Meanderings

XM Radio Merger

As an XM Radio subscriber we have been assured that the merger with Sirius will only enhance our entertainment.  I'm so glad to hear that!  Even our equipment that we currently own will be fully functional after the merger.

Will we be writing our quarterly payment to XM Radio? to Sirius? or will the name change to something like Smirius?

What if FedEx and UPS merge? Will they become FedUP?

3M and Goodyear could become MMMGood!

The combinations are limitless!

Got Junk?

Okay, I did get my spring cleaning started!!! Let's hear three cheers for me!

I'm not setting a world record, but I figure by this fall I might be done.

One thing I'm trying to get rid of is clutter - stuff we don't need anymore but too good to throw away and not worth the time or effort to ebay it.

I'm sure there are many, many sites where people can list stuff for free; one of them, Gigoit (Gee I got it for free) looks like a pretty decent place where I've listed a few items.

We'll see how this goes!

Spring

Ah, the first full day of spring has finally arrived!!

Meredith Vieira from the Today show has an article on her blog about spring and the memories it brings of Easter and ducklings; I have a similar memory.

I must have been about 6-year-old when my Grandparents gave my four sisters and me two ducklings for Easter. We thought we were pretty big to now be proud owners of livestock!

We were called away from the box that held our prize ducklings; when we hurried back to check on them, we found our 2-year-old sister with a duckling in each small hand, banging their bills together, saying "Kiss duckies, kiss."

Needless to say, that was the ducklings first and last kiss.  We were heartbroken and cried for hours. The story still floats around when we sisters get together and I think the then 2-year-old still feels a little sad. She now saves lives in Texas instead of taking them. But if you ever see a little dark haired RN come your way, make sure you ask if she is the famous 'duckling murderer'; above all else, run fast if she asks if you want to kiss!

Tequila

I knew there was a reason I never liked the stuff:

Curious George

We spent this afternoon making a cake for the 8-year-old's Cub Scout meeting tomorrow.  The project is each scout (with a little help) is to bake a jungle themed cake.  We decided to make a monkey cake.  For his first cake, I don't think it turned out half bad; at least it looks like a monkey!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Birthday Blog

Wow, happy belated birthday blog to me!!

It's pretty bad when you forget your own blog's birthday (March 9)!! It's been three years; a whole lot has changed in those three years, that's for sure!

Happy St. Patty's day to all! Another great day to celebrate, drink, eat and be merry.  Isn't planting a potato on St. Patty's day supposed to bring good luck for the coming year? I wonder if planting a sweet potato in a glass of water (remember doing that one in school?) counts??

Star Trek on Acid

Found this clip while killing time,,,couldn't help it; I had to post it here!  (yes I know, I could get my spring cleaning done if I wasn't playing on the computer!)

Spring Cleaning

I need to start 'spring cleaning'.

I make that statement, yet my heart isn't in it!  I know it has to be done, eventually!  I mean, how long can I get by using the 'close your eyes and hope it goes away' method of navigating the upstairs?

Maybe we will win the lottery tonight and then I can hire someone to do it! 

Think I'll wait until then to decide where to start!

A Monday Pun

There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately,