Getting Older

I thought you would enjoy the following interview: In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.

Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older.

 And, there on television, she said it was "exciting." Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every day...like her breasts.

They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her waist, first. The audience laughed so hard they cried. She is such a simple and honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!

Maya Angelou said this: I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

"I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."

 "I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life."

 "I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a                            life'."

 "I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance."

 “I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back."

 "I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I                    usually make the right decision."

 "I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one."

"I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back."

"I've learned that I still have a lot to learn."

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

If you do, something good will happen: You will boost another person’s                           self-esteem.

If you don't...the elastic will break and your underpants will fall down around your ankles! ;-) Believe me, I didn't take any chances on MY elastic breaking....I sent it to a lot of special people I care for.

God writes straight with crooked lines.

- - Spanish Proverb

Cash Five

I am a complete idiot sometimes.  Yesterday I wrote to you all and told you that we had won $2.00.  (And yes, I get excited when  we won $2.00)

But, when I checked our numbers at Kroger, I was told we had won nothing.  I could not wait to get home to see what I had done wrong.

Well, I know that our tickets didn’t win, I checked them again when I got home.  But, my e-mail shows we had won $2.00 because I typed in the wrong numbers.

So now we have no tickets left in this game, nor did we win anything.

Texas Two-Step

No one has been winning this Jack Pot, so it’s going back up:

Est. Jackpot for 12/18/06 is:

$275,000

You have three more draws in this game.

Your numbers:

We have 16 people playing, so we are looking at $17,187.50 per person, before any attorney fees, taxes or tithes.

Lotto Texas

We had no wins in this game.  That really doesn’t surprise me, because I have 7 tickets in my Lotto Texas Lottery Pool, and they have won nothing, either! Your numbers:

The numbers that were drawn in last night’s drawing was:

3-4-6-20-22-41

The next drawing is on Wednesday December 20^th, 2006.  The new Jack Pot is now worth $14 Million with the Cash Option at $8,400,000.00.

So with 16 us of playing we are looking at $525,000.00 (Again, this is before any Attorney Fees, Taxes or Tithes.)

Mega Millions

We do have three numbers until Tuesday December 26^th, 2006.  Now we won nothing. 

Your numbers:

The Jack Pot is now at $40 Million.

The estimated cash value of this jackpot is $23,923,440

16 divided by $23,923,440 = $1,495,215.00 for each of us.  This is before any attorney fee’s, taxes or tithes.

We only have four more draws in this game.

Hot Lotto

I don’t know why I like the Lottery so much, I am guessing because I know I can’t get them.

Here are the numbers from Last Night:

Next Jackpot = $16.96 Million**
Cash Option = $10.21 Million

Here are you numbers:

The next drawing for this game is on Wednesday, December 16^th, 2006.  

Power Ball

We have won nothing in this game, and it’s this game we have the most tickets.

Your Numbers:

The New Jack Pot for Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 is worth $53 Million, the Cash Option is worth $25,900,000.00.

There are 16 of us playing in this game, so that means each of us would get $1,618,750.00.  This is before any attorney fee’s, taxes or tithes.

Other Information

I will be starting Die Hard Multi-Lottery Pool on Monday January 1^st, 2006.  If you have paid for your November and December dues by the 31^st of December, then you will be in Die Hard XII

Now if you have only paid for November, then you money will be transferred to the Next Mega Million Game (Game 30). 

So the bad news is we will be losing a lot of members in this game.  There is more bad news. I can’t find anyone to supply us with Hot Lotto Tickets.  So this may be our last game with Hot Lotto Tickets.

Now, I will NOT be in the office on Friday December 29^th, 2006.  I had scheduled myself to work that day to give everyone the chance to pay me to be in the next game.  But, I have jury duty starting that day and am scheduled to be in Jury Duty until January 12^th, 2006.

So if you work for Citi, and you want to play in this next game, you will need to have your money to me before Friday December 29^th, 2006.  You can mail me a check if you want, but I need to receive in my Post Office Box by Saturday December 30^th, 2006.

Your $10.00 is due on or before Sunday December 31^st, 2006