Monday morning … must have coffee.  Here’s a few other things you can use coffee for!
• Kill Fridge Odor – Wouldn’t you rather smell coffee than 2-week-old leftovers?
• Reduce Cellulite – Pricey cellulite creams usually contain caffeine. Why not make your own?
• Fix Smelly Hands – Dip them in coffee grounds and wash away garlic, salmon, cilantro odors.
• Make Rich Compost – Many gardeners swear by adding used coffee grounds to compost.
• Get Shiny Hair – Strong coffee is a simple, natural treatment to make hair extra-glossy.
• Reduce Fireplace Dust – Sprinkle damp coffee grounds on ashes to make clean-up easier.
• Repel Ants – Sprinkle dry, used coffee grounds in problem areas.
• Keep Away Cats – Sprinkle used grounds on gardens and cats will want nothing to do with them.
• Repel Fleas – Rub used, damp coffee grounds through your pet’s fur after bathing.
• Touch Up Furniture Scratches – Rub in a bit of instant coffee dampened into a paste.
– EcoSalon.com

Fun Fact for today … American author with the most feature films made of his work: Edgar Allan Poe.

Word of the day … propinquity (pruh-PING-kwuh-tee)
1: nearness of blood : kinship
2: nearness in place or time : proximity

Watching sports is way more fun if you have money riding on it.  Here’s a list of things you can bet on this weekend during the Super Bowl.

1. Will Kelly Clarkson forget or omit at least one word of the National Anthem?

2. What colour will Madonna’s hair be when she begins the Super Bowl halftime show?  Blonde or any other colour.

3. Will Madonna be wearing fishnet stockings at any point during the Super Bowl halftime show?

4. How many times will Peyton Manning be shown on TV during the game?

5. How many times will Tom Brady’s wife Gisele Bundchen be shown on TV during the game?

6. If Tom Brady’s son is shown on TV during the game will he be wearing a Tom Brady jersey?

7. What colour will the Gatorade be that’s dumped on the winning head choach?  Water … orange … yellow … read … green … and blue?

Bovada.Iv.

Fun Fact for today … Toto the dog was paid $125.00 a week for his work in The Wizard of Oz.

Word of the day … gam (GAM)
1: to have a visit or friendly conversation with
2: to spend or pass (as time) talking

In celebration of February, the month of love, let’s have a look at some really bad “romantic” pictures.  I found these on www.huffingtonpost.ca

How does a picture like this happen?  And how did it get on the internet!

Reminds me of Spiderman, just not as cool.

This one is pretty cute.  A good Spiderman picture.

Just a little creepy.

Do I need to say anything with this next picture?  Your wedding photography isn’t always right with some of those poses.  Look at the expression on her face!

Fun Fact for today …  In the three weeks that baby sparrows are in the nest, their parents make 5,000 trips for food.

Word of the day … heyday (HAY-day)
: the period of one’s greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity

Just to make you smile today …

If you want to see all 20 pictures click here.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/gregs11/20-of-the-happiest-dogs-around-4×67

Here’s is the link for the article about Jake Reilly, a 24 year old Chicago student who stopped using his cellphone, texting, all social media sites for 90 days.

http://news.yahoo.com/90-days-without-cell-phone-email-social-media-015300257.html

Fun Fact for today …  Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln. He is Lincoln’s third cousin four times removed.

Word of the day … gambol (GAM-bul)
: to skip about in play : frisk, frolic

I like trying to watch all of the movies nominated for an Oscar each year. It gets you watching movies you normally wouldn’t watch and usually they are pretty good. Here are the first two I’ve seen.

The Tree of Life, nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Cinematography. This was the movie I did not like. You see how in the preview there’s no talking. When you watch the movie you will pretty much have 2 hours of that. No it’s not a silent film, there’s just barely any dialog in this film. Two hours of confusion and being bored. Parts of the movie made sense and then it would go off in a completely different direction and you’re left thinking, “What does this have to do with ANYTHING!” With all of that said, my husband really liked it.

The Descendants – nominated for nominated for Best Picture, George Clooney for Best actor, Directing, Film Editing, Writing Adapted Screenplay. This was a good movie. Sad but sweet with a great sound track.

Of course I believed these myths!  I believe in the Loch Ness Monster too!  Doesn’t everyone?

• Rabbits Eat Carrots – If you try to feed a rabbit nothing but carrots, it will die. Non-cartoon rabbits eat mostly hay and green leafy things. If you give them carrots … they’ll prefer the tops

• Mother Birds Abandon Their Chicks if You Touch Them – Truth is birds can’t really sense if humans touch their chicks when they aren’t looking … and don’t really care.

• Cut an Earthworm in Half, You Get Two Worms – The whole thing is a lie. Earthworms are as biologically complex as any insect and like any other critter you cut in half …. they die.

• Mice Love Cheese – They’re drawn to foods with relatively high sugar content, such as grains and fruit and are more apt to avoid something as strong-smelling and highly-flavored as cheese.

• Camels Store Water in Their Humps – In reality, they store fat. It works much better than water in the desert, because it provides camels with the energy they need to keep moving.

• Bulls Are Enraged by the Color Red – In reality, bulls are totally color blind. They get enraged in a bull ring by the flapping motion of the matador’s cloth … not to mention the abuse they take.
– Cracked.com

Fun Fact for today … Men get hiccups more often than women. No one knows why.

Word of the day … arbalest (AHR-buh-list)
: a crossbow especially of medieval times

I found this story this morning … and it definitely cracked me up.  Who would have thought!

PAT SAJAK and VANNA WHITE have done “Wheel of Fortune” drunk.  In fact, it sounds like it may have happened ROUTINELY back in the day.

During an appearance on ESPN’S “Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable”, Pat said this was when, quote, “he was much younger and could tolerate those things.”

Pat said he and Vanna would hit up a local Mexican restaurant between tapings.  He said, quote, “They served great margaritas, so Vanna and I would go and have two, or three or six . . . and then come [back] and do the last shows, and have trouble recognizing the alphabet.  They’re really good tapes to get a hold of.”

Pat said the average number of margaritas they drank was FOUR.  Sadly though, those days are over. 

Pat said, quote, “Now, if I were to inhale the cork in a bottle of wine I would probably keel over . . . I’m getting a little older for this.  So, we don’t do that.  I would be hesitant to have anything to drink now.”

Fun Fact for today … Crocodile-tear syndrome is a nerve disorder that makes people cry when they eat.

Word of the day … loath (LOHTH)
: unwilling to do something contrary to one’s way of thinking : reluctant

I am so full!  Three pieces of pie and take out food for lunch!  I’m glad National Pie Day only comes around once a year.  I’m not complaining, the pies were great, I’m just saying, I’m full!

How to be happy.  I found this article the other day and thought it would be good to talk about on a Monday.  The hardest day of the week is a Monday, the day that people usually don’t smile until mid-morning.  So how can you be happy … maybe try doing some of these things.

HOW TO BE HAPPY
4 easy steps to improving your quality of life …

• Do Good Deeds – Researchers at UC Riverside found that performing acts of kindness makes people happier. Unless, that is, the acts become repetitive tasks.

• Get Exercise – According to research at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, exercise has the same kind of physical effects on the brain as antidepressants.

• Get Hugged – Penn State researchers found that students who were hugged frequently were happier than students who weren’t.

• Get a Pet – Studies done at Miami University show that pets are as good at providing social support as other humans. – Wired.com

Fun Fact – Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don’t.

Word of the day … yegg (YEG)
: safecracker; also : robber

The answer … I guess, stop acting like an adult, and start looking at it like a kid!

In a new study, researchers at Cornell University studied kids’ food preferences – particularly what combinations were pleasing to them. The result? They found kids and adults ultimately have different ideas of what’s appealing in terms of food.

Here are the highlights:
-Children are partial to plates of food that include variety and color.
-Kids like when their food looks like a picture. Adults, however, were more inclined to like “a ‘casual’ plate design.”
-We older folks prefer the main item in the center of the plate, while kids like the main part of the meal at the bottom of the plate
-Grown ups prefer a plate that had three different colors and three different food items, children wanted the plates with the most items in both categories — six different colors and seven different elements.

The researchers that created the study hope that these findings will help parents instill healthy eating habits among their children. So instead of arranging a plate in terms of our own preferences, as parents we should be providing lots of options and colors….and smiley faces!

Fun Fact for today … Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do.

Word of the day … darling (DAHR-ling)
1: a dearly loved person
2: favorite

Watch any Super Bowl commercial now because you probably won’t see them during the game. Counting down the BEST ones from #10 …

Fun Fact for today …  When a defective roll of toilet paper – too heavy and very wrinkled – arrived at the Scott company’s mill, somebody had the bright idea to sell it as paper towels.

Word of the day …fustian (FUSS-chun)
1: a strong cotton and linen fabric
2: high-flown or affected writing or speech; broadly : anything high-flown or affected in style