with my favorite activity, photography. It has been a while since I have used my camera and I am feeling sad about it. I need to get out of here and go hunting for something amazing to shoot...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Need to de-stress
with my favorite activity, photography. It has been a while since I have used my camera and I am feeling sad about it. I need to get out of here and go hunting for something amazing to shoot...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Something to ponder. . . .
Carrots, Eggs & Coffee
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee....You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word...
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee....You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word...
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
May we all be COFFEE!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
What does it mean?
I don't know what it means? But I had to look up and see what the weather is where Tiffany and Kevin are. And this is what came up. What is a "Fire Weather Watch" all about? Tiffany call me.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS... THEN OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND USHER DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS FOR A LONG DURATION OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS... THEN OVER THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR A MARGINALLY LONG DURATION.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Sami's 6!
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Sami turns six today. Happy Birthday Sami! We love you!
Sami really is a character, we love her so much. She makes us laugh with her dramatics, I think she is destined to be a little actress. I love to hold her and kiss her, she is so easy to love.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
What not to do with Hot Sauce, Duh...
Zowie! Teens guzzle hot sauce, end up in ER
In test of courage, eight German teens drink extreme chili sauce
BERLIN - Officials in Germany say eight teenagers were hospitalized after a test of courage in which they drank chili sauce more than 200 times hotter than typical Tabasco sauce.
The Red Cross in the southern city of Augsburg says that 10 boys, aged 13 and 14, drank the sauce Wednesday morning, apparently in school.
The German news agency DAPD quoted the Red Cross as saying the boys complained of feeling sick, and eight were taken to a hospital. They were to be kept in overnight for observation.
The Red Cross said that on the Scoville scale, which measures the hotness of sauce, the sauce measured 535,000 — compared to 2,500 for normal Tabasco sauce.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
In test of courage, eight German teens drink extreme chili sauce
BERLIN - Officials in Germany say eight teenagers were hospitalized after a test of courage in which they drank chili sauce more than 200 times hotter than typical Tabasco sauce.
The Red Cross in the southern city of Augsburg says that 10 boys, aged 13 and 14, drank the sauce Wednesday morning, apparently in school.
The German news agency DAPD quoted the Red Cross as saying the boys complained of feeling sick, and eight were taken to a hospital. They were to be kept in overnight for observation.
The Red Cross said that on the Scoville scale, which measures the hotness of sauce, the sauce measured 535,000 — compared to 2,500 for normal Tabasco sauce.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
Friday, January 8, 2010
How will I live without my Tiffany fix?
Well most of you know that our daughter Tiffany has moved to join her husband in Florida while he is serving in the Air Force. I don't know why she had to move across the country to do it? I think she would hav been just fine on my couch for a couple of years...ok, ok, I am being selfish here. She loves her honey, and I couldn't be happier for her and Kevin. I know Tiffany is going to love beach living, and she is going to rub it in every chance she gets.
I want my Tiffany fix...
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