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We’ve got the right stuff today don’t we? It’s raining here, but that’s refreshing for some reason today, rain brings a clean smell to the air, I like it. So I’m not discouraged by it today. Not sleepy either…yet.

Today I wanted to tell you about my recent experience with Fossil. I wanted a Fossil watch for a long time before I bought one. Since they came out I liked them and I finally spent the $60+ and bought one for myself in 2001, I hit a great sale at Foley’s and bought a nice Ralph Lauren purse that year too.

I am that rare chic that can say I have all of four purses, two are black, one is brown and one is my navy blue (looks black) Ralph Lauren purse that I bought that year. Never before had I left a store with 2 things costing over $100. That was quite the luxury.

Anyways, so I wore the watch every day until around January (that’s seven years of trouble free watch bliss) when I took my watch to the jeweler to see what was wrong with it, I figured just a battery even though I’d recently had it replaced. But sadly the jeweler came back and told me the winding mechanism was broken so the watch was unable to keep time.

However, he told me I had bought wisely because Fossil has one of the best warranty programs around. It costs $27.00 to send the watch to Fossil (not including your shipping costs) which is here in Dallas to their service center and they will refurbish it for that price.

You can have your specific problems fixed, or just have them refurbish it. You have to fill out a form and send it to them, but that’s not a big hassle.

I’m a big supporter of Texas companies so I was pleased to discover that Fossil is a Texas company, headquartered in Richardson, Texas.

So I sent my watch in finally a few weeks ago, I’ve known I needed to send it in for over seven months, but I put it on the back burner because I had a cool Dickies watch that hubby bought me to maintain my sanity i.e. allowing me to still know what time it is.

Friday I received an E-Gift Certificate from Fossil in the mail for $75 with a letter detailing that because they no longer make the parts to fix my watch they were sending me what they deemed the replacement value was of the watch + $25 to ensure any shipping and handling costs would not make this inconvenient for me. WOW!

My beloved Fossil Blue could not be repaired. Naturally I mourned for a few seconds but feeling like I had won the lottery I immediately got on Fossil.com and started shopping for my new watch, truly feeling spoiled. I’m a sucker for customer service. I mean that, it’s why I’m still with T-Mobile even though the service has really pissed me off at times.

If a company has great customer service, 9 times out of 10 I’m going to keep coming back, even if I’ve had a bad experience. That’s because I know if I complain, which I rarely do, they will do whatever they can do to fix my problem. Who wouldn’t love that?

So Fossil has made me a big huge fan, one that will sing it to the masses, or post a glowing review on her website and encourage everyone she knows, or doesn’t know, to buy Fossil watches, bags, purses, earrings, belts and so on and so forth. I recommend Fossil to everyone, they have beautiful dressy watches, great casual ones, delicious accessories, I mean their selection really runs the gamut.

Check em out and send some love their way, find some jewelry or something you know you won’t be able to live without which is something they make very easy.

But now to the music you’ve been waiting for…First up…”Bad Fish” by the genius group that is sorely missed Sublime:

Thought we’d toss up Santeria as well I love that one too.

Here’s a link to “Come As You Are” by Nirvana because that’s all I could get. Now as an homage to Sublime, I’m going to post some Slightly Stoopid, which I’d never heard of until Rachel (who we all know from MommyTalk.com) mentioned them this morning when talking about Sublime. But I am intrigued and I think you will be too…

Can’t wait to get home to hear more! Happy Monday everyone and see ya tomorrow!

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When I first joined Twitter, I didn’t get it and my profile stayed dormant for a month or so, but more and more of the bloggers I read started mentioning Twitter and I started getting active there as well. One Friday night I happened to be on Twitter chatting with several people and was notified of a radio show that was streaming that I could be a part of, so off to the radio show I went, and had a great time!

There have been political debates on Twitter, movements, and someone was even released from jail in a foreign country because of the word spread on Twitter to help get him released.

Even if you don’t get it, or like it, Twitter has become a very powerful tool in communication. I’ve read the blogs and seen the websites of people I never would’ve otherwise seen and gotten some really great information. In fact, yesterday, as a show of support to finding the cure for Breast Cancer I changed my Twitter avatar to pink as well as the background. You see, that’s an epidemic that must be stopped and that small change to my little Twitter profile will show my support in my small way.

Twitter isn’t for everyone, as I was reading DCR, a blog I read often, he mentioned that Twitter can be tricky, in the comments by his other readers I could tell that not everyone likes Twitter as much as I. But therein lies the beauty of social media, not everyone has to be part of it for it to work, and there are other forms of social media that those same people may like instead of Twitter.

I feel that it fills my need for interaction with the blogging, networking world as well as helping to grow MouthyGirl and get the word out that I’m here, I’m mouthy and it’s all good.

So while the haters, as my generation loves to call them, are gonna hate, and the lovers are gonna love it, maybe you should stop in, set up a profile and be my Twitter bud! Be sure to let me know you’re following me and I will of course reciprocate!

Cya’ll tomorrow for GirlFriday!

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Someone more fortunate than I who receives quite funny forwarded emails has been generous enough to forward a few to me…and I am going to share a few of them with you.

Aren’t I generous?

Here’s one to start:

A 6 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom. ‘You know what?’ says the 6 year old.
‘I think it’s about time we started cussing. The 4 year old nods his head in approval.
The 6 year old continues, ‘When we go downstairs for breakfast, I’m gonna say something with hell
and you say something with ass..’ The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm.

When the mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6 year old what he wants for breakfast,
he replies, “Aw, hell, Mom, I guess I’ll have some Cheerios.”
WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor, gets up, and runs upstairs
crying his eyes out, with his mother in hot pursuit, slapping his rear with every step.
His mom locks him in his room and shouts, “You can stay there until I let you out!”
She then comes back downstairs, looks at the 4 year old and asks with a stern voice,
“And what do YOU want for breakfast, young man?” “I don’t know”, he blubbers,
“but you can bet your fat ass it won’t be Cheerios!”

You would think I would end it there because that was pretty cute right? Nope. I’m like a kid in the candy store, hope you don’t mind.

Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a cute glass bowl sitting on top of it.

The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom! When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat. The Pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist. “Miss Beatrice”, he said, “I wonder if you would tell me about this?” pointing to the bowl. “Oh, yes”, she replied, “Isn’t it wonderful? I was walking through the park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease.

Do you know I haven’t Had the flu all winter.”

Okay, one more for good measure, I’m enjoying myself. I hope you like this last one…

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had
shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no
secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe
box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to
open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one
day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not
recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the
shoe box and took it to his wife’s bedside.

She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.
When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money
totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents.

“When we were to be married,” she
said, ” my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll.”

The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two
precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two
times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with
happiness. “Honey,” he said, “that explains the doll, but what about all of this money?
Where did it come from?”

“Oh,” she said, “that’s the money I made from selling the dolls.”

The Prayer…….

Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
And Patience for his moods;
Because Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I’ll beat him to death……..
because I don’t know how to crochet.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

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Flash to that scene in Kindergarten Cop where Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking all the children questions about themselves and their families…

“Who is your Daddy and what does he do?”

LOL!

Today’s post is brought to you by you. I’m turning the mic on you… Oh yes, to find out what drives you, all the different things that may motivate you…etc. So here are a few question to start off our friendship..

What do you do for a living?
Do you like or dislike it?
What do you like or dislike about it?
Do you like the people you work with?
Why?
How big is your family?
Are there plans to make it bigger?

There are several readers that I’ve never heard from…that I’d like to hear from today. You know who you are. And for those of you who’ve shared in the conversation before, please indulge me further, I do so love to interact with all of you.

Those are just a few questions to start off a new weekly feature called “Spotlight on YOU” where every Thursday I’ll ask a new question to my readers, that means you, and you’ll tell me more and more about you guys. This will help to build my family…my Mouthy family. You see I know you’re there reading this and I know you must have thoughts and opinions and all that good stuff, goals and dreams.

Won’t you share them with me?

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As a webmaster, blogger, writer, jane of all trades so to speak, I endeavor to make a little side change her on MouthyGirl….so far not so good, but it’s a labor of love, not for money. That would just be a nice bonus.

I’ve been bellyaching to the hubby that I need an apron to keep my clothes from getting messed up while I do various things in the kitchen and as I looked through the ads through Customized Girl to use here on MouthyGirl, I found this awesome option and have ordered one:

I love this website, you can customize anything from aprons, hoodies, underwear and even onesies for the babies! It doesn’t get any closer to making your own clothing line. I’m loving it, but I like to have my stamp on everything, hubby said it was right up my alley. I myself love the boyshorts and that’s what got his attention as well - he likes ‘em too of course, lol, so I think I’ll be getting some of those customized too….and how could hubby complain about me buying something if I stamp his name right on my butt? He just can’t. BONUS!

You can make shirts for the family reunion, your awesome parties, girls night out, wedding showers, baby showers, graduation, baby birth, favorite grandma, grandpa….oh there are endless possibilities, and these clothes aren’t just for girls, you can make a couple t shirts claiming that man of yours, or get him a hoodie and have it say I Love My Wife, you know you wanna!

Here are a few cute ideas too for your shirts….how could you not want to run with this?! I’m going shopping be back later!

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I got this fresh email this morning and had to share after looking through my forwards for the day. Read on…

These are from a book called Disorder in the American courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

ATTORNEY: This Myasthenia Gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I,Emily?
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Nema.

ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? I love this one!

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he’s twenty.

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you messing with me?

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: DUH

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Are you for real? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh….are you qualified to ask that question?

And the best for last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

LMFAO!!!!

I needed a good laugh and that certainly provided…have any anecdotes of your own? Anyone care to share a good joke in the comments?

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Seems like I didn’t have a day off this weekend, worked some on Saturday and did some other work on Sunday from home. I’ve been so busy! In case you all haven’t noticed, I’ve decided that MouthyGirl.com wasn’t quite living up to it’s url name if you know what I mean. So the last two posts were just a sampling of what more is to come.

In fact, most of the opinionated posts I intend to write I end up taming down because I worry about how you’ll take it. So, no offense intended, but I’m not gonna worry about that anymore. I’m gonna write what I feel, what pisses me off and what I think probably does the same to you.

Let’s start today with a parody video of Sarah Palin, by none other than the incredible look alike, Tina Fey. This is hilarious, you don’t want to miss it.

Wasn’t that priceless? LMAO! She does an excellent Palin no? Okay, take a deep breath and collect yourself, I know that was funny. Now for a video that plays like a movie by one of my favorite bands of all time…Maroon 5.

Let me just say, thank you Maroon 5 for making your YouTube videos embedable. If that’s a word. The red line underneath it suggests that it is not, but I’m rollin’ with it anyways. This is a bonus link to “She Will be Loved” by Maroon 5 as well. One of my favorite songs ever since the first album came out.

Now for a song, also about deception by Rihanna, who recently teamed up with Maroon 5 for a great song that I may go dig up the link for…. But here’s Take a Bow from Rihanna….

Here’s their video together…very hot!

Okay guys, hope you enjoyed today’s edition of Monday Morning Mojo…I wanna hit a shout out to the Snakeskin Cowboy in Richardson, I hope you too dig the videos and have a great Monday!

Happy Monday everyone! Be back here tomorrow, same channel, same Mouthy DJ!

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