Thursday, May 26, 2005
Okay, first of all, I have new blogs linked up on the side. Enjoy!!! Heather B-are you happy now? LOL!Onto my daily dose of excitement for my blog stalkers….
American Idol:
I was wrong on this one! I just new Bo was going to be the clear winner! I honestly didn’t care either way, but I just thought Bo had more stage presence; although I like Carrie as well (Underwood and blogger Carrie!).
But, then again, stage presence isn’t everything I guess. Some people have very successful careers that involve sitting on a stool and just singing. Good luck to Carrie and Bo both!!
My Challenge:
The funny thing that makes you laugh every day. The following picture does not do justice to the thing I find hilarious. We live in a very beautiful community that is fairly expensive to buy land in, but there are people who have always had land here (which is how I ended up here). Those people don’t always try to carry the torch where the beauty of our community is concerned. Here are a few pics and then I’ll tell you what I was unable to capture in the picture.
This is the view out my front door:
This is the view of my nearest neighbor’s yard:
This is some land my family owns that is just down the road:
This is the lake which adjoins the back portion of the property where I live:
This is a picture of the place which totally cracks me up:
Okay, what this picture doesn’t show is the large hound dog who suns himself on the roof of a car which usually has a drivers side door open at all times. There are approximately 10 or so dogs in the yard, which is the reason this picture isn’t any better than it is. When I slowed down to take it, they rushed at my car and I didn’t want any scratches.
Also, when it gets hot outside (even at night), all the windows and doors are opened and anyone passing by can see in. When it gets really, really hot outside, they hang their laundry on hangers from the gutters along the roof to dry.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not against trailer life. Because of issues with land ownership, I live in one temporarily, but this is ridiculous!
I am in a picture sharing mood today, so here are a few more:
The rose my husband picked for me out of our garden and brought in for me a few days ago:
The Biedenharn Gardens where I took Garrison and Scuba Steve on Saturday:
The 5 cent coke machine from the Gardens-This family was the family who originally bottled coke in the 1800s, and you can get one 5 cent coke per person when you visit the gardens!
My son being his normal cheerful self while eating supper the other night: (not edited for red eye…sorry!)
That about wraps it up for today. I might come back this afternoon with some overly intellectual thoughts, but I wouldn’t stick around waiting for them!
Melissa |
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Melissa-Mom to LittleMan (4/04); wife to LuckyHusband; full-time toxicologist; full-time housekeeper; full-time domestic laundromat manager (washes all the clothes); full-time domestic finance manager (pays all the bills and yells at husband for spending too much money on fishing stuff); and Keeper of the Cheerios. Lives in a tiny town; spends tons of time with family; reads; enjoys crafts. Can change a diaper, fill a sippy cup, and put on a toddler's shoes in 15.4 seconds flat, all while calculating the impact of petroleum hydrocarbons to a nearby surface water body (watch for me in the Toddler Olympics on CBS this fall). Addicted to Dr. Pepper; Kit Kats; and pasta. To spot me in a crowd: I'm the one with frizzy messed-up hair, smeared graham crackers on my shirt; huge purse with a diaper peeking out, toddler on her hip, and camera in hand at all times.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
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Can You Keep a Secret?
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Shopaholic and Sister
The Nanny Diaries
Nighttime is My Time - Mary Higgins Clark
Trace - Patricia Cornwell
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
Saving Graces - Patricia Gaffney
Save Karyn - Karyn Boznack
Rosie Dunne - Cecelia Ahern
Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner
One Tuesday Morning - Karen Kingsbury
The Pot Luck Club
P.S. I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
No Place Like Home- Mary Higgins Clark
The Covanent - Beverly Lewis
The Betrayal - Beverly Lewis
The Sacrifice - Beverly Lewis
The Prodigal - Beverly Lewis
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
The Preacher's Daughter - Beverly Lewis
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