I Found Waldo!

I've been gone a while, but in the meantime, I found Waldo! Here he is:

Concerts!

I haven't been to a concert in ages! Now, in one week we will be going to two of them!

Tonight we are going to see Merle Haggard with friends. I'm really looking forward to that.

And, just this afternoon I won a pair of tickets to see Blood, Sweat, & Tears on Saturday night!

Whoo Hoo! What fun!

Heart Failure!

Last week (Monday June 28) I decided I really ought to go see Jeanne (my regular doctor) about my constant shortness of breath. I got winded just bringing the groceries into the house; this had been coming on for months, but always seemed to go away, so I thought little of it.

Well, Jeanne gave me 4 tests on Monday, and got me into a Cardiologist on Tuesday (along with 2 more tests). More tests on Wednesday, and on Thursday I had what’s known as a Heart Catherization….turns out I have Cardiomyopathy (weak heart muscles), or more commonly known as Heart Failure.

Heart Failure is a scary diagnosis—sounds like I have just days to live! Actually, it’s treatable with diet, meds, and exercise (oh no! there’s that dreaded word again!).

This morning I was back for more tests—just blood work this time. And, I had a bone scan—totally unrelated to the heart problems, but still needed to be done to keep up with the Osteoporosis that developed in the past 10 years….more on that later….

Cakes & Ale (an English story)

Here is a true story someone found regarding exams at Cambridge University. It seems that during an examination one day a bright young student popped up and asked the proctor to bring him Cakes and Ale. The following dialog ensued:
Proctor: I beg your pardon?
Student: Sir, I request that you bring me Cakes and Ale.
Proctor: Sorry, no.
Student: Sir, I really must insist. I request and require that you bring me Cakes and Ale.
At this point, the student produced a copy of the four hundred year old Laws of Cambridge, written in Latin and still nominally in effect, and pointed to the section which read (rough translation from the Latin):
``Gentlemen sitting examinations may request and require Cakes and Ale.''
Pepsi and hamburgers were judged the modern equivalent, and the student sat there, writing his examination and happily slurping away.
Three weeks later the student was fined five pounds for not wearing a sword to the examination.

Michelle Obama's Vegetable Garden

While in Washington DC we peeked in at the south lawn area and could see Mrs. Obama's vegetble garden.

Road Trip Coming Up!

There’s so much to do! I have lists made—both on paper and in my head, but I really do have to get to packing. We leave for West Virginia in two days!

We bought a GPS yesterday. It looks like that will be a good investment. I’ve been playing with it this morning (instead of organizing for the trip…), entering addresses and finding out how it works. I had AAA make me a trip planner, but I wonder if they will do that much more now that GPS units are becoming more common in people’s cars.

Judy from the college called today, wanting me to write a bio for my blogging class…it’s so ironic that I like to write, but hate to write a personal bio….while writing it my mind wandered to how I first got started writing as little girl in California: I wrote all over my yellow dresser drawers! I also once wrote on the outside of the garage, and tried to get my little brother to take the blame, but it didn’t work. I think after that I just used paper….

I've been busy!

Wow! I have four blogs now! I have gone into freelancing—working on Facebook, blogging, etc. for other people—what fun! I still teach—in fact I have a basic blogging class on May 24 (call Judy at 308-398-7445 to sign up). And, just this week I started a blog by my new car—yes, you read that right: my car!

If you are interested, the other three blogs are: Granny’s Old Fashioned Common Sense, My Little Smart Car, and the business blog, Corner Office. Check them out—leave me some comments!

John & I will be taking a short road trip this week-end—down to St. Joe to see daughter Sharona and family. Well, I’m off for now—gotta run errands (translation: get dog food, take a package to UPS, find a birthday present for a granddaughter, etc. etc) and get set for the week-end.

30 Benefits of Growing Older!

In a hostage situation, you are likely to be released first.
It's harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick.
Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
No one expects you to run into a burning building.
People call at 9:00 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"
People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
Things you buy now won't wear out.
You can buy a compass for the dash of your car.
You can eat dinner at 4:00 PM.
You can live without sex but not without glasses.
You can't remember the last time you lay on the floor to watch TV.
You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.
You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
You got cable TV for the weather channel.
You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
You sing along with the elevator music.
You talk about "good grass", and you're referring to someone's lawn.
Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.
Your back goes out more than you do.
Your ears are hairier than your head.
Your eyes won't get much worse.
Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service.
Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.

Spending Like a Drunken Sailor?

Another Funny

How to Write Good

1. Avoid alliteration. Always.
2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
3. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They're old hat.)
4. Employ the vernacular.
5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
8. Contractions aren't necessary.
9. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
10. One should never generalize.
11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
12. Comparisons are as bad as clichés.
13. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.
14. Profanity sucks.
15. Be more or less specific.
16. Understatement is always best.
17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.
19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
20. The passive voice is to be avoided.
21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
23. Who needs rhetorical questions?

Selling on eBay

Are you putting off your spring cleaning? If so, you may want to rethink that decision. Most people think of cleaning as a boring chore but it can actually profit from spring cleaning! As you clean, you probably sort items into keep, give away, and throw away boxes. This year, you may want to add another box for sorting called Money. No, this box isn’t for lose change. It’s for items that can make you money. As you add items to the Money box you can visualize a pile of money bags.

You know what they say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Ok, maybe not trash but you get the point. If holding a yard sale just isn’t your thing, selling items on eBay is a great alternative! You don’t have to worry about the weather, bribing uh…I mean finding people to help, or anything like that. To get started, all you’ll need is the “treasures” you gather and this free beginner’s guide to Make Money With eBay, that literally walks you through selling on eBay and even shows you how to make a business of it.

Topics include:
Discovering what sells best
Setting up your first auction
Attracting customers
Setting your prices
Training for sellers
eBay business expenses
eBay business equipment
Forms of payment
Drop Shipping
When it’s time for an eBay Store
Scams to watch for
eBay business resources
…And much, much more

Download your copy here –> Make Money With eBay (6)

Escher in Legos

Diet for Stress

This diet is designed to help you cope with the stress that builds up during the day.

Breakfast:1/2 grapefruit1 slice whole wheat toast8 oz. skim milk

Lunch:4 oz. lean broiled chicken breastl cup steamed spinach1 cup herb tea1 Oreo cookie

Mid-Afternoon snack:The rest of Oreos in the package2 pints Rocky Road ice cream, nuts, cherries and whipped cream1 jar hot fudge sauce

Dinner:2 loaves garlic bread4 cans or 1 large pitcher Coke1 large sausage, mushroom and cheese pizza3 Snickers bars

Late Evening News:Entire frozen Sara Lee cheesecake (eaten directly from freezer)

Rules for this Diet:
1. If you eat something and no one sees you eat it, it has no calories.
2. If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled out by the diet soda.
3. When you eat with someone else, calories don't count if you do not eat more than they do.
4. Food used for medicinal purposes NEVER count, such as hot chocolate, brandy, toast and Sara Lee Cheesecake.
5. If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner.
6. Movie related foods do not have additional calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one's personal fuel. (Examples: Milk Duds, buttered popcorn, Junior Mints, Red Hots and Tootsie Rolls.)
7. Cookie pieces contain no calories. The process of breaking causes calorie leakage.
8. Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something.9. Foods that have the same color have the same number of calories (Examples are: spinach and pistachio ice cream; mushrooms and mashed potatoes).
10. Chocolate is a universal color and may be substituted for any other food color.
11. Anything consumed while standing has no calories. This is due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.
12. Anything consumed from someone else's plate has no calories since the calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to his/her plate. (We ALL know how calories like to cling!)
13. If you eat ice cream with a fork, it has no calories.
REMEMBER: STRESSED SPELLED BACKWARDS IS DESSERTS

Progress?

The Alphabet Game

Did you ever play the alphabet game on family car trips?

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

"One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Life Lessons - A Flowchart

Make Your Own Rainbow!

Look at this neat rainbow creating book! It’s a flip-book, but rather than seeing animation, it creates a 3D rainbow in your hand.

"Rainbow in Your Hand" started as a personal project in summer 2007, and was soon published from a Japanese bookstore “Utrecht”. Since being published it has been featured on Japanese TV, Newspapers, major news outlets and blogsites.

I found this on BoredPanda.com.

Redundant Clock