Did'ja Miss Me?

The worst thunder and lightning storm in recorded memory hit us yesterday about 4 pm, and I stupidly forgot to unplug the computer. It knocked out my cable modem and kept me off-line for about 16 hours, producing the worst withdrawal symptoms you have ever witnessed. Thankfully, I got a new modem before the DT's took hold! Rest assured, the next time it even hints of thunder, I will run to unplug everything electrical in the house.

There were some very good plusses to not being on-line last night: I did watch some TV, I read magazines dated this week (not last) and I completed a couple of crosswords. Well, I didn't complete them, I just went as far as I could go. I got into bed before midnight and was able to read several chapters instead of a few paragraphs. The best part was being able to get out of bed before 8 a.m. I am ashamed to admit that I have been sleeping in quite a bit lately, since I spend so much night time on the computer. The man who lives here tells me I am addicted - as if I didn't know it already!

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I picked this up somewhere several days ago. If I got it from you - thanks - and I hope you aren't mad I stole it.

Sow happiness in your neighbor's field and you'll be surprised to note what the wind will produce in your own.

Juliette St-Gelais

Juliette was pretty smart; but it's just another way of saying "What goes around, comes around".

I'm thrilled to be back on-line, so I hope you're happy to have me.

Will You Help A Damsel in Distress?

Please help Queen Brenda with her problems; Princess Sparkle and her suitor, Bitchard, are always together, and the Queen wants to know how to get some time alone with the Princess, without banishing Bitchard (thereby making him all the more appealing). You are all so wise and wonderful; won't you please advise her as to how she may accomplish this?


http://planetbrenda.blogspot.com

Audrey Hepburn's Beauty Tips and Other Words to Live By

This is a lovely poem Audrey Hepburn wrote when asked to share her "beauty tips". It was read at her funeral years later.
a. For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
b. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
c. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
d. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
e. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
f. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
g. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

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An Old Farmer's Advice:

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God

My Grandson's Essay

My grandson, age 11, spent the weekend with us. His Mom sent along this school essay for us to read:

"The best part of Thanksgiving I think is going to my grandparent's house for the day. I enjoy hugging my grandparents, making boats and going to the movies. I think it is the best time of the year.

When I got there I was so happy to see my grandparents because it has been so long. I ran right into their arms to hug them. My cousins had just gotten there too, but they were supposed to get there the day before.

We all ran for the closet to get the arts and crafts box. I got the egg cartons to make boats for the summer, so I can have races in the pool. I think that is fun!!!! Sometimes I just make a sword or planes to throw or I just make up thingamabobs to keep people out of the club. The club is where I keep all of my best inventions saved to use when I need them, like the toy helicopter that doesn't fly.

I always seem to do this every year, which is to go to the movies. It is one of my favorite things about Thanksgiving. We always get our popcorn and large drinks before the movies start. I always sit in the middle row to get the best view of the movie. After the movie, I always eat the most for for Thanksgiving dinner out of anybody, and I eat it all. The food is so good, I can resist it, but I don't.

That is my annual Thanksgiving for every year and I hope it doesn't change. Now what is yours?"

A note of explanation: I keep a large box of art supplies, paper, markers, crayons, scissors, rulers, ribbons, old greeting cards, etc., as well as oatmeal boxes, egg cartons, small boxes, gift wrap and the like for the children to play with when they visit. This boy likes to make boats out of the egg cartons and because he has the mind of an engineer, he makes fairly elaborate ones. You might be amazed at what he can do - I know I am!

Blogs I like.....and You Might Too

http://thedepressionyears.blogspot.com This is one woman's story about growing up in the depression years, and it is most interesting. Sallie has not updated since December 2004, but the story is complete and you may enjoy reading it - as I did. In fact, I really wish she would write regularly!

http://planetbrenda.blogspot.com Brenda is in fine comedic form today, as she posts on the rumored dalliances of some Hollywood types. You'll laugh, I promise.

http://jameswagner.blogspot.com This guy lives in Kauai (Paradise, I have called it) and occasionally posts great photos of the island and other spots in Hawaii. He doesn't update often enough for me - but I enjoy looking at his photos and reading about his family.

ENJOY!

I'm Tired - and Uninspired

A friend sent this to me via email and I hope you will find it amusing, in lieu of a real post, I give you:

The Computer Swallowed Grandma


The computer swallowed grandma
Yes, honestly it's true.
She pressed "control" and "enter"
And disappeared from view.
It devoured her completely
The thought just makes me squirm,
She must have caught a virus
or been eaten by a worm.
I've searched through the recycle bin
And files of every kind,
I've even used the Internet
But nothing did I find.
In desperation I asked Jeeves
My searches to refine,
The reply from him was negative
Not a thing was found "on line"
So, if inside your "inbox"
My grandma you should see,
Please "copy", "scan" and "paste" her
And send her back to me.

Author Unknown.

My Girlish Crushes.....and Some Recent Ones

I popped into MommaK's http://petroville.blogspot.com a while ago, and a post on girlish crushes got me to thinking about the ones I had. Most of you (except Hoss) are too young to remember the people I had teenage crushes on (so Google 'em). Heck, I am too old to remember most of them, so bear with me as I toggle the old memory switch.

1. Montgomery Clift was a sad-faced, neurotic acting dreamboat way back when; a favorite friend of Elizabeth Taylor. He was certainly eye candy, though, no matter what his sexual orientation, and a heck of a good actor.

2. Rock Hudson. Talk about eye candy! I loved him in all those Doris Day movies; romantic formula comedies where the guy always gets the girl at the end of the movie, despite the tribulations they have in the middle of it. I will never forget when I found out he was gay. He was such a good actor I had never even imagined that. Note: I was told in 1962, by a member of the Four Freshmen (look 'em up) that Rock was gay. I was flabbergasted! It didn't become common knowledge - outside of Hollywood - for quite some time after that.

3. Tony Curtis, when I was feeling in an ethnic mood. He looked every inch an Italian, but he was really Bernie Schwartz from the Bronx (I think it was the Bronx). Brenda http://planetbrenda.blogspot.com

recently discovered Tony and was blown away by his dark good looks. All you younger women should rent some old movies and see real men in action.

4. Cary Grant, who was not only easy on the eyes, but suave and debonair to boot. I always imagined him to be really intelligent too, since the parts he played usually portrayed that.

5. Omar Sharif - dark and handsome; though I don't know about his height. Don't see how it would matter, though, if we were lying about on Persian rugs in a tent pitched beside a Saharan oasis! I've always been a sucker for anything Egyptian.

6. Johnny Carson always rang my chimes too; handsome, suave, smart and funny all rolled up in one package. What's not to like?

7. How could I leave out Robert Redford and Paul Newman? Both are still nice looking men, but back in the day they could really make every woman's hearts flutter...and....make some other parts react too.

8. Sean Connery.......As James Bond, the only Bond in my book. Pure sex appeal, and the old guy still has it.

9. A more modern list would include Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Al Pacino and Tom Selleck, some of whom have stood the test of time better than others. I have to quit writing about this now.......my parts are fluttering.