The Family Portrait

It took a lot of effort and twisting of arms but I finally got Joe to agree to family portraits

What do you think?

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Okay I wish it were that easy-- just go on the internet and draw stick figures-- at least then I could have shed a few lbs and Joe would have not complained the whole time-- HE HE HE

Here is the real deal--

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

I have always loved these.......THINGS TO PONDER......

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?

If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?

If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?

Why isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards as it is forwards?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

Why is it, whether you sit up or sit down, the result is the same?

Why call it a building if it's already been built?

If the front of your car says 'DODGE', do you really need a horn?

When you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?

Why do we call it a hot water heater if the water is already hot?

If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from?

How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

Is there another word for thesaurus?

Is the color orange called that because it's the color of the fruit of the same name, or was the fruit called orange because that's its color? Which came first, the color or the fruit?

How can there be self-help "groups"?

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?

Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?

Just before someone gets nervous, do they experience cocoons in their stomach?

It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

When sign makers go on strike, is there anything written on their signs?

If a vegetable goes into a coma, is it called a person?

If you put a chameleon in a mirrored box what color would it change to?

Why is there an 's' in lisp?

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest end up drowning as well?

What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

Help--

Can someone help me get unaddicted to this game, Zuma? It is keeping me up long after my bedtime of 8:30--please tell me there is hope for me-- gotta go -- gotta play--just one more game-- really

"The Best Day Ever"

Bill let Joe have the day off last Monday to go to Payten's school (her summer camp program with after school). Joe took t-shirts and one of their new inks, from their company, that can be finger painted straight on the shirts and helped Payten and her friends paint t-shirts.

Payten talked about it for weeks and said that" it was going to be the best day ever"-- and that it was-- thanks Papa Bill for all of the shirts and inks and of course for letting Joe go-- and thank you Joe for once again showing your wonderful daddy skills by making your little girl's day--



Joe said I should be very proud of our little girl-- he said she was a great helper-- and here she is helping her friend Nikko paint his shirt:




And here is the final product for her shirt (by the way it says My Family Rocks--it was her idea to put that on there and I thought that was a cute idea)

Chattanooga brought straight to you

ROAD TRIP to Chatta Vegas

Traveling for work is just not much fun-- mostly because I am leaving the fam--but it helps to travel when you are traveling with friends--and you are going to a place where your friends live-- This week I hopped in the car for a Gail and Oprah style road trip with Jilly-- My friend that used to be my boss-- yes there was work to be done, and we got that done, but we had a little fun too-- oh and BTW I remembered my camera this time-- here's how it all happened

This is Jill

and this is the Green Chariot that Jill picked me up in Monday morning --

(By the way-- the Airport told her this rental was midsized-- well this is the first "midsized" car I know of that didn't fit two suitcases in the trunk, and barely fit two drinks in the cup holders up front----but it sure did give us laughs trying--)

We had our trusty side kick-- Carmen the Garmin (thanks Jordan and Kylie for the name)-- she was like Kit the car in Knight Rider-- and I even talked to her a couple times--

The drive was beautiful-- we got great scenic pics, here is one but I will post more in a slide show-

We had the drink of champs to keep us energized--

And I made friends (go figure) with the lady at the BP in Sweetwater Tenn, and got a free cup of ice for my Dt Mtn Dew--

We stayed in a 5 star hotel--

With an awesome pool--

And a spectacular courtyard--

Check out the inside

(okay only one of the pictures is really from the hotel-- the rest are from a hotel on the side of the road that Jill and I had quite a time laughing at-- I will let you decide which is which)

I got an AWESOME tour of downtown from an awesome tour guide and friend: Donna K--(BTW it was great seeing you Donna)

Here she is giving the tour

And here are a couple of cool pics from Downtown-- (PS more to come in a slide show once Donna gives me the names for the sites, not that I wasn't a good listener or not paying attention-- but my memory just isn't what it use to be)

And had the best Sweet Tea ever--every time I had sweet tea in Chatt it was great (even better than Janey's, if you can believe that Mindy)

We saw fun people at work-- like

Cathy

And Diana

And came home in what Jill called our Hearse --

(okay long story short-- we traded the "midsized" green ghost for something that fit both of our bags and had cruise control- but it took us our entire ride home to figure out where everything was in the car-- it puts buttons in odd places-- and BTW it was "leaking" gas-- oh nevermind that was because it was overfilled by Jill who thought the temp gauge was the gas gauge and didn't understand why it kept staying on half full)

So there it is a quick summary of our 4 day trip to the big town of----

Thanks to the Chattanoogans for being great hostesses, and thanks to Jill for a ton of laughs!!! More cool pics to come

Boys and their Toys

The title says it all-- From the time I found out I was having a boy-- Joe said "does that mean I get more Boy Toys"-- well now he is excited because Carter is sharing in the excitement of boy toy time-- this was the scene outside of the back door yesterday--

They were riding around the backyard-- in a slow race--and everytime Carter "surprisingly won"-- and would stop and shout out with both arms in the air-- "I won"

The Grand Finale

A cookout in honor of our baby boy and his #3- Enjoy the Pics-- also I have changed my blog song to his favorite-- Apologize by One Republic-- for some reason he loves this song and everytime we are in the car he says-- "I want my Pogize" ---and just sings right along-- so here's to you little Carter boo

Good Times Good Times

For those of you that read my blog and Mindy's Blog-- some of these pics may look similar-- that is because once again the organized, prepared mother that I am forgot the camera-- Oh well the important part is we got pics-- hope you enjoy the pics of our family vacation---

I'm Tree

Yep that is right--my Little boy celebrated his 3rd birthday-- and did you know they did the fireworks for his "birtday" that is right-- just for him--- also the beach came to his "birtday"-- I can't believe the little boy is growing up-- and here he is showcasing one of his little birthday presents---my little pirate-- Hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July-- Happy Birthday to you too Aunt Linda--we hope you had a nice one.

What's Missing?

What's missing in this picture?

1 Mindy and I in the Chairs

2 The kids in the Ocean

3 The Hubbies throwing the football

Yes we have returned from a fun, relaxing time full of adventures-- pictures to come soon-- now back to life back to reality

July 4th 2009 cannot come fast enough--