I discovered Pintrest.  I didn’t realize you could get an account with them because I never thought that I might want to pin something.  Thank goodness there are people out there who actually do want to do that.  I reap all the benefits – including several new recopies and a few ideas for summer projects!

Here’s my map of the states I’ve visited. This doesn’t include layovers for changing planes which I usually include in my list.

What a nifty idea the dropdowndeals promo codes idea is. You download their program to your computer and it recognizes the web sites you’re going to and then it tells you what kind of deals are available for the site. And it’s free.

I’ve had a couple times just in the last week when I’ve thought of something to do and then decided not to because I couldn’t find coupons to use. The budget is tight for most of us, so I’m sure I’m not the only one doing this.

Did I mention it’s free. Let me know how it works for you, if you get it.

My husband is trying to expand our kid’s game playing repetoir so he has opened up the world of 80s games to them.  Hero Quest was the first one they tried out but apparently, I takes a VERY long time.  I think they had just finished the first phase when they ran out of steam.  In addition to that, he’s got them hooked on The Gummi Bears cartoon, so I constantly have the theme song running through my head.

Now you can too!

Another ‘blast from the past’ type game that I recently started playing is called Tri-Ominos.  Two to six players can play this game with three sided pieces like dominoes.  But with this game you keep score. ( Maybe dominoes has a way to keep score but, not the way I played.)  Each player draws the predetermined number of tiles from a pile and then each plays one in turn, building on the previously played pieces.  You have to match two or three numbers to be able to place the tile.  If you can’t find a place to play one of your tiles, you have to draw from the ‘well’ until you find one that you can play.  The first one out of tiles wins the round.

Score is kept by adding up all the numbers on the tile you play and adding that to your score.   There are bonuses to be had along the way including one where the winner of the round gets and additional 25 points PLUS the sum of all the opponents remaining tiles.  The first to reach 400 is the game winner.

If you are the one stuck planning the upcoming phone conference at work, you should look into different options for this thankless task.  Perhaps instead of trying to conference in two different offices on opposite coasts, you can try megameeting.com web conferencing.  This way, you don’t have to worry that someone bumping the phone will disconnect the boss.  You only need to click a button or two to reconnect.

About the only time I can recommend getting cigars is when you’re passing them out in honor of a new baby. If you find that you need some cheap acid cigars for just that occasion, you can find them pretty easily on the internet and have them delivered to your front door step (or your PO box if you prefer). I prefer cigars for the containers they come in which are truely useful little storage areas.

Recently my son got a board game called ‘Indian Jones DVD Adventure Game’ and he has quickly fallen in love with it. He often tries to get other people to play it with him, but failing that, he’s been known to play it on his own – the draw is that powerful.

He likes the interaction with the DVD including the movie clips (he hasn’t seen all the movies yet). Near the end he has to run for his life and he likes the way it gives him a thrill. He enjoys the way the points add up quickly at the end and come from many different sources (different cards and relics).

He doesn’t like the fact that it’s sometimes hard to get others to play (it’s not universally loved) but other than that he’s a huge fan.

This game is for up to 4 players, ages 8 and up (but my 7 year old plays just fine).

My eldest has learned to generalize. He saw a pair of shoes tied together and thrown over a wire near our house and thought this an oddity. But when we crossed town and saw another pair of shoes on display in a similar way he declared, “People don’t like their shoes.”

I had to agree.

Today he declared, “People don’t like their pants.” He’s learned to extrapolate.

You’ll probably want to file this one under the ‘TOO MUCH INFORMATION’ tab, but I’m going to put it here anyway.  I’ve changed from single blade razors to double blade razors.  Time was, I could shave my legs and go without shaving for a day or too without having trees or porcupine needles hanging from my shins.  Now, I can’t even get the job done in the first place.  Forget about a hair loss cure, I need a hair cure.  Where’s the stuff that makes me go bald on my legs.  Or the electric shaver for ladies that actually works.  It’s nuts how I’e got to shave my legs but have to instruments to do so.  Should I just begin plucking and hope that works?

Can you smell my frustration?  It’s made worse by the fact that I can’t find cheap double blade razors that aren’t pink – like I really need a reminder that the only reason I’m doing this is because I’m a woman. (Insert bitter tirade here – oh wait I already did)

This comment is even better for advice:

“For aluminum welding, operators are required to ensure that the basic material clean and remove any impurities and alumina hydrocarbon cutting oils and….”

I want you to know that I did not add the “…”.  I guess they didn’t want to share all the information at once.  Maybe there will be a follow up comment that completes this one.  Maybe this is a cliffhanger comment and it won’t be completed until next season.  Maybe they don’t care about anyone or anything and want people to start welding something and then not have the info to finish the project.

Oh I’m being mean.  They probably thought they were on twitter and ran out of room.

My spammers offer this sage advice:

“One understands that our life is very expensive, but we need cash for different stuff and not every man earns enough money. Hence to get fast personal loans or just short term loan will be a correct way out.”

Of course the machine sending this doesn’t realize that it is being sexist and saying that men are stupid enough to get a payday loan.  I love how it is descriptive with what you could use it for – “stuff”.  I had a teacher who would freak out if you used that word.  ”STUFF — I’LL STUFF YOU IN A MOMENT!”, she would yell.  She had a thing against the word ‘it’ as well.

Hilarious!

I assumed that because I was getting new spam, the filter must have been taken down.

I was wrong – the mad mad blog spammers have just gotten past it.  Which explains the poor quality of spam post.  See, if they had spent more time on their punctuation and grammar and less on figuring out how to defeat my catcha, I would have nothing to write about.

Woo Hoo I’ve found a problem with the new comment security thing that means I get to go back to getting spam – I hope. If you post a comment, it is automatically approved. You can write whatever you want and I don’t have to clear it as long as you put in the catcha thing right. It’s gotta be easier to go through them before they’re posted, right? Oh sweet webmaster, make my wish for spam come true. I’ll do anything

See, I told you it’ll let you post anything.

Hot Tub Time Machine was a very entertaining movie. So head into your backyard and fire up your hot tub. Chances are that it’s been a little while since you took a dip. If you don’t have one in your backyard, I’m sure a friend has one. Go for a visit. If you’re going to be spending so much free time over there in your friends hot tub, bring him a hot tub cover to keep the thing clean and secure.

My least favorite kind of spam post is the kind that insults me AND doesn’t make sense. Here’s one like that:

“It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place”

This on a post about heating blankets! Who knew this would be such a controversial subject?! By the way, I didn’t spell ‘their’ wrong. Angry automaton spam machine did it. And they’ve sent me this post before.