"you shouldn't judge a book by its cover" - what lies beneath could bear an element of surprise
Friends of Myrtle Creek has introduced an activity for the community to be more involved in plant growth. Our first introduction started last month. Each attendee was given seeds to plant in containers. We brought home peppers, tomatoes and salad mix. We planted in Costco Muffin containers and transferred the seedling into larger pots. After we had finished Ally expressed interest that she would like to plant also. And thus we planted more seeds. When they sprout we will let her help transfer.
As I was walking Bonnie around the neighborhood I smiled as I thought of a time when Richard, Jaime and I were all walking with Bonnie. I thought I had posted this when it initially happened but can’t seem to find it. Funniest thing – in my mind anyway.
Children and animals seem to be drawn
to Richard. The chickens would flock around
him and follow him. So as we had started
our walk at least seven chickens joined us.
All seven made it to the corner where we crossed the street. A couple of
them decided to turn the corner rather than cross the street. Two more decided to turn back toward our
house. But three continued to follow – at least for
a bit.
I don’t know if anyone had even noticed us. Can you imagine? Seeing three people out walking their dog and having two or three chickens trailing behind them? It amuses me each time I think about it.
I have been listening to/watching next week’s “Don’t Miss This” and have been awed with the segment which compares Sabbath to Christmas and wrote down my notes to love Sabbath as much as the Christmas holiday (holi taken from holy) and replicate the reasons we gather.
I remember going to visit my grandma
every Sunday afternoon – or just about every Sunday afternoon. Sometimes we would meet up as a family (her
three children plus their children) and she would treat us all to some
expensive eating place. I have fond
memories of those Sundays. I really did
look forward to visiting with family.
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| getting ready to drive downtown to Grandma's house |
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| with my cousins and Grandma and Aunt |
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| one of the dinners |
We haven’t established any Sunday traditions in Oregon – though Jai and I had started with watching a “Come Follow Me” You Tube video the minute we returned home. Richard had always stayed behind doing clerical stuff though did join us on occasion. I don’t know why we got out of the habit, but I found myself watching videos and prolonging the studies on my own.
Jaime
and I have always enjoyed taking walks – but not just Sundays. Richard will walk around the block and call
it good. I need more. Especially when there is so much nature to
look at. Sunday drives have also become
a thing of the past – though I had tried when I was driving. Sunday drives should be relaxing which became
a thing of the past – at least in the Salt Lake area. Don’t know if Richard will go for that one
either – though Sunday driving would offer more relaxation in Douglas county
than Salt Lake.
My
Sunday rituals are very different from my family’s. But so have the last few Christmases. I suppose some traditions have to be altered
in order to keep the reasons to look forward.
I would like to look forward to the Sabbath in a positive way each week.
A thought received in my email over 20 years ago. Exists on many other websites but unknown is the original source.
A PENCIL MAKER TOLD THE PENCIL 5 IMPORTANT LESSONS JUST BEFORE
PUTTING IT IN THE BOX :
1.) EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL ALWAYS LEAVE A MARK.
2.) YOU CAN ALWAYS CORRECT THE MISTAKES YOU MAKE.
3.) WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOU.
4.) IN LIFE, YOU WILL UNDERGO PAINFUL SHARPENINGS,
WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU BETTER.
5.) TO BE THE BEST PENCIL, YOU MUST ALLOW YOURSELF
TO BE HELD AND GUIDED BY THE HAND THAT HOLDS YOU.
We all need to be constantly sharpened. This parable may
encourage you to know that you are a special person, with unique God-given
talents and abilities. Only you can fulfill the purpose which you were
born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your
life is insignificant and cannot be changed and, like the pencil, always
remember that the most important part of who you are, is what's inside of you.
Wholeheartedly agree:
Three things in life that,
once gone, never come back -
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity
Three things in life that can destroy a person -
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness
Three things in life that are never certain -
1. Fortune
2. Success
3. Dreams
Three things that are truly constant -
Father - Son - Holy Ghost
Collected early 2000's.
I don't know how many of these are true. Would like to try #4.
1 . Money
isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana)
paper.
3.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle'.
4.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down
continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
6.
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7.
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8.
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was
albino.
9.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
10.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11.
Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill
a small sized dog.
12. Orcas
(killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach
from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13.
Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.
15. Ketchup was
sold in the 1830's as medicine.
16.
Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the
time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the
upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that
stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
17.
Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the
same time hence, multi-tasking was invented.)
18.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were
made of wood.
19. There are no
clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
20. The name
Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded
Wendy before!
21. There are no
words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
22.
Leonardo DaVinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to
paint Mona Lisa's lips..
23. A tiny amount
of liquor on a scorpion will make
it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
24. The
mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain
Kirk's mask painted white.
25. If you have
three quarters, four dimes, and
four pennies , you have $1.19 You also have the largest amount of money
in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
26. By raising
your legs slowly and lying on your back you can't sink in quicksand (and you
thought this list was completely useless.)
27.
The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
28.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market
was the Victrola, so they called themselves
Motorola.
29. Celery
has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of
celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with
apples!
30.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
3 1. The glue on
Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher..
32.
Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often
stolen from Public Libraries.
33. Astronauts
are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in
a space suit damages it.
SUCCESS:
At
age 4 success is . . Not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . Having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is . Having money.
At age 50 success is . . . Having money.
At age 70 success is . . . Having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . Having friends
At age 80 success is . Not peeing in your pants
I heard Richard saying, “Get out. Get out! GET OUT”
I figured he was talking to the
dogs. He and Clair were in the kitchen
and Ally was working on moving the coffee table to block the dogs out. I stuck my head out to call Bonnie.
“It’s not Bonnie,” Ally said. “It’s Char.”
Char is more aggressive as far as
height and actually jumping around.
Bonnie will wait quietly – most of the time still in the way, but not
jumping. Once the food is served she is
like Godzilla upon Tokyo and it is Char who has to find another source.
Truth be known, I wasn’t calling
Bonnie to distract her from the others.
I had an ulterior motive. I
wanted her to lick my dish clean so that I wouldn’t be in anyone else’s way or
have to settle on gunking up my bathroom sink.
Bonnie did not come.
I retrieved the dish and held it out
the door.
“Come on, Bonnie!” I called. The dish had gotten her attention. Char had already been banned to the bedroom and Bonnie ran towards mine.
“Thank you, Grandma,” Ally said
sincerely. She was truly grateful and I was impressed with her actions.
Before Bonnie had finished eating
there was a soft knock at the door. Ally
had come to retrieve Bonnie. I was
surprised she was still licking the bowl as there hadn’t been enough worth
calling her for really. I think overall
Ally prefers Bonnie to Char. I sent her
out only moments later. I don’t know if
Ally even noticed.
Many of the thoughts I had accumulated were while I was working in Salt Lake City. Shares passed through email as facebook was not a thing. I do remember writing the following. I had even created a picture in "paint" to go with the story. Created on my mom's computer. If I saved it, I no longer seem to have access to it. But here is what I wrote:
Date: 2/11/98 3:04pm
Subject: Just in case you need a laugh . . .
have you ever read the story of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, no good, Very Bad Day? As I was relating my experiences to my co‑workers, I decided that my experiences could be counted as similar ‑
sometimes I even wish I was in Australia (although I forgot to include it with my true life experiences that I am sending) ‑
and so I wrote up this cute little essay. (I am also including a self portrait so that you will know that I am not exaggerating)
(If you read the WP before the e‑mail attachment, it will make more sense)
My Story:
subtiled: I
was too tired.
I wrote an e-mail to Pat - I should not have tried to send an attachment - or I least I should have printed up what I wrote - instead of trying to write it again.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
When I finally did force myself to get up (still not awake, mind you) I called my work # and left a message for Arabella - to tell her I’d be late. And then I proceeded on taking my sweet time (not sweet enough) getting ready.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I did get dressed and ready for work - or so I thought . . .
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I locked the door and stepped out of the house only to discover it was snowing. I set down my backpack and removed a bunch of items in search for my keys. I retrieved my umbrella and wondered if I should get my boots. I decided it wasn’t snowing that hard and decided not to make the big trek downstairs. I wish I would have gone with my first impulse.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I took the first available bus (an express) and decided I would transfer at the mall. A fellow passenger pointed out that my shoelace was untied. It’s a wonder I hadn’t tripped over it.
Okay, there was one good thing that came from my morning. I didn’t have to wait for my transfer. The #10 left as soon as I boarded. Meanwhile, I retied my shoelace so that I wouldn’t trip.
After I got to work, I went to change my shoes and noticed for the first time that I wasn’t wearing any socks (boy, am I observant - or what) and my booties don’t at all match what I’m wearing. I’m actually surprised that I was able to get my shoes on over my booties and that they didn’t slip down inside my shoes while I was walking. And why in the heck didn’t I notice while I was tying my shoe for the second time? What an idiot.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I mean anybody can see by the way that I’m dressed that I must not feel [well] and that I’m still not awake.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
After I got trough eating my lunch, I found the dollar I had misplaced. It was in my lunch bag. What a brilliant person I am. And what a brilliant bill to have hitched a ride in something warmer than the cold air I had intended to flap it in.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
I don’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. I am too tired.
Oh, and about the pair of pants I picked out - I really thought I had ripped in the knee. I even looked for it. I found it five hours after I put them on. It was in the other knee.
I didn’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I was too tired.
And so I am now working on this oh, just so important document to send to anyone who might need a laugh.
I don’t think about it being a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I am still too tired.
One of the spotlights on this morning's "Sunday Morning" featured a brief history on the Great Salt Lake - or what was once the Great Salt Lake Rather. It has shrunk quite a bit and the remainder has toxins that may have contributed more to my poor breathing than did just the smog from other pollutants. I thought it might be too early to see the feature on YouTube as of now. Although there is not today's episode of Sunday Morning, there are SEVERAL videos to choose from. Just type in the Great Salt Lake Drying Up. I was stunned by how many came up on the deadly poisons of my home state. Shocked by not totally surprised. Now I have proof that my home state was indeed killing me.
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oSNLkIBEg |
So I have decided to post some of the treasures I have saved starting with this one
From the Book Free to Be You and Me by Marlo Thomas and Friends
No One Else by Elaine Laron
Now, someone else can tell you how to multiply by three and
someone else can tell you how to spell Schenectady
And someone else can tell you how to ride a two-wheeled bike
But no one else, no, no one else can tell you what to like.
An engineer can tell you how to run a railroad train
A map can tell you where to find the capital of Spain
A book can tell you all the names of every star above
But no one else, no, no one else can tell can tell you who to love
Your aunt Lisa can tell you how to plant a pumpkin seed
Your cousin Frank can tell you how to catch a centipede
Your Mom and Dad can tell you to Brush between each meal
But no one else, no, no one else can tell you how to feel
For how you feel is how you feel and all the whole world through
No, no one else, no, no one else knows that as well as you
The Sun and the Moon by Elaine Laron
The sun if filled with shining light
It blazes far and wide
The moon reflects the sunlight back
But has no light inside
I think I’d rather be the sun
That shines so bold and bright
Than be the moon that only glows
with someone else’s light
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