One Shoe

Howdy!

I had a great time at my parents' in Chipley, FL and traveled back to Navarre, FL today. I spent most of my time with my Mom, as Dad was taking care of some "bidness". Mom and I went into Chipley one day (our family's old property is around 10 miles south of Chipley). We went to an antique store where Mom picked up a sweet "brown betty" aka every day teapot like the English use for tea. Mom is really into the proper way of making tea ever since a real live English lady threw a tea for the Chipley garden club. Mom now makes scones occasionally, drinks her tea from china, and only buys her tea at World Market. The "brown betty" was a dandy addition to tea time. PG Tips tea is delicious, I'll have to agree. We also ate at KC Pizza Grill in Chipley. The old Wells FRM store has been turned into a warehouse style restaurant. Excellent stromboli and calzone sampled. VERY good roasted tomato marinara sauce to boot.

Coming home today I was driving along I10 when my dome light came on, and the light on the dash signaled that one of my doors was open. Suspecting the famed ghostly man with the hook we all heard about at childhood campfires, I pulled off to get a good look. As it was daylight, he was not anywhere to be found, but my driver side, backseat door was ajar which I opened and slammed shut. While unloading my car I noted that one of my flip flops was missing, the ones I really like that sis Joy picked up for me in Hawaii. So, now I know how one shoe ends up on the road. Didn't y'all always wonder why there was only one shoe along the side of the road. The scary man with the hook hand takes them.

Lots of pictures to follow from visit to Granny's (old family property).

Pleasant night to all.

Correction

Hey all. Oops, apologies Mardi for the butchering of your site name. I'm not known for being a perfectionist. A new feature has been added, "Links Me Like", and I have added your site as the very first link. I've been meaning to add a link list and this change gave me a reason to get around to it.

In other news, I have now had 4-5 responses re. homeeddirectory.com. Cool, huh?

The Bonnie Hunt Show - Best Show on TV

I love the Bonnie Hunt show (someone has been watching too much TV).

There is a recurring segment where her Mom is on via Skype or something and they talk about random things. See clip above-hilarious!

...rrrarg, must turn channel, Matlock is coming on yuck, whew ok better, Holiday on Turner Classic movies...

Busy, Busy

This week I plan to go over to see my parents in Chipley. I cleaned three condos this past weekend at my BBCJ (Backbreaking Cleaning Job), went to Confession at St Mary's in Fort Walton Saturday, and Mass at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pensacola yesterday afternoon. Big Weekend.

I'm sort of taking today off because I had to clean yesterday. A super cool thing has occurred! I got 2 responses from my 40 or so contacts last week with work at home ad selling endeavor (www.homeeddirectory.com)! I like how the directory folks have the process organized. After someone expresses interest, I simply send them the info pack along with form letter that I personalize via email . It's all very organized, simple, and flexible. I was really encouraged to hear back from some folks and it motivates me to shoot for 40 contacts/day. I contacted 25 on Friday so I think it can be done. Most of all I like that I can go visit Mom and Dad, work from their house, and return to Navarre Friday to clean next Sat.

Well you are all (Amy, Mardi, and sometimes cousin Joan :))completely 100% up to speed. I'm sure you've been waiting with bated breath...

Funny Stuff

Tina Fey is so clever. I almost busted a gut when she said this on 30 Rock last night: "If I have learned anything from my Sims family, when a child doesn't see his father enough he starts to jump up and down, and then his mood level will drop until he pees himself." Jack was figuring out if he should meet his Dad or not.

Ok, Ace of Cakes is really fun on the Food Network. I was only vaguely aware of this show but was working and had it on in the background. It's really quirky and is like IT person meets bakery chef. I love it. Yesterday, this one guy was making a sky scraper cake for a company out of Center City, PA (Philly). It would show him working on it and muttering under his breath, "everything could go wrong with this cake". Then when stuff did start going wrong with it, he was fully able to problem solve and make it brilliant. I love this show! Here's a pic from photobucket.com.



The sky scraper guy is the one on the far left in black t-shirt.

Mockingbirds

The mockingbirds are starting to sing. We're already getting into the 80's. I don't miss the cold weather in WY one bit.

I talked to my team leader today with homeeddirectory.com and got some of my questions answered. I'm enjoying the research and process of selling, working from home, and getting organized.

Here's a mockingbird montage:







I've always thought this was a cool fact about the song of the mockingbird (from http://10000birds.com/mockingbirds.htm): The song of the mockingbird is actually a medley of the calls of many other birds. Each imitation is repeated two or three times before another song is initiated. A given bird may have 30, 40 or even 200 songs in its repertoire, including other bird songs, insect and amphibian sounds, and even the occasional mechanical noise.