I am getting tired of these statues staring at me all the time.

Holla!

First of all, we need to get Holla straight. Holla is not, I repeat, it is not Hola, the Spanish word for "hello."

No.

No, no, no.

Holla, by my definition is a way to say, "Hello," or "What's Up," or "Yeah, baby!" in a very friendly, fun, and excitable fashion.

The first person I saw say "Holla" was Ellen Degeneres on her talk show.  Apparently her fans understand, because they clap and Holla back when she says it.

But not so with my readers.  They just think I am special.

I scoured YouTube for about 3.7 minutes trying to find a clip of Ellen saying "Holla."

No such clip exists.

Ellen!  Attention Ellen DeGeneres!  If you read my blog, could you create a little video clip of yourself saying, "Holla" so that my readers will understand what this foolishness is all about?

*Thank you*

Lest any of you be confused . . . Ellen DeGeneres most certainly does not read this blog.

Alright.

Let's begin today's festivities.

1)  I am still sick.  I finally went to the doctor last night and I have a sinus infection and pink eye.

*I'll pause while you all feel badly for me.*

I am on antibiotics now and am hoping to feel better soon.

2)  I fear The Lumberjack has grown weary of my illness and I suspect he is trying to kill me.

Case in point:  He served me a nightcap of 2 generous tablespoons of NyQuil and 2 generous tablespoons of Robitussin PM and demanded I drink it.

I don't think you are supposed to do that.

Thoughts?

Well, I dumped it down the drain, he rolled his eyes, and I took 2 reasonable tablespoons of NyQuil.

It's gonna take a lot more than that to take me out, Lumberjack.

3)  Thank you all so very much for going over to my guest post at Redeemed Diva and leaving such nice comments!  You guys were too nice to me!   Instead of just the 2 or 3 folks I asked you to send over, it appears as if the entire tribal council went over and showed their support.

You guys rock.

4)  It's time for . . . . The COW!

This week's winner goes to JoAnn.  She threw caution to the wind and clicked on the link that took her on over to my very first post and wrote:

"AHHH! My EYES!
The EMOTICONS! the emoticons are EVERYWHERE!!"

Ha!  And if you were one of the peeps who clicked over there you would totes think that was funny!  My first post had a couple of choice smiley faces littered in it.

:)

Go say Holla to JoAnn.

5)  Want to check out some new blogs?  Here are a few that have recently stopped by over here.

Marla

Jaime

Magimom

Go on now!

Click around . . . leave a comment . . . make a friend!

I am a dork.

6)  Time for the Target winner!

There were 95 entries.

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 57 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

#57 was Lynette!

Email me at thelumberjackswife@yahoo.com with your address!

6)  The Contest.

I was losing the contest.  Then I was winning the contest.  Then I was losing the contest.  Then I was winning the contest.  Now I am totally losing.

But that's okay.

Because I whipped out my calculator function on my laptop and discovered that I have a little over 300 votes!

And that, my friends, is insane!

Thanks!

I would like to give a particular shout out to my cousins Sean and Lisa, who have been campaigning for my blog round the clock via their Facebook status'.

And a most especial shout out to my little sister, Meagan, who is, in fact, in Vienna, yet somehow managed to rally her troops and get me some votes.

Little Sister is flying home this week from her travels in Europe. 

Europe was colder than she expected.

She sent me an email last night and she totally cracked me up.

She wrote:

"Europe is nice, but it is kind of weird. I am a little tired of all of these statues staring at me all the time."

Come home, Meagan.

Come home.

Meagan is also graduating from college this weekend.

Everyone, please shout,

"Holla, Meagan!"

at your computer.

Yes.

Do it even if you think you are saying Hola.

Happy Weekend.