I received the following email today – I know this is not real, I know it is a scam, it’s old – just about everyone knows this is a hoax – So why are they still sending it around? Who do they think they are kidding? I took the email addy out so no one would think they were going to get 7 million dollars… WTH?

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Please Help us
I know that this mail will come to you as a
surprise,please accept the content in good faith. I
do not intend to cause any grief to you and your
family.The reason for sending this mail is very
fundamental because I and My Family are in serious problem
and we need your help .My Name is Mrs Dolly Richards, daughter Of late
Mr Chico Richards.I am about to tell you something that I have not
discuss with anyone excluding my lawyer. My father was a big time
farmer in south Africa, he uses most of South Africa land for farming.
The Government in South Africa gave him those lands for farming and he
will pay back when he have the money, it was like a loan they gave him the
lands as loan .My father was very successful In the farming business and he paid
all the Government back. Some top officials In the Government were Jealous
because of his wealth. They wanted him to Join them carry out a dubious deal against
the Government but he refuse ,so they plan to kill him and claim all
his wealth he has suffered for, in South Africa. On his way home one
day he was coming from the office and he was assassinated and he was rushed to
the hospital by a good Samaritan. But he did not survive It .But before they killed him he saw
It coming and transfer most of his fund to a Security company In Holland. He died In the
hospital ,But before he died he gave me the contact Information to the
Security company which the fund was located.
Those people were looking for me and my family and
we ran to Nigeria for safety because they know we know were my father
funds were hidden. I contacted the Security company
yesterday on how I could collect the funds with my lawyer assistance
and they told me that I need a foreign beneficiary outside Africa
because of Security reasons. And I don’t have anyone outside Africa that will stand for me
as a beneficiary. They said the money was too big (TWENTY MILLION
USDOLLARS)My father never told me the amount of the money I was so shock. They also said
that the funds has been deposited there for about four years
now and it has accumulated demurrage which we must pay before the
consignment will be released.
My lawyer told me to look for a beneficiary. That Is my problem
now, My mother Is willing to give Seven Million USDOLLARS to the you
if you will help the family. Please If you can help me and my family
In anyway I will appreciate It a lot and in paying the demurrage fee. I
will like to hear from you soon , please contact me through my private
address I have given you below, write to this email address for me to get your
message.

I will like to hear from you soon. God Bless you.
N.B Any amount of money the both of us spend In clearing the
consignment I will pay you In double after we have cleared the
consignment. Have a
nice day.
Thank you,

I’m sure something blog worthy will happen. It’s Saturday, Mr. Incredible will be gone and the kids and I are going to… well, I’m not sure. But it should be fun!

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Did anyone notice this?

Try this instead…

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/03/30/bc.bkc.nit.t.shirtgoof.ap/index.html

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia may have won the National Invitation Tournament, but the Mountaineers’ commemorative T-shirts are less than championship material.

They contain a misspelling.

The “West Virginia” printed on the shirts players wore after winning the NIT title with a 78-73 victory over Clemson on Thursday night is missing the last “i” in “Virginia.”

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So what will they do with all those messed up T-shirts?

And how long did it take for someone to notice?

Maybe they thought they would never win, so they didn’t worry about it, you just know the poor sap that runs the screen printing process – noticed after printing 100 shirts, and said, “not a big deal, because they will never win, it’s been 65 years, they aren’t going to win.”

Wonder if he/she has a job this morning…

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***Warning* this is not a funny post, no humor, no joy, I’m whining, and complaining …. This is me, being real, being myself, being honest, if you don’t like it, please move on. Thank you.***

I need a pause button.

I have one for the DVD Player, the CD Player, and the TV.

But I don’t have one for life.

I could really use one right now. I can’t seem to catch up.

I read your blogs, and I think – how do they do it? In pictures your homes are always impeccable, I’d love a clean house, yet I can’t seem to keep mine in check. Lately, I’m feeling good if we are all in clean clothes, and look presentable when leaving the house in the morning.

I can’t keep up – I try to leave the house by 7:20 every morning, and am home around 5 or 5:30 every night. Most days I eat my lunch at my desk. I’m the one who drops the kids off in the morning, I drive right by the center, it makes sense…but I’m the one who has to deal with Tink’s fit every.single.morning. (it’s getting better, but it’s a 15 minute ordeal to drop her off – when it should be 5 tops!) and mentally I’m exhausted by the time I get home, prepare a meal (most of the time we end up going out because I just don’t have the energy to cook, and then clean up), help with homework, and put the kids to bed.

Mr. Incredible helps out, I don’t want you to think bad of him. His work schedule sucks, and for this month, he won’t be home, when we are home. Even on the days when he will be home, Tink will go to daycare, because chances are 9 out of 10 that he will get called out for work, and then we wouldn’t have a place for Tink to go.

and the kids – they know I’m tired and push my buttons. The fight me on bedtimes, on brushing teeth, washing faces, on eating their suppers, picking up toys, etc. I find myself being short with them, and it’s not them I’m angry at…

…it’s life, it’s many things, it’s nothing, it’s everything, it’s the stupidity of this nation, it’s the stupidity of the media, it’s the stupidity that morons get promoted, and they higher up they are the lazier they are, it’s – I don’t know – but why can’t people grab their ears and pull their heads out of their donkeys’, why do they have to be so stupid?

I just need to pause time so I can catch up with life.

Sooo if you find my pause button, let me know – and make sure you include a fresh pack of batteries, because two of the remotes in this house are out of batteries, yeah that happens when you take from one remote to make another work. (Shut it – you’ve done that before – don’t be judging me!)

**** It will get better, the spring is almost here – I loved spring last year – I think it was on a weekend!****

Today, Tink wants to know “why?”

Sooooo…. who wants to play parent/wizard and answer her questions – ready, set go!

1) Why does sammy have an owie?

2) Why does it take so long to get better?

3) Why hasn’t Grandpa R come back from Heaven? Papa and G’ma came back from vacation already – when is the heaven vacation over?

4) When can I ride my bike?

Leave your answers in the comments!

Between my cell phone and the four cordless phones we have in the house – the darn things have been ringing off the hook. (Yes, we really do have four cordless phones – what you never misplace a phone?)

But the fact of the matter is – all the calls in the last I’d say 48 hours were bad news. Why do people (okay my family) feel the need to call me when bad things happen. Why can’t they ever call me with good news?

Saturday night at 10:00 pm, my sister L (slightly drunk – can a person be slightly drunk?…hmmm – okay so she was drunk) called. She did have some good news. which was that a classmate of mine was home on military leave, and happened to be in the same place as her – so I talked to him through her (he was talking to her as she was talking to me – why she didn’t just hand him the phone is beyond me. – and no, Mr. Incredible was not upset about who I was talking to – he just hates it when people call after 9:00). This classmate was in every single one of my classes K-8th grade. It wasn’t until 9th that we didn’t spend all day long together. and he was surprised that I still remembered who he was…WTF?

It was nice to hear that he is still around, that he has several kids and has adopted quite a few as well. He came from a HUGE family, so I’m am not surprised at all. Wished him well, and hope that his time with the military will be done soon, so he can be home more often, but I think he is making a career of it. I just hope that it is a long career, and he can enjoy a long retirement with his family.

The second part of her phone call was to tell me about a hometown boy that had died. Her phone call was the 4th phone call regarding the matter. and yes, it was a shock, and yes, I’m sad -
*edited to take out all the personal stuff*

Then tonight she calls again to tell me more not so good news…

…Rest in Peace little man, rest in peace.

I hate to exercise…hate it.

But I love to talk. I can pretty much talk to anyone, about anything, for just about any length of time, and I lose track of time when I talk.

So…

Makes sense for me to pop my earpiece in my ear, call someone and walk right?

Right, or not so right? An hour passes, and I don’t even realize that I have walked that far. Tonight I probably walked 4 miles.

What do you mean it’s not common for a person to walk down the street in the dark, talking to herself? Sure those that I met on the sidewalk looked as me as it I were nuts, but I got off my duff and out of the house.

Maybe I need to get some real life friends…but that would require me meeting people our own age….nah….that so over-rated.

Sunday Six! Spring arrived this week, so that will be our theme! Answers are provided by Pan (6.8) and Tink (4.6)

1. How old is Spring?
Pan: I don’t know
Tink: I don’t know

2. What happens in the Spring?
Pan: it starts to warm up
Tink: It gets warm

3. What comes after Spring?
Pan: Summer
Tink: Sommer (I’m watching)

4. What do people wear in the Spring?
Pan: Shorts, short sleeves and shoes
Tink: And SANDALS…we have to get new sandals right mom?

5. What is “Spring Break?”
Pan: we don’t have spring Break
Tink: No, I’m watching…. (we put in Peter Pan and she doesn’t want to answer anymore!)

6. How will you celebrate Spring?
Pan: Go outside and play
Tink: Play outside.

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Thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday! I had a good day, the kids played outside, I didn’t do any laundry (now we don’t have any clean clothes for next week, but somehow I’m sure it will all work out). It was beautiful outside – simply beautiful!

It’s my birthday, and on schedule for the day ….

NOTHING!

At least I hope it’s a whole lot of nothing…. I know I’ll have to do a load or two, or ten of laundry – but maybe that will be about it, and we can watch a movie in the afternoon!

Hope you all have a great day – Sunday six will be up later.

Awesome Family Blogs

So Twisted Cinderell over at Twisted Cinderella’s — Ever After … My Way tagged me for this really great blogroll idea, and I figured it would be fun to play along! I love finding new and interesting blogs and I love to share the cool stuff I find with you guys! So go on over and check out the great sites below, and tell them Fantastagirl sent ya! I know some of the sites I listed don’t do meme’s but they are great sites – check them out!

Here are the rules:

1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content string. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra linkback.

2. Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.

3. Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.

4. Add up to 5 new parenting or (Mommy/Daddy) blogs to the list in the “My Adds” section.

My add ons:
missingjtsnow
In my shoes
Tamara
AKA_Meritt
Like a Fish out of Water

The originals:
A Work of Art: Raising Our Exceptional Son
Ever After … My Way
Adventures In The 100 Acre Wood
An Island Life
Adoption and Fire
Lala Girl
The Bookworm BroadcastParenting Sites 411
Cass Knits
Geni Desu Yo
No Average Mom
Notes From The Trenches
Busy Mom.net
Groovy Mom
Coffee Time
My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings
Toil
My Single Mom Life
Tips From The Money Goddess
Army Mom: New Jersey
Melissa’s Place
Three Sons and a Princess
Moot Thoughts and Musings
A family runs through it
Uglyhead
Parenting Toddlers
An Island Life
arewethereyetmom.com
HeartSongs
Kitchen Ramblings from a fairly odd Tofu mom
My Splatter Painted Life
The Adventures of Fantastagirl

Oh who the heck do I think I am kidding….

I got a package in the mail, and it wasn’t a bill….and it was all for me!!!! AND it was from another Country.

Wanna know what it was?

Do ya?

Huh?

Do YA? Okay fine – I’ll share….

Bluepaintred sent me this, all carefully packaged:

A while back I wrote a post about how I saw this quote and loved it….I think it’s awesome – and Blue – just so you know – it got here with a few days to spare. Thank you so much – it brought a smile to my face – this is just awesome! Maybe I should stop hating my birthday and start enjoying it! I’ve hated half of my birthdays…since my sweet 16. Sooo maybe I’ll get a cake, and enjoy the day…. Thanks Bluepaintred!