Wordless Wednesday

I miss the Wordless Wednesday!! This week is something so adorable!! And that's really saying something because I HATE BUGGIES!!! My hubby found this outside today. I would love to know the name of it. (Is it Florida-native?)

If You Give Your Wife a New Digital Camera

Your wife's birthday is coming up next month. She only wants a new digital camera.



If she has a new digital camera, she can take pictures of the children.



But first she would have to buy them new matching outfits.





Then she would have to have a really good book to learn how to use the camera.



And of course she would need better software to edit the photos.

And the colors wouldn't be accurate unless she viewed them on a better monitor.



And then she would spend all of her free time on the computer!

**Story based on true real life experience of my husband. Original story by me, cre82learn, graphics obtained online.**

I'm baaacckk!!

Wow! I know it's been a long time since I've made a post. So what have I been up to? Well, my grandmother passed away, we went on a long vacation, decided impulsively to move, packed up and moved to a smaller rent home but at a more convenient location (still trying to decide if location is more important than space!)and suffered through some computer problems. Now I am only in dire need of a new monitor and I will be up and good as new.

I got a new camera for my birthday. It's a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50. I think it is more what they call a hybrid SLR camera. All of my previous digital cameras have been Canons. And I love them. But I wanted to step up and do a little more serious photography. I researched for months between my top two choices, a Canon Rebel or Nikon D40. I had finally decided on a Nikon. While waiting for my hubby to come around to spending that much money (because I have to have the extra lenses too!)I realized that it wouldn't do that much good without Photoshop. And then I would definitely need a better monitor. Other than the fact mine is 10 years old, the picture sometimes "vibrates". I think I could write a book on this. Thinking along the lines of If You Give A Moose a Muffin (or any of those other very similar titles!). If You Give a Woman a New Digital Camera. Yup, the words are just coming to me now. Time for that next post!

Thursday Thirteen #4

Thirteen Things about cre82learn I previously did a TT post on my favorite movie quotes. So, I figured it was time to post the answers. (Was planning to last week but missed it with other stuff going on) If you did not read the previous post, you must click here first. See how many you can guess before looking at the answers below. Now don't cheat Do you have your guesses ready?? Did you cheat?? Are you sure?? Okay, I am going to trust you.... Here comes the answers... In the same order as the quotes were in.... 1. Elf 2. Jerry McGuire 3. The Notebook 4. Dirty Dancing 5. Thirteen Going on Thirty 6. Pirates of the Caribbean 7. The Little Princess 8. Talledaga Nights 9. The Addams Family 10. Armeggedon 11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the one with Johnny Depp) 12. Josie and the Pussycats 13. Nacho Libre Now, wasn't that fun?? My family always goes around doing movie quotes and seeing how many the others can guess right.

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Wordless Wednesday

I am really going to try to get my Wordless Wednesdays a little more wordless!! But thought I needed an explanation of this weeks. Other than having an obsession of buying books and scrapbook supplies, I also adore kitchen gadgets and office supplies. Here's my favorite in each of those categories:



I found this at World Market. I think it is to make your own taco shells. Obviously, I haven't tried it yet but I promise I will!!





I just found these at WalMart. They are HUGE paperclips!!! Need I say more?? KEWL!!

Tackle It Tuesday

Oh boy!! This is going to be a busy week!! But since I am only going to list what has to be done today it will be a little easier. I have learned to have more specific goals. For instance, I will not list "get caught up on laundry" any longer. 'Cause let's face it, as long as we continue to wear clothes everyday, I will never be done with it anyway!! same thougthts with dishes. I guess if we quit eating and ran around without clothes, I could hope for a spotless house. oh well. I would rather deal with reality!!

so without further adeau (sorry, I have NO idea how to spell it, I think it's French??)...

What I Have To Do Today, Tuesday July 31st

1. Take out trash for pick up day.
   
2. Take hubby to get his root canal finished.
3. Go by Circuit City and get a new car stereo/Cd player installed.
4. Go to the grocery store.
5. Fix rotisserie chicken for (late) lunch
6. Find a baby food grinder mill online to purchase.
7. Wash a load of jeans and a load of towels
8. Copy out our packing list to get ready for next week
9. Mail out prize for the giveaway.
10. Guess, first I oughta find a box for said prize.
11. oh, maybe rejoin stamps.com so I don't have to go to PO
12. Help daughter tape off room to paint it (has to be done by Friday!)
13. Do some more reading on Wordpress online!!
14. update my other blog
15. church tonite

whew!! Fifteen is plenty!!! guess I better get started....

OUCH!! I've gotten bitten again....

When I first started blogging some days there was just nothing much to post about. I had a lot of fun looking around at everyone else's blogs to see what was going on and getting ideas. Then it bit me...my first bite in Blogville. It was the Meme Bug. Although I haven't been real consistent with all of the ones I am interested in I am finally organizing them so I can remember what meme goes with what day. My, there sure are a lot of good ones for Thursday! Anyway, I do not want to talk about memes right now....that will be another blog later.

Now I want to talk about my second bite. This came from the Giveway Bug. Every once in awhile I would find some contest I just couldn't pass up and enter. But it was passionless. See, I had never actually ever won anything. Not any contest that was based on pure luck. But then it all changed. This week I have won three totally unrelated things. And I also participated in hosting a giveaway. What fun. The say it is more fun (or is it blessed?) to give than receive. ( I'll let you know once I receive my prizes, so really don't have qualifications yet to verify that statement.) But I do know that it is really fun to give away stuff. My kids also had a blast going watching the comments grow and then actually participating in the drawing of a winner. Although next time I might use the random thingy from somewhere online I saw others mention. Now we are going around the house thinking, "oh, we could give this away" and "I wonder how many people would want to win this?" Seeing that people would never make it to my house for a yard sale and my daughter has my digital camera every time I need it, I have a HUGE pile of stuff. I keep waiting to put it on Ebay and some of it might actually make it there one day. But I am thinking of hosting more giveaways. Maybe some themed ones. Since school is starting back soon, maybe some homeschool curriculum. Or a holiday decoration (Halloween, Thanksgiving and soon Christmas will all be here.)

But I haven't gotten my act together yet and figured the first step would be to research a little and actually see what the interest is. Do people really like to win free stuff? What kind of stuff? While looking around, I found some really cool giveaways going on and figured I would help spread the word and enter some of them. Who knows? maybe I will win something else!!

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Over at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not last long! So get posting!

(now who couldn't use $2500??? I see finally getting my root canal done (oh yea! (dripping sarcasm)) and the algebra course I want.)

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Next, the wonderful ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom is offering a contest where you can win an Insignia 37" Flat Panel LCD HDTV from Best Buy. What a generous offer...thanks Best Buy!! You can click on the link to read all about the cool features of this TV that is valued at $799.99!! My favorite part is it can double as a PC monitor and I need a new one real bad.

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Props & Pans is giveaway a shirt by SATees. If you haven't seen this line of clothes, you gotta go check it out. I have a hard time choosing what I want, either extemporaneous, or edacious, or dilatory. Too bad they don't come in adult sizes!!

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Lille Punkin' is having a drawing for American Idol All Star Challenge Dvd game!! Let me tell you, bntv (before no tv) I was addicted to American Idol. I admit it. Not really one for reality shows but by the third season I could critique right up there with the other judges. "Pitchy" "Absolutely Awful" you get the picture. I have a pretty good track record too. I pretty much voted for the ones that did win. My kids would laugh at me because I would sit at the end of the shoe with the house phone and all three (or four if I could get a hold of hubby's) cell phones and dial, vote, hang up, redial. So go on over and join in on the contest. While there be sure to look around. Lille Punkin' gives reviews on the things that matter most to us moms!! and unbiased too.

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"Back To School Giveaway With Gymboree"

Love Shak is hosting a contest with Gymboree in honor of kids going back to school. All you have to do is comment on what your kids' favorite thing about going back to school is. And you could win a $250 gift card.

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I guess I will consider this Part I because there's more to list but I really got to go to bed now.

I'll be dreamin' of shoppin'.