Getting paid for Blogging!

I am so glad Laura showed us all this PayPerPost thing! I am joining the ranks along with Laura, and Marie by signing up to get paid for blogging! I am excited to be able to make a little extra money just by writing on my blog, which I do already- a lot! That extra money sure will come in handy for all out little adventures this year. We have a trip coming up to go visit all the Kansas family for Easter. Then a couple weeks after that will be our first anniversary, which we are planning a little getaway for ;-) And then there is the Hamm Bash, and who knows how many more adventures we can fit in this year?!?!? Well, at least Thanksgiving, but there are always other fun things that extra cash comes in handy for! (Possibly a surgery later this year for me as well.) But I am so excited just to be able to do a little (which I’m really not doing anything more- I’m on the computer already- so what’s a few more minutes writing an extra blog post?) to have a little extra cash on hand for those trips and extras and such.
So what are you waiting for all you bloggers? Make your blog work for you with PayPerPost!

Colorado Crud

Well, we had hoped we wouldn't catch it this year- we have been extra careful to take more vitamins, and got our flu shots, and have been trying to eat healthier; all in an attempt to avoid that little three letter word-FLU. It didn't work. G woke up yesterday morning around 1am with the yuckiness, and felt horrible all day yesterday. I had felt pretty bad on Sunday, but mostly just the achiness and tired- no urping or anything like G. (But I did fall off the "No Sugar" wagon- fell off with a THUD! Now I'm trying to get back on...) Thankfully G seemed to be over it in about 12 hours' time, but this morning he says his ribs hurt when he coughs or laughs. In the past he has urped so hard that he cracked ribs. I am praying that it's just muscle soreness, since it's not constant or affecting his breathing. We'll see how the day progresses. And I am praying like crazy that I don't have another bout with it- I have felt crudy enough the last couple of months, don't need to add urping too it...
On a lighter note- it was light around here until almost 6p last night! I am so excited for springtime and warm weather to get here!!! It's supposed to be in the 60's tomorrow and the 70's on Friday. Woo-Hoo!! :-)

Give me a freakin' break!!!

I guess my last post elicited some attention. UNWANTED attention! There was a comment posted on my last post about our FAMILY fun at a FAMILY establishment from a website that was soooo NOT FAMILY oriented. I can't believe how people can lurk and prey on others using children themes for things absolutely NOT suitable for children... Ugh! Needless to say, I deleted the comment. And sorry for the ranting, because I know that no one who this is aimed at will ever read it, just my family and friends who would be just as horrified if they got the same kind of comment on their sites... this is satan's world, isn't it?... Unfortunately.

Chuck E. Cheese Fun

I know this is a week old, but thought I'd share some of the fun we had last weekend at Chuck E. Cheese with the bugs :-)

Hi!
Doodlebug is eating real food now! MMM Pizza!
Bug-a-Boo, Taterbug & Doodlebug all riding in the jeep!
Bug-a-Boo is holding on for dear life!
Doodlebug says I can do it too!!!
Even Uncle G got in on the fun!

Overheard at work...

I overheard one side of a phone conversation at work today. This is what I heard...
" It's Friday, we can't eat meat- get out the chicken for dinner."
(other person talking)
"Well, some people say chicken is just like meat, but Grandma always said it was different..."

Oh my goodness!
I don't celebrate lent, and don't claim to know what it's all about. In my very simplistic understanding of it, it is supposed to represent the 40 days of Christ's time in the wilderness when He fasted and was then tempted by Satan. And those who celebrate lent are remembering that time, and out of Reverence to Christ and His suffering, give up something dear to them for that 40 day period before Easter known as lent. Many give up "red meat" or all meat ( which is why you can get some kind of fish special at almost every chain food place during this time of year as well- but isn't fish meat too???), soda and/or other confections. Others give up pastimes and such. But I guess the thing that stuck out the most (and has stuck out for years growing up when classmates would talk about what they couldn't have during lent) is that most people I've had contact with around lent don't even know why they are celebrating it at all. All they know is they can't have meat on Fridays...
WOW! Talk about traditions of men!!!
I hope I can always remember to hold to what is most important to Christ... and not traditions...
"You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." Mark 7:8 NASB

Small town fashion...

Last July, as I was getting ready to leave town for the Hamm Bash (G's mom's family reunion that is held 4th of July weekend every year ) I was walking to the courthouse from my work and found this going on in the streets. The firefighters (and I think there were some paramedics and police involved too) were raising money to have a community fireworks display. Check out the last picture though... I should sue...kidding... :-) just not the way I'd have chosen to be seen advertising the city, especially when I can't WAIT to get out of said city/county/area :-/... (btw- G found these pics only today while perusing the city website for concealed carry permit info-we had no clue they were on the web!!!)

Look what I found!!!

There are all kinds of old shows on the websites for NBC, & CBS! (NBC & CBS you can just watch in your open internet window- FOX & ABC make you download a "player" -which I can't do on my work computer- so just NBC & CBS for me). I found Alfred Hitchcock on NBC - they also have the A-Team, Battlestar Galactica, Emergency and others (all these shows are older than me by the way :-)
CBS has Hawaii Five-O, the original Star-Treck, Twilight Zone, MacGyver and Melrose Place!
Now I have lots of stuff to listen to while I work (I am a strange bird- I have always been able to stay more focused on my task at hand when there is something else going on in the background to tune out, even in highschool and college, I couldn't study without the tv or radio playing) I should get lots of work done now! :-)