In Memory of my dear friend Michael Smith

Who needs Resolutions?

This is not a message telling you how to make 2011 better. It is a message to help you make every moment (or at least most of them) great.


Flipping the calendar fills us with joy and hope. There is something magical about writing a new number at the tail end of the year. January 1 is not only the basis of our resolutions. It is the start of a brand new possibility of positive change.


The trouble with New Year’s resolutions is we often try to change who we are to fit a mold we think is better for us. We look forlornly in the mirror at our expanding waistlines and at our statements at our receding bank accounts. We think what we are doing is somehow wrong and that it would best to make a quantum leap towards a better future. The challenge is most radical changes are not sustainable. Incremental change, however, can lead to lasting improvement and well-being.


Whatever your goals are, it is possible to set and attain them at any time of the year but I'm Hoping we can do ours Together Now.


Whether you have fitness, financial or family-related goals, you can live the life you deserve every day of every year. Think about your New Year’s resolutions as a chance to show the world who you truly are. It requires a bit of courage to denounce the common resolutions most people make, but my guess is, if you are reading this, you already have what it takes.(*No, I KNOW my Friends have what it takes & Courage to spare!)
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Under 30?? You Dang KIDS have it MADE!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their

tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up;

what, with walking twenty-five miles to school every

morning... uphill BOTH ways yada,yada, yada!

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,

there was no way in hell I was going to lay a

bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how

easy they've got it!And I was sitting here last nite thinking about

How spoiled my kids are & their friends So I of course

Decided to hop up on my Tara Soap box & get a few things

Off my chest...... now that... I'm over the ripe old age of thirty,

I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today

My kids INCLUDED) 

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my

childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good

you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet.

If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library

and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!! 

There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter...with a pen!

Then you had to walk all the way across the street

and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napters! You wanted to steal music

 you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio

and the DJ usually talk over the beginning and @*% it all up!

(those over 30 Don't Laugh You know you did it too.. LOL)

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting!

If you were on the phone and somebody else called

they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either!

When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was!

It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie,

your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!!

You had to pick it up and take your chances mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony PlayStation video games with

high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600!

With games like 'Space Invaders' and asteroids' and the graphics sucked! 

Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination! 

And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever!

And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder

and faster and faster until you died!Just like LIFE!

When you went to the movie theater there no such thing as stadium seating!

All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad

with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!

Sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 15 channels

and there was no onscreen menu and no remote control!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on!

You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! 

You had to get off your a$$ and walk over to the TV to change the channel

and there was no Cartoon Network either!

You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?!

We had to wait ALL WEEK !for cartoons, you spoiled little BASTXXRDS!

And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up

we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire.... imagine that!

If we wanted popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing 

and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot.

That's exactly what I'm talking about! 

You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled!!!!!!!!!

You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Oh yea, and a seat belt was Mom throwing her arm across your chest

every time she hit the brakes and most of the time 

You could catch ME Riding in the back window of the car

all the way down the interstate to the beach!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,

The over 30 Crowd 

A Few Life lessons From ya Girl Taradise!!

A FEW LITTLE LIFE LESSONS I HAVE COME TO SEE

Current mood: confident

Category: Life

* Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

* Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

* You don't have to win every arguement. Agree to disagree.

* Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

* Over-prepare, then go with the flow.

* The most important sex organ is the brain.

* No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

* However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

* Your children only get one childhood. Make it memorable.

* If we all threw our problems in a pile, and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

* Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

* Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Things My Motorcycle has Taught me by Taradise

Things My Motorcycle Has Taught Me

Sometimes, the only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rear view mirror. ( LISA we been there many times haha)

People ask us why we ride a motorcycle. For those who have
experienced the joy, no explanation is necessary; for those who have not,
no explanation is possible.

I'd rather be riding my motorcycle and thinking about home, than
sitting in my cozy home and thinking about my motorcycle.

Four wheels move the body; two wheels move the mind.

Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the
handlebars to the saddle.

Life may begin at 40, but it doesn't get real interesting until
about 80 mph!

You start the game of life with a full pot o' luck and an empty pot o' experience. The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. (except ME Im Going backwards now)

Midnight bugs taste just as bad as Noon time bugs. (And I have tasted PLENTY!)

Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.

Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the
sunrise.

Sometimes it takes a whole tank full of gas before you can think straight. (This one is ME again)

Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of
town.

Never do less than forty miles before breakfast.

A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived, and still rides.

Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a
direction and go. (Dont say a word LOL, I know which ones we are ALREADY)

A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it.

Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night.

Always back your bike into the curb and sit where you can see it.

There are drunk riders and there are old riders, but there are not
many old, drunk riders. (I could so Name a few here lol)

Ride to work. Work to ride.

Whatever it is, it's better in the wind.

Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude.

When you look down the road, it seems to never end; but you better believe it does!

Keep your bike in good repair. Motorcycle boots are not all that comfortable for walking.

People are like Motorcycles: each is customized a bit differently.

When you're riding lead, don't spit.( LOL KEN!!)

A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2 a.m. to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down.

Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt @ 70 mph can double your vocabulary.( SO HAPPENED!)

Catching a yellow jacket in your helmet will triple that special vocabulary.

There's something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer.

If you can't get it fixed with bungee cords and duct tape, it's
serious.

The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside.

Always replace the cheapest parts first.

You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.

Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window. But hates it when you blow in his face.

Keep the paint up, and the rubber down!

There are three types of people in this world, people who ride, people who wish they did, and people who just DON'T GET IT. :-) ( I dont associate with the last!)