What a Wonderful World

People are wonderful creative creatures.
So much beauty and wonder in the world.

And love is to try to make life easier on people
who you love.

So people create and new businesses are formed everyday
making the world a great place to live.

And yet many sit, being unable to cross Go.
Unable to collect their 200 dollars so they could spend it to enrich themselves
and their loved ones in the process.

Still, what a wonderful world we live in, because with a bit of imagination,
people can and do create out of nothing.

Our world, full of tastes and sounds, does not have to stop with
Bach and Mozart to feed our body and our soul.

Music can be played even on simple things such a glass.

Water contains different sounds one can turn into music,
pleasant to the ear.

Here we have a combination of both.
:)

The Rudolf Story

The True Story of Rudolph

A man named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted, stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night.

His 4-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap quietly sobbing. Bob's wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer Little Barbara couldn't understand why her mommy could never come home. Barbara looked up into her dad's eyes and asked, "Why isn't Mommy just like everybody else's Mommy?" Bob's jaw tightened and his eyes welled with tears. Her question brought waves of grief, but also of anger. It had been the story of Bob's life. Life always had to be different for Bob.

Small when he was a kid, Bob was often bullied by other boys. He was too little at the time to compete in sports. He was often called names he'd rather not remember. From childhood, Bob was different and never seemed to fit in. Bob did complete college, married his loving wife and was grateful to get his job as a copywriter at Montgomery Ward during the Great Depression. Then he was blessed with his little girl. But it was all short-lived. Evelyn's bout with cancer stripped them of all their savings and now Bob and his daughter were forced to live in a two-room apartment in the Chicago slums. Evelyn died just days before Christmas in 1938.

Bob struggled to give hope to his child, for whom he couldn't even afford to buy a Christmas gift. But if he couldn't buy a gift, he was determined to make one - a storybook! Bob had created an animal character in his own mind and told the animal's story to little Barbara to give her comfort and hope. Again and again Bob told the story, embellishing it more with each telling. Who was the character? What was the story all about? The story Bob May created was his own autobiography in fable form. The character he created was a misfit outcast like he was. The name of the character? A little reindeer named Rudolph, with a big shiny nose. Bob finished the book just in time to give it to his little girl on Christmas Day. But the story doesn't end there.

The general manager of Montgomery Ward caught wind of the little storybook and offered Bob May a nominal fee to purchase the rights to print the book. Wards went on to print,_ Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ and distribute it to children visiting Santa Claus in their stores. By 1946 Wards had printed and distributed more than six million copies of Rudolph. That same year, a major publisher wanted to purchase the rights from Wards to print an updated version of the book.

In an unprecedented gesture of kindness, the CEO of Wards returned all rights back to Bob May. The book became a best seller. Many toy and marketing deals followed and Bob May, now remarried with a growing family, became wealthy from the story he created to comfort his grieving daughter. But the story doesn't end there either.

Bob's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, made a song adaptation to Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore , it was recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry. "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of "White Christmas."

The gift of love that Bob May created for his daughter so long ago kept on returning back to bless him again and again. And Bob May learned the lesson, just like his dear friend Rudolph, that being different isn't so bad. In fact, being different can be a blessing.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010
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Christmas was over. Santa and his reindeer finally had a chance to rest. And they deserved it. They had done a good job.

Rudolph had a chance to do something he had wanted to do for a long time. He made an appointment with a plastic surgeon because he was so sensitive about his looks.

However, it wasn't his glowing proboscis that he wanted changed. He was proud of his nose and the help he had given Santa because of it. No, he was sensitive about his long ears which were much more prominent than the ears of the average reindeer, or bear, for that matter.

So one week after Christmas, he let the good doctor do the reconstructive surgical procedure, and since that time, January 1st has been celebrated as ... New Ears Day.

LIFE and MATURITY

Maturity

The look of innocence
From old eyes
That speak of spring
A tender smile
So knowing and kind
From lips that have once kissed deep
Drunk of life’s nectar and
Collected it for a winter’s day
Oh yes, La Boheme
Such as it was
An early bud
Pricked, torn
but still in bloom
Blue white and gold
Enshrined for all to see
Innocent in old blind eyes.
The spring of love still lives.
:)ALADY'SLIFE

Richard Bach
True love stories never have endings.

Leaf Whisper of Hope.

An Indian tracker took some pioneers through the plains in the mid-1800's.
Suddenly he stopped and pointed. "Bear have babies." He said.

One of the younger pioneers ran up and asked, "How'd you know that!?."

"I know these things," replied the Indian.

They continued their journey, and a little while later the Indian stopped, pointed, and said:
"Deer tracks."

"How'd you know that!?" asked the young pioneer once again.

"I know these things."

After another hour of journeying, the Indian jumped of his horse and put his ear to the ground. "Buffalo come."

"How'd you know that!?"

"Ear wet."


CHANGE AND HOPE IS ALL AROUND US.

Musical leaf - whispering HOPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6dTeQwf488&feature=related\



This is funny.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BARACK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lvc-azCXY&feature=related

Hotchin Cootchin with Disco Duck

Disco Duck

LA CRÈME DE LA CRÈME TRAVIATA

Play it again Sam

Ingid Bergman,

One of my favorite actresses,
played in the movie Casa Blanca, taking place in Nazi occupied, Morocco.

It’s a WW2 movie where Bogart is torn between his love for her and his virtue where doing the right thing was important.
Should he keep his love or help her leave with her resistance leader husband.

She said of Bogart: “I kissed him but I didn’t know him.”

CASABLANCA WITH LYRICS

Casablanca I fell in love with you in Casablanca

Play It Again Sam

by Joe Halli

Flim flam Play it again Sam
Sing about the good old days
When all we knew was love
Flim flam What's the matter Sam
Have you long forgotten happiness
And what are you thinking of?
Cause the good old days
Are only good 'cause we forgot the bad
And the happy times and pleasant thoughts
Somehow block out the sad
Cause the smiles outlast the tears
And the hopes outlast the fears
And nothing outlasts the cheers
Of the friends you always had
As the past and future converge on now
I look at Sam and where I am
And try to picture exactly how
I'll see this scene in some time
Will I see his frown, the rain-soaked ground
The remnants of this dying town?
Or will a pleasant memory grow
In my flawed but fertile mind
Chorus
It's in the Crystal stars and the sunrise
Perfect hair and twinklin' eyes
A place of life where no one dies
A perfect world built on lies.
Flim flamPlay it again Sam
Sing about the good old days
For sorrow needs no song
Flim flam
It's alright Sam

If my Nose was running Money

Funny song If My Nose was Running Money



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Fishing Jokes
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Four married guys go fishing. After an hour, the following conversation took place. First guy: " You have no idea what I had to do to be able to come out fishing this weekend. I had to promise my wife that I will paint every room in the house next weekend." Second guy: " that's nothing, I had to promise my wife that I will build her a new deck for the pool." Third guy: " Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife that I will remodel the kitchen for her." They continue to fish when they realized that the fourth guy has not said a word. So they asked him. You haven't said anything about what you had to do to be able to come fishing this weekend. " What's the deal?" Fourth guy: " I just set my alarm for 5:30 am. When it went off, I shut off my alarm, gave the wife a nudge and said, " Fishing or Sex" and she said, " Wear a Sweater."
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Three blondes are sitting by the side of a river holding fishing poles with the lines in the water. A Game Warden comes up behind them, taps them on the shoulder and says, Excuse me, ladies, I'd like to see your fishing licenses.

We don't have any, replied the first blonde.

Well, if you're going to fish, you need fishing licenses. said the Game Warden.

But officer, replied the second blonde, we aren't fishing. We all have magnets at the end of our lines and we're collecting debris off the bottom of the river.

The Game Warden lifted up all the lines and, sure enough, there were horseshoe magnets tied on the end of each line. Well, I know of no law against it, said the Game Warden, take all the debris you want. And with that, the Game Warden left.

As soon as the Game Warden was out of sight, the three blondes started laughing hysterically. What a dumb Fish Cop, the second blonde said to the other two, doesn't he know that there are steelhead trout in this river?!
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A man calls home to his wife and says, "Honey I have been asked to go fishing at a big lake up in Canada with my boss and several of his friends. We'll be gone for a week." "This is a good opportunity for me to get that promotion I've been wanting so would you please pack me enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and tackle box. We're leaving from the office and I will swing by the house topick my things up. Oh Please pack my new blue silk pajamas." The wife thinks this sounds a little fishy but being a good wife she does exactly what her husband asked. The following weekend he comes home a little tired but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught many fish? He says, "Yes! Lot's of Walleye, some Bluegill, and a few Pike. But why didn't you pack my new blue silk pajamas! like I asked you to do?" The wife replies; "I did, they were in your tackle box."

Good Morning and A Delightful Sunday to every one.!!!


Spring is in the air. Sunshine is welcoming.
Sorta ......a very cheerful day is in progress.

We woke up late after a long soccer day yesterday.
Good to come home winners with a 3-0 shut out .
Dogs behaved and came running to greet us.
Caviar was good on rye lol
and bed was even more welcome. :)

On the menu? Chorizo Sausages.

Make them yourself with the following ingredients.

Let stay overnight in the fridge and then form sausage or hamburger patties and

either grill or freeze for later.

Also you can stuff casings from a butcher.

Ground pork: 1 lb.• Coarse salt: 1/2 tablespoon• Garlic, crushed or finely chopped:

1.5 cloves• Ground nutmeg: 0.4 teaspoon• Brown sugar: 0.8 tablespoon• Smoked paprika :

0.8 tablespoon• Aleppo chile pepper or cayenne: 0.8 tablespoon

History had these events today:

1933 FDR signed a US Executive order 6102 , forcing people to sell their gold.
The government required holders of significant quantities of gold to sell their gold at the prevailing price of $20.67 per ounce. Shortly after this forced sale, the price of gold from the treasury for international transactions was raised to $35 an ounce.


1936 U.S.A. Tornadoes strike Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia . A total of 466 people were killed over four days of nearly continuous twisters. Another 3,500 people were injured.


1951 U.S.A. Rosenberg's Trials. At the end of the trial against the Rosenberg's for giving the
secrets to the Atomic Bomb to the Soviet Union. Julius and Ethyl got the death penalty.

1955 UK Sir Winston Churchill Retires at 80

1969 U.S.A. Anti Vietnam Demonstrations in NY. San Francisco, L.A. Washington DC etc...250,000 protestors were involved.

1970 Guatemala - West Germany's Count Karl von Spreti the ambassador to Guatemala is kidnapped and shot dead.

1976 U.S.A. Howard Hughes, One of the world's richest, eccentric American billionaire dies at 70 after spending the last 20 years living as a recluse in hotel penthouses around the world.


1976 UK James Callaghan, Britain's new Prime Minister, arrives in Downing Street for his first day in office


1986 Germany - A Bomb Exploded In a Berlin Disco in La Belle Disco ,killing two and injuring at least 120. Earlier , a bomb wrecked a German-Arab club in the city and injured seven Arabs.
The West German foreign minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, set up to investigate the possible involvement of a foreign country in the attack. Later, the US government retaliated by bombing Libya killing at least 60 people .

1988 Iran - Hijack Kuwait Airways Jumbo Jet . 24 women passengers and one man with a heart condition were released after landing in Iran.

1992 U.S.A. Abortion rights activists march and demonstration in Washington, D.C. to safe guard the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that made abortion legal.

1994 U.S.A. Rock icon Kurt Cobain lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the rock band Nirvana commits suicide with a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.

1999 Libya surrendered two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland to the U.N.

2001 A Dutch lorry driver sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in the deaths of 58 Chinese illegal immigrants found during a routine search at Dover Ferry Port.
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A Tennessee couple had 9 children. They went to the doctor to see about getting the husband 'fixed.' The doctor gladly started the required procedure and asked them what finally made them make the decision. Why, after 9 children, would they choose to do this?

The husband replied that they had read in a recent article that 1 out of every 10 children being born in the United States was Mexican, and they didn't want to take a chance on having a Mexican Baby because neither of them could speak Spanish.

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Jean Ferrat Que C'est Beau la Vie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ24Pc0Jyv8&feature=related

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A guide was showing Niagara-Falls to a man from Texas and said; I’ll bet you don’t have anything like this in Texas.The Texan said; nope, but in Texas we have plumbers who can fix it.

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A man had two goldfish, he named one of them "One"and the other "Two"he did this because..if one died, he'd still have two

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Three sisters, ages 92, 94, and 96, live together. One night the 96-year-0ld draws a bath. She puts one foot in and pauses. "Was I getting in the tub or out?" she yells. The 94-year-old hollers back, "I don't know, I'll come up to see." She starts up the stairs and stops. She shouts, "Was I going up or going down?"The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea, listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful", and knocks on wood for good measure. Then she yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."

Barbara Streisend....people

barbara streisand People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhOap2Vldaw

E N J O Y

Happy Tuesday (pets)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ojGM3czbk&feature=related
sarah brightman
don't cry for me argentina


GOOD MORNING!!!
Happy Tuesday to Everyone and Thanks for visiting a Lady's Life.

Listening to the news sure puts a damper on life.
The economy is especially frightening to most people.

One good thing though.
People are beginning to fight back .

Some want to keep chickens in their back yards because
they say government should not tell people what kind of food they should eat.
I agree.
Ducks are easier to keep because they waddle around eating any bugs you may have in the lawn and their soft quacking is very soothing.

You don't have to use artificial fertilizers on your lawn because they fertilize it for you.

When I was little, my Dad always had rabbits or chicks or ducks for me in summer and in winter they'd be supper.

Of course I'd never know. They would just disappear and I'd eat lunch and then go look for them, asking all the neighbors if they saw my animals running around. Of course every one said no.

Had I known I was eating my pets, I don't think I could have.
How do you eat Missy?

Ok. Bitey I could eat lol

Many people kept such pets and every ones back yards was one big garden.

One day on my way to school, I saw this white chicken running down the street being chased by a cat.
He ran right into my arms so I took it home.

He was a great little guy and slept in my lap. Finally my Dad said we can't keep him. Let's give him to your Gramma.
Gramma tied his leg to a rope and kept him under her balcony.

He grew up to be this huge gray rooster. A real handsome sort.

He loved my Gramma but when I came to see my little chicken, he chased me up the stairs so quickly I just barely had enough time to shut the door.
My Dad laughed and went out . The rooster ran up to him . He put one wing down and danced around him in a ritual like performance. My Dad kept turning and the rooster walked around him as well with his wing down caw caw cawing. My Dad knew he wouldn't bite him.
I have to give it to my Dad. He sure knew his animals.
My Mom never liked animals but he was a tinkerer and into everything.

The Rooster had become a guard dog and wouldn't let any one into the yard.
My Gramma was real proud of him
I guess my Gramma told my Dad it was time.
He wasn't as lucky as the Pig who saved the Farmer and his wife and just lost a leg cause you can't eat a good pig like that in one shot. lol


Here in BC, we kept Buster the rabbit. He had long floppy ears and was so cute looking.
Whenever he'd get upset over something he'd thump on his aquarium so we'd know something was not right.
He was like a guard as well sitting in his prefab home.
He gave us such good fertizer, my roses bloomed none stop, bud after bud till the end January and into February. I was impressed.

We exchanged him for a dozen eggs lol
I couldn't imagine eating Buster.

Have a happy day everyone. :)

Morning rooster crows. My rooster didn't know how to crow He skipped a beat
Just went ha haha haaaaaaaaaaa These guys here are pros.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIVmvxv7Yi8&feature=related
Crazy Egg Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLGPl2qU4o&feature=related

I AM

I am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVWYMl2yg1E

karaoke songs to Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCK2X1oEyP4&feature=related
walk away matt Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqKCzCtiZ8A&feature=related
how can I tell her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYd2oRPsUCA&feature=related
tell laura I love her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mXTtThiFoQ&feature=channel
bluberry hill fats domino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODAdw-B9dmg&feature=related
All I have to do is dream ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rd01Je7aI&feature=related
those were the days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306EBB8Mik0&feature=related
let it be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ZlvC7H2I8&feature=related
don’t cry Johnny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDbJskVcJg&feature=related
sealed with a kiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGIn-9pGGUk&feature=channel
chiquita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LISz7t_q4TY&feature=related
changing partners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ELyTolfhg&feature=related
tennesee waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swso2DEzghA&feature=related
blowing in the wind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEFH0jeqaLo&feature=related
summer wine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS6LFYU96WE&feature=related
as tears go by
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnp0XAAnQuk&feature=related
rose rose I love you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVKhwEG35bE&feature=channel_page
house of the rising sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDaJKMoHDc&feature=related
the wedding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe0Nkt9WU6s&feature=related
river of no return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lmN2sWt4vw&feature=channel
very superstitious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zkbKM9eBzQ&feature=related
sad movies make me cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hkNuR-R9g&feature=related
you needed me.

100 YEAR PLUS BIRTHDAY!!!

TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE surpassed the
THE BLESSED 100 year mark

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

AND KEEP GOING STRONG!!!

WITH ALL OUR GOOD WISHES

A LADY'S LIFE



HEART WILL GO ON CELINE DION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMNbf4hb28&feature=related

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME. CELINE DION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CkKuA86Mis&feature=related



I SURRENDER CELINE DION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl9axmrFnEc&feature=related

HOW DO I LIVE LEE ANN RIMES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFnD3uwKHag&feature=related

Lest We Forget EDITH PIAF

Non Rien de Rien Edith Piaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88

Milord Edith Piaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBW-UEbOfyQ&feature=related

Autumn Leaves Edith Piaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2s2tPORlW4&feature=related

La Vie En Rose Edith Piaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzs1peK5yJk

Joe Dassin Et si tu n'existe pas.

Joe Dassin :

Et Si Tu n'existe pas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUJOCa_GRHg&feature=related

Champs Elysees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAMuNfs89yE&feature=related

A Toi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-QpaFBD6nE&feature=related

Le Cafe des 3 Colombes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8Oz_BDa4A&feature=related


L'Ete Indien
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaj1a_bu--4&feature=related

MONET - RED BOATS ARGENTEUIL

Monet- Red Boats Argenteuil - Burstein collection

Love is a Many Splendored Thing Matt Monroe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_89U-N-5w0g


The Sun is out and the Birds are singing and Spring is in the air.
All is good .

La Playa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6dRbbXFhEg&feature=related