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July 14 *sigh* I need a HUG . . .I was checking my e-mail and browsing around overstock.com, which is a great site by the way, and ran across this.
 Yep, it is an actual pillow, it's called the "Hug Me" pillow. Need a hug? Here ya go. And, in case you don't believe me or you want to buy one for yourself, click here and look for yourself.
It cracked me up and I just had to share it before leaving for lunch. Have a GREAT day and weekend y'all!! July 11 Blogger's quest ends with keys to houseI should have thought of this. I remember hearing about it and I remember hearing him on the radio when he had the Alice Cooper meeting. I have a red paper clip. I have a pink one and a green one and probably a blue one. I wonder what I can get for all of those. Maybe a house and a new car and possibly a new career? Whaddya think? Can I do it???
Quote Blogger's quest ends with keys to house - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com July 10 New Self-help groupMy mother is an addict. Yep, I am writing on the internet for all the world to see that my mom is an addict. It's been hard on us as a family, but we've enabled her and we're trying to decide on an intervention.
She is addicted to . . . chocolate milk.
Yep, that's right, that's what I said, Chocolate Milk. Whole, in-a-bag, chocolate milk from Kwik Trip. She is up to 6 bags a week. She drinks about a bag a day. That is a half gallon. Sounds ok, right?
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Half a gallon of WHOLE milk EVERY DAY!!! Are you kidding?
Great for the bones, horrible on the appetite and the cholesterol. She manages to drink almost the entire bag before bedtime. Which means that any night I want a glass before bed I have to replace the bag. You see if I leave only a small amount in the bag then she slams around the house and pouts that no one cares about her. Which is, of course, patently untrue, but seemingly proven, regularly, in her mind.
All of that to say that tonight she was in the kitchen when I had to replace her bag. I mentioned it to her. Something to the effect of "I hate when you leave just a little bit in this bag so I have to change it." She just laughed and said that she does it on purpose. We ended up talking about how much she drinks and how it's kind of a problem. She sincerely said to me
"I don't know what to do?
I just don't know what else to do?
What am I supposed to drink?"
You see she doesn't like juice, doesn't drink coffee, pop/soda is just not a first-thing-in-the-morning drink and water just "rusts your pipes." It is one of the only things she drinks at all, ever.
After all of this we decided that she should start a support group. "Chocolate Milk Addicts Anonymous." I'm not sure what the 12 steps will be. I'm sure facing the problem will play in as will acknowledging the cows or God or something. But, it just cracked me up and I felt the need to share it.
Unfortunately, I can't come up with anything funnier than that because I'm watching Season 1 of Alias and it is a CRAZY sad episode and there is this great melancholy Sara MacLachlan song on too. Sydney is crying and the song is beautiful and I am sapped. I couldn't sleep last night and I'm exhausted, so apparently my sense of humor has shut down. So, that's what you all get for tonight. ttyl!! July 08 Did you know?So, I'm away on Vacation!!!
 My first ever, real, adult vacation. I'm at Lifest. A Music festival. It's been GREAT!!! I've seen a number of great bands, spent a ton of time with my friend Staci and spent a little time with my Friday night crowd. Why am I taking time out of my glorious music -filled vacation to write you ask? Well, here is why. It's about halfway through and I'm not sure when I'll get back to this. In addition, the hotel has free wireless and a computer  to use. So, I figured I'd take advantage of it and give you this little story from my drive back to the hotel tonight.I get on the interstate/highway to go from the event back to my hotel and there is this SUV sitting on the on-ramp with the brake lights on. So, I'm thinking, What the heck are you doing???!!! Ok, so they're still moving forward and actually accelerating onto the interstate. Okay, we're fine, I guess. At which point I realize that they're riding their brake lights. Which brings out my question of the night.
Did you know that you're only supposed to drive with one foot??
Well, if you have an automatic transmission. It's not hardly possible to drive a manual transmission vehicle with one foot. But, if you don't require a clutch then one of your feet should always be simply resting while driving. Why? First and foremost because you will kill your car if something tragic happens and you stomp both feet down. I'm not sure what happens, but I am sure that it is bad for your engine to rev while your brakes are simultaneously freezing up. That cannot be a good thing, no matter what. Secondly, it is hard on your brakes if you're accelerating places and actually tapping them a little bit. It has to be. Logically, this is a reasonable assumption to make. Third, and most importantly, It makes your brake lights go on when they're not supposed to!!! This is, I think, the most annoying of the reasons. The other reasons don't have anything to do with me and therefore, I don't care as much about those. But, if you're on the interstate and your brake lights are on? It implies to me that you need to move in some other direction and be on your merry way . . . away from me.
Am I sure it was their brake lights? Well, I'm glad you asked. I asked myself that question. You see, my brain runs faster than the speed of light, just ask my friend Katie. And, as I'm watching this interesting person drive around the highways and byways of this world with their brake lights on I started composing this message for you. As Lori, of Superfantastic Blog, also does and at especially inappropriate times. I seem to remember a post to that effect having to do with a church service, possibly a Christmas service. So, I do the same. Believe it or not I'm composing messages for you my faithful readers quite frequently. Most of the time I simply can't get to a computer with internet fast enough to post it. But, I have digressed FAR off the original point to all of this.
Yes, it occurred to me that maybe his lights were bright or it's just a vehicle I've never seen or something like that. but, in fact about halfway between the next two exits I saw those lights go off for a few moments while they changed lanes. Thus confirming my believe that it was the brake lights on all the time and the driver was riding the brakes while simultaneously riding the gas to keep going on the interstate!
So, today's lessons is:
Drive with one foot whenever possible and always when necessary.
Do not use a second foot unless there is a clutch involved.
If you have a third foot, see a medical professional immediately to have it taken care of because you probably shouldn't have it.
If you "should" have the foot, then you probably shouldn't be trying to drive or operate heavy machinery.
 Ok, I have fulfilled my post quote for the week (that's how often I've been on!! I apologize profusely) and have also used up all my time at this computer. However, I will have pictures up next week after I get home, upload them, edit them and then upload them to this site. I should have some good ones. Yeah me!!!
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