Show and Tail

I'm joining in on Tuesday's Show & Tail at Angela's West Virginia's Treasures. If you have a cute story and picture of a pet, or any furry (or non-furry) friend, you are welcome to join in! Please check out the rules at her blog, and WELCOME!

We had a world win trip to Cincinnati last weekend. The girls went to a baby shower and the boys went to a water slide. Guess who had the best time?

Now getting to the animal part of the post. Cincinnati is know as the city where pigs fly.

"The phrase "when pigs fly" is an adynaton – a figure of speech so hypberbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication of such a phrase is that the circumstances in question (the adynaton, and the circumstances to which the adynaton are being applied) will never occur.

Because of the historical importance of the pig industry to the city, flying pigs are prominent in the local iconography of Cincinnati, including in such events as the Big Pig Gig and the Flying Pig Marathon.

"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition. There are numerous variations on the theme; when an individual with a reputation for failure finally succeeds, onlookers may sarcastically claim to see a flying pig. ("Hey look! A flying pig!")" WIKIPEDIA

So as you can imagine - we really didn't see any flying pigs.



We did see some lazy pigs (now I am just kidding). The three boys watching animal planet.



Disco is the best dog ever! We were really lucky and so far so good.


Sandie


Happy Birthday Marlee Matlin - wikipedia

Matlin was born in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers, Eric and Marc. She is of Russian Jewish descent. She lost all hearing in her right ear and 80% of the hearing in her left ear at the age of eighteen months. Matlin graduated from John Hersey High School in nearby Arlington Heights and attended Harper College. In her autobiography, I'll Scream Later, she suggests that her hearing loss may have been due to a genetically malformed cochlea. She also indicated that she is the only member of her family who is deaf, as her parents, siblings, and children are not deaf at all.

I met this woman on Sesame Street - when my son and daughter were toddlers. I would always watch it with them because I just loved it - my second childhood I guess.

And way this is the funniest thing - I graduated from John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights! Named after the writer John Hersey who wrote Hiroshima

Small world - I went before her though - teehee.

Be an Eagle, not a duck . . . or Chatty's Day To Vent

Wayne "Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you’ll rarely disappoint yourself. He said, ‘Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don’t be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.” I read this on the Blog a couple of weeks ago called Personal Development for the Book Smart.

I've been thinking about that statement. It's true of course, but the meaning of what a duck is verses what an eagle is - is subjective to each person's own mind. How one person describes an eagles strengths could be entirely different from another persons description. The same could hold true for a ducks description.'

The other thought I had is - do I always have to be the eagle or can I be the duck at least some times?

I'm a strong person - I don't think it was by choice exactly, I think I've been made strong though 'life experiences'. I don't think I've have the most 'learning experiences' ever, but I've had a lot.

The week before Thanksgiving my daughter got engaged to a man we really love. Great. That means that she will be moving (great) and my grandson (which I feel both happiness and sadness about - I'm dealing with it and I know by May, I will be doing better - he's sad too - so we are grieving together - and we are happy planning together at the same time).

We went to Cincinnati over Thanksgiving to visit my son and his wife and it all went nicely. In the day time while my son and daughter-in-law worked, I spent the day at a water slide connected to our hotel - for my grandson. My husband 'ducked' out and went to the airplane museum in Dayton - which I didn't mind - day one. But day two and three he 'ducked' out and played and or worked on the computer all day - which I admit was getting to me a little bit. Ordinarily I would read and everything would be okay, but this trip was different - I had to watch and deal with my grandson those three days (which was fun, tiring but fun), the problem was that my lovely daughter had turned into the Bride Godzilla! Everything on that trip between her and I was about the wedding and everything had to be done right then and there. And believe me - she meant it and we did it right then and there. Let me tell you that a beautiful and expensive wedding can be planned in every detail over the Internet and a cell phone.

My daughter is a planner and a little OCD, we all our in our own way, I know that too, but this trip was tough. We'd make decisions without my husband and when he did get brought into the loop - he wasn't so thrilled with the decisions we made. Can I just say it is a tab bit stressful here. I was in a lose-lose situation there.

So I am the strong eagle - soaring - watching out for everything and everyone. I see that things run smooth and hurt feelings are kept to a minimum . . . hey wait - every one's but mine that is. I'm tired. I want to be the duck for awhile!

I'm having surgery 12-12-08 so any prayers would be appreciated. The total recovery time is 6 weeks. So I have to be an eagle there.

So then for the 'eagle' there is Christmas and decorations up and down - at least instrumenting it. New Years, Valentine's Day, my daughter's birthday, my birthday, my grandson's birthday, Easter, the end of the school year, the kids moving out, and then THE WEDDING -in five months! So the eagle is feeling kind of tired and in need of venting so please excuse me, but sometimes I want to be the duck!

I know Dyer meant the eagle meant doing a good job and the duck not doing such a good job, but I also see the eagle as strength and the duck as weak. But like I said while I am strong, sometimes it would be nice to for someone else to step up to the place here and let me rest. I also know - that this whole problem of me being the caretaker or everyone - is my fault!
I wish I didn't know so much.

I read this in a Blog listed on my site by Gurushabad:

"The Law of Chaos is that Law which states that chaos exists when the observing mind cannot accept what is.
The Law of Order exists when the observing mind can accept what is, regardless of the appearance of chaos...."

Oh how I understand that in my heart and soul. And oh if I could 'teach' that to my family here. They are so busy either in chaos or they are in hiding. Making my own life really reeling right now. I can't teach them or anyone else - they must walk the road themselves or chose not too.

I'm trying to stay in the Law of Order - observing and accept what is - regardless of chaos - hey, I never said it would be easy, but I am taking my own advice and I'm breathing as often as I can.
Chatty - eagle or duck - maybe I'm just Chatty . . . .