Winter in Arizona

This Arizona desert provide so many different ways to enjoy the holidays.

Sometime I just have to break away from the crowd to find and enjoy the hidden treasures.

LOVE AND FEEL BLESSED.

Mary Rose

As we enter the Holiday season, I remember that Happiness is an "option". I wish HAPPINESS to all of you and yours.

Coming from the Midwest, I often recall and will share with you an old Farmers advice.


An Old Farmer's Advice:

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.

* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

* You cannot unsay a cruel word.

* Every path has a few puddles.

* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

* The best sermons are lived, not preached.

* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway..

* Don't judge folks by their relatives.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.

* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

* Always drink upstream from the herd.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Love makes the world go around.

Love and Hugs,
Mary Rose
minc6@cs.com

Who I am looking for in a relationship:
He must be Confident, Courageous, Caring, Clean up well, and willing to Communicate.

He will treasure his time with an equal woman. (Either of us will be missed when we are seperate.)

We will share our Passion for new things including sunrises, sunsets, various horizons and activities, adventure and people.

Together, we will know that nothing realistic is impossible.

We will hold hands or even Hug/Kiss in public. We will Love and be Loved. Many, including our children and grandchildren will want to grow old like Us.

I am posting this here because I know no reason not to. I don't mind risking something new. I prefer to do things without too much talking or thinking as long as what I am considering isn't harmful. Who knows?? Maybe some reader will know someone, who knows someone, who knows someone right for me.

My life is good and full as it is, so I will be an asset rather then a liability. The proper partner will be like frosting on the cake and a whole new presentation.

Thank you in advance for your help.
minc6@cs.com

Mary Rose

Table Instilled Love

Is it trivia, for us in the last quarter of our lives, to remember how the lessons of life were once taught and remembered around the old kitchen table?
Sometimes it was noisy. We kids honed our personalities around the table, battling fiercely for recognition. There, we learned “thou shall nots” of life, along with the “love-one-another” principle.

We also learned the rules of behavior after being banished to our rooms for a rude remark, a spill on the clean tablecloth or being too close when Papa had “Had enough”. At the table, we learned that life was not always fair.

Likewise, we learned that the injustices of life need not hold us back; that honors earned but not bestowed need not cause despair. Our kitchen table prepared us for our place in the world.

Our table was large enough for us to gather around, but small enough to keep us close. It was broad enough for us to lean on, and when I was young and tried to run away from guilt, it was high enough to hide under.

Through life at our table, we became aware of our responsibilities to society, the satisfaction of achievement, the necessity for authority and the joy of Belonging.

Our table, like our home, instilled in us the worth of an individual and the gift of love for each other.

That table, with its centerpiece of a sugar bowl, was the first focus of our lives. How important is that today?

For those interested, I am posting on my Blog site, a great “dish to pass”.

Great for after the holidays or the next potluck gathering!

Enjoy time together, laughter and Hugs!

Mary Rose


OVERNIGHT SCALLOPED CHICKEN CASSEROLE

2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of mushroom
soup, undiluted
2 –1/2 cups milk
½ lb processed American cheese, cubed
4 cups chopped chicken, turkey or ham.
1 box (7 oz.) macaroni
3 hard cooked eggs, chopped
½ cup melted butter or margarine, divided
1-1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
In a large bowl, combine soup, milk, and cheese. Add meat, macaroni
And eggs. Stir in ¼ cup melted butter. Transfer to a greased 13” x9” x2”
Baking pan. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight. Toss the bread crumbs with remaining butter; sprinkle over casserole. Bake, uncovered, @350 for 60-65 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown. Yield for 12.

Enjoy time together.

Hugs
Mary Rose

Dear RICHARD, STAFF and FRIENDS,
Or should I just say "EXPLORERS?"
"For the last 6 months we have been on a journey. I have seen:
*Talents recycled
*Avocations almost seem to become Vocations
*Acknowlegment of things missing with possible solutions
*Thoughts of Who to work with as important as brainstorming about What to do
*Wonderful stories
*Wild ideas (Grabed by WHY NOT'ers)
*How we thinkGosh!
I have even seen characters change when a "Wild Card" turned up.

Besides all the computer skills I have learned, this journey, (Chapter) has been a great opportunity to improve my Social Intelegence skills by trying to:
1. Be more sensitive to others.
2. Be a little leaniant as I judge the sub-text of what is written.
3. Handle criticisms.
4. Be emotionally steady.
5. Build team support.
6. Properly handle the 'Hand' I am dealt.
I have noticed a lot of "Blooming" going on.
Guess I am just trying to say THANK YOU ALL for the almost guilty pleasure I am enjoying because of this brief respite, kind of like a Chocolate Sunday during. Lent.
Hope some of this makes sense. A simple Thank you was not enough.
XOXOMary Rose
Friday, October 14, 2005 9:17:25 AM

Sometime I just want to see the world without a frame.