August 23, 2003 >>> August 29, 2003

My household as a cartoon...

8/29/2003, 2359

Friday 8/29/2003, 2350

Onesome: Health- A loved one dies unexpectedly. You're the next of kin. Do you donate whatever organs are useful, or does the idea freak you out? Should someone have planned ahead? Someone should have planned ahead; but in the absence of instructions to the contrary, I'd sign off on the donation. ...my donor tag is on my driver's license.

Twosome: Wealth- Your beloved Great Aunt Fern dies and leaves you two million dollars (after taxes!). But there's a catch. You have to spend it all in 24 hours. Buying stocks and bonds doesn't count and there's a $500,000 limit on a new home. You may give some of the money to charity, but don't use it as a cheat to make it work out. How would you spend the money? Oh, good grief, Sarah!!! Okay, 30% or better goes to the church. We move, land and square footage (my library!); we max that sucker. ...and since the land cost wasn't mentioned, we'll soak up some more there. Hmmm... The vehicles get a change out, but that's not much for us. College funds for the boys? Does that count? If not, I'm picking up as much land as I can so I can resell it later. Oh, and I supposed we'd just back the semi up to the local Target, Mervyn's and Gottschalk's for Shelley...

Threesome: Happiness- John F. Kennedy defined happiness as "The full use of your powers along lines of excellence." What is your definition of happiness? Have you attained it? I'll have to say my current definition involves a combination of God, family and self-actualization. ...and I'll give myself at least a "B" on that right now.

How about you? What do you think about these? Let us know, over on The Back Porch...