Dragonfly Treasure

SAM ELLIOTS TAKE ON SLOW RESPONSE

2012-01-27T10:09:00.000-08:00

While hiking down along the border this morning, I saw a Muslim extremist fall into the Rio Grande River . He was struggling to stay afloat because of all the guns and bombs he was carrying.

Along with him was a Mexican who was also struggling to stay afloat because of the large backpack of drugs that was strapped to his back. If they didn't get help, they'd surely drown.

Being a responsible Texan and abiding by the law to help those in distress, I informed the El Paso County Sheriff 's Office and Homeland Security.

It is now 4 PM, both have drowned, and neither authority has responded. I'm starting to think I wasted two stamps.

Barn Raising

2012-01-26T11:17:00.000-08:00

One fun? thing we did while D was here was help B and T build a shed...

(Bet she didn't think we'd put her to work on her vacation.

Anyone else need a get away?? ;) LOL)

OK OK

I know it is not a barn,

BUT we needed as many people as it takes to build a barn for this darn shed!

D and L got to hold the sides up...such a shame I'm too short ;)

They did find me a job.

It was to hand the screws, washers, and nuts..

no wait that's wrong.

It was bolts, washer, nuts, in that order, to whoever was on the ladder.

In this case it was B.

Gees, screws, bolts, can't they all use the same?

Just when I get the rhythm down they switch it up!

Never believe Home Depot when they say

"it will just take a few hours to set up".....

Oops I think there's a hole in the roof :/

Yup, I don't think T should be sticking out of there

Lily even supervised for a while,

but she wasn't much help.

Mmm T's BBQ'ing

Oh now I see why Lily wanted us to hurry..she wants to eat

No, feigning starving won't help Lil

Fix that hole!

Well no wonder it took so long with this bunch of misfits for the crew!

Thanks for your finger up my nose T

and for the bunny ears B...

No respect I tell ya!

Yes we can eat now Lily ♥

Great Valley Museum

2012-01-25T12:13:00.000-08:00

Our friend D came for her annual visit from Wyoming last month.

We always have a blast while she is here. She lifts our spirits and helps us forget any worries we may have.

We try to get out a bit and see the sights.....hey, we do have a few ;)

One of which is Great Valley Museum of Natrual History

which is operated by Modesto Junior College.

My kids have been there but D and I had never been,

so off we went.

Lots of displays such as how feathers were used back in the day....

as well as horns and shells...

even butterfly wings.

Cool fossils to view

Handmade tools from what was available

games too!

Then came the exhibits!

These guys brought back memories of Alaska....

Darn Raccoon scared the bejezus out of me!

Now for the LIVE exhibits!

They actually have a pretty good variety since they are in such a small building.

But there were a couple of things I really didn't need to see since I see them every day in my house!

Ants and spiders...icky icky pukka pukka!!

Stay turned for more of our visit.....

Etsy Cottage Craft Room

2012-01-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

There's a new blog party over at Etsy Cottage Style!!

Now don't expect any pretty pictures from me...

I'm currently combining my bedroom into a combination bedroom/craft room.

It's a slow process and

Frugal

is the key word in my theme.

So you will see some before and after photos...

You may want to cover your eyes...it can be pretty gruesome! LOL

Before

After

I've moved in the Pattern Cabinet.

My Dad got it from JC Penney when he was remodeling their store in Livermore. I have loved it ever since I first saw it, many years ago.

He kept his welding rods in it!

Crazy man! But I guess it was a good place to store them to keep them dry.

The Bakers Rack (after is got a coat of white)

was also moved inside, from the side yard.

Both provide lots of storage.

The Pattern Chest hides all my ribbons and trims,

stamps and ink and other needfuls,

while the Bakers Rack has all my buttons and doo dads

sorted into mason jars that belonged to my Mom and Grandmothers.

Before

At first I only had my dresser for crafting...

Not much storage and that little ledge provided to be interesting

when working on more than one item or a larger than normal one.

Can you say crowded?

I've since moved a 6 ft table in which has become my work space...

Lots of room but it is still crowded...do we ever have enough workspace? LOL

Eventually I would like to exchange places with the dresser and table.

Dispose the top part of the dresser.

and hang shelves on the wall above the table.

After

Yay more drawers for supplies!

Hidden by shutters when not in use.

A hanging 3 tier veggie basket holds adhesives while also

acting as my inspiration board and drying rack.

You may have noticed these feeders from the previous photos.

I needed something readily accessible for my glue gun, glue sticks and other

easily needed supplies

I dug these out of my Treasure Pile and repurposed them.

This one holds my glue sticks perfectly with room on top to store my gun.

I just dry brushed with a little white paint.

This one got a coat of paint and some decals.

These sure look different from when they were being used to feed our rabbits!

The saying goes

"you have to break a few eggs to make a cake"

Well, I've broken dozens!

What a mess!

One thing I had always wanted to do is hang my parents mirror over my bathroom mirror.

Why? I don't know I'm crazy like that!

This mirror hung in our living room while growing up and I l♥ve it!

I think it looks so much better here than where it was in the very first photo of this post.

Don't you?

I've stacked my parents trunks and old suitcases under this tiny, useless window (it doesn't even open).

They are filled with family photos and other mementos.

Never ever enough storage!

They are here now but may exchange places with the bakers rack.

My current projects include:

recycling eyeglass lenses and watch crystals into pendants

and

making memory boxes out of the stash of tins I have.

I'm also working on a garland/banner:

"Bits and Bobs"

containing all the left over smalls from past projects.

I also just made some switch plate covers for a friend and her granddaughter

Eventually I want to paint the room and change out the bed...

but I've been in limbo for the past year and

it doesn't seem like it will end anytime soon.

This limits me as to what I can do as far as changing larger things.

So in the mean time I will continue to create and dream.

I'm also joining Knick of Time Interiors

Wings

2012-01-22T12:24:00.000-08:00

For your pleasure

Enjoy ♥♥♥

COFFEE HURTS

2012-01-20T08:23:00.000-08:00

I was eating lunch on the 20th of February with my 6-year-old

granddaughter and I asked her, "What day is tomorrow?"
She said "It's President's Day!"

She is a smart kid. So, I asked "What does President's Day
mean?" I was waiting for something about Washington or
Lincoln etc.

She replied, "President's Day is when President Obama steps
out of the White House, and if he sees his shadow we have
one more year of unemployment."

You know, it hurts when hot coffee spurts out your nose...

Thanks Pete

♥ Be Mine ♥

2012-01-19T09:33:00.000-08:00

Just a few of the Valentine beauty's listed right n♥w

In my Etsy Sh♥p

Stop in and take a peek ♥

Good Point!

2012-01-18T21:44:00.000-08:00

When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Is this man truly a genius?

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

It could not be any simpler than that.

Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Since U Been Gone

2012-01-17T20:50:00.000-08:00

"Since U Been Gone"

by Kelly Clarkson

Here's the thing we started out friends

It was cool but it was all pretend

Yeah yeah

Since U Been Gone

You dedicated you took the time

Wasn't long till I called you mine

Yeah Yeah

Since U Been Gone

And all you'd ever hear me say

Is how I pictured me with you

That's all you'd ever hear me say

But Since U Been Gone

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so moving on

Yeah, yeah

Thanks to you

Now I get

What I want

Since U Been Gone

How can I put it? You put me on

I even fell for that stupid love song

Yeah, yeah

Since U Been Gone

How come I'd never hear you say

I just wanna be with you

I guess you never felt that way

But Since U Been Gone

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so moving on

Yeah, yeah

Thanks to you

Now I get (I get) what I want

Since U Been Gone

You had your chance you blew it

Out of sight, out of mind

Shut your mouth I just can't take it

Again and again and again and again

Since U Been Gone

I can breathe for the first time

I'm so moving on

Yeah, yeah

Thanks to you (thanks to you)

Now I get, I get what I want

I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on

Yeah, yeah

Thanks to you (thanks to you)

Now I get (I get)

You should know (you should know)

That I get, I get what I want

Since U Been Gone

Where's Winter?

2012-01-15T21:04:00.000-08:00

I'm joining in:

ECS Garden Cottage Party

We have had such a mild Winter this year it's scary.

I think we've gone from Fall right into Spring.

We really need rain. We haven't had any this year.

I think this Summer will be draught central.

But these little guys don't mind,

they are blooming their little heads off.

Last year I made this planter out of scrap wood, laths to be specific.

Some paint and decals added some fun.

Decals are one of my favorite things.

They can add so much interest to anything.

Love to add them to mason jars lids

Pretty :)

But in the mean time I'm just dreaming of my Lilacs

and other Spring flowers

Sending warm rose scented hugs ♥♥

Creative talent at work here . . .

2012-01-15T18:58:00.000-08:00

Some of these hands should never be washed.

Simply Amazing!

The Velveteen Rabbit

2012-01-12T16:52:00.000-08:00

For your Imagination ~ ~

Employee of the Month

2012-01-10T13:04:00.000-08:00

We have a winner!!

Multi-tasking at its best!

This is the level of dedication we expect from all

staff! .....There is a reason laptop spelled backwards is potpal

A Conglomeration of Bird Images

2012-01-09T09:04:00.000-08:00

Courtesy Dover Publications

Enjoy ♥

Final Exam

2012-01-07T08:45:00.000-08:00

At Penn State University there were four sophomores taking chemistry and all of them had an 'A' so far. These four friends were so confident in their grades that the weekend before finals they decided to visit some outside friends and have a big party. They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Penn State until early Monday morning.

Rather than take the final as scheduled, they decided that after the final was given they would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they had visited friends, but on the way back they had a flat tire. As a result, they missed the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the next day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the exam.

The next day the Professor placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They quickly answered the first problem worth 5 points. Cool, they thought! Each one in separate rooms, thinking this was going to be easy, then they turned the page. On the second page was written. . .

For 95 points: Which tire?

Crazy Pets

2012-01-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

Is it me or is Cyndar sucking her toes in her sleep???

And what is with Bynx popping my bubble wrap??

It's the first thing she heads for when she comes in the house

Guess she thinks it's fun too!

"Drafting Guys Over 60"

2012-01-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

This is funny & obviously written by a former soldier...

New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!

I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 55.

For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.

Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for awhile..

An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell. Besides, like I said, I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.

If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.

Boot camp would be easier for old guys.. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.

They could lighten up on the obstacle course however... I've been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any push ups after completing basic training.

Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too... I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.

An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.

These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.

Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are already behind them. HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN have attitudes??

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll have it secured the first night!

Show this to all of your senior friends...it's in big type so they can read it.

Something in the Air....

2012-01-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

Did Phillip fart?

Check the expressions!

Look at the Queen's face!

A fart, by the way, is a most pleasant thing,

It gives the belly ease.

It warms the bed in winter,

And it suffocates the fleas.

A fart can occur

In many odd places,

Leaving everyone there,

With strange looks on their faces .

From wide-open prairies,

To small elevators,

A fart will find all of Us …

sooner or later.

That farts are all bad,

Is simply not true-

We must never forget.......

Sweet, old-farts, like you!

Entitlement???

2012-01-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

Yer dern tootin' it's an entitlement... we're entitled to the money we sent to D.C. + interest!

What the hell is wrong here?

Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income before taxes. If you averaged only 30K over your working life, thatÂ’s close to $220,500. If you calculate the future value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employerÂ’s contribution) at a simple 5% (less than what the govt. pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working (me) you'd have $892,919.98.If you took out only 3% per year, you receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years, and thatÂ’s with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit! If you bought an annuity and it paid 4% per year, you'd have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month. The folks in Washington have pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever had.

Entitlement my ass, I paid cash for my social security insurance!!!! Just because they borrowed the money, doesn't make my benefits some kind of charity or handout!! Congressional benefits, aka. free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days, now that's welfare, and they have the nerve to call my retirement entitlements !

Emergency Rooms for their general health care-At just one hospital the cost to tax payers totaled over 25 million a year!!!

Someone please tell me what the Hell's wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!!

We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????

In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey . And now Pakistan home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' Receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries!

They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives and now when its time for us to collect, the government is running out of money.Why did the government borrow from it in the first place?

We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.

AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter,children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc,etc.

YET......................

They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes,bedding, doctors and medical supplies.

Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries.

SAD?

YEAH, OK, SO WHEN DO WE GET UPSET AND

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?????

Stuff you didn't know you didn't know!

2012-01-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

Wanted to share this email I received :):)

Every day more money

is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.

Treasury.

Men can read smaller

print than women can;
women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was

originally green.

It is impossible to lick

your elbow.

The State with the

highest percentage of people who walk to work:

Alaska

The percentage of

Africa that is wilderness: 28%

(now get this...)

The percentage of

North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising

a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

$ 16,400

The average number
of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:

61,000

Intelligent people
have more zinc and copper in their hair..

The first novel ever

written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer..

The San Francisco

Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Each king in a deck

of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse

has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air,

the person died because of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died

of natural causes

Only two people

signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4,

John Hancock

and Charles Thomson.

Most of the rest signed on August 2,

but

the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

Q. Half of all

Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat ownersname their boats.

What is the most popular boat name requested?

A. Obsession

Q.. If you were to

spell out numbers,

how far would you have to go until you

would find the letter 'A'?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers

and laser printers have in common?

A. All were invented
by women.

Q. What is the only

food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey

Q. Which day are

there more collect calls than any other day of the year?

A. Father's Day

In Shakespeare's

time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.

When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened,

making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the

phrase...'Goodnight , sleep tight'

It was the accepted

practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that

for a month after the wedding,

the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with

all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because

their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the

honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale

is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when

customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind

your pints and quarts, and settle down.'

It's where we get

the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'

Many years ago in England ,

pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle

of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill ,

they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle'

is the phrase inspired by this practice.

At least 75% of

people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2012 when...

1. You accidentally

enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't

played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list

of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail and text the

person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for

not staying in touch with friends and family is that they

don't have e-mail or text addresses.

6. You pull up in

your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is

home to help you carry in the groceries...

7. Every commercial

on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8. Leaving the house

without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first

20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic

and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in

the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start

tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You're reading

this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you

know exactly to whom you are going to forward this

message.

14. You are too busy

to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually

scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~
NOW

U R LAUGHING at yourself.

You know you want to!

Go lick your elbow.

Three Presidents

2012-01-02T08:42:00.000-08:00

No one in either party has the courage to do this.

What did Presidents Hoover , Truman, and Eisenhower have in common?

This is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around. I didn't know of this until it was pointed out to me.

Back during the great depression, Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work.

Harry Truman deported over two million illegal aliens after WWII to create jobs for returning veterans.

In 1954 Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexicans. The program was called Operation Wetback. It was done so WWII and Korean War veterans would have a better chance at jobs. It took two years, but they deported them!

Now, if they could deport the illegal aliens back then, they could surely do it today. If you have doubts about the veracity of this information, enter Operation Wetback into your favorite search engine and confirm it for yourself.
Why, you might ask, can't they do this today? Actually the answer is quite simple. Hoover , Truman, and Eisenhower were men of honor, not untrustworthy politicians looking for votes!

Reminder: Don't forget to pay your taxes - 12 to 20 million illegal aliens - are depending on it.

Happy New Year!!

2011-12-31T11:17:00.000-08:00

I'd like to wish everyone a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year!

May we keep on:

crafting

treasure hunting

scavenging

creating

hoping

dreaming

loving

junking

thrifting

sharing

and most of all

Blogging!

♥

It was January the 1st

I turned over a new leaf

It was clean on the top side

But had bugs underneath.

- Steve Turner

Now there are more overweight people in

America than average-weight people.

So overweight people are now average… which means,

you have met your New Year's resolution.

-Jay Leno

New Year's Day… now is the accepted time

to make your regular annual good resolutions.

Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

-Mark Twain

New Years Resolutions

Funny Resolutions

Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my nightdress. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom.
I will no longer waste my time relieving the past, instead I will spend it worrying about the future.
I will not bore my boss with the same excuse for taking leaves. I will think of some more excuses.
I will do less laundry and use more deodorant.
I will avoid taking a bath whenever possible and conserve more water.
I will give up chocolates totally. 100%. Completely. Honestly....
I will try to figure out why I *really* need nine e-mail addresses.
I will spend less than one hour a day on the Internet. This, of course, will be hard to estimate since I'm not a clock watcher.
I will read the manual... just as soon as I can find it.
I will think of a password other than "password."
I will not tell the same story at every get together.
I will cut my hair.
I will grow my hair.
I will stop considering other people's feelings when they so obviously don't consider mine - if that unwashed fellow sits next to me again, I'll tell him he stinks!
I will be more imaginative.
Spend more time watching TV / movies.
Chat more over phone / Internet.
Read less.
Stop exercising. Waste of time.
Procrastinate more.
Drink. Drink some more.
Start being superstitious.
Stop drinking orange juice after I just brushed my teeth.
Stop licking frozen flag poles
Watch more cute and cuddly kitten videos on YouTube
Switch my username to “password” and my password to “username” to make each a lot harder for hackers to figure out
Watch less T.V…. in standard definition
Stop buying worthless junk on Ebay, because QVC has better specials
Start using Facebook for something other than Farmville and stupid quizzes
Help kids stay safe by not texting on my cell phone while eating McDonald’s and speeding through crosswalks in school zones with a frost covered windshield
Talk with a robot voice all the time

For Pets

•Have a torrid one-night stand with a street mutt.

•Try to understand that the cat is from Venus and I am from Mars.

•I will no longer be beholden to the sound of the can opener.

•Circulate petition that Leg Humping be a juried competition in major dog shows.

•Call PETA and tell them what that surgical mask-wearing freak does to us when no one is around.

•Take time from busy schedule to stop and smell the behinds.

•Always scoot before licking.

•Grow opposable thumb; break into pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is *too* much.

•Get out of the castle more, maybe swim counter-clockwise this year.

•January 1st: Kill the sock! Must kill the sock! January 2nd - December 31: Re-live victory over the sock. AND the Number 1 New Year's Resolutions Made by Pets...

•I will NOT chase the damned stick unless I see it LEAVE HIS HAND.

New Year Superstitions

Avoid Crying
It is said that one should avoid breaking things or crying and wailing on the first day of the year, if you don't want to continue the pattern for the entire year.

Letting the Old Year Out

At midnight, all the doors of a house must be opened to let the old year escape unimpeded.

Make Noise

People believe that Evil One and his attendants and servants hate din and loud noise. So, scare them away by being as loud in New Year celebrations as possible. Church bells are rung at midnight for the same reason.

Don't Keep Debts

Pay your bills and loans before New Year Eve, so you don't have any debt left for New Year.

Eat Black-Eyes Peas

In Southern part of the United States it is said that eating of black-eyed peas on New Year's Day will attract both general good luck and money in particular to the one doing the dining.

Kiss at Midnight

It is believed that kissing at midnight ensures that affections and ties will continue throughout the New Year. On similar lines, it is said, to not do this would be to set the stage for a year of coldness.

First Footing

One must never leave the home before someone comes in first. First footer in the house should be ushered in with a warm welcome and should not have flat feet, cross-eyes or eyebrows stretching out to meet in the middle. It would be even better if he came bearing certain small gifts.

The Direction of Wind

The direction of wind during sunrise on New Year morning prophesies about the coming year. Wind from south foretells fine weather and prosperous times ahead while wind from north foretells bad weather. Wind blowing from east foretells natural calamities and wind from west foretells plenty of milk and fish for all but death of a person of great national importance. No wind means joy and prosperity throughout the year.

Dance in the Open Air

To dance in the open air, especially round a tree, on New Year's Day ensures luck in love and prosperity and freedom from ill health during the coming twelve months.

Drain the Bottle

(my personal fav)

You could ensure yourself good fortune by draining the last dregs from a bottle of drink on New Years!

Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time. Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. Vow not to make a promise you don't think you can keep. Walk tall, and smile more. You'll look ten years younger. Don't be afraid to say, 'I love you'. Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.

-Ann Landers

Happy Birthday to My 3rd Baby!

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T's 24th Birthday is today!

OMG I am so OLD!

You were my biggest baby at 9.1 pounds.

Your poor collar bone broke during delivery.

SO nice of the Dr. to tell me AFTER you were born

that due to your size,

I really should have had a C-section....Gee thanks.

He couldn't have noticed that earlier??

But I digress...

You have become such a loving person.

I am proud to call you my Son.

I only wish you the best in life.

May all your wishes and dreams come true

♥♥♥♥

"WELL, IT FIT LAST YEAR" !!

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You find something 'festive' that you would like to slip into

It seems a little small, but you're QUITE SURE that in recent years,

You've worn this size. So, you work with it...

You try it on different ways.....

From different angles you examine yourself.

Finally, you admit that it does feel "A LITTLE TIGHT.."

Someone offers you a larger size, which you find highly insulting

I mean, it might be a tight fit, but you still look GOOD!!

Haven't we all been there!

xoxoxoxox

Pet Theology

Be obedient, no matter how much the master's plan doesn't make sense to you.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Give to those less fortunate

Be generous

Take time to rest and enjoy the company of friends.

Value, honor and enjoy your family,

no matter how strange they seem to you.

Help widows and orphans

Don't watch too much TV

Remember, you were divinely created with a purpose!

Others were too,

Even if they seem way different from you!

So ---- Have fun, and enjoy the abundant life.

You will not pass this way again!

'A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.'

Retro and Vintage Childrens Prints

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Courtesy Dover Publications