How to stay young!!

Ok, so I can't stand the ticks anymore! They are sincerely creeping me out!! I have been waiting for Emily to e-mail me some pictures from last weekend, but she hasn't been feeling well and so hasn't had a chance to do it yet, so I decided to post a list that I have had around here for awhile. I really love this list. I hope that you will too!

I put in this picture of Hannah and Hilary because they are young and beautiful.

Enjoy!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Try everything twice.
On one woman's tombstone she said she wanted this epitaph:
Tried everything twice...loved it both times!

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 get 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.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh,
spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.

6. The tears happen:
Endure, grieve, and move on.
The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
LIVE 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.

11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second chance.

Remember! Lost time can never be found.Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Tell me again........Why did we move here??

We were happy in our Alaska home without many spiders, snakes and apparently, ticks. I should have gotten a clue when Fitzwilliam's vet urged me to buy flea and tick medicine before we left Alaska and counseled me to start it immediately. We followed his advice and we did not encounter a single tick last summer. No so this year.

A couple of months ago, we discovered a huge tick on Fitz a couple of weeks after we took him for a romp in the wilds. Scott and I were on bikes. We couldn't figure out where he got a tick until a week or so later when Scott took him back to Burbank for a hike. On the drive home, Scott felt something on his neck and discovered several ticks on him and a day or two later he and I pulled out at least 40 ticks from Fitz.

Wednesday night Scott invited me to accompany him on a ride to get a orienteering course set up for the Teachers group. Alas, I found that we were headed to Burbank! EEEKKK!

We did pretty good until I crashed my bike into some brush and after that I discovered about a half a dozen of the creatures trying to make their way up my leg on the inside of my pant leg! Yes, I freaked!! I practically stripped on the road trying to make sure I got them all off of me!!

So, I have been happy here in our Washington home, but now, with the addition of these creepy creatures, I am having second thoughts. Who's idea was it to move here anyway???