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    <title>Another Chance Ranch</title>
    
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    <updated>2008-11-21T06:35:12-06:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Our scanty place in this wonderful world where most of us have had Another Chance.</subtitle>
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        <title>Sleep or Lack Thereof</title>
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        <updated>2008-11-21T06:35:13-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Have you ever laid in bed and watched your loved one sleep like a baby, while you couldn't sleep a wink if you wanted to? Oh my, that was my last night. I fell asleep at 9ish and slept like...</summary>
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            <name>Julie</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/another_chance_ranch/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div>Have you ever laid in bed and watched your loved one sleep like a baby, while you couldn't sleep a wink if you wanted to?  Oh my, that was my last night.  I fell asleep at 9ish and slept like a baby, until McD woke me up to go to bed.  Then I was wide awake.  I checked email, looked at websites and then tried to go to bed.  While laying in bed I remembered the wet clothes I had in the washer, so I got up to put them in the dryer.  Checked email again, I didn't get much in the 20 minutes I had killed laying awake praying for sleep, just a bunch of junk.  </div><br /><div>Back to bed, my second trip to bed was about 12 am this morning, and the last time I looked at the clock was 2:59.  It was then that I told myself I would not look at the clock again.  I am not sure how much longer it took for me to go to sleep, but I do know that listening to McD snore on one side of me and Hoss &amp; Mia snore on the other side of me was about to drive me insane.  </div><br /><div>I wanted to shake McD and tell him that I couldn't sleep.  I wanted to tell him all about all my plans for the holidays.  I REALLY wanted to tell him about his birthday gifts, only because it is so hard for me to keep surprises from him.  Oh and it is getting harder and harder by the day.  He is going to absolutely love some of his gifts.  More on his birthday next week.</div><br /><div>As for this morning, I am rambling on and on and just hoping that some of these sentences are coherent!</div><br /><div>I want to give a big shout out to Pamela!  Have a great Friday!  You know what I mean!  I will be thinking of you! </div><xhtml:img xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AnotherChanceRanch/~4/460713316" height="1" width="1" /></div></content>


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        <title>Cow Slobber?</title>
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        <published>2008-11-19T06:36:20-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-11-20T17:52:28-06:00</updated>
        <summary>If you have ever hiked around you have probably seen this. As kids we always called it cow slobbers, but we didn't hike around a lot of cows. So it really couldn't have been cow slobbers.Here it is a little...</summary>
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            <name>Julie</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/another_chance_ranch/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535fb64ee970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="IMG_0420b" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535fb64ee970b " src="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535fb64ee970b-800wi" title="IMG_0420b" /></a>
 </p><br /><div>If you have ever hiked around you have probably seen this.  As kids we always called it cow slobbers, but we didn't hike around a lot of cows.  So it really couldn't have been cow slobbers.</div><br /><div>Here it is a little closer up.</div><div><a href="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010536033047970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="IMG_0419b" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfb0653ef010536033047970c " src="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010536033047970c-800wi" title="IMG_0419b" /></a>
 <br /></div><br /><div>So what is it?  Do you know?</div><xhtml:img xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AnotherChanceRanch/~4/458341718" height="1" width="1" /></div></content>


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        <title>Cleaning Up &amp; The Winner of From My Bookshelf to Yours #3</title>
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        <published>2008-11-18T07:21:10-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-11-19T00:17:20-06:00</updated>
        <summary>You can probably guess what is happening here, but here is the whole story.I received these photos in my inbox last week. You see, Em cannot handle puke/vomit of any kind. She really gets gagged when she accidentally finds it...</summary>
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            <name>Julie</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/another_chance_ranch/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535f8c3c4970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Pooh2" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535f8c3c4970b image-full " src="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535f8c3c4970b-800wi" title="Pooh2" /></a>
 </p><div>You can probably guess what is happening here, but here is the whole story.</div><br /><div>I received these photos in my inbox last week.  You see, Em cannot handle puke/vomit of any kind.  She really gets gagged when she accidentally finds it by stepping in it wearing just socks.  Jer had just sat down to eat and wanted to eat before cleaning up the mess.  The mess was left by one of their dogs.  Poohs had already eaten and volunteered for the job.  He really did not know what he was getting himself into.  </div><br /><div>From the first photo you can probably tell that his prepared him for the job.  Ya gotta love those nose plugs.  </div><div><a href="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535f8c71a970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Pooh1" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535f8c71a970b image-full " src="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef010535f8c71a970b-800wi" title="Pooh1" /></a>
 <br /></div><div>Oh gag reflex.  Poor kid.</div><br /><div><a href="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef0105360039ed970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Pooh3" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341bfb0653ef0105360039ed970c image-full " src="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb0653ef0105360039ed970c-800wi" title="Pooh3" /></a>
 <br /></div><div>Here comes Dad to the rescue.  When they arrived at our house the next day, Poohs made sure that we understood just how gross it was.  He said, "It was still warm."  </div><br /><div>__________________________________________________________________</div><br /><div>And now, for all 7 of my participants in the From My Bookshelf to Yours Book Giveaway, the winner is...  </div><br /><div>CB in NM</div><br /><div>Be sure to email me your mailing address, anotherchanceranch at gmail dot com.</div><br /><div>Pamela received her book Saturday and had it finished by Sunday morning (midnight).  It was really a good book.  </div><br /><div>Next week, rules are changing.  Next week you must add a link on your blog to the contest.  You can post about anything you want, as long as there is a link to the book giveaway in it.  :)  So all you Fun Monday people can still link to the contest.  This is my own little fun monday.  :)  </div><br /><div>Next week the book is John Grisham's Playing for Pizza.</div><br /><div>Congrats CB!</div><xhtml:img xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AnotherChanceRanch/~4/457164300" height="1" width="1" /></div></content>


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        <title>From My Bookshelf to Yours - #3  </title>
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        <published>2008-11-17T06:58:54-06:00</published>
        <updated>2008-11-17T22:02:46-06:00</updated>
        <summary>It is WICKED!Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the WestOh how I would love to see this on Broadway. I have heard it is amazing. The book isn't too bad itself. I do like the way...</summary>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://anotherchanceranch.typepad.com/another_chance_ranch/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It is <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MLEujRNyoMUC&amp;dq=Wicked:+the+life+and+times+of+the+wicked+witch+of+the+west&amp;pg=PP1&amp;ots=h2S1HN2kP9&amp;source=bn&amp;sig=f142FZeg-W-r0GSXiPLfT9dy_Xw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ct=result#PPA193,M1" title="Wicked">WICKED</a>!</p><br /><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_(novel)">Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West</a></div><br /><div>Oh how I would love to see this on Broadway.  I have heard it is amazing.  The book isn't too bad itself.  I do like the way Gregory Maguire takes a twist on our beloved fairy tales.  I will be reading another one of his books, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, next.</div><br /><div>Be sure to tell all your friends about the giveaway.  It is another random drawing (using the random number generator if needed, and eenie meenie miney moe if not) and is over at 12 a.m. CST.  I will announce the winner tomorrow morning.  </div><br /><div>Next weeks book is Playing For Pizza, courtesy of <a href="http://www.muncyphotography.com">Muncy</a>.</div><br /><div>Have a great day!</div><xhtml:img xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AnotherChanceRanch/~4/455952291" height="1" width="1" /></div></content>


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