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Posted on December 14, 2008 by Meleah

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Pink Eye

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Meleah

Great. I have pink eye, in BOTH eyes.

That makes it very hard to read, write, blog or even watch TV. I can’t even drive my car.

There goes my whole weekend.

*Update: My doctor prescribed these crazy eye drops that burn like a mother f*cker. However they do allow me to open my eyes and have lifted the gluacoma like film that was blinding me. I still cannot insert contact lenses nor do I own the proper glasses for normal vision. But, I am going to try and squint my way around some blogs. I miss the internet!

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Friday Funnies: CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Meleah

A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up & down the aisles.
The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him.
He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife.
She directs him down the correct aisle.

A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of
string on the counter.

She says, confused, “Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for
your wife?

He answers, “You see, it’s like this, yesterday, I sent my wife to the store
To get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back with a tin of tobacco
And some rolling papers; cause it’s sooo-ooo–oo-ooo much cheaper.

So, I figure if I have to roll my own ………. So does she.

(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton!)

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Go Elf Yourself

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Meleah

Here is a little video from my family to yours to help us get into the Holiday Spirit! Enjoy.

Uncle Ricks Version is here!

Posted in Family, Holidays, Humor, Videos | 30 Comments

Tags, Memes, And Awards

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Meleah

First, I was given this award from my dear friend Stephanie at the blog Your Presence Requested

Thank you sweety. I will treasure our friendship forever.

The “BFF” award is passed on according to the following rules:

1. Only five people are allowed. [Check.]
2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog. [See below.]
3. One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world. [See below]
4. You must link back to whoever gave you the award. [Check!]

The four people I choose that have been dedicated followers of my blog for almost as long as I’ve been blogging are:

Why Paisley

Boricua In Texas

Out Of My Mind

Olga The Traveling Bra

The “new” blogger I would like to pass this on to is:

The Girl You Dont Want To Bring Home To Momma.

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Second, I was tagged by Eric/Speedy from the blog Speedcat Hollydale to complete the following meme:

SIX things you do before you fall asleep:

1. Wash My Face

2. Brush My Teeth

3. Shut Off My Phones

4. Turn Off The Lights

5. Check On My Son

6. Close MY Eyes

SEVEN things that cross your mind a lot

1. What Am I Going To Blog About

2. Whats On TV Tonight

3. I Wish I Was A Millionaire

4. I Wonder What Ever Happened To [Insert Old Friends Names.]

5. Will My Son Be A Successful Adult

6. Am I Doing A Good Enough Job

7. Will I Ever Find Or Have True Love?

EIGHT ways to win your heart:

1. Make Me Laugh

2. Be A Man

3. Treat Me Like A Lady and Pamper Me

4. Surprise Me With Presents and Slather Me With Compliments

5. Open Doors

6. Listen To Me and Be Supportive Of My Dreams and Goals

7. Mutual Respect Is Key

8. Love Me Unconditionally

NINE things about yourself

1. I Am 5 feet 3 Inches Tall

2. I Have Reddish Brown Hair

3. I Have Brown Eyes

4. I Am 34 Years Old

5. I Am Sick Of Being Single

6. I Weigh 108 Pounds

7. I Am In Love With Alec Baldwin (He Is My Imaginary Husband)

8. I Twirl My Hair Incessantly

9. I Love To Laugh

TEN things you wish you could say to TEN different people right now!

1. You Rock

2. You Suck

3. Good Luck

4. Good Bye

5. I Love You

6. I Miss You

7. Not A Chance

8. Did You Do All Of Your Homework

9. Yeah Right

10. In Your Dreams

This tag was kind of like doing ‘Blog Homework’. (Albeit FUN homework.) Therefore, I am NOT tagging anyone. However, please feel free to indulge if you so choose.

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Third, I was tagged by Cathy from Where’s My Damn Answer to complete this meme. And I was tagged by my pal Betty from The Joe Review to complete the same meme. So, this is a Two For One!

7 Things You Do NOT Know About Me.

(This one is going to be hard, I think I’ve told ya’ll everything about me!)

1. I Don’t Like Going To The Beach

[Its just too much ‘work’ for me. Finding a parking space, carrying all those chairs, the sand that you can never fully wash off for weeks….]

2. I Only Drink Out Of One Cup (It’s A Glass Mason Jar w/ A Straw)

[I love straws. I love then so much I have to have a straw in every beverage I drink. (hot or cold.) I ’steal’ them from every where they have straws on display, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, ect..my glove compartment is filled with them.]

3. I Am Very Shy/Reserved/Quiet When I Am In A New Environment

4. I Collect Fairies & Dragonfly Objects

5. I Am Still Scared Of The Dark

[I have to fall asleep with the TV on at night because having a nightlight is ridiculous at my age.]

6. The Tattoo On My Right Buttox Cheek Says: Little Miss Nasty

[Thus, I will never drink tequila again.]

7. I Learn All My Lessons In Life The Hard Way

[I have never been able to ‘learn from others mistakes’. I learn from my own HANDS ON experience. When I do fuck-up, or make a mistake, I fuck-up BIG TIME. However, once I do learn my lesson, I never have to repeat the same mistake.]

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And Fourth, but not least, I was given this award by a new blog buddy Diamond from My Pretty Pink Blogette

This one also has rules, and they are:

1. Name 5 things you love. [See below.]

2. Pass the award on to 5 blogs you love. [See below.]

3. Please link back to the blog from where the award came. [Check!]

Five  Things I Love:

1. My Son

2. My Family

3. My Apple Computer

4. Cigarettes & Coffee

5. My Blog Family & Writing

Five Blogs I Am Passing This On To:

Terri Terri

Tar Heel Ramblings

Unloaded

Urban Observation

Selma In The City

And That’s A Wrap!

*UPDATE*

I was also just tagged by Deborah from the blog Debo Hobo to complete this meme:

Five things you were doing 10 years ago?
Tending Bar & Swinging On Poles
Drinking Heavily & Abusing Drugs
Abandoning All Of My Personal Morals
Getting Sucked In And Sucked Under The Fantasy
Drowning In The Abyss

Five things on my to-do list today?
Re-Entering Society As A Full Fledged Member
Check Emails
Rating Insurance Accounts
Posting This Blog
Going To Bed Early

Five Places I have traveled?
California
North Carolina
Iowa
Aruba
Bahamas

Five snacks or treats I enjoy?
Rice Crackers
Cheese (mainly white cheddar from VT)
Coffee Ice Cream
(and that’s about it…I don’t have too many snack ‘options’)

Five things I would do if I were a billionaire?
Secure My Son’s Future
Quit My Job & Write All Day
Buy My Home
Pay Off All Of My Parents Debt So They Can Retire And Live Stress Free & Comfortably Forever
Buy A Decent Car – And Maybe Even A Fun Weekend Car

Five of my bad habits?
Talking Too Loud & Putting My Foot In My Mouth
Being Lazy
Obsessive Hair Twirling
Obsessively Watching TV
Obsessively Blogging & Commenting

Five places I have lived?
New Jersey
California
North Carolina
Iowa
Florida

Five jobs I’ve had?
Mc Donald’s
Bartender
Stripper
Macy’s Domestic Department
Bath & Body Works

Whew. Okay. I am OUT of Memes & Tags. Finally!

Posted in Awards, Friends, Links, Memes, Other Bloggers | 52 Comments

Friday Funnies: A WOMAN’S PERFECT BREAKFAST

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Meleah

She’s sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.

Posted in Humor | 54 Comments

The Flu

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Meleah

Well, now that I am home from vacation…I am sick.

Again.

I climbed into bed on Sunday evening and I haven’t been able to get out of bed ever since. I have a fever of 102, a runny nose, a cough, and I am exhausted. I think I have The Flu.

Sigh.

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I Am Home

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Meleah

And I’ve never been happier.

Today I will be unpaking, tackling the laundry, catching up on American Celebrity Gossip via The E Channel, watching the House & Dexter episodes that I missed while I was away, and visiting your blogs.

Ah. It’s good to be home.

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Good Bye Mexico

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Meleah

While its been wonderful on vacation, we’ve had tons of fun, lots of sun, and loads of laughs, I am ready to leave. I miss the small things like watching television. I miss sleeping in my own bed. I miss my friends. I miss fabreeze & scented candles. I miss all of the things that make home…well, HOME.

[By the time ya’ll read this, I will be boarding an airplane *biting off my fingernails* and heading back to good ole’ New Jersey. I wonder…how cold it is there?]

Thanks to everyone who left comments on my Vacation Blog Posts & Flickr Photos. I am sure they were very boring for you. And thank you to all of those blog pals of mine that kept me company on Twitter & Facebook while the rest of my family was sleeping. xoxo

*All Of The ‘Family Vacation’ In Mexico Photos can be found HERE!*

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The Mayan Ruins

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Meleah

My family and I traveled out to tour the Mayan Ruins in Copan Mexico.

I have to tell you, I really tried to get into the spirit of this event.

According to The Mayan Ruins website: The art of Copan surpasses that of the Petén and is strikingly individual. The beautifully carved fragments of its buildings lie scattered on the slopes of its pyramids like the pieces of a gigantic jigsaw puzzle in stone.

According to me, this can only be considered a ‘good time’ if you really enjoy walking for miles and miles, with dust kicking up on your face, with a baby brigade, to look at stairs and rocks.

And then some More Stairs And Rocks.

And wait, look…

More Stairs. And Rocks.

I am not what you would call an ‘active person’ by any stretch of the imagination. This map does not inform unsuspecting patrons that most of the walking is on extremely uneven ground. [Not exactly suitable for people with strollers.] Less than halfway through this ‘Tour Of Rocks And Stairs’ we were pretty much done with the ‘historic lesson’ from nineteen-o-never.

Alas, there was something that made the journey, the walking, the dust, the rocks, the sore lower back, the stiff joints, the crying babies, and the lack of oxygen to my brain worth it to me. It was only by sheer happenstance that I manged to stumble upon this little gem.

As we wandered aimlessly, without a tour guide, I noticed a group of people taking photos of a particular rock. This rock was different from all the other rocks.  If you were to look directly at the rock, from the front, to the untrained eye, you will see what I can only guess was a carving of someone important back in 300AD.

But, if you looked at it from the side, like I did, you will see what I saw.

And this my friends made my day.

And then my knee caps fell right off.

All kidding and joking aside, it was actually pretty fascinating to be in a place with that much history. I suppose if we had a tour guide explaining what I was looking at, I would have had a different experience. Nonetheless, it was most excellent to spend the day with my family in such a unique setting.

[On a completely unrelated note, I would like to take this moment to extend a very special Happy Birthday Wish to my friend Christine. Please pay a visit to her blog and wish her a happy one too.]

*The Daily Updated Vacation Photos can be found HERE!*

Posted in Family, Friends, Links, Mexico, Other Bloggers, Photos, Vacation | 35 Comments