FUN.

That is my word this year.  And yet I keep forgetting it!  I keep catching myself taking things much too seriously.  There's a time and a place for serious, but too much of it just stresses you out!  (I started my "word of the year" thing the beginning of last year-picking a word that represents the theme of that year.  Towards the end of 06, I decided that I had been too focused on work and other serious stuff all year, and that this year needed to be about having fun!)

I hit an awesome house cleaning streak last night around 3:30am.  Surprising, since I've been falling asleep super early (as in before midnight!) since I got home from FL, but over the past few days my sleep schedule has been drifting back towards Crystal Standard Time.  The transition must be complete, since I started typing up this post at 5am.  Ahh, home again!  But anyway, the cleaning energy hit, and I cleaned out all 3 drawers of the dresser in my living room, as well as 3 boxes.  Go team me!  I've found the secret seems to be 1) getting in a good mood first, and b) putting the TV on the "Party Hits" music channel.  Really awful/good music works wonders. 

(Don't you love how a paragraph about house cleaning follows one about having fun?  The cleaning actually was fun, though.  Something must be wrong with me.  Or else I'm really excited to finish cleaning so I can paint my kitchen and do some of the other things I have in mind!)

And speaking of things not being fun- the ol' LMT website is undergoing a big overhaul.  It occured to me the other day that maintaining it had become a chore in my mind.  "Ugh, I need to update my blog, it's been forever", etc.  What's the point if it isn't fun?  I need to start using it for its original purpose- one convenient place to keep track of all of my stuff.  If y'all get some entertainment out of it, that's awesome, but I'm not going to let it feel like something that feels like work. 

There was a hilarious moment yesterday when I asked my mom if she could do me a favor, and she replied "After half time."  There was about a three second pause before I fell over laughing at the absurdity of that phrase happening here.  I decided that it was "#3 on the Top 10 List of Sentences You'll Never Hear in The Treehouse!"  I am still cracking up about it.  (Can you tell we are not sports people?)  We had a bit running all day about trying to talk sports.  My other favorite was mom reading the info about the game on AOL as it happened, and trying to figure out what it meant.  "Oh, after the very first kickoff, they got a home run!  Err... You know.  Whatever it's called."  I love sports days around here.

I did my semi-regular checking of my search phrases in my stats, and oh, there was some good stuff this time.  I highly suggest having your own website just to read the lists of crazy stuff that people search for to get there. 

As I do on occasion, I'll share some of them here, with info for the people who are getting here by searching for those things.  It's entertainment and helping others, all rolled into one filler post!

(These are from January, by the way.  The current leader for this month is "walt disney world photos", which disappointingly makes sense.)

January's top phrase searched to bring people here?  "Two headed animals".  Seriously?  That many of you really needed info about that?  I'm a little worried.

#10 was Taco Bell Sauce Packets.  I seem to get that pretty consistently- I think I posted a photo of one once.  I will tell you that Taco Bell mild sauce is really good on chicken quesadilla hot pockets.  Aww, I'm just like Martha, dispensing such info, aren't I?

Another favorite- "Tentacle in the movie"  Are you looking for a specific tentacle?  Or a specific movie?  The first thing that comes to mind is the Watcher in LOTR. 

Just after that- "Kittens at a birthday party."  Well, thank you for remembering that Lula and Lily both have birthdays coming up in May!  Feel free to send presents for them whenever. 

"Good looking year 7".  Ah yes, I remember my 7th year of being good looking.... I believe I was 7 at the time... what a year that was!  What the hell are you people searching for?

"Men sleeping together with men"  Um, dude?  You will get much better search results if you just give in and type "gay porn".  Go for it.  Have fun.  We're not here to judge, just to mock your searches.  (This reminds me of kids trying to search for porn online and typing in things like "boobies!")

"McDonalds chicken nugget fries"  Katie!  Stop that!  You don't even LIKE chicken nuggets!

"armadillo penis"  This disturbs me for many reasons, #1 being that it actually led someone to this site.

"Delswife no longer posts on the DIS"  Nope, she doesn't seem to, does she?  Try delswife.com for all your Delswife needs.  Hey, look, I helped!  I get a gold star.

"Love is never having to wind your own yarn"  Wow, that's surprisingly interesting.  I hate winding my yarn.  But really, if you happen to be in love with me, there are much nicer things you could do for me than wind my yarn.  But I won't argue if you really want to do it. 

"old Asian mom"  Um.  Can't really help you there. 

"Fattest man in the world"  Well, the internet really probably IS the right place to search...

Ah, website stats, you bring me joy and filler content all in one.  I love you dearly. 

All of this love stuff has me thinking V-Day.  I'll probably do my usual sending out of cheesy kids valentines (I'm thinking Pirates this year!) to my single friends, so let me know if your mailbox wants some love!  A few years ago, I spent V-Day at a casino with my mom and sister, which was an awfully good time.  I'm guessing the sister won't be up for it, since she's the one who just lost her husband, but I bet ya three white chips I can talk my mom into a gambling trip!

Because nothing says love like blackjack!

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