La Vie en Curlsz Part One

I love this website - I love old photographs. I remember when I was a kid my mother would go antique shopping - I loved it, I'd find a box of old photographs, flop down and look for an hour or so.

One time I found a 1960's pic of a group of people visiting China, they were all decked out and at dinner - to this day I wished I had bought it. I looked at each face, each expression and tried to imagine them as they were...

In honor of Halloween I bring you a page from Square America

Back in town and catching up on my political "news" - this is my latest addiction, 10 minutes of dead on hilarity!!! Get towards the end when Jon goes after Congress - this is how pissed we all should be...

(come on you're browsing blogs you can spare 10 minutes)

Video just released today - not sure I'm a fan and if you agree just minimize the page as you listen because I think it's a great song and very different from his usual...

Sitting in the airport in an HOUR lay over since you can no longer fly direct between Midland and Austin - except that ridiculous 7am flight I don't even want to know exists... Anyway, I am stifling my laughter as I read one of my favorite bloggers Lincee Ray - A Civil War Reenactment for Western Days, part of it took place in her parents yard...

Good enough to share...enjoy!

Also just saw Kanye on Ellen - I love him and his music - New song Love Lockdown is fantastic!

I had to go to Midland this weekend, my mother had an emergency heart procedure - all is fine, better than fine. She is doing amazingly well, she can walk and get around better than she has in 10 years - well her ticker is working better than it has in 10 years, so that helps.

Midlander's are the friendliest people in the world.... But being back in has been a reverse culture shock of sorts - rich hillbilly USA! I don't care if I never see camo again! The land of money, Wranglers and obesity!! The restaurant business is booming - but there really isn't much to do as far as recreation - but no worries - their trucks are bigger and better than ever, and why not they can certainly afford the gas prices.

Oh and there is practically NO unemployment here - it's crazy - they have more jobs than workers - which actually DECREASES the quality of workers - interesting soci economic issue! But so many have gone back to the oil field that they are actually lacking people for the work force - and new dining, shops and businesses continue to pop up - except poor Mervyn's, another one thankfully bites the dust...

Ran into the Bush's motorcade today - we thought it was a funeral, a funeral with State Troopers and shot guns (motorcade Texas style, don't mess with Texans we'll grab the shot guns!) - maybe we'll run into them later at Rosa's Cafe, we can split the queso...

Great points all around ;-)

Last minutes of the video:
Boy she's a big horse isn't she, i shouldn't say that, that's nothing against her
who?
Michelle
She's got a big tukus eh?
She's a big horse I said
Well you know alot of black women have big tukuses.
Not all of them, they have to come from a certain tribe

OHHHH - I think their relatives live in Texas... I love Jon's expression at the end.

The infamous rat shed is clean!!!!! The saga may near be over!

8:30 am pest control comes out - he's serious this time, we're getting a handle on this situation maam! We're going to go under the house above the house and around the house and seal it off - they will not get in anymore! Hallelujah!

I think he was serious because when he opened the shed a mouse lurched at him, he flinched back and hit is face on my hanging planter - no worries he apologized for using such foul language- I told him God had heard a lot worse and a lot more often from me over the last few years because of that damn shed...

I was given my orders - I was to have the shed cleaned out by noon tomorrow - dumdumdum

11:30 post on Facebook that I have to clean the shed - send out requests of prayers, double up on my meds and call the hospital on my insurance - can I make a reservation in the psych ward for tonight?

Noon - text from Dean "do you need help with the shed" HELL YES!!! See you this afternoon.

2pm Dean shows up and the show starts - basically while he cleaned out the shed I stood quaking in the yard after I realized standing in the corner of the back porch was causing my blood pressure to sky rocket!

Dead, live and rodent skeletons - we had them all... I did better than expected I only scared Dean twice - once was when a roach went over my foot and I was sure it was a mouse. Hyperventilated once, screamed several times and cursed periodically - all in all a good day!

Quote of the day - Dean: I think you're good with that box, there's only enough room for them to poop, not to live.

LOTS went to the dump - or will as soon as someone makes it over to my house to cart it off since alot of it is still in the backyard - Go Samford & Sons!

But it's DONNNNEEE!!! Afterwards I took a very hot shower and laid on the couch with a beer - if I had had something stronger I would have used it - my nerves were shot!

PS I have never seen so much rodent shit in my life!!!

Uh John, can we all do this - I'm officially suspending my job until this financial crisis is over!!! Yeah take that Obama - top this! Oh well this gives Sarah a chance to go on a road trip all by herself and meet really important people and everything.

Geeze - who else is out there I can vote for? Anyone anyone?

So I got home from an event tonight feelin a little blue... Pulled up my bloglines and my favorite blogger has posted - yay this is sure to put me in a great mood... And boy did it....A cursing child story - who doesn't LOVE those - cause to be honest I was THAT cursing child that humiliated my mother and made her wonder what she was smoking when she decided to concieve me, on many many accounts.

Let's just say "Oh my God the Helllll" is my new favorite phrase!

What was great were the comments - everything from outrage to praise to readers sharing their own anectodes.

I remember the first time I cursed - reading what was in the movie pages - apparently I didn't like what I saw because I tossed the paper aside saying "DAMNIT!!" - then I froze as four sets of parental eyes stared at me in shock - oh uh did I say that outloud?

But this one is great! A reader shared it - I've never heard of this poem, but I promise mom if I have children no worries I will educate them in this.

Today I am relating to Mr McGregor - I just chased the mystery squirrel out of my yard with a rake - yep with a rake. For the last week something has been digging into my flower pots and digging annoying holes in my flower bed. Occasionally I find a pecan dug into the flower pot.

Today I caught him - bushy tail and all - but just because I was in my yard didn't mean it deterred him from just going to where I wasn't! So I had to keep chasing him till I finally chased him away. THEN he came back with a pecan in his mouth - I had to chase him away again!

Now I'm sitting in my yard with my smoothie, book and laptop - operation McGregor is in full swing - I must protect my plants! He's now burying it under a tree behind me - as if I can't see him. Trees are fine you idiot squirrel but leave my flowers alone!!!

What will keep him away, I've heard red pepper? I know I'm 80...

I admit I am constantly behind in movies in my "older" age. I just saw this and was blown away - funny thing is I remember when it came out many conservatives grumbling how it was probably just another Hollywood liberal spin on the war and the government...I truly feel like it deserves to be seen, just my opinion.

Synopsis and info.

(P.S my title is from a great line in the film)

Just thinking, if you have BO and look like you have never washed or combed your hair - maybe you shouldn't be serving food or drinks...even in Austin.

Would I be that crabby old shut in if I posted a no solicitations sign on my door?

I may be ok with that - cause at this point I can not keep my door open without being bothered by the "hi I'm trying to better my life and my baby's daddy's life by selling magazines" (scam) "do you know Jesus, for a small donation you will receive these lovely books for free" (scam) and today's great visitor. The DNC (democratic national committe), by the way I would probably say I'm not a hard core Democrat or Republican, but my gosh!!!! These people are so annoying, and they need a bath!

So today's schpill - need more money blah blah money blah blah money, money, Republicans have more money than we do whine, Whine, WHINE, WHINE!!! Obama needs more exposure....uh wait a minute what, cause last I checked the media loves them some Obama, they can't get enough of him - Obama, Obama, Obama.... oh but we still need more money, money, money, did I mention we need money?

Get off my porch you crazy kids!!! Ahhhh!

(Post plastic surgery and before plastic surgery)
Watching Meg Ryan on Ellen today, I quickly realized the woman looks awful - why did she do this to her mouth? In fact she looks like...

Typos can be great and mildly disturbing on IM - usually it leaves you questioning what in the heck they are taking about or you try to piece the puzzle together and feel like you just won the world when you do. Today's IM session.

Dinner Discussion Take One
Malita: i had cereal
Malita: two bowels!!!
Malita: lol
Friend: lol.. u mean bowls.. bowels is a tad unsettling
Malita: LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Malita: omg!!!
Friend: lol
Malita: no i had two bowel movements tonight just thought you'd like to know

Have you checked out ITune's new feature - The Genius Bar.

I first saw it on the new Nano, cause we need new I Pods every 3.2 months. But really this feature is worth saying "yay" over. You pick a song and hit the genius button - then it creates a playlist based on that song. So I tried it out and it was dead on. Every song "they" picked from my library fit very well with the chosen song - result, unlimited playlists that I love.

Oh and over on the right is a list of songs you can buy that are either by this artist that is playing or recomendations. (Must Download Version 8 for all this splendor)

What's next Apple, you going to pick out my perfect man and strategically engineer the rest of my life, because at this rate I could be ok with that, you seem to know what you're doing.

So can I have my endorsement check now Apple?

One of the biggest upsets in Wall Street history, in our nations history happened today - and since it wasn't linked to a celebrity dying or a mass murder most of the nation won't even take notice...

So you can be one of the informed - Lehman Brother's a 158 year old Wall Street institution filed bankruptcy today... Meryl Lynch was sold for a measly $50 billion in a all stock purchase - it's just insane!!! This is huge! And 7 weeks to an election....spooky.

To view the full story read here.

Wow what a self absorbed aunt am I - notice I did not say horrible aunt cause really I rock! So Here is a couple of pic's from Ty's second birthday (back in June) - since I have neither pet nor baby (which can often be mistaken for the same thing) to show you 30 pics all of relatively the same thing, over and over.

Just a note on kids birthdays: really you should take acid before going or at least smoke a phat one. Because if your single you are screaming in your head "I will never have one of these small beings if this is what I have to sign up for", and if your married your thinking "when we have children we are not letting them have more than 3 friends for fear this will happen"and if your a parent your thinking "where's the cake already, this is the 8th one of these this month".

I honestly have no idea how many children were there - it seemed like 50 - one was a party all unto himself. He insisted on being the center of it all - you know there is always that kid at the party, I fondly call them Satan's spawn - and Satan's spawn has parents that are utterly oblivious and think isn't our spawn the cutest spawn ever, see how he's in everyone's face yelling and throwing presents into the lap of the birthday boy 2 at a time - awwww... but other than spawn it was a rockin good time and how cute is this little cake eater!!