Vacation & Travel Quotes

I hope these travel quotes inspire you to pack up and head out to the unknown.. to an adventure!

Now That Is Pun-ny

“Puns are the highest form of literature.” – Alfred Hitchcock

“Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.” – Jonathan Swift

My favorite pun of all time is:

I say it all of the time. Most of my kids do not appreciate my sense of humor. But there is one that you can tell is filing my jokes away to use at a later date.

My son has a unique sense of humor that sometimes makes me stop and wonder what I have been teaching him, and sometimes makes me pat myself on the back. The majority of the time he is a quiet kid that has people wondering if he is even paying attention to what is happening around him. But when he decides to open his mouth and say something it is always deliberate and usually funny.

Right now he is into puns and he usually leave me thinking that he really is paying attention to what is happening. Here are a few of the things that I have heard the past month that either had me groaning, laughing, or left me in awe wondering exactly how his mind makes connections.

• What president is the least guilty? Lincoln of course. He is in a cent.
• Whoever stole my copy of Microsoft Office is in trouble! You have my Word!
• A steak pun is a medium well done.
• Did you hear about the car accident today? A truck ran into a car and crushed half of the driver. But don’t worry the driver is all right.
• Plateaus: the highest form of flattery.
• How do you plan a party for the moon? Planet.
• How does Moses make coffee? Hebrews it.
• What did the buffalo say to his son when he went to school? Bison.
• Bakers only share recipes on a knead to know basis.
• Do you break into song if you can’t find the key?
• Did you hear about the butcher who backed into his meat grinder & got a little behind in his work?
• I used to be a railroad conductor, but my boss found out I wasn’t trained.
• No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.
• The roundest knight at king Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

And now you know why I am always asking myself, When’s My Vacation?

Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Better Late Than Never

Well obviously I am a day late for this but I am still going to participate. I hate being late.

I had a plan to write about the sudden burst of warm weather and all that comes with it (pool time, tans, happy playing children) but now my mind is suddenly flooded with all of these late quotes:

• It’s better to be late then to arrive ugly
• Better late than never
• Day late, dollar short
• It is never too late to be what you might have been
• The time for action is now. It’s never too late to do something
• Life’s Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late -Benjamin Franklin
• How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? – Dr.Seuss

In reality I HATE being late. I am the person who is 30 minutes early sitting in my car waiting for an event to start because I stress myself out about being late. I can’t be late. I would rater skip an event or dinner if I am going to be late then walk in after everyone else has assembled. The stress and pressure that I put on myself to be on time borders on insanity.

I have always been this way. I don’t know when or why it started. Maybe because I grew up in a military family with a father that was in the Army, so he was required to be on time all of the time. Maybe it is my personality (if you know me you know this is the major reason). Maybe it is because I am a rule follower and so when someone says, “You need to be here at 8.” I am always going to listen and get there by 8.

I guess it doesn’t really matter why I need to be on time (early), I just do. And heaven help you if I am waiting on you. If you are late I will always be polite but just know that inside I am probably freaking out, and calling you all kinds of really not nice things. Sorry!

This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Link back to this post (feel free to use the SOC Sunday graphic).
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Grey’s

Can I just talk about Grey’s Anatomy for 5 minutes?

When asked about his death on the show despite the fact that he just signed a 2 year contract at the beginning of this year Patrick Dempsey replied:

“Yes. You’re right. (Pause) It just sort of evolved. It’s just kind of happened. It really was something that was kind of surprising that unfolded and uh, and it just naturally came to be, which was pretty good. I like the way it has all played out.”

I don’t care about the drama behind the scenes or the “diva” attitude or any other rumors about the show. I will say this:

• To people that say it doesn’t matter if he is there or not – YOU ARE WRONG. You think it won’t matter that one of the main characters are gone? Did the show change when Sandra Oh left? Yes, it changed the whole dynamic with the characters. You think that losing McDreamy is going to be easy and good for show? Think again.
• I am all about switching it up and adding new characters and plot lines to keep us interested but HELLO! The McDreamy/Meredith plot line was the original one that grabbed us and pulled us into the show,
• They let him survive getting shot, a terrible airplane crash, plus multiple break ups, hostage situations, bombs, and more. Then as he is turn his car around in the middle of the road he gets a phone call (MIRACULOUSLY he has cell service in a no service zone – all of the sudden btw) and he goes to answer it and gets hit by the only vehicle that comes down the road for 5 hours or more. Uh-huh.
• This loss is huge for the show. Why could they have not let him live for the rest of the season, what 3 more episodes?

Shonda, you had me all the way to the end of Private Practice. You have my full attention for How To Get Away With Murder. Even Scandal with its crazy plot twists and holes this season still has me glued to the set (as long as you don’t kill off my favorite – Scott Foley). But with this twist on Grey’s I might actually have to walk away from a show that I have been watching for 10 years. Maybe it is just time to say goodbye.

This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Link back to this post (feel free to use the SOC Sunday graphic).
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

*I apologize for this ridiculous post about a show that has no merit on real life especially with so many real tragedies going on in the world.