Get Your Smile On

Mckay K over at Living With A Chronic Illness noted me, little ole me, as a blogger that makes her  smile.  It truly gives me a great feeling to make someone smile.  Just makes the day so much better.  So thank you Mckay K for allowing me to brighten your day!!

This brings me to the part where I share with you what makes Sheri smile.

Well………In no particular order of importance here we go:

1. Brownies and cheesecake never fail to make me smile. 
2. My BFF/Husband with his unconditional love and devotion makes me smile and say a prayer of thanks every single day. 
3. Temperatures over 60 degrees make me smile and when they occur in the months of December – February here in NC, make me laugh right out loud.
4. Reading something meaningful, especially when it’s written by an average, every day person really makes me smile.
5. My two dogs, Tess and Zoey for thousands of reasons every single day.
6. My three kids for millions of reasons,  just not every day like the dogs do….sorry kids, but it goes with the territory. 

There are plenty of other things that make me smile, but these are the ones that manage to come through thick and thin. 

Blogs that make me smile on a regular are:

Crone And Bear It  – Linda is the best taking an every day situation make presenting it with humor and candor, sometimes at her own expense virtually every day. 

Mulled Madness – I don’t know where he gets his jokes and pictures, but I go for my “Funny Fix” often.  Check out all his blogs while you are there;  I don’t know how he does it!

Margaret and Helen  – These ladies don’t know me from Adam because they get about 50,000 hits a day and 2000 comments a post.  OK so I embellished a little, but they are huge.  Both are seniors, Helen does most of the writing and is gutsy, bold and maybe a little sarcastic.  Agree with her views or not, ya just gotta love her!

Delaney’s World – She’s funny, imaginative and her Avatar makes me smile every time I see it.  And believe me, you see it out there a lot!

Papercages – Tricia is a gifted writer who offers her very own special brand of humor.  She finds the most unique pictures and then spins a great story about each and every one. 

Your Caring Angels – I go to AngelBaby’s site to get my peaceful smile on.  She never fails to make me feel warm and fuzzy with a great story about the angels surrounding and caring  for all of us.

Please visit these sites, they are worth the trip, I promise.  If I mentioned you above, as always, participation is optional as life happens to all of us.  Our plates runneth over  like crazy sometimes, don’t let me add to that, please!  Just want to say again: THANKS FOR MAKING ME SMILE.

Thoughts to Ponder

I have had a dog or dogs in my life since I was very young.  I don’t think I could have it any other way. They become a part of the family, develop their very own personalities and sometimes take over the entire household.  I’ve had dogs that have chewed, destroyed, peed where they weren’t supposed to, barked when they shouldn’t have, roamed the neighborhood, dug in the garbage, I even had a biter that ended up having to be euthanized when all other efforts were exhausted.

I have to say though, that I have never had a dog that ran away.  I did, actually have a run away dog that would come and stay with me here and there only to leave after a couple of weeks or days later, then show up unannounced ready to take up residence again.  He wasn’t a stray either, but a very large, well fed, well behaved Lab.  I always figured his owner encouraged him to go mooch off others because he was so big and therefore expensive to feed.  But I digress. 

What puzzles me is why a dog would actually choose to run away.  I’ve heard various folks claim over the years their dog has run away.  These aren’t sad, neglected dogs either, but average, well taken care of dogs.  Their owners say one day they are just gone, never to return.  What are these dogs thinking? Are there rational  thoughts that go through their minds.  Like “I wonder what the weather is in Colorado, because it sure is humid here in Florida”.  Or maybe they think some home on the other side of town will serve canned instead of dry.  Do some of them get the urge to roam after listening to “Free Bird” too many times and just pack up and take off?

Why on earth would man’s best friend leave a warm house, unlimited food, chew toys, belly rubs, endless games of fetch…..for what?  Greener pastures? But I digress…..

I feel so cheated….

This past week here in North Carolina has been, well quite spectacular.  At least the weather has been.  Every day in the 70’s.  In February.  This beautiful weather mysteriously appeared a mere two days after snow and 15 degree temperatures.   I have had a spring in my step every time I walk outside.  The heater isn’t kicking on every twelve seconds.  The kids are making plans about things like shorts and flip flops.  The dog has started shedding like crazy….OK that’s not good, but it’s still a sign that spring is coming. 

I love the first sign of warm weather.  I just don’t like the part that will surely follow.  It’s like I’m being teased…..downright tortured.   You know it’s coming too.  What I mean is the cold will surely return.  When it does, it feels so much…..colder.  I feel like I’m been played.  Mother Nature is saying, “Oops, sorry I didn’t mean to do that, maybe you can have some more…..later”.   She is very cruel that way.

I hope it’s here to stay, but I know it’s not.  Today the weather guy, who never gets it quite right, says a high of 69 and tomorrow a high of 48.  Now that’s just down right mean.  Maybe he’ll be really off in his forecast again Tomorrow not today.