6 Things: Tagged by my husband

Egad. It's a good thing I'm freeeeeeeee.

Kevin tagged me.

Here's the rules:

1. Link to the person who tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write 6 random things/unspectacular quirks about yourself
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them
5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

6 Random Things

1. I am feeling so free today that I'm going to break rules 4 and 5. I can't be bound up by these fules. Ha ha. That was an "accident", but I like it as a new word. foolish rules = fules. Unlike Kevin, in general, I tend to follow the rules. However, I occasionally break the fules.

2. I like making up new words by combining two words together. Like things like "Bennifer" and "fules".

3. I enjoy celebrity gossip to a certain point. If I ever get stressed out and need an escape, I tend to go to people.com. That's about as far as I go. Ok, that's a little bit of a lie. I also tend to check in at Pittwatch. I can't help it. I love Brad and Angie. And the kids. I try not to go to other sites or read trashier mags or search out pictures that celebrities have not authorized. I think that's so rude and dangerous to the celebrities we claim to love. I like Pittwatch because Sherry (the blog writer) works to be very respectful as well. It's one thing to be a fan, and quite another to be a maniac. I try to be a fan. I did purchase the people mag with Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline on the cover. They are too cute.

4. I am left-handed.

5. I might be going to a law of attraction certified facilitators training program. It's in Victoria, Canada. We've always wanted to visit that area.

6. This is my favorite chocolate. Send me some. Link also in sidebar. If you are Kevin, you can just get it at Ralph's. I loved it even before we moved to the PNW. I love the PNW.

Ok, here's my big tag: Heather!

I can't think beyond that right now. I have other blogging friends, but since I have been mostly absent from the bloggy world aside from a crazed addiction at Manifest Laboratory, I have not stayed up to speed with them. They have probably already done all these. They are very hip to the bloggy world and tag each other like mad.

~t

New Specs, at Long Last

I know, this has been a very exciting continuing saga. The broken glasses. The bad fixing by the husband. The geeky tape. The eye appointment (mostly covered by my new insurance, too--how cool!) Well, here is the final result of all of that. Thank you all for taking this journey with me. I'd like to thank all of the little people. You know who you are.

Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos


Photo Sharing - Upload Video - Video Sharing - Share Photos

And yes, those are non-glare lenses. Thank you Target Optical lady (Why can't I remember her name?) Part of the reason I got the non-glare, was for these pictures, dear reader. Snif snif.

~t

For Mr. Fabulous: COOKIE!

Oh dear, Tricia's Musings just gave me some FABULOUS linky love. There was a comment from Mr. Fabulous asking if we had cookies over here. This one IS half eaten, but you can just take it as proof that there is more where that came from, Mr. F. Enjoy! (I also just remembered that I have more cookies on my other site. Those are REALLY great.)



Thanks Tricia, you're the rockinest. (I think I hear that on Noggin all day.)

~t

The Fecalizer!

Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Clad in a nice brown cape and tights. Sniffing out fecal matter wherever it is and throwing it at his enemies...it's The FECALIZER.

Ok, really, this is The Fecalizer:



I'd show you the inner workings, but then I'd have to kill you. Or actually, I'd have to take apart a somewhat sterile thing that already has dog poo inside it. So, I won't do that. It's high-tech, though. I don't remember anything this high-tech when I had to deal with cat poo. The times they are a changing. Unfortunately for us, we were able to easily get the poo right off our living room floor. None of that messy "getting the poo out in the grass" for us. Uh uh. Well, here's hoping it's healthy.

/poo talk.

~t

Horrible Disfiguring Toy Accident

I saw this happening and there wasn't much I could do to stop it. I didn't think it would get this bad, though. You see, Kevin was out smoking. And I had to use the bathroom. Stat. There was only so much I could do. I grabbed my kid and took him with me. I saw the puppy had the fireman, but I couldn't care right then. And when I got back, I forgot until Kevin rescued him. Maybe Luke didn't like him because he rescued that cat. Or maybe he just didn't like the looks of that 'stache. The fireman still seems happy, though.



~t

A Year of Bed Head

I think I've talked about Bed Head on here before. Kevin took a picture of his bed head every day for a year from October 2005 to October 2006. He had them posted on his website every day. We have recently compiled them into a video for your viewing pleasure. I made two videos: the first one is the full collection of bed head photos and is over 6 minutes long. We have heard that is too long. I pretty much knew that, but it's 365 photos! It's a year, it's going to be long. So, I've also made an abridged version with what I think are the best shots spanning the year. Here it is:



If you're interested in the full version, it can be viewed here: A Year of Bed Head, full version.

We hope you enjoy Kevin's morning ugly! Be sure to check out the bed head section on his website to read his hilarious comments with each photo.

Music used with kind permission from The Quickies.

~t

PPP Rap Smackdown: Terri Smacks LAURA

Allrighty then, the PayPerPost crew of staff and posties have been having some fun with a little game PayPerPost Prez Ted "Catfeesh" Murphy started. It's called the PPP Rap Smackdown. Here's the chain:

Ted smacked Colleen and told her to smack Chad
Colleen smacked Chad and told him to smack Julie
Chad smacked Julie and told her to smack Amy
Julie smacked Amy and told her to smack ME
Amy smacked me and told me to smack Laura.

Whew! You still with me?

Now, here's my smack to Laura, in which I instruct her to smack Sindy



I tried to enunciate as best I could while rapping, but here are lyrics, in case you missed any.

PPP Rap Smackdown on LAURA

Now Laura I don't know you
But Amy says you're dandy
Your bloggin' is so sweet
This is smackin' cotton candy

You say the PPP
has the whitest people evah
Girl that comes to haunt you next
if you think you so clevah

You got some groovy sites
right there on your computer
If you spent more time on Paul
He might not be out at Hooters

Which brings me to my next point
Girl, we all got sins
But your sweet hubby Paul
He sho likes hisself some twins

(You know what I'm talkin' 'bout.)

Carryin' those twins
Ain't no good for your back
And I notice girl
You sho like to type out ACK

You blog about your parts
Say you have seen Britney's
But you gotta wear Depends
When your mama makes yo' shit sneeze

(It's ok girl, I unnerstand.)

Laura you're my girl
I don't wanna get longwindy
Now my task to you
Is baby smackdown SINDY!


~t

Also check out our Behind the Music for this vid over at Shameless Reality Show. Is it worth it? Probably not. But I did it anyway. I think YouTube cut off the funniest part--the ending. Oh well. (What a linky post this was!)

Antonio vs. Charro

If you have ever thought you might like to get paid for blogging, you should definitely check out this video I've just completed for PayPerPost. They are a really fun company to work with. (I know, dangling preposition, but doesn't it sound more awkward the other way?) At any rate, I was asked to answer the question, "PPP vs. ?" and describe in detail the sort of battle I would like to see PayPerPost engage in. (Did I just do it again? Goodness, I must stop that. Is it true that if you know grammar rules you can break them?)

Well, I chose Charro. But do not worry, the lovely Charro will not be hurt (I hope). There is a twist. I do have to say, although I am quite casual in my video, I liked the way it turned out. I plan to be doing more videologs, so I need to get used to it. It's fun. I was only sad I forgot to mention Antonio's amazing mouth. It would definitely come in handy. So, there, I've mentioned it.

Now, here's the vid:



~t

ps: Ugh, I look like Billy Idol on a very bad day in that screen shot!

"I Don't Like Turkey Soup"

Ok, so this might be a little bit like Ham and The Ham Update, as in "funny to me for no apparent reason, but maybe funny to you?"

Here goes anyway...

This is my mom:

She doesn't like turkey. For some reason, Kevin and I forget that. I think it's because she likes all sorts of weird things like bizarre seafood salad, liver and onions, crabmeat omelets and other things we would never consider eating. Turkey seems benign to me in comparison, because really, unless you are a vegetarian, why wouldn't you like turkey? It's turkey.

Our friend made us some lovely gumbo from some leftovers from Thanksgiving. We warmed it up tonight for dinner, and we were all happily eating away (Think The Simpsons. No, just kidding, it wasn't that bad.) My mom lives with us, if you haven't caught that. As I tend to do, I said to my mom, "Mom, how's your gumbo?"

She answered, "I don't like turkey soup."

It just slayed Kevin and me. Because we were calling it gumbo the whole time, it really never occurred to us that the main ingredient was turkey. Or her either. I mean we knew it, but it was just so funny for some reason. I guess we maybe also forgot her dislike of turkey? Because I always do. So, we just proudly served her up some turkey soup, tricking her by calling it gumbo. Ha!

~t

See? I Really Need that Camera,Ted

Just LOOK at the last day of posts? Hardly ANY pictures! Where are the pictures? Did my kid not do anything cute at all today? I'm sure THAT'S not it. Am I getting too serious? Naaaaahhhh. Must have new HP Camera. Sending vibes to Ted Murphy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(whispers: Pick me Ted, pick me.)

~t