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Today’s topic is “6 things you love or hate about spending time with your or your significant other’s relatives.” You can answer this with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, 6 photos, 6 videos, etc . . .

This is hard and simple all at the same time. I love both sides and have things that drive me nuts. As I am sure most of you feel the same way.

1. I dislike how my Aunt always knows how to turn a family event in disaster when she shows up. She is a very unhappy person.

2. I love the fact that both sets of parents love their grandchildren unconditionally.

3. It would be nice if both sets of parents could tolerate being in the same room for holidays.

4. I hate the alternating thing for holidays – one year at the inlaws, one year at my parents. I wish we could all just wing it.

5. I hate that for Christmas that I am expected to pack up the 7 of us to go elsewhere instead of the two of them coming to us.

6. I love my family and know they love us!

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I don’t normally pass along stuff like this but with the holidays here and with alot of us making purchases online I thought it was important for all of you to have this information.

Thanks to Mommy’s Quiet Time for this info.

New Virus (NO JOKE)

This is legitimate. Please pass this along to your friends.

The newest virus circulating is
The UPS/FedEx/DHL Delivery Failure.

You will receive an email from UPS/Fed Ex Service along with a packet number..

It will say that they were unable to deliver
A package sent to you on such-and-such a date…

It then asks you to print out
The invoice copy attached.

DON’T TRY TO PRINT THIS.
IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS!

Pass this warning on to all your PC operators
At work and home.

This virus has caused Millions of dollars
In damage in the past few days

Snopes confirms that it is real.

…are just perfect for jumping and playing in!

Recently we went to our local Renaissance Festival and my girls went a ride that was similar to bungee jumping. Check out the videos below to see them. They had such a blast!

Today is a day for funny posts. My mom sent me this and thought I would share with all of you.

Remember – Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

I saw this on our local news today and thought it was hilarious. So I decided to share with all of you.

I know some of you may have read this before but I thought it was so funny that I wanted to post it for all of my readers.

HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.

The answer by one student was so ‘profound’ that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell,then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, ‘It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,’ and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct……leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting ‘Oh my God.’

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.

ODE to FALL

Fall is here with all its wondrous sites,
Its crisp cool days and even colder nights.

The leaves turn various shades of gold, yellow, orange and red,
A sure sign that the warm weather has been put to bed.

All the ghosts, goblins and witches will soon show their faces,
Looking for candy in various places.

Soon Winter will be here in all its bluster,
The colors of Fall will lose all its luster.

Snow and presents will be the object of fun,
Next thing you know the new year will have begun.

So relax, enjoy and have fun through the holidays,
Remember to take some time to play.

My new budding gymnast!