Wax On, Wax Off...

Last night we were discussing the network system my husband has set up in our home and the fact that my face has been in an HTML book all day and I have not come up for air. My husband got to make dinner last night. :o)

More lemonade to be had here...

I Think I Tweaked My Blog Until It Exploded...

**UPDATE:  It has been pointed out to me that looking at my blog in mozilla foxfire is a lot better than in internet explorer.  I hope my visitors (and CRAP there were a LOT of you yesterday!) Will be kind enough to tell me any other problems I may be missing in any of the web browsers.  Pretty please?**
**ANOTHER UPDATE: I am starting over from the begining again...  :o(

Um, yeah.  I think you can tell that I am having technical difficulties.  But worry not!  I am a woman... and I have a PLAN!

More lemonade to be had here...

Position In The Universe...

Danielle was a little nervous about going away, and her Dad's solution was to dole out his unique wisdom...

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Rice Krispies, Butt Wind and Out of the Mouths of Babes...

A evening in the life of the Lemon Stand family... 

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Mother/Daughter Conversations...

Nicole, "Mom, have you ever thought about having an affair?"

More lemonade to be had here...

I Couldn't Resist...

Hate Your Job And Need A New Perspective?

Are you having a bad day at work? Thanks to an old email I have just the thing to change that lemon into lemonade...

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Words of wisdom from a 16 year old...

(Originally posted 4 Oct 2007)

Nicole, "'Normal' is not a state of being...  'Normal' is a setting on your washer."

QOTD: "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats."   H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) US Editor

PS (I honestly have NO idea why I put this particular quote with this post... it IS possible that I did not get my daily ration of chocolate...)

Promotion Management Committee Proposal...

I can't help posting this.  I have been reading my old blog files and it just seems so appropriate for the current job climate...  It is also kind of odd to realize that this post is looking at past political history.  Someone please, either tell me I really am not getting older, or bring me some chocolate...

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Normal Dinner Conversation...

Danielle, "If I had to lose one of my senses, I would wish to be mute. It would be awful to lose the ability to see because I love to read and I would hate to lose the ability to hear because I love music so much. I could always learn to talk with my hands."

Husband, "Please Lord, I hope you're listening...."

(Originally published 16 Dec 2006)  

Bedtime Conversation...

ME to Erin: "Time for bed. Go get into your pajamas and brush your teeth."

Erin: "But I'm not tired. It's not a school night. I don't want to go to bed."

ME: "It's already way past your bedtime, it's time to go to sleep."

Erin heads over to Daddy because Mommy wants to send her to bed. She starts hugging him.

Erin: "It's not fair Daddy. I don't want to go to bed."

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Do Chinese Kids Try to Dig Their Way to America?

My family was sitting down at a restaurant having lunch. The question was actually stated more like this:

“When Chinese kids go out in their back yards, and they start to dig a hole, do their Mothers yell out the back door for them to stop digging a hole to America? Do they use a shovel made in the USA?”

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Planting A Garden To Watch It Grow...

Our youngest daughter who is now a newly minted 8 year old. She has been longing to plant flowers ever since her 2nd grade class grew some in paper cups at school. But her dream has become a nightmare for me.  I would have to help her.  Okay, I have to confess I'm afraid my inbred death-ray glare that activates on the sight of anything green would render her little flower garden to ashes. Then she would be standing there with tears streaming down her little face asking:

"Why did you kill them, Mommy?"

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Dinner Conversation At Our House...

Nicole, "I learned in biology today that if you get shot in the abdomen you should stick your finger in the hole so you don't end up with an extra nostril."

What do they teach in biology class these days?

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Breakfast at The Lemon Stand Household...

Husband (yelling up the stairs), "Erin your breakfast is getting cold!"

Erin, "I'M COMING!!!!"

 Husband "Hey! You don't yell at me. Go back upstairs and read your kid manual. It states that very clearly."

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Noah, How Long Can You Tread Water...

As the kids get older, I’ve discovered a stage in which I find it extremely hard to believe that I ever went through. (although my mother assures me that I wasn't unique enough to have skipped this part of childhood) The stage in which I speak of is the act of God that it takes to get them to take showers regularly without an argument...

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Questions Only Daddy Can Answer...

Ah, more wonderful conversation from the dinner table. There really needs to be a warning that drinking or eating anything at our dinner table may not be consumed in the manner nature intended.

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A Walk Down Memory Lane...

Since it has been so long since I have been able to read ANY of my old favorite blogs, I have been trying to see which ones are still around and sadly, many of them are gone.  Even more sadly... some of my favorite ones I used to love to comment on or link to in some of my old posts have... ::gasp::  forgotten The Lemon Stand.

No worries, at least not until my friends and family figure out I'm back and didn't send out the announcements.  Those who know me well, KNOW I suck at birthday cards, reminders (heck I can't remember the event most of the time!), congratulations, Christmas cards, letters and notes.  Unfortunately I was born without that gene in my DNA.  Blame it on my parents...  Looks like I will have to do some digging into my archives at home to jog some memories.  Let's see.  Who shall I pick on first? ::mischievous grin:: 

Well, actually...  I guess I have to play nice because lately I have REALLY been remembering a certain, mouth watering post by Sous...  So let me FIRST take you back to THIS PARTICULAR POST.  (Just don't blame me when you suddenly get the desire to run to the grocery store)  :o)

I have to do a little editing to the next post from the past but I figure as long as I am relearning how to work this blog with all the 'new and improved' software, these first few posts will work as my guinea pigs.  :o)  (By the way, have you ever noticed that when something says 'new and improved', it isn't or it is invariably more difficult to figure out?)

QOTD:  “We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.”  Jeremy Irons, British Actor (b.1948)