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Margie: Yoohoo! Sister, I made your favorite brownies. You can have the pan by yourself. I'm in such a good mood today! I'd be in a better mood if I could borrow your pearl earbobs with the matching necklace. How about that red dress too? Oh, I probably need to borrow $100 to go buy those sparkly heels I saw at the shoe store in town. I poured you a glass of milk to go with your brownies too. I'll wash the dishes later.
Edna: Margie, if you need to borrow $100 then go ask Cousin T for it, because you are surely not getting it from me.
What are you up to? You're acting a bit more like a hussy than usual, and that makes me extremely nervous.
Margie: I was planning to propose to a nice gentleman at Bailey's but I see you want me to stay here with you. I guess my leaving isn't worth $100 to you so don't complain about me ever again. You had your chance.
Edna: Don't try that manipulative routine on me, I'm not one of your sad-sack patsies down at Bailey's. I know all your tricks, sister, just like I know that you can propose all you want but none of the nice gentlemen in town will have you. I'll be keeping my $100, thank you, no sense throwing good money after bad.
Margie: Demon!
Margie: Edna, do you remember when Daddy told us we should always plan ahead? If our power went out right now we'd be fine even though it's cold. I even heard the weatherman say something about snow.
Valentine's Day is coming soon and that makes me think about warm things like roses, chocolate, and hot tubs. Do you think I should add a warm body to my wish list? I wish Valentine's Day was here already because I'm cold.
Edna: Margie, even in the face of bitter winter cold, do you still have to think like a floozy? That's not what Daddy meant about planning ahead, and you know it!
But if you're wishing for a warm body, make sure he brings in enough wood to keep the stove going for at least a week. That fire isn't going to feed itself.
Margie: Edna, you should probably plan on going somewhere warm that week. Maybe you could go see the Biddy's.
Or would you like for me to find you a warm body? You'll sure never get one on your own.
Edna: Margie, I've got a warm body part right here you can kiss, so pucker up!
Margie: Friends, it's February again so I know all our thoughts are on love, Valentine's Day, and chocolate, but it's also American Heart Month. Did you know that cardiovascular disease is still the No. 1 killer of men and women, killing about 800,000 Americans each year?
Did you also know that up to 80% of cardiovascular disease may actually be PREVENTABLE through healthy lifestyle choices?
The American Heart Association recommends:
- Healthy eating: Low salt (1500 mg/day), low fat, 3-5 cups vegetables a day (Is chocolate a vegetable)?
- Exercise 30 minutes a day (I go to the bathroom at least that much every day).
- Healthy body mass index (Is that a couch potato?)
- Control blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose (I try but Edna makes my blood pressure go up quite often).
- Go smoke-free (I do except in winter when we have to build a fire).
- Listen to your body! If you feel something is not right, get it checked out. (My body talks to me every day. It says, " Snap, crackle,pop.")
