We recently visited a horse farm where my husband’s friend has her horse boarded. The Little Kid had a blast riding the horse. She said she wanted one that runs. I thought it was a good idea just to get a walking horse. 
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I bought a new toy today; an iPod Shuffle in green. I’ve been spending some time figuring out how to share the music already downloaded for my husband’s iPod and import music from my CD’s.
I thought this would be a cool think to wear on my motorcycle… low enough so that I can still hear emergency vehicle sirens, mind you.
I like that it’s small and can clip onto my clothes. It holds 1 gb of music, which is all I really need, and the sound is not too shabby.
On the way home, I bought a basketball. I read that kids who are overweight have inactive mothers. I’m not sure why this would be a mother’s fault, but just in case I would eventually have an overweight child and it would be my fault, I decided to get something fun that we could get some exercise with.
Basketball is good exercise because you’re always running unexpectedly in different directions for different reasons… fetching the ball, shooting the ball, blocking the person with the ball.
It’s not like running, where you know you’re running from point A to point B and back again. I know people enjoy running like that, but for me, it’s too predictable.
I would like to know, however, why odd things seem to be my fault today. Is it just my day? Today, I got blamed for not fixing a help desk issue while I was away at lunch.
What took you so long?
Hi. I go to lunch. For a whole hour. I wish it was longer.
Thankyouverymuch.
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Foo Foo Sunbird
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Cookie Dough Oatmeal
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
Janis (I used someone else’s name)
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Gray Dog
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Marie Peoria
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Anije (someone else’s name)
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The Pink Margarita
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Andrew Howard
9.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
Ann Earl
10. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Olson Ontario
11. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Autumn Lily
12. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Raspberry Tshirtie
13. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Pancake BlueSpruce
14. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Crochet Lightening Tour
But there was some excitement involving, oddly enough, a fire!
We pulled into one of the volunteer firestations on the route and heard a commotion. Some rider’s saddlebags caught on fire! They were working to get the bags detached from the motorcycle, while the firemen went to get a fire extinguisher.
They hosed off the bags and took off the seat… I’m assuming to make sure the seat wasn’t on fire, too, and rolled the bike into a bay in the station.
It was quite bizarre, really. I mean, saddlebags normally don’t catch on fire. I’d be interested to know how it happened. They would have to be the right material, of course (not leather), and I’m guessing heat from the engine ignited the fabric .. or someone was smoking.. or something inside the bag ignited.
The Mini salesman said that I could drive my motorcycle 8 months out of the year. I think he was trying to sell us a low mileage lease (5,000 miles per year).
I’m not sure what part of Nebraska he’s from. It must be a sunnier part, with warmer temperatures and no rain, where no one has to drive or walk a little kid to school.
Nice try.
I like Mini. The dealership was low stress. It was a “Hey, want to look at our cars? What options would you like? Want to take it for a spin?” environment. It was kind of fun to even be in the dealership, to be honest, and they vended FREE Starbucks coffee. What more could you ask for?
The Mini was a fun drive. The model we drove was priced at $21K, which is within market prices for a brand new car.
Maybe someday. At least I don’t have a hockey bag to fit in the back.
When I loaded ITunes on my laptop, it found this video I’d forgotten about. It’s from the stingray pool in Norfolk, Virginia’s aquarium. The stingrays were people-friendly, and we got to touch them as they swam by. They were smooth and silky.
Today, we test drove a car just like this. It was a 2007 green and white Mini.
Put this in your favorite browser to come up with a list of live webcams on the Axis network. It’s nothing racey, I promise (well, so far as I know). So far, I found a camera aimed at stars, one aimed at mountains, a street corner in the UK somewhere.
http://www.google.com/search?q=intitle:%22Live+View+/-+AXIS%22&hl=en&start=20&sa=N
Just when you think you’ve gotten to the end of the Internet.
Lisa
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