March 28, 2008

Free (Link) Love Friday

I’m home alone this morning.  No husband.  No child.  No dog.  Just me, my blogs and silence.  Golden silence.  I wish it could last all day.

Doug took Dawson to Grandma’s to give me a little break, but they’ll be home by two o’clock.  Shucks.

I realize I could write a million blog posts today and catch y’all up on what’s down with me, and I’ll do that.  For tomorrow.  Today, I’m enjoying reading blogs and I’m lovin’ some hilarious bloggers today.

The MomBabe over at the Bingham Diaries has me cracking up over her children “riding away” the other day.

I giggled like a maniac over Veronica’s conversation with her brother.

Pensieve discovered one of her children’s rabbits may not be male.

DeeDee had me pee-my-pants laughing at her “daughter’s engagement” and an ear-piercing scare tactic.

And, I loved this post at the Potted Goose.

Go on, read up.  You’ll love ‘em.  I promise.

January 24, 2008

Overheard in the Grocery Store

Last night I went to the store to get a few things I thought might make me feel better while battling another cold/sinus/bronchial…you get the idea.

For some reason I had a craving for almonds, so I pushed my cart to the proper aisle.  I overheard this converstaion by a middle-aged couple:

Husband:  Hon, do you want Planter’s or Fisher’s nuts?

Me:  (snickering under my breath)

Wife:  Umm…I dunno, whatever.

Husband:  Well, you decide.  I don’t care.

Wife:  Just get whatever.

Husband:  Okay….how about honey roasted nuts?

Wife:  Eww.  No.  I hate sweet nuts.

Me:  (trying with all my might not to laugh out loud)

The funniest part is they were so cool and calm, as if they have conversations about nuts every day.  Not a smile was cracked between them.

I can’t stop giggling.

January 23, 2008

Humor Each Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Would you believe it if I told you that less than a week after being sick with bronchial garbage, I’m sick again?

Yeah.  I don’t believe it either.  But it’s true.  I’m starting to think I’m cursed.  After three days of Lysoling (I know that’s not really a verb) every surface in my house and in my office, who’da thunk I’d get another sinus infection-thing?   I am so frustrated and mad, but thankfully my doctor called in a stronger, better prescription to kick this nasty bacteria for good.

In the meantime, please enjoy this video.  Frank Caliendo is so freakin’ talented.  I’m trying to get tickets to one of his shows in Wisconsin.   (You know he’s a Wisconsin native, right?)

I’ve got the complete video and it’s definitely a must see.  Click here for more info.  You can also watch his latest show in Milwaukee.

December 25, 2007

A Christmas Meme

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?   I’m all for gift bags, trouble is, they don’t make them big enough for certain gifts!

2. Real tree or artificial?  Artificial.  I love a real tree every few years, but the needles stuck in the carpet drives me crazy and I find it difficult to enjoy that real tree scent.

3. When do you put up the tree?  Typically, the day after Thanksgiving, but this year we were a week and a half late.

4. When do you take the tree down?  New Year’s Day if I’m not hung over.  The weekend after New Year’s if I am.

5. Do you like eggnog?  Not at all.  Yuck.

6. Favorite gift receivedas a child?  The year I got a keyboard piano.  I loved that thing!

7. Do you have a nativity scene?  Yes.  Two of them actually.

8. Hardest person to buy for?  The in-laws.

9. Easiest person to buy for?  My mom.

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?  A sweater with jingle bells on it.  The kind that actually jingle!

11. Mail or email Christmas cards?  Mail.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It’s a toss up between It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?  I’m definitely a procrastinator.  If I find something halfway through the year for a reasonable price, I’ll buy it and hide it for the intended recipient.  Otherwise I wait until December 1st or later.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?  I’ve never re-gifted a Christmas present, but if it’s something nonreturnable, I save it and donate it to our church picnic as a prize for the Cherry Tree game.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Chocolate covered peanut butter balls.  My aunt makes them every year.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Clear lights on the tree.  Colored lights outside.

17. Favorite Christmas song? I have several favorites, but I find myself singing Jingle Bell Rock every year.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?  We usually go to our parents’ houses each year.  No big travel plans.

19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeers?  Yes, but I have to sing it so that I don’t forget any.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? We have both, so we rotate every year.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?  We open some on each day because we celebrate with different family members on each day.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year?  When the neighbors forget to take their Christmas decorations down and they’re still up in February.