Ok, somewhere along the way, I found a new meme to partcipate in. It is called Funny Fridays. Don't you just love the button?

When I was thinking about what to post that is funny, I thought about the clip below.

It aired the other night. I've seen it dozens of times, but everytime I do, I laugh so hard I cry........

For those who don't know the show, Jerry (the fellow being polygraphed)  has recently started dating a woman police officer.

One day while visiting her at the prescinct , he sees the polygraph machine. He asks his new Gf what it is. She tells him, and remarks that they have had some well-known people there.

She gives an example- a guy from Melrose Place, then asks Jerry if he watches the show. He says no. She doesn't believe him and challenges him to take the poly.

He really DOES watch the show, so here goes..............enjoy!



Continuing on to Friday Fragments:





Can I say "call me a little backwards"?

Wednesday night I had my Journal Writing class. I had to stop at the store afterward. Since I hadn't eaten before class, I found myself cooking at 9:30 at night.

I had been hankering for roast beef hash, so that is what I had for supper Wednesday night. Along with some toast, no egg.

The next morning (yesterday) I got a bit busy blog-hopping and working on a new website....I happened to remember around 10 a.m. that I hadn't eaten yet.

I had left-over goulash. Yum.......................

Speaking of my new website.........

I have started another business of sorts. I have created a website with information on starting a blog, gaining followers and making $$$ blogging. For those who need help, I am for hire. I have a great blog designer I'm talking to about helping with the "prettier side of things". Some of you may know her, and I'll make a formal announcement when everything is hashed out.

My web address is: http://www.blogging4you.info/

I am adding more content daily, so check back often.

Are all the goats gone?

I may be getting rid of my last 3 goats today. Unfortunately, the trailer we were interested in but couldn't see yet because the guy was out of town...SOLD!

Which is ok I guess as Ron STILL hasn't started his new job. He's definately got it- the guy got ahold of him the other day. He's just been so busy himself he hasn't gotten the service vehicle set up for him.

Dyslexic typer?

For some resaon I can WRITE normal, but when TYPING, I'm dyslexic.

Do you know how many times in a day I type the word "service"? I usually type it "servcie" accidentally. Same with other words- I often screw up at least two letters. And I am a pretty good speller when writing.

News on iPod

We got some sad knews the other day concerning iPod, our service (that word AGAIN!) dog. Check it out HERE.



Now that we have no more goats (I think) we have two spare buildings......Ron has pretty much already taken over the girls goat house, since he needed a place for all of his tools when he lost his old service (that word AGAIN!) vehicle. Plus it's attached to the building where he already has a bunch of his junk.

I thought maybe the Princess and I could make a girls hang-out/office in the boys house.

I know a lot of people are thinking-yuk!

But actually, once you get them out and dry out the flooring, you can't smell any goat smell. If we were to do anything like a girls hang-out we would have to dry it out good, then put new flooring over that, then wood, tile or carpet.

Or I can make a little "pad" for one of the boys (adult children).........

.......get 'em out of the house one way or another!

It will probably end up filled with junk....



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Been on a field trip this week?

I'll admit it, I'm guilty of NOT going on one this week, again! But if you did, go to the link above and add your link and post about your field trip on your blog.

It's a gorgeous day out...............

I have a few more work related thing to do online, then I'm headed outside! Later, I'll be back for Virtual Girls Night Out.


See you'all there!

Life has been just flashing by! Of course, my various activities eat up a lot of time.

In addition to trying to get a little work in, Saturday I dismantled much of my "office". Many of you may remember when I finally got my office. After kids moving in and out, I finally claimed a room before someone else came back and did! That room became my office/Girl Scout storage space/holiday storage space, etc...

The room was pretty much cut in 1/2. Well, Little Man's Daddy and Momma are seeing a mediator on Friday, and hopefull Little Man will become a  member of the household at least 1/2 the time. At least until Dad save's enough $$$ to get another place. We haven't seem Little Man in a few weeks. I'm having withdrawals!

So, I gave up my space so the Little Guy can have a space to call his own.....

I got a new (to me) counter. We tore out a dinosaur of a counter from my kitchen about a year ago. We were going to get a little counter on wheels. Well, we are master procrastinators. Then Ron's job was in jeopardy. So we put it off.

The other day, On my local homeschool website, someone had one for $25.00! After a few emails, a little phone tag & missing each other once, it came home last night.
Here's a pic:



It has a few "puppy chews" on one part. I told the lady that was ok- it's not that bad and we are getting our puppy today anyway.

Just in case anyone got all ga-ga over the puppy, Rocking wanted everyone to remember who is King in this household.....

It's not Ron...

I have been reading tons of RV ads, looking at Rv forums and more....

I think for what I want (for now) and what we can afford (next to nothing), we may go for this one. It's very old- like 30 years, but the engine has only 60,000 original miles.

We looked at it yesterday. I knew it was a fixer-upper (which is a-ok with me). It was better in a lot of ways than I suspected it would be, but had a few drawbacks.




It does have a FULL bath (although not huge), a bigger fridge and a monster of a counter top across from the stove that I love/hate. Great for storage, but a space hog.

But.... there is no separate sleeping quarters except the space over the cab- that would the Princesses bedroom. The table becomes a bed, but I would prefer to use that only if absolutely necessary. I want that available for mornings- Ron & I are both early risers.

The table & couch are u-g-l-y. I will probably recover cushions/paint table or replace whole thing.

Ceiling above loft bed needs to be glued back up/maybe replaced.

Design on walls is u-g-l-y, but I have been reading on RV forums that you can paint over that. I did it when I lived in a trailer years ago.

I'm waiting for the seller to get back to me with measurements. I am pretty sure if I got rid of the tub, and stole a little bathroom space, I may be able to get a sleeping space- full size bed or queen.

Anyway, it is pretty cheap...but! The wife did pull me aside and said that they are willing to take ANYTHING- they are moving on the 1st and do not want to take it. Apparently she had purchased the rig w/o consulting hubby. She loves to camp, come to find out he doesn't!

Today I have several leads to call for the biz that come in over the weekend. We need to double check the house and make sure it's "puppy proofed". Tonight we get the puppy and I believe have our first training class.

 You can read about our puppy adventures HERE.

Well have to go feed the goats. Which reminds me, I'm probably getting rid of my farm animals this Spring. You can travel with dogs, but not goats or chickens! Plus, I'm getting tired of the everyday chores, going out and feeding 2x's a day NO MATTER what the weather!

Anyone northern/central NY want some goats, chickens or ducks, let me know!

Like... I need to go do it now! Brrrrr......................

P.S. I LOVE comments-please leave one. You can find the comments section just above the google ads!

Happy Friday. I hope everyone is doing well. I have been busy with my business, my group and my other blog. I will also be writing articles for the Social Mommy newsletter as well as Examiner.com. I will be doing two of my fav things-writing and giving information to others regarding work at home.

Ok, a couple of Friday Fragments:

Continuation of ...Can ducks count?

I read somewhere this week ( readers digest?) that 5 cups of coffee a day may treat as well as prevent memory loss in patients with Alzheimers. The study was conducted on mice with Alzheimers....

I have one burning question....how did they know the mice had Alzheimers? Did they forget how to make it through their maze?

Here's looking at you, kid!

The Heart Shaped Rock has made it to Pennellville, NY!

Secret Santa

This is the absolute last chance to get involved with our Secret Santa. I'll get the names together this weekend, and we'll go from there. Leave a comment if you want to be included.

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!

There are many, many people looking to make an income from home these days. They join this, they join that. They quit this, they quit that. They juggle multiple home businesses and then wonder why none of them are moving forward. In my honest opinion, some of them are cheating themselves out of success.

This thought occured to me the other morning when I was feeding the goats. We have a pygmy goat, Aggie. She has always tries to have it all. When we feed the grain, we put some in the trough of the hay feeder Ron made. We put a little more in a plastic feeding dish. Aggie runs back & forth, back & forth trying to get all the food in both places!

The other day, it was pretty nice out. I decided to throw a hunk of hay out in the yard for the girls. Ron suggested two piles. Didn't Aggie run & lay in the firstpile of hay! When I put the other flake of hay out, she jumped up, went over & layed on that pile! Everytime one of the other (2) girls tried to eat from a pile, Aggie ran over. Sadly for Aggie, she usually ends up with close to nothing! I looked at Aggie and said, "You can't be the Queen of every haypile, Aggie!"

And isn't that how it is with people sometimes, too? How can people expect success when they are juggling 3 home businesses around? How do they even keep prospects, advertising, etc... straight? They can't become a "master" of any of them. Mastery of a profession takes time, dedication and hard work. If they are jumping "haypile to haypile" expecting to get it all, they may be in for a big disappointment. Like Aggie, they may get very little "food" for their business.

Which is way it is important to have a laser sharp focus on one opportunity only. Master it, teach it to others, and watch your business grow ! Anyway, that was my quick thought for the day!