Please welcome the latest member of my family ... to this world!
Baby Preston David, born in Miami, Florida ... to my sweet niece, Kristina (my brothers daughter). Came into our lives on Tuesday night, November 29th ... weighing 8 lbs 7 oz and measuring 21 inches long.
A beautiful blessing!
75 comments:
Isn't he beautiful?!! We are so blessed!
Thanks for letting me share our little miracle baby!
With warm heart,
Brenda
Hi Brenda,
And WELCOME Preston!!
What a great treasure and continues to show that God hasn't given up on the world quite yet!
Congratulations to everyone and my best to the new little one and his family!
Hugs,
Chandra
Brenda, What a beautiful beautiful little one! Thanks for posting the pix. And your niece looks absolutely lovely--living in that new mom glow!
Thanks too for the comment on the Neruda sonnet over on my lit blog. See, I did manage to read it before January! But that's only because I have another job besides Starbucks (i.e. some slightly less crazy days in my week)! LOL
Dale
BRENDA - that makes you a Great Aunt & I bet you will be. Congrats & best wishes to all. Perhaps a bit late but still in honor the occasion.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE READY FOR CHILDREN:
MESS TEST: Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.
TOY TEST: Obtain a 55 gallon box of Legos (If Legos are not available, you may substitute roofing tacks). Have a friend spread them all over the house. Put on a blindfold. Try to walk barefoot to the bathroom or kitchen. Do not scream (This could wake a child at night).
GROCERY STORE TEST: Borrow one or two small animals (goats are best) and take them with you as you shop at the grocery store. Always keep them in sight and pay for anything they eat or damage.
DRESSING TEST: Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus. Stuff into a small net bag making sure that all arms stay inside.
FEEDING TEST: Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend from the ceiling with a stout cord. Start the jug swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal (such as Fruit Loops or Cheerios) into the mouth of the jug, while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of the jug on the floor.
NIGHT TEST: Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8-12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 8:00 p.m. begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00 p.m. Lay down your bag and set your alarm for 10:00 p.m. Get up, pick up your bag, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more and sing these too until 4:00 a.m. Set alarm for 5:00 a.m. Get up and make breakfast. Keep this up for five years. Look cheerful.
PHYSICAL TEST (WOMEN): Obtain a large bean bag chair and attach it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there for 9 months. Now remove 10 of the beans.
PHYSICAL TEST (MEN): Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.
FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT: Find a couple who already has a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet training and child's table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run wild. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers.
Hi Ada I do love your jokes - I think I was just fed up over at RR's 'cuz all that was there were ramblings from a dense fog that had nothing to do with what the site was meant for. By all means, keep the jokes rolling! And for my latest, drop in to my site.
Brenda Congratulations on becoming a Great Auntie! And pass on our congratulations to your niece from all your bloggette buddies. :D
Hi Brenda,
Preston David (LOVE the name) is so adorable!! I just love babies!
Priceless
A new life, and proof the world is meant to go on!! :)
I have been out with BLOGGERPAUSE lol.....but seen the baby picture and thought....What about a "Baby Idea Shower"for the newest relative of Brendas.
Best thing is, we can keep it open for a few days...ideas can be copied and pasted into word for a keepsake...(I am sure Brenda will welcome doing that for us!!)
My number one hint for the new family: Keep up the baby book!! (lol) Start a journal...glue it to your hip if you have to...but there is nothing more precious to look back at when you are a grandparent, than to relive the "bonding" words that families go through as they meet their newest member.
Next:)
Peg
P.S. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
ADA I just read through the blog....Love the TESTS posts...Those really need to go into the GuestBook ScrapBook for Prestons Family!! My favorite is the Toy Test. What household hasn't had that happen!!! I was laughing so hard at that one...
How nice to be reminded of the promise of life!! Wishing Preston lots and lots of love!!
Peg (can I be "Aunt Peg" ??)
Babette Whats new...SNOW, and plenty of it, all sparkley & shiney. Whats Up...SNOW...and getting more up..up my pant let.....Whats down...Snow...falling down all over the place...Whats not...SUNSHINE....(LOL) PALM TREES (LOL)......
SNOW...gotta love it?? Does anyone want some...I am sure it can be shipped!! COD....(lol)
Peg
Hi Brenda! Love your newest photo - as a blonde! You are like...SO.O.O cute!
Peg Drop over to my site and check out the report on the latest Vancouver blizzard. You should get a kick out of it as you're such a "snow lover." 'grin' Everyone else welcome to drop in, too. :D
Merry Mary - good luck with surgery.
Many of you seemed to like the "in honor of Preston" jokes so I guess I have a theme:
GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN)
To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle.
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.
And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit?
Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!!!!!" "No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was angry!
"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked. "Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children. (quote; 'cause there cannot be any other reasons some of my kids survived til now)
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.
AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!
Anyone know how to write in the blog so it comes out like it does when you take it out of Word? Sorry it's in such screwy form.
Hello Leslie I am snowboarding over to your site as I type....
Babette The snow is getting up my PANT LEG....typo...sorry...
tumble tumble rolll rolllllllllll...down the hill I go....with Bun-Buns ears flyyyyyying in the wind........
Peg
Good morning Ladies and Dale
Wellll here I am feeling slightly off balance due to trying to catch up with my reading of the blogs whilst at the same time trying to talk my two kids into coming back into the house and away from Cinammon's new litter of 8 pups to have their breakfast.
Welcome to Baby Preston! He surely is a cutie pie :) Congrats to Auntie Brenda and family and thanks for sharing him with us.
Ada, you made me feel much better today by reminding me why 'God Created Children'. Although I love my two girls, they surely can try my patience at times*lol*
To Peg, Leslie and everyone who is in the midst of the flurry white stuff, here is a trailer load of Belizean
Sunshine coming your way, COD. You're most welcome :)
Beautiful Babette, what's up...a cute litter of 8 hungry puppies. They have had me up since 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning when I am supposed to be sleeping in*lol* what's down.....my two girls who escaped downstairs whilst I was trying to sleep in and are now yelling at each other whilst trying to contain 8 excitable pups.....what's new....December, I love this month, it represents the beginning of the yuletide season and the ending of the year and what a year it has been.
To those attending the Chi-town reunion, have fun. I will be following along through the blogs and the pics you will be posting.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Worried so e-mailed Sylvia. She's o.k., just under a ton of school work.
Saw Walk the Line tonight. Acting was really good & that neither of the stars sang before blows my mind but was disappointed with the movie - draggy & some parts made me say huh?.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about
sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into $8,896 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. That's a mere $24.24 a day!
Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice says don't have children if you want to be "rich." It is just the opposite.
What do your get for your $160,140?
Naming rights,--- First, middle, and last!
Glimpses of God everyday.
Giggles under the covers every night.
More love than your heart can hold.
Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
A hand to hold, usually covered with jam.
A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sand castles, and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.
Someone to laugh yourself silly with no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up.
You get to finger-paint, carve pumpkins, play hide-and-seek, catch lightning bugs, and never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,watching Saturday morning cartoons, going to Disney Land, and wishing on stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets
and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck.
You get to be a hero just for retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof, taking the training wheels off the bike, removing a splinter, filling a wading
pool, coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the first step, first word, first bra, first date, and first time behind the wheel. You get to be immortal.
You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren.
You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God.
You have all the power to heal a booboo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them
forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.
ENJOY YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS
See, sometimes I can be mushy!
Brenda,
Precious Preston!!
The pictures and this blog just radiate LOVE OOOOXXXOOXX.
Babette,
With the arrival of the first grandchild you'll pass Ada's test easily again. Just had major testing Thanksgiving with 4 little ones here. And I passed!!!(I think)
Abscessed stomach? One cannot form an abscess inside the stomach, its mucous lining "only" ulcerates.
Abscess in the abdomen??? What went on before it formed, like ruptured appendix or other part of the intestine? I'll check later here and on your blog.
How do I get on Cathy's blog for the Chicago pictures?
I think Franny is proud of her post with blue underlining. Me, I am still wallowing in HTML tag ignorance, need to find the time to fiddle around with it. As soon as I recover from stumbling over toys, playing horsy, and scrubbing away on tomatoe sauce spots. (in the "Nursing" Home, lol).
Ada,
when your name comes up blue on the blogs, you get a garbage can for deleting it. I guess you can go through Preview to get the post somewhat to look like you ment for it to be. I've lost too many posts to dare go that route.
Have not gone through your deleting advice successfully yet. When you HIT CTRL + c, does that include hitting the + sign? And do you HIT them all at the same time?
So God's punishment for the apple brake is having children?!
And Eve gets to bear them....because Adam convinced God she took the first bite.
Please don't think I am sacrilegeous. My profession has me in total awe of creation.
But I always felt that the "original sin" was blamed on Eve because childbirth is so painful, and she must have done something really bad to have to "bear" it.
Belizegial,
PRICELESS!!!!!
You must wear rosy glasses, You always fing the positive side.
GOD BLESS!
Ellen
find...
I also need to find correct grammar
"pass the test easily again" or "pass the test again easily".
Leslie,
Help! Please! And please,
could you repeat the sentence where the meaning changes, according to where the comma was placed.
Ellen, my name doesn’t come up blue. Is that ‘cause I don’t have a blog? Still need help.
"pass the test easily again" or "pass the test again easily". To me the difference is not grammar but meaning. They’re pretty close anyway.
pass the test easily again = you’ve taken the test & passed easily & are doing it again, i.e. once more pass the test easily;
pass the test again easily= passing the test again & did it easily. Hope this clears it up, especially when I see how unclear I am when I think I am being so clear. DON'T hit the plus sign NOR DO SIMULTANEOUSLY.
The reason I used "+" is that is the 2nd way I mentioned & that is how it is listed.(Go under EDIT in the Tool Bar). After you have highlighted, you can c/p/delte that way by clicking on whichever you choose.
Below is the sentence I think you were talking about + another one for you to try. I also added another fun language thingy as JOKE DU JOUR.
An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."
Try this sentence: I like coffee and a roll in bed.
The college class was supposed to write a short story in as few words as possible.
The instructions were that it had to discuss Religion, Sexuality and Mystery.
The only one who received an A+ wrote the following:
"Good God, I'm pregnant, I wonder who did it?"
By the way where is Cheryl?
ELLEN, got so carried away with the language stuff, I forgot to deal with EDEN. 1st you used brake when I think you meant break.
Please don't feel I am picking. I am studying Spanish for my trip to C.R. & know how awful a different language can be at times. I like to be corrected. If you don't just say the word. (pun intended). I think someone said you are German. Yes? Where are you now?
2nd - Adam's punishment was having to work ("sweat of your brow", though the original is nose). Thus, typically, woman gets the double whammy - labor & labor
Since I probably shouldn't write again --
Nite!
Ada,
Yes, I'd like coffee and a roll with honey, in bed. Sacre bleu, I spelled i.e. spilled it!
(Now the Canadians will come after me!(?))
You get your name in blue + a garbage can below your post, when you sign up as blogger. Setting up a blog is for the smarties here.
I am from Germany, came to Missouri with my G.I. husband when I was 20. A couple years later I Americanized and got divorced. Went to University and Medical School in Kirksville, MO., and since 1972 have been in Ohio.
To Phylis: I stayed in the U.S. because I could not take my children back to Germany with me.
Here you even need a court order to take your children out of the State they are supposed to live in.
I found Cathy's blog with the Chi-town celebration.
Cheryl is frolicking on Franny's blog, glowing/ gloating in her new found love. So happy for her!!
Now let me put on the brakes and take/ give you a brake.
OOOOOOXOOXOO
Ellen
HOLA Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TIS I......AND I IS HERE TO STAY!!no excuse but I have been super busy....good busy!!
BRENDA......I PRAY THAT MY GRANDBABY (due in early Jan) IS A WONDROUS AS YOUR NIECE'S BABY ........POSITIVELY A MIRACLE!!
HEY TO ALL.....
BABETTE!!! HOW ARE YOU GIRLFRIEND?????
LESLIE...DO YOU MISS ME?? I MISS YOU AND MY BABY GIRL VANCOUVER!!!!
BIG HUGS TO PEG, BELIZEGIRL, ELLEN,MARTY, CHANDRA,ADA, DALE, LURISA...
HUGS TO Y'ALL AND ...
REALLY HOPE I DID NOT FORGET ANYONE...IF SO FORGIVE ME!!
hugs and kisses to....EVERYONE!!!
CHERYL XOX
Chery: Welcome back! Glad to hear about the new love. Want to hear more & good luck with the Jan. to be love.
Ellen: Thanks for the bio. since your blog doesn't have anything. I'd e-mail or call you personally if I had the info. I don't pay for long d. calls.
Funny, 'cause just today was talking with my niece (born in Munich - I love the Glockinspiel sp?) who wants to adopt a child & is needing all kinds of documents.
Last brake should be "eak".
I'd like coffee and a roll, in bed.
I'd like coffee, and a roll in bed.
Your variation is good (I'd like coffee and a roll with honey, in bed.) but hopefully it's the 2nd one & the honey is capital "H".
Guess I just can't stay away.
Hey Babette.........January IS the BEST time to be born..my middle daughter was born Jan 16th, my baby Jan 7th and my grandbaby is to be born sometime in mid January...I knew we connected for a reason!!
You are the best!!!
Love ya
Cheryl xox
Hello night owls,
Made it back here in almost exactly 24 hours. Looks like it has been a calm Monday here, guess working gets in the way. Helps me a little to get over the blogaddiction.
Ada,
Can't even get my brakes and breakes right. Is it a Senior Moment or a Blonde Thing?
Babette,
Thanks for explaining the blog stuff. I know English is also your second language, but your posting is first class.
Abscess is a puss filled sack, formed to wall off infection/
infectious material from the body.
Sounds like this one was somewhere in the abdomen. Usually, after draining out the puss, and if there are no further problems, the offending part, like an appendix, is later on surgically removed.
Gawds, can anyone analize that sentence?
Got to go, just get a few hours between two 12 hour shifts at the Nursing Home.
Have an awesome week!
Ellen OOOXXOOOXXOOO
I had registered for a blog when I first started. Then forgot my password. Can/should I do it again?
Cheryl: NU?
Seems like those Chi - B-day girls are really special. (See RR blog).
No one has given me a theme so in keeping with those wild & wooly ladies:
Two wives convince their husbands they need a girl's night out. The guys
reluctantly agree.
The women go to a bar, stay a little too late and have too much to drink.
Driving home they both need to "p" but every place is closed.
One woman says to the other: "Lets stop at the cemetery and we'll go behind
a tree. I'll watch out for you and you watch out for me."
Ok, so they agree and stop at a cemetery to relieve themselves.
The first woman does her business but doesn't have anything to wipe with, so she uses her underwear and discards them.
The second woman then also does her business, but she's wearing pantyhose.
What to do???
She looks around and notices a wreath with a big ribbon. She yanks it off and uses it. The women drive on home.
The next day one husband calls the other husband:
"My wife got home real late last and was totally drunk. I"m irked! I think she might have been up to something because she had underwear on when she left, but came home not wearing any."
The other one says "You think that's bad! My wife passed out on the couch when she finally came home.
This morning I found a note stuck to her backside that read: 'The Men of the Evergreen Volunteer Fire
Company will never forget you!'"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/
This is the site for Katie Couric's show " Is 50 the new 30?" on today.
Got this in the e-mail today so back to the old theme:
Why we love children
1. A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he'd found a cat, but it was dead. "How do you know that the cat was dead?" she asked her pupil. "Because I pissed in its ear and it didn't move," answered the child innocently. "You did WHAT?" the teacher exclaimed in surprise. "You know," explained the boy, "I leaned over and went 'Pssst!' and it didn't move."
2. A small boy is sent to bed by his father. Five minutes later ...."Da-ad...." "What?" "I'm thirsty. Can you bring drink of water?" "No, You had your chance. Lights out." Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....." "WHAT?" "I'm THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??" "I told you NO! If you ask again, I'll have to spank you!!" Five minutes later......"Daaaa-aaaad....." "WHAT!" "When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink of water?"
3. An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief,finally asked him "How do you expect to get into Heaven?" The boy thought it over and said, "Well, I'll run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's sake, Dylan, come in or stay out!'
4. One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room." A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: "The big sissy"
5. It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the children's sermon. All the children were invited to come forward. One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down, the pastor leaned over and said, "That is a very pretty dress. Is it your Easter Dress?" The little girl replied, directly into the pastor's clip-on microphone, "Yes, and my Mom says it's a bitch to iron."
6 When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three year old came into the room when I was just getting ready to get into the shower. She said, "Mommy, you are getting fat!" I replied, "Yes, honey, remember Mommy has a baby growing in her tummy." "I know," she replied, but what's growing in your butt?"
7 A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to himself, "Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine...." His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are you doing?" The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math homework, Mom." "And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?" the mother asked. "Yes," he answered. Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day, "What are you teaching my son in math?" The teacher replied, "Right now, we are learning addition." The mother asked, "And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?" After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, "What I taught them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four."
8. One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer. She read, ".... and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that farmer said?" One little girl raised her hand and said, "I think he said: 'Holy Shit! A talking chicken!'" The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.
9. A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply, "I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter." Her mother told her this was wrong, she must say, "I'm Jane Sugarbrown." The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday School, and said, "Aren't you Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter?" She replied, "I thought I was, but mother says I'm not."
10 A little girl asked her mother, "Can I go outside and play with the boys?" Her mother replied, "No, you can't play with the boys, they're too rough." The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, "If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?"
11. A little girl goes to the barber shop with her father. She stands next to the barber chair, while her dad gets his hair cut, eating a snack cake The barber says to her, "Sweetheart, you're gonna get hair on your Twinkie." She says, "Yes, I know, and I'm gonna get boobs too."
EEEEEEEWWWWWWW Gross Droma!!
Just read your rather graphic description of an absess whilst drinking my coffee (which I almost lost!!).......my daughter, who is an ER Doctor, ALSO takes great delight in "grossing" Mom out with her rather "over the top" Emerg stories....I am sure you can imagine!!...Hmmmm must be a prerequisite for Med School!!?? LOL!
Hey Ada........NU??....help me out, I am lost and have no clue what NU stands for.....the dense morning fog has not lifted from my brain as yet!!
have a graaaate one y'all
Cheryl xox
To be able to stick to a diet,
sit down near the Doctors' dining room, or
eat in front of a large mirror.
I am listening to the News. With all the horrible going ons, Ada's posting is great reading. Danke,
or like Cheryl says: DANKA
Ellen
HEY DR.OMA..........
I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST DIET IDEA GOING....
OK LADIES HERE'S THE SCOOP....
BECAUSE
I AM SO NICE
AND
SOOOOOOOOO IN LOVE
I WILL SHARE THIS FABULOUS IDEA WITH Y'ALL...
HEY...DON'T EVER SAY I NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR Y'ALL!!!
YOU (DR.OMA) WOULD POST DETAILED AND GRAPHIC INFO RE: ABSESSES, FISTULAS, TUMOURS ETC ETC EACH AND EVERY MORNING,
EARLY.....REALLY EARLY,
BEFORE ANY BLOGGETTES PREPARE THEIR YUMMY EGGS BENEDICT AND COFFEE.
THEN..............
BADA BING
PRESTO ........
JUST LIKE MAGIC....
BREAKIE GONE!!
PLUS...
A MAJOR BONUS....
BYE BYE APPETITE!! ALSO GONE!!
I IMAGINE ONE COULD LOSE POUNDS WITHIN A WEEK!!
WE COULD DUB IT
"INTERDISCIPLINARY BREAKIE ROUNDS WITH DR.OMA...QUEEN OF QUEEZE"
DANKA DAHLING!!!
I THINK WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING!!!
THIS COULD BE SUCH A WONDERFUL "BLOGGING BUSINESS" OPPORTUNITY!!
WHADDYA THINK???
LOL!!
ADA........STILL WAITING FOR NU???
HEY BABETTE......HOW ARE THINGS IN YOUR WORLD!!
AND BTW THANKS BUT I THINK I'LL PASS ON "A MILLION LITTLE PIECES" I CAN ONLY IMAGINE!!
CHERYL XOX
OMG!!!
I cannot believe how long it has been since I got to post on Clickgirl's Blog!!!
I just now went to your site about the travel to Mexico, Clickgirl!!
You are so talented!!!!The site is beautiful!!!
I was proud of our pictures we took in Chicago, until I saw your professionalism on that site and now I want to hire you to help me on a site for my Motel!!!You are fantastic!!!
I came over tonight to try to skim and catch up on what ya'll are doing over here, and saw Dromawas asking about the Chicago pics and wanted to know how to get to my site. I realized then that I haven't even posted here in decades!!!Our little Blogging world has mushroomed, hasn't it???
So, I will post my mugshot here so anyone that wants to can come over and look at pics of our Chicago Trip. I have marked all of our Blog sites in my favorites now, since you do have a heck of a time going somewhere else unless they are posting, currently.
I think the Mexico Adventure looks marvelous, and Richard was right to consider you guys competition, Clickgirl, You Are!!!!
Love to all!!!
HOLA BABBETTE..............
GOOD NEWS RE YOU...TRA LA LA!!!!..
THE ALTERNATIVE AIN'T GREAT!!
WISHING YOU ALL AND MORE IN HEALTH LIFE AND LOVE!!
CHERYL XOX
Babette, You flatter me - How do I get back to the place where I put the ? next to PASSWORD?
CHERYL – SO? Give us the scoop.
DROMA – (love Cheryl’s new name for you - QUEEN OF QUEEZE" - she should be Clever Cheryl) & I like the mirror diet tip.
Got this from Sylvia:
A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the recorder, "do you have a job or are you just a...?"
"Of course I have a job," snapped the woman.
"I'm a Mom."
"We don't list 'Mom' as an occupation, "housewife covers it," said the recorder emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day. I found myself in the same situation, this time at our own Town Hall. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, poised, efficient and possessed of a high sounding title like, "Official Interrogator" or "Town Registrar." "What is your occupation?" she probed. What made me say it? I do not know.
The words simply popped out. *"I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations."*
The clerk paused, ball-point pen frozen in midair and looked up as though she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a continuing program of research, (what mother doesn't) in the laboratory and in the field, (normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (the whole darned family) and already have four credits (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities, (any mother care to disagree?) and I often work 14 hours a day, (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form, stood up and personally ushered me to the door.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants -- ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model, (a 6 month old baby) in the child development program, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt I had scored a beat on bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another Mom." Motherhood! What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the door.
Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations" and great grandmothers Executive Senior Research Associates"? I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "Associate Research Assistants.
Please send this to another Mom, Grandmother, Aunt, and other friends you know.
May your troubles be less, your blessings be more and nothing but happiness come through your door!
___________________________________
and this from a friend. Love Julie A.
"To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound Of Music". However, the lyrics of the song were deliberately changed for the entertainment of her "blue hair" audience. Here are the lyrics she recited:
Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
>>
Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
>>
When the pipes leak,
When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel sooooo bad.
Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.
When the joints ache,
When the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel soooo bad.
Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores.
Glad you guys don't charge me by the word. Reminds me of a JOKE DU JOUR (hope I haven't gotten it from the blog.)
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.
Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble.
In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock.
They hear about a bull for sale
in Abilene and decide the brunette sister will drive out to check
out the animal.
Upon leaving, she tells her sister, "When I get there, if I
decide to buy the bull, I'll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home."
The brunette arrives at the man's ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she wants to buy it.
The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less.
After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.
She walks into the telegraph office, and says, "I want to send a telegram telling my sister that I've bought a bull and I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here
so we can haul it home.
" The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then adds,
"It's just $.99 a word."
Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette only has $1 left.
She realizes that she'll only be able to send her sister one word.
After thinking for a few minutes, she says,
"I want you to send her the word
'comfortable'."
The telegraph operator shakes his head.
"How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck
and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her the word, 'comfortable'?"
The brunette explains,
"My sister's blonde. The word's big. She'll read it
slowly:
com - for - da - bul."
Cheryl,
You are sick!!! Come see me ASAP! Before you are beyond treatment!!
Or is it me that needs care? TLC that is!
I have a special diet for you, not that you slim gal' need it:
REACH FOR YOUR MATE INSTEAD OF YOUR PLATE.
I can still wear my 40 year old clothes, unfortunately not due to this diet regiment.
Ada,
Wow, I am a Senior Researcher in Child Development!!! That surpasses being a physician. I remember saying I need to go to work to recover from my mother duties.
With the many little patients I had, being a mother was a great advantage.
Babette,
Back from your date? I won't ask for details.....
Brenda,
How are Preston and his Mom?
To all you ladies an awesome evening. OOOXOXOXO
Ellen
Hey, look at me I'm Blue! Now, where's my trash can? What's next?
Thanks Babette.
Feel the love,
Ada
HEEEEEELLLLOOO !!!
Dr Oma............REALLY!!!...I think perhaps I shall "check in" tomorrow
to the clinic for
REACH FOR YOUR MATE INSTEAD OF YOUR PLATE!!! Great plan...danka dahling!!
also..........GREAT DIET!!
WAY better than mine...yah!! You sure do have the right prescription for what ails ya!!
ADA...........still waiting...what is NU??.....or did I just get it?? Hmmmmmmm! Me thinks I am a titch slow!!
Marty...you go girl...rock on!! Keep us posted!!
Babbette........so glad you are in a good place and loved all of us as well as by many others!!
love y'all
cheryl xox
WHOA !!! DOCTOR OMA!!
Wait just one second...
let's see if I have this straight????
I go to a clinic.... and..... YOU GO TO VAIL!!!!!!
HEEEEEEELLLOO!
I HAVE BEEN SKIING SINCE I WAS 3 YRS OLD...YOU COULD HAVE AT THE VERY LEAST INVITED ME..... VAIL IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE SPOTS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO SKI...well at least I know what kind of narcissitic Doctor you REALLY are!!LOL!!
You also go girl and rock on and do a few turns for me!!
cheryl xox
pa DON'T break a leg!!
oooops ...ALERT!!big sp error!!!: narcissistic...pls accept humble apologies.......Dr Oma sent me for such a loop!!
Doesn't take much!! Sad but true!!
cheryl xox
Hey all,
I'm finally back and recovered
from jetlag and reentry shock.
I'm not at all up to speed on what's
been going on in your lives...but
congrats Brenda on your adorable new
nephew...such a blessing to have a new
little one in your life.
I guess congrats for CB on her new Love!!!
When do we get to see his face on your
blog? I'm jealous as all get out...
Check out what I was up to, go to my
newest blog chapter titled Libya/2005
and see me barely hanging on to my
camel "Bob, the incredibly slow camel"
in the Sahara.
I'll fill you in on more details later...
Just happy to be home!!!
Sunni
Wow, haven't gotten that much attention since....? Too long ago to remember.
I learned to ski when 38 (eons ago)
here in Ohio. Once I skied Vail, no other place will do. Unfortunately I have not skied for >3 years, and than I only do it for max. 2 weeks/year.
Someone mentioned Vail several blogs ago, and I asked if anyone wanted to go with me. No takers; offer still stands, since I am going by myself.
I just loved itchyfeet's blog with barbs at RR. She had foot surgery since returning from Burma, so I'll be toasting to her health...
very careful, alcohol is dangerous at high altitude.
Marty,
post a picture of your toe....nah, better not. Let your "old love" kiss it to make it better.
I'll keep my knees together so I won't get into trouble....at least while skiing.
I'm starting to sound like a dirty old lady, but hey, Senior citizen need love too.
Ada,
the garbage can stays, but for your eyes only, when you log on. The next post was not with your blogname, so it comes up black.
Sunni,
Great trip. Joe responded to your post "over there" with all the places he has been. Wonder if he is the "World Travel Agency" that RR has on his fake business card.
-20 F in Vail this AM, let me look for an Astronaut suit.
Hi Clickgirl and Bloggers here!!!
.......trying to skim thru and find out when Dromo is going to Vail???
I am going to Montana, haven't decided whether I would fly or drive, but I will stop to see folks in Denver, if i drive.
If anyone comes over to see our Chicago pictures, leave us a post, Rachel has been so great to post us shots, I want her to know that you're checking them out.
we are probably confusing everyone with our comments under every picture, but Hey we're just learning, Clickgirl and Sunni will have to coach us.
i see Ada is learning all the tricks!!!
I haven't skied in over 10 years, had decided I would not ski again unless it was a very good slope.
The slopes here in Western NorthCarolina aren't really that good, most of the winter.
I am re-reading your last post, you must be going right away. I am not leaving for at least 8 days.
Our Blogging World's have grown until i just cannot keep up, and i see people talking here that i have not come to know, there are just so many of us now, but it is wonderful.
Sunni.............!!!!
Welcome home!! Safe and sound!!
I absolutely LOVE your photos...what an inspirational and stunning trip...and need I mention I LOVE the photo with the merchant and his silver jewelry!! Soooo envious...one day...some day!!Beyond awesome!
I missed your "Sunni" voice on the Blog!!
Cheryl xox
Good Morning All,
Glad you got over to my
Libya blog to see my trip
photos...Cathy, Happy Birthday
i just looked at your fun Chicago
birthday adventure...you all are giggling
and enjoying yourselves so much!!!
As far as loading photos...I load 5 at a
time, then repeat until I've got them all in.
And then I rearrange them a bit. And add
the comments at the beginning. But I still
haven't figured out how to add comments
under each one. I'm pretty tech challenged
too!!!
Off to get Xmas cards written.
Cheers,
Sunni
HEY BABETTE,
I WISH ALL.....
AND MORE
FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY BESTEST BLOGGETTE BUDDIES!!
YAH!!!..........TIS THE BEST!
YOU NEVER KNOW TIL YOU GET THERE!!
CHERYLXOX
Good morning Ladies!
What a lot of reading I had to do just to catch up with you fast paced gals.
Ada, thanks for the jokes from famous comedians. I doubled over laughing. So funnaeee!
Sunni, welcome back home from Libya. I will be by your blog soon to look at the photos. Even with dial-up, I can tell it will be worthwhile to view.
CathyinCarolina, please look for my posting on your Chicago blog which I made earlier today. Have a safe trip to Montana. If you should meet up with Wanda, please give her a big hug and continued best wishes from this Belizegial.
Dr. Oma, happy skiing in Vail. Keep your legs together and your mind focussed while schussing down those slopes and have a very relaxing stay. You deserve this time away from your tent-building patients*lol*
Babette, it is the season of miracles and magic and Saint Nicholas. Thanks for your Cupid's reminder to dress in bright colors and accesorize with a smile.
Marty, sorry to hear about your toe accident*ouch* I believe when someone hurts us we should forgive and forget. I know this is more easier said than done. Here's to hoping that your reunion with your old love will be a good one for both of you and that you will be having a jolly, holly holiday season together.
to our Canajun blogette buddy, Cheryl, your joy in your newfound love is contagious :) I am following up on Francesca's blog with the series of questions and answers you have been titilating our curiousity with and will be present in February of next year when you finally reveal your new man for all the world to see. Happy days*lol*
To all my fellow bloggers and bloggettes on this site, have a safe and merry holiday season.
Hi All,
My son had a friend sleep
over last night and he's eating
everything in sight! YIKES!!!
So Love2Travel That's a YES
to the tent question....except that the
stars were so brilliant, we all pulled our
sleeping bags out onto the sand to watch
the meteor showers, until it got too cold,
then retreated to our little tents! Libya
Food?? Was very Mediterranean, tomato
based soups, Greek salads, lamb skewers
with couscous, super sweet tea, frothed like
cappucinos. Lots of baguette stlye breads and
goat cheese. In the desert, the Tuareg nomads
cook their bread in the sand under the coals
of the fire, a bit gritty for my taste!!
I'm off later to find my own "cupidsbow"
dress....red? but I always wear black!! No
wonder his arrows never find me!!
I hear screams...gotta run
Sunni
"PILLOW FIGHT"
Their screams became mine!!!
as visions of broken lamps
not sugerplums,
danced in my head!
I tore open the shutters
and threw up the sash
tossed the pillows out the window
on the new fallen snow.
Laying my finger
aside of my nose
I gave them that nod
All guilty teens know.
But I heard them exclaim
ere they fled out of sight
"She's gotta a date,
let's pillow fight tonight!"
Hi All,
Sunni, thanks for the follow-up on 'screams':)
Ada, I am defogged and upended through no fault of my own. The green techhie monsters are in the woodwork and creating havoc with all of Desertflowers' hard work. Oh well, at least you saw the good side of my profile before it all disappeared in a *poof* of thin air.lol
I am back with some wisdom quotes for you to ponder during your coffee break tonite and tomorrow..... have a nice Sunday all
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"Many people, other than the authors, contribute to the making of a book, from the first person who had the bright idea of alphabetic writing through the inventor of movable type to the lumberjacks who felled the trees that were pulped for its printing. It is not customary to acknowledge the trees themselves, though their commitment is total."
-Forsyth and Rada, Machine Learning
"The man who does not read good books is at no advantage over the man that can't read them."
-Mark Twain
"If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
-Toni Morrison
"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."
-Anaïs Nin
"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes."
-Theodore Dreiser, 1900
Good morning everyone. I just thought I'd stop in to let you all know about one of the ladies who was involved with the SB. Even though most of you on this site are not really interested in what goes on "over there," I'm sure you would want to know the sad news.
Wendy, who was one of the finalists, (but not one of the 6) passed away last week of what they think was a stroke. It was shocking news and even though I never met her, I felt like I knew her a bit through this medium and through other bloggettes. Please keep her and her family and friends in your prayers as they all go through this difficult time. RR and Joe have commented on the SB site and are going to try to do something in her memory.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE,
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES AND LAUGHING AND SAYING PRAYERS FOR ALL THE ADDITIONS TO OUR WORLD. AND ALL THE THE LOSSES THAT HAVE TOUCHED OUR HEARTS.
MY FAMILY WILL BE TOGETHER FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND CRAWLING ALL OVER EACH OTHER IN MY LITTLE APARTMENT. BUT WE KIND OF LIKE IT THAT WAY. WE ARE A TIGHT LITTLE FAMILY UNIT.
SO MY WISH FOR ALL IS TO KEEP THOSE WE LOVE CLOSE BY, ALL WE CARE ABOUT IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AND FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY SEASON. CAROL
Good morning Ladies,
I hardly ever check the blogs during the week. However, I did so today and had a bellyful of laughs at Ada's joke du jour on Patty Lewis, Human Resources Director. During the past week, I have had the most bizarre experience with my own employees whilst making holiday preparations at work*lol*
This brings things into perspective. I can even laugh about my own experiences now.
Leslie, so sorry to hear about Wendy's passing and join with all of you in extending sympathies and prayers for her family at this time.
In Memory of Wendy and her family I want to extend my heartfelt sympathies and prayers. The picture of Wendy and her daughter as a Fabulous Finalist on the Senior Bachelor site shows such an incredible bond and two beautiful women. I can imagine just what a loving and caring person she was and her talent as a watercolor artist specializing in people and their pets warmed my heart. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and everyone that her life touched.
This time of year always seems to evoke so many emotions for me. It is difficult for me to believe that it will soon be a year since my daughter and I started off the first day of January 2005 ice skating. I think back on all that has happened in our world this year and how much heartache, tragedy and loss there has been. How many people's lives have been forever changed from natural disasters, wars, and personal circumstances. And then all the wonderful things that have happened in 2005. The human spirit sustains us all and a loving God.
I have been blessed this year in so many wonderful ways and I am truly truly grateful and hope I can give back to all living creatures those blessings.
I wanted to take this time on Brenda's Blog to wish all the wonderful people that I have met through the Senior Bachelor adventure and blogging - a wonderful holiday season and best of New Years. Happiness for everyone!
I have met so many special, loving, caring, talented people through Richard Roe's quest - thank you Richard. And then the truly amazing part is all the wonderful friendships that have developed because of the human spirit! Not to mention travel and adventure!
I love seeing all of the fabulous pictures that everyone is posting from their travels,lives, families,and places they live. The sharing of tales and uncovering of personal treasures of each persons soul as seen only through their eyes. Keep those pictures coming!!! (And thanks Brenda for letting me send my holiday greetings from your site - one of my new year resolutions is to become more computer savvy. I am so impressed with everyone and what they have learned through this blogging medium - it is amazing!)
Ok - now I am going to feel like a blog hog ....someone just sent me this site and I must say - I had fun with it and thought it might be fun for all ... and especially for the children in our lives and the inner child
http://www.kilogramme.co.uk/snowgallery/
Lucky Baby Preston, you have a fabulous Auntie!...welcome to the world...
hey Brenda, you are going to have a special Christmas with this precious bundle, eh?
well, i'm just stopping by early to wish you a very Merry Merry Christmas
luv,
pj
To all my Beaudacious, Beautiful, Brilliant Bloggette Best Buddies:
I feel so very badly for not touching base more often...things should settle down after Christmas, I feel that I am not alone, it seems everyone is in the same crazy busy boat, paddling against the current!!! Plus for many of "us" Christmas is not an easy time......
Sooooo just in case I run out of time I wanted to send y'all and your families my heartfelt best wishes and more for a
Healthy &
Happy &
Dream filled Holiday Season and New Year!
I wish you a Merry Christmas;
I wish you a Merry Christmas;
I wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings I bring
to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
I wish you a Merry Christmas;
I wish you a Merry Christmas;
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Know I am thinking of y'all!!
and Love y'all!!!!!
Cherylxox
aka CB
aka the WILD AND CRAZY CANAJUN!!xox
ps ADA I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT NU STANDS FOR...PLEEEASE OH PLEEEEEEEASE ...HELP ME OUT!!!
Easyrider.......
YEAH!!!
for mini you
and mini me
and mini us!!
Rock on!!
Why??
Cuz what else ya gonna do??
Yah!!
Love ya!!
Cheryl xox
National Girlfriend and Sister's Week
I am only as strong as the coffee I drink, the hair spray I use and the friends I have.
To the cool women that have touched my life. Here's to you! With all due respect......of course!!!
What would most of us do without our sisters,confidants and shopping, lunching, and traveling
girls?
Let's celebrate each other for each other's sake!
TO MY GIRLFRIENDS!
1. We got off the Titanic first.
2. We can scare male bosses with the mysterious gynecological disorder excuses.
3 Taxis stop for us.
4. We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.
5. No fashion faux pas we make, could ever rival the Speedo.
6. We don't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves.
7. If we forget to shave, no one has to know.
8. We can congratulate our teammate without ever touching her rear end.
9. We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our privates are still there.
10. We have the ability to dress ourselves.
11. We can talk to the opposite sex without having to picture them naked.
12. If we marry someone 20 years younger, we are aware that we will look like an idiot.
13. We will never regret piercing our ears.
14. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems.
15. We can make comments about how silly men are in their presence because they aren't listening anyway.
Send this to all the bright women you know and make their day!!!!!
AND SO I AM SENDING TO Y'ALL!!!
CHERYL XOX
OOOOOOH Ada!!
Most humble apologies ...please forgive me..I truly did not see your explanation at all....must be that "brain cramp syndrome" thingy that afflicts most women of a certain age.....ya know??
Aneeeeeeeway the good news is I now get it!! Thank you muchly!! I do appreciate being up to speed.
By mid February I will be able to reveal ALL re my sweetie ( well almost ALL... lets just say I will reveal enough)...perhaps Valentine's day would be a perfect time to come clean and fess up ...sound good??
Wishing you and yours all and more in health , life and love for the Holidays and the New Year
Cheryl xox
Hi Ada You are SO funny -"the Dark Side" indeed. LOVE the jokes about kids 'n church. It's so typical of them, isn't it? I've been so busy up to today - school let out yesterday for the holidays and I've spent all day today cleaning the living room and reorganizing furniture to fit the tree in. I'm pooped now so will decorate the tree tomorrow and continue with the rest of the house. Hmm...I thought "holidays" meant I get to have a "rest."
Excuse me, but it is Merry Christmas, screw this happy holiday stuff
Thanks Neva....I think our Anon got up on the wrong side of the bed again!!! Wow so crusty!!
Truthfully I find it quite sad that someone should chose to find negativity in absolutley everything and anything.... clearly one very unhappy person.
Once again wishing ONE and ALL a healthy & happy
Holiday Season.............
and Peace on Earth
Cheryl xox
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Sorry that I have not been posting! As I mentioned before ... I am reading every day, but not able to post much. I just finished producing two events that ran this week ... so, hopefully, I will have a bit more time now. So ... just popped in to thank everyone for continuing on w/o me. : ) Will be back in a bit ... to start a new post.
Seasons Greetings ... to you all ... whatever your faith or preference of way to celebrate this special season.
Peace,
Brenda
This year, especially, I don't mind the Happy Holidays or Seasons Greetings because Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza are all around the same time. So...Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Happy Holidays, and Seasons Greetings to you all
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Happy Honakkah and yes A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Anon: I happen to celebrate Christmas, but I also have friends that are Jewish, Budist (from Malasia), and other religious affiliations. Even Muslim. So I always say Happy Holidays. Season's greetings etc. I don't find it insulting. We all rejoice in everyones uniqueness. There are enough issues in this world, so I don't pick fights.
To all the rest of you this Holiday season, enjoy the season with friends and family. I will be enjoying the Christmas and New Year holidays with friends and family. It is fun to be together.
Peace and Joy to you all.
Carol
Thanks Ada! And thanks to the rest of you ... for your great holiday wishes to everyone!
AH UPDATE: Please check out The Adventurous Hearts Website:
http://www.theadventuroushearts.com
There are new pics on the montage page - of Pat aka Itchey Feet! I owe Pat a huge, huge apology ... for taking so long to post those photos ... so please go take a lot at the shots of her exciting trip to Burma!! And a special thanks to Pat - for sharing those with us!
Also - if you have something you want to advertise - jewelry, books, business ... please send the info to me ... and I will post it on our new 'Support our Bloggettes' Page!! I have a few other things that I will be working on over the next few weeks ... so stay tuned!
Have a good one!
Brenda
Oh my GAWD, Ada! You SLAY me with your jokes du jour! This one had me ROLFLOL too. It's SO true! Have a great day and make sure you GO before you go out! LOL
ADA
Ditto what Leslie said!!!
Where do you come up with
these hilarious jokes du jour?
This last one pretty well describes
moments from my last trip....especially
the"burning thighs" as I tried desperately
to not let any part of me touch any surface
in the loo. And what do you do with your
purse or backpack if the floor is covered in
overflowing water? except hang it around your
neck!!! And if anyone has been to Japan and
experienced their 21st c. commodes that have
temp controls for the seat, and 30 different ways
to flush depending on how much water at what
velocity you would like to shoot into the air,
all written in Japanese!! Well our long lines at
the stalls are a welcome sight in comparison!
Hi again Ada and Sunni Your "memoirs" re la toilette take me back to when I was in France. In Lourdes, my girlfriend and I were waiting in a loooooong line for the toilets and when we finally got closer, could see that some of the stalls had holes in the ground and some had actual toilets. My girlfriend needed to go so bad she took the first stall to open up - the hole! I waited for a "real" toilet. Then in Paris, out at a nice restaurant one night with our whole group, someone came downstairs to tell us all that we absolutely HAD to go see the toilet, even if we didn't have to go. It turned out to be one that rotated when you flushed and it sprayed antibacterial liquid on the seat as it rotated. Then it dried itself! Fabulous! There was a long line there just to see it! A real tourist attraction!
Ada! I absolutely LOVE your sense of humour! By all means send me your "brag" letter - I really want to "see" you finally! Best wishes for "whatever" back at ya!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
CAROL AKA/ TRAVELIN
Hi Everyone!
Hope all of you had a great holiday season!
I've had computer problems - so apologies for not being 'around'. Had to switch out computers - so still trying to get that sorted out. I'm supposed to be getting a new laptop soon ... but not soon enough for me. : ) Anyway - has made it a bit difficult to communicate - but, hopefully, this 'loaner' will work until the new one arrives.
My best wishes to everyone ... for a wonderful New Year!!
Brenda
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I HOPE EVERYONE HAD AN AWESOME CHRISTMAS OR WHATEVER HOLIDAY YOU CELEBRATED.
CAROL AKA/ TRAVELIN
Hi ladies,
After returning from Vail, my computer stressed out, probably from all the BS I was trying to load it with. Now I am at my daughter's, taking care of my 4 grandchildren, while she and hubby are galavanting around the country getting re-aquainted.
Had to go to an old RR = BS site to find Brenda's blog address. Whatever happened to Vicki after 12/16? Any emotional good byes when leaving RR?
Ada, your toilet "jokes" reminded me of the world toilet tales on the old SB blog before its' censoring removed all the fun. What a difference 6 months make, lots of really great stuff with some sad notes in between.
Thank you all for making this a very special year.
Happy New Year!!!
Guten Rutsch!
Ellen
PS: is Happy New Year still politically correct?
To the grouches that make up these narrow minded rules, no Happy to you.
Happy New Year Ellen and welcome back from your vacation. I hope you had a blast.
We are all celebrating the New Year over on Franny's site. She is home too finally. So come on over everyone and let's all celebrate together.
I will be on the beach watching the fireworks and listening to live music. It is around 75 degrees tonight, the stars are out. What a glorious day.
May we all have an awesome 2006, and may all our dreams come true.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! CAROL
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