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I don’t think that there is a more clutch playoff performer than Derek Fisher. FFUSA thinks that he is damn good. First Financial USA is hoping for a Lakers victory in the Finals. Kobe Bryant deserves to win one or more on his own. It will be over this weekend and the discussion about Kobe’s talent can finally end.

The new celebrity gossip is that Adriana Lima  pregnant!  She is the Victoria’s Secret supermodel!  Not sure if she has a boyfriend or maybe she’s married, who knows but I’m sure we wil be hearing more info as she starts showing! I guess her model days are over for a while!

Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota :

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you’re proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you have ever refused to buy something because it’s “too spendy”,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
You might live in Minnesota .

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don’t work there,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your dad’s suntan stops at a line curving around the
middle of his forehead,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know how to say….Wayzata…Mahtomedi … Cloquet…. Edina … and Shakopee,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy,
You might live in Minnesota .

If vacation means going “up north” for the weekend,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you measure distance in hours,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know several people who have hit deer more than once,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you often switch from “Heat” to “A/C” in the same day and back again,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and Venison,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you carry jumper cables in your car, and your girlfriend knows how to use them,
You might live in Minnesota .

If There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill’s Fleet Farm at any given time,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit,
You might live in Minnesota .

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and of course, road construction,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you can identify a southern or eastern accent,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your idea of creative landscaping is a plastic deer next to your blue spruce,
You might live in Minnesota .

If “Down South” to you means Iowa ,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know “a brat” is something you eat,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you find -10 degrees “a little chilly”, You might
live in Minnesota .

If you actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Minnesota friends,
You DO live in Minnesota.

1. You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.

2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton.

3. You know that ‘WOAH’ comes from  Joey on Blossom

4. If you ever watched ‘Fraggle Rock’

5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

7. You got super-excited when it was   Oregon Trail  day in computer class at school.

8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

9. You played the game ‘MASH’(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

11. You know the profound meaning of ‘ WAX ON , WAX OFF’

12. You wanted to be a Goonie.

13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (Some of us…head-to-toe)

14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off, his cheeks shifted and his nationality became questionable.

15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

16. You took lunch boxes to school…and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.

17. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

18. You still get the urge to say ‘NOT’ after every sentence.

19. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets. 

20. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.

21. After you saw Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure you kept saying  ‘I know you are, but what am I?’

22. You remember ‘I’ve fallen and I can’t get up’

23. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

25. You have ever played with a Skip-It..

26. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.

28. You thought  Doogie  Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot..

29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool… and don’t even flinch when people refer to them as ‘NKOTB’

31. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on ‘Saved By The   Bell ,’ The ORIGINAL class.

32. You know all the words to  Bon  Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

33. You just sang those words to yourself.

34. You still sing ‘We are the World’

35. You tight rolled or french cuffed your jeans.  And still debate on which is the right term!

36. You owned a bannana clip.

37. You remember ‘Where’s the Beef?’

38. You used to (and probably still do) say ‘What you talkin’ ’bout  Willis ?’

39. You’re still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren’t you!

I am not a morning person! I hate getting up in the morning, I have to set my alarm about 20 mintues early so I wake up and lay in my bed for a while until I get enough energy to get up! I find these tips pretty helpful when it comes to the morning

Here are some ideas for how to set your body clock to awake without the shock of sudden activity that rattles the stress system: 

1. Wake up to music rather than an alarm.
2. Don’t get up right away. While breathing deeply, loosen up and stretch your limbs out, from your fingers to your toes. Pretend you’re a cat waking up from a nap.
3. Think of the most positive thing you’ll be doing that day.
4. Get out of bed slowly. Ease into it.
5. Turn on more and more lights as you go through your routine, until every light you see is on.

I’m not much for quotes but I just happened to run across these. Some are cute, some are just dumb, and others make you think..

“In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.”
-Charlie Brown

“Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
-John Wayne 

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”
-Dr. Seuss

“I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.”
-Barbara Bush

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.” 
-Hellen Keller

“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
-Anonymous

“Worry is like a rocking chair–it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
-Anonymous

“Always go to other peoples’ funerals, otherwise they won’t go to yours.” 
- Yogi Berra 

“Will the highways on the Internet become more few?”
-George W. Bush

“Most lies about blondes are false.” 
- Headline 

“Fiction writing is great, you can make up almost anything.” 
- Ivana Trump, on her first novel

“Life is just a bowl of cherries.”
-Anonymous

So, I’ve never really gotten into the whole “blogging” thing.  It’s kinda funny when I think about it.  Putting your thoughts, rants, and raves on the internet for everyone to see.  I’m a private person in some aspects, but also LOVE people and love to share with them.  So, maybe I’ll like this :)  I’ve always been someone that journals.  From as far as I can remember, I would always write in my “diary”…back in the day.  It’s funny to look at those old diaries and see what was going on in my life then.  Basically it was mostly about my day at school, my friends, and my dog.  HA!  How interesting!  Not really.  As I grew up, it was more in depth thoughts, hopes, and dreams.  It’s cool to look at those and see the struggles that I was going through, and really find hope in that God always made a way.  Or, when reading them, it’s a like a trip down memory lane!  So, hopefully, this blogging thing will be somewhat interesting for you all….I’ll try not to talk about what I had for dinner and how I hang out with my dog.  Actually, I really want a dog….so, maybe in the future you’ll hear about my new dog whose name will be Winston!!

Have you ever wondered why we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

Why is abbreviated such a long word?

Why isn’t phonetics spelled phonetically?

Ff a deaf kid swears, does his mom wash his hands out with soap?

Why is what doctors do called “a practice”?

If con is the opposite of pro..isnt congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe…why is the airport called a “terminal”?

Would a fly that loses its wings be called a walk?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavoring but dish soap is made with real lemons?

If a turtle loses its shell is it naked or homeless?