Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... May, 2011

5-1-2011 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie; Meg33

[JustAmy]

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[oldteen]

Great one, Billie! Thanks!

I don't know of anyone who tires of peanut butter and something! Jelly, bananas, pickles, whatever flavors they enjoy! Personally, I enjoy it on rice cakes as well!

[oldteen]

Mornin' t-pammy!

Hope your day goes mah-vah-lus-ly! :)

[tiapam]

LOL!!

[tiapam]

"Hope your day goes mah-vah-lus-ly!"

And you, as well!
Off to water therapy today!
Always feels sooooooooooo good! :)

[lonestar]

I LUUUUUUUV peanut butter!

Weinie

[Dubya]

Advice From A Farmer

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

You cannot unsay a cruel word.

Every path has a few puddles.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The best sermons are lived, not preached.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

[Dubya]

NICE :^)

[Dubya]

Nice one

[oldteen]

All great words to live by, however....

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer

Can't beat that one! :)

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer “

I’ve only blown that one 1,667,441 times........

[oldteen]

I’ve only blown that one 1,667,441 times

Ahhhh...I see you're one of the quiet ones! ;)

[stephenjohnbanker]

;-)

[Dubya]

Me too :^)

[Dubya]

“Makeup Routine”
Every morning, a little girl would go in the bathroom to watch Mommy as she was putting on her makeup to go to work.
But this certain morning when Mom turned to leave the bathroom, the little girl loudly said, “Mom, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper goodbye!”

[Dubya]

“Signs You Are an Elementary School Teacher”

You are probably an elementary school teacher if:

~ You ask guests if they have remembered their scarves and mittens as they leave your home.

~ You move your dinner partner’s glass away from the edge of the table.

~ You ask if anyone needs to go to the bathroom as you enter a theater with a group of friends.

~ You hand a tissue to anyone who sneezes.

~ You declare “no cuts” when a shopper squeezes ahead of you in a checkout line.

~ You ask “Are you sure you did your best?” to the mechanic who fails to repair your car to your satisfaction.

~ You sing the “Alphabet Song” to yourself as you look up a number in the phone book.

~ You say everything twice. I mean, you repeat everything.

[Dubya]

No it can’t be beat. :^)

[Dubya]

Illustration
“Self-Righteous Perceptions”

A man sees another leaning against the wall of a large building. The second man is puffing away, one cigarette after another.

The nonsmoker says, “Sir, I couldn’t help noticing how you chain-smoke. How many packs do you smoke a day?”

“Four.”
“How long have you been smoking?”

“Thirty years.”

“That’s over six thousand packs. Why, if you didn’t smoke, you could have saved enough money to buy this building.”

The smoker takes a deep puff and says, “Do you smoke?”

“Never.”

“Do you own this building?”

“No.”

“Well, I do.”

[oldteen]

Oh dear....I’m not a teacher but several of those have my name on them! *snicker*

[LUV W]

My favorite form of peanut butter....:)

[Dubya]

DOG FOR SALE

A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: Talking Dog For Sale

He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

“You talk?” he asks.

“Yep,” the Lab replies.

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says “So, what’s your story?”

The Lab looks up and says, “Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.”

“I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running... But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn’t getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.”

“Later, I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I’m just retired.”

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

“Ten dollars,” the guy says.

”Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?”

“Because he’s a liar. He never did any of that stuff.”

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY TUESDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

There is a story behind this picture.

Always known as a photographer who would take almost any chance if it meant getting the picture, Gene Smith’s good luck throughout the Pacific deserted him on May 23, 1945. While on the east coast of Okinawa photographing an essay titled "A Day in the Life of a Front Line Soldier," he was seriously wounded by a Japanese shell fragment. The missile hit him in the head cutting both cheeks, injuring his tongue and knocking out several teeth. Characteristically, he was taking pictures at the time and the fragment passed through his left hand before entering his cheek just below the eye and near the nose. His comment in the hospital later: "I forgot to duck but I got a wonderful shot of those who did... my policy of standing up when the others are down finally caught up with me."

Ernie Pyle, another great war correspondent, who was on Okinawa with Smith and was not so lucky, wrote of him, "Gene Smith is an idealist, trying to do great good with his work but it will either break him or kill him."

Smith’s war wounds cost him two painful years of hospitalization and plastic surgery. During these years he took no pictures and whether he would ever be able to return to photography was doubtful. Then one day, during his period of convalescence, Smith took a walk with his two children and even though it was still intensely painful for him to operate a camera, came back with one of the most famous photographs of all time: "A Walk to Paradise Garden." This memorable image was to serve as the final picture in the famous "Family of Man" Exhibition.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Dubya]

A young boy came to Sunday School late.

His teacher knew that he was usually very prompt and asked him if anything was wrong.

The boy replied no, that he was going fishing but his dad told him that he needed to go to church.

The teacher was very impressed and asked the boy if his dad had explained to him why it was more important to go to church than to go fishing?

The boy replied, “Yes he did. Dad said he didn’t have enough bait for both of us.”

[Dubya]

Miss Jones had been giving her second-grade students a lesson on science.

She had explained about magnets and showed how they would pick up nails and other bits of iron.

Now it was question time, and she asked, “My name begins with the letter ‘M’ and I pick up things. What am I?”

A little boy on the front row proudly said, “You’re a mother!”

[Dubya]

HAVE A NICE DAY

[Dubya]

[Dubya]

things mama taught me
1. My mother taught me TO
APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE
‘If you’re going to kill
each other, do it outside.
I just finished cleaning.’

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
‘You better pray that will
come out of the carpet.’

3. My mother taught me about TIME
TRAVEL.
‘If you don’t straighten
up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next
week!’

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
‘Because I said so,
that’s why.’

5. My mother taught me MORE
LOGIC.
‘If you fall out of that
swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store
with me.’

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
‘Make sure you wear clean
underwear, in case you’re in an accident.’

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
‘Keep crying, and I’ll
give you something to cry about.’

8. My mother taught me about the
science of OSMOSIS.
‘Shut your mouth and eat your
supper.’

9. My mother taught me about
CONTORTIONISM.
‘Will you look at that dirt
on the back of your neck!’

10. My mother taught me about
STAMINA.
‘You’ll sit there until
all that spinach is gone.’

11. My mother taught me about
WEATHER.
‘This room of yours looks as
if a tornado went through it.’

12. My mother taught me about
HYPOCRISY.
‘If I told you once, I’ve
told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!’

13. My mother taught me the
CIRCLE OF LIFE.
‘I brought you into this
world, and I can take you out.’

14. My mother taught me about
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
‘Stop acting like your
father!’

15. My mother taught me about
ENVY.
‘There are millions of less
fortunate children in this world who don’t
have wonderful parents like you
do.’

16. My mother taught me about
ANTICIPATION.
‘Just wait until we get
home.’

17. My mother taught me about
RECEIVING.
‘You are going to get it when
you get home!’

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL
SCIENCE.
‘If you don’t stop
crossing your eyes, They are going to freeze that
way.’

19. My mother taught me ESP.
‘Put your sweater on;
don’t you think I know when you are cold?’

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
‘When that lawn mower cuts
off your toes, don’t come
running to me.’

21. My mother taught me HOW TO
BECOME AN ADULT.
‘If you don’t eat your
vegetables, you’ll never grow up.’

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
‘You’re just like your
father.’

23. My mother taught me about my
ROOTS.
‘Shut that door behind you.
Do you think you were born in a barn?’

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
‘When you get to be my age,
you’ll understand.’

25. And my favorite: my mother
taught me about JUSTICE.
‘One day you’ll have
kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!

[Dubya]

[Dubya]

SAYINGS ON TEE-SHIRTS

My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn’t!

I don’t suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

Don’t take life too seriously, you won’t get out alive.

You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me.

Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.

Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research.

I’m not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.

Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.

[DollyCali]

Hi all.. been so covered up with so many things lately. Still struggling hard & swimming against the current in most issues. I just came across this & thought it might be of interest to you. (yes I am still the health nut) LOL.

apples	Protects your heart	prevents constipation	Blocks diarrhea	Improves lung capacity	Cushions joints
apricots	Combats cancer	Controls blood pressure	Saves your eyesight	Shields against Alzheimer's	Slows aging process
artichokes	Aids digestion	Lowers cholesterol	Protects your heart	Stabilizes blood sugar	Guards against liver disease
avocados	Battles diabetes	Lowers cholesterol	Helps stops strokes	Controls blood pressure	Smoothes skin
bananas	Protects your heart	Quiets a cough	Strengthens bones	Controls blood pressure	Blocks diarrhea
beans	Prevents constipation	Helps hemorrhoids	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	Stabilizes blood sugar
beets	Controls blood pressure	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones	Protects your heart	Aids weight loss
blueberries	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Stabilizes blood sugar	Boosts memory	Prevents constipation
broccoli	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones	Stabilizes blood sugar	Protects your heart	Controls blood pressure
cabbage	Combats cancer	Prevents constipation	Promotes weight loss	Protects your heart	Helps hemorrhoids
cantaloupe	Saves eyesight	Controls blood pressure	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	Supports immune system

carrots	Saves eyesight	Protects your heart	Prevents constipation	Combats cancer	Promotes weight loss
cauliflower	Protects against Prostate Cancer	Combats Breast Cancer	Strengthens bones	Banishes bruises	Guards against heart disease
cherries	Protects your heart	Combats Cancer	Ends insomnia	Slows aging process	Shields against Alzheimer's
chestnuts	Promotes weight loss	Protects your heart	Lowers cholesterol	Combats Cancer	Controls blood pressure
chili peppers	Aids digestion	Soothes sore throat	Clears sinuses	Combats Cancer	Boosts immune system
figs	Promotes weight loss	Helps stops strokes	Lowers cholesterol	Combats Cancer	Controls blood pressure
fish	Protects your heart	Boosts memory	Protects your heart	Combats Cancer	Supports immune system
flax		Aids digestion	Battles diabetes	Protects your heart	Improves mental health	Boosts immune system
garlic	Lowers cholesterol	Controls blood pressure	Combats cancer	kills bacteria	Fights fungus
grapefruit	Protects against heart attacks	Promotes Weight loss	Helps stops strokes	Combats Prostate Cancer	Lowers cholesterol
grapes	saves eyesight	Conquers kidney stones	Combats cancer	Enhances blood flow	Protects your heart
green tea	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Helps stops strokes	Promotes Weight loss	Kills bacteria

honey	Heals wounds	Aids digestion	Guards against ulcers	Increases energy	Fights allergies
lemons	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Controls blood pressure	Smoothes skin		Stops scurvy
limes	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Controls blood pressure	Smoothes skin	Stops scurvy
mangoes	Combats cancer	Boosts memory	Regulates thyroid	aids digestion	Shields against Alzheimer's
mushrooms	Controls blood pressure	Lowers cholesterol	Kills bacteria	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones
oats	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	Battles diabetes	prevents constipation	Smoothes skin
olive oil	Protects your heart	Promotes Weight loss	Combats cancer	Battles diabetes	Smoothes skin
onions	Reduce risk of heart attack	Combats cancer	Kills bacteria	Lowers cholesterol	Fights fungus
oranges	Supports immune systems	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	Straightens respiration
peaches	prevents constipation	Combats cancer	Helps stops strokes	aids digestion	Helps hemorrhoids
peanuts	Protects against heart disease	Promotes Weight loss	Combats Prostate Cancer	Lowers cholesterol	Aggravates diverticulitis
pineapple	Strengthens bones	Relieves colds	Aids digestion	Dissolves warts	Blocks diarrhea

prunes	Slows aging process	prevents constipation	boosts memory	Lowers cholesterol	Protects against heart disease
brown rice	Protects your heart	Battles diabetes	Conquers kidney stones	Combats cancer	Helps stops strokes
strawberries	Combats cancer	Protects your heart	boosts memory	Calms stress
sweet potatoes	Saves your eyesight	Lifts mood	Combats cancer	Strengthens bones
tomatoes	Protects prostate	Combats cancer	Lowers cholesterol	Protects your heart
walnuts	Lowers cholesterol	Combats cancer	boosts memory	Lifts mood	Protects against heart disease
water	Promotes Weight loss	Combats cancer	Conquers kidney stones	Smoothes skin
watermelon	Protects prostate	Promotes Weight loss	Lowers cholesterol	Helps stops strokes	Controls blood pressure
wheat germ	Combats Colon Cancer	prevents constipation	Lowers cholesterol	Helps stops strokes	improves digestion
wheat bran	Combats Colon Cancer	prevents constipation	Lowers cholesterol	Helps stops strokes	improves digestion
yogurt	Guards against ulcers	Strengthens bones	Lowers cholesterol	Supports immune systems	Aids digestion

[Dubya]

[LUV W]

Wow. That’s awesome stuff! Thanks Dolly! (((hugs)))

[Dubya]

[jaycee]

Gosh, I love this, Dolly. Thanks for posting it! I may copy and keep on side of fridge. And by the way, I love everything on there. I had a sweet potato this week and don’t have them much. I’ve learn to stick my veggies in the oven with a little oil and salt and pepper and you can roast most everything. I love potatoes and onions like that. I cut them in big chunks and oil them well, salt and pepper and they’re wonderful. I peeled that sweet potato I mentioned and cut it in chunks too. I have some cabbage in fridge and wondered if I could roast it. (I always use foil on my baking sheet for easy cleanup!

Getting ready for sleepy time! Did you ever find out about that doggie contest I saw you talking about on Facebook???

[DollyCali]

there are three more charts that I have to load onto tinypic etc. will ping you both to them..

maybe tomorrow ... just pretty busy with “stuff”

working on a paper to share with those with interest on natural health,healing,medicine etc.

Had things prior but could not find the material on my hard drive..

so starting almost over

[DollyCali]

opps... that is MY BAD.. all of them are here. this is the HTML.. I copied this into 4 parts , GRABBED/screen shot & made into pix..

sorry, I am tired.. but bottom line is that this is the whole thing

[LUV W]

Thanks, Dolly! We can always use tips for staying healthy, right?

Is chocolate on one of those lists? :D

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

Two Words
May 4, 2011

In the annals of US advertising history, one of the most efficient slogans ever is the California milk producers’ two-word question, “Got milk?” With that phrase, the group captured almost everyone’s attention. In surveys, the slogan was recognized by more than 90 percent of the people polled.

If “Got milk?” is so good at reminding people to drink “cow juice,” perhaps we can create some two-word slogans to remind ourselves to live more godly lives. Let’s turn to James 4 and try it. This passage gives four specific guidelines.

1. Give in! Verse 7 tells us to submit to God. Our sovereign God loves us, so why not let Him run the show? Submission helps us resist the devil. 2. Get close! Verse 8 reminds us of the value of drawing near to God. It’s up to us to close the gap between us and God. 3. Clean up! Verse 8 also reminds us to make sure our hearts are clean. That happens through confessing our sins to God. 4. Get down! James says we need to be humble before God (v.10). That includes viewing our sin as something to weep over.

Give in! Get close! Clean up! Get down! These pairs of words may not look as good on a T-shirt as “Got milk?” But they sure will look good on us.

Lord, help me live a godly life
Of faith and love and purity
So those who watch my life will see
Reflections of Your work in me. —Sper

The most powerful testimony is a godly life.

Read: James 4:7-10

Submit to God. —James 4:7

Bible in a year:
1 Kings 16-18; Luke 22:47-71

[geologist]

Wonderful hymns, beautiful, and deeply touching power of music and singing these words-lyrics

Gerry & the Pacemakers ...

You'll Never Walk Alone Lyrics:

“When you walk
through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid
of the dark.

At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver
Song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind

Walk on through the rain

Though your dreams
Be tossed and blown.

Walk on
walk on

With hope in your hearts

I And you'll
never walk alone

You'll never walk alone.

Walk on
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I Surrender all

“All to Jesus, I surrender;
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

Refrain

I surrender all, I surrender all,
All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

Refrain

All to Jesus, I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

Refrain

All to Jesus, I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power;
Let Thy blessing fall on me.

Refrain

All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!

Refrain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Dubya]

When I went to get my driver’s license renewed, our local motor-vehicle bureau was packed.

The line inched along for almost an hour until the man ahead of me finally got his license.

He inspected his photo for a moment and commented to the clerk, “I was standing in line so long, I ended up looking pretty grouchy in this picture.”

The clerk looked at his picture closely.

“It’s okay,” he reassured the man, “That’s how you’re going to look when the cops pull you over anyway.”

[yorkie]

Thank you Geo - two of my favorite hymns:

Gerry & the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone (click)

I Surrender All (click)

[JustAmy]

May 4, 2011



Graphic by Billie

My Friend
Artist and Composer: Taylor Hicks

I just want to say, my friend
I just am really feeling
in the difference in the man
too many cards in their hand
to fold out of line

I just want to say, my friend
in this world that we're living in
out of the goodness of the man
I'm gonna make you understand that
that it might not be your time

so please don't show me no way
I'm just barely getting by
make a better plan
for a lonely man
so I know just what to do, yeah

I just want to say, my friend
I just am really feeling
oh, I know the way you feel
when you say that love is real
and you both will share a smile

I just want to say, my friend
I just am really feeling
in the difference in the man
too many cards in their hand
to fold out of line

so please don't show me no way
I'm just barely getting by
make a better plan
for a lonely man
so I know just what to do, yeah

I just want to say, my friend
I'm eating my words again
I know the way you feel
when you say that love is real
and you both will share a smile

I just want to say, my friend
I'm eating my words again
I know the way you feel
when you say that love is real
and you both will share a smile

so please don't show me no way
I'm just barely getting by
make a better plan
for a lonely man
so I know just what to do, yeah

make a better plan
for a lonely man
so I know just what to do
make a better plan
for a lonely man
so I know just what to do, yeah

share that smile
share that smile
share that smile (yeah, yeah, yeah)
share that smile
people don't you know
ah, you got to share that smile (right!)
share that smile, yeah (mmmmmm)
share that smile

don't you know baby
baby loves a woman
don't you share that smile
people
share that smile, yeah
share that smile

ohhhh
sing a song, children
share that smile
share that smile, ooooh ooooooh
share that smile,
share that smile, yeah
great job

[Dubya]

very nice

[Dubya]

BUSY DAY
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A NICE DAY.

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY WARM AND FUZZY WEDNESDAY!

Rose Peace – Hybrid Tea - 1946

Enjoy your Wednesday!!!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[JustAmy]

Good morning, FRiends.
Happy Warm, Fuzzy Wednesday.

I have a couple of things to finish before lunch.
I'm going to spend some time with my brother after lunch.
He still gets confused but he is coping with his medical problems.

Wishing everyone a Wonderful Warm Fuzzy Day.

[tiapam]

I like the “Feel Good All Over” Smiles graphic and song by Taylor Hicks! Thank you!

[oldteen]

~~WF Wednesday~~

~~To Amy's Place~~

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy WFW, Teenie!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[tiapam]

Have a Smiling Day-Click

[tiapam]

LOL and WAY too cute! Thank you!