Katelyn Cole » entertainment

What is up with the groundhog?

Katelyn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:37 +0000

From what I heard, the groundhog saw several shadows and went back to bed. The sun had not even risen yet, and he went back to bed!? If all of the reporters would just leave the poor critter alone then that wouldn’t happen! Probably all of the television crew lights that caused him to see his shadow. Why do they wake that poor guy up before sunrise? If I were him I’d bite his handlers and then pee on them just to get even for waking me up!

TV to distract me

Katelyn — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:52:35 +0000

Thanks for the post from Kirk Wood

I really cannot remember the last time I really watched a lot of TV. Do not get me wrong; we have a TV and with lots of channels on it too. The problem is that I just have not had the time recently to keep up with my shows. We have had DIRECTV for so long and we even got some great deals on it. It has been nice to have because I have a lot of options for when I do have the time to watch TV. Shows like Boardwalk Empire and Damages are not really widely available. Those types of shows are on the channels that play movies all the time. It is always interesting to watch shows like that. They do not always have some huge budget to make an elaborate show, but they still do a really good job presenting the story and distracting me from whatever stresses I had throughout the day. One of the biggest things I have needed distraction from recently is one of my sisters. For whatever reason, we have not been getting along recently. I am really looking forward to the period of time where we are not mad at each other just about every day.

Remembering the old days

Katelyn — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:42:33 +0000

One of the fun things about Facebook is when someone from your past creates a page about the times and the area where you grew up. Recently a former classmate did exactly that for the area in which I grew up, and there have been a lot of fond memories being shared.

Remembering favorite pizza joints and the tunnel that we had to walk through to get to school, the old school rivalries, and the children’s clothing store that had a special display of real monkeys in the shoe department have been bringing back a lot of memories, and even managed to rekindle some old friendships. Isn’t Facebook wonderful!

I don’t mean to be rude, but I don’t work here!

Katelyn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:05:47 +0000

Guest post by Lois Turner

Finding myself in an internet cafe at the hotel that I’m staying in, a couple of young ladies interrupted my work, asking me where my restrooms are located! It took me a moment to realize that they must have thought that since I was dressed in a business suit that I must work there! I apologized to the ladies and explained that I did not work there, and I don’t know where the restrooms are. As they walked away I had to suppress a chuckle. I hope they find what they are looking for!

Charming flowers

Katelyn — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:00:29 +0000

Guest post by Linda Bradshaw

Right before Christmas my mother decided that she wanted me to accompany her to a fantastic display up at the Shenandoah Caverns. The display was of historical parade floats, and antique
Christmas window displays from storefronts.

Having always been fascinated by things like that, I readily agreed, although I would have preferred doing it after Christmas. Nonetheless, we went up there and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the window displays. One of the things that I really appreciated was the fact that the main room of the window displays was decorated with artificial flowering wisteria hanging from garden arbors.

The effect of the flowers climbing the arbors was very effective, and it made the entire room feel charming and romantic and old fashioned. The display has inspired me to put an arbor on my “wish list” for the landscaping plans for the side yard of the house.

Hit or miss

Katelyn — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:13:24 +0000

Ever since my girlfriend told me about all of the great nomorerack insanity deals I have missed, I’ve been trying to remember to go online to their website to grab some for myself. All of the nomorerack reviews I’ve read indicate that it is a fun and cheap way to get merchandise online. So far I’d have to agree that the bargains are outstanding, and what adds to the excitement of it is the fact that you never know whether you are going to score a great bargain that day or not. Kind of like a hit or miss type of deal. Don’t get me wrong, everything is a bargain there, what you don’t know is whether you are going to be able to scarf up one of the insanity deals, or even better one of the free deals!

This afternoon I went online around one hour after they put their deals up online and saw that their free deal was already sold out! Darn it, missed it this time! I’ll have to try to remember to go online at noon to check out the new deals and hope that they have something great then!

Learn something new every day

Katelyn — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:05:12 +0000

When I was sitting down this afternoon to eat my late lunch of peanut butter and honey sandwich and a glass of water (yes, I really am trying to save money) I noticed that my son was watching an episode of “House” on television. I was only there for a couple of minutes, but I watched it while I was there. I learned something very interesting in that couple of minutes; sorbital is used as an artificial sweetener in sugar-free products, such as gum. It is also used by the medical profession as a laxative! Now that I know that, I will keep that in mind the next time I am having stomach troubles!

The Internet is fun and educational

Katelyn — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:03:42 +0000

One of the great things about having a fast Internet connection is the ability to participate in webinars, watch movies and videos and play online games whenever you want to. When I got my first personal computer the Internet was not even available to the general public; I used my personal computer to type up term papers for college.

When the Internet first became available in my area it was restricted to dial-up, and that was the only option for a very long time. Because of that restriction I used it for emails and research only for a very long time. I had to go on a waiting list for faster Internet and when it finally became availabe I was so happy to be able to go online and see and do things I had only been able to do at work before. Now whenever I go to my mother’s house and use her computer to check my email I am reminded about how lucky I am to live in an area that has fast Internet connectivity.

Once Upon a Time

Katelyn — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:23:00 +0000

I really didn’t think that I’d get interested in the new television series Once Upon a Time, but a couple of days ago there was a marathon of Once Upon a Time on television and I found myself watching it while I was clipping out coupons. Before I knew it I had finished clipping coupons and was folding laundry, still watching it. Then cooking supper, eating, doing the dishes, and opening the mail. Long story short, I did find that I am interested in the show, and I will be very likely to watch the next season of the shows if I can find the time.

Tomfoolery

Katelyn — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:55:07 +0000

My sister told me last night that her word of the week is “tomfoolery.” She was telling me that she had just learned that it was all one word; for some reason she had thought it was two words. That surprised me, but I agreed it was a fun word. So when I saw an article about website hosting by a company called Fat Cow I just had to laugh. I wondered who in the world would think of such a silly name?

Thinking about it, I wondered if they were thinking that this “Fat Cow” company would be a “cash cow” for them. And I wondered why they didn’t just name the company Cash Cow. Maybe someone else already took that name. Anyway, this piqued my interest and I started clicking around and found a story about how this Fat Cow company was striving to make it’s company as ecologically friendly as possible. That made me think of how much fun they could have with an internal newsletter about the company with the headline reading “greener pastures for Fat Cow.”

I’d like to think it would be fun to work for a company that has a sense of humor like that.