How to create your own vaudeville show......

It's easy to get rich on your own vaudeville show, all you need to add is a little weather!  Here in North Carolina, most citizens rush to the store for their milk, eggs, TP, bread and beer if there's the threat of "wintery" mix in the forecast, winter mix is code for that freezing rain or what we like to refer to as "snizzle" a mixture of snow and drizzle!  So put a thin code of ice on the roads and in front of your house and you've got your own vaudeville show.  Picture this:

We start with Mom letting poochie out for the morning consitutional.  Poochie goes running out the door ready to read the morning papers of dog poop and pee in the yard,  however when her paws hit the sidewalk she goes into the frontal spin reminiscent of Tom and Jerry Episodes that end with her landing on her face in the icy grass that was the yard she was looking for.

Mom laughs and walks out to Poochie, only to find herself lying on her back in sidewalk looking up at the snizzle falling from the sky.  Poochie wants to come over to her but putting another foot on the ice and she's sliding by.  Kids at this point are laughing at Mom and dog then running to put some shoes on.

Kids come out of the house at full force, then slide with a grace down the sidewalk all the way over to the driveway, resembling Dorothy Hamilton.  They want to have more fun so move into Roller Derby style and start running into each other trying to knock each other.  Mom, still on her back on the sidewalk looks at the boys and sees some Looney Toons action and knows she's got to take action.

Boys now run out of the house to the ice slick in the front complete with skateboarding helmets on as they run into each other.  Mom and Poochie watch the kids, shake their head then crawl back inside the house.

No one, I mean no one, is telling Dad about the ice....we've got to continue the show.

Did you have a vaudeville show in your front yard this morning?

How to clean a shower curtain!

In my 30 days of posting blogs, I thought some would be good to help others out, those little nagging things that drive you crazy!  How to get the last peanut butter out of the jar, how to keep the mosquito from buzzing around your ear, etc. etc, etc.

So the easiest and fastest way to clean the soap scum off a shower curtain?

Drum roll please........

Toss that baby into the washing machine with a capfull of bleach and put it on short washing setting.  Let it go and be super surprised that all the soap scum is gone after the final rinse!

Now if someone would just help me with keeping all the towels in the bathroom, adding enough hot water to the shower so I'm not a teenager in heat type cold, and adding an automatic flush to the toilet, it'd be perfect!

Resolutions, Schemzolutions!

Welcome to the 1/1/11! What’s on your list of resolutions? Do you make resolutions? Some make resolutions just to break resolutions, some make resolutions to forget them, some make resolutions and follow through!


When making your list of resolutions, dream big but start small. Break that list out into three categories, the three most important aspects of life:

Faith
Family
Business

Putting and keeping resolutions in these three categories are guarranteed to help mind, body and SOUL! In each category give yourself a minimum of three small resolutions that add up to one big one!

Faith – Read the bible for 10 minutes every day
Find a kind thing to do or say for someone else every day
Give one hour of talent to your church or community.

These three little things will start the building of a solid foundation, that grows from there. You’ll find that as you put these simple resolutions into action that there is so much enjoyment in them that they grow and as they grow you find peace and happiness!

FAMILY -
Game night one night a week with the family.
Tell family members that you care about them, do one kind thing.
Keep the TV off until 8pm.

Again, small doable resolutions that lead to bigger and better things. Spend that quality time and watch your children open up and want to spend more time with you, turn off the TV and actually have a conversation with your significant other. More health and happiness for the family.

BUSINESS -
Save 10% in a rainy day fund.
Give 10% back to church or charity.
Pay cash for everything.

More easy things to do that balloon before you know it. Give to others and create a support for your family and watch as peace descends on your household. Pay cash for things makes you think twice about the purchase because watching that money go out of your wallet actually hurts!

You can make those types of resolutions that are small and easy to keep that grow into lifestyle changes before you know it. Here’s to a happy and healthy and peaceful New Years to you and yours!

Now you try, how about creating three small health resolutions?