Sunday, January 8, 2012

Women Over Forty by Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney says:
As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.
If a woman over forty doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it’s usually something more interesting.
A woman over forty knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of forty give a hoot what you might think about her or what she’s doing.
Women over forty are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.
Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.
A woman over forty has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women. Women over forty couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won’t betray her.
Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over forty. They always know.
A woman over forty looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of younger women. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over forty is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
Older women are forthright and honest. They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one! You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.
Yes, we praise women over forty for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it’s not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of forty-plus, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some twenty-two-year-old waitress.
Ladies, I apologize.
For all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” here’s an update for you. Now 80 percent of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.

Monday, September 20, 2010

A Fresh Start

last week,
we almost missed a tax deadline for our businesses (my stupid fault)
and then fixing it was a complete nightmare (thanks to our cpa it wasn't worse)
which brought on melt down #1 for me this week
and the kids all have fears that they are facing
which kept me up worrying at night.
and my Dad waiting too long after having a vision loss and I feel bad that I wasn't available
to take him to the hospital until Saturday...
among other sad and annoying things which took place
that Im aware I shouldn't complain about
because i know people have bigger problems in the world.
but honestly, it was just a rough week.
so i couldn't wait to crawl into my bed and go to sleep last night
knowing that morning brought monday, and i would get a "do over."

so, I can't believe i'm saying this, but I'm so glad it's monday.
and a new week. a fresh start.
so very happy about this.

happy happy monday!

Friday, January 22, 2010

ABC's of Me

A - Age: 44
B - Bed size: King
C - Chore you hate: ILaundry
D - Dog's name: Faith and Romeo
E - Essential start your day item: Diet Coke with Vanilla from Sonic
F - Favorite color: Depends on the day. Today is rich neutrals.
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5' 10"
I - Instruments you play(ed): none :(
J - Job title: President/CEO, Education & Family Advocate, Instructor, Close To My Heart Consultant (and LOVIN' it!)
K - Kid(s): Logan (18), Austin (15), Jacob (12), Gracie (5), Chandler (5)
M - Mom's name: Catherine (Cathy)
N - Nicknames: Tam, Tam Tam
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis-aka.- Scary blood clot) for 5 days.
P - Pet Peeve: Open cupboard doors
Q - Quote from a movie: "I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow." (Scarlett, Gone with the Wind); “If we were interested in making money, we wouldn't have become teachers.”
Flubber;
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: Tony, Jack, and Chris
T - Time you wake up: 6:45 - 7
U - Underwear: yep
V - Vegetable you dislike: Beets
W - Ways you drink your coffee: all blended up in a Frappucino
X -rays you've had: Foot, ankle, chest & dental
Y - Yummy food you make: Mexican Casserole
Z - Zoo favorite: Monkeys

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Project 365 take 2 is about to begin!

Ready, Set, GO!! Project 365 take 2 is about to begin!
I tried this last year but didn't make it very far so I am going to give it another go.

The idea behind project 365 is to take a photo every day. There are no rules on what you take it of, just something that is part of your day.

Here are a few tips on project 365 that I found here.

Bring Your Camera Everywhere
Yes, everywhere. Get in the habit. Grocery stores, restaurants, parties, work, and school. Going to a movie theatre? Snap a pic of the flick with your phone–there are photo-ops everywhere. If you have one of those tiny tiny cameras, you have no excuse not to have it in your pocket all the time. And if you don’t? Camera phones are a great substitute.

Make Posting Easy
You can install blog software like Movable Type or Wordpress on your own site and create an entry for each photo, but for true ease of use, try a photo sharing site. Flickr will let you post a week’s worth of photos in 2 minutes flat, and fotolog and Photoblog.com are geared toward a photo-a-day workflow. Making it fast and easy means you’re much more likely to do it.

Vary Your Themes
Try to capture the day’s events in a single photo. Perform photographic experiments. Take a photo of someone new you meet, something you ate for the first time, or something you just learned how to do. Take a photo of something that made you smile. And don’t forget to take a photo of yourself at least once a month so you can remember how you’ve changed, too.

Tell a Story
Use your blog entry, or your photo description, to explain what’s going on in each day’s photograph. How good did that dinner taste? What made you want to take a photo of that stranger? It’ll help you remember down the road, and it gives friends following along a better appreciation of why you took the photo you did. You don’t need to write a lot, just enough to add some color.

Don’t Stop, No Matter What
This is perhaps the most important tip of all. You will get tired of taking a photo every single day. Some days, you will consider giving up. Don’t. The end result is worth the effort. Remind yourself why you wanted to do it in first place.
There will be times you’ll think there’s nothing interesting left to take a photo of, and times you’ll think you didn’t do anything exciting enough to take a photo of. There’s always a great photo to be made.

Get out of the house and take a walk. Or stay inside and look around. Take a photo of something important to you. Take a photo of the inside of your house so you can see how your taste has changed over the years. Take a photo of anything, just don’t stop.

N.b. It helps if you’ve told your friends about the project and asked them to follow along. Their encouragement will keep you going!

Post early, post often
Plan on going through and posting your photos at least once a week so you don’t get backlogged and feel overwhelmed. Ideally, post every day or two. Again, spend the time up front to make sure it’s quick and easy to post. It’ll make all the difference.


And with the start of project 365, I will be reviving my blog which has severely been neglected since I haven't posted since March 2008-Yikes!

Cross your fingers that I will be able to get further this year than last year on this! Now off I go to make sure I have fresh batteries in my camera! Won't you join me?

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

One Year


This is a scraplift from a super layout posted in the gallery at Shabby Princess. I fell in love with it and just had to copy it for a picture of Gracie.


Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Brothers


Finally, I am getting back into the groove and getting a few pages done. This is a scraplift from ShabbyPrincess using the new Happy Go Lucky.