So I ended up with over eleven thousand visitors to my main site on Saturday and over seven thousand on Sunday. WOW.

Okay,  Cat posted this on her blog and as soon as I read it, I knew it was waaaaaaaaay more important that I take a few minutes to work on it for myself instead of doing laundry. WE MUST KEEP OUR PRIORITIES IN ORDER!!

Type the following into the Google search box, and choose the first choice:

1: Type in "[your name] needs" – Christy needs to blog.

2: Type in "[your name] looks like" - Christy looks like a 21 year old trying out for cover of Playboy

3: Type in "[your name] does" – Christy does the Elaine dance

4: Type in "[your name] hates" – Christy hates cell phones

5: Type in "[your name] goes" – Christy goes online for Japan

6: Type in "[your name] loves" – Christy loves a good book.

7: Type in "[your name] eats" - Christy eats all the food at McAlister's (I skipped the first two entries here as they both sounded like the title of a porn movie)

8: Type in "[your name] has" – Christy has a bird.

9: Type in "[your name] gives" - Your name of Christy gives you a very happy-go-lucky, spontaneous nature

10: Type in "[your name] takes" - Christy takes one for the team.11: Type in "[your name] won't" - Cat won't wake up

12: Type in "[your name] can't" - Christie can't be "ON" all the time

13: Type in "[your name] wants" – Christy wants to say hi

14: Type in "[your name] makes" – Christy makes her bed

15: Type in "[your name] killed" – Christy killed Zoey

Shark found in Australian pool

SYDNEY (AFP) - A shark was found in a swimming pool at one of Sydney's most popular beaches Friday, apparently swept into the baths by a freak wave.

The one-metre (3.3 foot) shark turned up in a rock pool situated next to the open ocean at Cronulla beach.

Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club spokeswoman Robyn Cole said fisheries officers netted the shark and released it back into the sea unharmed shortly after members of the public reported its presence in the pool Friday morning.

"It was quite calm, just swimming happily up and down at one end of the pool," she told AFP.

"It's funny, though, because we have swimmers who come here at 6am every morning to do laps. It's still dark then and they mustn't have even noticed it was there."

Cole said the shark must have been swept into the pool overnight by a large wave.

"It's the first time we've had a shark in the pool," she said. "We've had seals sunbaking there before, and get dolphin at the beach all the time, but I've never heard of a shark getting caught in a pool before."

It's FUNNY??? o,O. The thought of swimmers doing laps in your hotel pool before daybreak and a random shark being in the pool with them while they do said laps....is funny?

OMG

Please please please, if I ever tick you off, let me know so I can grovel and bake you lots of goodies. If this is your idea of humor, I will do everything in my power to avoid your wrath!

What is the most annoying stereotype people say about the country or place where you're from?

Rednecks. It annoys me to no end when people say southerners are all "rednecks". Firstly, Redneck was a term which came about quite honestly from folks who worked hard all day in the fields to earn their living. Hardworking people who had a persistent sunburn to show for their backbreaking efforts to put food on the table.

Now I realize that the term has a new meaning now. Uneducated, ignorant, lazy, lawbreaking, and a series of other derogatory words could describe the modern day interpretation. However, I've yet to see a single place in our country which did not have their own population of such members of society.

I live in an area of the south known for its technology and contributions to the space program. Engineers and scientists abound. Our educational system tops the charts across the board and we are far from a redneck area.

Sorry for another rant, if you read my previous post you will see I am merely taking my frustrations from Apple out upon other areas ~smiles sweetly~

Rant coming, bail now if you're not in the mood.

I really hate my iPhone today. I never thought I'd say that. God love Apple, they have a great product in theory but in actuality it leaves a lot to be desired. No signal in the house at all, has been that way for SOME time. My wi-fi keeps dropping out. Basically, for all intents and purposes, I have a really impressive looking phone which serves no purpose at all. I'd be better off with a freebie Nokia. Sure, it doesnt have internet but its not like I can actually use the internet on my iPhone so whats the big loss there? At least i'd be able to TALK on it........as in....use it......like......a PHONE.

So I called the little support people at Apple and they gave me this brilliant advice to restore my iPhone back to its original factory settings. What a keen idea. I did that. Now it won't activate because IT HAS NO SIGNAL.

So......now I have nothing. I can't even write notes or take pictures or do one of the other little things it was still capable of. Heck, now I can't even try to use it outside of the house (not that i had a signal at any point while i was all around town today). So now I get to make an appt with the apple store and have them "look" at it.

~sighs~ If the camera worked I could take a pic and send it to them......

This is a big weekend for us. My son is having his birthday, family is coming in to stay for a spell, and our family's big fourth of July shindig.
      The good news is that tomorrow I'm making two apple pies for the fourth! My mother is making homemade ice cream to go along with them! Why is that such good news? TUTORIAL OF COURSE!! hehe
      I made this OMG IM GONNA DIE FROM CHOCOLATE cake yesterday and did a tutorial on it. I've been working on my domain blog. Gunderson bee had some WONDERFUL ideas for setting that up which I had hoped to follow, but in the end I opted for the dummed down version for my site until I have more time to delve into the wonderful world of dreamweaver and true web design.
      My other blog is going to focus entirely on southern food and southern food tutorials, whereas this will be a general blog for whatever cranks my tractor ~grins~.
      Soon as the house clears out I will post my chocolate cake and apple pie tutorials here but in the meantime you can view them (apple pie coming tomorrow!) at my other site: Southern Plate.
      So now I have a few hours until company arrives and the house is a wreck. ~sighs~
     

If you could do anything you want tomorrow, what would it be?

I would be in Disney World with my kids, spending the entire day being a kid again myself and staying the night in the suite in Cinderella's Castle. :)

Mickey

            Some time after midnight (when I should have been sleeping instead of exploring on Vox), I happened upon the culture explore page and guess what I found? A link to my mom's mandarin orange cake!
             For those of you who aren't familiar with my mom, she's a professional quilter and the hands down best cook I have ever known. All of her meals are made from scratch and she still makes "traditional" southern meals, ie Bread, two or three vegetables, meat, tea, and dessert. You can imagine the run on leftovers in the fridge whenever we go over there! She is in just about every issue of McCall's Quick Quilts or McCall's Quilting with one of her quilts and instructions on how to make it.
             This was her first food tutorial!

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Out of anyone in your address book, with whom would you most like to have lunch today?

Mama. Can I pick where? Mama and I, somewhere in Disney World at a nice little sit down meal - no kids, no spouses, no pets, no cell phones, no rain, no heat, no overly anxious waiter. Am I being a bit too picky? Aw heck, thats as likely to happen as Mama and I getting to sit down to McDonald's today anyway so might as well throw in what I want.