(ok…copied and pasted this from what I posted below in the snow covered barn thread)

Weather here in the North Georgia area has been gorgeous…In the 80’s….Was the same yesterday in Chattanooga…..We did a lot of walking too…

Guillaume…You wanted to hear about the Kobe Burger journey !

Here it goes…

We did a lot…A LOT of walking around Chattanooga yesterday…Walked acrossed what is billed as the biggest pedestrian bridge in the world (it goes over the Chattanooga river)….to a wonderful park known as Coolidge Park…(named after a decorated war vet of WW11….He recieved the medal of honor…)

Then we went to the Big River Grille…..This year they only had the Kbugers listed as Kobe beef sliders (mini-burgers) as an appetizer and you get three of them…

Well we explained to our waiter how I got one last year full size and was there anyway that he and the chef could make up a regular sized one

Infact 2 of them…My sister, whose most favorite meal is a good burger wanted one as well (She has always said that if she were in situaiton of a “last meal”…it would be a good burger)….My BIL wanted the sliders ….SO three of us were eyeing the Kobe beef (I told the waiter I understood it was going to get pricey for a burger…I know its an expensive meat…)

And we explained that 3 of us were from CT and we had driven 2-1/2 hours for this…

They made arrangements and Sis and I got our burgers!!

I asked my sis…the burger conoseiur (sp?) …if she enjoyed it or had I over talked it?…She looked at me as she was eating the last bite or two and said…..”Seriously?…I am sad I have come to the end of this burger”

My BIL pretty much had the same reaction….Both enjoyed it immensely…

Needless to say…It was a great day with alot of walking (my wrists are sore (I have never had that happen) and I am having a more quiet day….

AND…the waiter got a nice tip .. We were grateful that he made it happen for us …and so was he and we showed it

Watching Megyn and Gregg right now…(Hopefully you will pop up Janice…I havent seen you in awhile either…. )

And Gregg just mentioned Bill heading to Iraq for next week… He has got to be super super happy…

Ok…I hope everyone has a GREAT day…

Tell those that you love that you do…

Hey Dawn,

I’m glad you’re enjoying your vacation. It sounds like you’re having a great time and I hope you enjoy the rest of it, too!

Hey Janice,

In looking up what wacky observances there are for today and this week, I realized we missed a really important day yesterday–National Chocolate Covered Insect Day. To be honest, I think that’s one kind of chocolate treat I could do without! I don’t want to repeat any observances I listed at the beginning of the month so there’s not a whole lot of fun things going on today or this week. (Plenty of serious ones, however.) To keep things on the lighter side, I will say that today is National Grouch Day and I think we all know at least one person who fits that category! It’s also National Chestnut Week. Tomorrow is World Food Day so I think we should all celebrate that one with gusto!

I do have something fun to share. This one deals with junk mail–something everyone can relate to. With working in two hospitals, I usually get the same junk mail at both places. (I’m so lucky!) It’s pretty funny seeing how some of it is addressed. Well, I’m working at Braddock today and Braddock used to be called Sacred Heart Hospital until a couple years ago. It used to be run by the Daughters of Charity but after the health system formed in 1996, there were fewer and fewer nuns around until they finally left town a couple years ago. (I had nothing to do with that!) Anyway, the library was named after Sr. Martha Malloy, who was the founder of the library at the hospital. She died back in 1991 (I think) before the two hospitals merged (when I just worked at Memorial). I got a piece of mail this morning that was addressed to “Martha” in the library. Maybe I should write them and tell them that Martha doesn’t live here anymore! I still get mail over at Memorial addressed to the previous librarian and she retired back in 1991–so much for updated records!

My friend Carolyn used to live in the house that I’m in now and last year I got a piece of mail that was addressed to her deceased husband. I don’t know how long ago her husband died, but she hasn’t lived in the house for at least 20 years. I guess the post office didn’t know what to do with it so they gave it to me!

Well, that’s my blathering for today. Next time I’ll come up with something a little more useful! Have a great day!

Margie

Margie …I am enjoying it….Having a good QT day today…

But guess what?…I just got a huge surprise from the other 3…

I think I mentioned in a previous post that my GA “sis” has a Wii and that I was looking forward to trying it out and seeing what I can do…

Well I tried it out and guess what?…For the first time in YEARS I have felt my abs muscles get a work out…They were burning and everything (I was playing WiiSporst specfically boxing)…I knew the minuet that I was feeling that that I had just found another useful tool that I could add to my exercise “quiver”…I dont have many for sure but this one WORKS…

Well unbeknowns to me that once I made that comment my GA “sis” decided she was going to get me one….so this morning when the 3 of them came back from doing errands they had a package for me….And GA “sis” got one for my Sis and BIL too….She is such a gem…

GA “sis” used to live with my family when sis and I were kids (she is 10 years older than I am) …She lived with us for 4 years and she was a big help to my mother and father during those years that I was medically unstable…Her being around freed my mother up some so that she could visit me in the hospital while GA “sis” took care of my brother and sis…(back then there was a real separation between patient and family when one was in the hospital….and the children’s hospital I was in wouldnt allow siblings to visit…It made it very rough…)

But that is neither here nor there I guess now…Just wanted to explain why GA”sis” means so much to us…

But now I dont only have my treadmill for exercise…I have a Wii!!

Hey Dawn,

That’s sounds great! It sounds like you have a great GA “sis” to take care of you! Have fun with your Wii. (Fun AND exercise at the same time–you can’t beat that!)

Margie

$2.51 for gas in Richmond today

Good News and Bad News

Had scopes from both ends yesterday. No polyps this time but acid reflux.

Keep me in your thoughs this Friday morning. There removing a pretty good size tumor in my thigh. Am I scared? Yup.

Dawn..

I’m glad you’re having a good time..you GA sis sounds so sweet..

Don..

I will have you in my thoughts and prayers…

In my exercise days (the last time was in 1993-1995), I worked out at a gym five mornings a week, went spinning five times a week, and attended yoga classes five times a week. Lots of folks here on the folksy westside of L.A. do this.

On my days off (Thursdays and Sundays), after working out at the gym, I rode my old one-speed Sears English style bike down to the beach, then rode south along the bike path down to Manhattan Beach about 10 miles away, stopped for a Chinese Chicken Salad at the Manhattan Cooler, then turned around and rode back up the bike path, past Venice, past Santa Monica. and to the end of the bike path by Pacific Palisades. Then I turned around, rode back to Venice Beach, and headed east along Venice Boulevard for my two-and-a-half mile ride home.

I weighed about 185 pounds. I am 5′9-1/2″ tall — or short, depending on how you look at it! I was in good shape.

And, I worked five days a week.

I attended yoga classes in Santa Monica at YogaWorks on Montana street. I often saw movie stars in my classes. My favorite was Ali MacGraw. I saw her in Erich Schiffmann’s and Steve Ross’s classes. I came to know Ali, one of the sweetest women I have ever met.

One day I saw Ali shopping along Robertson near Cedars Sinai Medical Center. I was on a date. Ali was across the street. I shouted, “Hi, Ali!” She turned, saw me, said “Hi,” and then ran across the street and gave me a hug and a peck. I introduced her to my date. By then, Ali was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico but often returned to Los Angeles.

My date was floored.

Later, she asked me, “How do you know her?”

“Yoga,” I said. “You meet nice people in Yoga.”

After two years of this regimen, I was tired of it and stopped everything. Since then, I’ve gained weight. I have always regretted that I stopped everything. If I had given up the gym and spinning, but kept doing Yoga and riding my bike, I probably would have maintained my weight.

Maybe someday I’ll do it again….

George Spink
Los Angeles

Chilly now in the Twin Cities, had fires in the fireplace the last two nights. Not looking forward to old man Winter

Hi everyone it’s Sunny in Denver,

Not only is it “Sunny” in Denver, but it is Sunny here and up in the hills it is the first day of skiing at Loveland and Arapahoe Basin. 18″ of man-made’fresh powder. They are the first two ski areas in the country to open and they are both expecting about 1000 people each just today. Everyone here is really excited, as you can imagine.

Sunny

Hey Sunny!

It’s good to hear from you! I’m glad you’re enjoying the snow–I think I’ll skip the man-made snow and wait for the God-made variety of which I hope we don’t get too much! I don’t really mind the snow but I hate driving in it with all the hills around here and the crazy drivers that don’t know how to drive in good weather, let alone snowy weather!

I’ve been thinking about you lately. You’ll have to keep us posted on your job situation.

Take care,
Margie

Dawn, that’s wonderful news about the Wii. When I told you I thought you would be able to play the games, it never occurred to me that you would actually get a workout benefit as well. Sounds like a much more enjoyable way to get exercise, maybe I should get one (though I’d have to hide it from my son!)

Don, I will be praying for a good outcome for you, God Bless!

Don…You are in my prayers…Try not to project too far down the road…Easier said than done I know…Try to stay centered until you have a real concrete reason to get off balance…

If and when that time comes…then you have people to help you and support you in the next step…

But I know…Its hard to tell the heart to stay calm and quiet when the brain too starts go off in all different directions….
Warm and peaceful thoughts to you…

Gina…Yes…I too was surprised at the exercise benefits that I found with the Wii…It will be good to be able to have more than just my treadmill for that goal…When I find things like that its like a huge gift dropped into my lap….I cant begin to tell you what it was like when I found a treadmill designed for chairs…It was an answer to prayers and concerns …

Wenchie…I’m giggling at your Wii story, and shaking my head *yes*!
Our grandson also has one, and about a year ago, we “went” bowling all afternoon, on the Wii of course.
The next 2 days, I was so sore that I could hardly move!!!
I’ve decided that I don’t need to buy a treadmill or bike when the budget will allow. I can fill the exercise and video game “wants” with the same machine!
Our hospital here now uses them in their physical therapy dept.

Don,

Sorry about your leg buddy. You’re in our prayers! As for the reflux, I feel for you as
a recent sufferer myself. (It was bound to happen with my wife and kids!) But, as my
friend says, “Tony, just take the pill.”

A sunny day here in Virginia. Another beautiful autumn day. A tad on the warm side, which
is the topic of conversation today. But, I have a sweater on, and I’m perfectly comfortable.
Leaves are gradually turning ever so slowly, drawing out autumn to everyone’s delight. “It’s
why we live in Virginia,” is the sentiment on many people’s lips.

My busiest day driving the kids around to various activities, but nothing planned after 6:00.
So, we’ll have a nice dinner and evening as a family, and then some adult time together. I’m
hoping my wife will allow me to indulge my passion for a book I started today, “Galileo’s
Daughter.” It’s a delightful book about the love between a father and daughter within the
context of the Scientific Revolution. Sobel, the author, is very good (I’ve read several of
her books) and doesn’t fall into simplistic stereotypes about the “repressive” Church and its
view towards science. Most of all, it’s simply a beautifully written story.

Off to choir practice for stop number one!
Tony

Hi Tony the Taxi! Glad you have the wife and kids to keep your feet on the ground after your busy and succesful book tour! I consider it my marital duty to make sure my husband doesn’t get too full of himself . . . and it’s a very necessary and important job!

What’s everyone else reading?? (Other than Tony’s book, of course?!?!?) I’m reading Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson. I think it’s going to be one of those you don’t want to read in public unless you don’t mind strangers seeing tears (and eyeliner, in my case!) streaming down your face. The tag line says, “What if your imaginary friend from childhood was your one true love?” Gulp.

Also, are we watching the debate tonight??

Hey Gina…

Call me a stick in the mud, but I just don’t like to read anymore. When I was younger, I kept my nose, and the rest of me, myself and I in a book all the time. I think I got burned out. But I occasionally do get an audio book from the library..(I know, how lazy of me!). And I have shed many a tear to a touching story.

I haven’t decided if I am going to watch the debate..probably more of the same.

Have a great evening all…

BTW…I also suffer from acid reflux..1 Protonix a day, and I am good to go!!!

Im being the spiritual geek that I can be sometimes and am reading a book on prayer…..

It could be stated fairly that things spiritual/religious (and I think they are distinctly different in many ways) tend to be my “drug” of choice….

Hey Gina,

I’ll be reading Tony’s book once I get it back from him. Some women in my church just started a book club and we’re reading a book called “Compelled by Love.” It’s a really challenging book on a number of levels. With the frustrations I’m having at work right now, it’s hard to have loving thoughts toward some people! There’s a chapter in the book called “Sent to Love” and I think I need to skip ahead to read that after the day I had today! Actually, I think today I just reached the melting point in my frustrations. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I think now I’ll put on some relaxing music to unwind. I have one song in mind that does wonders for my spirit.

Have a great evening.

Margie

Don,

WOW Good luck Friday thoughts and prayers to you for sure. It’s going to be alright buddy. I havent really read a book in awhile and I used to be quite dillegent with that. The last thing I read was my picks from this past weeks slate of NFL games. But will be into one soon I’m sure. Man did we get doused with rain here today. Tis the year for that though

Hey Dawn,

I’ve read a number of books on prayer. I usually stick to the Christian versions and not those of other religions, although I’ve read books about other religions. I like reading apologetics type stuff from time to time. In order not to offend anyone, I won’t give details, but I read a really great book a number of years ago that was a Christian apologetics book that debated the beliefs of a particular denomination. The author has a number of books that deal with various religions/cults and they’re quite interesting. He provides great footnotes in his books, I was able to go online and find the documents to which he referred to make sure he was quoting them correctly. When I read those kinds of books, I keep a Bible handy to check things out. Sadly, too many people take the Bible out of context and use verses in ways that they were never meant to be taken. I guess that’s the librarian in me that always has to check things out!

Now it’s time to unwind and listen to some good music. Have a great evening!

Margie

Well, we have quite the little book club of sorts going here. I rather enjoy listening to people
discuss books on-line. I don’t belong to a book club myself because I would feel too tied down.
I read more than 100 books a year and by the time the book club would discuss a book, I’m on
to other books. Plus, I have my list and don’t necessarily want to have to read a book someone
else selects. I like it though when book clubs select my book as a few that I know of have done.

Gina, don’t worry, my wife does a wonderful job not letting my head get too big! She’s definitely
on the case!!!

Tony

Margie…I find religion to be like politics in many ways…Very personal based on what kind of lenses a person looks thru….and there are all kinds of lenses out there…

Some people view life in very black and white terms…..Others see all shades of grey and that nothing is as simple as black and white…(I very much have the “see the grey” hardwiring)…..

I have read some apologetics in the past but found myself putting the books down because I started dismantling their arugments in my head…Which I find distracting to reading the book in the first place….So I just let it go and let people be…

For some sharing their religious and political views is very much who they are….They like sharing what they believe…What gives them joy…What has shaped their views and why…What has given them strength etc etc…

For others its deeply personal (and it terms of religious and/or spiritual views) very sacred and tend to share in more private and discreet manners (I fall into this catagory esp w/ religion/spirituality)…..Sort of being careful about where you “are casting your pearls”……That is me to a “T”

As far as religion goes in general I find that people are simply too diverse for a “one size fits all” sorta of view….and I am glad that humanity has found a variety of ways to help lift itself up with greater dignity as human history has unfolded….

The human history of politics and religion are certainly deeply and forever entwined…They are kissin-cousins no doubt

For me though it can be said that it does give alot of food for thought into my curiousty of human behavior and why people see they way they do…Think the way they think…and behave in such manners….

I dont think its an easy task to step outside one’s own vision and be open to the vision another may possess…Human beings like their own comfort zones too much and feel more in control if they stay in that zones…Its a risky thing to ask one’s self to think outside their personal box….

I find human beings absolutely fascinating … Another part of the geekiness that is me…

Patti….I was given the Wii Sports package…My sister got WiiFit….I can honestly say I am jealous of the WiiFit package but that is something I simply cant do….But it will be a definate benefit for my sister and BIL

Hey Dawn,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I’m one that views life mainly in black and white, but I also think there are some grey areas. (Things like murder, stealing, adultery, etc. are just plain wrong, but sometimes things aren’t that straightforward.) I love talking about my faith but I will never shove it down someone’s throat. I try to be very sensitive to how a person feels. I’m not the type to go out shouting in the streets, but I’m not afraid to let someone know God loves them. There are some people that I just can’t talk to, like my brother, because he makes fun of me. But then there’s my cousin Matt (I love Matt!) He’s agnostic but we’ve gotten into some great discussion about the Bible and faith, etc. We don’t see eye to eye at all but we respect each other’s beliefs or lack there of. I’m a lot closer to Matt than I am to my brother because Matt respects me whereas my brother doesn’t.

I have to tell you about one of Matt’s sisters. Matt’s sister Mary Ellen is a true atheist and normally I try to avoid her as much as possible. She has a PhD in biology and likes to let people know how smart she is. She lives in California so I don’t see her that often. Well, a couple years ago after her dad died, I volunteered to drive her to BWI airport when she headed home. Maybe it was her dad’s death that softened her up a little, but something happened and we really connected. I couldn’t believe I offered to drive her to the airport. Now, BWI is only about an hour and a half from her mom’s house, but her flight was at 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning. We wound up getting into a discussion about God and faith on the way to the airport. Now, it’s hard enough talking to someone with a PhD anytime, but try doing it at 3:00 in the morning! That was an interesting discussion. The thing that surprised me was that she listened to what I had to say and didn’t criticize me at all. I could never talk to my brother like that because he just makes fun of me. (I experienced something else that was very interesting that morning–there’s hardly any traffic on the highways around Baltimore at 5:00 on a Saturday morning! It was so weird being the only car on the road for long stretches!)

I miss my friend Alicia because I could talk to her about anything. She also loved reading my “mini novel” e-mails so I would write and write and write…I do have some close friends that I share things with, but there was something about Alicia.

Well, I guess I’ve rambled on enough for now. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. You made some interesting points!

Margie

Good luck on Friday Don! I know everything will work out for the best.

Well, my only reading these days is typically what my kids are doing for school. Sad, I know, but who has the time. I’m having a good day if I can get through my email once and check the blog.

I was definitely the grouch today. It was one of those days. I’ll spare you guys the details, but the 5 year old was terrible, and it ruined the day for everyone. The 11 year old is still on crutches from his ankle sprain that happened last week. We’re going to get it looked at tomorrow before his writing class. Eating chocolate now that the kids and hubby are in bed. Maybe that will help me feel better.

Word for the day: Cold front. (Well, maybe cool front since this is Texas after all.) It rained off and on all day and is supposed to really cool off tomorrow (like highs in the 70s).

For all of the chocoholics, Southern Living this month has an excellent chocolate cherry fudge sheet cake. After I made it, I scored some serious points with my mother-in-law. She made it for a church dinner and it went over really well. All recipes are available on their sister site, http://www.myrecipes.com.

Don I will think of you on Friday morning.

Dawn, I just love your Kobe Burger experience!!
As I was reading it, I was dying to devour one!!
Really sounds delicious.
And I’m glad you got to exercise.

Now, I’m really going to sound like clueless but…what is a Wii? a video game? or a real computerized trade mill?
I tried to figured out but I couldn’t!!
(talking about a geek!)

I’m glad you love your vacation.

I’m thrilled Bill is going to Baghdad. I love when he goes abroad and sadly, for the last two years, he hasn’t gone to any foreign assignments (except twice in London…which doesn’t really count – sorry Richard, don’t get mad )

What I’ve been missing from his previous trips in Iraq is that it was so dangerous he couldn’t really take the pulse of Iraqi people in the streets. I hope this time he’s going to be able to do it.

I’ve been reading a great book called The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, story of a little girl in nazi Germany and her foster parents…and her discovering of books.
it’s quite original as “death” is narrating the book (I know, it sounds weird…but it’s really great!). It certainly a great insight on Germany during the war.

As I decided I needed a bigger tank for my goldfish, four of them died yesterday
It seems they had a parasite from two new fish someone gave me last week.

But at least I managed to rescue three of them included the biggest one! Now I really want to get them a BIG tank!!

I forgot to mention I love my meditation workshop! I try to avoid all things dealing with guru and vegetarian diet (I’m to French for that!) but I love the practice and I have to admit I already feel the peaceful results in me.

Hope it will last…. (and yes it is compatible with any religion).

And for my share, I tend to see life in many different shades including overlapping (therefore greyish zones!).
Although I always try to take it back to a black/white cartesian lense for my own understanding….
But the more I try to do that, and the more issues become mixed or more complex!
Never simple.

Watched the debate. I thought it was better than the previous ones.
I was actually very satisfied by McCain. But then again perhaps because I tend to judge candidates more on their previous actions than on their promises (I never believe what candidates promise me).

And although I don’t share all his values, I really trust McCain’s integrity.

Tonight after work I went to listen to Nader at a local meeting.
I know, I know, people on both sides really hate him!! And yes he’s very leftist.
But I was curious since I haven’t heard from him in the media, except on O’Reilly the other day.
The guy is quite passionate and persistent! And I’m sure people would love to hear what he had to say about the bailout.

But for my part, since I supported the bailout I was no interested. But I thought his take on the “duopoly” of the two parties was interesting. Having been raised abroad, I admit it is still difficult for me to understand completely the system of electorate college and the fact there are only two parties. But I guess it did provide the stability of the country.

Can’t believe November 4th is coming rapidly….

Janice where are you??
I miss you!!!

Guillaume

Guillaume…

Sorry about your fish

A Wii is an interactive video gaming system….on steriods…

http://www.Nintendo.com/Wii

I dont know if back in Feb on Super Bowl Sunday you caught FNC’s special programming (it was right before the Super Tuesday primary election day as well)….FNC did a special day of Sunday programming and Bill and Megyn were part of it….Well in their show they played with a Wii with a couple of cheerleaders I believe…But they had a very LARGE Screen…

I think that if people (whether here or abroad) want to understand better our electoral college set up they need to understand the thought process that the Founding Fathers were going thru when they drafted the Constitution.

There were a few goals that were of primary importance and one was to make sure that the states rights were protected from the federal government…..they wanted a balance and not have all the power localized into the federal government…

With that idea in mind they came to understand that they needed to help level the playing field with small states vs the larger states…They didnt want the larger states to be more important than the small ones when it comes to an equal voice…

That is why we have the two legislative brances of government…the Senate (each state gets 2 senators so equal voices) and the House (based on population )

The electoral college comes from that idea….States get a number of electoral college votes based on their population so it gives the smaller states the opportunity to have some real influence and opportunity to make a difference

I see the arugment on both sides of whether or not the electoral college idea has become antiquated or not….

Oh yea…One more thing…

Our system of government wasnt specifically set as a two party system….It just evolved in such a way that two parties emerged as the strongest….

If you google “Federalist party” you will find a decent explanation on wikipedia about the early party system here in the USA….(sorry for some reason this computer wont let me copy/paste the link)

(and one final thought…or question Guillaume)

You said…”Although I always try to take it back to a black/white cartesian lense ”

What does that mean?

Thank you Dawn, all your explanations! they do make sense!
I do remember the game Bill & Megyn were playing!

I understand better the historical prospective, which made sense at that time. Not sure nowadays (for instance I hate the fact that just because I live in a non-swing state, my vote doesn’t really matter for NY state will go for sure to Obama)

I just wish everybody could vote directly for a candidate.

”Although I always try to take it back to a black/white cartesian lense ” means that I really try to be rational, to see in a cartesian, meaning logical way, from a black and white perspective in order to understand better. (I learned that in philosophy classes when I was in high school!!)
But often I feel you cannot rationalize everything.
I found many issues and topics to be difficult to be rationalized.
That’s why I know there are many greyish areas.

Guillaume

Something that I found incredible in New York is that when you go to vote, they never ask you for a picture ID! You just have to sign. Isn’t it crazy??

I understand not everybody has an ID but still, shouldn’t it be a requirement?

Guillaume

Guillaume, it’seems straightforward and logical that requiring an ID be shown makes sense, right?? I just do not understand how requiring an ID disenfranchises voters. This whole Acorn/voter fraud issue infuriates me!! We have to show an ID often in our day to day lives, doing everything from purchasing a bottle of wine to using a credit card or renting a car. Seems to me that making sure every citizen not only gets a vote but only gets ONE vote is just as important as those things.

You know, I try to be a positive person, but I must say the economic situation and Presidential race are really bringing me down. I think our country is going further away from what the founding fathers envisioned. I feel like we’re traveling in the wrong direction and watching capitalism and democracy fade away in our rear view mirror. I’m frightened by the bipartisan attitude that only big government intervention can solve the economic crisis and I’m frightened that a large segment of our leadership thinks that redistribution of wealth is a moral perogative.

O.K., I’m getting off my soapbox now. I think I’ll not even enter the discussion of religion this time, that might just do me in!!

Awww …Com’ on Gina..Show some SPUNK!! Show some MOXEY!!!

Get in the religion discussion….

J/K….I so understand the avoidence…. LOL

That is normally what I do too….Unless I am feeling spunky !!!

Hee Hee, you’re a hoot, Dawn!
Congratulations on winning the prize for most smiley’s in a single message!!!

Hey Gina,

I think Dawn likes playing with those smileys! One of these days we should have a smiley contest to see who can get the most creative. (I think Dawn would win that easily!)

Margie

O.K., play the twilight zone music! I have a daily RSS feed on my Google homepage that delivers a different quote from C.S. Lewis daily. I just read today’s and it’s very timely, given the above discussions:

“Books on psychology or economics or politics are as continuously metaphorical as books of poetry or devotion.”

:0

(chuckle) pps:

I like to and

(I had many year where they were hard to find…so I am making up for lost time )

Hey Dawn, keep the smileys coming!

Hey Gina, I like that quote! I don’t know which is harder to figure out–psychology, economics, or politics. They are all pretty confusing to me!

I have a quote to share that goes along with the religion/spirituality discussion that kind of sums up where I’m coming from: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”

Now to close on the lighter side of things–I found a great quote by Robert Frost that I included in a card I made for my boss for Boss’s Day: “By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”

Have a great day everyone!

Margie

Dawn…

I am glad you have happiness in your life…

You have given me inspiration and strength many times with your uplifting spirit and meaningful words…

BTW…I love the smiley faces..the more the merrier..

Have fun playing on your vacation!!!

Margie…

I love that quote…

Is that a new feature ^^^^. where is says “Subscribe to comments via email”? Or are my new contacts giving be better vision??? HA

Hey Deb,

I never noticed that “subscribe to comments via e-mail” before, but that doesn’t mean much! For all we know, it could have been there for months. But it is amazing what new contacts/glasses will do for your vision!

Margie