<?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-1080243525227181090</id><updated>2011-10-30T10:00:52.631-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wife in Jersey</title><subtitle type='html'>My adventures as a newlywed stationed in New Jersey!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-7954529812177548156</id><published>2011-01-30T13:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-30T13:24:40.024-08:00</updated><title type='text'>More Snow!!</title><content type='html'>So we got hit with another snow storm last week! This time we got about 12-15inches and got to spend another day in the house together ha! The next few days we got some novelty snow and it was soo pretty and fun to be outside in!! Kyle got together with the neighbors and made a 10 foot snowman ha!! It was pretty awesome and pictures just don't do it justice but I will put some up anyways :)!! We are expecting more snow this week so maybe we can build igloos or something haha. I absolutely LOVE the snow and can't wait for more ha!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's Kyle on the top ha can you see him?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TUXWksxSrTI/AAAAAAAAATU/cYslcGAX_bI/s1600/Big%2BSnowman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092440295025970" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TUXWksxSrTI/AAAAAAAAATU/cYslcGAX_bI/s320/Big%2BSnowman.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TUXWc6iP9KI/AAAAAAAAATE/PJGz-cE8kRo/s1600/Big%2BSnowman%2B2.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568092306551076002" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TUXWc6iP9KI/AAAAAAAAATE/PJGz-cE8kRo/s320/Big%2BSnowman%2B2.bmp" /&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/1080243525227181090-7954529812177548156?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/7954529812177548156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-snow.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/7954529812177548156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/7954529812177548156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-snow.html' title='More Snow!!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TUXWksxSrTI/AAAAAAAAATU/cYslcGAX_bI/s72-c/Big%2BSnowman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-4143111728462313933</id><published>2011-01-13T06:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T06:34:48.947-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!</title><content type='html'>So since Christmas we have had 2 major snow storms!! The first one was literally a blizzard which had us stuck in the house for about 3 days! It snowed on Sunday into Monday and they didn't even plow our road till Tuesday at 4ish....it was crazy haha!! I loved it though..Kyle and I made the best of it with a ton of junk food, movies, books, Guitar Hero and Assassins Creed ha!! We got over a foot of snow that storm so it was hard to go out and play in it because you would sink haha...we had to shovel a path for Amos in the backyard ha!! The second storm was this past Tuesday night and it was just Amos and I this time!! We got about 7inchs so Amos and I were able to go play in it!! He was sooo funny in the snow..he would just run around and then jump through the deep snow..ha he looked like a dolphin. I tried to get a good video but I had a hard time ha but I will show you what I got. I did get some awesome pics of his ears flopping about though haha!! Enjoy!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will want to mute this so you don't hear the wind and my annoying voice haha!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-74f80a79e484760e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v20.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D74f80a79e484760e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331136199%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3232E2C09322374E2E5D22C99FB5BE1EC81CFA5.1ED45EF9FB7B1B806D845710C87410CF103033E6%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D74f80a79e484760e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DoFFzOIsyVqclaQAykwE9NhNtJvk&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v20.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D74f80a79e484760e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331136199%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3232E2C09322374E2E5D22C99FB5BE1EC81CFA5.1ED45EF9FB7B1B806D845710C87410CF103033E6%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D74f80a79e484760e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DoFFzOIsyVqclaQAykwE9NhNtJvk&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS8Kw5johNI/AAAAAAAAAS8/RreASkMeKWw/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B120.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561675882037141442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS8Kv2iuX8I/AAAAAAAAASk/wv_MWL1Sb0M/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B117.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS8Kvja0u7I/AAAAAAAAASc/8keOxfttsMs/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B095.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561675876903730098" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS8Kvja0u7I/AAAAAAAAASc/8keOxfttsMs/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B095.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&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/1080243525227181090-4143111728462313933?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/4143111728462313933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2011/01/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/4143111728462313933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/4143111728462313933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2011/01/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow.html' title='Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS8Kw5johNI/AAAAAAAAAS8/RreASkMeKWw/s72-c/Winter%2B2010%2B120.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-1339841571978844935</id><published>2011-01-12T16:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T16:56:24.701-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oops!!</title><content type='html'>I am so sorry that I haven't posted in such a long time! I forgot my password since I set up my blog with my NMSU account and wasn't able to get on until I got everything straightened out ha! Thanks to my brother-in-law Christian I am up and running again though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot has happened since the Spouse Flight! I have disenrolled from NMSU and am now working on getting into Dental Hygeine school at BCC! I just have a few pre-reqs to finish so hopefully they will let me in Fall 2011!! I even passed the entrance exam on the first try so hopefully that will help my chances (I have heard that it takes most people 2 or 3 times to pass)!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things in New Jersey have pretty much been the same. Kyle and I are both working and in school so a lot of our time is spent in the books or sleeping haha! My sweet husband does find time to take me to NYC and see amazing shows though!! The latestest was Promises Promises starring Kristen Chenoweth :D!!! She is one of my all time favorite Broadway stars so I was super excited to sit in the best seats in the house AND I even got to meet her!! I shook her hand and everything it was sooooo AWESOME HA!! Kyle snapped a shot of her but she doesn't like flashes and it was very crowded so the pic came out blurry :(!! Oh well I will never forget that night!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christmas has come and gone and we had a wonderful time!! Although we missed our family very much we had really enjoyed it being just the two of us! The day after Christmas we had a blizzard (I am not kidding) so we were snowed in the house for about 3 days!!!! Thankfully we had lots of left over Ham and Guitar Hero to get us through it haha!! We were even prepared for the snow with a shovel this year....Kyle will no longer have to use a garbage can lid to shovel the driveway hahahaha!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is now 2011 and here we are ha!! New Years was spent with our wonderful church family and we celebrated well!! My resolutions are to get in better touch with far away friends, blog more, and get in better shape of course ha!! Well I hope that you all had an amazing Christmas and that your New Year is very blessed! Here are some pics for you......ENJOY!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Us in Central Park taking a stroll before dinner and the show!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F4ONQQeI/AAAAAAAAARM/IPSuyfVjdrA/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B075.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561459422037819874" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F4ONQQeI/AAAAAAAAARM/IPSuyfVjdrA/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B075.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3-4TeYI/AAAAAAAAARE/CZ7gAd5FRfM/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B076.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561459417923418498" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3-4TeYI/AAAAAAAAARE/CZ7gAd5FRfM/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B076.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kristen Chenoweth!!!!!! She is too cute but super short ha!! Love her!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3mE0x7I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/ykKIptUJyPY/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B077.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561459411265046450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3mE0x7I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/ykKIptUJyPY/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B077.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3YpcyRI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/i78deP-yDDM/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B079.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561459407660566802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3YpcyRI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/i78deP-yDDM/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B079.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best thing about Christmas in NYC!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3FgWqVI/AAAAAAAAAQs/wv6GTXLSR7w/s1600/Winter%2B2010%2B087.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561459402522143058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F3FgWqVI/AAAAAAAAAQs/wv6GTXLSR7w/s320/Winter%2B2010%2B087.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&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/1080243525227181090-1339841571978844935?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/1339841571978844935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2011/01/oops.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/1339841571978844935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/1339841571978844935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2011/01/oops.html' title='Oops!!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5F4ONQQeI/AAAAAAAAARM/IPSuyfVjdrA/s72-c/Winter%2B2010%2B075.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-558074651095770441</id><published>2010-06-22T15:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T15:45:57.555-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spouse Flight</title><content type='html'>Last Saturday I got to do one of the most amazing things ever in my life :)!! I got to go on a spouse flight on the KC-10!! This is the aircraft that Kyle works on and I got to see what my awesome hubby gets to do when he is in the air! There were two planes that went up that day I was on one and Kyle was the boom on the other one (so I got to watch him refuel our plane). My plane had 19 passengers and (lucky me) I got picked to sit in the cock-pit when we took off!! It was sooooo amazing...I have always wanted to do that :)!! I even got to wear a head set like the pilots haha!! We came up right under the plane that Kyle was on and I got to see him refuel :) I could even see him in his little boom window, we were so close that we were able to wave at eachother!! It was funny because while Kyle was doing his thing the guys on my plane were all tell him hi over the radio ha I don't know why they found that so amusing but it was neat ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I totally have a new respect for what Kyle and all men and women in the Air Force do :)!! Military people are awesome and they would die for you so thank them :D!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well here are some pics of my adventure...I am sorry they aren't better..I forgot my camera so I had to use my cell...but it's better than nothing ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one wasn't from the Spouse Flight but I like it...Kyle and I in the cock-pit of a KC-10!&lt;br /&gt;I wish it wasn't dark...oh well ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6i9QOxrI/AAAAAAAAAPg/AV2l0EgaOMI/s1600/Spouse+Flight+010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485730193346578098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6i9QOxrI/AAAAAAAAAPg/AV2l0EgaOMI/s320/Spouse+Flight+010.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the Pilots (I can't remember names sorry).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6iauPJcI/AAAAAAAAAPY/rmRIdk9HHdE/s1600/Spouse+Flight+017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485730184077190594" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6iauPJcI/AAAAAAAAAPY/rmRIdk9HHdE/s320/Spouse+Flight+017.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So many buttons....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6h8q4wTI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/h0JkZiqvt5s/s1600/Spouse+Flight+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485730176010076466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6h8q4wTI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/h0JkZiqvt5s/s320/Spouse+Flight+016.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me in the Cock-Pit :D!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6NNGZ0kI/AAAAAAAAAPI/yrNYxC_Aklg/s1600/Spouse+Flight+019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485729819643204162" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6NNGZ0kI/AAAAAAAAAPI/yrNYxC_Aklg/s320/Spouse+Flight+019.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My view from the Cock-Pit..that is Kyles plane in the distance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MxufiQI/AAAAAAAAAPA/L-q15xqEiBU/s1600/Spouse+Flight+020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485729812295158018" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MxufiQI/AAAAAAAAAPA/L-q15xqEiBU/s320/Spouse+Flight+020.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle refueling us (this is also from the cock-pit) crazy huh?!?!?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MspASQI/AAAAAAAAAO4/qITE4eenDyk/s1600/Spouse+Flight+027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485729810929961218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MspASQI/AAAAAAAAAO4/qITE4eenDyk/s320/Spouse+Flight+027.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the view that Kyle gets all the time..we are refueling his plane! It seems like you could just fall out that window haha it is some clean glass/plastic haha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MYjtqFI/AAAAAAAAAOw/h9M3guPgAqI/s1600/Spouse+Flight+029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485729805539059794" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MYjtqFI/AAAAAAAAAOw/h9M3guPgAqI/s320/Spouse+Flight+029.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me with the boom and that's my neighbor Christine in the back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MDXGi8I/AAAAAAAAAOo/qlNQf3L10kg/s1600/Spouse+Flight+030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485729799849020354" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6MDXGi8I/AAAAAAAAAOo/qlNQf3L10kg/s320/Spouse+Flight+030.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&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 class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-558074651095770441?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/558074651095770441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2010/06/spouse-flight.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/558074651095770441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/558074651095770441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2010/06/spouse-flight.html' title='Spouse Flight'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TCE6i9QOxrI/AAAAAAAAAPg/AV2l0EgaOMI/s72-c/Spouse+Flight+010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-6556553793749277815</id><published>2010-06-14T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T12:53:46.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Visitors</title><content type='html'>So this past couple of weeks Kyle and I have had some visitors. First Chelsea and Jon came to see us and we took them all over ha! We went to NYC, Statue of Liberty (from the Jersey side), and Philly! We also went to the Grounds for Sculpture which was....interesting ha! We all had fun though! :)&lt;br /&gt;Then Kyle's dad came for a short visit. We got to relax a bit with him because he had already seen most of the sights. We did go to Philly though and I finally got to see Independence Hall! It was awesome! Just to say that I have been in the same room where the Decleration was signed is amazing..ha I am such a nerd I know but I love it! I am hoping that we can go back on July 8th when they read the Decleration in the square to the public!! They dress up and make a whole show of it..I am sure that it will be a ton of fun! We also went to the farmers market where I found a beautiful flower plant to put in my garden (but more on that in the next post)!&lt;br /&gt;Also, Kyle and I just celebrated 2 wonderful years of marriage. For our anniversary Kyle booked a night at a Bed and Breakfast by the Jersey shore and a couples massage and pedicure which was just total bliss! I highly recommend a massage if you have never had one...they are sooo worth the money! I told Kyle that we will have to invest more into them ha! Our first time at the beach was a lot of fun although, we will be sure to put on lots of sunscreen next time ha! We both looked like lobsters when we got home but it was worth it ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kissing the War Goodbye sculpture. It is HUGE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHJrQtagI/AAAAAAAAAOY/6f--AD01wds/s1600/049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482718196671539714" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHJrQtagI/AAAAAAAAAOY/6f--AD01wds/s320/049.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; That's Chelsea's head on the bottom right ha it shows how huge this piece is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chelsea with the Tiger ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHJCjNPMI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/879hggf_f-A/s1600/031.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482718185743269058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHJCjNPMI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/879hggf_f-A/s320/031.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and Chels standing in line with the statues ha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHIszY-QI/AAAAAAAAAOI/ZR7ZpYNcU14/s1600/016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482718179905566978" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHIszY-QI/AAAAAAAAAOI/ZR7ZpYNcU14/s320/016.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle and I being silly!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHIYAHKCI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Szva0Ew4Lxg/s1600/011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482718174321780770" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHIYAHKCI/AAAAAAAAAOA/Szva0Ew4Lxg/s320/011.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Danny, Kyle, and I at the Liberty Bell!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaF0Bl7X_I/AAAAAAAAAN4/XYGl7zkJ8Xs/s1600/070.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482716725197365234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaF0Bl7X_I/AAAAAAAAAN4/XYGl7zkJ8Xs/s320/070.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Independence Hall!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaFztulm_I/AAAAAAAAANw/j5bocPjb41M/s1600/084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482716719864978418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaFztulm_I/AAAAAAAAANw/j5bocPjb41M/s320/084.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle and I at the Jersey shore (Long Branch)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaFyu0YXAI/AAAAAAAAANg/u24ocK9jqYw/s1600/063.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482716702977842178" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaFyu0YXAI/AAAAAAAAANg/u24ocK9jqYw/s320/063.JPG" 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;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaFyVhxaRI/AAAAAAAAANY/SYduFyC4a60/s1600/061.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482716696188905746" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaFyVhxaRI/AAAAAAAAANY/SYduFyC4a60/s320/061.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&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 class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-6556553793749277815?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/6556553793749277815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2010/06/visitors.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6556553793749277815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6556553793749277815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2010/06/visitors.html' title='Visitors'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TBaHJrQtagI/AAAAAAAAAOY/6f--AD01wds/s72-c/049.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-6228292965965165488</id><published>2010-04-14T05:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T20:08:39.174-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Been A While!!</title><content type='html'>So a lot has happened since Christmas ha and I thought I should update the world on my life!! Well, Kyle got home from his deployment in Feb and life has been bliss :D!! I became and aunt again, dyed my hair brown (which will go back to blond before Melissa's wedding ha), my grandparents came to visit, I have got a job at PetSmart ugh, and I am another year older ha! We have also been attending a wonderful new congregation at Tabernacle Church of Christ and it has been so great. We fit right in and feel so very welcomed...it's like they have known us all our lives.Well, I guess that really isn't a lot of things when I write it down but, it sure felt like a lot ha! So here are some random pics from the past few months to entertain you :D!! I promise to blog more often now ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I now have three nephews!! They are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keegan :)!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8YSw-_6_QI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Nau2I-yR3s8/s1600/Phone+Pics+015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460072230987431170" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8YSw-_6_QI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Nau2I-yR3s8/s320/Phone+Pics+015.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cohen :)!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W-w_UZg_I/AAAAAAAAAMI/AY5b-g9hdqc/s1600/cohen2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459979872096584690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W-w_UZg_I/AAAAAAAAAMI/AY5b-g9hdqc/s320/cohen2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and Chase :)!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W-wqit8AI/AAAAAAAAAMA/rPlME7xPY-Q/s1600/Phone+Pics+042.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459979866519498754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W-wqit8AI/AAAAAAAAAMA/rPlME7xPY-Q/s320/Phone+Pics+042.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle and I after he got home :D!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W-wRnGdBI/AAAAAAAAAL4/lfkswwc-DRg/s1600/015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459979859826996242" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W-wRnGdBI/AAAAAAAAAL4/lfkswwc-DRg/s320/015.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My awesome birthday present! Don't I have the best hubby ever?!?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8YJem8cI/AAAAAAAAALY/iYn2TqNHTUU/s1600/Birthday+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459977246303777218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8YJem8cI/AAAAAAAAALY/iYn2TqNHTUU/s320/Birthday+002.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took my grandparents to NYC!! They of course wanted to see Strawberry Fields ha!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8XyDlsTI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Rf6rt3AlWsQ/s1600/034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459977240016433458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8XyDlsTI/AAAAAAAAALQ/Rf6rt3AlWsQ/s320/034.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went on a carriage ride in Central Park! It was freezing ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8XeKpC_I/AAAAAAAAALI/cUMshWVWVSA/s1600/028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459977234677304306" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8XeKpC_I/AAAAAAAAALI/cUMshWVWVSA/s320/028.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and Grams :)! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8XIByoNI/AAAAAAAAALA/pU7yaP-W66A/s1600/017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459977228734603474" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8W8XIByoNI/AAAAAAAAALA/pU7yaP-W66A/s320/017.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am sorry I don't have more NYC pics but my camera died after the carriage ride :( bummer! We did get to go see Katherine Zita Jones and Angela Lansbury in A Little Night Music and it was wonderful!! When Katherine sang "Bring in the Clowns" the whole audience was in tears!! Best show on Broadway I have seen thus far :)!!&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/1080243525227181090-6228292965965165488?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/6228292965965165488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-been-while.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6228292965965165488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6228292965965165488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-been-while.html' title='It&apos;s Been A While!!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/S8YSw-_6_QI/AAAAAAAAAMg/Nau2I-yR3s8/s72-c/Phone+Pics+015.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-491526346599024862</id><published>2009-12-31T18:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T18:58:43.732-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Home for the Holidays!</title><content type='html'>Since Kyle is deployed I went home for Christmas. It was a ton of fun (of course not as much fun as it could have been if Kyle would have been there) and it was great getting to see all of my family! Everyone was there this Christmas except for Kyle, Tristan, and Shelby (not too bad for all of us ha). I also got to meet one of the cutest babies EVER, my second nephew Chase. I had a blast with all my fam and I am so grateful that I was able to go home :)! I forgot my camera....but don't worry I stole some pics from Amy ha. Happy New Year everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and baby Chase....he is soooo cute :)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jlFjedFI/AAAAAAAAAKI/XsV_NNBeoK8/s1600-h/Me+and+Chase+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421599015221228626" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jlFjedFI/AAAAAAAAAKI/XsV_NNBeoK8/s320/Me+and+Chase+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mom, me and Chase!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jk_OmGyI/AAAAAAAAAKA/lxExNK5YBkw/s1600-h/Mom,+Me,+and+Chase.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421599013523036962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jk_OmGyI/AAAAAAAAAKA/lxExNK5YBkw/s320/Mom,+Me,+and+Chase.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mom, Savannah, me and Chase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jklQbb2I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/o7JyYr44QwM/s1600-h/All+of+us.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421599006551404386" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jklQbb2I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/o7JyYr44QwM/s320/All+of+us.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four Generations!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jkYCBSNI/AAAAAAAAAJw/wLxmlayhBlU/s1600-h/Fam7.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421599003001309394" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jkYCBSNI/AAAAAAAAAJw/wLxmlayhBlU/s320/Fam7.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me, Amy, Savannah, and Chase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jAwbqSaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/BOYvZq9qlV0/s1600-h/Fam2.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421598391076014498" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jAwbqSaI/AAAAAAAAAJo/BOYvZq9qlV0/s320/Fam2.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this pic ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jAum5YTI/AAAAAAAAAJg/ESqIdazB7_4/s1600-h/The+Girls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421598390586270002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jAum5YTI/AAAAAAAAAJg/ESqIdazB7_4/s320/The+Girls.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Flinko girls and Chase :)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jAJwH2KI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hcUQkoZp_e4/s1600-h/Fam4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421598380692854946" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jAJwH2KI/AAAAAAAAAJY/hcUQkoZp_e4/s320/Fam4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole Family...minus Kyle, Tristan, and Shelby!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1i_4c7GwI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/Ke2bCzk7X6k/s1600-h/Fam6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421598376048925442" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1i_4c7GwI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/Ke2bCzk7X6k/s320/Fam6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&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 class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-491526346599024862?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/491526346599024862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/12/home-for-holidays.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/491526346599024862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/491526346599024862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/12/home-for-holidays.html' title='Home for the Holidays!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sz1jlFjedFI/AAAAAAAAAKI/XsV_NNBeoK8/s72-c/Me+and+Chase+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-504681006524390190</id><published>2009-12-04T18:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T19:01:35.923-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bedroom Furniture!!</title><content type='html'>So a couple of months ago Kyle and I found a bedroom set on Craigslist for $50!! We thought it would be fun to go ahead and buy it and then refinish it! Kyle has worked and worked on this furniture and he finished it just before he had to leave. It looks amazing :) So here are the before and after pics!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kyle only took a pic of the nightstand before he started sorry!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLXmLcwtI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Q_tUX55v3GE/s1600-h/Gibralter+Island+044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411580033508360914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLXmLcwtI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Q_tUX55v3GE/s320/Gibralter+Island+044.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLXIxLQgI/AAAAAAAAAIw/bZCrew_gXqM/s1600-h/Gibralter+Island+043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411580025613533698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLXIxLQgI/AAAAAAAAAIw/bZCrew_gXqM/s320/Gibralter+Island+043.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the tall dresser in the back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLW10bllI/AAAAAAAAAIo/_VbtxXhrQJQ/s1600-h/003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411580020526913106" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLW10bllI/AAAAAAAAAIo/_VbtxXhrQJQ/s320/003.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All three after he stripped and sanded!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK2bEI7NI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5DcBh5xc4iY/s1600-h/Furniture+007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411579463589227730" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK2bEI7NI/AAAAAAAAAIg/5DcBh5xc4iY/s320/Furniture+007.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finished nightstand!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK2GEtvrI/AAAAAAAAAIY/yNYqilS98Wg/s1600-h/Furniture+015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411579457954496178" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK2GEtvrI/AAAAAAAAAIY/yNYqilS98Wg/s320/Furniture+015.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finished tall dresser. (I don't know why it came out light in the pic..it is dark like the others..I guess it's the lighting ha) We still need to fix the bottom legs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK1o9eJwI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/mrgsxKj8NqA/s1600-h/Furniture+011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411579450139485954" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK1o9eJwI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/mrgsxKj8NqA/s320/Furniture+011.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finished long dresser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK1Xf6ssI/AAAAAAAAAII/zyUkwf4VKFw/s1600-h/Furniture+013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411579445452124866" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK1Xf6ssI/AAAAAAAAAII/zyUkwf4VKFw/s320/Furniture+013.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Amos got in the way but it was a really cute pic so I wanted to share ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK1Oh_leI/AAAAAAAAAIA/rP0QqBy62UA/s1600-h/Furniture+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411579443044914658" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnK1Oh_leI/AAAAAAAAAIA/rP0QqBy62UA/s320/Furniture+012.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope ya'll like it as much as I do! It looks perfect in our bedroom! Oh and I want your opinions on the knobs that we used. We had to use them because they no longer make handles in the size that we needed. I think the knobs give it a modern look :)!&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 class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-504681006524390190?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/504681006524390190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/12/bedroom-furniture.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/504681006524390190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/504681006524390190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/12/bedroom-furniture.html' title='Bedroom Furniture!!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SxnLXmLcwtI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Q_tUX55v3GE/s72-c/Gibralter+Island+044.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-9173303973374287541</id><published>2009-11-30T06:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T06:38:18.863-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Final Topic for Scrapbook/ English Assign# 11.</title><content type='html'>I am sticking to my first idea! I will start out with describing my childhood from a broken home and how I dreamed of something better maybe use a pic of a little girl playing house. The font here will be dark and the colors will also be drab to show saddness but there should also be something to show hope especially in the pic of playing house! I will then talk about my present and how I am married. My marriage is the first step in accomplishing my dream so I want to use warm colors to show happiness and use a fun font! For my future I see myself having children and giving them the childhood that I always wanted! They will be the proof of me rising above my broken home and changing the cycle. The colors used here will be bright and happy because I see my future as being very bright!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-9173303973374287541?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/9173303973374287541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/final-topic-for-scrapbook-english.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/9173303973374287541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/9173303973374287541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/final-topic-for-scrapbook-english.html' title='Final Topic for Scrapbook/ English Assign# 11.'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-3168242495573656827</id><published>2009-11-18T07:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T07:26:06.666-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Scrapbook Idea/ English Assign# 10</title><content type='html'>For my scrapbook I am going to use my life events that have shaped who I am. I will describe my childhood and then describe major events from that point on in my life. I will then have future events that I would like to see happen. I am married now and I love it. So I am going to talk about (in a slideshow with power point) how I played house and then got older and met the man of my dreams and then married him. Then for the future part I see myself having a kid one day and becoming a mother as well as a wife. No longer am I playing house I am actually living it :). I came from a broken home and I think including that in my scrapbook will help with the argument that not all children from broken homes grow up to be the head of another broken home! My scrapbook will be about how I am overcoming my childhood and, the future that I dream of for my husband, myself, and our future children.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-3168242495573656827?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/3168242495573656827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/scrapbook-idea-english-assign-10.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/3168242495573656827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/3168242495573656827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/scrapbook-idea-english-assign-10.html' title='Scrapbook Idea/ English Assign# 10'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-7766609491037102231</id><published>2009-11-16T08:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T08:30:09.212-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oklahoma City Memorial/ English Assign#9</title><content type='html'>The Oklahoma City Memorial website was great. I have been to the memorial and the pictures used in the website were able to capture the sights of the memorial well. Although the mood was missing in the photos. What I remember most at the memorial was the mood it created. Everyone was so quiet and respectful. This was probably because of the way your heart ached for the people who were involved and lost their lives in that day. The memorial truly honored those who were involved in the Oklahoma City bombing and gave visitors the emotion of that day.&lt;br /&gt;At the memorial there is a Field of Empty Chairs. These chairs were lined in 9 rows (representing the 9 floors) and had the names of the people who lost their lives that day. There were also nineteen smaller chairs that represented the children who were lost. These chairs were a symbol of rememberance. The people who lost their lives will always be remembered when someone sees these chairs and it seems that your heart aches for every chair that is there.&lt;br /&gt;There is also a room that is not shown on the website that is full of Origami cranes hanging from the ceiling. These birds were sent from children all over the nation to symbolize hope. I remember making one of these cranes when I was in school to send to the survivors of the bombing so, it was very moving getting to see all of them. I hope that these cranes were able to bring a little comfort to the survivors and give them hope of a brighter tomorrow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-7766609491037102231?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/7766609491037102231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/oklahoma-city-memorial-english-assign9.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/7766609491037102231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/7766609491037102231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/oklahoma-city-memorial-english-assign9.html' title='Oklahoma City Memorial/ English Assign#9'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-1968244033814579245</id><published>2009-11-11T12:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T12:59:23.425-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Family Photos/ English Assign#8</title><content type='html'>In the readings on pages 109-127 there were different stories from different people. These stories were of memories (mostly of family). There were pictures used so that the reader could get an image of the stories that were being told. The pictures used weren't necessarily of the event that the writers were talking about but they shared the same idea. The saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words" is so very true. Photography can be used as a composition because it tells a visual story. It can help fill in the holes that a narrative may leave out. I loved Jeffery Wolins pictures at the end of the reading. His pictures told the story not only in a visual way but in a narrative and emotional way as well!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The family picture I chose is a picture of me with my in-laws! This picture is one of the first family pictures taken since Kyle and I were married.  This picture means a lot to me becuase it marks the beginning of me being apart of this family and their wonderful get togethers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SvsiKD9E0rI/AAAAAAAAAGo/vqHvdHObD3U/s1600-h/8419_147624783267_733213267_3499842_1430630_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402949734216553138" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SvsiKD9E0rI/AAAAAAAAAGo/vqHvdHObD3U/s320/8419_147624783267_733213267_3499842_1430630_n.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-1968244033814579245?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/1968244033814579245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/family-photos-english-assign8.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/1968244033814579245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/1968244033814579245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/family-photos-english-assign8.html' title='Family Photos/ English Assign#8'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SvsiKD9E0rI/AAAAAAAAAGo/vqHvdHObD3U/s72-c/8419_147624783267_733213267_3499842_1430630_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-2182694099372912944</id><published>2009-11-10T11:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T11:35:17.285-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our First Base House!</title><content type='html'>So we are finally all moved in to our new house on base! This house is amazing and we love it! It seems so big for just the two of us and Amos ha! It is a three bed two and a half bath and Amos now has a yard! Kyle is only two minutes from work and it is nice to get to have lunch with him everyday!! A bunch of you have asked for pictures so here are some but I would rather you all just come and visit us and see if for yourselves ;)!! We don't have furniture for all the rooms yet so I didn't really take pics of those!! Kyle is in the progress of re-doing some furniture for the bedroom and when he is finished I will post pics of the before and after! He is really doing a great job. Enjoy the pics :)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The front of the house!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm_I9ciYuI/AAAAAAAAAGI/zQM7i5JNZH8/s1600-h/015.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559388661736162" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm_I9ciYuI/AAAAAAAAAGI/zQM7i5JNZH8/s320/015.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entrance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm_ItLXv6I/AAAAAAAAAGA/Ngxezvta6Dg/s1600-h/011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559384294768546" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm_ItLXv6I/AAAAAAAAAGA/Ngxezvta6Dg/s320/011.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Half Bath&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-59K-NkI/AAAAAAAAAF4/34O6O9lLfog/s1600-h/010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559130890024514" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-59K-NkI/AAAAAAAAAF4/34O6O9lLfog/s320/010.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Living room&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-56WI4ZI/AAAAAAAAAFw/1-fttRO1PMk/s1600-h/006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559130131554706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-56WI4ZI/AAAAAAAAAFw/1-fttRO1PMk/s320/006.JPG" 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;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-5oL7YyI/AAAAAAAAAFo/O2AEpH1q7zk/s1600-h/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559125256889122" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-5oL7YyI/AAAAAAAAAFo/O2AEpH1q7zk/s320/007.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinning room&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-5a2E5PI/AAAAAAAAAFg/XlirVfRAmek/s1600-h/008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559121675576562" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-5a2E5PI/AAAAAAAAAFg/XlirVfRAmek/s320/008.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kitchen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-5H2QfuI/AAAAAAAAAFY/mfwnP0yvwpA/s1600-h/009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402559116576063202" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-5H2QfuI/AAAAAAAAAFY/mfwnP0yvwpA/s320/009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upstairs guest rooms!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-a62eH8I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/W8TW1vT63s8/s1600-h/012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402558597691219906" style="WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-a62eH8I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/W8TW1vT63s8/s320/012.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laundry room&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-alYheFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/oeW8apY1PKc/s1600-h/018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402558591928465490" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-alYheFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/oeW8apY1PKc/s320/018.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bedroom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-aU9rhTI/AAAAAAAAAFA/6z-W-6U4PQM/s1600-h/014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402558587520910642" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-aU9rhTI/AAAAAAAAAFA/6z-W-6U4PQM/s320/014.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best closet EVER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-Z6vcLDI/AAAAAAAAAE4/aaZLxbc6csM/s1600-h/016.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402558580481862706" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-Z6vcLDI/AAAAAAAAAE4/aaZLxbc6csM/s320/016.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amos' Backyard :)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-Z2izj5I/AAAAAAAAAEw/e8518bPf5Ns/s1600-h/019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402558579355127698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm-Z2izj5I/AAAAAAAAAEw/e8518bPf5Ns/s320/019.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&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;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-2182694099372912944?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/2182694099372912944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/our-first-base-house.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/2182694099372912944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/2182694099372912944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/11/our-first-base-house.html' title='Our First Base House!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Svm_I9ciYuI/AAAAAAAAAGI/zQM7i5JNZH8/s72-c/015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-6569825825338548598</id><published>2009-10-21T07:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T08:07:29.122-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thesis/ English Assign# 7</title><content type='html'>I have been thinking a lot about what my argument for Blackboard as a discourse community will be. I decided to weigh out the pros and cons and then see where that leads me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pros:&lt;br /&gt;I can do school anywhere.&lt;br /&gt;School work is done on my time schedule.&lt;br /&gt;I don't have to get up early for it ha.&lt;br /&gt;I still get to be a wife ha.&lt;br /&gt;I can be more of myself since no one is actually meeting me face to face.&lt;br /&gt;I don't stress out as much as when I did when I was actually going to class and, Iam not as tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cons:&lt;br /&gt;I miss out on lectures that I feel are important.&lt;br /&gt;Some teachers don't seem to take online classes seriously and don't respond to emails (Not you Jen).&lt;br /&gt;Communication is delayed between peers and the teacher (waiting on emails or disscusions).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel I can talk about both the pros and cons and make my arguement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thesis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blackboard is a wonderful tool for students on the go but, patience is needed to successfully complete a class with it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-6569825825338548598?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/6569825825338548598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/thesis-english-assign-7.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6569825825338548598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6569825825338548598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/thesis-english-assign-7.html' title='Thesis/ English Assign# 7'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-6930584589742665679</id><published>2009-10-14T06:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T06:59:01.787-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Technology Discourse Communities/ English Assign#6</title><content type='html'>I belong to a bunch of Technology Discourse Communities. My assignment is to list these and then pick one to be the subject of my next paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Technology Discourse Communities:&lt;br /&gt;Facebook&lt;br /&gt;Myspace&lt;br /&gt;Hotmail&lt;br /&gt;Blogger&lt;br /&gt;Photo Bucket&lt;br /&gt;Online Banking&lt;br /&gt;NMSU- Blackboard&lt;br /&gt;Sprint (cell phone)&lt;br /&gt;Comcast (cable &amp;amp; internet)&lt;br /&gt;Sirius Radio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that I will go with NMSU-Blackboard. I can talk about how computers and the internet have helped schools grow and, give people like me the chance to go to school even though I am across the country. Blackboard has helped me communicate with teachers and peers and has allowed me to access to a degree.&lt;br /&gt;I also like the idea of using Facebook. I am new to Facebook but it has allowed me to connect with family members and friends. It has become a useful tool in staying up to date with everyone while I am in NJ. I can see family pictures and status and never feel in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My main argument for either Facebook or Blackboard would be that these techonolgies have helped me stay apart of my school, family, and friends while I am in NJ. These technologies have been nothing but useful to me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-6930584589742665679?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/6930584589742665679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/technology-discourse-communities.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6930584589742665679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6930584589742665679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/technology-discourse-communities.html' title='Technology Discourse Communities/ English Assign#6'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-8953609748864116920</id><published>2009-10-09T12:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T12:33:32.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Discourse Communities/ English Assign# 5</title><content type='html'>For my assignment I am to list all the discourse communities that I belong to and then pick three to elaborate on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Discourse Communities.&lt;br /&gt;Air Force Spouse&lt;br /&gt;NMSU- Student&lt;br /&gt;Aspiring Counselor&lt;br /&gt;Church of Chirst- Christian&lt;br /&gt;Dog Owner&lt;br /&gt;SPC- Alumni&lt;br /&gt;CHS- Alumni&lt;br /&gt;Facebook&lt;br /&gt;Myspace&lt;br /&gt;Blogger :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an NMSU Student I am among a group of people who are all striving for a degree. We are constantly doing homework and studying to acheive this goal. We use language to encourage others to do what we are doing and help each other with misunderstandings in class. My commonplace with NMSU would be Blackboard since I am a NMSU online student.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a Facebooker :) I am in a group that is full of my friends. We use language to communicate old memories and keep in touch with one another. In this group I get to pick who is apart of it and who will not be. Our commonplace would be &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/"&gt;www.facebook.com&lt;/a&gt; where we use pictures and profile status to express ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an Air Force Spouse I am part of a group of women (and some men) who deal with their husbands/wives constantly fighting for our country. We use language to help eachother deal with common problems and keep others out who don't know what we are going through. Our commonplace would be any Military base.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-8953609748864116920?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/8953609748864116920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/discourse-communities-english-assign-5.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/8953609748864116920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/8953609748864116920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/discourse-communities-english-assign-5.html' title='Discourse Communities/ English Assign# 5'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-2810327912235823726</id><published>2009-10-01T07:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T07:55:36.242-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NYC!</title><content type='html'>So yesterday I went to the city to visit the new married couple Matt and Joanie :)! It was a lot of fun. They didn't want to see a ton of sights which is great for me because I have seen them a million times lol!!&lt;br /&gt;I took the train all by myself and met up with them at Borders by Madison Sq Garden. They wanted to see Times Square so we walked through there and then went to NBC studios :). The guide asked if we needed any help with anything and I said "yes how do I get on the Office?" thankfully he thought I was funny and laughed with me ha! We then went to the top of the Rock and saw just how pretty Central Park really is. We then went to lunch and headed up 5th Ave to FAO Shwartz (we did stop at Tiffany's on the way)!! FAO Shwartz had this thing where you could build your own muppet and of course Matt and Joanie took advantage. They made really cute muppets haha!! We then went to the Central Park Zoo yay!! I have been wanting to go there forever......but it was a major dissapointment haha. It was nothing like in Madagascar!!! There was no Lion or Zebr or Hippos or Giaraffs ugh!!! There was the cutest Seals and Penguins though!! The Penguins are great haha that is where I am going from now on if I need a laugh haha! We then took a cab back to their hotel and rested for a minute. By this time it was already 6:15pm so I needed to head back since it was rush hour. We said our goodbyes and I went back to Penn Station (after a stop at Starbucks of course ha) and caught the express train home yesssss!!!&lt;br /&gt;I was soooo proud of myself for going to NYC alone. I only had to call Karen once to see what street Borders was on and that was for Joanie and Matt ha!! I was sad that I forgot my camera so I have no pics from the zoo :( or with Matt and Joanie! But I did post a few pics that I love from the city. I am going back this Saturday with a group from church so I will get some more then!! "Pray a lot" everyone!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady Liberty!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBIFHjOAI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/_4SgIbmRG2M/s1600-h/DSC00846.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387643398798915586" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBIFHjOAI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/_4SgIbmRG2M/s320/DSC00846.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and the two men in my life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBHv3CXbI/AAAAAAAAAEI/VPvAQ450Lxc/s1600-h/Me+dad+and+Kyle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387643393092509106" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBHv3CXbI/AAAAAAAAAEI/VPvAQ450Lxc/s320/Me+dad+and+Kyle.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hubby and I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBHT7s_UI/AAAAAAAAAEA/1cEgrmXF96c/s1600-h/Brooklyn+Brd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387643385595886914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBHT7s_UI/AAAAAAAAAEA/1cEgrmXF96c/s320/Brooklyn+Brd.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAF5yhVDI/AAAAAAAAADw/txrFt9Xknqs/s1600-h/079.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387642261886555186" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAF5yhVDI/AAAAAAAAADw/txrFt9Xknqs/s320/079.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAFoejNqI/AAAAAAAAADo/D80TkEGSeNU/s1600-h/Broadway.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387642257239389858" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAFoejNqI/AAAAAAAAADo/D80TkEGSeNU/s320/Broadway.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Street Art! There are things like this all over the city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAFEy_eOI/AAAAAAAAADg/wQ9a16W7fH0/s1600-h/140.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387642247661451490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAFEy_eOI/AAAAAAAAADg/wQ9a16W7fH0/s320/140.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Empire State Building.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAE0CNtuI/AAAAAAAAADY/aZgFCvNXwsY/s1600-h/141.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387642243161896674" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTAE0CNtuI/AAAAAAAAADY/aZgFCvNXwsY/s320/141.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&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 class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-2810327912235823726?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/2810327912235823726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/nyc.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/2810327912235823726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/2810327912235823726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/10/nyc.html' title='NYC!'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SsTBIFHjOAI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/_4SgIbmRG2M/s72-c/DSC00846.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-5081393649462290970</id><published>2009-09-29T11:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T11:56:11.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Discourse Communites and Commonplaces/ English Assign #4</title><content type='html'>My assignment is to define Discourse Communites and Commonplaces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A discourse community is a group of people who use communication to achieve certain goals and purposes. A discourse community can be a group of friends on an internet sight or a group of Airforce wives getting together when their husbands are deployed. People in these groups all share a common interest and choose to be there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commonplaces are places that have meaning and familarity to a group. This could be a group of people who are all associated because they are all alumni from the same University. It could also be the place that a group meets every Tuesday (ex: Ladies Ice Cream Tuesdays at Baskin Robins) Baskin Robins is the commonplace that these women meet for ice cream every Tuesday and discuss common interests.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-5081393649462290970?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/5081393649462290970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/discourse-communites-and-commonplaces.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/5081393649462290970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/5081393649462290970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/discourse-communites-and-commonplaces.html' title='Discourse Communites and Commonplaces/ English Assign #4'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-6493221298836844298</id><published>2009-09-16T13:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T13:53:44.798-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Argumentative Appeals/ English Assign# 3</title><content type='html'>Defining argumentative appeals (Logos, Ethos, and Pathos).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The text defines Logos as the "logical argument; an appeal to reason". In other words this would be the reason why you should be interested in the product (or idea) the ad is selling. Logos is also the point of the ad. It is giving a good argument as to why you need this product (or idea). It also provides the color, text, dialog, and sound in the ad to get your attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. The text defines Ethos as the "ethical argument; an appeal based on the rhetor's (ethical) character". In other words would it be ethical for you to spend a certain amount of money (or time and effort) on the product (or idea) the ad is selling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. The text defines Pathos as the "emotional argument; an appeal to the emotions of the audience". In other words how would buying (or agreeing with) the product (or idea) make you feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I were to choose the Nissan Cube ad I would be able to use all three argumentitive appeals. The Logos of this ad would be- do I (the audience) need this car and why would I need this car. I would explain in detail how the ad touches on this with the use of the people in the ad, and how they behave because they have the Nissan Cube. I would also talk about how the song in the ad grabs the audience's attention. The Ethos would be - should I spend the money needed to buy this Nissan Cube and if I do would it benefit me and the company selling (Nissan) in a positive way. The Pathos would be- how would I feel if I were to buy the Cube. The ad plays on all three of these on the use of music, slogan, actors, and vision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I were to choose the "Super Freak" Visa ad I would only be able to use two argumentative appeals. The ad mostly uses Logos and Pathos. The ad uses Logos by getting your attention by the singing and dancing. Then by using Pathos the ad is all about showing how people are nothing but happy because they use Visa. The people are singing and dancing and they make it seem that if you (the audience) were to use Visa you would be happy enough to sing and dance too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Links to both ads are in the post below this one, "English Assign#2 Corrected")&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-6493221298836844298?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/6493221298836844298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/argumentative-appeals-english-assign-3.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6493221298836844298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6493221298836844298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/argumentative-appeals-english-assign-3.html' title='Argumentative Appeals/ English Assign# 3'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-287547020243635399</id><published>2009-09-16T08:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T09:20:37.269-07:00</updated><title type='text'>English Assign#2 Correction</title><content type='html'>So I was asked to find a multimodal ad (a commercial) not a poster ad oops :)! So here are two commercials that I found on You Tube that I think would be good to write about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first one is a recent commercial for the Nissan Cube. I like how different the commercial is and the slogan it uses "Cube- a Mobile Device". The commercial is using the car like it's an app and a vehicle. It has a very futuristic meaning and a ton of neat computer type words to explain the car. I like how the commercial is screaming to the cyber generation. Here is the link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOueYfrrSjw"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOueYfrrSjw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second one I am thinking of writing about is the "Super Freak" Visa commercial. I really like this commercial because it is fun and the people in it are also singing the music. It shows lots of different people from different places sharing a common happiness with Visa. I like how this commerical uses a good mood to get the message across. Here is the link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8lIRdKrus0"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8lIRdKrus0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-287547020243635399?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/287547020243635399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/english-assign2-correction.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/287547020243635399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/287547020243635399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/english-assign2-correction.html' title='English Assign#2 Correction'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-4872804224723210950</id><published>2009-09-14T17:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T18:11:36.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Article Choice/ English Assign#2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sq7m5omCpOI/AAAAAAAAACQ/fQlsTzhaL4M/s1600-h/Ipod+ad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381492482578228450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sq7m5omCpOI/AAAAAAAAACQ/fQlsTzhaL4M/s320/Ipod+ad.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For my second assignment I have been asked to pick two picture ads to think about using for my first essay. I have decided to maybe use an ad for Ipod. I picked this ad because the colors grabbed my attention immediately. I also loved the play on words in the slogan "feel the sound". I have put a picture up of the ad but it can be found at,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.photoshopstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/advertisement_poster_33.jpg"&gt;http://www.photoshopstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/advertisement_poster_33.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sq7pFsH89BI/AAAAAAAAACY/tHwVe6w2mJk/s1600-h/Loaded+Ad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381494888707453970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sq7pFsH89BI/AAAAAAAAACY/tHwVe6w2mJk/s320/Loaded+Ad.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I also liked a vintage ad about VD in WWII. This one grabbed my attention because of all the metephors used like the gun (loaded). This poster has a lot to say and I am sure I can write a lot about it. It is colorful with a colorful message ;)!! This ad can be found at, &lt;a href="http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/2007/09/vintage-vd-post.html"&gt;http://pzrservices.typepad.com/vintageadvertising/2007/09/vintage-vd-post.html&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/1080243525227181090-4872804224723210950?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/4872804224723210950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/article-choice-english-assign2.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/4872804224723210950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/4872804224723210950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/article-choice-english-assign2.html' title='Article Choice/ English Assign#2'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/Sq7m5omCpOI/AAAAAAAAACQ/fQlsTzhaL4M/s72-c/Ipod+ad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-9005091701538123820</id><published>2009-09-08T19:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T20:07:49.021-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Victory Waits on Your Fingers/ English Assign#1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SqcWWjqUDaI/AAAAAAAAACI/r62R_Vqleh8/s1600-h/victory_waits.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379292856702995874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SqcWWjqUDaI/AAAAAAAAACI/r62R_Vqleh8/s320/victory_waits.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;After reading chapter 2 I was assigned to pick a poster and describe the meaning of the visuals in the poster. The poster I chose from the Gallery of WWII poster art is "Victory Waits on Your Fingers". The poster comes from part 1 under the "It's a Woman's War Too" link. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When I look at the picture I am immediately drawn to the patriotic colors. All the red, white, and blue make me think of America, my country.Imagining that I live in the time this poster was put up I become the audience, which is a woman living in America during WWII. I am then drawn to the woman in the picture and the placement of her hand which is a military salute. So I know that this picture has something to do with women in the U.S. Military just by observing the colors and the position of the image (Miss U.S.A.).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After looking at the colors and the woman in the poster I am then drawn to the text. The style of the text is bold black and red letters which makes what it's saying important.  The arrangement of the text is excellent, it cuts to the chase in the first line and encourages you in the second line. It doesn't scare you into action but pursuades you. The text then delivers the information you would need should you want to take further action because of the poster. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This poster was an advertisment for women to work as a type writer in the U.S. Military while the troops were at war. It shows a woman working at a type writer performing her duty to her country without getting her hands dirty. After observing the poster I (the audience, assuming that I lived at the time of distribution) would remember her smile and the simplicity of her job. I would be able to do that and do something great for my country. The poster is arranged well and the style of the text and photo is very memorable. &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/1080243525227181090-9005091701538123820?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/9005091701538123820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/victory-waits-on-your-fingers-english.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/9005091701538123820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/9005091701538123820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/victory-waits-on-your-fingers-english.html' title='Victory Waits on Your Fingers/ English Assign#1'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/SqcWWjqUDaI/AAAAAAAAACI/r62R_Vqleh8/s72-c/victory_waits.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080243525227181090.post-6252676743803456557</id><published>2009-09-01T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T08:44:14.441-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Welcome all to my very first blog. I am doing this as an assignment but I think that it is going to be a lot of fun. I am still trying to figure out how to set up everything so any tips would help ha! I named my blog Wife in Jersey since we are stationed in New Jersey for the time being and I am a newlywed (we have been married a year now but things are still new ha). My husband is in the Air Force and I am super proud of him :)! I am just going to school right now and being a crazy housewife. My days consist of school, cleaning, playing with the dog and watching soap net ha (if only I like bon-bons lol)... I will be posting not only assignments for English class but also my lil adventures that I encounter being a "Wife in Jersey". I hope you all have a blessed day :)...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080243525227181090-6252676743803456557?l=mrsmflenn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/feeds/6252676743803456557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6252676743803456557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1080243525227181090/posts/default/6252676743803456557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmflenn.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>Marissa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14758474402870582370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DgGDCfFIEJ0/TS5Md3_514I/AAAAAAAAAR8/Icqo5HpMt8Y/S220/Amos%2B012.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
