Thank You From My Heart

Thank You Card

Sometimes you just want to thank the family, friends, and people in your life who have always seemed to be there for you or thought about you when you least expected it.  Thanks for giving me fabulous memories year-after-year.  You will always hold a special place in my heart.

  • AEMP—9:00am  My favorite girlfriend in the whole world.  You always make me smile and I loved your phone call bright and early.  My sweetness.
  • LOC—10:12am  A very surprising voicemail message from the person I least expected it from.
  • LFP—10:14am  Your text made me smile.  Love.
  • TRG—11:23am  Your Facebook message and text both made me cheese.  You’re like clockwork on time every time.
  • MLH—11:58am  Your phone conversations and texts with me were so cool.  And who am I to turn down a late dinner or early breakfast this week?  Free food for me!  Can’t wait.
  • NN & MN—12:07pm  Your texts are always filled with love.  Love.
  • HFP—2:41pm  Your phone call meant the world to me and you always make me laugh without even meaning to—which is why you’re so funny.  Love.
  • NXD—4:16pm  I love that you always Facebook me and think of me without fail.
  • CUR—4:38pm  My ace boon coon for all these years.  You’ve always thought about me and I love that.
  • BJ—4:58pm  Your Facebook message was awesome.
  • DH—5:30pm  Stopping by to see me with those awesome butter cakes will never get old.  And you gave me some chocolate goodness, too.  How I melted.
  • JEP—6:33pm  Your hundreds of informative texts from love never cease to amaze me.  Love.
  • TMP—7:50pm  Your text made me smile with all the little faces.  Love.
  • TRGJ—9:47pm  Your Facebook message made me smile as they always do.  I always feel your love.
  • SM—Your text was a wonderful surprise yesterday morning.  Who knew?  I’m anticipating what’s to come in the mail and so grateful already before it’s even happened.  You have been so kind to me.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, thank all the people in your life that always make you smile, laugh, or have always been there for you.  After all, there are people out there who have no one at all and are all alone in this world.

Take-Away Life Lesson:  Always be grateful for what you do have because you never know when you may not have it anymore.

I Should Be Embarrassed

Cell Phone

It’s a sad, sad day when you’ve had your cell phone for three years and out of the blue your 5-year-old niece picks it up and shows you an easier way to turn your cell phone on and off that you never realized existed.

Well, not technically on and off—but you know how the screen on the phone goes into sleep mode and turns black to save the battery?  Well, that’s what I’m talking about.  She showed me how to bring the screen back up and make it go out a much easier way than I’ve been doing the last three years.

I don’t think I’m going to talk anymore about the subject because I’m embarrassed enough as it is.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, hand your high technology devices over to anyone 5-years-old or younger and just sit back and observe.

Take-Away Life Lesson:  Save yourself from a difficult life by consulting a group of toddlers on day ONE of acquiring any technical devices—NOT three years after you’ve been using them.

Cookies & Cupcakes From Love

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Made with Pillsbury Big Deluxe Chocolate Chip cookie dough and Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip cookie dough; with sprinkles on top.

I had a beautiful and fun day today with my 5-year-old niece who spent the entire day with me baking her little heart out.  I must say, this is all her handiwork.  And we’re talking almost 50 cookies!

Though all she had to do was tear the pre-cut cookie dough from the package—she DID put the sprinkles on all by herself!  This is a talent in and of itself.  You’re either born with it or you’re not.  After all, sprinkling is an art form.

She also had a tub of cookie dough which required using the mini-scoop, squeezing the scoop—which took all the strength she could muster from both of her tiny hands, and then dropping the balls onto the baking sheet.

Chocolate Cupcakes

Made with Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge cake mix, eggs, canola oil, and water; with sprinkles on top.

Here is more of her handiwork in these bite-sized mini-cupcakes.  She whirled the cake beater till the batter was good and smooth, put the liners in the cupcake tin, poured the batter from a measuring cup into each individual paper liner, then strategically placed each individual sprinkle by hand one-by-one exactly where she wanted them to go.

And that’s three batches of 24—THREE!  For a minimum of 72 mini-cupcakes that needed sprinkles.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, do some baking with your little nieces, nephews, or some random kids.

Take-Away Life Lesson:  Allow a minimum of 13 hours for strategically placing sprinkles one-by-one for each round of cupcakes and cookies.

Let's Laugh! My Uncle's Dry Sense Of Humor

Double Toilets joke

One of my uncles is such a jokester.  Case in point—when he got himself his very own restaurant, the jokes carried over into the restaurant.

Who in the world would put two toilet stools side-by-side next to each other in the same room for crying out loud?!  MY UNCLE, that’s who!  Yeah, let’s save some time and use the bathroom together.  I mean, we’re all family here—and, if not, we’ll soon be like family after this.

And take note of the parking meter on the wall.  There is a time limit depending on how much you put in the meter—and you’ll apparently be fined if you don’t deposit more money into it.  Some of you will no doubt need to deposit a much larger sum of coins than others. (Wink, wink.)

Stool Sample joke

Oh, this is my absolute FAVORITE!  It’s a STOOL SAMPLE!  Hardy-har-har!  I swear—every time I see my uncle the next time ’round he has a new joke for me.  This was too funny not to take a picture of.

Granted, I was scared at first to open the container when he handed it to me.  I mean, you never really know with him.

Nose Cleaner joke

How disgusting is this one?!  And who has a nose that big anyway?!

Click on the pictures and help yourself to some more dry humor if you didn’t get enough of it so far.  My uncle can go on and on for days with it.

Why don’t you just stick any of these cards in your wallet and whip them out as you see fit.

  • If you don’t have your own Pride & Joy to show off to your friends, well now you do.
  • You can now afford to give away Free Tickets all day to everyone you know.
  • Just turn the Bender card around the other way to whichever face appeals to you most.

The legs go on and on.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, show off your jokes to your friends and to the world.  Make people smile and laugh.  The world really could use more laughter in it.

Take-Away Life Lesson:  Laughter really is the best medicine.