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Nessa

I love The Queens Meme.....It's truly one of the most original Meme ideas out there and really makes me think about things. It opens doors to allow me to be my smart ass self and I've met some other really cool bloggy people as well.



Anyway, this weeks theme is about blabbermouths. This should be interesting.

This weeks Edition calls for something a lil bit different than the norm. I went by the following instructions and my result is posted below.

Queen Mimi Decrees thou shalt create your own CD cover as follows:

Go to......

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
Go to the bottom of the page and find the NEW RANDOM QUOTATIONS button. Click it. The last four words of the very last quote that appears on the page is the title of your album.

3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.


4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result.

My Result:



Since I'm a heavy metal fan i guess the band name isn't all that much worse than some of the others that are out there, but the album title "Is what he believes" has me thinking that might actually almost be cool. Almost.

What would your CD cover look like? Join Us and show it off.

Nessa

Well, there ya go, 10 things I'm looking forward to this year. Join in and tell us what you are looking forward to!

Nessa

Ever had a place in your house that you just can't seem to fit with the rest of the house? For me it's my back porch. Yes, I know that it's the BACK porch and it's not really seen by anyone but us but I like sitting out there on nice days and I really wish it were more comfortable. I can use my new Dallas Cowboys Chair that I got for Christmas out there, but that's just ONE chair.

I got some Begonias when they were on clearance and put them in some decorative planters and that helped a little but it still doesn't look exactly right. I am thinking about finding a patio table of some type and putting another smaller planter on it. I love flowers and herbs and such so I am sure I can find something that will work. There are frequently free patio tables offered on a local website that I could likely get a nice table from. I might have to paint it or clean it up bu that would be okay. Once I do that I'd just need to get some swivel stools or even some bar stools to go with it. I'm really interested in the tables that sit a little higher than normal. So that would look great and be pretty economical too.

That will cover some of the issue but I'm not sure that will completely do the trick. I did find some articles discussing painting the deck wood in patterns and such as well as adding lattice to let climbing plants grow. This would be ideal in the spring and summer for added privacy but not so much in the winter. I have a Jasmine plant I can take clippings off of to get it started so that would be easy enough to get it looking nice in a hurry if I go that route.

Bottom line is that I like being outside. The rest of the house is decorated nicely. I need this porch to fit in. I'm sure with time I'll get it the way I want it but am absolutely not known for my patience lol, more like my lack of any.

Nessa

During my Meme reading this morning I saw an ad that mentioned "getting paid to do what I already do". Well, I do an awful lot so I decided to have a look and see what it was all about. I clicked the link to go to Trekpay and I signed up. Whoever gets credit for that your welcome, I hope I make you a ton of cash.

Now if someone could just explain it to ME I'd be really grateful. I've read every page on the site that I can find and so far I have no clue really what it is I do that they want to pay me for. I THINK it may have to do with seeing ads and/or searching through their site. I can't be sure though because it doesn't really tell you.

What I can tell you are these few things:
A. They apparently are currently in Beta and a new thing is coming up that will be in their words "Koo L"
B: They are paying weekly via paypal
D: There's some sort of bonus going on but I couldn't tell you what the bonus is because they don't tell you either other than it's cash. A penny extra could be considered a bonus though so I'm not positive the bonus is much to squeal about. I could be wrong though.
D: The site isn't very professionally built however it DOES say it's in Beta and to be fair there are plenty of very professional looking sites that are total rip offs so if this one really pays, who cares what the site looks like?
E: They have this evil little message that comes up after you click on their advertisers links. I almost feel like my legs could be broken if I don't do something exactly right. Here's what it says.
So anyway, does anyone else know anything about them? I can't imagine they pay a ton but I'm willing to give them a chance to keep me occupied for a few minutes a day if it results in something good. Plus now that I've gone through all the trouble to sign up and read their entire site, i'd like to know what the heck the deal is lol. I gathered a few minutes ago that If I click on their links on the search page, it gives me credits. I've clicked on 4 links and have 0 credits still and I get that creepy message above each time I click on one of their links.

Soooooooo, feel free to sign up, let me know if you find out anything or if you already know what the deal is. The first person to tell me will get my entire January earnings via paypal. Yes, I'll hang with it that long to see what happens.

Nessa

Since the Wii came out, I wanted one. I just loved the idea that the kids could get up and play their games, thereby adding a little exercise into their day. I kept hearing how "awesome" the Wii is and how it's simply a must have for any family who likes gaming.

Well, the kids got one for Christmas from their Dad. As far as having to get up and move around, it's superb. I give it a total A+. After that one amazing fact, it completely sucks.

It's difficult to use that stupid wireless remote. Gawd help you if you have to enter letters from their point and click qwerty keyboard cause it will take you 5 months and for the love of all things holy, if you want to keep your hair, don't you dare try passwords. Cause they come up as " *** " and if you have no idea which letter it actually entered you will be there all freaking year.

You can't play movie discs in it, it doesn't play music discs, it doesn't do ANYTHING else except for a few meager things like get on the internet and shop at the Wii store. To get on the internet you have to spend ANOTHER $20 on an adapter to connect it to the internet and that's if you can even find the darn thing.

On the other side of this.......the Xbox 360, which the kids got last Christmas from my parents literally does everything. It comes with an ethernet port at no extra cost. It connects to your pc with the click of a button so that you can watch your media from your pc on your tv without having to download anything else or paying anything else. You just need an ethernet cable. You can watch movies on Netflix without losing any quality at all. You can watch DVD and listen to music cd's as well. Just by simply putting them in and clicking a button. It's a simple, easy to use, easy to understand system. Period.

If *I* had bought the Wii, I'd take it back and get another Xbox360. Since I didn't, I'll enjoy the fact that the kids have to get up to play games and wait for XBox to develop the same technology. I predict that once Xbox has the same ability with the remotes, Wii will need to revamp their entire system and add quite a few perks to sell anymore. For me, i've seen enough to know I'll just be sticking with my XBox. Thank you Microsoft!

Nessa

I was visiting my bloggy pal, Thom, this morning and found this meme and well.......it's cute, I haven't had the opportunity to be a smart ass in over a week sooooo........It's TIME!


So hear goes. My very first installment of Saturday 9. Enjoy :)


Saturday 9: You Shook Me

Well, that's it for my first time.......join in or just go see what others answered with!

Nessa

Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday filled with smiles and all the things they wanted for Christmas. The holidays around here were interesting to say the least. I won't go into detail, but suffice it to say I'm glad it's over.

The kids were happy with their Christmas. They got some clothes and other things. Their Dad got the older 3 a Wii. I'll be doing a review on that shortly. They got Zune mp3 players from their Granny and Pawpaw. They LOVE those! I don't think they've turned loose of them since they opened them on Christmas Eve. I'm glad they like them but I am getting aggravated with repeating myself constantly. I try to tell them something and they of course can't hear me. UGH!

New Years was sorta boring. The older boys went out for a little while but didn't go to their normal hangout because it was closed for a murder investigation. This is the first time anything really bad has happened there so it's not like this is a bad place to be. It's a typical college town bar is all it is. The murder occurred in the parking lot and for all anyone knows may only be related to the bar in that it was their parking lot. There's really not a lot of details available last I heard. Sad regardless.

Ash was really sick for a good part of the holidays. She's okay now and resting but she worried me a great deal for awhile there. Thank God that's over!

All in all, I'm ready for life to return to normal. I need to work about 80 hours this week to make up for the hours i've missed due to Ash being sick and all. It'll take me at least 3 days to clean the house and catch up on laundry. I'm REALLY looking forward to that. Hear the sarcasm there?

Anyway, Happy holidays are over, life resumes to normal.......I hope.

Nessa