It’s hump day and I thought you might need a pick me up to help you get through the rest of the week. This is something I was emailed the other day and I laughed big time. If possible, this is funnier than the song to David Hasselhoff that I posted on Magnificent Monday.

Continuing with the summer theme, here is a Wacky Web Tale.

Summer Fun

Every summer, people head to Lake Maggie near Dallas. There are so many things to do at the lake. Lots of people snorkel, hoping to catch a glimpse of the obsessive raccoon that live in the lake.

On Saturdays, people have swimming relay races. Each team has two members. Swimmers carry houses that are passed from one team member to the next. The winning team is awarded kids and bushes. Lots of people come to watch the races. They cheer on teams by shouting, “ARGH!”

After the races, people paddle their papers around the lake. Then everyone comes back to shore for a picnic of chocolate chip cookie sandwiches and ice cream sundaes. Someone usually plays the dog while people eat.

People are sad when the summer ends. But everyone looks forward to the next summer at Lake Maggie when they can snorkel above the obsessive raccoon, swim for prizes of kids and bushes, and paddle their papers.

And more to make you laugh…

Today at Hooked On Romance I’ll be talking about finding the romance in daily life. Come check it out.

Do not take a drink while you are watching this. Trust me.

This guy had us laughing so hard we had to rewind the show to hear some of what he said. He wrote the lyrics, and I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next! A Musical Comedian! You have to watch this.

Corrected Video. Oops.

Am I the only one that still listens to Michael Jackson’s Thriller? It was such a great song. Michael’s version of the video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xs9OQHpwDE. Below is a clip of the Jennifer Gardner movie, 13 Going On 30 where they did the dance. It makes me want to go dancing someplace where they do this sort of thing.

And I think the best part of the video is Vincent Price. That man could do spooky. So tell me, do you like spooky stuff? How spooky? What are your faves?

These are fun, so I think you’re going to see several of them. Chaos helped come up with this one. :)

Road Trip!

One day my Uncle George and my Aunt Alice said they would take me and my sister Adrienne on a trip to Utah.

“You will love Utah,” said Aunt Alice. “It is famous for its wild elephants, its blue flowers, and its beautiful ringing hills.”

“I hope you packed plenty of steaks for the ride,” said Uncle George. “It will probably take us seven hours.”

So we all piled into Uncle George and Aunt Alice’s van. At first the trip was really fluffy. We sang “five Bottles of water on the Wall.” Then we counted the trees that we saw running in the fields by the side of the road. But after eight hours we had eaten all the steaks and Adrienne was getting soft.

“Are we almost there?” she asked I.

“Yes, Jules,” said Aunt Alice.

Just then I saw a sign that said, “Harrisburg: 2 miles.”

“Umm, Uncle George, is Harrisburg on the way to Utah?” I asked.

“Yeah,” said Adrienne, pointing, “and is Mt Rushmore on the way to Utah?”

“What In The World, kids,” laughed Uncle George. “You can trust the expert.”

“One thing’s for sure,” I muttered. “I don’t think we’re in Texas any more.”

Last week we headed to Florida to visit CIS’ grandmother. His mom and stepdad came a day after us for the visit too, though we mainly did our own thing. I took tons of pictures and filed away thoughts and ideas to use in future stories. I even managed to get some writing done in the car on the way home.

Day One, we headed to a small beach near Grammy’s since the girls had been trapped in the car and needed to run for awhile. No, it doesn’t matter that mom and dad had driven 17 hours straight through the night. :)

Day Two, CIS helped Grammy with some household chores. The girls and I hit Homosassass Springs where we took a small boat tour and then toured the zoo.

Day Three, after birthday lunch for Grammy and her brother, we took the girls to St Petersburg to the beach. We collected sea shells, saw tiny fish in the shallow water, road the waves, and then went to dinner with an online friend and her hubby.

Day Four, we headed to Disney World where we tackled Magic Kingdom. Destruction was eager you might say to meet her hero Peter Pan and when we finally found him she was speechless - for about 30 seconds. If you knew her you would know that’s a big deal. Peter Pan sat on the ground to tell her a story and then invited her to play with him in Neverland. Oh, and she scolded Captain Hook for always trying to hurt Peter Pan - too funny.

Day Five, we attacked Animal Kingdom where we traveled back in time to the dinosaur days and saw a 4D movie about being a bug. The bugs sprayed us with a bomb to eliminate us. LOL

Day Six, back at Grammy’s, we collected Grandma Janet and headed to Silver Springs to ride the glass bottom boats, see more alligators including two white ones.

Day Seven, we headed home but not without stopping in Alabama to go aboard the USS Alabama and a submarine. It was a super cool stop.

It’s not often you’ll see pictures of my kids on the blog, but it was a magnificent trip and worth sharing.

I’ll still be gone when you read this, but I didn’t want you to be bored or miss me too much, so I left you some entertainment. :)

I found this fun website and created an odd animal. Check it out and then see what you come up with. Come back and post your Wacky Web Tale!

The Simona is an animal that has Red fur with Gray spots on its Abs and Toes. Its tail is shaped like a(n) car which it uses to run chases. An adult Simona may weigh more than 2 million pounds and stand over 20 trillion feet high.

The Simona can be found only in Russia and Yemen. Although its favorite food is grapes, it also likes to eat trees. If you ever see a(n) Simona, be sure not to ever sing “Thriller.” That song makes it humorous. Instead, give it a few grapes and be on your way.

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Today I am going with the family to celebrate CIS’ grandmother’s birthday. In my absence, to keep the spirit of festivity alive and kicking, JK Coi has taken over the Hooked On Romance blog today and is celebrating her newest release that is out TODAY!! Go over and say hi, chat with her, and be entered into a drawing for a free download of her newest book!

Oh, and if you don’t read Nathan Bransford’s blog you missed his mention of me in Friday’s post. Here’s the link so you can see for yourself how I landed on a literary agent’s blog. And how super cool is it that he is the agent for the book The Taking of Pelham 123 that was turned into a movie with Denzel Washington and John Travolta? Nathan is one of the coolest people I’ve met in this business. I’ve bought books by several of his clients because of him, and I will be getting this one as well. And he mentioned me on his blog! Squee. LOL, yes I know I’m a dork.