Oh My!

Don't you wonder how this ever seemed like a good idea?

Amused,
Lila

Life is Full of Surprises

It's all what you do with them. It's interesting. The cat is the only one who looks a little happy. Don't you know the child under the cat was a little surprised when the cat landed on their head? tee hee!

When I was in my 30's I looked up to several Godly women. The problem was, the women I looked up to had been through some really tough times. I wanted to be like them. I just didn't want to have to go through bad things to be as wonderful as they were.

Can you relate? I think I want to be like our son, Serge, "when I grow up" but do I want to go through a genocide and struggle for my life? No. I don't think so.

I asked one of these ladies one day how she had gotten through some of her tough situations. Her husband had been in prison for raping a woman. She contended he was innocent. She looked me in the eye and paused and said, "Susan, what choice did I have but to just get through it?"

Exactly. One foot in front of the other.

Helen Keller said, "Life is either a daring adventure...or nothing." I really like that as long as the adventure is something fun and something I have the illusion of controlling.

Giving up control...again,
Lila

How'd you like to be the girl in the middle?

Don't you feel this way sometimes? Sometimes the fat man is "the job" and the woman on the back of the bike stands for too many commitments with family.

Sometimes the shirtless fellow could symbolize anxiety or depression and the gal on the back of the bike might be our negative thoughts of our own limitations.

I want to whisper or shout to the little girl squished in the middle. "Push your way out, sweetie! Life doesn't have to be about being squished! Step out. Be heard. Listen to yourself! Find your security in the refuge of our Father. Don't be buried between a lot of things you think you have no control over."

We do have control. We do, you say? Absolutely. The control is to give up control... and turn it over to our father.

Not squished (today, anyway),
Lila

Laughter Lifts You Higher

I don't think there is a thing in the world more healing than laughter. This week has been such a sad week with our friends, the Allen's, losing Ben. On Wednesday night when some of the "girls" were with Judy, it was good to see that she was able to laugh. A healing laugh.

The funeral today for Ben wasn't called a funeral, but a "fun" eral. Many stories were told and there was laughter and tears . . . just as Ben would have wanted it. The playing of Ben's playlist at the end was great. Not churchy at all.

I'm reminded of a time when we had the Allen's over for dinner and games. We were playing some silly game where everyone was supposed to write down their answer to a question and then the "guesser" had to guess who said what. The question was to name some fashion statement that girls/ladies do that you just don't get. Ben wrote down "glamour lips." We asked him about it and he cocked his head back and pooched out his lips like a model, pointed to his lips and said, "Glamour lips." We still cackle about that.

I also remember another time after we moved here I was feeling "home sick" for Atlanta. I had a group over for Bunco and was trying to be a decent hostess, all the while feeling blue. While sitting in the living room, Judy Allen, Donna Ware, Lori Wallace and Denise Waldrop all burst into our house wearing orange and green wigs. I don't know how they knew that I needed sisters that night, but I forgot all about being homesick and realized I was home . . . with all the other crazies, just like me. :) I laughed so hard I almost . . . well, you know.

More embarrassing and funny moments to come. I got a million of 'em.

Laughing amid the hurt,
Lila

I'm Not as Nice as I Seem. : }

This busts me up every time! Vann, I wouldn't do that to you...unless. :)



Just jokin'!


Mischievous,
Lila

Cute Video - Lucky, the Goldfish

This was precious and cracked me up! Enjoy. And...may we all remember Lucky.



Loving life,
Lila

Who Says Cats Aren't Social?

This reminds me so much of our cat boys! It's as if the artist watched Vann and our cat, Rosey with a hidden camera and then captured it on this animation.





Giggling,
Lila

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Just wondering...
Lila

Isn't This How it Goes?

You may have heard this but it makes me laugh...

A woman goes to the doctor for her yearly physical.

The nurse starts with the basics.

"How much do you weigh?" she ask. "115," she says.

The nurse asks her to step on the scale. The scale reads 165.

The nurse asks her height. "5'8", she says.

The nurse measures her and she only measures 5'5".

The nurse then takes her blood pressure and tells her it is elevated.

"Of course it's high! she screams, "When I came in here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"

Giggling,
Lila

Always remember...YOU ARE UNIQUE...

just like everyone else.

One of a kind,
Lila

"My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance."

Resonating,
Lila

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you...

She Gets Her Nails Done Where I Do!

Caroline showed this to me. Katie Lea and I howled! Enjoy. Nail Salon with Anjelah Johnson.

Can't wait until we have Bunco! Denise will have it down by then!