Wait a Second for New Year's

This interesting bit of trivia came from my best friend. She just celebrated her birthday. When she is asked how old she was she said, "Twenty-one with experience." She is the one person who knows everything about me and still likes me.

Amusing Trivia
A leap second will be inserted in the world's clocks just before midnight on New Year's Eve. So, Jan. 1, 2006 will occur one second later than it would have otherwise. Leap seconds are needed occasionally because modern atomic clocks measure time with great accuracy, while the rotation of the Earth can be inconsistent.

Have a Happy & Safe New Year!

In Memory of James A. Dungy

James "Jamie" A. Dungy was laid to rest at the Garden of Memories in Tampa, Florida today. May God bless his family and help them through this difficult time. Tony Dungy is one of the most respected men in the NFL and in the Tampa & Indianapolis Areas and my heart hurts for him and his family. Please remember him in your prayers.

Tis the Season

Well, the shopping is 98% finished. I have been in more stores in the past month, than I have been in the whole past year. It really hasn't been that horrible. No crying fits or moody moments. My sister and her family came to visit last night, and of course those were the gifts I was putting off until last, since they were local. My Momma goes out there every Christmas morning to see the kids open their presents; so I will just send mine with her; but I wish I would have had them last night. Everytime we get together, I cannot help but miss Lance and his family. I know one day he will be closer and he is alot closer than he was when he was in England; but I miss my little bro so bad sometimes. My sister got me a precious gift. It is coasters with pictures of the kids in them. Too Cool! I have got to get ready to drive to Columbia and trade the kids. I get to pick up my oldest, Sean, and my youngest, Fanny. Peace, Love & Happiness to you all.

Gifts that just keep giving

Everyone is looking for the perfect gift this time of year, here a few ideas.....

1. Be like a virgin again, one time use only.

2. A facial.

3. Jawbone.

I really don't want any of these, but someone you are shopping for might. This is what I want:

Merry Christmas and Blessed Yule!

Home Fires Burning Again

The ac/heat repairmen came and repaired the heat.

It was the thermostat.

Quick Update on The Life

On Thursday, I had the heating repairmen come out at "fix" my heater; which has been acting loopy since Thanksgiving. They declared it was working and left. Friday evening it took a dive again. Called the Owner and he said he would try to get someone out here......grrr. So, here it is Monday morning and I am again waiting on these gentlemen to repair this damn thing! I believe it is the thermostat, but they did not seem to even hear me when I offered that suggestion. I could almost read their thoughts, "Thermostat?!? What the hell does she know about this stuff?". Anyways, we will get it looked at today, if I have to call the Owner every hour.

Phew, I feel better getting that out.

My Wonderful Man and I went out Saturday night. Both of us had to work all day Saturday, so we decided dinner out and maybe stop by our friend, Danny's, for awhile and make an early night of it. We had a good dinner and seeing Danny is always a good time. He was getting up early to go fishing; so we only stayed a little while.
Sunday morning we woke up around eight o'clock and went to the Waffle House with his sister and nephew. His mother had seen somethings at the Swap Meet that she wanted for her kitchen and I figured between the four of us we would remember what she liked.
That taken care of we headed up to Columbia to see my daughter Stephanie and her step-sister Katie ride in the Blythewood Christmas Parade. For a small town parade, I was very impressed. Before we left the Columbia area we went by a quickly visited Fanny and Christopher. She is getting so excited about Christmas. On the way home, we stopped by Wally World and got the Christmas Tree. I think if I wouldn't have got it soon, Sarah Beth was gonna bring one home on her own and knowing her; somebody would have been missing a tree out of their yard.

This morning Wonderful Man and I debated whom was to stay home a get the heater problem resolved. I won, as I make less than him hourly. I was able to add links to my sidebar this morning; I am learning more and more about this Blogger; finally! Going to clean house now; lucky me. Owner of our home came by and said the thermostat needs to be reset (???) and gave instructions on how to do it. I guess I will try; but not to confident he knows what he is talking about.

WTG BUCS & COLTS....great games from the previews that I saw, since I was too busy to watch yesterday.

Harm Ye None

The Wiccan religion has but one law: Do what you will but, harm ye none. If you think about it too long you will realize that it is the same as any other religion; just not as wordy. If you harm someone the hurt that you sent on to them will come back threefold. A witch in Palm Coast, Florida, Jill Pagan, is claiming she is being victimized by one of her fellow witches. She woke late Sunday night to a crash and discovered that someone had thrown a rock at her front door with a note attached, reading: " 'You've been warned. Stop what you're doing.' " Since the note was in the ancient language of Theban, a language used almost exclusively by witches, she suspects one of her fellow Pagans.
Sounds like a prank from some kids that have internet access to me.

The Day the Music Died

John Lennon touched the lives of most everyone in my generation. For me the attraction to John was his peace-loving nature and to-the-point attitude. To be perfectly honest, the Beatles were not one of "my things". Being born in 1967, I missed all of the Beatlemania, but I saw the wonderful person that John Lennon was later in his life. I honestly believe that if John were alive today, at 65 years old, he would still be active in finding a peaceful resolution to the war. My Wonderful Man picked up a Life magazine special edition dedicated to John, and it was cool seeing all the photos of him, the Beatles and Yoko. I remembered a lot of them and some I had never seen. The one that blew my mind, and I did remember was of John and David Chapman just hours before he gunned him down. The murder of John Lennon, 25 years ago today, rocked my senses. I couldn't, and still cannot, imagine why anyone would kill this peaceful man. Yes, he had become reclusive and could be very opinionated. One incident of his blunt style was a letter he wrote back to a fan who after hearing the album Imagine, offered spiritual advice and included a pamphlet, "Four Spiritual Laws", which he wrote on "this might help". To the fans surprise John responded personally and basically told the fan to back off.
The world is definitely a better place because of John Winston Ono Lennon.

Hookie Day

I normally am such a good drone and go to work everyday, but today I just do not feel like going to the Misfit Cleaners and I believe I am going to stay home and try to figure out how to add some things to my blog. I have a Moon Phase module that I would like to add and maybe a picture to my profile and blog links for the ones I frequent; but darn it I have not been able to figure it out. I am almost to the point of calling BadPatty; whom I know would be more than happy to help out after he has a good laugh. He thinks I am smarter than I really am....what a good friend!
Anyways, I think this girl deserves the day off from a job that I hate. Not sure what excuse I am going to use, but I will think of one! Maybe I will look over the want ads. Maybe I will just spend the day with my favorite Sarah Beth; she always wants to hang out with me even when I don't even want to be around myself. Maybe I will just drink all day and clean the house; which needs it. Maybe I will ride down to the beach. Oh, the possibilities!
The job interview went well on Monday; it lasted over an hour and didn't seem half that long. It is a Shipping/Receiving Supervisor position with a beauty manufacturing company named Ahava. The pay is a lot better that what I make now, no benefits; but I have none now. It would really be nice not to have to work 6 days a week (and never get 40 hours) and not to have to work so hard (i wet-press laundry all day).

Joke of the Day

For all of you that don't know me, I am a "Beach Blond", I have this weird hair that changes from blond in the glorious summertime and to a dark red in the frigid winter time.
Here is a picture of me in the wintertime, for those that do not know me. I love blond jokes, cause let's face it, if you cannot laugh at yourself you need to have the stick removed. Here is a couple of cute blond jokes:

Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. An attractive blonde arrived and bet twenty-thousand dollars ($20,000)on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude. With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, "Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!" As the dice came to a stop she jumped up and down and squealed..."YES!YES!I WON,I WON!" She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed. The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know - I thought you were watching."
MORAL - Not all blondes are dumb, but all men are men.

Do you know what you call a smart blond?
A Golden Retriever

Deer Suicide???

Either they misjudged the distance or they couldn't take the traffic. For reasons that mystify authorities, five deer that made their way onto the top of a five-story parking garage suddenly leaped to their deaths Sunday. apparently, they got trapped in a parking garage and decided jumping was the only way out. What a shame, these animals are running out of room. On the other hand, sounds like they need more hunters in WV. The dangers of overpopulation of nuisance deer are obvious to most. I apologize to all vegetarians, but deer can be dangerous if there are too many of then in one location. The carcasses were given to passers-by for butchering.

Nate, the Great Recovering

The surgery went well today. He is a little sore tonight, but thanks to his medication he is resting. Thank you all for your good thoughts and prayers. His mother, father, and I were at the surgery center at 8:15 am. They took him back and gave him some "sleepy gas" by playing airplane pilot with him. As soon as he was out the procedure took about 25 minutes. He goes back for a follow up on January 3, 2006.

Tony Stewart Claims 2nd Championship

I am way behind in acknowledging my favorite Nascar driver and his accomplishment. Many people do not like Tony Stewart, but I personally believe he has matured a lot since his first championship win. The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion, Tony Stewart, picked up the ring and the check at the Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom in New York City on December 2, 2005. His total winnings were $13,578,168, surpassing Jeff Gordon's record winnings; $10,979,757 in 2001. I believe he worked hard to achieve this goal and deserves all this and more.

"Lewd Rubbing"

“Lewd rubbing” shuts down Paris Statue.

I normally have no use for any of the news that comes out of France, unless of course I heard that it had vanished like the lost city of Atlantis. Then my only comment would probably be, “Who is missing it anyways?”

The effigy of 19th Century journalist known as Victor Noir has long been popular with women visitors. This is partly due to his reputation as a romantic figure, and partly because of the effigy's design. Officials concerned about damage to the icon's groin area have erected a fence around the grave, and a sign prohibiting indecent rubbing.

I just found this too funny not to share, have a great Monday! I have another job interview today, so maybe I will get lucky. Good luck to Patty, too!

One other thing, not that I intentionally related the above story to this...(or did I, hmmm?), Nate, the Great will be having his circumcision done tomorrow and I ask for prayers and good thoughts to be sent our way. Anyone that knows me, knows I hate hospitals and doctors equally, and am very afraid of being in their clutches.

Here is another photo of Nate, the Great aka Spidermanboy.

The Colts Rule!

Enuff Said.

Joke of the Day

George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld are flying on Air Force One. The President looks at the Vice President, chuckles, and says, "You know,I could throw a $1,000 bill out the window right now and make somebodyvery happy." The Vice President shrugs and says, "Well, I could throw 10 $100 billsout the window and make 10 people very happy." Not to be outdone, the Secretary of Defense says, "Of course, then, I could throw 100 $10 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy." The pilot rolls his eyes and says to his co-pilot, "Such arrogant asses back there. Hell, I could throw the three of them out the window and make56 million people really happy."

Compliments of Cousin Sissy. Thanks, sweetie.