You are You. Now, isn't that pleasant?

Dr. Seuss.
Through this and that, I've discovered that dear old Dr. Seuss has quite a few wonderful quotes that maybe I didn't fully appreciate when I was five. Here are some of my favorites:

"Laugh your heart out,
Dance in the rain.
Cherish the moment;
Ignore the pain.
Live, laugh love.
Forgive and forget.
Life is too short
to be living with regrets."

"You know you're in love
when you can't fall sleep because

reality is finally better than your dreams."

"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells"

"Today you are You, that is truer than true.

There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“Be who you are and say what you feel

because those who mind don't matter

and those who matter don't mind.”

"Don't cry because it's over;

Smile because it happened."

“How did it get so late so soon?

Its night before its afternoon.

December is here before its June.

My goodness how the time has flewn.

How did it get so late so soon?”

(This feels especially applicable to life just now)

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

Nothing's going to get better. It's not."

"Just tell yourself, Duckie,

You're really quite lucky!"

“I have heard there are troubles

of more than one kind.

Some come from ahead

and some come from behind.

But I've bought a big bat.

I'm all ready you see.

Now my troubles are going to

have troubles with me!”

And, of course,

"A person's a person.

No matter how small."

For Beautiful Eyes...

I found this Audrey Hepburn quote, and thought you might enjoy it :)

If you're wondering about that amazing graphics job... haha, no, I just have a lot of time one my hands. Well, okay, not really, but I have discovered picnik, and I make time for it!! I've done sooo many pictures... it's addicting [to the point where it's not even funny].

Post title in process of being created... Once author is inspired with something that fits

Goodness!! I've hardly been a good blog keeper! I am distraught to a point you cannot even imagine over the fact that I haven't posted in several weeks!! I am quite sorry.

Now, I check in to share a couple splendid discoveries:

1~ I think I've shared this with you before, but it deserves repeating: Dipping warm chocolate-chip-cookies in hot chocolate is, in few words, the BOMB.com!!

2~ Not that this a particularly new discovery, but I've appreciated it a lot more than usual lately: Sun shine is wonderful. Period. That's one of the beauties of summer; almost every day (When it isn't SCALDING outside), you can step out into the glorious cheerful rays of the sun. It really helps to lift one's mood, just to step out there for a moment and tilt you face to the sun. (The refreshment is especially welcome when your family keeps the house at the approximate temperature of an ice-box, as does mine. I kid you not, I wear my fuzzy socks and a jacket[s] in the middle of July!!)

3~ Improv Everywhere. Oh my crunchy GOODNESS!!! These people crack me up!!! In their words (From the site):

"Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 80 missions, involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City."

Seriously: they are hysterical!!! I would so do something like what they do!! My favorite is the "Food Court Musical" A couple agents go undercover to start a musical out of nothing in an L.A. Food Court!! PWAHAHAHA!!!! A couple of my friends and I are starting to put something together like this, actually! For more splendiforousness, check out the website, http://improveverywhere.com/!

4~ One of my many new favorite quotes: "A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man must seek Him in order to find her." I'm not exactly sure who said that first, but PWAAAA, isn't it wonderful!?! So true, and that is what I am trying every day to do!

Numero FIVE!!: I know I had one... waaaaaiitt, what was it???? GoodNESS, I can't stand it when this happens!! I think it was something to do with a musical...? Oh, yes, I finally got to listen to the entire Wicked soundtrack!!! YES!! It is amazing!! I knew several songs already, somehow, but then I borrowed the soundtrack from the library and realized I'd missed a couple... So of course now I'm singing them all around the house, driving my family to the point of critical insanity!!

[Speaking of Wicked, here is another instance of my being incredibly into my music (Recall my former post "Surely I'm not the ONLY one..."): My brother had kindly loaded a couple songs from said musical onto my ipod (as I'm too technologically inept to do such a thing), including "Defying Gravity." Soooo, as I was listening to it on my little musical gadget for the first time... shall we say I lost myself?? In short, I was brought out of my imaginary little world by the sound of my sister laughing hysterically at the sight of me standing on the couch, passionately singing along to the last part of the song. "So if you care to find me, look to the Western Sky..." etc. What can I say? It's the best part of the song. How could I not? *Sighhhh*


That is all for now; dinner is calling my name! But, indeed, I really will try to post more often! (I really mean it this time!! It's just that I don't want to bore y'all with writing that sounds forced...) So, cheerio dear friends and readers!

Pro-LIFE Quotes!

If I have not said thus before, I shall now; I am very, very, very strongly against abortion. There is so much I could say on the subject, but other's have put it much more eloquently that I ever could, ergo, I shall quote them:

"We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?" Blessed Mother Teresa

"A person is a person, no matter how small." Italics by me, quote by Dr. Seuss (Horton Hears a Who)

"I notice that everyone who is for abortion is already born." Ronald Regan

"Thou shalt not kill."~ Fifth Commandment

"Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother. Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers."~ Blessed Mother Teresa

"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it."~ G.K Chesterton

"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government."~ Thomas Jefferson ~

And so, so, so many more. We must speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Random quote of the day...

Sorry for the randomness of this! But I'm trying not to go a week without posting. Wait, that's not proper english; double negative. How would I phrase that? How about: "I'm trying to post every week"? That sounds good. Anyway, I've recently been introduced to the "Wicked" soundtrack!! For those who don't know, "Wicked" is a new musical, set in Oz before Dorothy came. I'm actually not sure what the plot is, but I know that it's about Glinda and Elphaba (Later known as "the Wicked Witch of the West). I also know that the music is amazing. So now I'm always singing "Popular" and "Defying Gravity" at the top of my lungs, which I'm sure my family just loves!!! ;) I'll try and post something with a purpose soon, I promise! And til then,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

"So if you care to find me, look to the western sky! As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly! And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free! To those who ground me, take a message back from me: Tell them how I am defying gravity! I'm flying high; defying gravity! And soon I'll match them in renown! And nobody, in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring me down!" ~ Defying Gravity - Wicked, the musical.