Up Up and Away...

DOUBLE "D" LICIOUS!!!...

If you are LUCKY enough to be SOUTHERN... you know EXACTLY what I mean!!!

It's That Time Again...

I was back and forth on having our "Annual GARAGE/YARD Sale" this year... but by Tuesday noticed all the signs already up for the other sales this weekend... so decided to push forward and quickly get mine ready for this Saturday...


We had quite a lively chat at dinner last night on the differences between GARAGE SALES, YARD SALES, TAG SALES, PORCH SALES, RUMMAGE SALES, SIDEWALK SALES, BASEMENT SALES, and any other type of SALE we could come up with... although when I went to buy signs at the DOLLAR TREE all they had was GARAGE SALE signs... and I have never seen pre-made signs that say anything but GARAGE SALE... so that's what we're going with I guess... a GARAGE/YARD sale...


IF you happen to be around the neighborhood... and see the signs... stop on by!!!

Advice from Nancy...

As a young girl I LOOOOOOOOOOVED reading the NANCY DREW MYSTERIES... So when I came across this at our local "BARGAIN BARN" I KNEW I HAD to pick it up... FILLED with fun little "NANCY FACTIODS"... and kitchie "NANCY WISDOM" it's a DELIGHT of any NANCY FAN (and just a really cute book to read/paruse)...


Some of the FUN things in this book...


FRIEND or FOE: How Do You Know? Checklist
Nancy's FASHIONISTA Evolution
Match the VILLIAN to the CRIME (based on the NANCY DREW Mysteries)
NANCY'S RESUME


And some of NANCY'S Wisdom...


Do be a pretty sight for sore eyes... from the Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion

When traveling, sample the local menu fare!... The Secret of the Golden Pavilion

Red lipstick makes a great window SOS when you've been kidnapped and stolen away on a plane!... from The Mystery of the Fire Dragon


I have been reading some beloved series from my (much) younger years... I am planning to "revisit" Nancy Drew and her many adventures this Summer with Lilley-Kate!!!

ALWAYS REMEMBER...

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed...

And nothing concealed that will not be known... or brought out into the open


Luke 8:17


I always think it's interesting when you "stumble" across something that seems to just SMACK YOU IN THE FACE...

8th Wonder of the World...

DUCT TAPE... but not just ANY DUCT TAPE... HELLO KITTY DUCT TAPE!!!

9 Tids and Bits

We took a "trip" to BIKINI BOTTOM recently... Everyone had a fun time... warm weather... good company... and a SPECIAL CELEBRATION!

We recently replaced our 1979 WASHER AND DRYER with a 2011 WASHER AND DRYER

BEST TEXT I EVER GOT... 'I wish I had a BRITISH ACCENT' (although 'Nobody likes a stale cracker' ran a close SECOND)

3 DAYS of POURING RAIN... on the 4th DAY... woke up to 5" of what has been called "HEART ATTACK SNOW"

I was ONCE likened to LUKE SKYWALKER... and I was FLATTERED

A VERY SPECIAL SOMEONE is coming to visit... I'm HOPING they'll give me a HAND UP outta this hole I've been in...

I always wonder when someone ASKS for an OPINION... do they want an OPINION... or YOUR OPINION?

I think CURTIS STONE is just YUMMY... YUM YUM YUMMY

Spring HAS to come... right... it like a RULE or something isn't it???

***DON'T FORGET TO "SPRING AHEAD" tonight!!!***

ONE... but not the OTHER...

ONE is a "LOVER"... but not the OTHER... I can appreciate that...

ONE follows the "rules" of the house... but not the OTHER... that bugs me... RULES are RULES!

ONE is a RASCAL... but not the OTHER... BOYS will be BOYS so they say...

ONE is a HUGGER... but not the OTHER... It's a PERSONAL SPACE thing I'm thinking...

ONE likes to sit in the window and watch the world go by... but not the OTHER... Do YOU crave ANONIMITY too?

ONE likes to play "fetch"... but not the OTHER... Maybe you could learn the JUMP/HOW HIGH game?

ONE likes to be a neckwarmer... but not the OTHER... Isn't it ALL about WARM TOES?

ONE is the LEADER.. but not the OTHER... we can't ALL be LEADERS... right?

ONE is the FOLLOWER... but not the OTHER... If everyone else jumped off the BRIDGE... would YOU... would you REALLY?"

ONE is the TEACHER... but not the OTHER... Wax on... Wax off...

ONE is the STUDENT... but NOT the OTHER... our own "in-house GRASSHOPPER"...

ONE is cautious and careful... but not the OTHER... REMEMBER the story of the tortiose and the hare?

ONE craves a HIDING PLACE that cannot be found by the OTHER...

ONE wishes the OTHER would stop hiding...

Have Not... Have...

I HAVE NOT cleaned out and organized the closets...

I HAVE NOT picked out the paint color for the upstairs bathroom...

I HAVE NOT mopped the kitchen floor... seriously... it's like polishing a TURD...

I HAVE NOT decorated for Valentine's Day... I've bought some cheesy items to decorate WITH... but they are sitting in a bag in the pantry...

I HAVE NOT dusted... for a LONG TIME...

I HAVE NOT kept up with correspondence... I'm kinda feeling "important" with that double digit number in my "INBOX"...

I HAVE NOT picked out the paint color for the kitchen...

I HAVE NOT been exercising...

I HAVE NOT organized photographs... BUT I KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS!!!

I HAVE NOT thinned out the videos/DVDs...

I HAVE NOT found a pair of BOOTS that I even half LIKE... let alone LOVE... although I DO LOVE my UGGS... they are "COLD WEATHER" CUTE... not DIRTY SLUSHY ICEY SNOW CUTE...

I HAVE NOT gotten a MUCH NEEDED haircut...

I HAVE NOT colored my hair... (which is also MUCH NEEDED)

BUT...

I HAVE gotten up every morning, SHOWERED and gotten dressed... in CLOTHES... and gotten Lilley-Kate to school ON TIME...

I HAVE packed Lilley-Kate LUNCH every day...

I HAVE become a FAN of ALL THINGS "JERSEY"...

I HAVE spent ALL DAY (most)somedays... on the COUCH... watching ALL THINGS "JERSEY"...

I HAVE walked around the house AIMLESSLY... looking at ALL THE THINGS I haven't DONE...

I HAVE formed a VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP with MULTI-GRAIN PRINGLES and PEANUT BUTTER M&Ms...

I HAVE figured out the PERFECT BLANKET LAYERING NUMBER to be cozy on the COUCH...

I HAVE vacummed every evening...

I HAVE made beds every day...

I HAVE THOUGHT about making a couple of new "HEAT BAGS"... since the SMELL OF BURNT RICE is getting pretty unbearable...

I HAVE been SHORT TEMPERED...

I HAVE been IMPATIENT...

I HAVE been WEEPY... WHO KNEW ALL THINGS "JERSEY" (and JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE) could make someone CRY???


OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD... Will it EVER STOP SNOWING???

Practically PERFECT and Some Tids & Bits...

We headed into the city over the weekend to take Lilley-Kate to see MARY POPPINS... it was PRACTICALLY PERFECT in EVERY WAY... HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT if it is in your area!... except for the GRANDFATHER sitting behind us who stood up 20 minutes into the first act and proclaimed quite loudly "This is boring me to death... I gave up FOOTBALL for THIS???" and proceeded to leave Grandma and three granddaughters to remain sitting behind us... BAD GRANDPA!!!





We counted 17 JERSEYS in the SOLD OUT crowd at the theater... WHO wears a JERSEY to the THEATER? I'm guessing the SAME PEOPLE who wear their FLEECE PAJAMA PANTS to the grocery store... or JEANS to CHURCH... but just guessing...





I have been adding COURSE BLACK PEPPER to just about EVERYTHING I have been eating lately... weird huh?





I LOVE chicken noodle soup with crushed up saltines mixed in (of course with the ABOVE mentioned spice liberally added)...





NEW and IMPROVED you say??? Well... what if I liked it just the way it was???...





SHRINKAGE DOES MATTER... this is in reference to the manufacturers who THINK I ( and everyone else) don't NOTICE how you "redesign" the packaging... but SHRINK the volume content... and the PRICE stays the SAME... OOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRR... *GASP*... goes UP!!!





BEST MUSIC DECADE EVER????...... THE 80s... HANDS DOWN!!!!!





NOTHING turns me off more... or causes me to TUNE OUT quicker than NAME DROPPING... OR PRICE DROPPING ...

Meet My "New Guy"...

After we got BUTTONS back in July I wrestled with the thought of another kitty... and wrestled and wrestled... FINALLY deciding BUTTONS needed a friend...


Meet my "new guy"... POMPOM... we decided to keep the "vote count" fair and went with a male cat... not wanting the guys to be "outnumbered" in the house... LOL

It didn't take BUTTONS (or the rest of the family) long at all to fall in LOVE with her "little brother"... they have become INSEPERABLE...

Please SUPPORT your local/county ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY!!!

Sorry WENDY'S... I'm back to BK

REALLY... I AM sorry... but your "new" fries just AREN'T "cutting it" for me (even though they ARE NATURAL CUT)... I TRIED... REEEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLY TRIED to like them... and the FIRST time I did... PIPING HOT... REALLY HOT... like JUST OUT OF THE FRYER STILL SIZZLING IN THE FRY BOX HOT... and they WERE GOOD (not GREAT... not HORRIBLE... but GOOD... HEALTHIER)... but then I tried them AGAIN... ordering them at the DRIVE THRU... not so good that time... NOT PIPING HOT... or REALLY HOT... kinda "LUKEWARM"... and I started to miss the OLD FRIES... but decided to try ONE MORE TIME... yea... THIRD TIME wasn't a charm... and I started to think of my "old love"... the one I left for YOU WENDY'S... the one whose FRIES taste better...


So... I am back to BK... it's NOT that I don't like you anymore WENDY'S... you're CLOSER... and CLEANER... but... I LOVE ME SOME GOOD FRIES... and you don't have them anymore...


I will MISS YOU!!! But NOT the FRIES...

Tids... Bits... and a HOLIDAY FUNNY

Can you BELIEVE this time NEXT FRIDAY The Jolly FatMan will be visiting???...


I tried REALLY REEEEEEAAAALLLY HARD to watch the FAREWELL to LARRY KING LIVE tonight... but after about 10 minutes I wanted to hang myself... so I switched over to REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS... (wonder if BILL MAHR will catch any slack over his "little" slip-up???? And you SHOULDN'T be able to TELL YOU ARE READING A TELEPROMPTER "Mr. President")...


Our last snow melted pretty quickly (after a TROPICAL 40* weekend)... just in time... we got ANOTHER 9" earlier this week!...


When you go to the PO at NOON... You should KNOW there will be a LONG LINE... WHY were you surprised???


I have to wonder if I scavanged for some SWAG to REVIEW... could/would I get all my Christmas Shopping done???...


DON is HOTTER than LANE... but NOT HOTTER than ROGER...


I buy my own Christmas Gifts... give them to my husband... he wraps them... and I am TOTALLY HAPPY on Christmas morning...


Why is it that SOME PEOPLE look TOTALLY CUTE bundled up... and OTHERS... well... just look like the STAYPUFF guy off GHOSTBUSTERS???...


I get REALLY ANNOYED when Michael wears SHORTSLEEVES in the winter... I'm COLD!...


We think the CHRISTMAS LIGHTS outside look MAGICAL with SNOW covering them...


We can't hear the song DYNOMITE without wanting to SPIN THE DREIDL!!!...


MY BESTIE (who I miss SO MUCH!) is a FABULOUS card picker outer!!!! (see below)

8 MORE DAYS! HOPEFULLY the WEATHER will cooperate with me until then... I STILL have shopping to do!!! (UNLESS of course SOMEONE... ANYONE... wants to send ME some SWAG???)

OK...

We've had ENOUGH...





SERIOUSLY???...

Please make it STOP!

Tids and Bits and I SPY...

I MISS MY BESTIE!!! OH YES YOU DID... and I AM!!!


Christmas morning this house is going to be ROCKIN' to SELENA, MIRANDA, and TAYLOR... and HOPEFULLY ANNIE too!


Green Tea at 9AM, 2PM, 4PM, and 10PM RELIGIOUSLY...


SNOW SNOW and more SNOW... and more expected until WEDNESDAY...


I've known him for over 1/2 of his life... and I am a bit FREAKED OUT by that!


I HIGHLY recommend reading THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER by GLENN BECK...


GO RAVENS... ESPECIALLY TONIGHT!!!


I SPY a STAR... CUPCAKE... HEART... BEAR... BUTTERFLY... FLOWER... PANDA... and CANDY... and so did the TODDLER that was having a MELTDOWN at the PO this past week... who knew that Lilley-Kate's coat would make for a FUN distraction???

TIDS... BITS... and SPONGETOM...

CAM is hotter than MITCH... but NOT hotter than PHIL


We stopped watching DWTS when AUDRINNA was voted off... I actually thought my Husband was going to cry that fateful night... My BESTIE has been keeping me "up" on the show... we hope ANYONE but BABY wins the mirror ball trophy...


PLEASE... THANK YOU... PARDON (EXCUSE) ME... SORRY... words to REMEMBER when BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING... I will NOT be shopping on Friday... I have found over the years it's just NOT worth the HASSLE


KOURTNEY is hotter than KHLOE... but NOT hotter than KIM... and who DOESN'T KNOW NOT TO GIVE A BABY PEANUT BUTTER???


The temp here hit 70* today... is it NOVEMBER or JULY???... yes... in these here parts 70* in July is NORMAL


MANMEET is hotter than TODD (TOAD)... but NOT hotter than ASHA


I see NO REASON for the kids to be out of school for Thanksgiving WEDNESDAY THRU MONDAY... OH WAIT... it's HUNTING SEASON... WHOOOOOOOOOPIE


STUFFING STUFFING and MORE STUFFING... THAT is my "Turkey Day" Dinner FAVORITE


OLIVIA is HOTTER than TRACEY... but NOT hotter than GIGI


A HOLIDAY TRADITION at Lilley-Kate's school is the FAMILY TURKEY PROJECT... It's something we look forward to every year... Weeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllll... THIS YEAR "our" FAMILY TURKEY was one of (five) the WINNERS!!!


Hope EVERYONE has a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!

"Trick or Treat"...

Lilley-Kate and her "country bestie" Kylee had a blast Trick or Treating in the neighborhood this year...




An 80's girl and a 50's girl (although most people thought Lilley-Kate was LAVERNE from LAVERNE and SHIRLEY... LOL)

The Daddy's took the girls around this year... and us Mom's stayed back and handed out candy...

ToT was a bit "early" this year... 5 to 7pm... kinda nice with it being a school night...

The girls had a fun time and Lilley-Kate is ALREADY thinking of NEXT HALLOWEEN!!!

OH... and our pumpkins were a BIG HIT!!! Hope EVERYONE had a nice evening!!!

A HELLO KITTY HALLOWEEN SURPRISE...

About a week ago Lilley-Kate and I were scoping out all the pumpkins people had carved for Halloween... and happen to come across our FAVORITE KITTY ON A PUMPKIN!!! Lilley-Kate was so excited to show Michael the pumpkins...

Little did she know... her Daddy would give her a HALLOWEEN SURPRISE!!!

Her VERY OWN HELLO KITTY PUMPKIN...




Michael spent most of the evening last night in the garage listening to FOOTBALL on the radio... and carving the SURPRISE!!!!

ToT is tonight around here... Lilley-Kate is SO EXCITED!!! Hope EVERYONE gets LOTS of treats (and maybe even a few tricks!!!)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Hope EVERYONE has a SAFE and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Things That Drive Me BATTY...

People who wear PAJAMAS (and YES... those DISNEY CHARACTER LOUNGE PANTS ARE CONSIDERED PAJAMAS) to the GROCERY STORE...

People who "allow" their CHILDREN to ride in the FRONT SEAT of a vehicle... UNBUCKLED (noless)... I understand that you drive a "tank"... BUT still...

People who let their trashcans sit out at the curb EMPTY... trash pick-up was THREE DAYS AGO...

People who "allow" their CHILDREN to run RAMPANT through a "resturant"... YOU may think it's CUTE... but I don't... and I can prety much GUARENTEE other people don't either...

When LIVE broadcasts run "long"... and then mess up the schedule on my DVR

WIND... WIND that makes the temperature PLUMMET

TALKING the TALK.... but NOT WALKING the WALK

COLD Leather CARSEATS... and on the FLIPSIDE... HEATED SEATS

Getting STUCK behind someone who is OBVIOUSLY chatting it up on their CELLPHONE at a RED LIGHT (that turned GREEN 10 seconds ago!)

STATIC... I don't like getting "zapped"...

Asking a SALES ASSOCIATE a SIMPLE question and having them look at you like you have just spoken to them in CHINESE...

Coming home from the GROCERY STORE and realizing we DID NEED MILK... *sigh*

NAME DROPPERS

BRAND WHORES... I can TELL by the COLOR of your "cutesy" sweatpants WHERE they came from... I DON'T need to see the BRAND NAME plastered across your bum!

DISRESPECT

PEOPLE who will undoubtedly CARRY their INFANT up to my FRONT DOOR (dresses in an ADORABLE DISNEY COSTUME... hold out a PILLOWCASE and say "TRICK or TREAT"... are you REEEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLY going to let your INFANT eat the candy? Or are you going to SAVE IT until their teeth come in???

I'd Already Seen AVATAR... 17 YEARS AGO!

Did ANYONE ELSE make the CONNECTION?

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