Captain Smartypants sings Dreidel

by Michael

How To Lose Weight French Style

by Dianne

 Here's a new reason to exercise, ladies!

Salsa Dancing Chihuahua

by Michael

~ Bye Bye Birdie ~

by Tina~in_ut

It's been a month, and we still miss it. I will see other mothers at school and it's the first thing we say to each other. The kids miss it, too. So many people have come up to me and the hubby to tell us how funny our daughter was in the musical. "She was fantastic!" "She was hilarious!" "She stole the show!" "Did you know she had it in her?" Of course I did! Everyone thinks she gets it from me, but her dad had the lead in all the musicals in high school. She's a natural. I'm very proud of her. This Thursday is her try-outs for the spring play. I don't know the name of it, but she's not too excited about it. She'll try out anyway~

Here's some pictures from Bye Bye Birdie~

On the right.

Mae Peterson and her son Albert.

Love this picture...I can just hear her New York accent.

Propositioning Conrad Birdie.

I love her eyes in this one.

She had three scenes that REALLY cracked me up. This is one of them.

She finds out Albert and Rose are getting married.

Not to be outdone, check out that spotlight action. That would be my boy!~

~The Cast~

Cost of items in '12 Days of Christmas' tops a total of $100,000 for first time

by Shirley

I read this and thought "Hmmm someone has too much time on their hands, but it is interesting!", so I decided to share with all of you!

 

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The price of partridges, pear trees and turtle doves has spiked, pushing the cost of every item mentioned in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" above $100,000 for the first time.

Holding mostly steady this year: maids-a-milking, ladies dancing, lords-a-leaping and gold rings.

The 364 items repeated across all the song's verses would cost $101,119, an increase of 4.4 per cent over last year, according to the annual Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management. The broader government Consumer Price Index increased by 3.9 per cent over the same period.

Those with the money to spend would end up with 12 drummers drumming, 22 pipers piping, 30 lords-a-leaping, 36 ladies dancing, 40 maids-a-milking, 42 swans-a-swimming, 42 geese-a-laying, 40 gold rings, 36 calling birds, 30 French hens, 22 turtle doves, and 12 partridges in pear trees. (The price does not include bird maintenance.)

But buying just one set of each verse in the song will cost $24,263 this year — a moderate 3.5 per cent rise.

Eleven pipers piping will set you back $2,427, but that's a relative bargain compared to seven swans-a-swimming, which cost $6,300. That's a 12.5 per cent rise over last year.

Jim Dunigan, managing executive of investment for PNC Wealth Management, said the core rate of increase is less than half the 9.2 per cent jump last year.

"The story in general is wages are still a very sluggish part of this economy," said Dunigan, who noted that the price of eight maids-a-milking at minimum wage was $58 — the same as in 2009.

Five gold rings even declined a bit, Dunigan said, to $645, from $650 last year.

But last-minute shoppers who turn to the Internet may be in for some surprises. The core list that costs about $24,000 in stores will come to $39,860 online — a whopping 16.1 per cent increase over Internet prices last year. Dunigan said the high cost of shipping live birds explains some of the difference.

Six items didn't go up in cost this year: French hens, calling birds, gold rings, maids-a-milking, ladies dancing and lords-a-leaping. Pipers piping and drummers drumming rose 3 per cent. The partridge is still the cheapest item, at $15, and swans the most expensive.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. checks jewelry stores, dance companies, pet stores and other sources to compile the list. Some of its sources this year include the National Aviary in Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Ballet Company.

 

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon

by Michael

You may think you see Ozzie Davis in the audience......it's him.....they are going to be in

Austin Tx December 21st.....

~ Carlsberg Beer Commercial ~

by Tina~in_ut

The producers of this beer commercial borrowed a small 150 seat cinema playing a popular film, and filled 148 of its seats with rough-looking, tattooed bikers, leaving only two free seats in the middle of the theater. They then allowed theater management to sell tickets for the last pair of tickets to several young couples.

What would you do?

Watch till the end…