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Post by Quettalee on Apr 7, 2008 7:43:41 GMT -5
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Post by Quettalee on Apr 7, 2008 22:59:45 GMT -5
"I have lived such a wonderful life, I've lived enough for two people."~Charlton Heston
What a great thing to be able to say toward the end of your journey. He was married to his wife for 64 years. That's a great run.
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Post by gams on Apr 20, 2008 8:19:45 GMT -5
""You know, you could eat off her floor.' Big deal, you can eat off my floor too, there's a million things down there." ~ comedian Elaine Boosler, quoting her mother
The heck with catching up on all the housework I should be doing today. It's beautiful this morning, and I'm gonna play outside all day.
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Post by gams on Apr 22, 2008 6:39:24 GMT -5
"New things lie in store for the earth, and one of them is us." ~ Marianne Williamson - A Women's Worth
Let's make them good things. Happy Earth Day.
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Post by Quettalee on Apr 22, 2008 7:35:14 GMT -5
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Post by gams on May 19, 2008 6:53:09 GMT -5
It's 36 degrees right now, and it's not supposed to get much above fifty today. BP wants to wear capris and a sweatshirt.
"It's going to be cold today, BP."
"Don't worry, Mom. I've got nail polish on."
"Huh?"
"It keeps my fingernails warm."
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Post by gams on Jun 21, 2008 6:40:07 GMT -5
Ah.....the first day of summer. "Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." ~ Ada Louise Huxtable Two-minute drilling "summer solstice" I found a nice little article from down your way, Q, to follow the quote: www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs....06210008/-1/rss |
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Post by Quettalee on Jun 23, 2008 22:39:23 GMT -5
Aww...I got an "error page" with the link, Gams.  |
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Post by Quettalee on Jun 28, 2008 8:07:51 GMT -5
Not intensely profound, but I liked it anyway...
Humans are like tea bags. They never achieve their full strength until put in hot water.
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Post by gams on Jul 22, 2008 5:26:38 GMT -5
"Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied." ~ Pearl S. Buck
Like that moment between being asleep, and not quite awake when your alarm rings; you reach over turn it off and dream you get out of bed before turning over and falling back asleep. This morning that split second was recalled, remedied, and now (hopefully) I will be on time today.....if I get off the computer and start moving.
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Post by Quettalee on Aug 4, 2008 13:45:50 GMT -5
Heard in passing...
Me..."Man...I can't believe I have to spend five hours on my off-day sitting in a classroom! Pfft....pfft...PFFT!!"
Mare..."Well, it is punishment. I don't think it's suppose to be fun."
Me..."Oh yeah. Pfft."
*On traffic school this evening*
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Post by gams on Sept 30, 2008 6:54:51 GMT -5
One of those I-can't-not-watch-it-if-it's-on-television movies is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Sheesh, I love that movie....Robert Redford and Paul Newman together....swooon.
"I have vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals. " ~ Butch Cassidy
And here's one from Paul:
“I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown'.”
Still handsome at 86 years old with those blue, blue eyes; actor, activist, race car driver, and philanthropist, and maker of pretty darned good salad dressings, he died anything but a failure.
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Post by Quettalee on Oct 10, 2008 15:52:54 GMT -5
Well said, Gams. Inez instilled in me her infatuation with him at a young age. Cool Hand Luke remains one of my favorite movies of all time.
I read where for Mother's Day one year he gave his wife (of 50 years) two hours of uninterrupted driving around the roads of Westport CT where they had never been before. How cool is that?
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Post by gams on Oct 14, 2008 7:23:11 GMT -5
Here's a beauty for the season, describing the beauty of the seaon:
Listen! the wind is rising, and
the air is wild with leaves.
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!
~ Humbert Wolfe
Despite the iffy weather - this week's forecasts highs in the fifties, and lows in the thirties - I am so glad we take our family vacations in October; it is truly my favorite month out of the year. We're all packed and ready to go later this morning - just waiting for LX and her friend, (LX and BP are each taking a friend), to finish their second hour math test. Then we are hitting the road, going up-north to a small town where we've rented a house in the woods, on a lake. Five days of biking, kayaking, roller-skiing, fishing, and hanging around watching the autumn put on her colors.
Have a great week, Sweet Taters! Catch you all later.
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Post by gams on Oct 20, 2008 20:52:43 GMT -5
"Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy." ~Author Unknown
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Post by Quettalee on Oct 21, 2008 17:01:09 GMT -5
Thank you, my friend. It's really beautiful and a very comforting thought because I do believe that she has found the peace and happiness that just kept wanting to slip through her fingers here.
I love you all very much.
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Post by gams on Oct 22, 2008 6:50:23 GMT -5
Love ya too, Sista.
Hugs.
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Post by katmandu on Oct 22, 2008 19:47:46 GMT -5
...... I do believe that she has found the peace and happiness that just kept wanting to slip through her fingers here. Hold onto that thought my friend, I'm sure it's true. |
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Post by gams on Oct 23, 2008 7:10:26 GMT -5
I only have a minute before I leave for work, but wanted to stop back in this morning and share.
I was sitting out on the porch earlier, drinking my coffee and watching the night start to fade, when I saw something I can't recall seeing since I was a kid; a star shot across the sky and disappeared over the Lake.
It being something I haven't witnessed in so long, of course I had to two-minute drill some of the mystical meanings of shooting stars.
The brief moment a shooting star passes through the sky can symbolize a brief fleeting moment in one’s life that you want to always be reminded of; it symbolizes having a wonderful feeling that lasted for a very short time but feels like it is within you forever. It can also be interpreted as an expression of desire to have a better life.
Just a thought I wanted to share, Q, for you and for Mare.
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Post by Quettalee on Oct 23, 2008 16:53:51 GMT -5
 Thanks, sis, for sharing. I let Bryan read it earlier and he had tears in his eyes as he finished. From another friend's comforting embrace today... "She burned too brightly for this world." And that's exactly how anyone whose life she touched would describe her. You all don't know how much it means to be able to come here for a few minutes of support a hundred times a day. Thank you. Thank you.  |
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