Ann

Ned....So very sorry to hear about your MIL. Please give your wife my condolences. I hope everyone has a better week next week.

In a recent news broadcast, it was announced that Lorena Bobbitt's sister Louella was arrested for an alleged attempt to perform the same act on her husband as her famous sister had done several years ago. Sources reveal the sister was not as accurate as Lorena. She allegedly missed the target and stabbed her husband in the upper thigh causing severe muscle and tendon damage. The husband is reported to be in serious, but stable condition, and Louella has been charged with ... ? ? ? ? ? A Misdewiener!

I have been really working at lowering my electric bill and my water bill. It just drives me nuts every month when I pay those two bills. So far, my efforts seem to be paying off. I have been bringing my lunch to work with me (usually leftovers). Our two major supermarkets here seem to have a BOGO war every weeks, so I shop at both and stock up on the items I use a lot. Although I know it seems like a minor thing, I recently switched laundry detergent and found a brand that I love and I only use a fraction of the amount I usually use. Oh, in case you're interested, I switched to Method. It's 3X concentrated, so I only use a little cap for every load. The clothes are so clean and smell great...plus Method products are environmentally friendly.

I don't have anything really exciting planned for this weekend either. I'm just so looking forward to some down time, as the past few weekends have been totally consumed with projects at the American Legion. It's been really hot here (90's) for the past few days and the rain has slowed down, so this may be a good weekend for getting out the Harley and doing some riding. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

So, as you can tell from the subject (FINALLY Friday) this has been a really long week for me and I can't wait for the weekend to be here. So...today's question is.... How has this week gone for you and are you looking forward to doing anything special this weekend?

Since it seems that everything is rising in cost, what have you been doing to lower your day-to-day living costs....i.e electricity, grocery shopping, gasoline, etc. ???

What is/are your favorite..... Color 1. Soft Yellow 2. Pale Blue 3. Sage Green TV Shows that still have new episodes coming out 1. Brothers & Sisters 2. Two and A Half Men 3. Private Practice TV Shows that you love to watch in reruns 1. Mash 2. I Love Lucy 3. Cheers Chain "sit-down" restaurants 1. Friday's 2. Chili's 3. Red Lobster Chain "fast food" restaurants 1. Arby's 2. Taco Bell 3. Wendy's Candy Bar 1. Butterfinger 2. Fifth Avenue 3. Baby Ruth Candies (not in bar form) 1. Hershey's Kisses - Coconut 2. Hershey's Kisses - Choc Cherry 3. Old Fashioned Peppermint Authors 1. Stephen King 2. Nicholas Sparks 3. Carl Hiaasen Movies (that you own) 1. Marley & Me 2. Air Bud 3. Bridges of Madison County Movies (that you would love to own, but haven't gotten yet) 1. Gran Torino 2. The Bucket List 3. Sports team 1. Colts 2. Dolphins 3. Tennessee Volunteers Hobbies 1. Crafts 2. Scrapbooking 3. Music Car/Vehicle 1. Harley Ultra Classic 2. Ford Explorer 3. Ford F-150 Food (Can be specific or general...examples being Chicken pot pie (specific) or Italian (general)). 1. Anything Pasta 2. Thai 3. Fruit

I know you've probably had enough of these but let's do another...just because. What is/are your favorite..... Color 1. 2. 3. TV Shows that are still have new episodes coming out 1. 2. 3. TV Shows that you love to watch in reruns 1. 2. 3. Chain "sit-down" restaurants 1. 2. 3. Chain "fast food" restaurants 1. 2. 3. Candy Bar 1. 2. 3. Candies (not in bar form) 1. 2. 3. Authors 1. 2. 3. Movies (that you own) 1. 2. 3. Movies (that you would love to own, but haven't gotten yet) 1. 2. 3. Sports team 1. 2. 3. Hobbies 1. 2. 3. Car/Vehicle 1. 2. 3. Food (Can be specific or general...examples being Chicken pot pie (specific) or Italian (general)). 1. 2. 3. I guess that is enough for now. Looking back it is a little heavy on food, so I must be hungry. image

This is from news hound Dave Barry's colonoscopy journal: I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis . Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, quote, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!' ; I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America 's enemies. I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons.) Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon. The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose, watery bowel movement may result.' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground. MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle.. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet. After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough. At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked. Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep. At first I was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house. When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere. I was seriously nervous at this point. Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand. There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, 'Dancing Queen' had to be the least appropriate. 'You want me to turn it up?' said Andy, from somewhere behind me. 'Ha ha,' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like. I have no idea. Really. I slept through it.. One moment, ABBA was yelling 'Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,' and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood. Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that It was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors.. I have never been prouder of an internal organ. ABOUT THE WRITER: Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. On the subject of Colonoscopies... Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous...... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies: 1. 'Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before! 2. 'Find Amelia Earhart yet?' 3. 'Can you hear me NOW?' 4. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?' 5. 'You know, in Arkansas , we're now legally married.' 6. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?' 7. 'You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...' 8. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!' 9. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit! 10. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.' 11. 'You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?' 12. 'God, now I know why I am not gay.' And the best one of all.. 13. 'Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?'

Also....although you are a concerned parent that will talk to and educate her children about the long term effects of tobacco use, we have to remember that there are a lot of parents that just don't take the time to talk with their children. Both of my DIL's are elementary teachers and it's amazing what many parents expect of teachers and the educational system in general these days.

I think it is great that children are being educated about things that can be potentially harmful to them and others around them. When I was a child, the full effects of tobacco use wasn't even known, thus educational programs weren't made available. Yes, I am well aware that many people have LC that are not smokers and have never been smokers. But, there are other health problems associated with smoking other than LC. I would certainly applaud any program that would influence our children to abstain from anything harmful.

I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With An Unarmed Person.

Assuming you would put a bumper sticker on your car...out of the following, which would you pick? "IF YOU CAN'T FEED EM, DON'T BREED EM!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Constipated People Don't Give A Crap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If You Can Read This, I've Lost My Trailer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Horn Broken... Watch For Finger. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Earth Is Full - Go Home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Have The Body Of A God - Buddha. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So Many Pedestrians - So Little Time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible adult. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Illiterate? Write For Help. ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honk If Anything Falls Off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover Me, I'm Changing Lanes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He Who Hesitates Not Only Is Lost, But is Miles From The Next Exit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With An Unarmed Person. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fight Crime: Shoot Back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stop Lights Timed For 35 mph Also Are Timed For 70 mph ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guys: No Shirt, No Service Gals: No Shirt, No Charge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Walking Is So Good For You, Then Why Does My Mailman Look Like Jabba The Hut? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ax Me About Ebonics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Body By Nautilus; Brain By Mattel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boldly Going Nowhere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caution - Driver Legally Blonde. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heart Attacks: God's Revenge For Eating His Animal Friends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honk If You've Never Seen An Uzi Fired From A Car Window. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Many Roads Must A Man Travel Down Before He Admits He is Lost? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GROW YOUR OWN DOPE --- PLANT A MAN. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Men Are Animals; Some Just Make Better Pets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ POLITICIANS & DIAPERS BOTH NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN, AND FOR THE SAME REASON"

A woman goes into Cabela's to buy a rod and reel for her grandson's Birthday. She doesn't know which one to get so she just grabs one and goes Over to the counter. A Cabela's associate is standing there wearing dark shades. She says,'Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me anything about this rod and reel?' He says, 'Ma'am, I'm completely blind; but if you'll drop it on the Counter, I can tell you everything from the sound it makes.' She doesn't believe him but drops it on the counter anyway. He says, 'That's a six-foot Shakespeare graphite rod with a Zebco 404 reel And 10-LB. Test line. It's a good all around combination; and it's on sale This week for only $20.00.' She says, 'It's amazing that you can tell all that just by the sound of it Dropping on the counter. I'll take it!' As she opens her purse, her credit card drops on the floor. 'Oh, that sounds like a Master Card,' he says. She bends down to pick it up and accidentally passes gas. At first, she is Really embarrassed, but then realizes there is no way the blind clerk Could tell it was she who tooted. Being blind, he wouldn't know that she Was the only person around? The man rings up the sale and says, 'That'll be $34.50 please.' The woman is totally confused by this and asks, 'Didn't you tell me the Rod and reel were on sale for $20.00? How did you get $34.50?' He replies, 'Yes, ma'am. The rod and reel is $20.00, but the Duck Call is $11.00 and the Catfish Bait is $3.50.

((((((((((((Sue)))))))))))))) So very sorry that I am reading this two days late. I hope you were able to remember all of the happy days and wonderful love that those 39 years brought to your life. I know how easy that is to say and I also know how hard it is to really do. There is something about these special days that seem to be so hard to handle. We know they're coming and we think we're ready for them but then...they always seem to hit like a ton of bricks. I hope it helped to know there are so many people from this MB that love and admire you and are always here for you!!! Ann

It sounds as if your strong shoulders have been holding everyone else in your family up since your mom passed. Now, it's your turn to grieve, which is completely natural. For me, realizing the finality of my husband's death was the hardest part. I felt I had to be strong for my children and his parents all during his treatment and then, when we lost him, it all hit home for me. The best "medicine" I had was a best friend that's a really good listener. The love and support she gave me in the months following my loss was incredible. Having someone to talk to and just getting it all off your chest always seems to help. Please let us know if you need us to listen.

Hey Angie!!! Of course I remember you! It's so good to hear from you. Like Becky Sunshine said, don't you dare feel bad for taking a well needed break from the MB. Some people need to go and others of us just seem to need to stay. Please, keep in touch and let us know how you're doing.

If you want someone who will eat whatever you put in front of him and never say its not quite as good as his mother's .....then adopt a dog. f you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour, for as long and wherever you want ... .....then adopt a dog. If you want someone who will never touch the remote, doesn't care about football, and can sit next to you as you watch romantic movies .....then adopt a dog. If you want someone who is content to get on your bed just to warm your feet and whom you can push off if he snores .....then adopt a dog ! If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, doesn't care if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, who acts as if every word you say is especially worthy of listening to, and loves you unconditionally, perpetually .. .....then adopt a dog. BUT, on the other hand, if you want someone who will never come when you call, ignores you totally when you come home, leaves hair all over the place, walks all over you, runs around all night and only comes home to eat and sleep, and acts as if your entire existence is solely to ensure his happiness ., .... .....then adopt a cat! Now be honest, you thought I was gonna say... marry a man, didn't you?

Two Indians And a Arkansas Hillbilly were walking through the woods. All of a sudden one of the Indians ran up a hill, to the mouth of a small cave. "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!"he called into the cave and listened closely until he heard an answering, "Wooooo! Wooooo! Woooooo! He then tore off his clothes and ran into the cave. The Hillbilly was puzzled and asked the remaining Indian what it was all about. "Was the other Indian crazy or What?" The Indian replied "No, it is our custom during mating season when Indian men see cave, they holler 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' into the opening. If they get an answer back, it means there's a beautiful woman, in the rear waiting for us." Just then they came upon another cave. The second Indian ran up to the cave, stopped, and hollered, "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" Immediately, there was the answer. "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!"from deep inside. He also tore off his Clothes and ran into the opening. The Hillbilly wandered around in the woods alone for a while, and then spied a third large cave. As he looked in amazement, at the size of the huge opening, he was thinking, "Hoo, man! Look at The size of this cave! It is bigger than those the Indians found. There must be some really big, fine women in this cave!". He stood in front of the opening and hollered with all his might "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" Like the others, he then Heard an answering call, "WOOOOOOOOO, WOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOO!" With a glean in his eye and a smile on his face, he raced Into the cave, tearing off his clothes as he ran. The following day, the Headline of the local newspaper read..... NAKED HILLBILLY RUN OVER BY TRAIN

You have to tell me if the boiled egg video I posted is for real!!! I haven't had time to try it. But, I imagine you already know!!! Ann

Oh...I forgot....I always wanted to be on Deal Or No Deal. I love Howie and I just know I would know when to take the money and leave...LOL!!! Yeah, right! I would be the one that would have a decent amount built up and would keep on trying for the million. No, there are a lot of things I could do with a lot less money, like save for the grandbabies college, so I would probably be a good girl and grab my sackful of money from that mean ole banker and run home!!! Hey Ginny D...I figured you would want to be on DWTS !!!

A man was riding his Harley along a California beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said,' Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.' The biker pulled over and said, 'Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want.' The Lord said, 'Your request is materialistic, think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required to reach the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help mankind.' The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, 'Lord, I wish that I, and all men, could understand our wives and girlfriends; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a woman truly happy.' The Lord replied, 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?

I would definitely like to be on any one of the shows that comes in and does a home makeover. I don't care if I'm even on camera and I don't care what they're making over. Could be my kitchen, bathroom, lawn.....even me. Hey, I could definitely use a makeover.

Very hot and humid day here on Florida's Space Coast. The skies are supposed to open up and give us a good soaking later today. Although our rain levels have caught up, I will never complain about too much rain....unless I'm rowing down my street. TGIF in a big way this week. Our American Legion is having their annual rummage sale tomorrow and I have been working on this all week, sorting and pricing. It's really amazing what neat things people donate to these sales. Even though it's a lot of work to get ready for one of these sales, it's interesting to see so many different things. We have our hall filled...can't even squeeze in one more table...and we still have two of the storage pods filled with furniture. Last year, we sat the furniture outside and it sold great. Although there is rain in the forecast for tomorrow, I think it will come later in the day, so cross your fingers. I hope everyone has a great weekend and always remember to follow your heart, as that's always the right path.

If you could appear on any TV show, what show would you choose?