Birthday Humor Quote | Info

Update:  Holy Moly, do you see that list? I set this new fea­ture up and it seems it had to start with pulling every short thought from twit­ter I’ve had since the begin­ning of the year. I was going to edit it down to just the last week, but it’s sort of amus­ing to read. So, click more to read the full list.

• Slowly get­ting back into the good rou­tine that keeps this ship afloat. #
• I just don’t know today. #
• Pack­ing my bags for 1 week in Texas, leav­ing tomor­row. #
• Up super early to head down to Seat­tle and catch my flight. #
• In the last 48 hours, I flew 7 hrs. to Texas. Hung with my Niece. Met my 1 yr. old nephew. Had an awe­some bridal shower. Fell down tired. #

• I am get­ting ready to go out and check on a wed­ding venue this morn­ing. #
• Cur­rently: Exhausted from weigh­ing my wed­ding venue options. I’m going to bed and when I wake up, I will have an answer. #
• I miss my sweet­heart. I miss my dog. I miss my kit­ten. I’m ready to get home. #
• A lit­tle song to get a busy morn­ing started. ? http://blip.fm/~1lukn #
• The choice has been made (Google: Val­cour Veran­das), the check is being cut, now on to another topic. #
• Post on wed­ding venue selec­tion up over at http://ping.fm/Y6FGZ #
• I’ve got my favorite wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher lined up for the wed­ding @christinebpc (google: Chris­tine Tremoulet). #
• I’ve talked to the baker, the preacher and the florist. Every­thing is click­ing into place and I’m headed back to Whid­bey on the mor­row. #
• I’ve got my dog grin­ning at my feet, my kit­ten snoop­ing around my bags and my sweet­heart by my side. I am home. #
• Just had a great day with my sweet­heart pick­ing out things for our home at Tar­get. #
• Watch­ing Obama’s inau­gu­ra­tion on CNN.com live stream­ing. #
• The sea of peo­ple at the inau­gu­ra­tion is truly awe-some. #
• Aretha’s singing has got me teary eyed. #
• Won­der­ful music to usher in the moment of change. Wow. #
• I won­der if I should stand at home too. Yes, I think I will. #
• Hooray! His­tory has been made and it is time for a new admin­is­tra­tion. It is a good day for Amer­ica. #
• “With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy cur­rents, and endure what storms may come. ” Yes. #
• This is the 4th time a poet has been used at inau­gu­ra­tion. I think Ms. Alexan­der was bril­liant. #
• Awe­some. Inspir­ing. Uplift­ing. #
• Alright, like the man said, back to work. #
• Work­ing with Garage­band to put together a spe­cial song mix. #
• just con­firmed our ring designs with the Etsy designer (McFar­land Designs) and they are being crafted! #
• I just dis­cov­ered lots of @ replies to me that I never saw. Oops. #
• is amazed by the small snow flur­ries. #
• We just took our pass­port pho­tos. I look like a hob­bit and Chris looks like an mur­derer. #
• I am excited! I just booked our Hon­ey­moon. #
• My read­ing habits are suf­fer­ing wed­ding plan­ning and other dis­trac­tions. How­ever I just fin­ished my first book of 2009, Lit­tle Hea­thens. #
• You know you have too many rss sub­scrip­tions when it takes you 2 hours to get through a day’s worth of posts. #
• I’d spend $1,000 to buy really awe­some gifts. : http://plinky.com/links/4WC #1Kspree #
• I’ve heard we had an earth­quake at 5:25 am, I didn’t feel it. It’s foggy and cold and a black cof­fee morn­ing. #
• My butt, quads and abs hurt from last nights dance class with Ruby (divinebelly.com). #
• The Uni­verse just sent me a note that for me it will all be easy, that is exactly what I want to hear on a Mon­day. Hope yours is easy too. #
• My new phone has a key­board, open­ing up a whole new mobile Inter­webs addic­tion. #
• Thought I might get a tax refund, but I actu­ally owe those jok­ers $80. Bah. Hum­bug. #
• I’m research­ing beach house rentals for the 1st week in April. #
• Our favorite break­fast place has new own­ers. Once a greasy spoon now an up scale lounge (Red Sky). #
• I’d for­got­ten the genius of The Princess Bride. We watched it today while I roasted a whole chicken for the week. Mmmm. #
• I’m stay­ing focused this morn­ing. Lalalala, I can’t hear you I’m work­ing. #
• Want: hip­ster tea-length 50’s dress. Have: very com­fort­able, inex­pen­sive, well fit­ting gown. Time to face the music, I’m no hip­ster. #
• Being on a diet, both calor­i­cally and finan­cially, leaves me feel­ing empty of super­flu­ous junk, both nutri­tion­ally and mate­ri­ally. #
• My trip from Angle­ton, Texas to Whid­bey Island, Wash­ing­ton: http://plinky.com/links/74m #road­trip #
• I’m simul­ta­ne­ously cap­ti­vated and trou­bled by Google Street View. Look there is my car parked at my grandmother’s house in Texas. #
• Our house is full of excite­ment! Our rings and our pass­ports arrived at the same time. #
• My south­ern lin­guis­tic roots some­times invol­un­tar­ily show them­selves. Last night I heard myself say, “No, I don’t mind nothin”. #
• New post on my wed­ding blog: http://ping.fm/qOCVA #
• Woke up with rain clouds in my brain. Turned on a fan and opened the win­dows to help clear the air and have a good day any­way! #
• I’m on a roll this morn­ing. New blog post at Liv­ing Juicy: http://ping.fm/xHlcv #
• Today is one of those days where my brain decides to fol­low every thought that pops up. I feel very ADD. Could be the exces­sive caf­feine. #
• Project Unplugged Sun­day begin­ning in 30 sec. #
• A WOTD’s I want to remem­ber: con­tu­ma­cious (KON-tuh-may-shuhs, -tyoo-) adj: Stub­born, insub­or­di­nate. #
• is giddy that @Christinebpc is giddy about Chris’ wed­ding attair. Women love men in uti­lik­ilts. #
• is busy as a bee, spread to thin, has too many irons in the fire, balls in the air, and must stop mulit-tasking or else lose her cool. #
• Please send prayers and pos­i­tive thoughts for my step-father who has been diag­nosed with can­cer: http://ping.fm/i2WMQ #
• Is Seattle-bound this Sat­ur­day morn­ing. #
• I’m excited about the Mediter­ranean lun­cheon with my friends this after­noon. Sue and Dana rock for putting it together. #
• Face­book and flickr I’ve got mostly cov­ered, I’m look­ing for ways to keep up with twit­ter because I’m always miss­ing @ replies. #
• I’m feel­ing that twit­ter will be much more man­age­able. Thanks for the advices y’all. And I do swear to be a bet­ter twitter-er. #
• RT: @cybertoad: ATTN Hous­ton Pho­tog­ra­phers: Pro-Bono Pho­tog needed Sat., 3/14 for a culi­nary event! Details here: http://tinyurl.com/denol3 #
• Why doesn’t the printer stay online and why won’t it recon­nect when I print. I’m tired of strug­gling with the dang machine. #
• RT: @bre: “Done is the engine of more” http://tr.im/donemanifesto #
• needs a sign to day that says “CALM DOWN! Every­thing will get done.” Leav­ing for Texas tomor­row. 35 Days and count­ing. #
• Tak­ing a break from pack­ing to look at cup­cakes. It’s very sat­is­fy­ing after a long day of rush­ing around. #
• wanted to sleep in, but woke up promptly at 6 am. #
• http://ping.fm/p/OBuJ8 – Gueny is glad I’m awake. She must be excited about our road trip too. #
• Pack­ing up the car and head­ing for Texas y’all. #
• And so we are off–10 miles down, 2554 left. #
• http://ping.fm/p/0M7BP – Bob loves trav­el­ing. I think she has more space than we do. #
• http://ping.fm/p/M77r0 – Gueny likes to co-pilot. #
• http://ping.fm/p/EFuHI – Snow on snolqualmie pass. 100 miles done. #
• Snolqualmie pass is shut down due to bad weather. Back track­ing now to find an alter­nate route. #
• Re-routing through Port­land, adding about 150 extra miles. Fin­gers crossed no more obsta­cles. #
• http://ping.fm/p/OsMbE – Yay! Blue skies after miles and miles of rain. “Life has no lim­ilt if you’re not afraid to get in it.” Tunes ar … #
• http://ping.fm/p/ncszi – Port­land! 305 miles done. Now we head towards Boise. #
• Oops. Poor nav­i­ga­tion almost sent us to down­town Port­land, dur­ing rush hour. Caught it soon enough but still stuck in traf­fic going 20 mph. #
• Win­ter storm blocks our route once again. Regroup­ing and tak­ing the long way through Cali.Spirits are high. #
• http://ping.fm/p/BMSHF – They left the light on for us. We are done for the night. Tomor­row Cal­i­for­nia. #
• http://ping.fm/p/rjQzT – Rested & fueled & ready to go. Hope to make Tuc­son 1171 miles away. #
• http://ping.fm/p/a0LD0 – Amzaz­ing day. Dri­ving past pink blos­som­ing apple orchards in north­ern Cali. There ain’t noth­ing but big ole hea … #
• A beau­ti­ful sun­set to end a lovely day. Not as many updates today because it’s going so smoothly. And we’ll keep going a bit. #
• Done for the night. We con­sid­ered being all hard-core and dri­ving all night. But decided to take the slow road and stop in San Bernardino. #
• http://ping.fm/p/AIMPg – Cal­i­for­nia is crowded. We’re leav­ing. 1500 miles to go. #
• Hello Ari­zona! The ipod shuf­fle has been good to us today with some Cash, Keen, and Dar. Drive on. #
• Finally crossed the bor­der into Texas. Only 1 more day of dri­ving left until reach­ing my home­town. #
• Arrived safe and sound (mostly) after 4 days on the road. Despite set­backs and rerout­ing, a great trip with miles of good con­ver­sa­tion. #
• I’m miss­ing Chris already, but I know with all there is to do in the next three weeks the time will fly. #
• Yay for Fri­day. I’m still try­ing to catch up after the long road trip. #
• I was just scream­ing and danc­ing like I won the lot­tery because I scored higher on Bejew­led Blitz than ever before. I need an inter­ven­tion. #
• I was just told I’m dressed funny by my mom and step-dad and sud­denly feel 12. But no! Stop. I’m 32, I like the way I dress. #
• Tak­ing my niece to see race to which moun­tain? I hope they fig­ure out which one is the goal. What’s that…oh…Witch Moun­tain. Duh. #
• My brother and I just did 3 miles, he ran and I rode my bike. I prob­a­bly should have started work­ing out a long time ago. #
• I’m off to see good friends, enjoy baby belly coo­ing and some yummy craw­fish. #
• Spent the day orga­niz­ing my to-do list into man­age­able bites sized chunks. The type-A in me feels much bet­ter now. #
• My efforts over the last two weeks are start­ing to work. I am down 8 pounds. Bathing suit here I come. #
• Recap of our road trip at bigskylonestar.com: http://ping.fm/MzZL4 #
• Decided to bor­row my mother’s con­tact solu­tion last night. Turns out it was dis­en­fec­tant (basi­cally acid). That is a mis­take I will not … #
• Yes­ter­day was super pro­duc­tive on the wed­ding front thanks to my Aunt Donna. Com­ing into the final stretches. #
• The weather is divine. 60 degrees and sunny, with clear blue skies as far as the eye sees. Deli­cious. #
• Just received my 2nd les­son on lis­ten­ing to my intu­ition this week. #
• RT @christinebpc Reminder: Tiara Happy Hour THIS Fri., 3/20 @ Beaver’s off of Wash­ing­ton, 6:30-10 PM! @syd­marie is our Tiara-of-Honor! Yay! #
• Scratch throat. Stuffed head. Achy and tired. Yep. I’ve got a cold. Happy first day of Spring! I say ignore the pollen, enjoy the flow­ers. #
• It is such a lovely morn­ing. I’m going to work out­side on the back porch. Wire­less is the muse of Spring. #
• I’m going through old mem­o­ra­bilia. I just read in the senior edi­tion of the Tat­tler I left my high school a win­dow. I thought I was clever. #
• It’s time to dust off my tiara and head to Hous­ton for some bar­be­cue and sparkles at Tiara Happy Hour. #
• Today is girlie day with mom, get­ting our hair done by Whit­ney Winn, who is amaz­ing with color. #
• Today, shop­ping for a dress for mom. I am really ready for this head cold to be done. But my hair looks awe­some. Happy Mon­day. #
• Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twit­ter direc­tory under: #writer #artist #design #
• The cat sat on the Mac, flip­ping it off its perch. Now the screen has a crack, and it’s left me in the lurch. I man­age stress with humor. #
• Got my final RSVP count, 151 adults and 32 chil­dren with 20 out­stand­ing invi­ta­tions with no response. Whew! It’s going to be a party. #
• It’s Wednes­day! Too much to do. Too lit­tle time. Reminder of the day: don’t sweat the small stuff… #
• Rush­ing around to get things done and I made sev­eral mis­takes on work for not pay­ing atten­tion. I hate that I dropped a ball. #
• From a body shaper review: “lose 3-4 inches from waist…adds curves…hard to believe a gar­ment made for women, can fit a man so per­fectly” #
• Blurb is hav­ing a pho­tog­ra­phy book con­test: http://ping.fm/yN77i #
• I’m glad for the works, don’t get me wrong but why does every­thing com­ing in have to be due imme­di­ately. #
• RT: “@bre: Some­times I like to think of the mil­lions of peo­ple in the world who are smil­ing and laugh­ing right now.” Great thought. #
• Get­ting ready for a day crafted by my Liz. I have no idea what or where we are going, but I am very excited. #
• Hit­ting the road for my suprise adven­ture day. #
• Ye-haw spa day with my favorite girls! I am so blessed. #
• has deep relax­ation and joy. #
• Had so much fun last night, from spa to din­ner at my favorite place to a pit fire in the back yard. Won­der­ful! #
• going to pick up our license to wed today. 7 days left. #
• So happy that loved ones are arriv­ing today. #
• Every­thing is ready for Sat­ur­day morn­ing. And my good friends and fam­ily are all in town. It is an excit­ing and happy time. I’m exhausted. #
• Has only a few things to do tonight and then tomor­row is our wed­ding day. I’m very much look­ing for­ward to start­ing our life together. #
• Our wed­ding day is finally here. I am so happy to wed my dar­ling Christo­pher. #
• Hap­pily mar­ried and set­ting sail across the Gulf of Mex­ico. Thanks to our friends and fam­ily for the love and sup­port. It’s been real. W … #
• We’re back from our Hon­ey­moon. Now, laun­dry and pack­ing for our road trip back to the Ever­green state. #
• Try­ing to get moti­vated to pack all this stuff into my tiny car. #
• On the road again. #
• Stop­ping for the evening in Kansas. So long Texas, you are in my heart always. #
• Wait­ing in Twin Falls, Idaho for the car to be checked out because a loud rat­tling and clack­ing started com­ing from the rear last night. #
• The wheel was about to fall off and would have at 60-70 mph. Thank good­ness Chris fol­lowed his intu­ition about the noise and took it in. #
• Finally arrived, safe and sound. Found pack­ages and many cards wait­ing. Feel loved and blessed. Happy to be home again. #
• All the flow­ers came out while I was gone. Spring is in bloom in Wash­ing­ton. #
• Glad to be back to reg­u­lar life, but still wish I had one more day to sleep and do noth­ing. #
• Pink cherry blos­som petals are float­ing across my win­dow. It looks amaz­ingly beau­ti­ful out­side. #
• I’ve been relax­ing after the wed­ding, hon­ey­moon and road trip. Soon I’ll have to recover from my recov­ery. Time to get things done. #
• Dis­cov­ered Twit­ter­Gad­get from @igoogle. I like it. Neat appli­ca­tion. ? #
• Just returned from danc­ing with the ladies in prepa­ra­tion for our Hol­land Hap­pen­ing per­for­mance this Sun­day at 4:30 pm. #
• Fixed and so my Twit­ter per­son­al­ity is like­able socia­ble cau­tious. My style: chatty coher­ent; SOCIALITE http://twanalyst.com/Sydmarie/ #
• I’m a Twit­ter “Socialite”, like­able, socia­ble & cau­tious with a chatty & coher­ent writ­ing style accord­ing to http://ping.fm/wToII #
• I need music today to get me through this work­load. #
• So busy at work. Long­ing to go look at the pho­tos @christinebpc and @cyber­toad shot of the cer­e­mony. #
• RT @christinebpc: New blog post: Syd­ney & Chris’s Wed­ding – Sneak Peek! http://ping.fm/75Wd8 #
• Happy Fri­day, dead­line loom­ing, I must keep the Inter­net at bay…and my 10 minute break is up. #
• I really needed last week­end to be a 3 day week­end. #
• RT @AndreaScher: Just launched a brand new pen­dant on Super­hero that says “loved” on the back. http://tinyurl.com/c3my9s #
• Our wed­ding was fea­tured on Rock N Roll Bride! http://ping.fm/S7aW8 thanks to beau­ti­ful pho­tog­ra­phy by
  @christinebpc & @cybertoad! #
• RT @zappos: Fill blanks & tweet out by 11:27 AM Pacific “My favorite CLOTHING brand @Zap­pos sells is _ because _.” win $150 from Zap­pos #
• My favorite CLOTHING brand @Zap­pos sells is Patag­o­nia because teck-function wear is hawt. #
• Con­grats to @emmiegrn and her baby girl born @ 1:39pm after 23 hours of labor, weigh­ing 7lbs 2oz. #
• I want bacon for din­ner. #
• Today I am learn­ing as much as I can about Gen­eral Par­al­lel File Sys­tem, a high per­for­mance par­al­lel file sys­tem for AIX and Linux clus­ters. #
• A petabyte is a unit of infor­ma­tion equal to one quadrillion bytes, or 1000 ter­abytes. In other words, an unimag­in­able amount of data. #
• This morn­ing I saw the Cas­cades reflect­ing in the har­bor and I was glad it is Fri­day. Happy May Day every­one. #
• Okay, #fol­lowfri­day seems like a great idea to me. I think these are great fol­lows @cof­feemike & @pascal_the_pup #
• It’s a per­fect cloudy day to clean the house and pack for the move. #
• Had a pro­duc­tive week­end, the mov­ing plan is start­ing to come together. Can’t wait to move to Boze­man. #
• I’m look­ing for­ward to watch­ing the Sarah Con­nor Chron­i­cles tonight on dvd. #
• Feel­ing a bit blah. I’ve decided to take 3 steps towards a health­ier life: no eat­ing after din­ner, a long walk in the pm, no alco­hol. #
• It would be rainy and cold on the first day of build­ing new habits. I need a rain coat. No walk tonight. Does this mean I can have wine … #
• Read­ing The Time Traveler’s Wife for the third time and it still makes me weep. #
• Per­haps the dreary weather yes­ter­day had some­thing to do with my blahs. Today the sun is shin­ing and I feel darn good! #
• Tried a new sushi place, Kevin’s Sushi & Grill. Excel­lent. Sushi! #
• Enjoyed learn­ing a few new drum rhythms last night while drum­ming with the girls. #
• Great sunny day! Deliv­ered senior por­traits I took on Fri­day for my friend’s son. Drove around the island. Now, clean­ing and pack­ing. #
• New post at liv­ing juicy: Ring The Bell: A Jour­ney Through Radi­a­tion Treat­ment – http://livingjuicy.com/?p=1111 #
• While play­ing Triv­ial Pur­suit on the XBox @dooce was the answer to a ques­tion. As a reader since the LA days, was thrilled for her infamy. #
• Our roomba is try­ing to get it on with our floor fan. It’s rather awk­ward and cute, aw young robotic love. <3 #
• RT @nature_org: You have seen “The Story of Stuff” video, haven’t you? http://short.to/91q3 #
• Just got my thank you cards from scrapblog.com. They are beau­ti­ful! #
• Time to go dust off the ole hip-shimmy and go dance. #
• Just back from a beau­ti­ful sun­set drive down Chuck­anut, with more con­crete plans for our move. #
• I have the house to myself this evening. Zooom. It’s project time. #
• inter­ested to see how @danawhite­blog uses twit­ter dur­ing the fight. Is this the first time twit­ter has been used dur­ing a UFC PPV? #
• Planned to hike today but after walk­ing 5 miles on Fri­day and a 3 hour belly dance work­shop with Indigo on Sun­day my body had it’s own plans #
• Just remem­bered it’s Tues­day and not Mon­day. #
• “Nat­ural abil­i­ties are like nat­ural plants; they need prun­ing by study.” – Sir Fran­cis Bacon #
• Today calls for a walk in the sun­shine before work. #
• Vis­it­ing Seat­tle for the day. #
• RT @danielsbaum: The magic hap­pens in revi­sion, and that’s a two-person job, at least. #
• my cat thinks the alarm clock should be obeyed with out ben­e­fit of the snooze but­ton. #
• No dance class tonight. Instead, time to write thank you cards for all the love we got in honor of our wed­ding. #
• Made pico this evening with haben­ero and jalapeno–my fin­gers burn. Mmmm. #
• “As long as we laugh out loud” ? http://blip.fm/~7me6y #
• It’s a girl, my friend Jen gave birth to a baby girl on June 4! Wel­come to the world lit­tle girl. #
• OH: Why grow up? There’s no future in it. #
• “Today’s show is a fun and enlight­en­ing look at @@christinebpc’s life and the world of Web 2.0. ” f-stop pod­cast http://hub.tm/?HRIdr #
• It’s First Sat­ur­day, headed over to Mt. Ver­non for the hafla. #
• Realty Ques­tion: Do wood floors sell bet­ter than wall-to-wall car­pet? Or is it neg­li­gi­ble? #
• RT @photojojo: Photojojo’s giv­ing away a Super Secret Spy Lens! Fol­low @pho­to­jojo or RT this 2day! http://bit.ly/spy-lens-giveaway #
• We hiked the ket­tle trails for almost two hours today. It was AWESOME! Sorry, the endor­phins are mak­ing me euphoric. #
• “I wish we had some flow­ers,” said Tom lack­adaisi­cally.â?? Julian Hook” http://hub.tm/?SbUYV #
• The des­tiny of a bub­ble from our hike on Sun­day. http://flic.kr/p/6uS4qD #
• The light of morning-aka vampire’s bad fung shui. http://flic.kr/p/6v4Vut #
• Sum­mer read­ing has begun: http://flic.kr/p/6txqgk #
• Absent-minded morn­ing, first I burned water, then I reboiled it and burned the eggs I put in the water. Where is my head? #
• Four years ago, last Sat­ur­day, I moved to Whid­bey Island: http://flic.kr/p/2Frt2 #
• RT @countrybooks: neesd1000 fans to get a face­book user­name. http://bit.ly/yxk02 #
• Blow­ing Bub­bles Beneath the Big Blue Beyond http://flic.kr/p/6w8Y9t #
• Just tried Gor­don Ramsay’s per­fect scram­bled eggs from @Lifehacker. Seri­ously?! The best scram­bled eggs – http://hub.tm/?kKlkA #
• Good­ness, what day of the month is it? I’m going to bed early. #
• “You hobo humpin’ slobo babe Get it off, get off, get off of me!” Woke, post-nightmare, with these lyrics in my head. #
• Made @gourmeted’s Baked But­ter Chicken Fil­lets for din­ner last night. Very good. http://hub.tm/?EAChp #
• I looked in the mir­ror yes­ter­day and saw my mom: http://flic.kr/p/6xnAnh #
• To all the baby dad­dies out there, way to go pops & Happy Father’s Day. #
• “I do my best work mid-morning #
• Happy to be done with chores, set­tling in to watch Ben­jamin But­ton. #
• RT @JayHMT: act­ing Boze­man Mayor Jeff Krauss will be on KBOZ 1090 at about 9:36am. Dave & Dean will be ask­ing him about FB fiasco. #
• My “to-do” list thinks I’m an over­achiever today. #
• I have just seen my husband’s face for the very first time. <3 #
• Hello hand­some! http://flic.kr/p/6yXRNk #
• It’s 56 and rain­ing here, and I see at home in Texas it is 98 degrees. I’m wear­ing a sweater, and my folks are sweat­ing. #
• Is he? or Isn’t he? Con­flict­ing sto­ries abound. A fake site report Michael Jackson’s death. Now, TMZ con­firms (not entirely cred­i­ble). #
• RT @djwudi Don’t you all get it? Michael Jack­son isn’t dead…he’s UNDEAD. Full-on Thriller style, y’all. #
• If You Wanna Make The World A Bet­ter Place Take A Look At Your­self, And
  Then Make A Change. RIP MJ. #
• New wallet-Yay! Too many freakin’ plas­tic cards-boo. #
• Excited to see friends from out of town this evening. #
• Vam­pires in the south, awe­some soundtrack…I’m enjoy­ing True Blood. #
• Break­fast with the hooli­gans and a beau­ti­ful sunny Sat­ur­day. Yip! #
• Relax­ing after an intense work­shop with Indigo. Hello lower abdomen mus­cles. Nice to meet you. #
• Get­ting every­thing ready for a trip to Mon­tana. #
• RT @hchamp: Twit­ter your Flickr: Tweet! Tweet! We’ve launched our Twitter2Flickr inte­gra­tion. http://bit.ly/1iGywL #
• Beau­ti­ful Mon­tana! http://flic.kr/p/6B5C68 #
• Just arrived in Boze­man. Keep­ing a list of good­ness from the trip. It’s sweet how the pass­ing of a soul can bring so many together. #
• Back home in Wash­ing­ton chan­nel­ing my best night of the liv­ing dead imper­son­ation. Muu­u­uh­h­hhh. #
• Yahooo! I’m get­ting a Wacom Bam­boo for my birth­day: http://ping.fm/Yl9g6 my hus­band knows the path to my heart geeky/crafty toys. #
• Quite happy with the final results of the Pow­er­Point pre­sen­ta­tion, even if it did take 10 ver­sions to get there. On to the next assign­ment. #
• Sum­mer day + decent book + bowl of cher­ries = life is! #
• 600 sq mi: Hid­den, a juried exhi­bi­tion of pho­tographs show­ing the hid­den side of Hous­ton. Entries due EOD 07/13/09. http://hub.tm/?FNOrm #
• I am so happy for my friends Heidi and Guy and their new baby boy! #
• Hello Thirty-three. Thanks to every­one for the won­der­ful birth­day wishes! http://flic.kr/p/6EQ8PP #
• Happy it is Fri­day. So much going on this week­end: Hik­ing? Sto­ry­hill? and for sure med-fest on Sun­day. #
• Just made a very suc­cu­lent crab soup, yum! #
• Assid­u­ous writ­ing and research will help me reach my dead­lines. AWAD: assid­u­ous (uh-SIJ-oo-uhs); adj.: con­stant; per­sis­tent; indus­tri­ous. #
• Twitter=Modern Epi­grams “Twit­ter is a nat­ural vehi­cle for that same, Mar­tialian, epi­gram­matic mind­set.” http://hub.tm/?RMjxq #
• I am con­sol­i­dat­ing our entire music and photo library acces­si­ble to any com­puter in the house. Oh the magic of wire­less. Thanks Mom! #
• Dear Mon­day, I’m really happy to have a job…but I wish I was on vaca­tion, it’s too hot to work. #
• No miles yet. I hope to be inspired by dailymile.com. http://dailymile.com/e/1Grf #
• Hi. I am the pud­dle for­merly known as Syd. We’re going to lay very still in a pool of our­selves until the heat abates and we can solid­ify. #
• : Gleaned: Print­able “Freakin To Do List” & “Blog Top­ics List” http://livingjuicy.com/?p=1259 #
• Blog Post: Gleaned: 25 Tips To Pre­pare Your Home For Sale http://livingjuicy.com/?p=1262 #
• Get thou­sand of fol­low­ers for FREE! VIP are get­ting over 1,000 per day!! http://tinyurl.com/mgj5ov #
• Hacked!!!! #
• Picked up a new hobby, the man­dolin. Not quite this good: http://ping.fm/CEht1 [In fact far from it. Give me a few years & cal­louses.] #
• Blog Post: Trea­sure Hunt­ing at Silk Road Tribal http://livingjuicy.com/?p=1285 #
• Since I man­aged to break a few strings, I restrung my man­dolin. Today my fore­arms are sore. That was more work than I expected. #
• Could Jakob Nielsen be con­sid­ered the Web’s Emily Post? #
• My rela­tion­ship with the red pen is sketchy, but I’m learn­ing not to take its marks per­son­ally. #
• Feel­ing quite har­mo­nious after spend­ing the major­ity of my evening with the G, C & D chords. #
• Dirty lan­guage doesn’t offend me, ter­ri­bly, but the chil­dren play­ing out­side are obnox­iously foul. They need bar soap and a the­saurus. #
• Curi­ous Words to Remem­ber: Orac­u­lar (adj.) – relat­ing to an ora­cle; prophetic, fore­telling the future; ambigu­ous, hard to inter­pret. #
• Blog Post: Island County Fair 2009: A Dog­gone Good Time http://livingjuicy.com/?p=1341 #
• The Web is a breed­ing ground for lies, half-truths, and mis­con­cep­tions. Be a skeptic–credible source or bust! #
• It will take 15 min­utes to clean the kitchen, yet I’ve been avoid­ing it for 48 hrs. Remark­able the to-dos ful­filled evad­ing dirty dishes. #
• I’m dri­ving across Wash­ing­ton today for danc­ing, camp­ing, swim­ming, laugh­ing, drumming–camp! #
• I’m back from the desert. Over the week­end I dis­cov­ered mus­cles dor­mant for decades. I feel renewed and ready for the Fall. #
• “…she is so soft and cud­dly and smells like the farts of uni­corns drunk on hap­pi­ness and Sprite.” Dooce is genius: http://bit.ly/QuLUw #

Family Cooking & Recipes

Make it from Scratch presents Hillbilly Lemonade posted at Make It From Scratch.

Amanda presents Saturday Morning Blues –BlueBerry Muffins, That Is posted at High Impact Mom.

e-Mom presents How to Make Crisp Rosemary Flatbread posted at Susannah’s Aprons.

Belle presents How to Make Fried Zucchini – with Pictures posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.

Cyndi presents Mustard rub and sauce for grilled flank steak posted at Real Food Fast!, a delicious variation on flank steak for summer.

CB Fleming presents How to Cook Perfect Corn On The Cob posted at Buck Cooks. Perfect for family summer bar-b-ques.

Linda Mundy presents Cherry Almond Cupcakes posted at LJM’s Kitchen. Almonds, almond extract, and sour cherries provide a variation on a classic flavor combination.

Caren presents Sprouting Basics – Mung Beans posted at The Prudent Pantry. Sprouts are nutritious, inexpensive, and grown indoors in any climate, maturing in only a few days.

Family Crafts & Activities

Vera Lang presents How to Make a Sophisticated Stencil posted at Fine Craft Guild .com, featuring a video tutorial explaining how to create stencils for your home design and craft projects.

Make it from Scratch presents Sponge Ball Toy posted at Make It From Scratch.

Jeannie Anderson presents Ice Hockey Mr. Busypants Style posted at The Adventures of Mr. Busypants.

Opted Magazine presents Simple Scrapbook Organization System posted at Opted Magazine.

Amy presents Things to Pack for Family Backyard Camping with Kids posted at The Q Family Adventures Travel Blog.

Annette Berlin presents Mother-Daughter Craft Projects posted at Craft Stew. Summer provides a wonderful opportunity for one-on-one time with a daughter. Perhaps you’d enjoy spending part of it crafting.

Alex presents Free Printable Birthday Cards for Dads posted at Home Life Weekly.

Education

Fiona Lohrenz presents Formulating A Day Care Mission Statement posted at Child Care Only.

The Incidental Economist presents The Best Books for Children posted at The Incidental Economist. Recommendations of a New York Times columnist, accompanied by the author’s comments. Leave a comment adding your own favorites to the list.

Ed Biado presents Helping Your Child Study posted at Ed Biado at MST Life | Philippine Lifestyle News.

Family Humor

Jeannie Anderson presents Jorie Spelling: Fashion Diva posted at The Adventures of Mr. Busypants.

GP presents The Wedding Song posted at Musings from Montana, a lighter look at nuptials.

Brooke Allen presents Family Portrait posted at Rambling Brooke.

Ilona Siller presents Top 10 ways Your Toddler is Similar to an Alcoholic posted at top10mama.

Jackie Meyer presents Arsenal of Spit-Wads posted at Heart of the Matter.

Family Health and Wellness

Aparna presents Happy Feet during monsoon posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming.

Aparna presents Beauty and Personality Grooming: Home Remedies for headache posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, suggesting a few methods to secure relief from a headache.

Doug Boude presents Assurant Health Denies Coverage Because Young Man is Autistic posted at Doug Boude (rhymes with ‘loud’), an account of the author’s attempt to acquire medical benefits for his autistic son. Coverage was summarily denied because his son is nonverbal. Has the insurer engaged in discriminatory practices?

Adam presents Reducing Chemical Toxicity posted at Natural Parenting Tips.

Hal LaPray presents Cancer-Stricken Social Security Claimant Makes YouTube Plea To Obama posted at Disability Information & Resources.

Parenting Tips & Advice

Scott Palat presents Five Reasons You Should Find a Tutor for Your Child | posted at TutorFi.

Bogusia Gierus presents Bombardment of Information – Overstimulation of Children posted at Nucleus Learning.

Sonja Stewart presents When Kids Lie posted at Parenting Squad.

Jeannie Anderson presents Kids and Restaurants posted at Writer Mom at Home, a two-part article.

Abel Cheng presents Dinner With the Family: It’s More Important Than You Might Think posted at Parent Wonder.

Julie presents Bond with your Teen Tonight posted at More4kids.

Mrs Bankrupt presents Raising Financially Smart Adults: What Can You Do Today? posted at Mrs. Bankrupt.

Csara presents Some Tips on Going from One Child to Two posted at Baby Talkers.

Joe presents How to Reward and Punish Your Teen’s Driving Habits posted at GPS for Today, discussing one way to motivate a teen to become a good driver.

Super Saver presents Preparing our Child for Job Market Uncertainty posted at My Wealth Builder.

Julie presents Explaining Death to Children posted at More4kids.

Jeannie Anderson presents Surviving the Busy Antics of a Preschooler with Autism: Part 1 posted at The Adventures of Mr. Busypants.

Kevin Heath presents Helping your Teen Escape Abusive or Destructive Relationships posted at More4kids.

Family Finance

Finance Tips 101 presents Tips To Help You Qualify For A Home Mortgage posted at Finance Tips 101.

jim presents Bank CD Rates posted at Bargaineering.

The Dough Roller presents Freecreditreport.com vs. Annualcreditreport.com posted at The Dough Roller, warning that free credit reports are not always free.

jim presents Is FreeCreditReport.com a Scam? posted at Bargaineering.

Barry presents Saving Money With Do-It-Yourself Projects posted at Associate Money.

e-Mom presents Help! I Married an Entrepreneur posted at Chrysalis. “He’s Not Crazy. He’s Gifted.”

jim presents How Secured Credit Cards Work posted at Bargaineering, offering tips on how to use secured credit cards to improve your family’s finances.

The Dough Roller presents The College Student’s Guide to Credit Cards posted at The Dough Roller,a comprehensive guide to help college students understand the risks and rewards of credit cards.

Miss Bankrupt presents Personal Budget Cuts and My Options posted at Miss Bankrupt.

Ella Moss presents My Kinder Universe posted at Zodiac Times, discussing summertime child care blues.

Barry presents Managing Surplus Money In The Short Term posted at Associate Money.

Finance Tips 101 presents Saving Cash With Coupons ? Three Tips To Keep More of Your Money posted at Finance Tips 101.

Meaghan Montrose presents How to Maximize College Savings for Your Child posted at TutorFi.

Mrs Bankrupt presents Sick? No Insurance. No Doctor. You’re screwed. (Part 1) posted at Mrs. Bankrupt.

My Cool Mommy presents Everything Co-Op?s posted at MyCoolMommy.

Coupon Hound Dog presents Walgreens, Target, K-Mart, CVS – Double Your Savings! posted at Coupon Hound Dog.

The Dough Roller presents Fixed Rate Credit Cards are the Latest Casualty of the Credit Card Act of 2009 posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

The Dough Roller presents How to Get Your Free FICO Credit Score from myFICO.com posted at The Dough Roller.

David presents 0% Balance Transfer Offers posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

The Dough Roller presents Will the “Real” FICO Credit Score Please Stand Up? posted at The Dough Roller. Make sure you get your real FICO score, not a fake.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents myFICO To Drop Experian Credit Score and Report: One Less FICO Score posted at The Digerati Life.

The Smarter Wallet presents Best High Yield Savings Accounts posted at The Smarter Wallet. Be sure to discuss your savings plan with your family.

Banker Saver presents Is The Inflation Protected Certificate of Deposit Still Around? posted at Banker Saver.

Investing Toolkit presents Why Should I Start Investing? posted at Investing Toolkit.

Ray presents Net Worth Update and First Time Home Buyer Plans posted at Money Blue Book.

Miss Bankrupt presents My Deadbeat Television posted at Miss Bankrupt.

Jim DeSantis presents Why Fixing Your FICO Credit Score Should Be Your First Priority! posted at Emotions and Credit at On Line Tribune If you have examined your credit report, you have discovered that your FICO score is not included. The credit bureaus want you to pay to learn your score, but there is an alternative way to obtain the information.

Family Pets

Jake presents How to Stop a Puppy from “Nipping” posted at Dog Training Pet.

Jake presents Why Won’t my Dog Eat Dog Food? posted at Dog Training Pet.

Family Relationships & Self-Improvement

Elisha Webster Emerson presents The Stories That Fill Up The Dark posted at My Inconvenient Body, discussing the role scary stories play in wellness and being a new parent.

Kela Price presents Adding a new baby to your blended family posted at blended family soap Opera.

Jeannie Anderson presents Working out of the Panera Office posted at The Adventures of Mr. Busypants.

Joy presents Facing your demons posted at Joy’s Journey To Wellness.

Lin Burress presents How to Be a Good Daughter-In-Law: Building a Great Daughter-In-Law Relationship With Your Mother-In-Law posted at Telling It Like It Is.

Jason Small presents It all starts in Blue Earth, Minnesota posted at New Pennasota. The author is documenting his experiences running a business in New York City with his wife and visiting family and friends in Minnesota and Pennsylvania while hoping to one day move back to their families — “in both states!”

Jeannie Anderson presents Pretzel Art and the Faith of a Kid with Autism posted at The Adventures of Mr. Busypants.

Taylor Coburn presents Quiz: Abundance of Time and Goals posted at Motivia, asking, “What is the secret behind one person wasting his/her time and another spending it pursuing his/her goals?”

Donald Latumahina presents Achieve Exponential Growth with The Power of Leverage posted at Life Optimizer.

Family Travel

Jenny presents Traveling with Children posted at the so called me.

Amy presents Day Trip: Buford Dam Park Beach near Atlanta posted at Atlanta With Kid Travel Blog, offering a great way to escape the Atlanta heat without “breaking the bank.”

Miss Bankrupt presents Personal Financial Goal #1 – Take a Vacation With My Daughter posted at Miss Bankrupt.

GP presents Bed, Breakfast and Hiking Boots posted at Musings from Montana.

One Family presents Cancun Trip Report posted at One Family’s Blog.

Ben Dinsmore presents How to Get the Best Deal Booking Travel OnLine posted at Trees Full of Money.

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