Potent Quotable, 1-22-12

Nesting in January:

“I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionnaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It’s an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren’t stupid because you’re a housewife. When you’re stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare.” ~ Tasha Tudor

Takes courage to label oneself as a housewife in this day and age!  Would you be able to proudly say housewife?  I probably would not, even though I feel one of the most important contributions I make is caring for my people and environment.   (At times, done well, at times NOT!)

I found this quote at   The Quiet Home  , a blog from Scotland  I enjoy reading.

Potent Quotable, 1-15-12

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.  These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”   -Elisabeth Kubler- Ross

I am fortunate to have many beautiful people in my life!  I hope you do too!

Thank you Leslie for this quote. 

Thank you Kelly for starting the Sunday Potent Quote meme.  I have been quoting along with her for one year now! 

Potent Quotable, 12-18-11

At this time of December, can’t you sometimes help but think:

 What am I doing!!!!!

Some quotes to help us through:

Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall.  We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space.  ~Dave Barry

Can I connect the true meaning of Christmas and this modern day craziness:

The "first Christmas" was a simple time of beauty and wonder. The birth of Christ was less about celebration than it was about family. Though many today may grow tired of the commercialization of Christmas, in reality it has opened the door for Christ to once again become the focal point of the season, and for family, especially children, to be at the heart of the celebration.   ACE COLLINS, Stories Behind Great Traditions of Christmas

I’m all for starting this new tradition:

…sit with husband in a room lit only by tree lights and remember that our blessings outnumber the lights.  Happy Christmas to all.  ~Betsy Cañas Garmon

(I know, amateurish…but we all became 3 year olds that evening)

At Christmas play and make good cheer,

For Christmas comes but once a year.

THOMAS TUSSER, The Farmer’s Daily Diet

My agenda this week:

Work at Art Is In Market (getting all my hours in this week)  with a big smile and helpful attitude. 

Arrive early for a choice parking spot

Lunch with friends and family as much as possible (call me if you have some time)

Wrap presents….not a one is wrapped yet…

Count my blessings! 

Potent Quotable 12-11-2011

You better watch out

You better not cry

Better not pout

I’m telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

HAVEN GILLESPIE, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy;

who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows;

who shares his joys with those who are sad;

whose hand is never closed against the needy;

whose arm is ever outstretched to aid the week;

whose sympathy is quick and genuine in time of trouble;

who recognizes a comrade and brother in every man he meets upon life’s common road;

who lives his life throughout the entire year in the Christmas spirit.

EDWIN OSGOOD GROVER, Vicki Howard’s The Book of Santa Claus

Potent Quotable – 12-4-11

But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith’s.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts," Essays, Second Series, 1844

Potent Quoteable, 11-20-11

O Lord that lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
~William Shakespeare

I love Kelly’s quotes today…..here