Picture Contest

I'm entering this photo of Dex into a photo contest tomorrow. I know, I'm such a dork! But, if I can get some money off my sweet boy, then why not?! Thought I'd share the picture with everyone.

A banana tree?

Am I alone on this or do you feel the same?

FOR THE LOVE...STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE!

Okay...those of you who know me well won't be a bit surprised to know that I tend to get impatient with other drivers. But in my defense, I only get mad at the stupid ones! Let me paint the scene for you... I'm minding my own business driving down the road, window down, radio blaring w/ me singing along, Dexter's hair blowing in the breeze, going above the speed limit with is pretty typical with me. Anyway...this woman was driving ridiculous and couldn't even stay in her lane. I looked over and saw her nose hair...yes, nose hair! So that made me say out loud to Dexter (yes, I talk to my dog) that you know someone is driving out of their lane and/or too close when you can see their nose hairs. She must not have a husband or any friends, otherwise, surely they would have told her she needed a little trim! And although I haven't had nose hair issues, I'd like to think that I have the best of friends who would NEVER let me in public looking like that!

My thought for the day (which I'm stealing from Friends don't let Friends drive drunk)
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS HAVE LONG NOSE HAIR!

And you thought this was going to be about driving...

Who is your Sunshine?

I saw this blinkie and it brought back memories from my childhood.

So here's the story. Growing up my dad had nicknames for my sister & I. I was "Partner" and she got to be "Sunshine"... I was a crazy tomboy (thought to be a boy in the womb) and Shelley...well she's sweet smiling Shelley! Anyway...my dad used to sing that John Denver song...you know the one..."Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy..." He would sing it to her sometimes at night when he was putting her to bed. It made me SOOOOO sad that I didn't have a song, so occasionally to humor me, he sang..."Partner on my shoulders makes me happy" Love you dad. Love you Shell.

I have to stick that needle where?!

Okay...so for the past 2 weeks I've been fretting over the fact that I will now be giving myself allergy shots. I have never had any issues with needles and have never minded anyone poking me with them...but the idea that I would purposefully stick a needle in me was just about more then I could bare. So today was the big day...I had to go to the doctor's office and give myself my first one after some quick "training". So I get there and change into my shorts because I've got to stick that stinkin' needle in my leg! She shows me how to grab some fat...well she called it skin...but I'm pretty sure the amount of fat I had to grab on my leg was a realization of the lack of running in my life lately! Anyway, so I grab with my left hand and hold the needle with my right...and she says "Just jab it in really quick!" I took a deep breath and just jabbed it in (I might have even had my eyes closed...not sure) but I'm a SUPER STAR! It wasn't bad at all...I can totally do this and I even got a free sucker today so that makes it all okay! The moral of this story is this: If you have to get allergy shots twice a week and you want to avoid the insurance costs of a copay every stinkin' time, then just give them to yourself and only pay a copay once a month! I love being smarter then the insurance company!!!

Why Dogs Bite People

My cousin Susan sent me some pictures. And if I was a dog and my owner put this junk on me, I'd bite them, too! I am one of those "party poopers" who refuses to put clothes on my dog...for the love people...it's a dog! Give the poor dog a break! Okay...so these pics are pretty funny, I'll give you that! Put please be advised that my sweet Dexter will NEVER have clothes on!

On the Street Corners

So, there's always lots of controversy on homeless people standing on street corners begging for money. I pulled up at a stoplight and must admit when I saw this lady's sign I cracked up (which might have been rude), but b/c she was so creative with her sign, I totally had to give her money. So, she's this lady with one leg standing on crutches and her sign said...ON MY LAST LEG! Now, I realize only having 1 leg is NOT funny, so anyone reading this who only has one leg or knows someone with 1 leg, please know I'm not make fun of them. Her sign just caught me so off guard.

Also, for those of you who fall on the side of NOT giving $ and instead getting annoyed...think about this. We were not put on this earth to judge others. We were put on this earth to love other's and be God's light in a world of darkness. We don't know their intentions, but that is not the reason to give. When someone is in need, we are called to be servants of God and to help them. Now, that being said, there are others ways to help them if you are leary of giving money. I tend to always have granola bars and bottles of water & those type things in my car. I've given many a granola bars out to very thankful people.

I'll stop my preaching, but next time, before you get annoyed...remember what Jesus would do!