A MEME with a Twist...

Okay, to say I've worked hard on this today is the understatement of all time. Most of the time I just type and words flow, but actually figuring out how to do this required real brain heat. This is the second time that I've worked on it and to the five people I afflict, no no, I pass this tag onto, I wish you luck...it should have come with a list of instructions...or maybe I'm just so new at this it made me feel stupid...but anyway, here is the deal. Carol over at Katherines Dream started this, or continued it, I might say...so it's her fault that some of you find yourself in the soup...I did say Carol at Katherine's Dream did I not???? So, according to Carol, this is how it works:

Archieve Instructions: Go back through your archieves and post links (worked for an hour on figuring that one out...) your five favorite blogs posts that you've written. But here's the catch (and Lord knows I was expecting that)
Link 1 must be about family
Link 2 must be about friends
Link 3 must be about you yourself
Link 4 must be about something you love
Link 5 can be about anyone or anything you choose.
This is good fun and gives us all a chance to read the archieve posts and leave more comments. So, here goes
Link 1: http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/2007/03/mcbrides-tree-service-back-in-business.html about how a simple job with family involvement can be unnerving
Link 2:
http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/2007/08/definition-of-friend.html about how friends are valued
Link 3:
http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/2007/03/crazy-cat-lady.html How I came to be a cat lover
Link 4
http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/2007/06/coffee-cup.html about how things become possessions then obsessions
Link 5:

http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/2007/03/goodbye-john-six-white-horses-gonna.html about the murder of my former partner and Brother in Blue, John Crawley...still loved, still missed

Okay, there are my links and now I must choose five of my friends to do the same. Two of them must be new blogging friends. Here are ones I've chosen, and they are all in my sidebar under Best Blogging Buddies...there is not a one I wouldn't recommend to you...that's why they are over there in the sidebar...they're the best. It's a hard choice to make, but here goes:
Kathy (Just a Beachkat) whom I admire for her strength and determination and humor. She's a riot!
Teresa at Living the Life who thinks that just because she's building a house she gets to go away for a while...no no no...we want a blow by blow description of what's going on!
Jeanne of Life or Something Like It, who is a most interesting Yankee...you know that's a term of endearment now Jeanne...and always has the most interesting photos to share...
and now for two new blogging friends:
Mari-Nanci at Smilensigh, I have come to look forward to her site everyday to see what interesting things (like life as a leaf...my personal favorite) she can come up with.
Lee, at Chrysalis Dreams who you will find to be straight forward and warm.
And I'd like to mention here David McMahon at Authorblog who spends his time introducing bloggers to each other, is a fantastic blogger and photographer. I'd like to tag him and leave it at "when you find the time." Well, there it is...have a good time with this, don't make it a lot of work like I did...if you are as computer illiterate as I am finding I am, please don't hesitate to drop me an e-mail, maybe I can make it easier for you!