EAT less cottage cheese and more ICE CREAM by Erma Bombeck

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That's the anthem in Eat Less Cottage Cheese and More Ice Cream, based on one of Erma Bombeck's most popular columns. Now, fans of Erma can preserve these comforting words with this beautiful keepsake that offers wisdom to inspire all of us.

EAT less cottage cheese and more

ICE CREAM

Someone asked me the other day

if I had my life to live over, 

Would I change

anything.

My answer was no, 

but then I thought about it 

and changed 

my mind.

If I had to 

live my life over again 

I would have 

waxed less 

and

listend more.

Instead of 

wishing away

nine months

 of pregnancy and 

complaining about

 the shadow over my feet, 

I'd have cherished every minute

 of it and realized that the wonderment 

growing inside me was to be my only

 chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

I would never have 

insisted the car windows 

be rolled up on a summer day 

because my hair had just beed 

teased and SPRAYED.

I would have invited 

friends over to 

dinner even if the 

carpet was stained 

and the sofa faded.

I would have eaten 

popcorn in the "good "

 living room and

   worried less about 

     the dirt when      

      you lit the

       fireplace.

I would have

 taken the time

 to listen to my 

grandfather

 ramble about

 his youth.

I would have burnt 

the pink candle

 that was sculptured 

like a rose before it

 melted in storage.

I would 

have sat 

CROSS-LEGGED 

on the lawn with my chiildren

 and never worried 

about grass stains.

I would have 

cried and laughed 

less

while watching television...and 

more

while watching real life.

I would have shared

more of the 

responsibility 

carried by

my husband.

I would have eaten less 

cottage cheese 

and more

ice cream.

I would have gone to

bed when I was sick

instead of pretending 

the Earth would go into a holding

 pattenrn if I weren't there for a day.

I would 

never have

bought anything

just because it

 was practical/wouldn't 

show soil/guaranteed 

to last a lifetime.

When my child kissed me 

impetuously, 

I would never have said, 

"Later. 

Now go get washed up for dinner."

There would 

have been more 

I love yous...

more I'm sorrys...

more I'm listenings...

but mostly,

given another shot 

at life,

I would seize every minute of it...

Look at it

and 

really

see 

it...

try it on...

live it...

exhaust it...

and 

never

give that minute back 

until there was 

nothing left

of it

Erma Bombeck

The 100th blog, finally

This is the 100 blog that I wait for a long time. I used to promise myself when I write the '100' one, I should get a new luck as memorial day.

Now I get it.

I meet the new luck so suddenly, which is like falling onto my head as an enigma.

I have no time to think, to undersant, to imagine even a second how it happend.

That is incredible.

Now, all I need to do

is

catch with the new luck and start my new life.

Hope

"Find hope from despair." Hehe~ the words can testify a truth at least that Hope is need to find by self, not given by someone else.

Don't give up life

Don't give up life, then life will not give up you. Believe it!

I can do everything

I can do everything, not just do, it's 'made' . I didn't find the truth before, but now I believe it.

From 'She refused to cry' to My incantations

I read some 'little woman', one of the words - "She refused to cry" have inspired me.
It stands for somethings with dominating self. To dominate temper even inner heart is like to control, but not the forced feeling at all, coz "The dominate" is at the first place at the first second. This initiative dominance suits me pretty much. It likes a kind of dominating incantation. Like I refuse to give up. I refuse to be sad.
Another incantation to me is "Choose". "I choose to smile, I choose to go on. "
The third one is "allow". "No one can offend me without my allowable" "I allow myself to forgive the rude people.".."I do not allow life hurt me."
The next one is a sencents "Have I still copied myself? " It lets me chase different challenges.

"Have I still copied myself? " I refuse to cry but choose to smile, I allow myself to throw into the life.

Take part in life.

Take part in life.

Blessing

Bless myself.

New Goal

....

Come on! AVlife

Come on！AVlife! I will make it.

Break

I am the person who often don't play by general order.
No matter it can work or not, Try is the first and important.

My feeling logic

I fall in love with all about Piano.
If he is not far from me, I will definite fall in love with him.
Because, he is a good piano player.