Blogging - Why?

I must say, I was happy to see that Alyssa tagged me, 'cause I kinda felt left out. Poor me :( Hardly anyone's reading my blog anymore.

Actually, it was Zig and Alyssa who got me started on blogging. We were hanging out one night, and somehow got to talking about their blogs. I went online to check them out and decided I would start blogging. At first, it was easy - summer is more eventful than winter, I guess. Plus, I've just been feeling so crappy lately that I'm finding I really can't think of anything to write about. Through their blogs I happenstanced on Logziella , Reggie , and Guru among many others. Then, I realized my SIL Ali was blogging and my other SIL started after I did (to help us feel more connected to her family since they're so far away now). So, there you go. Here's one of my favourite posts from my first blogging days:

September 22, 2006

I know most of you are wondering "What or who the heck is jlippi?" So, here's the story of jlippi (whose name does not deserve capital letters).

This past July, my husband, sister-in-law, her husband and I, all piled into our tiny little Chevy Aveo 5 and drove 32 hours down to visit my other sister-in-law, her husband and 3 children in North Carolina. Some of you may not be able to imagine the things that happen on a trip so long in such a small space with 4 crazy relatives. I'm here to give you some advice. "DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS, UNLESS IN DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES (dire - definition: extremely serious or urgent)!" Well, okay, it wasn't that bad. Besides the wrong turns, marital disputes, annoying accents, lack of sleep, cramped legs, disgusting gas station bathrooms, almost getting killed by a semi on the freeway, smelly breath, bad food (that gives you gas), roadkill and general crankiness, all in all it was a really fun time :p

jlippi. We named our car jlippi after the trip. jlippi, with a silent 'j'. How do I start?

There's this game we play, called SOLO, it's very much like UNO, just a little more fast paced with a few twists and turns. So, we're sitting and waiting for Claire (the mother of 3) to come and play SOLO. We're waiting... and waiting...... and waiting......... So, I get up to get a snack, BOL is sitting quiet and patiently, hubby is hollering for oldest sis, the 7 year old is getting very impatient, along with Auntie (the 21 year old). So Auntie decides to start drawing. It begins innocently (even though she's not a drawing artist but rather a painter, as you'll see later). The Russian accent comes out (see: annoying accents) and she begins to form jlippi. The duck with lips (is it really a duck? I'm not sure). Maybe it's a cross between a duck and a pigeon?!? You tell me.

I also have a video on our camera with jlippi, in jlippi, but I can't figure out how to load it to the computer, and then I'd also have to know how to link it here. I may be computer literate, but I definitely can't do that much.

So, a few weeks ago, auntie and her husband (BOL) were over at our house helping with painting the basement. Auntie didn't feel too great about her "house painting" abilities. So, she took it upon herself to do some artwork on our faux fireplace. The problem now is, I can still see it through the first layer of paint. Does anyone have a solution? I think I'm gonna try a light sanding, maybe that will get rid of the profanity :o I thought you might need to see the original to be able to give some advice:



jlippi LIVES ON!!!

Hope y'all enjoyed that one - that is, those of you who are still my faithful blog readers :p BTW - we pretty much got rid of the POOP by sanding a bit and doing a second layer of paint.

I'm tagging SIL Ali, Peaches and Bowering - hope you guys are up for it :)

HAVING MOM OVER FOR DINNER!

Scott invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Scott's mother couldn't help but keep noticing how beautiful Scott's Roommate, Stephanie, was. Scott's Mom had long been suspicious of a relationship between Scott and Stephanie, and this had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two react, she started to wonder if there was more between Scott and Stephanie than met the eye.

Reading his mom's thoughts, Scott volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you Stephanie and I are
just roommates."

About a week later, Stephanie came to Scott saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the
beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"

Scott said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll send her an e-mail just to be sure. So he sat down and wrote:

Dear Mom:
I'm not saying that you "did" take the gravy ladle from the house, I'm not saying that you "did not" take the gravy ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Love, Scott

Several days later, Scott received an email back from his mother that read:

Dear Son:
I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Stephanie, I'm not saying that you "do not" sleep with Stephanie. But the fact remains that if Stephanie is sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the
gravy ladle by now.
Love, Mom

LESSON OF THE DAY ... NEVER LIE TO YOUR MOTHER

'I am the mull'

Every once in while a truly great mull comes along like this. It IS a 'Diamond in the ruff', every detail is completely intentional and accounted for. Look at the aero-dynamacy, the colors, the length of this mull. A true craftsman. Now check out the accessories; The 44oz. Big Gulp, the wife beater, the beaded necklace, the aviator sunglasses and finally the baseball hat attached to the belt loop of faded denim shorts. The attitude, the confidence in his stride are also key, undeniable elements that make this mull stand above the rest. 'I - AM - THE - MAN' emanates from within and is projected to all. Good luck dude.

note: I do not like this website, but couldn't resist posting this!

The expensive plate

I bought this plate a few weeks ago. It's Royal Albert and the line is called "Harvest Song". I've been thinking about this plate ever since my husband and I found it last July. We were walking around The Forks on our anniversary after dinner. There's this Antique store in the lower level of one of the buildings. It had some pretty neat stuff in it and it was fun to just walk around and look at everything. I saw this plate and instantly fell in love with it. I didn't buy it then, but have thought about it every time I go to The Forks. So, the other day I finally bought it. It was $39! I thought that was a little pricey, but, it's antique, so it was worth it, right? WRONG! Little did I know, this line is still being made and I could have bought this plate for $10.99 plus shipping online. I bet you could even get it at The Bay here, too (I haven't checked that out yet). I was ticked! Ticked at myself for not doing (easy) research and ticked at the antique store for getting away with ripping me off. Oh, well, it's done - can't return it. At least when I start collecting this set - many, many years from now - I'll have one plate already. Plus, it makes a story for when I hand it down to my child and it looks great on our dresser 'cause it matches our room quite nicely!

Name that baby

So, hubby and I can't agree on a name for the baby. We had a list going, I pulled it out the other day and he decided he didn't like any of the names anymore. MEN!!

Anyone have any great name ideas? We don't know the gender yet, so you can suggest for both boys and girls. Your input will be much appreciated and I'm sure we'll get some laughs (AHzEigM)!