Name that tool?

Ever watched the show 'This Old House'? They have a segment where one person brings in a tool and the other four guys try to guess what it is actually used for. Lets play.

I have put a picture below of an empty bag. We had someone bring his 'work truck' to pick up a piece of furniture that we sold him. Well, this bag fell out and after reading the name, I snickerd and put it in my pocket so I could Blog about it. (you would have done it too!) Go ahead and let em rip...what are these used for??? (Bob thinks that a certian cabinet maker in Kentucky knows the correct answer. Everyone else remember this is a family freindly blog :>)



(Yes, I said 'let em rip' on purpose...)


Here is a hint...This is what the back of the bag says. I need to look next time I am at lowes and see if I can find them. (Yes...I know I could google it and find out, but that is not as much fun)

Tom Sawyer?

Anyone want to paint a fence??





Actually, he was just using water and a scrub brush......Santa didn't bring him a power washer this year. He is working on a new karate move from our neighbor Mr. Miagie called 'Clean-da-fence'

I was right!!!!

On the news today they said that 'the worlds Scientist' (Who ever they are..) are going to add 1 second to the clock on December 31st. They said that all the solar winds, and icecaps, and other things have slowed things down and they need to match the clock up to the earths turning.

Now, I have been saying for the past few years that we need a leap month...I think the time is off a whole month, not just a second. If you notice how things are colder sooner and warmer sooner than we are used too.....We need to add more than a second to the calendar. I think that we will see more of this 'time adding' in the coming years...they are just warming us up to the idea...if they came out and said 'we are going to add a hole day to the calendar' people would freak out.....they just need to add small bits at a time.

I didn't know

I like tacos!! My mom will testify to that. When growing up, Taco night at our house meant I would eat 4 or 5 of them. My sister and I discovered that we really liked to slice green olives and put them on the tacos too. But the reason I am blogging is because of my new fiesta bargain find. I usually get those little pre-measure packets of seasoning every time we have tacos. Look what I found last week...



Those little seasoning packets are about $0.47 per unit, this pretty little bottle-o-spices was $0.20 per unit. And I can add a little less than recommended to make it last longer! I had no idea that they made this, I just always looked for the packets and would use them. If you come visit us.....We'll have tacos, but I wont make you eat green olives unless you want them.

Peacan update

I went to the store and saw a bag of peacans about the same size as what I collected. It was $11!! I need to go golfing more often. Or, as a commenter said, I could chop down our pine trees in the backyard and plant peacan trees instead.

Day after Christmas

We ate dinner on our porch the day after Christmas. The dog got into a little bit of trouble.....


Joe, Look familiar???

Brown Grass

Looking in our back yard, I thought my lawn was brown.



Then I realized it was pine needles...and lot's of them.



This must be the equivalent of 'Fall'. All the needles fall and the trees are bare....



Nope, still green. I guess it's not like fall....I am going to have to rake year round...bummer...Good thing we didn't get rid of the rakes with the snow shovels.

Golf outing

I went golfing two weeks ago. (Yes, I know it is cold where some of you are, and yes you can golf year round down here). The grass was brown, so that was a little weird, but otherwise it was just a round of golf. Look what else I found!!



(Don't tell the guys in the club house! I wanted to make sure I got my money's worth. I kept picking up a few at each of the holes and stuffing them in my bag. When I got home I couldn't believe how many I had!!)

Then later that week I was eating a bag of planters mixed nuts. This is what a Pecan looks like from Planters. (kinda wimpy)



This is the size of the pecan I picked off the golf course. I think cracking it open and picking it out of the shell makes it taste better.



Planters..if you're reading this. Give me call. If you pay for my husbands golfing, I can harvest better Pecans for you.

Christmas Morning

I can't believe I am going to put this picture up but...Bob threatened me that if I put his picture up, he would make a guest appearance on my blog and post my picture...so I am beating him to the punch...this is for my mom.

Bob says thanks for the Tiger Woods Golf game, obviously we couldn't wait to try it out this morning.





And this is for the Landi Family....We got the parents to drive and play our Wii. You should have heard Dad L taunting Mom L when he came in 9th and she came in 12th(again)


Then they got serious while racing the cows....



I am also very impressed with Joe's ability to pick out women's fashion. Meg, you've done such a good job with him!


Merry Christmas!!

fraud alert

I am very impressed with Discover card. We bought a new car on Saturday. (Yeah!!! It was a 2008 Pre-Owned Camry SE, Silver, 16000 miles. We traded in Bob's car)
Anyway....we finished up around 7:00pm. We charged some of it in order to get bonus points. Well I got a phone call at 8:00 on my cell phone from Discover card Fraud alert. They were calling to check on a 'large amount' recently charged on our card. Pretty impressive that there is some computer software watching every purchase and sending an alert when something doesn't match my normal purchasing pattern. On second hand....Kinda scary that there is a computer system that knows when my spending pattern is off......Either way....Don't steal my card and spend a lot of money on it.

Random thought

All M and M's taste the same. The candy coated color does not change the way it tastes. You can pop a whole bunch in your mouth and chew with confidence that you are not wasting a flavor.

Skittles have different tastes depending on what color you eat. I don't like to put a lot of colors together becuase I feel like I am wasting them if I can't taste them. I save the red until last and eat them all together since they are my favorite. I remember in High School sharing all the orange ones in Study Hall with someone becasue they were her favorite. (and I think I had skittles every day!)

I think that we should have Study Hall at Work. An hour set aside where you can get caught up on work, and no one can talk to you or interupt.....We'd get a lot done then.

Mario Cart

Bob and I have been driving to work together for the past month or so. Well, I drove myself to work earlier this week and realized i had not driven since I started playing more Mario Cart. I felt like I wanted to bump the cars next to me on the interstate and try to 'shoot the gap' a couple times. This could be dangerous.....

I also did something that is illegal in some stats. (Gasp...not her!) I drove while talking on the cell phone without a hands free contraption. I was playing Mario Cart and my mom called. I held the cell phone with my shoulder and succeeded to drive and come in first place.

This Wii thing is funny. I find myself driving and having a scratch on my nose, or need to move hair out of my face. I'll take one hand off the wheel and not think about it because I am still pressing A. The hand on the wheel forgets what's it doing and starts to move out of alignment and all of a sudden I am running into a wall and quickly put both hands back on the wheel to re-gain control.

Also.....if you beat the levels and sit through the credits there are very few American names....and they actually have people who are the 'voices' of the characters. Can you imagine being a fly on the wall in that recording studio??

'Mario wins'
'Good, now try it with a little more 'toon' in you'
'Mario wins'
'Better, but I am not feeling it...I think we may need to go a different direction with this scene, I'll get the writers involved'

Singing in the Rain

I love old classic musicals. Singing in the rain was on today and I will never get tired of watching it. They don't make movies like that any more. Movies now a days have unrealistic car chases, naked people, make believe monsters or special effects that are so far out there you no longer know what is real or CGI. Now don't get me wrong...that stuff is amazing, but I think we forget that it is not all necessary to make a good movie. The classics are still alive and all they used to create them was just good old fashion film making. There are real people in costumes in one big sound stage singing and dancing and being taped. They perform for long continuous shots and the people acting are incredibly talented. Oh....when times were simpler.

flexible trees

In case anyone is wondering...when the wind blows at 40mph, pine trees that are 4 stories tall, bend.

I don't like storms. I have gotten much better at thuderstorms and no longer find the flashlight and make sure the crawls space is open everytime I see lightning. I used to know what channel to turn to and where to look on the map to see if I was in danger of bad weather.

Tonight was a bit different....I am sitting home alone and hear a very loud woshing sound and I think my front door is going to blow open. I realize that I have no idea if Georgia (Or my town) has tornado sirens. I then realize I have no idea what chanel the 'local' news is on. I then realize I don't know what my county look likes on a rador map. I look out the window and see the pine trees sawying back and forth...wind pushing pine trees is differen than wind blowing through maple trees. I flip on the TV and find the weather channel. It states in a friendly electronic voice that our forcast is for 30-40mph winds tonight. I flip around on some of the news chanels and don't see any warnings so I guess I'll be okay.

I guess that means I won't blow away and it's safe to take a shower. I just wont spend a lot of time reading this time.

Guess where I am??

Is it against the law to take a picture in a public bathroom?

Well, during my travels for Thanksgiving my husband came to me and said

You have to go to the bathroom!
No I don't, but thanks.
No, you have to go to the bathroom and see it....You'll want to blog about it.
Okay.

So, I went to the bathroom and it was pretty cool. (See picture)




This is not some swanky resturant in Austin, this is a view of the Ladies room in the Jacksonville FL Airport. I felt kinda weird walking in there with my Camera, but I made sure no one else was in there before I snapped the picture. Pretty smart idea. No sink, just blue flat surface for the water to splash on and a drain in the back. The spouts have a sign that say Water and Soap or Water. It's all motion censored. Very easy to keep clean, and pretty neat.

Lurkers

I learned a new word at a party a few months ago.
Lurkers - People who read blogs but don't have a blog, and don't comment so you don't know they are there.....

Well, this picture is for a lurker.....We went to the Zoo in Austin and saw a Goat. I got to feed one. A freind of ours really wants a goat.




Bev, this was for you :)

Reading in the Shower

No, I did not take a book with me to the shower.

Have you ever stopped and read your shampoo bottle? The 'Lather, Rinse, Repeat as Nessasary' line just does not cut it anymore! Here are some of my thoughts on what I read today during my shower.

Zest
I read: Aloe Splash with Aloe
I think: Hmm..Duh...I guess the creative team was on Vacation the day this graphic was approved.

Suave Conditioner
I read: Infused with Watermint extract
I think: What is Watermint? A fruit or nut? There is a waterfall in the picture, is it a plant? And what or how does someone infuse extract?

Herbal Essence Shampoo
I read: 'Drama Clean' Fusion of berry tea and orange flower
I think: This one says fusion, but the other one said INfusion...I wonder if it is different

I also Read the back: 'Im so good, I'll put clean thoughts in you head' and 'My formula will leave your hair ...' and 'lather me on and rinse'
I think: Creative use of words. They have personified the green goo that I squirt on my hand and rub in my hair....I can't decided if that is creapy or not?

Herbal Essence Conditioner
I read: What do 15% of women do on Valentines day? Check out the answer on Straight Shampoo.
I think: Bummer...I am going to have to go back to Walmart and look up the answer. I got a non matching shampoo and Conditioner set.....I'll have to look at that next time so I know the answer.
I also think: Creative, they are giving me quizes now to keep me interested in the shower.

Garnier Fructis Conditioner
I read: Reinforced with Fruit concentrate and "contains fructose and glucose'
I think: Reinforced? Is that the same as infused? I eat fructose and glucose...I wonder if there is high fructose corn syrup in here?? Can my body absorbe that through my scalp? "THEY" say High fructose corn syrup is bad for you....

Suave Mens 2 in 1
I read: Shampoo and Conditioner one easy step
I think: Target Audience - Men. Successful marketing...no frills or fancy things infused...straight and too the point.

(You math people have also realized that I have a lot more bottles in the shower than my husband:>)

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

I have been thinking about Christmas songs....It's hard to be in the Christmas mood when it's going to be 73 outside tomorrow. This will take some getting used to.

Preppy Granola

I spent Thanksgiving with my family in Austin Texas. It was good to see everyone and we did a lot of sleeping and relaxing!!

My older sister and brother in law are very healthy people and will most likely outlive me . We had a free range Turkey. (He only had one bad day in his life), went to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner, went to 'Whole Foods', and had Humus. I like to describe them as Preppy Granola. They are very aware of what they are putting in their bodies and where it came from and how it was grown - that is the Granola part.
But they take showers.....they don't have dreadlocks, and they wash their clothes after they wear them. :) My sister is also a big fan of M&Ms so Bob teases her that she is getting her vitamin M for the week.

This visit I learned two things. Grapes are one of the big bad 10. (or something like that....They are a really bad fruit to eat because they are pretty dirty). I'll have to look into that because I love grapes. Two - I like Humus. I was always afraid of it....Just never really wanted to try it. Well, I did try it and found out it was just Chick Peas ground up with sunflower seeds. Two things I eat anyway. I even got a recipe and plan on making it this weekend.

Yeah for new adventures

I need to go back to work

In the past 24 hours I have acquired the following:

DVR with High Def capabilities and 8 new High Def channels to watch (You're Welcome Bob)
Wireless Internet in my house (Yeah!! supper cool!)
A new compressor for our Air Conditioning Unit/Heat pump (Bummer)
A Nintendo Wii with Mario cart and extra controller (Merry Christmas to us!)

Luckily the compressor was under warranty so we only have to pay the $300 for the labor :)


I need to go back to work so I don't buy anything else.

Computer Genius!!

I am sitting on my couch at home on the internet! How cool!! We actually upgraded and bought a wireless router today. I wanted to tell everyone that our friend Mike is a computer genius. Bob hooked the router thingy up and there were some weird things happening. He calls Mike, and over the phone mike is able to trouble shoot, tell Bob what to type in to set everything up. Genius I tell you!

Thanks Mike!

Now we just need our Wii hooked up so Mike and Bob can share a Saturday morning Tee time.