Thursday, February 7, 2008

Thursday night

>>> A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She>>> presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known>>> proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard>>> t o believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may>>> surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders,>>> 6-year-olds.>>>>>>>>>>>>
1. Don't change horses until they stop running.
2. Strike while the bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but> How?
6. Don't bite the hand that looks dirty.
7. No news is impossible
8. A miss is as good as a Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new Math
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust Me.
12. The pen is mightier than the pigs.
13. An idle mind is the best way to relax .
14. Where there's smoke there's pollution.
15. Happy the bride who gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is not much.
17. Two's company, three's the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and You have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you See in the picture on the box
24. When the blind lead the blind get out of the way.
25. A bird in the hand is going to poop on you.
And the WINNER and last one!
26. Better late than Pregnant

Down on the Farm


I have wanted to pass on the following note sent a few days ago by a neighbor but couldn't find the picture that I had saved. Holly sent the e-mail again and it follows along with the picture. Life here is always different than the life I lived when I was married to my IBM executive. When he passed over to Glory, he had no idea the change that would come to my life. I loved him, loved the life he gave me and now I love my new life out in the desert of Arizona and DOWN ON THE FARM.

Hello All! I don't know that I would normally share this tidbitof information in an email, but given the loss of ourhorse, Jake, just over a week ago, it seemsappropriate...As you know, we had to put Jake down on Friday,January 25th. A week or so prior we had agreed toadopt a pygmy goat that had been living just down thestreet, in deplorable conditions. We were told shewas about 9 months old and really needed better home. Well, we have a young Nubian goat that could use afriend (pigs don't make the greatest playmates forgoats!)... so we said we'd take her. The neighbors that convinced these people to givetheir animals up to new homes asked if bringing thenew goat over on Sunday the 27th would be a bad time,given our loss just two days earlier. Although it wasa considerate thought, we said it would be fine tobring the goat over. ...so "Penny" found a new homewith us last Sunday.Fast forward to last Friday night, just five daysafter receiving Penny...Anthony and I got home around 7pm and drove around tothe back gate where the animals are closest... theywere sure to be hungry. As expected and normal, allthe pigs were grumbling at the pen gate waiting to befed and Skittles, the Nubian goat, was with them...but where was Penny our new little goat?Then I saw her across the pen - she was standingbehind one of the pig houses... I entered the pig/goatpen worried as to why she hadn't joined the others atthe gate...I walked over to the pig house, looked around thecorner to see why Penny has stayed behind... Andthere, still wet and shaky, was Penny's new baby! Ourbrand new goat, just a baby herself, had a baby!Exactly one week after we lost Jake, we were blessedwith a new, unexpected little life! Photos of Penny and baby Archie are attached. Had to share!... -Holly