Life as we know it.

Woman's Revenge

"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.

As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.

"So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.

"No," she replied, " but my husband refused to come shopping with me, and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."

We Is Friends

Oh, You Dirty Minded People

OH, OH, OH,

YOU DIRTY MINDED PEOPLE...

AS IF I WOULD DO SOMETHING SO BAD!!!

The Pastor's Business Card

Pastor's Business Card

A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door.

Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck it in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, "Genesis 3:10."

Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Genesis 3:10 reads, "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked."

Remember when the funniest jokes were the clean ones? They still are!

"A cheerful heart is good medicine" (Prov. 17:22) Now, pass it on!"

Wisdom thur Life

You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you
unaware of the passing years.

It seems just yesterday that I was young,
just married and embarking on my new life with my mate.
And yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went.
I know that I lived them all...

And I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.
But, here it is..the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise...

How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my babies go?
And where did my youth go?

I remember well... seeing older people through the years and thinking that those
older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that
I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

But, here it is...wife retired and she's really getting gray.
She moves slower and I see an older woman now.
She's in better shape than me... but,
I see the great change.
Not the one I married who was young and vibrant. But, like me,
her age is beginning to show and we are now those older
folks that we used to see and never thought we'd be.

Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day!
And taking a nap is not a treat anymore, it's mandatory!
Cause if I don't on my own free will,
I just fall asleep where I sit!

And so, now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches
and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things.

But, at least I know, that though the winter has come,
and I'm not sure how long it will last.
This I know, that when it's over, it's over.
Yes, I have regrets.There are things I wish I hadn't done,
things I should have done.
But indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done.
It's all in a lifetime.. .

So, if you're not in your winter yet, let me remind you,
that it will be here faster than you think.
So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life, please do it quickly!

Life goes by swiftly. So, do what you can today,
because you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not!

You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life...so,
live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember.
"Life is a gift to you.

The way you live your life is your gift to those who came after.
Make it a fantastic one.!!

A Wife's Revenge

 


"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.

As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.

"So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.

"No," she replied, " but my husband refused to come shopping with me, and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."

Why I don't Cuba Dive

Family on holiday in Australia for a week and a half when husband, wife
and their 15 year old son decided to go scuba diving. The husband is in the navy and has had some scuba experience.

His son wanted a pic of his mum and dad in all their gear so got the underwater camera on the go. When it came to taking the pic the dad realized that the son look like he was panicking as he took it and gave the "OK" hand sign to see if he was alright.

The son took the pic and swam to the surface and back to the boat as quick as he could so the mum and dad followed to see if he was OK. When they got back to him he was scrambling onto the boat and absolutely scared.

When the parents asked why he said "there was a shark behind you" and the dad thought he was joking but the skipper of the boat said it was true and that they wouldn't believe him if he told them what it was. As soon as they got back to the hotel they put the pic onto the laptop and this is what they saw.

Doctor

Let Me Tell You About My Doctor ..............

He is very good~!

If you tell him you want a second opinion, he will go out and come in again.

He treated one woman for yellow jaundice for three years before he realized she was Chinese.

Another time he gave a patient 6 months to live. At the end of the 6 months, the patient hadn't paid his bill, so the doctor gave him another
6 months.

While he was talking to me his nurse came in and said, "Doctor, there is a man here who thinks he is invisible." The doctor said, "Tell him I can't see him."

Another time a man came running in the office and yelled, "Doctor, my son just swallowed a roll of film." The doctor calmly replied, "Let's just wait and see what develops."

One patient came in and said, "Doctor, I have a serious memory problem."
The doctor asked, "When did it start?" The man replied, "When did what start ?"

I remember one time I told my doctor I had a ringing in my ears. His advice: "Don't answer it."

My doctor sure has his share of nut cases.
One said to him, "Doctor, I think I'm a bell."
The doctor gave him some pills and said, "Here, take these, and if they don't work, give me a ring."

Another guy told the doctor that he thought he was a deck of cards. The doctor simply said, "Go sit over there. I'll deal with you later."

When I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places, he told me to stop going to those places.

But doctors can be so frustrating. You wait a month and a half for an appointment. Then he says, "I wish you had come to me sooner."

Eat up you need another visit to the doctor...

So Smart and So Dumb

These Contractors are installing the steel pillars in concrete to stop vehicles from parking on the pavement outside a Sports Bar downtown. They are now in the process of cleaning up at the end of the day and anxious to go home.

I wonder how long it will take them to realize what they have done?

I have heard this statement so many times in my life,
"Some people are so smart to be so dumb!"

Hunting For Martians

It was a late evening just as the sun sets down over the west
horizon that people spotted it. Ronnie and I had just come out of a
store selling ad’s for the year book for our high school...

Upon existing the store, I noticed that people were pointing at an object in the sky
and I mentioned it to Ronnie.

It was round and had lights at the top and the bottom.

The object was moving in all different directions.

With the sun setting, there was a haze around it that showed all different colors to it.

It was in the October 31, 1974. My junior year in high school.

We got in my car and were headed to get something to eat for
supper. On the radio, they stated that people had seen it set down over on Davis Road.

(not sure if that is the name of the road now )

After eating, we decided we would try
and find this mystery object.

After finding the road that the radio

said that the object was on,

I guess,
our imaginations just ran wild with us.

We just couldn’t resist it.

The nite was pitch black now

and at the time no houses were being built in
the area..

We drove for miles down that road looking all around
for the flying saucer.

Just as we were to go a round a curve,
there it was...

The lights were red about midway up and they
went fast between the trees.

We saw the white lights at the bottom
and top of the object.

I remember being so scared and frightened that night.

Was there really life on other planets?

Could they come down here?

What would they do with a 5’ 9” girl that weighted 109 lb.?

Yes, I was paper thin..

( No comment now..)

Lets just say that is one nite

that I have looked back over for
many years now.

Remembering how I turned

my 1968 Mustang
around and high tailed it out of the area so fast,

that it wasn’t even funny.

Ronnie was sitting over in the passengers seat dying
of laughter at my reaction.

He was always my side kick and a good friend.

On the way home, we came to the rail road tracks, I stopped.

I looked both ways and just as we went over them,

he hollers out..

WOO WOO just like a train whistle.

I was already shaking from
the mystery object and then the train.

God drove us home from then on
because I was a wreck...

Now to tell you the what the real answer to what we saw.

The road went parallel to I-20 and the lights were a

18 Wheeler Truck going
by that we could see between the trees.

Me being the dummy that I am, wasn’t paying close enough attention, I was on the look out
for that famous Martian, or space craft.

Oh, and the space craft
turned out to be a weather balloon.

It was all over the news later that night.

It’s amazes me that it only takes one person to point
something out and the rest of the folks to wonder and
think the same way.

I know, I was one of them too.
I still laugh at myself about the dumb things, I did in my youth.

Thank you for visiting

and for your wonderful comments.

Beware of Garbage Trucks

Today is September 17th

and I wonder where has the summer gone.

Here in the Deep South,

the weather is still very

HOT and VERY HUMID.

It will be that way for several more months.

For some states, this is considered the last days of summer but here, we have been known to wear shorts until early November.

I have been shopping at Christmas time here,

and the stores will already have out bathing suits out for sale.

I have often wondered why they want to rush the seasons with sales.

In the stores now, the Christmas decorations are already out.

Believe it or not, people are already buying.

Times keeps marching on....

(Change of Season's)

Pastor's Business Card
A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote.

"Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck it in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday,

he found that his card had been returned.

Added to it was this cryptic message,

"Genesis 3:10."

Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."

Genesis 3:10 reads, "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked."

Remember when the funniest jokes were the clean ones?

They still are!

"A cheerful heart is good medicine" (Prov. 17:22)

Now, pass it on!"

(True Story)...

I know a deer hunter that has been going hunting for 7 years now

and never seen the first deer.

Maybe he is having the same problems this guy is having.

OK, check this out!!!
Okay,

confess now,

how long did you sit here and watch this cow take a bath?

Shame on you for watching!!

Beware of Garbage Trucks

How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood?

Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss,

or an insensitive employee ruin your day?

Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels.

However,

the mark of a successful person

is how quickly she can get back her focus on what's important.

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson.

I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab.

Here's what happened.

I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station.

We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car
jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.

My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded,

and missed the other car's back end
by just inches!

The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident,

whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us.

My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.

And I mean, he was friendly.

So, I said,

"Why did you just do that?

This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"

And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call,

"The Law of the Garbage Truck."

Many people are like garbage trucks.

They run around full of garbage, full of frustration,

full of anger,

and full of disappointment.

As their garbage piles up,

they need a place to dump it.

And if you let them, they'll dump it on you.

When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally.

You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.

You'll be happy you did.

So this was it:

The "Law of the Garbage Truck."

I started thinking,

how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me?

And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people:

at work,

at home,

on the streets?

It was that day I said,

"I'm not going to do it anymore."
I began to see garbage trucks.

Like in the movie "The Sixth Sense,"
the little boy said, "I see Dead People."

Well, now

"I see Garbage Trucks."

I see the load they're carrying.

I see them coming to drop it off.

And like my Taxi Driver,

I don't make it a personal thing;

I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

One of my favorite football players of all time,

Walter Payton, did this every day on the football field.

He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled.

He never dwelled on a hit.
Payton was ready to make the next play his best.

Good leaders know

they have to be ready for their next meeting.

Good parents know that they have to

welcome

their children

home from school

with hugs and kisses.

Leaders and parents

know that they have to be fully present,

and at their best for the people they care about.

The bottom line is that successful people

do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day.

What about you?

What would happen in your life,

starting today,

if
you let more garbage trucks pass you by?

Here's my bet.

You'll be happier.

Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,

so..

Love the people who treat you right.

Forget about the ones who don't.

Believe that everything happens for a reason.

If you get a chance ,

TAKE IT!

If it changes your life ,
LET IT!

Nobody said it would be easy...

They just promised it would

be worth it.

~~unknown author~~

for visiting and for all your wonderful comments.

Hugs To You All,

Happy Labor Day

Over the years this holiday has come to mean a lot of different things to me.

The holiday was always a day to spend time with family
for the ending of summer
but in the South
you know

the hot days doesn’t really end just because the calender makers says it does.


As I grew older and started to work in the retail business,
at first the stores were closed that day but now
it’s just another big push on sales items for school.

Now that I am much older, I look at it as a
celebration of the Working People in the USA.
It’s a celebration of having a job
to help make ends meet,
to raise a family,
to enjoy our homes,
to have the many wonderful experiences

that life has to offer.

About 15 years ago,
I was not to able to work any more outside the home

due to health reasons.

I have Muscular Dystrophy
( Charot Marie Tooth Disease).
I now look at
Labor Day
as that is the day for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
to help so many
thousands and thousands of people.

Yes,
Muscular Dystrophy Association has help me
with many times doctor appointments,

wheel chairs, leg braces, walkers, and walking canes.

I know this disease is horrible and no one should ever have to live with it.
We can trace this disease back 5 generations in my family.
It doesn't matter whether you are male or female.
It destroys the muscles and the nerve endings in the legs and arms.
In my case, it will just get worse and worse with age.
I have a great family and support of wonderful friends.

We can't put a stop to it with out your dollars.
I am not asking for your money for myself,
I am asking for the thousand of children
that will come in to this world that may or may not have it.
We need to stop this diseases as soon as possible.

The next time that you see your child run across the room,
please think of those children

that have to use

crutches or a wheel chair to get around.
Think about the parents

who have lost their children

to Muscular Dystrophy.

Muscular Dystrophy Association can not do it without your support.

If you are interested in finding out more information, please check out this link.
http://www.mda.org/publications/fa-cmt.html#cures

or to make a donation

please check out this link

https://secure.mdausa.org/Gift.aspx

Thank you for all your wonderful comments.
Hugs To You All,

The Code of the West

I truly hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July.

My hubby and I went out to eat for the first time in about 6 months.

I was feeling well enough to go out and then the wonderful trip to Wal-Mart (as we refer to as WALLY WORLD) to feel all the material and merchandise there.

I drove the buggy and did not knock any thing down but

I did run over the sales lady in the fabric department.

I fell while I was there and in the process ran over her..

I have done wonderful things with it to people while driving in Wal-Mart.

Usually when they see me come in, they get on the loud speaker and say

"" SHE"S IS HERE.... BATTLE STATIONS...""

( That poor lady, she was new and didn't know about

my wonderful driving record in Wal-Mart).

Oh, they know me so well..

We came home, and I read the recaps of the 4th July concert..

. Wow, to have been able to seen Clay do the "Like A Virgin" is

just to funny to me..

then do Rap..

I'm still laughing.

Oh, I'm so glad,

he doesn't take life to seriously and has fun..

To be truthful, on this blog I have worked on it for a couple of months.

I was trying to find things,

I thought that were in the western theme and still have the 4th of July.

I truly hope it worked.

This is really a long post but it does bring back a lot of

wonderful childhood memories.

The Code of The West
"Cowboys and Heroes"
By Pamela R. Blaine Copyright, December 2004

As I child, I loved Saturday morning!

This was the day that I looked forward to all week. I would hurry through my morning chores, finish my bowl of “Tony the Tiger” cereal (it’s “GREAT, great!”) and turn on our family’s newly acquired television set.

On every Saturday morning in the late 1950s and life was good! There were a lot of good programs such as: Annie Oakley, Wild Bill Hickok, Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, Lassie, Rin-Tin-Tin, Sky King, The Texas Rangers, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and Dale Evans, just to name a few.

Television was in black and white back then and sometimes it didn’t come in very clear, in fact, I thought that it snowed in the desert until we got a better antenna with a rotary dial. I can still hear the steady “click-click” it made as it turned the antenna to the preferred direction.

The remote control had not made an appearance in the 50s, so we had to actually get up out of our chairs and trek over to the television and change the channel manually. As I turned the dial, searching for a Saturday morning favorite, it didn’t take long to check out all three of the channels that were available. I wondered why they had all of those other numbers on the dial.

I would immediately stop at the channel where I heard the familiar sound of the

“William Tell Overture” as the announcer would say:
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-yo Silver.

The Lone Ranger!"

“With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early west.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!”

After the programs were over it was time to pretend. Sometimes I would braid my hair like Annie Oakley, saddle my horse, and ride off down the trail. At other times I would pretend to be Dale Evans, Queen of the West.

My brother and I, along with the neighborhood kids,

would imitate our heroes and call each other,

“kemo sabe” (meaning trusted scout)

and make silver bullets out of aluminum foil.

The programs on Saturday morning were mostly westerns

and stories of rescue and heroism.

Who can forget the Songbird flying through the sky as we heard, '

“Out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King!”

Whether it was Sky King, Lassie, or The Lone Ranger, the programs were wholesome and filled with a plot and a purpose.

They taught us that crime doesn’t pay.

The stories showed us through the

heroic cowboys and lawmen

that it was best to make good choices by having good morals and values.

Our heroes gave us “THE CODE OF THE WEST” that all good cowboys and cowgirls followed:

Hopalong Cassidy's "Creed for American Boys and Girls"

1. The highest badge of honor a person can wear is honesty,

be mindful at all times.

2. Your parents are the best friends you have.

Listen to them and obey their instructions.

3. If you want to be respected, you must respect others.

Show good manners in every way.

4. Only through hard work and study can you succeed.

Don't be lazy.

5. Your good deeds always come to light.

So don't boast or be a show off.

6. If you waste time or money today,

you will regret it tomorrow.

Practice thrift in all ways.

7. Many animals are good and loyal companions.

Be friendly and kind to them.

8. A strong, healthy body is a precious gift.

Be neat and clean.

9. Our country's laws are made for your protection.

Observe them carefully.

10. Children in many foreign lands are less fortunate than you.

Be glad and proud you are an American

Gene Autry's "Ten Commandments of the Cowboy"

1. A cowboy never takes unfair advantage.

2. A cowboy never betrays a trust.

3. A cowboy always tells the truth.

4. A cowboy is kind to small children, to old folks, and to animals.

5. A cowboy is free from racial and religious prejudice.

6. A cowboy is helpful and when any one's in trouble he lends a hand.

7. A cowboy is a good worker.

8. A cowboy is clean about his person and in thought, word, and deed.

9. A cowboy respects womanhood, his parents, and the laws of his country.

10. A cowboy is a patriot.

The Lone Ranger's Creed

I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one.

That all men are created equal and that everyone

has within himself the power to make this a better world.

That God put the firewood there,

but that every man must gather and light it himself.

In being prepared physically, mentally,

and morally to fight when necessary for that which is right.

That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.

That "this government, of the people,

by the people, and for the people,

" shall live always.

That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.

That sooner or later...somewhere...somehow...we must settle with the world

and make payment for what we have taken.

That all things change, but the truth,

and the truth alone lives on forever.

I believe in my Creator, my country, my fellow man.

Roy Roger's "Rider's Rules"

1. Be neat and clean.
2. Be courteous and polite.
3. Always obey your parents.
4. Protect the weak and help them.
5. Be brave but never take chances.
6. Study hard and learn all you can.
7. Be kind to animals and care for them.
8. Eat all your food and never waste any.
9. Love God and go to Sunday School regularly.
10. Always respect our flag and our country.

Lisa at the OFC site sent me these wonderful

pictures of the

horses made out of drift wood.

What usual talent these ladies have.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do...

These ladies build horses out of scrap driftwood they find.....
Not only are they beautiful but they are using what Mother Nature has left

behind to create another form of art.

Another aspect of many of the western programs was the singing cowboy.

A campfire wasn’t complete without a cowboy singing a song as he strummed his guitar. Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and The Sons of The Pioneers were just a few of the great cowboy singers.

Throughout the years, the morals and values of our

childhood heroes carried us through.

The children of the 50s are now grandparents who still believe in “the code of the west” and it has served them well through troubles, illnesses, and wars.

Roy Rogers’ cowboy prayer still echoes in our hearts:

“Lord, I reckon I’m not much just by myself,
I fail to do a lot of things I ought to do.
But Lord, when trails are steep and passes high,
Help me ride it straight the whole way through.
And when in the falling dusk I get that final call,
I do not care how many flowers they send,
Above all else, the happiest trail would be for YOU to say to me,
“Let’s ride, My friend”

Amen

I wish we never had to say good-bye to the kind of programs

that motivated children and all of us to be better people.

Hopefully, child and cowboy will meet again so I won’t say good-bye,

I’ll just sing…

Happy Trails to you, until we meet again

Happy Trails to you, keep smilin' until then...

Who cares about the clouds when we're together?

Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Happy Trails to you, ‘til we meet again..."
("Happy Trails to You" By Dale Evans)

Thank you for all you beautiful comments you have made on my post.

They are truly appreciated and loved.

Hope you enjoyed this post and feel free pass to others.

A special thanks Lisa, Marleen. Gerwisp and the clack gathers of Clay.

Always remember to smile, others will wonder what you have been up too.

Hugs to You All,

Nance