photo credit: benfff85

We all can attest to the fact that we live in such a busy world these days, and rush trough everything we do, that at times we only hear what we want to hear, and see what, we think, we want to see.

Everyone strives for perfection, but we misspell words without noticing it ( I am just as guilty as anyone..).

Forget our appointments, grocery lists, names of people we just met, etc.

We are surrounded by advanced technology to simplify our life, yet always run out of time.

So what am I driving at,  you say?

Well, I have a little game for you to play, and would like to hear your comments, on how well you have done.

Here you go:

More Brain Stuff . . . From Cambridge University .

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,

it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

I could not believe myself, how well I was able to read this, and actually had to go back to check again how badly it was misspelled…..

I am looking forward to hearing from all of you, what you thought about this little game, and if you surprised yourself as much as I did.

Please share your comments.

The long, cold, snowy days of Winter are beginning to get the best of us by now, and cabin fever might be setting in.  So the best thing to remedy this feeling is to have some great comfort food, and some good humor.

So don’t you agree that it is time again for some Maxine humor?

I totally love Maxine’s wonderful humor, and I am sure all of you do as well, so here it is.

• Being ‘over the hill’ is much better than being under it!

• Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.

• Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?

• A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

• Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!

• They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken.

• He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD.

• Ham and eggs…A day’s work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
  

  The trouble with life is there’s no background music.

Hopefully you had a good laugh, or at least a chuckle.

Now you are feeling relaxed, and ready to think about Spring.

The holiday  hustle and bustle is almost over (don’t count your blessings yet….it starts all over again in the  New Year, you knew that, right?), so lets take some time out for a good laugh.

Nothing beats fun “wisdom” from Maxine:

****My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn’t.

****I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

****Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them.

****I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

****Don’t take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.

****You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me

****Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

****Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.

****You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me

****I’m not a complete idiot — Some parts are just missing.

****Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

****God must love stupid people; He made so many.

****The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

****Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.

****Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Are you feeling better yet? Good!

You know that laughter is not only the best medicine, but it also burns calories!!

photo credit: Iain Farrell

Thanksgiving time is for families and friends to get together and be thankful for all their blessings bestowed upon them during the last year, and throughout their life.

I am very grateful for having a wonderful, loving family, and for all the blessings we all are enjoying.  Being a grandmother is the most rewarding experience in the world, and right now, my husband and I are blessed with two beautiful grandchildren, and more to come in the future.

I am also very thankful for all my friends whom I personally know, and all of my blog readers.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH for visiting my site, leaving comments, and being part of my everyday life, connected via Internet.

This December I will celebrate my 2nd Blogging Anniversary, and am very pleased to inform you that my readership started with 600 visits per month, and currently it stands at 4500, and growing.

ALL THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!

Besides  this blog, suburbangrandma.com is also actively connected through Facebook and Twitter.

I am equally thankful to all my followers from Facebook (95 as of this post), and Twitter (69 and growing).

If you enjoy reading my posts, please keep the list growing by becoming my follower, and spread the word to your family and friends.

My readers come from 89 countries, all over the globe, so today I would like to list the top ten, as per the Analytics Report, and thank everyone for their time and loyalty:

1. United States of America
2. Canada
3. United Kingdom
   
4. Australia
5. India
6. Philippines
   
7. Brazil
8. Ukraine
9. Germany
10. Netherlands

Seeing these results fuels me with additional energy, perseverance, and a definite continued dedication of my time and effort, to keep my blog going that much stronger.

H A P P Y   T H A N K S G I V I N G!!!

photo credit: miamis

Give a man a fish

and

he will eat for a day.

Teach him how to fish,

and

he will sit in a boat

and

drink beer all day

It has been a while since I had some fun stuff on this blog.

Even I miss it already….

I love Maxine humor, so here is some for you to enjoy:

I guess this should do it.

At least now you have some

“words of wisdom”

to arm yourself with,

in case you need a “come back” line for today!!

photo credit: John Tann

It’s time to post some humor…..

it’s been a while,

don’t you agree?

I received this one in an email from a friend of mine who loves humor, and thought it would be fun to share it with all of you.

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her
husband standing around with a fly swatter

“What are you doing?”

She asked.

“Hunting Flies”

He responded.

“Oh. !

Killing any?”

She asked.

“Yep, 3 males, 2 Females,”

he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.

“How can you tell them apart?”

He responded,

“3 were on a beer can,

2 were on the phone

We all have good days and those “not so good” days.

Having a good day all the time would be boring, but then again, having a bad day all the time would be depressing.

Are there any days that are just perfect?  Well, it depends what perfect means.

Here are some cute pictures describing such days, to put a smile on your face:

A bad hair day….

Caught in the rain…

Failed diet….

The flue…(or hangover…)

Trapped…..

Work out burn out….

photo credit: thinbegin

As you already know I do enjoy humor, and humerous emails, and once this one came around, I just had to share it with you.

As funny as it sounds, I am sure we all can identify with these in some way or another, and unfortunately many people are sensitive enough to become affected by all the stuff they read.

However, don’t stress over it, relax, and take it with a grain of salt, since you can’t believe everything you read….as you already know that.

I just want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.

• I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel or have them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel.

• I can’t use the remote in a hotel room because I don’t know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.

• I can’t sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed.

• I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although mobile phone usage may be taking the number one spot).

• Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of Trans fats I have consumed over the years.

• I can’t touch any woman’s purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom.

• I MUST SEND MY SPECIAL THANKS to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing.

• ALSO,  now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

• I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

• I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

• I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa’s Novena has granted my every wish.

• I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

• I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

• THANKS TO YOU I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

• BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.

• I no longer can buy petrol or diesel without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won’t crawl in my back seat when I’m filling up.

• I no longer drink Pepsi or Fanta since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put ‘Under God’ on their cans.

• I no longer use Cling Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

• AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can’t boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face.. Disfiguring me for life.

• I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

• I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

• I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

• I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda , Singapore , and Uzbekistan .
  [See the attached file]

• I no longer buy expensive cookies from M&S since I now have their recipe.

• THANKS TO YOU I can’t use anyone’s toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt. (The lesser spotted African barking spider?)

• AND THANKS TO YOUR GREAT ADVICE I can’t ever pick up £2.00 dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

• I can no longer drive my car because I can’t buy petrol from certain fuel companies!

• I can’t do any gardening because I’m afraid I’ll get bitten by the Violin Spider and my hand will fall off.

• I now keep my toothbrush in the living room, because water splashes over 6 ft. out of the toilet.

• Oh, by the way…..A German scientist from Argentina , after a lengthy study, has discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.

• Don’t bother taking it off now, it’s too late.

We all love snow, but it just comes at the wrong time….or when we are not totally ready for it, don’t you agree?

Shopping is not done, cookies are not baked, the long trip home is still in the planning stages….but all has to be put on hold….to shovel the snow…oh well….”if you can’t get what you want, you have to want what you have”…isn’t that the truth!!!  It always could be worse….at least that is what I’m telling myself, to feel better.

So,  we got some snow, lots of snow, and it still is coming, so there will be more snow,  but at least it does not look like these pictures I am about to share with you (you see what I mean by making myself feel better?)

Wow….that is brutal….

At least we did not get that much snow…yet..

Ok.   I think I am feeling better now.   Time to shovel again…