Antonio Ballatore

Antonio Ballatore was the winner of Design Star 2009. He is going to have a new show The Antonio Treatment that premieres Sunday night at 10:00 p.m. on HGTV March 14, 2010. It will be on every Sunday and Tuesday night.

While I was watching Design Star I kept thinking wow this guy is hot, and he can design and build. What a catch, his wife must be so proud to have him. Then I find out he's single, WHAT! What is a guy that is the total package doing single, I would take him in a heart beat.

If I can't have him then I would want him to come and work on my house. I will definalty be watching his new show.
I will post more once the show airs.

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Funny Office Clips

Gonna Be A Bear

To All The Great Moms

I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.


"Why?" my daughter asked.
"Because it's been on the ground, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty and probably has germs" I replied.
At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Mommy, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart."
I was thinking quickly. "All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mommy."
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.
"OH... I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy."
"Exactly," I replied back with a big smile on my face.

Three Blondes

Three Blondes were all applying for the last available position on the Texas Highway Patrol. The detective conducting the interview looked at the three of them and said, 'So y'all want to be cops, huh?'
The blondes all nodded.
The detective got up, opened a file drawer and pulled out a folder. Sitting back down, he opened it and pulled out a picture, and said, 'To be a detective, you have to be able to detect.. You must be able to notice things such as distinguishing features and oddities such as scars and so forth.'
So saying, he stuck the photo in the face of the first blonde and withdrew it after about two seconds.
Now,' he said, 'did you notice any distinguishing features about this man?'

The blonde immediately said, 'Yes, I did. He has only one eye!'
The detective shook his head and said, 'Of course he has only one eye in this picture! It's a profile of his face!
'You're dismissed!'
The first blonde hung her head and walked out of the office.
The detective then turned to the second blonde, said, 'What about you? Notice anything unusual or outstanding about this man?'
'Yes! He only has one ear!'
The detective put his head in his hands and exclaimed, 'Didn't you hear what I just told the other lady? This is a profile of the man's face! Of course you can only see one ear!! You're excused too!'
The second blonde sheepishly walked out of the office.
The detective turned his attention to the third and last blonde and said, 'This is probably a waste of time, but... 'He flashed the photo in her face for a couple of seconds and withdrew it, saying, 'All right, did you notice anything distinguishing or unusual about this man?'
The blonde said, 'I sure did. This man wears contact lenses.'
The detective frowned, took another look at the picture and began looking at some of the papers in the folder.
He looked up at the blonde with a puzzled expression and said, 'You're absolutely right! His bio says he wears contacts! How in the world could you tell that by looking at his picture?'
Are you ready for this????
The blonde rolled her eyes and said,

'Well, Helloooo! With only one eye and one ear, he certainly can't wear glasses.'

The Spoon

A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization.
Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Joe's Place,' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.
It seemed a little strange. When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired, 'Why the spoon?'
'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour.
If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.'
As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare. 'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now .' I was impressed.
I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly.
Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?'
'Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom.
By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%.
I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?'
'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.'

Only Great Minds Can Read This!

This is weird, but interesting!


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Magic Beer

A lady walks into a bar and sees a really good-looking guy sitting at the


bar by himself. She goes over and asks him what he is drinking.



"Magic Beer," he says.



She thinks he's a little crazy, so she walks around the bar, but after

realizing that there is no one else worth talking to, goes back to the

man sitting at the bar and says, "That isn't really Magic Beer, is it?"



"Yes, I'll show you." He takes a drink of the beer, jumps out the

window, flies around the building three times and comes back in the win dow.

The lady can't believe it: "I bet you can't do that again." He takes

another drink of beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three

times, and comes back in the window.



She is so amazed that she says she wants a Magic Beer, so the guy says

to the bartender, "Give her one of what I'm having."



She gets her drink, takes a gulp of the beer, jumps out the window, plummets

30 stories, breaks every bone in her body, and dies.



The bartender looks up at the guy and says, "You know, Superman,

you're a real asshole when you're drunk."

86-year old lady's letter to bank......

Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.




Dear Sir:
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month..

By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it.

I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire pension, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways.
I noticed that whereas I personally answer your telephone calls and letters, --- when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become.
From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate.

Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be

countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof. In due

course, at MY convenience, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me.

I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Let me level the playing field even further.

When you call me, press buttons as follows:

IMMEDIATELY AFTER DIALING, PRESS THE STAR (*) BUTTON FOR ENGLISH

#1. To make an appointment to see me

#2. To query a missing payment.

#3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.

#4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping

#5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.

#6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home

#7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is required. Password will be communicated to you at a later date to that Authorized Contact mentioned earlier .

#8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7

#9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service.

#10. This is a second reminder to press* for English. While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call..
Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement. May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous New Year?
Your Humble Client
(Remember: This was written by an 86 year old woman) 'YA JUST GOTTA LOVE ' US SENIORS' !!!!!
And remember: Don't make old ladies mad. They don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to set them off.

Being A Mother

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take


another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, "I love you, but I

know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with

you. "The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my Mother, who

has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three

children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night

I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. "What's wrong,

are you well," she asked? My mother is the type of woman who suspects

that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. "I

thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you," I

responded "just the two of us." She thought about it for a moment, and

then said, "I would like that very much.”That Friday after work, as I

drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her

house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She

waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was

wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding

anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. "I

told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were

impressed," she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear

about our meeting. "We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant,

was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First

Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu.

Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I

lifted my eyes and saw Mother sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic

smile was on her lips. "It was I who used to have to read the menu when

you were small," she said "Then it's time that you relax and let me

return the favor," I responded. During the dinner, we had an agreeable

conversation nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of

each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we

arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but

only if you let me invite you." I agreed. "How was your dinner date?"

asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice, much more so than I could

have imagined," I answered. A few days later, my mother died of a massive

heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do

anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of

a restaurant receipt from the same place Mother and I had dined. An

attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I

could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you

and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant

for me. I love you, son. "At that moment, I understood the importance of

saying in time: "I love you." and to give our loved ones the time that

they deserve nothing in life is more important than our family. Give

them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off until

'some other time. 'Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to

normal after you've had a baby.... That somebody doesn't know that once

you're a mother, "normal" is history. Somebody said you can't love the

second child as much as you love the first....that somebody doesn't have

two or more children. Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother

is labor and Delivery....that somebody never watched her "baby" get on

the bus for the first day of kindergarten...or on a plane headed for

military "boot camp. "Somebody said a Mother can stop worrying after her

child gets married....well that somebody doesn't know that marriage adds

a new son or daughter-in-law to a Mother's heartstrings. Somebody said a

Mother's job is done when her last child leaves home....that somebody

never had grandchildren. Somebody said your Mother knows you love her, so

you don't need to tell her... That somebody isn't a Mother. Pass this

along to all the "Mothers" in your life and to everyone who ever had a

mother. This isn't just about being a Mother; it's about appreciating the

people in your lives while you have them....no matter who that person

is. "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some

kind of battle.

Banned from Wal-Mart

This is why women should not take men shopping against their will.
After I retired, my wife insisted
that I accompany her on her trips to Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, like most men, I
found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally
unfortunately, my wife is like most women - she loved to browse. Yesterday my
dear wife received the following letter from the local Wal-Mart:
Dear Mrs. Chapman,

Over the past six months, your
husband has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate
this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our
complaints against Mr. Samsel are listed below and are documented by our video
surveillance cameras.
1.. June 15: Took 24 boxes of
condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.
2 . July 2: Set all the alarm
clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato
juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an
employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on
it right away.'

5. August 4: Went to the Service
Desk and tried to put a bag of M&M's on layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION -
WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the
camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they would
bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if
they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people
just leave me alone?'
9. September 4: Looked right into
the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling
guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants
were.
11. October 3: Darted around the
store suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto
department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of
funnels.
13. October 9: Hid in a clothing
rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 14: When an
announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and
screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but not least ..
15. October 16: Went into a fitting
room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's
no toilet paper in here!'

11 People on a Rope

Eleven people were hanging on a rope, under a helicopter,


10 men and 1 woman.

The rope was not strong enough to carry them all,

so they decided that one had to leave,

otherwise they were all going to fall.

They weren't able to choose that person,

until the woman gave a very touching speech.

She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope,

because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything

for her husband and kids or for men in general,

and was used to always making sacrifices with little in return.

As soon as she finished her speech,

all the men started clapping……..

First Time

A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night to meet, and have a dinner with her parents.
Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the first time..
The boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sex before, so he takes a trip to the pharmacist to get some condoms.. He tells the pharmacist it's his first time and the pharmacist helps the boy for about an hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about condoms and sex.
At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many condoms he'd like to buy, a 3-pack, 10-pack, or family pack..

The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be rather busy, it being his first time and all.
That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parents house and meets his girlfriend at the door.
"Oh, I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in!"
The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the girl's parents are seated. The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute passes, and the boy is still deep in prayer, with his head down.
10 minutes pass, and still no movement from the boy.
Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans over and whispers to the boyfriend, 'I had no idea you were this religious.'
The boy turns, and whispers back, 'I had no idea your father was a pharmacist..'

The Lovely Bones (2009)

The Lovely Bones is the story of a 14-year-old girl from suburban Pennsylvania who is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from Heaven, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.

I have a problem with this movie. As a person that grew up in the 70's and that was almost abducted when I was 3 even then I knew better than to walk off with a stranger. The hole movie is one of those stranger danger moments. You don't walk off with a stranger. You don't climb down a hole a stranger dug. You don't go into a guys house that you think killed your sister.

I would have liked the movie more if she wasn't in the void. If she was an actual ghost and was able to interact with her family and help the police find all of the girls he had killed it would have been way better.

I give this movie 2.5 Stars.

The Blind Side (2009)

First let me just say you will need a box of tisues to watch this movie. It is a moving story that will effect anyone that watches it. Great Story! Great Ending! 4Stars

"The Blind Side" depicts the story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle

It's Complicated (2009)

The movie It's Complicated was a really good real life movie. I think that everyone who has gotten divorced at one point thinks what if. In some situations you can actually act on that and most people that do come to the realization that ex's are ex's for a reason. I would have thought this was the perfect movie if at the end the guy (Alec Baldwin) had said he was going to get his own place and learn to enjoy the quiet.
To often men bounce back and forth from one relationship to other because they are afraid to be alone, or it's the opposite. Men are so afraid of commitment that they will be alone until they die.
This guy obviously needs a wake up call. He leaves his wife for the younger woman, who leaves him for some Cuban. Then she gets pregnant and goes back to him and he takes her back then when she wants to have a baby with him. He wants his ex back.
Only because of the ending I give this movie 3.5 stars.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

I finally got to see Sherlock Holmes this weekend. All my friends had gone to see it already and told me how great it was. I thought it was a good movie, but the parts where they would play it in slow motion and tell you what he was thinking while he was doing it that was ok, was it nessisary for them to replay it after - NO! Thank heavens it was only a couple of times in the beginning. Other than that the movie was good. I don't think the story line was as clear as it could have been and the relationship between watson and his girl was a bit much. They made it seem as though the guy had never gotten laid. The overall movie felt like a part 2 - like we should have already known what was going on and the relationship between Holmes and Watson before we saw it.

In previous movies and shows about Sherlock Holmes and Watson Watson has always been protrayed as a large man that knows less. A side kick that listens more than he speaks and is learning along with us. In this movie we was the smart one, the one that kept a clear head, and the one that kept Holmes out of trouble.

I liked the old inventions and historical references overall I would give this movie 3 Stars.

Laid Off

So I was called to a meeting last wednesday and told that we will be laid off as of February 15, 2010. Then immediatly we had to sign a paper that we would stay and continue to do our jobs until then and get 2 weeks severance or leave now and get two weeks severance. I was in the middle of a quarterly report so I just went back to work.
I would say that I was in shock that day, it didn't hit me until I pulled onto my street and looked at my house. How would I go into my house and tell my kids that I had failed and that I couldn't provide for them anymore???
I had put my whole being into this company for the past 4 years.
I started as a file clerk
and when they relized I had HR experience that added that to my job,
then they wanted me to be the Admin Assit,
then accounts payable,
then they wanted to switch to a new accounting system so I learned the new system so I could set everything up.
Then I was the IT department
and the trainer.
Then they needed someone to handle compliance of low income units so I took a lot of classes and did that.
The day after I was depressed and confused. Then by Friday I was angry. By Friday afternoon I was ok, I decided to look at this as the beginning of the next chapter of my life. Hopefully I will be putting myself in the perfect position to finally meet Mr. Right. I will find a job that appreciates me as much as I appreciate it.

Handbook for 2010

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy

5. Make time to pray.

6. Play more games

7. Read more books than you did in 2009.

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day

9. Sleep for 7 hours.

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.


Personality:

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

12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.

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

15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.

16. Dream more while you are awake

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

18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

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

22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

23. Smile and laugh more.

24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.


Society:

25. Call your family often.

26. Each day give something good to others.

27. Forgive everyone for everything.

28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.

29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

30. What other people think of you is none of your business.

31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.


Life:

32. Do the right thing!

33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

34. GOD heals everything.

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

36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

37. The best is yet to come.

38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.

39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.


Last but not the least:

40. Life’s short, enjoy it!

Male or Female

You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples:

FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again.
They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons.

TIRES: Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated.

HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object, because to get them to go any where, you have to light a fire under their butt

SPONGES: These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.

WEB PAGES: Female, because they're constantly being looked at and frequently getting hit on.

TRAINS: Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.

EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.

HAMMERS: Male, because in the last 5000 years, they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying

Meet Molly

Meet Molly

She’s a grey speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled.

While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became infected, and her vet went to LSU for help, but LSU was overwhelmed, and this pony was a welfare case. You know how that goes.

But after surgeon Rustin Moore met Molly, he changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn't seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her. She protected her injured leg. She constantly shifted her weight and didn’t overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a serious survival ethic. Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee, and a temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of the clinic and her story really begins there.

This was the right horse and the right owner. Moore insists Molly happened to be a one-in-a-million patient. She’s tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood that she was in trouble. The other important factor, according to Moore , is having a truly committed and compliant owner who is dedicated to providing the daily care required over the lifetime of the horse.
Molly’s story turns into a parable for life in Post-Katrina Louisiana. The little pony gained weight, and her mane finally felt a comb. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg.
The prosthetic has given Molly a whole new life, Allison Barca DVM, Molly’s regular vet, reports. And she asks for it. She will put her little limb out, and come to you and let you know that she wants you to put it on. Sometimes she wants you to take lt off too. And sometimes, Molly gets away from Barca. It can be pretty bad when you can’t catch a three-legged horse, She laughs.

Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers. Anywhere she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck.. She inspired people, and she had a good time doing it.
“It’s obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life, Moore said. She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others.” Barca concluded, “She’s not back to normal, but she’s going to be better. To me, she could be a symbol for New Orleans itself.”

This is Molly’s most recent prosthesis. The bottom photo shows the ground surface that she stands on, which has a smiley face embossed in it. Wherever Molly goes, she leaves a smiley hoof print behind.

God’s creatures often reflect the character we aspire to.

Avatar Movie

When his brother is killed in battle, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

This movie was amazing. I have never experienced a movie that was so full of color and detailed imagination. You can't help but get sucked into the story and feel what the characters are feeling. By the end you want this world to exist so that you can escape there to.