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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | JANUARY 2026 | | SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | JANUARY 2026 | 65 65 I started laughing when I saw the request for the contortionists! Janet C. Barnum & Bailey Circus will be suing Bar Numand Balees for copyright infringement! Jim G. e Circus Club would add an interesting twist to one's life. Charlie F. It's going to be hard with the holidays coming up, but if I can just lose a few more pounds, I'd like to apply for the human cannonball position if it's still available. Gregg K. e two pet elephants I keep in the backyard would love to join! And I will do gymnastics while standing on their backs. Victoria S. With all that's going on with the Sun Lakes leadership that's a big club this month! I'm really good with a whip and … oh it's a top hat; I can get one of those! Jamie T. Since life really is just a big circus, and more so every day, I'd like to join the Circus Club! My stage name will be Ring Ling Sista. Sallie F. Yay! Sadly my contortionist days are over. Vicki T. I have been known to "clown around", so I definitely could be an actual clown in a real circus...One question though. Are clown noses and clown shoes provided? Laurie W. 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! Please call Monica in the Admin. Office for your special prize. From Courtney Taylor, Publisher: Last year, I made a few resolutions and shared them with you, mostly to force myself to do them. Like when you go on a diet and you tell people so they slap the donut out of your hands when they catch you chowing down. Or at least give you a disappointed look. No one wants that. I resolved last year to clean my sock drawer (done!), to get a facial every month (I had five and that didn't suck), eat more salads (they're kind of a pain to make), and walk every day (if it weren't for that time change and it's so dark and there might be coyotes). This year I'm going to look outward as I make my resolutions. I want to positively affect other people, not just me. So I resolve to be kinder. I will say something positive to one person every day to make their day better. A couple years ago, I was at Vons and a young girl passed me and said, "Your hair looks really nice!" and that stuck with me. Did my hair look really nice? It's curly and it does what it wants so it looked like it always does, but that comment made my day. I want to do that for others. It will be hard since I work at home and rarely see other people. If I text you that your hair looks great, just go with it. Staying at Vons for a second, I resolve to let people who have just a few items go in front of me when I have a full basket. I'm in no hurry. And it's a simple gesture to make someone else's day a little better. Smiling at others when you catch their eye is a thing I have tried to do (also at Vons) but it seems that people don't smile back then I wonder, "do I look crazy?" So I've kind of stopped smiling at people. Well that one's coming back. I'm going to smile at you whether you return the smile or not. It might make one person's bad day a little better. I don't think anyone goes home and says, "My day was going along like normal and then this lady with curly hair just out-of-the-blue had the AUDACITY to SMILE at me! How dare she!" Ultimately, I want to practice an attitude of gratitude. It's sooooo easy to dwell on what is wrong — so many veggies to cut up for a salad — but if I shift my attitude, I will see things differently and feel better about what I see. I can go to Vons and buy fresh vegetables. I'm so blessed! And I can go for a walk everyday because I live in a safe neighborhood. I just have to go before sunset. Maybe I'll walk to Vons. 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 fill out the form below and drop it in the box at the Main Clubhouse Mary Ann Melleby Circus Club

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