A couple, both 78, went to a sex therapist's office in Winter Haven Florida. The doctor asked, "What can I do for you?" The man said, Will you watch us have sexual intercourse? "The doctor looked puzzled, but agreed. When the couple had finished, the doctor said, "There's nothing wrong with the way you have intercourse," and charged them $50.This happened several weeks in a row. The couple would make an appointment, have intercourse with no problems, pay the doctor, then leave. Finally the doctor asked, "Just exactly what are you trying to find out? "The old man said, "We're not trying to find out anything. She's married and we can't go to her house. I'm married and we can't go to my house The Holiday Inn charges $90. The Hilton charges $140. We do it here for $50 and I get $43 back from Medicare.

"What is in your Cup?"
A friend had this on her wall and I had to share it with you! I love this analogy:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee? "Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out.
It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled. So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
(Answer for yourself, Below)

When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy,
words of affirmation; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ViqdOMAPOk

I don’t do New Years RESOLUTIONS… why?! Because I’m a realist … I believe that ANY moment you can’t say “hey I’m doing something different” it doesn’t have to be a new year...a new week…or a new day… at any moment in time YOU can change YOUR path!! Make any time or any day your NEW!! With that being said we all have a new chapter in life ahead of us,,,
2022 was insanity at its finest for me! I always end the year with “whew next year is my year” but we will always have trials & turbulence…. Just roll with it…learn from it…. & in the end I hope you have a giggle or two because none of us make it out of this thing called life alive in the end. My biggest accomplishment this year wasn’t
material things money or anything of the nature, it was letting go of a past that had consumed my daily life for far too long, as long as we let others invade our peace they win, and I decided I am the winner not them,,, Everything DOES HAPPEN for a reason …cherish those reasons because they all come together in the end. You are never too old to let go of things or start new & it doesn’t have to be a ”new year” it can be any one of the 365 days of the year :)
2023 so happens to be taking me to somewhere I’ve never been before or even dreamed of but I’m welcoming it with an open mind and if it fails … well that’s okay too , Life's full of failures that make our successes even more rewarding,, If it fails at least I tried, and then again If it succeeds then that’s great too! One thing about me is - I always roll with it & have a joke or two along the way! I’m blessed. I’m not perfect. I hope all of us have a great year!!
I’m a little late on sending a Happy New Year Covid has had control for the last 3 weeks ,,,So with all that being said -
I hope you all have an amazing 2023!!

So, there is a lot of talk about kids identifying as cats or dogs “furries”, and this is hilarious.
. Imagine if you can, that one of my boys told me they thought they were a cat? Sitting at the supper table son says: “Dad, I think I’m a cat! Dad: “No son, you’re a boy! “My son: “No dad some of my friends at school identify as cats, they call themselves furries, and so do I !! It’s my right and you can’t do anything about it!” Dad:
“OK!! “My son: “Hey, where’s my supper? “Dad: “Your supper is in the cat food bowl in the corner. Now get off the table you mangy cat!” My son: “What???”Dad: hits him with a broom, “get off the table furball!!”My son in the corner looking bewildered! Me to my wife : “Is that cat neutered”?? My wife: “I will make an appointment!! “My son: “What??? “
Dad: “Your mother and I have decided we don’t want a house cat, so get out to the barn and hunt mice! ”My son: “What???”Dad: brandishes broom, “NOW, to the barn you stupid cat!!”My son: “Dad, I think I’m a boy! ”Dad: “I thought so, now sit down and eat your supper!!”Spay and neuter these animals. Stop them from reproducing. Today’s society has enough fruit loops already. End of story!

Polskie tłumaczenie poniżej -- -- Tradução do Brasil Abaixo
A friend had this on her wall and I had to share it with you! I love this analogy:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee? "Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out.
It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled. So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?" (Answer for yourself, Below)
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy,
words of affirmation; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.
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Przyjaciółka miała to na swojej ścianie i musiałam się z Wami tym podzielić! Uwielbiam tę analogię:

Trzymasz filiżankę kawy, gdy ktoś podchodzi i wpada na ciebie lub potrząsa ramieniem,
przez co rozlewasz kawę wszędzie.

Dlaczego rozlałeś kawę? "Bo ktoś na mnie wpadł!!!"

Zła odpowiedź.

Rozlałeś kawę, bo w filiżance była kawa. Gdyby w filiżance była herbata, rozlałbyś herbatę. Cokolwiek jest w kubku, to
się wyleje.

Dlatego, kiedy życie przyjdzie i wstrząśnie tobą (co NA PEWNO się stanie), cokolwiek jest w tobie, wyjdzie na zewnątrz.

Łatwo to udawać, dopóki nie zostaniesz wstrząśnięty. Musimy więc zadać sobie pytanie… „co jest w moim kubku?”
(Odpowiedź dla siebie, poniżej)

Kiedy życie staje się trudne, co się rozlewa?

Radość, wdzięczność, pokój i pokora?

Gniew, gorycz, ostre słowa i reakcje?

Życie daje puchar, TY wybierasz, jak go napełnisz.

Dziś pracujmy nad napełnieniem naszych kielichów wdzięcznością, przebaczeniem, radością,

słowa afirmacji; i życzliwość, łagodność i miłość do innych.

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Uma amiga colocou isso na parede dela e eu tive que compartilhar com vocês! Eu amo essa analogia:

Você está segurando uma xícara de café quando alguém chega e esbarra em você ou sacode seu braço, fazendo
você derramar o café para todo lado.

Por que você derramou o café? "Porque alguém esbarrou em mim!!!"

Resposta errada.

Você derramou o café porque havia café na sua xícara. Se houvesse chá na xícara, você teria derramado chá.
O que estiver dentro do copo é o que vai vazar.

Portanto, quando a vida vier e te sacudir (o que VAI acontecer), o que quer que esteja dentro de você vai sair.

É fácil fingir, até ficar abalado. Então temos que nos perguntar... “o que tem no meu copo?” (Responda para você, Abaixo)

Quando a vida fica difícil, o que transborda?

Alegria, gratidão, paz e humildade?

Raiva, amargura, palavras e reações duras?

A vida fornece o copo, VOCÊ escolhe como preenchê-lo.

Hoje vamos trabalhar para encher nossos copos com gratidão, perdão, alegria,

palavras de afirmação; e bondade, gentileza e amor pelos outros.

THERE IS A DULE MAN HOLE COVER IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE NEAR A FIRE HYDREN AND ONE OF THE COVERS IS ROTTED THROUGH. i HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR 2 YEARS TO FIND OUT WHO OWND IT AND HOW TO GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT ON IT. THE PROBLEM IS NO ONE WILL CLAIM IT! THE LOCATION IS IN A GREY AREA. ON TOP OF THE FRAME AROUND IT IT SAYS CITY INLET 2. THIS AREA USED TO BE PART OF THE CITY BUT WAS REZONED TO BALLANCE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO EVEN THOUGHT IT SAYS CITY INLET 2 IT NOW IS ADJASON TO A TOUWNSHIP ROAD. THAT ROAD RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF A GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROJECT.
SP FAR I HAVE CONTACTED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY , THE TOWNSHIP, THE SEWAGE DEPARTMENT, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THE ROADS DEPARTMENT, AND ONE OF THE NEWS AGENCYS AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHO OWNS THIS COVER OR HOW I CAN GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. SOMEONE FROM THE ROAD DEPARTMENT PUT AN ORANGE CONE ON IT NEARLY 2 YEARS AGO WITH THE PROMISE TO LET SOMEONE KNOW IT NEEDED FIXED. tHE CONE DOES NOT STAY PUT IN THE HIGH WINDS WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR, AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS TURNED THE CONE UPSIDE DOWN IN THE LARGE HOLE THAT HAS ROTTED. iT WENT INSIDE THE HOLE 3 INCHES DEEP.
THIS NEEDS FIXED AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHO TO REPORT IT TO NEXT. IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME OUT WITH THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

Every year, I try to have a resolution that lasts. One year I learned to speak conversational French. One year I gave up complaining, which took a helluva long time. Another year, I gave up using the phrase "I hate." That took three months!
This year, I've decided on a year of discipline. Exercising every day, cleaning my house every day (ugh -- which is worse??), doing all of the things in a day that I'm supposed to be doing instead of blanking off.
Wish me luck! And Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2023!
Best wishes for peace and prosperity in the coming year.
May 2023 be full of adventures and opportunities.
May the new year bring you happiness and peace.

"Good things come to those who wait"

10 South Korean tourists were stranded in a blizzard near Buffalo. Then they spent 2 nights in a stranger's home, cooking and watching football.
A van carrying 10 tourists got stuck in snow near Buffalo, New York, on Friday.

One couple who lived nearby welcomed the stranded group — they stayed for two nights.

The visitors were from South Korea and passed time by cooking meals with their hosts. When their van got stuck in the snow in Williamsville, New York, a South Korean tour group found refuge with a good Samaritan who sheltered them through the blizzard. The group of 10 travelers in the van — which included nine tourists from South Korea — were making their way to Niagara Falls from Washington, DC, when they found themselves in the middle of a blizzard. Two men in the group decided to knock on a door to ask for shovels to try to get their van out of a ditch. Instead, they ended up with a place to stay until they could be picked up on Sunday after the storm cleared, The New York Times reported. Alex Campagna, a dentist, posted on Facebook that at around 2 p.m. on Friday, he heard a "frantic knock on the door today during the worst blizzard I've experienced."
Campagna and his wife ended up inviting their 10 visitors in, where they put them up on couches, in sleeping bags, on an air mattress, and in a spare bedroom, The Times reported. Campagna didn't want to let the tour group back out on the roads, saying he knew, "as a Buffalonian, this is on another level, the Darth Vader of storms. "Choi Yoseob, a member of the tour group that Campagna hosted, told The Times that it was "kind of like fate" that they had ended up at the home of a hospitable family with a full pantry."We have enjoyed this so much," Choi told The Times, calling the experience an unforgettable one, and a "unique blessing. "The group spent Friday and Saturday swapping stories and cooking with their hosts. According to The Times, they watched an NFL game on Christmas Eve and made several Korean meals. Campagna and his wife are reportedly fans of Korean food themselves. The Campagnas also had many main ingredients on-hand their visitors needed to make jeyuk bokkeum, stir-fried pork, and Dakori tang, a spicy chicken stew. If the travelers stayed for Christmas dinner on Sunday, the group was planning to make bulgogi, The Times reported. Drivers picked up the tourists on Sunday when roads were cleared and reportedly brought them back to New York City. Choi said he and his wife will stay in NYC for New Year's Eve. The rest of the group is scheduled to fly back to South Korea sometime in the middle of this week. ????