Thursday, May 28, 2009

Tag Anyone?

Blame it on Diane!  Really, it's all her fault.  I was minding my own business just cooking blind one day and poof, there she was with this game of Tag.  I tried to pretend I didn't get the message but there was simply no denying it. 

I wondered if something sinister might happen if I didn't play along.  You know, like with those chain letters saying to just add glitter and stir within the next 15 minutes or the chain will be broken and things will go to hell faster than you can say Green-Eyed Momster.  I'm afraid not to play along so please humor me.  I promise this is cheaper than therapy and no one will get hurt.

I'm supposed to write an entertaining story to make you laugh, cry, holler, Etcetera, Etc., but frankly that might take me 365 days and well, Blah, blah, blah, blog, time's short.  I've got a bus to catch before the crazy lady on road 80 drops by to discuss her countless chocolate covered daydreams.  She might be the coolest mom on the block but frankly, I don't give a Rat Sass today.  I really need to pick up some yooper yarns before Jane at the Garden Gate closes at 5pm.

You see, when Gran speaks, I listen, and since her queen size funny bone is acting up, I need to take care of the "to do" list she gave before the the sun sets and all the nanny goats in panties are scooped up never to be seen again.

Goats, you say?  Yes, goats.  Your mom knows but won't tell you the reason my Gramma 2 many is so desperate to get her hands on those goats, but I will.  It's simple really.  Gran doesn't give a rootietoot about the goats, it's the panties made of yooper yarns that she wants.  Yes, the panties!

Rumor has it, the panties are part of Annie's Travel Treasures, not the Rockefeller's treasures or any of their relatives, and that is what makes them extremely valuable!  Apparently, when wearing the special panties, people feel ticklish from a distance and are apt to tell you the secret that's in the sauce!  And that's a very big deal, especially if you are lost and found in India.

You see, Gran's going to India soon and even though Diet Coke rocks, you can't get any in India if you don't know the secret is in the sauce-- And it's not curry baby.  That's why I need to catch the bus because Gran won't stop screaming while I'm driving, especially if I'm under the influence of Diet Coke!

Oh jeez, now there's a car coming up the driveway.  All this suburb sanity is starting to get to me.  It's nearly noon and I've been at work, at play, at home all day and not gotten to Gran's "to-do" list yet.  I may be loving Annie but I'm sneaking out the back door.  Please don't tell her.  I'll swing by Lulu's Sandbar for a quick bite of seasonality, run to Beetle's for some goat food and then stop at Lilly's Life for my daily dose of TLC before I gather up a couple of goats in panties for Granny.

Don't take it personally if I missed your blog in this jumbled mess.  LindanJake might be mad they weren't included but I know Lucky 13 and counting will be relieved she doesn't have this game of Tag to play with her house full of kids.  As for the rest of you, I know, I know, you'll play this game of Tag when pigs fly.

This is a new way of tagging people. It's a short story, and if you want to join be my guest. If you can find a reference that relates to you, consider yourself tagged-- or not.  You don't have to link to anyone, or go to anyone else's page. But you have to come up with an entertaining story including tags of your friends.  Like I said, blame it on Diane-- but for me, it was fun trying to use as many blog names that I could.  Thanks to Diane at Cooking Blind for the idea. 

Welcome to The Fifty Factor  -  Joanna

36 comments:

  1. Wow! That was very creative and time consuming with all the links. Love it and thanks for the shout-out.

    xox

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  2. The cookies to the right are making me hungry.

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  3. You are so creative. I'm impressed with your skills! Seriously. That's a lot of hard work!

    I saw one of your posts about La Quinta and about choked. I'm moving to La Quinta, officially tomorrow. I live in Palm Desert right now so not too far away. You'll have to holler when you're in the area again.

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  4. GOOD LORD WOMAN!! You must stay awake night conjuring up your next post!!! You are SOOOO imaginative!!! And those cookies have made ME hungry every time I stop by!!!

    I don't know as I can come up with anything nearly as good as what you did, but I DO have something some where in my computer that is basically all song titles. I'll have to see if I can dig that out!

    Thanks for the "shout out" on my blog! And the other shout outs made me make time to visit a few more!

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  5. Now that was the cleverest post I have ever read. And a fabulous tag. I will have to think about doing one. What fun.

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  6. Oh my gosh!! This is wonderful, Joanna!! I'm still working on mine. I don't know how I could possibly measure up to yours...

    Hugs!!

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  7. Hi all, Thanks for your comments. To be honest, the post was way faster to write than finding all the links :-) But I'm glad I did it. Now I have everyone's blogs all in one place!

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  8. I am impressed! What a cute game of Tag. I'll have to work on this, but I don't think I can do as well as you did!

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  9. That took a lot of thought and cleverness there. Wow. I am super impressed. I love that I was included. That was really fun. I might have to do something like this. Tonight I have to cook and clean though. :(

    I am quickly coming to the fifty factor. It is so amazing to be thinking AARP. Oh well. We'll put our depends on together. Heehee...

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  10. Well! THAT was something!

    What a funny story. Thanks for the link - that was so much fun!

    You were so sweet to include me, and anybody who can come up with a way to use "Nanny Goats in Panties" in a story deserves some sort of award. Or, maybe a cherry pie.

    - Margaret

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  11. wonderful post. Thanks for making me smile, and for the links!

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  12. LOLOLOL That was AWESOME! hee hee I loved it!

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  13. I finished mine. It's short and sweet but I hope that you get a chance to see it.

    Hugs!!

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  14. Very creative and cute way to link everybody - thank you...

    I make no promises though -sprained ankle prevents me from being able to sit at the computer too long with my leg down because it swells and that aches even more ! sorry (sad face)

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  15. OMG, that was so much fun to read! Positively brilliant! I will come back to this post time and time again to check on all of these links. You are my hero! xo d

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  16. I guess this wasn't a good time to stop by and visit. I couldn't figure out what in the world you were talking about until I went back and reread the first part of your post. I had never heard of doing that in a tag so it didn't dawn on me. I enjoyed stopping by tho. I will come back again soon. Stop and see me. Have a great weekend.

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  17. This is great fun! I could take a day and visit all those links that I don't already visit regularly! Thank you for the tag.

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  18. Now that was creative, I'm impressed! Thank you for the mention!

    It'll be fun checking out all of the blogs from your post...it's always fun to make new blogging friends.

    Have a great Friday!

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  19. You are very creative! Love the story!

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  20. Thanks for the 'tag' mate, but if only I had time! I havn't been able to read/comment on any blogs for days... and to do a tag is not an option! I don't usually do em. or meme's.... have a great weekend.. I plan to!

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  21. Thanks Joanna...that's an interesting way of doing it :))

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  22. Too much like work for me.
    Not like my "work" work, you understand... just too difficult for me.

    It was fun to read, though.

    I just read several of your posts. Love the "what do you do?" post.

    When my dad retired, my little nephew asked him, "Grandpa, now that you're retarded, can we go fishing more?"

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  23. Oh my! I am flattered and excited, Joanna! Thanks so much for thinking of me. I will get to work on my story ASAP. What fun!!!!!

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  24. I feel a bit redundant but that was clever! Cute, cute way to do a story. Thanks for including me:)

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  25. Thanks for the name-dropping. ;)

    I'll have to give it some thought & see what I can come up with.

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  26. Awesome post.You are very creative and talented.Have a great weekend.

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  27. Hi everyone! Thanks for checking out this post. It was a fun to write and it gave me a great chance to catch up with some old and new blog friends. And, I found some interesting NEW blogs at Diane's Cooking Blind Tag blog-- http://dyejobslye.blogspot.com/2009/05/tag-are-you-it.html
    And Tracey did a terrific Tag follow-up at Green-Eyed Momster--
    http://greeneyedmama.blogspot.com/2009/05/upon-waking-up-with-major-bedhead-i-was.html
    Thanks for playing along with this!

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  28. Well done- though it's all beyond me...

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  29. OH MY GOSH......That could not have been easy! but you made it look like a piece of cake...and you did it so well!!! I'm impressed...and reluctant to try now that you did such a great job! Thanks for including me in...I'm very glad to be amongst your friends!

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  30. Great job!! I'm working on mine, (slowly, until I'm healthy), but it won't live up to yours and diane's.

    Thanks for coming by my blog, by the way! It's nice to meet you!

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  31. Wow that's genuis. And a lot of hard work...Kudos..
    and thanks for the shout out!

    Peace - Rene

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  32. Cute! Thnks for including me--too bad I'm not clever enough to do it as well!

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  33. THANKS! You and Diane have both set the bar for this type of tagging....!

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  34. That is a great story and unique tag. Thanks to your comment on At Work, At Play, At Home All Day, not only was I able to find a new recipe, but, a few new blogs to follow. Thanks for sharing and for taging!

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