A FUNNY FOR THE DAY

Aging Gracefully

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker
came up to the very elderly widow and asked,
"How old was your husband?" "98," she replied.
"Two years older than me"
"So you're 96," the undertaker commented.
She responded, "Hardly worth going home, is it? 

I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker. 

These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
"For fast relief."


THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.

Always Remember This:
You don't stop laughing because you grow old,
You grow old because you stop laughing.

So cold here in sunny Florida, Everyone, stay warm, safe and enjoy your day.

BarbaraD

xoxo 

WELCOME TO 2014

"He who marvels at the beauty

 of the world in summer 

will find equal cause for wonder

 and admiration in winter.... 

In winter the stars seem to

 have rekindled their fires, 

the moon achieves a fuller triumph, 

and the heavens wear a look 

of a more exalted simplicity."

 ~John Burroughs, 

"The Snow-Walkers," 1866

HAVE A HOLLEY-JOLLY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas everyone,  take a good look at the photo, what a beautiful one it is, family all together along with singing, reading and even way back a grandmother holding a little one.  I can just sit back and relax and think of the time when I was a wee one and waiting for the jolly man to hurry and get to my house.  I remember asking my Mother if he would bring me anything because we did not have a fireplace.  Of course her answer was we need to leave the door unlocked so he could get in.  Lol, oh those wonderful days.  

I wish you peace for your Holiday season.

Barbara

SMALL JOBS

"The Small Jobs"

"Don't be afraid 

to give your best to

what seemingly are 

small jobs.  

Every time

 you conquer one it 

makes you that 

much stronger. 

If you do the little 

jobs well, the big ones 

will tend to take care

of themselves."

~Dale Carnegie

A FRIDAY HELLO

"To awaken each morning with

a smile brightening my face;

to greet the day with

reverence for the

opportunities it contains;

to approach my work with

a clean mind; to hold ever

before me, even in the doing

of little things, the

Ultimate Purpose toward

which I am working;

to meet men and women with

laughter on my lips and

love in my heart; to be

gentle, kind and courteous

through all the hours; to

approach the night

with a weariness that ever

woos sleep and the joy

that comes from work

well done - - this is how

I desire to waste wisely my days."

-- Thomas Dekker

I SAW THIS ON RAVENHILL COTTAGE AND WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.

WOW, A BURR THURSDAY

Goodness, I think Betty need to put some clothes on and put that top up as it is so cold here in not so sunny Florida today.  Nothing going on special today, making a pot of Chile and doing some crocheting on a table runner for a friend for Christmas.  I am one who can not sit still very long, I have to be doing something with my hands as I sit.  They say relax, well I am just to much of a busy bee I guess.
I hope each one of you has a wonderful and Bless Christmas this year.  With so much going on in this world that is so bad today, it is really hard to be a relaxed lady.  Wherre did all the peace go, taking time to smell the Roses, where is all of this?
Hoping you have a great day, stay warm, safe and smile, maybe you will make someones day by doing this.

Barbara
One Day At A Time

A LITTLE TALE FOR YOU

Have a happy day:@)

The Legend of the Christmas Spider

Once upon a time, long ago in Germany, there lived a poor widow and her children in a tiny cottage. The mother had no money to buy her children a lot of gifts but she so wanted them to have a tree. After putting the kids to bed she went and cut a tree down and placed it in the house and decorated it with fruits, nuts, and cookies she had made. The gentle mother then busily cleaned her house, in preparation for the most wonderful tradition of the year, the coming of the Christ Child, bringing gifts for Christmas Eve. She then fell into her bed exhausted and worried that her children would not have a happy Christmas.

Not a speck of dust was left. Even the spiders had fled their corner and gone to the attic. At last the time drew near. The tree was decorated and the children were delighted. The poor spiders however were frantic!! They could not see the tree. The oldest and wisest spider suggested they creep out of the attic and peek through a crack in the threshold. Soon, the door opened and they quickly sneaked into the room. The tree towered so high, they could only see one ornament at the top, so they scurried along each branch, admiring the glittering beauty. Every place they went, they left a train of dusty gray web, until finally the entire tree was covered with it.

When the Christ Child saw this, he was happy that the spiders had seen the tree, but, he knew the mother would be broken hearted about it's dusty gray appearance. He reached out and touched the webs and blessed them and they all turned a lovely shimmering gold and silver. On Christmas morning the family awoke to such a lovely sight and all were happy. A beautiful sight to behold, a tree glittering in tinsel. And so, it became a custom of the Christmas season to decorate their trees with tinsel and to have a spider among the other decorations on the tree