April 24, 2007
Derby Time!
Here's my pick:
Curlin
He is my sentimental favorite - bred like Fruit on the top side and Tory on the bottom side, how cool is that? He isn't the favorite right now, but I have a good feeling. Hey, I did pick Barbaro last year, remember?
Reality Sets In
OK, this weekend was a good dose of reality. Wow, I had no idea I was living in such a dreamlike state...talk about barn blind! I am pretty sure I am awake now, with eyes wide open. I need to learn to be more realistic about my dreams and how I see things. I need to set my goals more realistically so that they are actually achievable. Aim a little lower, baby!
Check out Corky's very first show with me...with the bad parts cut out!
www.janhare.com/corky.php
April 17, 2007
Real Life
Real life keeps interfering with MY life. Every time I make plans or set goals, some stupid duty comes along that fouls things up. My goal is to win the lottery so I can quit my job...that way I can actually DO all the things I had planned. I cannot fathom having a job where I can actually schedule days off for important events. How cool would that be!
What exactly IS real life? Is your real life the everyday working life...get up, go to work, come home, eat supper, do chores, do more work in preparation for tomorrow's work? I hope that isn't what 'real life' is supposed to be. My real life is the sleeping in, riding horses, planning horse shows, scheduling vacations, going to the movies, eating out with family, sitting in the backyard painting, taking Pasta for a run.
April 15, 2007
Pet Peeves
My Pet Peeves
People who comment about what I am eating when we are out at a restaurant or at a family gathering
People who comment about how I am 'never' home!
April 13, 2007
100 Useless facts
Yes, I stole these, but they are worth stealing!!!!
1.-If you yelled for 8 years,7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
2.-If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
3.-The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
4.-A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
5.-A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
6.-Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
7.-The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
8.-The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.
9.-The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
10.-Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
11.-Butterflies taste with their feet.
12.-The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
13.-Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
14.-Elephants are the only animal that cannot jump.
15.-A cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
16.-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
17.-Starfish have no brains.
18.-Polar bears are left-handed.
19.-Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
20.-Dynamite has peanut oil in it
21.-Red is the most commonly colored vehical involved in accidents each year.
22.-Cows and horses sleep standing up.
23.-If you get the recomended 8 hours of sleep each night you will sleep over 2,900 hours each year
24.-The average family will spend $250,000 (thats a quarter million dollars) on each child from the time he/she is born until he/she turns 18.
25.-There are, on average, 259 raisins in a box of Raisin Bran and 388 in a box of Premium Raisin Bran
26.-There is no ice covering Iceland.
27.-The swastika was origionaly a symbol of peace and honor and is still used by Buddhists today.
28.-Giraffe's tongues are 22 inches long and black with pink dots
29.-The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
30.-"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
31.-There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
32.-Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
33.-Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
34.-The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
35.-American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
36.-The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
37.-Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
38.-A female's chances of being involved in an auto accident increase 50% on Friday 13th.
39.-There are more chickens than people in the world.
40.-The biggest hog ever recorded was a creature named Big Boy who weighed in at 1,904 pounds.
41.-The Bible is the number one shoplifted book in America.
42.-Between 25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.
43.-During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
44.-You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina
45.-In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
46.-Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
47.-The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
48.-Doodlesack is german for bagpipes.
49.-The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
50.-The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane
51.-Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.
52.-Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing
53.-In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a superman somewhere.
54.-Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
55.-The first toilet ever seen on TV was on "Leave it to Beaver."
56.-The average Lead Pencil can draw a line 35 miles long, or write 45,000 words.
57.-250,000 pink flamingos are sold in the US each year
58.-Sixty percent of Americans can name all 3 stooges; only 17 percentcan name 3 Supreme Court Justices
59.-Nearly half of all Kentucky residents over the age of 65 are missing all of their teeth
60.-The longest Movie ever, was The Cure For Insomnia (1987). It was 85 hours long.
61.-Bill Clinton was paid the largest advance for a non-fiction book, ever. $10 million.
62.-A golden razor removed from King Tut's Tomb was still sharp enough to be used.
63.-The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
64.-The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
65.-A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation.
66.-The state of Florida is bigger than England!
67.-Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
68.-Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
69.-Another word for hiccups is "singultus."
70.-Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the longest English word that consists strictly of alternating consonants and vowels.
71.-The act of sneezing is referred to as sternutation.
72.-The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have one syllable, it has three.
73.-The markings that are found on dice are called "pips."
74.-The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot.
75.-The longest word in the English language is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis' which describes a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of volcanic matter or a similar fine dust.
76.-In the English language there are only three words that have a letter that repeats six times. Degenerescence (six e's), Indivisibility (six i's), and nonannouncement (six n's).
77.-The only three words in the English language to have 2 consecutive u's is vacuum, residuum, and continuum.
78.-The only word in the English language that has 4 sets of double letters in a row is balloonneer.
79.-Police in Hong Kong stopped a man because he seemed to be 'oddly shaped'. He was found to be wearing 18 bras and 45 pairs of ladies' panties.
80.-Kermit the frog has 11 points on his collar around his neck.
81.-Wilma Flinstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal and Betty Rubble's maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
82.-Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
83.-Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
84.-During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
85.-There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
86.-The average American eats about seven pounds of potato chips a year.
87.-Americans eat close to 10 billion donuts every year
88.-Studies prove it's harder to tell a convincing lie to someone you find sexually attractive.
89.-The lips of a hippopotamus are nearly two feet wide.
90.-Taco Bell changed the Chilito's name to the Chili Cheese Burrito, only after discovering that "chilito" was a derogatory slang term in Spanish that meant "small penis."
91.-An estimated one in five Americans - some 38 million - don't like sex.
92.-In many cultures, an unmarried woman is considered a virgin, even if she's a prostitute.
93.-The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
94.-For the "wrong handed" people...Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people! That means DEATH to Lefties
95.-This one is deep...think about the cultural impact this could have: NO WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT WHERE BOTH COUNTRIES HAD A McDonalds
96.-Women blink nearly twice as much as men do.
97.-The letters in the abbreviation e.g. stand for exempli gratia – a Latin term meaning "for example."
98.-The letter "W" is the only letter in the alphabet that doesn't have just one syllable – it has three.
99.-The # symbols is often referred to as a "number sign" or "pound sign." Its actual name is an octothorpe
100.-Cleveland spelled backwards is "DNA level C."
Being Kind
Be Kind
Ways to be kind (I stole these, but they are worth re-reading every now and then!)
- Say what you mean and mean what you say. There's no substitute for authentic communication
- Be less inclined to give advice, and more inclined to seek it.
- Resist the urge to jump to conclusions about people and their motives.
- Identify the biggest redeeming quality of the person that is driving you crazy. Keep in in mind the next time they irritate you.
- Skip the mindless 'howareya doin' and as a question that shows genuine interest.
- Go out of your way to say thank you - it's feedback, recognition, and respect all wrapped in one.
- If you are overdue in showing gratitude, make up for lost time.
- When credit and compliments come your way, spread them around to all who helped. No one is solely responsible for their own achievements!
- Promise only what you can deliver.
- When things go wrong, resist the urge to assign blame. It's the system that usually fails, so fix the system, not the people.
- Widen your social circle and seek out new people.
- Give a gift for no reason. Leave a note for no reason.
- When a rumor reaches your ear, let it go out the other.
- Take a break from your daily monotonous tasks and have an insignificant chat with a colleague.
- Show interest in someone else's interests. Even if you aren't particularly interested in a subject, make it a point to ask someone about their passion or interest.
- When you take a stand and later realize it's the wrong stand, be honest enough to say so.
- Involve more people in weighing options and making decisions. Put to work the incredible brainpower around you.
- Have some no-tech conversations (without e-mails or phones)
- Try going a whole day without making judgements about people (this is tough!)
- Don't wait for kindness to come your way. Gandhi had it right: We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
April 11, 2007
The Foolishness of Youth
Now I realize that with age comes wisdom, but some kids are really making dumb choices today with no thought to their future. It is very frustrating. I think that's why it is a good thing I am not a parent. For the most part I can control my horses' moves - keep theim in a stall or in an enclosed pasture when I am not there with them and I feel secure in the knowledge that they will be there when I return. Not that I am advocating that for kids, but I really think there needs to be fences around kids as they grow up also - fences made up of rules, requirements, and expectations. One small bad choice at age 15 can be life altering.
I wonder a lot about my students and their personal choices. They come from such varied backgrounds. Some have involved parents that take an active part in their children's lives. Some have nonexistant parents - the ones that provide food and shelter and very little else. It's so unfair. These kids are developing the moral fiber that will guide them throughout the rest of their life. Kind of like foal imprinting - what you do now and the experiences you give them today will impact how they see and do things until they die. Scary!
That being said, makes me thankful for my dog and cat. They are pretty well-behaved for animals!
April 02, 2007
A Monday
Today is Monday. Big deal.
It was about 65 degrees and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Tomorrow it is supposed to reach 70, but rain. Then Wednesday - high of 40 and snow showers! What the %$#$@#@!
Ya know, for someone who supposedly 'never' does anything around here, the past 2 days I have spent an awfully large amount of time cleaning up a wrecked-messy kitchen from other people. Interesting...
Pasta ran around the yard with me today while I cleaned it up. She was feeling good! Hard to believe she is already 9. She still seems so puppy-like. I can't imagine the day when she is gone. She is always just so THRILLED to see me
Ye gads, it's April. My spring band concert is in less than a month. Holy crap...*insert panic here*
The lack of a proper spring break is really getting to me. That plus I have not taken a sick day this entire school year. Will I get rewarded for my incredible attendance?
NO!
So why do it? I need to take a sick day, and soon! Unfortunately I find it very hard to lie, plus the fact that I have SO much work to do i cannot afford to miss a day. Oh, if only I were more of a slacker, I would probably be a lot more relaxed and rested.
It's almost 10pm. I am going to go sit in the bathtub and read the hundred or so horse magazines and catlogs that came in the mail today, and think about the snow coming this week LOL!
March 25, 2007
FOUR
FOUR JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE :
- Stall cleaner
- Assistant manager of The Cookie Jar
- Director of Bands - Mssissinawa Valley High School
- Director of Bands - Delphos St. John's
FOUR MOVIES I HAVE WATCHED OVER AND OVER
- Top Gun
- Lean On Me
- Ferris Bueller
- Seabiscuit
FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED:- Lorain, Ohio
- Bowling Green, Ohio
- Greenville, Ohio
- St. Marys, Ohio
FOUR TV SHOWS I LIKE TO WATCH:- Survivor
- Law and Order (all of them)
- The Amazing Race
- The Apprentice
FOUR PLACES I HAVE BEEN ON VACATION:- Florida
- Grand Cayman Island
- Caribbean
- Horse shows in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia
FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS:- Spaghetti
- Pizza
- Mom's chicken soup
- Chef Boyardee 94% fat free Ravioli
FOUR VEHICLES I HAVE HAD:
- 1978 Mustang
- 1985 Mustang
- 1990 Mustang
- 1998 Ranger
FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
- At a horse show
- In Kentucky
- On vacation in the Caribbean
- Receiving my champion bronze at Congress
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