I've been the only girl in the house for 30 years and I still don't know shit about men.

Why Women Cry

A little boy asked his Mom, "Why are you crying?"

"Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said, "And, you never will."

Later the little boy asked his Dad, "Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason," was all his Dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"

God said:

"When I made the woman she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth, and the rejection that many times come from her children. I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and that hardness can take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."

"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

~ author unknown ~

Tears are strength.

This was me today ...only I was much fatter.


I woke up with an email from a child of mine, totally hating on me for trying to do "something" I thought was the right thing to do.








Then I tried to do the stripes in my hair (while crying)








The damn stripes are not as dark as my stinkin roots!!!. ack!!














see, my hair has oddly after 40 years of (ok, 45) straight ,turned curly.
wth???









By the time i quit bawling and set out to do my errands. In front of me on the freeway , i noticed a truck that said "Purple heart , wounded in combat"
It was a BIG sticker , so I couldn't help notice it. But automatically , i assumed it was an old man.




So I do my errands, and of course I go to one yard sale and the thrift stores....oh shut up.

This is all i found....






Cheap sparkling baubles














more of the same

















A whole bag of hair bows for a buck fifty....retail is 5 bucks a piece!!!SCORE!!











a weird stone egg and some fall stuff.$2.25
:)






Then I ate lunch and went to Kroger .And what do i see at Kroger?
the same truck I saw earlier , with the Purple heart sticker. Only this time i see the "old man " getting into it. It is a young guy as old as my kids , with 2 prosthetic feet.

Now, i am really "weepy"

I tried to look up the kid , I had no luck ,but I did find this (about another young war veteran)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/28/MNSOLDIERS28.DTL

It's long , but well worth the read.

Note to all my sons: (and everyone else I know) COUNT your blessings!!!And cherish your people.

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I received an email back, from my child. In which , everything I had said was wrong. so, really, I'm stymied. I don't even know what to say ......without being offensive.Why can't we all just get along????


Then i watched "children of men" a very depressing movie. The ending totally sucked.










Evan more of this...ensues......









Then I found out that one of the competitors for one of our listings (a 210,000 lisitng) just sold today for 185,000.And IT had a boat dock.OURS does not.
Then ...that made me realize that I have been working my ass off at this job for 8 or 9 months now .......and I have still made no money . And everyday .....is more dismal in the Real Estate department.






More of this ...only fatter.









Ok, I warned you all it was a BAD day.

So, enough about that.

On to the cat pics.






"don't be looking at those shoes!!!"















"I've got him pinned babay!!!"















"ha ha ha ". *juvenile glee*











"i'm whippin' this old man"














"Really , I am comfortable...sitting here like a stiff dog"















I do tooo fit in this bed!!!!"