Facebook asks millions of people every day “What’s on your mind?” And millions of people answer. Sometimes I really didn’t want to know, but somehow the people still share.
Currently I don’t have any status updates from friends that are over sharing – partially because I started hiding the updates from the worst offenders.(thanks FB for this fancy feature)
The biggest update issues I have are the related to too much information. But there are two kinds of information I don’t care to hear about on Facebook. The first kind of TMI – I don’t care what you are doing every second of every day no matter what. I don’t care you just finished flossing last night’s popcorn out of your tooth. I really don’t care that you added peanut butter to your grocery list. And I really really really don’t care that you changed the channel on the TV.
The second kind of TMI you get on Facebook is the personal information. I don’t want to know about your bladder infection. I am glad you and your partner are happy, but I don’t want to know the details of last night’s adventures. And for the sake of my sanity, please keep all information about what came out of your body to yourself.
What I really like is the people who come up with a clever status for all to share. These are few, but they are gems. Recently I discovered a blog that talks about the gems, and I love them!
FunnyStatuses.com
Have you seen a status that made you want to steal it and claim it as your own?
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Tagged: facebook, Funnies
There are people who think that summer is better than winter. They are wrong. Even though I think winter is far superior to summer, a girl can only take so much.
This winter, my new hometown has had record snow fall of 56″ so far. I recognize that there are people who would call this a “mild winter”. The difference is the places where it is normal to get over 5 feet of snow per year are prepared for it. They have a plan of where to put the snow. They have the equipment to deal with this. We do not.
I like snow, but have learned this year that I do not love snow unconditionally. There are very specific conditions under which I like snow.
– It must stick to the areas around me that don’t include the road, trees that might fall, and cars.
– It can stick to the roof, but only if it doesn’t create an avalanche to smash things beneath it.
– If it is a place I am going to walk, snow can be there, but it cannot be deeper than the height of my foot (causing cold wet feet).
I am finished with the snow for this year and I hope that mother nature agrees with me. Instead of focusing on how much I don’t want snow, I’ve opted to look forward to spring.You might have noticed the change in my header. I am also starting to think about planting a garden and what I want to grow. I am hoping that visualizing Spring will make it come faster.
Do you prefer summer or winter? Is there a limit?
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Tagged: Where:Charlottesville-VA
Do you ever have a funny phrase that sticks in your mind from a conversation you had with friends over a drink or two? This is often called the “inside joke”. The inside joke is often not funny at all, unless you were there when it started. I have a lot of these jokes. (things not funny at all, but I laugh anyway)
One of my inside jokes came back to me this week. In the strangest form.
The original story – HP, Ricki and I were laughing about a mommy that HP saw at an outdoor concert. The mommy was telling her kids to go play over there, while she had her wine. At the time, we were in our “vodka phase”, so we translated this into “hush hush, honey. Mommy needs her Vodka time.”
Today I came across an older post making the point that somehow Mommy’s drinking isn’t weird at all, it is necessary. Talking about Daddy drinking his beer in the La-Z-Boy is somehow creepy. I laughed. I then laughed harder when I saw that there is a blog – Mommy Wants Vodka!
I love her blog. Her sense of humor is similar to mine so you may like it too. I bet she would totally get the inside joke if she were there.
Have you ever had your “inside joke” show up in unexpected places?
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Tagged: Funnies
One of the blogs I read had a GREAT idea for a swap meet. She suggested that she would trade other hated chores in exchange for delivering lunches for her kids. I think this is a GREAT idea and have some chores I’d like to exchange myself.
Some of these are more realistic than others. I know that. Some are even done by the hubby (thanks sweetie!) But there are still some that are open for grabs if you are game.
- I will run all your house hold errands (grocery store, post office, bank, etc.) for six months if you go to the dentist for me.
- I will clean your house – top to bottom – for 3 months if you do my Gyno appt for me.
- I will wash your dishes, clean your bathrooms and do your laundry if you cook for me.
- I will email your family with regularity to let them know how you are doing (signing your name), if you keep my floors clean. (I’d offer a phone call, but unless it has been THAT long since your last conversation – they might notice the voice change)
- Lastly, if you lose my weight for me, I will let you name the stakes. I am open to almost anything, including waking up in the middle of the night to clean whatever your young child has done.
What chores do you hate and what are you willing to trade for them?
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Tagged: letters to the public, random
Yesterday was my baby girl’s first graduation. She graduated from the infant room to the mobile infant room. She is with her BFF, but has to leave “D” who is the “teacher” in her old room. She LOVES “D”, but it is time for her to move on. She can get up and get moving all day long and learn new things. Her new teacher is a young girl, “J”. The notes we’ve gotten had one misspelling that was corrected, proper grammar and complete sentences.
I love my baby girl. She is really looking like a little person, instead of a baby. She is learning more words (to know what they mean when she hears them, speaking is still pretty rough). My new favorite game with her is to ask her to find something (sock, mommy, blocks, belly, etc.). I can’t believe how much she is growing and how quickly.
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Tagged: Bean
The week following Valentine’s Day has two famous, but very different events.
Only blocks away from each other in New York City are the Westminster Dog Show and Fashion Week.
Several years ago, I went to cover the Westminster Dog Show and that is when I realized that both famous events happen at the same time every year. There are several obvious differences between the two, but here are a few similarities:
- Both require a LOT of dedication to do well.
- Both require more primping than is required to get a bride ready for her wedding.
- Those being shown have a 50/50 shot of being called a bitch.
- Someone is sure to discuss the good or bad breeding.
- It’s not unheard of to see nipples on stage.
Do you have any other observations of how they are similar?
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Tagged: Funnies
I am constantly learning about this whole “parenting thing”. As it turns out, the Bean is just as, if not more, clueless than I am. I am trying using this to my advantage.
Not all that long ago, hubby finished “Baby proofing” the key rooms that need it. The kitchen, living room, her bedroom and the hall. Our room is safe enough. What we didn’t know is exactly how keen her skills at finding things not proofed are. And how quickly she learns how to get beyond what was proofed and make them no longer proofed. I hate to say it, but I have already under estimated my daughter. I feel sorry that I have underestimated her, but once again, I am not ready for her to grow up.
I already took the book shelves out of the living room. I took the drawers out of the side tables when they were used as stairs to climb to where I can only assume was behind the TV. The drawers that were too high for her to reach have been locked and the recycle bins have a new blockade. (3rd times a charm?) The house is covered with toys, bibs, diaper changing supplies and baby clothes. I think this is the only reason I am OK w/ the random clutter of toys is that it matches the parts of the house that look so strange from the baby proofing.
We will keep trying to keep her space safe – reaching higher and higher and clocking more things in more complicated ways. Hopefully we can stay at least one step ahead of her for the really unsafe things.
Thankfully we are still faster and taller than she is. I hope at least that lasts a little longer.
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Tagged: Bean
February 8, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Tagged: Funnies, superbowl
The truck on Mt Crumpit pretty much matches the rest of the place. It isn’t that old, but it is pretty beat up. Like the house, every time I think we might be OK, I am proven wrong.
The truck has proven invaluable with the 18″ of snow we have gotten so far. Well – the truck and the plow. It isn’t pretty, it doesn’t really have all the parts – but it can push some snow off the road. The last storm left us able to leave the house before many others in town.
Yesterday and last night hubby pretty much kept up with the snow as it fell. He is a good hubby that way. A little while into the first run after dark hubby came in asking for wire, or twine, or something that would tie in a pinch. I asked what it was for. The answer may not shock you.
It seems the headlights fell out.
Fell out.
“How can this happen?” you ask… I am not sure why they were not in correctly to begin with, but it seems the last time someone had the same question, the solution presented itself in the form of string. String, as in the stuff with which you would sew a button.
I knew that if I mentioned it to “C”, I would get the answer “I thought that might happen”, so I just didn’t ask. I have decided that I don’t care how or why the headlights got tied on the truck with string.
This morning, with the snow still piling on Mt. Crumpit, the headlights are not necessary – but the windshield wipers quit working. I am not surprised at the bad timing of this (since the snow is still coming down), but I am almost curious to find out how this would be resolved. Maybe even curious enough to ask “C” to fix it. I wonder if string would be involved?
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Tagged: Mount Crumpit
As mentioned before, I LOVE ‘Big Bang Theory’. This week when Sheldon was popping up from the balls saying “Bazinga” had me laughing like a crazy person. If you haven’t seen it – YouTube is to the rescue.
I am not sure how funny it is if you don’t normally watch Big Bang Theory, but I still laugh. And laugh. And laugh.
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Tagged: Funnies
