Monday, March 13, 2006
Signs Of Spring!:
Signs that Spring is almost here.
A little water in the basement!
Two Red Wing Blackbird were at the feeder the last couple of days.
The honeybees are on the back deck again.
The frog pond ice has melted.
The lower level of the backyard is a little squishy.
There are buds on the trees and bushes.
The sprouts of the flowers are poking up through dirt in the beds.
Finally Brandy is running the back hillside!
Update::
Me and my big mouth !!! Last night high winds, snow that didn’t stick--today more high winds and it is cold as a witch’s tit out there tonight. So cancel the happy thoughts and send the Red Wing Blackbird back South for a bit because Michigan is doing what it does best tease you then slam you!!!!
How To Stay Married
Thank you Skyline for this little gem!
A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.
They had shared everything.
They had talked about everything.
They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little
old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned
her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but
one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would
not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box
and took it to his wife’s bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.
When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money
totaling $25,000.
He asked her about the contents. “When we were to be married,”
she said, “my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to
never argue.
She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet
and crochet a doll.”
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears.
Only two precious dolls were in the box.
She had only been angry with him two times
in all those years of living and loving.
He almost burst with happiness. “Honey,” he said, “that explains the
dolls, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?”
“Oh,” she said, “that’s the money I made from selling the dolls.”
Women will love this…
A Prayer
Dear Lord,
I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
to Love him,
to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods;
Because Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I’ll beat him to death.
Amen