Words about Homes.

This is my son, Geoff and Joanne's lovely home on the outskirts of Melbourne,

2 hours away from Shepparton, where I live. Wonderful home.

Post 618 ~ ~ ~ Wednesday, 29th July, 2009.

Hello my friends ~~ I have decided to post more photos, but with this

one of Geoff's home I was unable to move it down to put the heading

on the post. See how the next one goes, or I may reverse that decision.

I hope you are all well and the week is treating you kindly. All is well

here - on Monday, my friend Lorraine came to do some jobs for me that

I can't do myself, and she gets paid for this.Tuesday, my new Home Care

lady, Cheryl came and did the housework and we are both looking forward

to shopping next Tuesday. Today, my lawns were cut, so all tidy again.

Nearly every day, on the news in Victoria, they say they expect worse

fires this coming Summer. Which is really scary, but they also talk about

burning off the fuel on the roadsides and beneath trees around homes

and fire breaks etc, to prevent what we saw in February this year. For a

good few years, farmers were not allowed to make fire breaks outside

their properties, which was ridiculous. Maybe they are learning at last.

but at what cost?

First item tonight is from an old Friendship Book of Francis Gay. There

are some really nice things in those books. Did anyone else have them?

I don't know the wise man was who described a home in these words.
"A place in which we are wanted, in which there is someone to whom

we matter more than anything in the world, of such a place are the four walls made.But to cover them with garlands, we ourselves must love."

The poet, Goethe said, "He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who

finds peace in his home."

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First Fun item is called "Blonde Recipe Jokes."

Blonde Cookbook.

Monday: It's fun to cook for Tom. Today, I made angel food cake.

The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice

enough to loan me extra bowls.

Tuesday: Tom wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve

without dressing. So I didn't dress. What a surprise when Tom

brought a friend home for supper.

Wednesday : A good day for rice. The recipe said wash thoroughly

before steaming the rice. It seemed kind of silly but I took a bath

anyway. I can't say it improved the rice any.

Thursday : Today, Tom asked for a salad again. I tried a new recipe.

It said prepare ingredients; lay on a bed of lettuce one hour before

serving. Tom asked me why I was rolling around in the garden.

Friday : I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said put the ingredients

in a bowl and beat it. There must have been something wrong with

this recipe. When I got back, everything was the same as I left it.

Saturday : Tom did the shopping today and brought home a chicken.

He asked me to dress it for Sunday (oh boy). For some reason, Tom

keeps counting to ten.

Sunday : Tom's folks came to dinner. I wanted to serve roast but all
I had was hamburger. Suddenly I had a flash of genius. I put the

hamburger in the oven and set the controls for roast. It still came out

hamburger, much to my disappointment.

Goodnight Dear Diary. This has been a very exciting week. I am eager

for tomorrow to come so I can try out a new recipe on Tom.

If I can talk him into buying a bigger oven, I would like to surprise

him with chocolate moose.

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25 Pun and Games with Words.

1. PESSIMIST's blood type is always B-negative.

2. HANGOVER is the wrath of grapes.

3. A SUCCESSFUL diet is the triumph of mind over matter.

4. A GOSSIP is someone with a great sense of rumour.

5. A CHICKEN crossing the road is poetry in motion.

6. A BOILED egg in the morning is hard to beat.

7. A PLATEAU is a high form of flattery.

8. CORDUROY pillows are making headlines.

9. ACUPUNCTURE is a jab well done.

10. EVERY Calendar's days are numbered.

11. DOES the name Pavlov ring a bell.

12. WHAT'S the definition of a will? A dead giveaway?

13. SHIP'S captains don't like crew cuts.

14. ENERGIZER Bunny arrested for battery.

15. DI JON VU the same mustard as before.

16. WHEN two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

17. WHEN a clock is hungry, it goes back for seconds.

18. WHEN you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.

19. WHEN an actor saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought
she'd dye.

20. READING while sunbathing makes you well red.

21. WITH her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

22. WITHOUT geometry, life would be pointless.

23. A MAN'S home is his castle, in a manner of speaking.

24. A BICYCLE can't stand on it's own because it is two tyred.

25. IN democracy, your vote counts, In feudalism, your count votes.

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The Senility Prayer.

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,

the good fortune to run into people I do like.
And the eyesight to to tell the difference.

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Charlie was a Chinese shop-keeper who used to pass Nick the Greek's

shop every Friday to do his banking.
As he passed by,NIck and his mates would call out,"What day is it
Charlie? Charlie would reply, "It is FLIDAY."

This would cause much laughter among Nick and his mates. Poor old
Charlie got fed up with this, so he took speech lessons to fix the

problem.

Then one Friday as he passed Nick's shop and they called out, "What

day is it Charlie?"

He replied in his most eloquent and perfect English, "Today is most
certainly FRIDAY. . . . You Gleek Plicks."

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A man calls home to his wife and says, "Honey, I've been asked to

go fishing at a big lake up in the high company with my boss and

several of his friends. We'll be gone a week. This is a good chance

to get that promotion. Would you please pack me enough clothes

for a week and set out my rod and tackle box, We're leaving from

the office and I will swing by the house to pick up my things.

"Oh, yeah. Please pack my new blue silk pyjamas?"

The wife thinks this is a bit fishy but being a good wife she does

exactly what her husband asked.

The following weekend he comes home a little tired but otherwise

looking good, The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught

many fish?"

He says, "Yes. Lots of trout, some salmon. and a few pike. But why

didn't you pack my new blue silk pyjamas like I asked?"

The wife replies, "I did, they were in your tackle box."

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A few quotes to close with . . . .

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going

to die. ~ ~ ~ Luc de Clapiers.

Do what you can with what you have, where you are.

~ ~ ~ Theodore Roosevelt.

Those who say a thing cannot be done should not stand in the way

of those who are doing it. ~ ~ Anonymous.

I prefer old age to the alternative. ~ ~ ~ Maurice Chevalier.

As a white candle in a Holy place, so is the beauty of an old face.

~ ~ ~ Joseph Campwell.

Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. Chinese Proverb.

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Well, that is it friends, I hope you found something of interest or to

make you smile. Stay happy and enjoy your lives, until next time.

Love and best wishes to you all. Cheers, Merle.

Post 618 ~ ~ ~ Wednesday, 29th July,, 2009.

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