Proverbs

A primary school teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by 6 year-olds, because the last one is classic!


Strike while the ...............................insect is close.
Never underestimate the power of...................ants.
Don't bite the hand that.......................looks dirty.
Better to be safe than......................punch an older boy.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll.........................stink in the morning.
It's always darkest before.......................Daylight-Saving Time.
You can lead a horse to water but......................how?
No news is...................................impossible.
A miss is as good as a......................................Mr.
You can't teach an old dog new.....................maths.
Love all, trust...................................me.
The pen is mightier than the.............................pigs.
An idle mind is............................... the best way to relax.
Where there's smoke there's.............................pollution.
Happy is the bride who.................................gets all the presents.
A penny saved is............................................not much.
Two's company, three's...............................the Musketeers.
Don't put off till tomorrow what.........................you put on to go to bed.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and........you have to blow your nose.
There are none so blind as...............................Stevie Wonder.
Children should be seen and not........................smacked or grounded.
If at first you don't succeed.............................get new batteries.
You get out of something only what you.............see in the picture on the box.
When the blind leadeth the blind.......................get out of the way.

And the favorite:
Better late than.............................................. pregnant!

I want a kiss

A real deep heart felt kiss
Not the ones you give your kids (that motherly one)
Not the ones you get from your mama
I want a kiss

You know the ones your grandma use to give you on you cheeks that's wet... no not that kind of kiss
I want a real kiss
Not the ones that get all sloppy
Not the one a man give you when he's trying to figure out if your in the mood
No ... not that kiss
I want a kiss

Not the ones that your dad warned you about getting from a knucklehead
No ... not that kiss
Not the ones that you think u want when u shouldn't
No ... not that one
I want a kiss

You know the one that a single one thinks about
I don't mean a few months single women I mean a year and longer single women
That kiss that you sit and think about that puts a stupid smile on your face
That kiss that makes your whole body tingle
That kiss that doesn't have to involve a tongue but it last minutes
That kiss that you don't want to end that has all the passion in it
Yeah that kiss
I want THAT kiss

Black Friday gone wrong

Sought: Wal-Mart shoppers who trampled NY worker

NEW YORK – Police were reviewing video from surveillance cameras in an attempt to identify who trampled to death a Wal-Mart worker after a crowd of post-Thanksgiving shoppers burst through the doors at a suburban store and knocked him down.

Criminal charges were possible, but identifying individual shoppers in Friday's video may prove difficult, said Detective Lt. Michael Fleming, a Nassau County police spokesman.

Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers stepped over him and became irate when officials said the store was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said.

At least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries. The store in Valley Stream on Long Island closed for several hours before reopening.

Police said about 2,000 people were gathered outside the Wal-Mart doors before its 5 a.m. opening at a mall about 20 miles east of Manhattan. The impatient crowd knocked the employee, identified by police as Jdimytai Damour, to the ground as he opened the doors, leaving a metal portion of the frame crumpled like an accordion.

"This crowd was out of control," Fleming said. He described the scene as "utter chaos," and said the store didn't have enough security.

Dozens of store employees trying to fight their way out to help Damour were also getting trampled by the crowd, Fleming said. Shoppers stepped over the man on the ground and streamed into the store.

Damour, 34, of Queens, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 6 a.m., police said. The exact cause of death has not been determined.

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital, where she and the baby were reported to be OK, said police Sgt. Anthony Repalone.

Kimberly Cribbs, who witnessed the stampede, said shoppers were acting like "savages."

"When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling `I've been on line since yesterday morning,'" she said. "They kept shopping."

Is it ever worth all this just to save a few dollars???

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that everyone got to have a fabulous Thanksgiving and ate enough food to make them throw up. I am the lucky person that works in a hospital that is open 365 days a year. So I worked last night and Im working tonight. Not exactly what I would call a good time. I did wake up early today and went over to my parents for some fabulous before kicking and screaming on my way into work that i had to go in. LOL I know real mature huh?

But really at this time of year I am reminded of how thankful I am for the things I have in my life. I am so thankful for my family and friends and those who enrich my life every day by being in it. Thank you for everything, I love you guys!

Beautifully Disaster

She loves her momma's lemonade
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her
She swears that there's no difference between the lies and compliments
It's all the same if everybody leaves her

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough
The pictures that she sees makes her cry

She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's giving boys what they want
Tries to act so nonchalant
Afraid to see that she's lost her direction
She never stays the same for long
Assuming that she'll get it wrong
Perfect only in her imperfection

She's not a drama queen
She doesn't wanna feel this way

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's just the way she is
But no one's told her that's OK

She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster

Do you ever wish that you could be a person who leaves logic out of life and just functions on what their heart tells them to do? That you could throw caution to the wind and just take a flying leap off a pier and just have faith that you are going to land on a giant cloud. That everything you hoped for would be there, that it would just be...I dunno perfect? We build up these walls to keep out pain, and we cling to them closely knowing that they bring us comfort. For without them, we become vulnerable and exposed. So you wait....and wait....and wait. You wait for the right moment, the right time the right whatever. Nobody's perfect. If they think they are, they are highly mistaken. So we wait and wonder if we are doing alright and someone out there will notice us for all that we are, all that we have, and all that we can give. You wait and wonder.

What we want you to know

Its been a bit since I have blogged. Its been a pretty crazy week and I didn't want that to spill over onto my blog. I know I know, that is supposed to be a point of a blog, but this time I wanted to sit this one out. So I just finished working out and its 3am. I usually do 2.5 miles on the elliptical but this time I decided to push myself and I was able to make it to 4 miles. It wasn't a sprint, I didn't do a 7 minute mile, but heck I did it in almost 43 minutes. That's a 10.5 minute mile, its not horrible right? After that it was a bowl of All Bran Strawberry Medley. That's some pretty good stuff.

But anywho enough about that, onto what I going to blog about for tonight...



Its a pretty accurate description. While I don't believe that it describes every guy and every girl, it gives a pretty good idea of just how off balance the whole thing is. Girls can be pretty complicated, and some guys spend their whole lives trying to figure things out while others just give up. But there are some more things that girls just want/need. I will let you in on a few of those things and since 98% of those who read this are girls, y'all can let me know how I did and what I missed.

What girls want guys to know:

• We will leave if you lie
• We love it when you hug us from behind and whisper in our ears.
• We are terrified of becoming our mothers, even though we admire them.
• We are more forgiving of you than we really should be.
• When we compare our flabby tummies to a kangaroo pouch, say nothing.
• We are very impressed when you ask for our advice.
• We're in heaven when you hold our hands.
• You're sexy when you're shaving, fixing things, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, driving, eating a peach, holding a baby.
• We need to hear how you feel about us. Often.
• We want to be the best thing that ever happened to you--and for you to recognize this.
• It's best to consult your gal pals for gift ideas.
• Celebrating our anniversary, even if it's only been a few months, earns major bonus points.
• We like it when you tell us what you're thinking, even if you don't know yourself.
• We remember everything about our relationship.
• If you have to tell a girl how you feel about her...we make no assumptions.
• Being able to make us laugh is so much more important than how much you can bench-press.
• When we are upset, hold us close.
• Look into our eyes and smile
• Kiss us on the forehead
• Push us on swings
• We love flowers just because
• Tell us we are beautiful
• Its great that you can be the responsible dad, but its fun to see you get down on the floor and play with the kids once in a while. It really makes them happy.

How a new baby can make you a better man

So I was reading articles on msn again, and came across this article called The Newborn Ultimatum. It was a pretty amazing article, so I thought I would share it with you. Not super exciting for my 100th blog, but a pretty good article none the less. (by the way grandma, I hope I wrote enough for you to read for a bit, I had no way of knowing u read this and when, comments let me know people are reading and encourage me to post more!)

The Newborn Ultimatum

How a new baby can make you a better man: By Sam Grobart, Best Life

Not long ago, I became a father for the first time. And since then, I’ve become a better man. Not “a better man” in some hokey, Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets way, but a better man, practically speaking. Besides all the joyful, deeply personal ways fatherhood is a hell of a thing, it has also accorded me some real-world advantages to boot. It’s as if my baby girl has been my own personal Sun Tzu. Here’s how you, too, can use the lessons of fatherhood to master everything else in life.

Talk Less, Listen More. My daughter, Kate, is amazing. Have you seen her point at things? Like an Einstein she points. She can also walk and smile. She is clearly destined for an awards ceremony in Stockholm. There is one sticking point, however: She can’t talk. My daughter is 14 months old. A typical day with her is like the first half hour of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

All this silent time has an adult payoff: I’m a more active, expressive listener. You know that personal quality, usually ascribed to Bill Clinton, in which someone can make you feel as if you’re the only person in the room? Well, apply the rules of dad–kid communication (empathy, laserlike focus, enthusiasm) to adults and you can have them eating out of your hand. Recently, I was interviewing for a new job. You’d be amazed how smoothly an interview can go if you just pretend that your future CEO is a 14-month-old girl.

Keep Your Cool. When you’re at work, it’s not unheard of for someone to describe a lousy situation as a sh*t storm. Well, I’m here to tell you that managing said storm can be a lot easier if you’ve been in a real one. It’s no metaphor, friend. It’s an actual pedioclimatological event.

We’ve all worked with babies, people who live on drama. When facing an obstacle, they just lose it. It’s no reflection of the actual level of peril. Oh, did the server go down? Take it easy, my hyperkinetic IT director. We’ll get the server back up. In minutes, probably. There, there.

Since Kate’s birth, I categorize all things in life into two categories: Things That Can Kill the Baby and Things That Cannot Kill the Baby. Open jug of bleach? Category one. Angry boss? Category two. By dealing with ultimate peril, you are much more calm and collected about all the other nonsense.

Know Your Strength. My daughter, while being the sweetest future MacArthur Fellow you’ll ever meet, has about as much common sense as a bag of Britneys. So, soon after fatherhood takes hold, you start to consider all the angles. If you don’t have a child, you don’t think much about the act of opening a car trunk. When I have Kate in one arm while unlocking the trunk with the other, I’m thinking about where my hand should be, which foot I should put my weight on. My childless friend calls it “dad strength,” something that, he says, comes to all new fathers. It’s true, but it’s not about muscle. I’m just more methodical and more conscious of my movements. I’m like a ninja of incredibly lame things.

Stick to Your Guns. Something happens when you become a dad: You take less crap. Some ticket agent is giving you back talk about your seat assignment? Please. You made a human being! Just hand over the damn boarding pass. You second-guess yourself less. You make a decision and you do it. Not in some foolhardy, Rumsfeldian way, but when you commit, you commit. Keeping your pride and joy from running into the parking lot is not a time to consider the effect it will have on her self-esteem. Things need to be done, and they need to be done now. That’s true on the playground and on the trading floor. Dads are the ultimate CEOs.

Share the Spotlight. Caring for an infant is kind of like being a member of Prince’s entourage or an aide to Kim Jong-Il: You are responsible for anticipating the needs of an irrational person who is completely divorced from reality. You’ll do anything to keep her happy, and so you remove ego from the equation. Sure, I used to be able to go to the movies whenever I wanted, but after a certain point, you have to ask yourself, Is all this me-ness going to make me a better person? Doubtful. For that, you need someone to put you in your place. Zen Buddhism has this concept of mu, or “emptiness,” which often manifests itself in the context of “no self” or “no ego.” I don’t know much else about Zen Buddhism, but I do know this: Whoever came up with mu clearly had some strained peas thrown in his face at some point.