SURPRISE........

As I struggle from one day to the next trying to make sense of where my life is going.......you get a surprise.   I am in love!  It is one sided and of course he doesn't know about it......but just for today I fell in love.  Shirley and I couldn't find any new movies out this weekend that sounded good so decided on the dollar theater and a movie my sister liked......THE LONG RIDE.......with Scott Eastwood....he has his father beat all to heck......it was a Nicolas Sparks book.  He stole my heart and it only cost $1.25.  It has been an absolutely "do nothing" weekend.......just have no energy or desire to get involved in anything.......getting old sucks!

WORD MEANING.......OR NOT!

Words......can't live without them......but sometimes they can get you into trouble........Take the sentence......"I was just screwing around".......I became very aware of the meaning and use of words when I joined ESP (English Speaking Language)..... and was tutoring a gentleman from Brazil on how to speak English.

Take the word Screw......."I was screwed"........you know taken advantage of , happens every day.  "What have you been doing?"......Oh, just screwing around.......watching TV , eating, loafing......."I can't unscrew this jar of pickles"....Screw or unscrew......a tight lid with my arthritis hands.  And an invitation to screw.....a bedroom thing with a man and a woman.  "What did you do last night?".....Oh, just screwed around.......meaning nothing much.  The Dictionary says......"Screw in mechanics, a machine consisting of an inclined plane wound around a cylinder.......used as a holding agent."  Where in the world did we get the many other meanings we use it for?????  Yet, it is used in many ways every day and we know what the person means that is using it.  Maybe we are all 'SCREWED UP"......or we just screwed up again.

Every test in our life makes us BITTER or BETTER.....

Every problem comes to BREAK us or MAKE us.......

The choice is ours whether we become VICTIMS or VICTOR!

A really quiet and boring weekend......did go to a few garage sales this morning on the way down to pick up a new battery for my laptop.

IN A SINGLE MOMENT........

Think what you can do in a single moment.......You can flash a smile that makes someone's day.  You can hug and be hugged.  You can give a compliment and let one soak in.  You can count your blessings and think a positive thought.  These are all your choices.....so if you want to be angry with a loved one or neighbor and spend many moments letting it stress you......that is your choice also.

An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all......one is evil.  It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lust and ego.....The other is good.  It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth."

The boy thought about it and asked...."Grandfather, which wolf wins?"

The old man quietly replied......."The one you feed."

I love that God gave us all a choice to live our lives the way we want!

ME AND THE BANK ROBBER.......

You have heard the story and here is the picture from the banks cameras that was on Fox News??????  The tiny ones at the bottom is him coming into the bank......and going out of the bank.  My oldest daughter said , "Mother in the last 8 months I have seen you and my Dad both make the 10:00 o'clock news and it was not something wonderful......like winning the Readers Digest's million dollar lucky number.........Dad wrecked his plane and you and the bank robber rubbed shoulders!"   My one moment of fame..........

Bridge here tomorrow and then I will be caught up with all my parties.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY......

My sister said when she died she would leave pennies around to let me know she was around to help me.  She ha kept her promise and I spot pennies in all kinds of strange places and when I am least expecting them.  I always kiss the penny and tuck it away and let her know I am thinking of her also.  On this Memorial Day I would like to thank all the wonderful men and women who have given their lives so my family and I could be free

Spent the afternoon with three of my best friends celebrating one of their birthdays.......Patty's husband just died and she is trying to adjust to being single.  It has been a busy weekend.....two movies.....a luncheon and last night my favorite nephew Mike and his wife came to visit me......He knew I needed bailed out.......we had a good talk and he gave me a blessing.  Mike is the son I never had and we have many fun memories through the years.  Thank you Mike and Andrea.

Very tired .......couldn't sleep last night and getting a cold ......so off to bed early tonight.

MISSED MY CHANCE FOR FAME.......

Lucille called to tell me I was on the morning news ......only they had blocked out my face and it was just me and the bank robber standing at the counter......wouldn't you know my one chance at fame and I get blocked out?????  on second thought .......maybe better and he won't be looking for me cause I might  identify him.  WELL, any way I hope I never go through that again.  Mike called to get the details and see how things were going and I fell apart.......he is and always has been so close to my heart......just like a son and I just came unglued.....poor Mike.  I try to pretend to the kids.....because some of them have worked so hard to make this perfect for me......but how can it be when all the move has done is costs me money and ruin our happy family.....but I can't tell the kids that.......so Mike got it all.  He is so sweet and has always been there for me.....when I think what he and Andrea have been through with that bunch of kids and Lauren and all and still go on I feel very guilty with my little problems.  Tomorrow will be better and I will try harder........

This is proud Grandpa Robby.......Oh how I wish I had some fun pictures of Don being a proud Grandpa to any of his nine grandchildren!!!!!!

BLESSING OF TIME........

Well I am hoping God's blessings flow through the guy I met at the bank today......You know the one that robbed it while I was standing shoulder to shoulder with him!!!!  I had never put witness a bank robbery on my "bucket list".......but seems God stuck it in today......There I was chatting with the bank tellers......I have used the same bank for 27 years and know them all......just as the teller was handing me my money a long arm reaches past me and grabs it and I hear him tell her "MORE"  As I look up she hands him a wade of bills and I look up to see a man with a scarf over his face dressed in black head to toe with a back pack and he crams all the money in it and turns and leaves and NO ONE does anything!  HE SMELLED BAD..........Now in the movies......when you see a Bank Robbery they pull a gun and tell you to lie down on the floor and not look at them and there is yelling and crying "don't kill me"......and all kinds of excitement.......how come my bank robbery experience was over before I realized it was even happening????  Well the police were called and I was detained an hour and a half and had to be interviewed and fill out several witness forms..........funny thing I ran into my son-in-law's little sister as I was going in......JULIE Pannier......if she would have stayed and chatted with me she would also have been there but she was in a hurry so we hugged and she was off.  After the ordeal I went too the store and there was Mark her husband shopping............. so I told him to go home and tell her what she missed!!!  I had kinda been hoping for some fun and excitement this Memorial Weekend......be careful what you wish for........you might get it!