THINGS MOTHER TAUGHT ME (part 2)

Here it is Friday and I have the rest of the things Mother Taught Me, and to the shigrin of my own two sons, the same things I taught them as their mother. Heres hoping there may be a few you could use on your own children or grandchildren, or not if you want to remain popular with them...


MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
"Stop acting like your father."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... ENVY
"There are millions of less fortunate children in the world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... ANTICIPATION
"Just wait until your father gets home."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... RECEIVING
"You are going to get yours when we get home young lady."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... MEDICAL SCIENCE
If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... ESP
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?"

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... HUMOR
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, you won't be laughing then."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT
"If you don't eat all your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... GENETICS
"You're just like your lazy father."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... ROOTS
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... WISDOM
"When you get to be my age, then you'll understand."

MOTHER TAUGHT ME ABOUT... JUSTICE
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you."

There are probably many more lessens learned at the hand of my MOTHER. She was, and remains a wise and out spoken woman of the times...

Next Friday I will be asking you 28 questions that I consider BRAIN TEASERS. So put on your thinking caps Friday 25th. ands stop by for some challenging fun!!!

EXAMPLE:
Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food???

I OWE MY MOTHER

Recently on the Boomer Women Speaks forum my friend Queen JJ mentioned how fortunate she is to still have her mother to call up and speak to whenever she wants to. Many of the women there have lost their mothers. I too am one of the fortunate ones as my own mom is 90 years old and still clear headed and quite eager to share her ideas. That made me think of all I have to be thankful to my mother for because she taught my sibblings and myself her very own ideas of how to teach ones children. A few examples below...

MOTHER TAUGHT US TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE...
"If you're going to kill one another, do it outside, I just finished cleaning."

MOTHER TAUGHT US RELIGION...
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

MOTHER TAUGHT US ABOUT TIME TRAVEL...
"If you don't straighten up, I'll knock you into the middle of next week."

MOTHER TAUGHT US LOGIC...
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me.

MOTHER TAUGHT US FORESIGHT...
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

MOTHER TAUGHT US IRONY...
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

MOTHER TAUGHT US ABOUT SCIENCE OSMOSIS...
"Shut your mouth, and eat your dinner."

MOTHER TAUGHT US ABOUT CONTORTIONISM...
"Would you look at that dirt on the back of your neck."

MOTHER TAUGHT US STAMINA...
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

MOTHER TAUGHT US ABOUT WEATHER...
"This room of yours looks like a tornado blew through it."

MOTHER TAUGHT US ABOUT HYPOCRISY...
"If I told you once, I've told you a millioin times. Don't exaggerate!"

MOTHER TAUGHT ME THE CIRCLE OF LIFE...
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

These are just a few things mother taught us and there are more so check this blog again next Friday for the rest of the lessons my MOTHER TAUGHT and is STILL TEACHING US...

CHARITABLE WASTING...

How many charitable organizations do you think print and send out address labels, calendars etc. saying with these unasked for items, Thanks for your Donation!! If they just sent out a postcard asking for a donation it wouldn't cost nearly as much and most people I know, and that includes me, would send them something BUT when they send all this stuff no one even wants, with all their sad stories and reasons we need to give, and spending God know how much of the money meant for the children or other disease cures, it really ticks me off. Can you imagine what it costs to print the hundred of thousands of labels and all the wasted paper to write and try to guilt us into giving?

I for one open the envelope but unless there is a stamped self addressed envelope inside I toss the entire mess. If however there is a prepaid envelope inside I fold everything sent to me and stuff it into the envelope with a note saying: Stop bothering me... Then throw it in the mailbox to go right back from whence it came. Hoping this gets me off their list.

I happily give to certain charities every year with no coaxing what-so-ever or bribes. Thats what I think is right. If these so called chariteis begging for money and spending it as fast as they get it by sending out worthless crap would stop the process, maybe they could/would do some good for those needing the donations.

Maybe it's just me but this has been building for sometime now and I felt it needed to be said. I am not heartless in any form. I help whoever I can whenever I can and ask for nothing in return. And I can buy my own labels and calendars too.

I wonder what the salarys are for these people sitting around thinking up ways to drag donations from people, maybe they need to clean house and get rid of the dead weight and their salaries!!

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WORDS and alternate meanings...

I took an aptitude test recently online and the end result was a comfortably high I.Q. matching other tests I've take in school, but even better they named me as a WORD WARRIOR. Well let me tell you that being a published author, editor, and ghostwriter that made me very happy. I found an exercise we use to do when I began writing, a play on the spoken/written word. Check these out...

ADULT = is a person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR = a place women curl up and dye.

CHICKEN = the only creature we can eat before it's born and after it's dead.

CANNIBAL = someone fed up with people.

COMMITTEE = a body that keeps minutes while wasting hours.

DUST = mud with all the juice squeezed out.

HANDKERCHIEF = cold storage.

MOSQUITO = one insect that makes us feel better about flies.

SECRET = something we tell one person at a time.

SKELETON = a bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE = the pain that drives you to extraction.

RAISIN = grape with bad sunburn.

YAWN = an honest opinion openly expressed.

TOMORROW = one of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

WRINKLES = something other people have similar to my character lines.

These are just a few play on words. Words if you think about it are one of our greatest tools or one of our greatest weapons. I have a rapier wit, am a sarcastic type, but funny by most standards. Yes with only words I can cut to the quick... Luckily I'm so lovable!

I adore words, reading, writing and speaking them. So for today I'll say odios, bon voyage, sianara, chow, and goodbye...

ROCKER/RECLINER

Well I finally took the bull by the horns and ordered myself something for a change. I came into some money via a ghostwriting gig awhile back and have been sitting on it in case of an emergency. Never should have put that idea in FATES mind because as luck, or no luck would have it, I needed to replace and air-conditioning unit, and as I thought a so called 'green' unit cost lots of green, and left little behind for me.

Then of course horribly high winds blew through the desert for days and took most of my roof with them. Had to get a new one of those too, can you feel my cash dwindling?

Of course my sainted mother turned 90 so that had to be something very special and expensive. She is worth every cent believe me. Then my luck really went south when my beloved dog died and to make things worse if they possibly could be, her liter mate died 15 days later. The only thing that survived the vet was me and an near empty bank account. I'm sure I personally paid for half his new yacht.

Oh, just remembered, my birthday is coming soon so I did splurge and buy myself a new best friend, a teacup Chihuahua with all the fixens. So, okay, I lied!

But before the last of my money found it's way to another emergency, I ordered myself a new chair from R.C. Willey, it's a burgundy rocker/recliner and just gorgeous. And speaking of gorgeous the guy who delivered it was tall, dark and years too young for me but when he flirted with me, I flirted right back. Little did he know that the attention being paid to him was his tip! He sure was McHunky though. My Cougar claws nearly reached up and ripped his shirt off. I batted my long lashes so much he probably thought me spasdic! Oh well, 20 years younger and he'd have made a nice Cougar snack, grrrr!!!

So here I sit, reclined (alone) in my new chair. All I have left is pocket change to fall back on now but hell, what else could happen??????

SASSY GIRL arrives...

I got so tired of being sad, crying, mopping around and feeling guilty about my Yorkies, Reeta and Rosee's death, I finally just got mad. Not at anyone in particular and if the facts were faced in a adult fashion, my two girls had everything any dogs could want, beautiful home, plenty of food, (people food too) they loved to eat. They were loved 24/7 and spoiled rotten. Unfortunately we all have to leave this earth when our time comes, even our pets, and their time came. They had a good long life (13 years) and are in doggie heaven where the grass is always green and the water is icy cold the way they like it.

Anyway I decided to give another dog the same kind of a life and give myself an adorable new little someone to love and then it happened I saw her face on line and she was right here in Nevada too!!! Oh my and what a face it is. I thought of her name the minute I saw her in action, she is no bigger than a minute with the emense energy of a hurricane, and the most beautiful colors of chocolate, tan and white. I'm calling her Sassy Girl... The name fits her, she has been with me now for 6 days and already runs me and the house. Investigates everything and tastes it as well. Too funny... Maybe she should be called Sherlock?

Sassy Girl is a Teacup Chihuahua and should top the scales at about 2/4 pounds. She is an explosion of love and puppy kisses that boggles the mind. I had forgotten how much fun a puppy can be and one this tiny can't, so won't destroy anything in my home. That's a plus! I once had a Doberman that ate both a Grandmothers and Grandfathers (that's what they were called then, one high back, one lower back) blue velvet chairs in a single afternoon, wood and all. Apprently he hated being left home alone. Geesh!!!!

So anyway that's my happy news, and as soon as I can figure out how I will post her picture. I am so technically inept and it really ticks me off.

I hope all's well in your part of the world. The sun is shining brightly now in mine.

Searching for Love...

It's been awhile now since I lost my adorable Yorkies, Reeta and Rosee. I am still sad on occasion but much less than before and even feeling more like the old me, and believe me old is what I am becoming.

I have been combing the local Nevada animal shelter and rescue groups for a new little friend to love. I would love to have a small Chihuahua. A Chihuahua was the very first dog I ever owned. I was sixteen and bought her with my own money; earned as a carhop at A&W Root Beer Drive-in. Her name was Lady and she was fawn colored. I have owned many dogs since then but always loved those sassy little Chihuahuas.

Ever heard the saying: If it can go wrong, it will? Well put that saying to music and it would be my theme song, I kid you not. Listen to this and tell me you don't agree with me...

I began searching the local shelters in person and on the computer and found a local breeder but of course she had just sold her last teacup Chihuahua, so then I decided to stick with shelter dogs and give one a home. The one I found was an adorable 8 week old Chihuahua female pictured on the adoption page of The Animal Foundation in Vegas.

I called first thing the next day to go and see her close up and personal only to be informed that she was part of a 'confiscation' of dogs due to a cruelty case and she should not have been on the adoption page at all, that she was in the nursery getting special care.

It's been weeks later as of today and today was told she was being evaluated to see if she might be able to be put up for adoption and come home with me. She is very shy and shakes at the sight of people. I can't even imagine what kind of cruel jackass would abuse a small puppy and how she was abused. Apparently she is healthy as per the vet so maybe I will never know. But as far as friendly goes she will soon see that most people at least all she will ever come in contact with are sweet, kind and loving people. I will spoil her rotten...and love her to pieces.

All I need now for when she comes home is a name, any suggestions???