So So So Busy!

Good Grief, life has gotten busy for me... mostly, it's work that got real busy for me. That whole post a blog entry every day thing went right out the window. It was a nice idea and one that perhaps next year, I'll actually be able to do!

I have been a main project member on a project at work and this past week, me and one other person had to build the training curriculum for training 600 employees or so... training that starts next week... I was in a pretty fine state of panic last week, but I think it's eased a bit.

I'm looking forward to actually getting to play in the blogosphere!

Hope you all have been well!

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Gotta love the public library

When I was in college my work study was in the college library. There is something about libraries that just make them special.

Now days you can get just about anything at the library... even spend some time on a public computer and do some bloggy action.

So, how often do you visit the public library?

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Has the wish list begun?

My tween tells me to tell Santa that she wants a motorized scooter.

My 9 year old tells me to tell Santa she wants an American Girl doll.

Santa already knew about the American Girl doll... it's 100.00 but make a good Christmas present.

I have no idea how much a motorized scooter for a 12 year old costs and I'm not entirely sure I like the idea of her being that mobile yet. Maybe Santa should get her some new shoes instead :)

So, have you started getting the Christmas wish list items yet?

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Creepy Queen Magazine seeks article submissions!

We're Super Excited to Announce that CreepyQueen Is Going to Print, and Will Be Releasing Our First Issue January 2010!

This is where you come in! We're seeking article submissions, hot websites, your products, products to review, products for giveaway, and other submissions to be featured in the first article!

We're also offering limited advertising spots, at seriously discounted rates. We have ads going for as cheap as $10.00! We're also offering ad design services at an additional cost!

To submit your content or purchase advertising, click the 'magazine' tab at the top of the creepyqueen navbar, or copy the link below and paste it into your browser.
http://www.creepyqueenmagazine.com/magazine.htm
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Here are some topics/product submission ideas we're interested in for our January Issue:

+Product Branding
+Artist Interviews (be sure to get the artist's permission for print, and include their email and name and such. If you can get a few great photos from them too, even more bonus!)
+Starting an Online/Offline Business
+tattoo style products
+winter products
+websites beneficial to crafters and Alternative folks
+winter recipes [with photos!]
+Short fiction stories or Horror Stories.

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We are also looking for new bloggers to join our team!
You only have to be able to write a minimum of one article a week, and you get free online advertising! To apply, visit this page:
http://www.creepyqueenmagazine.com/writeforcreepyqueen.htm

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Are you a Gen-X'er?

I am :) I remember the days of playing Pitfall on the coolest, most awesomest, Atari 2600. I never got that game. I mean, jump over a crocodile, jump over a hole and then rinse and repeat FOREVER! I also totally remember when Dennis the Menace and his gang were tied to Dairy Queen. Le sigh.... the good old days... or maybe not! Here is a fun list of those things we Gen-X'ers are apparently known for:

You remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

In your fifth grade class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar up.

You've ever conversationally used the phrase "Jane, you ignorant slut."

You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.

You ever rang someone's doorbell and said "Landshark".

Three words: "Atari," "IntelliVision," and "Coleco". Sound familiar?

You remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend."

You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.

A predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid".

While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.

You remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was.

On family trips, before the invention of the minivan, you rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you.

You watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older, you really understand that it would have been much better had you known about drugs at the time.

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language.

You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.

The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance came during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.

You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old Big Wheel quite obsolete.

Honestly remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.

(girls) You thought Shaun Cassidy was "dreamy", lusted after "Gopher, your ship's purser" on the Love Boat.

You freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 - 50" age category on most questionnaires.

Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting."

This timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life:

- Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think the creatures are WAY cool.

- Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of every collectible out there.

- Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's breasts or Han Solo's butt.

You're doing absolutely nothing pertaining to your major.

U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now.

You spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or Wonder Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man.

You had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General Hospital).

You remember "Hey, let's be careful out there."

You know who shot J.R.

This rings a bell "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."

You ever wanted to learn to play "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar.

You were unsure if Diet Coke would ever catch on, after all, look at Tab.

You know all the words to the double album set of Grease.

You ever had a Dorothy Hammill haircut.

You sat with your friends on a Friday night and dialed "8-6-7-5-3-0-9" to see if Jenny would answer.

"All-skate, change directions" means something to you.

You owned a pair of Rainbow suspenders just like Mork used to wear.

You bought a pair of Vanns and wanted to order a pizza in history class so you could be just like Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

You were too young to go see the Blue Lagoon so you just had to settle for second hand reports.

You remember when there was only "G, PG and R", none of this PG-13 crap.

You learned to swim about the same time Jaws came out and still carry the emotional scars to this day.

Wonder twin powers, activate! Form of an iceberg, shape of hammer...

You actually believed everything Leonard Nimoy told you on "In Search Of..."

Your jaw would ache by the time you finished those "brick-sized" packages of Bazooka gum.

Bo and Luke Duke.

VCR's cost $1,000.

And they were Betamax.

There was nothing strange about Bert n' Ernie living together.

Rotary dial telephones.

You anxiously awaited "That's Incredible" with Fran Tarkenton and John Davidson on Wed nights.

You actually believed that Mikey (famed for his "Life" cereal commercials) died after eating a packet of pop rocks and drinking a Coke.

The theme song to "Greatest American Hero" still comes back to you on Occasion.

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When the mind goes dry...

What do you do,
when your muse is gone?

Perhaps you sit and watch the dawn?

If scenic dazzle bears no strength,
perhaps a massage of great length?

If touchy feely isn't your thing,
perhaps you tie on your apron strings?

If a chef, you are not,
perhaps you lace up and go for a trot?

Or, are you like me,
and be quite lazy.

Meh... it was a busy day at work and I didn't have any personal time to be sneaky and get onto my blog! Then it was a long, tiring drive home and I just don't know what to blog about tonight... thought I'd share one of my crappy old poems instead :)

Happy Thursday!

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Wordless Wednesday: From the Farm

Winter is fast approaching us here in Minnesota and soon our landscape will be shades of white and browns. I thought it'd be nice to share a little color.

This is a picture my mother took of her flowers in her flower garden.

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Something Duct Tape Isn't Good For.

Oh the magic of duct tape. It can often be heard from my family members, "duct tape is great for anything!" or "just use a little duct tape, it'll be fine". And, normally duct tape is nearly magical in its ability to repair, seal, and hide. I mean, once when I was a teenager, at a party (yes alcohol was involved)... I broke a finger and used duct tape to create a superb splint.

The other day my Tween comes home and had duct tape wrapped around her foot. Now, I'm a pretty laid back mom, I can roll with most things. I simply couldn't help myself from asking why on earth she had duct tape around her foot. She explained to me that she had a wart on her foot and that her father's girlfriend said that if she covered it with duct tape, the wart would go away.

Ok. Interesting. I've not heard that before. My mom-o-meter started to rise and I caught myself from criticizing and simply nodded and said ok. Repeat the "I will pick my battles and stay out of X spouse politics" mantra. I did mention that I didn't think it was safe, healthy, or productive to keep duct tape around her foot, but naturally, she's a tween... and I'm wrong.

Needless to say, mom often ends up right. My Tween diligently replaced the duct tape each day, taking off the old for a shower and then replacing new to go about her day. After a couple of weeks, surprise, surprise... she develops a nasty rash and peeling skin.

So... now we know. Don't tape your feet up with duct tape for days and days and days just to remove a little wart.

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Monday Mayhem

How to play.
~Copy and paste this post into your blog post.
~Answer each item- hot or not.
~Publish your post.
~Come back here and enter your post address
into the Linky.
~On Monday, visit the other Madness participants
and leave a comment.

Today's topic is hot or not.
Simply copy and paste this post into your blog post and tell us if you think each of the items are hot or not. Be sure to come back here and post a link to your post and visit the other participants.


Hot or Not?

While I'm a big fan of jeans, mom jeans aren't always "hot". Though, they are comfy!

Oh... poor, poor, Tara. Shall we all shed a tear for how she has fallen?

She is definitely, "NOT"

Ick. Ick. Ick. He's not even high enough to be a "NOT" he's an ickyicky poo nothing!

This is definitely a "Not" I think my heart is shuddering even thinking about all that grease!


Hmmm, other than the feeling of overwhelming greed by the producers to make as much as they can off of Michael... he was cool, way back in the day.

Napoleon is groovy, man, groovy. He's Hot!

Sorry, Levi, you're a NOT

Well, it's nice to see CNN jump on the "appeal to the Gen X'ers & Y'ers band wagon"

I suppose they get a wimpy "Hot"

Oh yeah, I need me one of these... NOT

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Ooo, it's November!

Happy National Blog Posting Month!

In 2006, I joined and visited every participant... well, as many as I could as new folks joined late. I did reviews for every letter of the alphabet. I was on another blog at the time. I thought about joining it in 2007, but life was hectic.

Now, here it is in 2009 and it's November again! I think I'll have to participate this year and do a daily post. I don't have anything too major happening in my life this month so I'm looking forward to the challenge of making a post every single day!

If you've not participated before, it's pretty fun and you get to meet some great bloggers that you may not have met before!

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Have you ever had dreams tell you to wake up?

So, I was dreaming and in my dream I had to use the restroom. So in my dream, I went, then my dream continued, but I had to go again. So I went. Then my dream continued and darn it.. I still had to go.

Finally, I woke up and realized that my dream was telling me I really had to pee!

So I got up and went.

I'm wondering... do you ever have your dreams wake you up to go do something?

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