One Little Thing
Finally, after months and months, fixed the layout on this home page. One option in the blogger.com blog engine was all it took to force the text below the items on the right column. Tricky stuff. I'll get the schedule updated tomorrow. Right now it's time to check fix vodall.com page off the to do list and hit the sack.
- posted by Bill @ 11:54 PM

 
An Old Farmer's Advice

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.

* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.

* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

* You cannot unsay a cruel word.

* Every path has a few puddles.

* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

* The best sermons are lived, not preached.

* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.

* Don't judge folks by their relatives.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.

* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

* Always drink upstream from the herd.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
- posted by Bill @ 8:18 PM

 
Mayonnaise Jar
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours a day are not enough, REMEMBER the mayonnaise jar ..... and 2 cups of coffee .....

A professor stood before his philosophy class. He picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly and the pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He again asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous. " yes".

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. Now, said the professor, as the laughter subsided, I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - your God, family, children, health, your friends and your favorite passions - things that, if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full ......

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, car.

The sand is everything else - the small stuff.

If you put the sand into the jar first, he continued, there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness: Play with your children; Take time to get medical check-ups; Take your partner out to dinner; Play another 18; Dance another dance. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls - the things that REALLY matter.

Set your priorities. The rest is just sand. One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said: no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple cups of coffee with a friend.
- posted by Bill @ 5:54 PM