Wednesday, October 21, 2009

It is a mystery...shopping , on line surveys & winged horses


Am I "wacky or what?..well this blog is dubbed farm funnies so-o-o

Is your life BORING? If it is then ....

Do what I do...think of new "stuff"...if nothing else it will keep your spouse in some state of
OH NO... Lions & tigers and bears ,OH MY...here we go again...

With out further adieu here is who ,what ,where , how my foray into mystery shopping and on line surveys came about, I got "crazy" in writing a letter to someone and my letter seemed like a great explanation AND rather ,well interesting, I thought...
....my letter...

...well , I guess my lunch break is long over. Ha, I did a dumb thing ,I think..
I decided to do on line surveys(duh..for "fun" and a wee bit of pocket change, figuring it was a no brainer ?
Yep I was right, it was a time wasting no brainer..I just spent over 1 1/2 hrs filling out a survey for a "free" gift card.
I finally got disgusted with the endless questions and "stuff" to "do" for the "free" gift, that
I happily back tracked , clicked delete and junked it all
(except for some books I ordered to "join a club , one of the choices to be eligible for my "free" gift card.

Actually the books I chose were a good deal, one book was one that had gone out of print many moons ago, I have looked for a replacement for years .
My loved and worn out copy ,needed a rest.
I ordered some extras as part of this "free" offer (not really,since postage was rather hefty,me thinketh). Now I have some gifts.

I did earn some pocket change with my survey answers, if I can figure out how to get it.
As Pooh would say...Oh Bother, what was I thinking?
Now I am getting a slew of e-mails pertaining to prizes,etc that I am not interested in.
So let the "buyer" (surbey taker)beware/
What may seem like fun at first can easily grow and become like topsy
( does this date me? I hope not as I barely remember who she was).
Surveys? duh , whatever was I thinking?

Uh oh, guess what one of my "newest" wacky ideas is for a bit of fun??
OH NO, it is to be... drum roll please...a ...mystery shopper ..

I mean after all, I may as well make the most of my town trips right?
Supposedly the mystery shopper "job" pays well. REALLY, as I do know someone who did this and did well at it, so who knows?
Just think of the intrigue and umm MYSTERY.

I know you are thinking that I may regret this adventure too, and wondering if I really "need" to add something else in my life.
Apparently so, or perhaps this is my brains way of creating a way to avoid the sink full of dishes waiting for HELP...
Yes, I know I have enough "irons in the "fire" but you know me.
I am always up to something, and this seems rather simple,fun and unique...
umm, I agree, the real "fire" may well be me being "fired" from my housekeeping "job" as the dishes do loudly protest....
Reality check ,I would have fired my "help" LONG ago.
See I did remember something from a leaders "club" lesson,after all .
As an entrepreneur you are the CEO ...so if you are getting "lousy" results.. fire the "help"
(even and especially if it is yourself) and hey at super sat we are encouraged to do reality checks,look how well i am doing :-)
It is a good thing .at farm funnies that hubby is more tolerant of the "help" than me..sigh.

I want to be riding my horse on a balmy beach RIGHT now, with the sound of the surf,the waves rhythmically splashing as we ride along the shore, the cry of an occasional gull ..
THEN my handsome WINGED prince(that is him, in the above photo, umm minus his "wings") would fly us back to our CLEAN home :-) and it would stay that way,at least a tad longer than it does all by itself.
If wishes were fishes ,why guess what ?
You could come join us for a meal of endless fish fry ...
Moral...HAVE TONS OF FUN...whatever you do :-)








Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Trick or Treat...goodies galore for All Hallow's Eve


All Hallow's Eve...
Every year I love to make cookies and purchase candies for goodie trays for All Hallow's Eve,
Christmas ,Valentines day and St.Patrick's day.
I make and purchase enough for a "gang" of 20-30 where farmfunnies hubby works, for several neighbors and friends and family.
For All Hallow's Eve I often make up treat bags for kids I know as well as some grown singles.
It is great fun, I even decorate bags . One year I glued a black pompom with eight pipe cleaner legs,tiny wiggly eyes and "drew" a silver sparkling "web"(with glitter tube paint ) for the little spider.
I am sharing this to get your creative juices "flowing"...to also create a sharing spirit within you.
When you give you get so much in return...really. Sometimes these gestures may be intangible,but never-the-less they are "there.
I double dog "dare" you to reach out in some way...don't do it to receive, don't expect or be disappointed if you see or hear nothing, but also don't be surprised at how good you will feel.
Actually I encourage you to embrace my mayflower attitude...it is actually a scriptural principal...do "it" in secret...try not to let anyone know who did "it".
This year I am inspired to do treat bags for those in the service...
I challenge you to pick a couple that you know or know of and make up a bag of treats for them,
while you are at it "tuck" in a couple of extras for them to give to a buddy who has no contact at home. You might want to make up a tray to take to your local firemen or police...include a card telling them how much you appreciate the risks and sacrifices they make to protect and keep you safe, for the freedoms they fight to maintain for you....
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my owl cookies are made with two cookies dough cut outs touching one another (I "cheat" often placing two rounded drop cookies close together and flattened with a glass)
a cashew makes the beak. place a white candymelt on the warm cookie and press in a bit,then press in m&m pupils, let cool before lifting from the tray as they will break in half.
spider cup cakes....use licorice whips for legs . I found mine at a candy specialty shop
gumdrop eyes or ??? I liked making mine "hairy" with chocolate sprinkles..
for a tray I round it out with brownies topped with fudge frosting topped with candy corn
I then pile on candies to fill in the "gaps" and of course what All Hallow's eve tray would be complete without gummy worms?
Ready set, go now it's your turn to have some fun...I challenge you to make at least 1 tray
and five treat bags 2 for someone you don't know....and get ready to bless and be blessed...


Monday, October 12, 2009

The TAIL(s) of 2 worms..how to polish your floors

Reading a new post at http://www.inthelifeofachild.com/ entitled two worms ..flooded my mind
with warm memories....ha in more ways than one.

When I was a fourth grader my younger sister and I "helped" my mom with cleaning house.
Being kids and having a mom who let us be kids,even when we "helped" , we found rather ingenious ways to do our assigned tasks.

One of my fondest (and warmest) methods we invented was our worm polishers...

Of utmost importance!...
Especially on a winters day on a cold floor,you take a fuzzy blanket and make sure you are rolled up very snugly inside it.
This needs some grownup supervision perhaps.
Trial and error will teach you how to hang on to the ends correctly, to maintain your worm skin.

Then you fall to a newly waxed floor , and your fellow "worm" and you wriggle and roll and giggle across the whole floor, inching across every nook and cranny,under tables and around obstacles until every inch has been covered and the floor shines like glass.
Consequently you and your fellow worm are both exhausted when finished , ready to sit quietly with a snack and a book .
No doubt mom herself received a few rare and well deserved peaceful quiet moments to enjoy... (this was in the "good ol days" when wax was applied to a clean floor,left to dry and buffed/polished to a high shine).

Time to reinvent some fun coupled work for your kids...
Not only does this build character
(just ask anybody who knows my sister and I and they will gladly tell you what "characters, we are!)
You will get a high shine to your floors, and have a few quiet moments to yourself, if you know how to look for them...
In the process your kids can learn the value of invention,creative problem solving,diligence (the floor only shined when it was "wriggled" just right..

I could go on and on listing all kinds of goodness traits here....now it's your turn....

Monday, October 5, 2009

Summer where are you? twin sprinkler fun ..moose that is

ahhh, summer and a romp through the sprinkler is a foggy memory now...
because...it is CHILLY here at farm funnies today!
My hands got very cold doing the morning chores,
umm I forgot to bring my gloves along...

Back inside where it is toasty (by the fire,not in here by the computer) I enjoyed watching these baby moose at play. on a summers day..

In the Cartoon Jinx would often say of Tom & Jerry :I love meeces to pieces...
Well ,farm funnies mom loves mooses to pieces :-0
these are such cute twins,enjoy

http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=7dOeb4acc8f1bea6e1f5