Posted by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:06pm
Msg #192385
Happy M.D....ot
READ THIS VERY SLOWLY... IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND.
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.
I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word "refrigeration" mean nothing to you?
How often have your k ids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said , "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gas up and stammer, "I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain" And my personal favorite: "It's Monday." She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!
We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "I'm going to," "I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit."
When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to...not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?
Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this to you
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow." And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say "Hi"?
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away.... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
It's National Friendship and FAMILY WEEK Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.
To those I have sent this to... I cherish our friendship and appreciate all you do.
"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!"
| Reply by jba/fl on 5/28/07 2:21pm
Msg #192390
Life is too short, and over in an instant!
I ate 1/4 of a pie today, 1 pint of ice cream, and in general said to H... with my diet as I was with my son and his family. It got to give my granddaughter back to them when I left and after I spoiled her, they can deal with that damage! I can walk my dogs longer this week, but the food experience is like no other! LOL. Now I have to call my mom and brother...
BTW: my mother always said eat dessert first so you don't overeat! Try it...
| Reply by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:24pm
Msg #192392
crap! eat dessert first??? I was a forced food kid. I can show you how long I can (still) sit at the table with my face full of creamed corn or those green martian heads I think they call mini cabbage balls ----Ga barforama! The freaking kitchen was clean before I finished the 'cold' crap some call food.
| Reply by jba/fl on 5/28/07 2:29pm
Msg #192393
Oh, I went through that too...veggies was my biggest issue. My mom thought you had to cook them forever. Funny, talking with friend today and we were comparing notes about how cooking has changed over the years. I actually have a cookbook (old) that says cook shrimp for 30 mins! Same for vegs. Think it must have been mom's bible.
Got the advice when I was adult - never give that advice to kid, then they won't eat. Need something to hold over their heads...
| Reply by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:32pm
Msg #192395
hahaaaa...
I almost got divorced because my husband didn't appreciate my fine skills of cooking broccoli till it was unidentifiable. A steamer??? Eat it raw dude, I don't care for hot hard....ya know?
| Reply by jba/fl on 5/28/07 2:35pm
Msg #192399
According the Julia Child, God rest her soul, peel the broccoli stems, then score the stems, steam 5-7 mins. Not hard, not even crunchy, definately not mush. My fav veg.
| Reply by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:39pm
Msg #192402
uh...according the the great...
Julia, you have to drink a half gallon of wine while you cook, so that everything tastes good. I loved her to pieces! When my Aunt moved to Hawaii, they had a skit on her with a native and they sent it to us. Laugh till ya pee or cry, whatever your preference.
| Reply by jba/fl on 5/28/07 2:40pm
Msg #192403
Re: uh...according the the great...
And it has to have more butter - dont you think?
| Reply by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:41pm
Msg #192404
rofl....amen.... n/m
| Reply by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:46pm
Msg #192405
is that where the
rubber chicken came from? I remember laughing at her antics with chickens.
| Reply by jba/fl on 5/28/07 2:48pm
Msg #192406
Naw - that's banquet fare. From vaudeville in Poconos I thi n/m
| Reply by Sylvia_FL on 5/28/07 2:31pm
Msg #192394
"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!"
My motto is:
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy Cow-What A Ride!"
| Reply by Charm_AL on 5/28/07 2:33pm
Msg #192396
lol Sylvia, you got it down girl.... n/m
| Reply by jba/fl on 5/28/07 2:33pm
Msg #192397
Amen to that! n/m
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