Happy Monkey Funday....

Oh my goodness, I'm sooo excited! Do you know what a great feeling it is not to have to get up at some ungodly hour and travel and hour and a half to get to the office??? Well, it's great, on the one hand.
On the other hand, it's a little bittersweet, because hub's not here to share this with me and the plans we were making will never come true. But I know it'll all be ok. He's here with me in spirit and I draw strength from what we shared together. I want to always remember the smiles he gave me and keep them with me now. I'm still taking things a bit slowly but I'm getting there.
You see, that's how it is now...I get really happy about something then I think, oh wow, he's not here with me to share this. What now? That's when I remember the funny things he'd say and it helps me get through it. I'm still sad, but better.

So getting back to Monkey Mondays....Mondays are now officially "Fundays" (to quote a good friend ;-) .....so...Happy Monkey Funday y'all.

Peace

Test Time

Your DJ Name Is:




DJ Funky Muppet

What's Your DJ Name?

Just in case I may want to be a DJ! ahahaha.
or a rapper.........

Peace

Your Rapper Name Is...

Funkmaster Jellybean

What's Your Rapper Name?

Leisurely Saturday

I want to thank all of you for joining in my celebration yesterday of the start of my new beginning! So this is the first post in my retirement mode. It's a good feeling. I'm going to just hang out today. There's no pressure to "get things done". I'll have lots of time to do that now. I'll do my errands and food shopping during the week now. I won't have to fight with everyone else trying to get it done on the weekends. And I'll also try to get back to reading everyone again. Hugs to all!


Peace

Happy Dance Friday Party Time!!!

Come on in and celebrate with me. Have some cake.. dance away!
Hello...new life!

Peace

The Day Before I Retire.

Well, I didn't have a post planned for today, so I suppose some randomness is due...(can you plan randomness?). I don't think so. It's raining here today. Is that a good sign that it's raining the day before I retire? I believe there's some folklore(or an old Chinese saying) that states: May the drops of rain fall down on you and frizz your hair. I never heard that one. Did you? OH well, I guess I'll continue to learn things even as I approach this day, the day before I officially retire. So how do I feel you may ask? Absolutely wonderful.......I'm not even going to look back. I will go back tho on April 11th for my party! Hint. NYC. Invited. All. Yippie. Yahoo. Doing the "I won't have to work anymore after tomorrow dance"!!!!!!

Peace

(I have a lurker that's been reading all my posts for long periods of time and refuses to comment....just today alone they've been on over 3 hours and have read over 50 pages of my blog......I wonder why? So just comment, will you?)

Only In New York!

The above sign reads:
"I need only $4300 so I can meet a nice girl like our Governor Spitzer".

Thanks, Brat.

Peace (Three more days!!!!!! ;-)

Yellowstone Park

I just recently bought a scanner, copier, fax, printer...from Costco. A Canon. Ok there's a plug for Canon (and Costco). (I need printer paper, ok?) I finally hooked it up and I'm very happy with it. Everything actually works and I only had to call their help line once.

Now ya see that picture? Hub took it at Yellowstone Park. It's my first "scanned" picture! I'm going to try and scan all 300 plus into the puter. We have some awesome photos from all over the country. I'm planning on posting a few every week. It'll bring back happy memories for me while sharing them with you.

Peace

Monkey Monday and Meme

Happy Monkey Monday!
(Five more days!!!!!)

My simple wish

Patti tagged me with the "Make a Wish" meme.
Here's the rules
1. Think about what it is that you want more than anything, what your heart's desire and fondest wish is, and what it is that you would wish for if you were to see the above wishing star flame across the night sky.
2. Right click and SAVE the blank graphic below.
3. Use a graphics program of your choice and place your wish on this picture:

4. Post the Make A Wish Meme and your wishing star on your blog along with these rules.
5. Tag as many people as you like so that there can be wishing stars all across the Blogosphere and ask them to please link back to Linda so that she can see what wishes others have made and share those wishes with others."

I tag Roger, Dianne, Mama Bear, and Jeff.

Peace

Hoppy Day!

Peace

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! And if you don't celebrate Easter, then Happy Spring!
Holidays are rather hard for me without hub....they say that'll happen so I just prepare myself to be feeling down this weekend....but I will be going to my friend's house for Easter dinner...and I'll be with Mom all day today. She's out of the hospital...but she hasn't really perked up yet. We're watching and waiting. So please keep her in your prayers. In the meantime...keep on laughing....

Peace

Happy Dance Friday!

Instead of "Take This Job and Shove It" as my new theme song, I've chosen the following. By the time I make it to Tahiti, I may be ok with all this....I'm sure hub wouldn't mind! ;-)









Peace

Some Stuff

Sunshiny day here. So I took another day off. I have 7 more working days to go!!!! I do have to admit that as much as I'm looking forward to retirement, it's still a little scary. The "routine" has been with me for so long. But I'm guessing that feeling will leave rather quickly once I get into another "routine". And I sure have lots of routines planned. Lemme see....gotta get to Tahiti one day....renovate the house, one little area at a time......visit friends who have moved away.....it'd be fun to take a blogging tour across the country and meet y'all.........I have to get to Yellowstone Park someday to spread some of hub's ashes (that was his all time favorite place)......go to the beach every day.......gym. One thing I'm not going to be doing is finding another job. I'd love to do some volunteer work and give back some of what the world has given me. I'll continue with my grief therapy. It's what I need most right now. So.....if anyone is going to be in NYC on April 11, let me know....that's the day of my retirement luncheon and you're all invited!!!

Peace

Happy Hump Day

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.......Mother Teresa

(Taking the day off today. Got some monkey business to take care of. Have a nice hump day! ;-)

Peace

"Monkey Monday" Tuesday.....

Happy Monkey Monday on Tuesday!



Peace

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Have a Grand Day!

Peace

(Monkey Monday has been postponed until tomorrow)

Mom N'Stuff

I just had two good days in a row! I actually felt like my old self again. It was a wonderful feeling....then I got the phone call. They rushed Mom to the hospital with very low blood pressure...turns out she has pneumonia and is severely dehydrated.
On my way to the hospital, I was thinking to my crazy self, ok the reason you're feeling better is because you're going to have to deal with Mom's stuff right now. I wasn't feeling sorry for myself and just knew that if it were her time to go, I would be at peace with it. Mom is 88 years old and has been in a nursing home with severe dementia for the last 8 years. Her mind is like a five year old;s now. We have fun with each other. She's a happy demented person (and I mean that in the most loving way). She's always laughing and singing and telling everyone she loves them.
When I got to the hospital she was awake, but very weak...they started her on meds and fluids and after a couple of hours she was a little better. She work up singing! ;-) But she still has to beat this pneumonia. I pray that however it works out that she keeps on smiling!

Peace

UPDATE: Mom doesn't have pneumonia. She must have moved when they took the first X-ray. They took another one today and it looks clear. However, she does have an infection going on (maybe in the bladder) so she's staying there for a few more days on intravenous antibiotics. She was a little more chipper today, but still very tired. But she did make an attempt to dance while laying there. ;-)

Saturday HaHa

Peace

Happy Dance Friday

Smile today! I'm trying!!!!

Peace

New York

There once was a Governor from New York....
Gave all the law breakers tough talk...
So he goes to bed with a whore instead
and He porked and he porked and he porked!


Peace

It Sneaks up on You

You don't get over it
you just get through it...

you don't get by it
because you can't get around it

it doesn't get better
it just gets different

every day....
grief puts on a new face.

Wendy Feiereisen

It ambushed me yesterday. That's what grief does. Especially when you're trying really hard to ignore it....it sneaks up on you.

I've been going to grief therapy and am reading this really great book about grief entitled "I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye" by Brook Noel and Pamela D. Blair, ph.d cause no matter what we think grief is and think we know what to expect, it's not that! I've lost close friends and family members and this grief is not the same. This is deep into my soul grief and I'm learning that it will become a part of me from this moment on. As I tell my friends, I'm not the person I was two months ago, so please try to understand and accept the new me as I work through this and get to peace, someday. My days are filled with extreme emotions lately. I have one good day, two bad ones, then another good one, and so on. Just knowing this is the natural progression of grief keeps me from thinking I'm going insane.

Thanks for all your Happy Birthday wishes yesterday...they helped more than you know!

Peace

Happy Monkey Monday

Happy Monkey Monday!
These pictures are hints. Bet ya can't guess what tomorrow is.
;-)

Peace

Working Through "It"

I wear his t-shirts to bed.
One I've yet to wash.
I hold it near me each night, to feel him close to me.
Weekends are the worse.


Peace

Joke Day Saturday

WOMEN ARE EVIL BY NATURE...

A WOMAN WENT UP TO THE BAR IN A QUIET RURAL PUB. SHE GESTURED ALLURINGLY TO THE BARTENDER WHO APPROACHED HER IMMEDIATELY. SHE SEDUCTIVELY SIGNALED THAT HE SHOULD BRING HIS FACE CLOSER TO HERS. AS HE DID, SHE GENTLY CARESSED HIS FULL BEARD.

'ARE YOU THE MANAGER?' SHE ASKED, SOFTLY STROKING HIS FACE WITH BOTH
HANDS.

'ACTUALLY, NO,' HE REPLIED.

'CAN YOU GET HIM FOR ME? I NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM,' SHE SAID, RUNNING HER
HANDS BEYOND HIS BEARD AND INTO HIS HAIR.

'I'M AFRAID I CAN'T,' BREATHED THE BARTENDER. 'IS THERE ANYTHING I
CAN DO?'

'YES. I NEED YOU TO GIVE HIM A MESSAGE,' SHE CONTINUED, RUNNING HER
FOREFINGER ACROSS THE BARTENDER'S LIP AND SLYLY POPPING A COUPLE OF HER
FINGERS INTO HIS MOUTH AND ALLOWING HIM TO SUCK THEM GENTLY.

'WHAT SHOULD I TELL HIM?' THE BARTENDER MANAGED TO SAY.

'TELL HIM,' SHE WHISPERED, 'THERE'S NO TOILET PAPER, HANDSOAP, OR
PAPER TOWELS IN THE LADIES ROOM.'

Peace

Happy Dance Friday!

Each Thursday, for a while now, one of my bestest blogging buddies, Sarge Charlie, does a Warm Up Thursday for my Happy Dance Fridays. Well, yesterday he outdid himself. (Go see for yourself!) I was honored and humbled by his sweetness...and I'm still dancing to the music from yesterday!!! He's a great friend and I thank him for that.....So, that's why today I'm dedicating this song to him today and I'd like you all to join in.


Thanks, my friend!
Peace

Say It in French, or Not

I got this idea from my blog idol, Deb from Boondoggled. (go read her post, it's a riot).

But here's the idea: Write a paragraph or two. Then go to Babelfish

and have it translated to any language you so desire. Then take that translation and have it translated back to English and see what you get.

Here's my message in English:

You, my dear blogging buddies, are the best group of people in the world. You've given me laughs, support and hugs these past weeks and I've appreciated all of them. Don't stop!!! I'll need lots more to get my rear in gear. I promise I'll return the favor. After all, I may have some extra time on my hands in the future when every day will be Funday for me!

French translation:

Vous, mes chers copains blogging, êtes le meilleur groupe de personnes dans le monde. Vous m'avez donné des rires, soutenez et les étreintes ces semaines passées et moi ont apprécié tous. N'arrêtez pas ! ! ! Je volonté ai besoin de sorts de plus pour obtenir mon âne dans la vitesse. Je promets que je renverrai la faveur. Après tout, je peux avoir une certaine heure supplémentaire sur mes mains à l'avenir quand chaque jour sera Funday pour moi !

Now, here's the French translated back to English:

You, my dear buddies blogging, are the best group of people in the world. You gave me laughter, support and the pressures these weeks last and me appreciated all. Do not stop! ! ! I will need fates moreover to obtain my ass in speed. I promise that I will return the favour. After all, I can in the future have a certain overtime on my hands when each day is Funday for me!

Have fun! ;-)

Peace

Horse Fun

A friend of mine sent me this link. Have some fun!

Click on the link below and wait for the entire screen to load up with all four horses and a fence in front of them. Then click on each horse. Make sure your sound is on. Re-click on any horse to make it turn off or turn it back on again. Somebody did some real wizardry of programming to coordinate this! Try clicking on the horses from left to right then right to left then just one or two at a time... Do them in random order for some weird songs. It's fun and a good stress reliever.

Click here:
Doo-Wop Horses

Food and Silly Memories

Last night I made a great pot of lentil soup! I'm trying really hard to eat good, fresh food. I put lots of garlic, onions, celery, spicy hot diced tomatoes, fresh baby spinach, and of course, lentils. It was out of this world, if I may say so myself. And of course a good loaf of Italian bread from the bakery. Oh and topped off with parmigiana cheese. I made enough to feed an army (just like Mom used to do and I used to yell at her). But hey, if you're in the neighborhood, stop by and I'll feed ya!

I'm off from work again today. I've had lots of appointments with lawyers and bankers and brokers, oh my! I'm hoping to rap up all the paperwork soon and get started on the house.
I went to Home Depot three times already this week. Hub would roll over in his ashes if he knew I was going there all on my own volition. Every time he mentioned going to Home Depot I would scream "nooooooooooooo, I hate that place"! So that became another one of our standing jokes. He'd always threaten to take me to Home Depot if I wasn't good....lol. So each time I go there, I smile. Ya see, every where I go and every thing I do has something silly connected to it. That's how we lived, being silly. So, my advice...do something silly today....and it'll live in the minds of those around you.

Peace

Happy Monkey Monday

Happy Monkey Monday!

Hey, it won't be too much longer before I don't have to try to cheer myself up because it's Monday. I started Monkey Mondays so the first day of the work week wouldn't feel so bad. But soon........I won' t need no stinking monkeys to cheer me up. Hehe.

Yes, I'm really retiring at the end of the month. I've been working far too long. And it's just time for me. I've got lots to keep me busy these days, in spite of it all. I'm going to renovate the house and stay there for a bit, let the emotional dust settle, then see how I feel. I'll be doing a little traveling. Not sure where yet. Mostly, I'm going to learn how to relax again. I used to be able to do that really well. In the meantime I keep moving forward...slowly. I have to get used to a new world and I want to do that in a healthy way.

Peace

Happy Sunday

JOKES TO OFFEND EVERYONE (I'm sure you've all heard these before, but they just cracked me up). Enjoy, or not. ;-)


What do you call two Mexicans playing basketball?
Juan on Juan

What is a Yankee?
The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone

What is the difference between a Harley and a Hoover ?
The position of the dirt bag>

Why is divorce so expensive?>
Because it's worth it.>
>
> What do you see when the Pillsbury Dough Boy bends over?>
> Doughnuts>
>
> Why is air a lot like sex?
> > Because it's no big deal unless you're not getting any.
>>
> What do you call a smart blonde?>
> > A golden retriever.>
>
> What do attorneys use for birth control?
Their personalities.

> What's the difference between a girlfriend and wife?
> 10 years and 45 lbs
>
> What's the difference between a boyfriend and husband?>
> 45 minutes
>
>> What's the fastest way to a man's heart?>
> Through his chest with a sharp knife

Why do men want to marry virgins?
They can't stand criticism.
>>
> Why is it so hard for w omen to find men that are sensitive, caring, and good-looking?
> Because those men already have boyfriends.
>
> What's the difference between a new husband and a new dog?
> After a year, the dog is still excited to see you
>
> Why do men chase women they have no intention of marrying?
> The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving.
>
> Why don't bunnies make noise when they have sex?
> Because they have cotton balls.
>
> What's the difference between a porcupine and BMW? >
> A porcupine has the pricks on the outside.
>
> What did the blonde say when she found out she was pregnant?
> "Are you sure it's mine?">
>
> Why does Mike Tyson cry during sex?
> Mace will do that to you.
>
> Why did OJ Simpson want to move to West Virginia ?
> Everyone has the same DNA.
>
> Why do drivers' education classes in Redneck schools use the car only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?> >
> Because on Tuesday and Thursday, the Sex Ed class uses it.
>
> Where does an Irish family go on vacation?
> >A different bar.>
>
> Did you hear about the Chinese couple that had a
> blonde baby?>
> They named him "Sum Ting Wong"
>
>>What would you call it when an Italian has one arm shorter than the other?
> A speech impediment>
>
> What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo?
> A southern zoo has a description of the animal on the front of the cage along with... "a recipe".
>
> How do you get a sweet 80-year-old lady to say the F word?
> Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell *BINGO*!
>
>
> What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale?
> A northern fairytale begins "Once upon a time .." -
> A southern fairytale begins "Y'all ain't gonna believe this shit....




Peace