A Few Of Life's Lessons...

I received an email a while back that was written by a 90 year old woman named Regina Brett. I scanned it and thought it was cute but never really "read" it. I received it a second time and actually took the time to read it. There are few of them that, no matter how hard you try, you feel you might not be able to accomplish but it can't hurt to at least make the effort! I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! Life is short......LIVE IT!!!!

A Few Of Life's Lessons....

1) Life isn't fair, but it is still good

2) When in doubt just take the next small step

3) Life is too short to waste time hating anyone......(amen!)

4) Your job won't take care of you when you are sick...your friends and family will...STAY IN TOUCH!

5) Pay off your credit cards every month (or at least make double the minimum payment)

6) You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree

7) Cry with someone. It is more healing than crying alone

8) It is 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 your present

12) It's OK to let your children see you cry

13) Don't compare your life with others. You have no idea what their journey is all about

14) Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God doesn't blink

15) Take a deep breath; it calms the mind

16) Get rid of anything that is useful, beautiful or joyful

17) Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger

18) It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else

19) When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer

20) Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special.

21) Over prepare and then go with the flow

22) Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple (mine is the hair!)

23) The most important sex organ is the brain

24) No one is in charge of your happiness but you

25) Frame every so-called disaster with these words "In 5 years, will this matter?"

26) Always choose life

27) Forgive everyone everything

28) What other people think of you is none of your business

29) Time heals almost everything. Give time time

30) However good or bad a situation is it will change

31) Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does

32) BELIEVE IN MIRACLES

33) God love you because of who God is, not because of anything that you did or did not do

34) Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now

35) Growing old beats the alternative....dying young

36) Your children only get one childhood

37) All that truly matters in the end is that you loved

38) Get outside everyday, miracles are waiting everywhere

39) If we all threw our problems in a pile along with everyone else's, we would grab ours back

40) Envy is a waste of time; you have all you need

41) The best is yet to come

42) No matter how you feel...get up, dress up and show up

43) Yield

44) Life isn't tied with a bow but it is still a gift

Creative or "Special"?

I love humor. I love funny things, especially things that make me laugh out loud. I will admit that I have been know to laugh at other people's pain (i.e, falling out of a computer chair and hurting their elbow or whacking themselves in the shin or back of the head with a golf club....oh wait, that was me) In the event of "painful" funny I will at least make sure that the said object of humor isn't gonna die before I break out in hysterical laughter. I have a sister who is really bad about laughing at pain which leads me to wonder if it wasn't inherited. (possibly from out paternal grandfather.....he was a funny old coot!)

The reason for my title Creative or Special was due to the fact that my boys were playing dress up and i caught a few pics on camera....(cell phone so please forgive the quality). They were pretending to be monkeys which is why they have gloves on their feet. I had to laugh at Gabriel because he looked like a "chicken-monkey" because the hat that he was wearing made him look like he had a thingy on his head like a rooster!

One story that ALWAYS makes people laugh is the one about the flaming marshmallow. Long story short, we were visiting friends and their friends at their camp. I was roasting marshmallows and Al thought it would be funny to grab the stick I was using. We starting fighting over it like 2 little kids when the inevitable happened. Al let go and it snapped back in my hand which sent the flaming marshmallow at the other end sailing through the great big sky....all the way to the top of one of the other camper's heads. Unfortunately for her she wasn't wearing her hat and it glopped right into her hair!!! We all watched it happen in slow motion....you know how it is --you can see the end result but you just can't do anything to stop it even though it seems like you would have had plenty of time!! (Kind of like when you are running in a dream but you never really seem to get anywhere!) For anyone that was watching me and Al, they saw us drop that stick like it was on fire! I couldn't even blame it on him because he pointed the finger at me first! Looking back on it.........2 grown adults fighting over a stick with a ooey gooey marshmallow on it -- who didn't see that coming??????

P.S....Speaking of laughing outloud -- have any of you ever met my good friend Jenny??!?

Summer's End....Happy or Sad??

With summer coming to close I find myself happy and sad. Happy (very, very happy) that school is starting again but sad that golf will be coming to an end. I have come to look forward to my Wednesday golf night with the ladies. A big part of the fun is spend a few hours with my extremely hilarious sister-in-law Autumn. (yes -- of Autumn Daesy blog fame) Her and I share a unique flair for being able to carry on a conversation consisting entirely of movie quotes. At times not an easy feat but highly entertaining....to us anyways! Some people just look at us like "What the hell are they talking about? Are they high?" Yes. we are high on life....and beer and wine! Beer for me and wine for her...for those of you who HAVEN'T heard the story -- I found out the hard way that 1) wine and golf don't go well together (unless you are an experienced wine girl like Autumn) and 2) I should never attempt to drink Autumn drink for drink! I am not saying that she is a wino or alcoholic.....more like experienced -- (who we kidding Autumn, you could hold your own when drinking with pirates!) I often wonder if I wasn't adopted because I don't have the ability to drink like the rest of my family, but I feel that I am getting better at it! I can actually drink a beer (without tomato juice) and not gag...in fact, I will often have another! Now that I have gotten side tracked by the whole drinking aspect of golf, let us talk about the other part of golf.....safety. Frankly, I feel that Autumn must secretly fear for her personal safety every time she gets into that golf cart with me! (and if she don't she probably should!) The part that I find funny is that no matter how many near brushes with death we have had, she still makes ME sit in the driver's seat! Now that is courage! Women like her should be in the military....I can hear her flash back story to the grandkids now....."Yeah, I was in the war. But I was never more scared then that time when I almost lost my leg golfing with your Aunt Heather. She was a squirrely one....never knew what she was gonna do. I would go left and she would too, in the cart. Always had to be on your toes around her. Sometimes she wouldn't even wait for me to get into the cart before she would take off....or make me scoop up balls from the cart at full speed! You ask why I ain't afraid of the Taliban? Because, Sir, I golfed with Heather Myrstol!" To all of you who

enjoy the game of golf......May your balls fly straight and may you never lose the pink one!!!!

My favorite golf buddy!

My new golf beer!