Let It Rain

Today we had plans to attend an outdoor festival. Visions of sunshine and fall colors danced through my head. Instead we were met with rain. Drizzling, wet rain.
Rather than let it get in the way of our plans we went anyway.
We watched ladies make sauerkraut, fresh apples being hand-pressed, civil war reenactors, a black smith and visited the animals in the 4-H tent. Not too shabby of a day.
Sure we had on hats, mittens and coats but that did not deter us. If anything it made me appreciate it more. There were no long lines or pushing and shoving to see what was happening. It also made me realize that soldiers in the civil war didn't get to choose whether or not they stayed inside due to the weather.
Are we raising a generation of fair weather friends? Are we raising our kids to stay inside and only go out if the conditions are ideal? I have come to realize that if I continue to wait for ideal, I will waste a lot of time waiting. I would much rather live life. So let it rain.
The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This Morning

ME: We have a dentist appointment today.
DD: I am going to get dumb again.
ME: Do you mean numb?
DD: Yeah numb.
PHEW!

Imagine the Divorce Rate

Little girl came to me with her princess dress.
"Mom can you help me put it on, I want to get married today."
I help her with the dress and she goes about playing.
45 minutes later she comes back.
"Mom can you help me take this off, I am DONE being married."
I suppressed a laugh, could not withhold the smile. I went on to explain to her that when she really gets married she can't just take off the dress and not be married anymore.
"I know Mom, I'm just pretending."

I Like This Quote

Pablo Picasso

"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

Funny Quote

Joe Weinstein

"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money."

Quotes with comments

Orson Welles
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.

With America's portions what they are, I have done my fair share of overeating. Most definitely dinners for two but I think on occasion I have had enough for four.

George Carlin
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

This one is for my Mom. We love to camp. Love it! And we have our favorite campgrounds including our favorite sites. So this year we were all set to make our reservations. We woke up early, logged on in advance. Had everything set to go the moment it turned 8am. You see in Michigan registration is EXACTLY 6 months before the date of check-in. And there are certain parks that fill up within 5 minutes. And the certain park that we love, happens to be one of them. So day one we both failed to get in. Day 2, I got in and my Mom did not. Even though she had both the internet registration site and a phone call into the so called "50 phone receptionist" All is worked out now and our camping plans for the 2007 camping season are made. I will get to sleep by my favorite tree, hike my favorite trails and eat camp food to my hearts content. And I don't see anything wrong with that.

Funny Ha Ha

Not necessarily true of my own upbringing but it made me laugh.

Woody Allen

"My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers."