Favorite Quotes

Favorite Quotes

FAVORITE QUOTES

"Live as if you were going to die tomorrow; learn as if you were going to live forever." -- Mahatma Gandhi
"Life is a banquet - and most poor suckers are starving to death." Rosalyn Russell as Auntie Mame
"A bubbling brook will lose it's song if you remove the rocks." --unknown
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit still." -- Will Rogers
"Wisdom is divided into two parts; having a great deal to say, and not saying it." -- unknown
"Always do right. That will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain
"We cannot change the wind, but we can adjust the sails." -- German proverb
"Preserve your integrity - it is more precious than diamonds or rubies -- P.T. Barnum
"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can." -- Danny Kaye
"In a world where you can be anything, be yourself." -- unknown
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart" -- Helen Keller
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain." -- unknown
"The drumbeat in your blood is the voice of your ancestors. Let the drum speak"
-- from Let the Drum Speak, a book by Linda L. Shuler
"To succeed in life you need three things; a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone'." -- Reba McIntire

Monday, October 31, 2022

Trick or Treat

There's a day care close to the office I work at, and on Halloween every year they march the little kids down the sidewalk to trick or treat at the offices nearby. We all know they're coming and stock up on treats for them.

Everyone in our office dressed up for Halloween this year. I've been a cowgirl all my life and had worked on a cattle ranch for six years when I was younger. So Halloween is the one day I can wear my  "real clothes" to work - cowboy hat, western shirt, wild rag, jeans, oilskin duster, cowboy boots and spurs, and a rope slung over one shoulder and across my chest like a bandolier. 

One of the young mothers stopped to get candy for her tiny little baby (and we know who will be eating the candy), looked me up and down and said, “Oh, you must really love Yellowstone”. Thinking she was talking about the national park I gave her a funny look and said, “Oh, I haven’t been there in years”. 

She looked at me like I was stupid and said, “The TV show...”. I told her I’ve never watched it, and she said, “Really? Because you’re dressed just like them.”   

I laughed and said, “Honey, I’ve been dressing like this since I was 14 - they’re dressed like ME.” The guy with her had a good laugh at that, but she apparently took offense and gave him a nasty look. I’m sure he got an earful later.

Some people have NO sense of humor...

 

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