Thursday, December 17, 2009

White Elephant Gifts


A white elephant gift exchange isn't an exchange where you expect the great and the fabulous, it's more of one where you get "re-gifted" items and the bad, the good, and the ugly. At an elephant exchange everyone brings in on gift that is already wrapped and puts it in the middle. Then everyone draws a number in which the order of the gift unwrapping will go. (the higher the number the better)
When it is your turn to pick you can choose to unwrap another gift from the table or take one that someone has already unwrapped that you have been eye balling.

TIPS: Wrap ugly and bad presents in really decorative paper and pretty bows and the good presents in the ugly kind of paper.

Ideas for an elephant exchange:
half used anything(lotions, perfume, etc)
fruitcake
buy Zimbabwe dollars. $15 is $5300 in this country people will freak
workout videos!
framed, blown up picture of your boss
recycled gifts from last years elephant exchange
ugly Christmas sweater
useless trinkets
a dancing santa
make a sock puppet(or use a paper bag)
A singing trout
A hidden treasure( like money or a gift card in between the pages of a dumb book)

this is what The term white elephant means
http://www.blurtit.com/q685541.html

cheesy youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-m1Yx5oh1M

Monday, December 14, 2009

Why women Should Be Happy


You get two last names

The Closet is all yours

If you flirt correctly service people do stuff for free or cheap.

you can use reading material EVERY time you use the bathroom

You can fake a female problem and stay home a few days a month from work or school

Your heels can make you appear taller

we can get plastic surgery without being called gay

you come prepared every where you go with your purse

people open doors for you

we most likely will never be charged as being a pedifile

you can blame your weight gain on pregnancy, and people believe you

your girlfriends are always there to help you

you can organize anything with no problem

guys buy YOU stuff

you can use make up to cover zits

bubble baths and chocolate cure everything

our clothes are more fun to shop for

we actually lie salads

http://www.beautyden.com/pollswomen.shtml

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdaowFPIIe0




Sunday, December 6, 2009

Why men should be happy


Your last name stays put.

The Garage is all yours.

Wedding plans take care of themselves.

Chocolate is just another snack.

You will never have to give birth.

You can wear a white T-shirt to a Water Park-You can wear NO shirt to a Water Park.

Car mechanics tell you the truth.

The world is your urinal.



You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.

Wrinkles add character.

A wedding dress is $5,000 but a Tux costs $100 to rent.

People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them.

New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet.

One mood all the time.

You’re entertained by your own bodily functions.

Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.

You know stuff about tanks.

A five-day Vacation requires only one suitcase.

You can open all your own jars.

You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.

If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.

Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.

Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.

You look hot when you’re doing hard, manual labor.

Your metabolisms are usually a lot faster than womens.

You only have to shave your face and neck.

You can play with toys all your life.

You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.

You can do your nails with a pocket knife.

You have freedom of choice concerning growing a
mustache.
you can do christmas shopping for 25 relatives on december 24th in 25 minutes


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeznTN0YW-4


http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/menhappy_080730_mn.jpg

Friday, November 20, 2009

Black Friday


Every year it seems that people spend more and more on Black Friday. So many people flood stores it seems to be more of a tradition then turkey and tinsel itself. The day after Thanksgiving is said to be the busiest shopping day of the year. There's no better time to find better deals than on black Friday. Inside this whole marketing scheme are some things maybe you didn't know. Although there are booming sales on Black Friday, marketers say that Black Friday is just the start of the next few weeks where advertising will be just pounded into consumers brains. So you don't nessecerly need to shop in just Black Friday another thing is shopping online will get you some good bargins too and you can avoid this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaa9BCNxIPs

But if you're brave to shop on black friday here is a ling to finding great sales:
http://www.blackfriday.info/

Monday, November 16, 2009

Thanksgiving





























The most familiar story of the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony, (Massachusetts) in 1621. More than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday in 1941.

THANKSGIVING FACTS
  • Americans feast on 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving

  • Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird.


  • Only male (tom) turkeys gobble. Females make a clicking noise. The famous gobble is actually a seasonal mating call.

  • The Turkey Trot, a ballroom dance in the 1900s, was named for the short, jerky steps of the turkey. It became popular mainly because it was denounced by the Vatican as "suggestive."

  • Turkeys can drown if they look up when it's raining!

  • Pilgrims did not have big buckles on their clothing, shoes, or hats.

  • President Thomas Jefferson scoffed at the idea of establishing a national “Thanksgiving Day.”

  • The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day.


first Thanksgiving football game broadcatsted
http://www.history.com/video.do?name=Thanksgiving&bcpid=46875634001&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1913280516
macy's thankgsgiving day parade float
http://www.history.com/video.do?name=Thanksgiving&bcpid=46875634001&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1913280516

Friday, November 6, 2009

Her Miles Are Over

A few weeks back In a previous blog I talked about a 9 year old girl named Melana Matson. Miles for Melana was a fundraiser to help this young girl's family with the expensive medical bills they were aquiring. The fundraiser went well and it was a very big help to her family. The bad news is Melana passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. To read her full obituary click on the second link or for more information from the funeral home click on the frist link.

www.carlsonfuneralhomes.com
http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4699229

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Why Is Everybody Sick?


Seems like this has been a mean flu season. Everyone seems to have some sort of bug. Why make it last any longer than it should though here are some ways to prevent catching or spreading this ick around...

10 ways to NEVER get sick again(hopefully)

1. wash your hands
2. get at least 7 hours of sleep
3.eat healthy
4.don't drink or eat after anybody
5.laugh
6.stay home if you are sick
7.disinfect your house often
8. cover your mouth
9. exercise
10.take vitamins

A lot of talk has been going on about the swine flu get the facts here
http://infolineinc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=126&gclid=CKz7n9yU4Z0CFaM45Qod-m1uNg

does laughing really do your body good? find out for yourself
http://www.integrative-healthcare.org/mt/archives/2005/05/proof_that_laug.html

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

UNDISCOVERED TALENT















Although Youtube is overflowing with videos of people being kicked in the groin and Myspace is about emo teenagers talking about their obsessive parents and their dark depression of darkness, there is also big chunk of undiscovered talent as well. These few were just average people who got discovered: Kina Gannis( massage from your heart), Marie Digby (signed by Hollywood Records), Amber Lee Ettinger(did crush on Obama video), Liam Sullivan (lets get some shoes). These are just a few and there are still many out there. Here is one who hasn't been made famous yet but will probably bee eventually

ALYSSA BERNAL
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hchsknights08#play/uploads/29/txlqJdYZ8Po
www.youtube.com/profile?user=hchsknights08#play/search/0/Md6YJruipFw


Friday, October 2, 2009

MILES FOR MELANA

Melana Matson is nine years old, and in January of this year they found out she has a very serious, life threatening cancer called a glioma affecting her brain stem. We have formed a team called MILES FOR MELANA. The team took part in the Akron road runner marathon last saturday.

As of 6/30 we have over 40 runners and more than 500 miles collectively! Funds are being raised to help with the family's mounting medical bills. You can be a part of our team by making a pledge towards the team's total miles or just a simple donation.

Every cent raised will go to the Friends of Melana Matson Fund, Huntington Bank, 10787 North Street, Garrettsville, Ohio 44231. Please check out the blog and help us show our love and support to this precious little girl!

We want to say a special thank you to Ritchies Sporting Goods for their donation of free shirts to the first 150 people to pledge $25 or more. (See the shirts below.)

BE A SPONSOR

We are giving away MILES FOR MELANA t-shirts to the first 150 people to pledge $25.00 or more!!! To see a full list of all the runners and more information about Melana - Go to

http://www.milesformelana.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

common sense test

Why did the chicken cross the road? The answer is simply just common sense. It wanted to get to the other side of course. I mean why else would anyone cross the road? In fact there are a lot of common sense things that slip right by people so see how much common sense you have...
1. Amanda's mom has 4 kids, Penny, Nickel, and Dime. What is the name of the 4th child?


2. Do books have even numbered pages on the left or the right side?
3.If a plane crashes on the boarder of the U.S and Canada where do you bury the survivors?

3.Is there a 4th of July in Mexico?

4.What year did Albert Einstein invent the light bulb?

5.

6.If U.S coins are worth a total of $0.30 and one of them is not a nickel then what are the 2 coins?

7.If there is a man travelling with a cat that has 12 kittens, a dog with 2 times as many puppies, a duck with a quarter amount of chicks as the dog has puppies... how many people are travelling?
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ANSWERS
1- Amanda it's HER mom
2- right side
3- yes its just not a Holiday
4- Einstein didn't invent the light bulb, Edison did.
5- one A MAN
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Friday, September 25, 2009

History of the Rutabaga


with Halloween approaching soon many people will be buying pumpkins and carving faces to make Jack-O-Lanterns but in Scotland they will be doing something a little better. Instead of carving pumpkins they will be carving Rutabagas. Although they don't call them "Jack-O-Lanterns," they call them "Tumshie lanterns."
A rutabaga is a cross between a cabbage and a turnip. This little Swedish vegetable can be prepared in many ways whether it be roasted to be served with meat dishes or as the major ingredient in the ever popular Christmas dish Swede casserol ("lanttulaatikko.")
The Rutabega is a very famous vegetable. The town of Cumberland, Wisconson celebrates a "Rutabaga Festival" annually on Labor Day Weekend. The International "Rutabaga Curling Championship" annually takes place in Ithaca, New York. Frank Zappa sang the name rutabaga in the form of a slow yodel in the song "call any vegetable" in 1967. But most of all the rutabega is made most famous by John Everett.

call any vegetable video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZvFoSI5VN8

lanttulaatikko casserole:
www.kaiku.com/kutriskitchen.html

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Think You're the Only One?



I think there are a lot of random thoughts we have that other people think too. Or things we do that are really dumb that a million other people have done out there.Like the little things that barely ever cross your mind and don't really think about, but in the same note you never realize other people are the same exact way. I think this is just a little way of reminding us that we are really more alike than we even know. So here are just some random thoughts I guess...

*Have you ever been walking somewhere and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions.

*I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

*Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

*Sometimes I'll look at the clock 3 consecutive times and still don't know what time it is.

*I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

* Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

*I like all of the music on my ipod , except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs.
*I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. I wonder if they like this? Then you feel It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

*There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

*How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

*I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

*I wonder if cops ever get aggrivated that everyone in front of them follows the speed limit?

* I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

*can anyone fold a fitted sheet,really?

*More often than not, when someone is telling a story all you can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that you can tell your own story.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Yo mama So Fat...

...This picture doesn't even need a punch line

Random things

*In order to burn off one M&M candy you have
to walk the length of an entire football field.

*Firearms will kill about 30,000 Americans in 2008, but obesity will kill two and a half times as many people.

*There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes.

*the average american consumes 3,700 calories a day when it should only be 18,000 - 2,000


http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Health-Quizzes/f/Fat-People-Quiz.asp