers name. Although I have chosen my own unique spelling of it. Erskine of course is from my mothers side of the family which I have a closer kinship to since I never knew my father at all. But Erskine as well as Wylie are very much Scottish, so I have plenty of Scottish blood flowing through my veins although I was born in Canada. Of course there is some Irish thrown in as well from my grandmother whos name was McMullen.

I am an artist of many talents as well as a poet/writer. I am also a business person, Professer at the Infinite Increase Institute which is in Kansas. I teach via email. I am the Owner/Directer of Masters Pebble-The Humanitarian People. We promote Peace and Awarness throughout the world. As well as assisting people live a much more fulfilling life and we assist in the protection and conservation of our natural resources including our wildlife. For further information feel free to contact me at: masterspebble@yahoo.ca or by phone at: 1,519-670-5724. I have just began a small web site which you can view at: http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/MAPE9783/ which is sponsered by Adland.

I also help promote Pay Pal which is your number one online bank for Better Business and quicker Payments to You. You can take a look at: https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=E8YKS7GPCUDT4

I do not know how mant people here are familiar or have seen the movie 'The Secret' but it is truly amazing. It shows you how to open the door to unlimited abundance and prosperity. There is a Secret Pays web site (http://whatisthesecret.tv/) that will truly amaze you. The maskers of the movie have a web site that enables you to use all of the tools from the movie to enhance your life financially and in many other ways as well. You can see it at: http://thesecretpays.com?233 . There is also a Secret Pays Financial Group where like mined people like you gather at: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/secretpays/join? which I am a member.

I love to read, non-fiction of course. and i love the outdoors and nature and anything that is natural. i have never had any formal training as an artist or poet/writer, it comes natually to me. It has run down through the family for most of them were either artists, writers or spokes people. Alot of my ancesters on the Erskine side were advocates, teachers and even politicians. So I do come from a very strong line. In fact I had done some extensive geneology and found out that my 3 times great grandfather;'s brother was a life long friend of Sir Walter Scott and his wife was Lady in Waiting to Sir Walter's wife. We have in our family some gifts that were given to our Erskine side of the family from Abbotsford Estate. I could take you further back in our family history but that would leave you with much to read. If you would like to know more send me an email at: artjwca@yahoo.ca .

I also have poetry folders that you can purchase of some of my poetry works. The folder comes personally signed and dated by me and it has a gold Masters Pebble seal on the front cover. the price is 17.00 dollars which includes the shipping. If you wolud like to own one you can pay through Pay Pal useing masterspebble@yahoo.ca email address. The supply is limited so don't hesitate if the spirit moves you. When you purchase one contact me direct at: artjwca@yahoo.ca with your mailing information.

Well I certainly hope that this will allow you to know me much better.

I thank you for your time in reading all of this and I wish you much success and prosperity. and I shall leave you with my personal motto and a saying written by me.

Motto: Power With Not Power Over

Saying: 'May Peace and Love Be the Weight of Your Steps'

Namaste

CONGRATULATION THOMASS for your Spotlighting!
It is a great pleasure for us!
The Weekly Spotlight Gazette Team

Web Addiction!

2006-08-12T01:55:00.000-07:00

Now you know what to do

with your out-dated computers!

12 Step Recovery Program

For Web Addicts

I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my PAPER newspaper like I used to, before the Web.
I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.
I will get dressed before noon.
I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.
I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.
I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.
I will read a book... if I still remember how.
I will listen to those around me about their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.
I will not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.
1I will try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.
I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my checkbook because I was too busy on the Web.
Last, but not least, I will remember that I must go to bed sometime... and the Web will always be there tomorrow!

Let's welcome our special guest of this week, passionate writer and publisher of

"The Left Handed Times" ezine

and great nerworker:

Lisa Reddell!

Here is Lisa's

Bio

Hello Lee and the Spotlight Team!

Wow! I am so humbled by being chosen for the spotlight!

Sit back, grab your fav beverage and get comfy

My favorite claim to my birth, is I was my mother's 32nd birthday
present. I was born on June 13th, 1963 - Three days before mom's
32nd. We celebrate our birthdays together every year. It's
always a great time for all of us to get together. My birth place
was Tulsa, Oklahoma.

LOL - after reading the last line above, I have to laugh. I made
it sound like I come from a huge family. Not true. There are my
parents, that's sorta obvious, huh. But the sibling count in my
family total up to one sister and no brothers. My sister and I
are best friends and I treasure the time we get to spend together.
I always yearned for a brother and bugged my parents about it,
but it never came to pass. (smile)

I graduated from High School, 25 years ago. EEK! I find it
difficult to believe it has been that long. When I was in HS,
computers were not offered to the students. Oh, but the year
after I graduated, computers were installed in every department
of the school... go figure:) After graduating, I accepted a
position with a company, and learned how program tele-marketing
computers. Yep, the ones with the automated voice, that
interrupt your suppertime activities.

I actually purchased my first computer about 15 years ago, and
loved it. I have a creative streak in my personality, and a
deep, passion driven desire to learn, as well as teach. So, I
taught myself how to use the computer. I've also taught myself
HTML, and although I've got a lot more to learn, I do okay.

I drive my husband (Jerry) of 17 years (in October), crazy
because I am so "into" computers. I am the designated
"computer geek" of the family. I have passed on my love
of computers to all three of my sons (LJ - 25 on Sunday 8/13;
Elliott - 16, and Austin - 12).

I have published my own ezine in the past, but experienced
a number of personal setbacks, and am currently not
publishing. I hope to do so again. I really miss it.

I found AdlandPro in 2001, and started utilizing the
classified ads for promotion. Then in 2004, I joined the
wonderful Adland community. Gosh, I love this community.
I have met so many outstanding people here.

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I love to help people.
I suppose my favorite way of helping is to educate folks
about the thousands of Scams that have invaded our lives.
I even offer a Scam Alert forum that reports email scams
I receive. I'd like to personally invite you to peruse
the forum, and you can do that at:

http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/3259/ShowForum.aspx

In addition to the Scam forum, I also have two other
forums I'd like to share. The first one is
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/5909/ShowForum.aspx

And the second:
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/17140/ShowForum.aspx

Okay, I'll stop typing now. Thank you for reading, and
thank you Lee for allowing me this awesome honor.

Toodles,

Lisa Reddell :`)
1090 Members/7709 Pre-Enrollees in 24 hours - Holy Cow!

Thank you Lisa for sharing some more about your life and

CONGRATS

for joining our Spotlight of Friends!

The Spotlight Gazette Team!

What Lies Within Us!

2006-08-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

What lies behind us &
What lies before us
are tiny matters compared to
What lies within us.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

To know that you do not know is the best.
Ton pretend to know when you do not know is a desease.

He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.

- Lao Tzu -

Luck is the dividend of sweat.
The more you sweat, the
luckier you get.

Let's give a warm

to our beloved friend: Cheri Merz !!!!

Here is Cheri's Bio!

Thanks, Spotlight Team, for this recognition! It's so very flattering to be nominated for something like this, and a real boost to the old ego, lol.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 20, 1948, the first of three children born to my parents. I was four when my brother was born; and I still remember getting to hold him as soon as he and my mother were home from the hospital. When I was eight, my sister joined us. We had a typical 1950's upbringing, which looking back seems idyllic compared to today's dangers for children.

My dad was entrepreneurial, so I got a taste of what self-employment was like from an early age. I was eight when he left full-time employment to start his own business. My allowance, a dime weekly, disappeared, lol. Of course, that was when a bottle of Coke (no cans) was only a nickel.

We moved to Moab, Utah when I was thirteen so that my dad and uncle could work together in my uncle's business. We moved into the walkout basement of the home my uncle owned. I remember the two families had great barbecues every Friday. I only found out years later that it was because my mother and my aunt would both be out of grocery money by Friday, and they had to pool their resources to put a meal on the table! Seems like I grew up learning what I needed to know to get by on very little money.

Even so, between my parents' good planning, the scholarships that I was awarded and the GI Bill (which at that time was available to the children of veterans), I managed to return to Texas for college. My grandparents lived in Austin and believe it or not, my grandfather had just graduated from the University of Texas the year before I arrived there. A few weeks before I was to arrive, he was shopping at the University bookstore the day Charles Whitman opened fire on his victims. Granddad was pinned-down behind the bookshelves with the other patrons for over an hour as the bullets flew.

The Vietnam War was in full swing at that time. I didn't get much studying done between being boy crazy, discovering folk music and trying to make sense of the war, Watergate, the King assassination and the rest of the crazy world of the late sixties. In a music appreciation class, I was selected to take part in someone's master's thesis study because of my pitch recognition. The man who would become my first husband was also selected from a different section of the class and we met during the study. When he left school to join the Navy, I wanted to get married right away, but my parents insisted I finish school first. So while my beau was flying off aircraft carriers, I was taking heavy loads of classes in order to graduate early. After three calendar years, a few months before my twenty-first birthday and only a couple of days after he returned to the States, we were married.

That marriage was to last just nine years. After he got out of the Navy we returned to Austin so that he could finish school. While there, his son from a previous marriage joined us. I was pregnant with our first child, but didn't yet know it, when we left Austin for my hometown right after his graduation. Both of our boys were born in Moab.

Our lives were relatively uneventful until my second son was just beginning to walk. I wasn't particularly happy, but able to tolerate my life. To this day, I don't know what precipitated the series of events that led to my divorce, and I don't particularly want to revisit them. Later we became good friends, but that was after time and distance had softened the hurts that we visited on each other.

Meanwhile, I met my Budd. We are complete opposites in many ways, but it's been obvious from the beginning that God intended us for each other. We married in 1979 and two years later almost to the day we brought twin girls into the world. Shortly after that, Budd adopted my two boys, and we were a whole family. We lived in Moab until the girls were three, and then the main industry in town died and everyone who had a marketable skill left town.

We wound up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, in Newport News just north of Norfolk. We were in Newport News for just under a year, then moved across the Chesapeake Bay to Gloucester. By this time, it was getting difficult to put shoes on the feet of four kids on only one income, even though I cooked everything from scratch, baked our own bread and sewed all our clothes. Some years later, I would observe that I wished I had never gone to work outside the home, because the kids suffered for it. But at the time it seemed to be the only reasonable choice.

I secured a job with the Historical Research department of Colonial Williamsburg. It was there that I first became enamoured of personal computers. Because most of the employees who were in similar positions were graduate students at William and Mary, we had several hours per week that were set aside to attend classes. I chose to get all the computer training I could, learning spreadsheet, word processing and database applications.

After a couple more years we moved again, this time to a suburb of Baltimore called Severna Park, in Maryland. Using my new computer applications expertise, I got a job with an engineering firm and then later with the IT department of a hospital in Washington DC. We thought we were settled there, until my dad had his first stroke and I realized there was no way to get from Maryland to Moab, Utah in a hurry. Fortunately he pulled through that time, but it made us realize that we were way too far from our families. We moved back to Utah when the opportunity presented itself—the company my husband worked for went under in a very dramatic way. They still owe us quite a bit of back pay that they took back out of our bank account after direct depositing it. Then, instead of declaring bankruptcy, they just disappeared.

It took us less than a couple of hours after learning of the bank fiasco to decide we had had it with the East Coast and were going home. A week later, my husband pulled out of the driveway in a moving van with the three youngest kids and our furniture. I farmed our oldest out with a friend and moved in with my aunt and uncle near Silver Springs. This way I could keep some money coming in to pay the bills while Budd looked for work in Grand Junction where his sisters lived at the time, or Pocatello where his brother lived. Where he found it was in Salt Lake City. I collected my oldest boy and drove out a month later. We've been here ever since. In fact, he's been in the same job ever since—sixteen years this month.

Our kids are all grown now. Three have families of their own, and the last one, one of our twin daughters, is engaged. In addition to all my other projects, I have a wedding for next July to help plan! We have four wonderful grandsons, ranging from three to eleven. We don't get to see them often enough and if I have any regrets about still being ambitious at this time of my life it would be that we can't just take off and go see the grandkids. But soon!

Over the years, we learned many hard financial lessons, but we did learn them. A couple of years ago we finally got the hardest one through our heads. That is that we are ultimately responsible for our own financial well-being. Not the government, not the boss, US! Budd has had two companies fold out from under him and the one he works for now nearly went under in the wake of 9-11. His income has shrunk by nearly 50% in terms of real buying power over the last eight years or so, starting even before that fateful September. When it was actually cut, in January of 2004, we finally decided to do something for ourselves. By that time I had my real estate broker's license and we had some tools to help eliminate our remaining consumer debt from a company that I still promote now (see my forum My Offers if you are interested in that).

Our dreams of real estate investing were rekindled. Over the past couple of years, we've put ourselves on the right track. The debt is gone, the real estate investing is in process, and I recently closed our home-based real estate company and opened a new one with some partners whose business will help me expand considerably. It means more time away from home, but it promises to afford us a nice retirement if I ever get to the point that I want to retire. Right now, that seems very remote, as I can't imagine what I'd do all day if I retired!

Meanwhile, I've made some friends on ALP who helped me greatly improve a web site that my grandfather's story inspired me to create. It's called

http://www.Never2Late4Success.com . There I promote my financial and self-improvement tools and write about my experiences. I hope to help people learn from my mistakes and also from my winning strategies. I have a couple of ebooks in my head, and as soon as I've supervised getting new real estate web sites up and running, I'll get busy finishing the books. Lucky for me it's never too late, because I have several years' worth of projects to keep me busy!

Cheri

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--
"Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune
you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It's inside you -- if
you listen to it, you can play it." -- Nido Qubein
http://www.never2late4success.com

Cheri
and thank you for joining The Spotlight!
The Spotlight Gazette Team

Those who succeeded...

2006-07-28T02:54:00.000-07:00

Those who succeeded always took path
that looked very difficult to travel.

Take any great success and after
reading their story, you may wonder,
how they came out alive from the ordeal!

They not only came out alive but also got
great success. Have faith, total
unflinching faith, and walk on.

You will surely rich the destination
one day!

Let's welcome our Spotlighted Friend of this week

our Gospel Singer Debbie Davis

and ... her wonderful Family!

I was born in 1966 and raised in St. Joseph, MO. I was born into a wonderful Christian family, the 2nd child out of 5. I often thank God and my parents for my wonderful heritage.

Some of my favorite childhood memories are the days that I would spend hours in front of the old record player listening to my moms Southern Gospel albums. I started singing in church at a young age and I came from a long line of singers and preachers (my dad is one of those preachers).

Music has always been a part of my life and I started picking up piano at age 7. My mom had an old upright piano (that was WAY out of tune) and one day I went from just plunking on it to picking out melodies of songs (You know... Mary Had a Little Lamb and such). I eventually began adding chords and then using both hands. I still enjoy playing piano by ear to this day and I'm the keyboard player for my Southern Gospel Trio. Hmmm, Southern Gospel music is still in me too!

God has been a part of my life from day one and continues to be... not just a part, but the center of my life!

My Family

I met Larry when I was a senior in high school. He was a junior at a different high school and we both worked at McDonalds after school. We dated for a year and half and then 2 months after he graduated from high school (I had been out a year) we got married. We just celebrated 21 years of marriage on July 26!! Whoo hoo.... and we're still in love!

Larry was ordained as minister of the Gospel in 2001 and is an integral part of our music ministry as we travel. We love being together!

We have 3 children.

Tifanee is 20 years old and is also a singer. She's getting married August 5. Tifanee and her groom will be moving to Tulsa to attend Bible College. She went on her first mission trip in June. I don't think I'm ready to admit that I have an adult child! After all, I'm still a kid myself.

Then there's Jessica, age 18. Jess is our missionary. She went on her 3rd mission trip this past June and will start college in a few weeks. She's very independent and already has an apartment near the college. She also leads the worship team for her youth group at church and plays guitar, drums, bass and keyboard.

Matthew is our baby. He's 16 years old and just got his driver's license. He has played football in high school in the past, but his passion is baseball. He's been pitching since 4th grade and he loves it! He's also an avid outdoorsman and hunter.

You can view some of my family photos at http://DDavis483.photosite.com

Full Life Trio

My love for music continued on into my adult years and in 1994 I started my own Southern Gospel Trio. You can learn more about the trio at www.Full-LifeTrio.com

My Businesses

I began working online about 3 years ago when my father-in-law introduced me to eBay. I've been selling on eBay part time ever since. I may or may not have auctions up and running when this posts, but you can check out my eBay page if you'd like. As of this typing I have 592 positive feedback (not too shabby).

About a year ago, a good friend of mine introduced me to Send Out Cards. I loved the idea of the automated greeting card sender and contact manager, but loved it even more when I found out that I could make money with it. I've always loved sending letters, postcards and greeting cards in the mail, so of course when I came across Send Out Cards, I became addicted! It's a good addiction :)

You can find out more information about becoming a greeting card distributor at www.GreetingCardsWork.com. If you don't want to start a new business but you DO want to start using the greeting cards for your own business or personal use, try it out for free: www.FunSendingcards.com and I'll get you set up with 2 free greeting cards! Many business men and women use the cards to keep in touch with clients, customers, business associates, referrals and prospects. The sky's the limit!

I have a couple of blogs if you want to check them out:

My Send Out Cards Blog - http://funsendingcards.blogspot.com/

Finding Free Advertising Blog - http://lyndeb.wordpress.com/

And I also have a monthly birthday contest:

www.HavingFunWithCards.com

AdlandPro

I was introduced to AdlandPro by the same friend who got me involved with Send Out Cards. This a wonderful community and I've made some awesome friends. My advice to the newbies at AdlandPro would be to make as many friends as possible! You'll get lots of advice, some training, great opportunities to network and so much more. I have!

Well, this got too long, but in BIG nutshell, this is my life. Of course there's so much more that I didn't even get to cover, but I don't want to get boring (maybe I already have :)

Thanks again and God bless,

Debbie Davis

Congrats Debbie for joining The Spotlight!
Enjoy your party!
The Spotlight Gazette Team.