Sunday's Serenity

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow".
Mary Anne Radmacher

courage noun, no plural, the strength to face danger when overwhelmed by fear

Olympics 2008...

athlete noun, someone who is good at sports

Thursday's Deep Thought...

Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition.

ambition noun, a strong desire to achieve

Back to School!!!

school noun, 1) a place of instruction 2) a style, manner, method 3) a company of fish

Sunday's Serenity

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

peace noun, 1) a period of harmony among nations when there is no war 2) a calm ordered condition

Thursday's Deep Thought...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words-"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

mankind noun, no plural, all human beings

Pioneer Day!!

Owlz Baseball Game!!

pioneer noun, one of the first to explore an area or field of study, an innovator

Fun In The Sun...Yuba Lake!!!

The Gang!!

Building Sand Castles!!
Little Fishes!!
Merry Go Round!!
Cutie Patooties!!
Having Fun In The Sun!!
Joshie!!
The Happy Swimmers!!
Headed For Home!!

lake noun, a body of water with land all around

Monday Memories...

I am at my wits end with my children. On Saturday we were sitting down eating lunch...chimichangas, the kids favorite. Josh was happily eating away when he got this look on his face...we now refer to it as "the look"...we see it frequently and it is almost always followed by some form of destruction. He immediately jumped out of his chair, pushed the chair over to the sliding glass door, stood on the chair and began to "finger paint" on the glass with pieces of his chimi. After the shock and awe wore off and I had counted to ten about 32 times, I cleaned the glass and thought while I am at it I might as well clean the outside of the door also. I stepped outside and began cleaning that side and good old Joshie started to lick the inside part of the glass I had just cleaned...WHY!!!!!! Well the whole event triggered this Monday memory.
When we were little I do believe we gave my mom a run for her money. We really should have been kinder, she worked so hard (60+ hours a week running our family floral shop) and sacrificed so much for us while raising us as a single parent. I remember one day that her visiting teachers were over. My mom was sitting in a chair in our family room talking to these ladies when she happened to glance up at the ceiling. All over the ceiling were the most perfectly round, 5 inch grease spots. She was flabbergasted at what could have caused so many of them. Later, after the visiting teachers had left, she began the interrogation of us kids. "Hey mom, did you know that bologna has a 37 second hang time". So I guess in a way what goes around, comes around.

karma noun, the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence

Sunday's Serenity

"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."
Grenville Kleiser (American author 1868-1953)

humor noun, no plural, 1) being able to make others laugh, verb, 2) to indulge