Stats

I've had Google Analytics on my blog for a long time, but I noticed the other day that you can now get stats for all blogs. I don't know if you've looked at it (you'll see it on your dashboard), but it's fun to look at. With Google Analytics you can get more in depth information, like what keywords people searched for to find your blog and the number of returning visitors. You can also get more specific on where people are from, down to the city. At work we use this for marketing purposes. I just like to look at it for fun. The stats you'll find on the dashboard aren't as in depth, but still fun to look at. I took a look at this blog before this post. All time we've had 3,245 views of this website. Of course the majority of these people are from the United States, but can you guess the second? Russia. Bet you didn't guess that. Russia was followed by Canada and Germany. Check it out!

Bullseye

Forgot to post this. You might have seen this on my facebook, well here's the story:

I like to play darts, but will admit I'm not great at them. Just alright. Well, Eric and our friend Neil were playing cricket and I asked Eric if I could shoot for him. He hesitated, but said, "fiiine, but just one".
Me: "whatever"
So I pick up the dart, throw it and bullseye. Impresed, Eric hands over his second dart. Bullseye. Not believing what he's seeing, he hands over the third dart. Bullseye...

I don't think I'm allowed to play darts ever again. haha. :)

Fun website

I just found a fun time waster. Here's the website: http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/ Basically you can upload your pictures and make them look like the famous Obama Hope poster. Lots of fun. I did two Cordelia pictures, but would like to do one each of the boys. Torii's will say Trouble on the bottom. I'll have to do that another day as it's getting late. You can also browse and look at other posters people have created. I did not make the Abide poster, I just thought Laurie would get a kick out of that one.

Brian on a magazine? Wow!

Not quite on the front of a magazine that will be published anyway. He wishes it was true though. I made this for him while he's been a little stressed with the end of the semester and he can't wait to be done. He thought it was neat and had to show a few people at work. I guess it was passed around to everyone and some people had to tease him about it. Ha ha. So, he got his picture on the front of a magazine and he got me some fresh truffles from the local candy shop down the street. Good trade.

Christmas Ideas

Here's some Christmas ideas I found online at Popdeluxe.com. I'm sure everyone is doing something for baby ideas, but here's a few extras if anyone needs any ideas. Send some ideas my way for everyone else also! :-)



Toothpickup $14.95
















Drip Clip-Paperclips


$7.99

These Cookie cutters are so adorable.

$9.99

Fun stuff

I found two fun things today. Not that I need anything to preoccupy me from what I really should be doing.

Fred isn't home today so I actually got to watch something other than college football on Saturday. I was looking through the guide and came across Spaceballs-the animated series. I flipped immediately to G4 which airs it. It is awesome! I recorded another episode but haven't watched it. Mel Brooks does the voices for President Skroob and Yogurt. I'm not sure if he's writing for the series as well, but it was funny.

One of my favorite websites is: http://www.us.imdb.com I check it almost daily for my guilty pleasure- celebrity gossip. Today I discovered they have video of some tv shows and movies, new and classics. The new The Office is on there if you missed it on Thursday, Laurie. There were also old episodes of Bewitched and Alfred Hitchcock. I tried an episode of Bewitched and it loaded up with no wait time. Awesome!

Funny Show!

I started to watch the CBS show The Big Bang Theory. It's pretty funny. It reminds me of spending an evening around brian's friends. Ha ha. The show is about a bunch of geeks going to college and they all room together in an apartment and a girl they know lives acorss the hall from them. Everytime she trys to talk to them, they need to explain everything in scientific form and go into a long detail and sometimes they argue about what's correct and what's not. There's one character, Sheldon, who reminds me of Brian. :-) He's the one in the group that explains everything or just about everything in more detail. Brian and I were watching the other day and I was laughing so hard because Brian kept saying, "He's got that right," or "He's totally right on that."
So ya, when Brian wants to start explaining anything in detail, I just say "Ok, Sheldon."
I think it's pretty funny and you should check it out sometime. :-) Here's a website for it and on the site it says new episodes start Monday Sept. 22nd. Oh also, the girl in the show is played by the blonde from the show "8 Simple Rules," with john Ritter.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/bio/

Mark it on your calender.

Ha ha, it's probably just me as the crazy ice cream lover but I have it marked on my calender. Sept. 25th, from 5pm-8pm, Cold Stone Creamery is giving away 3 oz. mix of ice cream for Make a Wish Foundation. I mean, who am I to pass up free ice cream??

http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/promotions.html

I found this ad in our Sunday's paper with the coupons. So here's the website if anyone is interested. Mom? :-)