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My blog counter had been going haywire again laitly. I was silly enough to head over to alphainventions and condron.us again the other day, to browse through some blogs while holding my cranky teething baby. (i don’t normally have time for this, i promise! LOL). Well, needless to say, that ended up brining me heaps of visitors here. Apparently when you are on their site, and you have your site open on your computer, they feed your site through theirs for others to view and thus, providing you traffic. Interesting and complicated process…so needless to say, my counter shows many hits that I wouldn’t count as real traffic. I don’t consider myself real traffic to a site that passes through their system. Only when I click on a site to actually read it’s content do I consider it a hit. Regardless, i’m feeling mighty popular. I will venture out and say that a few peoples google searchs have helped them find their way here, according to my dashboard information here behind the scenes. I have had a few hits for those seeking information on Lemi Shine, Mennonite Girls Can Cook, and Icefishing! Now we’re feeling it! LOL.
Super excited this morning to have an hour to myself! I spent some time with the teacher (a good 10 min.), and then ventured out to do some window shopping and pricing! I checked out two local shops for their pricing on reasonably lovely furniture for our bedroom. I was hoping to stick to my budget of $1500 before taxes. Well, needless to say, I came out of those stores realizing I will have to spend about $2000 plus taxes. I do hope that I can compromise a bit with the idea of having dh build us a bed frame (platform style) and then I could come up with some headboard to hammer to the wall. 
The other portion of my dreaming excursion was at the central vac location. I’m dreaming of owning a vacuum cleaner powerhead. we have the central vac system in the house…and it’s been working fairly well for the last 35 years. The only thing it would need would be a bit of maitnance. (did I use that word right? we’re not sure of it’s exact meaning over here) I’m dreaming for things to happen here this spring!
Did I tell you laitly what ELSE I’ve been wasting my time with these days? The girls have these toys. They lye around the house, they beep at me from under who knows where, and I get SO annoyed with them. This leads me to fixing the problem. I hunt these toys down….and start playing with them to fix the problem. Did you know that you have to clean up potty messes after the digital pet shop pets? Did you know that you have to feed them, comb their hair, and play with them? Well. When these pets have been neglected for a while, they start singing out of the blue. They either need to eat, have a brushing, or made a mess. Once i’ve solved the problem I usually feel the need to do something more fun with them, so i’ll take them up on a game of bowling! I think I could get addicted. I think I could quite easily be challenged to keep my score on the top score podium. I’m not competitive normally. I just like to challenge my kids to be better, that’s all.
Well, I better get to my kitchen…Enjoy your friday! What’s on YOUR agenda?
in case you haven’t noticed a similarity between most of my weekend comics, i’ll fill ya in! i kinda love the peanuts comic strips by charles m. schultz.
here’s a bit of info on him and his funnies. Taken from the Wikipedia
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 (the day after Schulz’s death), continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is considered to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it “arguably the longest story ever told by one human being”, according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University. At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. Reprints of the strip are still syndicated and run in many newspapers.
Peanuts achieved considerable success for its television specials, several of which, including A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown won or were nominated for Emmy Awards. The holiday specials remain quite popular and are currently broadcast on ABC in the United States during the corresponding season. The property is also a landmark in theatre with the stage musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, being an extremely successful and often performed production.
It has been described as “the most shining example of the American success story in the comic strip field”, ironically based on the theme of “the great American unsuccess story”, since the main character, Charlie Brown, is meek, nervous and lacks self-confidence, being unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game or even kick a football.
(see link to wikipedia above for more info…this is a brief one)
here’s a funny for the day! see ya back here on monday!
(haven’t you ever struggled and struggled to get somewhere that at the time looked like a fun challenge, only to find yourself stuck with no one around to help? LOL)
here’s some funnies. see ya monday for our regular scheduled updates, pictures, jibber jabber. 
Here’s a quote: “In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” - Charlie Brown
(i hope i never look this foolish with excitment for food, LOL)
yeah, i’m NOT a math whiz…but this one did make me smile. it’s funny how in retrospect i see SOME importance to education. NOTICE, i said SOME.
see ya monday!
here’s some laughs (or maybe just smiles) for the weekend! see ya again on monday!
enjoy the weekend!
i subscribe to pastor tims clean laugh email. it brings a smile to my face when i get to read the jokes, even if some are kinda dry or lame!
here’s some for ya that i enjoyed!
*Bank Arrangements*
Who knows if this is true. Just the same, it’s funny!
I am told that a 98-year-old woman wrote this to her bank, and the bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.
Dear Sir:
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month.
By my calculations, three “nanoseconds” must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire salary, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years.
You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank.
My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused me to rethink my errant financial ways. I noticed that whereas I personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity which your bank has become.
From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My mortgage and loan payments will therefore and hereafter no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank by check, addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate.
Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application Contact Status which I require your chosen employee to complete.
I am sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. Please note that all copies of his or her medical history must be countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her financial situation (income, debts, assets, and liabilities) must be accompanied by documented proof.
In due course, I will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she must quote in dealings with me. I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Let me level the playing field even further. When you call me, press buttons as follows:
1– To make an appointment to see me.
2– To query a missing payment.
3– To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.
4– To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.
5– To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.
6– To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.
7– To leave a message on my computer. (A password to access my computer is required. A password will be communicated to you at a later date to the Authorized Contact.)
8– To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7.
9– To make a general complaint or inquiry, the contact will then be put on hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service.While this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play for the duration of the call.
Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement.
May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous, New Year.Your Humble Client
*Kidnapped*Most Friday nights at the Naval Station in Bermuda, we would assemble at the officers club after work. One Friday, Rick, a newly married ensign, insisted he had to leave at 6 p.m. We all tried to talk him into staying, but he’d promised his bride he’d be home by six. I offered to call home for Rick.
When his wife answered the phone, I said, “Rick has been kidnapped. Put five dollars in small, unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag and throw it in the door of the officers club.” Then I hung up.
A short time later, a waiter brought a grocery bag to our table. In it were Rick’s baseball glove, a tennis racket and a teddy bear. Attached to the bear was a note: “Rick can play kidnapped until 7 p.m. Then he must come home.”
did ya get at least a giggle in?
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