Some Website Clean-up, Fun and Giveaway

Funky Monday soup, right? We’ll get to that in a moment. I’ve been toying around with this site layout. I’m no web programmer by any means, just playing around. Some of the additions are:

• Along the right hand side of the blog, I’ll post some books and products on cooking, crafting, etc. Some books I own, some I’ve borrowed, read at the library, seen at friend’s homes… I just think they’re cool books, and I think you might like them too. I promise not to clutter up with too much advertising. That was never my intention with this site.
• Further down the right hand side, there is a “Google Friend Connect” box. I don’t know if there are people other than my family who are following my craziness – well, on a regular basis. I sure do appreciate it if you are, and if you feel so inclined to follow along, feel free to sign-in.

So, around 8:00 PM last night, I realized, “OH, it’s Sunday!” It was one of those, “Gee, I thought it was Saturday” moments, and I have to get my head back into the weekday routines.  But no, I was wandering around cyberspace and found this site: Sign Generator from RedKid.net. So much fun to be had. There are lots of images to choose from – pick one and enter your phrase. That’s how the Monday Soup came about.

How about your own Oscar award? Street sign? Magic 8 ball? I would have to shake the ball again if I got this fortune. We all have those days, don’t we? I feel like making a bunch of goofy ones and sending them off to my friends.

Lastly, go by Craft Critique today to see my review on Donna Downey products (there are 3 articles, mine is number 2 or 3), and sign up for the wonderful giveaways! I’m so excited to be able to bring these fun opportunities to readers! Entries are open until Wed., May 5… Happy Cinco de Mayo!

(My Craft Critique legal disclosure that I have to include so I or others don’t get in trouble!)

Tags: fun, funny, wasting time, websites

Favorite band names that aren’t real bands

I’m feeling much, much better now and I’m catching up on lots of household chores. The laundry room was very lonely without me over the last week or so. In between loads, I was thinking about some construction terms, medical diagnoses and even some medications that would make really good band names. Why do I fill my brain with this bizarre information? Because it’s fun… share your own, or let me know if these are actual bands!

Frozen Corneas: heard about this on a morning radio show

Tessalon Perles: not only is this fun to say, but it’s my favorite prescription cough suppresant

Quarter-inch drill bits: this is my made-up band name

Hole Hawgs: this is a kind of drill

FDIOS, the dyslexic dogs: not medical or construction, but silly.

Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine is a form of the exaggerated startle reflex known as hyperexplexia, so named because it was first observed in French-Canadian lumberjacks in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine in 1878. Sufferers were reported to react abnormally to loud, sudden noises — screaming, flailing, muscle seizures and, most puzzlingly, obeying commands in a reflexive, involuntary manner. For instance, when instructed in a loud, authoritative voice to hit someone, they would do so without question. It’s believed to be a genetic condition caused by a blockage of an amino acid that calms the central nervous system. (Information from http://www.medicalassistants.info)

Stay tuned. I’m heading up another table at the craft social! This time… doodling.

Tags: band names, funny, music, music groups, radio, wasting time

“Black Holes” of time

So, if I’m ever feeling like I need to do something other than the ga-zillion things I already do now, I visit these places:

Orisinal: Morning Sunshine – these are cute flash games: http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Cake Mania – original. There are two sequels I believe, of this multi-tasking video game: http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/cakemania.jsp

How About Orange: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/

These are just a few fun places.

I’m thinking about changing up the colors/theme here, but I don’t think it will be anytime too soon. I have to learn how to/where to download themes.  I don’t know that I’m that savvy enough to design from scratch.

Happy Year of the Ox!

Tags: fun, games, time, wasting time, websites