Laugh Out Loud!: Jan 31, 2013

Thursday

Natalie's a year older

WooHoo Natalie had another birthday! I love this girl....I'm so glad that she is part of the Ropelato Family...she's a great addition. I know I say it every year but I learn a lot from Natalie as I do from each of my kids. Natalie is talented in many ways but I am most impressed with how she treats my son and their kids. She's an awesome wife and mother. She was taught well and is a natural. I love watching her and admire her to pieces. I'm thankful for Natalie!

I really like Quotes!

"I'm not evil.....I'm good with a twist"
• "I believe in pink. I believe laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing; kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." -Audrey Hepburn
A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around”
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ~H. Jackson Browne
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln
very day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. ~Author Unknown
it is often through others that the Lord speaks to us! (are we listening?) (me)
....♥you haven't walked in my shoes so you shouldn't try to make them fit!♥ (me)
‎~anyone can make you smile.. anyone can make you cry.. but it takes someone special to make you smile when you have tears in your eyes~
“As long as the world is turning and spinning we’re going to get dizzy and make mistakes.”
The simple act of hugging can lift a person and make them feel connected to someone else. When you embrace another human being, for those few moments, you have to let go of everything and focus on that hug." -Laurie Meekis-
women are angels and when someone breaks our wings....we simply continue to fly....on a broomstick. :)
"Decisions become easier when your will to please God outweighs your will to please the world." -Anso Coetzer-
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone." Bill Cosby
“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness, has never danced in the rain.”
..."Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the ...way your mind looks at what happens." ~ Kahlil GibranRead More
"You can kiss your family and friends goodbye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you." FBeuchner
"life isn't about finding yourself...life is about creating yourself."
"When life puts you through tough situtaions, dont say, why me, just say, try me!"
“Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love”
“Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come”
“You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want”
“If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere”
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
“Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it”
“Don't cry because it’s over, Smile because it happened”
“It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.”
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!"
Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body; But rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, ... Holy Crap... What A Ride "
"don't count the days, make the days count."
"look for the good in others and you will find the BEST in yourself."
"don't try to hard to fit in, you were born to stand out."
"the task ahead of you is never as great as the power behind you."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Plato
"life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it is about learning to dance in the rain."
"a successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person"
"live well, love much, laugh often"
"success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it"
"I believe the only way to get through this life is laughing, mostly at yourself"
"a friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
"if you are content, you have enough to live comfortably"
"now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy"
"the secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do"
"life is to be enjoyed, not just endured"
"happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony"
"heal the past, live the present, dream the future"
"she who pushes you closer to God, she is your friend"
"live in such a way that if anyone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it"
"always be where God can find you"
"be yourself, no one else is at good at it as you are"
"laugh out loud and when you feel blue make funny faces"
"the beauty of any dream is in never letting it go"
"choose ye this day whom ye will serve, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord"
"forget the days troubles, remember the blessings"
"whatever you are, be a good one"
"Just for today Be Happy"

Good Books

A Thouand Spendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A Train to Potevka by Mike Ramsdell
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Anita Stanfield books
Believing Christ by Stephen E. Robinson
Chickens in the Headlights by Matthew Buckley
Children of the Promise series by Dean Hughes
Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
Christmas Jars Reunion by Jason Wright
Christmas Rose by Robyn Buttars
Coming out of the Ice by Victor Herman
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Everything but Money by Sam Levenson
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Fablehaven-Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Letters by Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Mafia to Mormon by Mario Factione
Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimal
Mutant Down Under by Marlo Morgan
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Nicholas Sparks books
No Doubt About It by Sheri Dew
Nothing to Regret by Tristi Pinkston
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Rachel & Leah by Oson Scott Card
Rebekah by Orson Scott Card
Richard Paul Evans books
Sarah by Orson Scott Card
Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall and Liza Pulitzer
Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
The Book of Mormon by many prophets
The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans
The Crystal Palace by Jeannette Walls
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
These is My Words series by Nancy Turner
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
Til the Boys Come Home by Jerry Borrowman
Toss the Guilt and Catch the JOY by Merrilee Boyack
Traitor by Sandra Grey
Tribunal by Sandra Grey
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
Yearning for the Living God by F. Enzio Busche
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay

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