tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-147311182012-01-17T10:26:48.372-09:00Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1131130336691393172012-01-17T10:12:00.008-09:002012-01-17T10:25:03.282-09:00

I have rented a Chevy Aveo, or similar, from Avis for the Fairbanks trip.In summary, I’m going to die in something that looks like this: ...or similar.I just want rescue and recovery teams to know what to look for.

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-48093282762946080192011-11-16T09:40:00.001-09:002011-11-16T09:42:29.235-09:00

It would be appreciated if the last person in the building turns off the hall lights.It would also be appreciated if:The person who uses the last binder clip or pen puts more in the tray;And if the person who jams the copier fixes it or uses the last bit of paper in the copier replaces it instead of moving to another copier;And if the person who uses the last roll of toilet paper puts more in the

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-33144742484391087002011-11-04T13:41:00.011-08:002011-11-04T14:24:18.536-08:00

One day I decided to go out to the coffee shack in our parking lot to get a frozen coffee drink...which makes all KINDS of sense when it is 4 degrees outside and gale force windy. Amber's husband, Joe, was also getting a drink so I sat in his car with him. I was invited. Don't think I just barrelled on in.The girl making my drink and asked if I wanted some whipped cream in my sugar-free, fat-free

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-91246184115803676672011-11-04T13:36:00.003-08:002011-11-04T13:41:13.584-08:00

This guy came into my work to fix our heater...his name was Brian and he was hot...and I once again got to display what an idiot I can truly be. All I have to do is open my mouth.__________________________________________________________Okay Amber, Erin already knows this but you have to know too.The heat went out today and they sent this guy *Brian* to fix it. Well, Brian was very, very good

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-49846605895780630552010-10-28T15:40:00.007-08:002010-10-28T16:04:39.657-08:00

Were you using some of these? ‘Cuz it sure sounded like you were using some of those. And if you were, I will do this to you...

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-72059437387919391852010-10-14T15:50:00.002-08:002010-10-14T15:54:41.523-08:00

I bought some of the rice and adzuki bean chips with chipotle cheese from Costco and they are delicious. Well, I’m sitting on my couch eating some last night and I don’t know if I sighed into my hand or what but a rice and adzuki chip with chipotle cheese CRUMB flew INTO MY EYE. The chips have chipotle in them. Chipotle burns the EVERYTHING.I blinked a lot but didn’t rub because I had make up on

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-55087125629381854252010-10-14T15:25:00.006-08:002010-10-14T15:42:16.757-08:00

So, I read "The God of Cake" blog post from a blogger named Allie Brosh (www.hyperboleandahalf.com), to the kids. I try to really amp up the drama by slowly scrolling up the pictures to really enhance the progression of the little girl coming into the frame to steal the cake.Do you know how hard that is? I can totally ruin the experience by doing the following: “Okay here we go! No, wait. Don’t

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-26534218502607361682010-10-13T09:36:00.002-08:002010-10-13T09:42:18.122-08:00

John walks up to me in the living room and says, “I have the car started in the driveway.” I say “Okay” and walk off. He comes into the bathroom while I am in the shower and says, “I have the car started in the driveway.” I say “Okay” and he leaves. I’m in the bedroom getting ready for work and he looks in the door and says, “I have the car started in the driveway”. At this point I say, “Well why

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-80814207319653718922010-10-02T00:40:00.010-08:002012-01-17T10:26:48.391-09:00

When I open my little cups of Jello I always sip the liquid on the top of the Jello because it’s like bonus Kool-Aid. This time it didn’t go as planned because when I sipped my bonus Kool-Aid I ended up getting a mouthful of Jello skin which is nothing like bonus Kool-Aid. Admittedly, it was somewhat tasty but the texture made me gag. I was going to spit it out but it slid down my throat like it

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-88260497939678350022010-08-09T00:43:00.004-08:002010-08-09T01:10:47.017-08:00

I went to see the movie, "The Other Guys" Saturday night at 10:40 and it was hilarious! I got to the theater, the movie was almost sold out and the theater was packed (at 10:40...who knew?). I didn't want to sit in the front row so I looked around for a vacant seat and in a packed theater you really can't be choosy. I get to a seat and find myself sitting next to this lady who was really warm for

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-77218138221146241872010-03-18T12:06:00.003-08:002010-03-18T12:30:41.235-08:00

This is my end of a conversation with one of my coworkers about whether or not, and if so how, one of our copiers staple:"Yes, it staples."...."No, I don't know how."...."I have no idea how to put the paper in."...."They all staple."...."I don't know."...."Don't know."...."Erin, do you know?"...."She doesn't know."...."I don't know."...Sigh.

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-24762345570983301052009-01-18T22:37:00.004-09:002009-01-18T23:02:45.266-09:00

I am totally slumming today. I got up this morning around 10...because an overachiever I am not...unless getting up after 12 is considered pathetic, in that case I'm taking the bronze!How awesome is it that it is 42 degrees here in AK? I say that now but in the morning I will awaken to blizzard conditions...and then I will drive in it. How awesome. I can't wait. Yay.The other night my family and

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-42115697112324384572008-01-14T16:09:00.001-09:002008-02-15T16:22:16.503-09:00

Recently in our local paper there was an article stating how the superintendent of Anchorage schools is toying with the idea of lengthening the school day or year. It is mentioned in the article that more time for instruction is needed because our 180 school year doesn't make the students "competitive". Here was my response:Longer school day?I don't understand why we need a longer school day or

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-75473837382900279442007-09-30T01:15:00.000-08:002007-09-30T02:55:46.468-08:00

Now, understand that the following post deals with an issue that has been batted around by my friends and I for quite some time. It deals with how kids are being raised these days.When I was growing up we were raised to say "yes ma'am and no ma'am, yes sir and no sir" and I am trying to raise my kids the same way. If we screwed up we got our tails whipped and that was all there was to it. If

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1167254616297487532006-12-27T11:35:00.000-09:002006-12-27T12:29:40.006-09:00

Well, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I sure did...and I'm glad it is over! I hate shopping. Yes, I'm a woman who hates shopping and I am one of a precious few. Twice a month they put me and others like me in a fenced area so those avid shoppers can come study the habits of "those they do not speak of". They record their research on the backs of mall receipts.We had a good Christmas

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1147681120748109242006-05-14T23:00:00.001-08:002008-02-15T16:20:39.698-09:00

Friday Julie and I decide to take her son and the dogs and go "walking". I pick her up and we both decide to go to Skyline near Mt. Baldy and check out some paths...and so it began.We get there, park, and take off up the hill, checking out the tower and every path we could find while her son dawdled behind collecting rocks and such. The dogs were running all over the place, bear bells just a

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1147336109084657832006-05-10T23:42:00.000-08:002006-05-11T00:34:31.876-08:00

Pictures of Eklutna TailracerI have a gym membership that I use mostly twice a week for yoga. Yes I do yoga...and I like it. Living here in the summer makes it very difficult to work out indoors because there are so many places around here to do it in the great outdoors.I used to go to the gym quite a bit at Langley in Virginia because that seemed to be all there was to do. Yeah, you could go

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1145591331858255942006-04-20T19:34:00.000-08:002006-05-10T23:32:35.856-08:00

My beloved crap factoryThe snow is finally melting here in AK and it is beautiful. There are some things, however, that I didn't consider when I moved here...like the sheer capacity of crap that one dog can produce in one winter. It wasn't a big deal when the snow was on the ground because I couldn't see it, and if I can't see it, it's not there. Now I have turds in the yard that look easy to

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1143757888733412282006-03-30T13:24:00.000-09:002006-03-30T13:50:06.493-09:00

Here are some pictures that me and the hubby took while out the other day. We were halfway up a mountain taking these. Alaska is beautiful...and digital cameras rock! The camera I used was a Canon A610 digital. A few of the pics were taken at close to 8:00 p.m. and some were taken out the window of our truck while driving. To give you an idea of how far up we were look at the picture of the

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1134501088721914372005-12-13T09:47:00.000-09:002005-12-13T10:11:28.723-09:00

So here I sit trying to motivate myself to go to the gym. (sound of crickets) I have this membership to, what is as far as I know, the only gym in Alaska, and I do go but just not this week...or last week. I'm one of those people who tells everyone I have a membership to the gym and then sit at home and watch court shows all day. Actually, I have been going but last week was a total wash.

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1130796003864121042005-10-31T08:55:00.000-09:002005-10-31T13:00:03.876-09:00

Okay, so we get up at 0445 the morning of September 30th. Keep in mind this is later than we wanted to wake up but yet is par for course where I am concerned. We get to the airport and go through security and wouldn't you know it I get selected for "extra screening". Anyone who looks at my picture knows that everything about me just SCREAMS terrorist! I mean, I get a little pissed off

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1127002369017401902005-09-17T15:54:00.000-08:002005-09-17T16:12:49.023-08:00

I know I haven't been posting lately but we are trying to get moved to Alaska. We leave at the end of this month and are hurrying to get the house ready but I promise to post again soon. I'm sure I'll have more than enough to say about getting there...oh yeah, I'll be full of the comments. For now, I am a slacker and you know what they say about slackers..."Slackers give 100%, just not all at

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1125390312122279232005-08-29T23:54:00.000-08:002005-08-30T00:55:04.603-08:00

For the past month I have planned to take my best friend Neal out to dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Virginia Beach for his birthday on the 26th. Finally the day comes around, Neal comes to my house to get me and where do I end up? The emergency room at Langley with a particularly vicious gallbladder attack. I apologize profusely to Neal who tells me, "Really Shannon, if you didn't want

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1124359118933694572005-08-18T01:48:00.000-08:002005-08-24T18:07:51.880-08:00

First and foremost I want it to be known that I hate Wal-Mart, aka Wally World. You heard it right, I hate Wal-Mart...now don't misunderstand me, I'll shop Wal-Mart. I'll shop the shit out of it! Before I go though I have to put on body armor (and when I say body armor I'm not talking about light weight Reynolds Wrap and a "spork", I'm talking about some Knights of the Round Table Sword

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1123889358894852742005-08-12T15:26:00.000-08:002005-08-12T15:33:28.500-08:00

This makes much more sense than it probably should.

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1123828427030392392005-08-11T21:50:00.000-08:002005-08-11T22:44:28.910-08:00

So I'm looking through the internet the other day and I happened upon this link to these dolls called Krypt Kiddies. Dear sweet Lord has anyone else seen these things? I clicked one of the pictures to enlarge, because I'm smart like that, and spit a mouthful of water on the monitor. I immediately turned on the light in the computer room because I certainly didn't want to be in the dark alone

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1123180915802347632005-08-04T10:22:00.000-08:002005-08-30T00:55:59.243-08:00

Soooooo, today I turned the air conditioner down to somewhere around 14 degrees, got a ginormic glass of water, and readied myself to step up and down for 45 minutes. Up and down, up and down, up and down, check pulse, up and down, up and down, up and down, get water, up and down, up and down, up and down, tell children you love them and call coroner. All that upping and downing and the scenery

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1122911469858235702005-08-01T07:50:00.000-08:002005-08-01T16:24:29.023-08:00

Anyone know how to archive these things? Me either.HOLY CRAP I THINK I GOT IT!!!! Man I'll tell ya, I accomplish more things by accident than most people set goals for.So, my time is drawing closer for my move to AK. I have to get boxes, call people, change the brakes on my truck, yadda, yadda, yadda. We leave October 1st or 14th, depending on when the house in AK is ready. It's a really

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1122427592731335472005-07-26T16:21:00.000-08:002005-07-27T10:19:15.283-08:00

I read something online that just bugged the crap out of me. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania a fallen Marine was laid to rest after succumbing to injuries that he received while fighting in Iraq. The Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll, showed up at the funeral UNINVITED and proceeded to hand out business cards to people and tell everyone, including the marines aunt, that "our

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1122131975224405282005-07-23T06:47:00.000-08:002005-07-26T22:44:10.153-08:00

Dear sweet Lord of Hosts is it hot outside! No, I don't mean your "garden variety" hot, I mean hot like Satan-put-a-hit-on-all-of-mankind, kind of hot. The devil himself wouldn't come up here without a little battery operated fan clipped to his pitchfork.You see, I know these things because I'm the "lawnmower crash test dummy" that went out the other day and mowed my grass at like 12:30 in the

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1122090108955313122005-07-22T19:54:00.000-08:002005-07-23T07:20:42.453-08:00

I went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant tonight. The food was good but you know what they say, "You're hungry again in two hours!". This is no myth my friends but the thing is, no one ever tells you why. The reason you are raiding the refrigerator again so soon is because CHINESE FOOD RIPS THROUGH YOUR GUT LIKE A RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN! Before you can sign the credit card receipt the

Shannon Land Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332980208354592724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731118.post-1122062678235979882005-07-22T15:03:00.000-08:002005-07-31T19:16:15.376-08:00

My name is Shannon and for now I live in Hampton, Virginia. I am a married mother of two sarcastic kids and I'm a volunteer firefighter/EMT at Station One.What kind of personality do I have you ask? I dunno, maybe you should ask those poor fools unfortunate enough to be associated with me. I guess one could say that I am sarcastic, witty, funny, irreverent, honest, respectful and rarely

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