monday morning chatter

Morning. I trust you had a relaxing weekend. If not, plan one for this next weekend. You won't regret it. The best part of my weekend...you wonder? Definitely the $8 cheap date Tim treated me to on Friday. We swapped babysitting with another couple, used a gift card for dinner and walked around the newly opened Bass Pro Shop for entertainment. Let me tell you...you see all kinds in that store. I'm sure people thought the same of us since we were among the minority not dressed in camouflage or sporting an outdated hair style.

Reasons to locate the nearest Bass Pro Shop in your city:

the man with two dragons tattooed on his neck with his special someone's name etched in between

a frighteningly large cat fish with massive teeth

a camouflage couch for sale (it was really comfortable...bring a blanket and take a nap)

the chicken sopping sauce that looked a little too tempting

the woman with the killer mullet

every man's dream giftcard on display

mr. grizzly teaching his boy to hunt at an early age

where man can face his true enemy--the bear

the woman with the poofy half ponytail and bad posture selling gun safes

the man of your dreams holding a large gun and looking sexy doing so

a girl who has obviously never held a gun before

the nice man with hair dangling from his weather-worn ball cap

Do you need more convincing to check it out? Well, let's see how I can bait you to the store. They have an awesome "Shootin Range" that allows anyone to handle heavy machinery. What man wouldn't love that? Each section of the store has its own scent. I found that a little strange and wonderful at the same time. The women's section of the store actually had a few items I would be interested in purchasing such as a long pea coat and some hiking pants. And well, I think you would just laugh a lot. What more do you really need? I dare say not much. 

Well, enough with the promotional gig and on to way more important things. Here's my Monday chatter, enjoy: 

A man who helped bridge a gap between two religions dies at 90: Jerzy Kluger

A friend sent me a link to this funny article about Twilight: If famous writers had written twilight

The bedding that I am secretly hoping Tim is stashing under the bed for Christmas: Catalina Duvet

The dress that makes me wish I owned a horse: Aquamarine Satin Dress

A Bass Pro Shop inspired comedic spotlight: Camping

For those of you like me who don't yet own a sewing machine, here's an easy craft: Sock craft

The restaurant that is greatly missed in Peoria by two hungry breakfast eaters: The Original Pancake House

A blog post that just made me think a lot last week: In with the new

This girl has incredible musical talent, and I think you should know her: Scarlett Rabe--Hold me