HAVING TROUBLE DOING MY HOMEWORK.....

This is Ozzy....Guess where he like to lay?

That's right....right on my homework...I try and explain to him that he cannot lie there but.....you know cats......

Cute lil thing tho huh?

Oh guess what else?

IT'S FRICKEN SNOWING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

My poor tulips......I will assume they are coming up....My SIL2B has tulips 3 inches high already......

and her crocus' are almost bloomed :(

Just try and do good in a communications class with this on your book.........

CARROTS, EGGS AND COFFEE.....

Carrots, Eggs & Coffee!

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of
coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how
things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make
it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It
seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the
first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the
last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without
saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the
carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and
placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in
a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'

'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She
did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter
to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed
the hard boiled egg

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter
smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What
does it mean, mother?'

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in
strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the
boiling water, it softened and became weak The egg had been fragile.
Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after
sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The
ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.

'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with
pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the
heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and
stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and
tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water,
the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it
releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when
things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation
around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest
do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity?
Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make
you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you
happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes a long their way. The
brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go
forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was
smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.

You might want to send this message to those people who mean something
to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or
another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those
who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down;
to those whose friendships you appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life.

If you don't send it, you will just miss out on the opportunity to
brighten someone's day with this message!

May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!!

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT DAY

I saw a Leprchaun on Wednesday!! I really did!!! He was comming out of pick-n-save...they are lot taller than I thought.....HAHAHAHAHAHA!

any who.....school is going ok......we had a pop quiz on Monday that I think just about everyone failed...lol.

Weather here has been just great! We even had 2 day's in the 60*'s!!!! almost all the snow is gone...but I hear we are going to get a rain/snow mix some time next week...blech.

other than that not much going on here

Later......

MY FAVORITE PRAYER

Dear God,
Please untie the knots
That are in my mind,
My heart and my life.

Remove the have nots,
can nots and the do nots,
that I have in my mind.

Erase the will nots,
may nots,
might nots, that may find
a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots
would nots and
should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all
Dear God,
I ask that you remove from
my mind,my heart and my life
all of the "am nots" that I have
allowed to hold me back
especially the thought that
I am not good enough.
Amen

AUTHOR KNOWN TO GOD

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER KICK OFF BREAKFAST

Yesterday I went to the annual Kick off breakfast for Making strides against Breast Cancer. I do this every year,It is fun and a great cause. I have been doing it for about 15 years now. (this was the 16th annual!)

I have noticed the crowd at the breakfast gets bigger and bigger every year,it has almost doubled!

It is held an a beautiful venue...The Italian Community Center. They have a wonderful staff there,not to mention the best bacon...lol.....and the yummiest coffee!

Every year they have different speakers and they thank all the people and companies that allow their employees to work and promote this in their work place. Most even match the employees pledges (Rockwell is one that does). They also have someone from the American Cancer Society,to tell us what different ways the money gets used and all the stuff it gets used for, They also always have a cancer survivor to speak aslo.Most years there is not a dry eye in the whole place.

This is Sheila..she speaks for Rockwell every year.

These are just a few of the people who work tirelessly To coordinate everything at Rockwell.

Hopefully very soon wel will have a cure for this terrible beast we call breast cancer.