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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | JUNE 2025 | 67 Very funny and almost believable. Keep the jokes coming. Ron S. Our dog doesn't gamble, drink or swear He doesn't spend money on outts to wear. He does have one habit that drives us insane He barks and barks and barks and barks For no reason at all Just to raise cane! Gayle M. My granddaughter is getting a puppy from a breeder in Las Vegas. I was concerned about the dog having exposure to bag habits of gambling, drinking to excess, hanging bars, lying or even wearing a hat at the dinner table, but my fears are assuaged now aer reading there is help for "Bad Dogs!" I'm thrilled! Jane G. Very funny ad, I almost missed it. Loved the part about "Wears a hat at dinner." Elizabeth D. is one's really cute! Jamie T. Can you help a bad cat too? I got two of those and need help with "road rage" sibling rivalry. Ruth R. You actually got me! My mom has moved in and her little Olivia all of 5 pounds is a bad bully dog on a leash … I was think I may have found a solution. Teresa B. Are these behaviors actually cries for help? Are these poor dears acting out? Don't think of them as bad. ey're just victims - torn from their mothers loving care and forced into a life they just weren't prepared for. Barbara C. Our dog was a drug dealer. He was selling catnip to the neighbor's cat. Bob A. your comments: GET THE JOKE! Last month's joke: Now back to the Get the Joke stuff: To win a Visa gift card, find the ad, article or just weird, out-of-place, completely made-up (and hopefully funny) item in this month's Lifestyles. When you find it, fill out the box and email it to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com before noon on the sixth of the month (or drop it off in the Main Clubhouse). If you are the first correct guess chosen at random, you will win! BARBARA CHRISTENSEN Please call Monica in the Admin. Oce for your special prize. From Courtney, the publisher: When I first came to Sun Lakes, I was 28. My husband Tim and I were invited to play golf and I thought Sun Lakes was gorgeous and the course beautiful. Fast forward a few years and I was selected to publish the new Lifestyles magazine in 2003. My son was three and would come to the meetings in the Bus Room and sit on the floor and color while I proofed with the committee. Fast forward 20+ years — Benjamin lives in Rhode Island and I'm old enough to live here. I remember thinking years ago, "All everyone talks about is their health issues." Now I chime in with, "I slept wrong and now my shoulder clicks whenever I move my arm" or "Have you ever put on glasses but you already had glasses on and you realize you should just get a white cane?" In other words, I'm with my people when I'm at Sun Lakes. The first symptom of being of a certain age is that I think an AWFUL lot about birds. I mentioned last month I'm obsessed with the Big Bear eaglets — they're still in the nest but threatening to fly every day, which makes me gasp whenever they get a little bit of air. And I had a hummingbird nest that had two eggs in it and didn't make it through a hail storm we had in March and I was sad for a couple days. Now there's a nest on our front porch. Tim jammed a plastic bag under the eaves to keep birds from nesting on the power strip we use for Christmas lights. A bird built a nest on the bag. It's right outside my office and I can hear the bird singing all day. Tim is horrified and thinks we'll have a front porch covered in bird poop. But the singing makes me happy and I can hose off the front porch. I also read that if you befriend a crow they will bring you gifts. So I'm trying to figure out the best way to attract crows to my yard and strike up a friendship. Not that I'm in it for the gifts. Okay, I'm in it for the gifts. When we were in Hawaii recently, I put crackers out for the cardinals and mynas. We were on a golf course and every bird we passed, I'd yell, "HI BIRD! HI BIRD! HI BIRD!" Tim is used to me being weird but I'm sure he was a little concerned. Why do birds suddenly appeal to me? Because I'm over 55. There has to be a switch that flips. When I was young I didn't care a hoot (pun intended) about birds. I think about what stage lies ahead. Am I going to convert my guest room into a quilting room? Will I take up mah jong? Chair yoga? No matter what's next, I'll embrace it. Frankly, it's just nice to be here. I found the joke! Resident name (first & last):_________________________________ This was the joke: ________________________________________ Comments (we LOVE your notes - about anything!): _______________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Send entries to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com or drop it at the Main Clubhouse BARBARA CHRISTENSEN _____________________________________________________

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