Taking The Time To Pay It Forward

Crystal Light Faulkner

years and years ago, way back in 2000 I believe, I met this young and beautiful lady.  we soon became fast friend, if anyone still uses that phrase.  it was a shame but life took us in different directions.  which is what of course happens.

but years and years later I come across her while using facebook.  so here it is 12 years later and I find out that she has gotten married and has three beautiful children, just bursting with awesomeness.

 

once I started to talk with her I find out that she runs her own cooking/food site, that does a quite a lot more.  she even finds the time to home school her kids, and take care of her hubby……well arnt all hubbies just grown up kids lol.

so I guess you have figured out the point of this post and that is to give all my readers a place to get great info on all things to run an affordable, fun, and healthy home

and let me not forget to say that she has had her local news channel come interview her.

Here her Interview

and here is her Website

Her Facebook page

@ThatHousewife

so thank your madam for being so darn amazing

A Monkey Riding a Parrot? It Happens!

 

A Monkey Riding a Parrot? It Happens!

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(Nov. 19) — The phrase "I’ve got a monkey on my back" is being taken literally among animals in captivity.
Recently in San Agustin, Colombia, a lazy monkey started doing the animal kingdom’s version of shacking up with a male and female parrot at a countryside hotel.
The owners of the hotel says the squirrel monkey eats and plays with his bird-brained roommates.

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This lazy monkey hitches a ride to the top of a tree — by sitting on the back of a parrot. The squirrel monkey, which lives with a male and female parrot at a hotel in Colombia, was photographed by Alejandro Jaramillo after it hopped onto the macaw. These kinds of bizarre inter-species friendship aren’t unheard of, but they aren’t common.

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Best Buddies

This lazy monkey hitches a ride to the top of a tree — by sitting on the back of a parrot. The squirrel monkey, which lives with a male and female parrot at a hotel in Colombia, was photographed by Alejandro Jaramillo after it hopped onto the macaw. These kinds of bizarre inter-species friendship aren’t unheard of, but they aren’t common.

Alejandro Jaramillo, Solent News / Rex / Rex USA

Alejandro Jaramillo, Solent News / Rex / Rex USA

On the other hand, the monkey doesn’t exactly go bananas about exerting himself when he doesn’t have to, so he often hitches a ride to the tree tops by sitting on the back of one of the birds.
The hotel owners, who own the birds, tolerate the monkey most of the time, but, according to photographer Alejandro Jaramillo, they do have to occasionally throw water at him to get him off the birds.
Lazy monkeys haven’t quite become an epidemic — yet! — but they are more common than you might think.
For instance, at the Fukuchiyama City Zoo in Kyoto, Japan, a baby monkey named Miwa has been palling around with a young boar named Uribo since they both lost their moms in June.

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A baby monkey named Miwa rides a young boar named Uribo in Fukuchiyama City Zoo in Kyoto, Japan, on Oct. 19. Both have been sheltered by the zoo since June after losing their mothers.

But is this kind of rainbow connection, peace-love, we-are-all-one attitude common in nature?
Well, sort of, and not really.
Dr. Jason Chatfield, the staff veterinarian and general curator of Jungle Island, a Miami-based theme park that hosts a variety of wild animals, says this sort of inter-species friendship is unusual in the wild.
"Honestly, the law of the jungle is, only the strong survive, and primates tend to travel in packs," Chatfield said. "If one mother dies, the other mother will adopt the dead mother’s child."
Chatfield says there might some friendships between animals that have formed in the wild, but he’s never heard of them.
"Usually, these partnerships only happen in captivity," he said. "And it has to happen when the animals are young and raised together so that they can overcome their natural instinct to kill. This wouldn’t happen if they were adults."
Since these inter-species friendships only form in captivity, they might seem "unnatural," but Chatfield won’t speculate on whether they are right or wrong.
"I can’t say whether they are a positive or negative aspect of being in captivity, but I will say this: Animals do better with a friend even if it isn’t from the same species."
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Strange and Funny: 53 Crazy Laws

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53 Crazy Laws

**Many of these laws were established during the end of the 1800s and early 1900s, when the United States was rapidly changing from an agricultural to industrial nation. Some of the laws went out of date or were repealed. Many are still on the books but not enforced.

It is illegal for chickens to cross the road in Quitman, Georgia
1. In Quitman, Georgia, chickens may not cross the road.^c
2. Before 1920, it was illegal for women in the United States to vote. When women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony tried to vote in the 1872 election, she was arrested and fined $100.^c
3. It’s illegal to ride an ugly horse in Wilbur, Washington.^c
4. In Mohave County, Arizona, if anyone is caught stealing soap, he must wash himself with it until the soap is gone.^c
5. First cousins may marry in Utah, but only after they’re 65 years old.^a
6. In North Dakota, no one can be arrested on the Fourth of July, a holiday that is commonly known there as “Five Finger Discount Day.”a
7. In Tennessee, it is illegal for children to play games on Sunday without a license.^b
8. It is illegal in Tennessee for an atheist to hold office.^b
9. In Indiana, it is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.^a
10. It is illegal in California to lick toads. Apparently, some people were licking toads to get high. Unfortunately, some people were being harmed by the toads’ poison.^d
11. It is against Michigan state law to tie a crocodile to a fire hydrant.^a
12. An old Colorado law states that a person mush have a doctor’s prescription before taking a bath.c
13. Colorado law states that a man cannot marry his wife’s grandmother.^b
14. In Kansas, when two trains meet at a crossing, “both shall come to full stop and neither shall start up again until the other has gone.”^c
15. A woman in a housecoat is forbidden to drive a car in California.^b
16. According to Minneapolis law, a person who double parks a car will be put on a chain gang with only bread and water to eat.^b In Michigan, husbands legally own their wives’ hair
17. In Michigan, a woman’s hair belongs to her husband.^b
18. In Morrisville, Pennsylvania, it is illegal for a woman to wear cosmetics without a permit.^b
19. A man is forbidden to kiss a woman while she’s asleep in Logan County, Colorado.^d
20. In Challis, Idaho, it is illegal to walk down the street with another man’s wife.^b
21. Flirting in little Rock, Arkansas, can land someone in jail for 30 days.^c
22. In Truro, Mississippi, a man must prove himself worthy before getting married by hunting and killing either six blackbirds or three crows.^b
23. There are still laws in Pueblo, Colorado, stating that it is illegal to grow dandelions.^b
24. A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, is not allowed to drive a car unless man is in front of the car waving a red flag to warn people and other cars.^b
25. It is illegal for children under the age of 12 to talk on the telephone unless accompanied by a parent in Blue Earth, Minnesota.^b
26. In Kalispell, Montana, children must have a doctor’s note if they want to buy a lollipop.^b
27. A representative from Oklahoma, Linda Larsen attempted to lower the divorce rate by proposing a law that would require the following requirements before a marriage license would be issued: neither party should snore, at least one meal a week should be prepared by the non-primary cook, toothpaste should be squeezed from the bottom of the tube, pantyhose shouldn’t be left hanging in the shower, and the toilet seat should always be down when not being used.^b Men with mustaches are forbidden to kiss women in Eureka, Nevada
28. In Eureka, Nevada, it is illegal for men who have mustaches to kiss women.^b
29. It is illegal in Waco, Texas, to throw a banana peel onto the street because a horse could slip.^d
30. In Texas, the Encyclopedia Britannica was banned because it contained a formula for making beer.^b
31. Pickles were outlawed in Los Angeles because the smell might offend people.^b
32. It’s illegal in St. Louis, Missouri, for a fireman to rescue a woman wearing a nightgown. If she wants to be rescued, she must be fully clothed.^b
33. Hartford, Connecticut, banned men from kissing their wives on Sundays.^d
34. Buying ice cream on Sundays was illegal in Ohio because it was thought to be frivolous and “luxurious.” Consequently, ice cream vendors would put fruit on top of the ice cream to make it more nutritious, creating the ice cream sundae.^b
35. A woman wearing shorts, a halter-top, or bathing suit to a political rally in Wheatfield, Indiana, could be charged with a misdemeanor.^d
36. In Lander, Wyoming, it is illegal for adults to take a bath more than once a month once the cold weather arrives. Children cannot take a bath at all during the winter.^b
37. According to Florida law, anyone who takes a bath must wear clothes.^b
38. Motorists in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, cannot park a car for more than two hours unless it is hitched to a horse.^b
39. Women in Whitesville, Delaware, could be charged with disorderly conduct if they propose marriage to a man.^b
40. In Kentucky, it is against the law to remarry the same man four times.a
41. It is against the law for a husband to beat his wife on the courthouse steps on a Sunday.^b
42. In Arizona, oral sex is considered sodomy.^b
43. In Arizona, a man may legally beat his wife once a month, but no more.^b A girl may not ask a boy for a date over the phone in Dyersburg, Tennessee
44. In Dyersburg, Tennessee, it is against the law for girl to telephone a boy to ask for date.^b
45. In Kentucky, a woman is forbidden to wear a bathing suit on a highway unless she is armed with a cub or is escorted by at least two officers. The amendment says that the provisions of this statue “shall not apply to a female weighing less than 90 pounds or exceeding 200 pounds.”^b
46. According to an Atlanta, Georgia, ordinance, “smelly people” are not allowed to ride public streetcars.^a
47. Massachusetts passed a law on 1648 that allowed a parent to put to death a stubborn or rebellious son. The law has been repealed by the legislature.^b
48. In Massachusetts, a person could be fined up to $200 for denying the existence of God.^d
49. In 1659, Massachusetts outlawed Christmas. According to state law, anybody observing Christmas would be fined five shillings.^b
50. In California, ostrich steaks are exempt from state sales tax.^b
51. In Lexington, Kentucky, it is against the law to carry an ice cream cone in a pocket.^c
52. Policemen are allowed to bite a dog if they think it will calm the dog down in Paulding, Ohio.^c
53. In Zeigler, Illinois, only the first four firemen to arrive at a fire will be paid.^c

Challis, Id

Strange and Funny: 53 Crazy Laws

Lost My Info

so here i am writing once again in my blog here which i am not really good at or anything, but i am going to keep it up desperately trying to find someone to listen without making me feel like shit for thinking or feeling what ever it is i may be thinking at the time

i know i haven’t really filled this blog with anything of that content but i will give it a try here in one of my next entries

lately as i have been for the past year been playing the shit load of Final Fantasy 11 and i am really really enjoying it, i have had to take a break from it the past week or so due to my keyboard messing up like a mofo, essentially i can not type in the few commands i need to in order to do what i need to do, good thing i have a controller and all my macros set up where i can at least do my weekly events which i have a lot of them to do

i have been keeping in touch with one hell of a good friend of mine, if she is reading this she had better know how flippen awesome she is o shes gonna get it

outside of that, well shit a lot of crap is going on

my parents are getting a divorce, which is fine…it happens all the time.  but the thing is when you make a promise to someone, and nothing other than “oh i no longer feel that way” changes then there is no reasoning for it….you made a promise you fucking keep it, only cowards walk away from there promises

 

ive talked about other forums that i have been apart of, the one that i hold dear to my heart has changed gears and left the company that took over them.  i cant blame them at all the company sucked major ass….but i have great news the forums still live via a new name and back to its core…located here The Super Bar so stop by and see whats going on

The Super Bar is your one stop place for all your tech help needed stuff, even if it is a place to hang out with frinds then this is the place for you.  we answer questions about linux, mac, windows phones tv, networking, so on and so forth so stop on by and take a look

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

a link to the site

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html