And the winner is....

What's that you say?
You didn't know I was having a giveaway?
Well, it's kind of hard to have a giveaway when you can't access your blog very often. But, yeah, I've been having a super top secret blog buddy birthday giveaway.
Here's how I picked my winner. Her name had to be Merrianne, and she has to be having a birthday this month. (This day in fact, I think).
So, there you go. My winner is Merrianne!!!
Quick go over and wish her a Happy Birthday. Hope I got the day right. I might be off by a couple. (but it's the thought that counts right?)
Oh and if you are the one and only Merrianne, girl leave me a comment. I need to know your favorite color combinations. I'm putting a little sumpin' sumpin' together for ya'!!!
Oh, and Happy Birthday Merrianne!!!!!

PS I should have internet activity back in the next week or so, let's just hope my computer is cooperative.
PPS Ok, I'm such a dork. Merrianne's birthday is the 20th!!! Not today. But that's ok, pop on over this week sometime and wish her a Happy Birthday Week!!!

Just wondering....

Do Atheists say "Bless you!" when someone sneezes?


(not back yet, but trying to pop in now and then when I can)

Catching up is fun to do

Another quick update. Had to go to the library to use their computer.
Sad.
:o(
~~sigh~~
Missing my bloggy buddies, although I must admit, it's kind of nice not feeling the pull of the computer throughout the day. I do miss unwinding at the end of the day by catching up on my blog reading. I'm going to have some major catching up to do when we get back on-line.

Things are good at my house. I've had a couch for about three weeks now. It was accompanied by flu-like symptoms the first week, and now just the cough is lingering. I hope it goes away soon. I just can't do that really special things guys can do and hock up a big ol' nasty loogy like thing in my throat. I gag on it. Sorry TMI I know.
My little guys are kind of catching it now I think. I've noticed a bit of a cough on Justin the past couple of days.
My girls have one more week of school, then they get about 6 weeks of break before the new school year begins. I can't believe Ashley is going to be a 5th grader!!! And my little Haley-bop is going to be in second. Un-Be-Lieve-able!!!!
I have to come up with some fun things to do, in the heat. We go a little stir crazy in the house, so I need to get us out and about on the way low-down moneywise. Wish me luck.
Well, that's about it for now. Hope you're all doing great.
Hope you have an awesome 4th of July!!!

Quick update

Just thought I'd pop in and update real quick.

I'm sitting here at the local library in order to get on the computer.

Jon thinks he fixed our computer, but of course, he got rid of the internet before he did that. He wants to hold off a bit before we get online again. I'm not sure how long I can take not having internet, but hopefully I'll endure.

I'll give him til August, and then he's out of luck. The girls get out of school July 10th for six weeks, so if I'm not blogging during that time, it's probably a good thing. I need to give them my attention.

Just a quick pic or two for your viewing pleasure.

Little Three Eyes.....a.ka. my googly eyed monster.

And Little One Eye.....a.k.a. my poor little boy who scratched his eyeball last week. He's all better now I'm happy to say.

HOpe you're all doing well. I miss visiting your blogs. I'll have some major catching up to do by August.

so long, farewell, auf weidersehen, adieu.....

Well, I guess we may be off line for a while. Jon just called me (at work) to let me know he thinks the computer is shot (again). It started going crazy while Ashley was on it, he said he ran a virus scan and it came up with like 8 trojan's.
He's trying to figure it out, and see if he can salvage anything, but who knows?
Since we surely can't afford a new computer right now, or anytime in the foreseeable future, I'll say farewell for now.
I'll try to check in now and then (probably from work, when I shouldn't be).
Hopefully, with less time dedicated to the computer, I'll actually get my house in order. Here's hoping.
P.S. you know with my luck, I'll win all those giveaways I've entered, but I won't even know it because I won't be accessing my accounts, and so they'll have to pick an alternate winner. OH Man!!!

Too Cute Tuesday

I have found the solution!!!

I hate dieting. I could never be anorexic, or bulimic. UGH!!!

But that's ok, because I stumbled across the perfect solution to my ever increasing girth......

The tapeworm diet.

Ok, seriously?!?!?!?!?!

What were people thinking?

I am.....

frustrated
irritated
frazzled
tired
dissatisfied

How are you?

This made me......

smile.......

just loved a little pink converse style sneaker. So adorable!!
sorry the pic is so fuzzy. My cellphone.
But I thought these were totally awesome concepts.
Recycling old circuit boards and records into usable items.








This makes me frown......

Las Vegas traffic, on my way to work.

blech!

I really enjoyed this one....

Athiest Holiday
This is living proof that every moron in the world has a right to petition the court--and tie it up with foolishness.
Have you heard about this case? Great answer from the judge!
In Florida , an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate. The case was brought before a judge.
After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared, 'Case dismissed!
'The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, 'Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah...yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!
'The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, 'Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists' holiday! '
The lawyer pompously said, 'Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?'
The judge said, 'Well it comes every year on exactly the same date---April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as 'April Fools Day,' consider that Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture, he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday!
Now have a good day and get out of my courtroom!!

Meet the newest members of our family.....

Here are the newest members of the Firelein clan.

We've tentatively named them Shrek and Fiona.

Shrek is a 7 week old male.

Fiona is an 8 week old female.

We've also considered Bonnie & Clyde and Sunny & Cher as their names.

Jon and I both like Gandalf for the grey one, but Ashley and Haley aren't crazy about that name.

Any suggestions?

Kids are quick

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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are..
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie...... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD: Barrack Obama

a line I love...

If you get a good omelette, who cares if the chicken likes you or not.
--Titanic 1953

Do you recognize these?

aaahhh, one mans trash is another mans treasure....
Found these today at the DI. (Mormon version of the GoodWill) $2 per panel. I love them. They don't go so well with my current paint color, but they're perfect for the color we'll be painting the walls this summer. Beige.
They are also exactly the perfect combination of colors to go with my new color theme. Beige, red and olive green, or is it sage green. Well, somewhere in that area of green.

Now I can't wait to get the painting started.

Cherish

"How foolish I'd been to let her childhood, her fleeting, precious childhood slip away. Forever. In my young mind everything was so permanent and lasting. My little girl would be my little girl forever. But time would prove me wrong. Someday she'd grow up. Someday she'd be gone and I would be left with the memory of giggles and secrets I might have known. "

---from The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans

Cherish every moment, no matter how obscure, annoying or menial!