I miss you Sam!!

I miss you Sam!!
I miss you Sam!!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Men Are Just Happier People

 
What do you expect from such simple creatures? 
Your last name stays put. 
The garage is all yours. 
Wedding plans take care of themselves. 
Chocolate is just another snack. 
You can be President. 
You can never be pregnant. 
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. 
You can wear NO shirt to a water park. 
Car mechanics tell you the truth. 
The world is your urinal. 
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. 
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. 
Same work, more pay. 
Wrinkles add character. 
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100. 
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. 
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.   
One mood all the  time.   
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. 
You know stuff about tanks. 
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. 
You can open all your own  jars. 
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. 
If someone forgets to invite you, 
He or she can still be your friend.   
Your underwear is  $8.95 for a three-pack. 
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.. 
You almost never have strap problems in public. 
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.. 
Everything on your face stays its original color. 
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. 
You only have to shave your face and neck.   
You can play with toys all your life. 
One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons. 
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. 
You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. 
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.   
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives 
On December 24 in 25 minutes. 
No wonder men are happier.  

 
  
  NICKNAMES 
·          If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. 
·          If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman . 
 
 
EATING OUT 
·          When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50.  None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. 
·          When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators. 
 
 
MONEY 
·          A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. 
·          A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale. 
 
 
BATHROOMS 
·          A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel. 
·          The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.  A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items. 
 
 
ARGUMENTS 
·          A woman has the last word in any argument. 
·          Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. 
 
 
FUTURE 
·          A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. 
·          A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. 
 
 
 
 
MARRIAGE 
·          A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. 
·          A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does. 
 
 
DRESSING UP 
·          A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail. 
·          A man will dress up for weddings and funerals. 
 
 
NATURAL 
·          Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. 
·          Women somehow deteriorate during the night. 
 
 
OFFSPRING 
·          Ah, children.  A woman knows all about her children.  She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. 
·          A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. 
 
 
 
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
A married man should forget his mistakes.  There's no use in two people remembering the same thing! 

Monday, September 24, 2012

Our World!!

Time for "Our World" again! This is a wonderful way to find the beauty, the fun, the good and even the bad things about Our World and to share them! Hope you will join us! Click on the link  to go to the Our World site and sign up!!
http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/ 
The temps are cooler, but the skies are clear and there's lots of sunshine! What a great Fall we're having!!
 

I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time. Charlie
Brown

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Pets Forever!!!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get your human to click on the Post Title, that'll take them to the website where you can sign up! I'll be waiting for you!!

Poor Bozo!! Where has his Dad gone???? When will he be back???  I surely wish I could be there with you, Boz, I do know what it feels like!!! NO FUN!!!

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose
(chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman

I think everyone should be told they're beautiful until they believe it!  Unknown

People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos, is because things are being loved, and people are being used. Author Unknown
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.  Author Unknown

Friday, September 21, 2012

Weekend Reflections!

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM Eastern Standard Time. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the web address under the blog title and sign up to play with us!

Your task is not to seek love, but to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.  Rumi

Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Sky Watch Friday!

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by  the Sky Watch team of  Sandy and I. And this week as every week, we remember Klaus and know that he joins us in spirit! Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week!
Our unbelievably beautiful weather continues! Not very dramatic skies, but such a wonderful way to begin to wind down 2012!
 My skies for today are some of the dramatic ones from earlier this year!  I'm sure next years will be just as glorious!!
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. Unknown

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.   Oscar Wilde.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.  Lao Tzu

 "It's impossible" said pride. "It's risky" said experience. "It's
 pointless" said reason. "Give it a try" whispered the heart.   Anonymous

Looking Cool!!!!








Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!


The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.
Thomas Paine
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.   Helen Keller.
People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos, is because things are being loved, and people are being used.

HOT Summer!! I'm Serious!!









I promise not to complain any more about our extra "warm" summer in Seattle!!!

Monday, September 17, 2012

Our World!!

Time for "Our World" again! This is a wonderful way to find the beauty, the fun, the good and even the bad things about Our World and to share them! Hope you will join us! Click on the link  to go to the Our World site and sign up!!
http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/ 
As we wait for Fall to arrive in Seattle, I've been looking back over the past year from the magnificent Space Needle to our beautiful spring, the lengthy summer and the breathless beauty of our sunsets and Mt. Rainier -- regardless of the season! Hope you enjoy! Have a wonderful week!!

Happiness is like a butterfly.
The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
But if you turn your attention to other things,
It comes and sits softly on your shoulder.
  Henry David Thoreau

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.   Shing Xiong

 The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.  Henry David Thoreau

I think everyone should be told they're beautiful until they believe it. Unknown

Pets Forever!!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get your human to click on the Post Title, that'll take them to the website where you can sign up! I'll be waiting for you!!

Don't stare at me!! I finally got my haircut this week and I'm still tired!! And no remarks about my tummy either!! I'm an old man and I've earned the right to have a TUMMY!!  Now give me a pat on the butt and let me go back to sleep!!!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be Marcel Pagnol.
Come play with us and the shadows!!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose
(chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lao Tzu

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself    Harvey Fierstein.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Weekend Reflections!!

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM Eastern Standard Time. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the web address under the blog title and sign up to play with us!

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.  Will Rogers

Life isn't a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming
'Woohoo WHAT A RIDE'!

What Can I Say?

What Can I Say?
I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

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