Thoughts, Ant Farm & Funnies, Tutorial & Freebies...& Thanks

This is the the Post that Never Ends....it goes on and on my friends...

OMGOSH!  Am I posting a post at a normal hour???? Why YES... YES I AM...

My hubs had to work early this morning so I was up at the crack of dawn (okay, well 7am is still early...hahaha). I went to bed around 1am this morning, which is pretty darn early for me. I decided that I want to share some random and funny pictures, get your opinion about this ant farm I am trying to figure out,  walk (okay...read) you through a small tutorial: How to add the linky signature to comments, and post a few freebies.    I am also going to be putting a secondary preview page in every clip art collection that will display all of the graphics in each set. I received a sweet suggestion yesterday and I thought it was a wonderful idea.

I will also be putting together a zipped file of freebies on TPT each month. The monthly freebie files will include all of the freebies from my blog posts for that month in one lovely zipped file (-; This way, those of you who love the freebies don't have to go through each and every post to find them; however, you will have to wait until the end of each month to download the entire set (-;

Yesterday's controversial post about...Dr. "Lord Voldemort" got me thinking about copyright and stupid patents. Do any of you ever watch that show, Shark Tank? There was actually someone who got a patent for the idea of placing a wire in clothing!!! How can someone patent a pocket - ???  I bet there are TONS of ridiculous patents and copyright shenanigans out there...

It makes me think of our lovely "dumb driver" law here in AZ. The thing about Dr. "Lord Voldemort" is really quite silly since the illustrations are not owned by the publisher, but instead, Dr "Lord Voldemort's" wife (after his passing). They should allow someone to create graphics that teachers can use...

OH FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS NORMAL...LOL!

well, that is all I have to say about that matter anywho... On to something more important...


MY WEIRD ANT FARM...

Hmmm - it glows - that's always a plus..hehehe

We bought our son an ant farm recently and ordered the ants. The ants came and now the thingy is fogging up!!! Has anyone else had an ant farm before??? For one, this gel stuff is supposed to feed the ants and provide them with a home, but they just seem to be eating through the bottom of it... The gel stuff shrunk and  separated from the sides of the case, so the ants just make their way around the outside...and not through the gel (strange). Here are some pics, so you can hopefully tell me what I am doing wrong... I can't believe how giant and aggressive these ants are...and they're being mailed out to children??? Hopefully these ants don't get out and multiply...

Before the ants...notice how the gel has shrunk and there is a space along the perimeter of the gel???

About a minute later...the farm with the ants...holy cow those ants are GIANT and mean!

UMMM?? I don't think the ants are supposed to cruise the perimeter of the gel...but what do I know...I am not an ant farm guy...

Okay...the next few pictures is me trying to get the best angle so you can see the steam (fog) on the inside after one night with ants!! Is it supposed to do this??? I think the last pic. might be the best. (photos taken with my ipad 2 people...not the best quality)

What advice do you have??? Hahahaha!!! This one might be hopeless.


Here are some random funny photos I had just stored in my ipad...



Yes, I took this pic while driving (well, I obviously wasn't driving) the 10 east.

And WOW...indeed...what a display of (phallic) manhood...I think he's a big boy now, although, he can barely reach those handles...LOL!

This next picture is a doozy! While my sister was down a few months ago, she found out that she had fluid in her lungs and was forced to stay in the hospital out here. The hospital food is never satisfying so I decided to go to the store close by...I had no idea I was going to get to shop for food...AND...worship a shrine at the same time...LOL!!! This is just wrong people!!!!! Jesus is def. keeping a close watch on those cases of drinks and those indoor house plants... 

AND YES, this was the first display as you walked into the front of the store!!! Maybe their running a drug cartel out of this chain (Fry's Food People). And if the Ginormous statue was not enough, they have hung up a large picture to the right of the statue as well...

hahahahahahahahaha!!!

The next two are of my Bella-Roo kitty. She loves my shoes, but she does not love dresses...hehehehehe

She refused to move until I removed the dress...LOL!!!

Don't poop out on me yet...I'm only halfway done with this posty-post...

Short & to the point tutorial...
How to add the linky signature to your comments...


I have decided to do a small tutorial once a week to save all of you the hassle of having to try and find these solutions...hope this helps a few of you.

Ever wonder how blogger's add that cute little link under their name to link back to their blog??? If you did, so did I...hehehe

Directions:

Copy and past this code into a word doc or another place where you can edit it. I always use Microsoft Onenote for my code

<a href="YOUR BLOG URL LINK HERE">THE NAME YOU WANT TO APPEAR HERE</a>

Highlight the text in between the quotations (do not highlight the quotation marks) and paste or type your blog URL into the space between the quotations with no extra spaces.

<a href="YOUR BLOG URL LINK HERE">THE NAME YOU WANT TO APPEAR HERE</a>

LIKE THIS 

<a href=" http://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/ ">THE NAME YOU WANT TO APPEAR HERE</a>

Now, highlight the text that says, "The name you want to appear here", and type the text you want to appear (you can include spaces like I did below between each word): 

<a href="YOUR BLOG URL LINK HERE">THE NAME YOU WANT TO APPEAR HERE</a>

<a href="YOUR BLOG URL LINK HERE">The 3AM Teacher</a> 

  

Now you have a complete code that you can copy and paste into your comments on other blogs as well as on TPT questions and replies...hope this makes sense...hehehe

I am almost finished with my money set (I told you I am on a roll this week) and I should be finished in the wee hours (-;

My coins are coming out pretty well!!

Enjoy the freebies!!

A Few thank you's

I have been given a few more of these amazing awards and I want to make sure that I am passing along the thanks. I was compiling a written list and I have misplaced that list...please, please PLEASE forgive me if you sent me an award and I have not mentioned you. If I did not mention you, send me a reminder to 3amteacher@gmail.com and I will make sure you get added to this list..<3

 

Mrs. Cialini @ http://cialinichat-mbcialini.blogspot.com/ (She does not have a button yet)

A Jersey Gal with many cute  1st grade things to share! Thank you Mrs. (Miss...not sure) for the award!!

Susan @ Mrs Berry's Kinder Garden

A wonderful lady teaching Kinder in Florida!!

 

Barb @ Kinderzoo

Jena @ Caught in the Middle (such a cute name)

Thank you sooo very much for following my bloggity blog!!

 
This link is for myself. I am on a different computer and I wanted to save this link for later...oohh....CSS3!!
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/03/10-of-the-coolest-css-css3-effects-10-of-the-coolest-css-css3-effects-10-of-the-coolest-css-and-css3-effects/