ugh!

Yeah I offically hate traveling and hate my computer...i had this really great post ready about my horrible flight to ohio and then my computer turned itself off and decided to delete the post i wrote... i hate windows...i want my apple back.


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Woo Pig! Go Melis

This is a really long post.  It contains a Friday Funny hosted by Kelly at the end.  I should've split this into two seperate posts but I just didn't feel like it. 

Well It's finally Friday, I thought yesterday was Wednesday and missed a huge meeting I was supposed to go to on Thursday, which was yeterday.  Oh well, At least it's Friday. 

I have a busy weekend ahead..  My sister is trying out for the Arkansas Razorback Cheer Squad! at the University of Arkansas.  I know she'll do wonderful, I just hope the judges like what they see! 

Good Luck Melissa!!!  Call those Hogs!



My Cousin is also getting married this weekend and I'm taking Photos during rehersal and filming for her.. I can't wait to see her dress!   Oh Yeah and I got a new cell phone!!  The Blackberry Storm 2.  It's pretty cool..but I don't really like it yet. I think it's because I haven't gotten used to it.  I didn't like my other phone when I first got it either and now I love it.  FOr some reason it's not wanting to send any e-mails so I've got to get that figured out.  I'm going to have to take it by the store and let them fix some settings on it.  Sean got a Droid phone.. I haven't gotten to play with it yet but it looks really cool!

I also got my first air brush tan yesterday...it was probably the last time too...  The lady went way overboard on the color so I am very bronze today and I was really white yesterday so it's kind of weird and unnatural.  I've never had an airbrush tan done before and I didn't realize that your body absorbs the color then when you take a shower it rinses off all that your body couldn't absorb.  So I walked out of that tanning salon darker than an my chocolate labs.  I was horrified.  All night I was freaking out that I was going to go to this wedding looking like an alien.  Thankfully when I took a shower all the extra came off :)  I looked much better after the shower but still unnatural.  So now I can go to the wedding in a cocktail dress and not in a nun outfit.

Oh and A miracle happened yesterday.  I walked outside to feed the chickens and low and behold the missing chicken I thought Birdie swallowed whole was walking around like nothing had happened.  I looked for that stuipd thing for a FULL HOUR and then came to the conclusion she ate it.  I have no idea where it hid for 24 hours and no idea how it survived over night in the cold but it did and I now am back to 4 full chickens and 1 half chicken, which, I will have to say is adapting quite well to living with one leg.  It gets extra attention from me and I think it likes it!  It just hops right along with the others like nothings wrong.  It's a trooper. :)  I can't wait until they grow big enough to tell whether they are male or female. 

Ok now the friday funny.  I have to thank my co-workers for fowarding hilarious e-mails to me through out the week to keep me laughing!

I have to say I would give all of these guys money just for being creative!  Some of them are just being honest, and the others may think they are being honest...like the time traveler..i think he really thinks he's a time traveler...from the early 90's apparently.  This reminds me of a Guy that stood on the same corner near my work that was there rain or shine and he would dance and do tricks with his sign.  It always said "this side up" and he'd hold it upside down.  He was a lot of fun to watch...

Oh and I'll be in Ohio all next week, so I'll be blogging from there!!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Chickens and Swamps

I'm pretty sure I will make a horrible parent.  I lost another chicken yesterday.  I think Birdie swallowed it whole.  I've been told once dogs get a taste of chicken they won't stop.  I thought her pen was closed and let the Chicks in the front yard and went inside to change.  I was inside for five minutes and Birdie had injured one's leg and then another was MIA.  I searched for it for about 45 minutes and then just gave up.  When I realized one of the chickens was injured I tried to doctor it as much as possible..but I think it will loose the use of that leg.  So I have 3 and 1/2 chickens left out of six.... I'm starting to think I'm not very good at raising chickens...

Now on to better things...
Did you guys watch the news story about the Autistic girl that was lost in the swamp in Flordia?  I saw this a few days ago and just felt so sorry for her family because I assumed it was another murder.  But this morning, 4 days later, they found her!!  I watched the interview with her rescuer on Today on NBC and it was a beautiful interview!  He praised God and gave all the glory to God throughout the inteveriew.  Read the story here  it is definately a miracle!!

And in American Idol News....

Again this week, Casey, Lee, and Crystal were amazing.
I think that Micheal did good this week and I really was impressed with Aarons voice, though the performance was a little odd.  Tim improved a huge amount from the last couple of weeks and his performance was great..but he is just not up to the voices of the others. 
Chavon needs to go...her voice is getting weirder and weirder.  Katie had a good performance I just can't stand her nasaly voice and Andrew didn't impress anyone.

So I think Andrew and Tim should go...But after the Suprise of Micheal being voted off last week I have no idea who it will be!!

GIVE AWAY!!

Do large numbers make you want to throw up?? If so I've got a give away for you!...it has nothing to do with large numbers or throw up though.

See, I get my e-mail messages through my Blackberry.  The other day my phone vibrated indicating I had a new message.  I usually just get work messages or blogger comments (which are my favorite)  but this e-mail message made me want to throw up with nervousness.  It was my ENERGY BILL AHHHH!   As I nervously opened the e-mail I was praying the bill was under $250.  All Winter it stayed around $275 and seriously I was considering just letting them cut off the electricty this month if it was that High again and just try to rough it like Laura Ingalls...I mean I do have chickens now and everything.

I opened the message and scrolled down to the dreaded AMT DUE: line and low and behold a beautiful $145 stared back at me!  (cue angels singing) I wanted to marry that beautiful $145 and love it forever!   I couldn't believe it...then I remembered that we kept the air/heat off and opened the windows and used a small space heater for warmth.  I also decided not to do laundry for the month of March which left Sean gripeing about laundry but AT LEAST I SAVED MONEY.  Because that was my intentions from the get go...not because i'm tired of laundry or anything.

Anyway how appropriate that a few days later my blackberry buzzed with another message about a GIVE AWAY that was all about saving energy!!  Earth Day is on April 22nd and it's turning 40 this year!!  Cascadian Farms wants us to join in the celebration by pledging to follow a few eco-friendly tips on their facebook page. 

Look what they are giving away to you also?  This prize pack Cascadian Farm cereals and granola bars, including: Fruitful Os cereal, Cinnamon Crunch cereal, Chocolate Chip Chewy granola bars, Dark Chocolate Almond Granola, Dark Chocolate Almond granola bars, Oats & Honey granola, and an eco-friendly grocery bag. YUMMY!!!!  Sean's Going to LOVE this giveaway!!

On The Cascadian Farms Facebook page, you can Pledge to reduce your speed while driving, or Pledge to reusing clothes (hand me downs-- not dirty laundry like me)  You can also pledge to unplug your electronics while not using them, which is what I pledged to do!  There are lots of ways you can pledge to cut down on energy use..and guess what!?  Cascadian farms is going to donate $1 for ever pledge between now and May 31, 2010 to Organic Farming Research Foundation, which fosters the improvement of widespread adoption of organic farming systems Whoo Hooo!!  HOpefully this will help me see another low energy bill next month too!!

To Enter just Leave a Comment telling me how you could help save energy!  Give away ends 4/23

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