Ann

Quiet

Yes, I have kicked a machine and the machine was in much better shape than my toe after the encounter. I had been standing in line for almost two hours to vote in the last presidential election and it was really hot that day. When I finally was able to get through those doors, one of the first things I was was a soda machine. I asked the person behind me if she would let me back in line if I got a soda and she agreed. I only has one dollar bill in my pocket. The machine took the money but gave nothing in return. I was so frustrated that I kicked the machine and immediately, my toe started throbbing with pain. Everyone was looking and giggling. When I got back in line, some nice lady walked over and offered me a bottle of water, since she had brought extra. How sweet of her and how stupid of me!!!

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WHAT COMES TO MIND? I will say a word... You say the first word that comes to mind... Then the next person will use that word for the first to come to their mind..And so on and so on.. Example: If I said free.. next person might say bird then next might say Crow. There are no wrong answers.

No Regrets Regrets can never be fully erased, yet they can be prevented. One day soon you'll look back on today. Whether you look back with regret or with satisfaction depends entirely on what you do right now. This moment right now is in your hands Though there are plenty of circumstances beyond your control, thoses things do not matter nearly so much as the things you can control. Your thoughts and your actions. Though the future is uncertain, one thing about it is abundantly clear. The more positively and completely you make full use of the present, the more positive options you'll create for yourself no matter what the future brings Imagine yourself looking back on today from some point in the future. What will you wish you had done? Now is your one and only opportunity to do it. What will you regret? Now is the time to prevent those regrets? Rather than setting yourself up to wonder "why didn't I?" work to put yourself in the position to say " I'm glad I did" ~Author unknown

Random Thoughts If you fatten up everyone else around, you will look thinner. It would be easier to lose weight if replacement parts weren't so handy in the refrigerator. If swimming is so good for your figure, then why do whales look the way they do? If you have melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. It's not a slow metabolism that makes us put on weight, but a fast food. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. When your house looks like a bomb hit it and company calls from a block away, set your vacuum by the front door and say "Come on in! I was just cleaning." An antique store sign: Come in and buy what your grandmother threw away. Above all, if it's not dirty ~ don't clean it. An optimist sees the glass as half full. The pessimist sees it as half empty. A realist see it as just one more thing to wash. America is the only country where a housewife hires a cleaning lady so she can volunteer at the day care center where the cleaning lady leaves her child. A psychiatrist is a person who gives you expensive answers which your wife will give you for free. Face powder may catch a man, but baking powder will keep him! Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people read. Never be discouraged. Remember, Noah was an amateur. The experts built the Titanic. One reason computers do so much work, they don't have to stop and answer the phone. An optimist is a person who expects the ketchup to come out in 3 shakes. Tact is the ability to close your mouth before someone else wants you to. Life is too short to stuff cherry tomatoes. Sometimes an unanswered prayer is a blessing. If you would like your house to be clean, invite someone over to dinner. It must have taken a lot of courage to discover that frog legs are edible. The problem ~ how to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution ~ eat it in the parking lot. Just about the time you make ends meet, someone moves the end. If you want to see a cup runneth over, let a child pour his own soda. The best sellers in many bookstores are cookbooks and diet books. One tells you how to prepare the food, the other tells you how not to eat. Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune. Man can not live by bread alone ~ he needs peanut butter and jelly to go with it. There are two theories to arguing with women ~ neither ones works.

GRANDMA'S BOYFRIEND A 5-year old boy went to visit his grandmother one day. While playing with his toys in her bedroom while grandma was dusting furniture, he looked up and said, "Grandma, how come you don't have a boyfriend?" Grandma replied, "Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can set in my bedroom and watch it all day long. The TV evangelists keep me company and make me feel so good. The comedies make me laugh. I'm so happy with my TV as my boyfriend." Grandma turned on the TV and the picture was horrible. She started adjusting the knobs trying to get the picture in focus. Frustrated, she started hitting on the backside of the TV hoping to fix the problem. The little boy heard the doorbell ring so he hurried to open the door. When he opened the door, there stood Grandma's minister. The minister said, "Hello son is your grandma home?" The little boy replied, "Yeah, she's in the bedroom bangin' her boyfriend."

Have you ever kicked a vending machine when you lost you money in it?

Good one, Randy. I think I heard our Judy laughing again today!!!

Have you ever wondered how a woman ' s brain works? Well....it ' s finally explained here in one, easy-to-understand illustration~~~ Every one of those little blue balls is a thought about something that needs to be done, a decision or a problem that needs to be solved. A man on the other hand, only has only 2 of the said above, and they consume all his thoughts. Now do you Comprehend? I thought all ladies would.))

Any predictions on who will be leaving either of these shows tonight? I have to believe that Ty will leave DWTS tonight but not because I want him to. Although his dancing abilities lag far behind others, his personality just more than makes up for his lack of dancing talent. He's just so stiff and scared looking when he dances. Jewel should buy him a few drinks before the show airs and loosen him up a bit. Idol is just hard to predict this season. Although Adam has been a favorite from the start, I just have a feeling there might be an upset. As for me, I'm a Gokey fan all the way!!! On a side note, I love Jordin Sparks and she's performing tonight on Idol.

Ellen....what a neat thing to share. I would really like to have the courage of the guy that was able to put someone else's feelings above his own fear.

Muriel....so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Those little critters can really control our heartstrings. Sandra....glad to hear treatment went well yesterday. Thank goodness for all of those kind nurses that really do care. And yes, I too wish you could manage to share some rain with us. We're absolutely parched. And...Becky Snowflake...wherever you may be..... We're all waiting!!!!

I'm there with Lil....don't think I would make as a great spy. I love to "dish" about all the little details...LOL

Judy.... When you get time, catch up on yesterday's Air post. I asked you to look up an old friend of mine at MDACC on your next trip over. Crying always makes me feel better. I think those salty tears have a way of flushing out our heart and souls and making everything better. Did it rain any in the Orlando area yesterday? I think lots of areas around Palm Bay got some light showers but they missed us. The forecast sounds a bit better for today. In the meantime, it's hotter than h*** here and I'm trying to find my pitchfork, as my long tail and horns have been emerging!!! And....I wish that damned bus would get here soon!!!! Becky Snowflake has a lot of explaining to do!!!

It you were being held captive and were being tortured for information, do you think you'd talk, or would you be able to withstand the torture?

A beautiful blonde from Dublin arrived at the casino and bet twenty- thousand dollars on a single roll of the dice. She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude.' With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, ' Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes! As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed 'YES YES, I WON, I WON!' She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnngs and her clothes and quicky departed. The dealers stared at each other dumb-founded. Finally, one of them asked , ' What did she roll? 'The other answered, 'I don' t know - I thought you were watching.' MORAL OF THE STORY : Not all Irish are stupid. Not all blondes are dumb. But all men are men

Katie.... I actually bought a Topsy Turvy planter but haven't had the time to go out and buy a tomato plant to put in it yet. It does look cool and I really am going to get that plant this week. I'll keep everyone posted.

No time for planting, Becky Snowflake!!! That bus needs to be rolling on down this way!!!

Judy....I just realized, after reading your post, that you're going to MDACC. If you happen to run into a big, tall, handsome doctor that is loving called "teddy bear, " please say hello for me. That is Dr. Omar Kayalah and he was my Dennis' doctor. He is the most kind and caring doctor that I have ever met in my entire life. Just tell him that Ann King from Brevard County says hello and give him a hug. For a Monday, today is starting off fairly well. I heard on the news this morning that we may have some rain showers this afternoon and that there is a 30% chance of showers for the remaining afternoons this week. What great news!!! In the summer, we get into a pattern when afternoon showers is the norm and I pray that time is here. My grass is all brown and crunchy, as is everyone's. I hope all you mom's had a great day yesterday. I spent the day with my children and grandchildren, which was the best thing in life!!! Ann

Your Yearly Dementia Test It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've made your answer. OK, relax, clear your mind and begin. 1. What do you put in a toaster? Answer: 'bread.' If you said 'toast,' give up now and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself.. If you said, bread, go to Question 2. 2. Say ' silk' five times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink? Answer: Cows drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, if you said 'water', proceed to question 3. 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from? Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said 'green bricks,' why are you still reading these??? If you said 'glass,' go on to Question 4. 4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany .) Anyway, during the flight, two engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of 'no man's land' between East Germany and West Germany . Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany , West Germany , or no man's land'? Answer: You don't bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you said, 'You don't bury survivors', proceed to the next question. 5. Without using a calculator. You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales . In London , 17 people get on the bus. In Reading , six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon , two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff , 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea , three people get off and five people get on . In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver? Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!! Now pass this along to all your friends and pray they do better than you. PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!

Do you remember getting your first high heels? How old were you? PS...Sorry guys!!!! You'll have to sit this one out.

If anyone's wondering, I posted the other day about sending Judy a "funny" every day....just to make her smile. By the way, after looking at her picture and seeing that wonderful smile, I can always visualize that beautiful smile with every single post I make. So.....keep those smiles coming, Judy!!!

My friend, Sue, is always teaching me how to be patient. I think I have always been the world's most impatient person. Sue bought me this beautiful pelican planter for my yard. She told me to look at that pelican every single day and think about how long a pelican has to sit, waiting to see a fish in the water. But, when he finally sees that fish and scoops it up, he is very fulfilled and has a wonderful meal. So, every day, I strive to be more pelican-like.

What a great day for you, Stephanie!!! I'm glad you're going to celebrate with your sweetie. But....I do wish I was there to have some yummy oatmeal cookies, as they are my favorite kind!!!