All I Really Need to Know

Yesterday I removed all of my sons certificates and awards that were being proudly displayed on the walls in the hall.  In the center of them all was a poster with advice from Robert Fulghum.  It is called:  All I really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.  I'd like to share that since I believe it to be true.
He says:
"All I really need know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten.  Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sand pile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:
Share everything
Play fair
Don't hit people
Put things back where you found them
Clean up your own mess
Don't take things that aren't yours
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody
Wash your hands before you eat
Flush
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you
Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday some
Take a nap every afternoon
When you go out into the world, watch  out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together
Be aware of wonder.  Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup--they all die. So do we
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learn--the biggest word of all--LOOK
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.  The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or your government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm.  Think what a better world it would be if we all--the whole world--had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap.  Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are--when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together!"

Love it!

Vacationing in a Cabin

When you think of a cabin, you may have in mind something like what Abraham Lincoln grew up in. If you have stayed in a cabin recently, you probably have a much different image in mind. Now-a- days, a cabin could include just about anything you could think of. The only reason it is called a cabin is because it is built out of logs or rough timber.  After that, it is whatever the builder could image. And since a cabin should be fun, there can be a lot of imagination built into a cabin!

I have seen the following in cabins:

• Full-sized indoor pool
• Kitchen with industrial appliances to feed 40 people
• A bathroom and flat screen TV in every bedroom
• A large tiered theater room with 10 large overstuffed recliners
• 3 or 4 stories with a covered porch around each story

Many times you can find the following in any size cabin:

• Hot tub and/or Jacuzzi
• A big screen TV
• A great mountain view
• Games such as foosball, air hockey, pool table, ping pong, gaming systems, etc.
• WiFi
• Gas grill
• Peace and quiet in the woods
• Plenty of activities near by

I have stayed in a cozy cabin for 2, a cabin for up to 30 (see photos), and a few in-between sizes. I have enjoyed staying in each one and especially enjoyed the feeling and the beauty of the outdoors.

So the next time you are thinking of going somewhere on vacation, see if there are cabins in the area instead of staying in a hotel. You may catch a more pleasant version of “cabin fever!”.

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        From a cabin near Park City, Utah at almost 8 thousand feet! What a view!

         Nice big kitchen. The island seating is in addition to the big dining room table. Loved these chairs!

        The whole gang for our family reunion! The kids loved the theater/game room downstairs.