1 plus 99 EQUALS

What do you get when you add 1 plus 99? 100, that is. Yup this is my 100th post!

I KNOW THIS IS A LONG POST, BUT IT'S FUNNY, SO READ IT! At least I think it's funny! You all know I have got to toot my own horn. TooT, TooT! PLUS THERE IS A SURPRISE AT THE END!

If you would have asked me three months ago when I started this whole blog thing, If I'd ever reach 155 plus followers and 100 posts. PLUS not to mention over 10,000 PAGE VIEWS. Half of those 10,000 are probably from ME, but who's counting. Not me, no Sir!

So if you would have asked me that 3 months ago, I probably would have laughed so hard that I'd tinkled my pants and gave myself rib cramps.

I am shocked and proud to have actually stuck to something for this long. Yes this is long for me! I mean hello, I change my darn blog design every 5 minutes, it's no surprise I can't stick to things?

FOR EXAMPLE - over the past two years I've taken or done the following:

1) H&R Block tax classes - Didn't finish, almost but became bored out of my mind and thought it was a complete joke. I've been doing my own taxes for years, waste of my time. Don't trust H&R block people. Insider tip!

2) Cake Decorating classes - Didn't finish, graduated the first two classes, but who has time to make 50 fondant roses. Not me. I was more creative then the teacher in the class, hello have you seen my cakes? They don't teach you that talent in cake class.

3) Taught myself to crochet - Have yet to finish my gigantor blanket I started MONTHS and MONTHS ago, but I will, hopefully when the weather gets cooler. Umm It's been in the high 90's low 100's all summer.

4) Taught myself to sew - Sure I've finished several projects, but I don't take the time to measure or sew perfectly straight. Who has time for that? Not to mention I have yet to even start The BF's fish bag, to which he asks for on a daily basis.

5) Tuesday Football tracker - Yeah I've already wanted to skip this post 2 weeks in a row now. We will see how many more weeks I can get through or if I can even get through the entire season. That would be a SHOCKER!

I could go on and on and on. Do you see any pattern here? Do you understand now why I'm surprised to have met this mark?

I'm always looking for new and different, anything to stimulate my mind.

I guess what keeps me here is the fact that each post is something new and different. I mean some posts have similar themes, however the content of each post is unique in it's own way.

Not to mention I love visiting other people's blogs and finding out that there are people out there who are WAY CRAZIER than me. Just kidding, but no seriously. Some of you are crazy, I'm the normal one. Does anyone else think blogging is a great form of Therapy. Way cheaper too!

I thought long and hard about what I wanted my 100th post to say. Long and hard being a whole whopping HOUR! You thought I was going to say Five minutes didn't you. Yup no, for an entire hour I sat here thinking, pondering on what I could possibly write about.

Envision: My brain, black smoke, yeah nothing there. Then AHHHHHHHHH I see the light. The grand puba of all posts.

Okay now I'm just building this whole 100th post thing up.

Seriously, lets get down to the nitty gritty! I thought I would elaborate on my blog name.

Smell the Coffee Lisa

I've read a lot of comments by people who think that my blog is about coffee and how they were a bit upset to find nothing here about coffee. Don't get me wrong I love my coffee but that's not what it's all about.

The definition of Smell the Coffee is as follows:

When someone doesn't realise what is really happening or is not paying enough attention to events around them, you can tell them to wake up and smell the coffee.

I think we have all been there, right? No, not you? Well I have, who am I kidding. No one's life is perfect, we all have our quirks and who am I to judge anyone for what they do, who they are or what they have to say. I've always said "to each his own!"

Anyway, after reading that definition it reminded me of a scene in the movie, X-MEN ORIGINS. If you have not seen the movie, I think it's worth a netflix rental.

This is also a Possible SPOILER alert, but not an entire movie spoiler, yeah it might actual spoil a good chunk of the movie.

Let me set the scene:

Kayla is Logan's wife and a school teacher. Logan is the Wolverine (well he's not the "Wolverine" just yet, this is how he chooses his name.) Kayla and Logan are sitting in the living room of their cabin one night and Kayla says to Logan.

Kayla Silverfox: Why the moon is so lonely?

Logan: Why?

Kayla Silverfox: Because she used to have a lover.

Logan: You tell this to the kids?

Kayla Silverfox: No.
[Logan laughs]

Kayla Silverfox: His name was Kuekuatsu and they lived in the spirit
world together.

Logan: Oh, this is a true story.

Kayla Silverfox: Mm-hm. And every night, they would wander the skies
together. But, one of the other spirits was jealous. Trickster
wanted the Moon for himself. So he told Kuekuatsu that the Moon had
asked for flowers; he told him to come to our world and pick her
some wild roses. But Kuekuatsu didn't know that once you leave the
spirit world, you can never go back. And every night, he looks up
in the sky and sees the Moon and howls her name. But... he can
never touch her again.

Logan: Wow... Koo-koo-katchoo got screwed!

So later on Kayla goes to state that Kuekuatsu means Wolverine hence how he gets his name. Blah, Blah, Blah. Go see the movie!

Back to my story! If only we had a little man sitting on our shoulders telling us to Smell the Coffee, whenever we are about to make a wrong move. Oh to believe in rainbows and butterflies. Life would be a lot less stressful. We'd know right away what decisions to make regarding every and any situation we encounter in life, no matter what that might be. Why can't there be that little man, so we don't end up screwed like Koo-koo-katchoo. LOL

So in short, Smell the Coffee Lisa is really just a blog about my life and daily activities. I don't have a specific blog theme or plan, except that it's just about me.

I may not be the brightest crayon in the box. I like to say I'm book smart, not street smart. I'm also oblivious to a lot of things that go on around me. I'm a busy girl with a million things on my mind and often lose focus of my original goals.

But HEY, I'm at least woman enough to admit every now and then that I need someone to say:

"Wake up and Smell the Coffee Lisa!"

GIVEAWAY!

So if you read this post in it's entirety, wow you must not have a life. LOL just kidding, you are my number 1 fan! I'm going to give away one of my chalkboards (your choice) from the swap your crafts post. Since only 1 other person joined the craft swap I've got them to giveaway. You get 1 entry. This shall be super easy for my loyal fans! Yup just leave a comment and I'll randomly have my son say a number and if your post is that number you win! Now aren't I clever, or just lazy. The first to comment obviously is number ONE and then I'll count down from there.

http://smellthecoffeelisa.blogspot.com/2009/10/swap-your-crafts-october-edition.html

click the above link to see the chalkboards!

My only rule! I may not be very good at following rules, however I've perfected dishing them out! Your comment has to have some substance to show that you actually read my post or at least parts of it. Torture, I know! Just commenting, "congrats on your 100th post," yeah umm that's not gonna cut it, the winner will then default to the comment BEFORE YOU. These are one of a kind chalkboards, priceless people so you have to do a little work. It's not like I'm making you link to my blog or post about it. LOL I mean you can if you want to.

Now get a commenting.

Maybe I'll get 100 comments, a girl can dream, right!