Good Clean Humor

It's been a while. There isn't really a lot that has been going on, but my uncle did send me a pretty good joke. I thought I would share this good clean humor with you all.

The day finally arrives. Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed, and Forrest approaches the gatekeeper. St. Peter said, "Well, Forrest, it is certainly good to see you. We have heard a lot about you. I must tell you, though, that the place is filling up fast, and we have been administering an entrance examination for everyone. The test is short, but you have to pass it before you can get into Heaven." Forrest responds, "It sure is good to be here, St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever told me about any entrance exam. I sure hope that the test ain't too hard. Life was a big enough test as it was." St. Peter continued, "Yes, I know, Forrest, but the test is only three questions.First: What two days of the week begin with the letter T?Second: How many seconds are there in a year? Third: What is God's first name?" Forrest leaves to think the questions over. He returns the next day and sees St. Peter, who waves him up, and says, "Now that you have had a chance to think the questions over, tell me your answers" Forrest replied, "Well, the first one -- which two days in the week begins with the letter T? Shucks, that one is easy. That would be Today and Tomorrow." The Saint's eyes opened wide and he exclaimed, "Forrest, that is not what I was thinking, but you do have a point, and I guess I did not specify, so I will give you credit for that answer. How about the next one?" asked St. Peter. "How many seconds in a year? Now that one is harder," replied Forrest, "but I thunk and thunk about that, and I guess the only answer can be twelve." Astounded, St. Peter said, "Twelve? Twelve? Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds in a year?" Forrest replied, "Shucks, there's got to be twelve: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd... " "Hold it," interrupts St. Peter. "I see where you are going with this, and I see your point, though that was not quite what I had in mind....but I will have to give you credit for that one, too. Let us go on with the third and final question. Can you tell me God's first name"? "Sure," Forrest replied, "it's Andy." "Andy?" exclaimed an exasperated and frustrated St Peter. "Ok, I can understand how you came up with your answers to my first two questions, but just how in the world did you come up with the name Andy as the first name of God?" "Shucks, that was the easiest one of all," Forrest replied. "I learnt it from the song, "ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME, ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN." St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates, and said: "Run Forrest, run." Give me a sense of humor, Lord.Give me the ability to understand a clean joke,To get some humor out of life,And to pass it on to other folks!!!!!

Born to be Wild!

I went to the Minnesota Zoo with the kids a nanny for, their mom and two of their cousins today. I hadn't been there in a while, I guess since 2nd grade. I didn't realize how it had changed. When I had went a long time ago I thought that we had elephants, lions, leopards, wolves, coyotes and a whole bunch of other animals but they didn't have any of those things there. Good thing we have a farely good sized aquatic part to our zoo, that is my favorite part. Tracy, the girls' mom, was asking me if I remembered coming to the zoo with her and her son, Weston, when we were 4 years old. And I said I did. We went to the zoo about four months before Tracy and Weston were in a very bad car crash and Weston had a lot of problems come on to him. It was a really fun time going there I remember though.

When we were there we decided to see a movie in their Imax theater. It was in 3-D. It was so cool!!! Sometimes it got hard to watch because the screen in so big so you have to dart from one side of it to the other to see the whole picture, but it was really fun anyhow.

1st Princess of the Miss Dodge Center Pageant

Well, hi everybody. You are now looking at the 1st Princess of the Miss Dodge Center Pageant. We had the pageant yesterday and I had a blast. We started off the pageant with a dance that we wore poodle skirts for to the songs from "Grease" and then after that we had to get into our evening ware. I had my hair in a pony tail with curls and I wanted our coriographer (who is also a cosmotologist) to just pin the curls up, but she had a different idea, she took all my hair out and did a full updue! I'm glad I was the last contestant because she was doing my hair all the way until I was walking out to do my introduction walk, literally. Before I walk out she was still putting finishing touches on my hair but I still had to put my shoes on and zip up my dress. So all the girls who were done with their walk were doing things for me. I had two girls put my shoes on, on girl zip my dress and another was handing the bobbie pins to Summer. When she was done I ran down the hallway to get to the gym in time for them to announce me. Talk about your close calls! But I had a great time. We have our first big apperance as the reigning royalty tomorrow at the Fly in Breakfast that they have at the airport. I can't wait!

They better make a new Nanny sitcom, starring ME!

I finally was offered a job that is out side of my home. Of course it's in someone eles's home being that I am now a nanny! My neighbor (the same neighbor that I played the Wii at) has two nine year old girls, twins, that she would like me to nanny while she takes her son to his job and she runs errands. Today was my second day and it's going great. Now I just have to wait for my van to come back from the shop (hopefully this afternoon) so then she doesn't have to pick me up every time and I don't have to drive one of their trucks if I want to take the girls to the pool or something. I mostly just have to watch them in the morning hours but I'm just glad that I'll be making more than I would if I started at a restaurant or grocery store.

WAHOO!!!! I played a Wii!!!

Hey everybody. I had so much fun today, I went over to my neighbors house because my cousin is house sitting and somewhat "babysitting." My neighbor has been asking me and some other people from church to come over for a while to play with him and his Wii so we finally did. And let me tell you, it's awesome! My favorite was bowling and baseball. I couldn't really get the hang of boxing. My brother, my other cousin, my boyfriend's brother, and my housesitting cousin's friend came over to play too. We also played pool and air hockey. After my cousin's friend, my brother and my boyfriend's brother left after we ate my two cousins and I watched Ant Bully (which I fell asleep during) and then we watched Garfield: A tale of two kitties. But seriously the Wii is awesome, if they weren't so expensive I would so buy one!

Dog Gone Tired

Well, today was the first official day of summer. It felt so good to sleep in. However, since my room in the basement and doesn't haven't have any windows I have no idea when the sun comes up. Not to my knowledge I allowed myself to sleep until 11:30! It felt good, but I don't want all my days to be like that, then I just feel like I've wasted a day.

For my Miss Dodge Center pageant I have to have many different outfits. I have to have a sun dress for my informal interview at the brunch we are having at the country club, a formal dress for the pageant itself, a poodle skirt which my mom is making for the dance that we do to Grease, and a formal interview out fit. I had to borrow some clothes from my sister since I don't really own "business attire." I look pretty good in it though. Good thing I have to get used to wearing it if I want to be a counseling psychologist.

Live and Let Live

Triton's graduation was today. I was surprised that I didn't even cry. Usually I'm the one that never has a dry eye. It was my last time singing next to my friend Aimee in the choir. We have sat next to each other in that class for the past three years.

I have two cousins that graduated today too, but since I was playing in the band and singing in the choir at our graduation I didn't get to go.

Isn't it weird how you don't really miss somebody and you don't know how much you appreciate them until after they are gone? My boyfriend is going to be gone for two weeks. He's going up fishing and then to work on the farm at his uncle's place. There is a good part and a bad part to this. The good part is that I get a chance to do some really work with my dog for my senior project. But I'm going to miss hanging out with him terribly.

You also begin to realize how much you miss loved ones when they are gone forever. I've had quite an eventful year and a half. First I had a band concert on December 13, 2005, after the concert my dad got a call from my uncle that my grandpa went into the hospital because he fell and had a brain hemorrhage (or he had the hemorrhage and he fell, they haven't figured out what came first). That was a Tuesday night. That Thursday I went to see him in the hospital and I couldn't help but cry and pray. He was lying in that bed looking so helpless. He couldn't see, he didn't move and he could barely breath. I had never seen anything like it. I didn't want him to die, but I didn't want to watch him suffer like that. Before I left for the night I said goodbye and that I loved him, and to keep fighting. Later that night I prayed that if he was going to go that he would go during the meeting that my family was going to have to decide on what to do. And what do you know, that's just what happened.

Then in November, again on the 13th I had a HVL honor band concert and after that was done my mom said that Grandma went into the hospital and wasn't looking good. All the way there I was praying, "God, don't let her go until I get there to say goodbye." I had time, the expected her to die that night. My aunts and uncles were there and a few of my cousins. Before everyone started leaving we all sang "Jesus Loves Me." When I said we had time, I meant it. She didn't die until a week later.

I miss them so much and I never knew how much I would. Every time I think about the Mayo Clinic I think of Grandpa because he used to work there. And I have a goal to find the puzzles with 500 or more pieces in my house and put them together in remembrance of him. The last thing I did with him before he died was put together a puzzle. It was a picture of two kittens in a mailbox, but because of his Alz-Heimer's he thought they were rabbits. Every time I think about birds I think about Grandma. She loved birds. She could pick out which one was outside her window just by listening to it's song. She and I used to play card and board games whenever I was at their house. I miss doing that stuff.

You really don't know how much you miss and love someone 'til they're gone. My advice, Live life at it's fullest, don't have regrets and live as if it's your last day.