Reflections and Banter from the Barnyard

Purex with Zout and Purex Crystals

2011-04-06T12:44:00.000-07:00

Several months ago I signed up to be a Purex insider meaning that I get to sample the new products from purex before they ever come out and then do reviews on those products. Recently I recieved 2 different products from purex.

The first one was Purex Crystals Fabric Softener: I just want to say I love these little crystals. They leave your clothes smelling clean and fresh. I have requested that they send me coupons and when i get those coupons i am going to have a giveaway so others can try out this product too. It is the only fabric softener I use now.

The second product I recieved was a bottle of purex with zout. This product does help in getting rid of stains. However if the stain is already set in the fabric it will not come out with this product, but if the stain is a very recent stain and you can get it right into the wash it does come out with the Purex with Zout laundry detergent. I have also requested coupons of this product as well. So when I recieve them I will be having a giveaway.

I know many of you who read this blog may not be interested in this post but since I am a Purex insider I am required to post about the products that they send me. So that others can see my feedback. Looking forward to trying more Purex products in the near future. If you want to try and become a Purex Insider yourself go to www.purexinsider.com

Birthday Girl

2011-03-09T13:27:00.000-08:00

Today is my best friends birthday. She is the sweetest, kindest, nicest, most thoughtful friend anyone could ever ask for. She is an excellent listener and a great talker. I wouldn't know what to do without her in my life. We talk all the time and pour our hearts out to each other when our days have gone wrong. We share in each others triumphs. So I want to give you some words that I think describe her the best.

A- awesome

B- beautiful

C- classy

D- delightful

E- encouraging

F- friendly

G- generous

H- humorous

I- incredible

J- jolly

K- kind

L- loving

M- mischievous

N- nurturing

O- outstanding

P- pleasant

Q- quick witted

R- rebel (Lol)

S- sweet

T- thoughtful

U- unique

V- vivacious

W- wise

X- xtra special

Y- ( y my bestest friend and sis )

Z-zesty

Happy Birthday Heather may this be your biggest and bestest one yet. Enjoy your last year in the 20's because next year you get to join the 30's my friend. Love ya lots and miss you tons.

January 18th A special day

2011-01-18T17:57:00.000-08:00

I would like to dedicate this blog post today to someone very special in my life. Although this person is no longer living her spirit continues to live on. She was my grandmother (Mary Frances)

Below is a portion of a letter I wrote to her a few days after she died.

My Dearest Grandmother,

I just want to let you know how much you are missed. I think about you everyday and you are constantly on my mind. Oh how I wish I could talk to you somedays.

You were so kind to me throughout my entire life and did so much for me.

You always seemed to put others first and many times met their needs before you met your own. I will be forever grateful for the years that you kept me as a child and nutured me.
Your kindness and love to others will never be forgotten. Especially the kindness and love you gave to all the children you kept throughout the years.

I know you suffered many hardships throughout your life but through it all you always seemed to show grace, mercy and wisdom.
Your wisdom has taught me so much I can only hope that I can gain some of that wisdom during my lifetime.

I will cherish forever the time that I was able to spend with you the last two weeks of your life. Although you may not have known I was there everyday it was my pleasure to be able to care for you and love you more during that time.

I hope as I grow older that I can have a portion of the grace, kindness, love, patience, mercy and endurance that you had.

You were such a special person and will always be remembered. I consider it an honor that you were the person I called Grandmother.

With all my love,

Amy

I know this letter may not flow very well and it probably doesn't mean alot to most people who will read this but it means alot to me and I have found when you lose someone very close to you, by writing letters and notes to them in a journal it helps you feel closer to them.

I didn't think it was even possible but I miss her more now than I did the day she died. I miss the little things: talking to her on the phone, showing her pictures, going for a Sunday afternoon visit to her house and even just being in the home where I spent so much of my childhood. Today would have been her 83 birthday.

Snow and Ice

2011-01-12T18:12:00.000-08:00

In keeping with the unusual snowfall and ice storm that hit the south this past weekend and has just started to melt today, I have found some quotes on snow and ice.

As pretty as it was to see the frozen white stuff we call snow fall it is time for it to go away because I am getting some serious cabin fever.

Since we don't get snow and ice all that often in the winter we don't have the amount of snow plows and equipment to get this stuff scraped off the roads very fast and so therefore the roads are still in not that great of condition.

We have already had snow at least 4 times this winter. Although some of it has only been snow flurries two snows have resulted in at least 5 inches each time. With this most recent snowfall we also got a 1/4 inch of ice on top of it resulting in a lot longer time for this stuff to melt and go away.

So I would just like to say snow snow go away and don't come back this winter at all to stay. LOL!!

"The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show."
" A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."
"Advice is like snow-the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."

Firework Disturbance

2010-12-19T15:25:00.000-08:00

Well we got a rude awakening around 4 this morning. One of our wonderful neighbors decided it was a good idea to shoot off fireworks at that time a day. Don't know where he got that idea but I was definitely not humored by it. At first I wasn't sure if it was gun shots or what it really was. Then the second time I heard the pop/cracking sound I saw a flash of light so I thought it might be a power transformer exploding. But to no avail it was just the stupid neighbors who were probably in a drunken stupor shooting off fireworks.

Maybe they were so drunk they thought it was New Years Eve or even Christmas Eve. Lol!!

Anyways I hope they don't try that stunt again tonight. SPOJ Neighbors go to bed like the rest of us would ya.

Laundry Disaster

2010-12-16T11:10:00.000-08:00

Last week I was doing a load of laundry all things were going smoothly or so I thought until........ the load of clothes was finished washing and I go to put them in the dryer and everything in the washer was now a nice hue of green. White socks now green, Blue towel with white checks now is a blue towel with green checks, white dishcloth is now a green dishcloth, and so on you get the picture. Well I washed a brand new tablecloth in with all these clothes not even thinking about it fading and sure enough it faded.

I have heard of accidentally putting something red in with a load of whites and it turning everything pink but never have I heard of turning a whole load of laundry green.

And believe me I was not green with envy. LOL

Must be those blonde roots shining through again I just can't help myself they somehow every once in awhile just creep through my nice hue of brown hair.

Oh well I guess it added a little more character to that load of laundry.

** Note to Self** ------> Don't wash green tablecloth with load of light colored towels,dishcloths and socks again. ;;)

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2010-12-06T10:31:00.001-08:00

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When Life Throws you Lemons

2010-12-05T20:22:00.000-08:00

What does it really mean when life throws you lemons well it means that whatever life throws at you make the best of it.

Make the best of a bad situation and take the bitter and make it sweet.

Turn the negative into a positive.

When life throws you lemons throw them back and demand chocolate.
When life throws you lemons make grape juice.
When life throws you lemons make lemonade.
When life throws you lemons throw them at those who make your life sour. LOL!!
When life hands you lemons make lemonade and find someone else who life handed vodka to, and have a party
When life gives you lemons, ask for the receipt
When life throws you lemons, duck.

Personally I like lemons even though they are sour and a little bitter they do have some sweetness to them. So when you are in a bad situation or experience, take those LEMONS and make the best thing out them that you can.

So much to be Thankful for......

2010-11-22T08:17:00.000-08:00

As Thanksgiving approaches I have realized there is so much to be thankful for. I know I complain at times about different things irritations at work, not having this or that, minor health issues and so on. Then after I have complained about said things I feel really guilty because I think of others who are less fortunate than me and how much I really do have. So that being said I am thankful for so many things and here are just a few of them.

Truth
The Love of God
A relationship with God
Family
A loving Husband
True Blue Friends (you know who you are)
Good Health
A home to live in
A job although it may not be the job I want to do forever it is a job
Memories of times spent with loved ones who have gone on to eternity

There is so much to be thankful for not only at this time of year but everyday of the year. So I was wondering what are you thankful for?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Flu Season Fun

2010-11-20T17:54:00.001-08:00

Wow it looks like it has been months since I have bantered and or reflected on anything. I have been a horrible blogger recently. Not a whole lot to banter about lately but work and who wants to hear about my work and everything that goes on there. Ummm probably nobody and it has been really busy at work lately with flu season kicking into high gear. That makes for lots of long hours everyday of the week and I mean every single day. Hopefully now that flu vaccinations are winding down somewhat I can do a little better at blogging.

Here are just a few hilarity's from patients as of late:

One guy says to me can I scream when you give my shot, so I say sure you can scream but if you scream I close my eyes and its a blind hit.

Another says is it going to hurt and I say well I will try to make it hurt the least amount I possibly can but somehow God didn't mark every nerve in your arm for me to miss them all.

Another person sits down for there shot and as I start to give them the injection proceeds wiggling all around moving there chair away from me and flailing their arm back and forth and I say you need to hold your arm still or I am going to end up stabbing myself in the hand.

And finally we were at a health fair doing cholesterol checks at a company that had a lot of Hispanics so we had to have a translator and this one guys numbers were off the charts. Way to high, so the Spanish interpreter said to the guy if you don't straighten up and improve your lifestyle you will be needing your coffin sooner rather than later.

LOL!! We have a lot of fun with most of our clients which makes the longer days a little more tolerable to bear.

Summer in the South

2010-06-07T14:48:00.001-07:00

Well this time of year finds us gardening and doing yard work. Planting flowers and pulling weeds. Staking tomatoes and training the cucumbers to run up the wire. And on and on and on.

So far in the garden we have picked lettuce, chard and squash and a few banana peppers. Soon we will be picking beans, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. I love eating the fresh veggies out of the garden but i do have to admit I don't always enjoy picking them. Especially green beans that is a long and time consuming task.

We soon will begin canning the beans that we pick, and making pickles, and when the tomatoes come in we will can homemade salsa and tomato sauce.

This year I have tried a new little venture in the garden and I am exploring with planting different herbs. We have so far planted dill, cilantro, oregano, basil, parsley, and rosemary.

We have recently discovered several kinds of baby birds in there nest so that has been interesting. A fox has been lurking around making all kinds of weird noises. Raccoons are starting to show there faces too and they have been leaving there little paw prints throughout the garden. They better stay out of my corn.

Snakes are moving around we have a copperhead that Ray spotted the other day. He tried to kill it but it got away to fast so it is still out there slithering around. Did I mention I don't like snakes. LOL!! :)

We have lots of flowers in bloom: Hollyhocks, sunflowers, day lilies, Zinnias are coming up as well as the cosmos and dahlias, Coreopsis is blooming.

So needless to say things are starting to get busy around here and by the looks of it they will be busy for the next few months.

Baby Wren that fell out of the nest
Baby Wrens

Baby Mockingbirds
Grey Fox

Grey Fox comes lurking around

An act of kindness

2010-04-12T12:45:00.000-07:00

Recently I have been volunteering for a wonderful organization called Carolina Cancer Services. Some people say to me why should I volunteer.

Here are 5 reasons why I think everyone should volunteer at least once during there lifetime:

1. It's fun
2. To make an impact
3. It's an adventure
4. You always make new friends
5. It's free

When I volunteer I always feel great afterwards knowing I have helped someone else out. It always gives me a feeling of joy and peace. I love the feeling I get when those I have helped are so grateful, appreciative and just overall happy about making their situations just a little better.

And who knows you may one day volunteer for a place that could offer you a job and it could be the best job you have ever had in your whole life.

There are so many venues in which one can volunteer it doesn't always have to be with organizations where people are in need of medical help. It could be just about in any setting or place.

Habitat for Humanity-- Building houses for those in need
Cancer Services-- Providing help to those during chemo and radiation
Relay for life-- Walking for cancer
Meals on wheels-- Providing meals for seniors/ shut ins
Your local Soup kitchen--- for those who need a meal
Your local schools--as a tutor
Nursing Homes-- to do activities with seniors
The Humane Society
the list could just go on and on and on

If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity go to : www.volunteermatch.org

Volunteering will lift you up!!!

Here are some awesome quotes about volunteering:

There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.

I want to continue to take action when opportunities arise for me to volunteer. Because when I volunteer I see more the ones I help making a difference in me than me making a difference in them. If that makes any sense.

Happy Future Volunteering!!!! :)

To Someone very Special in My Life

2010-03-09T10:08:00.000-08:00

Today's post is dedicated to someone very very very special in my life.

Let me just tell you a little bit about this person and why she is so special to me. She is one who is always there for me, to cheer me up when I am blue, to cry with me when I am sad, to laugh with me when I am happy. This very special person came into my life several years ago and I am so glad she did because it always makes me wonder how different life would be if I had never come to know her as well as I do. She is one you can depend on, one who will stand up for you, one you can trust with your most precious secrets, and one who is honest when you ask her for an opinion. She has the biggest heart and has a lot to give.

She has the greatest sense of humor and is one of the best comedians I know.

And today is her birthday and I want to wish her a very very very Happy Birthday. Hope your day is as wonderful as you are. Which in my eyes is pretty fantabulously wonderful.

So I guess you are wondering who this person is:

Well her name is Heather and she is my bestest friend in the whole wide world and my sis.

:)

Its your Choice

2010-03-03T11:26:00.000-08:00

It has been brought to my attention lately that some people thrive on living life as a pessimist and others thrive on living life as an optimist.

Me I have always been the optimistic type of person. Seeing the glass half full, seeing the good in every situation and everything. When you are optimistic you tend to look on the brighter side of life instead of the bad. Some people though just can't see it that way.

Have you ever spent a whole day with a pessimist and afterwards you just feel horrible and you feel emotionally drained because all day all there has been is negativity? I can't stand feeling like that.

So I thought in coming across those people lately that tend to drag us down and who are negative all the time, I would post some quotes for the Optimistic side of life.

I understand that everyone has a bad day once in a while but then if you are the optimist you usually just bounce back and become your cheerful, positive outlook on life kind of person again. :)

So here are some awesome quotes I have found:

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

No body can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.”

“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.”

“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.”

“It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right”

Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.

There's always sunshine after a storm!!!

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Pay It Forward Gift Contest

2010-02-04T18:45:00.000-08:00

Ok, so here's the thing...I won a gift on Heather T's blog so now it's my turn to have a giveaway for 2 lucky winners. Who doesn't love to receive random gifts in the mail for no reason? So...here goes.:0) I won this contest on Heather T's blog called Thingamadoobers and Whatnots which is exceptionally hilarious and humorous and will always brighten your day. Check it out if u would like at http://thingamadoobers.blogspot.com/ See below for details.

The Rules(if you win):

1. You must be willing to give me your mailing address so I can send your gift.

2. You'll have to post your own Pay It Forward giveaway after you receive your gift.
Along with your post you can tell about your gift as well as link back to my blog, if you so choose.

3. Play along....send your 2 lucky winners their gift. Doesn't have to be anything big or expensive...maybe a favorite of yours or whatever that would make the ordinary day a little less ordinary....I'd tell you my idea, but that then it wouldn't be a surprise. ;)

So, y'all have til 6pm Sun, Feb. 14th to enter(by leaving a comment on this post)....if you want.;0) I will be picking the winners sometime that day and will post them soon after i pick them. Have fun with it, write a interesting comment or just comment. Good luck to all who choose to enter this contest.

Another Crazy Day!

2010-01-13T19:02:00.000-08:00

So today I was at work and I had this patient who comes in all the time and he is a total nut case. Most of the nurses at work really don't like him and they don't want to deal with him as a patient. The main reason is because they don't know how to take him. This is the kind of guy that if you let him get the best of you he knows he can do it all the time but if you give it right back to him then he knows he can't.

Let me give you an example: So today he had a low hemoglobin which means his Iron was low. So I was discussing ways with him to raise his iron. I told him to eat more iron enriched foods, or he could take iron pills or I told him that he could cook/heat his food in a cast iron skillet and the iron from the pan would absorb into the food. So he thought that was hilarious he said that is ridiculous that won't ever work. He said I have a better idea I could just go out to the barn and get a bucket of rusty nails and chew on those for awhile. I said yeah that could work too. So he just went on and on and on and was starting to get on my nerves but I didn't show it. So we continued talking and then he said to me you are crazy and I said look who is talking about crazy you are the one that is chewing on nails. So he just died laughing and said you are a alright girl you know that. I said thank you and then he left.

Patients like this can be very irritating or annoying if you don't know how to deal with them or how to take a joke but if you know how to deal with them then they can be really fun to work with. So I choose to be the one that jokes with them and gives it right back to them which makes for a better day and a day that is filled with fun, excitement and laughter. Instead of a day filled with boredom, gloom and grumpiness.

I know I have rambled on and on and probably not made a whole lot of sense but that's how I roll. :)

Holiday Time

2009-12-27T17:01:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful and enjoyable holiday with friends and family this past week. I know I sure did. We got to see some family in Iowa and some friends we consider family in Wisconsin. It was great to spend time with those we love far away and those we love close by as well. As always it is good to get away from everything that keeps us busy when we are home and enjoy some time away.

I hope Santa was good to everyone and you all got what you wished for and more.

This time of year keeps us all busy hence the lack of blogging but hopefully I can get back into the swing of things soon and blog a little more often.

Happy Holidays to all and a Happy New Year. :)

Heres your sign

2009-11-11T17:11:00.000-08:00

Here are some funny jokes/Heres your sign sayings from Comedian Bill Engvall:

Hope you enjoy a good laugh while reading these. If you are having a bad day maybe it will cheer you up. Happy Reading!! :)

In the lost luggage office in Buffalo
Lost luggage employee: Can I help you?
Engvall: Yes, you lost my luggage.
Employee: [looking directly at Bill] Has your plane landed yet?
Engvall: No, princess. I'm having an out of body experience. I'm just checkin' on it.

Engvall has an Elk hung on the wall
Neighbor: Did you shoot that thing?
Engvall: Nope. He ran through the wall and got stuck. Here's your sign.

On the phone with his wife when the plane he was on stopped after hitting a deer.
Engvall's wife: Oh my God! Were you on the ground?
Engvall: Nope, Santa was making one last run. Here's your sign.

Engvall is in an office elevator going up.
friend: Excuse me, are these the elevators that go up?
Engvall: No, these are the ones that go side to side. The up ones are down the hall.

A friend bought two cakes for his wife's birthday, with a "3" on one and an "8" on the other.
Store clerk: Oh, do you have twins?
Bill's friend: Yes, ma'am. My wife was in labor for five years.

Jeff Foxworthy is having his house repainted and he has a piano in the corner
Painter Is that y'all's piano?
Jeff No, thats our coffee table. It just has buck teeth.

There's a group in California that wants to make suicide a capital offense punishable by death. That's like punishing someone for being on a hunger strike by sending them to bed with no supper.

Rain Rain Go Away

2009-11-11T16:49:00.001-08:00

We needed rain but now we have had to much rain all at once and the roads are flooding and the creeks and rivers are flowing out of there banks. It is just a big mess now.

This morning while on my way to work I was driving on a two land road and I was only going about 5 under the speed limit because there was so much water on the road and I didn't want to hydroplane. All of a sudden a big pickup truck comes flying around me and then passes the car in front of me. I just thought to myself wow I hope he makes it to where he needs to be safely because if he keeps driving like this he is going to end up in the ditch or even worse.

I just can't understand why people insist on driving like such idiots when it is raining out. Maybe someone else knows a logical explanation to this. LOL!!

I would rather be safe than sorry. ;) :) As one of my grandmothers used to say and my Dad says it now too Watch out for all the other nuts on the road. Lol!! :):0 :D

He who laughs

2009-10-24T14:37:00.000-07:00

I needed a good laugh today so I was looking around on the Internet and came across some really funny, enlightening sayings. Read at your own risk as bouts of laughter may ensue.

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
You laugh because I'm different...........I laugh cause I just farted!
What you call dog with no legs?Don't matter what you call him, he ain't gonna come.
Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
I could've eaten Alphabits and pooped out a better essay!!
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, "No hablo ingles."
Everyone has photographic memory; some just don't have the film.
The road to success is always under construction.
Son, employees are like mules. Some you stand in front of and coax them along with a carrot. Some you stand behind and kick them in the butt. The key to management is knowing which mules are which.
Ideas don't stay in some minds very long because they don't like solitary confinement.
If there is a "WILL", there are 500 relatives.
Whatever it is -- I didn't do it!
"Fragile. Do not drop." -- Posted on a Boeing 757
Gene Police: You!! Out Of The Pool!
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
Wear short sleeves! Support your right to bare arms!
What's brown and sits on a piano bench?Beethoven's First Movement.

Speaking in Spanish

2009-10-24T14:19:00.000-07:00

So this week was a very busy week work wise. I worked long hours this week and went to lots of flu clinics. Got up very very early most mornings. So needless to say this week has been exhausting.

I was at one flu clinic/health fair this week where the nurses had the opportunity to work with a Spanish Interpreter which was interesting and fun. This gentleman who was interpreting for us was absolutely hilarious. So we had to get everyones height and weight and so on for this health fair. So he would tell each guy to back up to the wall so he could measure them for their coffins. And then he would weigh each one and tell them you better not break my scales. LOL!! This one guy went to get on the scales and tipped them up and he kinda lost his balance so this interpreter said man what have you been drinking this morning. LOL! It was one funny thing after another that the interpreter kept coming out with. Needless to say he made the day very fun and very lively which was nice for a change. At one point someone asked him if he would come and interpret for us again next week and he said of course I will see you on the 2nd Thursday next week. lol!!

It is always wonderful when we have the opportunity to work with someone who is such a joy to work with and who absolutely enjoys what they are doing. I really appreciate being able to work with people like him who make my job so much easier by having him there to translate.

Today is Mine Tomorrow may not be.

2009-10-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

So sorry for the lack of post I have had a serious writers block and haven't been able to come up with anything to write about.

But of recent my thoughts have been about how we never know what tomorrow may bring or if there will even be a tomorrow. We never know when our life will change in an instant for better or for worse.

In recent weeks I have been thinking of a young girl laying in a Hospital in Kansas who had car wreck and was burned from being electrocuted because a power pole landed on her car. I have never met this young girl but she seems to have a wonderful testimony from what I have heard from others. She is still smiling through all the pain she is in. She has a long recovery to go but I know with the Lords help she will make it through. I have been caused to be very aware from this event that "Today is mine but tomorrow may not be".
We never know how we may touch anothers life through the way we live and what we do and say. Even though I have never met her personally I feel like I know her very well and she will never know how deeply she has touched my life by reading about her experience she is going through.

I know this is a little more somber post than most are used to from me but this is what I have felt compelled to write today. Hopefully it has made some kind of sense and it hasn't just went in circles and rambled on.

Live for today and hope for tomorrow.

:)

Few Bricks Shy of a Load

2009-09-11T16:54:00.001-07:00

Yes I know I haven't posted in awhile but quite frankly I haven't had anything exciting going on in my life lately. But this week I have come across several people who have been Several fries short of a happy meal to say the least. So anyways for a lack of something better to post I went online and came across a few more sayings that go along with a few bricks shy of a load.
Some of them are very clever. Hope you enjoy reading them and maybe you know some people like this in your life too. :)

One shingle shy a roof.
Sharp as a bowling ball.
His/Her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.
He/She is two tacos short of a combination plate.
If brains were dynamite, he/she wouldn't have enough to blow his/her nose.
Doesn't have enough sandwiches for a picnic.
Doesn't know which side of the toast the butter is on.
Got a few tiles missing from his/her Space Shuttle.
Got the mental agility of a soap dish.
Has two brains. One is lost and the other is out looking for it.
Not playing with a full deck.
Only operating at about half a watt.
Surfing in Nebraska
Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, but he/she just gargled.
The cheese has slid off his cracker.
The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
Was hiding behind the door when they passed out brains.
Skating on the wrong side of the ice.
Lugnuts rattling in the hubcaps.
Doesn't have all the dots on his/her dice.
About three cents short of a dollar.

And I saved the best for last : Was napping in the nut pile the day that God was cracking nuts.

The World May Stop Going Around and Around

2009-08-23T19:46:00.001-07:00

*******Important News Flash*********

This Morning I found my first gray hair. Everyone watch out because the world may come to an end as we know it. Gray Hair already are you kidding me I don't want to be that old yet. Oh well the first Gray hair has appeared so I guess I might as well just embrace it and deal with it. Because where there is one more are likely to pop up along with it. Yikes!!!!!!!!! Oh well just because I am starting to get gray hair doesn't mean I have to act my age, I mean why should I start acting my age now. I have heard you are only as old as you feel. I want to feel young so I guess I will continue to act young.

****** This Concludes the End of this very important News Flash********

Wrong Number

2009-08-20T12:04:00.001-07:00

My cell phone keeps ringing every 20 minutes or so and it is the same number every time. So like the 2nd time it rings this same number I decide to answer it.
Guy on phone: says Hi how are you.
Me: I'm fine and who is this.
Guy on phone: says what?
Me: who is this.
Guy on Phone: Oh I am looking for Sholanda Anderson
Me:Well I am not her
Guy on Phone: WHAT?
Me: I am not Sholanda Anderson
Guy on phone: Well do u know where she is
Me: No I sure don't because I don't even know her.
Guy on Phone: OK bye bye
Me: Bye

Interesting Conversation Right. LOL

So this same guy calls back again and leaves a voice mail message except it really isn't a message it is like he laid the phone down while he was checking out at Wal-mart because all I hear on the phone is some announcement over the loudspeaker at Wal-mart about something being on sale. Then you hear this guy fumbling with the phone and then he must set it back down because I hear the cash register ringing stuff up and then he picks up the phone again and ends the call.

So now he has called back again for the 4th time and I decided this moron does not get the picture that I am not Sholanda Anderson and I do not know where she is. Try a different number you Goober maybe you will find her there. LOL!!

Wonder Why?

2009-08-18T18:45:00.000-07:00

Today I was on my way home from work and a truck pulling a trailer pulls out in front of me and then proceeds to turn at the next side road. There was nothing coming behind me so why do people insist on pulling out in front of others to just turn about 250 feet up the road. It makes absolutely no sense to me, does it make sense to you? Seriously are these people in such a hurry that they can't wait for me to go past where they want to pull out from. It would be a little different if there was a line of traffic following me or something but when there is nothing coming for a good 1/2 mile down the road could you people that insist on doing this just sit still and wait. Ok now I feel a little better since I have that off my mind. Lol!! Crazy Drivers. **** Huge SIGH*****

Have you ever been this tired??

2009-08-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

I got these the other day in an e-mail and I thought they were really cute. So the question is:

Have you ever been this Tired??

or this tired

how about this tired?

or this tired?

how about this tired?

not sure if this kid was tired or the smell of the shoe knocked it out. LOL

Or this

Now this is tired!!

I know on several occasions in my life where I have been this tired. How about you? Hope everyone is having a great Thursday. :)

The Year 1978

2009-08-13T09:48:00.000-07:00

I was born in August of 1978 and I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at some of the events that happened in 1978 and also the cost of some gorcery items as well as other items. So hope you enjoy reading about some of these events.

Welcome to Retroville! It's 1978!
IN THE NEWS:

Senate approves the Panama Cana Neutrality Treaty requiring the U.S. to turn over control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000 .

Former Italian Premiere Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left wing terrorists who kill five of Moro's bodyguards before leaving Moro dead
President Carter hosts the Framework for Peace conference at Camp David with Egypt's Sadat and Israel's Begin that results in a treaty between the nations after the 13-day summit
Robert K. Jarvik patents the first artificial heart, the Jarvik-7
The first test tube baby is born in England
Actor Freddie Prinze commits suicide
Pope Paul VI dies at 81
The first Susan B. Anthony Dollar is Minted

Fads and Fashions:

Hungry Hungry Hippos
Skateboards
Mattel Electronic Soccer
Easy Bake MiniWave ovens
Battlestar Galactica action figures

WHAT THINGS COST:
Car: $6,379
Gasoline: 65 cents per gallon
House: $62,500
Bread: 34 cents per loaf
Milk: $1.44 per gallon
Postage Stamp: 15 cents
Average Annual Salary: $20,091
Minimum Wage: $2.65 per hour

Popular Musicians:

Commodores

Rolling Stones

Boomtown Rats

Bee Gees

Turning 40

2009-08-12T11:38:00.001-07:00

Thought I would post some interesting facts about what went on in 1969 and the cost of certain items 40 years ago. My husband turned 40 yesterday as some of you who read this blog or who know me personally already know that. :)

So in 1969:

Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast
Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5 into space
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Richard Nixon became president
Woodstock
PBS was established
Seasame Street Debuted
1st transplant of human eye

Cost of some food items and other items:

Gas 35 cents a gallon
Car- Ford Mustang $ 3,175
Sugar .29/lb
Tea .69/100 tea bags
Bananas .12/lb
Campbells Soup .10 a can

These are just some of the interesting facts and prices from 1969. Enjoy reading :)

Lucky 13

2009-08-10T13:23:00.000-07:00

So today Ray and I are celebrating 13 years of wedded bliss. It has been an adventurous ride so far and I hope there is more adventure to come in the next 13 years. I wrote Ray a poem on our 1st anniversary and I just thought I would share it with you all today. Enjoy!!

Our First Year

Our First year of marriage has come and gone
And with it we had lots to learn.

We had to learn how to share many things
among them love, laughter, dreams and pain.

Our thoughts have been one, our sorrows have too
And with it a lot to endure.

We've learned how to soar high and to spread our wings
And also how to get over everything.

We have kept to our vows we made over a year ago
And I only hope through the years we can continue to do so.

So what I am trying to say in these few little words is
This year has been wonderful and so much fun ,
I just can't wait for the better ones to come.

With all my love to you from the bottom of my heart.

Amy

Crazy Drivers Strike Again

2009-08-07T16:38:00.001-07:00

Before I get started here I would just like to say my nerves are completely shot. Now that I have that out of the way I will get started with the story.

Ray and I were in Downtown Charlotte this afternoon for an appointment and let me just start off by saying people in Charlotte drive like a bunch of idiots. We were about side swiped once because this guy/idiot decided that from the far left lane all of a sudden when the light turns green he wants to make a right hand turn. So what does he do he comes across in front of all lanes of traffic to make a right hand turn. In the process he about hits 2 cars one of them being ours. So my nerves were already on the downhill decent at this point.
Next where our appointment was at it was not the easiest place to find so I call to get directions and the lady that answers the phone says where are you at so I tell her the street we are on and then she says which way are you coming up the street and I tell her east so then she just says well were are directly across from the hospital. Now let me stop here and tell everyone that the hospital has 4 sides and they all face different streets. So she didn't tell me which side of the hospital they were across from. Ughhhhhhhh. So we proceed on and eventually find the place.
After we leave our appointment we are driving down the road and had to make a right turn and there in the middle of one of the lanes is a car parked on the wrong side of the street in oncoming traffic and in a no parking zone at that. So everyone is slamming on brakes trying to avoid hitting this car. Seriously what is wrong with people! My nerves are screaming they can't take much more today.
So the final incident that just sent my nerves right over the edge happened when we were almost home. This homeless guy on a bike comes across 4 lanes of traffic while looking back behind himself to see if it is clear and almost falls off the bike. Then he proceeds to run through a red light. Then he almost runs into the back of a tractor trailer. Again what is wrong with the people did they just fall off the back of a turnip truck today.

Finally we made it home and can I just tell everyone my nerves and myself are glad to be home cause my nerves are shot to pieces. But I think they may recover part way overnight.

Whew!!! What an adventurous trip. LOL. :p :P :0 :)

Fire Ant Dance

2009-08-06T18:38:00.000-07:00

So this evening I was mowing on the back 40 ok so it was just the lower part of the back yard and there was a ton of fire ant nest down there. Most of you probably know what fire ants are or what they look like but if you don't know they love to make huge mounds/nest in the ground and then when you get near one of there land mines so to speak they come boiling out of there. They are black and red in color but mostly red and when they bite/sting it feels like you are literally on fire. So anyways back to the story. I am push mowing and I come upon the first nest so I dodge it and then the second one and i jump over that one and then the third one and I straddle it while walking really fast with the mower and so on. It is literally like walking on a land mine field but it is like a fire ant mine. You just have to guess where the next one might pop up as you are mowing. I looked like I was doing some kind of dance while mowing because I was trying to avoid all these nest. It would have been very comical to watch I was even getting a little tickled myself thinking about what I probably looked like to cars passing by. So I get the whole area almost mowed and on the final pass one of those little devilish things bites me in 2 places on my leg. So now i have a nice red blistered up place on my leg as result of this fire ant.

If you would like to know how to do the fire ant dance I can tell you how. First you zig one way and then you zag the other way. Second you jump up and over the nest. Third you zig again and if need be you zag. So that's basically what you do and just repeat the steps as needed.

So the moral to this story is: AVOID FIRE ANTS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. LOL

What is wrong with people?

2009-08-06T12:42:00.001-07:00

So today I stopped somewhere to get something to eat for lunch and instead of going inside I just went through the drive thru. I get to the window to pay and this totally nerdy guy starts flirting with me and I am thinking to myself seriously dude what is your problem. He is all grinning and smiling and making wierd facial expressions at me and I am rolling my eyes which he couldn't see because I had my sunglasses on. Also I am trying to avoid looking at this creep during this time. So I pay and then he hands me my change and he literally says to me just wait right there your order will be right up. Like are you kidding me where the heck do you think I am going to go anyways. Duh!! You haven't given me my food yet do you think I am going to just pay for it and drive off without it. So then he finally brings my food to the window and he is all grinning and smiling and making wierd faces again. Seriously he could see I had a wedding ring on and I am thinking to myself Dude I am married and I am not interested in you in the least. So when I get ready to drive off he says Okie dokie then here is your food now you come back real soon to see us again. As I am driving off I am thinking I don't think so. I know some people might say well you should be flattered by this and so on but I was just totally creeped out by his actions. Why do some people continue to be more creepy and wierd and annoying the more you try to ignore them?? Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

What's your Name

2009-08-05T13:50:00.000-07:00

Ok so I know this probably one of the lamest blog post ever but the other night I was on Facebook and I came across this thing called Name Generators. It is where you can type in your name and find out what your name would be for different things, such as earth name, hobbit name, soap opera name and so on. So I thought it might be fun just for the sake of nothing else better to do at the time to try it out and find out what my name would be for some of these wierd name thingys. I know others may not find this very amusing but I think some of these are absolutely hilarious. And since I don't have anything better to blog about today here are some of the results I got. If anyone is interested in doing this for their own name just go to Facebook and type in Name Generators.

Hippy name: Willow Peace
Indian Chief Name: Chief Brave Bear
Monster Name: Amy the headless fire breathing Nurse
Soap Opera Name: Dixie Buchanan
Earth Name: Poppy Light
Superhero Name: The Amazing Defender
Prank Call Name: Pat Onaback
Little Miss Name: Little Miss Whoops
Aztec Name: Cacauaxochitl
Shakespeare Name: Thaisa
GI Joe Name: Doc
Redneck Name: Molly Houston
Mermaid Name: Meredith
Fairy Name: Sunflower Moon-Beam
Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Proudfoot
Scottish Name: Morna Mackintosh

The ones I highlighted in red are the ones I like the best out of all of them. I know what some of you may be thinking it doesn't take much to humor me and for the most part that is right,I am humored very easily by alot of things but as they say Laughter is the best medicine.

Southern Veggies

2009-08-04T15:09:00.000-07:00

So heres the thing about cooking vegetables that all Southerners don't agree on. Some say that you are only a true southerner if you eat your vegetables cooked to death. Here is where I disagree with that personally I like to still be able to identify what my vegetables are after they are cooked and what the distinct taste is to each vegetable. So as a True Southerner I don't like my vegetables cooked to death until they are mushy. I also don't like fatback or ham or bacon in my veggies. But even though I like to taste my veggies for what they are supposed to taste like and not masked with a bunch of different seasonings and flavors I am still a Southerner and I always will be. I know this is kind of a random post but there was a discussion going on earlier on facebook on the proper way to cook grean beans southern style. Well in my personal opinion that discussion could go on all day long and the right way to cook them will never be agreed on. So with that being said eat your vegetables however you like but don't tell me I am not a True Southerner if I like my green beans with a little crunch left in them. LOL!! Here is a great quote from the late comedian Lewis Grizzard “I’m southern born, and southern bred, and when I die, I’ll be southern dead.”

Are you having a bad day?

2009-08-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

So i know that this is not an original posting that I came up with, but I have enjoyed reading this several times when I was having a bad day. When I read this I can always come to the realization that others may have had a day that was more awful then mine. So hope everyone enjoys this and maybe even a few of you can get a laugh out of it and see the humor in it. Hope everyone is having a good day.

Next time you have a bad day at work think of this guy.Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana . He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2 FM in Ft. Wayne , Indiana , who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest. Needless to say, she won.

Hi Sue,Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.

Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wet suit.. This time of year the water is quite cool.So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature.It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints.What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi.Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. With in a few seconds my butt started to burn.. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened.The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it.. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate.When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt.I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically.Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber.The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days because my butt was swollen shut.

So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt.Now repeat to yourself, 'I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.'Now whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself, is this a jellyfish bad day?May you NEVER have a jellyfish bad day!!!!!

The Blogging World

2009-08-03T14:04:00.001-07:00

So I know I have not been very good at blogging in the past but I am going to try to do a little better. Seeing as I had almost a whole year between post that is kind of sad really if you think about it. I don't see myself as a good writer and often I struggle to find something interesting to write about that others would even want to read. So I am not really sure as of yet what this blog will really be about but right now it is just going to be about things that come to my mind that I think are worth sharing and that others may or may not get a good laugh out of. Whoever chooses to read this blog read at your own risk. LOL!! :) ;) :0

Thinking out Loud

2009-08-03T13:55:00.000-07:00

So I know this is kind of random but the other day I was driving down the road and passed by a sign that said the following: " Concord Caskets For Sale or Lease" so I instantly said out loud who in the world would ever lease a casket. As soon as those words left my mouth I knew that it sounded so wrong. As my mother who was with me at the time pointed out you didn't read the rest of the sign. Which said Concord Casket for sale or lease 3,000 square feet-5,000 square feet. Duh!! Note to self: Always read the whole sign/message before thinking out loud. So everyone join in and have a laugh on me. :) Even the best of us have our Duh moments sometimes.

All About Me

2008-10-05T19:00:00.000-07:00

This is just a little about me. I am married to a wonderful caring man and have been married for 12 years. We have no children as of yet but we hope to have some one day. I am a Nurse and work in Community Nursing and love what I do to help the less fortunate in our community by helping provide for their healthcare needs. Right now I am presently busy giving flu shots 7 days a week.

I love to scrapbook, make greeting cards, paint,travel, photography, and garden.