Well, Here’s Something June 9, 2009

Despite the dearth of posts over here I’m guest posting elsewhere today.

That’s right, I am the featured poster over at Mormon Women.

I was going to leave it at that because I  know that a lot of my readers also read Cheryl and Janelle so they know all about the Mormon Women site.  But it occurs to me that some of you actually don’t read those gals (although, why that would be I have no idea) so you might not know about it and you might be interested (I’m talking to you, Lisa (although you do read Annette so you may know about it after all and…) whatever).

Anyway, Mormon Women is a website put together by an amazing group of women who (oddly enough) all happen to be Mormon.  The point of the whole thing is to get the word out that we’re not all freaks and weirdos and crazies.  That there are a lot of LDS women out there who live their religion and love their religion and who are perfectly content.  Unfortunately contentment breeds complacency so a lot of us don’t really think about writing about the things that we’re perfectly happy about. (I know that for me a post is hardly a post if I haven’t gotten in at least one good complaint.) But that needs to change.  You need to write about your experiences, your thoughts, etc, and submit them over there.

The post of mine that’s up there today is actually a re-post, my faithful readers will recognize it from here a few months ago, but I have another original post that’s mostly formed in my head that I’ll be submitting soon so you’ll need to hang out over there if you want to see it.  And while you’re over there you can comment, and even submit something of your own.  We’ve been asked to take our religious discussions on-line, let’s make sure that the only folks doing so aren’t those with an ax to grind.

See, You Just Have to Start Thinking About Something Else January 5, 2009

Last week I celebrated the my 29th birthday.  Again.  It’s funny how those keep coming around.  Anyway, I was hoping that my brother would post about my favorite topic, me, on his blog, as he has posted about  each of my other sisters on their birthdays (with the exception of Elizabeth, just wanted to remind you her birthday’s in June, Chris) but he didn’t.  So I found other things to post about.  But really, EYELASHES? talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel.

So today, when I was all ready to post about something else (word nerds, come back Wednesday) I see that he’s done it!  Finally!  So here it is, everything you wanted to know about me written by someone else, so you know that it’s true (except the part about height, I am the tallest of my sisters).

Enjoy.  Oh and he uses my real, actual (maiden) name in that post (I’ll bet you didn’t know that my name isn’t actually Alison Wonderland.  I mean, um, Wonderland is my name, it’s my married name.  Shoot, moving on…) and he even spells it correctly, which I can’t do because this was already taken (notice the most recent post date), but don’t tell anyone, you’ll blow the witness protection thing I have going here.

Yay! and Grumble Grumble Grumble October 3, 2008

I’ve been given this award:

This blog invests and believes, the proximity. [meaning, that blogging makes us 'close' -being close through proxy]. They all are charmed with the blogs, where in the majority of its aims are to show the marvels and to do friendship; there are persons who are not interested when we give them a prize, and then they help to cut these bows; do we want that they are cut, or that they propagate? Then let’s try to give more attention to them! So with this prize we must deliver it to 8 bloggers that in turn must make the same thing and put this text.

And the thing that’s even more cool about it is that it was Madhousewife who gave it to me and I didn’t think she even really liked me.  (I’m tempted here to do the Sally Fields but I just don’t have it in me this morning.)  I am delighted by the award but I’m not going to pass it on to the 8 friends that I’m supposed to because I’m hemorrhaging and I don’t feel like it.

And now, lest you are overwhelmed by my gushing, I have something to complain about.  Have you seen this? (There is a little bit of language for any of you who are a little squeamish, mom.)

I find it tiresome.  Aside from the celebrity propagandizing which I hate but I’m not going to go into this morning, I hate what they’re trying to do.  I hate the idea of a bunch of kids who saw Jennifer Aniston tell them to vote, registering and voting.  If you have to have Ellen tell you to vote, tell you that you need to register in order to vote, then obviously you have no idea what you ought to be voting for.

Sure, healthcare for everyone who needs it regardless of their ability to pay sounds wonderful.  But I work in a hospital and believe you me the hospital and the doctors are going to need to get some money from somewhere.  Lower taxes?  Great absolutely, sign me up.  But what does that mean?  Where is the government going to cut that money out of the budget?  And then there’s the war and the economy and abortion and stem cell research and energy and the environment and…  It takes a lot of work, a lot of study.  First to find out where you stand and then to suss out where exactly the nominees stand (and they’ll make you work for that information).

Call me elitist (no seriously, come over to my house, look at my hood and call me elitist) but I believe in a democracy run by people who actually find out about, and form opinions on, issues.  I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t done nearly as much of that work as I ought but I at least know that I need to.  Did you watch it?  They’re talking to people who don’t even know that they need to register first!  Do you really want someone who can’t figure that out on their own being a part of the decision making process concerning where this country is going?

I don’t want to rock the vote.  If you just want to vote because Leonardo DiCaprio told you to then please, don’t vote!

Accolades August 30, 2008

See, I told you I was going to take over the world.  Lisa over at Away From it All gave me an award for having such a pretty layout and being so great.  She’s great too and you ought to check her out.  And she lives in Poland so if you become her bloggy friend then you can feel very international, or cosmopolitan, or sex and the city or something.  Anyway she’s really cool even if her widget doesn’t work (sorry, Lisa I’ve been meaning to tell you, your “I’m way ahead of you” widget doesn’t work.  It just tells me what time it is here and I don’t think that’s what you’re going for (I guess I should have just emailed you or something because posting it here’s a little bit like standing up in front of a room full of people and announcing that Lisa has her fly down.)  It’s a good thing you already gave me the award and now I have it and you can’t take it back.)   So as I was saying, Lisa gave me this award, see:

and it’s going on my sidebar just as soon as someone tells me how to put it there. (Haha!  I figured it out mostly all by myself)

And apparently this is an award that I’m supposed to give out to my favorite blogs so here goes.

I love Annie over at Tintletown

and I love Bythelbs over at (surprisingly enough) Bythelbs.

I love Melanie J at Write Stuff. (Who’s not my sister, although I have a sister whose name is Melanie and her last name used to start with a J.  But this Melanie J is sort of quasi related to me but I assure you that she did not win the prestigious award through nepotism. )

And I love my brother, Chris at the Chris Jones Group.  (He may have won through nepotism but his last three posts are fantastic so he deserves it too.)

There are plenty of other blogs that I love so if I didn’t tag you it really doesn’t mean that I don’t love your blog.  Really, you gotta believe that with all I have to do if I read you regularly, I must like you.

PS. Yes I know blog awards are dumb but I can’t get past the affirmation of it.  Admit it, you want one too.

Muwahahahahaha! August 28, 2008

Check it out, I AM A ROCKSTAR!!!!!!  I’m the featured blogger over at

It’s such an honor just to be nominated.  But I’d like to thank my family who’ve always supported me more or less and all my faithful readers.  I’d like to thank the agent who’s going to see my post over there and immediately rush a contract for a five book deal for a 7 figure sum over to me.  (Yes, I know that’s not how that works.)

*Sigh*

At least my plan to take over the world is moving forward.  Today the blogosphere, tomorrow the world!!!!