Countryfolk Keepsakes: "I once had a...

sweet little doll, dears, the prettiest doll in the world."
~Charles Kingsley

You're never too old to play with dollies.
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I didn't realize Rod Blagojevich had a pooch...

I didn't realize Sharon Stone had a pooch either...

Or Sonny and Cher...

Emo Philips...

Matthew & Gunnar Nelson...

Carrot Top...

Nancy Pelosi...

Alex Jones...

Whoopi Goldberg...

Donald Trump...

Henry Fonda...

Owen Wilson...

Billy Idol...

Senator Carl Levin...

Steve Buscemi...

Andy Warhol...

John Kerry...

Jennifer Aniston...

Liz Taylor...

Jason Castro...

Phil Spector...

Buffy from Family Affair...

Christina Aguilera...

Marlo Thomas...

Andy Dick...

Quotes To Ponder...

"There will be a tomorrow that exists without me. And I know that. When that day arrives, I want my life to have meant something. I want this world to be brighter. I want this world to be happier. I want people to have smiled more and to have laughed more because I've spent time here. And if I accomplish that, I will look down and I will smile." ~Mike Litman
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~Melody Beattie
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." ~John Wooden
"All great change in America begins at the dinner table." ~Ronald Reagan
"Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you." ~ Max Lucado
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money." ~Abigail Van Buren
"I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum. 'Cos how can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum!" ~Author Unknown
"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." ~Mother Teresa
"Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God." ~George Washington Carver
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." ~Henry Ward Beecher
"Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow." ~Unknown
"How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?" ~Paul Sweeney
"Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life." ~John C. Geikie
"It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark." ~Howard Ruff, How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years
"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same." Francesca Reigler
"You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest." ~Robert Brault
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice." ~Meister Eckhart
"While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself." ~Doug Horton
"My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass." ~Leslie Grimutter
"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." ~Erma Bombeck
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." ~Edmund Burke
"Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are." ~Henry Van Dyke
"Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting." ~Author Unknown
"The best way you can cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up." ~Mark Twain
"Life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be." ~Grandma Moses
"When I'm worried and I can't sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep, counting my blessings." ~Irving Berlin
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature." ~Anne Frank
"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." ~Henry van Dyke
"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-you also miss the sense of where you're going and why." ~Eddie Cantor
"Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose." ~Author Unknown
"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." ~John E. Southard
"Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how." ~Author Unknown
"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything --even poverty--you can survive it." ~Bill Cosby
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." ~EE Cummings
"Your life may be the only Bible some people read." ~Author Unknown
"Character is higher than intellect." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on." ~Rev. Henry Burton
"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." ~Aesop
"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." ~Sandra Carey
"You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude." ~Lucy MacDonald
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel." ~Author Unknown
"Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are." ~Author Unknown
"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble." ~Charles H. Spurgeon
"People see God every day, they just don't recognize him." ~Pearl Bailey
"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?" ~William A. Ward
I complained that I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Native American Indian Proverb
"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains." ~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert Brault
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

"I once had a...

7 Folks are sayin'...:

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A Home For Lilly...

Howdy...

Myles and Hannelore Are Flyin' High...

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I run with scissors...

I didn't realize Rod Blagojevich had a pooch...

Smile...

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature...

I Am Loved...

Ahhhhh...

Don't Forget To Examine Those Boobies Of Yours...

But ask now the beasts...

Be A Tree Planter...

Finally, the answer to that age old question...

If you don't have a smile...

A good read...

Don't Forget To...

Peanut Crimes...

Who says great art can't be funny?

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A delicious cup of coffee...

Sometimes I feel like a nut...

I love Izannah Walker Dolls...

Country livin' puts a smile on yer face...

Stop Animal Cruelty...

Remember...

For there shall arise...

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