Good finds....

I have REALLY enjoyed my cousins over the years! I'm a little sad my kids have no cousins....YET.

heh, heh, heh.....

uh, yeah, just a bit.....

Well? Do I??

Photo Meme's

There's been several of these floating around facebook lately. I picked the ones I've seen that best described me.....

I found another one!! But I'm dedicating it to my hubby as it seems to fit him well too!!!

A chicken story....

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.

British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers.

When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back- rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow.

The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions.

NASA responded with a one-line memo,

"Defrost the chicken." (True story, or at least, so they say)

Spring is coming!!!

Somedays facebook really cracks me up! Read these ads that were on my sidebar the other day.....taken from top to bottom I do believe they're sending some kind of message.......

Then there's this one:

"Fresh step litter cat sweaters are hot! Create your own digital sweater at the Fresh Step litter page....."does this mean they're making sweaters with pictures of cat poop on them??? Just wondering...and if a sweater was hot, wouldn't you take it off and put on a tshirt?

Just wondering.

Winter is waving the white flag around here! The weather has been very nice, sometimes rainy, briefly cold for 1 or 2 days followed by sun and highs in the 60-70s :-) I can't wait for all the flowers to be in bloom!

Look at the signs of spring in my flowerbed!! at the top are my Hyacinths, the bottom are Easter Lillies!! These guys are always to first to show, often before the last frost, and I greet them warmly each year!!

These two don't really get along.....I've never in 8 years seen them be this close without someone growling!!! Yikes!!

I figured out it was because it had gotten so cold in the living room!! Turned up the heat and sure enough, no more snuggle kitties.

If it said cat hair it'd be exactly right!!

I hope that everyone had a terrific Valentine's Day!


Mine was REALLY sweet......

Make it a great week everybody! And when things get tough, remember what Grandma always said "You can get glad in the same shoes you got mad in."

A Beautiful Day!

So, I've been working on sprucing up the living room by way of new curtains. I had a couple of obstacles when wanting to make a curtain for our door. The large window in the door provides much of the natural light in the room during the day, we also have to raise the miniblinds every morning to watch for the schoolbus.

But, you gotta admit, this looks a bit drab!

What to do?

Make a light button-up curtain of course!

I put button holes at 2 levels so that the curtain can be raised either half way.....

or all the way up.....

I learned that if you want your buttonholes to be stronger then just sew them twice!!

I also learned this is a LOT easier to do BEFORE you cut the hole open.

There was a lot of "winging it" done on this curtain. I've never made a tab top curtain before....nor could I actually find a pattern for a button up curtain. It's the first time I've put gathered lace on top of a ruffle, which was tricky.....finally the decision to gather the bottom so that the curtain wouldn't flare out straight and cover the doorknob was completely spontaneous!

Sure am glad it all worked! Those big black buttons were my Grandmothers! I'm always glad to use something from my inheritance.....

I have to say, I find this to be one dang CUTE curtain!! :-)

Let's see who does a better job prediciting the weather.....


Make it a great day folks!

Because laughter really IS the best medicine!

We're gearing up for surgery around here. Hubby is trying to freeze 45 loaves of bread by March.....we'll see how many he gets made. Doing this means that he's having to make 10 loaves of bread a week as compared to the 5 loaves we normally eat in a week......

I've all but stopped playing most computer/app games. I found they were stressing me out. Angry birds, rather than relax me always made me tense up.........

Now I have a game called Fish Farm. I love it. I have 9 different aquariums, All I do is breed, feed and sell fish.....and I spend a lot of time watching them swim......I especially like it when they swim through each other.....

Spend time this week sitting and dreaming.....then try to follow your dream......you never know what may come out of it.

Happy New Year!!

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS

1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Holiday spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately.. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.

2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare. You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat.. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!

3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.

4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.

5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Holiday party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?

6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.

7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.

8. Same for pies. Apple, Mincemeat, Pumpkin, Chocolate.... Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one chocolate... Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?

9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.

10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner.

for you last minute wrappers

here are some quick and easy wrapping instructions!

It's getting CLOSE!!!!

Christmas is coming! Are you ready??

My girl cat and my girl child are both repeating the same phrase over and over ......"I want the curling ribbon! I want the curling ribbon!" I should hand it over and video tape them fighting for it!!!!
and my 15lb boy cat keeps trying to climb the artificial tree.....

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas......dooo de doo doo dooooooo"......



Major Mommie SCORE this week!! I am the master of the magic of CURLING RIBBON!!!!See it's straight! Run my hand down it and VOILA! See it's curly!!... Run my hand down it again......and........IT'S STRAIGHT!!!!!!

TaDa! Ha ha ha HAAAAA!!!!!!

Seriously it kept all 3 kids entertained for 20min!! They couldn't figure out why it didn't work for them..........





Me: (teasing) so you want a strawberry milkshake right?
Sonshine: no, just chocolate
Me: chocolate? Are you sure??
Him: yes, chocolate helps me focus
Me: focus??? On what??
Him: chocolate helps me focus on my Tae Kwon Do, Mom!!!!!


Uh yeah. Ok.
(he MIGHT be related to me in some way....)

Tomorrow or the next day I'll put up pictures of the Christmas decorating/sewing we've been doing. But it's been a long hard night and today I just wanna laugh!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Since I'm working a LOT of hours extra this week, I'm leaving you with some terrific stories.

If you've never enjoyed a good sea story (definition: a fairy tale told by Sailors) feel free to read some of my favorite stories told by my hubby Subvet!! I originally posted these back in 2007 and they still make me laugh every time I hear them!

Have a great holiday folks.

Tomorrow's Thanksgiving!

I'm Thankful for YOU!
To all my readers, family, and friends I wish you all

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Today's funnies.

Reflecting on this week....

Blow up this picture.....check out the sign holder's designer sunglasses, designer purse/bag, and waaaaay expensive camera......



Which makes me think:

And then there's this....

Which leads me to this:

I absolutely cannot believe or understand THIS moronic idea:

Now I'm all upset and need to do this:

This, however, is just well........WTF??