A little tip from Maxine

So I received an email today from a friend and it was a picture of "Maxine" and the underneath it read:

Be careful when exercising. Your belly button could unscrew and your butt will fall off. Really, have I ever lied to you?

Just thought I'd share some of my funnies with you today. Happy Friday everyone.

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Got a new camera at work, just had to try it out!!!

Monday, Monday

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I know Buddy and I did. Buddy spent Saturday with Aunt Gwen and they drove up to Indian Lake for the day. I'll share those pictures with you later, but for now here's this morning's picture of a very lazy dog.

Raspberries by Default

  So, I was out in my yard and noticed that the neighbor's raspberry bush was growing through the fence and then when I got to looking a little closer I noticed I actually had three ripe berries, which I promptly picked and ate. YUM YUM.
  Today, before I took these pictures, I had 10 more raspberries. I can't show you my crop because I ate them too. Just as good as the first three.
 

I'm going to take extra special care of my RASPBERRY BRANCHES. I've made sure they are up off the ground and well I'm not sure what else I should do - I don't have ownership of the actual bush, so watering is not my department. Oh well, I'll enjoy them while they last.

In a month or so I'll be getting ripe apricots from the my other neighbor's tree. The branches hang over their fence and the ripe fruit drops in my back yard.

THIS GARDENING BY DEFAULT IS THE WAY TO GO!!!!!!!

Morning Routine

 

So, most everyone has a morning routine, even my dog. He likes to get up, eat breakfast, go outside and scope out all of the yard. When he comes in he plants himself on the sofa facing the bathroom and bedroom door. He waits for me to get ready for work and then as soon as he sees me carrying my shoes or putting my shoes on he jumps down and runs to the door, after all he's a working dog.

I took this picture one morning as he was very sleepy and couldn't quite get going that morning. I thought it was cute with his two front paws propped up on the arm of the sofa.

Chewing Gum

So, a friend of mine asked me if I had a piece of gum they could have and that got me to thinkin' (I know - scary!)

I like gum. I even like to buy gum. Especially when the package reads "NEW or NEW and IMPROVED or more flavor, lasts longer". Any of those advertising gimmicks work on me when it comes to gum. Then I get home, I throw the gum in my "junk" drawer and forget that I have it. I never have gum when I want it.

Regardless of what you might think, gum doesn't last forever. For example, when it gets stuck in a drawer and forgotten about it has a tendency to harden - what's that all about.

So, anyway I was thinking about all of you - where do you stand on the whole chewing gum topic? Just for fun tell me what is your favorite kind of gum? Are you one of those people that chew gum everyday? Or maybe you don't chew gum at all. I'm looking forward to the posts. I sure some of you have some very funny habits when it comes to chewing gum.

Happy Friday Everyone.

52 Reasons I Love You - DAD!!!!

1) you love me
2) your kind heart
3) your “Roper” sense of humor
4) you taught me how to irrigate (and let me do it my way)
5) you made me believe I could do anything
6) the values in which you instilled in me
7) you baled for me so I could sleep in until 6am
8) you gave me rides to school so I didn’t have to ride the bus
9) you made a college education possible
10) you taught me that education matters
11) you listen to me
12) you would take me on adventurous rides up North chasing coyotes
13) you let me ride on the back of the saddle on Babe
14) Sham was “my” horse or at least you let me think so
15) you said I could have bum lambs, “Shree-ten and Fo-fo”
16) you shoveled the car out every time it got stuck so I could make it to a volleyball tournament
17) you sang to me while we drove around and fed the cows and sheep
18) you made me listen to “Grass Roots Gold” every Saturday morning
19) you let me turn hay bales with a riding lawn mower
20) you would fix anything in my house if I asked
21) you’re the best kitchen cleaner I know
22) you rode back with me after Christmas vacation and then missed the train
23) you love my Mom
24) you play cards with me
25) you taught me how to play cribbage and pinochle
26) you let me have new carpet in my bedroom
27) you taught me right from wrong
28) you were always there when I was ready to ask for help
29) you came to Oregon to drive me to and from surgery
30) you supported my decisions, even when they were dumb
31) your strong work ethic
32) believing in me to take care of the farm when you were in Avon
33) you encouraged me with every endeavor
34) you built me stilts
35) working side by side with you gives me pride
36) your willingness to help others, asking nothing in return
37) your compassionate self
38) any daughter would be lucky to call you Dad and I CAN
39) you remove your hat when you enter buildings
40) you still call me daughter after I screwed up the summer fallow
41) you would drive fast through the “big dip” on the road going North
42) you took me with you to get the binder
43) you found a way for me to have a BIG Pink Panther from the State Fair
44) you taught me how to care for animals
45) you let Dirk and I ride around on the snowmobiles all day long the winter of 1978… or was it 79?
46) my best memories are working side by side with my DAD, thanks!
47) you brought home “Shadow”, the first dog I called my own
48) you taught me how to blow up empty soup cans using firecrackers and mud puddles
49) you gave me animals for my 4-H projects
50) you taught me that everything tastes better with cheese on it (except for apple pie)
51) for being my DAD
52) you’re hard working, honest and you make me PROUD to call you DAD!


So, Father's Day came fast and as usual I find myself not so prepared. This year I'm making my Dad a gift. I'm using a deck of cards and the each one will have one of the above reasons for my love for him. Obviously it's going to be late, but I think he'll like it anyway. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!!!

FRIDAYS = HAPPINESS

OK, so who doesn't love a great Friday? You're wrapping up the work week, you are thinking about making plans for the weekend or you are just plain ready to kick back and enjoy. Couldn't help but share this mosaic of happiness......

Tough Days

I bet we can all think back, for some probably not that far back, and remember days that we would chalk up as tough days. Tough days include days you definitely don't count as your favorite, you remember them only because they had a significant impact or you ended up learning something about yourself through the process and repeating them just isn't in the realm of possibilities.

Tough days make us stronger, they let us learn stuff about ourselves and even though they are the worst at that moment, we can usually reflect back and say, "Wow made it through that one!"

Lots of you are winding up a school year. Lots to do before summer hits and then before you know it you'll be starting up a new school year. That is somewhat similar to my starting a new fiscal year. These last few months of the year are always stressful and then July 1st hits and I'm ready to start all over again. OK, well maybe it's not that simple, but I'd like it to be.

Have a great week.