Christmas Lights

Today was the designated day to put up the Christmas lights. Well I say it as thought it were a "we," when in fact, it is really just Mr. Magoo. I just stand around as though I were a union guy who is "in charge" of watching. I used to be the one to do the lights, but then a ladder got involved, and I am afraid of heights. So ended my light involvement.

We both were out there for a while checking the lights from last year. Mr. Magoo has a good habit of actually doing this. I on the other hand throw care to the wind, put them up, and then hope for the best. This has gotten me in a bit of a bind on several occasions, but I still don't remember to check the lights each year. Mr. Magoo plugged them in, and low and behold not one whole strand is working.

We of course thought 2 years ago, "we will outsmart these lights, and buy the expensive kind that won't go out!" Why would you buy the dollar kind when these 10 buck a strand one are obviously superior. Well- apparently there is a reason people buy those cheap lights. The reason is because in the vast amount of things that mankind has created, lights that last for 30 days 2 years in a row just isn't one of them. Sure, we've been to the moon, we can figure out where we are in relation to others on the planet with a GPS, and we can even track a package from one destination to the other. We can NOT, in fact, keep a small light on a strand from burning out on a continual basis. My question to the light people is, why is this different than keeping my entire house lit up? Why can I have about 100 outlets with multiple lights on each one, and yet these don't burn out but maybe once a year. (and this is on a daily use!) All I'm really asking for is a longer than 60 evening use. Maybe in my wildest dreams, we could use them for an extended period of time, and you could get more than one years use out of Christmas lights.

I'm sure all of you conspiracy theorists are thinking that somehow the Christmas light people got together and really thought it would be a good gag. Well- the gag is up! The joke is no longer funny! Listen Christmas light people, you had your laugh, but now we need real lights! Ones that work and that are dependable. Hmmm- now that I think about it maybe I should have typed this in Chinese....

Well- off to help Mr. Magoo go from one light to the next trying to figure out why we bought these things in the first place!

Here is Chicky Magoo 2's

Way too much fun

Ok- I'm having way too much fun with this....

Who?

Maybe I'm not up on the celebrity world...but who ARE some of these people. And PLEASE tell me I look nothing like Jodie Sweetin... crap, maybe I do! (well at least that I don't act like her!)

Who do you look like?

Mr. Magoo found this site where you can put in your picture and see who you look like.
Here is Chicky Magoo 1's picture. What do you think?
With these answers I'm almost scared to put in my picture. I'll do it anyway and post the results

Happy Birthday...Now Make Your Cake!

The kids wanted to make my Mom a birthday cake in September for her 60th birthday. I thought it would be fun if they all made it together and got to decorate the cake while she was there. As they were working on this project, I realized just how much work she was going to have to go through to make her own cake. Whoops! (nice idea Ms. Magoo!) Happy Birthday! We have decided that you should make your own cake!

I do think they all had fun doing it though. There was more cooperation from one side than the other...I'll leave it up to you to decide who it was. :)

Below is the finished product!

Shiver Me Timbers

Hello again fans!

It has come to my attention that people actually read this blog. I had no idea! :) I will try my best to keep up and get back in the groove of writing and posting pictures. We have done lots of traveling lately, so I do have plenty of pictures to post. It will be a little choppy at first, while I update you on random things the Magoos have been doing.