2016 May “FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE”
A friend of mine
shared with me her conversation she’d had with her husband. “Me: I have fluid in my ears; I
feel it when I talk. My hubby: I wish we had dog treats.” This is why my
marriage works, LOL!“
I came across an
entry in a little booklet I was given.
There is no author, but the statement or observation is profound: “People
who will not admit they’ve been wrong love themselves more than they love the
truth.” This, to me, goes
hand-in-hand with another observation I found and have used which has no
author: “Truth is hate to those who hate the truth.”
As the hunting dog
watched the skunk nibble on the food in his bowl, his thought was, “Two of the
greatest virtues are wisdom and patience.”
Please know: Swimsuit season is just around the
corner. In my neighborhood, so is Dairy
Queen with a sale on large BLIZZARDS……BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE. Figures!
Brenduhh came over
in a nasty mood. She argued and fretted
at me for about 10 minutes. Nothing I
said changed her attitude. She isn’t the
sharpest point on an angle and presented a COMMON CORE math problem which was
wrong, and I tried to help correct it.
“Trudy, 2+2 = 5, doesn’t it?” I
told her it did not, but that it equaled 4.
She argued more so when she asked me again to verify that 2+2=5 I said,
“Oh yes it does, and then you have to carry the 1.” I went to the porch for some air.
I have a friend who went on a cruise with
her family of 4 daughters, hubby and herself.
She took pictures of them all in the van while traveling. I mentioned to her when I saw the pictures,
“You have a U-Haul following you. Did
you know that?” She replied, “Yes. That is for our luggage as we travel to Georgia and Florida.”
Well, I was raised in Georgia
and she was not. So, I knew how the
Southerners talked. I told her, “If you
stop at a gas station in Georgia
you might be asked, ‘Y’all need “awl” in thu U-Haul y’all r-uh haulin’?’” She told me to please speak English. I told her I was, but it was Southern
English. Of course, that got me to
thinking about what could be asked if the U-Haul was carrying sharp, punching
tools which are rusting…..”Y’all need “awl” on thu awls y’all r-uh haulin’ in
thu U-Haul?” I love the Southern
dialect. Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote
Uncle Remus’ stories about B’rer Rabbit and those folks, wrote in the deep
Southern dialect. Unless you are
familiar with that dialect, you might be ahead to read the stories out loud to
understand what is being said.
It is getting much
warmer outside at this time. So there
will be people who will say, “It’s too hot for coffee.” Those people do not understand coffee and are
not to be trusted. Get away from them;
banish them from your presence. You do
NOT need this kind of stress or evilness in your life.
Brenduhh say me on
the porch swing and joined me for some lemonade. “Trudy, I’ve decided I’m going to try to
laugh at myself more. I understand it
relieves stress, too.” I told her,
“That’s a good idea, sweetie. It was
getting difficult for all the rest of us, and yes, it does relieve stress in
“many ways”.
Just try saying,
“Irish wristwatch” 3 times fast. Then,
try it 3 times fast after 2 glasses of wine.
Bwahahahahaha!!!!
I was talking with
a friend the other day about our trials and tribulations. We’ve both had quite a few. She said, “Trudy, you’re so strong.” I thought about Superman, but I knew she
wasn’t meaning all those strengths. I
told her, “Oh, I don’t know about that, but I do know I’ve done what I
believed, not thought, needed to be done.
I read a little plaque one time.
It said, ‘Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once
thought you couldn’t.’ I, also, believe
what J.C. Watts said, ‘It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on; it takes a
lot of strength to let go.’ All this
together is what strength is, my dear friend, and knowing that there is one
entity who will take you through everything if you will trust Him.”
Did you know that
catching a bee in your shirt while driving 45 mph increases your vocabulary and
demolition derby driving skills/techniques?
Did you know that if you take the word “milk” and change 4 letters you
get wine? Did you know that a pig which
knows some karate moves is a “pork chop”?
Did you know that when a person says, “First of all” at the beginning of
an argument, they have research, data, charts and a strong determination to
annihilate you? Give up while you still
have your butt. Did you know: there are bras in bars; lows in slow; there’s
tire tier; there are vast vats; you can veto a vote; toneless is noteless? These are called ANAGRAMS…..different words
made from the same letters of another word.
I found one with 27 letters: hydroxydeoxycorticosterones (a
crystalline steroid hormone C21H30O4 occurring in the adrenal cortex) is hydroxydesoxycorticosterone (An analog
of desoxycorticosterone which is substituted by a hydroxyl group at the C-18
position.) Alrighty then!! Thank you Medical Dictionary on line.
In March and April
others, whom I know, traveled to much warmer climates for vacations. I found
it interesting that they returned grumbling about the temperatures, forgetting
that we who stayed here kept the temperatures constant so they would have a
comparison analysis. There was no,
“Thank you” from them, either. Yeesh!
Such ingratitude.
I was sitting
watching a school bus slow down to release some children. The orange flashers went on as it stopped,
then the red flashers, and the metal, side sign of STOP was extended. A car sped up and went around it!! I was furious. I wondered, “What part of this 45 foot
vehicle which has a capacity of carrying 75+ children, with a curb weight of
20,000+ pounds, painted bright yellow with red flashing lights did you NOT
see?” They saw the black and white car
with red, white, and blue flashing lights come up behind it, though. In fact, stupid driver of said car stopped on
the side of the road and the black and white car stopped right behind it. I stood, clapped, and yelled, “All righty
then!”
Peace, smiles, and
blessings to you. Trudy
