* To My Daughter

From my sweet sister Deanne...

TO MY DAUGHTER

To My Daughter - by an OK. Police Officer

*Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.

*Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours to get her.

*Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.

*Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream truck and I will buy you one if he comes by.

*Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you are concerned.

*Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.

*Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

*Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you.

*Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.

*Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

*Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV shows.

*Just for this evening when I run my finger through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.

*I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore.

*And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask Him for nothing, except for an eternity with you!

* Remember This At Christmas Time

REMEMBER THIS AT CHRISTMAS TIME

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game,

while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year,

male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter,

usually late November to mid-December.

Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.

Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer,

EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.

We should've known...

ONLY women would be able to drag a fat man in a red velvet suit all

around the world in one night and not get lost.

* Fish

* Dilbert One Liners

This was sent to me by my sister, Jennie... Some are very CUTE. Love you Jennie!
Here are some nice Dilbert's one liners..:
1. I say no to cafine, it just doesn't listen.

2. A friend in need is a pest indeed.

3. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.

4. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of your time.

5. When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane.

6. The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train.

7. Born free, taxed to death.

8. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.

9. Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.

10. Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

11. If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants.

12. It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.

13. I love being a writer... what I can't stand is the paperwork.

14. A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and t he blinking red light.

15. The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was the genius.

16. The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to appreciate it.

17. In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?

18. If you cannot change your mind, are you sure you have one?

19. Beat the 5 O'clock rush, leave work at noon!

20. If you can't convince them, confuse them.

21. It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end.

22. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

23. Hot glass looks same as cold glass.. - Cunino's Law of Burnt Fingers

24. The cigarette does the smoking you are just the sucker.

25. Someday is not a day of the week

26. Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.

27. To Err is human, to forgive is not a Company policy.

28. The road to success.... Is always under construction.

29. Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.

30. In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.

* Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity

To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise YourVoice !

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write 'For Marijuana'

6. Finish All Your sentences with'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'

7. Skip down the hall rather than walk and see how many looks you get.

8. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

9. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'

10. Sing Along At The Opera..

11. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds All Day.

12. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You Have A Headache.

13. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'

14. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'

15. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.

16. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity: It 's Called .. THERAPY!

* Pondering

Why, Why, Why...

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they already know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars; but have to check when you say the paint is still wet?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all right?' Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That really hurt, why don't you watch where you're going?'
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
And my FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.

* How to Cook a Turkey

How to Cook a Turkey
by by Friend Miss Westover’s 1st Grade Class 2008

She individually pulled each child to write their responses. She told them she needed to know how to make a turkey for thanksgiving and need instructions.

Maria –I have to go to the store and buy a turkey. Go home and cook it. Take a few bones out. That is what we have to do in my family. Cook it for 20 min. Let it cool down. That is all I know. And then you eat it. Then you dig in!

Ian – Kill it. Take off a turkey’s head. Then walk for a while. Then you cook it. Put it in the oven. Take it out of the oven and then eat it.

Josiah – Go get one. And then I could bake it in the oven. I could put it on the pan or something. And then just turn the little thing and warm it up. And then take it out. Then we put it on the table and eat it. I don’t really know how to cook a turkey.

Bradley – Find one. Bake it. Put it in the oven for 50 degrees for 1 hour. I don’t know.

Ciara- Go to the store and buy a turkey. Then go home and cook it and stuff it up and stuff. Sometimes you put vegetables and sometimes you put sauce on it.
Lauryn – I don’t know. You cook it. Put it in the oven. Your supposed to know everything.

Annalynn – You need leaves to go on him. And the head and the body. You could put it in a microwave for 20 seconds. Then you can eat it.

Isabelle – I’ve never made one before, but you could buy it at the store. I guess however you want. And then you eat it for Thanksgiving. You take another kind of meat and mix it together. You have to put it on for like 25 min. probably.

Riley – I forgot. Wash it out. Squirt some stuff in it. You put it in the oven. Cook it for 23 hrs. Then stuff it. Eat it.

Shayla – Get one at the grocery store. Put it in the pan. Make the oven a little bit hot. Cook it until the beeper comes off. Then you check it. Then you put it on plates. Eat it with a fork.

Zachary - First you cool it down. You put it the oven. Like a one and a six (temperature). Cook it for twenty hours. Take it out and eat. (What do you put on it?) Like fruit.

Brendan – Turn on the stove. Put like salt on it. For Thanksgiving at your grandpas we had salt on it. Then just wait until it’s all done. Needs to be a little hot in the oven. Put it on a plate.

Jazmyn – My grandma makes it. I think she just already has it at her house. Then she cooks. It has to be a little bit hot. Cook it maybe one or two minutes. Eat on a plate. And then I gently put my plate in the sink. Then we eat pie like blueberry, strawberry, pumpkin, lemon kind. I mostly like pumpkin.

* Ordinary Life: Fairy Tale Moments

Sharon, my friend, and I went to a craft show over the weekend. I saw this and took a picture of it with my cell phone. This thought touches my life right now!

"Every once in a while, right in the middle of ordinary life, love gives you a Fairy Tale."

I Pledge Allegience to the Flag: Good Night and God Bless

My dad sent me this beautiful message! I love you Dad!

If you haven't seen or heard this it's worth it... also, a great learning device for the kids...

...CLICK THE FLAG

Some of you may remember him, but he passed away before many of you were born.

Red Skelton was a good & funny man.

He also ended every show by saying, "GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS".

Listen to the end of this. It is something he said 38 years ago.

RED SKELTON-HOW DID HE KNOW??????

Very important that you listen to the very end!!
Take a moment and listen to it (from 1969).
How would he have known that this is what is happening?
Click on the link, and turn your sound on.

FOR THE FEW WHO DON'T KNOW:
Red Skelton was a movie star and comedian on television back in the 1950s. He created a number of characters, and his show was watched by millions. He did this on his show one evening--back when shows were live.

* Email Signature

A thought from Debbie's email signature:


Too bad the people who really know how to run the country are busy teaching school.

* Bless America 911

Make a Smilebox slideshow

* Advice

From Kychelle... I love you!

Always try to help a friend in need
Believe in yourself
Be brave...but it's ok to be afraid sometimes
Study hard

Give lots of kisses
Laugh often

Don't be overly concerned with your weight, it's just a number
Always try to see the glass half full
Meet new people, even if they look different to you
Remain calm, even when it seems hopeless
Take lots of naps..
Be weird whenever you have the chance

Love your friends, no matter who they are
Don't waste food
RELAX
Take an occasional risk
Try to have a little fun each day. ...it's important

Work together as a team

Share a joke with friends
Fall in love with someone..

...and say "I love you" often

Express yourself creatively
Be conscious of your appearance

Always be up for surprises
Love someone with all of your heart

Share with friends
Watch your step
It will get better

There is always someone who loves you more than you know

Exercise to keep fit
Live up to your name
Seize the Moment

Hold on to good friends; they are few and far between
Indulge in the things you truly love
Cherish every Sunday
At the end of the day... PRAY
....... and close your eyes
And smile at least once a day!

* The Road Between Friends

Sometimes in life,

you find a special friend;

Someone who changes your life just by being part of it.

Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop;

Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.

Someone who convinces you that there really is an

unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

Sent to me by my daughter, and Friend: Kychelle with Love

* Relationships

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person..

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support,To aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,This person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,Things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, Love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

This was sent to me by my sister Jennie, a LIFETIME friend! ((Hugs!))

* Maxine: AKA Missy

Maxine is a hillarious copic.

My mother-in-law AKA Missy, reminds me so much of

her!

My friend Emily sent these to me.

These make me laugh so hysterically!

Thanks Em

'Be who you are and say what you feel...

Because those that matter...

don't mind.....

And those that mind...

don't matter.'

* Where Candy Cornes From

This just makes me laugh out loud!

Sent to me by my friend, Loren!

Loren you are always cracking me up!

Get married... Your sense of humor is attractive...

Get yourself out there guy!

* 6 PHASES OF TEACHING

Just a little somethin'somethin' to laugh out loud about! This was sent by my teaching friend Katrina.
Take care ALL my teacher friends. I've been at it just 15 short years, and I feel like the fresh kitten every day. LOL

Make a Smilebox postcard

* Lunch

We had great fun going to lunch together! APPLEBEES! Yummy food and "just the girls!"

Make a Smilebox slideshow

* Home Run Shay

A message from Mendy, School STS and friend.

My question to all of you is: Would you have made the same choice?
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question. "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do.

He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son? "The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. "I believe, that when a child like Shay comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes, in the way other people treat that child.

"Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play? "Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging. Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and, getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game isin the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.

"In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, let Shay bat and give away their chance to win thegame?

Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved in a fewsteps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to makecontact.The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ballright back to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown theball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would havebeen the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher took the ball and turned and threw the ball on a high arc to right field, far beyond the reach of the first baseman.

Everyone started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!"Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!"

By the time Shay rounded first base, the right fielder had the ball. Hec ould have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.

Shay ran toward second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases toward home. Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!"

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming, "Shay,run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his team.

"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,"the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world."

* Just for FUN... You MIGHT be a School Employee if...

This was sent to us from Jane Hansen... just for fun!

YOU might be a school employee if you believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick.

YOU might be a school employee if you want to slap the next person who says, 'Must be nice to work 8 to 3:30 and have summers off.'

YOU might be a school employee if it is difficult to name your own child because there's no name you can come up with that doesn't bring high blood pressure as it is uttered.

YOU might be a school employee if you can tell it's a full moon or if it going to rain, snow, hail....anything!!! Without ever looking outside.

YOU might be a school employee if you believe, 'shallow gene pool' should have its own box on a report card.

YOU might be a school employee if you believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says, 'Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.'

YOU might be a school employee if when out in public, you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children you do not know and correct theirbehavior.

YOU might be a school employee if you have no social life between August and June.

YOU might be a school employee if you think people should have a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.

YOU might be a school employee if you wonder how some parents MANAGED to reproduce.

YOU might be a school employee if you laugh uncontrollably when people refer to the staff room as the 'lounge.'

YOU might be a school employee if you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling and are willing to donate the UHAUL boxes should they decided to move out of district.

YOU might be a school employee if you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

YOU might be a school employee if you can't imagine how the ACLU could think that covering your students' chairs with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public.

YOU might be a school employee if meeting a child's parent instantly answers this question, 'Why is this kid like this?'

YOU might be a school employee if you would choose a mammogram over a parent conference.

YOU might be a school employee if you think someone should invent antibacterial pencils and crayons...and desks and chairs for that matter!

YOU might be a school employee if the words 'I have college debt for this?' has ever come out of your mouth.

YOU might be a school employee if you know how many day s, minutes, and seconds are left in the school year!

* Sun Block

Another one from Adrian!

* FUNNY FUNNY Adrian!

Goofy, Funny... Thanks Adrian!

* Chocolate Sings!

One day I had a date for lunch with friends. Mae, a little old 'bluehair' about 80 years old, came along with them---all in all, a pleasant bunch. When the menus were presented, we ordered salads, sandwiches, andsoups, except for Mae who said, 'Ice Cream, please. Two scoops,chocolate.'I wasn't sure my ears heard right, and the others were aghast.'Along with heated apple pie,' Mae added, completely unabashed.We tried to act quite nonchalant, as if people did this all the time. But when our orders were brought out, I didn't enjoy mine. I couldn't take my eyes off Mae as her pie a-la-mode went down. The other ladies showed dismay. They ate their lunches silently and frowned.The next time I went out to eat, I called and invited Mae. I lunched on white meat tuna. She ordered a parfait. I smiled. She asked if she amused me. I answered, 'Yes, you do, but also you confuse me. How come you order rich desserts, while I feel I must be sensible? She laughed and said, with wanton mirth, 'I'm tasting all that is Possible. I try to eat the food I need, and do the things I should. But life's so short, my friend, I hate missing out on something good. This year I realized how old I was. (She grinned) I haven't been this oldb efore.' 'So, before I die, I've got to try those things that for years I had ignored. I haven't smelled all the flowers yet.
There are too manybooks I haven't read.
There's more fudge sundaes to wolf down and kitesto be flown overhead.
There are many malls I haven't shopped.
I've not laughed at all the jokes.
I've missed a lot of Broadway hits and potatochips and
I want to wade again in water and feel ocean spray onmy face.
I want to sit in a country church once more and thank God forHis grace.
I want peanut butter every day spread on my morning toast.
I want un-timed long distance calls to the folks I love the most.
I haven't cried at all the movies yet, or walked in the morning rain.
I need to feel wind in my hair.
I want to fall in love again.
So, if I choose to have dessert, instead of having dinner, then should I die before night fall, I'd say I died a winner, because I missed out on nothing.
I filled my heart's desire.
I had that final chocolate mousse before my life expired.'
With that, I called the waitress over.. 'I've changed my mind, ' I said.'I want what she is having, only add some more whipped cream!'

Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, orprestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect.
Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS!

* Touching Them All

My friend Natalie sent me this beautiful story! Click on the picture to go to UTube! Take a tissue with you. Thanks Nat!

"We are all a team, working together toward the same games. We can't get there without each other." My own thought!