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The Money Hole

Karen

The end of the year is coming and it’s time to pay property taxes. Taxes in general sicken me, but property taxes? On items you already own and have paid off?

*Eff that*

Anyway, it makes me really cranky to have to fork over even more cash, especially this time of year when we’re spending so much on Christmas anyway (parents with little ones? Just wait until they become teenagers – that cute little wish list they give you now? Not so cute, and cheap, when they get older).

Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Government. You suck.

And in pure Onion style, here is a video about how we’re just throwing our money away.

As usual, The Onion’s satirical humor is spot on.

ADDED: The husband just figured up how much the government has taken out of his checks this past year. This includes: federal, state, social security, medicare and sales tax (and anything else I’ve forgotten) …

Over half of his income was handed over to the government this past year.

OVER HALF.

That is beyond sick, folks.

When are we going to put our foot down on taxes? When we’re giving 75%? Eighty percent? All of it?

Wow, this makes me angry. I need a shot of happy, soothing Christmas music to calm me down.

Bonus Christmas Song Silver Bells by Martina McBride

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Stay Out of the Doghouse, Yo

Karen

HAHAHAHA!

*wipes tear*

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HAHAHAHAHA!

*blows nose*

All I can say is *takes a calming breath* my husband KNOWS and AVOIDS the doghouse, people. You can’t be with someone for 18 years and NOT know about the dreaded doghouse. 😀

And guys, if you still don’t get it? Do not buy your wife the following items (unless she’s cool with it. And you better ask, just to make sure):

1. Household items
2. Workout equipment
3. Gym memberships
4. Diet cookbooks (remember THAT one, honey??)

And anything else she can construe as being critical of her:

1. Body
2. Wifely duties
3. Career aspirations (including the privilege of staying home with the children)

Everything else? Open game.

Happy hunting! *evil grin*

Ladies, can you think of anything else your husband/boyfriend should NOT buy you?

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Interesting Distractions

Karen

I woke up to red eyes this morning.

So I put some Visine in them.

And they started to water.

And they’re STILL watering. In fact, it’s safe to say, I’ve cried and rubbed the makeup clean off my eyes today. Why are they doing this??

I’ve been about two hours behind schedule all day. I got up okay, (save for the annoying watering eyes), took a shower, got the kids off to school, went to a different library, figured out they were WAY too small and there was NO PLACE to sit and write, so I came home, got distracted by the Peter Brady comment which prompted me to go to YouTube to see if I could find a video of Peter Brady’s voice cracking …

I didn’t find a video for Peter’s voice cracking, but I did end up watching the first half of the Brady Girls Get Married movie (don’t click! You’re get sucked in!!) then had lunch with my husband, came back home and finished watching more Brady Girls Get Married. I promptly felt guilty for getting sucked into YouTube hell and I made a deal with myself, I would just quickly check my Google Reader to see what everyone was up to …

MISTAKE!

I got sidetracked – with articles like these from BoingBoing:

Dead man’s coffin kills wife

A woman died this week when her husband’s coffin slammed into the back of her neck during a traffic accident in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Marciana Silva, 67, was riding in the front seat of the hearse when she was hit.

(This headline is definitely going into my story ideas folder)

Eye-Cam Wanted

eyecam

Kevin Kelly writes:

This is Tanya Vlach’s new eyeball. She lost her real one in a car accident a few years ago. I met Tanya at a film festival recently. During our conversation she said she was looking for help in turning her artificial eye into a eye-cam. You know, a mini web cam inside an eyeball. It would capture live video and stream it to a memory somewhere and also perhaps eventually assist her own vision in real time. She confessed that she was not technologically adept enough to hack it on her own.

(Actually, this one is going into the story ideas folder, too)

Armless Man Steals TV

A man with no arms allegedly stole a 23″ TV from a store in Munich, Germany. According to reports, he had helpers strap the TV to his chest. From the Daily Telegraph:

A police spokesman admitted: “It’s hard to believe that the sight of an armless man walking along with a giant TV clamped to his body did not get anyone’s attention.”

And finally, this little girl has completely, and absolutely, stolen my heart. I don’t care that I don’t know what she’s saying (except through the subtitles), I don’t care that she’s french. That super sweet voice, that adorable accent and her eyes …

Her eyes HAVE KILLED ME. I’m now just a puddle of goo.

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She’s so sweet my teeth actually hurt now. And her expressions … dear God in heaven, her expressions have been burned into my retinas. What a baby doll.

So, to sum up?

Wasting time on Internet – dominated my day

Getting any sort of word count in on my NaNo project – didn’t even see the light of my day (in fact, I never even pulled my laptop out all day).

I disgust myself.

Feeling Guilty

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Karen

Coffee-Stain

— Pretend You Give a S*it About the Election :: The Onion – LOLOLOLOL!!! Now I don’t care who you are, that’s some funny sh*t right there.

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All I see are boobs :: I’m sorry, what the HECK are you selling again? Watch the video of the two women, do you notice anything strange? Can you tell me what they’re selling. …… Exactly. *snort* What a low, disgusting (and unfortunately effective, according to my husband) tactic to get the males to pay attention. Question is, are they paying attention to the right thing? I’d say no. You? (In case you’re not seeing what I’m seeing, look at their necklines and then tell me if you think this is not a blatant attempt to get your attention. Any product that has to sell out this obviously is not worth my time, IMO).

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Hey guys, wondering if she’s the one for you? Wonder no more.

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I adore this guy’s art ::

Dream Big

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Bored? :: Find the button. (Hint: click on the question mark if you get stuck).

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True Stories:: Told in one sentence. Tell me, what’s your one-sentence story?

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One of the blog posts in my Google Reader that made me laugh out loud this week :: Mommy’s Martini – Notes from Monday Morning at the Gym.

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Group Writing Project – How To — Kailani, at An Island Life, is hosting a group writing project, the subject? How To … The deadline is July 16th. Now get Writing!

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Did you run across something really cool/touching/funny/inspiring this week? Please share the link in the comment section!

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Random Crap, er, Stuff

Karen

1. I never really noticed before? But whenever we chastise the boys, for whatever reason, we soften the blow by tacking on “dude” at the end of our sentence. Example: “You’re bored? Then why don’t you go outside, you know that place that doesn’t require artificial lighting with the big yellow ball, I believe it’s called a sun, and doesn’t smell like dirty socks, to shoot some hoops … dude.” Or when my husband is irritated at me for not following up on something, “How come our websites are down? Have you contacted customer support? We really need to get that back up and running, HUUUUUNNNN.” (He really does stretch it out – drives me batty). I guess we think these (cool) endearments somehow make what we’re saying less annoying.

They don’t.

2. I thought this was cool:

In 1973, the spectacular demonstration was perfected by Thomas Briggs and Warren Rauscher, two amazing high school science teachers.
Over thirty-five years later, chemists are still trying to fully understand how it works.

What they do know: Several reactions take place at once. One of them produces iodine, which gives the amber color. Hydrogen peroxide reduces other chemicals into iodide ions. Along with normal iodine, the charged particles interact with starch to create it a blue-black color. The speeds of those transformations are constantly changing. As one overtakes the other, the color suddenly changes.

Hey, it’s something fun to watch when your brain needs a moment to decompress from life’s madness.

3. This is what my name means:

K: Really silly
A: Gorgeous
R: Good bf/gf
E: deeply in love with his/her gf/bf
N: Sexy

So, to sum up, I’m a gorgeous, sexy, sometimes silly, but good wife who deeply loves her husband.

I’ll buy that. 😉 What does your name mean?

4. Do you….

Dread menu planning?
Waste money at the supermarkets?
Have little time to prepare dinners?
Need some new family, friendly & fast recipes?

Menu In A Box is all you need to organize, shop, cook and bring your family back to the dinner table. The Menu In A Box 100 Day Meal Planning Kit is a wonderful and practical e-book that includes corresponding shopping lists, recipes, great time saving, budget & organizational tips. Each week all you have to do is print the menu you would like for the week, shop in your pantry first, then go to the shops and start cooking!

Doesn’t this sound like a fun, practical timer saver?

You can thank me for bringing this tidbit of information to your attention by having me over for dinner sometime. Just pencil me in on the calendar thing, mmmkay? 😉

5. Have you seen this creepy girl? Virtual reality is getting just a bit TOO real for my tastes. And what is up with her bloodshot eyes? Did she stay up too late partying? Perhaps that explains the blank/crazed stare this chick has.

*shudder* I’ll take the old fashioned arrow cursor, thankyouverymuch.

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