She did not need much
wanted very little
a kind word
sincerity
fresh air
clean water
a garden
kisses
books to read
sheltering arms
a cozy bed
and to love and be loved in return.
snb
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
WORD OF THE YEAR
http://www.christinekane.com/word/WordoftheYearWorksheet.pdf
Take a look at this worksheet....it was helpful in picking a WORD OF THE YEAR!
Take a look at this worksheet....it was helpful in picking a WORD OF THE YEAR!
2014
A bad habit I’m going to break:
A new skill I’d like to learn:
A person I hope to be more like:
A good deed I’m going to do:
A place I’d like to visit:
A new hobby I want to try:
A personal achievement I will accomplish:
I’m going to do better at:
The one word that will synthesize the New Year:
HOW WILL YOU ANSWER THESE?!!!
A new skill I’d like to learn:
A person I hope to be more like:
A good deed I’m going to do:
A place I’d like to visit:
A new hobby I want to try:
A personal achievement I will accomplish:
I’m going to do better at:
The one word that will synthesize the New Year:
HOW WILL YOU ANSWER THESE?!!!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Mark and Cookie woke me up at 7:30.
We made Pull Aparts for breakfast.
Jessette and Cole joined us!
Presents were exchanged!
Lunch was prepped and enjoyed.
Stories where told, laughter was shared.
The kids all when their separate ways.
Cheree and I enjoyed some quiet time!!
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| Christmas was very nice. I enjoyed my children so much. We did the things we always have in the past, the traditions... hot cocoa and Christmas lights. We watched the light parade at the lake and we spent an evening with friends at Glendale Glitters. Cookie and Zack put up the Christmas tree. They hung the lights and decorations. We baked cookies and wrapped gifts. All the packages were wrapped in brown paper and red ribbon, it was lovely. We had pull-aparts for Christmas breakfast, and a traditional Italian meal for lunch. We gave gifts and we laughed. My favorite gift was the new ornaments that arrived by mail, I was so surprised and delighted. I love Christmas. |
CHRISTMAS MORNING
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| I asked him if he was Vanna.... |
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| He asked who Vanna is...I felt old! |
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| Cookie looks just like her sisters! |
Friday, December 20, 2013
1913
I met a lady yesterday that was born in July 1913.
She was sharp and sweet and funny and delightful.
I hope to live to be 100 and have all her charming attributes as well!
She was sharp and sweet and funny and delightful.
I hope to live to be 100 and have all her charming attributes as well!
A Message From Tom
Tom is my therapist. He is a nice guy. Most of the time I think Tom is just there to hear me talk through my issues out loud. But sometimes he gives me advice that is STELLAR! I am grateful for Tom. Recently he has been sending out email on different issues. This is the latest:
Life doesn't check
in with us before it happens:
“Hey Joe, do you
mind if over the next 6-months new neighbors move in, open a meth lab and have
really scary dogs that act like they want to eat you when just try to get to
your own front door?”
Well, you could go and get yourself a much bigger meaner dog ……………………………….WRONG!
The key is how
do I take care of myself and not make things worse. In some cases don’t have control.
You can feel helpless and powerless. All the worry in the world won’t make a difference. It may be difficult sometimes to even know why these things are happening.
So, what does one do?
How does someone
cope in trying situations? There is an old prayer used in Alcoholics Anonymous
that was originally written by the American theologian,
Reinhold Niebuhr:
"God, Grant me
the serenity to accept the things
I cannot change, the courage to change the things
I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference."
Ultimately we
are all responsible for our own lives and managing them. Think about what you
can change that helps. Can you ask yourself what you could do? Can I accept
what I can’t change. What is my
tolerance level? Is it too low and easily irritated? Is it too high and perhaps
not letting me see the signals to make some changes? It takes courage to face
ourselves and be willing to recognize what we do or think that contributes to
the problem. If you can allow yourself to see how you may be getting in your
own way the reward can be freedom of choice and less stress. When
we are stuck blaming or not accepting what we cannot change, we are indeed stuck.
We become miserable and risk feeling and acting like a victim leading to anger,
feeling helpless, depression and anxiety. What all that adds up to is stress on
top of a stressful situation. It’s like a snowball rolling down a hill.
A very wise old
friend who has long since passed was helpful with imparting the concepts of
perspective, tolerance, and acceptance. He was a psychologist by profession and
his name was George. You see, George enlisted in the military at the beginning
of WWII. He was 17 years old and lied about his age to enlist. It was early in
the war after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Somewhere in the Pacific he was captured and
spent a few years in a Japanese POW camp. Any stories he shared about his
captivity always had life lessons intertwined within the context. One story was
about how conditions in the camp were not good for prisoners or the guards. Men
were sick from malaria or dysentery and would agonize over their plight. Well,
one day a Japanese guard took a group of them aside for a “chat”. He told them
that the war would not last forever and one day they will all go back home. He
told them to try and calm down by keeping this in mind. Amazing enough that “the
enemy” would impart such compassion and wisdom, but his advice was a template that
would define who survived and who didn’t. My friend described the survivors and
the unfortunate men who did not survive. Of course, some would be taken by
injuries sustained, disease and lack of proper medical treatment. The rest, as
George described, were separated by their own perspective of their situation
and inner ability to cope. Simply put, George described the men who would eventually
die as not being able to stop agonizing over being in such a situation. He
would say that the key was staying in the present and getting through one day
at a time. Focusing on what to do to get through a
particular day rather than on what they didn’t have or missed was paramount to
survival.
Perhaps the
message from the Japanese prison guard is
“this too shall pass”.
I can’t image
what this kind of experience would be like to survive or how I would deal with
it. I do know that his story has stuck with me and I find it helpful in times of
stress. In less dramatic situations we are at risk of agonizing about what is
or isn’t in our lives. By all means work with what can be changed, but also
remember to not torture ourselves (and sometimes others) when we cannot change
it.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
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RONNIE'S NEWS of THE DAY
Veronica - Looks like these crooks hit their Target
Target says 40 million credit, debit card accounts may be breached
Target said Thursday that data on 40 million of its customers’ credit and debit card accounts may have been breached by cyber-crooks during the busy holiday season. The Minneapolis retailer said the unauthorized access – which occurred between the Nov. 27 start of Black Friday weekend and Dec. 15 – may mean that criminals now have shoppers’ names, payment card numbers, expiration dates and three-digit security codes at their disposal.
http://www.latimes.com/
What does the dog say? New device may tell us!
We can hear it now: "Rover would like to go outside now." "Can Rex have a treat?" "SQUIRREL!!!"
The Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery is the small Scandinavian research lab behind "No More Woof," and it stresses on its website that the device is just a work in progress. There isn't a finished product -- "yet."
It's going to take a lot of research to capture animal brain waves, figure out which thought patterns they create, then translate that into something that makes sense in the human language.
Some of the patterns the lab has discovered so far are pretty simple ones (but all very important in the doggy world): "I'm hungry," "I'm tired," "I'm curious who that is" and "I want to pee."
But to translate even more thoughts, researchers need funding, which is why they've started a campaign on the fundraising site Indiegogo. The goal is to raise $10,000 and people can chip in various amounts: $65, for example, gets you a device with one sensor that can distinguish a few thought patterns like tiredness, hunger and curiosity. A $1,200-model would learn from your dog's brain and eventually allow him or her to speak short sentences like, "I'm hungry -- but I don't like this."
http://www.hlntv.com/
Georgia woman claims half of $648 million Mega Millions jackpot
A 56-year-old married woman has won half of the second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in U.S. history and has taken the cash option, which after taxes, will be about $120 million, Georgia Lottery President Debbie Alford said Wednesday.
Ira Curry, of Stone Mountain, came to the lottery office with the winning ticket of hand-picked numbers, a mix of family birthdays and the lucky number 7. She did not appear at the afternoon lottery announcement in Atlanta.
Curry bought the ticket at the end of the day Friday and it was a last-minute decision, Alford said.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/
SATURDAY 12/21/2013
OPACITY
o•pac•i•ty
1. The quality or state of being opaque.
2. Something opaque.
3.
a. Obscurity; impenetrability.
b. Dullness of mind.
________________________________________
1. (Physics / General Physics) the state or quality of being opaque
2. the degree to which something is opaque
3. (Physics / General Physics) an opaque object or substance
4. obscurity of meaning; unintelligibility
5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Physics Photog the ratio of the intensity of light incident on a medium, such as a photographic film, to that transmitted through the medium
6. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic Philosophy the property of being an opaque context
1. The quality or state of being opaque.
2. Something opaque.
3.
a. Obscurity; impenetrability.
b. Dullness of mind.
________________________________________
1. (Physics / General Physics) the state or quality of being opaque
2. the degree to which something is opaque
3. (Physics / General Physics) an opaque object or substance
4. obscurity of meaning; unintelligibility
5. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Physics Photog the ratio of the intensity of light incident on a medium, such as a photographic film, to that transmitted through the medium
6. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic Philosophy the property of being an opaque context
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
1900
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Beauty, good and love
make all the difference in everything!
I am fascinated by Masaru Emoto's work.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
HOLIDAY GIFT SUGGESTIONS
To your enemy,
Forgiveness.
To your opponent,
Tolerance.
To your friend,
Your heart.
To others,
Service and charity.
To the children,
Example.
To yourself,
Respect.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Sunday, December 1, 2013
DECEMBER
This December has 5 Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays!
This happens once every 823 years! Woohoo!!
This happens once every 823 years! Woohoo!!
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