I'm cleaning the Family Room today.......time to get rid of some stuff

Thought you might enjoy some Interesting facts about New Jersey:

-New Jersey is a peninsula with 130 miles of coastline.

-In the pristine upper northwest corner of the state, is the Appalachian
Highlands region. The name is derived from the small portion of the
Appalachian Mountain chain that passes through NJ, which includes the
highest point in NJ is located in that region at High Point State Park.

-Highlands, New Jersey has the highest elevation along the entire eastern
seaboard, from Maine to Florida.

-New Jersey has more racehorses than Kentucky.

-The largest pine forest in the country is located in a protected area
called the NJ Pine Barrens.

-The NJ Devils Hockey team's name originated from the Pine Barrens State
Forest legend of the "Jersey Devil."

-New Jersey has more Cubans in Union City (1 sq. mi.) than Havana, Cuba.

-North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen
in Newark then any other city, even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put
together. (As a result, if you live in Essex, where Newark is located, you
pay several hundred dollars more annually for car insurance!)

-New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as
the diner capital of the world.

-North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with
seven major shopping malls in a 25 square mile radius.

-New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

-The Passaic River was the site of the first submarine ride by inventor John
P. Holland.

-New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most
famous, Asbury park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside Heights, Cape May.

-New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the US
located in Elizabeth.

-New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle
East Countries, also located in Elizabeth. (You can see it as you fly into
Newark Airport.)

-The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector were
invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory.

-The first seaplane was built in Keyport.

-The first airmail to Chicago was started from Keyport.

-The first phonograph records were made in Camden.

-New Jersey is home to the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City.

-Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game Monopoly.

-Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world.

-The first Indian reservation was in New Jersey.

-New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world.

-New Jersey is home to the Boy Scouts of America with its headquarters
located in New Brunswick.

-Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey.

-New Jersey had the first Medical Center, Jersey City.

-The Pulaski Sky Way (first sky way highway) from Jersey City to Newark.

-The first tunnel under the Hudson River. (Holland Tunnel).

-The invention and manufacturing of the Colt Revolver was in Paterson.

-An episode based on the legendary Jersey Devil has been featured on the
popular "X-Files" show on Fox Broadcasting. (Talk about tall tales.)

-New Jersey is the only state in the nation which offers child abuse
prevention workshops to every public school.

-The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.

-The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick; In
1889 Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won.

-The first Drive-in Movie Theater was opened in Camden.

-Home to both of NEW YORK'S Pro Football Teams.

-The first radio station and broadcast was in Paterson.

-Unofficially divided into two parts...north and south of the parkway
bridge.
(Because of it's close proximity to NYC, jobs north of the bridge pay a lot
more than south.)

-New Jersey has the highest percentage urban population in the US with about
90% of the people living in an urban area.

-New Jersey has the densest system of highways and railroads in the US.

-New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as
metropolitan areas.

-New Jersey has the highest population density in the US an average 1,030
people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.

-Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa,
Shaq, Judy Blume, Aaron Burr, Joan Robertson, Joseph Czesnik, Dr. Carl
Gedon, John Milewski, Ken Kross, Dionne Warwick, Carole Baker, Judy Sharpe,
Ernie Kovacs, Sarah Vaughn, Marilynn McCoo, Flip Wilson, Alexander
Hamilton, David G. Walley, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra,
Eileen Donnely, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman, The
Duprees, Jerry Lewis, Richard Wojewodzki, Joyce Kilmer, Bruce Willis,
Caesar Romero, Lou Costello, Nick Adams, Nathan Lane, Sandra Dee, Danny
DeVito, Richard Conti, Joe Pesci, Robert Blake, John Forsyth, Meryl Streep,
Loretta Swit, Norman Lloyd, Jerry Herman, Gorden McCrae, Kevin Spacey,
John Travolta, Phyllis Newman, Uncle Floyd, Susan Sarandon, all New Jersey
natives.

What American Idol Are You?


snagged from my Simon buddy Steph

How come I drove around for 18 months without getting notification of THIS I brought the car in today to be 99% of the population and just get it sealed, when lo and behold.....I am in the 1% where the whole thing needs to be replaced. Thank GOD this did not become a tragic problem for me or my family.

I'm SOOOOO giddy.....I know one of the new teams on the Amazing Race! I've drank with both of them, danced with them at parties, held the ones babies, sold them girl scout cookies.......and John works with their father, another brother, brother-in-law and one of them everyday!!

How silly am I??

Friday Five

1. What is your biggest pet peeve? Why?
Flaky people who don't follow through on things they say they will do...constantly. I just get annoyed when I am relying on someone to do something in order for me to do something, and they are late or don't do it, and my work just gets doubled, when I could have done it all from the beginning anyway.....

2. What irritating habits do you have?
(1) I tend to act like a know-it-all and will fight for my case, and uh, sometimes......I'm wrong, LOL
(2) My husband gets irritated by my morning routine, which seems to be a habit now, of getting coffee and coming on to the computer to read various newssites, message boards and emails.

3. Have you tried to change the irritating habits or just let them be?
(1) I try to be more aware of it
(2) Just letting this one be, hehe

4. What grosses you out more than anything else? Why?
People talking while brushing their teeth......it makes me gag......don't know why, just does.

5. What one thing can you never see yourself doing that other people do?
Getting my genitals or tongue pierced.

and......yes......the excitement of school and waking up early is over. This is day #3, they are still sleeping, and I need to go wake them up now, LOL.

Oh, oh, oh, I am SO livid!!

I manage to fit in a pedicure and manicure today for a wedding I am going to tomorrow. I never do that, but I've become good friends with a woman, who also happens to be a manicurist. I was SO damn careful today.....I just happened to look at my nails and my right pointer finger looks like it is wearing down a little, and my big left toe is TOTALLY screwed up......I probably did that while I was trying to fly a kite with the boys, at Steffi's soccer practice......

DAMN

And...of course, Tara is not around tomorrow......so I think I have to go buy polish that is close to what she painted and fix those two spots.

And THAT is the reason why I NEVER wear finger nail polish and only paint my tootsies when ABSOLUTELY necessary.

I also think 4 coats of different stuff on the toes is overload.......I mean I do one or two when I do them myself...granted they're not as shiny, but it lasts for more than one day.

I sent a cute little huggy e-card to my mom saying how we were thinking of her today.....she sent one back.....made me tear up :-( ::sigh::

On a happy note, just got a call from my SIL to announce that the IVF worked this time around. Her numbers are increasing and she has gotten further than she did during the last round. My 8.5 yr. old nephew, who has been BUGGING them for 6 years to have a sibling is more excited than her, I think. I pray that they will not be let down.

Just got the backpacks ready to go, and all the showers done, clothes are laid out.......but it still doesn't feel like school is starting tomorrow......

We also got a call tonight, saying that Johnny won an American Flag and pole and bracket from the Chamber of Commerce. I TOTALLY forgot that the kids had put entries in at the bank. We use this bank for the PTA, Brownies and Cub Scouts, and I was there one day, and had to go in, and not through the drive thru. I NEVER go inside the bank. The kids then started filling out coupons and I reprimanded them for walking away. They explained what the coupons were for, and I agreed that they could stay ONLY at that table and when they were done to come back over to me, which they did. And, here tonight we get the winning call :-) He was SO happy, and so am I, as I now have a pole, bracket, AND a fullsize American Flag!!!

Happy 35th Anniversary to my mom and dad......

What do you do when a spouse passes away......do you still acknowledge the day. I know my mom knows I know about it.....just not sure what to say.....

Btw, I was born 9 months and 17 days from today, hehehe

Don'cha hate.......when it's 9:34pm, and you are *otherwise occupied*, and the phone rings, and it's your friend that you know that you need to speak with, and your daughter is sleeping on the pull-out bed in the family room, next to the phone, and answering machine that are turned up WAY loud, and you are *just about finished* and you are afraid that she is gonna quietly sneak up the stairs and *catch you* LMAO

So glad she slept through all of that, and John and I were able to complete the task, ;-)

Don'cha hate getting calls after 9pm though......I guess my adult friends don't know *my* rule, LOL