We DO NOT have a winner since no one entered the contest! Oh well!

And yesterday I DID NOT go anywhere. We ended up doing our usual- feed the goats, chickens and ducks, walk through the vegie garden, checked out the pond out front to see how the frogs were doing, look for snakes, and end up doing something.....

Ron had loaded the wagon with the hay and goat poop from the girls house. We went and dumped it in the woods where we have a growing pile of "almost dirt". Got carried away picking up gloves, hats, a snowboard, various wrappers, etc...that get left behind by all the kids around here.

In the winter, our woods are a great place to slide- there's a big hill going down to a huge pond (the pond is about a mile long). We've cleared most of the trees out of the way, but if you get off the path- well let's just say "Ow!" They are all pretty small trees right there, but I hit one once! Knocked the breath out of me!

Once you get us working, it's all over! Next thing you know, we're going through our wood pile looking for what we need for today. For today just brings another project to our household. Ron , my nephew and whoever else jumps in are going to add a "garage" type thingy to our shed- girls goat house. Ya gotta be a redneck to understand!

I know Princess Der will be there- she loves that kind of stuff. More homeschooling! Ron's oldest son (the one who moved back to the area) will be here. We should have quite the little building party going on!

Speaking of homeschooling, Princess Der helped Ron fix (or at least watched Ron fix) the lights on a tow truck for a guy Ron does some side work for. It ended up being a broken wire and he had to get underneath the truck and such.

Anyway, Little Man spent the night and I hear the little ruffian running around. Sounds like he's in a great mood. Last night he had a major fitzoid! Yikes, I don't think I've ever seen a melt down quite like it!

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And now, for the great news!

It's Friday!!!!!!!!

Today is Friday - and that mean's Virtual Girls Night Out! Time to blog-hop and see what's out there. I love looking at other blogs, and this is a great time to do it.

So, hop on over to Ann's place and enter your link:

http://annagain66.blogspot.com/

Now, here I'm telling you to go to the VGNO, but will I be there?

I'm not really sure. I am traveling out of state for my Great- Aunt's funeral. Depending on how late I get back from the wake tonight (and if I can connect to my uncle's wireless Internet) I may join in.

But I will admit, after traveling almost 3 hours, going to a wake and also visiting with the relatives, I may be too tired. We'll see.

If I'm not there, have a drink on me.

And I'll see you when I get back!

Bloggy love to all!

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I just ran across this poem I had written back in 2004. I believe I was working at the library part-time and working at home part-time doing freelance writing. Our local paper was having a contest for WhoRemembersWhat. You had to write a poem in 400 words or less about shopping, food, feeding the family and stretching your budget.



I didn't win....

....But , I still think it's pretty good- not to toot my own horn you understand!

Anywhoo, here goes

Oh no, Oh no, it's time to go

There is no time to spare

The kiddies want to eat right now

The cupboards almost bare

Gather the coupons, head to the store

We need cereal, milk and so much more

Grab a cart; a wheel spins the wrong way

At the rate I'm going, it will take me all day

I finally make it to the produce aisle

Where the fruit is bruised and the veggies look vile

Off to the snacks- the chip bags look skimpy

The boxes of crackers look small and whimpy

We need some meat for the evening meal

I check out the pork, the beef and the veal

The pork is fatty, the steak costs too much

I guess it will be Hamburger Helper with the "mommy touch"

I rush to get milk- my nerves are fried

I look around, mystified!

Cows milk, and soy milk and rice milk, too

There are too many choices, what shall I do?

I grab one of each- I really don't care

I just want to get the heck out of here!

The lady up front takes all my money

She gives a big smirk saying, "Thank ya, honey!"

Finally I'm free from the grocery store

I drive away, done with my chore

I get home and start unloading the car

The kids knock me over for an ice cream bar

They will no longer hunger nor will they fade away

Momma's brought home the goodies- they're happy for the day.

The End!

end note: And now, I work at home full time, and I STILL hate to grocery shop!

Today begins the Ultimate Blog Party. The party is over at 5 Minutes for Mom's place . This is a great way to get your blog "out there" in the great blogosphere. If you are a home business owner, think about the potential viewers (who may become customers). This is an opportunity not to be missed!

All you have to do is write a post and mention the party (with a link, please) within your post, or put a button on your site like I did. Then, hop over to 5 minutes for mom and leave your link on Mr. Linky. Check out some of the great blogs and leave some comments. You may win a prize!

But before you do that, leave a comment here. Tell us the name of your blog and the title of that days post . Double the exposure!

See my blog post at the bottom.

Reading blogs has been found to be extremely addicting. There is no known cure for this addiction, short of smashing your computer to smithereens! So if you have somewhere to be on the day you decide to do this, make sure you set your timer - other wise you won't be there!

MY POST

Is this a blessing or a curse?

Last Saturday, my daughter and I went to visit my mom & uncle for the day. My sis from VA was there, so that was cool. My mom made spaghetti, one of my faves. It had italian sausage -yum...no...yuk! I asked mom if maybe it was turkey sausage. I have had some I like, some I don't. It was in fact turkey sausage. I just DID NOT like the taste. Sunday, I was not feeling well at all- vomited twice, slept for 3 hours in the afternoon.

If you know me, I don't believe in getting sick (or sleeping). I had a flu shot about 10 years ago. I got VERY ill! That was the first time I had the flu in around 20 years. This time wasn't too bad. For the last few days I have felt good, then suddenly feel kind of nauseous for a sec then it's gone.

Wednesday, my daughter headed off to school. I was having a BAD morning. I was trying to add a sentence or two to a profile page I have on a social networking site. It would not let me, saying I was over the 4,000 word limit. I HAD to have this done NOW as all of my advertising I had been doing on this site linked to this page. I was like starting to cry! Tears were threatening to spill from my eyes! I was sooooo frustrated!

All of the information about the AmeriPlan opportunity was on there. and it was unavailable! After about 1 1/2 hr - 2 hrs. , I said duh I know what to do! I went to my website, Come On Home and created a page with AmeriPlan info. I took the link to it off the sidebar of the site., as the site is for ALL home business owners. So you can only get to it with the link. So, I get that done and then go write a little blurb on the profile page about the redirect- with a link to the new info page.

Now what I failed to mention is my daughter had told me the night before that we had a concert this day also (who knew???) I had to wash her black pants, and I had no clue where her white shirt was. If she even still had it. If it's not stained.......and I have technical issues! Ahhhhh! I silently (I'll admit it) prayed for a wild raging snowstorm or something to cancel the concert. I mean, here it is, 1 p.m. and I hadn't even updated my ads yet! Or made a single prospecting call. Suddenly, the phone rings. The school. The daughter just barfed a couple of times. Can I come get her? Can I sure. I did feel awful :-) No concert for you, honey!

I thought I had it made. She will be wiped out and sleep, sleep, sleep. And I would post, post, post. NOT!

She was miserable and wanted me sitting right there by her- although she didn't want me touching her. So, I had to wait until she went to bed at 9 p.m.

Blessing or curse? All in all , I would say a blessing. I spent some time with my daughter that I might not have otherwise. Oftentimes, we both sit at the kitchen table with laptops- she playing her Club Penguin, me placing ads or blogging. Together, but....

The story continues....

Ron wakes up at 2 a.m. yesterday, runs to the bathroom and is upchucking. He's sick all day, so not only do I have my daughter home sick, but Ron. We ladies all know how a men with the flu acts-like death is at the door! Poor babies.

Now, this is between you & me. Thank God Ron doesn't know how to turn on the computer, much less know how to find this page! Ok, Ron finally drags himself out of the bathroom and sits in the livingroom. All of a sudden he gets up and goes in the master bathroom, off our bedroom. He starts hurling his guts out, and (I'm sorry I love ya honey) my daughter and I just happened to catch each others eye and we just started CRACKING UP! Do you see why I said don't tell him? Now we weren't laughing because the poor guy was sick- he just sounded so..well...so funny! He was pretty sick-awwwww!

Blessing or curse? Neither for me- he was a pretty good patient. he slept alot and only asked for 2 glasses of Ginger Ale. But, I think being sick was a curse for him.

Now, we only have 2 more people here to get sick. Also, Little Man & Dad have been here a lot. Hope the little one doesn't get it.

Anyhoo-later!

Later that day.....

Obviously, the 17 year old wasn't affected by the flu-bug!