(Phase10) + (Game Colony) = RUMMY!!!

After Texas Hold 'Em Poker - Rummy has to be my favorite card game. 

Who has heard of, or spent the evening and possibly the night, playing Phase-10? I love this game! It's a Rummy-like game that has a twist. There are "phases" that have to be completed in order.
I spent a lot of time searching for Phase10 online. I figured since Uno was made by the same company and they had an online game then of course Phase10 would. At the time, nope, no Phase10. While searching for it, I found a website (gamecolony.com) that has Rummy! I instantly fell in love all over again! Since, finding gamecolony and averaging a rating of 1500 or higher at times, Phase10 has come out with an app version.
The Phase10 app isn't as "live" as I would like it. On GameColony you can actually play live people. The Phase10 app you are only able to play the "computer". For some reason it's just not as fun playing against a computer as it is to play against a live person. The really cool thing is if you prefer to use an app - Game Colony now has an app to play Rummy!
If you decide to play on GameColony - I'm always down for a challenge - username is TechsasRed!

That moment when...

Funny how it always seems to work this way...

Miraculous transformation

Check out the transformation of this sweet little puppy! You won't believe its the same pup! 

http://www.viralnova.com/shocking-dog-transformation-gallery/6/?mb=sk&aid=4834

My master plan

My best friend and I used to do everything together, well we tried. Our favorite thing to do was have GNI (Girls Night In). Depending on the amount of time we had to prepare for GNI we'd either have homemade or store-bought goodies, a movie on the tv (good background noise), our phones in hand (had to keep up with social media, but this made it more fun because we were doing it together), bottle(s) of wine ( the number depended on how our week was ),and  the best ongoing conversation ever! 
Last yr,  right after Christmas, my family and I moved from Lubbock, TX to the Houston, TX area and this really put a damper on GNI.
I was brainstorming (either really good things or really amazing things come from my brainstorms) and it struck me...
This 8 hours apart business just isn't working!
My husband's company doesn't have an office or jobs available in the Lubbock  area, but my besties's husband's job has offices and jobs available in my area!

She has to move!

We usually were really good at divising plans and then presenting them to our husbands (never a powerpoint presentation or anything) but really skillful verbal presentations! I know, since finding a job or transferring is a possibility  the only thing keeping us back was funding.
My bestie and I were messaging each other about events of our day and spur of the moment I tell her "I have a plan...once I get it together I will post it on facebook and tag you!"

She got the usual notification and she discovered this:

http://www.gofundme.com/gfrf8k

Now.........we.........wait...........😉😆😎👌⏳💰💵💳💸

When my kids are quiet...

Why is it when my friends send their kids to their rooms to play, their kids:

• Listen to music
• Watch TV
• Play mind-stretching games (scrabble,chess, cards)
• Exercise
• Read
• Crochet or knit
• Browse the web
• Write poetry
• Clean/Re-arrange their room/furniture
• Play games

You won't believe what I found at Walgreen's!

Unlike CVS, Walgreens has decided so far to keep selling tobacco products.

Walgreen doesn’t seem to think retailers are to blame for Americans wanting to continue to smoke.
That may very well be. I mean just because it's on sale doesn't mean you HAVE to buy it it right? I can kind of understand where they're coming from with this. But to me, it sounds like they want to sell tobacco products even more now since there is a huge competitor out of the way. Maybe now, when you're on your way to get a flu shot you will choose Walgreens instead because you can pick up your favorite pack of cigars or cigarettes while you're there. One-stop-shopping is what it's all about, right?
I really thought this was a pretty good marketing stance until I was actually in a walgreens headed to the pharmacy for my flu shot. I was almost to the back of the store which is the designated area and I ran into the craziest flu shot display ever!
Now, this isn't exactly what I had in mind when I heard their commercial on the radio. Seems like to me walgreens is headed in a totally new direction!! Now I can get cigarettes and a "flu" shot or two, or three? I didn't even continue to the pharmacy. The pharmacist was probably behind the counter resembling Tom Cruise in the movie Cocktail!
Regardless, I'm a non-smoker, without a flu shot, headed to another pharmacy!

Adult Advent Calendars!

Adult/Wine Advent Calendar! 

One of my "crew members" posted this picture for us, captioned: "Finally! An adult advent calendar!!!! "

The first thing I thought was~~~ what is an advent calendar?  For those that are in the same shape I was... (I had to Google it)

An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count or celebrate the days in anticipation of Christmas!

Okay! I had one of these growing up. My grandmother gave us a calendar that hung up on the wall with pockets for each day. It had a little mouse that you moved each day closer and closer to Christmas Day! I always remember it was a highlight to get to move that little mouse each day and see just how much closer I was to Christmas. 

But this... this is amazing!!! Whoever thought of this really deserves an award of some sort. A wine/adult Advent Calendar?!?!  Now, if this doesn't spark the memory of having a highlight of my day to get to "advance" on my Advent Calendar, I don't know what will!!!! This is one of those ideas I wish I would have come up with on my own and then posted it on pinterest, facebook, twitter, ect with my name and a current pic of myself so I could be an internet legend and celebrity! I mean who knows - coming up with an idea like this could even warrant being a Meme Queen!! You know those people in memes that go viral? (Yes, those are real people). Even though I was not the one to think of something so grand - I am one that is going to participate in something so grand! 

The sky is really the limit as far as which products/ ideas you can use for Advent Calendars! If you find some really cool Advent Calendars online or end up making one yourself - post them! I'd love to see them!  

What are some cool things you would use for your Advent Calendar?