Just So You Know. . .

Yes, me. The ride at Lagoon that shoots you WAY up in the air REALLY fast. Here are the pictures to prove it:

It wasn't the best timing, but when your old fridge all-of-a-sudden stops cooling, and the new part is pretty darn expensive (several hundred dollars), it's time to buy a new refrigerator. Thank goodness for Lowe's next-day delivery and Cheryl's second fridge in her basement!
After having it for a couple of months, all the tall people in the house LOVE this new fridge...and the short people too.

Note: the quotation marks are only to help you pronounce the words the way we were doing it in our heads.

Many years ago, when Gary had very recently returned home from his (Danish-speaking) mission, he was reading something and came upon a word he couldn't remember the English definition for. He went and asked his sister what a "dang"-er was. "Dang"-er, "dang"-er, hmm, wasn't ringing a bell with her either. All of a sudden he realized the word was danger.

So in our family, we always talk about "dang"-ers. Imagine my embarrassment in the situation I found myself in today. I was doing my daily crossword puzzle, when I came upon a clue, "shru"-"blands". The answer had 6 letters beginning with H. Couldn't figure it out. More letters H--T-S... I asked Gary what a "shru"-"bland" was. He didn't know. More letters HE-THS. So the answer ends up being HEATHS. I told Gary the answer, he says it must be Scottish. And then he begins to laugh...really hard. And then I realize myself why he's laughing and begin to laugh too. Shrublands. You know, places where SHRUBS grow.

It's a "dang"-er all right.

p.s. it still looks like "shru"-"blands" to me...

A big thank you shout out to my friend Laura for her help in adding the blog buttons you now see on the right side of my blog. (And Laura I hope you realize that my copying your idea is definitely a form of flattery!) These buttons are from Leelou blogs--love them!