Our Long and Winding Road

We all have a road we must follow in life. Often it's long and winding, and seems to go on forever.
Sometimes it's paved smoothly, but more often than not, it's a bumpy ride!

As I grow older (and wiser?) I'm beginning to think that some of the bumpy bits are of my own making.

When pebbles are thrown down, and aren't kicked off the road, they tend to become rocks, and then those rocks become boulders.

When boulder's are in the road, you have usually have to STOP!

I think that we all have pebbles that get thrown out onto our roads. Some are alike, and some are very very different. Usually they are of our own choosing, but sometimes they come without warning.

Illness and/or diseases, financial down falls, heartbreaks for one reason or another. Many times these are not of our making.

These get thrown onto our road, often when we least expect them.
Most of us work hard at chiseling away at these boulders, or try to find a way around them. That's what we're supposed to do!

But what about those pebbles, rocks, and boulders, that we throw down? Do we work at moving them off of our road? OR Do we just keep throwing them down, one handful after another?

Hi, my name is Libby, and I throw rocks!

(This is where you all shout out "Hi Libby, thanks for sharing"!)

And no, I'm not an alcoholic, but I've been to enough of these kinds of meetings with others, to know the routine!

What kinds of rocks do I have in my arsenal?

Guilt
Worry
Anger
Frustration

Yup - these are biggies, but they aren't my real downfall.

My biggest rock is...

...I can't seem to say NO.

Such a little word... NO.

It rolls off the tongue easily enough.
But for me, it's like speaking in a foreign language.

AND I MUST LEARN THE LANGUAGE!

Oh the number of times I've said yes, when I should have said no.

Will you please bake 10 dozen cupcakes for a party at school tomorrow? Sorry that it's such short notice, but I've just been so busy.

Will you please be our room mother? I know that you are the room mother in 5 other classes, this year, but you're so good at it, that it shouldn't be any trouble for you, at all.

Will you please babysit for my husband and I tonight? We really need a break, and besides, with all the kid's you have...what difference will 3 more make?

Will you please help with my wedding reception? I know that you just met me, and don't even know my fiancee, but I've heard that you do such a good job, and it would mean so much to us !

Will you please be the fund raiser for "fill in the cause" on your block. We will send you all the materials. All you need to do is go door to door and hound ask your neighbors for donations.

Will you?
Will you?
Will you?

NO - enough is enough.
There, I said it!

Do I feel better now?
Has a huge boulder been moved aside?

Well, no, but it's gonna take some practice.

I have a winding road that I'm to follow, but I plan to start avoiding as many of the bumps as possible, and start enjoying the scenery along the way!

I'll try to eliminate throwing down pebbles, so that I only have to deal with the ones that are not of my making.

As my lovely Gitz would say...

"No moment from my God
is a rock of burden.
It's just a rock waiting to be broken
into stepping stones."

Amen!

PS - You are all such wonderful bloggy friends...If you need something, all you have to do is ask, cause you know that I still don't know how to say THE word!

Puns

CREATIVE PUNS FOR "EDUCATED MINDS"

1.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was
Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but
it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

3.

She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

4.

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class
because it was weapon of math disruption.

5.

The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a
little behind in his work.

6.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll
still be stationery.

7.

A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited
for littering.

8.

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result
in Linoleum Blownapart.

9.

Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

10.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

11.

A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The
police are looking into it.

12.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

13.

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One
hat said to the other, 'You stay here; I'll go on a
head.'

14.

I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then
it hit me.

15.

A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said:
'Keep off the Grass.'

16.

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a
hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was,
a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

17.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

19.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a
small medium at large.

20.

The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is
now a seasoned veteran.

21.

A backward poet writes inverse.

22.

In democracy it's your vote that counts. In
feudalism it's your count that votes.

23.

When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of
religion.

And the Winner Is...May I Have a Drumroll Please!

I can feel the tension in the air. Hoards of readers, at this very moment, are sitting at their computers...spines tingling,,,holding their breath...the hair standing up on the backs of their necks...thinking"oh please, please, let it be me".................................................Oh sorry, I was off in the dream world for a moment.

After mixing the names up in the magic hat...hubby closes his eyes, and gently draws out a tiny folded up slip of yellow paper....Oh....whose name did he draw? He was so giddy with excitement, I was afraid that he might just forget what he was doing and wander back to the tv.
So whose name is on that slip of paper? Well I'm gonna tell you...after I thank you all for being such wonderful, loyal, witty, delightful followers.............................................the winner is.............

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Crap - the picture did a runner.
How do I keep doing this? It was here when I started typing. I had three pictures up.
Dang this drives me nuts. If I go back and add the photo now, it will be at the top of the page, and I'll have to hobble out to the other computer at get it out of my files.

Well, you'll just have to take my word for it, and I'll post the picture later today.

The winner is

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Email me girl, with your...

Full legal name
Height and Weight
Social Security Number
Code for you alarm system
Your mothers maiden name
Your husbands shoe size
The number of stalls in the horse barn
The answer to who shot JR
Pioneer Woman's cell phone number
Oh - and the address where you want me to send your prize!

libneas[at]aol[dot]com

AND

Here's the name of George and Grace's new blog
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A Tail of 2 Doggies

Thanks to TatersMama!

She will be receiving the consolation prize...her choice of any item from the original array of wonderful goodies shown in the picture on the giveaway post.
And knowing Tatie, she'll want the whoopie cushion!

I've already regesterd the dog's blog, and I'll let you know when it's up and running. The two little rascals have been arguing over just about every detail, and we are now in the process of trying to find a background layout that suits the three of us (and trying to get daddy to agree to pay someone to do it for us...any takers out there? I know that I have some very techno savvy readers. We could go as high as offering that Olive Garden Gift Card with a balance of $3.17)

TGIM - so I have a whole week of blog surfing ahead of me YEAH!

Over and Out
(Psssssst - you down under, I made my appointment this morning arrrrrrrrrrrg.)

This and That

This is what I wanted the mayo for the other day. I've been eating chopped apples with celery slices, pecans and dried cranberries, for lunch, just about every day, since coming home. We haven't had any mayo (just Miracle Whip...yeeeeek, blaaaah, gross - scrape my tongue just thinking about it). It hasn't been too bad, but I just wanted a little mayo on if for a change.
My husband has been to the grocery store twice in the last three days, but do you think that remembered to have him get mayo. NOPE!

Linnea - I think that Yoplait Light Thick and Creamy Yogurt is a perfectly wonderful healthy food item.
I've been eating it for breakfast everyday, for the last 8 weeks. My favorite flavor is cherry cobbler. If you close your eyes and think really hard, it tastes just like canned cherry pie filling!

Eduardo the Snuggle Puggle suggested an extreme skateboarding accident to the question..."What happened to my leg?" I've seen this dog on tv so many time...and I never get tired of watching him.

Another suggestion was telling people that I was injured when auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance, or maybe it was Dancing With the Stars. Thanks Vicky!

And, from Homestay Mama, that I was auditioning for the Texas RollerGirls and that I ran into the judges.

But my all time favorite suggestion came from our very own TatersMama. She wants me to tell people that while playing Donkey Baseball I fell off my Ass. Oh my delicate ears.
I laughed until I had to cross my legs, and hobble to the potty, so I wouldn't wet my pants.

Oh how I love a good pun!

Hope ya'll have a great weekend. I think that I'll take tomorrow off, but I'll be back on Monday to announce the giveaway winner AND the title to George and Gracie's new blog.

Paying It Forward Giveaway

Paying It Forward Giveaway

I've decided to join the "Paying It Forward" gang and give a gift to each of the first three people to comment here.

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a gift from me "sometime during this year". The prize is a surprise and will be mailed anywhere in the United Sates. I will spend some time visiting the three winner's blogs to try to get to know them better, to give me a better idea of what might make a nice gift for them. Then they will unexpectedly receive a gift from me at some point during the year.

You must post this same thing (Paying it Forward Giveaway) on your own blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in, along with a link.

Remember, only the first 3 comments participating in the Pay It Forward Giveaway will receive a gift.

Recap of the Rules:
1. Be one of the first three to leave a comment to this post, with the link to your Pay It Forward Giveaway post.
2. Be willing to follow through on sending out one prize each to three lucky winners of your contest.
3. Make sure your profile has contact information available. Otherwise, spell out your email address in the comment section.

Know What Part of my Problem Is?

Instead of the healthy breakfast above...

I'd rather have this! Paula Deans Krispy Kreme Donut Bread Pudding. What to know how to make it? Head over HERE and find out!

And this tastes sooooooooooooooo much better with some of.....

THIS!

And I love Healthy Choice Frozen dinners...especially when I had some salt and a lot of...
BUTTER!

And these little beauties are FABULOUS when you dip them in...

THIS!

Enough said.


If you haven't entered my giveaway yet, please go HERE...

and then go have something healthy to eat.

Got Mayo?

Excuse me, but if anyone is coming my way today...can you bring a couple of tbs. of mayonnaise?

And don't forget to put your thinking caps on, a think of a name for my doggies new blog!

Enter people...ENTER!