Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

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Can you guess what this is? Huh, huh? Can you? Awwww, come on, you gotta try. Actually it's something that is a bit obsolete now-a-days. At least this kind. So, now do you know? Do you need a hint? Well, you're not gonna get one!!! But......



















You'll get the answer just 'cause I'm feeling generous today!! The metal object is a hand crank pencil sharpener. I don't use it anymore. LOL ---well, on occasion. Hey, I have spell check [And no, I'm blond & I've never used White Out™ on my monitor! I DO know what spell check can do...thing is, how can you correct which one of these to use? Through and threw...the spell check doesn't catch this!!] But, hubby has it hanging on his work bench for his pencils for marking boards and such with sharp pencils. And, ya, I must confess, I use it...rarely; to sharpen my sketching pencils. This one is actually circa 1950's!! Yep, I had it way back when I was single and sketching on my art pads...I took it with me when I married, and it's been around since.


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Storyteller tagged me for a 'favorite quotes' meme. Well, she actually invited anyone who wanted to participate in the meme to go ahead and do this. Well, why not I say? I tried to leave quotations all over her blog comments the other day, but I'm sure that doesn't suffice the concept, right? Okay. So, as my sidebar states, I love Robert Frost's poem...and I tend to quote this last line several times in my week, my month, my life. Mind you, my comprehension is not necessarily the 'right' way to analyze the quotes --you know, the way teachers in school thought we should? [I always got so frustrated with them telling me "no" that isn't what it means at all...frustrated I tellya!] I was always 'wrong' to their knowledge, but I grew from this, I learned that most teaching is just one 'man's opinion' and not automatic fact. And I'll tell you now, right here...I love quoting quotes. For each and every step in life there is a very meaningful quotation from history........

"I have miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep".
~Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Now to me, my personal interpretation of this line is that I have a lot of living to do before I go from this earth. To live every day how it was meant to be. Enjoy it to the hilt and look forward to the next day with exuberance no matter how the hours are filled; with smiles AND/OR tears...but live!!!

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
Aristotle

And my personal interpretation of this is I'm hopelessly in love with the idea of our marriage. It's strong, it's up, it's down...it's ours...one single soul of two bodies making it whole.

"Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock."
Will Rogers

My thoughts on this one, is just that...thoughts of the rude person; the wolf in sheep's clothing - the "Nice doggie", and I think silently about finding a rock! So many people these days makes being diplomatic a true challenge. Then, quoting this line from the infamous Mr. Rogers in my head makes me walk away with a smile, I feel better just thinking and not acting upon my thought. It works every time!! I then find no need for the 'rock' OR retaliation!

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."
Winston Churchill

Here again, I have learned to use this in my life. No, in my thinking, it has nothing to do with living alone... My parents instilled upon us as we grew to be independent, to not expect someone to adhere to our every whim and notion. If we wanted a car when we were teenagers, we all had to go get a paying job and save. If we wanted something to eat at ten at night when all the work was done...make it yourself! And clean up afterwards too. Even something as little as buying a book, we worked for it...tho it was extra household chores to do or what have you...we were NOT given anything unnecessarily!! And their reasoning behind all this teaching was "Depend on no one but yourself." And all five of us became an independent individual; a stronger solitary tree.

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**Awarded by Irene to Anni


I rec'd this in my email. Now to be honest, it says Irene to Anni....I'm thinking it's my daughter, but I couldn't tell 'cause it was sent from 'justsayhi.com'...could it be her? Or someone lurking with the same name? But it DOES sound like her, 'slobbery kiss' and all. So, whomever sent it from there, thanks a million!! Whichever Irene it is!! :::shrug:::

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!
from my house to yours....