Random Tuesday Thoughts

Out of the totally unrelated movies we've seen lately, I like them in the following order (best to worst): Seven Pounds, Slumdog Millionaire, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Taken.

I'm going to my first MyMiche Bag party tonight. Since I'm broke as a joke right now, I'll book my own show so I can hopefully get a bag for free for my show instead of spending money to get one :)

I'm so proud of my little girl lately. She's growing up so fast! Yesterday as we walked into Applebees, a couple of older gentlemen held the door for us. Maggie walked in like she owned the place and said, "Thank you." Unfortunately, they couldn't understand her, but my heart swelled with pride anyway :)

I'm afraid I may be allergic to the PartyLite scent I got the most of with all my free spending from my show last week. I got the orders in yesterday and have had a headache ever since. I'm still hoping it's just a coincidence.

Crap. Maggie has only been down for her nap for a little over a half hour and hasn't fallen to sleep yet. Now I hear, "Where are you, mommy?" Please go to sleep, child, so we can have a pleasant afternoon....

Monday Crazy Questions

Found this over at Laane on the World. Originating from Monday Crazy Questions, here they are!

1. Do you have a tattoo...?? if so What and where is it??
if not do you have a secret desire to have one?
I have three tattoos. A sun and a moon on opposite sides of my hips, and a daisy colored in like the American flag on my right ankle.

2. You have been offered a free botox treatment...where do you have them put it?
No thanks!

3. Do you have a good luck charm? what is it?
Do you think it works?
Not really. I try to make my own luck by being prepared and willing to work for what I want!

4. When was the last time that you said something to someone that you REALLY wished you hadn't said?
Mostly just when I yell at Maggie, which really isn't very often. I feel bad every time.

5. The bath water is running, the phone is ringing, the dog is barking and there is someone at the door.....what do you do?
Continue running my bath, maybe check the caller ID and decide to answer. Ignore the door and make a note to myself to call animal control about the barking - we don't have a dog!


6. Your best friend from high school just popped in from out of town. Do you offer them a place to stay or suggest a hotel?
I have a totally inappropriate sense of humor, I know, and I'm sort of chuckling right now. I'd be kind of freaked out if my best friend from high school 'popped in'. She's dead.


7. Have you ever seen a ghost?
Yup. From number six. So I guess I'd have to say I didn't suggest a hotel ;)


8. Someone is driving in front of you rather erratically and slowing you way down...now you see that they are talking on a cell phone and checking themselves out in the mirror. The other lane is blocked off so you can not go around them. What do you do??
I slow way down and give them lots of room. I don't want them to take me with them when they crash.

Unconscious Mutterings

Unconscious Mutterings sound simple and right up my alley! They give a muttering word, I'll give my first response. Here goes:

1. Sister ::
No

2. Talks ::
Constantly

3. Electric! ::
Car

4. Corner ::
Shop

5. Turnstile ::
Gary

6. Swap ::
Tree

7. Young ::
Puppy

8. Horrific ::
Accident

9. Block ::
Color

10. Wind ::
Breeze

Exactly One Year Later

Every year, we try to get together with all of local boating friends on July 5th to celebrate our friend Tom's birthday. The birthday celebration is really a moot point, it's more of an excuse to get everyone together at the same place on the same day.

If you remember, we were out on the water for Tom's birthday last year. This is when we had the adorable little purple car/boat for Maggie to play in. Fast forward exactly 365 days and we found ourselves in (almost) the exact same location with the exact same car/boat and the exact same kid, only a little bigger now.

Maggie in her car/boat 2008:


Maggie in her car / boat 2009:


All in all, we had a great time on the water. Maggie was a hit and brought smiles to everyone’s faces. Hubby and I got a little too much sun, but Maggie was well protected with her SPF 1,000,000 and faired her day out in the sun very well.

It's a Good Idea!

I got this from Home of Good Ideas while I was out dropping eCards this afternoon...

Blogging is really fun, but it's even more fun having people browsing your post. I want to share some simple strategy to generate traffic.

Bloggers in some ways do direct audience to their site by joining forums, commenting on others' posts, leaving comments in chat widgets, join traffic exchange programs, and even others pay for traffic. Spending so much time blog hopping is exhaustive so people find ways to lessen the load.

Why not try this sort of chain links. If followed seriously it exponentially increases the number of back links to your site. Here's how:

1. Try to make a post just like this one and mention this process.


2. From the list of blog sites below remove the number 1 and move the rest in the list 1 step higher (i. e number 2 becomes number 1, and so on). Add your blog name in the 5th position. Don't forget to copy the links. (Here's my list-my site added in the end)
1. DOST Biliran PSTC
   
2. Christmas Ring
3. EV Tourism Portal
4. Home of good ideas
5. Harmony In Motion
   


3. List at most five of your friends blogsite here with link and inform them of this post and ask them to do the same. Here's my friends:


1. ABC...West
2. Carolyn's Lost Sanity
3. Where the Road Takes Us
4. The Adventures of Grunty and Chubbs
5. Mom of 3 Girls

Good luck guys!

10 Random Things for a Friday

1. We're going to story time this morning at a local library!
2. Have you seen Bolt? Maggie's very favorite part is where Bolt tries to jump over the torn up sidewalk and misses, only to end up with a construction cone stuck to his head. Yeah. She's going to be compassionate like me.
   
3. I should have gotten more new shorts when I went shopping a couple weeks ago. Darn child-bearing hips.
4. I love our new curbside recycling because it helps us generate so much less trash!
5. While there has been some progress in cleaning the office, there's still plenty of room for improvement. My main method of cleaning is puttering. You know, where you sort of see something that looks interesting, stop what you're doing to pick it up, then find a place for it and get back to what you were doing before (at least until distracted again...).
6. Maggie was super clean when I got her up this morning, since she just had a bath last night. Then I got the tangles out of her hair while she watched some Monsters, Inc. Now? She's been in the high chair alone with a cup of yogurt for ten minutes...what was I thinking?
7. I'm really, really hoping Maggie sleeps in later than 7:00 AM tomorrow when no one else is moving around to wake her up. She used to sleep til at least 8, but since hubby has gone back to work, she hears him getting ready and wants to 'help.'
8. I have a big fat ZERO appetite lately. And the heat isn't at all like it was, so I don't know why I don't feel like eating. Nothing sounds good.
9. I still have three July dates left to give away DOUBLE hostess credits for Dove chocolate. July 17, July 23 and July 27. Anyone ready for a good time?
10. Less than a month til Dove chocolate conference for chocolatiers!!
    

Tell Me Thursday

What a fantastic idea! Today while dropping my eCards, I came across a Tell Me Thursday post on Brimful Curiosities. Finally - a chance to spurt out the story behind my Wordless Wednesday post!

Hubby had a couple of comp days after a business trip last week, so he took Monday and Tuesday of this week off. On Tuesday we headed to the Kensington Metro-Park to poke around at the farm center. Maggie was not a big fan of the 'big' animals like the full-grown cows or horses, but she really liked this sheep. He (or she) didn't seem to mind Maggie much either :)

Wordless Wednesday