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A HA HA Helen – healthy socialization outing event. HA HA!

Once again, because I dislike crowds and grocery shopping (especially around holidays) – I made the statement as I started to MANEUVER through the post-holiday grocery shoppers:

I AFFIRM I AM GOING TO HAVE A FUN SHOPPING EXPERIENCE! (in my head – not out to the crowd! ) ;o)

I saw a man trying on sunglasses at the display. I picked up some items and he was still there as I was passing by. He had a pair on with a big, blue, cardboard tag hanging off to the left side.

I looked at him and said: ‘THEY LOOK GREAT! I ESPECIALLY like the BLUE Tag hanging off the side! It BRINGS OUT the COLOR in YOUR EYES!’

He took them off, smiled and THANKED ME! He started to tell me how he was bummed that he had sat on his sunglasses in his truck, this morning. I said: ‘Oh, I know, your FAVORITE pair!’ He said: ‘These will do’ and we went on our merry ways.

I am A-MAZED at how total strangers not only respond but get into conversations with me, openly sharing!

Then – in my car – I was at a long intersection stop light. BECAUSE I’VE BEEN in a buggy, stressed out mood lately – I decided to SNAP OUT OF IT – Put on My Clown Nose – and held my stare pose at the woman driver in the car to my right (another turning lane – where you sit for about 4 minutes). I do this as part of my Drive Yourself Happy and Smile Campaigns – as a stress reliever; and to get people ‘out of the driver fog’ and more attentive once the light changes.

She looked at me -
I smiled –
I waved (due to tinted windows)

She kept a set look on her face and turned away.

WONDERFUL! I thought! It’s what I teach! BE who YOU need to be!
I smiled to myself – thinking –
isn’t it wonderful!
Making the offer – and the other soul can make their own choice on how they want to interact or not – the other driver shouldn’t have felt she HAD to smile or acknowledge me. We all have choices in life. I teach a concept called PEER POSITIVE – living your OWN life and not allowing OTHERS to DICTATE how you live it.

TWO examples of HEALTHY SOCIALIZATION –

not forcing feelings on anyone and not allowing anyone to force feelings on me.

LIVE LIFE! LAUGH OFTEN!
and feeling good about my HA HA happenings ….

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT.COM
Live Life in A-MAZEMENT and be the best YOU you CHOOSE to be!

I like to ‘sparkle’ so I wear glitter on my face every day, as well as 3 pierced earrings in each ear, every day. Lately, I’ve been wearing my Christmas Tree earrings, faux crystal box cut dangly earrings and gold dangly accents. I consider it a COLLAGE for my EARS! ;o)

When I went to the chiropractor the other day, I took my earrings off in the car and set them in a container in the shift box area of my car between the seats; to keep them safe.

Well! Disliking having to wear so much bulky clothing in the winter, I had an afterthought and took my coat off, scarf, and fur head/ear protectors and tossed them on the passenger seat. I get tired of all the bulk, and just parked near the doctor’s office door.

When I got back to the car after my appointment, I noticed only 3 of the earrings were there!

I have LEARNED NOT to get overly upset about ‘the small stuff’. I have enough ‘bigger stuff’ to deal with, than to get upset over earrings (a brain damaged sister in a nursing home – due to being hit by a drunk driver at age 19, now 63 – for whom I’m her representative … as well as other challenges).

So I chalked it up to an ‘OH WELL …’ maybe I’ll find them on the floor of the car, later.

The next morning, I put on a freshly washed sweater, slacks and shoes to go out and START MY EARRING SEARCH – between the seats, etc. It’s pretty cold and windy here, so I had to REALLY want to look.

I talk about SEEING WITH NEW EYES, REFLECTING ON THE GOOD, SHIFTING ONE’S PERCEPTION, RE-LOOKING at Situations, etc. – from a positive persective.

Well! Because I can’t stand winter, all the bulky clothes, and getting ALL TANGLED UP every time I take ‘all my stuff on or off’ when coming or going (I wear my eyeglasses on a chain around my neck)… I had noticed – earlier in the week – I had lost the little plastic piece that helps the glasses rest higher on the nose. Only one side! So my glasses had been lop sided!

LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN EVERYTHING -

in the process of searching for the earrings – which I found!

I FOUND THE LITTLE PLASTIC PIECE down between the seats! WHAT WERE THE ODDS! [if I hadn't lost the earrings, I wouldn't have found the eyeglass part!]

It could have been ANYWHERE – a restaurant, doctor’s office, on the ground somewhere…

I had to SMILE! My gift for NOT getting upset about the earring possible loss, approaching it with an even temper and positive attitude, GOT ME A PRIZE!

And – to top it all off; when I got back into the house – I FOUND THAT CLING FREE DRYER SHEET THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE SWEATER THAT I HAD JUST PUT ON BEFORE GOING OUT!

Laugh out Loud! *BIG SMILE! (I have many fun stories about lost and found dryer items… but I’ll save that for later!)

So, when you lose something – don’t LOSE IT (your cool, that is) –
take it easy and you never know what your PRIZE may be as a result!

Living in GRATITUDE!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Live Life! Laugh Often!
Live Life in A-Maze-Ment!
www.lafolot.com

I walked into Olive Garden yesterday afternoon, feeling a bit crabby. I opened the door to enter, and a slew of people just walked out the door I had opened to enter.

Instead of walking on the right – they were exiting on the left. I said to the last guy – you must all be from England – walking on the left side instead of right. [Yep! Not a nice thing to say - - - ]

I let the hostesses know I had said it – they looked at me wide-eyed!
I went over to sit in the smoke-free bar/cafe area and sat at one of the cafe’ tables.

One of the male servers (that I have told could be a Corrective Lens eye model ) got me an iced tea and informed me another nice male server would be waiting on me. [he didn't even notice I was 'buggy' thank goodness!]

When my server came over [psychology major - working as a server] he sat at the chair across from me at my table and said: THANK GOODNESS! SOMEONE FINALLY SHOWED UP WITH A SMILE! Everyone that’s come in here today has been crabby!

I INSTANTLY S M I L E D !!! Thank GOODNESS he had looked past my ‘mucky moment’ – knowing me as a ‘LAFOLOT Soul’ – and was ‘glad to see me’ –

His positive perception and welcoming Magic Smile P U L L E D my smile back out of me from my inner depths.

I hadn’t lost it – it was there all along – I just needed a friend to help me find IT!

I lost mine with family stress that’s been going on –
my sister fell at her nursing home, again – due to wanting independence and not having her husband to help her any longer – not wanting the nurses and aids to help her. I had had a 10:30pm call about that the night before.

My mom is ‘adjusting’ to her assisted living place – (my siblings having worked hard to make it all happen)
my smile was misplaced!

THANK GOODNESS FOR MAGIC SMILES that help you to FIND YOURS when you’ve lost it!

Ha Ha Helen of LAFOLOT
Exercising my mouth with a smile starting at the corners of the mouth.
uh uh uh ….. I can do it! I can do it!
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Spread Smiles by the MILES! and join my SMILE CAMPAIGN!
You never know when that smile you share will help someone find their temporarily lost smile!

I have ‘A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way…‘ at the top of my website. It’s
because, when I’m having a bad day, and someone does the littlest thing: share a
smile, hold a door, etc. IT TURNS MY DAY AROUND! I always thank the presenter
of the kindness; and let them know they made my day!

Well! I was driving in a shopping plaza and noticed the obviously weary
Salvation Army Bell Ringer – out in the cold. She was getting up from taking a
rest on the curb.

I am short of funds – but I pulled my vehicle to the curbside -
rolled down my window -
reached over to my passenger seat for the:

Dollar Store FELT, DEER ANTLER HEADBAND WITH BELLS (I had been using the last
two weeks to attract smiles/laughs)

and I HANDED it to her through the window. HER FACE BEAMED A SMILE!

I said: Here, these oughta make you feel better and attract more donations!

You would have thought I had given her gold! She took them and reached her
gloved hand into the car to shake my hand and wish me a Merry Christmas!

*sigh .. last year I gave my tinsel deely bobber headband to the Salvation Army
worker outside the same store and got the same reaction! I wrote a blog called:
Gift of the Tinsel Deely Bobber Headband

This is what I share in my motivational-inspirational talks -

it doesn’t take money to make someone’s day -

the LITTLEST, SIMPLEST things bring the BIGGEST, HEART WARMING smiles.

I live life in A-MAZE-MENT! There was a book written called ‘Don’t sweat the
small stuff.’

On the other hand – I TRULY FEEL it’s THE SMALL STUFF – the Positive Side of it
all – that LIGHTS UP THE WORLD!

“Lots of LITTLES make a BIGGLES of GIGGLES and SMILES!” – my latest Ha Ha Helenism.

…I’m smiling … and it feels good.

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT.COM

[it feels good because it's been a stressfull 2 years w/ my oldest brain damaged sister (as a result of being hit by a drunk driver was she was 19 - now age 63) going into a Nursing home and this past week - helping two other sisters get my mom over to an assisted living building. In the middle of it all - the fire alarm went off at the new place IT WAS A MESS! My blood pressure has been all over the place ...]

I REALLLLLLY NEEEEEDED THIS SMIIIIIILE OPORTUNITY – I’m grateful it POPPED into my lap this evening.
Grateful for the gift of the deer antlers with bells! Oh? Wasn’t it for me?

I stopped at the grocery story to pick up a few items –

as I approached the Dairy Section -

MY EYES! MY EYES!

An older man (not a young ‘low riding jeans’ dude in fashion)

was wearing a pair of too-tight jeans, with a belt, at hip level –

problem was – as he bent over to pick up an item out of the Dairy Case

I SAW A BAD A MOON A RISING! THE CRACK OF DAWN!
THEY WERE DANCING ‘CHEEK TO CHEEK’ AS THE Full Moon said:
PEEK A BOO! to me! Arrrrrgggghhhh!!

I quickly told the woman to my right: ‘DON’T TURN AROUND!’
She must have already seen IT – because she smiled and said: Thanks for telling me!

Then, I turned to a 60ish looking woman shopping with, possibly her mother, appearing 80ish and said: ‘I WOULDN’T LOOK STRAIGHT UP THE AISLE FOR A FEW MOR MOMENTS!’ The younger woman smiled and laughed.

Then, I said: It’s okay now, I think he’s about ready to turn the corner!

HA HA HA! Gotta be a GOOD EGG when shopping in the DAIRY SECTION of a store – and try not to MILK IT when encountering a FASHION FAUX PAS!

It’s ALL MY FAULT! I dislike grocery shopping. When I entered the store, I paused and stated an affirmation to myself: I AM CHOOSING TO HAVE A FUN SHOPPING EXPERIENCE!

Well! I ASKED FOR IT!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Living Life in A-MAZE-MENT!
LIVE LIFE! LAUGH OFTEN!
You never know what’s around the next corner of the maze!

Whatever you do, don’t wear them in the woods! Deer Antler Headbands with bells on, that is!

I know, you thought I was talking about the high-heeled pumps worn by the dysfunctional damsels in distress in the old silver-screen horror movies. You know, the ones where she’s running from the Evil Thing and she trips and falls?

Actually, I writing about my AMAZING power to ATTRACT men with the most unusual props! Don’t take your mind into the gutter! ;o)

All I can say is, for an over 50, menopausal, 5′ 2″ chubby woman I have to say: ‘How ‘em I doin’?’ ha ha ha

Being a Certified Laughter Therapist, I ride around in a car with ‘HA-HAHA’ as the license plate, a magnetic advertising sign on the side of the vehicle and SUCTION CUPPED HANDS SPONGE BOB character on the driver side rear window.

One day, I was stopped at a traffic light. A young, firm-body stud on a Speed Racing bike pulls up to my open driver window and STARTS TO TALK WITH ME about Sponge Bob! LOL!

When I was doing my roadside Share healthy Smiles and Laughs and Drive Youreself Happy campaign – I had Smiling, Beeping, Waving young studs driving by! I’m just sayin’ !!!

Yesterday, being in the HA HA Spirit of Things for the Season – I wore my ‘dollar store purchased’ DEER ANTLER HEADBAND with Bells On – to my favorite Thai Restaurant for lunch.

I barely sat down when I got a verbal VOTE OF APPROVAL from 3 men sitting at the table across from my booth! The gentleman closer to my age gave me a KUDOS compliment for BEING ME! The two young guys chimed in! (What a great role model he was!) ;O)

I gave them each a Smiley Face Bookmark. You would have thought I had given them gold! They all noted they were immediately putting theirs in their wallets!

How’s that for ‘SLIPPING YOUR PHONE NUMBER’ ahahahahaaaa

The older gentleman showed me the fortune paper from a cookie – he keeps in his wallet. It noted to ‘be in the moment, live in the moment’ – show up unprepared and ‘see what surprises life brings you!’ I told him I LOVE IT! It’s my philosophy! hee hee hee

So, How ‘em I doin’? Forget the expensive hair color, heavy duty make-up and expensive jewelry –

DEER ANTLERS, I tell ya’! DEER ANTLERS! It gets ‘em ev ‘ry time!

p.s. If you’re looking to attract an OUTDOORS type, DON’T WEAR THE ANTLERS INTO THE WOODS!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of www.LAFOLOT.com
Living Life in A-Maze-Ment!
Live Life! Laugh Often!

‘A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet…’ is an AH! HA! lesson Shakespeare taught us long ago.

It’s all about NOT putting a LABEL on something and taking time to BE FLEXIBLE – RE-FLECT further and ask – ‘am I seeing the object or person from ‘learned beliefs, biases, prejudices, personal life experiences? or am I able to LET IT BE and take a FRESH LOOK!’

Did you ever hear the song, ‘Dead skunk in the middle of the road, I can tell by the smell in my olfactory’? Well, another way to refer to ‘road-kill’ by creating an acronym, could be: R.O.S.E. – Really Odorous Smelly Erosion! Ewwww! A R.O.S.E.!!! I know, it’s redundant.

When I was in my early 20s and working in a State Government Director’s office; I came across a letterhead from an organization. It was labeled in big, bold, black letters: PMS I immediately laughed and announced to a co-worker, ‘I wonder if they’re all buggy and irritable at this place?’ Why? Because years earlier, I had learned about Pre-Menstrual Syndrome – PMS; the medical term for monthly hormonal dysfunction with women. In the case of the letterhead, it actually stood for: Pennsylvania Medical Society – PMS.

Before I had my AH HA! and then AH HA HA! moment in early 2008; I couldn’t start living life and moving forward with my LAFOLOT business. I was basically EXISTING and living from a VICTIM perspective. My AH! HA! moment allowed me to SEE LIFE WITH NEW EYES! – the GIFT of my life! I got to see all the challenges as gifts to strengthen and chisel me into the beautiful, empowered, capable, confident business woman I am today! My first Motivational-Inspirational talk was called: ‘Seeing With New Eyes!’

If I hadn’t chosen to step back and see my life from a fresh perspective, I would still be stuck! My LIFE by any other view would still be My Life, it was all in how I chose to LOOK at it and PERCEIVE it.

Is a ROSE a fragrant smelling, visibly pleasing flower; or is it road kill (R.O.S.E.)?

I developed an acronym to describe another life-changing moment back in 2000 called: H.E.L.E.N. – Happy, Energetic, Loving, Evolving, New! vs HELL-IN. My name became an acronym as well as my personal name. It was ALL IN HOW YOU LOOKED AT IT.

The other day, I developed a way to describe the CURRENT ME! F.A.R.T.S – Fun And Really Terrific Speaker-Singer!

Now someone from another country or doesn’t know American-English slang may not see anything other than the letters and each descriptive word. If someone writes something that seems offensive to me in another language, it just looks like a bunch of interesting, or artistic characters to me. I SEE it differently until someone gives me ‘their translation’.

Some people saw a FUNNY WORD and thanked me for the BIG LAUGH they got out of it!

Some people have written to me and asked me to EXPLAIN; because of being multi-lingual and needing to have a better grasp of what I am saying.

Another person wrote to caution me about offending others. This is because the letters also represent the word for the medical-biological term known as Flatulence.

Another person wrote and asked me to ‘please think before writing or posting’ items on the internet for others to see.

My talk: SEEING WITH NEW EYES! discusses this very thing. There can be an auto accident or a crime scene, and a law officer can end up with many different theories or views as well as witnesses as to WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED?

We all have different life experiences that create our personal perceptions.
IN ADDITION! The DELIVERER of the message can impact HOW the message is received. If Betty White had delivered the F.A.R.T.S. credential on Saturday Night Live, with a dead-pan delivery – would she have gotten laughs or disgust? I say probably both. HUMOR is SUBJECTIVE as I’ve learned as a certified laughter leader.

I’ve also been taught to be FLEXIBLE through my current training.
My AH! HA! moment ALSO taught me to TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
My 12 Step Program Philosophy and experiences taught me to Take What I Need and Leave the Rest.

My oldest sister, with brain damage as a result of being hit by a drunk driver; teaches me to LET GO OF OBSESSIVE THINKING, AND LET GO OF NARROW FOCUS. She has trouble with this on a daily basis; due to front left lobe brain damage.

I developed a DRIVE YOURSELF HAPPY campaign which teaches me to often: TAKE ANOTHER ROAD – or THINK another THOUGHT; rather than focusing on ONE way of looking at a situation in Life or on the Road.

I also developed a TIME TO LAUGH system to get MYSELF as well as OTHERS to TAKE TIME to SEE LIFE from a FRESH PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS MY LIFE LESSON I LEARN ON A DAILY BASIS. I teach what I need to learn. Rather than Jumping to a Conclusion and Getting Instantly Angry – I can ask: Is it a ROSE or a R.O.S.E.? Is it a FART or a F.A.R.T.? Am I a VICTIM or a VICTOR? Is it PA Medical Society or Pre-Menstrual Syndrome – PMS?

I have many more examples I could give, but I’m hoping you AND I, get the idea.

I call it THE GAME OF LIFE! When something annoys me or I’m shocked by something; will I – can I – TAKE A MOMENT and SEE IT WITH NEW EYES?

As the song notes: ‘DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?’ …. ‘DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?‘

Once again, IN GRATITUDE, at being reminded that LIFE IS A GAME FULL OF SURPRISES AND WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES where I can ASK, and WONDER – WHAT is REALLY going on?

Highlighted Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT.com
Living Life in A-Maze-Ment!
Living BOLD and in Italics!
LIVE LIFE! LAUGH OFTEN!

In the middle of all the ICKY stuff or the Hard Outside Edges of an Oreo Cookie – there’s always GOODSTF inbetween. You might just have to twist the outside cookies to break the HARD VIEW from the SOFT FLUFFY inside of the issues – I mean the cookie.

When my 85 year old mom ended up in the hospital last week and things got ICKY; as I was walking back out to my car, I saw a personalized license plate that read: GOODSTF I think someone/something was telling me to focus on the good stuff! Long story short, my mom is currently in a great Rehab place and will go to an assisted living building next door to her current apartment building. So, she won’t be far from friends! GOODSTF!

This morning, I awoke to find NO WATER coming out of my faucets! LUCKILY my alpha male cat likes me to turn the bathtub spigot on so he can whack at and then lick the water trickling out. Since (being over 50, menopausal, sleepless and peeing alot – I got up at 4:00am) – I got to discover this EARLY ON! So I let the spigots open in the event the water came back on. I thought the township or city had shut off the water due to some problem. WELL! I awoke at 6:00pm and LUCKILY (GOODSTF) caught a neighbor getting ready to leave for work. He said: No, WE have water! Ooops! It was just my pipes! YIKES!

I got a new modular home in the summer, and even though I had heat tape put on the pipes something was wrong. Long story short – I ended up CRAWLING under the home at one end to check where it gets plugged in. Then crawling in (through the skirting) at the other end! Yep! 51 year old, overweight, FIX IT woman with knees and hips that are questionable! SUCCESS! I found it hadn’t been plugged in. Moments later I had water flowing through my spigots! YES! EMPOWERED WOMAN! GOODSTF!

So I make up a song and do a You Tube video about it [You Tube Channel: Helenoflafolot video: Really-Hip-Helen] – HA HA HA – and discover the furnace is blowing COLD AIR! Never thought I’d be desperate to have someone come in and BLOW A LOT OF HOT AIR! *smile!

Long story short! Due to my technical support background and several calls to both a funace repair person who couldn’t send anyone out until the afternoon; as well as to the Propane Delivery Tank folks – I found out it wasn’t the furnace afterall, but the Propane Tanks! WOO HOO! HOW ‘EM I DOIN!?

No money spent on a service call, just a propane delivery to find out the one tank knob had’t been turned on – and

GOODSTF! ONCE AGAIN! WOO HOO!

I AM ‘HA HA HELEN’ one with the HA HA Spirit – looking for the GOOD STUFF in every situation.

Taking myself from VICTIM to VICTOR in a matter of moments!

WHAT A DAY! Filled with Surprises, Challenges, Empowerment and GOODSTF!

Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
Living BOLD and in Italics!
Live Life! Laugh Often! and look for the GOODSTF!

It’s not only OK to be a ‘Charlie in the Box’ it’s GREAT! Be YOU and be Proud of It! re: Land of Misfit Toys – Rudolph the Rednosed Rheindeer – story. WEAR YOUR RED NOSE PROUDLY! Be a PICASSO Painting! Be a PEER POSITIVE no need for Peer Pressure – let the ‘air out’ of the pressure… *whoooosh!

Coming from a ‘challenged’ family with 7 children and being ‘kid number 6′, I had the freedom to ‘be me’ early on. No one was really paying attention. As a result, later in life, I had a few very good friends tell me: ‘I admire that you dare to be different, to be yourself.’ I always remembered those compliments as PRICELESS GIFTS!

I call folks that dare to be different: PICASSOS! Whenever I get to personally know and talk ‘deeply’ with a person who life ALLOWED to be different – for whatever reason – I PRAISE THEM for their PICASSO-nature! re: physical or mental differences – their INNER-SPIRIT daring to ride agains the NORM!

I wrote about this in my ‘Life is a Song in the Key of Love’ Book and continuously bring this to my own attention as well as others. I coined a phrase: PEER POSITIVE as a result. I am very much against going along with the PRESSURE of ADs and MARKETING to ‘BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE.’

Personally, I feel my eyelashes are long enough, thank you. I’m OK as I am – and if I choose to BE A PICASSO rather than the STANDARD LANDSCAPE OR FRUIT BOWL painting, than so be it. I don’t give in to Peer Pressure, I’m a PEER POSITIVE.

There’s no need for a LAND OF MISFIT TOYS – No Need for a Sad ‘Charlie in the Box’ –

I SALUTE the differences and let out a SIGH OF RELIEF for the REFRESHING NATURE of these beautifully, daring expressions of LIFE SPIRIT!

WOO! HOOOO! FOR YOU! and ME! *weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Have fun on this RIDE OF LIFE!

Ha Ha Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT.com
Living Life in A-MAZE-MENT!
Living BOLD and in Italics!

Never underestimate (the person standing next to you), never judge a book by it’s cover; and as I talk/teach/write about: Look Out! It’s LIFE, with a Fresh Outlook! You are in the presence of ONE AMAZING WOMAN! Ha! Ha!

I parked my car in a busy hospital parking lot this afternoon. It has my LAFOLOT business display on the side of the car; so people instantly don’t take me too seriously. Imagine that!

I was getting some ‘SILLY STUFF’ out to wear and take into the hospital with me, while going in to visit my mom. A car pulled in next to me – and it ‘wasn’t just WHISTLIN’ DIXIE!’ let me tell ya!

I had to laugh when the high-pitched tone/squeel was coming from the engine under the car hood. The mid-Eastern looking man was puzzled. I said: I think it’s in the ‘KEY OF E’ and I perfectly matched the tone with my voice. HA HA! I know THIS wasn’t what he wanted. LOL!

He said: ‘It just started this morning, I don’t know what it is!’
I said: ‘I’m pretty sure it’s the FAN BELT. ‘ All you need is some wax or soap on it and it will probably stop squeeling.’

He LOOKED at me, but didn’t question. [SMART MAN!]
I said: ‘I used to help my dad with his car fix it stuff, that’s an EASY one.’ I said: ‘Open the hood while it’s running and we’ll be able to tell right away if that’s it.’

He didn’t question and SURE ENOUGH – I said – ‘Here, see – this is the belt and LISTEN TO THAT! THAT’s where the sound is coming out!’ He was thrilled! He closed the hood.

I said: ‘You could just go to PEP BOYS car parts, pick one up and they’ll put it on for you in their garage bays at the store. Low cost!’ I said: ‘Now if your car were to just SHUT OFF – that would be ELECTRICAL – maybe the spark plugs.’ ‘I know THAT much.’

He said: ‘My Air Condition hasn’t been working.’ I said: ‘Is it working at all? thinking Freon’ He said: ‘No, not at all.’ I said: ‘Then I’d think THAT was part of the electrical circuit area, too – I would focus on taking it to an auto electrician.’

He shut off his engine and closed his car door saying: ‘I NEVER THOUGHT A WOMAN WOULD KNOW THESE THINGS!’

[I'm 5'2", 51, overweight, menopausal and heterosexual - just FYI] I responded: ‘I write and talk about not labeling and judging people. You NEVER KNOW what’s beneathe the surface!’ He smiled as he walked towards the hospital entrance.

I finished putting on my: Tinsel Deely-bobber headband, Smile Badge pinback button, gathering a couple Spread Smiles by the Miles Flags and Stress Reliever Pinwheels and headed for the main hospital entrance. OH! and wearing a SMILE on MY face, too!

OOH! WAH! DARN, I’M GOOOOOOD! HA HA!

Helen Szollosy of LAFOLOT
only BEGINNING to skim the surface of my AMAZING CAPABILITIES! Hee! Hee!
www.lafolot.com
Appreciating LIFE in ALL its forms of expression!
Author: ‘Life is a Song in the Key of Love!‘