You see this bad boy? He’s mine - all mine! His name is Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS and I LOVE HIM!!!! Mark just brought him home the other night. And if he thinks - for one bloody, redneck minute - that his saying, “I bought it for you, babe - it’s yours” is a great way to get me not to yell at him for spending money, but, he’s really going to snag it back, sneakily, here pretty soon - YA’LL JUST TELL HIM HE’S GOT ANOTHER THINK COMIN’!!! Ha!

This is our second Kodak Easy Share - I just love them, they really are great digital cameras - but, I love ‘Number One’ a little less today. Let me show you why.

The boys have to wait for their bus in front of the neighbor’s house, which is across the street. On the first day of school (Aug. 9th), I stepped off of the front porch and walked all the way to the very edge of my yard, to take a pic of them waiting for the high school bus together. That picture is here:

Now - the first morning with my new camera, I walked ONE FOOT OUT THE FRONT DOOR - I mean, I took ONE STEP out the door - only one of my little feeties was a stickin’ out of the house! And this was the pic I got:

Now, do you see why I’m in Gadget Heaven?? Even though he AIN’T gettin’ it back, the old man might just get some TLC!!

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Can’t you tell from the photo? Don’t they just look like they’re bursting with excitement?! We were really having fun out there that morning, actually! It was kind of funny - everyone was all hyper and silly and just being super goofy! It was a great way to start the new school year. If you would like photographic evidence of said goofiness, all you have to do is click on The Roberson’s First Day of School 2007! It made me so happy to see them all in such a good mood on the first day.

I thought that Lucy, my mom’s chihuahua, had the coolest indoor pet den. It is like a little palace, made out of a smooth, soft fabric and it is just divine. She has, however, now been outdone. The doggy dens at Internet Pet Emporium are just way too cute! And - they can be used as end tables, too! That’s really cool, because, that way they are taking up less space, you know? See - aren’t they cute?!They have all kinds of pet supplies at InternetPetEmporium.com! They have some very useful things, like pet feeding and watering devices and even an indoor potty for dogs! But they also have some really cool - and fancy - stuff!

You’ve got to see this dog house - it is the coolest doghouse ever!

I just love that! It’s called, The Barn. They have another one with a cool front porch, and it’s called The Mansion - but, the front porch on The Mansion doesn’t have a roof, so I like The Barn better. I would love to get that for Lucky! I guess he doesn’t really spend enough time outside to really warrant our buying him a dog house, but, I still would love to buy it!

And I’ve always been obsessed with cat houses! I don’t even have a cat right now, and I still ’shop’ for cat houses! But, when they are as cool as this: ….how can I resist?

You know who has the COOLEST cat habitat ever?? The ASPCA in New York City - that place is the bomb! It almost makes me want to be a cat! But I’m just a weirdo that way!

It’s true, it’s true - I have a girl crush, and a bloggy girl crush, at that! And she’s younger than I - by 10 years. Think that makes me a cradle robber?

She’s real purdy, ya’ll! And she’s a kick ass blogger, too! Right up my alley!

And guess what she said yesterday? It goes a little something like this:

I’d also like to say that I am one of the most blunt and honest people you’ll ever meet in this world, and it’s certainly not a quality that I dislike in others. I will say this, however… I think that many people are too quick to jump in and say: “Well, I’m just honest.” Being straightforward is great, but when when you practice being honest, beautifully, it makes all the difference in how you’re perceived, if that’s something you care about.

The bold is mine, because, it’s my favorite part! Golden - pure golden!

See - the old man is always telling me he’s ‘just being honest’ and it gets my goat just about every time. And now, I have this beautiful sentence in my head to make me feel better.

Tell it to him? Nah - that would just be a waste of my sweet breath - he thinks the way he thinks, you know? Sometimes, just knowing things, and not sharing them with the ‘offender’, makes me feel all warm and gooey inside.

Getting back to my crush - this lovely, sweet girl recently joined a forum I frequent, and I think she’s just mighty cute, and she is a rockin’ cool blogger, and she just seems like a righteous chic. (Not to mention she’s an English major - that just gets me every time!) And then - from her fingertips poured this luscious wisdom, and I was completely hooked - that sealed the deal!

Ya’ll can go on over and get hooked, too - you’ll find the orange cat-lovin’, artist, photographer, and writer at DearCrissy.com! She’s got a boyfriend named Zach, too, but, I’m sure ya’ll won’t tell on me, right?

I’m running low on craft supplies for MyVeryOwnMail.com, so it is just about time to do some craft shopping again. I love it when that time comes around, because, I just love picking out the crafts and the coordinating goodies! Lately, I’ve also been really missing doing crafts with my own kiddos! So I would like to buy some stuff just for us, as well. So it is absolutely perfect timing for DealLocker.com to sponsor a review from this spelunking hippie, because, they have 24 stores represented with free online coupons in the arts and crafts coupons category! I am loving this!

I generally always get my crafts and goodies for my personalized letters business from The Oriental Trading Company. There are 60 Oriental Trading coupons - that’s awesome! That is going to be very helpful! I love shopping there, and sometimes I go overboard, so a little help in the form of coupons and discounts will go a long way!

And besides all of the cool stores I learned about in the craft category (there are some cute ones - really! go look!) at DealLocker.com, there is always Wal-Mart! I know, a proper hippie wouldn’t shop at Wal-Mart. But you won’t tell my momma, I know - because you’re a sweet crowd! And besides, I live in a small town and the Target is quite a bit of a drive. And, more importantly, Wal-Mart has a killer craft section! Sammie and Shawn and I can get lost in there for hours! They don’t have any Wal-Mart coupon codes at DealLocker.com right now, but, I will definitely keep an eye out for them. They do, however, have another cool feature on their Wal-Mart page I’d like to tell you about. You will notice at the bottom of the Wal-Mart page that there are some eBay links. Those links are for discounted gift cards that are on sale on eBay. This is a new craze, apparently, and you can usually buy them for about 75% of their face value. I hadn’t heard of this until today, and I am surprised and excited about it - that’s free money we’re talking about! There is a good explanation of this new phenomenon on the DealLocker Blog.

There are a few other cool features over at DealLocker.com that I wanted to tell you about, too. There are user ratings on all of the coupons, and so you only see coupons that are actually still good. That is definitely a big time and headache saver. Also, users can submit coupons, so it’s like a coupon-wiki - seriously, could web 2.0 get any cooler? I just love all of the user-collaboration everywhere! Registering for the site is quick and easy, so there’s no headache there, either.

I saved my favorite feature for last - the 1-Click Coupon Bookmarklet! You know how you’ll be out and about on the web and you find something you really want to buy, so you exit the retailers website (or open a new window) and go searching for coupons? You no longer have to do that. I tested this out, and I love it! I went to Oriental Trading Company online, whistling casually, as if I was just out surfing. Then I said to me, “Ooh, I would love to buy that stationary set - wonder if there are any coupons for it?” Did I, at this point, leave the site? No way! Not at all. I just went to my bookmarks, clicked on ‘Coupons from Deal Locker’ and up popped a lovely little window (one of those small ones) listing all of the Oriental Trading coupons. I just love that! Major timesaver!

This is a great new site, out of sunny California, and if you’re looking for coupons (who isn’t?) - I’d say you should check them out, because, I give them !

One of Sammie’s girlfriends keeps getting the name of my blog wrong - she calls it ‘The Spunkular’! So cute! We were all laughing about it the other day and I told her that I like the way that sounds - it’s cool! So the girls started dancing around the house, singing, “The Spunkular”!!

It’s the new dance craze, ya’ll! Everybody do “The Spunkular”!!

And how about that? I’ve got myself three little bloggy cheerleaders! I totally love it! I should buy them all matching purple and green shirts and get some Youtube action going! I’d have to get permission from one of the moms - I’ve already featured one of the girls in a video here before. I think it was for a ‘Happy Valentine’s’ video for my nephew back in Dallas. It was cute.

And “The Spunkular Cheerleaders” would just be ADORABLE!!