A Visit from The Limerick Lady!

Dear Readers!  You’ll never guess who stumbled by the blog today! None other than The Limerick Lady, and she’s a limerick writing fool if ever there was one! 

The Limerick Lady

Apparently she’s been out visiting blogs and has taken the liberty of writing a few limericks starring some of our most beloved bloggers from around the blogosphere!  Lets take a peek, shall we?

A Gripping Life

A Gripping Life’s written by Grippie

Who got dressed up to look really zippy

She then went to see

Kinks- You Really Got Me

And got kissed by a Kink on the Lippy!

**

Mark Armstrong Illustration

There once was an artist named  Mark

Who wore Zoot Suits while drawing his art

His courtroom depictions

Are bought with subscriptions

Cuz he’s not only funny; he’s smart!

**

Guapola

There once was a beatnik named Guapo

Whose vivaciousness never did stop-o

His rhyming harangues

Require tshhhhhh bangs

And for cheesesteak? He’ll get stopped by a Cop-o

**

Zendictive

Whenever your day’s going bad

And about up to here you have had

There is wisdom galore

In Zendictive’s blog drawer

So dash over . . . before you go mad!

**

Hometogo232

There once was a girl named Diane

Who hailed from a mighty big clan

Her depression was cured

When she prayed and God heard

Now her blog — its got many a fan!

**

Pink Ninjabi

There once was a girl who loved pink

And her blog, it makes all of us think

Each day in her journal

There’s more than a kernel

Of wisdom from which we can drink!

**

Running Naked With Scissors

There once was a single mom Lizzie

Whose creativity made us all dizzy

She not only writes

But her art?  It delights!

And her kids!  Oh boy!  Keep her busy!

**

Adair You

There once was a blogger, Adair

Who gave us a breath of fresh air

With her kitty called DC

And her fruitcaking Aunt Lee

It’s a blog like a chocolate eclair!

**

Dianne Gray Author

Dianne is a writer of wonder

Whose home on this globe is down under

Whether eggs on her ceiling

Or from pythons she’s reeling

It’s no wonder her publishers fund her!

**

Buckwheats Risk

Bucky she is the adopter

Of a snake and a dog , she’s their proctor

She’s been known to write

At a very great height

Cause her husband . . . well,  he flies a copter

And there you have it Dear Readers, a visit from The Limerick Lady.  And be careful now, as you never know when The Limerick Lady is going to stop by your blog . . .

Until next time . . . I love you

Linda’s 33 Easy Steps to Writing a Killer Blog Post

Linda’s 33 Easy Steps to Writing a Killer Blog Post

1.    Pour one cup coffee

2.    Sit down to computer.

3.    Sip coffee.

4.    Spit coffee back into cup; return to kitchen

5.    Discover coffee maker broken.

6.    Locate someone to blame, if possible.

7.    Return to computer

8.    Stare at tree out window

9.    If no tree out window, take trip to nearest garden supply store

10.   Purchase sapling, return home, plant sapling outside window.

11.    Resume staring out window into space tree will occupy in three to five years

12.    Return to kitchen for danish

13.    If no danish available, graham cracker may be substituted.

14.    If no graham cracker available, soda crackers or  Ritz cracker can be voted upon.

15.    If no voters are present, a blindfold may be used to cover eyes

16.    Cover eyes; pick box.

17.    Remove blindfold

18.    Discover you picked soda crackers

19.    Realize you wanted Ritz Crackers

20.    Put blindfold back on.

21.    Pick one

22.    Repeat until box of Ritz Crackers is chosen

23.    Return to desk

24.    Eat entire box of Ritz Crackers

25.    Locate can of air to blow Ritz Cracker crumbs off  keyboard and face

26.    Spin clockwise in desk chair

27.    Spin counter-clockwise in desk chair

28.    Take trip to nearest drug store

29.    Purchase Pepto Bismal

30.    Return home; take Pepto Bismal

31.    Lie down on couch

32.    Fall asleep; wake up; return to computer

33.    Reblog post from yesterday

And there you have it Dear Readers, Linda’s 33 easy steps to writing a killer blog post! 

Until next time . . . I love you

The Google Lady Agrees to Answer Some Questions for Us!

Hello Dear Readers.  I have some great news!  The Google Lady has agreed to answer some questions for us!

As you may or may not know (probably may not) The Google Lady is the author of  two manifestos on the art of googling entitled: Googles without Goggles, and Google Says There’s Way More Than 50 Shades of Grey, So There!.

Luckily, I just happened to have a stash of questions sitting in a hat I bought just in case the Google Lady were to drop by!  Let’s pick a question at random for The Google Lady to answer for us.

Our first question for The Google Lady is this one:

The Google Lady is answering yes and no.

Why is that Google Lady?

 ”This is because when one door opens, another door closes.  Or, conversely, if one door closes another door opens.  Or counter-intuitively, if one door closes another door closes unless another door opens or if one door–”

OK!  Thank you Google Lady!  But we do need to keep things moving along.  Why don’t you take a crack at the next question for us, Google Lady?

The Google Lady is answering yes and no.

Oh really?  Why is that Google Lady?

“Of course, this answer would completely depend on whether the door was opening or whether the door was closing and whether another door was closing right after the door that was opening–”

Alright! Thank you Google Lady! Apparently the Google Lady had a few more things to say about opening and closing of doors. Ha ha! But let’s move on, Google Lady, to another question.

Here is a completely new question that perhaps you can answer for us Google Lady:

“The dog is running after the cat!”

Alright! Yes!  Now we’re getting somewhere Google Lady and thank you so much for staying on task with that question!  Unfortunately that’s all the questions we have time for—

What’s that Google Lady? You want to add something?  OK, but make it quick!

“But remember, the cat wouldn’t be running after the dog if the door was opening for the cat and the door was closing—”

OK!  Alright! We got it!  That concludes our answer session for today! Thank you Google Lady! You may go back to what you were doing now.

 ”. . . because the door that was opening was also closing . . .”

And there you have it Dear Readers!  Let us bid the Google Lady a fond farewell!

 ”. . . and the other door was opening and closing after opening . . .”

 

Good bye Google Lady!

Until next time . . . I love you

 

 ”. . . and if the door that was opening was also closing then the door that was closing—”

Hey Google Lady!  I put some cookies in the closet, why don’t you go in there and eat them.  I’m opening the door now (You know how you love that!) . . . that’s right, Google Lady, go right on in and eat those cookies!  I’m closing the door now and you know how much you love that!

I Got Tagged and You Might Be Next So Lookout!

Apparently there’s a little thing going around called tag.  And I just got tagged by Zendictive!   And when you get tagged you have to:

Describe yourself in seven words:

Quiet

(People often describe me as quiet which is weird because I feel so noisy in my head!)

Brave

(Except when it comes to snakes and changing lanes on a busy freeway or the scariest scenario of all:   snakes on a freeway.)

Honest

(Ok, I have been known to withhold the truth when it comes to certain things like maybe how much I didn’t need or want the Christmas presents that 37 gives me sometimes — or maybe I’ll fib to my kids that getting your wisdom teeth pulled is fun! But other than that I would describe myself as honest.  Honest!

Good Listener

(Well, sometimes I must admit I will check out temporarily when 37 is explaining something. But I’m always sure to check back in before he finishes so I can get the gist and comment appropriately. (Note to self:  Make sure 37 does not read this post!)

Clean,  Considerate and Clairvoyant

(I take two showers a day (not in succession though).  I also try to be pleasant and polite.  And I have had several dreams predicting the future.  Unfortunately the things I predict are of very little importance like I’m going to get a new doorknob or I’m going to rearrange my spices.)

The other thing you have to do when you get tagged is answer these questions: 

What keeps you up at night?

Currently practically nothing.  Now that the kids are grown and living far enough away so I have no idea what they are up to; I pretty much sleep like a baby!

Who would you like to be?

Lois Lane

What are you wearing right now?

Jeans, long-sleeved t-shirt, no shoes and a hat with an arrow through it. (ok, the hat part is just wishful thinking.)

What scares you?

Hands down it’s snakes.  I could scream bloody murder right now just thinking about them!

The best and worst of blogging.

The best thing about blogging is getting to do what I love (write) and hang out with  bloggers who are wise, witty and fun as all get out! The worst is falling behind in my reading thus missing something wonderful that everybody is talking about and I’m like, huh?

The last website I visited.

Running Naked with Scissors

What is the one thing you would change about yourself? 

I’d like to remove all limited thinking.

Slankets yes or no?

No slankets, sounds like a type of snake!

Tell us something about the person who tagged you.

What do I know about the man behind the Zendictive blog?  His name is Art, and he’s a martial artist who is also a correctional officer.  He is a tireless warrior when it comes to lighting up his corner of the world with inspiring stories that not only make you think, but that you find yourself telling your family and friends about.  Art is the pebble in the pond that spreads beautiful ripples far and wide!  He is a treasure!

HA!  While you guys were busy reading above guess what?  I TAGGED YOU!

YOU’RE IT! Nanny Nanny Nanny!

Running Naked with Scissors

The Mainland

Tricia Linden

Teal and Tulle

The Poet’s Crafts/The Olding Poet

Have Fun!

Until next time . . . I love you

Rummaging Around The Poetry Barn

First of all, let me thank El Guapo at Guapola for coming up with the excellent idea for the title of this post.

He was actually just reading my last post about Pottery Barn, wrong, but that doesn’t diminish the fact that El Guapo is a genius and not just because he nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award!  (Though it is further substantiation.)

BTW, I am planning to write my Versatile Blog Award acceptance post next week once the Eggnog runs dry.  And I would like to officially thank my blogging buddies, Guapola, Running Naked with Scissors and The Mainland  all of whom were kind enough to nominate this blog for the Versatile Blogger Award and whose blogs I enjoy so much I have to wait until AFTER I drink my coffee before I read them so as not to coffee spray all over my desk.

So without further adieu, allow me to  welcome you to this blog’s unveiling of:

The Poetry Barn

On a Cold Chill Winter’s Day

Off the top of my head

From the depths of my heart

I shoot from the hip when I say

That I love you and know you

Like the back of my hand

On a cold chill winter’s day

I’ve got a leg up on love

My elbows are greased

My eyes are peeled only for you

You skin is as clear

As the nose on my face

So I’m sorry it’s over, we’re through

Until next time . . . I love you

And Merry Christmas!