9 WORDS WOMEN USE

I can't remember if I've posted this one before (and I'm too lazy to look), but I love this!

1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3. Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

5. Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6. That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7. Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question or faint. Just say you're welcome.

8. Whatever: Is a women's way of saying F@!K YOU!

9. Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking, "What's wrong?" For the woman's response refer to #3.

*Send this to the men you know, to warn them about arguments they can avoid if they remember the terminology.

*Send this to all the women you know to give them a good laugh, cause they know it's true.

(An oldie from my good friend Carol!)

The Most Dangerous Chocolate Cake Recipe

Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

1 Coffee Mug
4 tablespoons flour(that's plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Small splash of vanilla

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.

Add the egg and mix thoroughly.

Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.

Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla, and mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.

The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to share!)

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

Thanks, Frank!

p.s. I haven't tried this because I don't have a microwave.... but it sounded so good I just HAD to post it!

GET YOUR FLAG READY!

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.~ Helen Keller

Please join in this FLY THE FLAG campaign. We have a little less than one week and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America.

THE PROGRAM:
On Thursday, September 11th, 2008, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this seventh anniversary of one our country's worst tragedies. We do this honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms. In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds.

Action Plan: So, here's what we need you to do ...

Fly an American flag of any size on 9/11. Honestly, Americans should fly the flag year -round, but if you don't, then at least make it a priority on this day. Thank you for your participation. God Bless You and God Bless America!

I got this from a friend in an email and thought I would post it here.

I have a magnetic flag on my front door at all times. I would "fly" one, but it would get caught up in my trees and that would never do!

Thanks, Gene!

Lessons From Geese

This is one of my favorite "lessons".

Editor's Note: "Lessons from Geese" was transcribed from a speech given by Angeles Arrien at the 1991 Organizational Development Network and was based on the work of Milton Olson. It circulated to Outward Bound staff throughout the United States. We share it here with the alumni community hoping that we can all learn these lessons.

FACT 1:
As each goose flaps its wings it creates an "uplift" for the birds that follow. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

LESSON:
People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

FACT 2:
When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.

LESSON:
If we have as much sense as a goose we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.

FACT 3:
When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies to the point position.

LESSON:
It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities and unique arrangements of gifts, talents or resources.

FACT 4:
The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

LESSON:
We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.

FACT 5:
When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.

LESSON:
If we have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.

How's That?

There's nothing like the truth is there?

After being interviewed by the school administration, the teaching prospect said, "Let me see if I've got this right:

You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually-transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self-esteem and personal pride. You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job.

You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, and make sure that they all pass the state exams. You want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps and communicate regularly with their parents by letter, telephone, newsletter, and report card. You want me to do all this with a piece of chalk, blackboard, a bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, and a starting salary that qualifies me for food stamps.

You want me to do all this and then you tell me . . . . . I CAN'T PRAY?

(Thanks, Carol!)

GREAT ADVICE!

If a dog was the teacher you would learn stuff like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
Let others know when they've invaded your territory.
Take naps.
Stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lie on your back in the grass.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout.. run right back and make friends.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.
Be loyal.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.

I AM THANKFUL FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE THINKING OF ME!

I've been tagged!

......I'VE BEEN TAGGED!.....

My good friend Carol at http://charliandme.blogspot.com/ has tagged me! I am supposed to list six Quirks about myself.......

Here are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Mention the rules on your blog.
3. List 6 unspectacular quirks.
4. Tag 6 bloggers by linking to them on your post and then commenting them to let them know that they are "it."

Quirky things about me?... Oh my!...... Well here goes:

1. I have to have socks on my feet. HATE going barefoot!
2. Can't stand to hear a bag crinkle. Have absolutely NO idea why.
3. I love to listen to Christmas music all year 'round.
4. When I eat barbequed ribs or chicken, I have to have them plain. Don't like BBQ sauce!
5. I like to go into the grocery store, get what I came for and then leave.
6. I don't mind washing clothes or drying them, but I hate to fold them!

I have decided that instead of picking 6 bloggers, I will just ask that anyone who is interested in participating go ahead and do so. That way, there's no pressure to come up with Quirks! LOL

Snowy Owl

A thing of beauty! (I love owls!)

Breaking News...

Wal-Mart stores across Alabama sold out of ammunition yesterday afternoon.

A reliable source reports that purchasers confirmed that while Russia may have invaded Georgia, they sure as h*ll ain't doin' it to Alabama!

Worth 1,000 Words

Thanks, Poppi!

Smart?

A blonde walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she's going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.00. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan,so the blonde hands over the keys to a new Mercedes.

The car is parked on the street in front of the bank; she has the title and everything checks out. The bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the blonde for using a $250,000.00 Mercedes as collateral against a $5,000.00 loan. An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Mercedes into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the blonde returns, repays the $5,000.00 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "Miss, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000.00?"

The blonde replies, "Where else in New York City can I park my Mercedes for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?"

FINALLY, a Smart Blonde joke!

(Thanks, Michele!)

I'm Getting Spoiled!

My friend Carol from http://charliandme.blogspot.com/ has given me another award! Isn't he cute?!

I am very happy to get such a great award. Comments can be a challenge because sometimes you want to say something and you look and there it is -- someone beat you to those words! Or you have help from gremlins when you leave a comment and don't see that they've helped you until you hit the button.... they've typed things like ktchen instead of kitchen or acme instead of came.... cheeky little things! LOL

Like my friend Carol said, "I feel like we have all become a great group of blogger pen pals in a sense and communication is the key. Since we can't pick up the phone, or stop by to see one another, the next best thing is to leave a comment. I try to leave them as often as I can and I really appreciate all of the comments every one leaves on my blog. Thank you so much. It's been so nice getting to know all of you, and all of you that do leave comments on blogs certainly deserve this award."

The rules are that I can only pick seven. So here goes:

Larry over at http://simpsonsfolly.blogspot.com/

Daryl over at http://onthem104.blogspot.com/

Jayne over at http://daintydigs.blogspot.com/

St. Blogwen over at http://dogmogblog.blogspot.com/

Jenni over at http://1311vernon.blogspot.com/

Miss Kitty over at http://educatedandpoor.blogspot.com/

Handsome Nate over at http://fargo1928.blogspot.com/

Blogger is starting to get on my nerves.... now I can't put a line between paragraphs!!! ARGGGG!

36 Years Ago Today...

Happy Birthday, Sammy.

Love, Mom

Interesting stuff...

Texas:
Did you know that there is only one natural lake in Texas? All the rest are man-made.

Alaska:
More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

Amazon:
The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20 percent of theworld's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that more than one hundred miles at sea, off the mouth of the river one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon River is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.

Antarctica:
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. 90% of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents 70%of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4 percent of it), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil:
Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

Canada:
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village."

Chicago:
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit:
Woodward Ave. in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus:
Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul:
Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

New York City:
The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the1930's who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time ~ The Big Apple. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland, more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy, and more Jews in New York City than In Tel Aviv, Israel.

Wilderness:
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness 28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness 38%.

Ohio:
There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is man-made.

Rome:
The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia:
Siberia contains more than 25 percent of the world's forests.

SMOM:
The smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 fewer people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, as is the Vatican.

Sahara Desert:
In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.

St. Paul:
St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first businessthere (bootlegging).

Roads:
Chances that a road is unpaved in the USA ~ 1 percent. Chances that a road is unpaved in Canada ~ 75 percent.

United States:
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are meant to be usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Now you know a lot more than you knew two minutes ago! -- Thanks, Carol!

Something Cool!

My sister sent me this. It's a website where you can find out what the number one song was the year you were born. I think it's a pretty neat thing. Enjoy!

http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

Color and You

http://vn247.net/flash/Color-and-Me.swf


This is one neat spot!

The Silver Screw

Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its place, was a silver screw. All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do. Like it or not, he was stuck with it..... he was screwed.

All the years of growing up was real tough on him, as all who saw the screw made fun of him. He avoided ever leaving his house... and thus, never made any friends.

One day, a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a swami in Tibet who could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The next day, he took all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal.

After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant monastery. The swami knew exactly why he had come. The screwy guy was told to sleep in the highest tower of the monastery.... and the following day when he awoke, the screw would have been removed.

The man immediately went to the room and fell asleep. During the night while he slept, a purple fog floated in an open window, bearing in its mist, a solid silver screwdriver In just moments, the screwdriver removed the screw and disappeared out the window.

The next morning when the man awoke, he saw the silver screw laying on the pillow next to him Reaching down, he felt his navel, and there was no screw there!

Jubilant, he leaped out of bed...... and his butt fell off.

The moral to this is:

'Don't screw around with things you don't understand........ you could lose your *ss.'

(Thanks, Frank!)

Train Ticket

Three women and three men are traveling by train to the football game. At the station, the three men each buy a ticket and watch as the three women buy just one ticket.

'How are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?' asks one of the men.

'Watch and learn,' answers one of the women.

They all board the train.

The three men take their respective seats but all three women cram into a toilet together and close the door. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the toilet door and says, 'Ticket, please.' The door opens just a crack, and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.

The men see this happen and agree it was quite a clever idea; so, after the game, they decide to do the same thing on the re turn trip and save some money. When they get to the station they buy a single ticket for the return trip but see, to their astonishment, that the three women don't buy any ticket at all!!

'How are you going to travel without a ticket?' asks one perplexed man.

'Watch and learn,' answer the women.

When they board the train, the three men cram themselves into a toilet, and the three women cram into a toilet just down the way. Shortly after the train is on its way, one of the women leaves her toilet and walks over to the toilet in which the men are hiding. She knocks on their door and says, 'Ticket please.'

I'm still trying to figure out why men think they are smarter than women.

Thanks, Carol!

Awards!

My friend Carol over at http://charliandme.blogspot.com/ has bestowed these lovely awards to all who stop by her spot, are on her favorites, or leaves a comment. Thanks Carol!

So, without further ado, I am going to show off my awards from her.

To all the lovely people who stop by, are on my blog roll or leave a comment, I bestow these lovely awards to you!

How's That?

Funny!

Here Fishy, Fishy....