Silly Saturday

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Questions to ponder … and if you have an answer, feel free to comment!

If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Why do we say we’re head over heels when we’re happy? Isn’t that the way we normally are?

When the French swear do they say pardon my English?

Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don’t lay eggs.

Why when people ask you “what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?” no one ever replies, “A BOAT”

Silly Saturday

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Silly Saturday

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In an effort to balance my far-too-serious side which gets bogged down thinking too much about life,self-growth, spiritual matters, etc., I’ve decided that Saturdays are going to be devoted to a bit of silliness. Whether it is a joke, a useless meme or a silly song with Larry, I am going to purpose to offer a bit of playfulness, lightheartedness and just plain silliness to my world.

For your giggling pleasure, here is my favorite silly song . . .

All together now … Achoo moo moo boo hoo moo moo boo hoo moo moo Achoo moo moo Achoo moo moo boo hoo moo moo Cebu

Laughing Loud

it’s eleven-thirty. Another day of stalling. I don’t know where to begin. I wrote down a list but can’t seem to write the first words.

Ok. Here we go.

If you ever go to a movie and there is a person there with a particularly LOUD laugh, that would not be me. That would be Katie, my second daughter. It’s quite an experience to attend a movie with her and most of the time, I find myself in stitches because her laugh is that contagious.

But where did she get that laugh? Well, I think I know that answer to that question.

Today I had coffee with a friend and at one point something very funny was said (oh, I wish that I could remember what it was) and I slid down in my chair as the laughter burst forth from my mouth, almost echoing in the coffee shop. Yeah, it’s from me. I have a loud laugh, a great laugh, a shake the bed type of laugh. My husband always says that I have a great smile and while I don’t agree with him on that one I do like my laugh.

And laughter is a huge part of who we are as a family. We love nothing better than sitting around after a meal, sharing stories, telling jokes, shouting over the noisy conversation. The laughter flows freely and with great volume. Those are some of my most treasured moments. Somehow the laughter weaves in and around us, drawing together these many different people. I like the way my laugh mingles with theirs. After my life is over, I hope that my children will look back and say, “She laughed with gusto!”

Loving, Living, Learning … and Laughing

Let’s talk about the blog title.

Sometime ago, Tammy at Just Enough and Nothing More issued a challenge to describe your homeschooling philosophy in just 30 seconds. My answer to that was and still is loving, living and learning.

It’s quite simple really. Nothing I can teach my children will be more important than raising them to be loving, kind individuals. So our primary focus is love and what that really means toward how we live our lives. It’s not something we approach academically or even philosophically. Rather it is OJT … on the job training. Or more accurately, TDT … through the day training. It’s not about what we do but how we do it.

Living isn’t really second as it isn’t a linear list. Living is just what we do. Again, focusing on doing that well. Living in balance. Taking care of our bodies, our minds, our spirits. Practical skills will come from the chore lists, the errands we run, the projects we tackle together.

Learning is inevitable. In fact, unschoolers have an official Learn Nothing Day to illustrate and emphasize that very point. Learning is inevitable. At least, I hope that we are living our lives so that is a true statement in our home. Stirring our curiosity, increasing our skill levels so that we can pursue whatever knowledge lures us, challenging ourselves to be aware of all there is to learn.

Notice that I speak of us. This isn’t just a philosophy that is applied to our children but to us, as parents, as well. It’s a good rule of life, I think. Love. Live. Learn. Hmmm, I think I just thought of another one. Laugh. Yeah, there should definitely be a lot of laughter. Maybe I will add that to my title as well.

Yesterday, I added the subtitle “this is how we live our life” Immediately I thought that doesn’t agree. Speaking of we, I should have said “how we live our lives” There are individual lives being led but at the same time, there is this entity that is us, that is family. The individual lives are part of making up that one life. That one life is the subject of this blog.

But you’ve still yet to meet the individuals. Be patient, be patient, introductions are still to come.

Thursday Thirteen – Because I need to laugh

It’s been a little stressful around here lately … not necessarily at home but definitely in our larger community and even in our online community.  I think we could all use something to laugh about.  Here is my humble offering of jokes that may bring a smile to you today.

Why did the chicken cross the road . . .

Bob Dylan :How many roads must one chicken cross?

Jack Nicholson : ’cause it (censored) wanted to. That’s the (censored) reason.

Hamlet : Because ’tis better to suffer in the mind the slings and arrows of outrageous road maintenance than to take arms against a sea of on coming vehicles…

Martin Luther King, Jr. : I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question

The Bible : And God came down from the heavens, and He said unto the chicken, “Thou shalt cross the road.” And the Chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.

Lord Baden-Powell : To earn a road crossing Badge.

Albert Einstein : Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends upon your point of view. The chicken did not cross the road – it transcended it.

Dr. Seuss : Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes! The chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed it, I’ve not been told!

Mark Twain: The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated.

Anderson Cooper: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

BARBARA WALTERS:  Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

Dr. PHIL:  The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.

NANCY GRACE:  That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

NAARP

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I SO wish I had been able to participate in THIS:

I hope my posts today have brought a smile to your face and an inspiration to spread a little chaos and joy of your own.

~~Grace and Peace~~

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It made me laugh

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John Edwards, New Hampsire debates

Many things on my list of things to do yesterday, things that needed concentration and quiet. So, I packed up my bag and went to the library. Good idea except that I got so involved in working that I lost track of time and how long it had been since I ate or drank anything. Result? Pounding headache.

I am ever grateful that my children are older and when I was finally able to crawl into the house, they unloaded the car of books and groceries and for the most part led a quiet night for my recuperation.

By 8:00, the pain had eased a bit so I sat and watched the New Hampshire debates with my 21 yod. It was difficult to concentrate and I am thankful for transcripts today so I can read back over what I heard last night. I am also tickled that I can pull the one quote that made me giggle the rest of the night. It’s sad that this is the one statement that stood out to me … I don’t know, blame it on the medication, I guess.

Charlie Gibson talked about the real threat of a nuclear attack on an American city and asked the following question: “On the day after a nuclear weapon goes off in an American city, what would we wish we had done to prevent it? And what will we actually do on the day after?”

John Edwards, in the second sentence of his reply, said: ” The first thing is we have to immediately find out who’s responsible and go after them, and that is the responsibility of the president of the United States because if someone has attacked us with a nuclear weapon, it means they have nuclear technology . . .”

Ya think? Thank you for that clarification Captain Obvious.

I’m sorry. I am not being snarky. It truly made me laugh.

still giggling this morning . . .

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I thought I didn’t want another label . . .

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But this one is too good.

I’m a LB … she’s a LB … wouldn’t you like to be LB too?

Liberal Backslider by Martyn Joseph

Laughing . . .

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Inside peek

Oh, so that’s what goes on in the church van on the way to Charleston!

HT my daughter and creator of the video (with brother supervising)

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Immersed in the Mystery,

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