She’s a Modern Girl

Just keeping in touch with her friends

Things that annoy me today:

1. People that snoop.
2. Dirty dishes in the sink.
3. Dirty keyboards.
4. Jerks who take up 2 parking spaces.
5. People who give their kids weird names
6. Telemarketers.
7. People who love to point out how wrong everyone else is while they are a walking train wreck
8. Grocery shopping carts with a bad wheel.
9. Kids with baggy pants hangin below their ass.
10. How commercialized the holidays are.

Sunday Sugar:

I Wish:

I wish I had gone to law school.
I wish I have traveled more.
I wish I had better speakers for my computer.
I wish I had gotten child support.
I wish I had paid attention during history class.
I wish I were an accomplished novelist.
I wish I was at peace with myself.
I wish I read well aloud.
I wish I could relax more.
I wish I had an ipad.
I wish I didn't feel broken.

Things to do when you're Sick

Nap
Read
Nap
Watch TV
Umm.... nap
Try not to breath on others.
Bleh.

Happy Thanksgiving!

WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:"
NOW THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY of NOVEMBER next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed;-- for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish Constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted;-- for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;-- and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.
And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
GIVEN under my hand, at the city of New-York, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
G. Washington

Doctor Visit

(from an email)

Turkey Day Trivia

Interesting facts about Thanksgiving that each of us should know about:

• The first Thanksgiving celebration can be traced back to the Plymouth Pilgrims in the fall of 1621.
• The first Thanksgiving feast was held to thank the Lord for sparing the lives of the survivors of the Mayflower, who landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. The survivors included four adult women and almost forty percent children.
• The Wampanoag chief Massasoit and ninety of his tribesmen were also invited to the first thanksgiving feast. Governor William Bradford invited them for helping the Pilgrims surviving and teaching them the skills of cultivating the land.
• The celebration in 1621 lasted for three days and included games and food.
• The president to proclaim the first 'National Day of Thanksgiving' in 1789 was George Washington.
• Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, campaigned to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1827 and succeeded.
• Abraham Lincoln announced Thanksgiving to be national holiday in his proclamation on October 3, 1863.
• The 'wishbone' of the turkey is used in a good luck ritual on Thanksgiving Day.
• Puritans of Mayflower used to drink Beer.

A very long post

The older we get....

ONE
Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets.
'We don't have half dozen nuggets,' said the
teenager at the counter. 'You don't?' I replied.
'We only have six, nine, or twelve,' was the reply.
'So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?' 'That's right.' So I shook my head and
ordered six McNuggets
(Unbelievable but
sadly true...)
TWO
I was checking
out at the local Walmart with just a few items
and the lady behind me put her things on the
belt close to mine. I picked up one of those
'dividers' that they keep by the cash register
and placed it between our things so they
wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had
scanned all of my items, she picked up the
'divider', looking it all over for the bar code
so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code, she said to me, 'Do you know how much this is?' I said to her 'I've changed my mind; I don't think I'll buy that today.' She said 'OK,' and I paid her for the things and left.
She had no clue to what had just happened.
THREE
A woman at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly.
When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking
for a credit card number, so she was using the
ATM 'thingy.'
(keep
shuddering!!)
FOUR
I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.
'Do you need some help?' I asked.
She replied, 'I knew I should have replaced the
battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I
can't get into my car. Do you think they
(pointing to a distant convenience store) would
have a battery to fit this?'
'Hmmm, I don't know. Do you have an alarm, too?' I asked. 'No, just this remote thingy,' she answered,
handing it and the car keys to me. As I
took the key and manually unlocked the door, I
replied, 'Why don't you drive over there and
check about the batteries. It's a long walk....'
PLEASE just lay down before you hurt yourself !!!

FIVE
Several years ago,
we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day
she was typing and turned to a secretary and
said, 'I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I
do?' 'Just use paper from the photocopier', the
secretary told her. With that, the intern took
her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it
on the photocopier and proceeded to make five
'blank' copies.
Brunette, by the way!!
SIX
A mother calls 911 very
worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to
take her kid to the emergency room, the kid had
eaten ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the
kid some Benadryl and he should be fine, the
mother says, 'I just gave him some ant
killer......'
Dispatcher: 'Rush him in to emergency!'

Life is tough.
It's even tougher if you're
stupid!!!!

Someone had to remind me, so I'm reminding you too. Don't
laugh.....it is all true...
Perks of reaching
50 or being over 60 and heading towards 70!

01. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
02. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
03. No one expects you to run--anywhere.
04. People call at 9 PM and ask,"did I wake you?"
05.People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
06. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
07. Things you buy now won't wear out.
08. You can eat supper at 4 PM.
09.You can live without sex but not your glasses.
10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room.
13. You sing along with elevator music.
14. Your eyes won't get much worse.
15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather
service.
17.Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them
either.
18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
19.You can't remember who sent you this list.
20. And you notice
these are all in Big Print for your convenience.


Never, under any circumstances,
take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night

from an email. tks Joe

Morgan and outside my back door.

Sad

A 30 something couple in Minneapolis Mn. Has opened a web site to take a poll to help them decide whether to abort their 17 week baby boy. It is complete with the baby's heart beat and ultrasound. According to their web site they are not sure they are ready to be parents. Interestingly this is her third pregnancy. The other two ended in a miscarriage. As of today the poll is 80.88% for Give Birth, and 19.12% to abort the baby. With a total of 99,716 votes. I think some one should set up a site to vote on and collect money to sterilize this couple. You can view this spectacle : Here

This is one of the saddest things I have ever read. I hope it is some sort of stunt and we have all been punked. This is not about changing your belief. Whether you are anti or pro .. you must admit this is heartless and attention grabbing.

Hard

The hardest thing to do is...

to not be cynical when you have all the reasons to be.

to look for the silver lining in the cloud when all you see is endless stretch of darkness.

to smile when things go wrong and to say - Yeah S**t happens!

to try to find the positive side of all negative outcomes.

to not believe when others try to drive home the point that you are a loser.

Post in which I get a little political.

Apparently a Wisconsin man, (is it me or does he look like Teddy Roosevelt's doppleganger?) Steven Cowan, was so enraged that Bristol Palin was not eliminated from Dancing With the Stars he shot his television set and then aimed his gun at his wife. His wife managed to escape and call the police who arrested him for reckless endangerment and he is facing up to 10 years in prison. Then guess what… out comes the old bipolar defense.

(I didn't realize DWTS even transmitted to Wisconsin! Shouldn't this guy be making cheese or something?)

Yeah, yeah...another bipolar disorder defense. Yes, we all know that Bristol is there because of her mother...duh...but people just have to ACCEPT that DWTS is NOT a dance competition...it's a variety show/quasi-competition. The popularity contest aspect is what makes it the show it is. So, let's all stop shooting our TV sets and whipping up conspiracy theories!!!

I wonder if she weren’t Sarah Palin’s daughter would this actually be news? Besides I thought they all shot their sets on Nov 2.

Wednesday with Morgan

The Way to Live

This is something we should all read at least once a week!!

Make sure you read to the end!
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer,

Cleveland , Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life

taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column

once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.

Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others.

You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.

But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life,

don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion.Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31.. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

(from an email)

NIMBY

This is a very difficult subject. A sex offender is set to move into our little town. He has purchased a house and will move in soon. He has spent 10 yrs in jail and has been out over a year. I live in Podunk, so I will experience first-hand the changes this has made. Not pretty at all. Some days I am mad as hell. Other days, I shake my head in sorrow I realize that our country's system is set up so that most offenders will not move beyond where they are now. This is a small safe town, one you can let your kids walk to the park, go to the store and get ice cream with out worrying. Everything will soon change.

It’s difficult to understand this, but this is the new reality for our town. It's easy to sit around and say, "Why did he pick our town?" Many of us are just a stone's throw away from this person’s home. Some say he has paid his debt to society and we should give him a fresh start..Easier said than done in today's world.

I think my feelings are really appropriate. It is very hard to see my neighborhood change.

411

Since the invention of the internet, the phone book is practically obsolete and finally being phased out.

The use of phone books have dropped from 25 percent down to 11, from 2005-2008. So I think it makes perfect sense to stop printing them.

New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania all approved Verizon's request to stop printing the White Pages this month. Virginia will be the next state in line, making 15 states who have stopped the directories or are in the process.

I won’t miss them, will you?

Old

“OLD” IS WHEN….. Your sweetie says, “Let’s go upstairs and make love,” and you answer, “Honey, I can’t do both!”
“OLD” IS WHEN….. Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you’re barefoot.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. You don’t care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don’t have to go along.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. When you are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. “Getting a little action” means I don’t need to take any fiber today.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. “Getting lucky” means you find your car in the parking lot.
“OLD” IS WHEN….. An “all-nighter” means not getting up to pee.

(from an email)

Veterans Day

It’s Veteran’s Day and I wish to add my tribute to all who have fought for our country. These soldiers and sailors and marines and air force men and women have earned our respect and gratitude.

10 Things

1. I don’t gamble.
2. I love to sleep.
3. I love Red Hot Fireballs.
4. I am terrified of snakes.
5. I can’t see my hand in front of my face.
6. I’m obsessed with statistics.
7. I don’t have a credit card.
8. I can cook and bake
9. I never finish anything.

Quiz

1. Other than news, sports, editorials and weather, which specific features or columns of the newspaper do you always read?
Obits, I know it sounds morbid, but I know a lot of old people

2. When do you normally do your Christmas shopping? Have you started this year's, yet? Do you intend to spend more, less or the same this year versus last year?
I am a non shopper, I give cash instead

3. You're having a true "TV Dinner," made by a classic character: who would you rather have in the kitchen:
A) Aunt Bee from "The Andy Griffith Show"
B) Alice from "The Brady Bunch"
C) June from "Leave it to Beaver"
D) Edith from "All in the Family"
E) Claire from "The Cosby Show"
Aunt Bee

4. What topic are you most sick of hearing about in blogland? Negative politics

5. What company is annoying you most with junk mail?
Credit cards and insurance.

6. What cheesy sitcom (from any era) most describes how you grew up? Your family, location, dynamics, details...All in the family

from an email.

Stuff

Stuff.. lots of stuff. My house is bursting with stuff. My stuff, my kids stuff. Keep sakes and clutter. Our whole lives we spend acquiring stuff. Our success is measured in part by how much stuff we own. New stuff, antique stuff, good stuff and stuff to jog our memory. In all my years I have never seen a u-haul following a hearse. So what happens to all this stuff we leave behind? Most of my stuff is ordinary. Nothing remarkable or valuable. But almost everything I own contains a memory.

Before I get too excited, I should find out what the stuff is worth. Not how much an appraiser says it's worth - what someone will pay me. I will probably be surprised at what my "priceless" antiques are worth.

The ultimate decision of what to do with any of these belongings is mine.

I am seeing how much work and stress is involved in this cleaning out process and I would like to make my exit easier on the ones left behind.

What I am trying to say (and obviously not very well) I am NOT talking about getting rid of my stuff. I am talking about the burden of what we leave behind is for our children .. or family.. how hard it is for me to do the right thing.. what is the right thing? we spend our life gathering things and in the end it means nothing but work for those left behind.

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Happy Birthday to my middle son Gary!

Sunday Sugar

Favorite Things

• Brand new socks
• Brushing with a new toothbrush
• Putting on clothes warm right out of the dryer
• Stretching
• Waking up and realizing I don’t have to get up.
• Getting mail that is not a bill
• Hearing laughter
• The smell of rain
• Old movies

RIP Sparky Anderson

Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson, who directed Cincinnati's Big Red Machine to back-to-back World Series championships and went on to win another title in Detroit in 1984, died Thursday. He was 76.
Anderson was the first manager to win World Series titles in both leagues and the only manager to lead two franchises in career wins.

Here are a few of my favorite Sparky quotes:

1. A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

2. I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

3. Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

4. People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

5. The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

Rest in Peace Sparky.

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I want to wish Morgan's daddy a very Happy Birthday today.

Happy Birthday Jimmy!

I

1. I really can’t handle people in my space.

2. I’m useless without a good 8 hrs sleep.

3. I am way to fond of my pajamas and slippers.

4. I make the best apple dumplings.

5. I really hate smoking.

6. I try too hard sometimes.

7. I say "you're welcome," when people don't thank me for, say, holding a door open.

8. I can't decide how I feel about bumper stickers.

9. I may be a stones throw away from insanity.

10. I am throwing out all nonessential numbers. This includes age and weight.

Time

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain.

10 wishes

1. I wish to always be resourceful and move with the flow of life

2. I wish to be an eternal optimist.

3. I wish to keep being interested so I can be interesting.

4. I wish that I will never lose the twinkle in my eye.

5. I wish to always have a sense of humor.

6. I wish to always have a kind heart.

7. I wish to have a forgiving heart.

8. I wish to be in control of my happiness and not depend on others for it.

9. I wish for the courage to continue.

10.I wish to always be hopeful.

Crappy Times

Let me just say right away that I’m thankful for my family and friends. I am also thankful that I enjoy hundreds of freedoms daily that others in the world could only dream about. Just so you know, I feel quite blessed.
I recently read post about being thankful for people who help you through tough times in life and it made me stop and think of the people who have helped me. (There are several.) But it also led me to think of the crappy times themselves. And for as much as I would gladly hit the delete key and erase most of them from my life, I can’t. But in an odd way I’m thankful for them, too.
Rough times have shown me what I’m made of and who I can count on. They’ve allowed me to gain empathy for folks in similar situations. I think crap times have contributed just as much, if not more, to the person that I am as the good times have. At this ripe old age, I’ve dealt with a fair amount of crappiness. But the experiences have taught me that I’ll get through it eventually, even as I also know things will likely suck for a while. And that that’s just the way to has to be. So today I raise my glass to the crappy as well as to the good times. You can’t have one without the other.