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As a New Year’s Resolution, an 85-year-old woman decided to learn sky diving. After she attended instruction classes, the day came for her first jump. Strapping on a parachute, she stood awaiting her turn to leap out of the plane. But when she looked at the ground below, she lost…

RESOLUTION #1: Self Improvement 2005: I will read at least 20 good books a year. 2006: I will read at least 10 books a year. 2007: I will read 5 books a year. 2008: I will finish ‘The Pelican Brief’. 2009: I will read some articles in the newspaper this…

[Jerry said 2011 does NOT look like it will be a great year for him.] The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. I ordered a burger at McDonald’s, and the kid behind the counter asked, “Can you afford fries with that?” Congress…

My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for five years but hadn’t been blessed with a baby. I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if he would give us a child, I would be a perfect mother, love it with all…

‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste At the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to…

[My old college buddy Bill sent me some very sad news out of Duluth, Minnesota, this morning to share with everyone. (This will bring far reaching ramifications that will strike at the very core of our Midwest heritage and souls.) He wrote, “I must report the tragic news that Ole…

I was out walking with my Grandson. He picked up something off of the ground and started to put it in his mouth. I took the item away from him and I asked him not to do that. ‘Why’ my Grandson asked. “Because it’s been on the ground; you don’t…

‘Twas the night before Christmas & out on the ranch The pond was froze over & so was the branch. The snow was piled up belly-deep to a mule. The kids were all home on vacation from school, And happier young folks you never did see- Just all sprawled around…

[Dave, a friend with an addiction, shared these rules] A favorite tradition of the Christmas season is Christmas cookies. There are some that each family just has to make each year, or it wouldn’t be Christmas. There are cookies that we make only at this time of year because of…

CHRISTMAS STORY FROM GOSPEL OF LUKE “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one…

Here are delightful quotations to help us appreciate and reflect on Christmas: “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar…

Did you know that according to the song, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, Santa has eleven reindeer? We all know the first eight. The song goes, “There’s Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen.” Then there’s Rudolph, of course, so that makes nine. Then…

[These will sleigh you – Grif] A man is out shopping for his wife’s Christmas gift and he asks the sales clerk for ideas, indicating that he doesn’t want to spend much money. The clerk brings over a beautiful gold necklace, on sale for only $100.00. The man shakes his…