It's Cold In Arkansas!

Photo taken by Bob Allen in Dover, Arkansas.

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Favorite Quote #16

"I love football. I don't watch football or Mixed Martial Arts anymore. I don't need people to do things that ultimately end in their death to entertain me."

                                                       -Cameron

A Dedication To All My Lovers AND All My Haters!

2015 is finally here and I would like to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  I saw this very fine bluegrass version of Auld Lang Syne on my cousin Melvin's social media page, and I just LOVE it! I would like to dedicate it to everyone I know. It is time to let go of the anger and frustration of times past. Bury the hatchet. I've done what I can to mend fences and I am LETTING IT GO! 
   2015 promises to be a very fine year and I am looking forward to what adventures lie ahead. 

  Cheers and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!!!!
        -Jennifer

How to Fold A Fitted Sheet

Finally!! Here is an easy-to-understand demonstration of how to fold a fitted sheet properly. This is the first time I have ever been shown how to do this. I hope it helps you keep your linen closet tidy. :) 

Favorite Quote #15

"The only woman pretty enough to go without makeup was Elizabeth Taylor, and she wore a TON." 

                            -Violet Weston (played by Meryl Streep), 
                                             August: Osage County

And Here We Go....

   A new academic year. A new university president. All new students. A new class for me. New places to go this year. I am moving forward, lurching and chugging along. Letting go of the old makes room for the new. Why is this so hard for me? I sit on the floor and do my yoga stretches in pain. It didn't used to be this hard. I see Jane Fonda get old but she still looks better in a leotard than I do. Old men ask me out. Young ones flirt with me. I chopped my hair off because it was weighing me down. I miss my friends who are gone, really gone. I want to see some people from my past, but I can't because they are so hateful to me. How is this my fault? Why can't I just focus on the people who have always been good to me? I thought I'd never have any regrets if I did everything with my heart wide open. Didn't I? Didn't I do everything with my heart wide open??
   COME AND GET ME, ghost from my past. We could settle this once and for all. Instead of that lingering bitterness. I know you are angry. I know it because you refuse to talk to me. I heard you had a funeral for me, even though I'm not dead. 
   I am still moving along, but maybe not quite as fast as I used to. I didn't have a funeral for you. I couldn't stand to think about you.

   This lady doesn't want to live with any regrets. 

I don't know who took this picture. But I like it!

   Today a student came in wanting to retake some classes. He plans to get a degree from another university, and he wants his transcript to look better. But, I asked him, why bother trying to clean up your mess here when you can start NEW somewhere? 
   He thought about it, and then he left. And I thought about it, too.