Monday, August 31, 2009

"Double Mint"


This is a '73 Buick -- it belongs to someone in the Roamin' Chariots Car Club here in Michigan -- at least I think it still does. Isn't she a beauty? I ♥ classic cars.
p.s. I know I've probably posted this like before, but I got this again in an email and I love it so much I thought I would post the link again.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Awards!


I haven't done this in awhile, so here goes. To all my readers, to all my blog friends, and to anyone else who is so inclined to do so... an award just for you and your spot!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Decisions

Well, I think I have decided to just buy a new washer. Maybe upgrade just a tad. I thought about the new front loaders, but I don't think there is enough room to put it in the utility room (only place there is for the washer and dryer -- mind you, I have a 900 sq. ft. house -- all on one floor). Decisions, decisions, decisions. Well, I know what I'm doing tomorrow. Off to the laundromat, and then I'm going to check out washers at ABC Warehouse!

p.s. Where did August go?

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Monday, August 24, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Washing Machines




I don't know about any of you, but this sure brings back a ton of memories for me!

It reminds me of a time when things were more simple, better built, and not as full of crazies like it is today.

On Friday night my washing machine went on the fritz. This is the second time in approximately 9 years that it has done this. It is a Whirlpool. It will fill with water, wash, and that's it. No spin,... no rinse... nada. Sigh. And, of course, it had soapy clothes in it. And I had to take them out and put them in the laundry tub so I could ring them out and put them in a plastic laundry basket for a trip to the laundromat (thanks, son, for taking me -- I haven't been in a landromat in 40 years). My son bailed most of the water out of them machine with a large tin can (you can't get anything bigger in it to bail water). There is some water still in it, but at least it is not a whole washer full.

The part that went out on it the first time -- and I'm assuming the same one that went this time -- (it was under warranty the first time) is plastic. Need I say more?

My first washing machine, bought all of those years ago, was purchased at Montgomery Ward. It was harvest gold. It matched the dryer, the fridge and the stove. The washer was a hard working machine for 25 years before it went to that big parts bin in the sky. It had the Montgomery Ward "Signature" brand on it, but it was a Whirlpool. I don't think there was a piece of plastic on it or in it. Not today. There are plastic pieces where there really shouldn't be.

Now the decision is, should I get it repaired or should we just suck it up and buy a new one. The jury is still out on that one. I am going to call some repair places on Monday.

Wish me luck!

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

No Cat


Happy 48th Anniversary Ron & Linda!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Friends


Sometimes it's bumpy, but it's never long.
I got this from my friend Larry and just HAD to share!
I had a flat tire on the interstate, so I eased my car over to the shoulder of the road, carefully got out of the car and opened the trunk.

I took out 2 cardboard men, unfolded them and stood them at the rear of my car facing oncoming traffic.

They look so life like you wouldn't believe it!

They are in trench coats exposing their nude bodies to the approaching drivers.To my surprise, cars start slowing down looking at my lifelike men which made it safer for me to work at the side of the road.

And of course, traffic starts backing up. Everybody is tooting their horns and waving like crazy.

It wasn't long before a state trooper pulls up behind me.He gets out of his car and starts walking towards me. I could tell he was not a happy camper!'What's going on here?''My car has a flat tire', I said calmly.'Well, what are those obscene cardboard men doing here by the road?'I couldn't believe that he didn't know.. So I told him,

'Helloooooo, those are my Emergency Flashers.'

Monday, August 17, 2009

A Divine Spot

She's lovely. She's a hair stylist. She's a mom. She renovates and restores. She is awesome!

Please go give her a visit. You'll be glad you did.

http://goddessof4.blogspot.com/

Sunday, August 16, 2009

The Detroit River


This is one of my favorite skyline pictures!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

New Discoveries

A friend of mine sent me a link to an entry in a blog I had never visited. It was wonderful (if you go relatively soon, it should be the second post on her blog)! I am posting the link to her blog here so that you can discover this lovely lady and her major cool blog! The name of the post is "Double Wow". Enjoy!

http://justabeachkat.blogspot.com/

Friday, August 14, 2009

101 Ways to Annoy People

101 WAYS TO ANNOY PEOPLE

1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen.
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub".
10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog "Dog."
15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training." 18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophecy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your remote control.
28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice. 32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
34. Drum on every available surface.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips into peoples backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backwards.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
51. Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!"
52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
53. only type in lowercase.
54. dont use any punctuation either
55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
59. Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/ O.J Simpson conspiracy theories.
61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, its gone now."
62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.
63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained. 68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
73. Drive half a block.
74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
75. Ask people what gender they are.
76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back.
77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.
78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes".
79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers brains, such as "Feliz Navidad", the Archies "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head. like a parakeet.
81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
83. Change your name to "AaJohn Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a."
84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down. 85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
86. Wear a LOT of cologne.
87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
88. Sing along at the opera.
89. Mow your lawn with scissors.
90. At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!"
91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."
92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."
94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture."
95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
96. Never make eye contact.
97. Never break eye contact.
98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.
101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

FaceBook

Well, it's happened. I've fallen in love with Facebook. But not for the usual reasons. I am addicted to FarmTown, FarmVille, FarmPals and YoVille. What can I say? Hooked!

Awwww


Monday, August 10, 2009

Another Favorite Spot

She's funny. She's serious. She loves kittehs. She adores her family. AND... she wrote a book!

Please drop in and visit her. I think you'll love her spot.

http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/

Expression



Don't you just love the expression on that kitteh's face?!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Meow!


And lots of it!

Friday, August 7, 2009

Simpson...

Here is another one of my favorite spots...

He has a cool house blog... and one about his Land Rover (pretty awesome spot, too!).... and he's famous for his Halloween scene every year...

Give him a look-see: http://simpsonsfolly.blogspot.com/

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Ruby



Prayers for my sister -- she is having laser eye surgery today. She's the lovely lady with the silver hair!


UPDATE! She is doing fine!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Happy Birthday!



A great big Happy Birthday to the hubs (and, no, he doesn't drive a truck -- it belongs to our nephew in WV)!
He is my bug smasher, fixer of all things, and especially my hero!





Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The Celtic Lady

If you have a love of anything Scottish, or anything to do with wee fairies, there is a lovely Celtic Lady named Julie in North Dakota. She has lovely graphics on her blog. She has wonderful stories on her blog. She knows just about everything there is to know about Celctic and fairies. She loves to read (we both belong to Good Reads). She loves movie. She loves her family - including the four-legged ones. She has wonderful photographs.

Please stop by and visit.

http://celticanamcara.blogspot.com/

You will be glad you did.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Fashionista!

I have a blog friend in NY. She is a very lovely lady. She is fun. She is sophisticated. She writes a comic strip. She takes amazing photographs. She loves cats.

Take a "trip" to NY and enjoy her blog: http://onthem104.blogspot.com/

Did I mention she is cool?

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Dictionary

Great Definitions not found in Dictionary

ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye.

CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

DUST: Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

HANDKERCHIEF: Cold Storage.

INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO: An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET: Something you tell to one person at a time.

TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor-saving devices of today.

YAWN: An honest opinion openly expressed.

WRINKLES: Something other people have. I have character lines.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Wedding Procession

I sure do hope this link works because this wedding procession ROCKS!

http://womc.com/Wedding-Dance-Entrance/4867488

Duh!

Dumb as a box of Rocks A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF REPRESENTATION WE HAVE IN CONGRESS, TRUE STORY:

A noted psychiatrist was a guest speaker at an academic function where Nancy Pelosi happened to appear. Ms Pelosi took the opportunity to schmooze the good doctor a bit and asked him a question with which he was most at ease.

'Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' she asked, 'how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?'

'Nothing is easier,' he replied. 'You ask a simple question which anyone should answer with no trouble. If the person hesitates, that puts you on the track.'

'What sort of question?' asked Pelosi.

Well, you might ask, 'Captain Cook made three trips around the world and died during one of them. Which one?''

Pelosi thought a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, 'You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history.'