:D :D :D
I couldn't smile any bigger right now if I tried! You have all made me feel very, very loved!
SAO said:
So I'm not sure how happy your birthday is this year, Laura, but I truly hope you are able to somehow focus on how far the group has come and have faith that we will not let you down, that this too shall pass. You have overcome so much already, and I know you will continue to overcome so much more because you eat challenges for breakfast. Chuck Norris has nothing on you.
Just so ya know, I had a nice, quiet day doing emails, playing with the dogs, being with my kids here while they cooked a nice birthday dinner, and then after, I got to pick the Birthday Movie. (That's what we do on birthdays, everyone watches the birthday person's selected movie.) I picked "Walk the Line" about Johnny Cash. I LOVE that movie.
Yes, we stayed on our diet and I'm going to put the cake recipe in the Diet and Health forum a little later on. We drank iced tea without ice because our ice maker was accidentally turned off...
The kids got me some cool heavy socks to keep my feet and legs warm.. (like knee socks) and some very nice bath gels and "pearls" and fizzies. My beloved Ark bought me a desk plant, a tea mug and a new pair of headphones for my mp3 player that I have on right now... What am I listening to? Rolling Stones: You Can't Always Get What you Want !!!
SAO said:
Allow me to re-write his jokes into actual statements of fact, because they are all true when they're applied to you.
When the boogeyman goes to sleep at night, he checks his closet for Laura.
Laura doesn't read books. She stares them down until she gets the information she wants.
Laura does not sleep. She waits.
There is no ponytail in the back of Laura's head. There is only another fist.
Laura can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
Laura does not wear a watch. SHE decides what time it is!
When Laura has surgery, the anasthesia is applied to the doctors.
Scientists in Washington have recently conceded that, if there were a nuclear war, all that would remain are cockroaches and Laura Knight Jadczyk.
And last but not least,
Laura sleeps with the light on. Not because she's afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid of her!
I have to say that I laughed until tears came. Haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time! Thanks for that imagery!!! I'm gonna print it out and stick it on the top of my desk to remind myself!
Do I get tights and a cape with that?
SAO said:
With the way the winds are blowing (literally and figuratively), a storm is definitely coming, and I think the worst is unfortunately still to come. And like the C's say, it can give you that feeling in the pit of your stomach. But that also means the best is still to come as well. The air is never fresher or calmer or more clear than after a huge storm. And if there is any group on this planet that can weather any storm, this is it. Happy Birthday Laura, and please remember that in this group it's all for one and one for all.
Yup. And I'm going to be sending out some emails to my revised email list in the coming months that I hope will be useful to all of you. I had never realized that I had so many QUIET supporters until I sent an email...
Finally, another thing that made me laugh out loud:
The rabbit said:
Enjoy this very hot day......"Weather from the Al Gore weather centre , where every day is a hot day" ;)
Oh, mercy!