Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

It's Friday.  More fun today!Read through these laws and comment as to which one(s) you have the most experience with, okay?!?  Hope y'all have a great weekend.  Cheers & Blessings to each of you today!  Dee& Law of Mechanical Repair  After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to [...]

 Apparently, last time I didn't pick up many popcorn lovers, alas.  However, that is not going to deter me one whit from posting my Part Deux to that delightful, ultimate gourmet food that Tom and I both savor. Well - we don't eat nearly as much as we used to, but still enjoy the "gourmet" [...]

[Note: I'm sorry I've been out of pocket and haven't posted something new the past couple of days.  I've been feeling really bad with a couple of different things, including my blood pressure being precipitously low, despite the new medication.  About an hour ago (11:40 a.m.) it was so low standing up that my blood [...]

[Note: I didn't write this - the author is unknown - but sure wish I had because I guarantee it is one of the most hilarious pieces of writing I've seen in a long time. And, see if you can think of some more fundamental rules for the Blues. I bet you can.] If you are new [...]

Those of you who drop by must try this short test on the way you talk - Yankee or Dixie: Yankee or Dixie TestIt is a real, valid test, by the way. It only takes a minute or two to take and is fascinating, as well as just plain fun. Find out from the way you talk and [...]

While the "official" relationship between my husband, Tom, and my son, Mark, may be "stepdad" and "stepson," they are actually two peas in a pod in lots of ways. Most ways, actually. But, probably the most important way in which they are alike, much to my chagrin, is in their joy in telling what they think are funny "Dee/Mom" stories [...]

Here's the moment you've all been waiting for.  Some of you for the last three years if you haven't been named some kind of winner, at least, in one of the bi-annual Finding Direction Desktop Photo Contests, summer and winter.  While the Finding Direction Judges find it hard to believe that there could possibly be [...]

Just for fun today for a change.  Dee     Know your state's motto:                                   Alabama                        He** Yes, We Have Electricity.                                    Alaska                        11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!                                   Arizona                             But It's A Dry Heat.                                   Arkansas                          Literacy Ain't Everything.                                  California             By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.                                   Colorado                       If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.                                 Connecticut                             Like Massachusetts,                     Only The Kennedys Don't Own It Yet.                                   Delaware                We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.                                   Florida                         Ask Us About Our Grandkids.                                   Georgia                 We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.                                    Hawaii                       Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru                  (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)                                    Idaho                          More Than Just Potatoes...          Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good                                   Illinois                       Please, Don't Pronounce the "S"                                   Indiana                       2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free                                     Iowa                        We Do Amazing Things With Corn                                    Kansas                        First Of The Rectangle States                                   Kentucky                   Five Million People - Fifteen Last Names                                  Louisiana                      We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos,                       But That's Our Tourism Campaign.                                    Maine                 We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster                                   Maryland                      If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It                                Massachusetts                      Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's                                   Michigan                   First Line Of Defense From The Canadians                                  Minnesota               10,000 Lakes...And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes                                 Mississippi                  Come And Feel Better About Your Own State                                   Missouri                Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work                                    Nevada                               Hookers and Poker!                                 New Hampshire                           Go Away And Leave Us Alone                                   New Jersey                             You Want A ##$%##! Motto?                              I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto                                   Right here!                                   New Mexico                            Lizards Make Excellent Pets                                    New York                       You Have The Right To Remain Silent                         You Have The Right To An Attorney...                                  North Carolina                              Tobacco Is A Vegetable                                    North Dakota                         We Really Are One Of The 50 States!                                        Ohio                             At Least We're Not Michigan                                       Oklahoma                            Like The Play, But No Singing                                        Oregon                          Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner                                     Pennsylvania                                    Cook With Coal                                    Rhode Island                               We're Not REALLY An Island                                    South Carolina                                 Remember The Civil War?                          Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet                                     South Dakota                                Closer Than North Dakota                                       Tennessee                                  The Edyoocashun State                                         Texas                                     Se Hablo Ingles                                          Utah                            Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus                                         Vermont                                         Ay, Yep                                        Virginia                           Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw                                    Yokels Don't Mix?                                        Washington                               We have more rain than you do                                       West Virginia                                One Big Happy Family...Really!                                         Wisconsin                                   Come Cut The Cheese!                                         Wyoming                       Where Men Are Men... And The Sheep Are Scared

Hey guys!  I'm afraid I'm not quite in the Christmas spirit yet as you can tell, perhaps, by our current Christmas tree: But, there's always hope and I still have four days to go!  So, how are y'all feeling about the holidays this year?  I've heard mixed feelings from people around me this year, so far.  [...]

Boy, this one is hard.  I broke down and went to the dictionary for this letter, but that didn't help a bit.  There is only one page of x words and all of them are rather scientific in nature and not suitable to be thankful for except maybe by some mad scientist.The only word I [...]