Five Dollar Deal...A True Story

While shopping in a discount store one day, I found a stack of sixty page spiral notebooks.  Most of them had cartoon covers and were priced for a dime each.  So, I'm sitting at my desk later thinking to myself, "Well, I sure got a bargain... now what?"  It was summer, so I handed out the notebooks to several young kids who were bored.  The deal was that I would pay them five dollars each to write a book during the month of July.  (Sloppy work not allowed)  Next, I gave the younger ones crayons so they could draw on every page, but they had to write at least one sentence about the picture.  Each child would receive a certificate of achievement for writing (and keeping a promise.)  Along with it, they got a copy of the money, because you know that five was gone!  Some of my friends also did this, and we all loved it.  The kids were so creative, and now we all have their books.  I keep mine in my "crying drawer".   
(Read "The Crying Drawer" from my other blog "Footprints In The Garden")!!

I don't even live in a park, and I have this shirt

Maybe I've watched too much "Larry The Cable Guy", or Jeff Foxworthy, I don't know, but I have this shirt (in green), and I wear it!!  There... I said it.

Rental Property!!

This was in the "Shopper's Guide" newspaper from my hometown September 9, 2009

Dog's Best Friend (true story)

Joe works at a discount building supply.  It's hot in the storage buildings, and customers are bumper to bumper needing materials.  So, when a rather snooty lady asked for a wooden door with a window, Joe quickly pulled a nice one from the rack and stood it upright, but someone had stored it upside down, so the window was at the bottom.  With other customers waiting, he asked if she wanted it and she said, "No"; that she wanted a "door with the window at the top".  So, of course, my friend being the way he is, said to her, "Well, this is our biggest seller."  "You can't find this  'dog door'  feature anywhere else in town."  "Don't you want this one so your dog can see out?"  "No! I certainly do not want that one", she shouts!  "I don't even have a dog!  That's so ridiculous!  Whoever heard of such a thing!  I can't even believe they make one like that!  Now, could I please see  a door with the window up top!"  So, he flips it over and says, "There you go, lady"! 

North Pole

This is the sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point.

A Few Quotes

"Every Artist was First an Amateur"

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

  

"Success is the Sum of Small Efforts Repeated Day in and Day Out"

                       Robert Collier

"A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking."

New MySpace Layouts

 

  

Wendi...One Good Apple Can Fix The Whole Bunch

When I met Wendi we were working together. She makes a point of remaining optimistic and friendly (even on Monday). Her favorite words must be "wonderful" and "awesome" because she's always using them!  I consider her a friend, and even though I'm old enough to be her Mom, she has shown me how to be happier and not "borrow trouble" (as she says). Sometimes when I'm feeling down I think to myself, "What would Wendi do"?

Old Potholders and Stained Recipes

You know we all have those favorite family dishes which we stir up for holidays and potluck "get togethers".  We burn our potholders and stain our recipes while we happily bake away.  My aunt and I were sorting through her recipe box recently.  (At the age of 92 you can imagine her collection is quite extensive.)  Here and there within the pile would be old faded recipes covered with spots and stains.  Those were the really good ones, and brought back such joyful memories of days gone by!