Tory Richards's Blog, page 212
July 6, 2011
July 5, 2011
Exercise for People over 50
Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato bags. Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute.
(I'm at this level.)
After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag.
(I'm at this level.)
After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag.
Whoohoo! Even with the Twilight Zone marathon going on th...
Whoohoo! Even with the Twilight Zone marathon going on the last two days I managed to get the first edits done on The Mercenary Way. I was so glad to get it off to my editor.
Everyone have a good 4th of July holiday yesterday? We had ribs and corn on the cob on the grill. My son-in-law is a good cook!
Everyone have a good 4th of July holiday yesterday? We had ribs and corn on the cob on the grill. My son-in-law is a good cook!
July 4, 2011
July 3, 2011
10 ways you know your date's not for you
1. Your date is devoted to another...like his mother?
2. Your spending habits don't match...he wants to save, you want to spend:)
3. Your politics are too different...what's politics?
4. Your sweetie just doesn't get your jokes...very important!
5. Your love interest isn't ready...for what? SEX?
6. Your honey wants kids and you don't (or vice versa)...true.
7. Your tastes are too different...he's wine and roses, you're beer and tacos.
8. Your lifestyles clash...a big one!
9. Your first connection fizzles...if he doesn't have a big one! :)
10. Your relationship has you on edge...and we ain't talking the bed:) Edge of the bed, get it? LOL
2. Your spending habits don't match...he wants to save, you want to spend:)
3. Your politics are too different...what's politics?
4. Your sweetie just doesn't get your jokes...very important!
5. Your love interest isn't ready...for what? SEX?
6. Your honey wants kids and you don't (or vice versa)...true.
7. Your tastes are too different...he's wine and roses, you're beer and tacos.
8. Your lifestyles clash...a big one!
9. Your first connection fizzles...if he doesn't have a big one! :)
10. Your relationship has you on edge...and we ain't talking the bed:) Edge of the bed, get it? LOL
The Future?
OMG...too funny! I'm watching a Twilight Zone episode right now where the story line takes place in the future...the year 2000!!! 
July 2, 2011
I have got to buckle down this weekend and get The Mercen...
I have got to buckle down this weekend and get The Mercenary Way done! Before my kind, patient editor starts yelling at me. Thank goodness I'm off the next four days. No more excuses. 
My Favorite Little People!
Alivia will be 5 in August and starting kindergarten. Mason just turned 7 months and has two little teeth on the bottom. This picture was taken when they recently went to Gatorland.
July 1, 2011
What is a Grandparent?
Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other people's.
A grandfather is a man, & a grandmother is a lady!
Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.
When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
They show us and talk to us about the colors of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on 'cracks.'
They don't say, 'Hurry up.'
Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.
They wear glasses and funny underwear.
They can take their teeth and gums out.
Grandparents don't have to be smart.
They have to answer questions like 'Why isn't God married?' and 'How come dogs chase cats?'
When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.
Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend time with us..
They know we should have snack time before bed time, and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when we've acted bad.
A 6-YEAR-OLD WAS ASKED WHERE HIS GRANDMA LIVED. ''OH,'' HE SAID, ''SHE LIVES AT THE AIRPORT, AND WHEN WE WANT HER, WE JUST GO GET HER. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE HAVING HER VISIT, WE TAKE HER BACK TO THE AIRPORT.''
GRANDPA IS THE SMARTEST MAN ON EARTH! HE TEACHES ME GOOD THINGS, BUT I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM ENOUGH TO GET AS SMART AS HIM!
IT'S FUNNY WHEN THEY BEND OVER, YOU HEAR GAS LEAKS AND THEY BLAME THEIR DOG.
A grandfather is a man, & a grandmother is a lady!
Grandparents don't have to do anything except be there when we come to see them. They are so old they shouldn't play hard or run. It is good if they drive us to the shops and give us money.
When they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars.
They show us and talk to us about the colors of the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on the flowers and also why we shouldn't step on 'cracks.'
They don't say, 'Hurry up.'
Usually grandmothers are fat but not too fat to tie your shoes.
They wear glasses and funny underwear.
They can take their teeth and gums out.
Grandparents don't have to be smart.
They have to answer questions like 'Why isn't God married?' and 'How come dogs chase cats?'
When they read to us, they don't skip. They don't mind if we ask for the same story over again.
Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don't have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend time with us..
They know we should have snack time before bed time, and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when we've acted bad.
A 6-YEAR-OLD WAS ASKED WHERE HIS GRANDMA LIVED. ''OH,'' HE SAID, ''SHE LIVES AT THE AIRPORT, AND WHEN WE WANT HER, WE JUST GO GET HER. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE HAVING HER VISIT, WE TAKE HER BACK TO THE AIRPORT.''
GRANDPA IS THE SMARTEST MAN ON EARTH! HE TEACHES ME GOOD THINGS, BUT I DON'T GET TO SEE HIM ENOUGH TO GET AS SMART AS HIM!
IT'S FUNNY WHEN THEY BEND OVER, YOU HEAR GAS LEAKS AND THEY BLAME THEIR DOG.
June 29, 2011
TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AND MONDAY JULY 4TH FOR YOU SY-FY BUFFS! EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE SY-FY, THE TWILIGHT ZONE SHOWS ARE CLASSIC. I'M OFF FOR A 4-DAY WEEKEND SO YOU KNOW WHERE MY BUTT WILL BE PLANTED:)
