Valley Falls

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As fall quickly apporaches the lazy days of summer come to an end.  On Saturday we ordered the back packs for school and bought the kids new sneakers and shoes.  We decided it was time to do something fun with the kids.  We went to a nearby lake in our town where there is a small beach and water for the kids to play in.  My husband and I realized that we had not taken the boys to the beach at all this summer.  Too many projects and too little time stood in our way.  I must have taken about 120 pictures that day and this is one of my favorites.  For a few more photos you can browse my gallery.


Per request of fellow blogger Kris in New England here is Mr. Crankypants.  He isn’t one for fingerpainting or using glue (unless it is a gluestick). So needless to say sand is just plain messy but sandcastles need to be made.


Texas Talk

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This is another e-mail that I got that I thought was well worth repeating.

Near Fredericksburg, Texas, there is a large German-speaking population.
A farmer walking down a country road notices a man drinking from his
pond with his hand.

The farmer shouted:  ‘Trink das wasser nicht. Die Kuhen haben darin
gescheissen.’ (Translation:  Don’t drink the water. The cows have shit in it.)

The man shouted back: ‘I’m from  New York and just down here
campaigning for Obama,I can’t understand you.  Please speak in English.’

The farmer replied:  ‘Use two hands, you’ll get more.’


h/t – Unkawill

A Simple Solution

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Three men – a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden and a White Trash Biker are all walking together one day.

They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.

‘I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total’, says the Genie.

The Canadian says, ‘I am a farmer and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada ‘

POOF! With the blink of the Genie’s eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming.

Osama was amazed, so he said, ‘I want a wall around Afghanistan , Palestine, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Canadians can come into our precious land.’

POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie’s eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.

The Biker says, ‘I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.’

The Genie explains, ‘Well, it’s about 5,000 feet high, 5oo feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it’s virtually impenetrable.’

The Biker sits down on his Harley, cracks a beer, lights a cigar, smiles and says, ‘Fill it with water.’


h/t – Jack @ Murder and Mayhem