Maryannaville™

Please don’t ‘But Mom!’ me.

Antique collecting has become very popular throughout the years. Right now there are 15 million Americans who have things that are old, funny looking, don’t work and are only kept for sentimental purposes. Some of these are called antiques – the rest are called, husbands.

Opposites attract, but after marriage, opposites attack.  Most of the time, we are attracted to people who don’t have the things that we have. Incompatibility is why we get married,  but it’s also used as a reason to divorce. Incompatibility is just a lack of communication. If we just try to love [our spouse] the way we want to be loved, we are in trouble.

Unless you communicate, it’s difficult to know how to love another person.
*Dr. Charles Lowery *

As one brilliant pinhead once said,  “Anybody can read!” Most can, but don’t– let alone study. Students don’t learn about people, places and things although those things do happen.  A student’s goal is to learn how to learn.  Try it.

We adopted this sweet little four-legged Memorial Day weekend. In doing so, three children were made very happy since their family could no longer have a high energy furbaby anymore.  If we didn’t take him, he was going to the SPCA. As the story goes, the mother is pregnant and we all know how that goes. It gets to be a bit much with three children and a very high energy dog in the home. It took no time for Moley-Dawg to fit right into the family. He’s quite a character, that Moley-Dawg.

As you can see, he’s not shy or bashful when comes time to eat. In this photo, he’s doing his best to convince us that he’s starved. He has sucked in his tummy almost like an exaggerated cartoon. But we know better than that and so does he. He eats what we eat and eats everytime we eat and we eat good. He has yet to eat regular dog food although he enjoys stealing a mouthful of the cat’s kibbles here and there.  It looks as if he only does that in order to aggravate the cat by entering the cat’s personal space.

My sister had been ill, so I called to see how she was doing.  My nephew answered the phone.

“Hello,” he whispered.

“Hi, Honey.  How is your mother feeling?” I asked.

“She’s sleeping,” he whispered again.

“Did she go to the doctor?” I asked.

“Yes.  She got some medicine,” he said softly.

“Well, don’t wake her, just tell her I called.  By the way, what have you been doing today?”

Whispering almost inaudibly he answered, “Practicing my saxophone lessons.”

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

I knowthe drill. Take a deep breath to the count of 10 through my nose then exhale in equal time through my mouth. Repeat as necessary and often until calm again.

Yet, for a fun night out on the town among friends and neighbors, there is no comparison. We had a blast. This group is fantastic!

I asked him what the head honcho wanted for Father’s Day and he said a pair of new shorts was what he wanted.

Well that’s what the big guy told me so I got him what he wanted, a pair of shorts, ok?  More importantly is that I’m still not sure if it was what he had in mind or not.  I think the shorts are cute and fit him very nicely yet he hasn’t spoken in legible terms to me  since he opened this particular Father’s Day gift.

Men!

Today’s Message is:
Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. Relax and never regret anything that made you smile.

Life may not be the party we hoped for yet while we’re still here, let’s dance!

Dad is gonna get it!  Dad is gonna get it!

Happy Father’s Day, Dads! We hope that you get a little bush for Father’s Day, too.

Chaka Khan and the Manhattan Transfer

If you ARE “Mr. Perfect”, you may as well be “Mr. Nice Guy” while you’re at it.

Why?

Simple…you’re going to come off as “Mr. Impossible” in the end if you’re   EITHER “Mr. Perfect” or “Mr. Nice Guy”.  Here it is:   She’s flat-out going to think you’re faking it. She’s going to think you have an “agenda”.And to make matters worse, coming off like you want to be “Mr. Perfect” has an even WORSE angle:  She’s going to feel she CAN’T LIVE UP to your “flawless execution”.

Look, we already know that many, many women–especially the particularly attractive ones–are VERY self-conscious. They don’t want to “mess up” any more than you do on a date. What they want is a MAN who is a masculine and confident at his core…but still a HUMAN BEING who they can relate to.

Check out Scott Mckay for more information on how to score with that female of yours.

Who makes for funnier comedians, atheists or believers?”

Atheists — To fully appreciate the absurdity of life you have to accept the absurdity of a god.  97%
Believers — Hilarity is part of God’s plan.   37%

There wouldn’t be war in the Middle East, either.

Disbelieve me? Read it then weep.
Monkeys Talk About Religion.

“Hey baby, let’s you and me go to the Casbah.”

This is what I call a Kodak moment.  See?  Gramps has the midas touch and he knows how to use it.

As the saying goes: Once a biker, always a biker.

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.

* Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

*The test of your lives will begin once you step into the world, far away from Mom and Dad’s protection.  It is then when we will  see what you have actually learned and the manner of which you have chosen its implementation.  Will your decision be with good will towards mankind’s greatest benefit or will it be for naught filled with selfish ill will with only your own personal gains in mind?

The best is yet to come. Count on it.  Include that you will also go through many obstacles before you can see it in the near distance and it will take years. Yet nothing worth having comes easy. Your  Math and Science classes have taught you that. Look constantly for balance.

Good luck and best wishes to each and every single one of you. Welcome to your present AND to your future.  Both are yours for the taking. Have fun, be safe and don’t forget to invest in yourself and your future!

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