Thank you ALL so very much for such a 'warm' & sincere 'smurfy' welcome! Ya know~ I must at least admit that my nickname has ALWAYS kinda attracted the most compromising individuals ALL the years I have been online! If you will understand that...honestly~ everyone I have ever encountered online have somehow sensed an undeniable attraction towards my 'nickname! LOL..I KNOW~ wierd huh?? But, my nickname was placed upon me waaaaaaay back in the early '80's...by my husband (who I am now married to for 30yrs this March22)...He was the one who FIRST brought the internet into our home! My being so very nieve~I was worried about our young daughters at the time, being subject to a world of extreme vulnerability! So my hubby kinda forced me into exploring the 'new world of the internet' by giving me a nickname simply on a whim & I found my first place of fascinating interaction~ called "Parent_Soup"...That is where my online smurfy identity began...which by the way I was simply called "smurfy"....then as I LEARNED & became totally ADDICTED to being able to 'touch & interact' with people all around the world...I began a very deep involvement into the world of MIRC! MIRC was a very complicated program BUT one which you could get AWAY from the 'ugly' infiltrators who had more then simple talking,interaction & innocent friendships in mind(if ya know what I mean??). Being in MIRC...I struggled long & hard to understand the lingo & eventually opened my own 'private' & 'safe' room for many friends around the world...we would share MUSIC primarily(which I TRULY LOVE) and we could meet in an area(private room called 'smurfy's place') without worry of X_rated or PORNO infiltration! So there is briefly HOW I became a lil smurf within the information highway~Internet! Soooo, that alone informs many ...that I have been out here for MANY years!! Eventually, my closest friends within the MIRC room ...began calling me "MsSmurfy" & that has kinda stuck til today! I have had MANY try to replicate OR steal my identity in various situations...BUT all who REALLY knew the REAL "MsSmurfy" knew indeed when one would try to steal the cute lil identity bestowed upon me by my few hundred online friends! Unfortunately, after I closed my MIRC room, ONE person in S.Africa managed to somehow steal not ONLY my identity BUT also my OLDEST & very FIRST email address which was MsSmurfy@hotmail.com...NOW is
MsSmurfy54@hotmail.com.... The person we caught was totally unknowing HOW we did that...BUT it was because my hubby had hooked up all our home computers on a network...& with him across the hall from me on one puter & I on mine...he hollered..."HEY...are you online?"...I answered "NOPE"...then he showed me my nick....then we talked to that person...eventually it turned out, that this person regularly changes their nick from smurfy to BUG to Weirdo, to whatever....Anyways, they managed to take my initial identity/email.... So I prefer to make SURE that ALL people are aware of this...simply to protect my reputation! If ya know what I mean!? Afterall~ I AM new here...kindly confront me OR ASK me FIRST before passing any judgement upon me! *wink! If you are aware as most of us are nowadays...the internet is FULL of weirdo's in various extremes!! I DO HOPE I haven't scared anyone with all that info...cause HONESTLY once you get to KNOW me...you will NOT have ANY problem deciphering the REAL MsSmurfy from the pretend one! Maybe that person has a multiple personality disorder...LOL...who knows ~ RIGHT??? OK...NOW you see that I can truly be a "YAKKER"...lil motormouth' huh? *wink...Don't worry....I mostly keep to myself...I promise NOT to "over_YAK'...Although I am very "EXCITED" to be a part of genuine 'smurf_oriented' world! I always have told my friends & closest aquaintances that they ought to consider themselves LUCKY to be in coresspondence with a 'SMURF' because the SMURFS are somewhat 'extinct' & OH how LUCKY they are to have a "smurf" in their life!!!!!
When my hubby & I took a trip to Canada (first ever & to meet an online friend...) we were AMAZED to see that the "SMURFS" are totally alive & abundantly pronounced there! They are on TV, the stores sell smurf Pez's & posters etc...What the heck happened in the USA I don't know@! But I do remember when my girls were young, 'smurfs' were around vividly & pronounced in the late 70's!! Now, it seems that 'smurfs' ONLY EXIST in the UK, Germany & Canada!!
I wonder 'WHY"??? I am so very EXCITED to have found this board/community....I feel like 'new_life' has been brought before me!!! I so "L@@K forward" to interacting with you all! I am happy that a few of you have 'peeked' into my web_shots site...because exotic birds has been a BIG part of my life since nearing a 'life_death' situation~(another story I may share with you all later on...)! However, I do rescue & rehome exotic birds across the US & beyond with the help of Avian vets & notorious exotic avian educated individuals. All for NO $$$$ or compensation....simply thru heartfelt compassion & necessity to be the "voice of Mother Nature's creatures" who can not speak for themselves! I hope you enjoyed seeing a few of the feathered ones who are indeed a big part of our family! Our feathered ones are even mentioned in our 'will' because their life span is approximately 50-80 years & beyond! Which means ...'we may be long gone BEFORE them...so our reponsibility is to make sure they will be cared for IF our time on earth is cut short or determined to END before them! Oohh my...I had better "HUSH" for now....you all are going to think I am one ongoing 'chatter_box' whom no_one knows where the 'shut_up' switch is at!!
"Little things mean alot" A smile is like the window to one's soul, indicating the 'heart' is home! Smile @@ smurfy~style!
Staci 
so that might help
Attom 
I like the smell of Napalm, first thing in the morning...
Bored of normality, why not go smurf?