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Derby Time!
24 April 2007Here’s my pick:
Curlin
He is my sentimental favorite – bred like Fruit on the top side and Tory on the bottom side, how cool is that? He isn’t the favorite right now, but I have a good feeling. Hey, I did pick Barbaro last year, remember?
Reality Sets In
24 April 2007OK, this weekend was a good dose of reality. Wow, I had no idea I was living in such a dreamlike state…talk about barn blind! I am pretty sure I am awake now, with eyes wide open. I need to learn to be more realistic about my dreams and how I see things. I need [...]
Real Life
17 April 2007Real life keeps interfering with MY life. Every time I make plans or set goals, some stupid duty comes along that fouls things up. My goal is to win the lottery so I can quit my job…that way I can actually DO all the things I had planned. I cannot fathom having a job where [...]
Pet Peeves
15 April 2007My Pet Peeves
People who comment about what I am eating when we are out at a restaurant or at a family gathering
People who comment about how I am ‘never’ home!
100 Useless facts
13 April 2007Yes, I stole these, but they are worth stealing!!!!
1.-If you yelled for 8 years,7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
2.-If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
3.-The human [...]
Being Kind
13 April 2007Be Kind
Ways to be kind (I stole these, but they are worth re-reading every now and then!)
Say what you mean and mean what you say. There’s no substitute for authentic communication
Be less inclined to give advice, and more inclined to seek it.
Resist the urge to jump to conclusions about people and their motives.
Identify the biggest [...]
The Foolishness of Youth
11 April 2007Now I realize that with age comes wisdom, but some kids are really making dumb choices today with no thought to their future. It is very frustrating. I think that’s why it is a good thing I am not a parent. For the most part I can control my horses’ moves – keep theim in [...]
A Monday
2 April 2007Today is Monday. Big deal.
It was about 65 degrees and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Tomorrow it is supposed to reach 70, but rain. Then Wednesday – high of 40 and snow showers! What the %$#$@#@!
Ya know, for someone who supposedly ‘never’ does anything around here, the past 2 days I have spent [...]
FOUR
25 March 2007FOUR JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE :
Stall cleaner
Assistant manager of The Cookie Jar
Director of Bands – Mssissinawa Valley High School
Director of Bands – Delphos St. John’s
FOUR MOVIES I HAVE WATCHED OVER AND OVER
Top Gun
Lean On Me
Ferris Bueller
Seabiscuit
FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
Lorain, Ohio
Bowling Green, Ohio
Greenville, Ohio
St. Marys, Ohio
FOUR TV SHOWS I LIKE TO WATCH:
Survivor
Law [...]
Those fighting molecules
24 March 2007I am getting sick. I have been in the process of getting sick for 3 days now. Sore throat, headache, nausea, cough, and a general feeling of ick. I can physically feel my body fighting off the attack of the germ. Is that strange, or do other people experience this also? I can actually feel [...]
