I just stumbled upon (and didn’t even use Stumble Upon) one of the neatest links ever for creating your own animated movie.  Okay, I admit that I love Talking Tom on my iPhone, but if you don’t have access to that this is a lot of fun.

Called Xtranormal, the online software allows you to pick different cartoon characters then add your own text.  Pretty funny stuff.  Go here to explore further but we warned you’ll have to set up a username and password.  It will take me sometime to figure out how to make the characters walk and talk, but it should be fun!

Try it!  And when you do, post a link to your cartoon in the comment section below!

Enjoy your day!

This is too cute!

Me?  I don’t like roller coasters.  I fear a heart attack would be imminent!  Have a great weekend!

I just got to view the video making all the news channels with the eight-year-old Brazilian girl singing “Bad Romance”.  Believe me…she’s not the only one going Gaga.  My nine-year-old and I actually “enjoyed” this one much more!

Marriage proposals can be sweet, romantic, fast, slow, boring, amazing, flattering, and … go ahead and fill in your own words!  They can be as creative as the person asking and Derick Childress has proven creativity has no bounds!

Using a technique called Light Writing, he used stop motion animation to  inquire,

EMILY, WILL YOU MARRY ME?

Derick explains how he did it,

I knew I wanted to find a very special way to propose to a very special woman.  I liked the look of light writing, but I wanted to do something on a much larger scale.  To my knowledge, a light writing of this size had never been done before.  I had the idea of placing a camera at the top of a tall building and mapping out the words “Emily, will you marry me?” over part of the city.

Here’s the video,

I’m still not sure whether or not Emily said yes, but I hope she did.

The hula hoop was one of my favorite toys growing up - that and my banana seat bike!  Enjoy your weekend!!

H/T: Squirrel Queen.

Don’t get fooled by these guys. They are some great tricksters!

Talented comedian Harvey Korman died yesterday at the age of 81. I used to love watching him and Tim Conway doing their skits together on the Carol Burnett show. Those two had me in tears from laughing so hard. Here is a video tribute to Harvey Korman and his brilliant career.

I hope everybody has a wonderful holiday weekend. Have fun and be safe! Before you go, take a look at this video that pays tribute to our troops and the true meaning of Memorial Day. Thank you to each and ever American soldier from the past to the present.

A 13 year old girl committed suicide in 2006 after receiving a series of cruel messages through MySpace. Megan Meier thought she was talking to a teenage boy who had befriended her on the social networking site. After three weeks of friendly communications between the two, he turned on her and told her that the world would be a better place without her. Megan took her own life shortly after receiving that last message.

The horrible twist to this story is that there never was a teenage boy. The MySpace profile was created by a grown woman who wanted to keep tabs on what Megan might be saying about her daughter. This adult woman was responsible for fooling a young girl and making her think that these nasty messages were coming from a cute boy.

This woman, Lori Drew, was indicted yesterday for her role in the suicide. Apparently, Lori Drew even started a blog called "Megan Had It Coming". Wow! I truly hope this woman is put in prison for a very long time. Her actions were horribly disgusting and irresponsible. The video below is from CNN and contains a phone interview with Tina Meier, Megan’s mother. This story really makes me sad.

Two days before Mother’s Day, Michelle Duggar announced to her family that she is pregnant with her 18th child. The family of soon to be 20, has children ranging in age from 9 months to 20 years old. This famous family was on The Today Show and you can watch this video from the show. Wow, I cannot even imagine having so many children. The Duggar family seems to handle it with ease and is something really special.