Joe, tagged me so I will do my best to get it right.

What are four jobs you've had?
1. Telephone operator
2. Instructor in Base Supply at an AFB

3. Checker in a supermarket

4. Secretary
What have you accomplished that five years ago looked impossible?
1. Doing the impossible

2. I have found that I can do anything if I want too bad enough

3. I can keep up with the semis on the interstate

4. I am more understanding of other people.
What are four things you do to take really good care of yourself?
1. Exercise every day
2. Try not to get all stressed out.

3. Pray a lot.
4. Never miss a doctor appointment even though there are so many of them.
What are four events that have most formed how you live your life today?
1. Death of my husband
2. Having to cope with everything by myself.

3. My daughter's birth

4. My son's birth
What are four other careers you considered?
1. Beautician 
2. Domestic engineer
3. Artist

4. Teacher
Name four people who have been the most influential in motivating you to change your life?
1. Mother
2. Father
3. My husband
4. My children

What are four foods you will NOT eat?:
1. Liver

2. Mexican food
3. Cabbage (cooked)

4. Hot Dogs

List four reasons that you blog:
1. It keeps me busy

2. Making friends

3. I like to able to vent to a wide audience.  :-)

4. You can be as anonymous as you want to be or as open as you want to be.

I am not tagging anyone.  I have done so many of these that I could publish a book of them I think.

I have done this before in at least a dozen emails.  Since I am such a good sport   I will put it out for all of the world to see.

Two Names You Go By: Sissie(my brother calls me this)  and Beth

Things You Are Wearing Right Now: Jeans and a sweatshirt (It's winter here)

Two things you want (or have) in a relationship: I had  great love and companionship for 50 years (who could ask for anything more?)

Two of Your Favorite Things to do:  Be outdoors in the bright sunshine and read a book

Two things you did last night:  Read a book and nothing

Two people you Last Talked To: My sister and my daughter

Two Things You're doing tomorrow: Cooking and cleaning up the mess

Two Longest Car Rides: Probably to Texas

Two Favorite Drinks: Caffeine free diet Pepsi and hot tea with honey

Two Things About Me you may not have known:  I was a supervisor at GTE at age 16 and I was going to high school at the same time still managing to be in the top percentile of the class.

Two jobs I have had in my life: Telephone operator and an instructor in Base Supply at an AFB

Two Movies I would watch over and over: Peggy Sue Got Married and Sleepless in Seattle (I love chick flicks)

Two of my favorite foods: Pizza and spaghetti

Two places I'd rather be right now: Somewhere where no one could find me and where the sun was shining brightly!

I'm not tagging anyone so stay safe and be happy!

but when I got up this morning I was delighted to see new snow on the ground (and the sidewalks).  Not a lot (2-3 inches) but I had to shovel the walk to the garage and around it.  I did this while the car was warming up.  Then when I got home from workout I shoveled the front walk and cleaned off the front porch.  Each time I do this I think maybe it will be the last time this season.  HA!

I am putting a video on my space.  I usually don't do this because it takes up too much room and most people aren't interested in it anyway.  That's probably the case here.  However, I don't care as I was madly in love with this guy (Guy Mitchell) when I was in high school.  So watch it or not, up to you.  LOL

Stay safe and be happy!

(C2008Julie Larson)  She is so talented.  This cartoon appears in the big city newspaper every day.  Ms Larson made a personal appearance in the big city a couple of weeks ago.  Of course it was on a day when the weather was too bad for me to venture out on the interstate. 

I have to confess I know a lot of people that fit right in this category.  LOL

These are actual letters written to Santa this year by second graders in the grade school that both of my children attended. They are precious. The spelling is something, isn't it? LOL

Dear Santa, I want a Bratz doll and an ice creem maker and a Fur Real cat. I want a nutcrater book and I want an All Dogs Christmas DVD. Is Rudolph real  Love, K.H.

Dear Santa, I lovd the pres last year. I hope you ge me a Rudolph that bos eney then I tell him to. Love, B.S.

Dear Santa, I like the big collectible brtze. My sister loved the things you got her and my other sister too. my brother liked the thangs you got him to please get me a Barbie Dream House please get me a new pool please get me a new gameboy please get me a pet chf of youan miss claus how is Miss Claus will you get me a Ipod please get me a pone will you please get me makeup will you please get me marey brothes ipod gam too i will leve you milk and cookies. I love Christmas Eve. Love, T.S.

Dear Santa, I am looking forword to Christmas because it is Jesus' birthday. I like going to Christmas parties. I like to decorate the Christmas tree. I like to eat the snow. I like Decembr beause on the 21st school is out. I like Christmas beause it is Jesus's birthday!  MH

I loved all of these but the last one is especially nice. This child knows the real meaning of Christmas.

Probably mine would say "Been There, Done That, Give Me Another Chance." 

My T-shirt would boldly proclaim different sayings during different stages of my life:

Age 18 - Beautiful And Single

Age 20 - In Love Can't You Tell

Age 22 -Find A Cure For The Colic

Age 23 -30 - Poor But Happy

Age 30 - 50 -Living The Best Years Of My Life

Age 50 - ? - What Happened?

Now - see below

So tell me, what would your T-shirt say??

 New Pasta Diet and Your Health

 ITALIAN PASTA DIET -- IT REALLY WORKS !!

1.. You walka pasta da bakery.

2.. You walka pasta da candy store.

3.. You walka pasta da Ice Cream shop.

4.. You walka pasta da table and fridge.

You willa losea da weight!

AND.....
CONCERNED ABOUT TOO MANY CARBS IN YOUR DIET?
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting
nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION:

Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you!   

"A " is for Apple, an d " B " is for Boat,
That used to be right, But now it won't float!
Age before Beauty is what we once said,
But let's be a bit more realistic instead.

Now "A" is for arthritis; "B's" the bad back,
"C" is the chest pains, perhaps cardiac?
"D" is for dental decay and decline,
"E" is for eyesight, can't read that top line!
"F" is for fissures and fluid retention,
"G" is for gas which I'd rather not mention.

"H" is high blood pressure; I wish it was low;
"I" for incisions with scars you can show.
"J" is for joints, out of socket, won't mend,
"K" is for knees that crack when they bend.
"L" for lost libido, what happened to sex?
"M" is for memory, I forget what comes next
"N" is neuralgia, in nerves way down low;
"O" is for osteo, the bones that don't grow!
"P" for prescription's, I have quite a few ; Just give me a pill and I'll be good as new!
"Q" is for queasy, is it fatal or flu ?
"R" for reflux, one meal turns to two.
"S" for sleepless nights, counting my fears,
"T" for Tinnitus; there's bells in my ears!
"U" is for urinary; big troubles with flow;
"V" is for vertigo, that's "dizzy," you know.
"W" is for worry, NOW what's going around?
"X" is for X ray, and what might be found.
"Y" is another year I'm left here behind,
"Z" is for zest that I still have-- in my mind.

I've survived all the symptoms, my body's deployed,
And I've kept twenty-six doctors fully employed.

***I read this and laughed and laughed.  An oldie but goodie; it sure rings close to home for me right now.

• 1/2 grapefruit
• 1slice whole wheat toast
• 8 oz. skim milk

Lunch:

• 4 oz. broiled chicken breast
• 1 cup steamed spinach
• 1 cup herb tea
• 1 Oreo cookie

Mid-afternoon snack:

• The rest of the Oreos in the package
• 2 pints of Rocky Road ice cream, nuts, cherries and whipped cream
• 1 jar hot fudge sauce

Dinner:

• 2 loaves garlic bread
• 4 cans coke
• 1 large sausage, mushroom and cheese pizza
• 1 snickers bar

Late evening news:

• Entire frozen Sara Lee cheesecake (eaten directly from the freezer)

Rules for this diet:

1. If you eat something and no one sees it it has no calories.
2. If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled out by the diet soda.
3. When you eat with someone else, calories don't count if you don't eat more than they do.
4. Food used for medicinal purposes NEVER count, such as hot chocolate, toast and cheesecake.
5. If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner.
6. Movie related foods do not have additional calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one's personal fuel.
7. Cookie pieces contain no calories.  The process of breaking causes calorie leakage.
8. Stuff licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something.
9. Foods that are the same color have the same number of calories.  Example:  Mushrooms and mashed potatoes.
10. Chocolate is a universal color and may be substituted for any other food color.
11. Anything consumed while standing has no calories.  This is due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.
12. Anything consumed from someone else's plate has no calories since the calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to his/her plate.  (WE ALL know how calories like to cling!)

REMEMBER STRESSED SPELLED BACKWARDS IS DESSERTS!

***You have probably seen this before.  I thought we all needed a laugh to start the weekend off.  My favorite is number 8.  That is probably where I get half of my calories. 

The Fridays are really rolling around fast lately.  I can see parts of the bare ground looking out my back door.  There are still lots of big piles of snow here and there.  I am hoping those will all be gone after the next few days as we are supposed to have warmer temps and rain tonight and tomorrow, and...60's by Tuesday.  I have a lot of yard work to do when the snow is gone and the ice melts.  I still haven't seen a robin but I am watching.

I thought the following was funny; made me laugh anyway.

The wit, wisdom of age...

A doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa.

"The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago.  Red meat is awful.  Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining.  Chinese food is loaded with MSG.  High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the Long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water.  But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all, and we all have, or will, eat it.  Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"

After seconds of quiet, a 75-year old man in the front row raised his hand and softly said "Wedding cake."

Have a great weekend everybody!

Thought you might get a chuckle (or a fright!) out of this! ~~~~~~~

I walked into a fast food restaurant with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free". "They're already buy-one-get-one-free", she said, "so I guess they're both free".
She handed me my free sandwiches and I walked out the door. They walk among us and many work retail.
--------- A friend of mine bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. My friend decided that people were too untrusting of this deal. It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50."
The next day someone stole it. They walk among us.
-------- One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them
shouted, "Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?" They Walk among us!
==================== While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?"
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff."
They Walk Among Us!!
==================== I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."  They Walk Among Us!
==================== My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving." They Walk Among Us!
==================== My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.  They Walk Among Us!
==================== My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount. They Walk Among Us!
==================== I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?"
I explained that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned. They Walk Among Us!
==================== I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?" They Walk Among Us!
==================== While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces." Yep, They Walk Among Us!
==================== They walk among us, AND they reproduce!     

SCARIEST OF ALL , THEY VOTE.

• I felt like my body had gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising.  I decided to take an an aerobics class for seniors.  I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.  But by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
• A reporter interviewing a 104 year old woman asks:  "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104."  Her simple reply, "No peer pressure."
• The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs.
• I've gotten old.  I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement and new knees.  Fought prostate cancer and diabetes.  I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine and take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded and subject to blackouts.  Have bouts with dementia.  Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.  Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92,  Have lost all my friends.  But thankfully, I still have my driver's license.
• An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her pastor she had two final requests.  First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart.  "Walmart?" the pastor exclaimed.  "Why Wal-Mart?"  "Then I'll be sure my daughters will visit me twice a week' she replied.
• Don't let aging get you down.  It's too hard to get back up.

 WELCOME BACK, PARENTS

Message provided to parents during their children's school registration.

We have employed a new voice mail system.  When you are dialing school, please call the number provided.  You will then be answered by a cheery voice from us that will give you a menu of options to meet your needs.

These are:

• To lie about why your child is absent, press 1.
• To make excuses for why your child did not do his work, press 2.
• To complain about what we do, press 3.
• To fuss at a staff member, press 4.
• To ask why you didn't get needed information that was in your newsletter and several bulletins mailed to you, press 5.
• If you want us to raise your child, press 6.
• If you want to reach out and touch, slap, or hit someone, press 7.
• If you really have an emergency, dial 911, because all of these other lines will be busy.

1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.

 
2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.

5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash and rinse".

6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.

9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.



Sincerely,
The Dog