withdrawn

indifferent
reason
pour

I could pour my heart out into this vast cyber space
God knows the many reasons my heart needs unburdening this week
You may respond indifferent, You may respond with grace
solitude summons me silencing my habitual need to speak

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Visions of Dog teeth

A few days ago I had to take Cosmo to the vet for his yearly check. Cosmo is a very Vocal little pooch and as he sat on my lap for 20 minutes in the waiting room, He was 'speaking' to everyone in the room ( and in the building next door!). At one point he actually said the words Mawwwmmaw Mawwmmaw Mawwmmaw . ( That's Schnoodle for MAMMA!)
I found Sitting for 20 minutes Trying to hold and quiet a Noisy VERBAL schnoodle quite tense. The tension I felt was small in comparison to what I felt shortly before Dr. Rosen finally (thankfully) called for us. A couple walked in With TWO pitbulls, ONe was on a leash, but the puppy pitbull WASN'T. (puppy, my ass! He was intimidating and LARgE!) There is a HUge sign on the door to the Veterinarians office.. NO DOgs permitted without a Leash. I am a stickler for rules. And despite being a dog lover, I am actually frightened ( with good reason) of strange dogs. I get very perturbed by people who break rules and walk into a business and 'take over'. This Bull was running all over jumping up on people and licking legs left and right. Forcing everyone to calm their own dogs down. I was waiting for the receptionist to intervene but she looked intimidated by these people in general. I am not sure if everyone felt as annoyed (and scared) as I did, but Not everyone shares the Vision that came flooding back to me as I sat gripping my yappy guy and trembling in fear.
When I was a very little girl, my neighbors dog had puppies. My friend Billy asked me to come over and see them. What little girl could resist a basket full of puppies? I ran right over. Billys dog lay in the middle of a large dogbed and her puppies encircled her. He kept reaching down, picking up a pup and handing it to me. After a few pups, I saw one behind the Mom that was THE cutest of all, I reached down myself to pick him up. I was smiling from ear to ear! In one blurry second the Mawwmaw dog Leapt forward and BIT me right in the Open smiling mouth!! My baby tooth, blood and gum were hanging out of my mouth. Billy started screaming. I was screaming! I dropped the puppy (thankfully he landed in the soft bed). My memory of the rest of that day is erased. I assume My gum was stitched up and I know I eventually mended fine. I have no (visible) scars from that traumatic day. As a 'get well' gift and I'm sure a "hope I don't get sued gift" Billys parents gave me the little puppy that had taken my breath and tooth away. I named him Mr. Chips chocolate chip cookies, but settled on Mr. Chips for short.
It's funny that it only takes an encounter with an intimidating dog to bring back that bittersweet memory, and visualize it as if it were yesterday.


Speaking of getting BIT... Have you seen this adorable video
on Utube yet? If not.. Please take 56 seconds and watch it..

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Thurs.13 QUOTES (#14)

Every Morning I do my local papers Cryptoquote puzzle. But Here are
13 cryptoquote solutions from a favorite cryptogram book that I've solved and enjoyed reading.

1. When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before- Mae West
2. I moved to NY for my health, I'm paranoid and NY was the only place my fears were justified- Anita Weiss
3.The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.- Jackie Gleason
4.Children have never been very good at listening to-their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them-James Baldwin
5.Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.-Ann Landers
6.Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.-Phyllis Diller
7.We can't all be heros because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.-Will Rogers
8.I'd like to come back as an oyster. Then I'd only have to be good from September until April.-Gracie Allen
9.I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.-Roseanne
10.When you reach for the stars,you may not quite get one,but you won't come up with a handful of mud either-Leo Burnett
11.Okay, so god made man first, but doesn't everyone make a rough draft before they make a masterpiece?-Courtney Huston
12.The advantage of having a bad memory is that, several times over, one enjoys the same good things for the first time.-Friedrich Nietzsche

13. I was so sad to hear of George Carlins passing. In his loving memory, One of my favorite George Carlin Quotes-
When driving, anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anybody going faster than you is a moron!

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How do you laugh?

The 3 word wednesday words are
Rumor
Shake
Spontaneous
This is what popped into my head-



I wish I could say it’s a deceptive rumor
But Alas it happens to be genuinely true
When I’m amused by hilarious humor
My body Quietly shakes my face turns a red hue
Not too attractive but I will honestly report
my laugh is a spontaneous sporadic SNORT

Nearly 28 and counting

<--Our wedding day- 10/26/1980


June 15,2008- we are both sweaty and pooped (me- no makeup!) at the end of Fathers Day, but I like the pic anyway!



No matter what I have to go through in my life
there is one thing I can depend on. The unconditional
love and tremendous support I receive from my husband.
We have been through many difficult bumps in the almost
28 years we have been married. There were times when
we both felt we just couldn't take another beating. Life
sometimes has a way of making you feel like that. Like
it's round 12 and You just can't keep fighting, can't keep
trying to get back up from every stressful punch. We've discussed
how typical it would have been, to be crushed to a point where we
would have given up on each other through all the knockouts.
Instead, somehow we persevered and our marriage actually grew stronger
in spite of the upsetting difficulties. When he was at his lowest and even
HE felt, many women would have said Adious Baby,
I hung in there and made sure he got back on his feet.
Whenever I am having 'one of those days' where I could so easily
lose it and require a straight jacket, His intuitiveness 'picks up' on those
feelings instantly and He intervenes with various loving gestures..
ALL which seem, Just like THE magic potion required for bringing me
back to a normal pulse. Back to handling whatever situation is at hand
that I need to deal with. I've had younger women ask me what I think is the
secret ( if you want to call it that) to a long lasting happy marriage.
Besides the obvious - really loving a person. I would say it has to do with
3 C's-
consideration, communication and camaraderie. Being Considerate enough
to put your spouses feelings and needs above your own. Caring for their emotional upsets
and caring to make their life happy. Communicating EVery
feeling you need to express. Caring to want to hear their feelings.
Bouncing thoughts off each other. Never going to bed angry or
without first resolving problems between you.
Camaraderie- actually enjoying each others company. Enjoying some similar interests.
Working together as a team to raise the children. Wanting to spend time together.

I am not sure how 28 years have passed by already. It feels like a blur.
I am hoping we will be able to go the entire distance. I am hoping
we don't get hit below the belt too often.!
In the meantime...
I am confident that as I face another worrisome bout in my life.. He is
still my cornerman, ready to catch me. With him in my corner, I just can't fall.
♥ ♥

Happy Endings

A man goes into a massage parlor.....
NEVER MiND.. I am NOT going this route
(but can you believe Wikipedia does?)

(volume up! Even David Cook is happy)
When I think of Happy Endings what really comes to mind are all the films I love. Surprise endings are great but I am a sucker for the 'I saw that one coming" Happy Ending. Even my favorite books are usually just that, due to an ending that leaves me comfortable knowing " ahhh, everything is okay now ". I wonder if this tells a lot about my personality? Maybe, it's because I am a worrier by nature? Maybe, because I am typically a pessimist, that I desire the optimistic outcome? Maybe, it's me hoping for an idealistic, romantic world? Several films that have ended tragically and unpredictably ('the departed 'comes to mind ) Leave me quite pissed off quite frankly! I was SO sure Leonardo DiCaprio would not only get the bad guys, but he'd get the girl, the career, the happy ending! Their ending really had me angry!
But take films (that i love) like 'return to me"... OH, HOW I love it when Minnie Driver and David Duchovny live happily ever after! She also lives happily ever after again in Good Will Hunting!
Or take "its a wonderful life"... it wouldn't be too wonderful If George Bailey would have killed himself and left Mary to raise all those kids alone!
Don't We all wish for happy endings to our own life story and the life stories of our loved ones?
The end of life's journey is inevitable, but How wonderful and happy that ending could be, If we've lived life to it's fullest, haven't battled any horrible illnesses, or injuries
and have given and received much love and happiness along the way.
That surely would be a lifetime movie I would truly enjoy watching ♥

Let's find out if we are on our way to a happy ending...
Take Oprahs Happiness Quiz
I scored a 57 which happily means I am happy! I hope you share your score with me.
( if you are finding this post nauseatingly bubbly... Don't worry about your score, That doesn't necessarily mean you are an unhappy miserable sourpuss)


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13 amusing thoughts

13 random/amusing thoughts i received in an email...(thanks Anna)


ONE- Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home, and when he grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto the freeway.

TWO-The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.(thank goodness!)

THREE- I used to be indecisive. Now, I'm not so sure.

FOUR- I had amnesia once --- or twice.

FIVE- I am neither for nor against apathy.

SIX-Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.

SEVEN-One nice thing about egotists... they don't talk about other people.

EIGHT- They told me I was gullible and I believed them.

NINE- All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

TEN- How can there be self-help groups ?

ELEVEN- What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?

TWELVE- Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

THIRTEEN- My weight is perfect for my height... which varies.

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3 word Wednesday

TheThree word wednesday words are-
Frequent
Open
Someday


If only Someday I could give in to life’s temptations
Open my mind and set my pesky conscience free
Think Oh just think about the crazy possibilities and
How much more interesting and frequent my blog posts would be!