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    28 November

    Pajamas at the Library?

        So, I am actually sitting at my local library typing.  Why? You may ask.  Because my computer at work was being slow for some reason and I KNOW my computer at home is slower than this.  Plus, I had to get a few CD's from the library. 
        So, here I sit.  As I was leaving work I thought "You know, I haven't put up a post recently.  But, then, nothing particularkly funny or anything with any humor value at all really, happened to me all weekend.  I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with my friend, Robin, on Friday.  Then I watched Hitch for the 8th time and fell asleep to it around 3 am. 
          Saturday was basically uneventfully all the way around.  We got some snow on Friday afternoon and it sorta melted a little bit on Saturday.  But, the standard Otter Procrastinator that I am, I waited until 3 to try shoveling it a little bit.  Of course, by that time it had melted and started to re-freeze a little bit.  Well, I am not about to throw out my back shoveling something that can be melted with salt.  So, I shoveled off the snow and slushy stuff on top and salted down the driveway and the sidewalk out front.  
         Now, that I write that, I could have probably written a really funny story there instead of the boring uneventfulness I actually did write.  However, I'm actually too lazy (and tired) to erase it all and go back and be creative.  Especially when I have humor coming up later.   I sat around the house Saturday, so boring in fact that I can't even remember what I was doing for the following 3 hours.  Hmmmm. 
         So, then my parents came home, I watched some TV, I think.  and went to bed. Went to church on Sunday.  Good service, Great sermon, Rob.  Then I came home,  Feelin' a little sorry for myself, but I got over it.  I always do. 
         So, I came home and took all the crap off my dresser and started a box o' stuff.  I have this thing when i get tired ofl okoing at stuff but I can't decide what to get rid of.  I get a box that will fit it all and I set the box out of sight, more or less.  Then if I haven't touched the stuff in a pre-determined amount of time, probably about 4-6 weeks this time, then I pitch it.  Goodwill, Salvation Army, give-away at church, trash, whatever.  So, I dumped almost everything off my dresser into a box and now the dresser is almost sparkling clean!  almost, it's not exactly a sparkling kinda dresser. 
         Oh, yeah, I went and rented a few movies on Saturday 'cause I had to return Charlie.  That's right, now I remember.  So, then on Sunday after church I came home and poked through the ads and then read my book, Firefly Blue by Jake Thoene, for like 2-3 hours.  Then I went and picked up chocolate milk for my mom and pizza for supper and watched Cold Case while walking on the Gazelle I bought Weds night, then I watched Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Not nearly as good without Goran) and did the dishes for my mom.  Then I watched Elektra since I never watched it when it first came out.  Kinda liked it.  So, then I watched SVU on Spike or USA or something and then I went to bed.  I got up and went to work etc.  So, now we're almost up to the present moment.  (Wow, that was a lot of boring mediocrity just to get to this tiniest bit of humor, I hope.)
         So, I'm sitting at work thinking about what to post.  Something about this fantabulous Wisconsin Weather (snowed on Friday, 50 degrees and breezy with alternating rain and sunshine today)?  Or more mundane nothingness about my weekend?  Did anythign happen funny over Thanksgiving with the family?  Not really, so what do I write about?  In case you didn't know, I'm constantly composing something in my mind.  Either just for a future essay for when I become a freelance writer (Yeah right! ) or somethign to post here.  So, I've been thinking all day about what to write.  I pull into the driveway for the Library and turn into the parking lot and see my post for today. 
    A GROWN WOMAN IN BRIGHT BLUE PAJAMA PANTS AT 3 IN THE AFTERNOON AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
    Yep, that's right.  I thought, What is that about?!  Why would you go to the public library at 330 in the afternoon, with 3 kids, in your bright blue pajama pants that have snoopy on them?  It's not even like they were plaid or plain or passable for normal pants.  Then I notice that two of her kids have pajamas on.  What in the world is that about??  Then, I think "HA!  Funny note for the site!" 
         So as I'm walking in it occurs to me that maybe, just maybe there is a good reason for the pajamas.  Maybe there is a kids program thing of some sort with a Pajama theme.  Then I get in here and no one else has pajamas on, I even checked the library website and it doesn't say anything about a pajama party. 
         So, at the current moment I am giving her the benefit of the doubt that she is just having an "Audrey Hepburn day."  Or Catherine, one of them.  Susi told me (and about 10-14 of my closest friends  ) that once a month she has a Hepburn day where she doesn't get out of her pajamas and just spends the day praying and reading and relaxing.  Oh, for the day when that is my life.  *sigh* 
         Anyway, so I am thinking maybe this is just her way of getting the kids out or keeping her sanity or she has excema or something, but it just struck me funny that a full-grown woman with 3 kids in a minivan would come to the public library in bright blue pajama pants. 
      Hope you stuck around through all the mediocrity to get to the funny pants.  I know, not terribly funny, nor as funny as previous things, nor as well written as previous things, but I am particularly tired this afternoon for some reason and my brain isn't functioning at the highly humorous level that I usually write at.  See ya later, hopefully funnier too.
    23 November

    A crazy pen fetish senior citizen

         I am filing this under Funny Thought because of this first story.  The second is just sharing my enjoyable afternoon.
         So, my mom has a pen fetish.  Yep, pens, like writing pens, ink pens, fun pens. She even has one shaped like all of the bones in your pointer finger AND it glows in the dark.  A little freaky but okay.  Unfortunately for me, she has passed this pen fetish on to the next generation.  Apparently there is only one in every generation because my sister may like a good pen, but she won't buy 5 just to make sure she has one when she wants it. 
         My mom has a large pen cup in the kitchen with at least 20 pens in it.  There is another pen cup in the computer room with another 10-15 pens AND a marker cup with about 10-12 markers.  She also has a pen cup on top of her side table in the living room with 5-7 pens in it.  In the top drawer of that side table is at least one bag with 6 other pens and probably 8-12 other pens there.  In the other side table is probably another 8-15 pens.  That does not include the stashes of pens that she has at work, in her purse, in the garage and in her car. 
         The running joke, which is actually true, is that when she finally dies and we have the visitation, if you come and sign the book, you get to take the pen with you.  This will still leave me with a fairly good stash of pens to get me through the first couple of years after her death.  Not that we're planning on her dying any time soon, but she is a "senior citizen" according to AARP so she's probably closer to death than to birth.  Just being a little realistic here. 
         So, why do I bring up the pen fetish you ask?  Well, see, not only does she love pens.  She loves pens that write really well.  You know the kind, smooth ink, nice handle, always looks good when you're done, AND the ink doesn't smear.  So, I borrow her pens from time to time, usually for specific reasons.  I borrowed a pen the other night so I could write a list of the characters in the book I had started reading.  I took it downstairs with me when I got ready for bed.  (OMG, I just looked and realized it's 130!!!  Better wrap this up!) 
         So, the next day she says to me "Kristine, did you take one of my pens?"  And I'm like, HOW COULD SHE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT!!!  So, then she says "did you take my Uni-ball Signo micro 240?"  Seriously, I've attached a picture.  Even if you can't read the pen, it is exactly that.  So, I said "You're NOT right!  You're just NOT right!"  So, I took the pen upstairs for her to use. 
         But wait, of course this is not the end of the story.   I wasn't done with my list when I gave her the pen back.  So, when I left in the morning I grabbed it again so that the ink and stuff would match on the paper.  (OCD, much?)  So, that night she says to me "did you take my pen again?"  I'm like, "MOM, YOU'RE NOT RIGHT!!" 
         She said, "Well I went to look for it and I couldn't find it, but it wasn't laying anywhere either. So, I said to your father ' you don't think she took it again just to mess with me, do you?"  I said, no, silly i wasn't done with my list!!!  So, I finished the list and . . . actually . . . now that I think about it.  I think that pen is still in my purse.  I don't think I have given it back yet.  I'll have to do that in the morning.  So, in case you didn't know or weren't sure, that is the kind of person who I live with.  A crazy pen fetish senior citizen.

    Also, we went to get manicures this afternoon.  I won a gift certificate at the county fair this summer and used the first one on pedicures for Charity and I a few months ago.  Mom had mentioned that she had never had a manicure and would like to see what it was like.  So, that's what we did.  Our nails look great, although I don't have a picture of that.  I do have a picture of us sitting with our hands under the dryers.  We both got french manicures and got a sparkly top coat.  I have to say that I think mom's look REALLY nice.  I may have even gotten her thinking about doing it for herself regularly.  Yeah for mom.  I hope she does. 
     
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!!!
    22 November

    "Why aren't you married yet?"

    So, I went to open MSN today to look up the hot hollywood gossip and this article is right there staring at me. 
    Why Aren't You Getting Married? // Disapproving woman at holiday gathering (© Sean Murphy/Stone/Getty Images)
     
    With that horrifying picture that answers the question by itself.  Anyway, so I go in to read it and here are a few REALLY GOOD quotes.  Cracked me up.  I may have to use these.  I'll let you know how it goes!
     
    Make your point with an extreme example
    "Tell them, ’I look at marriage as an old-fashioned, patrician, indentured-slave practice that imprisons people in a backbreaking, emotionally bereft sinkhole.’”
    -Mike O’Malley, star of the CBS series Yes, Dear
     
    Make them wish they hadn’t asked
    “Try, ‘Because the doctor tells me that I get enough nagging from my mom.’
    ‘Because a couple of years ago I got a great deal on a 50 pound box of condoms, and I want to get my money’s worth.’  - personal favorite
    ‘One thing at a time. Let me get the sex change first.’
    ‘Have you seen me naked?’” - second personal favorite!
    -Brian McCann, writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien
     
    I guess it just goes to prove that you can’t trust those voodoo-doll rituals.’”-Linda Sunshine, author of Women Who Date Too Much…And Those Who Should Be So Lucky  
     
    “Defuse the comment by saying that studies have shown that marrying at a later age increases the odds of the marriage lasting. (And, thanks to Pastor Rob, I now know you enjoy sex more!!  Woo hoo!! 
     
    ‘No one has been smart enough to ask me yet’
    That's it,  that's the one I'll be using!! 
     
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!!!
    20 November

    PartyLite SALE!!!

    Over the 3 years I sold PartyLite I accumulated quite a bit of product. 
    I AM SELLING ANYTHING I CAN!!! 
    The items I am selling are now posted in my Photo Album under Partylite Sale.  Ask me any questions at Mousemarie@hotmail.com, or leave a comment I can take cash and check and maybe credit cards through PayPal at that e-mail.  I can answer almost any question you may have since I still have the catalogs.  I can ship for very reasonable prices, OR I can deliver, if you're close enough.  All the prices are approximately 25% off the original retail.  I am very willing to make deals if they get the pieces out of my house.  Feel free to ask, especially if you want multiple items. Also, if you would like an item for a gift, just let me know and I can be very discreet.  I can even wrap an item for you.  I look forward to doing business with you. (I will be out to Iowa seeing my family over Thanksgiving weekend and whenever that side of the family does our Christmas too, so I can deliver your products then.)
     
    Also, I am friends with 2 great consultants here in Southern Wisconsin that would love to help you get $100+ in free product.  Just ask if you'd like to get in touch with them.   You can also check out www.partylite.com to see what the company's about and what their current specials are.  Feel free to ask me any questions you may have there too. 
    19 November

    Mall Hunt

    So, I joined my church youth group last night for their annual "Mall Hunt."  I call it a human scavenger hunt, but whatever you call it it's fun.  So, I posted the pics.  The point to the Hunt is for either adults or kids to dress up in order to hide in plain sight and then the alternate group comes in and tries to find the group that is trying to hide.  Whoever finds the most people gets free pizza and whoever gets found the least gets free pizza.  Unfortunately, last night we didn't get any pics of me.  At least, I didn't get any.  I went as a dirty, homeless kinda woman.  Oversize, grubby-ish clothes, a hat, and I mixed all my eyeshadows together to make my face look dirty.  Plus, I did actual shopping, so that helps in the hiding.  I got two Christmas presents for my godmother, a gift for my godfather AND a new robe for myself.  I may have to put up a pic of me modeling that.  It's WAY cute, it's pink with green girl frogs with big eyelashes.  So, that was my night last night and there are pics up.  Enjoy!!  And, if any of you reading this have pics of me or of last night that you want posted, just e-mail them to me and let me know and I'll get them up as soon as I can.  THANKS!!!
    18 November

    Pet Peeve (a new category)

         So, I come back to work from lunch and as I walk up to the elevators I see that the guy from the office next to me is waiting for the elevators and that he has a cup of coffee in each hand.  So, he holds the door and hits the button and we ride up to our floor.  We get up there and the doors open and he does not even hesitate a nanosecond to let me get out first.  
         I know, I know, kinda dumb.  I believe that chivalry is not dead and that if some of the guys I know would buck up and take a chance and be real gentlemen that they would learn a lot about some of us ladies.  I know, stupid thing to be peeved about, but aren't most peeves kinda dumb.  Well, a lot of them anyway.  
           So, the peeve part is when a guy can't even try to be gentlemanly, like it never even occurs to him to consider the lady near him.  Especially aggravating when there is a guy walking out a door more than 3 feet in front of you.   Usually they make that half-hold like they're going to hold it a split second to appear to have made the effort, but it still closes long before you can get to it.  I understand if you truly have something really urgent to get to, but usually not.  Usually you are being lazy and want to look like maybe you've made the effort but not actually followed through.  I mean, seriously, how long does it take to stand there and wait and hold the door for a lady.  Or, even worse, how long does it take to wave a woman out a door ahead of you???  NO TIME AT ALL!!!! 
         Now, I know that many of us fairer sex have not been fairer at all and actually attacked some of you guys for this chivalrous move when you've tried it. But, here is my tip: 
    If it wasn't me that attacked you, THEN TRY IT AGAIN! 
    I can't absolutely promise without fail that I will react perfectly, but I can't imagine any instance short of nuclear war and loss of limbs in which I would attack or even be the least bit upset that a man went out of his way (even 30 seconds) to hold a door for me or wave me out of a doorway before himself.  That is, of course, unless the loss of limbs were legs and he refused to help me out, but just stood there holding the door . . . . then that would suck and probably get you attacked.  (Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "ankle biter." 
         Anyway, guy's, please on behalf of us ladies who are tired of doing everything for ourselves 'cause you're too insecure or lazy to do it for us,
    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TRY AGAIN!!! 
     
    Okay, I feel a little better.  Back to my work here in the office.  Hope you all have a wonderful day!!
    p.s. Comments as always are very welcome.  Let's hear your peeves or chivalrous ideas!  :D
     
    17 November

    I love the Army

         I know, I know.  Charity, I know I never thought I'd say it either.  Don't get me wrong, I love the military and I am utterly grateful for their sacrifices on my behalf.  But, seeing as how my best friend is a Marine wife and they like to say the Army stands for A-ren't R-eally M-arines Y-et, I never thought I'd say it.  But I have to.  Here is the story (you should know by now that there is ALWAYS  story)
         So, I came into work this morning and realized that there was a fairly large pile of trash to be taken out.  So, I decided to take it out before I got busy doing computer stuff.  So, I took the first bag of trash out and drop that in the bin and come back upstairs.  I grab these cardboard boxes to go into the recycling and go back downstairs.  While I'm trying to balance the boxes and simultaneously open the dumpster, the door closes behind me.  Now, I'm not actually worried at this point because they used to have a pull string thing on it and when they took it off I realized that if you just pushed on the door it would open.  It has a locking mechanism you might see on fences.  The door that swings open and closed has a rod on it and when it closes it pushes up the locking thing and drops into place.  so, as I'm balancing this door closes and I'm not worried because it opened up this summer, no problem. 
         So, I dump the boxes into the thing and push on the door.  It gives a little bit BUT DOES NOT OPEN!  Ummm, okay, now I'm almost concerned.  Considering that it is a whopping 20 degrees outside and I'm standing in a pair of very thin pants, a t-shirt and a thin sweater.  So, I push a lot harder hoping it will pop open.  Nope.  Okay, well I look down and realize that it is bolted into the ground.  So, I pull the bolt up, push on the door a bit and try to push it open again.  DOES NOT WORK.  NOW I am actually worried. 
         There is no one around.  There could conceivably be no one around for an hour or more.  WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!!!  So, I stand there and I look around to see if there is anything I can use to try to pop that lock and there is nothing.  So I just stand there waiting for someone to walk along. 

         Well this older woman pulls into the parking lot and as soon as she's out of her car I start yelling.  See, there are at least 3 different directions she could go and only one of them goes anywhere near me.  So, she sees me and comes over, but right as she does a nice man from the public defender's office walks out of the building.  So, he stops and trys to help, but apparently I have actually jammed the lock by pushing the ball pin thing at the end of hte rod into the locking part and now it doesn't want to open at all.  So, then this other public defender guy walks out and he gets this pliers tool out of his bag and tries to pry it open, that doesn't work either.  The poor woman takes off her shoe to try to bang the lock up and release the door, but that doesn't work either. 

         So, then the woman says "let me go inside . . . " I didn't hear what she said, but it appeared she was going inside to get help for me.  So, the first public defender leaves because he has to be in court.  I offered to go testify for him that I was indeed locked into the dumpster box, but he declined.  Although it did make them laugh. 

         So, then, these two Army recruiters walk out.  One of them walks up, looks at it and considers for a second.  A second just long enough to let me move out of the way, and lifts his leg police style and just kicks the doors.  They open IMMEDIATELY.  WOW, my hero! 

         However, goofball that I am, I didn't realize they were the Army guys.  I knew they were military, but I didn't know which ones 'cause we have all the recruiters in our building.  So, as I walked back into this nice, cozy, warm building I said thank you to them and the lady said something about "They're the army!"  As if it were obvious that all we needed were the Army to get us out of the jam.  Well, I say, "THANK YOU!!!!!" to those Army guys who helped me.  If you're married, I hope your wives are proud.  If you're not, I'm single!   

    16 November

    I watch too much CSI

    Yep, i do.  I watch way too much CSI, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, and suspense/mystery movies. 
     
    So, I was driving home tonight.  Well, let me back up just a little bit.  Last night Winter arrived in Wisconsin.  It is currently about 25 degrees outside with light flurries.  The kind of flurries that make everything seem pretty.  Yesterday it was like 40 something and raining, today, not so much.  So, I'm driving home and I pass one of those drive thru car wash places.  The kind where you pull up, put in your $5 and it washes your car while you sit there and then you pull out and leave, right?  So, I drive by one and there is this nice full-size sedan kind of car just pulling out.  IT IS 25 DEGREES OUTSIDE.  IT IS ACTUALLY SNOWING RIGHT THIS SECOND.  ARE YOU CRAZY!  You are going to freeze all your windows shut, freeze your wipers to the bottom of your windshield AND you're going to freeze all your doors shut.  More importantly, WHY ARE YOU WASHING YOUR CAR?!?!?  It is snowing, it is going to keep snowing and if we get any accumulation whatsoever it's going to be very messy. So, why are you bothering to wash it in the first place.  All these thoughts fly through my mind in 1.7 seconds.  After which I very calmly think to myself "He killed somebody."  Wait . . . what?!?!?  Where did that come from?  Too much CSI.  That's where.  Because, of course, that is the only reason that anyone would be washing their car in 25 degree snow flurry weather, is if they killed somebody.  Which I had to amend about 2 minutes later, to "He hit somebody" 'cause even if he killed somebody he would have to clean the inside of the car, not the outside.  And it was at this point that I decided I need to share my apparently damaging addiction with my CyberFriends.  Please, help me out here people.  Friends don't let friends crime solve things that aren't there. 

    Sexiest Man Alive-People

    So, People magazine has named their sexiest men of 2005.  Matthew McConaughey is top of the list.  So I read through the interview out of curiosity and a desire to get to know this guy better.  He's kinda . . . I don't know, like an unknown on his personal life.  We know his movies and his characters and of course his looks, but I've never heard much about his personal life, AND I forgot he is dating Penelope Cruz.  So, anyway, I read through this article and I am just totally not sure what to think of him.  On the one hand he is most definitely any woman's "dream man" but at the same time he's kinda weirdo creepy.  Like he said there is no lamp or clock on his bedside table, but there is a book AND a face and hand cream.  ?? Wait, did you just say handcream is on your bedside table???  Um, okay, sure, you don't keep your good looks by neglecting yourself . . . I guess. . . . very weird to me.  THEN people asked him to finish this phrase "It would surprise people to know" and his answer?  that I make my own face and body cream.  WHAT???  Okay, I get that you keep something in your bedroom, BUT YOU MAKE IT!!!  Okay, that is just a little weird.  And suddenly around that point of the interview my stomach that was all twitterpatted that such a "perfect" manly man could exist and still love women turned a little sour and suddenly he wasn't quite as great as he was before.  BUT WAIT, it gets better!!  So, then I click another couple of pages and THEN he's quoted as answering this phrase "a man should smell like" with this answer: a man, I haven't worn deoderant in 20 years.  WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT??????   Oh, my goodness.  There is smelling like a man and then there is smelling like you're going to make me puke on you.  WOW,  I am just flabbergasted.  Read the article yourself, I'm not lying at all!!
     
    Okay, so he's still totally hot, I just don't think I would want to spend any actual time with him, I'd rather just stare. 
     
    Matthew McConaughey

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    FOUR THINGS YOU USE EVERYDAY:
    1. Cell phone
    2. Car
    3. Radio
    4. Coffee
    FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
    1. Prison Guard
    2. Public Library Tech aide
    3. Substitute Teacher
    4. Social Worker for a whole 2 weeks!!!(they fired me, their loss)
    FOUR STORES YOU SHOP AT THE MOST :
    1. Wal-Mart
    2. Aldi’s
    3. Kwik Trip
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    FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
    1. Notting Hill
    2. You’ve Got Mail
    3. Something’s Gotta Give
    4. Rat Race even if I don’t own it yet

    FOUR THINGS YOU WANNA DO IN LIFE:
    1. Skydive
    2. Get out of my parents basement, I know, way pathetic
    3. Love richly and deeply
    4. Die knowing I did ALL that God had for me to do

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    1. Iowa
    2. San Diego, CA
    3. St. Louis, MO
    4. Wisconsin Dells, WI

    FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY ONLINE:
    1. Hotmail
    2. my personal blog site-you are here now!
    3. SBC Yahoo
    4. Gigglechick.com

    FOUR OF YOUR ALLTIME FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
    1. Olive Garden
    2. Red Robin
    3. Whatever restaurant is in the Ramada Inn, BEST bread
    4. Park City on Milwaukee St.

    FOUR FAVORITE THINGS:
    1. Chocolate
    2. Coke
    3. Talking
    4. Laughing

    FOUR SCHOOLS YOU ATTENDED:
    1. St. John Vianney Elementary

    2. Parker High School
    3. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

    4. Romans 12:2

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    3. Barbecue Chicken
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    Thanks Mary!!!

    Thought I'd say while on the phone:
     
    "Get off your brother's head!!!"
    15 November

    Ms. Beatrice

     Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her Eighties and had never been married.  She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.

    One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room.  She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing her old pump organ, the young minister noticed a cut-glass bowl sitting on top of it.  The bowl was filled with water.  In the water floated, of all things, a condom!  When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat.  The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist.
    "Miss Beatrice", he said. "I wonder if you would tell me about this?" pointing to the bowl.
    "Oh, yes" she replied, "Isn't it wonderful?  I was walking through the park a few months ago
    and I found this little package on the ground.  The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease.  Do you know I haven't had the flu all winter?"

    Fun quizzes from YNC@blogthings

    Your 80s Heartthrob Is
    Jason Bateman
     
     
    Your Alias Should Be:
    Lena Gloria
     
     
    You Are A Lily
    You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist.
    People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you.
    You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words.
    Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize.
     
     
    Let me know what yours are!!! 
     
    Nope, no snow quite yet.  Although it is working on getting cold enough to turn this rain into snow soon.  Maybe tomorrow.  Today Kelly told me that if we have to deal with the cold then there has to be a really good reason for it, SO snow is a good enough reason for the cold of Wisconsin.  At least, that's what we've decided. 
    14 November

    I need this t-shirt

     
    Well,  yes I do think I need that shirt but there are SOOO many funny ones to choose from.  Cinco de Mayo, Visit Cuba and more.  Enjoy checking them out!
    13 November

    Thought I'd say to my 7-year-old

    Something I never thought I would say to my daughter..."honey, you don't have heartburn and your prostate is not growing."  Too many medical commercials!
     
    As e-mailed to me by my friend Staci. 

    Just couldn't wait

    So, I've been pondering this entry for days and been just too lazy to get around to typing it in.  So, you're going to end up with two entries.  'cause I have another "Things I never" to add to that category.  But, on to the first one.
     
    So, has anyone else noticed these blow-up lawn ornament turkeys?  Have you seen them?  I have seen two.  The first one completely cracked me up last week and I was going to write about it but i'm a procrastinator and a perfectionist.  (NOT a good combination, at ALL)  So, I noticed it for a reason.  I noticed this huge blow up, lit up turkey in someone's yard that had his front feathers together like they were hands praying.  A turkey!  praying!!  What's more, the turkey also had his head bowed and tipped to one side.  I KID YOU NOT!  So, that was funny enough.  Then, a few days later, I drive by the exact same blow up turkey in the same yard and NOW, he has his hands folded and his head tipped back as if looking at the sky!!!  Oh, my goodness!  I laughed, very hard, and thought of you!!!
     
    THEN, I was driving home from Charity's house the other night and I saw ANOTHER turkey in a different yard.  This one was sitting down and had his feathers/wings behind his back as if he had some amazing secret he was hiding from you.  Now, seriously.  Where are they getting these things from??  I am looking on wal-mart.com and NOT finding anything right now.  And, honestly, even if you can find one, how exactly do you find one that prays?  What is it praying for exactly?  For the salvation of all his turkey friends?  For blessings on the family about to devour him/her for dinner?  For salvation from the devouring?  I'm not sure, but hopefull you got a laugh.   
    10 November

    Did I hear you right???

    So, I was talking to my friend Charity on the phone today while I was driving .  I stopped into our local post office 'cause I had a letter to drop in their outside-drive-thru-boxes.  So, I pull in, drop my envelope in the box, start to pull out, stop because I see traffic and suddenly hear this guy in a little truck going past me yell out his window
     "GET OFF THE PHONE!" 
     
     Excuse me, did I just hear you right? I'm not in your way, I'm not driving crazy, I'm not even MOVING, and you're yelling at me to get off the phone?  Maybe you should pay attention to the road in front of you instead of apparently paying so much attention to the people around you on their cell phones.  harumph. 
     
    Speaking of which, it totally freaks my mom out that I talk on the phone while I drive and one day she told me "You know, someone did a study and it said that if you talk on your phone while you're driving that you have the attention span of a 90-year-old."  Ummmmmmm, okay, so what does that mean?  That I am going to drive really slow?  Or maybe that I can stare at a tv for lack of anything better to do for 5 hours a day.  hmmm, never did figure out exactly what she meant by that. 
     
    Well, here's to 90-year-old attention spans!!! 
    Cheers!
    08 November

    Thought I'd hear

    "Please stop chewing on my shoe!"
     
    From my friend, Kelly, to her 2-year-old, Abi. 
     
    thanks for the laugh!! 
    05 November

    Things I Never . . . . .

    Well, I have talked with my friends a number of times over the past weeks about adding this category of posts to my blog.  So, here we have the inagural post. 
     
    The idea is to post anything that can finish the phrase "Things I Never" like 'thought i'd say'  'thought i'd hear'  'thought i'd have to say to my kids'  'thought i'd see'.  My favorites are the ones about the kids.  I'll get the best of these from my friends.  AND, please, please, please, feel free to post your own "Things I Never" in the comments of any post in this cateogory.  So, now that I've explained it, on to the first post.  This one is truly an original!
     
    So, I did this open house fundraiser thing for my church today.  The room was full of women who are all direct sales company consultants (Mary Kay, Home Interiors, lia sophia, Partylite, etc) and I have two guys helping me unpack all my partylite product.  (No longer a consultant, leftover stock, pics will be posted with a future entry)  The two guys helping was a things I never close enough, but much funnier was that all of a sudden I overheard one word of their conversation "blah blah blah . . . Cryogenics . . . . blah blah blah"  Wait, what??  Sitting in the middle of this "estrogen fest" I hear two guys bring up cryogenics!?  Made me laugh.  AND, made me think of you my loyal readers in cyberspace and how you might also enjoy this.  So, hopefully you got a laugh, look forward to future "Things I Never" entries.  They will probably be the funniest posts I ever place.  Enjoy!!