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Posted on 01/11/2005 10:20:09 PM PST by JustAmy
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Mornin', everybody ! Happy Thursday!
Nice pic and prose, Mama_bear and CG!
Sing along:
We're an accordion band
We're an accordion band
We're coming to your town
We'll help you polka down
We're an accordion band
We're an accordion band
We're an accordion band
We're coming to your town
We make annoying sound
We're an accordion band
We're an accordion band - Woooooo!
My mom has an accordion :o)
Jim and Sheila are flying out of FResno about 1:00 pm on Tuesday.
They will not get into DC until about 12:30am.My gosh. Almost
129 hours (after time change adjustment). They must
have a plane change and layover somewhere.I am ready to leave right now. :) Party Time.
You're a good Girl Scout. :^D
I know y'all will have a blast, all of you.
Thank y'all for the precious poem and graphic!
Thank you for posting the reruns.
Wasn't sure if you saw the pancakes or not. Silly wasn't it?
; )
LOLOL! :^DDon't you just love a story with a good ending??
Seven year old boy
A seven year old Dallas TX boy was at the center of a courtroom drama this morning when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of the boy. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents, so the judge awarded custody to his aunt.
The boy confirmed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and refused to live there.
When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they beat him more than anyone.
The judge then decided to allow the boy to choose who should have custody of him.
Custody was granted to the Dallas Cowboys this morning, as the boy firmly believes that they are not capable of beating anyone.
Brings a tear to my eye.
This was in my e-mail...
A carrot, an egg and a cup of coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?" Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity, boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water. "Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?" Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level?
How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean? May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really
need it;
to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down;
to those whose friendship you appreciate;
to those who are so meaningful in your life.
ping to 191
I hope to be seeing you at the Inaugeral parade.You're goin'?? Good for you, Pippin! :^D
I'll be there in spirit, watching the Inaugural on TV.
haha!TheGrimReaper posted that on WFTD and pinged a few Texans to that a day or 2 ago.
As I read it I kept thinkin', "poor kid!" .....
Then that last paragraph came outta nowhere at me. hahahaaa!
I could tell that the kid was lying or it was a joke.
Hi everyone. We had a bad storm last night, and the phone lines are acting up. I keep losing my internet, so I probably won't be around long until the lines are back to normal.
*shakes head* Dial-up...
I'll miss you, but I'll miss everyone - I have work to do for a day or two.
That is soooo cute!
Happy accordian day to you also!
Beautiful, wonderful words of advice - so desperately needed and appreciated. Thank you ((((((PA-L))))))
Sending out "drive-by" hugs to Miss ((((((Amy))))))) too!
:-)
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