With an e mail address you get a ton of "forwards". this one just happened to make me smile so I thought I would share.........

'I Hope You Dance...!!

This was written by an 83-year-old
woman to her friend. *The last line
says it all. *

Dear Bertha .
I'm reading more and dusting less.
I'm sitting in the yard and admiring
the view without fussing about the
weeds in the
garden. I'm spending more time with
my family and friends and less time
working.

Whenever possible, life should be a
pattern of experiences to savor, not
to endure. I'm trying to recognize
these moments now and cherish
them.

I'm not 'saving' anything; we use our
good china and crystal for every special event such
as losing a pound, getting
the sink unstopped, or the first
Amaryllis blossom.

I wear my good blazer to the market.
My theory is if I look prosperous, I can
shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries. I'm
not saving my good
perfume for special parties, but
wearing it for clerks in the hardware
store and tellers at the bank.

'Someday' and 'one of these days' are losing their
grip on my vocabulary. If
it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I
want to see and hear and do it now !!

I'm not sure what others would've
done
had they known they wouldn't be here
for the tomorrow that we all take for granted. I think they would have
called family members and a few
close friends. They might have called
a few former friends to apologize and
mend fences for past squabbles. I like
to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever
their favorite food was.

I'm guessing; I'll never know.

It's those little things left undone
that would make me angry if I knew
my hours were limited. Angry because
I hadn't written certain letters that
I intended to write one of these days. Angry and
sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents
often enough how
much I truly love them. I'm trying very
hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything
that would add laughter and
luster to our lives. And every morning
when I open my eyes, tell myself that
it is special.

Every day, every minute, every breath
truly is a gift from God. !!

I cant believe that its been so long since my last post. I look at the blog a lot....but then move on to something else in my head and...well....there you have it!
July 2. It had been raining so hard and for so long I was beginning to think we had a Michigan hurricane. (never know..coulda been!) It was about 9pm and I was on the way to Matt's house...following another car...(not too close mind you) about a half block, saw the water on the road...looked to be about 3 or 4". By the time I reached the "dip" in the road the water had risen to about 2 feet! Enough to put the headlights under water and stall the engine! (Pontiac Sunfire)Then the back end started to float. (can you say flash flood!) OK...I can do this...I will just call Matt and he will come get me! no cell service (hello!! its raining!!) so I think, ok I can always climb out the sunroof! great idea! Wait...Its a power roof and I cant start the car! ok...try Matt again. Voice mail. Matt, I need your help. I am stuck in a puddle..ok, more like a lake, and my car stalled, and my feet are getting wet. HELP ME!!!! MY FEET ARE IN THE CAR AND THEY ARE UNDER WATER!! AND MY BUTT IS GETTING WET TOO AND PLEASE HELP ME!!!!. ok , I see a police car! he pulls up on the grass and starts walking over.(there are 3 other cars stuck by this time so it really wasn't just me!) The officer was trying to tell me to turn the key backwards to accessory to get the windows down. Took me a few minutes to "un" panic to actually get it! By that time Matt was there and pulled me out of the window. the water was up to my butt at that time. and the police car had water up past the bumper! we left and went back to his house to dry off and wait for the rain to quit. It finally did about 11:30 and we went back to roll up the windows. My car was still in the middle of the road...sideways! So we pushed it ..up hill... and closed it up and locked it. The insurance company totaled it. All of the electronics were wet. It ended up with a water mark 3" above the dash on the front windshield. Scary times.. I never thought I would be one to panic , but I guess you just never no. I now have a VW Golf convertible. The ladies at the insurance office were teasing me about it being easier to get out with a soft top! You have to have a sense of humor about things like this. I heard a lot of them. Matt said...neither hell nor high water was gonna keep me from seeing him that night,....high water almost did! and another one of my favs... row, row, row your car gently up the street! Whew!!! gives me chills just thinking about it again!

WHEW!!!! What a weekend. Our relay event was awesome! Great weather...a few sprinkles on Saturday afternoon but temps in the mid 70's and a little chilly at night but we had the camp fire to keep us warm! great idea whoever thought of the campfire table! the totals are over $58,000 with a big weekend coming up. The Gus Maker 3 on 3 basketball tournament is this weekend and out team gets to "man the food trailer". It should bring in a bunch of cash.

The theme this year was "LUAU" we pulled together with 2 other teams to have the best campsite! fishnet, palm trees, hula skirts....and now we are officially the "north enders"...since we took up the whole north end of the field!. a bit of excitement....there was a photographer from the newspaper that came down to do a story. She wanted to get a picture from up high but the city had decided to replace all the bleachers... that week...(uggh!) so the girl climbed up to the top using the braces and then, was afraid to get down. the Ludington Fire Department got a chance to use its brand new truck to come in and get her down in the basket...how embarrassing for her! At least she got the pictures!! (I hope!)

Our Miss Relay even helped! Scott is on the fire Dept when hes not soliciting ...

Thank you to everyone that donated time or money to our cause this year. If you didn't get a chance or forgot....don't worry....theres always next year!

What did you do on your friday night??????

I just got a wild hair...and decided to tile my kitchen!

Yes seriously!!! I just decided it was time...so ...thats what I did!

they are vinyl tiles...that look like ceramic tiles...beige and greys...

I got most of it friday night...(stayed up till 2am!) then finished this morning! still cant believe I really did it! but hey...thats why I am the "Jill of all trades!!" Hummmm....wonder what I will tackle next!!! LOL!

Another "Crop for a Cure" under our belt!!!! YEA!!!

this year we raised $731 for our relay team... not bad for a bunch of girls!!!!

Each year we do it ...seems to get a little easier. This year we both got more compliments than any other...that's a good thing!

Seems that we had just the right amount of chocolate, prizes, chocolate, food and chocolate for everyone!

Tried something new this time...a BINGO game..

it was fun cept next time I will pay more attention the the final list....

I had all the words then made them as big as I could...you know..better on your eyes...(LOL)

But I didn't pay attention the the double words like ...memory makers and creative memories...

they ended up on 2 lines instead of one..my bad! didn't really have any challenges after we figured it out...but it was kinda funny. and I will also spend more time on the "list". finding words that are actually ....common!

guess as long as we learn! I am already getting excited about the next one in the fall...

Who woulda thunk that 6 grown (kinda) women could have so much fun!!!
Nancy and I spent the weekend in Novi at the scrapbook convention! we met up with 4 other gals that we have known for 4 years. 2 we've met in person and 2 we met for the first time. We had dinner at Famous Daves and then the fun began....
theres a "holder" that the platter sits on...I'm not sure who started it but it became the "prop" of the night. we played "Who's Line is it Anyway" Drew Carey would have been proud! ;) everything from a flying space ship to a 3 way shot glass! and everything in between! The workers there kept comming out to see what we would come up with next. Im sure they will be talking about us for a long time! I cant wait to get together again with the gals! maybe Chicago?? and theres a few more that I would really like to meet...Thea??? Corinna???

I have the best kids!!!! I know all parents are supposed to say that, but I seriously believe that mine are! This was the first time in forever that I got to spend my birthday ON my birthday with all of my kids! perfectly awesome! They surprised me with burgers and hot dogs on the grill....my favorite! and then sang happy birthday to me (lead by my 3yo grandson!) and even got me a cake! and it even says "Momz"! life is good!