Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Someone was my 1000th visitor but they didn't claim their prize, which is a terrible shame because this is what I wanted to give away:

Bugatti Veyron $1,192,057. This is by far the most expensive street legal car available on the market today. It is the fastest accelerating car reaching 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. It claims to be the fastest car with a top speed of 253 mph+. However, the title for the fastest car goes to the SSC Ultimate Aero which exceed 253 mph pushing this car to 2nd place for the fastest car.




I guess my 'What the Heck Is This" was too easy this time and it was guessed right away. Sadly, the first person to get it can't figure out how to post on my blog. But I feel as though I need to make an exception because she also has an Alien Brain Chip in her head (the picture I used is actually her brain) so I am going to give her a booby prize.

The REAL WINNER is Rags aka Wayne who guessed correctly AND managed to post it on my blog.

Your prizes: Starbucks gift cards and you will get them in the mail soon since I know where the two of you live (Buuuuaaaahhhhhhhaaahhhaaa)

It would be mean of me to tease you all with the promise of an extremely interesting blog to come in the near future.... but if teasing you is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Let's just put it this way.... I drove my sister to Encino today to win $100,000.00 because the brain chip malfunction has left her driver's license-less and HILARITY ensued. But, sadly, not a trip to the bank...... tease tease tease.......

My Sister's MRI Results & How to Post Anonymously

It is just as I suspected:







Please note the diagnosis at the bottom of the MRI film.




Some of you are having trouble posting your guesses for the contest. Did you try posting as 'Anonymous'? If you click the drop down menu it is all at the bottom. It should let you post there. Then, now listen carefully Kathy..... you just say "Hey, this is Kathy Hydroxy and I think that is a swirling tornado of anger"
IDK, Geeeezers, it works for me

TWO New Contests!!!

Yep, That is right!
Two!
Dos!
Deux!
Zwei!
Dva!
Due!

Contest #1: What The Heck Is That:

Post your guesses to my blog. FIGURE IT OUT! For you doofuses who are too lame to figure it out! Come on! Remember what the Bible says about perseverance. Don't make me get all Awana on you and quote it, cuz I can you know!! There will be a FABULOUS prize for the winner!!!


Contest #2: I am getting very close to that magic 1000 visit mark. Whomever is my 1000 visitor must post a comment to my blog letting me know what time that happened. If you can capture the screen or take a picture I will double your prize! Oooooooo!!

If you can't figure out how to post to my blog, please see above berating comments. And practice. I am only at 975 right now so you have a day or two.....

Or is that "Ein oder zwei Tage"

Good Luck, Geeezers!!

Send Snacks............

Geeezers~ I am happy to report that my mom had a really good check up at her cardiologist this week. She has been recovering from a heart problem and she is doing very well. This is great news! And we are thankful to God and to you for your prayers.
She does need to bulk up though since she has lost a lot of weight and doesn't have a great appetite a lot of the time (yeah, I have a hard time relating to that too!). So, being the supportive daughter that I am, I suggested to my sister (who was accompanying mom to the doctor) that they ask for a script for medical marajuana to boost her appetite. Sadly, my sister refused which is really too bad because this could have been a really interesting experience and probably fodder for some awesome blogs.

I am a TORNADO of ANGER about them coming home with no doobie perscription.

Not Reeeeaaaallllyyyyyy

I know that all of you who know my family IRL are laughing your butts off right now because we are not exactly party animals! I have seen my mom drink exactly once in my whole life. Half a glass of champagne in my teen years at my cousins wedding. Who knew you could get that silly over half a glass of champange!! We still laugh about that. So the thought of her toking away is pretty danged hilarious. But we will never know because my sister wimped out.

On the other hand, my friend Stacy (who is Chanel and Yvette's human grandma) knows how to treat her friends right.... so when she came over the other day she brought a baggie of the good stuff...... CATNIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick Update

Just a quickie tonight, GeeezGroupies!
First off, my sister is doing great! We are all still hanging together at my house. It makes us feel better to keep an eye on each other and it is easier since she can't drive for awhile. Today she got my dad's bike out and rode it to Walmart-- and managed to bring back $100.00 worth of stuff in the baskets. She is talented that way, lol!
Between new schedules and new classes for Lauren and work and school I just haven't spent a lot of time online, but I am sure I will get my act together soon!
Meanwhile............. If you are so inclined, please pray for Stellan and his family at MckMama's Blog (you can click on that to get there). She is the one who hosts the Not Me Mondays. Stellan is very very seriously ill right now with heart problems. And her perspective on prayer is awesome, especially in light of her current situation. You can see how her faith in God gives her strength.

As my good friend Tigger would say "TTFN"

Update on My Sister

By now some of you have heard that my sister had a seizure.

That is some scary stuff there. So far the doctors aren’t sure why and the tests so far are good so we are hoping it is just a weird, one shot kinda dealio.

You may think I am insensitive for writing about it, especially just a few days later, but she told me to. As she lay in her hospital bed she grasped my hand, pulled me down close, looked deep into my eyes and said “LeAnn, you can blog about this if you want to”.

Want to?

Of course I don’t WANT to…..

But if you insist........

So the term seizure is kinda big and scary so we have been working on something a little more user friendly. We like ‘Eucalyptus Fit’ but that one is just too hard to explain. So far we are going with “Electric Brain Fart” It is descriptive and yet less intimidating. In fact we are shortening it to EBF.

I looked up “Electric Brain Fart” on the internet and nothing really useful came up. I mean there is lots of stuff about Brain Farts. There was even an ad for an Electric Fart machine—not really the same thing, though probably a lot more entertaining.
Then I googled “So, Your Sister Had A Seizure” and up popped a lot of great and unnecessary information. I learned that the whole thing is kinda like when there is a lightning storm and your computer gets a little too much juice and freaks out and then you have to re-boot it. I learned that you aren’t supposed to stick a 2' x 4' in the person’s mouth anymore. Who. Knew.
I learned that you are supposed to roll them over to the side so they don’t choke but my son says that the website is wrong about which side and it is because of the gastrioblahblahblah……… (that is the place where I got really lost and everything started sounding all medical like)

Since the doctors aren’t really coming up with anything, we are forming our own explanations.

#1) I don’t want to say that this has something to do with the fact that she stuck pennies in light sockets as a child but….. well, it does make you wonder. That is the 'Mom TOLD You Not To Stick That Thing In There, Now Look What Happened" theory.
#2) Frankly I think the most likely explanation: is the "Alien Brain Chip Activation" theory. Now, stay with me here…. While we were in the ER, and after we had gotten the speech from the Doc about what happened and what was going to happen etc…… the same doc went to the next bed and gave the SAME SPEECH to the patient over there! And not because she got the files mixed up but because the same thing happened to someone else!

DA DA DAAAAAAA!!!!

Here is my theory: Many years ago, during an early sweep of the planet, aliens abducted my sister and implanted a chip in her brain. They came back every so often to implant more chips and also to sneak some of their own kind to spy on us and drive us crazy (coughmydaughtercough). Then, on March 17, 2009 THEY FLIPPED THE SWITCH and caused a bit of an Electric Brain Fart in some people. Some people made the switch to full-on-alien with little obvious outward effect and live amoug us.
Further proof: As we were driving home at 3:30am she noticed that the moon was not full as she thought….. I pointed out that it was full but that her mother ship was blocking the view! Finally, as if anyone needs more proof: It was St Patrick’s Day!!!!! That clinches it.


Just in case you are worried that I am posting this personal information to my blog, which has now been viewed by over 900 people since Mid-January (thanks to all my fans) here is a statement from my sister:

Dear Geeez Groupies:
It is me, Monica. I am absolutely thrilled to be featured on LeAnn's blog because it has been viewed well over 900 times, possibly even by complete strangers. I completely, and without reservation, endorse this statement.
She is the most awesome sister ever. My fondest dream, even when we were very small children, is to be just like her someday! Even now, sometimes..... when I see a falling star I think.......... WOW, I wonder if that is my alien spaceship!

If I can be serious here for just a minute, thank you
to everyone who is out there praying for my little sister. We really do hope and pray that there will never be another incident. We all know that life is full of all kinds of crappy adventures, but it is always important to know that God puts special people in our lives to make it more bearable.
I was just going to say something really cool about how much I love my sister and how full of awesome-ness she is, but just now she made a disparaging remark about all the cats I have that are up laying on my kitchen counter so now I have to skip it.
Well heck.. here goes anyhow. I know God really loves me for lots of reasons, but especially cuz He gave me a really terrific sister and I thank Him for that blessing.
Even if she is an alien.

Cultural Education

Today all Irish
Celebrate the day with poem
Green: Color of Life

Life is much too gruff
I will try to sooth you all
With a haiku blog

Come along with me
Expand your mind with haiku
Five, seven and five

My eyes are burning
Bright light from the monitor
Is it nap time yet?

I must work some more
Perhaps I will eat cookies
They will pad my butt

Why am I so weird
I prefer the term quirkey
Maybe eccentric

Menopausal haze
No wonder I am single
Too much for one man

Tonight is my speech
For my economics class
Hope I will get 'A'

Now it is time for you
Join me and compose your poem
Post in comment spot


Haiku (俳句 ,haikai verse?) listen (help·info), plural haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 morae (or on), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7 and 5 morae respectively[1]. Haiku typically contain a kigo, or seasonal reference, and a kireji or verbal caesura. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to parallel the three metrical phrases of Japanese haiku[2]. Previously called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.

Ask The Geeez

A New Feature to the GeeezLoueez Blogsite:

Ask The Geeez!!

Where you can ask me ANYTHING! And I will give you my much sought after opinion.....
For our first installment we have JC from the great Pacific Northwest who writes:

Dear Geeez: Ever since I read ur TOTAALY rad blog about being a middle aged college student (If you missed it click HERE) I have been in a state of ambivalent wonderment over your TOTALLY SCENE backpack! Dude, I want to see a picca. PLEASE??????
Peace, Love & Bobby Sherman,
JC


Well, JC... you aren't alone. Literally TENS of people bombarded me with requests for a picture of my pink, camouflage ROLLING backpack. That's right. You heard me. Its a roller.

BaBAM!!!

Yeah, it is pretty loud and garish. A striking contrast to my quiet, demure demeanor. But, do not forget that I am not the Professor...... Nay.... I am but a seeker of higher knowledge. My backpack distinguishes me from The Man! I am WILD! DARING! I DEMAND that you acknowledge my presence even to the point of questioning your very own existence in my existential universe. I am a heart maker, a rule breaker-- dontchu mess around with me! I flaunt my power! You wanna mess with a middle aged menopausal woman with a rolling pink camouflage backpack?
DO YOU????
I THINK NOT!!!
Love,
The Geeez

PS: When I graduate I expect gifts from all of you. Not cheap little crappy sentimental gifts either. I mean it! Don't make me go all HOT FLASH on you!

PPS: To submit questions for future installments of Ask The Geeez, simply send me an email at http://geeezloueez@aol.com

Sometimes I Feel Like This..........

You Gotta Check Out Serious.Life Magazine!!!

Geeez Groupies~
I am VERY EXCITED to tell you about a new development in my life! My blog was just listed in the Featured Blog Directory for the March issue of Serious.Life Magazine

Now we writers, of all dispositions, just love to have our say. We have this urge to voice whatever is going on in our heads. We assume that you all REALLY NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS!
Well, that may or may not be true in my case, but you gotta check out this magazine. This magazine is owned and published by the Riggs family--- that is Abby's family whom we have been praying for lately! (The little sweetheart with Leukemia).

Now once you take a look at this publication you will see that this isn't some blog hobby like some of us play around with, this is a really awesome magazine. Very high quality graphics. Lots of great content by bloggers all over the country. Terrific photography. Really inspiring articles about family life and finance and spiritual growth. There is a lot of content on adoption, which you know is a biggie for me! And it is really funny in places too! This magazine gives away ads to all kinds of charities and ministries. And I love Brent's personal writings about his outlook on life and our personal relationships with God. He is awesome. Not all perfecto Christian guy--- solid, real, biblical stuff! And it won't cost you a cent!! It is totally free!!

So here is a link to the Riggs family's personal blog where you can get updates on how Abby is doing among other great things: www.riggsfamilyblog.com

And here is a link to Serious.Life Magazine Again, the subscription is FREE, and I know you’ll enjoy the magazine, so take a minute to check it out and sign up to get future issues. www.seriouslifemagazine.com ( I have been getting their stuff for awhile now and I haven't gotten any weird emails or anything that would make me regret making this recommendation.)

My blog directory entry is on page 173. Yeah there are like 191 pages in this thing! And there are lots of pages full of listings for all kinds of amazing blogs.

I know the blog thing is new for me and I have totally gotten swept up in it, but I gotta tell you I have read the blogs of so many amazing people who are real, imperfect, silly and sad. Who struggle with their lives-- and sometimes they are elevated to great things and we all celebrate and sometimes we all grieve together too. They are funny and inspirational and thought provoking. I have learned new skills like photography and sheep shearing! I have gotten TONS of information about my new homeschooling situation with links to all kinds of support and curriculum. Movie and TV reviews by real people like me. Recipes. Fashion tips! There are even a couple of Texas ladies who podcast occasionally that really make me lol for reals!

Seriously, dudes, check it out. Okay??

Geeez Goes Paparazzi

It started off a day like any other day. I was at work. Lauren was at home where she was focused on her Independent Study schooling. I keep a laptop on her work desk so we can communicate URGENT things during the day via IM. Join me as we sit in on a recent IM session. She is in blue. I am in red. I have edited about 3 hours worth of on and off discussion, begging and whining..... Some of it was even her. I did not edit for spelling or grammar. Note the excellent usage of my blog addiction to finagle what the kid wants. Points for manipulation there... even if I did catch on.... (How come this blog rearranges itself??? It drives me crazy!)

MOM!! guess what!!!!!!!!! TOKIO HOTEL IS IN LA!!!!!!!!! recording acouple of songs!!!!

Cool when i was talking about them they were actually near me!!!! don't dance around it, if you want to ask me something then ask it can we go to Santa Monica tmw? what is in santa monica TH and the beach and that pier thing Okay so you want to go down to the studio and hang around? no i wanna go to that beach i remember my dad took me there once and omg it was epic TH is only a side destraction lol u can take piccas for ur blog and dude hello good blog story! I am going to think about it. You focus on schooling. IF I do it, you have to let me take as many pictures as I want to Fine you probably can't get inside-- if all you could do was take a picture at the building would you still want to go? ya i still want to go to the studio it’s the fact that TH is in there right then! only a few feet away lol not a country hey i was wondering with my money if i can get fake nails OMG not the fake nail thing again. And please tell me you don't think you need to do it tonight yes i do think i need to do it tonight cuz also my eyebrows are eww!!!! I am gonna kill myself please? well?(I can't answer you-- I am dead) cute please? with apicca of the Kaulitz twins on top! Grrrrrrrr You don't want me to have my own life at all do you? ya i know I have to say you are lucky you are catching me in a good mood--- I have been very proud of how hard you are working and the grades you have been getting and how responsible you have been. (dont push it and ask for something else, okay) lol ok All you will probably see is a building you know so! its the point that TH is in THAT building! I know I know

So, the next morning we get in the car and begin the 75 mile trek to Santa Monica (Basically Los Angeles for all you tourists out there) And we find the building. It houses many important music studios. But the one we were interested in was Interscope Records. It was totally next to Geffin Records! TOTALLY!!
So, no one was around since it was
Saturday (duh) but just in case
someone important was in there
somewhere, the girls quietly looked
in the window of the reception area.









SUDDENLY, OUT OF NOWHERE! An armed (well, he had arms) GESTAPO (er, I mean security guard) ran at them SHRIEKING to GET AWAY FROM THE DOORS!!
And then he came at me! Smoke came out of his ears! My heart was pounding! He grabbed my very expensive Samsung Digital camera and RIPPED THE ROLL OF FILM RIGHT OUT OF IT! REALLY!!! And then he knocked me to the ground and kicked me over and over and over...

It was horrifying! The Trauma!!!

Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration. Actually, once I saw him getting after the girls I did what any good mother of teenagers would do... I put my camera in my purse and started to stroll away... Keeping my eye on what would happen next.
Which was.......................... We totally got in the car and drove to the Santa Monica Pier!!
Where the girls rode rides at Pacific Park and I sat and did my
homework, like the good college student I am. I may possibly
also watched some handsome young men play beach volleyball.



I enjoyed the lovely spring day
and thought of all of you who are
dealing with snow right now and
how sad you must be....




Then we had a lovely lunch together and got back in the
car for the exciting ride home. Of course the girls fell asleep
right away. I don't want to put them
down but there was a lot of drooling
and snoring.... and that was just me.
They both rode in the back seat so
they could pretend I was the hired
chaffeur...... And I took these pics
hanging my camera upside down behind my head. Maybe some time I will show you the pictures I took
in the rear view mirror.....

Very Important Disclaimer

Wow, I just realized that my Trip Down Memory Lane post could give the impression that I don't like boys.

I LOVE MEN!!!

It is just that the last date I was on was in 1999 and I am a total romantic failure in life so I have given up on romance. And a lot of my friends have only known me alone.

But if I were to ever date, it would definitely be with a man!!

I mean, if you know any one feel free to hand out my blog address.................
Hee Hee!!

'Not Me Monday' 3-9-09 Edition

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. Yeah, mine are pretty epic, but sometimes other people have good blogs too-- so click here to go to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


I did not spend most of my Econ class wishing I could use telekinesis to hurl a giant spitwad at a group of infants sitting in the back corner who giggled and played around the entire 3 hour long lecture. Furthermore, I did not fantasize about having pyro-kenesis and being able to set their backpacks on fire with the power of my mind! I did not wish I could give them an old lady glare but decide not to because my car was parked so far out in the parking lot that I couldn't outrun them. I was not distracted from my lecture by thoughts of calling all their hard working parents and telling them not to bother spending another penny on their 'education' but to go on a cruise or get a tattoo or redecorate their bathroom or some other good use for it. I did not try to dispense with my anger by writing out a Not Me Post about it. I especially did not send up a quick prayer of forgivness for my un-loving thoughts and thanks that no one can read my mind.

On Saturday, when I should have been doing housework or homework or work-work, you know I did not drive to Santa Monica so my daughter and her friend could try to stalk their favorite singing group. You should not look forward to an indepth blog about this in the near future. And I would not post a picture of what the pier looked like on Saturday because I would not want all of you in the Pacific Northwest, East Coast or the Frozen Tundra to feel jealous of how awesome living in Southern California is!

One more really, truly important thing: Please pray for Abby (the little girl with leukemia)
click here for her family's blog.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

The other day I was going through yet another box of pictures that I have sorting and selecting some to use in scrap booking, when I came across a ziplock full of some pictures from my younger years. I know you would want me to share these with you!

These pictures seem to be circa 1980 ish because I seem to be wearing at least an engagement ring. And I don't seem to be pregnant which was 1984. Eh, I am not sure. I am thinking I was 18 or so.


Here is a picture of my very first boyfriend, Scott.

He took me on my very first date to the Lazarium at Griffith Observatory on my 16th Birthday!

He gave me my very first kiss.

He took me to prom. The pictures from Prom were so bad he wouldn't give them to me.

He ended up being the best man at my wedding.

Ahhh Scott......


This is a picture of me and my ex-hub, Jimmy. Not James or Jim-- it was legally Jimmy. This is relevant later in this post. Look at how wild my hair was! This was in the days before flat irons and smoothing hair care products and Frizzease! Of course, that kind of hair was pathetically un-stylish. But you gotta know those glasses were Rad!

I know most of you have never seen me with a boy so this is proof that I really was married at one time! And he sure looks like he is happy I am hanging all over him, doesn't he? You gotta know he was worried about getting cooties.
I remember that sweater he has on... it was so soft... It was one of those chenille types, remember?

Ahhhhh Ex Hub......

Now... for those of you who LAUGHED at me for pointing out that Jon Heder in Blades of Glory (character was JIMMY. See, it is relevant!!) looked like my ex-hub's twin separated at birth and that feathered back hair was popular in the 80's, I give you this side by side comparison.

















Here is another side by side comparison of my friend Wayne from around the same time and today. He is the same age as I so he is probably 18 also though he looks about 12. Isn't it completely unbelievable how men look better with age and women just look OLD????
I hate him....

















No, of course I don't hate him.... he is one of my best friends! And, to be fair, I think it was hard on him looking so young back in the day....... There were also pictures of us dressed up in costumes for a Christmas musical..... but that is for another day.....

My 5 Favorite Posts Contest

My name is LeAnn and I am developing a compulsion to participate in blog carnivals and giveaways and anything to do with Mr Linky.
I know, this sounds to gibberish to some of you--- but to others.... Ahhh I see your heads nodding in agreement.

You know who you are................... It is okay........... we are safe here.
So, in honor of Aud over at ' Barking Mad' and in hopes of winning a $250.00 Target Gift Card, I will now share my favorite 5 posts thus far.

http://geeezblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/pip-killer-koi.html

http://geeezblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-do-i-do-it.html

http://geeezblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/psa-about-feminine-hygiene.html

http://geeezblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/17-years-ago-today.html

http://geeezblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/24-years-ago-today.html

Not Me Monday 3-2-09 Edition

Welcome to Not Me! Monday Geeez Groupies! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.




This past Monday I was not excited to make post #16 on MckMama's blog. Surely that could not be the high point of that day! I am not that competitive. Additionally I was not thrilled with all the hits to my blog and comments posted! That might indicate that I am becoming obsessed with my blog and I would not do that. I have a full life..... So I would not spend time trying to explain to my parents why this was a cool deal and what in the world Mr Linky is. And I would not get all excited at how cute I think my blog is now. And share that with my parents too. No, that is just silly and I am not a silly person!

That was not me taking a picture with my cell phone (because I did not not have my digital camera with me) of a placard in the TUTORING CENTER of my college campus. My college is of far too high caliber to have a notice that read "ESL Seminar: Pronunication" when they clearly meant Pronunciation. NO! We would not be trying to confuse all these people trying to learn English that way!

That is all for this week. My cat is staring at me and it is skeeving me out, so I will sign off for tonight! Ummm I mean this Monday morning, because I would not post my Not Me Monday on Sunday night just so it is all ready to go at a moments notice. That is just silly!