Friday Fill-Ins 7

Time for yet another Friday Fill-Ins

1. "In a hole in the ground there lived a bunny."
2. "He acts pretty crazy, but that ain't no matter."
3. "After dark the rain began to fall again, allll weekend, no zoo, plan B."
4. "The gold was taken from the hold of the Spanish galleon."
5. "There was a hand in the darkness, and it brushed against my skin." ;-)
6. "Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, because if they knew it was coming, you couldn't ambush them, duh."
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to having some quiet time, tomorrow my plans include getting up early and heading to Reidsville to visit all the visitors and Sunday, I want to celebrate my parents 29th Anniversary with them!

Sweet Song

Yesterday morning, while at work, I was listening to my usual radio show. I listen to the same group of DJs every morning that I work, 'Bob and the Showgram', with "Kentucky Kristen" and Mike, are hilarious. The head honcho (Bob) likes country music. Despite the station not being a country station. I grew up with country music, so I have a fondness for it, but I don't usually listen to it. So it was a little odd yesterday when Bob started talking about this song that he heard that made him tear up and cry a bit. He even got his wife (of whom he has two little girls with) to take a listen too, and she even cried (he claims this is a very rare occurrence). He then proceeded to play the song on the air. I must say, while listening to it, I teared up a little. The song is a bit corny, but it's sweet. And as he said, if your a daughter, or have a daughter, or a granddaughter....just something about the song tugs at you a little. When I listened to it, it made me think of my Dad. The song is "Barbie Bandaids" by The Isaacs. I think you should take a listen to it if you can.

I won!! But nothing good...

I don't know how I can't win a contest, or the lottery. But when it comes to getting randomly drawn for things I don't want, it always seems to happen to me. Like for example, a few years ago. I was one of those lucky people that was selected for jury duty. My first thought "noooooo!!! how did they find me? darn it!!" I went, because I had too. And I served on two different juries on two totally different cases. The first was a simple, 'You hit my car with your car, and now I am gonna sue you!'
We had to all load up on a school bus and visit the 'scene of the crime' too. I was very familiar with where the accident happened. The only interesting thing about that case, was the judge reminded me of Judge Judy. She looked like her, and had the same, no B.S. attitude. Also the physical therapist that had to testify wasn't too bad lookin'. (I was single at the time, I could look.)
The second case I had to serve as juror on was an "attempted felonious sexual assault". That was so boring the judge (this time a guy) fell asleep in the middle of court one day!! The bailiffs quickly ran all us jurors out of the court room. We thought it was funny. Until they turned up the a/c for the rest of the day to keep him awake (it was cold!). Anyways, that was all about a guy, that supposedly broke into a bathroom stall in the ladies room, while a woman was going pee. And he was "exposed" and tried to force her to do some things that are totally inappropriate. Unfortunately we had to do a 'field trip' there too! Eww, it was a very creepy bar, even in the daylight. I never heard the word p*nis so many times in my life! I think the defendant's attorney liked to say that word, hehe.
One reason I got to this subject is, I got chosen, at random, for another stupid thing. Yet another, you have to do this by law deal. Our home was "randomly" chosen by the US Census Bureau for some kinda American Community Survey. This "survey" is more like a book! It even comes with its own 'mini book' just to explain how to fill everything out. I feel like I am gonna flunk a test! eek! And of course if I don't do it, I'm in trouble, since "by law" I have to fill it out. Damn it! I guess they only do it every 10 years. Why couldn't they of done it last year :-p I wouldn't of lived here yet, hehe.
That's it, next time I "win" something, I want it to be the lottery!! Aren't I due?? Pretty please! :-)

Funny

3 PIGS

The mind of a six year old is wonderful !! First grade...true story:

One day a first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, "...and so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, "Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'" The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?"

One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said "'Holy Sh*t! A talking pig!'"

Gotta love kids, they pick up the darndest things :-)

Friday Fill-Ins 6

Another Friday Fill-Ins

1. Why do we have to work at jobs we really don't like to make money? Sometimes I wish it was like 'Star Trek', yes, I admit I used to watch that when I was younger...can't we just live our life to better ourselves and help others? :-)
2. Recycling and forgetting to water my plants are now habits.
3. I have got to say, I am pretty lucky in my life, when I consider things could of gone a different way.
4. I had never heard the phrase "**ck me running!!!!" and it made my Dad and I burst out laughing when we heard my mother yell it because she stubbed her toe. (ouch) Later I learned where she heard it from. Jen is a bad influence :-p
5. I will do it the way I always do.
6. How was I to know the paint wouldn't stay on the balcony floor. (dang it!)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to trying to figure some stuff out, tomorrow my plans include getting the Jeep inspected (keeping my fingers crossed) and some shopping and Sunday, I want to spend some quiet time with my hubby, and maybe mow the lawn!

Lil' Lily

Mike and I were going through some pictures last night. We came across Lily's kitten pictures. I forgot she had been small enough to fit in the palm of our hands. We only got her 2 weeks before we moved into our house. Which come May 1st, that will be a year!! It's hard to believe how quickly she grew.

Litter training her was so funny. She would be in the middle of the living room playing and having a good ol' time tumbling all over with a toy. Then she would stop dead in her tracks and runnnnn out of the room as fast as her lil' legs could get her. It was like she all of a sudden realized she had to go potty. Sometimes she realized a little too late though, and didn't make it all the way to the litter box...woops. Glad that don't happen anymore, it was funny though. She was there one minute and gone the next. :-)

She went from this:

To this:

Guess she's not so little anymore. But she is still a handful, and Toby's lil' sidekick.

St. Patrick's Day

Today is St. Patrick's Day, as well as Auntie Liz's birthday! And with all the green and clovers you see here and there, it got me thinking, how did this really all start, there must of been something before all the green beer?

"According to History.com, Patrick was actually born in Britain. At 16, he was taken prisoner “by a group of Irish raiders” who took him across the sea to Ireland. There, he spent six years in captivity. Apparently, it was then that he turned to religion as a means of fighting off fear and loneliness.
Eventually, Patrick escaped. Guided by a voice he believed to be God’s, Patrick walked 200 miles to the Irish coast. Back in Britain, he trained to be a priest for 15 years. Patrick then returned to Ireland with two goals — “to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish.”
Patrick was successful in his goals, perhaps largely due to his incorporating traditional Irish symbols into Christianity. For example, many believe he came up with the Celtic cross. According to legend, he wanted to incorporate an Irish symbol (the sun) onto the Cross “so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish.” The site Catholic.org explains that Patrick also used a three-leafed shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to the Irish (other sites call this another myth).
St. Patrick died on March 17, 461 “after years of living in poverty, traveling, and enduring much suffering.” " Seems pretty far off from what the holiday has now become.

Well...Happy St. Patty's Day!!

And a big ol' Happy Birthday to Auntie Liz!!!

Friday Fill-Ins 5

It's that time again, time for another Friday Fill-Ins.

1. When I look to the left, I see Toby sleeping on the floor.
2. I would have to say, the balcony in my bedroom is the room that has the best view in my home.
3. Let it work and work well.
4. My work is done dirt cheap! hehe
5. Saving the enviorment, is a responsibility that all qualified citizens must share.
6. If you have any gas feel free to keep it to yourself.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to spending a nice quiet night home alone, tomorrow my plans include cocking the tub surround and some other home projects and Sunday, I want to get some laundry done and spend some time with my hubby!

Southern Funny 6

GUIDE TO SOUTHERN TALK

The Southern vocabulary is similar to the rest of the Nation's - it only sounds different. The following is a sample to help all Yankees, in hope that it will teach them how to talk right. (More like, so we Yankees can understand those Southerners.)

Ah - The things you see with.
Aig - Which came first, the chicken or the aig?
Arn - An electrical instrument used to remove wrinkles from clothing.
Bawl - What water does when it's hot.
Bidness - The art of selling something for more than you paid for it.
Bobbycue - A delectable Southern sandwich of chopped pork, cole slaw, and a fiery sauce.
Bud - Small feathered creature that flies.
Cheer - A piece of furniture with four legs, used for sitting.
Chekatawfarya - A service asked at gas stations in small southern towns.
Co-Cola - Soft drink.
Crine - Weeping.
Dawfins - Name of the professional football team in Miami.
Daints - A more or less formal event in which members of the opposite sex hold each other and move rhythmically to music.
Doc - A condition caused by the absence of light.
Etlanna - The city General Sherman burned during the war for Southern independence.
Everthang - All-encompassing.
Far - A state of combustion that produces heat and light.
Foller - Spies and private detectives spend a lot of time doing this.
Git - To acquire.
Goff- A game played with clubs and a little white ball.
Gull - A young female.
Hale - Where General Sherman went for what he did to Etlanna.
Hep - To aid or benefit.
Idinit - "Mighty hot today, idinit?"
Keer - To be concerned.
Lieberry - A building containing thousands of literary works.
Moanin - Between daybreak and noon.
Motuhsickle - A two-wheeled missile with a powerful engine.
Munts - The 12 units into which the calendar year is divided.
Nawth - Any part of the country above the south.
Nekkid - To be unclothed.
Ovair - In that direction.
Phrasin - Very cold.
Pitcher - An image, either drawn or photographed.
Sebmup - Clear soft drink similar to ginger ale.
Show - "It show is hot today."
Spearmint - Something scientist do.
Stow - Place where things are sold.
Tal - What you dry off with after you take a share.
Tar - Round inflatable object that sometimes goes flat on your car.
Uhmukin - Someone who lives in the United States of Uhmurka.
Zackly - Precisely.

Smart Cookie

Well, as everyone knows. Sometime over this past weekend we had that infamous time change. I honestly don't even know what night it actually took place. Friday, Mike and I were hit really quick with some stomach flu. So we were out of it and sick in bed all weekend. We didn't realize until Sunday night, that day-light-savings had kicked in again. Woops!
To get to my point. Toby has a "tummy timer". For some reason, his little "tummy timer" goes off every night at 5 pm. Out of no where he will proceed to leap into the air and try to get my attention any way that he can, so that he can have his dinner. I usually don't know what time it is, and ask what is wrong with him. Then I look at a clock, and it's always just about, or just after five (supper time!). Well, because of our little time 'mix up' and us being sick, he didn't get fed until 7pm (6pm pre DST) Sunday night.
The reason I mention all this is because Toby's "tummy timer" reset itself to day-light-savings time!? Monday night, right on time, there was Toby at 5pm (kinda 4pm really) jumping around and asking for some dinner. How did he know about the time change?

Super...now he must know how to tell time...hehehe

Toby vs Ducky Part 3

And now for the exciting conclusion of: Toby vs Ducky.

We rejoin the fight, and can see that Toby now has Ducky in a strong headlock.

Ducky, now fighting dirty, gets out of the headlock when he tickles Toby's nose with his feathers and makes him sneeze **AHH-CHOO!**

And then Ducky grabs a chair!!
Ducky promptly hits Toby with the chair....
Only it doesn't go so well for Ducky. As Toby falls he lands directly on top of Ducky! Rendering them both unconscious.

Ducky may of won the fight. But came away from it a broken Duck.

Friday Fill-In 4

A day late..but I can still pretend it's Friday :-) Another Friday Fill-In



1. Today was my last random act of kindness.
2. Another place, another time.
3. Everything matters, in matters of the heart.
4. Coffee, tea or hot cocoa.
5.We all take separate paths.
6. Our pets remind me that there is alot of fun and silliness in life.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to crawling into bed, I am getting sick, tomorrow my plans include rest and Sunday, I want to rest some more!

Fun with Google

Here's a fun little thing I nabbed from Michele: at Google, type in "(Your name) needs" and then list the first ten results.

1. Teresa needs...to lay off the sauce. (I hardly drink, but ok)

2. Teresa needs...you. (who knew)

3. Teresa needs...one more miracle to become a saint. (interesting)

4. Teresa needs... to quit trying so hard to "not just be a pretty face." like yesterday,
@ the playboy mansion. (what the?)

5. Teresa needs...a single miracle. (would be nice)

6. Teresa needs...a profile on classmates. (I already do, thank you, but there is hardly anything on it)

7. Teresa needs...your help!! (sometimes, yes)

8. Teresa needs...to build her own solid foundation, and investing time and energy into her home, domestic relationships, and inner life can help. (um, don't I already do that enough?)

9. Teresa needs...spouse. (I got one, at least last I checked)

10. Teresa needs...to know, has Jack ever gotten anywhere with a woman, and if so, to what base did he get? (I really don't care how far "Jack" got)

Winter Hasn't Left

Well, just when I thought we were gonna get away without anymore snow. Mother nature had other ideas. After rain all weekend, we woke up to about 4 inches of snow this morning. Very sticky snow I might add, it was stuck to Everything. But it was beautiful. I had to pinch myself, I thought I woke up back in NH!

Most of the state was shut down. But Mike and I aren't that lucky, no snow day for us. I didn't get any good pictures of the pretty snow because we had to leave in the dark.

The drive in to work wasn't that great. With a total of like five snowplows for the entire state (I kid). But really, they didn't plow a single road that we had to drive on, so it was that frozen, crusty, slush we had to drive in.

On the upside, Toby LOVES running through all the snow, we had fun watching him enjoy it. :-)

Another Weekend Almost Over

Well, it's another weekend, almost gone. Also another month gone. March is certainly coming in like a lion. We drove home in an ice storm, and are expecting about 6 inches of snow tonight, eek! I am sure most of NC will be shut down tomorrow, hehe.
On Friday night, since we had my car stuck at the garage for another couple days. Mike and I decided to head up to my parents for the weekend. That way Mike could also help put up the drywall in Beepa's bathroom.

(Beepa's bathroom Before, **Shim-Shiminy-Shim-Shiminy-Shim-Shim-Sharoo!**)

(And... Beepa's bathroom After *Cough Cough* Still a little dusty, but slap some paint on there and it's done! Everyone in!! Beepa's guests can now shower without tripping over the toilet, yeah!!)

(While Mike worked on the bathroom...Abby and Macy tried to help everyone decide just where to go on vacation, Abby kept pointing at the coast; but Macy thought more inland would be better)

(In the end, they compromised)

After we arrived home Sunday afternoon:

What are those? you may ask...those would be Lily's new 'play pants'. She inherited them because some other kitties wouldn't play with them. She can crawl in and out of them, and they *crinkle*

(and yes, she is standing on her hind-legs, she does that alot...she's like a little meerkat)

Right now her favorite thing to do is pounce on them and hear them *crinkle*

(Mom would appreciate that she is enjoying them, and the kitty cube.)

Can't forget Miss Katie. She was very happy we were finally home.