Friday, November 21, 2008

Probably the Most Famous Representation of Thanksgiving Ever Created

by Norman Rockwell
If you doubt this is probably the most famous representation of Thanksgiving ever created, ask yourself why not?
Look at all it brings to mind: family, food, laughter, grandparents, nostalgia, togetherness, cleanliness, old-fashioned values, the "good old days", home, and Uncle Wally down in the bottom corner taking a gander at the photographer. (Doesn't every family have an Uncle Wally?) :)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Giving Thanks - For Sons

As of this writing, my sons are 24 and 21. TJ is 6 ft. 3, and Ben is 7 ft. 2. (Yes, that's right. 7 ft. 2 - he has to bend over to enter buildings, but he can also hang things from the ceiling without using a ladder.)

TJ was an easy birth, even though he was 4 weeks premature (and weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 oz.) Natural pregnancy without complications. Natural delivery (between water breakage and delivery, less than 30 minutes.)

Ben, on the other hand...sigh... Difficult pregnancy, 6 weeks premature (at 8 lbs. 4 oz.) Breached birth, C section delivery, sepsis. Ben spent the first 10 days of life in the intensive care neonatal ward.

It's 20 plus years later. We've had good days, bad days, exuberant days, and days I could have easily put a FOR SALE sign on them. But then I remember when I was pregnant with them. I remember how I felt when I carried them, delivered them, and then loved them as I raised them.

I have a family, and my sons will be my legacy. I have been blessed.

Thank you, Dearest Lord, for allowing me to bring new life into this world, and for showing me the richness of motherhood.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Giving Thanks - For a Long Life

As of today, I'm 54 years old. My father died last year at the age of 79. My mother is in her 70s. My maternal grandmother lived until she was 83. So I still have a lot to look forward to.

Which brings me to post these Senior Moment jokes I found too good not to pass along. Please feel free to distribute.

Thank you, Lord, for the bounty of health you bestow upon me and my loved ones.

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LOST IN THE DARNDEST PLACES:
An elderly Floridian called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car hasbeen broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to thedispatcher: 'They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brakepedaland even the accelerator!' she cried. The dispatcher said, 'Stay calm. An officer is on the way.' A few minutes later, the officer radios in. 'Disregard.' He says, 'She got in the back-seat by mistake.'
________________________________________________________________________ FAMILY :
Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together. One night the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, 'Was I getting in or out of the bath?' The 94-year-old yells back, 'I don't know - I'll come up and see.' She starts up the stairs and pauses, 'Was I going up the stairs or down?' The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea - listening to her sisters. She shakes her headand says, 'I sure hope I never get that forgetful - knock on wood.' She then yells, 'I'll come up and help both of you ... as soon as I see who's at thedoor.' ________________________________________________________________________ 'I CAN HEAR JUST FINE!'
Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day. One remarked to the other, 'Windy, isn't it?' 'No,' the second man replied, 'it's Thursday.' And the third man chimed in, 'So am I- let's have a beer.'
_______________________________________________________________________ LITTLE LADY:
A little old lady was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say'Supersex.' She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair. Flipping her gown at him, she said, 'Supersex.' He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, 'I'll take the soup.'
_______________________________________________________________________ OLD FRIENDS:
Now this one is just too Precious...LOL ! Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards. One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, 'Now don't get mad at me .. I know we'vebeen friends for a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is.' Herfriend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, 'How soon do you need to know?'
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SENIOR DRIVING
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, 'Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!' 'Heck,' said Herman, 'It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!'
_______________________________________________________________________ DRIVING
Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself, 'I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light.' After a few more minutes, they came to another intersection and the light was red again. Again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was almost sure that the light had been red, but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was getting nervous. At the next intersection, sure enough,the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, 'Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us both!' Mildred turned to her and said, 'Oh, crap, am I driving ?'

How Important Is Sex In Your Realtionship With Your Beloved?



How important is sex in your relationship with your beloved? Would you still love your lover if you find him/her impotent or frigid? Please explain your answer.

Tags: Love, Lovers, Relationship, Sex, Sexual Relationship, Impotent, Frigid, Togetherness, Warmth, Union, Companionship

Posted by: Mel Avila Alarilla

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

A Mooney Marketing Tip - LinkTiles



A free service (best kind, right?)

You can find it at www.linktiles.com

You upload the covers of your books, or your avatars, or whatever jpeg or gif that relates to you. You include embedded links to your website, your publisher, wherever you want interested folks to go.

The object of LinkTiles is that it's a concentration game. If LinkTiles chooses one of your pictures to include in their game for that day, you get an email letting you know.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Miss Priss

My baby girl has grown up.
Where do I go to protest?

Sigh.

"Miss Priss and Italian Boy"Heading to Homecoming.

Miss Priss and Italian Boy on her birthday.Going out to eat for a birthday dinner.

A couple of exciting things have happened in regard to "Miss Priss" in the last two weeks.

First of all
......she just hit a "Landmark Birthday."
Which her Daddy and I celebrated early with her by taking her to New York for her special birthday and our anniversary.

"Miss Priss" on Statue Island...New York Harbor and Manhattan in the background.....

"Miss Priss on Statue Island...." Who is that big lady in the background?
Next, this past weekend was her High School's "Homecoming".....so she was able to wear her new dress we purchased for her at "Macy's" Department store in New York just for that occasion.
"Miss Priss in Times Square"


I will finish telling you the story that I started to tell you all awhile back about the dress in this post too.

As many of you remember....this Spring......Miss Priss and Italian Boy were on their way to their Prom and were hit on the Interstate by a drunk driver.
Long story.....that gets longer.....in fact....we go BACK to court this Wednesday on behalf of the City for the SECOND time regarding the driver of the car that hit them.

"Miss Priss and Italian Boy"

So we've had a rough Spring AND SUMMER with both of these kids (and myself) going to physical therapy and chiropractors and still having pain that possibly might not ever go away. That they didn't have before the accident.

Even now Miss Priss still hurts in the parts of the body she had problems with due to that accident.
Not fun. Not fair.
But at least they are alive.

I too was hit from behind by a driver (not drunk) just 8 days after the kids accident. It's just nearly been too much to deal with....
We won't go there right now.

So we have been praying this weekend would be a FUN "memory" for Miss Priss and Italian Boy.
And I think it was.....
There were NO incidents or accidents.
Thank GOD!!!

"Miss Priss opening Birthday Prezies"

While we were in New York......Miss Priss and I had the opportunity to be by ourselves and shop. We went to Macy's and decided to look for a "Homecoming" dress for Miss Priss.
We finally found one she liked after trying on a million dresses.

The dress was tagged $79.99...which I thought was fair....considering what we were getting and have paid in the past for these sort of dresses.

However when we checked out....we had several things to buy and the total was much lower than we expected. We knew we had a few discounts coming....but it shouldn't have been that cheap.
"Miss Priss and her special dress"


We checked the receipt later and saw that for where the dress was it said......."Regular price.....$79.99....todays price....$*****"....apparently it was on sale and we didn't know it...and then there was a discounted price because of discounts we had....and the GRAND total amount for the dress was then finally......."15.35!!!"
Trust me.....I just pulled out my paid off Macy's bill so I could get the figures correct because we couldn't even believe the dress came out to be soooo discounted.
Is that crazy??? We were soooo blessed!

"Miss Priss after we saw Mary Poppins"
Check out that Macy's bag with her dress in it. HA!
Whooops.....I don't know how to spin this so turn your heads!

"Check out the BARGAIN dress"


Homecoming went off without a hitch.
We are thankful.

Now if we can just get through the rest of life as easily. :~)

A different view of the Thanksgiving dinner...

Are you ready for this? It's a CUPCAKE, people. Yep, you heard me. A cupcake, representing all the good things about your Thanksgiving dinner. Okay, I'm gonna gush and exclaim, "Isn't it cute?" because it is, dammit! Found here at YumSugar.