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You Might Be From Michigan If....

Posted on Friday 11 May 2007 at 1:16 PM in Just For Fun - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link

One of the groups I'm in had a blog challenge. I've been sick so I'm a little behind in my emails and blog reading, but I'm still going to do it. :) I know that we now live in Indiana...but up until a couple years ago all of my soon to be 40 years (I'm still finding it hard to say 40...I certainly don't feel almost 40) were lived in Michigan. Since my head is still clouded with cold medicine, I thought I'd just repost something I posted last year. I know this isn't myth busters and stuff, but it's still a great read.

YOU MIGHT BE FROM MICHIGAN...

If you define summer as three months of bad sledding.
If you think Alkaline batteries were named for a Tiger outfielder. (You mean they aren't??)
If you can identify an Ohio accent.
If owning a Japanese car is a un-American.
If you know someone from Porch Yearn. (Yeah I do, hubby and I lived there for 9 years)
If half the people you know say they are from Detroit yet you don’t personally know anyone that actually lives IN Detroit.
If you know that 50 miles any direction from Detroit, is still considered "Detroit".
If you know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre. (Anyone want to play?)
If you know "Submarine" is a sandwich and "Big Mac" is a bridge.
If you believe ‘Down South’ refers to Toledo.
If you bake with ‘soda’ and drink ‘pop.’ (It's not red SODA or red COKE...it's Faygo Red POP!)
If you grew up drinking Town Club Pop, but you really wished that you were drinking Faygo. 
If you can sing the Faygo Boat Song.  (Sing with me now...Comic books and rubber bands, climbing to the tree top....)
If you know that it's called the Faygo Boat Song because the commercial was filmed on the Boblo boat.
If you know what the Bablo boat is.
If you know what a pastie is.
If you know Mackinac rhymes with Mackinaw.
If you celebrate a holiday called "Fat Tuesday".
If you know how to say packzi properly, know what they are and know where to go to get real ones. (I'll give you a hint...it's pronounced "Poonch-key", they are Polish donuts and the best place to get them is Hamtramck.)
If you no longer ask when they are going to stop working on I-94.
If you occasionally cheer ‘GO Lions and take the Tigers with you’.
If you used to believe Ernie Harwell when he said that the fly ball that went into the stands at Tiger Stadium was caught by a man from Warren.
If you understand what a "Yooper" is.
If your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake.
If you had a foot of snow and school WASN'T cancelled. (They did close however when we got a foot and a half.)
If the first decision you make on an international trip is "bridge or tunnel?"
If you had to recite "By the Shores of Gitchee-Gumee" for your 7th grade English class.
If you know octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
If your idea of a "vacation" means going "up north" on I-75 for the weekend.
If the word ‘Thumb’ brings to mind a geographical rather than anatomical definition.
If you measure distance in hours.
If you've ever experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week.
If you have any idea who Bob Ufer was. (GO BLUE!)
If you don't have coughing fit after a sip of Vernors AND when you ask for Ginger Ale you expect Vernors, not Canada Dry.
If you know that Kalamazoo not only actually exists but isn’t too far from Hell. (Actually, it's a few hours drive away.)
If at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
If someone asks you if you've ever been to Europe, and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor..."
If you knw that Hell really freezes every year. (Take exit 54 off route 23 west. Follow M-36, turn left on Howell Street, right on Patterson Lake Road and you will be there shortly!)
If a trip to the islands means "Mackinac."
If your favorite holidays are Thanksgiving, Christmas and the opening day of deer season.
If your snowmobile and fishing boat have big block Chevy engines.
If you know what "cow tipping" and "snipe hunting" are.
If your family breaks into violence during the MSU/UofM football game.
If your year has two seasons Winter and Construction.
If you think driving is better in the winter because the potholes get filled with snow.
If you know what a ‘millage' is.
If traveling ‘coast to coast’ mean's going from Port Huron to Muskegon.
If half the change in your pocket is Canadian.
If you point at the palm of your right hand to explain to people where you grew up. (Quite "hand"-y to have a map with you all the time!)

Find The Man In The Coffee Beans

Posted on Friday 27 April 2007 at 2:52 PM in Just For Fun - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I posted this quite a while ago and I got a big kick out of it because I'm a huge trying-to-cut-down coffee drinker.   I recently had someone email it to me again so I thought I would repost it.  LOL

This is bizarre - after you find the man - it's so obvious.  Once you find him -

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, your right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, your right half of  the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you  need to eat more protein. If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!

And, yes, the man is really there!!!

LOL Your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Posted on Tuesday 10 April 2007 at 4:58 PM in Just For Fun - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I saw this posted on the Abundant Blessings Homestead blog and so I had to check it out myself.

Get Your Peculiar Aristocratic Title Here

My very own eccentric British aristocratic title is:

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
Her Exalted Highness Duchess Ann the Winsome of Much Bottom
Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

This is just too funny.  I've always said that the women in my family are very...um...very, very blessed with abundance in the rear department.  Back to the diet!

Dunkin' Donuts Free Iced Coffee Day - March 21st

Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 11:46 AM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Got this in my email...if you like iced coffee visit your local Dunkin' Donuts tomorrow (Mach 21st) and get a 16-oz. one free.   https://www.dunkindonuts.com/

What They Didn't Teach Me In Indiana History Class

Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 10:58 AM in Just For Fun - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I enjoyed reading this.  This was posted on one of my local homeschooling groups. 


What They Didn't Teach Me in Indiana History Class

Elvis Presley gave his last concert at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, on June 26, 1977.

Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick Hotel in 1925.

The Prairie Farmer publication has featured the cartoon "Slim and Spud" for 30 years. This cartoon is drawn by Hoosier Max Gwin.

The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

The first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads was initiated in 1921. 25 mph! Just Cruisin'!

Purdue is Indiana's land grant college.

An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana.

The exteriors of the hit movie "Hoosiers" was filmed just 25 miles from the Purdue campus at New Richmond, Indiana.

Remember another hit movie - "Breaking Away"? Well, it was filmed in Bloomington, Indiana and partially on the campus of Indiana University (I.U.)!

The city of Gary, Indiana, was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.

There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States. One is in the White House and the other in the Diener Home in Indiana.

Infamous bank robber, John Dillinger, declared he would never rob any banks in Anderson, Indiana, because there were railroad tracks over every exit road.

Josie Orr, ex-wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.

The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest hospital in the Midwest.

One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.

The career of Dorothy Lamoure (famous for the Crosby-Hope road movies) was launched in Indianapolis.

Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.

One of the first evaporated milk companies was started by an Indiana dentist, Dr. Wilson.

Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.

Fort Wayne, Indiana, library houses one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.

Wabash, Indiana, was the first electrified city in the U.S.

Pendleton, Indiana, was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.

Indianapolis has the most Interstate legs in the U.S. earning it the title of "Crossroads of America."

The Courthouse in Greensburg, Indiana, has a tree growing from its roof.

The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.

Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier) honeymooned at Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.

The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.

Elkhart, Indiana, is the band instrument capitol of the World.

Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.

Purdue Alumnus, Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.

U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles).

Johnnie Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana..

The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County, Indiana.

There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

LaPorte County is the only county in America having two functioning Courthouses.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.

Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the world where Crinoids (marine organisms found in limestone) are found.

The Lincoln Museum in Allen County contains the world's largest private collection of President Abraham Lincoln mementos (Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN).

Buffaloes roamed in Indiana at the Needmore Buffalo Farm in Harrison County.

Pendleton, Indiana, was the site of the "Fall Creek Massacre." A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.

St. Meinrad Archabbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only two archabbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. Abbey Press is an operation of the archabbey.

A Buzz Bomb (German - WWII) believed to be the only one on public display in the nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.

Swayzee, Indiana, is truly the only Swayzee in the world.

You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So, how does it get here?)

Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue Boy)

Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.

Oprah Winfrey built her residence in Indiana.

John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.

The much sought after Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.

90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.

The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well as "Super Fan" Russ McLeod.

Florence Henderson is from Indiana.

The birthplace of the automobile, pneumatic rubber tire, the aluminum casting process, stainless steel, and the first push-button car radio was Kokomo, Indiana. (Hence the nickname "City of Firsts").

History of Music in 5 Minutes

Posted on Thursday 22 February 2007 at 8:36 AM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Someone posted this video of the group Stringfever on one of the groups that I'm on and I wanted to share it here because I just LOVED this. They call themselves the first genetically modified quartet since their instruments are...um...modified. lol It was very entertaining!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6Ef-NQCi4

This is there video of Bolero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MLNMgpywk

The comments on Youtube aren't necesarrily nice or profanity free but you won't see them unless you scroll down to look. The videos themselves are fine.

Fun and Addicting: LineRider

Posted on Saturday 6 January 2007 at 3:10 PM in Just For Fun - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link

 

Warning...this can consume a lot of your time if you aren't careful!  I just found that out!!

 

Hubby showed me a really clever website called LineRider (http://www.official-linerider.com/ )  The idea is to make a track for the little sledder guy to ride on.  It's not as easy as it seems, but we thought it was quite entertaining.  Even Boo...who is now 7 years old...was totally engrossed in this.  There are some people who aparently have plenty of time on their hands to come up with some amazing tracks for the sledder guy to ride on.  My favorite is called Jagged Peak Adventure (http://www.official-linerider.com/jagged.html).  My little sledder guy never has that much fun because he's too busy crashing his sled.  LOL   Anyway...I wanted to pass it along since we are spending way too much time on it. 

Happy Birthday Michael!

Posted on Thursday 3 August 2006 at 10:38 AM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

This or That?

Posted on Monday 31 July 2006 at 10:27 AM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

How fun!  Nancy posted this on the Front Porch and I thought I'd join in.

Lace or Ribbon? Lace
Mountain or Beach? Mountain
Reading or Writing? I love both, but I would say writing.
Cookie or Cake? Cake
Baked or Mashed Potato? Mashed, but I love potatoes period so I take 'em anyway!
Side or Back? Side
Shrimp or Steak? Steak
Scrambled or Fried? Scrambled
Orange or Apple? Today I would say apple.
Spring or Fall? Fall is my absolute favorite.
Roller Skating or Bowling? Roller Skating. I spent a lot of time as a kid at the local roller rink.
DVD or Theater movies? Nothing like a good movie at the Theater...now if only they would make a good movie!!
Wood or Glass? Glass
Blue or Green? Blue
Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
Quilt or Knit? I prefer crochet to both, but I want to learn to quilt.
Early Morning or Late Night? Early morning.
Coffee or Tea? Nothing like a nice cuppa tea!
Watermelon or Strawberry? Strawberry
Lunch or Dinner? Dinner
Cold Cereal or Oatmeal? Right now, cold cereal.
Song or Dance? Song
Carpet or Hardwood Floor? Hardwood with area rugs.
Red or Pink? Red
Cat or Dog? We are dog people.
Pretzels or Chips? Chips
Iced Tea or Lemonade? Real lemonade, not that powdered stuff.
Non-Fiction or Fiction? Non-fiction.
Rose or Daisy? Daisies are my favorite flower.
Sunrise or Sunset? Sunset
Comb or Brush? Comb
Pottery or Basket? Basket
Bracelet or Necklace? Necklace
Pen or Pencil? Pen
Couch or Chair? Couch, the chair isn't big enough to curl up in.
Country or Victorian? I like a nice cross between both.
Farm or Ranch? Farm
Braid or Ponytail? Ponytail
Cash or Check? Cash
Chocolate Bar or Jelly Bean? Jelly Belly jelly beans!
Coke or Pepsi? Neither...ick.
Hot Dog or Cheeseburger? Hot dog.
Blinds or Curtains? Curtains
Dress or Skirt? Dress
Sun or Moon? Moon
Adventure or Comedy? Comedy
Cloud or Star? Star
Lake or River? River
Half Full or Half Empty? Half full
Truck or Car? Car
Bath or Shower? Bath
Clothesline or Clothes Dryer? I love my clothesline.
New or Second Hand? I like new, but it's more fun shopping second hand.
Gum or Lifesaver? Lifesaver
Email or Handwritten? Handwritten
July or October? October
Barefoot or Shoes? Barefoot

A good chuckle for you moms!

Posted on Saturday 29 July 2006 at 9:42 AM in Just For Fun - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

http://web.mac.com/batman17/iWeb/Mankind/Toons/48F46F9A-8EB9-46F0-A123-16AE700FA3A8.html

Have a great Saturday!

Recycled Jean Skirt

Posted on Friday 21 July 2006 at 4:11 PM in Just For Fun - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I started this one at the beginning of the year and never quite got around to finishing it...until recently.  I finally dug it out of the closet and finished it.  So, now that it is finished I can share the pictures with you.    I started with a cheap pair of jeans and a pretty skirt from the resale shop.  I undid the inside seams and bottm hem of the jeans with a seam ripper and laid the jeans out to measure the material from the skirt.  Once I had an approximate size for the skirt panels, I cut them out and pinned them to the skirt.  I sewed the skirt panels to the jeans and then hemmed the bottom.  After I got done I thought it looked kinda plain, so since I had extra material from the skirt I made some patches and sewed them on as embellishments.  I really liked the way it turned out (Hubby really likes it too), so I may just invest some more pocket change at the resale shop and make another.


I'm not much of a sewer so putting this thing together was trial and error on my part.


The front of the skirt.


The back of the skirt.


Since you really can't see the pretty floral print from the pictures, here is a close up.

Top Ten Signs You Know You're Visiting a Bad Church

Posted on Friday 23 June 2006 at 1:24 PM in Just For Fun - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I can't remember where I found this, but it seemed fitting for hubby and I as we have recently been searching for a home church.  Good for a chuckle...and thought provoking.  Are in the church where God wants you...or where you are comfortable and want to be?

Top Ten Signs You Know You're Visiting a Bad Church 

10.) The usher asks if you prefer the smoking or non-smoking section
9.) Foyer includes beverage machines to give you a choice of soft drinks, Snapple, bottled waters, and exotic coffees.
8.) Regular attendees earn frequent flyer miles
7.) Sunday School replaced by an extreme image make-over class with Dr. Phil
6.) Baptismal tank has a wave-maker machine installed
5.) Twenty dollar cover charge at the door
4.) Sign out front has latest pastors name written with dry erase markers
3.) Offering plates mounted with credit card swipers
2.) Worship team performs their favorite Led Zeplin medley; with an altar call of "Stairway to Heaven."
1.) Banner across front of sanctuary reads, "Today's Worship Service Brought to You by Chevrolet."

Romans 15:4-6
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ten on Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday 9 May 2006 at 7:11 AM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

1) gingham or delicate floral? delicate floral
2) baseball or football? football
3) pasta or potato? pasta
4) pen or pencil? pen
5) The Chronicles of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings (all three)? The Chronicles of Narnia
6) goat or cow? goat
7) boat or airplane? boat
8) humid and hot or desert like hot? desert like hot
9) 1970's or 1980's? 1980's!!
10) bed and breakfast or deluxe hotel with swimming pool? bed and breakfast

Ten On Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2006 at 4:33 PM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

We (Boo and I) have been a bit under the weather with seasonal yuckies which is why I haven't spent much time on the ol' 'puter.  But I did want to post something today:

 

Ten for Tuesday

 

Who or which do you resemble or identify with more- just pick one:

 

1) soup or salad?  Soup...cream of anything. :)

 

2) whistle or hum?  Can't whistle so I'll say hum.

 

3) plane or train?  Trains.  I hate flying.

 

4) scuba dive or sky dive? Since I hate flying, sky diving is out of the question. 

 

5) Spiderman or Superman? Spiderman all the way!

 

6) quilt or down comforter? Quilt

 

7) yellow or orange? Depends on the day.  Today I would say orange.

 

8) coffee or tea?  C O F F E E E E

 

9) goats or sheep? Sheep. 

 

10) plaid or solid? Plaid. 

Ten On Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday 25 April 2006 at 9:09 AM in Just For Fun - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Who or which do you resemble or identify with more- just pick one:

Anne of Green Gables or Laura Ingalls Wilder? Laura Ingalls Wilder especially since I have Wilder's in my family tree.

Polka dot or stripe? Polka dots

Green or Blue? Blue

Ocean or Mountain? Mountain

Art or music? I play flute so music

Dog or cat? Dog, I'm allergic to cats

Sarah, Plain and Tall or Anne Elliot? Sarah, Plain and Tall

Scrambled or fried egg? Fried eggs

Turkey or chicken? Chicken

Winnie the Pooh, Owl, Piglet, Tigger, or Eeyore? Sigh...Eeyore

The 23rd Channel

Posted on Monday 24 April 2006 at 7:54 AM in Just For Fun - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link

THE 23RD CHANNEL (instead of the 23rd Psalm)

The TV is my shepherd, I shall want.
It makes me lie down on the sofa.
It leads me away from the Scriptures.
It destroys my soul.
It leads me in the path of sex and violence,
for the sponsor's sake.
Yea, though I walk in the shadow of my
Christian responsibilities,
there will be no interruption,
For the TV is with me.
It's cable and remote, they control me.
It prepares a commercial before me in
the presence of worldliness;
It anoints my head with Humanism,
My coveting runneth over.
Surely laziness and ignorance shall
Follow me all days of my life:
And I shall dwell in the house
Watching TV forever. ~Author Unknown

Find The Man

Posted on Wednesday 19 April 2006 at 8:55 AM in Just For Fun - 1 Comments - Post Comment - Link

Check this out, I got a big kick out of this!  It took me about 4 or 5 seconds to find him, but hubby couldn't find him at all.  LOL  Thanks to the Urban Pioneer blog (http://www.homesteadblogger.com/kayinpa/10656/Find+the+Man.html) for posting this. 


This is bizarre - after you find the man - it's so obvious.  Once you find him -

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, your right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, your right half of  the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you  need to eat more protein. If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!

And, yes, the man is really there!!!

Interesting Event For Clock Watchers

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2006 at 4:59 PM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

I don't know who actually takes the time to figure these things out, but early Wednesday morning the time and date will be 01-02-03-04-05-06.  Don't get it?  I didn't get it either until they explained it.  At 1:02:03 am (1:02 am and 3 seconds) on Wednesday, April 5, 2006  the numerical time and date will read 01-02-03-04-05-06.   Just thought you should know. 

You can read an article about it here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060404/ap_on_fe_st/numbers_row

This Weeks GeoCaches

Posted on Monday 27 March 2006 at 7:49 AM in Just For Fun - 0 Comments - Post Comment - Link

None. Can you believe it? The first one we went to we just couldn't find it. It might have gotten muggled. The second one we went to at a cemetary was completely gone. Not just gone, but the stump was burnt!

All the stumps there were burned so I think they are working on trying to get rid of them. The last one we tried was at the park a few miles away. Just as we were getting ready to head into the marshy area to look the sherriff pulled up to let us know the park was closing. We couldn't believe it was that late already! So, no caches to report this week.

Our Very First Geocaches!

Posted on Monday 20 March 2006 at 8:55 AM in Just For Fun - 3 Comments - Post Comment - Link

This past weeked we did our first four Geocaches. If you have never heard of Geocaching, you can find out more about it at http://www.geocaching.com/about/. Basically, it's a big game of hide and seek using satellites. Someone will hide a cache (sometimes with goodies in them), post the coordinates (normally given in longitude and latitude) and people use their GPS, or Global Positioning Systems to find them. It's a great family activity and a good way to get outside in nature.


At the site of our very first Geocache.


This one was really easy. It was a simple film canister with a little log book in it.


Ta da! Our very first Geocache.


The site of our second Geocache.


My turn to find the cashe with Boo.


This one had goodies. Boo picked out a blue keychain and we left an Intel pin.


Ready to find our last two caches.


These two were definately more of a challenge, and a good hike too.


A little schooling along the way.


We're getting close.


Found the first one and it was full of goodies! We left a McDonald's toy and Boo picked a Hot Wheels car.


Found the second one. This one was a two-stage cache. The first part gave you the coordinates to the second part where the cache was. More goodies, Boo picked a compass and we left some more Intel pins.

We can't wait to do more caches, and we're even planning on hiding a couple of our own as homeschool projects.