Wednesday, October 14, 2009

I know, I know....long time not post....its a long story that I won't bore you with right now, but I saw the below video on the Ellen Degeneres show and HAD to share the video with you all! Enjoy!


Monday, August 3, 2009

Warshing Clothes Recipe....

My friend forwarded this email to me today. Boy am I thankful for the modern conviences in my life!


Never thought of a "washer" in this light before...what a blessing to have the ones we do! A "Warshing Clothes Recipe" - imagine having a recipe for this!

Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe (this is an exact copy, as written and found in an old scrapbook - spelling errors and all.)

WARSHING CLOTHES
BUILD FIRE IN BACKYARD TO HEAT KETTLE OF RAIN WATER. SET TUBS SO SMOKE WONT BLOW IN EYES IF WIND IS PERT. SHAVE ONE HOLE CAKE OF LIE SOAP IN BOILIN WATER.
SORT THINGS, MAKE 3 PILES
1 PILE WHITE,
1 PILE COLORED,
1 PILE WORK BRITCHES AND RAGS.
TO MAKE STARCH, STIR FLOUR IN COOL WATER TO SMOOTH, THEN THIN DOWN WITH BOILING WATER. TAKE WHITE THINGS, RUB DIRTY SPOTS ON BOARD, SCRUB HARD, AND BOIL, THEN RUB COLORED DON'T BOIL JUST WRENCH AND STARCH.
TAKE THINGS OUT OF KETTLE WITH BROOM STICK HANDLE, THEN WRENCH, AND STARCH.
HANG OLD RAGS ON FENCE.
SPREAD TEA TOWELS ON GRASS
PORE WRENCH WATER IN FLOWER BED. SCRUB
PORCH WITH HOT SOAPY WATER.
TURN TUBS UPSIDE DOWN.
GO PUT ON CLEAN DRESS, SMOOTH HAIR WITH HAIR COMBS.. BREW CUP OF TEA, SIT AND ROCK A SPELL AND COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
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Paste this over your washer and dryer. Next time when you think things are bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine and dryer, and give Thanks.. First thing each morning you should run and hug your washer and dryer!
(For you non-Southerners, wrench means rinse!)
Never thought of a "washer" in this light before...what a blessing to have the ones we do! A "Warshing Clothes Recipe" - imagine having a recipe for this!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Latest Project Finished

I FINALLY finished Madden's baby blanket! Here are some pics of the finished product and Madden.....sooo cute!






























Birthday Weekend

So I am a little behind on getting these pics downloaded, but here are some family pics of our get together over Pioneer Day Weekend. :)

Bailey saying cheese! :)
















Cousins telling secrets....could be trouble. (Peyton & Maya)

















Goofin with Uncle Kent

















Just hangin' at Meemaw's

















This is Bailey's rockin' Tina Turner Hairdo after her nap! SWEET!!!














Friday, July 17, 2009

Boy she is going to be a TALKER!

My friend emailed the below video to me. I totally cracked me up and I HAD to share it with everyone! The subject line of the email stated, "Are all women born this way?" TOO FUNNY!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Edward Cullen

A friend of mine has a boyfriend who is constantly giving her a hard time over her Twilight obsession. Last week he sent her the below video with the caption, "I'd consider watching this version of Twilight". While I am NOT fond of the ending, this was pretty dang funny so I thought I would post it for all of your viewing pleasures! Enjoy!

(because my videos always seem to be cut off here is the link to see the fun screen version. http://e.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv/rss/flash/2274024&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf&feedurl=http://rebelliouspixels.blip.tv/rss/flash&brandname=blip.tv&brandlink=http://blip.tv/%3Futm_source%3Dbrandlink&enablejs=true)

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Love Story Meets Viva La Vida

A friend of mine on facebook posted this video and I just LOVED it! It is a mix of two of my favorite songs and the little story of Jon Schmidt's daughter who inspired this arrangement is just adorable! Enjoy!! ;)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Who else does this stuff happen to???

Ok, so those of you who have known me a while know that I am no stranger to bizarre happenings. I don't know why, but my life just seems to be truly filled with them, but none that compare with this morning.

I have been having some issues with my toilet. The lever or floater or whatever its called does not seem to drop when I flush so the tank doesn't fill with water. Of late this seems to be happening a lot. I have been meaning to investigate the problem, but just haven't gotten to it.

Well it happened again this morning, but this time once I got the water running it wouldn't stop. So I lift up the lid and see what the problem is. My little toilet bowl disc had floated over and stopped the stopper thingy (that would be a technical term) from allowing the tank to fill with water. I moved it and reached over to the sink to wash some black stuff off my hand before I put the lid back down, when the lid slipped and fell into the tank, breaking it and causing a flood all over my bathroom floor. Then I couldn't get the water to stop....I couldn't get the water valve to turn off. I finally find a lotion bottle close by that is the right size to put under the floater to at least temporarily stop the water flow.

Not a great start to the morning for sure. I called the landlord who informed me that this would be my responsibility as it was not caused by "normal wear and tear". Well this point is debatable, but it is what it is I guess. A plumber was called. He called me to let me know when I could expect him. He also informed me that it might be necessary to replace the toilet if he didn't have a tank that would fit my current toilet....I was freaking! HELLO I can't afford a freaking new toilet!!! The plumber was very nice and let me know that he would do his best to make this as inexpensive as possible.

Well when the plumber shows up, he takes a look at my tank and says, "wow I've never seen a tank break like that." Of course you haven't! Typical of my life. But on initial inspection, it looks as though the tank in his truck will fit. (hurray, a hint of some good news) He has to take the tank out in 2 pieces. As he is working to get the second piece out I hear, "Oh no!" Not what you want to hear from your plumber as he is working on your toilet. He comes out and asks if I have any gauze or anything as he has cut himself on the broken piece. Looks like he will need stitches....it is a pretty bad and deep cut. He asks if I'm queasy, I say no to which he replies, good cuz I am. Visions of my plumber passing out on my bathroom floor fly through my head. CRAZY!

We get him temporarily bandaged up, he says he thinks he can finish the job before he goes to get stitches. I say, if you need to go, I can wait. He decides to finish the job. The tank fits! Hallelujah!!!! I'm soooo relieved!! He is able to finish the job, it works great! And my water filling issues are also fixed as he replaces all the hardware inside the tank as well....HURRAY.

Then he comes to me and says he wants to try something, but needs my help. Would I be willing to help him superglue his injury? Really? Are you kidding me??? I figure it is his arm, so I will give it my best shot. So he goes and gets superglue from his truck and we proceed to superglue his cut arm in my bathroom.

So today, I broke my toilet, called a plumber, injured a plumber had injured plumber fix my toilet and performed superglue surgery in my bathroom....all this before noon! Can you believe it??

Thursday, May 28, 2009

And the obsession continues!!!

So my friend sent me the below video today! It is pictures on the set of New Moon in Italy! SO COOL! I'M SOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just cannot wait! Come, obsess with me! :)

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The Man Cold

So my sister showed this video to me the other day. It totally cracked me up!!! Seriously, it is sooo true! Enjoy!


Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Taking the Ride of My Life! :)


As many of you know, this year I have joined with several members of my family in riding the Tour de Cure for Diabetes! Our team name is the Blood Sugar Daddies. Catchy right? :) We are choosing to go on the 25 mile ride! This is quite the goal for me as I have never done anything like this before, but am very excited to do it this year! All of you support both financial and emotional is greatly appreciated. I am dedicating this ride this year, personally to my friend Dawn as she is the one who coaxed, encouraged, harrassed....however you classify it (all of the above, actually)...to do this for myself as well as all of those in my family and around the world who suffer from this disease. Dawn and I had planned to train and ride together and while she will not be there with my physcially, she will be there with me in spirit!!
I also have a goal to raise $500 to go toward research to find a cure! I am currently 34% there! So I have a ways to go!!! Below is the link to my personal webpage where you can click on the link to sponsor me in this endeavor....any amount no matter how small will help me in reaching my goal! You are also welcome to join our team, or to simply come up and cheer us on! June 13th is the date and there is a link with details on the below page to where the festivities will be! Come on up!! I could use the encouragement for sure!!! :) Please show your support in any way you can! Thanks so much!!!

Monday, April 6, 2009

I Miss You My Sweet Friend

This week has been a very difficult one. My sweet friend Dawn Shelton was found dead in her apartment on April 1st. This was devastating news for me. Dawn and I have been really close buddies...we went to church together, we encouraged one another through difficult times, we just really fit well with one another. She was truly a kindred spirit to me and I miss her dearly. We only knew one another for just over a year, but it felt like we had known one another forever. I do know that she is safe and happy where she is now, but I cannot help but wish she didn't have to go so soon. I just feel like I still need her, but I guess others must need her more.

Sadly I only have one picture of her. It was taken on the opening night of the Twilight movie. A bunch of us all went out for dinner and a movie that evening and I wanted to mark the evening with some pictures. I will be forever grateful I did.

Here are the group pictures. One of many fun and happy memories I will treasure with my sweet friend Dawn! I truly love you and miss you with my whole heart and soul!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My date with Twilight

As many of you know, Emily, my friend, and I threw a Twilight DVD release party! It was soooo much fun! We had all kinds of silly fun! Had a pot luck dinner full of Twilight cuisine as seen below:

The menu consisted of:
Marble White Ice Cream
Vegetarian Pizza
Cooked Flesh (fried chicken)
Harry Clearwater's fish fry (w/catfish)
Venison Fajita's with red "Bella" Red Peppers
Vampire Blood Punch
And lovely fondue - 1 Strawberry, 1 Chocolate!
We did a fabulous job of decorating Emily's living room...true twilight style! :)
Due to Emily's genius, we created a photo booth to take photos...some of our own apple pics as seen below.
These are just a sampling, but I thought that the hostesses of the party should be featured here. :)
Then we did some lovely pictures with Edward. :)
Not my best side, but oh well! Again this is just a sampling, but Natalie was the lovely friend that introduced me to the love world of Twilight...so I think it fitting that she get a feature in this blog as well! Thanks Natalie!!!
There were, of course, a few out of control moments! I just love my fellow Twilighters!!!



And finally, here is the group shot of us all! Thanks ladies for a completely fantabulous night!!!! Y'all are all da bomb! :) Can't wait for part II in New Moon!!!

Friday, March 20, 2009

Buffy and Edward FOREVER!!

My friend at work have been counting down to the Twilight DVD release. The last couple of days she has been sending me these Twilight emails, with movie trailers and lines and todaythe below picture! Isn't it sooo awesome!!!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Twilight Humor

A friend of mine sent me this cartoon and I just cracked up! I totally loved it and thought it needed sharing!!! :)



Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Happy Songs

So I have been reminded over the past few days the power of music in my life. I have had a bad couple of weeks. I had surgery on my wrist and while it went pretty well, it has been pretty painful especially since it was my right wrist and I am severly right handed so I have been pretty dang disabled. Well I have become pretty impatient and depressed throughout this healing process. and to take a phrase from my nephew Jacob, "I am done with this injury! SO DONE!!

Now keep in mind that this statement could be applied to a mutitude of other issues over the last little while as well, but we won't get into all of that. Today as I have been working and listening to my itunes one of my favorite Michael Buble' songs came on and suddenly my mood improved. Now this doesn't always work, but for whatever reason it worked today! So I thought I would share today's happy song with you all. Here is a nice live performace of "Everything" by Michael Buble! THANK HEAVENS FOR HAPPY SONGS!!! Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Picture Tag


This is a pretty fun tag. If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged. Go to the place in your computer where you keep photos, open the fourth file, then choose the fourth picture to post on your blog and explain it. This could be really funny.
This picture is from my road trip along the pacific northwestern coast. It was taken in Crescent City, CA. This trip was a total blast!!! :)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

FUN FUN with names!!!

OK, I know it has been a while since I have actually done a personal blog post and I have been meaning to take and post some pics of my new beautiful car...but it has been so gloomy and cold that i just haven't done it yet...but stay tuned, its coming for sure!

In the meantime, here is another fun game with names! Enjoy!!

1.YOUR REAL NAME:
Carla Gwynne MacQueen

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother and fathers middle names)
Sue William

3.NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
Harry Charles - really?

4.STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Macca or Macbu (either way pretty interesting right?)

5.DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal)
Sage Bear (sounds like quite the sleuth right?)

6.SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born)
Gwynne Morgantown (I bet she is the slutty trouble maker in town)

7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Burgundy Sunkist (hot right?)

8.FLY NAME:(first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Cama or Buma

9.STREET NAME:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Strawberry Chocolate Chip

10. YOUR GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of last name plus izzle)
Macizzle (I think everyone should call me this from now on!)

13.YOUR IRAQI.. NAME:(2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)
Acgwlaeen (wow!)

14.YOUR GOTH NAME:(black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Ginger

Monday, January 26, 2009

The Random mp3 player/Come Back Baby

GAME RULES:

1. Put your music player on shuffle (ALL MUSIC).
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the game, as well as the person you got the game from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OK" YOU SAY:
5 Months,2 Weeks 2 Days - Louis Prima


WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Gone - Kelly Clarkson


WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Electric Barberella - Duran Duran

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Wild Wild West - Escape Club

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Friends O Mine - Bowling for Soup

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Come Undone - Duran Duran

WHAT IS 2 + 2?
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - ABBA

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Let's talk about love - The Judds


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Circle of Life - Elton John

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Hello Again - Neil Diamond

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Change in my Life - John Pagano

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Pirates That Don't Do Anything - Veggie Tales

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Something Good - Sound of Music

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Handcock

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me - Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Planet Earth - Duran Duran

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Bella's Lullaby - Carter Burwell

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
All She Wants to Do is Dance - Don Henley

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Good Morning - Dean Martin

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Please, Please Tell Me Now - Duran Duran

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
We May As Well Be Strangers - Keane

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
This is How a Heart Breaks - Rob Thomas

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Dance of the Lame Duck - Glen Gray

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Come Back Baby - Ray Charles

** Ok, so I'm not technically going to tag anyone...but here's who I would really love to see the answers from...Betsy, Jenny, Kathy, Lindsey, Heather, Trisha, Laura, Ben, Merrilee, Jen Thomas

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

My circle of strength

I was catching up on my blog reading today and was reading my sister, Betsy's blog. She apparently was having a bad day, I'm sure we all can relate, and said she found the below video on a friend's blog. It spoke to me in a way I don't think I can fully express. I am so truly blessed with strong women in my life...sisters, my mom, friends...all women of varying ages, and life circumstances that have stood by me through thick and thin. You have been my circle of strength. I cannot thank you enough for that! You have all been my lifesavers on countless occasions and I love you dearly for that!

So grab a tissue and enjoy!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

How about some motivation!

So 2009 has mixed reviews for me so far. My car was totaled at the end of 2008 and I am awaiting insurance paperwork before I can look into buying a new one. So the first part of the year I am bussing it....oh reminds me of the good ole days!!

However on the brighter side of things, all of my favorite football teams have won thier bowl games! WVU! LSU! and most prominently U of U!!! The Sugar Bowl was oh so sweet this year!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited and am still riding on that beautiful high! One of my co-workers sent me the following "motivational posters" and I thought I would share them with you! I think I like Humility the best! :) Enjoy and GO UTES!!!!!!!