There are many things we cannot put a price on; love, trust, time…especially time… The value is priceless – it is just that simple.
My daughter’s laugh; priceless (and contagious)
There is just not enough time for us to have fun together; we always want more.
If I could pay for more time with her, I would surely rob a bank.
We paint, we plant, we indoor skydive, we vacation, we explore, we adventure…never enough time… value of time is priceless.
“Let me grab my stilettos. Then we can walk the dog.” Said no woman ever!
via No One Runs in High Heels — Stuff my dog taught me
Take a quick minute to view the whole article, because you can relate to so many on the list and have a great laugh too!
I would love to give credit to the person with the creativity, wit, and imagination who made this grim laugh for me, but alas I cannot.
The big 5-0 is upon me and at the moment it is a double edged sword. I can look back with pride and many smiles to all my accomplishments, travels, and an amazing daughter, but at the same time, count the days/months/years that I have left to enjoy those that remain.
No longer am I ‘middle aged’ – I am clearly on the downward side of that hill without the appropriate gear to keep me from breaking bones and living far longer than I could (and should!).
Maybe I should invest in a plastic bubble like Jake G!! It has potential, right? anyone? ::crickets::
(this post is in response to the Daily Post prompt)
If this doesn’t either (1) wake your ass up any time you are sleepy or (2) keep you from falling asleep due to nightmares = you are in a coma.
Sweet dreams my naïve readers, for this is what lives under your bed…..
wake your ass up
jewelry olympics
I have been given some beautiful bracelets over the years and used to wear them every day. This past year or two I have not worn them once – too tarnished and very embarrassing!
Although the photo should be a before-and-after shot, you will just have to trust me when I say they were downright gross and in some cases just black.
After watching some videos online and articles on how to clean them (every suggestion was to bathe them in ketchup and then rinse) I thought to revert back to how I clean my rings; with toothpaste and an old toothbrush. I use the white pasty stuff so it is abrasive (you would think my teeth should be whiter WTH) and so I mixed in a bit of water to keep the scratching down to a minimum and you can see the amazing results. I strongly recommend not doing this every day or every month for that matter. It is not a daily routine maintenance for cleaning jewelry.
Inside the actual charms should stay dark – it is purposely created this way by the company to create some depth to the piece, but the tarnish came right off in minutes.
Looking forward to showing them off tomorrow at work!
An apology is mainly for yourself…
All of us screw up; some days more badly than others. So we apologize and ask for forgiveness. But who is the apology really for? It isn’t so much for the person you hurt as much as it is for yourself. You are only acknowledging the screw up to the recipient. You want them to realize that you know you were a jerk and agree with them.
When you apologize, whether it is accepted or not, you have released the burden from your heart.
So really… isn’t an apology just a selfish act? (on top of being a jerk in the first place?!)
A humpback whale protects a Weddell seal from an attacking killer whale. Credit: Robert L. Pitman
We all know the addage, ‘a man’s gotta eat’ and in the wild world of nature it is always brought to another level…. no knives and forks and civility, it’s taking a bite of your dinner while it stares you in the face.
I get it. When dinner escapes, someone is going hungry.
But I can’t help but cheer on the ‘dinner’ to get away… and when I am not there to ‘shush away’ the hungry, sometimes Mother Nature steps in for me.
I love that this whale doesn’t just scare the Orca away, she actually flips on her back, gets the seal on her stomach and props him up enough so the seal is safe.
Pretty damn impressive if you ask me!
Link to the short article below:
Hero humpbacks? Decades of observations of humpback whale behavior show that they interfere with attacking killer whales to save their prey, no matter what the species.
Source: Saved by the Whale! Humpbacks Play Hero When Orcas Attack
the first bible?
It is hard to believe but this bible is about 8″ x 8″ and 4 ” thick; I have never seen anything like it. It freaked me out so much that I couldn’t bring myself to open it (as I should have) to find out exactly why it was so darn think – but I am chalking that up to seeing too many horror movies in my time (I swear it was vibrating), in addition to my unfamiliar surroundings (sure that’s it!).
I was walking through a house for sale over the weekend and it’s interior brought me back to the days of visiting my aunts when I was only young child. The gold and flocked wallpaper, the glass knobs on French doors, plush red carpets, ornate furniture that reeked of circa 1930’s…. dated but solid and the memories came flooding back faster than I could stop them; I was just speechless (which doesn’t happen often trust me).
When I sent the picture to Goose she asked jokingly “Is this the first bible”? Could be! Maybe it is handwritten which is why it is so thick but we will never know because I am such a wuss.
the first bible?
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