He’s such a little goofball! I noticed a little bit ago that he was napping in the corner - with the curtain on his face! Haha! He looked so adorably cute - my 120 pound ‘cutie pie’! Now, Puppy has never been a very agreeable photo subject. Upon discovering my intentions, he will either get up and walk towards me, attempting to ‘wet nose’ the camera - or he will just get up and leave the room!

Given these tricky circumstances, I went into the dining room to turn on and zoom the camera, so that he wouldn’t hear it. I then sneakily came back into the office, making sure not to actually step into the living room, where the beast lay resting peacefully - with a curtain on his face! Ha!

With my camera at the ready, and fully expecting him to jump up and leave - I quickly snapped this pic…

I was so excited that my subject lay ‘undisturbed’ that I hurriedly zoomed a little more and shot this picture:

Now, so far, it’s just been ‘adorably cute’, as I said before - and just an ‘Aww…you’re so silly’ giggle type of moment. Then - I checked out the pictures on the camera! There was one thing I was not seeing with my ‘naked eye’ - the goofball was awake and looking at me! When I saw that, that is when I started cracking UP! My sweet boy is five and a half years old and he has never, ever done that! He is the most ornery picture subject ever!! I mean - EVER!

Dogs are so awesome - that was the perfect stress-reliever for the middle of my day! I love that damn dog!

I’m not so sure how he feels about me right about now, though:

Judi with an ‘I’ is my Momma! And she LIGHTS UP MY LIFE - and I just wanted to let her know that! Just like I did in the fourth grade when I sang that song to her. You see, in the fourth grade, we had a special Mother’s Day ‘thing’ - we had all our moms come into school, and I think we had drawn their pictures or something, and then we all sang ‘You Light Up My Life’ to them. And the whole freaking classroom FLOODED with tears!!! And ever since, that is mine and Momma’s song!

(And yes, that is me –> in the fourth grade! Aren’t I cute? I loved that shirt! It had one of those cute little wiggle worms on it! It was one of my favorites!)

I thought it would be really cool if I could sing it to her on video this year for Mother’s Day and post it on YouTube, and consequently, here on the blog. Wouldn’t that be cool?

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Do you know someone who would love to watch Jeff Burton race in the NASCAR Chase for the Championship race in Miami, Florida the weekend of November 14, 2008? I know there are some serious race car fans in my family! The races are often on at our family gatherings - we love crowding around the TV and watching the races as they happen! It’s especially exciting when they’re racing at Talladega, as that’s only about fifteen minutes from us! But I know several of them would LOVE it if I won a weekend trip to this race! Hmm…the thought of them waiting on me hand and foot hoping I’ll give them the tickets…. *wrings hands* Oh yeah!

Ok, let me tell you how to enter now - and you can enter once a day! Go to the Prilosec OTC Winner’s Circle and enter your email address and you’ll get a chance to whack the windshield (you’ll see when you get in there…) and get a shot at winning once a day!

You can also put a Winner’s Circle widget to keep track of the game on your site if you want.

There are more than 100 instant winners will receive other great prizes, including an authentic NASCAR firesuit with driver autograph, NASCAR SuperStore.com gift cards and a race tire signed by No. 31 Prilosec
OTC driver Jeff Burton and the No. 31 team!

My mom sent me this great video via email this morning! And even though it’s kind of long, as far as funny ‘email video things’ go, I absolutely loved every minute of it! It’s all you ever needed to know about living with fabulous felines! And more!

I promptly emailed her back and thanked her for the wickedly cool blog fodder! Too funny, really, because, just the other day (Friday? I think) my dad emailed me some wickedly cool blog fodder that’s brewing and boiling in my brain! And you thought my folks weren’t good for anything! Oh…wait…that was me as a teenager…oh yeah….

Ok, let’s get on with the video - I just know you’re going to love it! Follow me….
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For some strange reason, before even starting the quiz, I had a feeling that is what they were going to say! What are you guys? I’d love to know how many actual breeds they have possible in the answers! So let me know what you get, ok?

You Belong in the Baby Boomer Generation

You fit in best with people born between 1943 and 1960. You are optimistic, rebellious, and even a little self centered. You still believe that you will change the world. You detest authority and rules. Deep down, you’re a non conformist.

Now isn’t she the cutest little beatnik type? That picture actually reminds me of my mother’s wedding pictures and pictures of her in the first few years of marriage and motherhood!

Ya’ll take the test and let me know what you got in the comments!

Jim Kukral is always talking about his Flip cameras and how cool they are! I want one so badly! They’re so darned cute, for one thing! Ha! And now he wants to know what color yours is, if you have one! Just listen up here - to what he has to say about it:

So they’ve got pink, which is pretty cool, but, I would love a fuscia one! I just love fuscia!

You damn fool, migraine - sneaking into my beautiful Thursday morning and snatching precious vocabulary out of my brain! How dare you! That’s right - I know you’re there, I feel you coming. And more than that, my drastically-reduced mastery of the English language speaks of your imminent arrival! Be gone, you worthless bastard!

Look, you were just here on Monday - and in a BAD way, you struck me like you haven’t struck me in ages, forcing me to call my husband in tears, begging him to come home, because, it hurt so badly. Don’t you think you’ve done enough?! ….for at least a week or so?!

It’s a beautiful day, I’m starting the day showered AND dressed (oh, rareness!), my son gets to go to the Renaissance Faire, ALL three kids went to school (faire) in a GOOD mood (oh RARENESS of rareness!). I’m starting the day off happy and motivated - you should seriously leave now. You’re not welcome on days like today.

I know that my glands are still terribly sore and tender, and you view any neck or shoulder pain as a gold-embossed bloody invitation - but….

I just downloaded the Flock Browser: Eco-Edition and I love it! I’m so excited about it! Today is, after all, Earth Day - no better day to discover such a simple way to not only give back, but, stay on top of all things Eco-conscious happening around the world! Now I don’t really know if their launch of this version was planned specifically for Earth Day, as it looks like people have already been using it. I happened to find it on Earth Day and I think that’s really cool.

The Eco Edition is really cool, because, it comes with all kinds of eco-news already loaded into all the cool feeds that Flock is known for having. Flock is the ’social browser’, made to accommodate those of us who are heavily into social networking on the internet. It is also very handy for bloggers, as you can blog right from your browser, if you would like. One of my favorite things is that you can drag and drop stuff from one place to another with Flock. If there’s a really great picture that I come across and I really want to share it with my dad, all I have to do is drag it into an email and send it to him. I love that!

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Now I know my friends up north are looking at our pitiful snow on the ground with the grass sticking up through it and laughing! But we really enjoyed it - probably much in the same way that you would get a kick out of wearing shorts on Christmas!

We were actually lucky enough to have snow on three separate days this year, which was really great, because, last year we didn’t have any at all. And last year was our first year out here, having moved from Texas, and back home (last year) they got snow several times. It was just one more thing for me, as a mother, to feel guilty about. Every time the phone rang, and we were excitedly informed by a relative back home that they had snow, the kids glared at me! Rotten, I tell ya, they’re just rotten!

Well, the Universe came through for me this year and here is our little video with some of our snowy activities!
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