This is sad.
http://floodchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/08/tragic.html
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Blog Pickle - Amazing scrapbooker - Dina Wakley
A few months ago I discovered some scrapbooking websites and somehow ended up at the blog of an amazing scrapbooker - Dina Wakley. The most amazing part is that she was a friend a grew up with in Michigan. Small world.
You can find her stuff all over the Internet, but thought I'd highlight her blog here because I've never seen this type of scrapbooking. Perhaps it will inspire others (and myself) to look at the capturing of memories a little differently.
Blog Pickle - Quote
Here's a quote that I've loved ever since reading the book called "Notes to Myself; My Struggle to Become a Person" by Hugh Prather:
"The horizon ceases to be the horizon when you get there."
By the way, I need to re-reference Strunk & White (isn't that it's name?) to find out if you put quotes around book titles or not.
"The horizon ceases to be the horizon when you get there."
By the way, I need to re-reference Strunk & White (isn't that it's name?) to find out if you put quotes around book titles or not.
Blog Pickle - Favorite Paintings
My friend Elise posted an interesting topic on her blog the other day - http://ejejohnson.blogspot.com/2008/08/most-wanted-painting.html. She talks about a study that found what types of paintings were popular (or not) depending on the country.
It is really quite interesting. Here's a link to the study - http://www.diacenter.org/km/
It is really quite interesting. Here's a link to the study - http://www.diacenter.org/km/
Friday, August 22, 2008
Blog Pickle - Song
I like this song. Erin posted it on her blog - http://erinannie.blogspot.com/2008/08/im-yours.html
I just bought the song on iTunes because I liked it so much.
I just bought the song on iTunes because I liked it so much.
Blog Pickle - Quotes
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." Martin Luther & Noel Coward
"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did."
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." Martin Luther & Noel Coward
"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did."
When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.
"The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."
Blog Pickle - Some quotes
The heights of great men reached and kept, were not attained in sudden flight. but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." --James Baldwin
If you spend all your time reacting to problems, you will have no time to anticipate problems.
A gun in the hand of a wise ma will do less damage them the microphone in the hand of a fool.
Contentment is acceptance without pity
"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." --James Baldwin
If you spend all your time reacting to problems, you will have no time to anticipate problems.
A gun in the hand of a wise ma will do less damage them the microphone in the hand of a fool.
Contentment is acceptance without pity
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Blog Pickle - Four Worms
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol - Dead.
The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead
Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead
Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive.
So the Minister asked the congregation, "What did you learn from this demonstration???"
Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said, 'As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!'
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Blog Pickle - Serenity or Senility?
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied.
'Two years older than me.'
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?'
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?' the reporter asked.
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
Three old guys are out walking. First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'
I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends.
But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.
But, by the time I got my leotards on,
the class was over.
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and
told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart <http://www.walmart.com/> .
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed.
'Why Wal-Mart?'
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.'
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turned to the other and said: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim said, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but its state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor. 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty', he r eplied.
It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.
An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100%. He went back in a month and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'
These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'
THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.
'Two years older than me.'
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?'
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?' the reporter asked.
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
Three old guys are out walking. First one says, 'Windy, isn't it?' Second one says, 'No, it's Thursday!'
Third one says, 'So am I. Let's go get a beer.'
I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends.
But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.
But, by the time I got my leotards on,
the class was over.
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and
told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart <http://www.walmart.com/> .
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed.
'Why Wal-Mart?'
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.'
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turned to the other and said: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?'
Slim said, 'I feel just like a newborn baby.'
'Really!? Like a newborn baby?'
'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
A man was telling his neighbor, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but its state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbor. 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty', he r eplied.
It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.
An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100%. He went back in a month and the doctor said, 'Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again.'
The gentleman replied, 'Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!'
These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'
THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Blog Pickel - quote
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Blog Pickle - being single
Thought this was an interesting post about being single.
http://erinannie.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-singles-life-for-me.html
http://erinannie.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-singles-life-for-me.html
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