July 2009
“The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.”
– Abraham Lincoln
June 2009
BFF
Riding with me in the car, while on the way to the airport, my daughter was trying to convince my husband and I that she needed to go with me to Maui, My husband said, “You’ll want to stay here and hang out with your friends”. She replied, “Mom is my friend”. Melt.
“A Cosmopolitan with lemon counts as a serving of fruit.”
Farrah and Michael
Farrah who? Strange couple of days. With Michael Jackson passing on the same day as Farrah Fawcett, she is virtually un-acknowledged. I know that he had an amazing influence on culture, but I can’t get past the fact that he’s been so odd in more recent years. That, and the allegations of child abuse. I know that he was acquitted in a court of law, but it seems so possible that he...
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”
– Sir Winston Churchill
“Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.”
– Andre Maurois
Watch
“No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause...”
– Paul Gallico
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new… but who can...”
– Paracelsus
“All I remember is Shrek and the donkey helping me up, and Liza (Minnelli) giving...”
– Bret Michaels, as quoted by his rep to People magazine, on being knocked out by a stage prop at the Tony Awards.
Cats and Claymates
I think you learn all you need to know in this Freecycle posting (not mine BTW).
OFFER: Cat Care Book, Clay Aiken CD, Carrying Case for CD’s
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the...”
– John Burroughs
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
– Oscar Wilde
The Famous "Wear Sunscreen" Commencement Address →
This is a classic, and it’s hard to top.
“Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and...”
– Jack Handey
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
– John Lennon (1940 - 1980), “Beautiful Boy”
Maui Home, Condo Resales Plunge 40 Percent →
We’ve had our condo up for sale since September 2008, with no offers and very little viewing activity. Still, this report shows that it’s even worse than I thought.
“Friends are relatives you make for yourself.”
– Eustache Deschamps
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what...”
– Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC)
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.”
– David Starr Jordan
“Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox
