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Post by Hephzibah on Feb 28, 2005 14:54:13 GMT -5
And hopefully it won't be a wet one this year I'm getting up there to---4+++++++ and getting tired of the aches and pains
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Post by Lady Catharine on Feb 28, 2005 14:59:28 GMT -5
Oh you're a young thing. I'm done with the 40's.... It gets better,now if I only get could a free B&B done..
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Post by Hephzibah on Feb 28, 2005 15:04:36 GMT -5
Don't feel so young today though but maybe tommorrow tomorrow
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Post by Capt. Morgan on Mar 1, 2005 8:21:02 GMT -5
Thought for the day...
"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill
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Post by Hephzibah on Mar 1, 2005 8:28:18 GMT -5
Very wise words
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Post by Lady Catharine on Mar 1, 2005 16:50:56 GMT -5
No questioning on what the B&B is for?
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Post by Hephzibah on Mar 1, 2005 16:53:40 GMT -5
ok I'll bite. What is B&B
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Post by Lady Catharine on Mar 1, 2005 16:59:41 GMT -5
B ;)B and Brow...
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Post by Hephzibah on Mar 1, 2005 17:02:21 GMT -5
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Post by Melissa on Mar 9, 2005 14:44:52 GMT -5
Here is something for random...
Corin and I are about to head out into the world in garb...for no reason what so ever! Woot!! Well, slight reason - I bought garb from Penfolds Kris yesterday and I want to wear it now!!! So I am! Yey!
Ok randomness over...
~ Melissa
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Post by Hephzibah on Mar 10, 2005 15:39:12 GMT -5
Sure is quiet around here so far today
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Post by Capt. Morgan on Mar 10, 2005 16:25:48 GMT -5
Been busy with the *shudder* Real World, M'Dears...sorry...
If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
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Post by Capt. Morgan on Mar 11, 2005 18:35:49 GMT -5
Thought I’d pass this one on…makes you think….Have a great weekend, everyone!!
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1,000 MARBLES
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.
A few weeks ago I was shuffling toward the kitchen with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it. I turned the volume up on my radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning talk show.
I heard an older sounding guy with a golden voice ... you know the kind …he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business himself. He was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named Tom. I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say.
"Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with you job. I'm sure they pay you well, but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work 60 or 70 hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital."
He continued, "Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities."
And that's when he began to explain his theory of "a thousand marbles."
"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about 75 years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about 75 years."
"Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3,900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part."
"It took me until I was 53 years old to think about all this in any detail," he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over 2,800 Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be 75, I only had about 1,000 of them left to enjoy, so I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round up 1,000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container right here in my workshop, next to the radio. Every Saturday since then I have taken one marble out and thrown it away."
"I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight."
"Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday, then God has blessed me with a little extra time to be with my loved ones."
"It was nice to talk to you Tom; I hope you spend more time with your loved ones and I hope to meet you again someday. Have a good morning!"
You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show's moderator didn't have anything to say for a few moments. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that morning, then go to the gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast."
"What brought this on?" she asked, with a smile.
"Oh, nothing special," I said, "it has just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, MAY ALL YOUR SATURDAY BE SPECIAL AND MAY YOU HAVE MANY HAPPY YEARS AFTER YOU LOSE ALL YOUR MARBLES ...
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Post by Beatrice Peters on Mar 15, 2005 22:57:47 GMT -5
MUIRGAN! CAN YOU HEAR ME?? IS THIS THING ON? I want to make an announcement: I just wanted to let everyone know, I got myself some "FUNKY LLAMA" wine the other day! YAY! (and of course I had to sing the little song in the aisle of the store that I bought it at!) LLAMA LLAMA DUCK!!!
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Post by Sir Trevor on Mar 19, 2005 20:07:21 GMT -5
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay !!!!!!!!!! Finally got my car done
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