This is floating around...just want to share...AMEN

An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism.

All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great; but when government takes all the reward away; no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that....

HMMM...UHH?...WHAT? Oh, she just wants an invitation for dinner at the White House

my first quiz...

I just took my first quiz on the internet! Gosh, I hope I pass! I haven't taken a quiz in over 35 years, no lie, really! I suffer from the "Red Pen" syndrome.

I was lookin' for a recipe for Bread Pudding to take to a dinner party tonight. I decided to mosey over to Ree's site, The Pioneer Woman, to see if she had anything that sounded good, her photo's alone make the recipe look great! I'm going to give her's a shot.

I forgot what the purpose of this was, oh yeah, I remember now, the quiz. The "Smartypants" Qualifying Quiz #1 to be exact. I thought what the heck, I pay a large cable bill every month to get well over 325 channels, I'm bound to have picked up some knowledge through osmosis and channel surfing, it's not like I've ever been to any of these places. Maybe she'll grade on a curve, we'll see. Wish me luck.

...boy, are these some vibrant eggs, or what!

Remember the squirrels in my yard...

It's Bot Fly season

EICHLER...MY NEW FOUND LOVE

Ok, Eichleresque. My husband was putting in a pool at this house, then ended up doing the remodel on the house, too. It's located in Orlando.

He knows I love Mid-Century Modern. With my camera in hand I toured this house and now I want him to build me one just like it! I truly LOVE the pink & blue bathrooms. There's also a couple of other pics of homes on the same street.

The original owners stopped by one day and gave us a little background. They had it built in 1958.

Can we say...IKEA! I will try and get some new pics now that the renovation is complete.

Check out this Eichler site in California