It's Friday

Nice refreshing morning in the Adirondacks! Our digital thermometer read -36 when I got up to put wood in the stove at 7:30 am - the regular thermometer read -24 - - it gets that cold who cares which is right. 82 in the kitchen is what works for me.

I hope everyone has a safe and warm weekend. I've sent out my Friday joke to my joke posse and I thought you might want to check it out too. Busy days with nurses, PTs, OTs and home health aides parading through. It's so nice to have all this help with my Dad. The Essex County nursing program has been great for us and happily they will be discharging my Dad from their care next week. He's lots better and continues to get stronger.

Oh yeah, the jokes!

Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day.He inquired of God. "Where have you been?" God signed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael, look what I've made."Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?""It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put Life on it.I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance." "Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained,pointing to different parts of earth. "For example, New York City will be a place of great opportunity and wealth. While Upstate NY is going to be poor."God continued pointing to different locations. "This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice." The Archangel, impressed by God's work, the pointed to a land mass and, "What's that one?" "Ah," said God. "That's ADIRONDACKS, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful lakes, rivers, streams, hills,and forests. The people from ADIRONDACKS are going to be handsome, modest,intelligent and humorous, and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking and high achieving and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace." Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed,"What about balance, God? You said there would be balance!!!"God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the idiots I put in Albany."

Thanks to John for forwarding the following from Meredith to me...

Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on beds next to each other, outside the operating room.The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in here for?"The second kid says, "I'm in here to get my tonsils out and I'm a little nervous." The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about. I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up they give you lots of Jell-O and ice-cream. It's a breeze."The second kid then asks, "What are you here for?"The first kid says, "A circumcision."And the second kid says, "Whoa, Good luck, buddy, I had that done when I was born... Couldn't walk for a year!!!