A Surprise!

Linda, at This and That, made me a nameplate!!! How cool is this?

Now the real fun is coming because I get to make eight more for special

people and I have absolutely no idea how to do it! This will be interesting...

I'll shout out when I get 'em done...

Thanks again, Linda!

Manic Monday - Labor

First of all, if you haven't read Empress Bee's take on "Labor," please do so, even if it means leaving me all alone. It's a hoot and well worth the read! And I could so relate...

Okay....what to write: I don't want to do the birthing labor - the men will all be bored to tears; I'm not a big union sympathizer, so that lets out labor unions; I'm no longer in the work force, so it's certainly not my day; I don't exercise as I should so I can't write about laboring on the tread mill; I don't suffer from emphysema or asthma so I don't labor with my breathing. What the heck...

Well, it's been right under my nose the whole time! I've been laboring trying to find something to write about!

Please visit Mo, who's the Manic Monday King, (and the originator of this meme that's being copied elsewhere, for shame!!!) and read some much better takes on the subject today!

A Tornado, Here???

Weird thing happened...

We were watching a movie when the weather cops broke in to broadcast a tornado warning for Kern County. WHAT? In Kern County? For one thing, that covers a lot of territory, landwise, and a tornado? Have they been drinking up at the weather service? Where in Kern County? Already they're telling people where to go in case of a tornado. Okay, tell us where the stupid thing is!!!

FINALLY! It's about 90 miles east of here. Thank you very much! But it was such a strange occurrence, it made the national news. They're calling it the Antelope Valley but we got the

warning. Nice to know they're all on the ball, isn't it?

The weather we know we're having is HEAT! Relentless heat. It's midnight and it's still 90 very hot, stinkin' degrees. It was supposed to be 107 today but it didn't quite make it. All together now: Awwwwww.

"It's a Viral Thing...."

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Mother's Home Story...
Its a Viral Thing
Rules:1. Copy and paste the story below, and the rules, on your blog.
2. Find out who you're going to tag. (2-3 people, or more, if you wish)
3. Write one or two sentences to continue the story, and use the titles of the blogs you're tagging or any word(s) associated with them as keywords in the links you include in your part of the story.
4. Remember to tell your taggees that you've tagged them!
5. Feel free to use this and start your own viral link story. I'd very much appreciate a link back to Mothers Home! if you do. (Or a tag, if you prefer!)

Mothers Home! the cave troll yelled. I have been out all day strangling chickens like CRAZY! for the evil Empress. All i want now is a MOment to myself, but i keep getting Linda talking Drivel, but that is better than a certain someone Mooing.
Then suddenly what should appear but the NOT evil Empress and all her strangled chickens and Mags cooked them all up and made us a lovely cake to eat. Gracie wanted all the cake for herself but the NOT evil Empress was able to hack off a good sized slab for herself!!! ha ha ha
Gracie belched loudly after eating all the scrumptious cake that Mags had baked and watched Callie scrappin' with Sarge about who was gonna win Big Brother 8. Sarge started humming "Dixie," and almost choked on the bite of cake in his mouth! So he got some coffee to go to wash down the cake. The coffee helped a bit but he had to vocalize before he started singing again so he began, "Mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi..."

Photo Hunt - Dirty

Poor Zoe...I found this jewelry bag while cleaning out a dresser drawer and thought it was the perfect size for a doggie chapeau! Zoe thought it was a "dirty trick!"


Here's the link for Photo Hunt!

Friday Feast

It's been a few week since I've done one of these. I'm such a crybaby but it's hot again (106) and our overnight low was 80, which broke a record. The photos I had intended to use for a post are on Kodak's site which just happens to be down right now, so feast time it is!

Appetizer:

Who is the easiest person for you to talk to? Most things, my husband; girlie things, my cousin.

Soup:

If you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose? I love history and have often thought about this question but then I think about the lack of sanitation and deodorant and my enthusiasm wanes...maybe somewhere in England or Scotland before the Industrial Revolution.

Salad:

What is the most exciting event you’ve ever witnessed? Definitely the birth of my kids (in the mirror the doctors would tilt so you could witness the actual birth. The husband wasn't allowed in the room! Remember, this was the dark ages!!!) My daughters and their husbands wanted me in the room when my grandchildren were born, and since I wasn't all drugged-up, it was even more exciting!

Main Course:

If you were a celebrity, what would you do for a publicity stunt? This would go down in tabloid history: I would be caught in public reading a book!

Dessert:

What do you consider the ideal age to have a first child? Certainly not 18 like I was! My brother and his wife were in their thirties. They had more patience, understanding and nurturing skills at that age.

Here's the link to other Friday Feast participants.

Thursday Thirteen - Movie Cliches

1. When a girl is in a house all by herself in a horror movie, it is always raining or thunder and lightening outside.
2. In all junior highs, the popular girls have big boobs, while the geeky girls are flat-chested.

3. In movies when a character is brushing his/her teeth, they never get toothpaste on their mouth or rinse out the toothbrush when through brushing.
4. Anybody eating chinese food always eats it out of the box with chopsticks.

5. If you try to get your ex-partner back by going out with someone else in order to make your

ex jealous, you will succeed but by the time you have achieved what you set out to do you will have fallen for the other person.

6. A good guy will never, ever, shoot a bad guy in the kneecap, even if it would be incredibly helpful to him.

7. In any musical, no matter how tough the gang and/or bad guy, they/he can always belt out a heartfelt melody in a deep and lilting baritone voice.

8. A woman´s shoes always make high heel clacking sounds, regardless which shoe type she wears.

9. Whenever at a bar or dance with loud music cranked up on high, the couple the audience sees talking have perfectly audible voices and can talk as though there is no music playing.

10. In most 80's action flicks, business men and security guards look like Huey Lewis or Bruce Springsteen.

11. The villain will always have thousands of henchmen working for him or a small army that follows him.

12. There is always a full moon when people go to bed. When the lights are turned off, a delayed light turns on, causing a blue cast in the room they could read by.

13. If you are going to be killed it has to be at a time when you are alone and it has to be at night and raining.

Here's the link to more Thursday Thirteen participants!

A New Award...

Comedy Plus is one generous lady! She's very busy, handing out awards. Here's the latest:

She is one of the biggest and brightest stars on the blogs and I wish I had a badge to honor her with. She's everyone's friend and supporter and always has a kind, gentle word. Thanks, Sandee (I love your photo!)...

Thank You, Shaz...

I've never been able to accept a compliment graciously. I always stammer and stutter and never know what to say! Whether it's someone telling me my hair looks nice or my boss telling me I did a good job - I always feel like a nitwit, never having the right words.

Now, these awards...I'm really in a stew! People have taken the time to do something nice and have written especially complimentary things. I am very flattered and sincerely honored. My mom always told me the best thing to do is just say, "Thank you," and mean it.

This is from Shaz, at Us Danes:

"It's been a while since we gave an "Us Danes Dig It" away mainly as there were so many awards flying around. A quick reminder of why we do the "Dig It" is because we can! Yup, there's no criteria, it's just a way of appreciating someone elses Blog, friendship, humour or character. So, "Dig It" number 5 is going to . . . . . .
This lady's blog title entices us in with the phrase "Little Echoes of Light, Life & Love; Life at it's Best & it's Worst". She loves her animals & owns this beautiful little pooch . . .She shares so much of herself with a warmth that makes you glow after visiting her blog & leaves the most encouraging comments on other people's blogs."

In Loving Memory...

Ubee

Loving Mo did his best to rescue this little angel - my heart goes out to you.

We need more people willing to reach out to critters that can't fend for themselves.

To all of you who have furry friends waiting for you on the bridge...