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EVER WONDER…

EVER WONDER …

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens
our skin?

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Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?

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Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?

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Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?

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Why is it that doctors call what they do ‘practice’?

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Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

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Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

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Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

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Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?

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Why didn’t Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

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Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

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You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

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Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?

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Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

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If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

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If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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Free Sprint Stuff

Here are some Free Codes for stuff at Sprint.com I know that they all dont work, but some of them do. I got some great stuff for my phone!

Let me know what you DL,

Ringers:

STOREPROMO
U2M6X8U3
PIN
MYUSC
FREEGIFT
WINTER
RINGER2008
INSTINCT
U4R3X2F4
SEE
BLUETOOTH
FCBK
security
survey
enjoy
mymanage
simplyfree
USA
U6V5R4V8

screensaver:
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U9X9P7V2
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FLAG

Dr. Phil scored 55 Oprah scored 38

Dr. Phil scored 55, he did this test on Oprah and she got a 38.  Some folks pay a lot of money to find this stuff out!

Read on, this is very interesting!  Don’t be overly sensitive! The following is pretty accurate and it only takes a few minutes.

Answers are for who you are now and not who you were in the past.  Have pen or pencil and paper ready. This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major corporations today.  It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and in their prospective employees.

It’s only 10 Simple questions, so grab a pencil and paper, keeping track of your letter answers to each question.

1. When do you feel your best…

A) in the morning
B) during the afternoon and early evening
C) late at night

2.  You usually walk…

A)  fairly fast, with long steps
B)  fairly fast, with little steps
C)  less fast head up, looking the world in the face
D)  less fast, head down
E)  very slowly

3.  When talking to people you…

A)  stand with your arms folded
B)  have your hands clasped
C)  have one or both your hands on your hips
D)  touch or push the person to whom you are talking
E)  play with your ear, touch your chin, o r smooth  your hair

4.  When relaxing, you sit with…

A)  your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
B)  your legs crossed
C)  your legs stretched out or straight
D)  one leg curled under you

5.  When something really amuses you, you react with…

A)  big appreciated laugh
B)  a laugh, but not a loud one

C)  a quiet chuckle
D)  a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering you…

A)  make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
B)  make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
C)  make the quietest entrance, trying to stay
unnoticed

7.   You’re working very hard, concentrating hard, and you’re interrupted…

A)  welcome the break

B)  feel extremely irritated

C)  vary between these two extremes

8.  Which of the following colors do you like most…

A)  Red or orange
B)  black
C)  yellow or light blue
D)  green
E)  dark blue or purple
F)  white
G)  brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are…

A)  stretched out on your back

B)  stretched out face down on your stomach

C)  on your side, slightly curled

D)  with your head on one arm

E)  with your head under the covers

10.  You often dream that you are…

A)  falling

B)  fighting or struggling

C)  searching for something or somebody

D)  flying or floating

E)  you usually have dreamless sleep

F)  your dreams are always pleasant

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POINTS:

1.  (a) 2     (b) 4     (c) 6
2.  (a) 6     (b) 4     (c) 7     (d) 2     (e) 1
3.  (a) 4     (b) 2     (c) 5     (d) 7     (e) 6
4.  (a) 4     (b) 6     (c) 2     (d) 1
5.  (a) 6     (b) 4     (c) 3     (d) 5     (e) 2
6.  (a) 6     (b) 4     (c) 2
7.  (a) 6     (b) 2     (c) 4
8.  (a) 6     (b) 7     (c) 5     (d) 4     (e) 3     (f) 2   (g) 1
9.  (a) 7     (b) 6     (c) 4     (d) 2     (e ) 1
10 (a) 4     (b) 2     (c) 3     (d) 5     (e) 6     (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.

OVER 60 POINT:

Others see you as someone they should ‘handle with care’.  You’re seen as vain, self-centered, and who is extremely dominant.  Othe rs may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don’t always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS:

Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality, a natural leader, who’s quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones.  They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once, someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure.  They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS:

Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing,
practical, and always interesting, someone who’s constantly in the center of attention, but efficiently well balanced not to let it go to their head.  They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding, someone who’ll always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS:

Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical.  They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest.  Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who’s extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return.  Those who really get to know you, realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS:

Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy.  They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder.  It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

UNDER 21 POINTS:

People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn’t want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don’t exist.  Some people think you’re boring.  Only those who know you well, know that you aren’t.

Would you let your 15 year old?

I was reading over some old blog’s on  Domestic Divapalooza’s blog today and I found a blog about a 15 year old girls parents letting her boyfriend spend the night.  I am all for sleepovers not NOT coed sleep overs.


A quote form her blog reads:

“I find out that *Anne’s parents not only let her friends spend the night (which is not unusual at all) but they let her boyfriends spend the night too!”


This is kinda hard for me to understand why ANY parent would let their child be set up for problems. Even if you as a parent really like the boyfriend or girlfriend it still does not mean that they should be spending the night.

I remember when I was about 15-16ish (in JR. Hight) my mom really liked one of my friends (we will call him DJ). DJ’s parents were not very nice to him, so I felt like I needed to have him as part of my family. My mom was felt the same way that I did and she would do just about anything for him. Even though him and I were just friends, she still would not let him spend the night at my house. He could come over any time he wanted to, and be part of our family, do what ever we were doing, but he was not able to spend the night. My mom would always let him stay until very late and then drive him to him parents house, He was even able to be in pictures as part of out family. Until the day that I moved out of my moms house, I was never able to have a boy spend the night. Morally it is very wrong.

Let me know what you guys think about this, you can also leave a comment on Divapalooza’s blog by clicking the link provided. I know that this is a gray subject, so please do not use any inappropriate language when leaving comments.

Update about the game!

So we got to go to the game, It was so much fun. Here are the tickets!!!!!

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Here is me as we got in the car to go to Sandy…

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This is a picture of the Temple and of a Church that we saw as we were on Trax…

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It was so pretty riding on Trax, It took a long time to get to the ESA but it was so much fun and so worth the $9.00 that we had to pay ( so much better than paying for parking and fighting with traffic when leaving) We had fun!

We had to stand outside for a bit until the doors opened… it was kinda cold but we watched TV on our new Sprints phones.  When the doors opened we were given 2 ice scrapers, (we did not have one for the car so it was way cool) then we had to walk around to the opposite side of the building to get to our portal.

This is as we walked in to the seating area! Our seat is right behind the blue chairs at the bottom of the picture!

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This is sitting in our seats as the players started to warm up.

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We got to watch the player warm up, when ever they would walk to the tunnel it was like a swarm of bees flying to honey, People wanted autographs.

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Alot of people keep sitting around us, but they all had to leave before the game started because the were other peoples seats.

There was a group of girls, I think that they were form a high school team, they were all dressed alike. It was kind cool to watch them.

The seats were kinda small and it hurt when we had to stand up and then sit down again. The players are so TALL, there was one (I don’t remember who) but I keep telling Andy that this guy was short and he told me that that guy was about 6’4”… now that’s not short at all… he is just not as tall as the other guys that are 6’6” to 6’9” LOL

As we got ready to do The Star-Spangled Banner, there was a young girl that sang, she did such a good job, I wish that I knew what her name was…

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This is the only other picture that I took, I think it looks cool but it is hard to see what is going on.

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After the game started I forgot all about taking pictures… So this is all the pictures I have of it! But it was so much fun, we would like to go again and have great seats like this!

Thank you Secret Santa!!!

Continue reading Update about the game!

Got it from Snopes.com

<!– @page { margin: 0.79in } TD P { margin-bottom: 0in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –>My aunt told me yesterday that she got an e-mail stating that Lane Bryant may not be open in 2009… So I went on line and found this at Snopes.com  I am happy to know that they are still going to be open!!! It is my favorite store and just about the only place I can find stuff that will fit me!

“I received an email stating the following…

FYI….. (sniff!!)

Who says we’re not in a recession !!

The following stores announced yesterday they would be CLOSING their doors by December!

PIER 1
FOOT LOCKER
ANN TAYLOR (WHY, Lawd, WHY???!!!)
PAC-SUN
WILSON LEATHER
ZALES
FRIEDMAN JEWELERS
PEP BOYS
CATHERINES
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SPRINT CUTTING 4500 JOBS!
KIRKLANDS WILL BE FREESTANDING ONLY (NOT IN MALLS)
LANE BRYANT WILL BE FREESTANDING ONLY (NOT IN MALLS)
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Just a heads up for the holidays…..

the Consumer Reporter, suggests not giving gift cards at all this year. If the business goes under, the card will be no good, and that will just be money down the drain. You may be covered if you use a credit card, but the gift will be no good/xx

latest to this list: Circuit City

Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide A company spokeswoman said the company hasn’t revealed which stores will be shuttered. It will let the stores that will close this fiscal year know over the next month

Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and plans to close up to two more outlet stores by the end of the year.

Women’s retailer Cache’ announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores this year.

Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines closing 150 stores nationwide. The owner of retailers Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines Plus Sizes will close about 150 underperforming stores this year. The company hasn’t provided a list of specific store closures and can’t say when it will offer that info, spokeswoman Brooke Perry said today.

About a month ago, Talbots announced that it will be shuttering all 78 of its kids and men’s stores. Now the company says it will close another 22 underperforming stores.. The 22 stores will be a mix of Talbots women’s and J. Jill, another chain it owns. The closures will occur this fiscal year, according to a company press release.

Gap Inc. closing 85 stores.
In addition to its namesake chain, Gap also owns Old Navy and Banana Republic. The company said the closures – ll planned for fiscal 2008 – will be weighted toward the Gap brand.

Foot Locker – to close 140 stores
In the company press release and during its conference call with analysts today, it did not specify where the future store closures – all planned in fiscal 2008 – will be. The company could not be immediately reached for comment

Wickes – is going out of business
Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores, Wickes, a 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income customers, filed for bankruptcy protection last month.

Goodbye Levitz
The furniture retailer, which is going out of business. Levitz first announced it was going out of business and closing all 76 of its stores in December. The retailer dates back to 1910 when Richard Levitz opened his first furniture store in Lebanon, PA. In the 1960s, the warehouse/showroom concept brought Levitz to the forefront of the furniture industry. The local Levitz closures will follow the shutdown of Bombay.

Zales, Piercing Pagoda closing stores
The owner of Zales and Piercing Pagoda previously said it plans to close 82 stores by July 31. Today, it announced that it is closing another 23 underperforming stores. The company said it’s not providing a list of specific store closures. Of the 105 locations planned for closure, 50 are kiosks and 55 are stores.

The Walt Disney Company announced it acquired about 220 Disney Stores from subsidiaries of The Children’s Place Retail Stores. The exact number of stores acquired will depend on negotiations with landlords. Those subsidiaries of Children’s Place filed for bankruptcy protection in late March. Walt Disney in the news release said it has also obtained the right to close about 98 Disney Stores in the U.S. The press release didn’t list those stores.

Nearly 7+ months after its chief executive said there were no plans to cut the number of its core retail stores, The Home Depot Inc.announced Thursday that it is shuttering 15 of them amid a slumping U.S. economy and housing market. The move will affect 1,300 employees. It is the first time the world’s largest home improvement store chain has ever closed a flagship store for performance reasons. It’s shares rose almost 5 percent. The Atlanta-based company said the underperforming U.S. stores being closed represent less than 1 percent of its existing stores. They will be shuttered within the next two months.

CompUSA (CLOSED) clarifies details on store closings. Any extended warranties purchased for products through CompUSA will be honored by a third-party provider, Assurant Solutions. Gift cards, rain checks, and rebates purchased prior to December 12 can be redeemed at any time during the final sale. For those who have a gadget currently in for service with CompUSA, the repair will be completed and the gadget will be returned to owners.

Macy’s – 9 stores

Movie Gallery – Closed 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit bankruptcy. The video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall.

Pacific Sunwear – 153 Demo stores

Pep Boys – 33 stores

Sprint Nextel – 125 retail locations New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse appears to have inherited a company bleeding subscribers by the thousands, and will now officially be dropping the axe on 4,000 employees and 125 retail locations. Amid the loss of 639,000 postpaid customers in the fourth quarter, Sprint will be cutting a total of 6.7% of its work force (following the 5,000 layoffs last year) and 8% of company-owned brick-and-mortar stores, while remaining mute on other rumors that it will consolidate its headquarters in Kansas. Sprint Nextel shares are down $2.89, or nearly 25%, at the time of this writing.

J. C. Penney, Lowe’s and Office Depot are scaling back

Ethan Allen Interiors: The company announced plans to close 12 of 300+ stores in an effort to cut costs.

Wilsons the Leather Experts – 158 stores

Pacific Sunwear will close its 154 Demo stores after a review of strategic alternatives for the urban-apparel brand. Seventy-four underperforming Demo stores closed last May.

Sharper Image: The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection and announced that 90 of its 184 stores are closing. The retailer will still operate 94 stores to pay off debts, but 90 of these stores have performed poorly and also may close.

Bombay Company: (Freehold Mall store closed) The company unveiled plans to close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores. The company’s online storefront has discontinued operations.

KB Toys posted a list of 356 stores that it is closing around the United States as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. To see the list of store closings, go to the KB Toys Information web site, and click on Press Information

Dillard’s to Close More Stores
Dillard’s Inc. said it will continue to focus on closing under performing stores, reducing expenses and improving its merchandise in 2008. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO William Dillard II said the company will close another six under performing stores this year.”

Memories…

Memories…

This came form my SIL Jenny

1. Add a comment on my blog. Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It’s actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don’t want to play on your blog, or if you don’t have a blog, I’ll leave my memory of you in my comments.

FREE TACO’S

I love free stuff!!! I dont know any one that does not like free stuff so here is another one!!!!!!

Taco Bell has a “Steal a base, steal a taco” contest going on. Andy time during the world series, a base is stolen, we all get A FREE TACOS!!!

Go to the MLB Taco website for more information: At participating Taco Bell locations, from 2-6pm you get 1 free crunchy taco.

I am so excited to go get one when I get off!!! Thanks Rachael for letting me know about this.