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redsquirrel80

fantasia322 wrote: »

Received a phone call from Daneline Rescue again and they are going to contact me within the next 2 weeks to organise for someone to come and do a home check. Fair enough bearing in mind they are an English rescue and I'm in Scotland.
So if we are approved at the home check, then we are well on the way to re-homing a Great-Dane.
Positive vibes would be greatly appreciated.
I know this isn't much compared with the some of the things people are achieving, but it is something that I very much want to do and is very close to my heart.

Aww good luck Fantasia!

Happy Birthday to Scottishlass :beer:

And Crickett I love your plan :T

susan946

crickett1234 wrote: »

Is it incredibly sad that I know I have 964 days until I turn 40?

Kittikins wrote: »

Gulp, 91 days or 3 months exactly til I turn 40!

Take it from one who knows - 40 is good:T, 50 is better:T:T - 60 is fantabulous:T:T:T

Will tell you the delights of 70 in a few years time.

In the meantime girls.........stop feeling sad.........look forward to all the opportunities the next decade will bring........and remember the only way to avoid growing old is to die young. What would you rather??

Sue

MrsMoo2U

Fantasia, - well I don't need to say it
Happy birthday Scottishlass

Love it Susan and such wise words. I have never been happier and hitting 40 brought me some challenging times but I was wise enough to deal with a lot of them, strong enough to get through the ones that I didnt deal so well with and now happier than ever. Bring it on. A poem to remind us to live each day is apt here.



IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck *
(Written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth
would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in
storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained,
or the sofa faded
I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much
less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his
youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day
because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn! With my grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching tel evision and more
while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't
show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every
moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only
chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go
get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's'; more
'I'm sorry's.' *
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at
it and really see it.. live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE
SMALL STUFF!!! *
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what
Instead; let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.
Let's think about what God HAS blessed us wit h, and what we are doing each
day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, and emotionally. I hope you
have a blessed day .
If you don't mind, send this on to all the women you are grateful to have as
friends. Maybe we should all grab that purple hat earlier. Please send
this to five phenomenal women today in celebration of Beautiful Women's
Month. If you do, something good will happen - you will boost another
woman's self esteem. *
Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.*

fantasia322

Kittikins wrote: »

Gulp, 91 days or 3 months exactly til I turn 40!

KK, 40 is nothing, you're just a baby. Barely hatched out the egg honestly.
I think what we need to remember is we are not our Grandma's (well I'm not).
I'm 52 and I remember my Nana at that same age (godbless her).
She wore tweed pleated skirts, a twin-set, pearls, her hair was immaculately shampoo'd and set, and she had a blue rinse, wore think ribbed tights and sensible lace up brogues. She also did a lot of knitting (not that there is anything wrong with that.)
Now, me, I'm determined to grow old as disgracefully as possible :eek:
I'm a size 10/12, I have neon red highlights in my hair, I got a butterfly tattoo done a few months ago. My ears are pierced 4 times and I had my nosed pierced recently .
I buy my clothes in New Look, still wear skinny jeans and think nowt of flashing my midriff complete with naval jewellery.
I dont do 'mutton dressed as lamb' but I'm me and people can either take me or leave me.
You've got sooooooo much life to live, give and share.
And for good measure I did'nt meet the love of my life till four years ago.

Has anyone noticed that when they are young (teenage) they spend all their time wishing they were older, and hit a certain point and wish they were younger.

Trust me, the best is yet to come. :j:j:j;)

thriftyscotslass

Cheri - beautiful poem. I love all the sayings and inspirational quotes that you share.

Susan - wise words indeed.

Fantasia - so glad for you, the passion with which you want this flows off the page. Let us know when the home check is so that we can all support you.

Gemmzie - does your work have a staff car that you can access when needed?

Scottishlass - Happy Birthday To You :T

Crickett - what a wonderful plan.

SouK - enjoy your weekend and payday

Sorry of I have missed anyone in my catch up.

Thanks to all for your support and ideas yesterday. I have found out that we have Riding for the Disabled fairly close to us, also Paws Therapy where people will come to chat and bring their dogs for people to stroke, pat and play with. Our local animal rescue centre is also advertising for volunteer dog walkers. So I'm going to chat to ds and see if I can get him to step out his comfort zone and have a go.

Eta: Fantasia - you go girl !!!!!!!

fantasia322

:rotfl::):rotfl::)
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Anonymous
At the age of twenty, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at thirty, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at forty, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all.

Arthur Schopenhauer
The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary.

Helen Rowland
Life begins on your 40th birthday. But so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

George Bernard Shaw
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Edward Young
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

French Proverb
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Cicero
This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.
(Latin: Hoc vinum Falernum annorum quadragenta est. Bene aetatem fert.)

Colleen McCullough
The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men.

Lewis Carroll
There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents.

Maya Angelou
When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.

Laura Randolph
If life really begins on your 40th birthday, it's because that's when women finally get it… the guts to take back their lives.

James Thurber
Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty eight and forty.

Samuel Beckett
To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.

French Proverb
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Arthur Schopenhauer
The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary.

W B Pitkin
Life begins at forty.

clairewop

Can someone find me my beading mojo please? It's hidden somewhere.

I've been trying to make earrings half way through a earring realised the matching beads are the wrong colour so started a bracelet now I've threaded that wrong too arrggghhhh.

scottishlass

Thank you for all the birthday messages - I'm shattered the presentation took it out of me I think - but still need to go to my Exercise class tonight and then Birtday celebrations can continue tomorrow when I go home to see my parents...I won't put how many years on here till I'm 40 I still have another decade to reach before that and thats a few years off as well.

susan946

cherisong wrote: »

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck *
(Written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth
would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in
storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained,
or the sofa faded
I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much
less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his
youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day
because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn! With my grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching tel evision and more
while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't
show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every
moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only
chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go
get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's'; more
'I'm sorry's.' *
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at
it and really see it.. live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE
SMALL STUFF!!! *
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what
Instead; let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.
Let's think about what God HAS blessed us wit h, and what we are doing each
day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, and emotionally. I hope you
have a blessed day .
If you don't mind, send this on to all the women you are grateful to have as
friends. Maybe we should all grab that purple hat earlier. Please send
this to five phenomenal women today in celebration of Beautiful Women's
Month. If you do, something good will happen - you will boost another
woman's self esteem. *
Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.*

What incredible words. I think I must read this every day.

On Friday of last week I went to the funeral of a neighbour and friend who died from cancer. She was 54. She only ever expressed one regret about what was happening to her - she knew from the time it was diagnosed that it was terminal and that she had a very short time left. She regretted that all she had learned through having the disease she would not be able to put to use in her nursing career - she would not be well enough to go back to work. She had a strong religious faith and believed that everything happens for a reason although that reason may nor be clear. She remained upbeat and positive to the end - planned her own funeral, interviewed local undertakers, and chose her own headstone.

I am sure I should not be able to rise to meet the challenge with the grace, dignity and positivity she did. Maybe this is why I was so moved by the poem but the lessons it teaches are none the less valid.

Sue

MrsMoo2U

Susan, this poem was given to me when I did voluntary work for Make a Wish foundation, I have it saved to my computer but it is also in my inspirations folder. When I am feeling like life is hard I get it out. It helps me to remember the dignity, grace and sheer determination those kids when facing a terrible time.
The bits in the poem that strike a chord with me are rolling the window up on the car, inviting friends round even with a faded sofa.

When my Dad was diagnosed he took the decision to do all of the things he had spent years dreaming of, which was difficult because he had always lived his life to the full anyway (he was the oldest man ever to gain a green beret as a Royal Marine reserve but thats another story) he did get to do a carribean cruise and he said it was great that he got to see the things that I had seen and told him about and for me it was good that we could share memories in different ways.

Your friend sounds amazing. We should live our lives not wishing we were older, younger, fatter, thinner, richer, poorer but unfortunately the Western way is to do these things and we all get carried along on a wave.

Now on a lighter note as we are sharing inspirational poems and quotes I am sure you have all read this one before but it makes me smile
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Jenny Joseph


OK - own up, how many do you do now? Or what do you avoid doing? I have highlighted my do now ones. hehe