HUMOR - ONLY IN AMERICA

Only In America
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1. Only in America......
can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

2. Only in America......
are there handicap parking spaces in front of a skating rink.

3. Only in America......
do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the
store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy
cigarettes at the front.

4. Only in America......
do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet
Coke.

5. Only in America......
do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the
pens to the counters.

6. Only in America......
do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and
put our useless junk in the garage.

7. Only in America......
do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call
waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to
talk to in the first place.

8. Only in America......
do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of
eight.

9. Only in America......
do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well:
"Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking
creatures".

10. Only in America......
do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

~Author Unknown~

Only in America......
Can you laugh at such things and still see the blessing.

ALLIGATOR ALLEY

Saturday, February 26, 2011
ALLIGATOR ALLEY

its not what you think. names very missleading. its not an alley at all, not even one with alligators. ok, theres a FEW alligators, but they are all behind glass and in water..so they arnt roaming free or anything.

ALLIGATOR ALLEY is a..pet store.
yup, a reptile and such pet store.
we were told about it. and never went to find it, and we happened to be on the side of town we thought it was on, and drove to find it, and couldnt. went home googled the right address to find we were just a few blocks away from it when we decided to stop looking.

so we went back the next day, to see what they had to offer.
we were really interested in seeing if the had a larger tank for the bearded dragons, because they were growing out of what they came in..and needed more room, so we went to see what they had to offer by way of a super large tank, and for how much.

taxes were gonna be coming in, and one objective was to get this bigger tank.

so, we looked around.

and they had some of the CUTEST baby turtles...i wanted to get one for craig, who has pined and bellyached over the loss of the baby turtle his mom "got rid of" when he went off to college.
im sure she just let it free. but that incident has haunted him ever since.
he will go on and on about how cute that baby box turtle was when he found him in the woods, and how sad he was to discover his pet was gone when he came home from school once.

so, my thinking was, id get him another baby turtle.
to which i kept getting met with.."its ANOTHER animal to take care of" or, "its a russian tortoise, i dont know what they do or like or anything."

please. you know youll love the baby turtle and they arnt THAT much maintenance.

i didnt care, i wanted to get him that baby turtle.

we didnt come away with anything.

i did get the pic i took of craig ontop of the HUGE tortoise statue that sits out front of the place.

MICHELLE

ALLIGATOR ALLEY

its not what you think. names very missleading. its not an alley at all, not even one with alligators. ok, theres a FEW alligators, but they are all behind glass and in water..so they arnt roaming free or anything.

ALLIGATOR ALLEY is a..pet store.
yup, a reptile and such pet store.
we were told about it. and never went to find it, and we happened to be on the side of town we thought it was on, and drove to find it, and couldnt. went home googled the right address to find we were just a few blocks away from it when we decided to stop looking.

so we went back the next day, to see what they had to offer.
we were really interested in seeing if the had a larger tank for the bearded dragons, because they were growing out of what they came in..and needed more room, so we went to see what they had to offer by way of a super large tank, and for how much.

taxes were gonna be coming in, and one objective was to get this bigger tank.

so, we looked around.

and they had some of the CUTEST baby turtles...i wanted to get one for craig, who has pined and bellyached over the loss of the baby turtle his mom "got rid of" when he went off to college.
im sure she just let it free. but that incident has haunted him ever since.
he will go on and on about how cute that baby box turtle was when he found him in the woods, and how sad he was to discover his pet was gone when he came home from school once.

so, my thinking was, id get him another baby turtle.
to which i kept getting met with.."its ANOTHER animal to take care of" or, "its a russian tortoise, i dont know what they do or like or anything."

i didnt care, i wanted to get him that baby turtle.

we didnt come away with anything.

i did get the pic i took of craig ontop of the HUGE tortoise statue that sits out front of the place.

MICHELLE

CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIES

pictured at the top of the image is the  chop stick details on the chop sticks my mother-in-law got for me.

CRAIG - You will bring sunshine into someones life.

(he did mine, and thats what counts!)

MICHELLE - You will have many friends when you need them.

(i have to say, this has been prophetically the truth. whn i NEE someone, my friends step up to help meet my need. i have been ever blessed with a good quality of people whom i am surrounded by)

CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIES

Craig - Now is the time to call loved ones at a distance, Share your news

Michelle - Avoid Unchallenging Occupations- they will waste your great talents.

Daniel- Dont underestimate yourself. Your Social skills are needed by others at this time.

STILL, EVEN MORE BEARDED DRAGON PICS

so, yes, as with anything new thats alive and has breath, we take allot of pics of it because we want to capture its essence for future thought, and to remember.

so, heres some MORE Bearded Dragon pics. ENJOY! MICHELLE

Craig and one of the Bearded Dragons

Craig and a Beardie Dragon Lizard

thats Little Girls Nose in this shot, shes trying to lick this lizard like she does the toads outside in the back yard...lol

TREATED OUT TO THE OLDEST BAR IN OKLAHOMA - EISCHENS

joan and max, are some of my dearest friends here in OK.
i really like joan, she and i get along, think allot alike, have some of the same life experiences.
we both happen to be married to men who LOVE model trains. which is another common thing we have together.
of course craig and max get along great, they as well have allot in common.

one day, joan was telling em about this place here in Oklahoma that has as she said "the best chicken in the world."

and she wanted (or they, she and max) wanted to take craig and myself out to try it.

now, im no chicken lover. seriously. not one of my favorite foods, so i was skeptical, but we went anyway.

Eishens is in a tiny little town in Oklahoma...id have never even known it existed and would have never thought to go there if i hadnt been invited.

so we decided on a saturday early afternoon timeframe to get there, because i heard they get full really fast.
i wasnt sure WHY...

but we make it.

and we waited in line about 15-20 minutes before we decided to see if there was any tables available. the place was..PACKED!
we found one...and took our seats.
and ordered our dinners.
we each had a whole chicken.
complimentary bread, and onions, and pickles...butter, and dill slices.

and our drinks.
and we waited for our chicken to arrive.

while we waited we talked.

we decided, joan and myself, to go look in the gift shop. this place is so famous they have an entire gift shop devoted to the sale of items with the EISCHENS name on it..lol

i found a t-shirt in my size..in YELLOW! got one in purple for craig, and a yellow one for myself, naturally Daniel wanted some stuff too.

we went back to the table, and a few minutes later our chicken arrived...
looked like fried chicken to me.

i had also ordered a side of fried okra...i dint know how much i was gonna get...lol

daniel got a Barbeque sandwich...it was HUGE!

i took my 1st bite, and let me tell you...for someone whos NOT a fan of chicken (kn the bone, i ate every last bit of that chicken away! IT WAS THE BEST CHICKEN I HAVE EVER HAD...EVER!

it was so good, my kid liked it too! and hes not a chicken on the bone kinda kid. but he liked it enough he wanted some.
it is seriously, THAT good.

heres a shot of craig taking his 1st bite.

on the way out i wanted to make sure i got a shot of me with my shirt on and the EISCHENS sign.

and of course a pic with me and joan, cause shes just THAT awesome.

it was at this time a few young ladies were about to enter the place and noted my shirt, asked me about where i got it, i explained they sold them in every color you can think of...and one girl told me she was a budding actress and was in a pilot episode of some reality tv show, waiting for it to get picked up by a sponser.
not sure the story is true or not.
but it was cool, none the less. i got a pic with her in case she was for real..lol

then her friend wanted to be in the pic with me, cause im famous in my own head..LOL

i seriously, dont know a stranger in this world..lol

i wanted to tell max, and joan..THANK YOU for such a great time, and such a memorable event in our lives!
we owe you the same courtesy..next time Eischens on us.!!!

EVEN MORE BEARDED DRAGON PICTURES

some more pics of our BEARDIES. ENJOY! MICHELLE

MORE BEARDED DRAGONS PICS

i took some more pics the second day of our newest family members. ENJOY! MICHELLE