NEED A VACATION?

This month Mad Kane is inspiring us to take a vacation ~ at least in our own head! Check out the Limerick and Haiku prompt over at Mad Kane's Humor Blog. The topic is "vacations" ~ go on over and take a little trip!

A little limerick for you:

A vacation is calling my name.
Mr. Brownstone says he hears the same,
We want New York City...
Too expensive. A pity!
There'll be no Yankee Stadium game.

And now the haiku:

Vacations are bliss.
Mountains, beaches...or theme parks
We come home refreshed.

Mad Kane deserves a little vacation. Not only does she provide great creative prompts, she is an award winner! Nominated recently as a finalist for the 2008 Robert Benchley Society Award for Humor Competition, she was chosen as the first place winner by none other than Bob Newhart. She won for her humor column Guide For The Opera Impaired. You should totally go read it because it IS funny!

Congratulations on your accomplishment, Ms. Kane!

Don't forget...
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world!

NEED A VACATION?

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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

WHY??? For the love of pete, WHY?

We've all asked the question. We've all wondered the answer. The joke is so old, I'm sure that our grandparents told it when they were kids. In fact, my grandma told it to Tornado and Twister the last time we saw her! Though there are many different variations, she still prefers the original answer..."to get to the other side". (She was so proud of herself for telling it ~ I can still see her sparkly blue eyes and her matter-of-fact grin.)

To find a suitable answer to this question, or fourteen answers rather, you should check out at the library, or purchase:
It's a brilliant book in which fourteen different children's book illustrators, including two of my personal favorites Mo Willems and David Shannon, each have a two-page spread to answer this question. The different styles of the illustrators are evident, and it's sure to bring a smile to all who read it.

If you've already read this book, or if you read it in the future, I would love for you to leave a comment telling the Brownstone family which is your favorite answer to "Why did the chicken cross the road?"

For more
visit Mercedes
at Mercedes Rocks!

WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

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HUMOR IS RELATIVE

Oh, the relatives! What would we do without them? You either gotta love 'em...or you can laugh at them!

This week Mad Kane is giving us all the opportunity to laugh! Check out her Limerick and Haiku prompt over at Mad Kane's Humor Blog. The topic is "relatives" ~ now who could resist that? Below you will find my efforts!

A little limerick for you:

I once had a cousin named "Slats",
Who did not consume many fats...
But his sister Bernita?
Well, she liked to eat-a!
So together they looked like "The Sprats".

And now the haiku:

Things One, Two, and Three ~
What great memories I have
'Cause I was the boss!

Don't forget...
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world!

HUMOR IS RELATIVE

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A COMMERCIAL REVISITED...

Now head on over to Mercedes Rocks
to see "wassup" with a little

Thanks to Mercedes for bringing us

a little laughter each mid-week!

A COMMERCIAL REVISITED...

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TAXES AND LAUGHTER DON'T MIX!

Or do they???

I was doing a little blog hopping this morning and came across Mad Kane's Humor Blog. She is challenging her readers to write a haiku, a limerick, or both in honor of April 15, otherwise known here in the United States as "Tax Day". Never one to back down from a little poetry challenge, below you will find my efforts!

A little limerick for you:

Mr. Brownstone our taxes doth file,
And never has he cracked a smile;
But this year invokes hollers ~
For the extra TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ~
Due to kids and our walk down the aisle!

And now the haiku:

Why are we waiting
Until the dead last minute
To file a REFUND?

TAXES AND LAUGHTER DON'T MIX!

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE SOUTH WHEN...

In honor of the GORGEOUS weather we've been having around here, I thought I might give all y'all folks who might think I'm rubbing it in by bragging about how it's been in the 70's (and even the 80's) this week, exactly what we still have to look forward to here in "the South"... 'cause it's all fun and games until somebody gets burned!

1. You notice the radiator is overheating before you even start the car.
2. You no longer associate bridges over rivers (or even the rivers) with water.
3. The thermometer in the lid of your Bar-B-Que Grill shows 150 degrees before you light it.
4. You hear the weather forecast for 105 degrees and don't even flinch 'cause that's nothing!
5. You are skilled in using only two fingers to drive your car because your steering wheel is so hot.
6. You can make instant sun tea...instantly.
7. The best parking is determined by shade...not distance.
8. Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than from the hot one.
9. You need an oven mitt to open the car door.
10. Sunscreen with less than 50 SPF is called "hand cream".
11. You consider fabric the deluxe interior because leather sticks to your legs.
12. You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron...
13. Your biggest bicycle wreck fear..."What if I get knocked out and lay on the pavement and cook to death?"
14. You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
15. At the first cool spell (anything below 70 degrees ~ Brrr!!!), you declare it's "good weather for chili".
    
16. You know ALL SIX seasons:
    Spring ~ February 16 to April 15 (temp: 50 to 85 degrees)
    Summer ~ April 16 to July 15 (temp: 90 to 98 degrees)
    Super Summer ~ July 16 to September 10 (temp: 100 to 115 degrees)
    Still Summer ~ September 11 to October 1 (temp: 90 to 98 degrees)
    Fall ~ October 2 to December 1 (temp: 50 to 85 degrees)
    Winter ~ December 2 to February 15 (temp: anything below 45, but it always feels like -10 because of the wind!)
    
17. And finally, you know that green grass DOES burn!

Thanks to Mercedes at Mercedes Rocks
for encouraging us to find a little each week!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE SOUTH WHEN...

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RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT

Do you remember playing "Red Light, Green Light" in the schoolyard during recess? How about "Mother, May I?", "What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?", or "Simon Says"?

When I was young, we didn't have a lot of expensive playground equipment like many schools today. Recess was a time for "Tag", "Red Rover", "Hopscotch", races, and jump roping, not to mention all of the clapping games! We got creative, and some of my best early memories are those of the playground. When Tornado started to school, all of those memories came flooding back to me. Though I could not remember a lot of the rules or lyrics to the games, it just so happened to be the time of Google! Lucky me!!! I won't say it was a complete and total breeze to find what we were looking for back then, but it wasn't really that hard either. After a few clicks, we had several sites giving us all the information we could want for many of those old games!

Today was the first day of Spring Break for Tornado and Twister, and it was a gorgeous day! With the threat of rain and cooler temperatures tomorrow, we played outside for hours! We had so much fun playing these games from my childhood. Of course, I was always "It" ~ whether "It" was "Simon", "Mr. Wolf", or the "Traffic Cop". We were even inspired to make up new games with math facts and spelling words, too! The kids laughed and giggled and screamed and jumped and practiced schoolwork without even realizing it...we had the best time!

What games do you remember from childhood? I'd love to hear from you in the comment section!

Ann Kroeker is hosting "Monday FunDay" ~ "a carnival dedicated to swapping simple, amusing – maybe even silly – everyday ways you enjoy good, clean fun" ~ over at her blog. We really had a "Monday FunDay" playing these silly games today! Try them sometime, and see for yourself!

You can find other fun ideas over at Ann's blog,

and y'all know...we can all use a little fun now and then ~ especially on Mondays!

RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT

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YOU'VE HEARD WHAT A MOM SAYS...

But have you heard what a DAD would say?

In October 2007, I shared a video with you of Anita Renfroe performing her extremely popular song "Momsense", in which she takes everything a mom says to her children in a twenty-four-hour period and condenses it into a just-under-three-minute song. Today, I'd like to share "Dadsense" ~ Anita's version of what a dad would say in the exact same twenty-four period!

ENJOY! And please...feel free to laugh ~ I did! It reminded me of my own dad and of Mr. Brownstone, too!

YOU'VE HEARD WHAT A MOM SAYS...

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MEET MR. BROWNSTONE!

Just for you, a Halloween treat,
Because Mr. Brownstone is someone I'd like you to meet.

He's smart; he's handsome, and oh-so-funny!
For the laughter he brings me, I'd gladly pay money.

Oh, Mr. Brownstone - he's such a fine sight...
Especially when he's dancing like Napolean Dynamite!

Happy Halloween!

MEET MR. BROWNSTONE!

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WHEN IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE IS LISTENING...

Mr. Brownstone, Mr. Brownstone, Mr. Brownstone.

He makes me laugh often and much, complete with tears and laughter so hard it becomes inaudible. You know the kind about which I'm talking... He gives me belly laughs, the kind that can make my stomach muscles ache the next day sometimes.

At the moment, he is playing XBOX Live with his friends. As I've been sitting here blog-surfing, I can hear him in the next room talking into the headset.

• "Hey, y'all! I'm over here by the tank. Hey, y'all...I'm over here by the tank! Hey, man, come on! Hop in here with me!"
• "Watch your back, TP, Skelty is behind you. HEY!!! SKELTY IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!"
• "Good job, Lurch!"

And so on and so forth. Mr. Brownstone is quite passionate when he plays XBOX (but does not even begin to come close to showing the passion he displays while watching football)! That in and of itself gives me a chuckle, but it is not what just made me laugh so hard I spit out Diet Coke that reached the computer monitor!

After fifteen minutes of passionate talking - commanding, encouraging, strategizing, and such - he just realized that his headset microphone has been on mute! Hahahaha!

OH, my word! I think he just topped the muted headset! I just heard him say, and I kid you not..."Double kill, sex-y!" in a little sing-song voice. That definitely made me laugh even harder. I'll have sore tummy muscles tomorrow for sure now!! I hollered in there and asked him to verify that I had just heard what I thought I heard. He said "yes" and assured me that they ALL say it. Those silly boys...

I sure love that man and how he makes me laugh!

Now if I could just figure out how to mute him while he's watching football...

WHEN IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE IS LISTENING...

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WHY USE ONE WORD WHEN YOU CAN USE A SONG?

This seems to be widely circulating Bloggityville right now, but I saw Anita Renfroe perform "Momsense" live at the Women of Faith "Amazing Freedom" Conference in my area and have been singing it ever since!

I hope it makes you smile as much as it still makes me smile!

If you have not been to a Women of Faith Conference, GO!!! It is such a wonderful, encouraging, uplifting, humbling experience to sit amidst so many other Christian women, all while participating in some awesome praise and worship time and listening to some amazing and dynamic speakers! I've gone with girlfriends for the past five years, and it never gets old. It also is a great time of fellowship and bonding with my friends!

Hope to see you there in 2008 for the "Infinite Grace" Conference!!!

WHY USE ONE WORD WHEN YOU CAN USE A SONG?

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