Ann

Val, you know how much I have always admired you and how proud I've always been in the way you have handled things that have happened in your life. I've even made offers to "adopt" you...lol! But, this time we have a slight difference of opinion. Maybe my words will help you see things a bit differently. I do know that you have had a problem with your Dad moving on with his life so soon after your Mom's death and I think that is a perfectly normal reaction on your part. Who wouldn't be upset? You were very hurt by his actions. Now...about the "Grandma thing." As you may remember, I am adopted. I was given away at birth and did not know my biological mother until I was an adult. So, although my adoptive mother was not a blood relative, she was my mother!!! She loved me and cared for me her entire life. So, the name Mother, Grandma, Grandpa, Dad...is really a name without any ties to a bloodline. Dennis and I looked so forward to being grandparents someday, but he unfortunately didn't live to see that day come. Now, my sweet little Ella knows my new husband as Grandpa. He will give her all the love ang Grandfather would give a grandchild. In time, she will know about her Grandpa Dennis but will be very blessed to have two Grandpa's. Val, you should be so grateful that there is someone that wants to be called Grandma and is willing to give love to your little ones. Grandma's don't take their roles in childrens lives lightly and I'm sure she will be very good to your children. Yes, I know your heart will be heavy each time you hear her refered to as Grandma, as you will think of your Mom and know she should have been there with them. But, remember that she will always be watching over you and your precious babies. Your children will know all about their Grandma from stories you will share with them. I just feel that children need so much love, especially in today's world. I love ya, Val!!!

Sending hugs your way. I know how hard this is for you right now.

So sorry, Grace. I do understand why this is so important to you and am saying a prayer that you find it. You know, go ahead and talk to Carlton about this one. Dennis helped me located somethings I was looking for after he passed. Sounds crazy but it can happen. Ann

I walked into an Arby's with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free". "They're already buy-one-get-one-free", she said, "so I guess they're both free". She handed me my free sandwiches and I walked out the door. They walk among us and many work retail. A friend of mine bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. My friend decided that people were toountrusting of this deal. It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50." The next day someone stole it. They walk among us. One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?" They Walk among us! While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff." They Walk Among Us!! I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific." They Walk Among Us! My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving." They Walk Among Us! My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat>belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk. They Walk Among Us! My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount. They Walk Among Us! I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I explained that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned. They Walk Among Us! I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went tothe lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?" They Walk Among Us! While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces." Yep, They Walk Among Us! They walk among us, AND they reproduce!

Do you keep your jewelry on all of the time...sleeping...showering...doing dishes?

Sue, I've been thinking of you all day and saying lots of prayers for both you and your mom. Please let us know how both of you are doing.

I used to be a "one day at a time" person and rarely worried about anything. Since Dennis died, I seem to worry so much about everything, especially the future. I think because he died at such an early age, I feel as if I am going to do the same. I even worry about what will happen to my animals if something happens to me. I really wish I could go back to that carefree person I used to be but I'm not quite sure how. Any ideas?

(((((((Ginny)))))))) I will make a toast tonight to a couple that were so much in love and had such a wonderful life together. I know how your heart will be breaking today and how your mind will drift back to happier days. Try and remember only happy times!!!

Do you take life one day at a time or do you find yourself constantly worrying about the future?

What song best describes you when you first wake up in the morning?

Believe it or not, I cried watching Air Bud the other night. I have a golden retriever and I totally lost it when the little boy was trying to "lose" Bud because he didn't want his mean previous owner to reclaim him. So...animal movies really get to me, too.

THE ULTIMATE FEMALE JOKE FOR 2007 It has long been contended, that there are male jokes, and there are female jokes. And there are unisex jokes. Here is a joke I consider a true female joke. I offer it to you in the hopes that women will love it, and men will pass it along to a woman who will love it. A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends, when an exceptionally tall, handsome, extremely sexy middle-aged man entered. He was so striking, that the woman could not take her eyes off him. The young-at-heart man noticed her overly attentive stare, and walked directly toward her. (As all men will.) Before she could offer her apologies for so rudely staring, he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $20.00 -- on one condition." (There are always conditions!) Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The man replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words." (Controlling, huh?) The woman considered his proposition for a moment, and then slowly removed a $20 bill from her purse, which she pressed into the man's hand, along with her address. She looked deeply into his eyes, and slowly and meaningfully said . . . . Clean my House!

Comments made in the year 1955: "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20." "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one." "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store." "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage..." "Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls." "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it. "I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas." "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president." "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now." "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet." "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work." "Marriage doesn't mean a thing anymore; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat." "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business." "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress." "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on." "There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel." "No one can afford to be sick any more. $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

So true, Shirley, so very true.

Connie, although I din't get a chance to post on Saturday, I did read your post and had a chocolate donut and beer in Frank's memory. I do have to tell you that I couldn't handle both of them together. I had the donut around lunch time and then later on had my beer. I spent Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans Reunion in Wickham Park and I thought of Frank while I was there. The Moving Wall comes to our town every year at this time and supposedly has the largest reunion for Vietnam vets in the south. I so hope that Frank and Dennis managed to meet up and share a few beers for his birthday. Frank had told me that Dennis resembled a Nam buddy of his. Happy Birthday, Frank....we miss you!!!

Very glad that you tossed those cigarettes, Randy.

What was the last movie you saw that made you cry?

Seven year old Susie approached her mother one morning and asked, "Mommie how old are you?" To which her mother responded, "Now Susie, that is not a question you should ask a woman." Susie then replied, "Well, how much do you weigh?" Once again her mother said, "Susie that is another question you never ask a woman." Perplexed, Susie was sitting on the steps when her best friend eight year old Anna came by. "Why so sad?" Anna asked. Susie replied, "I asked my mother how old she was, and how much she weighed, but she wouldn't tell me." Immediately, the ever worldly Anna put her hands on her hips, lilted to one side and advised Susie to get her mother's drivers license out of her purse and she could get all the answers. Triumphantly, Susie marched into the kitchen where her mother was preparing dinner and announced, "I saw your driver's license, and know you are 35 years old." She continued with, "And I know you weigh 135 pounds." Susie's mother sighed and admitted to her age and weight. Finally Susie exclaimed, "And...I know why you and Daddy got a divorce." Puzzled by this remark her mother asked, "How do you know this?" Susie waved the license in the air, and replied: "It says right here you got an "F" in sex!!"

As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus. Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the us driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. She tried to take the step,only to discover that she couldn't. So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step. Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step. About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus. She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!" The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we was friends."

A woman named Shirley was from Beverly Hills. One day, she had a heart attack and was taken to Cedars Sinai hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near-death experience. She saw God and asked, "Is this it?" God said, "No, you have another 30 to 40 years to live." Upon her recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital and have collagen shots, cheek implants, a face lift, liposuction and breast augmentation. She even had someone dye her hair. She figured since she had another 30 to 40 years, she might as well make the most of it. She walked out of Cedars Sinai lobby after the last operation and was killed by an ambulance speeding up to the hospital. She arrived in front of God and said, "I thought you said I had another 30 to 40 years?" God replied, "Shirley! I didn't recognize you!"

Which type of person is harder for you to deal with: One who barely speaks a word or two, the quiet type, leaving you to carry the whole conversation OR The long-winded never t'shut up kinda person where you can't get a word in edge wise

Answers will come later.

01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind What did he leave behind?________________. 02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show. 03. "Get your kicks, ___________________." 04. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed___________________." 05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________." 06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we "danced" under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the? "_____________." 07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best......._______________." 08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________. 09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________. 10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night, and "________ ________". 11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________. 12. The cute little car with the engine in theback and the trunk in the front was called the VW . What other names did it go by? ____________ &? _______________.? 13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died."This was a tribute to? ___________________. 14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called __________________. 15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the? ________________.

Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the craps table.A very attractive blonde woman from Alabama arrived and bet $20,000 on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I play topless." With that, she stripped to the waist; rolled the dice; and yelled, "Come on, baby.... Southern Girl 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 winnings and her clothes, and quickly departed. The dealers stared at each other dumfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know... I thought you were watching." Moral --- Not all Southerners are stupid. Not all blondes are dumb. But, all men..... Are men.

A husband and wife were having dinner at a very fine restaurant when this absolutely stunning young woman comes over to their table, gives the husband a big open-mouthed kiss, says she'll see him later and walks away. His wife glares at him and says, "Who the hell was that?" "Oh," replies the husband, "she's my mistress." "Well, that's the last straw," says the wife. "I've had enough, I want a divorce." "I can understand that," replies her husband, "but remember, if we get a divorce it will mean no more shopping trips to Paris, no more wintering in Bali, no more summers in Tuscany , no more Infinities and Lexuses in the garage and no more yacht club. But the decision is yours." Just then, a mutual friend enters the restaurant with a gorgeous babe on his arm. "Who's that woman with Jim? " asked the wife. "That's his mistress," says her husband."Ours is much prettier," she replies. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------