Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Ruby Tuesday: Around Celebration 1/5/2010


Welcome to Ruby Tuesday.....


Here is what I found around town on one of our walks with Nano a couple of weeks ago:




And of course, Nano got in on the "ruby" by wearing his Santa suit all month in December.

Isn't he just a cutie? Plus it kept him nice and warm...




Make sure you head over to Mary's blog The Work of the Poet to take a look at the other participants' photos and to add your post to the link.

Until next time..... Lorie

Monday, January 4, 2010

Cartoon of the Day: Stupid Husband

Why can't husband's just shut up sometimes?



Until next time..... Lorie

Muppets Sing: "Bohemian Rhapsody"




This really is so cute... I love the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and I also adore the Muppets. When you put the two together, it is just hysterical. Hope you enjoy it...



Until next time..... Lorie

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Sunday Stealing: The "What If" Meme



Welcome back to Sunday Stealing: originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser:

"Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!"



Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named Nikhil George Punnoose at the blog The Ego Chronicles. Nikhil states that he's a sensitive, intelligent guy with his own set of values and principles that he tries to hold on to under any circumstances. We don't know about that, but he does have a rather dark profile pic, no? He does not say where he found the meme. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back Sunday Stealing!



Sunday Stealing: The "What If" Meme

1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up? I don't want to put this person in writing, but I know who it is, I'm sure he knows who it is, and my real friends know who it is! If anything happened to this person, I would be the first suspect.... NO way am I gonna put it in writing!!

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be? The Police

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face? The Jackson Family

4. What is your favorite cheese? Mozzarella

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make? Reuben with really lean corned beef, baby swiss, a little sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, on seedless rye, pressed in a paninni for a short time.

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice? Johnny Depp (it's OK - The Hubs knows, his choice is Catherine Zeta Jones, and I know that!)


7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick? Elvis - he is NOT dead!!



8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy shit, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it? Well, I'm probably hungry, so I'm gonna go get something to eat and have a great dessert of chocolate lava cake.

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Hawaii...

10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Shit! Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do? Buy a bathing suit... I am in Hawaii after all!

11. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is…? Red wine

12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there? I'm going to the 60's to listen to the best music ever made, and wear the coolest clothes.




13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? No blonds with fake boobs!!



14. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise? I have no idea, but there would be NO "reality" involved in it what-so-ever, and no "immunity" or challenges, or million dollar prizes, or bachelors, etc.

15.What is your favorite curse word? I usually don't swear much, but I have been known to use "shit" occasionally.

16.One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do? Wake up Bill - he is the one who does all the "boy jobs" in our house, and getting rid of mummies is definitely a "boy job"!




17. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item? My laptop!


18. The Angel of Death has descended upon you. Fortunately, the Angel of Death is pretty cool and in a good mood, and it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bite it. Whatcha gonna do in that half-hour? I'm not gonna tell YOU!! But I'll be leaving with a smile on my face. :-)


19. You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be? To be able to tell if someone is lying or telling the truth, I've been burned enough times before!

20. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again? I can't pick a specific 1/2 hour, but anytime during our honeymoon in Ireland - it was gorgeous!



21.You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? June 14, 2001 - I was assaulted.

22. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world! Bitchin’! What country are you going to live in now? Forget any ONE country, I'm gonna live on a huge yacht - fully staffed - and sail around the south Pacific, with my hubby and puppy!



23. This question still counts, even for those of you who are under age. Check it out. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be? The one on my yacht!

24. Hopefully you didn’t mention this in the super-powers question…. If you did, then we’ll just expand on that. Check it out… Suddenly, you have gained the ability to FLOAT!!! Whose house are you going to float to first, and be like “Dude, check it out…I can FLOAT!”? My son's ... he would be totally cool with it and want to take a ride!



25. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive vegetables you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life? Princess Diana - yeah, I know, lame - right? But wait, she was really a great person, and she was doing a lot of good for the world and her children lost her when they were way too young. Plus, Prince Charles is a real louse, and his marriage to Camilla is a mess and I want Princess Diana to be able to laugh at that!

26. The Celestial Gates of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back? Sue - my best friend... gone much too soon!!




27. What’s your theme song? Bryan Adams: "I'll Always Be Right There"


That's it for Sunday Stealing for this week.

Until next time..... Lorie

Self Portrait Sunday - Alex and Me 1/3/2010


To find out why Maria began Self Portrait Sunday, see her first post here.

This is a photograph of me and my son, Alex, on the day he and his girlfriend headed back to Connecticut. I had been woken up at 3:30 that morning by a horrendous migraine and spent most of the day in bed {when I wasn't vomiting - sorry}. I was finally able to get out of bed at 3:00 in the afternoon, and was able to spend some time with Alex before he headed out. We took one last photo by the Christmas tree {and hugged LOTS more times} . I miss him every day.




So, don't forget to post your Self-Portrait Sunday and link it back to Maria's Space and visit the other participants.... Have a great weekend.


Until next time..... Lorie

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Saturday 9: You Shook Me



This meme was begun by Crazy Sam, here are her words:


"Welcome to Saturday: 9 . What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!"


Saturday 9: You Shook Me


1. What celebrity would you just want to shake some sense into? OMG, there are just SO many, but the first one that comes to mind is Lindsay Lohan.

2. What do you think comes after death? Sleep, finally!!!

3. What is the first book that you can remember reading by yourself as a child? The Three Billy Goats Gruff - I had it memorized because my sister had read it to me so many times.



4. What was the first rock concert that you attended? Beatlemania - 1982

5. If you were to suddenly become famous, would you choose a stage name? If yes, what would it be? Never thought of that, I kind-of like my name. Plus I would NEVER want to be famous.

6. What is the one thing that you wish the media would stop talking about? Michael Jackson and the WHOLE Jackson family!!!

[totally creepy]


7. If you could be part of any band, which one would it be and who would you be and why? I guess I'd like to be part of U2, I love their music, I love how they are socially active, and they are from Ireland - doesn't get any better than that!





8. Do you live close to your immediate family members? If not, how far away are they? No, they live in Connecticut and we live in Florida. With the exception of my children, that's OK with me. (That doesn't count Bill's family, just mine.)

9. Last seasonal question (promise): What did you do on New Year's Eve? We were supposed to go to a party but it got cancelled at the last minute - the host's son was hospitalized (doing better now), so we stayed home, I made Bill's favorite meal. We watched a movie, then the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy until 11:45; turned over to ABC to watch the ball drop, had some bubbly then a kiss; walked the dog and were in bed by 12:30.... We are PARTY ANIMALS!!!



That's it for this weeks Saturday 9. Don't forget to link your post and visit the other participants. Have a wonderful week.

Until next time..... Lorie

Great Experience with Kane's Furniture Store

Bill and I have needed to replace our living room furniture for a while now, but with limited finances, we were hoping that with the end of year sales we could find something within our budget. We currently own a large beige microfiber sectional that is such a pain in the butt because it can only go one way in the room, and it stains SO EASILY!! We had the stain protectant put on when we first bought it, plus reapplied it twice since, but it just doesn't seem to help! We have tried to clean it with everything imaginable. Bill even used our huge Bissel carpet cleaner, but nothing could keep it clean.

Well, our first stop ended up being Kane's Furniture, and we spoke to the salesman, Richard, and he completely understood our situation. He showed us some of the new products - one really nice Italian leather double reclining sofa with massage.... mmmmm! But that was $1200.00 just for one piece. OUCH!! Then he took us to the back room where they had showroom and "last of" pieces where you can purchase "as is". He showed us this incredible set of 2 gorgeous chairs and a love seat, plus an ottoman of Italian leather in beautiful chocolate brown for $1300.00. It was perfect for our space, but still a bit over what we had in mind to spend. So, we asked if they could discount it more if we paid cash... after discussing it with his manager, we got the whole package for $1,000.00!!! WooHoo... we were SO excited. Now we just needed someone who could deliver and pick up our old one. We didn't care what they did with the old one, we just wanted it OUT OF THE HOUSE!!! The salesman said they had the name of a man who could deliver the new set for us for an inexpensive cost, so we were going to call him as soon as we got home. But, as we were walking out, another salesman, Hector, said he knew of another man who lived closer to us that could probably deliver the new set for us for less, and would also be able to take the old one for us, too. So, we got a call from Cesare, who lived pretty close to us about 2 hours later that said he could deliver our new set AND pick up our old set the NEXT day (New Year's Eve) for $80.00 (the store charges $99.99 for delivery of the new furniture). SOLD!!
So, by 6:00PM the next night, we had our new living room - no fuss, no muss, with everyone being extremely pleasant and helpful. We will definitely be going back to Kane's when we need new furniture!!

The UGLY old set!!


The empty room, and Nano having NO idea what is going on and me trying to explain it! :-)



Nano, has chosen his new chair... I use the one to the right of the love seat with the ottoman for my computer work and reading!

Our new living room .... Isn't it pretty??? We are really happy with it, we love the color and it is so comfortable! Thank you Kane's Furniture, Richard, Hector, and Cesare!!
Until next time..... Lorie

{I received no compensation for this post, I just wanted you to know about a great experience I received from a wonderful company... Full FTC Disclaimer on bottom of blog.}

Very Nice Experience with Panda Cub Productions Representative




I just wanted to pass along a very nice experience I had with a representative named Patrick from Panda Cub Productions. Patrick noticed a comment I had left on Go Graham Go regarding an iPhone app that she had reviewed, and offered me the chance to review the app on my blog. I had to decline the review because of my recent surgery and I would not have been able to give the time I felt the company deserved for a real review. Here is the response I received from Patrick:


"Hi Lorie,

I hope you have a fast recovery! I had an operation some years back, and I know all about the ups and downs of the post operation time...so you have my full support!

Here is a free promo code and don't worry about reviewing it...just take it and enjoy...if it helps to lighten the load and bring a smile to you, then that is good enough for me :P

XXXXXXXXXXXX
(actual code given to me and used by my grandson)

if down the road you do want to give a review, then let me know and i can give you our press release/pics...does that sound good?

Hope you have a wonderful New Year and a speedy recovery!

With Peace,

Patrick"


I have never worked with this company before, so there was no need for Patrick to give this to me, it was just a very kind thing for him to do, so I wanted to let you all know about it. If you have the opportunity to work with this company, please do so. I hope I get another chance, as I was really impressed.

By the way, I had already purchased the iPhone app "iMoo", and it is really cute, you can check out the review on Go Graham Go to see all of its capabilities - Nano really likes how I recorded my voice saying, "Mommy loves you!"

Thank you very much Patrick for your generosity, and I look forward to a continued relationship.
Until next time..... Lorie


{I received no compensation for this post, I just wanted you to know about a great experience I received from a wonderful company... Full FTC Disclaimer on bottom of blog.}

Friday, January 1, 2010

Semi-Wordless Wednesday: Grandson Little Man with Santa


Happy Wordless Wednesday - a couple of days late for me, as I am still not 100% after my surgery, so I'm still not caught up on my emails and blog hopping. This is my grandson, it is a photograph of a picture, so the quality isn't the best, but I still think he is just the most adorable Little Man. Wish we could have been with them this year like we were last year, but it wasn't to be. We did get to talk to them on the phone, and heard him having a ball in the background with his new toys! I love the sound of his laughter.




Don't forget to link your post up to the WW Hub and visit the other participants.


Until next time..... Lorie

1-800 Baskets Review and $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Take a look at this incredible giveaway that Jennifer from Eighty MPH Mom is hosting. You have the chance to win a $50 gift certificate to 1-800-Baskets.com where they have the most amazing gift baskets. There is everything from fruit to chocolate, and spa treatments to wine. Head on over to Jen's blog to see how you can enter. Good Luck!


1-800 Baskets Review and $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway!
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