Thoughts for Wednesday

Yesterday I shared a few "rules".  Today, a friend has shared with me, a few "thoughts".  They have all elicited smiles and who could ask for more?

EIGHT THOUGHTS TO PONDER

Number 8
Life is sexually transmitted. (Ouch....or is it Itch?)

Number 7
Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. :-)

Number 6
Men have two emotions : Hungry and Horny. If you see a gleam in his eyes, do
some baking . When his eyes are closed....the gleam is gone... sleep tight Leroy:)

Number 5
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the
Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.  (I'll pass on the fish and happily get caught in the web)

Number 4
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospitals, dying
of nothing.

Number 3
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to
criticism.

Number 2
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

And The Number 1 Thought:
Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers--
What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.

- - - And as someone recently said to me,

"Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long."

Red Rules

As I age and admit that following rules has not always been my strong point, I do enjoy simplifying things. I received this email the other day and immediately identified with these 5 "simple" rules for life!

FIVE RULES TO REMEMBER IN LIFE:

 

1. Money cannot buy happiness, but its more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard's name.

3. Help someone when they are in trouble and they will remember you.... when they're in trouble again!!

4. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them.

5. Trying to debate with Obama voters is like trying to pick up dog shit by its clean end.

 

 In keeping with rule # 5, I was perusing our "cottage" pictures to date and I realized that even there was a political statement......and the empty chair is even red....Holy Republicaness..... and yes that's a word....now!

Dancing with (under) the Stars

One of our little *indulgent activities in the cottage is going to be dancing. After soccer last week, Bailee and I spent a few minutes working on the Waltz.....then we put our lesson to the test.  Uncle Jeff explained that he could waltz and then Papa said he could too.  We decided that music was desperately needed so I belted out a few verses of West Side Story's, "I Feel Pretty!"  (after all, another * i-a is learning some Broadway songs and listening to some vinyl on the record player....or "the music player" as Bailee calls it. What 5 year old enjoys Broadway tunes, Andy Williams and Singing along with Mitch?".............ours!  

Being an equal opportunity activity family,  when my back was turned, Uncle Jeff was teaching Bailee a short course on rapping and the associated movements.  She's a quick learner!

Debates

I often wished our high school was large enough to have sustained a debating team.  There was little for us frustrated teenage girls to do way back then.  Title 9 hadn't come to fruition so sports were limited to intramurals and then, unless you were lucky enough to be a roving forward, you couldn't cross the center line....I'm not kidding kiddos...if you think that's not pretty, you should have seen our gym suits:-0 ( a story for another day).  We could sing in the chorus, be a member of band, or even be a Future Homemaker of America (the original FHA.)  I could carry a tune, I played the clarinet until the reed got caught in my braces and my Home-Ec teacher ,Mrs. O'Connell, made me turn the skirt I was making into a pillow! But, if there had been a debating team, I'd have signed on the dotted line.  My family (then and now) would attest to the fact that I could argue about almost anything.  Today, they call it bitching but I know I would have been a damn fine debater.

I did watch just a little snippet or two from last night's presidential debate.  I saw some excerpts this morning and I took in the 4 minutes of closing statements. My conclusions are: they both looked relatively handsome in their dark suits and respective red/blue ties, they both had some facts, some substance and some ideas and they both have lovely families.  However; Mr. Romney should probably work a bit harder toward becoming a roving forward and Mr. Obama should pack it in and turn his skirt into a pillow.

It worked for me!

Shopping cum laude

Very few people do everything well. Many people do a lot of things well.  Some people can't seem to do anything well.  Then there's me:-) Mediocre is my best for most things.  Horrendous is my level at a couple things and Outstanding is my prowess at shopping.  I can accomplish frugal spending, thought provoked gifts, timely delivery and never get off my ass. I- AM- GOOD!  Who really needs that 4 years of higher learning and that graduate or master's degree?  I am a professional.. My staff is somewhere in the cloud, my finances are housed in a web, UPS, FedEx and the USPS (oh, and Giuseppe's) are on my doorstep, and my overhead is well.......overhead!  

I can outfit a 6 year old, furnish a house, light up a room, critique a novel, plan the perfect gathering, file sales tax, tire tax, income tax, estimated tax, print my own postage, see what a color will look like on a wall... my wall, share photos, communicate with friends and family, vent my quirks in a blog,  find out how to clip chickens beaks and rid them of mites, track an arriving airplane, write a decent letter, get a refund, bitch about most anything, check the weather in Honduras and once again all from the comfort of my cozy den and my Dad's big desk right here at EIEIO because I'm a really good shopper!  

Many thanks to Dell, my in house English teacher, Shirley VanNest, my Dad for his genes and my husband♥ who has allowed me to sit on my ass, stay at home and enjoy the good life.... Shop On:-)

Back in the nest....

Once again, the chicks are back in the nest (and it appears an extra chick for this trip).... Hoping for a slow week so we can enjoy our time with Jeff.  Had the proverbial favorite dinner last night, chuck roast and mashed potatoes, followed by a bonfire.  Tonight is B's soccer game and mac and cheese. Tomorrow is Grisamores for pumpkins, wing night at the Lodge with Resa Dee and we'll wing it from there. 

In all our joy having everyone together, tomorrow will also be calling hours for a beautiful little girl and her amazing family. She fought the fight for 13 years and lost this last battle just before her chance to get two, new, beautiful, pink lungs. Cystic Fibrosis is a debilitating disease that literally takes your breath away and with it, it took Bryona....way too soon. We mourn her loss and grieve with her family.

Saturday, being a day of sadness was also filled with an afternoon of pure joy.  Two very dear friend were married in the very best ceremony... ever! Josh and Ronica Weeks provided their friends and family with a joyous day.  Smiles, laughs and happy tears replaced the ones I shed that morning.  A day filled with such a range of emotions that by nightfall I was exhausted.

Off to spend the day with my kiddos and counting every single blessing...twice♥♥

October at the Cottage:-)

Here it comes!

Cottage Sweet Cottage

Seeing the cottage♥

We got the thumbs up

The view

"I love it"

 

The cottage arrived and we are all tickled..  Bailee saw her surprise when she got home from Daddy's on Sunday.  "The cottage was the best surprise ever, Grandma!!"  She ran in circles and planned where all the furniture, games and even a toaster should be.  "We'll need a snack while we're singing and dancing and playing games.... so let's have toast and nutella, I love nutella!!"  We were even visited by 3 turkeys as we danced while we thought nobody was looking.... Nosey turkeys!  Now we need to wire, insulate, paint, floor and furnish. 
Jeff is on his way home this morning too.... Will be a fun, fall week ♥♥