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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited May 2011
    Yes, please do join in, jenn3!  Of course you realize that first you must read all 366 back pages, AND there will be a quiz, don't you?  I'm kidding.  Welcome!
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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited May 2011
    Welcome jenn - This is a supportive, fun bunch of gals.  
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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited May 2011

    Hi Jenn, welcome aboard.

    Eli - I'm thinking it's an aerial shot of ... I'm not sure what yet!!

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited May 2011

    Grand Canyon?

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited May 2011

    Hurricane?

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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited May 2011

    Cleaning chemicals spilled on a rug and the colors ran???  

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited May 2011

    O man I just cant wait until Sunday night to know.  After all these years I still havent learned to wait, lol.

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  • jenn3
    jenn3 Member Posts: 3,316
    edited May 2011

    a tree stump with lots of fungus in various colors

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  • leisaparis
    leisaparis Member Posts: 587
    edited May 2011

    ???  Inside of a quarts rock  ???

    cut tree trunk

    come on Sunday

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited May 2011

                                              

    I'm going to givie it up.  The last two answers were getting SO close.  It is PETRIFIED WOOD.  So "tree" is what it was, but now all the organic tree material has been replaced by minerals, probably silica (non-crystaline quartz) and other trace elements which give it the variety of colors.  The colors on that one, I think, are enhanced by a bright light shining on it.  It looks cool.

    So, leisaparis, having both "tree" and "quartz" in your answer, you came the closest.  I invite you to post another WEEKEND MYSTERY PIC next SATURDAY (Friday night would be o.k., if you are busy on Sat.) and let us know if anyone is correct on SUNDAY (or Mon., if you are gone Sun.)

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited May 2011

    I remember reading something about the "metaphysical properties" of Petrified Wood (most likely in an ancient scholarly publication that my mother had, The National Enquirer.)  The properties were Endurance, Freedom From Worry, and help Coping With Stress. 

    Take two Petrified Woods and call me in the morning!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2011

    Elimar,  Thanks so much for trying to help me out with the memorable miles contest....I think I am now up to #24 and if I can get to the top 20, I will be thrilled.  I am making my last effort this weekend to get people to vote today and tomorrow.  I tend to get all worked up and excited when I have a goal and just keep on hammering away and it is little diversions and projects like this that I feel keep me going.  Thanks again middle-aged women for voting in the miles contest .....I used to be on here a lot, and still think middle-aged, but felt like I needed to go to the older thead once I hit the Big 60 (which believe me, I was thrilled to reach...cancer changes our opinion on aging). I may try to come up with a mystery pic for you.  

    DREAM & REDEEM from American Express apps.facebook.com Check out my photo at the Memorable Miles photo contest from American Express. Vote for my entry and help me win 100,000 miles!     

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited May 2011

    I voted!

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited May 2011

    Thanks Marybe for the reminder, just put in my daily vote.  GOOD LUCK!!!!!  Whatever Im able to do for another BC sister Im in.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited May 2011

    Marybe my vote today showed you at #23.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2011

    Oh, thank you, thank you.  Hope you are all having a good Sunday.  If any of  you have a cause or campaign to get me going on when this is over let me know. I thrive on things like this. 

    DREAM & REDEEM from American Express apps.facebook.com Check out my photo at the Memorable Miles photo contest from American Express. Vote for my entry and help me win 100,000 miles!     

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited May 2011

    I voted and it is still at 23.

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited May 2011

    Just voted.  I voted yesterday too.  (You can only vote once per day?)  Good luck Marybe!

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited May 2011

    I have an idea.  I'm not tech savvy.  But could you tell me how to get that hyperlink on my facebook page and I'll ask my facebook friends to vote for Marybe as well.  Not that I have hundreds, but I bet some of them at least would vote.  Wish I were more tech savvy.  Thanks.

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited May 2011

    Go to the Dream and Redeem page in Marybe's link. At the bottom is a little Facebook icon. Click that and it will share to your home page on FB.

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  • sunangel27
    sunangel27 Member Posts: 310
    edited May 2011

    Just voted for you Marybe.. :)

    Just a short note to say heyyyyyyyyy to all of you ladies......it's been a long few hard weeks for me, but I will be back soon :)

    Hugs!!!!!
    Paula M

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  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 897
    edited May 2011

    Just voted for you Marybe, I hope you win it would be awesome to be able to fly for free wherever you need to go!  Good Luck

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited May 2011

    Thanks for the info.  I shared it on my account.  I hope some of my facebook friends will vote for you too.  Good luck.

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  • Sandeeonherown
    Sandeeonherown Member Posts: 1,946
    edited May 2011

    Blondie- I feel a bit like you too....waiting until June 7 when I have had my meamogram and ha ve met with my cardiologist before I decide on job and life plans....tired of making plans as I have this year to have them fall through. I tend to be a spontaneous, decide right now kind of gal....but had planned vacations and other events and they fell through because of health stuff so....I am going to wait for June befor eI plan another big thing and then will decide fmor there what to do.

    Last night I 'outed myself' with regards to my heart attack, and cancer, to an audience of over 300 people...had been asked to give a testimonial in the middle of our 2 hour choir concert....wasn't as hard as I had thought....humour comes out in very odd ways...but there is a message to be told and all of us who talk about it...to one person, ten people, an auditorium full of them....are reminding another woman to get a mammogram, have their blood pressure checked etc....I had a number of women I didn't know come up to me at the reception after the show say "I am very glad you knew to call 911. I am glad you are alive" and hug me....overwhelming...another woman said "You saved someone's life tonight....by talking about this, you have saved someone;s life"....remember that ladies...every time you talk to someone about breast cancer, you are potentially saving a life....or making their breast cancer journey easier somehow by catching it early. (just my thoughts for the day....)

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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited May 2011

    Sandee - Very well said - there is a whole lot of truth in what you shared.

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  • Sandeeonherown
    Sandeeonherown Member Posts: 1,946
    edited May 2011

    Thanks Jo....it felt good to say it out loud....oddly enough

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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited May 2011

    Sandee - It usually does feel better when you say it out loud - somehow it makes more sense.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited May 2011

    Sandee, you launched your own awareness program, and it was a success!  I think the feeedback you got shows the positive impact you had on them.  Good job, girl!

    That is why I am not really sure why some people come out so against the Breast Cancer Awareness programs.  I do get that the money spent on "awareness" could be put toward finding a cure.  That I get.  I think the greatest contention is among Late Stage, because "awareness" doesn't do them much good, does it?  Of course, CURE should be the main objective, but I do think that "awareness" save lives too.   

    Before something can become an action, there needs to be a thought. (Among sapiens, at least.)  So, if all the walks and rallies and pink in peoples faces actually does get people to think about regular screenings/exams, the more likely they are to act on it...then "awareness" does save some lives.  Wouldn't it be mind-blowing if some ten year old's first "awareness" was getting one of those hokey pink bracelets, then 20 years later be on the cutting edge of some new B/C research?  You just never know.

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  • Sandeeonherown
    Sandeeonherown Member Posts: 1,946
    edited May 2011

    Thanks Jo/Elimar....yeah...awareness though...without awareness there would be far more women with late stage cancer, dying of heart disease and ending up with diabetes and MS...but yes...finding a cure is ideal...and finding more succsessful reatments for our stage 2+ sisters is essential for sure.

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited May 2011

    Marybe, you were #22 just a minute ago when I voted for the day.

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