25 Things You'll Need to Know After High School! Wise Words for 2024!

     This post was of the Ann Landers column of The Chicago Tribune.  I think it was written by Esther "Eppie" Lederer; whose pen name was Ann Landers.  She was the twin sister of Pauline Phillips, who was of Dear Abby!

     Though it was written in 1997, twenty seven years later, I think it’s still important for each and everyone to know!

    Enjoy! 

HAVE A FUN OCTOPUS HOLIDAY!

© Susan Jaye 2023

 

     On August 7th I was looking through emails, and got an email from VIKING GOODS.  

They are a great t-shirt company with unique cute t-shirt!  

     Just as if we were back in the Viking days ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

     Viking Goods~> GREAT OCTOPUS SHIRTS!  (Link to Viking Goods website)

    If you like octopi as much as I do... get one of the great Viking Goods t-shirts for the official Octopus Holiday!!!  That fittingly is on the 8th in OCTOBER!!! 

    Just in case you'd like to know all of the holidays...here are some fun sites!  There's also more to see and read about octopi! 

LIKE MOJITOS? Here's some great options! HAPPY SUMMER!!!

Like Mojitos? 

This photo, is,  my easy, peasy, Mojito Slushy!!! 

There are recipes for... Mojito Punch; my Mojito Slushy, and, Aunt Mary's Bourbon Slushy! 

Easy Peasy Mojito Slushy!

  

Happy 4th of July!

Copyright 2014 Susan Jaye

"We hold these truths, to be self-evident; 

that all humans are created equal.  

That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are 

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Since now, it's 248 years later...

we've hopefully learned that WE ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL!

We need to enable ALL to pursue, 

LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS! 

Here's my hub's cartoons; to help the pursuit of laughs

I'm wishing all of you, a safe, fun, and 

Happy Independence Day!

Please make contribution!  Greatly appreciate! 

WELCOME!!!

Copyright 2016 Susan Jaye

                       

          G'day! 

          As I have written quite a bit before, it's been awhile since I've regularly written on my blog.  I started the blog in 2013.

          One of my first posts was The Perks of Being Fired.  

         Even since I was younger, I've written, bartended, cooked, made jewelry, and spent as much time as I can with all my loved ones.  

      As I hope that most of us know by now; I was told by my family, when I was younger: 

      Tomorrow is nobody's promise; you must keep your sense of humor, and do your best to look on the bright side. 

     No matter what gender, what nationality, what race, what religion, we all bleed red, and we are all born, then hopefully love, laugh, learn, live, then... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Copyright 2002~ Susan Jaye

     This photo above, is from one of my trips to Paris.  Which that trip, was our honeymoon! 

     So, I'm gonna try to do more now, on Sadie's Gathering!  

     As my one career dream is writing, I will greatly appreciate any contributions from readers.  

     The "button" to make $ contributions is up on the right.  "DONATE"  Thank you, very much in advance!

      I'm finishing this post with a few of my cloud photos.  I love clouds! 

     No matter how different; they are mind blowing!

Just like clouds, all humans are different; yet all of us are important!

Have a great day! 

        

     

Happy Mother's Day!!!

©Susan Jaye 2013

Happy Mother's Day!    .

     Hope you all are doing great and had a great weekend! 

Repost this, in honor to my mom, Annalee ... coming upon 19 years since she passed... still miss her often, but so many great memories!  Hugs to all!

In 1994, I was fed up with Mother's Day cards.  Every card I saw, either said something snarky or sappy, and nothing came close to saying what I wanted to say.  So, I wrote one myself; a sort of poem to my mom that served as that year's card.  She loved it, and kept it in her bedside table. 

She died in 2005.  We had a wonderful and fun bond, and I will always consider her, my first great, love.
As I am a mom now, I continuously try to build a good relationship with my daughters. 
So, in honor of moms everywhere, both present, past and future I share my Mother's Day card.
For me, it's as true now, as it ever was.

To Mom
There have been countless times when I told that I loved you,
Countless times that I've thanked you for being there and being my mom.
But in case there are times when I don't or won't say it, I want you know always
What I feel in my heart.

You raised me to laugh and to sing songs on a swing set.
You opened the door to the world of make believe;
a world of Mable and Charles and Pokey the Puppy.
You protected me from the Wicked Witch of the West and the Abominable Snowman;
yet encouraged me to see that I was strong enough to face them alone.
You showed me the warmth and the comfort of a thunderstorm as well as the sun.
You held me and helped me through times of tears,
Whether it was a broken toy or a broken dream.
Then helped me to find the courage to pick up the pieces and create something new.
As I grew and life became more interesting and complicated,
You were there to share, to listen, always with an open mind and an open heart.
Because of you, I never learned to lie- I never needed to.
I knew whatever I did, no matter how it was judged by others,
It would be accepted and loved by you, for it was part of my journey to discovering me.

Through this unconditional love I have been set free. Free to live without the need for secrets to create lies, and free to love others as they are, not who I wish for them to be.
And free to be all that I can be, in each moment of my life, perfectly me.

                                                                                                Thank you, all my love.


Here are some quotes about Motherhood from different sources.

"Mothers are all slightly insane." - J.D. Salinger

"If evolution really works, why do mothers only have two hands?" -Milton Berle
(My thought on this one- Early on in when I became a mom, I thought it would be helpful to be born an octopus, giving me eight hands; till the "mommy brain" cleared, and I realized that would mean that I would have octopi as offspring, thus, defeating the purpose.  Please see: Ever Feel Like This?)

"Having kids-- the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, reponsible human beings--is the biggest job anyone can embark on." -Maria Shriver

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That's his."
- Oscar Wilde

"A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principle may call at any minute to report that her child has just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium." -Mary Kay Blakely

"Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition in the ironies and the absurdities.  Sometimes, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight." -Barbara Shapiro

"The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children." -Elaine Heffner


Happy Mother's Day.