Friday, 01 February 2008

OUDERDOM

George Carlin's Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life .. You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them , at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Ek oefen sommer net om foto's te laai

Ek leef nog!!!

Hallo julle almal

Ja, ek is nog hier iewers op moeder aarde, maar vergeet soms self dat ek deel van die mensdom is. Ek doen sowaar my naam as dromer gestand. My probleem is egter, ek raak so verdiep in almal se blokke dat ek skoon vergeet ek het ook een. Almal se blogs lyk vir my so "cool" en myne so (hoe sal ek nou sê) eenvoudig?? Ek is nie heeltemal ongeletterd wat rekenaars betref nie, maar het net nie die tyd om te speel en te kyk wat ek alles kan doen nie. Maar wie weet, miskien is 2008 MY jaar van oulik raak.

Die vakansie was baie lekker, maar ek dink familie kan ook net SO lank bymekaar kuier. Dit was vir my so effens lank, maar het nie die trane gekeer met die vertrek slag nie. Die eerste 2ure terug op die langpad was doodstil (glo dit self nie) in ons motor, behalwe vir so snuif-snik van ma se kant af oor die 2 susters wat ek moes agterlaat. Julle sien, dit was die eerste keer in 2 jaar wat ek my susters weer gesien het en dit mag dalk nog langer wees voor dit weer gebeur. Behalwe vir lekker kuier, slaap lees en swem het ons nie veel gedoen nie. So ongelukkig kan ek julle nie "entertain" met die ongelooflikste vakansie storie nie.

Terug by die huis en 'n week later kry my jongste pampoentjies. Hy het die eerste drie dae van skool gemis en ons almal heeltemal laat vergeet van enige rus wat ons gehad het. Gister was sy eerste skooldag en gisteraand het ons twee tot half 12 geswoeg deur die werk wat hy moes inhaal. In ons dae was die eerste week meer speel as iets anders, maar glo my daai dae is lankal vergete.

Wat "loadshedding" betref, dink ek Eskom vergeet van ons, want in die laaste 2weke was ons krag nog net eenkeer af vir 2ure en dit terwyl ek by die werk was. Dit mag vir julle ander moedeloses hemels klink, maar soms wens ek vir meer "loadshedding." Laat ek verduidelik: Soos sommige van julle weet is ons 'n gesin van 5 (pa/ma/suster en broer (tieners) en pampoentjie boetie), elkeen het sy eie blêrkas in sy/haar kamer en saam met dit kom die musiek smaak. Van pop tot rock tot country. Moenie die 4 TV's in die huis vergeet nie. Glo my kinders kan ook "multi task" Die TV en Blêrkas baklei oor wie die hardste is in elke kamer.
Ek kan nog aangaan oor die vuis gevegte tussen die 2 seuns. Die gekerm van ma oor die huis wat soos 'n orkaan lyk en oor pa se gerieflikke stilswye oor alles, maar ek dink julle het die prentjie.

So asseblief Eskom moenie van ons vergeet nie, net so partykeer, en as dit ons beurt is, bring sommer die aanwysings saam oor hoe om "loadshedding" op kinders toe te pas. Ek bedoel ek wil soms net hulle "loads" so vir 'n uur of wat "shed" sodat ek 'n doodse stilte en donkerte kan ervaar. Ek belowe ek sal nie kla as ek in DOODSE stilte my boek in kerslig moet lees nie.

Mooi dag verder
Annie

N.S. Carlien, Willem en Christiaan, al wil mamma soms julle "loads" bietjie "shed" brand my hart nog soos vuur van al die liefde vir julle