AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Happy Birthday to me!

What great news on the eve, eve, of my 27th birthday!!!

So we knew Taylor Swift was headlining her own tour with Kelli Pickler and we just wished she would come here! Well our wishes came true kiddos. I just received word from our very own Nashville Kat, Taylor will be driving into town September 11th....AAHHHHHH!!!!! SO, SO EXCITED!!! She will rock the hizzy!

Have a great weekend!

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Sales of this increase quite a bit before Super Bowl weekend.

Furniture (highlight for answer)

Helpful for the men

Never know when to walk on egg shells around your lady friend? One minute she is sweet and loving and the next she is Satan's spawn, breathing fire.

Well let me help you out with this new website called http://www.pmsbuddy.com/ where you sign up for a monthly reminder that it's about to be that time of the month where you should be extra EXTRA sweet to your lady love. This way everyone walks away unharmed and happy. AND YOUR WELCOME!

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It takes new parents 45 hours to figure this out.

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WINTER WATCH INFORMATION

Road Information
LA State Police Road & Bridge Info: 225-379-1232
Arkansas Road Information: 501-569-2374
Texas Road Information: 1-800-452-9292
Oklahoma Road Information: 888-425-2385


Power Company Information
AEP SWEPCO Information: 888-218-3919
CLECO Power Information: 1-800-622-6537
ARKLA Emergency Info: 1-888-876-5786 (318) 227-2560, 2555
Valley Electric Info: 1-800-733-8430 or (318) 352-3601
ENTERGY Electric Information: 800-968-8243
Claiborne Electric Info: 1-800-929-3504 or (318) 927-3504


CLOSINGS


School Closings
Avery ISD, in Red River County, Texas will open Wednesday @ 10am. Buses will be running 2 hrs late.
Jefferson, Texas will open Wednesday @ 10am
Linden-Kildare ISD open 10am on Wednesday
Mt. Pleasant ISD
Panola College campuses closed on Wednesday until Noon
Pittsburg, Texas ISD will open Wednesday @ 10am
Ore City ISD will open Wednesday @ 10am.
Simms, Texas ISD will open Wednesday @ 10am
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope closed on Wednesday


Business Closings
Aaron Coil Product Longview Texas closed 7pm Tuesday--reopen at 10am on Wednesday

***courtesy of KTBS.com

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50% of women say they enjoy doing this because it provides them with some "me" time.

Washing Dishes (highlight for answer)

Jessica Simpson gone soft?

Critics are doing what they do best and criticizing J Simpson's new look at a Florida chili cook-off saying she looks like she has packed on some lbs.

I say, so what? Why can't curvy be in? Had she lost weight they would have made it an issue..."Jessica Simpson and her eating disorder" Now that she looks healthy, in my opinion, people call her fat. What is the deal?

However, Jessica is not ashamed of her new curves. She recently told Us Weekly, "Curves are better. I don't get the whole rail thing. It's not good for your heart, it's not good for your mind; it's emotionally destructive, it really is."

So go on with your bad, curvy self Jess! But sister, we need to talk about this outfit...yikes!

Etch-A-Sketch Art

George Vlosich picked up his very first Etch-A-Sketch in 1989, and spent 80 hours sketching the U.S. Capitol building. He enjoyed it so much that he has created his own business making Etch-A-Sketch portraits. Check them out:

How does he do that I can 't even make a circle on that dang thing?

Weird

Look! It's Bushbama

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70% of women regret this about their high school years.

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Wanna see the skinny you?

So you are trying to lose weight, and you have magazine clippings of skinny models on the fridge, mirror, wallet, car, all sources of motivation on how you want to look.
Well go a step further with http://www.weightview.com/.
All you do is upload a picture of yourself, tell the staff how much weight you want to lose and bingo!- in 24 hours they e-mail a digitally altered photo of the new and improved you!
AND IT'S FREE! How cool is this?

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In the early 1800s people with this job could sit while they did it. Now, they have to stand.

Baseball umpires (highlight for answer)

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Survey says THIS will change six times in a woman's lifetime, what is it?

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My Inaugural Photo

Do you see me? Yeah I made history...I was there at the Inagutation. See? On the right?



If you're upset that you couldn't make it to D.C. for the inauguration then I have the thing for you. A new website, MyInauguralPhoto.com which allows you to Photoshop your face onto someone else's body so you can say you too were there.



OK, so it doesn't look real, but it's not like you are hard at work right now anyway...so by all means have fun.



http://www.myinauguralphoto.com/

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90% of us have done this at least once in our lives with a cell phone.

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Kelli Pickler picks a monkey

"The Pickler family has gotten bigger. (And no I don't have a kid.) I adopted a Marmoset Monkey! She is the cutest thing. She is so tiny, only weighs three ounces right now."

Kelli Pickler talks about yet another animal she has added to her family. She is a regular Noah and his ark....two dogs, a snake, a monkey....what's next. The monkey it sooo cute though, but I heard they throw there own feces...I don't care how cute you are, if you throw poop I don't want ya'!

Words of wisdom for the new first daughters

It is a tradition for the outgoing president to leave a note for the incoming one, and Bush did just that for Obama.

However, there was not just one note left in the White House for the new family but two.

The former first daughters, Jenna and Barbara, left one for Obama;s daughters, Sasha and Malia with pointers on how to enjoy their time in the White House as the president's daughters.

Read their letter here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123239885943895155.html

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A typical American spends 95% of their day doing this.

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What was the 1st fast-food chain?

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Taylor Swift CSI sneak peek...

Check her out in her wig...I like the original Taylor better...

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This TV icon has been around since the 60s. He still gets hundreds of fan letters a week, even though he's not real, who is he?

Pillsbury Doughboy (highlight for answer)

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Sales of this go up 20% over Super Bowl weekend.


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Ameicans eat an equivalent of one million of these per hour

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Paisley TIckets tomorrow!!!

Listen for the secret word starting at 5am tomorrow morning with Derek and myself. When you hear it be caller 10 to win BRAD PAISLEY tickets from your official country concert leader 101.1 KRMD!!!

Oh the secret word is "BOOGER"- Yea...I didn't come up with that...it was all Derek and Todd. Boys....geez.

GOOD LUCK!

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27% of us would rather have a tooth drilled than this


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BEST JOB EVER!!!!

Out of work? Hate what you do? Well this is for you!

The heads of Australia tourism are offering up what they say is the best job in the world -- they need a caretaker for a paradise island. The job pays $70,000 for the six-month gig but given the minimal work required, it works out to about $1,000 an hour!

The new position on Hamilton Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, requires no academic qualifications, but applicants must be able to swim and have an "adventurous attitude". Included is a free three-bedroom house and free flights. So what exactly do you have to do? Well those doing the hiring say they want the person to promote the island to a "global market" and the only requirement is that he or she keeps a blog of what's going on-- a job that should take less than three hours a week. The rest of the time they can go diving, help marine biologists or come up with ideas for new activities for visitors. Tourism Queensland spokesman Jonathan Sloan said, "This is the best job in the world, there's no question about it." The job is being advertised in 18 countries and the successful candidate will be announced in May.

Apply here: http://www.islandreefjob.com/

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33% of American males say they will ignore this and wait for someone else to do it.

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In Italy, this well known cartoon character known as Toplino- who is it?

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Live from New York it's Taylor Swift

Our Tay-Tay (Taylor Swift) was on Saturday Night Live, not only as the musical guest BUT even made her way on stage for a little skit. Not only was she amazing as always, seriously what can't this girl do, but she made SNL history being the youngest Country star to perform on the show.

So we know she can sing, but can she act? Well SNL wasn't her first go round. Taylor told CMT.com. "When I was younger -- when I was about 10 or 11 -- I was part of a children's theater group and we would always have this little sketch thing that we'd put together, and it was all basically off of Saturday Night Live. So I used to watch every episode. I cannot believe that I get to be here and actually do this. This is one of those dreams that I put up here on a shelf and I never thought I'd get to do."
Check out her performance below:

The night Will Ferrell disappointed me....

As the credits rolled, I looked over to Drew and said, "We just wasted moments of our life....moments we will never get back."
OK so I feel as though it is my civic duty to post this "movie review" per se just so no one else has to utter those same words. It all started when my husband and I went to Blockbuster Friday for a low key movie night and, believe it or not, both agreed on one movie- "Stepbrothers."

Reaching this agreement wasn't hard because we are both huge fans of Will Ferrell. His comedic performances on SNL, Anchorman, Old School, ELF, have never let us down and although tend to be dumb and childish always ALWAYS leave us with tears in our eyes....that is until this fateful Friday night.
We anxiously pop the DVD in with giddy smiles on out faces just awaiting the first stupid joke. However, as 15, 20, 25, 30 minutes rolls into the film our smiles begin to fade, no laugh, no chuckle.....nothing.
Did they dupe us by putting only the funny parts in the previews? But this is Will Ferrell!!! Surely there's a punchline in here somewhere so we continue to watch in anticipation...now worrying that we may have made a bad choice.
Maybe the concept is too much to grasp...two grown men in their 40s still living with their single parents until they are melded together into one dysfunctional family. Maybe my sister was right when she said, "You can only tap the stupid well so many times."
Either way, when this movie ended I was shocked, disappointed, confused. I looked to Drew and said, "Is it because we are getting old that we don't get this...am I not cool enough to get it anymore?"
I wish I had a Dolorian I could jump back into and stop myself from renting this movie, or better yet stop Will from making it. That night I lost faith in Will's comedic performance, and faith in many of my friends who raved about the hilarity of this flick.
So to wrap it up don't see this movie...it hurts me to say it...but it was bad...I mean BAD.
Oh Will come back to us...revive yourself!!!!

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According to Cosmo, 37% of women getting married say this is out of the question.

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WOW just wow!

OK so you know the economy has put a pinch on Starbucks causing them to close many of their locations around the US. Well one man, Donald Crabtree, has an idea to maybe save the coffee giant.

This is all happening in the small town of Vassalboro, Maine....a TOPLESS coffee shop. Talk about putting the perky in percolating.

Yep, this boob thinks topless waitress serving hot coffee (can we say lawsuit..OUCH) is the perfect way to get the business brewing. Many in the community do not agree saying this would bring the wrong crown to the quiet, rural town. Mr. Crabtree is keeping quiet about his plans until after the planning board meets.

Well if you ask me, I wouldn't recommend asking for cream...I just drink it black.

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The use of this item everyday wasn't routine in the US until WWII.

The toothbrush (highlight for answer)

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Almost $400 million dollars of this is sold every year and experts say it's because people are addicted to it.


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Those who gave up this habit dropped an average of 20 lbs.

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I'm BAAAAAAACCCKKKK!

OK so this is my last day of vacation. I am happy to know that I will be back at work and back on a schedule, but I know when my alarm clock goes off at 3am tomorrow morning it is going to hurt.....A LOT! I have that feeling in my stomach you would get on Sundays when you knew you had to go back to school after a long break...remember that? I hate that feeling.
There are so many things I planned to do over the vaca that I never got done around the house because I have been busy with work. Did I get them done? Absolutely NOT.
However, I have really enjoyed the time with family and friends....and I hope your holidays were enjoyed as well.
So...what have I been up to? Well I tested the theory of whether blondes really do indeed have more fun.

Yep that is me in excruciating pain as I bleached non-existent hairs on my upper lip...that is not a fun experience but it's better than waxing and looking like Chewbacca. This was my older sister's idea. I really think she just wanted a good laugh, or maybe I did have a mustache and this was her polite way of saying it....yeah, no...she just wanted to laugh. However, I have to say I do believe my upper lip now has more fun than my lower...hmmmm.

I played with my little sister's new laptop webcam.....



Yes that is me....nice huh?
And I ate....and ate.....and ate...and ate!
So now I am back....missed you bunches, but I have to say sleeping in was nice.

Here is to another year! HELLO 2009!!!! Ready or not here we come! Until then here is my theme song...sing along