Laughter is Truly the Best Medicine

Thank goodness for humor because otherwise I'd be serious. I have a serious personality and sometimes when I get too intense Per says something funny to lighten my mood. I am soooo grateful for humor! I love these quotes on humor, they are so true:

• You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. -Bill Cosby
• Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. -Mark Twain
• Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. -Langston Hughes
• A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. -Henry Ward Beecher
• Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. -Francis Bacon
• A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. -William Arthur Ward
• A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. -Mignon McLaughlin
• Humor is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. -Simon Wiesenthal
• If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor. -Jennifer Jones
• As we look for humor... we can endure hardship and trial. We can say, as did my mother, “Come what may, and love it.” -Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Find happiness in ordinary things, and keep your sense of humor. -Boyd K. Packer

If I didn't have humor I'd get offended so easily. Some situations are funny to me and all I can do is laugh. My favorite quote is by Marjorie Hinckley, she said: "In life you can either laugh or cry. I'd rather laugh, crying gives me a headache." If my choices are to either laugh or cry, laugh or get mad, laugh or feel offended then I'd rather laugh.

Dear Uber-dude

Per always has a way to make me laugh. We say a prayer before every meal and sometimes he says "Dear Uber-dude." It makes us laugh then he says a 'nice' prayer. Thanks, honey, for your sense of humor. I don't think God minds.

Pants on the Ground

American Idol delivers. There was a 62 year old man who sang this for the auditions. One of the funniest, and true, things I've ever heard. I just became a fan of Larry Platt on FaceBook:

Pants on the ground
Pants on the ground
Lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground

With the gold in your mouth, hat turned sideways
Pants hit the ground, call yourself a cool cat
Lookin' like a fool, walkin' to the town
With your pants on the ground!

Give it up! Hey, get your pants off the ground
Lookin' like a fool, walkin', talkin' with your pants on the ground!
Give it up! Hey, get your pants off the ground
Lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground

Gold in your mouth, hat turned round
Pants hit the ground, call yourself a cool cat lookin' like a fool
Talkin' with your pants on the ground!

Boom! Bam! Pants on the ground!
Lookin' like a fool with your pants on the ground
With the gold in your mouth, hat turned sideways
Pants hit the ground, call yourself a cool cat

Merry Christmas 2009

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Singing Monks

I thought you'd like a laugh today. This is Hillarious!!

Laughter is good for the soul

Have you ever laughed so hard you couldn't see?

This has happened to me twice...in the car...while I was driving. The first time, was last year. Per, Andrew and I were coming back from Red Lobster and we were talking about something so funny that I had to hold my eyes open with my fingers to see and drive! I was like "I can't see-heeeeeeeee heeeeeeee" and it would make me laugh more and they would laugh, which would make me laugh! It was a never-ending laughing round!

The second time was a couple of weeks ago. Andrew and I were driving to Ricky's after going to Back Yard Burger. Pink Floyd's "Money" song was on the radio, and I decided I was going to dance with my arms like a go-go dancer. Well it didn't look like that and Andrew just looked at me like "what are you doing?" It made me laugh so hard. Again, I couldn't see and was wheezing and laughing at the same time!! It made him laugh..and, well, you get the picture!

I'm so glad we have these funny moments of laughter. It's something that keeps paying off everytime I think about it - I laugh!

My New Favorite Person

Kris Belcher is my new favorite person and I just wanted to share her with you :)

I bought her book "Hard Times and Holy Places" and it was exactly what I needed to read. In fact, reading her story made me forget about my own trials for a second, and I realized it could be worse for me and I'm grateful it isn't. Her faith, as well as her humor have truly inspired me. I am going to see her at Time Out For Women in KC next month, and I'm so excited.

Some Days I Just Want to Vege

It's 4PM and I'm sitting at my computer, unshowered and still in my pj's. That's pretty daring to admit but it's true. Today I just want to vege, but that doesn't mean I haven't done anything. I slept in 'til 9, made pancakes for breakfast, read my scriptures, watched "so you think you can dance" which, by the way, I think is going to be amazing this year, watched Glenn Beck and The O'Reilly Factor on the DVR (I like Glenn Beck better...O'Reilly is too 'in your face' for me and he attacks people who don't say what he wants them to say, Beck is a better 'listener'), welcomed my husband home from a business trip (he came home earlier than I thought he would!), talked to him about the book I've been reading (liberal fascism) wrote in my journal, tried to pay my mortgage but the website was down, looked online at rugs and a headboard for Andrew's room, ate some pizza that Per cooked for lunch, talked to a gal about a party Andrew's going to tomorrow, took a couple of telemarketer calls, and updated my blog.

Now I guess I'll go take a shower and finish my day, which includes washing Andrew's bedding, swapping the pillows on Per's side with the ones on the spare bed downstairs, and making dinner. We'll see who get's kicked off "so you think you can dance" tonight. I don't think I'm the only one who takes a day to vege.

My Days as a Computer Geek

I wrote this on 9/4/1997 after I had this conversation with my boss, Michelle.

You know you're a computer geek when someone says...

"Call SCT or ECC and see if you can FTP the APPC version of their VSE Cobol programs to SOL. Then call UCO and FTP the APPC-VSE programs to their RISC6000 (they don't have TCP/IP that's why they need APPC) for them to copy to their VSE."

...and you understand it.

LOL

25 Things About Me

I wrote 25 random things about me on Facebook and thought I'd share it on here. These are definately random...but maybe you'll learn more about me. Enjoy!

1. I like music. Piano, Singing, Listening. But I don't like Rap.
2. France is gorgeous in May. There are so many flowers everywhere.
3. I lived in 35 places before I graduated from high school.
4. I don't like really hot weather, but have gotten used to Kansas summers.
5. I like the snow, but not scraping windows.
6. My first car was a VW '68 Type 3 station wagon that had an oasis mural painted on the glove box. It was given to me. The guy said if you can get it to run, you can have it. A guy in my ward fixed it. The heat came from the heat of the engine. And the air conditioning came from opening the little window by the big window and pointing it at you so the air could blow in. My friend learned how to drive a stick in that car and almost killed us. Good times... :)
7. My 2nd car was a VW Rabbit convertible that didn't like cold weather. M-A's dad would come over every morning in the winter and jump-start my car. (Bless him!) Then I would drive to work with the window rolled down because there was no defroster and the windows were all iced over or fogged up. I'm amazed I'm alive considering the first 2 cars I had!
8. I like to talk to my friends, but am very quiet around people I don't know.
9. I don't like social gatherings with people I don't know very well. It makes me feel uncomfortable. I'm not good at striking up random conversations.
10. I like playing myFarm on Facebook--thanks a lot Lani :) But I don't like video games at all (not good at them)
11. I LOVE Mexican food. Per's homemade Guacomole, my chicken Enchiladas, Tacos, Fajitas, Espinaca and pretty much anything from Jose Peppers.
12. I love to read non-fiction, personal development books, and the scriptures. I'm not into fictional novels...especially love stories.
13. I've been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all my life. My great+ Grandfather, Alpheus Gifford, joined the church in 1830, he knew Joseph Smith, and baptized Heber C. Kimball and served 3 missions. The church has been in my family thru the generations. That means a lot to me.
14. I do not drive right now thanks to having "moments" related to having MS. A moment is where I freeze up for about 5-6 seconds, can't move or talk. I thought I could "work thru" these moments and keep doing what I was doing and this has resulted in me falling twice (boo) I really miss driving.
15. I really love scrapbooking but it takes me too long to do a page so I've given it up :) But I still really like it.
16. I won a bowling tournament when I was 12.
17. I can remember events of my childhood really well. Lots of funny memories with my sister, Lani. I will say "remember that?" to my extended family and most of the time they don't. I would like to write these memories down and hear what everyone else's memories are on the same event/subject.
18. My sister, Lani, and I were good friends growing up. We lost touch in our 20's and now I talk to her almost every day. I love my sister, she's a good friend.
19. I married my boyfriend from high school, and the only guy I've ever kissed. He was a Swedish exchange student my JR year and was very mysterious and gorgeous. His cologne was to die for! My friend and I used to watch him eat, we called him "Jaw" because he had this little muscle on his Jaw that you could see when he ate. He also played soccer and had lots of leg muscles. I could go on, but he has a facebook account too and will get all embarrassed. I still get all tingly when I think about it (or him).
20. I've lived in KS for 18 years and love it. KS is home.
21. I served in the primary presidency (children's organization) at church for 3+ years with Marjean, Denise and Donna and to this day we are still the best of friends and do stuff together. I love those girls! We had a great time serving together and I must say some pretty good primary programs too :)
22. I would love to go on and on about the details of each answer but you'd probably get bored. That's why I have a journal (many journals), so I can "talk" as much as I want :) I've been keeping journals since I was 10, and it really is good therapy :)
23. I am not athletic at all. And I mean at all. Nor am I coordinated. I trip over myself doing Richard Simmons. It's okay-I've embraced my inner self :)
24. I took voice lessons for a year+ about 3 years ago. One of those life goals, and I was glad for the experience. I've always loved to sing but wanted to develop my voice more and it was accomplished. It's amazing what warming up does! :)
25. I'm pretty laid back. I love people and if I could go back to school I would take Psychology and become a therapist.