Humor for Wednesday

Posted on May 16, 2012 by vwbug

Russ and Sam, two friends, met in the park every day to feed the pigeons, watch the squirrels and discuss world problems.

One day Russ didn’t show up. Sam didn’t think much about it and figured maybe he had a cold or something.. But after Russ hadn’t shown up for a week or so, Sam really got worried. However, since the only time they ever got together was at the park, Sam didn’t know where Russ lived, so he was unable to find out what had happened to him.

A month had passed, and Sam figured he had seen the last of Russ, but one day, Sam approached the park and — lo and behold — there sat Russ! Sam was very excited and happy to see him and told him so. Then he said, ‘For crying out loud Russ, what in the world happened to you?’

Russ replied, ‘I have been in jail.’

‘Jail!’ cried Sam. What in the world for?’

‘Well,’ Russ said, ‘you know Sue, that cute little blonde waitress at the coffee shop where I sometimes go?’

‘Yeah,’ said Sam, ‘I remember her. What about her?

‘Well, one day she filed rape charges against me; and, at 89 years old, I was so proud that when I got into court, I pled ‘guilty’.

‘The damn judge gave me 30 days for perjury’.

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Finding my house

Posted on May 15, 2012 by vwbug

Lately I have been having to give directions to my house… and it is always entertaining. Let’s pretend my house address is 123 27th Avenue. I have to explain to people that they will pass 26th Street, 26th Avenue BEFORE getting to 27th Avenue. Did you catch that? There are two 26ths and the one before mine has Avenue in the name as well? I kid you not this is all over my neighborhood. To make matters worse, there is a house address of 123 26th Avenue. I know them well as we are constantly trading mail when a new carrier comes a long.

I was thinking about getting illuminated house numbers just so I could be different. Particularly since I have had some out of town guests coming by at 7pm at night. It is still dusk/dark at that time. Though it is not that dark now adays… summer is a com’in. Yaa, luckily only the mail has been an issue this last couple of weeks. Everyone has found me just fine. I still wonder who came up with the road names in this neighborhood…

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Mother’s Day Part 2

Posted on May 14, 2012 by vwbug

The boys (via Dad) got me the greatest of gifts. First the youngest convinced my hubby to buy me mop shoes.



The boys had so much fun with them! I wore them as well. It was very cute. Particularly since the youngest brought home a ‘ticket’ for me to use that said he would dust for me.

They also gave me some Earth boxes. www.Earthbox.com I had an acquaintance that had some on his back porch. For over a year he grew stuff in them and it rocked. I am tired of growing stuff in the back yard for our squirrels, rabbits, caterpillars and the like. So I asked for some of these. Not expecting to get them. My hubby spent the day pressure cleaning the back porch so I could get them set up. And then… they didn’t come with coasters. They were optional. Luckily they came with $10 gift certificate. Though when I tried to place an order using them it said the number wasn’t valid. Guess I’ll be making that order today via the phone.

It was wonderful. They boys are great kids and I’m very blessed to have such a family. I just wish summer was here already.

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Do you carry cash?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by vwbug

Seems every time I put cash in my wallet, I become a cash register express. Mom, I need money for end of school gifts. Mom, I need money for Friday Special Treat. Mom, we are going on a field trip. Mom… well you get the idea. They instinctively know if I have cash or not. I don’t seem to be hit up for stuff when I don’t have cash in my wallet. Guess I know what I need to do… keep the cash out of my wallet.

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Mother’s Day Part 1

Posted on May 13, 2012 by vwbug

Ok, half the day is over. I made breakfast for myself and the boys. After much fussing they agreed to help do chores. After 15 minutes I was done with them. Seriously. Hopefully when they get older it won’t just be words but actions to go with it. Yes, they were all excited about helping me until the job had to be done. Suddenly… they would rather play music, go outside, play electronics. Good thing I love them so much. And I know they are kids. They will be doing more chores later. Can’t wait to report on that. ;-)

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Why buy out of state?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by vwbug

There is an issue with getting a poodle mix here. There are not that many. And for the ones I like that my friends have… they have bought out of state. I seem to think about cars when I think of this. If you buy a car out of state, like Charlotte, NC, do you have to get car title loans charlotte? What about dogs? Do you have to get some special license? Just because I don’t know about it doesn’t mean there are no laws about buying dogs in one state and bringing them to another. How do you find this stuff out? Web searches? Sigh… I wish I wasn’t allergic to dogs and then we could get a boxer or any other dog.

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Thought for the Day

Posted on May 10, 2012 by vwbug

I get notes from TUT. And this one I wanted to share:

If you understood the extraordinary gifts every single challenge in your life makes possible, even inevitable, you’d celebrate your challenges, new and old alike, as the omens that they are of new beginnings, spectacular change, and enhanced superpowers.

My life is constantly throwing me challenges. Some days fewer than others. But always something. I realized it when an acquaintance asked me a question the other day and I went off on some tangent. Oops. Guess she won’t ask me again. Still… I need to look at what I’m learning and how to handle it better. Life is too short not to enjoy the challenges (even the hard ones) and figure out how to improve. Sigh. Easier to write than do… that’s for sure.

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What’s Next?

Posted on May 10, 2012 by vwbug

Last den meeting for the school year is this weekend. Yaa… I missed the notice on it being Mother’s day on Sunday until now. BLHHHHHH Still having the meeting. What to have the kids do is another thing. I was thinking they could make something out of leather and then by dyeing leather to their favorite color it would be unique. After looking at what I would need 12 kids to do together… I decided I would pick something much easier. Maybe a card from them with lots of scouting stickers on it? Yep… sounds much better.

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Humor for Wednesday

Posted on May 9, 2012 by vwbug

An oldie but goodie…

My 1040

The IRS doesn’t seem to have any sense of humor.

They sent my 1040 tax form back… AGAIN !!!

In response to the question: “Do you have any dependents?” I replied: ’12.6 million illegal immigrants, 23 million crack heads, 42 million unemployed people, 2 million people in over 243 prisons,

535 more in the U.S. House and Senate, and one big jackass in the White House’.

Apparently this was NOT an acceptable answer.

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Singing Is so….

Posted on May 8, 2012 by vwbug

My youngest sang with around 300 other 2nd graders last week. The teacher did a great job. She broke them into groups to sing. Then all of them together. As my son was waiting his turn, I got this picture:


He said all those people made him nervous at first. But it was ok after a while. What a great thing for the teacher to do. To get the kids in front of over 900 people while every one still cheers for them and makes them feel good to be on stage.

Here he is singing:


Both my boys are growing up… sigh…

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