Is this bad?

Is it bad that I’ve been up for a little over 2 hours now and all I’ve done is blog?

In honor of the 2009 PBR season starting on January 2nd

Captian Enterprise – Flint Rasmussen

Some Sean Willingham

An Austin Meier action shot

Brian Canter’s butt – I could not help myself

Robson Palermo action shot

Mike Lee action shot

This would be Ashley’s favorite rider Matt Bohon hung up on the side of his bull

This is my mom’s favorite rider Wiley Petersen in the short round of the Omaha Classic

My ‘Girl" Vacation!!

I am finally going to get to go on my “girl” vacation! My friend Ashley and I have decided that we are going to go to the PBR event in Nampa, ID in April, we actually leave the end of March though.

The original plan was to fly out there. Now I’m pretty sure the plan has changed and we are going to be taking the Amtrack out there. It’ll be almost a 2 day train ride plus an 8 hour bus ride but I think it will be worth it in the end. It’s a three day event and I’ll finally be old enough to rent a rental vehicle from the PBR’s sponor Enterprise Rent A Car. Ok, so I just found out as I was writing this that you only have to be 21 to rent from Enterprise but who cares at this point. I’m soooooo excited that I’ve already ordered Idaho travel information and a road map too. Ashley’s even been looking for things that she wants to do and sent me this yesterday afternoon. So I guess if we’re going to go and do this trip we’re going BIG!

I mean who wouldn’t want to go all that way to look at that or even some of this:

But as good as the “Butt Cam” is my favorite part has to be:

The introduction pyro….I come from a long line of pyro “maniacs.”

Don’t worry between the both of us there will be PLENTY of photo’s to go around to share with all the blogging peeps out there. Plus it’s going to be one heck of a “Dear Diary” too! Oh, I guess I should tell you all what “Dear Diary” is….everytime we go to an event or on a trip we write about what goes on before, during and after the whole trip….pretty basic readers digest version of what it is but hey, it works right?!

I’ll be knitting (complete with candy dish/urn photo)…..

We, as in my coworkers and I, learned the other night at work that everyone’s hours in the month of January and possibly February (they haven’t seen the forecasted hour allottment yet) will be cut by at LEAST 1 day. This actually kind of sucks more than a little bit but with the way the economy is right now very understandable. So as a result of being in debt to the Bank of Dad, trying to save money for my trip to Nampa (which I’m still going on because I was approved the time off before my car went “boom” on me), and my hours being cut I went out and spent a little bit of money on some more yarn, knitting needles, and a book (complete with patterns) so I can learn more than the basic stitch, since I won’t be going much of anywhere or doing much of anything really fun for a little while.

I was successful in my quest to find pictures of the candy dish/urn that I described in a prior post, so without further adue here is the candy dish/urn:

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A borrowed blogging tip and a question….

I logged on to the SITS blog and found that this week they are posting blogging tips for the other “comment junkies” to ponder and try. Here is the one for today:

“Okay, so we thought it would be fun to run through some crucial blogging tips this week and then we’ll resume our featured bloggers on January 2nd.

The first one is near and dear to our hearts. It’s leaving a return email. It’s easier than you think and takes commenting back to a whole new level.

The first thing you need to do is open an email account just for your blog. It’s free to do through Yahoo, Gmail, or Hotmail. Easy Peasy. Why open an email account just for your blog? Well, it’s kind of nice to keep it separate from your personal email account. This is your blog and if people are reading it, you need to treat it a little like a business. It’s not a “have to”, it’s just a suggestion.

Now, go into your profile page and choose “edit your profile”. Check the box that says “show my email address”. Then, on that same page under Identity, type in your email where it says “Email address”.

What happens is when you leave someone a comment and blogger puts your comment into THEIR email account, all they have to do is hit reply and they can send a response into YOUR email account. Sometimes it’s nice to reply to someone’s comment specifically instead of going to their blog and leaving them a random comment to a question they might have asked on your blog. Clear as mud?

Having a bloggy email address is nice if someone wants to ask you a specific question and this is why we say that a separate email address is nice. It ups the privacy factor just a little more. Your personal email address might contain your last name and that’s risky to put out for everyone to see.”

My question to you out there in bloggy land is: What are your thoughts on people responding back to your comments via e-mail? I know that I have my bloggy e-mail address set up so that you can respond to my comments via e-mail. I also like to respond to the comments on my blog via e-mail also (to those that I can anyway.)

And then there was the candy dish….

I saw this post over at Terri’s blog and felt that I should share this story with you. This past Saturday night at work I spent the vast majority of my shift working out the majority of our remaining Christmas merchandise out to the sales floor with a couple of coworkers. It was all pretty unexciting stuff until we came to this box that had candy dishes in it. Now these were no ordinary candy dishes…Well really they looked like urns but that’s besides the point. Well to say that the handle on the lid of these candy dishes were inapporpriate looking is being nice. To be totally honest the handle on these candy dishes/urns looked like the tip of a vibrator. And because it was near the end of the night for most of us we showed them to anyone who would look!

The moral of the story: Don’t let tired overnight workers “play” with “inappropriate” holiday merchandise, if you don’t want everyone to know about it.

Some more "window" shopping ~ Western Style

Most of what I found while I was “window” shopping was created by Montana Silversmiths or are Black Hills Gold….I LOVE me some Montana Silversmiths and Black Hills Gold!

I’m not really a pink kind of girl but I do like this watch, which you too can own for $135.99….The upside is that 10% of the proceeds go to Breast Cancer research!

This satute is pretty cool too. It’s called “On Bended Knee” and for a mere $89.25 I could own this statue.

This is a leather tooled cross! I LOVE it! And for $25 it too can be hanging on my wall!

Isn’t it pretty?! I like to wear rings but with my job they have to be more of a band type ring rather than a “regular” ring. It would upset me greatly to spend a bunch of money on something and then have it break or have something equally icky happen to it at work. This is listed as a Black Hills Gold Diamond Heart ring. $143.25

The Humanity Bracelet…it comes in Sterling Silver, Gold Plated and Pewter. $24.99

I’m at war with my alarm clock!

My Christmas was pretty good. I’m not real happy with my aunt who was nothing but mean and nasty to my dog but I’ll get over it. Santa was pretty good to me too….

1. Set of tires for my car

2. A couple hundred dollars taken off of what I owe “The Bank of Dad.”

3. A new Wii game….it’s got 10 different sports on it and the only one I’m really any good at is the Archery.

4. A $25 Itunes card

5. Some Burt’s Bee’s lip balm

6. The Jim Gaffigan special on DVD

7. A sled….we’ve got a crap ton of snow (well we did anyway…it was warmish here yesterday and some melting took place.)

8. A new alarm clock….

Which brings me to being at war with my alarm clock. The clock that I got was one of those that you plug in and it sets itself by the satellites. It worked fine for 2 days but last night when it went off at the time for me to get out of bed and start getting ready for work it went bananna’s on me. I’ve got no numbers, none of the buttons appear to work and the radio won’t shut off unless I unplug it. I’m hoping that putting a new battery in the clock will help if not I’m going to have to get in touch with Santa about replacing it.

In response to the question of wether or not the flat tummies come with the jeans in my “window” shopping post……I really wish it did….I would LOVE to have a flat tummy!

So I was doing some "window" shopping

I was bored this morning so I logged onto the computer and decided to do some “window” shopping. Keep in mind that I am not a real big “girly” girl. I have my moments but they still pretty few and far between (but recently whenever I have a “girly” moment I seem to have them in at least pairs….are we on our way to a breakthrough? Who knows!) Anyway moving on….Here is what I found that I would LOVE to have:

I LOVE me some Skechers. I’m usually not real big on “high heels” on my boots but I do really like these. You too can purchase them here for a mere $69 a pair.

Anyone want to get me one of these?! I don’t know why but I really kinda like this bag. You too can find it here for a mere $120.

I am a total blue jeans type of girl. I’m pretty parital to Silver Brand Jeans but because they are pretty pricey I only have a couple of pairs of them. I really like this design, it’s called Andy and you too can go here and own a pair of these jeans for $80.

really like the distressed look of these Silver Jeans….These are called Eden and you too can have a pair for $80.

Have I ever mentioned on my blog that I LOVE horses?! I want this soooo bad! It’s called “Fierce Gaze” and you too can own it for $115.

I want this one too. It’s called “Spirit Horse” and it’s a mere $100.

I have a slight problem with wallets….I can never find one that I actually like alot. I really like this one and might actually order this one for myself. You can find it here for $49.97 (originally $68).

I’ve always wanted a Montana Silversmiths watch. I may actually finally get myself the one above. It’s their “Barbed Wire” watch and you too can own one for $130.

Ok so celebrities aren’t ALL bad

Heat’s Dwyane Wade helps family displaced by fire

MIAMI (AP)—When Dwyane Wade heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned down her home—and ruined all the family’s possessions—the Miami Heat star knew he had to do something.

So he helped the family move into a new home, just in time for Christmas.

Wade presented Dawn Smith with the ultimate Christmas gift on Wednesday— the keys to a her new house, along with some furnishings, clothing and gifts to make sure her family has a joyous holiday, something that didn’t seem likely just a few weeks ago.

His Wade’s World foundation will make some payments on the home, while Smith and her family get back on their feet.

“That’s what I try to teach my kids,” said Wade, whose foundation has hosted several charity events this holiday season, mostly for needy children. “It’s not about what you’re going to receive—it’s what you can give to others from what you’ve received.”

Smith couldn’t hold back happy sobs when she saw the home for the first time.

“A big-time relief,” Smith said, clearly overcome by emotion. “Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Oh, God, thank you so much.”

The NBA’s leading scorer this season had a simple message: “Hopefully, you’ll like it.”

Wade’s other holiday events this year included a party for 350 children on Monday, and hosting 100 kids at Tuesday night’s Heat game against the Golden State Warriors. He also donated $10,000 to each of three children’s organizations, but said he was particularly touched by being able to assist the Smith family.

“We can help this family have a new beginning,” Wade said.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-heat-wadesgift&prov=ap&type=lgns