20 Aug 2008 9:09 AM

Hi everyone, hope all are well ! Just received this email not 5 min ago and want to shre with all, as opposed to sending email to all friends....this is quicker for now. I thought it was quite cute and very realistic in some areas....LOL Enjoy
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MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE


NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.

EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

SO, send this to the women who have a sense of humor and who can handle it . and to the men who will enjoy reading it.



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    Have a wonderful evening/day whichever the case may be...Be well, be happy and be safe...and safe journey to all who are traveling....

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11 Aug 2008 3:17 AM

    Well morning all, my we certainly are gaining quite a few new members. Golly Gee as Gomer would say....yes I am from the state where Mayberry was fillmed and Andy Griffith is a regular part of our culture....well loved matter of fact. Real places and real people, mostly. Welcome newcomers...welcome.
    First of all I would like to say (where is my humility ?) I did take the photo that is where my picture should be. That isn't even the brightest one. That was right after a storm and just before another small one, looking towards the west. I had noticed a red glow in the living room, opened the door to look out and WOW, grabbed the camera and the rest as the say....is history. Got some good shots.
    I sure love that little camera, having a lot of fun with the artistic side of photos. Speaking of artistic...

    The opening of the Olympics was awe inspiring, fantastic, stupendeous and tremendous to say the very least. My mouth was agape in some of the feats of timing, precision and ...and....what is that word for pulling off the whole show...besides magnificent ? I simply cannot say enough about the magical beauty of that show. I almost missed and feel sorry for those who did. Should you ever get the chance to see again, even in part, don't pass it up.
    One feat right after another for each performance. To get 1500 people in one room in a line is a job....to have them dance, beat a drum, turn and execute their performance in total unison is almost unbelieveable. Yet this was done, not once or twice, but several times. With narrations, history, storytelling and pride built into the script. (Which was put together by imigrated Americans-from China, one of them). Pride was all over and I feel for that performance was deserved, well deserved.
    So I say for this day....for this time, enjoy the process that has came about to put this all together. I myself forgot who was doing all this and it wasn't neccessarily any individual, not the smiling faces I saw.
    I forgot and forgave and just enjoyed the artistic beauty of it all. I will continue to do so with the "games", respecting each and every athlete for their efforts and hard work.
    So I say, give credit where credit is due and china put on a huge, tremendous show for the opening. Many many have said it was the best that has ever been and may never be matched...that may well be true. It was quite a show.
    Good luck to each of you and your countries athletes, give them credit and respect. I pray this will all go well and we will end all in peace and with new friends, as it is in any change. Have a great week all.....blessings

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6 Aug 2008 11:37 PM

      I received this email this morning and started to cry as soon as I realised I already knew the story. Dr. Wayne Dyer has told this story on his programs and I believe it's in his book. I'm sure he has a book ...don't know the name but sure he has them, very popular man. Some of you have no doubt heard of him and know of his teachings. (I am so sure he will not mind us sharing this story...)
    Well this is a bit long, but well worth the read. I am putting as I had received. I made the choice to pass along, for it is a wonderful story of human nature and the goodness of children and adults.  Yes it is a true story, not Dr Dyers child, one belonging to someone else. I hope it touches you as much as it did me, enjoy.
        (I appoligize for not getting to all the blogs, hello to all of you, old friends and new alike, blessings to all !!)
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Two Choices

What would you do? You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:

When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?

The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disable comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.
Then he told the following story:
Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'
Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.
In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over.
The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.
Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, Run to first! Run to first!'
Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.
Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.
All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay' Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third!
Shay, run to third!' As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'
Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team

'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate.

The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.



If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference.
We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the 'natural order of things.'
So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:

1. Delete
2. Forward

May your day, be a Shay Day.        
 

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31 Jul 2008 1:57 AM

Good morning on this end of the world.....

    I read my mail this morning and could not believe what I had read." How could she say that", I thought to myself, even out loud once or twice.
    Then I remembered back and realized that is how I had felt, more than once or twice I'll tell ya ! I didn't like the feeling, no one does. I must do something about this I realised and do something quickly. I can't stand feeling like this or her feeling like that. What to do? Hurry, hurry, let me think what to write. Oh phooey !!
    I must water, I soooooo need to water. My poor plants are so thirsty I imagine, I KNOW they are. It has been hot and so humid. I must not take the time now to do this as bad as I want to .... I must go water, there is no getting out of that. Plus the humidity. I overslept this morning and if I don't get outside early the humidity gets so bad it's difficult for me to breathe. Can't put it off, it's already after 10 AM.
    I am watering, not the casual way of watering that I enjoy so much. A bit for the lawn, a bit for the flower pot. All the time I am thinking what will I say, how will I say it. I think of different words of kindness to use. I muse these things over and over in my mind. I feel sincere, how can I relay that, that I really do care ?
    OK, through with the back, now off to the front. Maybe I'll have better thoughts in the front yard, change of micro climate or scenery or something. Different magnetic field as the scientists would make note of. Still thinking of what and how to say what I want to convey to her.
    While I'm watering the wilting 'mum', my only one, I think of you again. NOT because she is wilting, but because she is the only one in my garden. She doesn't get a lot of notice because she doesn't bloom ALL the time. But let me tell you something....When that 'mum' does bloom ... she is absolutely spectacular. The palest chartruess green you have ever seen. Just gorgeous in bloom. Then she is the only thing in bloom and the attention is all hers, the glory is hers. She then has my full attention, as you do now Cathrynn.....
    HOW could you ever think you didn't belong ? You were not considered a friend of importance also ? You know I did have a bunch of names, and took off because of that reason, I couldn't go back and forth to get all and couldn't think of so many . Plus I remember how bad it hurt my feelings if there was a list and I was not on it or don't get credit for "whatever".
    No more for me. We are all capable of standing alone, even though we don't know how yet or want to. We can learn to come together as friends or... walk alone once in a while for the peace of it. Like the tide pool, ebb and flow.
    Well I grew out of that. I am not part of any group. I am myself and very capable of standing on my own. I don't need to be on lists, or belong to groups...although I do know exactly what you mean, I do understand. Some days we do feel a bit down anyway, through no fault of anyone else either. It is all a growing process. Next day is better, happier.
    So Cathrynn the comment you left on the other blog, I am sorry if you felt hurt or left out....I have been thinking of you for over two hours now and this is the best and quickest I could come up with for now. This one is dedicated just to you, I consider you a friend indeed and love all the contributions you have to offer. Your sense of humor is grand and your values are spot on in my book.
    Just you watch and see everyone will always have wonderful things to say about you and to you.
    Now I really need to get busy and I truly wish you well and give little Bess a hug and a pat for me. You take care of yourself and don't you ever feel left out. There is no need, you are a very wholesome part of this group, and I for one enjoy your gifts, comments and wit. You take care now and smile, for you are a woman of value and great worth, to yourself and to me. ( To all of us, to the world !). I, for one, am proud to call you friend.

Edit: Hey folks how about just give Cathrynn a quick nice comment on one of her blogs, she may or may not read this, so just give her an extra boost. didn't mean for this to get so long....simple idea gone wild...(*_*)....hugs
yes those are some of my relatives in photo...old photo
   

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30 Jul 2008 9:30 AM

hello all,

    thought I would take a minute here as I have not done so in so long. Wanted to make a few comments, try to break the cycle of pain for some and rejoice at a new life for others.
    So many of you have become somewhat...a bit mind you, a bit dearer to me than I had thought a few months ago. It certainly has been a process, and will never be over. Not really.
    PJ sweet man you are, (or have the potential for , for those who think otherwise), you are going to be facing thoughts and experiences you have not dealt with before. Simply because you have not had this experience before and you almost have to travel the road to yourself. Not alone....but to yourself. Stop and call for a friend when you need to and one or a dozen will be right there. My heart is with you my friend, sleep well.
    We also celebrate the birth of at least one new baby also. A little girl I hear. I have no details, y'all know more than I on that probably. Grandma Tal was wandering in a daze of glory last time I ' chatted' with her. Relief, joy and sleeplessness make for a strange conversation. So congratulation to you, I hear mom, dad and baby doing fine and big sister couldn't be happier. ( lol, that may not be the case when she is 16 and wants to go out and has to babysit little sis or take her along hahahahah)

    So a strange opening, saying good by to one and hello to another. Such is the cycle of life. Today the world goes on, spinning and gravity doing it marvelous thing that it does. Some where a newborn is crying and the parents are so glad to hear the cry of life. Somewhere some are weeping, for the sadness of losing a life. My neighbor lost her nephew two weeks ago. Car crash, young kid, 28, speeding in the rain, instant. My neighbor and her sister, the boys mother, are having a really hard time. Thats two neighbors,out of 4.
   
    Also want to give a hello to Ynot and wish him well and hope the best for his best mate. A good friend, mate, is a really hard thing to come by when you look at the statistics for divorce. lol  Sometimes our friends last longer than our marriages, sad but true. So wishing you the very best for your mate "y" and I know you will be with him at hospital a lot, so keep yourself fit also.
    I see we have an influx of new members and people popping in and out. Some looking for love, romance and a quick chat, others needing support and time away from their loneliness. Some seem to stay a day or two, some are still trying to find their way through the maze of cyberpeople. Most I have met are quite nice and I would love to get to know better. Some close to me geographically and others....still across the pond and around the corner, and down under.  Hey some real good lookers joining in now, I'm telling you....men and women. Some of them a bit young and I believe we discussed that issue a while back. Let me see was that Oth that had an offer of some type....???LOL

    Young, older, medium its is of no matter, everyone is just trying to get through the day as best they can. This family seems more like a  giant ...I am not sure what, bigger by the day, and growing so fast we may lose our familar voices. I hope not. I already see a few who have gone quiet. Makes us wonder doesn't it ? Myself, I have gotten to scattered and need to begin to focus more and concentrate on one or two subjects...instead of so many directions.   
    Some don't go to chat, they only seem to disscuss. Some only go here... it just makes it all so interesting. We see personalities, sometimes quickly and raises the hair on the back of our neck and sometimes takes a while to get to know people. So lets all try to make welcome the newcomers. I am SO VERY sure that Admin 1 would be happy if we played nice. This is the way they planned things you know.
    The more the merrier is their motto. lol  So the playground has opened its gates but the rides still are pretty familiar I suppose we really do need to share.
     
    To all the new comers...be patient with us, there have been hurtful things along with the joyful things. There have been bonds made and bonds broken, hearts lifted and slamed back down. We can be a suspitious lot that is for sure, but for the most part we are forgiving and lasting. You will find some true friends here if you will take your time and be patient. Seperate the wheat from the chaff and what you end up with will hopefully worth the trouble and the wait.
    So everyone have a great week. I am sorry if I did not get to your blog to make a comment or reply. I have been jumping all over the place and I apologize I have not intended to disrespect any.
    Joyous could use some encouraging words also for those who don't go to the prayer thread. So keep her in mind friends, as she is our stability and always a kind word without any judgement to any.

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