Our Cousin The Weather Diva

JANUARY 28,2011 (THIS IS GREAT STUFF! MEL SENDS US ALL HER LATEST UPDATES EVERY DAY EXCEPT SAT AND SUN AT ABOUT 7:30 AM JUST IN TIME FOR US TO CATCH UP BEFORE WORK.
IF YOU WANT TO BE PUT ON THE WEATHER DIVA'S LIST HER EMAIL ADDRESS IS:
jones-zn@webtv.net GIVE HER YOUR CITY AND SHE WILL REPORT THE WEATHER FOR YOU. ANY OTHER TID BITS OF NEWS AND SHE WILL REPORT THAT AS WELL. ENJOY!!!!! I CERTAINLY DO........

FROM MEL: THE WEATHER DIVA!!!

STARTING THIS DAY WITH SOME OF THE SAME--SORRY FOLKS! ITS GETTING
CHILLY ALL OVER AS I PREDICTED YESTERDAY,TO SEE HOW COLD LETS GO TO THE
ROUND-UP

CAMDEN,DE==24'
CHICOPEE,MASS==10'
FARMSVILLE,TEXAS==33'
GAINESVILLE,FL==33'
HUDSON,NY==15'
KINGSTON,NY==14'
KINGSTON,R.I.=17'
MANCHESTER,NY===14'
ORMOND BEACH=36'
PHILADELPHIA,PA==25'
PINE PLAINS,NY==17'
SEATTLE,WASHINGTON===41'


THERE YOU HAVE IT! ITS NOT A PRETTY PICTURE=BUT TALKIN ABOUT
PICTURES=GET OUT YOUR CAMERAS AND TAKE SOME......... WHO KNOWS THE RIGHT
ONE, COULD MAKE YOU MONEY==YOU KNOW FROM WHO==THINK=THE GREETING CARD
COMPANIES,FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS! SEE=THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO
TURN THE HARD TIMES AROUND.

YOU CAN EVEN GO TO A TOWN NEARBY AND JUST MAKE BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING JUST THAT THING! NO ONE WILL KNOW WHO YOU ARE,I HOPE,,,,,, AND JUST ACT LIKE A BIG SHOT! YOU'LL GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE HOME FOLK, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT THE ATTENTION, YOU WOULD
GET. MAYBE A FREE CUP OF COFFEE, FREE CONVERSATION, AND FREE PICK -ME-UP
FOR THIS LOUZY WEATHER COMMIN IN. I DIDNT SAY PICK-UP,,LET ME MAKE
THAT--CLEAR.THEN MAYBE-A CARD COMPANY WILL PAY YOU FOR YOUR SHOTS YOU
TOOK. HEY!!! IT WOULD BE FUN,EXCITING,FREE,AND A NICE EXCURSION.....TRY
IT!!!!

THE WEATHER=AH!!! IT IS WHAT IT IS===I TOLD YOU====HOPE YOU HAVE
PLENTY OF FOOD, FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS,AND MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE TO SUPPLY
SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH FOOD ALSO. I SURE HOPE YOU'VE BEEN DROPPIN
COATS OFF, AT YOUR LOCAL SALVATION PLACES,THEY REALLY NEED THEM NOW.

THERE IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT, WHAT I HEARD THE
OTHER DAY, WHILE IN PASSING. DID YOU KNOW, YOUR EYE GLASSES ARE NOW
KNOWN AS YOUR( 'WINDOW DRESSINGS') SO=== NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO DRESS
UP YOUR REGULAR WINDOWS WITH CURTAINS,NOW YOU'RE WEARING THEM! MY ADVICE
TO YOU IS;

1) GO TO THE DOLLAR STORE

2)BUY 4 DIFFERENT COLORED FRAME GLASSES

3) GO HOME,QUICKLY,DONT WASTE TME,BUT BE CAREFUL WITH THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS!

4)SIT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, AND PUT ON GLASSES TO MATCH YOUR CURTAINS!!

NOW-THATS WHAT I CALL A 'DIVA'

YOU HAVE TO BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR INNER SELF,,,COLOR LOTS OF BLING,BLING
AND SPLASH IN YOUR LIFE. JUST PUT EACH DIFFERENT COLORED GLASSES IN EACH
DIFFERENT COLORED CURTAIN ROOM.

THEN,,,JUST SIT BACK,YOU'VE TURNED YOURSELF INTO A 'DIVA' LIKE ME!! EXCITING????????? YOU BETCHYA!!!!
YOU'LL FEEL SO======= GOOD YOU HAVE CO-ORDINATING GLASSES AND CURTAINS,YOU'RE
IN STYLE===YES,YES,YES!!!! GO AHEAD DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE PLANNED
FOR YOU,BESIDES WORK????

IT WOULD GIVE YOU EXERCIZE W=A=L=K=I=N TO THE STORE,AT LUNCH BREAK,THAT $4 WOULD HELP THE ECONOMY AND YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL GREAT WHEN EVERY LITTLE THING MATCHES==YEAH!

THATS ALL THE EXCITING INFO FOR TODAY,IM RUNNING LATE,FOR AN
IMPORTANT DATE=='NOT'

SAY'GOODNITE GRACY' YOUR WEATHER 'DIVA' MEL

Things that were said 55 Years Ago

Only 55 Years Ago

Thought you might enjoy it...
for some, it will be a trip down memory lane.

in 1955 Baby Sister was, in fact, just a baby. Big sister was about 11 and I was 6 years old.

Comments Made
In The
Year 1955

"I’ll tell you one thing, if things
keep going the way they are,
it’s going to be impossible to
buy a week’s groceries for $10.00."

"Have you seen the new cars
coming out next year? It won’t
be long before $1,000.00 will
only buy a used one."

"If cigarettes keep going up in
price, I’m going to quit; 20 cents
a pack is ridiculous."

"Did you hear the post office is
thinking about charging 7 cents
just to mail a letter."

"If they raise the minimum wage
to $1.00, nobody will be able to
hire outside help at the store."

"When I first started driving, who
would have thought gas would
someday cost 25 cents a gallon.
Guess we’d be better off leaving
the car in the garage."
(In 1969 I still bought gas in Oklahoma for 28 cents a gallon.)

"I’m afraid to send my kids to the
movies any more. Ever since they
let Clark Gable get by with saying
DAMN in ‘GONE WITH THE WIND’,
it seems every new movie has
either HELL or DAMN in it."

"I read the other day where some
scientist thinks it’s possible to put
a man on the moon by the end of
the century. They even have some
fellows they call astronauts
preparing for it down in Texas."

"Did you see where some baseball
player just signed a contract for
$50,000 a year just to play ball?
It wouldn’t surprise me if someday
they’ll be making more than the
President."

"I never thought I’d see the day
all our kitchen appliances would
be electric. They are even making
electric typewriters now."
(and that is what we all had to use until about 1984)

"It’s too bad things are so tough
nowadays. I see where a few
married women are having to
work to make ends meet."

"It won’t be long before young
couples are going to have to hire
someone to watch their kids so
they can both work."

"I’m afraid the Volkswagen car
is going to open the door to a
whole lot of foreign business."

"Thank goodness I won’t live to
see the day when the Government
takes half our income in taxes.I
sometimes wonder if we are
electing the best people to
government."

"The drive-in restaurant is
convenient in nice weather,
but I seriously doubt they
will ever catch on."

"There is no sense going on short
trips anymore for a weekend. It
costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay
in a hotel."

"No one can afford to be sick
anymore. At $15.00 a day in
the hospital, it’s too rich for
my blood."

"If they think I’ll pay 30 cents
for a hair cut, forget it."


Know any friends
who would get a
kick out of these,
pass this on.

Write down your goals, Succeed with positive affirmations Continued

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1g3ENYxg9k (Copy paste to see Bob Newhart as your friendly shrink) Now, wasn't that just the most depressing New Years Message ever?! Actually there is a positive spin on this story. You see, the walleyed pike also had the ability to see more clearly through murky water than some other fish. It spent all its time looking east and west and in all the other corners and through the muck and myer; but rarely looked at what was right in front of him. ie. the "food"!

Lesson: Take the time to look at the obvious! You don't have to keep hitting your head against a glass wall to get what you want. Those things that matter most can be right in front of you and easy to spot if you "Just stop" looking elsewhere. Bob Newhart might just have it right, take the simple series of steps or acts to accomplish your goals. Stop being busy for busy sake, stop looking in all the unturned corners for what you need, instead look in front of you and "just stop" obsessing about the bad in your life and appreciate the good!

Write down your goals, succeed with positive affirmations, etc........

But what if you find yourself ambivolent about your goals? What if you wonder what it is you really want to do for the rest of your days? What if you are finding it more and more difficult to muster up the enthusiasm for anything?

"Where will I find the inspiration to continue my blog this year?", someone on Twitter wrote recently." Maybe I will just write when I feel the inspiration. Oh Crap, what if I never do? "Where will I find the energy to "Pimp My Business this year?" someone on LinkedIn wrote. Why bother, business has been so bad with the economy and all..............

Well, I watched a video clip this morning (sent by my cousin who is also in the same business as myself and a New York Goddess) and it was just to apropos. Bob Newhart was a mental health practitioner and his answer to every problem or phobia was "Stop It!!" That is why he only charged $1 a minute because he had the clients out of there in less than 5 minutes.(This was, of course, c.1960 phych rates) Sometimes I guess it could be just that simple. "Cut It Out, Stop It, Just Go Forward!!"

Years ago I was at an industry convention listening to a motivational speaker. His topic was. "Beware the Walleyed Pike Syndrome" or something like that. To make the lesson short: The walleyed pike has divergent eyes (in which the eyes turn outward away from the nose. The Japanese term is ron-pari, as one eye is looking at London and the other is looking at Paris) on each side of its head.

Phychologists did an experiment with this fish in a tank by feeding it in one specific place each day. After a while, they put up a glass wall between the fish and its feeding place. The fish quickly bumped into the glass wall and continued to do so for at least 5 days. On the 6th day the fish no longer swam near the glass wall and did not attempt to feed. On the 7th day they began to feed the fish again without the glass wall but the fish did not feed and eventually died even though the food was readily available.

To be continued.....................