CELEBRATE Good Times, Come On!!

Yesterday was 4 years since my mastectomy. I meant to write this yesterday but I FORGOT! How could I forget that? Feelin good and eatin chocolate and laughing my ass off just as the good lord intended.

The Velvet Touch

I just watched a 1948 movie called "The Velvet Touch" starring Rosalind Russell. First of all I adore Rosalind Russell even if she was just reading the dictionary outloud. Secondly this movie has it all; there's camp, over acting, humor, great double entendre, and smashing couture. The plot line is that Rosalind's character has accidentally killed a man but another woman get's blamed. I also did a google search on Rosalind Russell and found a quote attributed to her that I love. "Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic."

Something Cheerful

I felt like it was time to move on from my sad blogs about death. One of my daughters was here on Saturday and we met at the DRUGSTORE named Starbucks with her friend and her friend's mom and hung out and laughed like hyenas. It was great. Her friend is getting married this summer so we were looking at a catalog of bridal gowns and GIRLY stuff. I am NOT a girly gal but I enjoy seeing pretty things just the same.

The Echo of her laughter...

Jill has passed. And I borrow the words from others to express my grief:
"No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humaness" Hermann Broch
"..And when she shall die, take her and cut her out in little stars and she will make the face of Heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun."
Shakespeare (he actually used the word he and him but I took liberties!)

Cancer's a Mother Fucker

My friend Jill has put up a brave fight with Ovarian Stage 3 cancer since 2003. She and her husband have contacted our local hospice care and Jill's life is now in weeks and days. You would have loved her, she's a laugher. Always has a smile and a belly laugh! If you read this post would you just say "Jill" right outloud so that all over the world her existence is being aknowledged. Also, if you feel like it have a big old belly laugh.

An Iris by any other name...

This time of year is just bursting with vibrant colors.

Spring Snow

Well the blossoms have all fallen off the Dogwood onto the front lawn. As Marilyn's Shampoo called it: Blossom Snowstorm.

Dental work or maybe a stroke??

This morning I had crown work done. I say it that way because they send you home with a temp crown for 2 weeks then you go back for the porcelain/permanent one. Anyhow, they give you a multitude of deadening shots for the area that they are working on. After I left the dentist office I was in the drive-up lanes at the bank and I took a sip of a drink I had and OF COURSE with my dead half lip, half tongue I drooled. As I was wiping my drool off and soooo hoping nobody had noticed I looked to my right and a woman in the next lane was staring at me!!! It's one of those moments where you want to roll down the window and yell "Dental work, I just had dental work, not a stroke!!!". But I just wiped off the drool and swallowed my pride.

Ceiling Fan

Laying on the floor looking up at the ceiling fan kind of intrigued me so I took a picture. The knob that says CENTURY on the end of the pullchain is from some old appliance but I loved it so much I asked my husband to attach it to the chain. I really love old knobs (and yes, I had a smile on my face while writing that).

My Porch

Not much to write about. Just outside with the camera today.

Side Effects Are.....

There's an advert on tv for a drug called Lunesta that is for insomniacs. The purpose of the drug is to help you get to sleep and stay asleep for a restful 8 hours. I find it hysterically funny that at the end of the commercial the voiceover lists the side effects and one of them is DROWSINESS!!!! Is it just me who finds this comical?

Sensual Spring

I have been inspired by Aethetic's beautiful photos and it led me to be able to photograph these.

Oh How Lovely

I found this cardboard sign at a thrift store several years ago. I framed it and it hangs in our familyroom. It cracks me up on so many levels. The lady looks like she's on Valium (oh sooo happy) and the colors are unusual. I do like the black line drawings ie. the chair, the print on her dress, her earrings. There's no reason for this blog, I just like to take pictures in my LOVELY room......

Dogwood is Barking

It's spring here so the Dogwood tree is blooming. The only downside is that right about the time the blossoms are opened wide and lovely a strong wind will blow them all off the tree. This has happened the previous 18 springs! But on the bright side it makes the front yard look like it has just snowed.

Walgreen's Illuminates Road to Hell

Holy wattage Bat Man, this store is so bright I'm afraid a plane with land in the parking lot mistaking it for a runway. Also I think it's humorous that it's brand new, still empty and the "reens" part of the sign is already dead. I swear this store is even brighter than the photo shows. Also, if you're an avid reader of my blog you will recall that this is ACROSS THE STREET from RITE AID. I swear it's just a matter of minutes before I am blinded by a Starbuck's on the 3rd corner!!

Hoppy Eatster (ha ha)

Remember to eat lots of good chocolate. Life's too short to mess with crappy chocolate. It's springtime and the tulips, crocus, daffodils, etc. are all in bloom. Awesome!

Erin Go Braless

Here's a little of the green for ye on St. Paddy's Day. If you add Bailey's to yer coffee ye may even be able to see the wee folks a dancin on the lawn.

5 Shots at Starbucks

This morning I went to the one Starbucks in town that has a drive-up window. Now the reason I go to Starbucks is because I am an addict and they have the legal drug that I crave (for the illegal ones I have to go elsewhere) but as I was ordering and using the Starbucks lingo/language I had a fleeting thought of wishing I never knew the words Latte, 5 shots, soy, vanilla, and venti. Yes, I want the java jolt but I feel like I have lowered my IQ just by being there and saying those words. But then all junkies know they have a problem and just want the rush. I was pondering whether in the future we will all have special language just for shopping like debit card, charge card, pin number, plastic or paper, etc and actual paper money will be extinct.

You Can Hear it on the AM Radio

My husband found this Select-A-Tenna gadget at the Goodwill (Charity shop for those of you not Americans) and it reminded me of the song by Everclear about listening to the AM radio. I wish I knew how to do that thing where you could just click on Everclear and hear the song because it's a fun one. This gadget says on a tag on the bottom that it will make your weak AM radio signal more clear and loud. What I am wondering is "Does anyone listen to AM radio anymore?"

My Left Foot

Literally, well okay it's in a slipper but you get the drift. Anyhow, I am waiting anxiously for the next hour and a half to pass so I can attend my grandson's 7th b-day party. Yeah Baby, this is what I do for excitement. But these little fellas really do crack me up sometimes. Like the other day Austin (the one who's having a b-day today) said to his cousin, "You smell like rice." And his cousin replied (with a lisp which made it even funnier), "Tahths becath I love rith." Okay, I was expecting Austin to finish his sentence with poop or farts or any other body function smell that boys usually "go to" for descriptives but just the fact that he said RICE cracked me up in the first place. Then when his cousin didn't even say," Shut up, you smell like rice" or another rejoinder and just stood in the moment (metaphorically) and claimed the RICE SMELL. These are the things that live in my brain and make me smile.