Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Santa you suck
So my blogger buddy Doug over at Doug's Daily Gripes posted his traditional letter to Santa this year which was of course like all his posts was freaking hilarious. Click on the link and go read it people, it's funny. Anyway it got me thinking.....if this is what Doug sounds like as an adult writing to Santa.........what would he sound like as a child?...............well I think it'd sound a bit like this......
Make a decision already
I have this bad habit of angonizing over stupid stuff, especially when it comes to decorating my house. I guess you'd say I have a rather formal taste when it comes to decorating but making decisions about changing the slightest thing puts me in a panic. Last year I just put up new drapes in my music room and formal front room, that in its self was a huge step for me. I had been contemplating changing out those drapes since the first day I moved into this house, it only took me nearly half a decade to find the right ones. Ugh! I don't know why these kind of decisions just seem to kill me, make a decision already!
Anyway, I've been thinking about my living room furniture lately. Now I spent some good green about oh 6 years ago on two six foot sofas. Bought them from a local furniture shop that had a good reputation for selling quality stuff that lasts and bought them in a chennele fabic that they swore was the most durable fabric on the market. And I have to say it's worked out good but I can see in the near future that I'm going to want something different so it's time to start looking now, cuz as I said It will take an eternity for me to make my mind up on what kind and style I want.....I am a bit fond of those new lounge sectionals you know the kind with the one end thats longer than the rest of couch...yeah I could definately see me parking my ass on one of those and not moving for hours.
Anyway, I've been thinking about my living room furniture lately. Now I spent some good green about oh 6 years ago on two six foot sofas. Bought them from a local furniture shop that had a good reputation for selling quality stuff that lasts and bought them in a chennele fabic that they swore was the most durable fabric on the market. And I have to say it's worked out good but I can see in the near future that I'm going to want something different so it's time to start looking now, cuz as I said It will take an eternity for me to make my mind up on what kind and style I want.....I am a bit fond of those new lounge sectionals you know the kind with the one end thats longer than the rest of couch...yeah I could definately see me parking my ass on one of those and not moving for hours.
Just snow already would ya
You know it's bad when you start thinking about spring this early in the game, especially when you live in an area that is a freaking icebox 5 months a year. Never the less I am...I'm starting to think about cleaning out my poor garden and landscaping that looks right now like death warmed over. Seriously why does the garden have to look so depressing during the winter..brown and dried up and just dead.
To make matters worse I had window boxes installed on the front of the house and garage which were a good idea in hindsight but now everytime I pass the windows I'm reminded that spring is a hella ways off yet. I think I need one of those lamps you put on your head to simulate sunlight, you know the kind that people use in Alaska when they are sunlight deprived....yeah mental note look up those things pronto, I need one.
As much as the looks of my landscaping depresses me in the winter, it does remind me that I need to get a game plan for the spring. Like I said I had the window plant boxes installed a couple of years ago and you wouldn't think that finding the right plants to flourish in them would be such a big deal but it is. The first year I had to replace all the plants each window box more than once. Then last summer I decided to line the baskets with black plastic to hold in the water a little better, that worked much better but I still need to find a plant that will thrive in them that is hearty and well pretty. Hopefully during this cold spell that will last another three months at least I'll be able to find something....I just wish it would snow enough to cover up that nasty ugly landscaping until spring time.
To make matters worse I had window boxes installed on the front of the house and garage which were a good idea in hindsight but now everytime I pass the windows I'm reminded that spring is a hella ways off yet. I think I need one of those lamps you put on your head to simulate sunlight, you know the kind that people use in Alaska when they are sunlight deprived....yeah mental note look up those things pronto, I need one.
As much as the looks of my landscaping depresses me in the winter, it does remind me that I need to get a game plan for the spring. Like I said I had the window plant boxes installed a couple of years ago and you wouldn't think that finding the right plants to flourish in them would be such a big deal but it is. The first year I had to replace all the plants each window box more than once. Then last summer I decided to line the baskets with black plastic to hold in the water a little better, that worked much better but I still need to find a plant that will thrive in them that is hearty and well pretty. Hopefully during this cold spell that will last another three months at least I'll be able to find something....I just wish it would snow enough to cover up that nasty ugly landscaping until spring time.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
If you are going to waste some time anyways, you might as well..............
Ok guys, I know a lot of you surf the web during down time at work so why don't cha check out this website when you are goofing off next time...yes I am talking about you Doug....anyway go to Freerice.com and earn some grains of rice to feed the hungy world wide. But I have to warn you....it's addictive!
It is a non-profit website that donates grains of rice to the hungry around the world in exchange for your FREE participation in their vocabulary trivia. This website was started in 2007 by a man named, John Breen. United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has since taken over the website and it runs completely non-profit.
When you go FreeRice.com, there is a vocabulary word and four possible definitions. Simply click on the definition that you think describes the word and if you are correct, ten grains of rice are donated to the WFP. If you are wrong, it simply goes to the next question and will go back to the question you answered incorrectly later. The correct answer is shown after each question, so if you get it wrong, you can pick the correct answer later. All grains of rice are donated to the WFP on behalf of the sponsors that advertise on the FreeRice.com website.
If vocab isn't your thing, go to the "Subjects" tab and choose another category like: math, chemistry, art or geography. There are also different languages to choose from too, so if you want to sharpen your Spanish, French, German or Italian, you can donate free grains of rice by enhancing your foreign vocabulary at the same time.
Although ten grains of rice per correct answer might not seem like a lot, think about how much rice could be donated if everyone introduced someone to FreeRice.com. It's absolutely free to play and the rice is being donated to needy, hungry people around the world. Everyone can benefit from visiting this non-profit website and feel good that they are going some good too! So go on , click the link I know ya want to.
It is a non-profit website that donates grains of rice to the hungry around the world in exchange for your FREE participation in their vocabulary trivia. This website was started in 2007 by a man named, John Breen. United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has since taken over the website and it runs completely non-profit.
When you go FreeRice.com, there is a vocabulary word and four possible definitions. Simply click on the definition that you think describes the word and if you are correct, ten grains of rice are donated to the WFP. If you are wrong, it simply goes to the next question and will go back to the question you answered incorrectly later. The correct answer is shown after each question, so if you get it wrong, you can pick the correct answer later. All grains of rice are donated to the WFP on behalf of the sponsors that advertise on the FreeRice.com website.
If vocab isn't your thing, go to the "Subjects" tab and choose another category like: math, chemistry, art or geography. There are also different languages to choose from too, so if you want to sharpen your Spanish, French, German or Italian, you can donate free grains of rice by enhancing your foreign vocabulary at the same time.
Although ten grains of rice per correct answer might not seem like a lot, think about how much rice could be donated if everyone introduced someone to FreeRice.com. It's absolutely free to play and the rice is being donated to needy, hungry people around the world. Everyone can benefit from visiting this non-profit website and feel good that they are going some good too! So go on , click the link I know ya want to.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
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