A Parent's Dream And More... :) Shangy! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UnSubscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList Through no fault of my own we suddenly became an adult club in the love and romance directory so you will have to confirm that you are an adult when you go here. I still have no idea how to change this back as it sends me around in a circle when I try! or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net ================ *~* A REMINDER: PLEASE Send me sweet, interesting, funny, inspiring, family type forwards ANY TIME here... bcrsystems@earthlink.net I Need them, Love them, Use them, and Share them! THANK YOU!! 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Thanks Linda! -<>- |\'o.O'=(_/|\'o.O'=(_/|\'o.O'=(_/|\'o.O'=(_/| )=U_ \U/| _)=U_ \U/| _)=U _\U /|_)=U _\U /|_) ./|\'o.O' o./|\'o.O' o./| \'o.O'o./| \'o.O'o. \'o=(___)= \'o=(___)= \'o =(___)=\'o =(___)=\ =(___)U =O'=(___)U =O'=(___) U=O'=(___) U=O'= /|\'o.O'=U_/|\'o.O'=U_/|\'o.O'=U_/|\'o.O'=U_/ o-----------=== Jorn Barger ===-------------o >-->Reader Comments From Wednesday Posting - Caution - Book Length :) >From I.Hill: Shangy: wildlife workers find a bobcat caught in a trap and are trying to free it. Putting it mildly....."Kitty" is annoyed at being in the trap and that these two humans are too close for comfort. http://www.maniacworld.com/very-brave-rescue.html How absolutely cruel these leg traps are. I watch a ustream.com website called www.ustream.tv/ffrc It is a feline rescue, they have 80 to 110 cats there at any one time. This past several months, 3 home cats, each from a different county in Ohio have been brought in, which were rescued from leg traps. Montana: lost left front leg to shoulder but is doing well. Charmaine~ same thing. Dove, had both front legs caught, left leg amputated to shoulder. She almost lost right leg from triple sized swelled foot, vet dr. treated, removed one toe, and sewed 2 toes together to make a bigger pad, she recovered and walks on 3 legs now. Please do not promote these leg traps at entertainment !!!! HOW CRUEL CAN WE HUMANS BE? JUST THINK HOW MUCH WILDLIFE SUFFERS FROM THESE JAWS OF DEATH ! AND occasionally a domestic pet gets caught also, suffers and dies mostly. Thanks for listening to me. ---MY RESPONSE--- Dear I. Hill; I am so sorry you thought I was promoting this as 'entertainment' only. I love animals and totally agree with you that traps of any kind are horrible. I do not condone these leg traps at all! The video was not about the setting of this trap. The video was about the releasing of a poor animal that got caught in one of these terrible things! I shared this link because I thought it was wonderful that wildlife workers found and rescued this poor cat. I promote rescuing animals! I do not share links like this to promote cruelty to animals. I promote the positive side of people who care enough to rescue them and feel it is surely worth our time to share these animal heroes with others. That's what I do. Over the years, I have done up, saved and promoted the following pages simply for that purpose. Certainly not to promote the cruelty of why the animal needed rescued or helped in the first place - that is unthinkable to me! These are all stories of animal rescues or aide of animals of some form or another... Bibi's Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/dogrescue.html Eagle's Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/eaglerescue.html Fawn Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/fawnrescue.html Molly The Speckled Pony http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/molly.html Adopted Chimp http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/adoptedchimp.html Bucky And The Beagle http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/visitor.html Rescued Squirrel http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/rsquirrel.html Pink The Pig-Puppy http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/pigpuppy.html True Duck Tale http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/duck.html Bear Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/bearrescue.html Best Playmate http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/playmate.html Deer Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/deerrescue.htm Elephant Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/elephants.html Endangered Wolf http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/wolf.html Feeding The Eagles http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/eaglefeeding.html Fishing In Florida http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/fishing.html Friends: Lion, Tiger, And Bear http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/liontigerbear.html Great White Shark http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/greatwhite.html Hippo And Tortoise http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/hippo.html Hoppy The Deer http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/hoppy.html Jasmine The Greyhound http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/jasmine.html Just Have Faith http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/faith.html Koalas In A Heatwave http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/koalas.html Koalas In A Heatwave 2 http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/koalas2.html Lion Cub Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/lionrescue.html Miracle Coyote http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/coyote.html Orang-Utan Hospital http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/orang.html Ostional Sea Turtles http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/seaturtle.html Suryria And Roscoe http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/orang2.html Pandas After The Earthquake http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/pandae.html Thailand's Tigers http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/tiger.html Thailand's Tigers 2 http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/tiger2.html True Fish Tale http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/fishrescue.html Whale Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/whalerescue.html Whale Rescue 2 http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/whalerescue2.html As you can see, I am a strong animal advocate. I will share your concern with the group. ---I.HILL RESPONSE--- Thanks for your response. I think what I really was upset about this item you posted, was the fact that you (as you say you love and do not condone cruel traps) just did not say how cruel this act of trapping is, and tell people who would be viewing this clip that we should respect wildlife and address the fact that these traps are so very cruel, heartless, and irresponsible, and, to take the opportunity to attempt to have them banned FOREVER ! HOW UNCIVILIZED ! HOW BARBARIC ! HOW INHUMANE ! Thanks again for listening to me. ---MY RESPONSE--- Yes, you are indeed right about not taking the opportunity to condemn what I felt was quite obvious. These traps are terrible. I could have gotten on my podium and spoken out and spent much time and space saying how wickedly cruel and barbaric and inhumane and uncivilized these traps are - however, I think that people who love animals got the message. I only had so much time and space when forwarding this out to the group today. Sorry too for the 'LOL' comment. I was hoping to spark interest so others would go to the link. Also, I thought the men were funny - not the poor cat in the trap. Dealing with these type of horrible things, you have to keep a sense of humor or they will just totally make you want to cry. I agree they should be banned. Videos like this that show how important even a wild bobcat is to us, perhaps will enlighten people who take them for granted and think of them as not worth our time. Animals are part of God's creation and by much caring and sharing perhaps we can get that through to others. It is not our right to treat them unkindly or inhumanely. Just getting up on a podiums does little good. We need to show them over and over again and again so that perhaps this will instill in others what is the morally correct treatment of animals and others that we co-exist with on God's creation. At least that is how I feel about it and why I do what I do. ------- I also want to add here that the above pages each took me about 3-4 hours to complete. I felt it worth my time to save these wonderful stories and do them up. I use them to help teach my grandchildren and hope others will too. Children often learn best by example. Showing them these heartwarming animal pages will help teach them how important animals are to us. Many of us go out of our way and even risk our own safety to help and care for them. Hopefully they will too. It will also teach them to notify the right people if they should encounter an animal in trouble. Rescuing any animal can be most dangerous. ,,_--_, \./ ,// _ _\ \./ ;;\ // x x /;;; \ \ | _\ / / \ \ \ o / / / \ `-'\__/-' / \ \/ / | /\ | | |//|| | \/ | .--'-----'-----. /| | / | | | | ,d888b, | | | J8888888L | :F_P: | | 888888888 | Now I will get off my podium and On With The Inspirations! :) ============================================================== >-->From Heartwarmers: Two tooth brushes ___ ___ /\ ..\_ _/ /\ \/\ _) (_'' /\/ \/\ o\ / . /\/ \/\_ ) ( _/\/ Faucet \/_)( )(_\/ ____ (__\______________/__) |___|\ |\ \ / /| | \ Tube of | \ \ / / | | \ toothpaste | \ \ / / | | \ ___ | \ \ / / | ____ | \ ____ / _ \ ______ | \ \ / / | /|_||\|________\/|_||\___ / // // \ \ | \ \ / / | _________________________\-\ \_// \/-__ -\__ \__)(__/ __/------ \_________ / |||| [][][][][][][][][] """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" unknown >CONTROLLING NATURE by Joseph Walker A toothbrush. That's all I needed. But not just any old toothbrush. None of your bargain basement, wimpy bristled, use-it-twice-then-throw-it-out toothbrushes this time. No sir. This time I was going to get a toothbrush that could withstand the beating I seem to inflict upon instruments of dental hygiene (you should see what I do to dental floss -- it isn't pretty). Perhaps I have toothbrush-intolerant enamel. Or perhaps I have latent hostility issues that cause me to turn in to Iron Man in front of the bathroom mirror. Or perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I grew up with two dentist brothers-in-law who insisted on vigorous brushing -- or else. Whatever the reason, I am hard on toothbrushes. My wife, Anita, is still using that really nice toothbrush I gave her for our 28th wedding anniversary five years ago (what, you've never heard of the Toothbrush Anniversary?) I, on the other hand, go through them like Lady Gaga goes through sequins. I buy a toothbrush, it works well for a few days, and then, before you know it, the bristles stop bristling. Or the handle breaks. Or the brush doesn't brush -- it just sort of rubs. So I was determined to get the best toothbrush I could find. It was the only thing I needed when I walked into the store that day. I was prepared to spend as much as three or four dollars on the brush. Little did I know that three or four dollars wouldn't even constitute a decent down payment on a state-of-the-art toothbrush. There are toothbrushes with engines -- I'm not kidding about this. They have more horsepower than my Hyundai. I don't want to compete in the Indianapolis 500. I just want to brush my teeth. Finally I settled on a nice, sturdy, no-nonsense toothbrush that looked like it would get the job done for at least the rest of the month. Then I noticed that this toothbrush was also available in a five-pack for even less per toothbrush than I was going to pay for the one I had selected. If one toothbrush is good, then five is even better, isn't it? Sure, it was more than I was planning to spend during this trip to the store. But it would be worth it in the long run. Wouldn't it? After picking up the box o' brushes I noticed another good deal: a package of four tubes of our favorite toothpaste for a very good price. Well, I couldn't pass on that deal, could I? It seemed so cosmically synergistic: toothbrushes and toothpaste. It flowed naturally from one to the other -- and such good prices! Then I noticed another great price on a multi-bar pack of soap. And then another great deal on shampoo. And they had such a good price on "The Blind Side"... Nearly $100 later I escaped from the store with my debit card smoking. Of course, this isn't unusual for me. Anita often sends me to the store with a five-item list, and I end up at the checkout stand with a fully loaded shopping cart. It's called impulse buying, and I'm about as impulsive as they come. I'm the reason store managers prepare those attractive displays and mega-sales offers -- they want to entice me into being impulsive. And usually I oblige. But no more. Although it is my nature to be impulsive in the grocery store, I've decided it is time to go against my nature. Our burgeoning cupboards and our crashing budget both demand it -- not to mention Anita. And that's OK, I think. One of the most important things we learn in this life is when to trust and act upon our natural inclinations, and when to control them. There are times when "that's just how I am" is an explanation, and times when it's a cop-out. Even when dental hygiene is at stake. -- Joseph Walker ========================================================== >-->From Archives InspiredBuffalo: ,(()). ,;;;;. __ ________ _____ ___ ((_ _));'_`'_( _| __ __ __ _| _| _| __ __ () \ /)\ ) / (_|__ _|-_| _(_|(_|(_|__ _|-- ((\ O(() \ O / _____(_|(_|_____________(_|_ SSt >Sing With the Understanding (By Alan Smith) I heard once about a woman who spent some months serving as a missionary in South Africa. On her final visit to a remote township she attended a medical clinic. As the Zulu women there began to sing together, she found herself deeply moved by their hauntingly beautiful harmonies. She wanted to always remember this moment and try to share it with friends when she arrived home. With tears flowing down her cheeks, she turned to her friend and asked, "Can you please tell me the translation of the words to this song?" Her friend looked at her and solemnly replied . . . "If you boil the water, you won't get dysentery." How many times have we been guilty of the same thing in our worship to God? Not of singing that particular song, but of singing without being aware of the meaning of the words we were singing. It seems to me that singing songs of praise is like driving a car. If you drive, you've learned that if you follow the same route day after day, it is possible for you to make the trip without even thinking about what you're doing. We've all had the scary feeling of arriving at a location realizing that we "zoned out" en route and made the trip while our mind was on "autopilot." Many of us have had the same experience in our worship. We sing all the songs (like we've done countless times before) but our mind is on "autopilot" and after we've finished, we don't have a clue what we just sang about. Paul said, "I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding." (I Cor. 14:15) For those of us who are easily distracted, it requires a bit more effort, but may we resolve to strive to pay attention to the words that we are singing. May the songs of praise we sing truly come from a heart that exalts God! -<>- _|_ | / \ //_\\ //(_)\\ |/^\| ,%%%% // \\ ,@@@@@@@, ,%%%%/%%% // \\ ,@@@\@@@@/@@, @@@%%%\%%//%%%// === \\ @@\@@@/@@@@@ @@@@%%%%\%%%%%// =-=-= \\@@@@\@@@@@@;%#####, @@@@%%%\%%/%%// === \\@@@@@@/@@@%%%######, @@@@@%%%%/%%//| |\\@\\//@@%%%%%%#/#### '@@@@@%%\\/%~ | | ~ @|| %\\//%%%#####; @@\\//@|| | __ __ | || %%||%%'###### '@|| || | | | | | || ||##\//#### || || | | -|- | | || ||'#||###' || || |_|__|__|_| || || || || ||_/` ======= `\__||_._|| || jgs__||_/` ======= `\_||___ >WHY GO TO CHURCH? (Author Unknown) Some go to church to take a walk. Some go to church to laugh and talk. Some go to church to meet a friend. Some go to church, their time to spend. Some go to church to meet a lover. Some go to church, a fault to cover. Some go to church for speculation. Some go to church for observation. Some go to church to doze and nod. The wise go there to worship God. WHY DO YOU GO? Read John 4:24 -<>- , . ( ) \ / \. ./ \\ // \\ // \`-'/ CJ `-' >Take Goliath Down by Max Lucado Goliaths still roam our world. Debt. Disaster. Dialysis. Danger. Deceit. Disease. Depression. Super-size challenges still swagger and strut, still pilfer sleep and embezzle peace and liposuction joy. But they can't dominate you. You know how to deal with them. You face giants by facing God first. Focus on giants-you stumble. Focus on God-your giants tumble. You know what David knew, and you do what David did. You pick up five stones, and you make five decisions. Ever wonder why David took five stones into battle? Why not two or twenty? Rereading his story reveals five answers. Use your five fingers to remind you of the five stones you need to face down your Goliath. Let your thumb remind you of ... 1. THE STONE OF THE PAST Goliath jogged David's memory. Elah was a déjà vu. While everyone else quivered, David remembered. God had given him strength to wrestle a lion and strong-arm a bear. Wouldn't he do the same with the giant? A good memory makes heroes. "Remember His marvelous works which He has done" (1 Chron. 16:12). Catalog God's successes. Keep a list of his world records. Has he not walked you through high waters? Proven to be faithful? Have you not known his provision? How many nights have you gone to bed hungry? Mornings awakened in the cold? He has made roadkill out of your enemies. Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone. Pick up the stone of the past. Then select ... 2. THE STONE OF PRAYER Note the valley between your thumb and finger. To pass from one to the next you must go through it. Let it remind you of David's descent. Before going high, David went low; before ascending to fight, David descended to prepare. Don't face your giant without first doing the same. Dedicate time to prayer. Paul, the apostle, wrote, "Prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long" (Eph. 6:18 MSG). Prayer spawned David's successes. His Brook Besor wisdom grew out of the moment he "strengthened himself in the Lord his God" (1 Sam. 30:6). When Saul's soldiers tried to capture him, David turned toward God: "You have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble" (Ps. 59:16). Invite God's help. Pick up the stone of prayer. And don't neglect ... 3. THE STONE OF PRIORITY Let your tallest finger remind you of your highest priority: God's reputation. David jealously guarded it. No one was going to defame his Lord. David fought so that "all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's" (1 Sam. 17:46-47). David saw Goliath as a chance for God to show off! Did David know he would exit the battle alive? No. But he was willing to give his life for the reputation of God. What if you saw your giant in the same manner? Rather than begrudge him, welcome him. Your cancer is God's chance to flex his healing muscles. Your sin is God's opportunity to showcase grace. Your struggling marriage can billboard God's power. See your struggle as God's canvas. On it he will paint his multicolored supremacy. Announce God's name and then reach for ... 4. THE STONE OF PASSION David ran, not away from, but toward his giant. On one side of the battlefield, Saul and his cowardly army gulped. On the other, Goliath and his skull-splitters scoffed. In the middle, the shepherd boy ran on his spindly legs. Who bet on David? Who put money on the kid from Bethlehem? Not the Philistines. Not the Hebrews. Not David's siblings or David's king. But God did. And since God did, and since David knew God did, the skinny runt became a blur of pumping knees and a swirling sling. He ran toward his giant. Do the same! Let your ring finger remind you to take up the stone of passion. One more stone, and finger, remains: 5. THE STONE OF PERSISTENCE David didn't think one rock would do. He knew Goliath had four behemoth relatives. For all David knew, they'd come running over the hill to defend their kin. David was ready to empty the chamber if that's what it took. Imitate him. Never give up. One prayer might not be enough. One apology might not do it. One day or month of resolve might not suffice. You may get knocked down a time or two ... but don't quit. Keep loading the rocks. Keep swinging the sling. David took five stones. He made five decisions. Do likewise. Past. Prayer. Priority. Passion. And persistence. Next time Goliath wakes you up, reach for a stone. Odds are, he'll be out of the room before you can load your sling. From Facing Your Giants Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 2005) Max Lucado -<>- >Links for Your Enjoyment God's Royal And Holy Priests http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/BibleStudy/royalpriests.html Straying From The Light http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/BibleStudy/straying.html Oversear http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/BibleStudy/overseer.html Akiane Child Prodigy http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/prodigy.html Best Buddies! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/bestbuds.html Toothpick Art! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/toothpick.html Political Humor 8! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/politics8.html Among The Orchids! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/orchids.html Dick Clark's House! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/dclark.html Scientists Unveil New Species! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/newspecies.html Amazing Homes Around The World! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/ahouse.html Rarely Seen Africa! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/africa.html Amazing Garden! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/homegarden.html -<>- >From Our Friend Melody :) Are You a Yankee or a Rebel? - alphaDictionary * Southern Accent Te http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html ReflexGame.com - Reflex Tester Game http://www.reflexgame.com/ Who's Alive and Who's Dead http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/ --- ...Fun ones! Thanks Melody! Visit Melissa's Online Store You can get anything you want (except for Melissa ) at the online store http://pdhomes.net/mall/babylissa/mySTORES/ISELL4.html ========================================================== `:-._,-.-._,, __ `--'`.`' .. (_ ) ________ __ __( ,_Y) _ _(( )_)__ _ ,--(_ACME_(O) _/_/ /,-, ,-' _-_( )_-_-_ (_(__,[[[___[__],--. (_)///\\_, ((_)_)) ,-\// \// _\==O-O / @( //__`-_) (_) `=(___V____V_(_( .___) _\\-,/_, - -- - _/`\LLLLL(\__/`---' /,-' `--' -__ -- ( / / ( < < jv ' ''''' '''' >"You Can Do It!" Story Editor: by Ted Edinger Joyce Schowalter Louisiana, USA I grew up on a small North Dakota town back in the 50s and 60s. My brother-in-law was a farmer, so we kids were taught at an early age to drive tractors and other vehicles. I started driving tractor for my brother-in-law during the summer of my 11th birthday. One summer day near that time my dad's pickup needed to be moved, so he told me to back it up. Unfortunately, I backed into our swing set, bending the A-frame but not damaging the pickup. I was scared because I wasn't sure how Dad would react. Dad wasn't mad, but came over and moved the pickup himself. Then as a teenager I worked for Jim Seitz during the summer on his farm. Jim had a self-propelled windrower that we used for cutting hay during the summer and grain during fall harvest. I loved to drive the windrower that cut the grain and laid it in rows so the combine could come along to pick it up and harvest the grain. One day, I drove the windrower to get gas from the big farmyard fuel tank. The fuel tank was mounted on a big metal frame 12 feet high. I ran into the frame, breaking one of the machine's wooden slats. I stopped the machine and got off. I assumed Jim would back it up for me, as my father had. To my surprise, Jim said, "Get back up on that machine -- you can do it." And I did! Talk about a confidence builder -- my self-confidence went sky high that day. During harvest, Jim had me do custom windrowing with that same machine, which pushed my confidence level up several more notches. I would take off the drive chains, bolt on a special hitch, then hitch it to a pickup truck and pull the windrower backward down country roads to whatever fields needed to be cut that day. Many other little gestures of confidence -- plus the "can do" attitude Jim had toward me -- carried me through some hard times. In particular, he helped me get through my army basic training. One day my actions weren't to our Drill Sergeant's satisfaction. He made me stand next to a wall and beat my head against it while repeating, "I'm a dud, I'm a dud, I'm a dud." While I was doing this, the image of that summer day on the farm and Jim telling me "Get back up there, you can do it!" came flooding back to my mind. I knew the words the sergeant was making me say weren't true; he didn't break my spirit! Jim's "can do" attitude helped me through basic training, advanced individual training, and jump school. From that training, I became an airborne military policeman with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It just goes to show what a huge impact can be created by small gestures of faith and confidence in a person. =======HeroicStories======= >-->From Kidwarmers: _ ___ _ /`.`. .-=""_;_""=-. .','\ | \`.`#"'.-" ; "-.`"#'.', | \`=>-Y ,( O_;_O ) , Y-<'/ `--'\#>-`-'_;_`-'-<#/`--' _ / .:::::. _ \ _ .-' `-'i-_ |:::::| `i-' `-._ ' .-j' `:::::' `-j-. .' `L' "T" `j-. `. ,-'|\.___:___./| ` | `.____ .' | \ / _.. `. .' .-## `-. |=`.___.'| .' ## `. /_ =#`. .#b # \ .####.. .-._##". .'### \ | /###""" / ; `=##\,## "#b .j. / /==--.. / ; \/ "## " / `-._.' /##==-._ | ; | ##b / |########= | _..-d#b! 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"Oh, Nana, I can have two jobs, ya know. I can cut the other astronauts' hair on the space ship."- Sandi Pound (grandmother of Max) of Lehigh, Florida On a Sunday the Hoover family was having one of their family gatherings. After dinner Great Grandma Hoover decided to take a walk with other family members, including Mason Saalfrank, who was 2 at the time. They walked to South Side School playground. Mason started watching the jet planes fly overhead. Grandma ask him where he thought they were going. He replied very seriously, "I bet they are going to McDonald's." -Great Grandma Pat Hoover of Kendallville, Indiana Here is another story from Great Grandma Hoover. Madison, 3, was staying with her Nana Butler after her mother, Kali, had fed her and gone to work. Nana was going to have a bowl of bean soup for her supper. Madison turned up her nose and said she did not like that. Nana told her, "That is what you said about broccoli and when you tried it you really liked it." Nana asked her to put a little soup on her tongue, and she liked it. Then Nana said, "Just taste one bean." Madison folded her arms and said, "I am not enjoying this at all." . `: : : . __.'_ .' : _.--' `-._.' .-'.. .. `. : .-. .--.`. : : : : : : : : :`;; :`; ; : `.`O;' `O;.' : .' .---. .--. ; . : '._ :' ; :: : .-`-.; . .' .': `. ``` `. :-' : : `-.__ ._ _.' : ; : ;``` : `. _.-.' . ``-._ : `.-' : : `-. : _.: ` `-._ `, `._.-' ; `.`-. ;_, _., : `.: ;' ;-' ; : ``.___.' : : ;_..--' `. ; `-.__ ...' : : : jgs :-:__; : : : .-~~~--..__: : :___..---.. .'.' : `, :,' : `; ; `: _.'`._ :,' `~~~'----'' `'-.____....' Catherine asked her son Ryan, 6, to carry in a box that was just delivered. She didn't realize how heavy it was. Frustrated, Ryan said, "I can't lift this... it's too damn heavy!" She told him "I don't like that kind of talk." He replied, "I meant to say, ??~Oh Goodness, I can't lift this... it's too damn heavy!'" - Amy Parker (friend of Catherine) of Butler, Pennsylvania Nolan, 5, is very inquisitive. One day he asked, "Mom why do we have skin?" She replied that if we didn't have skin our bones would stick out. He answered, "But we could just use plastic wrap." - Lisa Billingsley (mother of Nolan) of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina Haley, 2, walked around to the back of the house at the babysitter's and saw a pile of bricks. Haley said, "You must have those bricks there so that the big bad wolf can't blow your house down!" - Donna Kensky (grandmother of Haley) of Fort Wayne, Indiana _ /b_,dM\__,_ _/MMMMMMMMMMMm, _YMMMMMMMMMMMM( `MMMMMM/ / \ _ , MMM| __ / __/ ( |_| YMM/_/# \__/# \ | |_)arry (. \__/ \__/ ___ ) _, | '_|_) _____/\ _ / | otter \ `._____,' `..___(__ ``-. \ gnv ) Aunt Dorothy was going to come for a visit! Kylie, 2, was so excited for Dorothy to come visit and her mom couldn't figure out why. Surely Kylie didn't remember her from over a year ago! Kylie was asking two days before the visit if "today" was the day Dorothy would come to visit? Her mom said no, not today, but two more days. Finally the day came. Kylie was so excited! Dorothy had arrived and Mom, Dad, Kylie and Brooke, 10 months, came over to see Dorothy! You could just see on Kylie's face that this wasn't the Dorothy she was expecting. Come to find out, Nemo (a fish) has a friend Dorothy and that is the Dorothy that Kylie was expecting to come visit! Kylie just stared at Dorothy all through dinner. - Kathy Hoover of Columbia, Missouri Jennifer takes Ben, 5, who is in a morning preschool class. Jennifer was inquiring about the age of a classmate he had befriended. Jennifer asked, "Is she 5 years old?" He replied, "No, she is 4 and 3 nickels." It only took Jennifer a moment to realize he meant 4 and 3/4. - Jennifer Paris of Buena Park, California Tim, 9, and family went to McDonald's for breakfast after a wellness appointment for lab work. Tim was telling about his blood test and urine specimen. He got some unusual looks from people at other tables in the restaurant after he said somewhat loudly, "I peed in the cup" as he was holding his juice cup. Then Tim asked, "Why is everybody looking at me?" -Carol Guise (Tim's Grandma "Mimi") of Ocala, Florida ~ZIGGY~ ___---___ .-- --. ./ \. / o \ / .. o | | ;` '. | | : : | | `._ _.' | | ``--.-' .- |. .| _.'| | : : \ `--'--' / : : \ / : : `\ /' : : `--___ ___--' : : --- _.' `-._ ~~/ \____...-' `\ :_. `----./ / |`` . ._: :_:_:_: |__ ~~~ _.-`._:._:-' /``````---``` \ / | \jgs ____/ | \___ __.--'' | ```---..__ `\ _| _.' `\ _.-'' `-._ _.' `\ .-' `-._ _.' `\ .' `-._.' `' Caleb, almost 3, is interested in whiskers. Recently while his father was shaving, Caleb asked, "Daddy, why do you mow your face?" - John and Pat Cannon of Auburn, Indiana, (grandparents of Caleb who is the son of John and Cindy Cannon of Florida) Here is another Caleb story. He asked his mother why people use hairspray. She said, "It holds hair in place." Caleb asked, "So it won't fall off onto the road and get run over by a car?" His mother assured him hair stays attached to our heads even with spray. Caleb knowingly answered, "Because it has snaps!" Nanna and PawPaw had just picked Lark up from day care, and she was talking to herself in the back seat as Nanna drove toward home. When PawPaw tuned in to Lark's one-way conversation, she was saying, "I don't want to get in trouble. I want to get in "Happy."" - Dennis Smith (PawPaw) of Oak Ridge, North Carolina ____ _.' : `._ .-.'`. ; .'`.-. __ / : ___\ ; /___ ; \ __ ,'_ ""--.:__;".-.";: :".-.":__;.--"" _`, :' `.t""--.. 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When his mom asked him what kind of party he wanted, he was very definite when he said he wanted "an Easter egg hunt!" It turns out that Koen and his sister, Lark, got baskets and large plastic eggs filled with goodies from their four grandparents, but he didn't get to participate in an egg hunt. While checking off the days on his calendar, he realized that Easter had come and gone without an egg hunt. Rose's nephew, who is a staunch Republican, recently took his 5-year old son, Bennett, with him to a meeting relating to the Republican party. Upon their return home, Bennett raced in to his mom and excitedly announced: "Hey, Dad and I are "publicans" - Rose Geiger of South Lyon, Michigan %&%&. / _ \_ ( c-(_)(_)__ \ .._ . ) \ / `-' /\-|\_ C-.\_\( ( Y o)( | | o)) c - __) / \ \===| | //===/ | /|===/ |/ |==/ }==) (==| |=/_.. (_.-.__) [nabis] Paquita went to California this year for Christmas. As they were sitting on the sofa, Paquita told her two grandkids, now 16 and 19 years old, "You guys grew too fast, it seems it was yesterday that I was changing your diapers, I'm getting old." The 16 year-old comment, "Oh, Grandma, you are not getting old..." As Paquita was thinking, "How nice of him," he finished the sentence. "...you are old!" They laughed and had a great time anyway. - Paquita Rawleigh of Texas Tamara was talking with several moms and one of them said something that "got her in trouble." Tamara said, "When in a hole, stop digging." 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I would give you all the world, That you are deserving of, And to you I would give My everlasting love. I would see to it, That you were never sad. And nothing in your life Would ever happen bad. I would wish for you, All things would go your way, And you would always be happy, Each and every day. In my dream You would stay Just as beautiful As you are today. Life for you would be as perfect As the blueness of the sky, And no one would ever hurt you, Or ever make you cry. 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