tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57963564119466165682009-12-17T19:58:02.246-08:00A little about this, a little about that, alot about nothing....DJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02365649545206674555noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796356411946616568.post-21841062879542051702009-12-03T15:10:00.000-08:002009-12-03T15:20:35.240-08:00

I'm sure that many of you have seen the new Tide laundry detergent commercials, where you can boost your detergent, and stain releasing power with new Tide Stain Release thingies.Pop em in the washer along with your detergent, and voila, you laundry never looked better.REALLY? So, what Tide is really saying, is "our detergent doesn't work that great, so you better get this if you want clean

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My youngest son finally got his first car! He will be 22 in January, so you can see how much this thrills me that I don't have to take him everywhere he needs to go.So this was our adventure on picking up the new ride.First, Google Maps lies.I knew pretty much where we were going, but then the road ended without being at the correct address. This is a problem. A ten minute trip took us about 30,

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I was thinking the other day, that if anyone who visits me here and happens to check out my profile will see my old webpage under contacts. Well, if you click to go there, you might be a little confused, because it says The Home Of Secret Smile. Well, who the hell is Secret Smile? I thought you were DJ?! Well, I am, and I am also Secret Smile.Let me explain. For 14? years.. (I can't remember

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Ah Summer. The hubby and I finally made a trip to the cabin just the two of us. Sweet blessed silence for a weekend. Just me, him, and the mosquito's. It was great. It was 94 degrees when we left the valley, with a two hour road trip to Eastern Oregon, and no air conditioning. I was marveling how green everything still is. It has been a particularly wet summer, with the temperatures just finally

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Pronounced Ha-See-TaThese pictures are actually from last October, that's why they seem a bit on the dark side. The day started out sunny, (unusual for Oregon) and proceeded to fall into a dusky mist by the time I hit the top of the trail where you can visit the lighthouse. Heceta Head is the most photographed light house on the west coast, was built in 1894, and is still active. They have also

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Well here we are again on highway 58. If you've looked at my other "Traveling in Oregon" blogs, you might notice a pattern here. I seem to only travel to the coast, or up/down highway 58.That being said, Salt Creek. This river winds it's way down from Salt Creek Falls, which is waaaaaaaaaay up on top of highway 58, and meanders its way down until it turns into the Willamette river.This was one of

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We've been having quite the heat blast for the past week here in Oregon. Temps in the 90's, and more to come. In the triple digits by Tuesday! Now I like summer, but I feel like I'm standing on the sun. My kitties are not so happy either. Or I should say Petunia (top pic) and Sheba (bottom pic) are not happy. They lounge around staring at me with daggers. "It's hot woman! Do something about it!"

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From Left to Right: Mischief, Sheba, and PetuniaWe love to look outside..just don't open the door! It's scary out there in the wide wide world.

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I saw this the other day when I was perusing the web, and I am in LOVE.It's called a Slow Loris. (love love love love)And thanks to YouTube, I found MORE videos of the Slow Loris.At the very least, click on the first one,cuz gee, nobody should have to go through life without seeing one of these. They are so CUTE.What is a Slow Loris? You can scroll down to the bottom where I've put some

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UGH. What in the world is this thing? (more pics at the bottom)I don't have a great fear of spiders, but this one about made me faint. My family and I were camping last weekend, and I was taking a break from stacking wood, when this THING comes walking out from underneath the rocks surrounding our fire barrel and is ALMOST on top of my foot before my husband saw it.(Was that a run-on sentence, or

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For my entertainment...erm...I mean yours of course.I love cat videos! You love cat videos! We all love cat videos!And another one:

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Do you ever have days like these?My laptop computer had been running at a snails pace, so I knew after 2-1/2 years of clutter, it was time to reinstall windows. I had diligently backed up everything that was important onto my jump drive, except my pictures (not enough room) and my food blogs. (not enough room) Yes! I am going to be running a recipe blog here when I have the time. I'm so excited!

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It's been forever since I've written anything, so I've promised myself (and you dear readers) I would make an attempt to put out a few things this week.So! Today I'm going to blog about my new patio. The hubby and I had been discussing this for ages, and now that he is layed off one week a month (damn this economy) he really needs something to do. I mean something besides leaving me here to go

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Does anyone remember those magazines you used to get in the mail from "Carol Wright Gifts?" They always had such neat stuff in them. Even if it wasn't anything you were going to actually purchase, it was fun to look at. For some reason I got one in the mail today. ( I didn't even know they were still in business.) My how things have changed. Do not give this to your kids while your in the car

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I know it might be a little late for you to try this out, but I just had to share it...maybe next year?"Dying" Easter eggs, without all that messy dye! Aren't they pretty? (Yes, I snitched the photo, but since I'm directing you over to the original website, I thought it would be ok) I found this over at GoodyBlog, and while I haven't tried it, I'm sure there are alot of moms out there that would

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An experiment with alcohol. My what we can learn on the internet!Skittle flavored Vodka.Well, why not?My youngest was perusing the web, and found a recipe for infusing vodka with skittles. While yes, this sounds fun and fruity, I didn't expect that 4 hours later, he and 2 of his guy buddies to come flying through the front door with 12 bottles of water, a 2 pound bag of skittles, and a half

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My Stockpile--->With our economy going down the toilet, half of America layed off, or about to be, I thought i would share "How To Get Alcohol For Less Than Half Of What You're Paying In Your Local Grocery Store" Yes, seriously. I am The Goddess, you may worship me.You know all those beverage distributors in your town/city? Yeah, the ones that actually get all that delicious booze, and send

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I have been suffering a horrible itchy disgusting rash for the past three weeks, that has spread from a little patch on my wrist, to both insides of my elbows and my eyelids. (and now....*whispers* my butt crack) The only thing I could think of was that these pesky little sugar ants that have invaded my house were sneaking in my bed at night and using me as the all you can eat buffet. No one else

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Are you a recycling fanatic? Are you one of those people who look at something and go hmMm, I wonder what I should do with this? Or are you one of those people who throw absolutely everything in the trash with no regard to mounting land fills full of reusable crap? (Shame on you.)I found this great site on recycling, that showed me things I didn't even know could be recycled, and I recycle

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So you say you like sterling silver jewelry? You say you like FREE sterling silver jewelry? Have I found a site for you! I was perusing blogs the other day, and stumbled upon one that was talking about this site that offers free jewelry, and all you have to pay for is shipping. I love silver jewelry! I was immediately intrigued.Of course my first thought was, why would someone give you jewelry

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Since I haven't blogged in quite some time, I thought I would start out my new year (a little late) writing about the Oregon Coast. If you haven't been, are thinking about going, feel like someday you might like to visit, don't know where to go...I'm going to show you a few places. Hang onto your seats, and let's explore.My husband and I were fortunate enough to get away from it all this weekend,

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I'm sure everyone has by now heard about the 111 year old rare Tuatara lizard, named Henry that surprised everyone by becoming a father at his ripe old age.I happened to be sitting on the couch watching the news in a half bored coma with the family when the story aired. I immeditely popped off with "Well he obviously doesn't suffer from E-reptile-Dysfunction!" "Bwah hahahahahahhaha!" My son

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, and Happy/Merry to any others that I'm not familiar with! May it be a time of love and family.

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Our giant snow storm finally hit last night. There might be two inches out there. Supposedly, all this was supposed to happen on Friday and Saturday, with the worst being last night. Nothing happened Friday or Saturday night other than a raging party, and a little bit of rain.This morning on the other hand was a tad bit sketchy. Not much snow, but underneath is a sheet of ice, which was terribly

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Today was spent getting the outside of the house ready for winter. Geraniums trimmed and in the shed, hoses disconnected, leaves raked up, yada yada yada. Supposedly this weekend we are having our first snow storm of the season. It's to rival the storm of 2003, which must of been a doozie, because I don't remember it at all. But then again, being at 700 feet above sea level here in the

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