If Computers Were Like Cars

I received this by email and it made me giggle several times.  Supposedly, this email has been circling for the past year.  While the premise is that Bill Gates was at a recent computer expo and he reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'





GM responded: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:


1. For no reason at all, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left-turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, and you would have to reinstall the engine.

4. When your car died on the freeway for no reason, you would just accept this, restart and drive on.

5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought 'Car95' or 'CarNT', and then added more seats.

6. Apple would make a car powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would run on only five per cent of the roads.

7. Oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single 'general car default' warning light.

8. New seats would force every-one to have the same size butt.

9. The airbag would say 'Are you sure?' before going off.

10. Occasionally, for no reason, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grabbed the radio antenna.

11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of road maps from Rand-McNally (a subsidiary of GM), even though they neither need them nor want them. Trying to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 per cent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.

12. Every time GM introduced a new model, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

13. You would press the 'start' button to shut off the engine.

Snopes.com explains that this email is false, perhaps Bill Gates didn't make this comment, but regardless, I like the 13 things list.

Inner Peace

Our School Secretary sent this email to me this week and I thought it was pretty cute...hope you like it too!

"This is so very true:
If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without alcohol,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, 
Then You Are Probably ............

The Family Dog!   And you thought I was going to get all spiritual."

Haaaaaaaaaaaa!  Ya'll have a great weekend!
I'm linking this with my friend Kim's Friday Funnies post.

Now I Want to Go Too!

I saw this video on MSN Monday evening and cried tears of joy for this little birthday girl.  It made me want to pack a backpack for my girls, who are much older than this little cutie, and suprise them too.  Click below to see the video:

Check out this great MSN video: Disneyland Surprise

It's A Random Friday Post

Yay!  It's Friday.  Woo hoo!  That means more Friday night football, listening to our baby play in the band, and getting a little more sleep this weekend.  I am so looking forward to a three day weekend.  This post will be short and sweet today.  I see you rolling your eyes...I know I can be a bit long winded at times.

I got the funniest email this week and I won't say who sent it but I have to share the contents:

You know you have been wearing Capri pants and shorts for too long when you need to go to the bathroom, and as you are sitting there, you notice your skirt is around your ankles.  Ha!!!!!!!!!!

On another note:

And this morning I woke up to a sweet message reply from Rachel on facebook.  She mentioned something about, "I did dance with boys but I'm not sick yet!  What???

I looked back at my message to her that I typed saying, "How was the dance? How was the dance?? I can't wait to hear all about the dance!!! I love you and miss you. It was so awesome to hear your voice on the answering machine 

And then I fell asleep last night with my Ipad apparently on our message.  Mr. Incredible decided to hack my facebook while I was sleeping unaware and took it upon himself to add to my message to our daughter, "Rachel I forgot to tell you dancing with boys is a sin and you shouldn't do it. Also I think it is bad for your health and if you don't stop you might even get sick from it. It's just not worth it, I'm just sayin..... Love your mother."

What???  My man.  Oiy!  Naturally, I messaged her back early this morning saying, "P.S. I had no idea what you were talking about when you said, "I did dance with boys but I'm not sick." Your dad hacked my facebook! I fell asleep looking at facebook last night on my ipad so he took it upon himself to add that last part and I had no idea until just now. Oh, your father! You know your momma would say: Dance with all the cute guys, make new friends, be brave....and then want to hear all about it! Ha!"

I think I'm changing my facebook password today...do you hear the Mr. Incredible Facebook Hacker??? 

P.S. I love you!

Have You Seen

...the Target Back to School Commercials?  Oh, they are too funny!  They remind me of the Staples commercials from last year.  Anyway, this has been our first week with our students so I thought I would post these commercials for your enjoyment. 

Another Commercial that Makes Me Giggle

I love a good commercial and this one cracks me up everytime. It totally made me remember to pick up Doritos at the grocery store. We tried the new Stadium Nacho flavor~delicious! If you are ready for a little giggle, check this out:

And then go see my friend Kim for more Friday Funnies.

Just a Random Friday Photo

On our way home from the tennis meet, my man was driving, we were singing along with our Passion 2011 CD, I was talking about Hannah's win on Facebook when all of a sudden, Mr. Incredible says, "Quick! Grab your camera!"

I looked up to see the most unusual sight.  So I snapped the above picture.  Something about it tickles my funny bone.  Probably because, I don't know how he got on the bike, and I wonder how he will get off the bike.  In all of my grace, I would become another speedbump on the road.  But, this guy had it going on and he was having such a fun time doing it.  He should be on a billboard or something.

Which made me wonder what kind of caption this photo merits. 

Any ideas?  I'd love to hear your creative ideas.

Yes, that's the sum of my post today.  Pretty random huh?  Aren't you glad you stopped by?!  Let the Good Times Roll!  Ha! 

There's a Hymn for That!

Whoa! I'm not sure what's going on with Blogger, but several posts were deleted and your sweet comments too.  I couldn't get in to my blog until just a few minutes ago.  Makes me wonder what happened.

Anyway, it is Friday the 13th for sure and after an extremely rough week, I'm in need of a little humor.  My Uncle sent this to me and I thought it was pretty cute and I wanted to share it with you.

Do you know your HYMNS?


Dentist's Hymn...................Crown Him with Many Crowns

Weatherman's Hymn...There Shall Be Showers of Blessings

Contractor's Hymn..............The Church's One Foundation

The Tailor's Hymn......................Holy, Holy, Holy

The Golfer's Hymn............There's a Green Hill Far Away

The Politician's Hymn...............Standing on the Promises

Optometrist's Hymn..........Open My Eyes That I Might See

The IRS Agent's Hymn.................I Surrender All

The Gossip's Hymn.....................Pass It On

The Electrician's Hymn.................Send The Light

The Shopper's Hymn......................Sweet Bye and Bye

The Realtor's Hymn. . . . . I've Got a Mansion Just over the Hilltop

The Massage Therapists Hymn . . . .....He Touched Me

The Doctor's Hymn.......................The Great Physician

AND for those who speed on the highway - a few hymns:

45mph....................God Will Take Care of You

65mph.....................Nearer My God To Thee

85mph.....................This World Is Not My Home

95mph.....................Lord, I'm Coming Home

100mph.... ........ ....Precious Memories
 
I'm thankful that it is Friday.  I feel like we have crossed the finish line of this week a bit bruised and battered, but we survived.  I am thankful the Lord's mercies are new every morning and that He blesses us with forgiveness and weekends.  I heart weekends!

Another Friday Funny

I told ya'll last Friday that I like to read Baby Blues and Zits comics. This one from Zits made me laugh out loud. At Hannah's birthday party, she received a homemade card from one of her boy friends, not boyfriend, get the difference? She has a friend that is a boy...and that's all. Well, at least that's what we thought until after the party.

She brought me his card and asked me to smell it. It was COVERED in his cologne. Hmmmm, maybe she has a friend who is a boy, who might just want to be a boyfriend. Gross!

We can totally relate!  Now go see my friend Kim for more Friday Funnies and have a blessed weekend.

A Little Friday Funny

I heart Baby Blues comics?  Anyone else?  They are so fun and so relatable...that and Zits now that I'm a mom of two teenagers.  So, on this Friday, I thought it would be fun to participate in my friend Kim's Friday Funnies meme.  Here are two of the latest Baby Blues comics that I like:

And then there is this one:

Oh, the difference between men and women! God has a great sense of humor.  Ya'll have a blessed weekend!

You Might be a Teacher If...

A fellow teacher sent this to me and I laughed out loud on several of them so I thought I would post them here on my LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! woo-hoo! School's out for summer!

Jeff Foxworthy on School Employees

YOU might be a school employee if you believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick. (Remember I didn't write these...Jeff Foxworthy did).

YOU might be a school employee if you want to slap the next person who says, 'Must be nice to work 8 to 3:30 and have summers off.

YOU might be a school employee if it is difficult to name your own child because there's no name you can come up with that doesn't bring high blood pressure as it is uttered.

YOU might be a school employee if you can tell it's a full moon or if it's going to rain, snow, hail....anything!!! without ever looking outside.

YOU might be a school employee if you believe, 'shallow gene pool' should have its own box on a report card.

YOU might be a school employee if when out in public, you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children you do not know and correct their behavior.

YOU might be a school employee if you have no social life between August and June. YOU might be a school employee if you think people should have a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.

YOU might be a school employee if you wonder how some parents MANAGED to reproduce.

YOU might be a school employee if you laugh uncontrollably when people refer to the staff room as the 'lounge.'

YOU might be a school employee if you encourage an obnoxious parent to check into charter schools or home schooling and are willing to donate the U-HAUL boxes should they decided to move.

YOU might be a school employee if you think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.

YOU might be a school employee if you can't imagine how the ACLU could think that covering your students chair with Velcro and then requiring uniforms made out of the corresponding Velcro could ever be misunderstood by the public.

YOU might be a school employee if meeting a child's parent instantly answers this question, 'Why is this kid like this?'

YOU might be a school employee if you would choose a mammogram over a parent conference.

YOU might be a school employee if you think someone should invent antibacterial pencils and crayons...and desks and chairs for that matter!

YOU might be a school employee if you know how many minutes, and seconds, are left in the school year!


Here is another list from Jeff Foxworthy.

You know you're a teacher when....

1. You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.

2. You get a secret thrill out of laminating something (that is so true!)

3. You walk into a store and hear the words "It's Ms/Mr. _________" and know you have been spotted. (and its usually when I don't have my hair fixed or my makeup on....oiy!)

4. You have 25 people that accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another. (This happens ALL the time~even in high school!)

5. You can eat a multi-course meal in under twenty-five minutes.

6. You've trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day: lunch and prep period. (So true...so true!)

7. You start saving other people's trash, because most likely, you can use that toilet paper tube or plastic butter tub for something in the classroom. (or VBS~right Mom?)

8. You believe the teachers' lounge should be equipped with a margarita machine.

9. You want to slap the next person who says "Must be nice to work 7 to 3 and have summers off."

10. You believe chocolate is a food group.

11. You can tell if it's a full moon without ever looking outside.

12. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today."

13. You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public. (I totally do this!)
14. You believe in aerial spraying of Ritalin.

15. You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form. (Come on Starbucks!)

16. You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children. (I disagree with this one)

17. You can't pass the school supply aisle without getting at least five items!

18. You ask your friends if the left hand turn he just made was a "good choice or a bad choice."

19. You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils

20. You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer and finally,

21. You understand instantaneously why a child behaves a certain way after meeting his or her parents. (You know the old saying the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree!)

Ya'll have a blessed Friday!

Mother of the Year-a Video!

Yay! It's Friday! How about a laugh?

I am so ready for a good laugh. I've had "Growing in Grace" pains this week...and I've blown it several time {sigh}. I feel like I'm spiritually wearing bandages from head to toe...it has been quite a week.

I really should look at it as God is not finished with me yet and that He loves me far too much to leave me the way that I am. But, it still hurts sometimes.

This was suppose to be a fun Friday post, so I'll get back on track. If you need a laugh today, check out this funny video. It has been around for awhile, but I think all of us that are mothers have definitely been there. My friend Kelli sent it to me this week and I loved it and thought of all of you. Enjoy!

Mr. Incredible, the Plumber, to the Rescue!

Last week....the week of Hannah's birthday party....my kitchen sink began leaking. Mr. Incredible looked at it and said that he would go grab his tools and fix it. Well, the small leak then turned into a major leak so he decided that we needed to replace some gasket thingy-ma-jig, and something about hoses.

So, the kitchen was closed for a night until he could get the required parts. The next evening he had bad news that the parts we needed were a bit hard to find and since the faucet was starting to peel, we should just replace the faucets because they would come with new hoses and the gasket thingy-ma-jigs that we needed.

My day at school was a bit stressful, so I relished at the thought of going on a date with my man, even if it was to Home Depot and Lowes, to find new faucets. An hour alone with him was just what my heart needed. I felt the stresses of the day melt alway...yes even in Home Depot.

Have you picked out faucets lately? There are a lot to choose from. We found the perfect set at Lowes, but of course it was on the tallest shelf, and a lady named Jessica had to bring her monster ladder to get it down for us. Finally with faucet in hand we headed home with high hopes of getting it installed...after all we only had 2 more days until the big party and I needed a kitchen sink that worked!

Mr. Incredible went to work installing the new faucets:

Proudly, he asked me to turn on the finished faucets where we discovered that the hoses for the hot water and cold water were switched. Great! Back under the sink he went....only to find out that the hot water hose was too short. Kitchen closed for another night.

Thursday night, he brought home the new, longer hose, hooked it up and wa-llah...cue the music...I am back in business. I have new faucets, that work, aren't they beautiful...well as far as faucets go?

Since Mr. Incredible was such a great plumber, I asked him if he could look at my bathroom sink because it kept getting clogged and I couldn't figure out why.

It wasn't long before he asked me to take a look at what he found in my drain:

Can you tell what he found? It's my pen from ATPE, the teacher's organization that I am a member of. What on earth was it doing in my sink?!

Ya'll have a great Friday. Blessings to you!!!!

Please, visit my friend Kim for more Friday Funnies.

My Funny Valentines

Happy Friday! Woo-hoo! What a week it has been. Hello Friday, I am so glad that you are here!

Last weekend Mr. Incredible and I were asked by his parents to sing at their Sunday School Class Valentine Banquet. We adore singing together so we of course said yes. We sang, "When God Made You," and "How Deep the Father's Love for Us," together and he sang, "I Will be Here," to me. It was very romantic and made me have butterflies inside all over again. I love that man of mine!

I also got to act like a semi-professional photographer, yes I am exaggerating that a bit, and take pictures of all of the couples. It was fun. I stood on a chair and everything...you know for a better view point and better lighting. I took my shoes off to stand on that chair...that's how fancy and professional I was. Here are a few of my favorite portraits:
This is my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. They have been married for 18 years:

And it is starting to show a bit, don't you think? Ha! Just kidding! I thought this was too funny not to capture and I am so glad that I did:

Our cousins got into the action too. Nothing says "Happy Valentine's Day to my beloved," quite like the choker hold. Pose for the camera!

I'm sure that you can tell this was all in fun. They are madly in love with each other and they have 4 of the most beautiful children ever....next to my girls and my nephews, of course!

But speaking of the nephews, after the banquet I found my nephews in the children's area of the church. "Double A," the one who refers to us as his liebs threw his arms around me and said he was so glad to see me. I whispered in his ear, that he should ask his mommy if he and his brother could go home with us for a while. His eyes were as big as saucers, he was excited. After his mommy said yes, the next words out of his mouth were, "Shot-gun!" which in our area means I get the front seat!

No, we didn't let him ride in the front seat, because he is too young for that, but it still cracked me up. The boys giggled all the way home and then they started saying, "Aunt Kiki, remember the last time we were at your house we....Aunt Kiki, do you remember when we....." and then I realized it had been way too long since they had spent some time at Aunt Kiki's house which is the hard part about being so busy. I missed spending time with them I think as much as they missed spending time with us.

We quickly plugged in Mario Cart on the Wii and the games began. The girls have "throw back" hats that they like to wear....why I'm not sure...but a lot of their friends have them and they think they are cool. So, as long as that is as "gansta" as they get, I'm down with that (how's that for my cool gangsta language?). That is what Hannah is wearing in this photo:

You can see Mr. Incredible's new toy in the cabinet. He is so proud of his new tv, it brings him all kinds of joy (I love you, sweetheart!)

I won't tell your Uncle Mr. Incredible what you were just touching:

A quick bite to eat in between games. If you look closely, Rachel still has her wii remote in one hand and her food in the other. She is a bit competitive...I wonder where she gets that!

Cousin love before the mario cart wars begin again:

And then the sugar kicked in and the silliness began:

"A" had fun with Hannah's throw back hat. He is almost cracking a smile...yes I see it....try to keep a straight face cool breeze:

And then my youngest nephew looked up at me and said, "What-up dawg! Peace out!"

But that's not all he said. He talks about his "liebs" in his silly "German voice," with a little help from Aunt Kiki:

He is such a little ham!

I think this video qualifies my post to be included in Kim's Friday Funnies, don't you?

Ya'll have a fabulous weekend...and think of me please....tonight, my home will be taken over by 10 outrageous teenage girls who will be in the mood to "par-tee" as we celebrate Hannah's birthday and not sleep a wink, I'm sure!

A Friday Funny!

Do you enjoy Baby Blues? I really do...that and Zits, and Family Circle. This one made me laugh out loud this week and I thought you might enjoy it too.

My children didn't think it was nearly as funny as their daddy and I did~ which makes it even funnier to me. Have a blessed weekend!

(go check out Kim's blog for more Friday Funnies)

Introducing Miss Holy Pants!

I just had to drop in and tell ya'll that Rachel is having a WONDERFUL day today! She is courageously trying to go to school all day. Armed with prayer, the Lord, and His strength she is pressing on today. I'm so proud of her!

We had a fabulous afternoon yesterday. Yesterday morning, as you could probably tell from yesterday's post, my cry button was pushed. I couldn't help it. My eye twitching, shaky, puffy eyed, self was a sight to behold, I'm sure.

The Lord helped me pull myself together yesterday afternoon before I picked the girls up from school. Rachel was beaming when I picked her up. Her headaches had lessened a bit and she was thrilled to be back with her friends and a couple of cute guys winked at her...and well ...for an almost 16 year old girl, that makes everything a bit better, doesn't it? (shhhh, please don't share that last part with Mr. Incredible).

Anyway, Rachel felt like doing a little shopping after school. It was so fun and desperately needed! Her sister had to wear warm up pants to school and was in great need of jeans. The night before, we were having dinner when Hannah lept out of her chair and grabbed her pants.

With a look of horror, she bent over and said, "Momma, can you see this hole?" I said, "You mean the 3 inch gaping hole? ....Did you wear those jeans to school today????" Yes, she explained, because her other 2 pairs had holes in them too. What does she do to her jeans? "When did you get that hole?"

She quipped in a very southern drawl, "I DO NOT KNOW!" We both belly laughed until our sides hurt. Oh my goodness!!

I always run through my Mom checklist before my girls head out the door for school. I usually ask: Did you have your devotional? Did you brush your teeth? Did you make your bed? Take your medicine? Do you have your homework? I may need to add: Did you check your jeans...to the list. Oiy!

Yes, excuse us. I'm the shaking, eye twitching mother and this is my youngest daughter, Miss Holy pants! I'm so thankful that it is Friday! Have a blessed weekend!

Joyfully,

Kristi