El Bano es Cerrado

My sweet generous misguided husband has decided to redo the main floor powder room. Of course it is turning out to be a MUCH BIGGER job than he thought. We will basically live at Home Depot and Lowes for the next 2 weeks of so. I have thus far kept my big mean mouth shut and just nod and bring him towels and tools. If it ever gets completed I will post the piccies of my new powder room.

Lesbians are Pregnant!

Carly and Sarah are expecting a baby! Yeah. Actually it's Sarah who is preggers. These 2 pictures are from their wedding although it's not legal in Washington. Plus I thought the cake topper was alot of fun!! You go sistas!

Good Lord...

While watching "COPS" with my husband last night my ears were assaulted with this phrase from a girl of 18 after she was arrested for stopping her car, getting out, and shooting several rounds..."But you don't understand, there's a bullet in my Jag!!!"

Nothin Much

I was organizing some of my photos this morning and found this one from Quebec City, Quebec 2006. I guess it could be called old & new. New Subject: I cannot even express how much I loathe going to Lowe's and Home Depot. This past weekend I decided to be supportive of my husband's sudden desire to wreck (I mean remodel) parts of our house. I did discover the trick to getting an employee to ask if you need any help. You go sit in a chair at the paint mixing/window blinds section and start reading a magazine. I had 3 employees walk by, stop, and ask, "Have you been helped? My reply, "No, just waiting for my husband."

2 Headed Woman Gives Birth to BatBoy

According to the newspaper this morning the Weekly World News will cease to publish their version of the "news" at the end of this month. This causes me much sadness. I have several great memories of bursting into laughter while standing in line at the checkout counter reading about the continuous adventures of Batboy, the multi-headed woman giving birth, the fact that Bush is an alien from another planet (okay that one was actually true), Elvis sightings (I especially loved the title "Elvis spotted at Walmart"; this is where Elvis shops???), Bigfoot travels to Australia, Pilots of jet take photos of Heaven, etc. etc. Now where am I supposed to find credible news??? OOHHHH the pain....

Laid Back

My husband's brother and family were recently visiting our area. This is a photo from their parents livingroom. Who says you can't go home? Looks like my husband and his brother feel right at home. I guess watching tv was too tedious and they fell asleep.

Weeds vs Grass

Why is it that weeds will grow on a friggin rock but grass won't grow even when you water it and tend to it??? It's a rhetorical question so please don't send me the scientific answer. Last evening around 8:30 it actually cooled down alittle and there was a slight breeze blowing. I forced myself to go out and pull weeds. At first the weeds were just pissing me off but the longer I worked the more chilled out I felt. It was kinda ZEN. And when I was done I felt superior to the weeds.

Things that make me go AHHH....

My hubbie left early this morning on another business trip. This means I get the remote control!!!! Plus, I do not have to answer "What do you want to do now?" And I tend to not shower as much!!!

Good ole Summertime

Just a picture of what's currently on my front porch. One flag is for us here in America and the other one is for my daughter and her hubby in the UK. I had another root canal performed yesterday. What fun!

HOTWIRED

On Sunday evening a LIVE electrical overhead power line broke for a reason unknown to me and the line was laying across a neighbor's yard (see burned bushes) and her driveway. It was hissing, popping, almost a screeching sound while it was making sparks and yellow/white flames and dancing around her driveway. Of course all the power in the "hood" was out for approx. 4 hours. The fire engines came, the power people eventually turned off the power to that line and then repaired it. It literally burned/melted about 2 inches into her driveway! The downside was horrid noxious white smoke for about 2 hours. Anyhow, that's my excitement!!!

New Tree

Our 2 old Birch trees died and after a HARD TOUGH job of removing them we replaced them with a Magnolia tree that is much smaller but hopefully will one day be glorious! You can see part of the Birch roots/stumps in the right corner of the picture.

Face Lift!!

No Botox for me, I will just get a new looking Blogger page layout!!! I have to thank HST for helping me because I am shit with that sort of thing! It is HOT where I live. So I am trying my hardest to stay indoors with air conditioning!!

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.