What’s With Elephants?

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            Recently, I have pondered the use in a couple different sayings or clichés regarding elephants. Thinking on them I began to get all “Tickled Pink” and some of my own thoughts around these well-known sayings began to surface. For instance:
            1. “How do you eat an elephant?”
                                    “One bite at a time!”
            Really? Seriously now, who came up with that one? Like who would be eating an elephant? I’m fully aware that the thought was that an elephant is so huge; many would be puzzled as to where to start. I don’t know about you, but I certainly would not be thinking about where to start – my thought would be more in tune with “what the heck do you want me to eat an elephant for?” And never mind the one bite at a time prospect, I am not fond of meat, so that one bite would either a) take me an hour or more to chew and TRY to swallow or b) be spat out within milliseconds of touching my lips. And that’s to say that it got that far!
            Then the second elephant saying that has me pondering with quite the “Tickled Pink” kind of giggling is:
            2. “And let’s talk about the elephant in the room.”
            Honestly, my first thought when I hear people say this is to shout – “Oh my goodness, how did someone get an elephant in this room?” Or – “who you calling an elephant – how rude!”
            Before you think I have hatred toward elephants and start sending me “Save the Tusks” literature, that’s not what I’m saying! I’m just trying to figure out what do elephants have to do with the situations people are trying to discuss? No wonder people say that the English language is the hardest to learn!
            How about we just say what we mean:
           
                        1. “How do you handle a difficult situation?”
                                    “One step at a time!”
                        2. “Yo, am I the only one that sees this? Why are the rest of
                                    you ignoring the obvious here?
            Which saying or cliché is one that always makes you stop to ponder? Share it in the comment section so we can all have a giggle or two and make today a “Tickled Pink” kinda day!
            Oh, and no elephants were harmed in this post, nor were their feelings hurt! And please do not start sending me little elephant statues…I’m really okay without them!!
…and that’s all I have to say about that!
Tammy
                                     
            

I Have A Winner To Announce!

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Yes, I do! The person who will be receiving this fun little package below:

will be:

KANDEE!!!!!!!!

Kandee – if you will e-mail me at: tickledpinktammy@gmail.com with the address you would like your prize package sent to, I will get it off to you this week!
I was about to do the drawing with the first couple of names and I had a “gentle urging” to go and check my “awaiting moderation” section. I have not set up my account to do that, but it seems that Blogger has decided that every now and then I need to be doing that—so they do it!
I am glad I did, because there were about six of you sitting in there. So – I am sorry about that. And I truly hadn’t done the drawing yet. 
Now that’s some crazy stuff right there!
Anyhoo…I’m getting excited – winter is almost all the way over! WooHoo!! That is something that makes me “Tickled Pink” for sure.
Kandee, I hope you’ll have some fun with your prizes. Maybe you have some special someone(s) who would love to share those Blueberry Muffins with you!
Thanks for stopping in and commenting for the drawing. Love reading your thoughts – keep ’em coming!
Until soon…
and that’s all I have to say about that!
Tammy

Winter, Please Go Away!!!

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For living in the Midwest all of my life, I am most certainly not fond of the winter weather we have. Though we have always been tied down here because of the hubby’s job, that is no longer the case and I’m beginning to get the itch to flee from cold midwest winters more and more.

Having our one and only child move off to South Carolina over Christmas does not help with that longing to move warm. Though I realize the grass is always greener when looking out the window to the other “lawn”. Having recently learned of the critters “Y’all” have down there, namely 6 poisonous snakes in the area she has relocated to has me slowing down ordering up the moving truck!

Until, that is, until we got hit with another blast of freezing rain/sleet/snow/crud this week and I think about just getting me a big shovel and a pair of cowboy boots. It has now finally made sense to me why boys AND girls where cowboy boots in the south! Varmit protection! Blech!

I don’t know about you, but I just don’t know how much more cold I am going to be able to take this year. Our condo is freezing to me and even with the heat on, I sit with a portable heater at my feet most of the time. Of course it could be the lofted ceilings graced with plastic skylights that don’t help the situation any! Nonetheless, I am SO ready for spring to get here. I am SO ready for the days to go no lower than 50 degrees. But alas, it is Ohio and I know this will not be here just quite yet. Sigh…….

So – in hoping for brighter days and some days where that big ol’ yellow ball beams from the sky down on our bodies filling us with natural Vitamin D, I offer you this prize package! You know I do a real scientific drawing of names out of the bowl, don’t you?!

Here’s what I’d like you to do this time to be entered into the drawing:

              Comment below and tell me if you LIKE or DISLIKE winter and why you feel that way!

That’s all – it’s not hard. But you can’t win the prize if you don’t leave a comment!!

Oh, did you want to see the prize? Well, okay – here it is:

The package is a mixture of Mary Englebreit fun things that have my feelings about winter written all over them…”Winter Schminter!” You’ll get a mini journal, note cards, shopping list, matching manicure set and then muffin papers complete with BLUEberry muffin mix! Your little BLUE package to chase the winter BLUES away!

So – enter your comment below so your name can go in the official drawing basket!

…and that’s all I have to say about that!

Tammy