How was your weekend?

Here saturday was absolutely glorious and warm but then the afternoon started the winds and they continued all day sunday! Sunday was even about 20 degrees cooler than the day before too but sure TONS better than what my son and sister are getting back on the East coast! Hence, why we moved here lol
we had a BLAST at the swapmeet on saturday too! Lots of vendors and so much to look at!
i did find a $30.00 Feng Shui book i got for just a dollar!! and this really pretty & older looking cotton ball or qtip jar for just 50 cents!!! and two really nice black purses, one clutch purse for evening wear, was 50 cents and the black shoulder back was just a $1.00!! OHHH how i LOVE a GREAT deal!! lol
well, since i don't yet have those pictures available yet, lol i can share some other stuff we recently bought there! it's ALLLLLLLL good! lol
this was only a $1.00


this sun was a $1.00


$1.00 for the stump


AND it opens lol


butterfly dish was $1.00, it's all dirty because this stuff is all outside on my porch! lol


yea, i hear you, it's not at all like we NEED any of this stuff but how cool is it to find a GREAT deal? lol i think i am an addict... a bargain hunting addict!!! lol where else can ya have cheap fun, close to home? lol
Now, i thought i could share some more info fun with you :D
We ALL have heard of Bill Gates, i hope! lol
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good,politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

If you agree, pass it on.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher

and here's another WONDERFUL email i recently received:
The Bum
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. (James D. Miles )

Everyone respects and helps the millionaire, the famous, the boss, those with beauty and brains. What about the bum on the street?


This is a real story.

It happened to me, the writer of MountainWings.com. I was parked in front of the church cleaning out my Jeep. I was waiting on someone. Coming my way from across the street was what society would consider a bum.

From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money.? There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered. This was one of those "don't want to be bothered times." "I hope he doesn't ask me for any money," I thought. He didn't.

He came and sat on the wall in front of the bus stop to wait on the bus. After a few minutes he spoke. "That's a very pretty Jeep," he said. He was ragged but he had an air of dignity around him. His scraggly blond beard keep more than his face warm. I said, "thanks," and continued cleaning out the Jeep.

He sat there quietly as I worked.? The expected plea for money never came. As the silence between us widened something inside said, "ask him if he needs any help." I was sure that he would say "yes" but I held true to the inner voice. "Do you need any help?"? I asked.

He answered in three simple but profound words that I shall never forget. We often look for wisdom in great men and women.? We expect it from those of higher learning and accomplishments.? I expected nothing but an outstretched grimy hand. He spoke the three words that shook me. "Don't we all?" he said.

I was feeling high and mighty, successful and important, above a bum in the street, until those three words hit me like a twelve gauge shotgun. Don't we all? I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed help.

I reached in my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to take a cab anywhere in the city and get food and shelter for the day. Those three little words still ring true. No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have accomplished, you need help too. No matter how little you have, no matter how loaded you are with problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can give help. Even if it's just a compliment, you can give that.

You never know when you may see someone who appears to have it all.? They are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn world can see. Maybe the man was just a homeless stranger wandering the streets. Maybe he was more than that. Maybe he was sent by a power that is great and wise, to minister to a soul too comfortable in themselves.

Maybe God looked down, called an Angel, dressed him like a bum then said, "go minister to that man cleaning the Jeep, that man, needs help." Don't we all?

i LOVE sharing them and hope you do too!! Please leave a comment and let me know you were here, it sure does cheer me up!! i LOVE reading your comments and will come visit your blog and do the same!! i hope you day is BEAUTIFUL and thank you so very much for this visit!!! HUGS!! AND THANK YOU SON for your visit to me blog!!! i LOVE that!:D