When Life Stinks, Find Your Joy!
Issue No. 26 February 27, 2009
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Kelly Epperson 
PO Box 2324 
Loves Park, IL 61131
kel_epperson@yahoo.com     www.kellyepperson.com
 
 
 
 
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It's the end of hearts month. Bummer.
But I like March. March means spring (yeah, work with me here), beer (not green), and shamrocks, which are simply green hearts linked together. People think I'm Irish (Kelly green is named after me) so you gotta take my word on the shamrock thing. 
 
Right now, it's a good idea to go wash your hands. There is some kind of bug going around and it bit me again. FYI- the word nondrowsy on cold medicine is a bald-faced lie. If you need a good nap, I highly recommend taking a cold pill.  The nondrowsy version is really quite drowsy.  
                                            
 
      
Words to ponder: 
  Love and you shall be loved.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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kiss
 
Joy = Love
Take it from me, a crush keeps the heart young. (I'm curious to hear your crushes.)
Watch Ewan McGregor, "Elephant Love Melody" from Moulin Rouge

 
Joy = Music
Lyrics I love:
Pretty women are out walking with gorillas down my street....
Joe Jackson, "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"

 
Joy = Silly
Justin Timberlake: I'm bringing sexy back...  
Me: those other moms don't know how to act...
Background chorus: get your silly on... ya ready... get your silly on
 
Many of you read my weekly column, some do not. If you are so inclined, read recent Get Your Silly On column. (There is absolutely no mention of Justin Timberlake.) 
 
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Joy = Wisdom
The heart is the real fountain of youth.
~Mark Twain 
Joy Droppings
What brings me joy lately?
                                                     
* Puffs Plus Lotion, Vick's vapor rub, popsicles
* Learning T9 texting
* Harlem High School creative writing class 
* Receiving award for my silly props at my son's bowling banquet
* My office
 
 
Joy = You
Let us lift a glass and celebrate YOU! Cheers!
Bryan H - Edwardsville, IL
 Dude you rock!
  
 Only one bday on my list???
 
  
(New JOY seekers/spreaders: Let me know your bday. At the end of each month, I draw a name and one birthday person gets a joy present in the mail.)
 
 
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Joy = Books & Movies
Book Pick This Week =    can't stay awake to read...took cold pill.... 
 
tired
 
 
Flick Pick This Week
=    any of the 5 Academy Award films
 
Quote Junkie
 
We ought, everyday,
to hear a song,
read a fine poem,
and, if possible,
to speak a few reasonable words.
~Goethe
 
Joy=Travel
  
On the road again...
heading to Asheville, NC for a retreat and then a friend visit and then on to Hilton Head for another friend visit...
later in the month, off to Vegas....
Joy=Words
(Last week, we had Washington Post readers' alternative meanings for common words.)
THIS WEEK: 
 
The Washington Post also asked readers: Take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.



1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.

8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like,a serious bummer.

10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.

12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
 
 

(Thanks, Kathy B of Belvidere)


 


Joy = Power
 
Read last week's joy power column. 
            
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Joy = Dancing in my kitchen...
This week my favorite tune to dance to is
Beyonce, All The Singles Ladies
I'm gonna study the video so I can do the choreographed dance moves too.... ;)
 

Joy = Shameless Self Promotion

Spoke at the February meeeting for Rockford Network of Professional Women. Made the cover of the March newsletter. It's a pdf file, hope the link works. www.rockfordnetwork.biz.
 
 
the book - When Life Stinks, It's Time to Wash the Gym Clothes
the cards - pretty pretty pictures
the shirts - C'est Bon
                 joy*us
 
the next idea..... is sorta kinda a party. details are still in the fermenting stage.
 
Kelly Epperson
Writer/Speaker/Listener
 
Joy =French Lesson
A vous souhaits!
Bless you!
Literally -  To your wishes!
 
We get by with a little help from our friends...
                                                               
and I just want to say thank you.         
 
                                                     
Joy = Newsflash
 
Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions and a few trillion dollars in bailouts for some corporations, the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

We apologize for the inconvenience. You're on your own.
 
(Got ya!)
Thanks, Gretta A, Rockford, IL
Joy= Go Green

Turn off the lights. Turn off the running water. Turn off the attitude. 

Joy = Another Funny

Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited
until you try to sit in their pews.
(Thanks, Candice K, Machesney Park, IL )


 

Joy = Go for it
NC State women's basketball coach, Kay Yow:
"If life kicks you, let it kick you forward." 
 
(Thanks, Denise B, Frisco, TX)


Joy = Peace
 

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
~William Makepeace Thackeray
 Joy = A Limerick
 
 
  I have an old girl friend
    named Alice,
    who lives on the south side
    of Dallas,
    She chews tobacco at night,
    keeps the wad out of sight,
    then we kiss both with passion
    and malice.

            bruce muench
Rockford Writer's Guild
 

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...tune playing at the moment....   
 well our hearts beat like thunder, i don't why they don't explode.....
we can stay out all day, we can run around all night.....
it's time to come home and I ain't even done with the night,,,,,,,,
John Cougar Mellencamp
cougar
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. ~ Casey Kasem
 
joyfully,                                                                    
xx kelly