Because This REALLY Makes Me Smile!

it's few days late, but I just saw this VALENTINES DAY CARD again.... and thought What the HAY! So for Your Entertainment....
HERE IT IS!

A Thought I Came Across Today

BANDIT!

While this is not an actual picture.... meet BANDIT!

(I named him, but he does not belong to me)

Josh decided to invest in a salt water tank. Unknowingly to the amount of money he would spend before he actually got his first fish. He has been working away at this for 2 weeks now, and today he placed the first fish inside the tank! It is so CUTE.... he said, it took him $1,000 just to put that 1 fish in the tank! (good thing he doesnt have anything else to spend his money on!) None the less, fish are good for our health...bringing blood pressure down while enjoying them (no not for DINNER!)

Crap Day... TGFTG (thank God for the gym)

While today was mostly a weepy day for me, I am glad I went to the gym!
I got to workout and feel good about it!
I had an incident today that really brought me down in the dumps.
I did my best to "do the right thing" even though I am not sure what that is anymore.

I am confused and unsure what "kind" of person I am.
Although I hope I am open, fair, non judgemental, and accepting.,.. days like today I wonder, even who I am.
Si while at the gym, where I focused on me, my trainer and my gym buddy, I found laughter and joy.......
I am sorry every other part of the day I din not feel the same why.

OK, I'm Late, But could Miss This One!

I have the greatest friends a person could wish for!

My friends pitched in on a moments notice to do a ton of work to help Jim & I close the deal on the house for sale!

We could not have done it all without you guys and we are touched by your generosity to offer us so much help!

As I reflect back on how wonderful it is to have you, it makes me realize how special each of you our in our lives!

Thank you so much EVERYONE for everything you did!

Dave - Chief Sheetrock man.... Thank you!

Sue - my kitty cat painter.... you are the cat's meow girl!

Robert - Martha would be super proud... I am sending her your resume!

JeanMarie - I bow down to you, the queen of painting! (Dolphin Gray!)

Kim - ya kept me alive with hot coffee, great company, and clean up!

Al - You are the MAN! Working in the cold all day hammering in those boards.... I owe ya a haircut!

Joshua - We work so well together, we should open a painting service, maybe even do creative art on the walls..... but first I must get you safety glasses!

Christy - WTG in that back bedroom! Second coat was really needed. Thanks for leading the gang in what needed to be done on floor 2

Leslie - Painter, Cleaner, good conversation! Stayed until the bitter end, sweeping, washing counters, and organizing tools..... You are so good I might have to marry you (it is legal in CT now!)

You Guys ROCK!!!!

Giving up your Saturday for us! I can't say thank you enough....

Reflecting on your kind hearts and giving spirits it brings a tear of JOY to my eye!

An Email Brought Joy

I received a email today that I found rather humorous...I know I have a sick sense of humor, but it brought me joy today.


Apparently (whether true or not) a little girl was asked to draw a picture of what she wanted to be when she grows up...


This was her drawing...

(Here's the reply the teacher (Mrs. Jones) received the following day)

Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in. Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith

The Pet Store Brings Joy!

I walked into a store that my husband built just over 23 years ago. In fact He had to keep a pager with him because I was pregnant and due at any moment while he was doing that job. So today I walk through that door, with the "baby" who is 23. He was looking to purchase what he needs to start his first salt water tank. As I looked at the tanks that held these beautiful (and expensive) animals, I recalled some of the most beautiful tanks we had. With Anenemes, live coral, star fish (Yes back when they were star fish and not SEA STARS.) We didnt have very much back then, and we would save to buy the most exotic fish (and pray for their survival).

Funny how the small things in life can be so easily forgotten. So today, walking into that store was like taking a step back in the past, where I recalled JOY!