Good and Bad News

Bad news first!  Well, I didn't get the job that I interviewed for about 10 days ago.  Got the call this morning and then a rejection letter via email a little bit later.  Great way to start off the week, huh?

I had a psychic reading last year and he said three separate times during the reading that there was a lot of change around me through March 2010.  I kept holding out hope that March would be the month I'd get a job.  So when I did the interview and it turned out to be probably the easiest one I've ever done, I walked away feeling like I got it for sure.  Then when I didn't hear back, called to follow up and was told that the person who does the hiring was out of the office until today, I just knew deep down inside that that wasn't the case.  I felt good about it the day of the interview but the longer I had to wait, the more I kept thinking of all the things I could've/should've said or done.  I don't know what I'm gonna do.  I've applied and applied and applied without much luck.  I'm afraid I'm going to lose my house and that makes me cry.

Anyways, I don't want to think about that so let's get to the good news!  I won a giveaway!!!  Fiesty Three are participating in GABE and their giveaway is a fancy dog collar and a donation to  their local Shelbyville-Bedford County Humane Association.  I love that they're donating to their local Humane Society!  I got one of my dogs at my local Humane Society who has since passed over the rainbow bridge.  I picked her out and my parents purchased her as a birthday gift for me many years ago.  She was the best birthday present I ever got so I have a special place in my heart for the Humane Society.  There were actually 3 winners for this giveaway - the 9th, 18th and 27th commenters.  I admit that I did count the comments before I added my own but I miscounted and didn't think I'd won.  Then when Cheryl told me I did, I had to go back and make sure!  I was the 18th commenter.  She asked what size I needed and since both my boys are chi's, I told her small.  I figure whichever dog it fits best is the one who will have the honor to wear it!

Thanks so much for the Fiesty Three for making my day!  I was SO excited when I found out I won.  I don't often have much luck with giveaways and this one came at just the right time to help pull me out of a slight depression.

The snow has melted too so that's even more good news!  It didn't melt so much as turn into slush from the rain.  I will take rain over snow any day though!  Wednesday is supposed to be sunny.  Keeping my fingers crossed because I'm ready to experience the sunshine again!

Happy Bunny Day!

Half-Full Friday and Blog of the Week

Umm, I thought it was supposed to be spring?  We've gotten more snow in the two weeks of spring than I think we've gotten all winter!  Ok, maybe not really but it sure seems that way!  It has snowed every single friggin' day this week!  Ugh!!!  Fortunately it didn't stick...until today, that is!  Earlier it snowed the biggest snowflakes I think I have ever seen.  And now it's itty bitty flakes.  We've gotten at least two inches and it doesn't look like it's gonna stop anytime soon.  It's comin' down pretty hard out there!  I'm in denial and pretending I can't see it.

So...I hadn't heard anything back yet about the job I interviewed for last Friday.  I called on Wednesday to follow up and the lady who does the hiring will be out of the office until this coming Monday.  So...I still have no idea if I got the job or not!  I left her a voicemail and will hopefully hear something one way or the other soon.

It's Half-Full Friday!  Yay!!!  If you'd like to join, head on over to Eyegirl's and hook up with Mr. Linky!

I'm happy I finally got a haircut!

I'm happy I got to celebrate my mom's birthday with her yesterday!

I'm happy my mom shared one of her flowers with me yesterday!

I'm happy that Easter is almost here!

I'm happy that I found my chi's so easily after they went missing!

I'm happy my neighbor is kind enough to shovel all the snow in our shared driveway and the sidewalk so I don't have to!

I really like this week's Blog of the Week!  Whenever I go to other people's blogs, I like to check out the list of favorites on their sidebar.  This is one I kept seeing repeatedly in my early days of blogging.  I figured if so many other people seemed to like it, maybe I should see what I was missing out on!

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This blog was started in November 2006 by Dan Murphy.  It reminds me in a lot of ways of 15 Minute Lunch.  I've read this blog for a couple of years now and have been there when Dan bought a puppy with his girlfriend Brooke (which they named Puppy, how cute is that?), he moved from New York to Miami and back again to New York and now Dan's engagement to Brooke.  Sometimes Brooke even makes an appearance and writes a few words here and there.  Brooke is just as funny and maybe even funnier than he is. 
***Edit:  I don't know what's up with blogger but it won't let me fix the odd spacing.

Wordless Wednesday

Photo Tag

The Fiesty Three have been very generous to me!  First they tagged me for a Photo Tag which I've already done once before but decided to play again since it was so much fun the first time!  And as if that wasn't enough, they also were kind enough to give me an award!  I tried to post the award but it didn't print out the flashy words.  I posted the code too but I don't know what I'm doing wrong so I gotta figure it out first before I post it.

The rules for the tag are to go to your first picture folder and post your tenth photo.  I only have one folder which is filled with awards I've been given and pictures that I use for Wordless Wednesday's.  I've added and deleted pictures since doing the first photo tag but the tenth picture is still the same.  So...I went to my folder, scrolled all the way to the bottom and counted to ten starting with the last picture first.  For your viewing pleasure, I present to you:

The amazing Skeletor!  Wesley was standing on his front porch one day when this pit bull walked up to him.  He's been nursing Skelly back to health ever since.  Fortunately, he looks much, much, much better today!  You'd never know he's the same dog!

I'm supposed to tag 5 friends.  After thinking about it for awhile and realizing probably everyone has already done this already, I've decided that if you want to do this, feel free to do so!  I don't know who else to tag!

I have limited computer skills, for anyone who might have guessed differently.  What, no one did?  Yeah, yeah!  So I have a question for those more skilled than I am.  I'm following someone that I no longer want to follow.  How do I delete this person's blog from the list?  I did it once before a really long time ago and I can't figure out how to do it again.  I don't normally unfollow blogs but this is one that I just don't read anymore and don't have much interest in.  If I comment on your blog regularly, then I'm not gonna unfollow you.  Not that anyone was worried about that!

My interview on Friday was probably the easiest interview ever!  I interviewed with one lady first and then another lady.  There were a couple of things that could have gone better.  The job is in another town and I wasn't familiar with the area so I printed off directions I got from google and they were wrong.  Actually, they were mostly correct but they had me turning the wrong way down a one way street.  The directions said the building was on the right side.  Since I was one the wrong side of the street (and didn't immediately realize it), I was looking on the wrong side wondering why I couldn't find it.  Thank goodness I quickly realized that I was going the wrong way and parked on a side street.  It didn't immediately sink in that I was looking on the wrong side for the building.  I saw someone walking and stopped him to ask for directions.  Randomly, it turns out it was someone I worked with at a job from a really long time ago!  As I said on Friday, I don't know that he remembered me or not but he was very nice!  It took a minute before I recognized him as he looks a little different now with a beard.  It finally occured to me to go look on the other side of the street and there the building was.  I don't know for certain but I was probably a few minutes late with all the confusion.  I HATE to be late!!!  Especially when making a first impression because you never get to make another one.  And it is SO important when you're interviewing for a job! 

Then I called the company by the wrong name.  Ugh!!!  Fortunately, the lady laughed and says she has to be careful when she answers the phone sometimes because she's been known to give the wrong name too!  The company name is Fitzpatrick, I called it Fitzgerald.  I'm sure that didn't win me any points!

They said I'd hear back today or tomorrow.  Haven't heard anything back today so maybe tomorrow.

That same afternoon, I attended my job assistance meeting.  I honestly don't feel like they've done a single thing to help me but it's free and gets me out of the house so I go.  They were going to send me to some other agency to work on mock interviewing.  Well, I don't know what's up with that other agency but they haven't gotten around to doing them yet so my caseworker is working on creating her own program.  That's excellent news because the agency was in another town and while I have a car, it's a 45 minute drive each way.  Having something locally would save me time and gas which is a win-win situation all the way around! 

I was done with all my running around after that and came home.  I saw my neighbor in the driveway (we share a driveway) and went over to say hello.  He has been out of a job for 15 months now.  Yikes!  My neighbor is generally a pretty nice guy but I didn't leave with my self-esteem intact when our conversation was done.  He told me I looked like I was 43 and that I could stand to lose 25 to 30 pounds.  Um, I'm not 43, I'm actually younger.  I don't think I look 16 anymore but seriously, I didn't think I looked 43 either!  Most people think I'm in my mid to late 20's.  So I apparently look old and fat!  Just kind of ruined my day.

This weekend was filled with housework.  I let my puppies out for awhile and continued my work on Saturday afternoon.  Typically, I let the dogs out and Shiver scratches on the door every two minutes.  As soon as I open the door, he runs off again.  I think he just wants to know I'm still there even though he can't see me.  He did this a few times but then a long while had passed and it occured to me that he hadn't scratched for a long time.  I went outside and discovered my babies were missing!  What a truly awful feeling!  I ran back in the house and grabbed the leashes, ran back outside and went looking for them.  Didn't take long, thank goodness!  I found them in someone else's yard sniffing around.  Fortunately, they both ran right over to me and let me put their leashes on.  I promptly walked them home. 

So that's all the (non-) excitement here at the moment!

Half-Full Friday and Blog of the Week

What better way to start the weekend than reflecting on the past week?  To join in the fun, head on over to Eyegirl's and say hello to Mr. Linky!

I'm sooooo happy to be feeling considerably better this week than last week!

I'm happy it's spring!

I'm happy I got to take my little chi's out for a walk one day this week!  The weather hasn't been very cooperative most of the week to take them again.

I'm happy I had an interview today!

I'm happy I ran into a a co-worker from a job I held a really time ago on the way to my interview!  I'm not sure if he remembered me or not once I confirmed it was him but he was still just as nice as I always remembered him being!

I'm happy I got a free cappuccino this morning!

This week's Blog Of The Week is my other blog!  Don't know if any of you have checked it out or not.

and then i couldn't breathe

I found this blog by reading someone else's blog and clicking on a name I found interesting under a post comment section.  I'd been reading it for awhile and decided I wanted to be a part of the fun so I emailed and asked how to become a contributor.  Click here to read my very first post.  The blog was started in September 2007, I joined in April 2008.  I haven't posted there very much just because sometimes my dreams are pretty dull or I'll only remember snippets.

I often have weird dreams!  Very weird!!!  Always have and probably always will.  I've tried to have people analyze what they could possibly mean and have never gotten a very good answer about any of them.  It's fun sometimes to tell people about them and get their reactions.  And in return, I enjoy hearing about other people's dreams. 

If you're the same way, this is the blog for you! 

The fun thing about this blog is that on the right hand side are labels we've added to our posts.  I like to check it out now and again just to see what common threads run through our dreams.

Wordless Wednesday

Just Another Manic Monday

I don't know why but I have that song stuck in my head for some reason!

I am feeling soooooooooooo much better than I did this time last week!  So, so much better!  It wasn't even so much that I was sick the whole week last week but that it just seemed to take so much out of me.  Even now, I'll go to do something simple and I'm worn out when I'm all done.  What's up with that?!  I've still got the remnants of a cold and just a hint of a sinus headache but overall, I'd say I'm feeling considerably better!

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Happy Spring!  I'm thinking of taking my litle chi's for a walk this afternoon.  It'll get me out of the house and thinking about things other than not having a job and will be good exercise for the three of us.  There's a cool walking path near my house that I like to go to.  Shiver hates to go but Chico loves it.  At the half-mile mark, there's several peices of old farm equipment along with signs describing what they were for and pictures of what the modern counterpart looks like today.  Quite an interesting look to the past!

Did Anyone Miss Me?

That flu/cold, whatever it was, really kicked my ass!  I'm finally feeling human again but I still have a cold and I don't feel like I quite have all my strength back yet.  I get tired easily and could get used to taking daily naps!  I had no voice for several days and am happy to report it's mostly returned now.

This has been a pretty dull week so not much to talk about.  I did take my little chi's to the vet's office and got them caught up on their yearly shots on Monday which I'm happy about.  While I was there, I was very tempted to ask if they could examine me too!

Tuesday I went to a monthly meeting I have for my community service type thing I do and was given some daffodil blossoms.  Put them in water and they opened right up.  So pretty!

Wednesday I had dinner with a friend who kept asking if I'd been to see various movies or done any shopping, etc.  I was a bit shocked she was asking as she knows I don't have $ for those things.  She brings in over $3000 a month whereas I have nothing.  She also acts as if she can barely survive on that over $3000 a month.  I've never made that much money and have have lived comfortably on much less. 

Yesterday I went out and spent a little bit of my tax refund.  Every year I always stock up on laundry detergent, napkins, light bulbs, etc. with a portion of my tax money.  It's stuff that doesn't spoil so it can sit there and not be used for awhile yet makes it much easier on me financially to not have to worry about having to replace it any time soon.  It was fun to go shopping again and not double check the price on everything before buying.  Wish I could've bought some new clothes too but I was a good girl and didn't spend all my money!  Came home from that and had to lie down for awhile.  All my strength was just zapped!

And today I just did laundry.  That's it!  Haven't gone anywhere or done anything else.  And I'm ready for my daily nap again!

Blah!!!!!

That's how I'm feeling at the moment. 

I woke up Saturday feeling not great but not horrible.  As the day wore on, I realized I had a fever when my bones started to ache and I couldn't get warm.  Sunday I felt better but not 100%.  This morning I felt better yet except for my throat which is on fire.  Ran some errands this afternoon and attended a meeting this evening and when I came home, my bones were achy again.  Another quick check of the thermometer shows a slight fever.  Tomorrow will be spent resting until my evening meeting.  I could have skipped tonight's meeting (and probably should've) but I can't skip out on tomorrow's.

Please keep Skeletor in your prayers.  He started his new heartworm meds and is having a reaction to them.  He spent most of today at the vet's office and is being kept overnight for observation.  Poor little guy has been through so much already.  Wesley updated his blog throughout the day and the last report was that he was "doing better." 

"From what I understand, the death of the microfilariae and larvae in his bloodstream is causing an allergic reaction. Causing organ tissue to swell and white blood cells to go nuts performing cleanup. This weakens his entire body leaving him in a shock-like state."

In happier news, Cocorue's little sister, Tiffane, gave me an award!  Yay, I love awards!  How pretty is this one?!  I love it!

There weren't any instructions to pass it on but I don't like to be selfish with my awards, I like to share them!  A good portion of my bloggy buddies already have this one.  I'm not up to going back and checking to see who it's been given to so I'm gonna say if you don't already have this pretty little thing and would like it, please feel free to grab it! 

I'm gonna go lay down for a little bit and rest up.  TTYL!

Half-Full Friday and Blog of the Week

I'm beginning to think that Bob is going to remain a permanent fixture!  His little brother Jimmy came and went within two days but Bob must be content 'cuz he sure doesn't seem to want to leave.  In fact, he's spread out a bit, gotten bigger and made himself at home.  :(

It's Fabulous Friday which means it's time for Half Full Friday!  As always, if you want to join in the fun, head on over to Eyegirl's and add yourself to Mr. Linky.

I'm happy I got both my state and federal tax refunds back already!

I'm happy the weatherman got it all wrong and we didn't get any snow this week after all!

I'm happy Max made it to his 10th birthday today!  Happy Birthday, Max!

I'm happy that after downloading approximately every possible Flash Player program available, I finally got the right one and can now watch videos online again as of last night!  :)

I'm beyond happy my Midol has FINALLY kicked in!  Midol is my bestest friend in the whole wide world right now!!!!!!

I'm happy I finally got my first ever McDonald's Shamrock Shake this week!

This week's Blog of the Week isn't really a blog but a website that I love to go to.  I'm not sure how I found it exactly but I used to read it pretty regularly.  Then I switched computers and lost the link and just recently found it again.

Not Always Right

If you've ever worked in retail, you know just how stupid and funny people can be.  The basic gist of this website is people relaying their various experiences with customers.  What I love is that these snippets come from all over the world which goes to show we are all the same no matter where you go.  The stories come from all kinds of businesses, although they don't name the business itself.  The type of business and location only are given.  The names of the people involved are not usually given either, unless it is a vital part of the story being told.   

The stories are all given from the point of view of the employee.  Reading them is like talking with a friend or a co-worker and hearing about their day.  This website was started in October 2007.  Sometimes when I have nothing better to do, I enjoy catching up on the older posts.  It never fails to make me laugh at how dumb people can be!  Luckily, I've never seen myself in any of the stories!  LOL

Wordless Wednesday

Bits and Pieces

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The weather this weekend was beautiful!  Aaaaaand we're forecasted for snow this afternoon and Wednesday.  :(

I have a massive zit which has taken up residence on my forehead and refuses to leave.  It seems to have taken on a personality of its own.  I've named him Bob.

The sudden bloating is an indication that Aunt Flo will be visiting within the next several days.  I've told her over and over again that she's messy, inconvenient, expensive, painful, etc., but she still insists on coming back every month.

I let Chico out one day last week and he came back in with a bone about half his size!  Don't know where it came from so I took it away from him.  He wasn't happy about it.

Both of my boys seem to be a little more clingy than usual for some reason lately, especially Shiver!

Half-Full Friday and Blog of the Week

I live in a small town so I knew it would happen eventually.  I went grocery shopping yesterday and ran into my old asst. manager.  When I noticed her walking down the same aisle as me, I almost turned around to go down another aisle.  I knew that she had seen me though as she was looking right at me so I stayed.  She walked past me and said very softly, "Hi sprinkles."  And me?  I'm petty so I chose to look the other way and ignore her.  I always figured when we inevitably ran into one another, she would be the one to ignore me.   My asst. manager was a raging beeyotch to have to work with on a daily basis and that's putting it nicely!!!  So I was kind of shocked she even acknowlegded me!

Today is Friday and you know what that means, right?  Time for Half-Full Friday!  If you want to play along, head on over to Eyegirl's and add yourself to Mr. Linky!  And while you're there, please give her some encouraging words.  Her kitty just passed over the rainbow bridge so it's been a difficult week for her.

I'm happy I got my tax returns done for free last weekend!

I'm happy I'm getting a refund!

I'm happy I got 8 of the 13 things on my to-do list done yesterday!

I'm thrilled spring has shown signs that it's thinking about staying for a little while! 

I'm happy I bought chocolate at the grocery store last night!

I'm happy I have everything ready for tonight!  The only thing left to get ready is me!  :)

A quick update on Skeletor!  If you'll remember, he was featured as last week's Blog of the Week.

Amazing, isn't it?  Hard to believe it's the same dog and he's looking better day by day.  There's another video today so if you opt to head on over, enjoy!

This week's Blog of the Week is one I found through a comment she left on someone else's blog.  I liked her name and decided to check out her blog.  I was fairly new to the blogging world at that time and really had no clue what I was doing.  Her blog is an excellent example of what I wish mine was! 

Life Through Reflctions

Protege started this blog in March 2008.  Her profile says that she was born under the Tatra Mountains, to a Czech father and a Slovak mother. She grew up in Sweden, lived and worked almost 10 years in North Carolina and today she lives in Denmark with the most adorable kitty named Batcat.  She is the very definition of diversity!

Her posts are quite diverse too!  One day she'll post about makeup, another day she'll discuss the Seven Wonders of the World, and on yet another day she'll talk about the Roman Aqueduct.  She's given me quite the education on a number of subjects and it makes me wish I'd paid better attention in school instead of being more concerned with my social life.  Her blog is one of my favorites and I always look forward to reading what she has lined up for each new day!  My favorite posts are the ones about her cute kitty.  He's a blog star in and of his own right! 

She has a Flashback Friday feature where she brings back songs from the past.  I've only heard of about half of the ones she's presented.  It's always fun to find new music (or rather, old but new to me!) and to recover memories from the past as I did today. 

Wordless Wednesday

It's All About MeMe

No really, it is!!!  I don't get why people don't believe me when I tell them that!  You can stop laughing now.  Seriously!

I had another meeting with the job assistance place last Friday and I've come to the conclusion it isn't really a program to help find a job for you but more to give you suggestions for your resume, make sure you're following up on jobs you've already applied for, etc.  I don't need that, I can do that on my own.  I thought this was a program where they go out and look for jobs for you.  Very disappointing!  But it gets me out of the house and doesn't cost me anything so I'll probably keep going just for kicks.

They mentioned having me talk with an agency to do mock interviews which I think would be helpful!  I used to do interviews all the time and frequently got comments about how I presented myself well.  And now...well, not so much!  So it would be good to hear what I'm doing wrong and what I can do to improve.  The job assistance place said my resume looks really good and job service didn't have much to offer in the way of improvement but I might just ask the mock interview people to look it over too - it's always good to have another opinion!

Ran some errands this afternoon and when I came back, I decided to look for signs of spring in my yard.  And guess what?  I found some!  Yay!  Very, very, very tiny sprouts on my rosebushes but hey, at least they're there!

So... Melissa tagged me for a Photo Tag.  The rules are:

1.  Open your 1st Photo folder.
2.  Scroll to the 10th photo.
3.  Post the photo and the story behind it.
4.  Tag 5 or more people.

I'd seen other people do this and thought it looked like it might be fun.  Only I didn't realize people had more than one folder of pictures.  Maybe because I don't have a digital camera, my folder doesn't have much in it.  Mostly it's filled with awards and pictures I want to use for Wordless Wednesday's, the majority of which I snag from various emails. 

I opened it up, counted to 10 and came up with this:

For anyone who didn't read this post, her name is Cari Ashford.  I stumbled across her blog and read (what at that time was) the last post first where her husband let everyone know she had died.  I wanted to read her story so I started at the beginning and discovered a wonderfully warm and funny woman.  Her blog started out initially about her family and told about her journey with cancer once it was discovered.  I balled and balled when I got to the end.  I never got to know her but I felt like I lost a true friend. 

I'm passing this along to -

1.  Protege

2.  Kimberly

3.  Sasha

4.  Santa

5.  Juliana

Half-Full Friday and Blog of the Week

The week started off really badly but it's ending on a much better note!  It's Friday which means it's time to reflect on all the things that made me happy this week.

If you'd like to join in the fun, head on over to Eyegirl's and add yourself to Mr. Linky. 

I'm happy Monday is over!

I'm happy the snow melted after a day!

I'm happy Max has made it 20 days past his grim prognosis!

I'm happy to be getting my taxes done for free tomorrow!

I'm happy my chihuahuas are happy!

I'm happy I got to have dinner with two friends this evening.

This week's Blog of the Week makes me both happy and sad at the same time.  I found it through a comment that the blog originator, Wesley, made on Max's blog.

Skeletor's Salvation

Wesley found this when he was standing on his porch this past Sunday:

A walking skeleton of a dog!  Fortunately for him, Wesley has a big heart and has been caring for him ever since.  This blog is to help track his progress.  

As you can tell by the name of the blog and the dog's frame, his name  is Skeletor.  And Wes is his salvation.

He visited the vet and sadly, it turns out Skeletor has heartworm.  He only weighs 39.20 pounds as of this past Thursday.  Once he gains some more weight, he can begin treatment.  It's curable, but there is a risk associated with it.  He goes back in a few weeks and in the mean time, Wes and his roommate will continue to fatten him up.

The blog has been updated daily since it's inception with pictures and comments about Skeletor's progress and today there was also a video.  There's a spot on the blog for donations but Wes never outright asks for money.  If there was a way for me to give, I most definitely would. 

I just wanted to thank Wes for helping Skeletor.  Skelly is a pit bull which is a turn off for so many people.  He could have easily walked away and left the dog for an inevitable death out on the streets but he didn't.  He's made a real effort to care for this dog and asked for nothing in return.  The world would be a better place if there more people were like him!

Wordless Wednesday

Debbie Downer

Today has NOT been a good day!  But the day is not over so I'm gonna make the best of what's left of it. 

That is all.

Half-Full Friday and Blog of the Week

It's the end of the week which means it's time for two of my favorite things!

I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on participating in Half-Full Friday.  If you'd like to join in the fun, head on over to Eyegirl's and add yourself to Mr. Linky.

I'm happy I got chocolate for Valentine's Day!

I'm happy I lost 3 pounds in one day even though I didn't do anything to lose it!  My scale is my best friend today!

I'm happy I got all my dishes washed yesterday!  They pile up so quickly sometimes.

I'm happy my friend didn't make me feel bad when I ate all her cheese and crackers!  Yes, I'm a pig - I admit it!  LOL

I'm happy three of my four zits are almost gone!  I always have at least one but rarely as many as four.

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This week's Blog of the Week is one that I've been enjoying for over two years now.

15 Minute Lunch

I don't remember how I found this blog but I do remember thinking that with a name like that, it had to be interesting and I wasn't disappointed!

This blog originally started in 2004 with the first real post in September 2005 by Johnny Virgil.  The blog is filled with his hilarious childhood antics with his friends and family.  It's not all about his childhood though, lots of posts are just about his thoughts on everyday life in general.  And they are ALL beyond funny!

There was a pretty popular email that made the rounds awhile back.  It featured clothing from a 1977 Sears Catalog with humorous commentary on our fashion sense (or lack of) during that decade.  Maybe you got it.  If you did and want to refresh your memory or maybe you didn't and want to know what the heck I'm talking about.  Click here here for a laugh!  He followed that up with a Part II and III but Part I is my favorite of the three.  Yeah, this guy created the post and someone was smart enough to turn it into an email for all the world to enjoy!  And if Johnny's post isn't side-splitting enough, try reading the comments!!!  You will laugh until you cry.  No, seriously!

If ever you need a laugh, check out Johnny's blog.  Sometimes I like to read the older posts and I'm never disappointed. 

Bloggy Loves

I got THREE awards last week!  Well, actually I got two and Chico got one!  Shiver is highly jealous so Chico has agreed to share the award with him.  What a little sweetie he is!

This award is from Cocorue!  She awarded it to Chico because he asked her to be his Valentine.  Chico was honored when she accepted!  He has some competition but he's not worried.  He'll figure out how to get the adorable Coco all to himself next year!

Coco didn't say if we needed to pass this on to anyone or not but Chico and Shiver wanted to make sure they did.  After thinking it over, they've decided to give this to Batcat.  Even though he's a kitty, they'll overlook that fact. 

I originally got this award from Dip-Dip and The Bridge (and Elliot) but Cocorue gave it to me again.  I was just as thrilled to receive it the second time!

I'm giving this one to Max and Melissa because you truly are special! 

This next award comes from Melissa!

I love this one because of the butterflies!  The rules are to list 10 things that make me happy and do at least one of them today and then pass it on to 10 other bloggers.

What Makes Me Happy:

*1.  Cuddling my chihuahuas

*2.  Visiting my bloggy friends

*3.  Eating chocolate

*4.  Reading a good book

*5.  Watching tv

*6.  Listening to music

*7.  Reading celebrity gossip

8.  Taking a nap

9.  Working on my girly room

10.  Having a clean house

*These are things I have already done today or will do later today.

I'm passing this on to:

1.  Protege

2.  Iris

3.  Martine

4.  Cocorue

5.  KS

6.  Feisty Three

7.  Eyegirl

8.  Tiffany

9.  April

10.  Sasha

11.  Dip-Dip and The Bridge (and Elliot too!)

12.  Santa

Ok, so I cheated and gave it out to 12 instead of 10!  But I love you all so much and wanted to make sure you were all recognized! 

I'm too lazy to check to see if any of you have these awards already.  I hope they're new and if they're not - sorry!  It's nice to get an award, even if you already have it.

Thanks for all the bloggy love, ladies!  I'm always surprised, honored and excited to receive awards and hope you are too!