Friday, December 30, 2011

EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS

Look what I got in the mail. It is so cute!
But now I have to refrigerate it!  So I have to pull it apart.
Amazing how much fruit is on one of these things. Yum! Yum!

365 DAYS IN MY LIFE...#144


Thursday, December 29, 2011

SAFETY TIPS


1. If you are attacked, the elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, DO!

2. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you. Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your air bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.

5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:

A.) Be aware: look around you, Make sure your dome light comes on when you open the door, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, preferably in a zig-zag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9. APolice have said that attackers are using a baby's cry recorded and use it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.

10. Water scam! If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.

365 DAYS IN MY LIFE...#143



THE QUEST FOR BALANCE CONTINUES


Wednesday, December 28, 2011

ART!

The monument DAY AND NIGHT, in Kaunas, Lithuania.

This statue was created by Bruno Catalano and is located in France.

Marcus Levine - slaughtering an artist in the literal sense. He creates his paintings by putting nails in a white wooden panel. His latest series of paintings is exhibited in a gallery in London. Marcus has used more than 50,000 pieces of iron.

Autumn camouflage!

Monday, December 26, 2011

NYQUIL FACE

This is how my husband takes Nyquil!

....hold the nose....one, two, three....

....and his whole boy shivers!

Ahhhhh.....

Christmas tree down!
Everything put away and the house back to normal.
Playroom open for business!

365 DAYS IN MY LIFE...#141



Sunday, December 25, 2011

Santa Came!

Sam woke up at 5:30 this morning. "Ma-Ma! Look Santa brought presents!"
Sam was so excited when he came into the living room and saw that the tree that once had no presents under it now looking like this.
He said, "The reindeer weren't nice. They pooped on the porch."
Santa even put toys in Sam's stocking.
Santa drank the milk and ate almost all the cookies, but he forgot his hat.
Sam wanted us to help open some of the presents because...note to Santa for next year...there was too much tape.
We love CARS 2!
Look at all the movies we he got.
Daddy looks more excited then Sam in this one.
Lots of little things to hold our attention.
Sam loves tools.
Here are the things that Richard has to build.
We love the drill and our new HOME DEPOT work bench.
Daddy is building a car.
We now have 3 different Chuggington tracks. These two and...
....this big one! It came with NINE batteries!
My favorite is the TOSS ACROSS game.
All the chaos!
Sam checking out the SMURF village.
Sam got these from us. I've kept these characters, the mushroom house and Gargamel's castle since I was little.
We ended up with 4 bags of trash at the end. Now everyone is napping!