Ahhhh. Downtime!

Guest written by our friend Sergio Chaney

The programs offered on direct tv springfield are some of the best out there. My husband and I purchased a satellite package shortly after moving into our new home in Springfield and we have thoroughly been enjoying our TV time ever since. After such a big move, all we want to do is settle in and catch our breaths. One of our favorites is the National Geographic Channel. We have learned so many cool things on there. They seem to have a fresh perspective on topics you may have previously watched a documentary on. We look forward to curling up on the sofa after a long day and enjoying some downtime with remote in hand. The movie channels have been offering up some great original series’ and our DVR is bursting with great options. Also, living in a new city, watching our local channels and news is important to get a feel of what our city is all about and has to offer….Now we just need to put the remote down and head out the door!

Snow Time in Arkansas

Is it ever going to get cold was the question last week?  Today it is cold.

The next question is will it snow?

Anybody have any thoughts.  I am wanting some snow.  A snow day would be good.

Where is it Snowing now. 

Take me there.

HNY

HNY

Holiday Themed Zenni Optical Frames are Coming to Town!

In Arkansas we use eyeglasses as conversation starters. Yes, we like to use them as fashion pieces not just for seeing.  Wow.  Is that different than any where else in the world.  Who knows?  The thing that I do know is that Christmas is over and if I had bought those great cheap eye glasses from Zenni Optical I would still have the frames that people would be talking about during that great New Years Eve party. 

Yep, with that purchase I could have saved a ton of money and that would allow me to go out and by some great year end gifts for all of my friends.  I could probably buy them some sparklers and firecrackers.  Yes, firecrackers.  These firecrackers could be sparkling and firing as I walk into the party with these great glasses.

So, readers.  Do you understand?  These things are awesome.  Each one of you need to get to Zenni Optical and get your some of these great glasses for cheap prices and then we can all parade around together looking cool.  You need these because even though they are cheap, they are made with quality and they skip the middleman to get these things to us at the right price.

That is my thoughts for now.

What to Do on New Years.

Arkansas is a great place.  I think it would be neat to ring in the New Year at Mt. Magazine lodge.

Or maybe I could go to the strange town of Eureka Springs. 

Or maybe I could go to Hot Springs where the gangsters used to hang out. 

Or maybe I could go to Old Washington where they celebrate in old style.

Or maybe I could go to the Little Red River and go fishing.  Or maybe I could just stay home.  

Probably what I will do.  But man there are things that could be done.  Maybe next year.

A Yankee Duck Story

ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STORY HEARD ON A WISCONSIN RADIO STATION REPORTING ON THE INCIDENT.

 
      A guy buys a new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500.00 with monthly payments of $560.00. He and a friend go duck hunting in upper Wisconsin .

It's mid-winter and of course all of the lakes are frozen.
 
These two guys go out on the ice with their GUNS, a DOG, and of course the new NAVIGATOR
 
They decide they want to make a natural looking open water area for the ducks to focus on, something for the decoys to float on.
  
Now making a hole in the ice large enough to invite a passing duck, is going to take a little more power than the average drill auger can produce.
 
So out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick of dynamite with a short 40 second-fuse.
  
Our two Rocket Scientists afraid they might slip on the ice while trying to run away after lighting the fuse decide on the following course of action:


       they light the 40 second fuse; then, with a mighty thrust, they throw the stick of dynamite as far away as possible.

Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned the NAVIGATOR, the GUNS, and the DOG...?


Let's talk about the dog:  A highly trained Black Lab used for RETRIEVING; especially things thrown by the owner.  You guessed it.


The dog takes off across the ice at a high rate of speed and grabs the stick of dynamite, with the burning 40-second fuse just as it hits the ice.

The two men swallow, blink, start waving their arms and, with veins in their necks swelling to resemble stalks of rhubarb, scream and holler at
the dog to stop.  The dog, now apparently cheered on by his master, keeps coming.


One hunter panics, grabs the shotgun and shoots the dog. The shotgun is loaded with #8 bird shot, hardly big enough to stop a Black Lab.

The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused, then continues on.


Another shot, and this time the dog, still standing, becomes really confused and of course terrified, thinks these two geniuses have gone insane!!!!!!

The dog takes off to find cover, UNDER the brand new Navigator.

The men continue to scream as they run. The red hot exhaust pipe on the truck touches the dog's rear end.


He yelps, drops the dynamite under the truck and takes off after his master.

Then KA BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The truck is blown to bits and sinks to the bottom of the lake, leaving the two idiots standing there with


'I can't believe this just happened' looks on their faces.

The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in a lake by illegal use of explosives is NOT COVERED by the policy.


And the owner still had yet to make the first of those $560.00 a month payments.

The dog is okay....doing fine.

And you thought all Rednecks lived in the South.......

Snowy Places in Arkansas

When we were having an early snow in Arkansas the other day I was contemplating where in Arkansas I would like to be stranded in.  

The place that always comes to mind is the beauty of Mt. Magazine.  It is the highest elevated place in Arkansas and has a view of the world.   Maybe if I were there and it snowed I could see the snow in the entire surrounding valley. 

If you are ever in that area a visit is warranted.   There is not much to do there if you are not into nature, hiking and the outdoors.  But if you are into that - it is wonderful.  If you are not into the outdoor activity it is still a great place to just kick back and enjoy God's great creation.

Quitting…

Thanks for the guest post by Jo Levy

When I quit my 9-5 and opened this painting studio I had no idea it would be such a hit. I knew I loved art and working with people but I didn’t know that spending hours and hours looking into accounting and merchant services and vendor pricing would eventually turn into a full-time business that I absolutely loved. I wish at times there were moments for me to relax and just look in at all of this but I know that if I ever stopped the business wouldn’t keep up the momentum it has. I love being able to teach others about art and really share my gift of painting with them and as it turns out, it’s a pretty profitable business model, too. I think there’s something to be said for doing what you love and then waiting for the money to follow which is exactly what I’ve learned to do over the last few years. It’s all about being happy with the way you spend your life, you know?

Capture Arkansas - My Pictures

Arkansas a great place to live.

If you lived in Arkansas this is the type of thing you would see.  Beautiful state. 

Also a great place to chase wild wonderful sexy naked women.

Proud Hogs

OK! So the hogs are not as good as LSU and Alabama.  However, there only two losses are to the top 2 teams in the nation.

Therefore, I am not sure how they should drop to #8 when they lose to LSU.

What is next for the Hogs.  Probably the Cotton Bowl playing Oklahoma State.

What are your thoughts.

#3

HOGS ARE NUMBER THREE IN THE BCS POLL.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE THEY WERE RANKED SO HIGH.

MY GUESS IS NEVER.

ANYONE KNOW.

GO HOGS BEAT lsu

Puppies vs. Babies! The Ultimate Showdown!

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Puppies vs. Babies for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Ok! So I go to public places with my friends and they always are showing off pictures on these fancy phones that they have.  Yea! Fancy phones that have fancy pictures and I only have a cheap flip phone.   Well, I digress.  This is about the pictures that they show.  One shows pictures of their beautiful puppy.  The other shows pictures of their beautiful baby.  I have a dog that I could show but I also have a grand baby coming soon.  Guess I better get the new phone show I can brag about my dog or my phone.

Question is, which do you think is cuter, babies or puppies.   There is a great contest going on that is Puppies vs. Babies online contest.  This means that it is time for you to go out there and help the world decide the truth, Puppies vs. Babies.  You might even want to show them a picture of your puppy or baby. 

Well, the contest entry is over but you still have time to help the world know whether or not

the puppy is cuter than the baby. 

My thoughts are that my dog is cuter than most peoples ugly baby but that might change when this grand baby comes along.  My daughter even has a beautiful dog but when her baby comes along the dog will take a back seat.  The dog is cuter than your baby but will never be cuter than my baby

Go ahead.  Get out there and vote.  The world deserves to know. Get in the comments section and tell the world who you are going to vote for.  This is your duty to the puppies and babies of the world.

Me?  I voted for the cutest dog out there!

Deserving Eyes

Arkansas is beautiful this time of the year.  Fall and Spring are the times that you want to be able to see your best because things are beautiful.  That is when you are for sure going to want to have great eye glasses.  Who cares if they don't cost much?  Who cares if you have cheap eyeglasses?

That is right.  I said cheap.  Cheap does not necessarily mean that they are not good.  It can simply mean that you received great eyeglasses for a great price.  You did not pay an arm and a leg.  You got them cheap.

How does this happen.  Well you can get this type of bargain by getting your eyeglasses that are the ZENNI brand.  How do they give you such great value for such a cheap price.  Well, they use the latest modern materials, manufacturing and marketing systems.  They bring their product direct from the factories to the customer. They have no middlemen, no retail overhead, and practically no advertising budget.  They believe that the best advertisement is satisfied customers.  They do not pay for or sell expensive, or even inexpensive, brand names, but only our own manufactured brand ZENNI.

That is how they do it.  Therefore, if you want good and cheap, check them out.

Hogs of Fall

Willy likes fall.  If someone is wanting to have a beautiful drive and a great time they should head to Fayetteville, Arkansas.  The drive up will be beautiful and there is fun on the Hill.

There is a basketball ball game tonight and then a football game with Tennessee tomorrow.

It does not get better than that.




10-4 Willy

Life is good!

Wife is in hospital.
HOGS PLAY TODAY!
I will be watching the Hogs from a comfy hospital room chair.
Wife is getting much better.
Life is good!!!

Stop the Complaining Arkansas Fans

The Hogs are 6 and 1 on the season.  All of the talk shows want the defensive coordinator gone because they are slow to adjust.  The Hogs are 6-1.  What is your problem.

Who cares how they get where they are.  Who cares which quarter they score their points. 

The hogs are 6 and 1.

Get Real Arkansas - This is good football.

Houston Nuttttttt!

Houston Nut is coming to town.
The Razorbacks will strike him down
The Hogs will whip the ex coaches tail
They will send him back to hell.

Just a brief lymeric to let folks see how Arkansas feels about its ex coach. 

60 years young.

The milestone age of 60 was reached this past weekend.

There was a great surprise party pulled off by my lovely daughter and wife.  Great surprise.

I am very blessed that several friends showed up even during a Razorback game.

Making sure I don't starve in my dorm room

Guest post written by Gavin Springer

I've always been a pretty picky eater and my mom's been worrying about me a lot since I'm starting college and will have to live off of dining hall food. Well, some of it so far is OK, but I'm also a little worried about getting sick of it. Every once in a while it seems like they try to offer up something really exotic so that it will make the food seem a little less ho hum. I really hate when they do that because I like my food nice and simple, though.

I think that I might learn how to fix some food in my dorm room for myself though, so I went online to see if I could find some tips on making a few of my favorites in my own room with just a microwave. While I was looking for that, I ran across the site Getclearwirelessinternet.com and after I read through it a little bit I sent it to my mom because she wants to change our home internet service.

Well, I found a simple version of a grilled cheese sandwich recipe just using a toaster and big sandwich cheese slices. I think that will definitely come in handy.