§ ......these two birds, talking.....

The weekly meme I do on Sunday, Sunday Stealing, is way too long this week, and more or less quite redundant with the question prompts. It's not like I don't have the time...but it seems that those long memes take way too much time, y'know? I'll forgo participating once again. I'll leave the link [above]; you may want to take a gander and participate yourself.

While walking around the marina one day, I overheard a conversation with two pelicans perched on a shrimp boat, resting, after their long journey over the sea. Oh...heck, don't believe me that they can actually talk? Well, humor me....



One Pelican asked the other:

"Did you hear about the big companies pulling out of sponsoring GlƐn BƐck's FØx program?"

The other snorted and readjusted himself on the boat's hull...

"Ya, I did!! Too bad his father didn't pull out when he had the chance."




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1. Habit :: Nun
2. Relaunch :: Systems Go
3. Mondays :: Rainy days and---
4. Bootstrap :: Bill [Pirates of the Caribbean]
5. Funk :: Mood
6. Appreciate :: Gratuity
7. Yay! :: Hooray!
8. Life :: Goes On
9. Sheets :: Bed
10. Date night :: [new movie] Tina Fey and Steve Carell






PS....Jinksy was kind enough to tell me that she was having trouble reading my blog entries over the blue denim background...which I much appreciate!! So, again-------new design. LOL



POSTED: Sunday, April 11th, 2010
4:50 A.M.
[pelican image from my camera -- I actually took the photo 'cause of the corroded hull!! You wouldn't catch ME going out on that boat...it's rotten. ---look at the wood...just under their tail feathers. LOL]

§ Rain, again....

The Sunday Stealing meme is long and so redundant from others I've filled out in the past, I thought I'd just skip it entirely this week. Instead, the other Sunday meme I've played before is one I'll do today. Sunday's Word Association Meme; Unconscious Mutterings:


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1. Burrito :: Smothered, please!
2. Spike :: Jones
3. Tougher :: than shoe leather
4. Mock :: mimic
5. Slurp :: guzzle
6. Knock :: knock, who's there?
7. Conference :: room
8. Madness :: March [March Madness]
9. Minds :: behaves
10. Connection :: French [movie - French Connection]


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The weather yesterday turned from bright and beautiful in the low 70s to dark, cold, and sinister within a few minutes' time. The front came down from Colorado according to the weather experts!!! There for a while, while Bud and I were out shopping it looked very tornadic. Then, the clouds burst open and rain, rain, rain! Lots of it. But, for a very short time. Tho, the temps dropped from 70 to mid forties. After we returned home and dried out, we just sat down and watched a Spring Training ball game with the White Sox and Padres. So, speaking of baseball, I thought of a joke---





A doctor at an insane asylum decided to take his patients to a baseball game.

For weeks in advance, he coached his patients to respond to his commands.

When the day of the game arrived, everything seemed to be going well. As the National Anthem started.......the doctor yelled, "Up Nuts" And the patients complied by standing up.

After the anthem ...he yelled, "Down Nuts". And they all sat back down in their seats.

After a home run was hit, the doctor yelled, "Cheer Nuts". They all broke out into applause and cheered.

When the umpire made a particularly bad call against the star of the home team, the Doctor yelled, "Booooo Nuts!!!" and they all started booing and cat calling.

Thinking things were going very well. The doctor decided to go get a beer and a hot dog, leaving his assistant in charge.

When he returned, there was a riot in progress. Finding his assistant, the doctor asked, "What in the world happened?"

The assistant replied, "Well, everything was going just fine 'til a vendor passed by and yelled PEANUTS!"









POSTED: Sunday, March 21st, 2010
5:50 A.M.

§ ....to be continued today!

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Part Deux OF the "Pretentious Blogging" Meme [part two]
[from last week's Sunday's Stealing]



12. How many drafts of potential blog posts do you have right now? One....Tomorrow's "Free Day No Meme" blog for me...my Monday Morsels.

13. In what medium do you draft your posts? Blogger's editing/new posts layout.

14. How often do you completely scratch or delete drafts or blog post ideas? Of the years I've done this blog....Hootin' Anni's.....only one. It was nothing but slander to the politicians. I typed it...got it off my chest, felt better, and then deleted it.

15. If you had to leave your blog in your will to another blogger, who would you choose? Ha!! No blogger....Probably the Humane Society...they could print it out and use it as cage liners for the unwanted pets. I dunno. What kinda question is this anywhoo?

16. Are there other blogs that you feel are similar to yours in content, style, or voice? Several...even tho we're all unique we have same dislikes and likes.

17. Has anything surprised you since you started blogging? Nope...should it?

18. What are your goals or plans for your blog going forward? Same ol' same ol'. I'm happy with what I'm doing right now.

19. Do you make any money from your blog? (optional) about how much a month? Nope. Then, I'd have to call it work and I'm retired.

20. What blogging system do you use? Ummmmmm, guess. Blogger? Yep, you guessed right!!

21. How did you come up your blog name? My name...and then Bud is always saying I'm a HOOT...so, Hootin' Anni's it is.

22. How many blogs do you have? What was your peak? Let's see, there's this one, my photo blog, a giveaway [defunct now...so don't get your hopes up], holiday blog, Campaign blog and Poetry...I think that's it. Oh ya...and I just started collecting blog buttons from bloggers and their sidebars and making a 'quilt' blog. So how many's that....seven? I forgot one...the awards blog....so that makes eight!

23. Are you having as much fun as when you started? More so...I was all alone 'til others started commenting...now I love having the visitors and friends!!

24. Where do you find other bloggers like you? Most from my own blogger membership...Bloggers Over 50. My age group. And then...my faithful followers.

25. What’s your one wish when it comes to blogging? I wish I could take more time in the day to visit more and write more....but, it's not all that healthy at my age to just be sitting at the desk/computer all day. I try to limit myself to a couple hours....that's blogging, visiting, emailing and chatting with Irene.



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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

1. Humbled :: SUBDUED
   
2. Buns :: OF STEEL
   
3. Snowstorm :: BLIZZARD
   
4. Sweetheart :: VALENTINE
   
5. Punch:: HAWAIIAN [how 'bout a nice Hawai'ian Punch?]
6. Glass :: TABLETOP
   
7. Classical :: MUSIC
   
8. Heels :: 'THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME'
   
9. Twitter :: TWEET
   
10. Husband :: WIFE
    

POSTED: Sunday, February 7th, 2010
4:35 A.M.

§ Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush......"

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I know the title for today's post has nothing to do with the two memes....but it is EARLY in the MORNING...and the song came to my head. Oh, live with it!!!

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Sunday Stealing: The Pretentious Blogging Meme

1. How long have you been blogging? With this blog...since 2006. I had another blog under an alias before, and got harassed a lot with anonymous commentors all the time...I dropped it and began this one.

2. What made you start? The interest in reading other blogs.

3. Who inspired you? A longtime online friend, P J, at No Deep Thoughts [her blog/and her cat photos]

4. About how many hours a week would you estimate you spend on your blog? About two hours a day. [but that entails visiting other blogs also...not just posting on MY blog!] What's that equal? Where's my calculator.....2x7=14. Is that too much time?

5. What kind of experience or background do you have with writing? Other than the blog, and writing [emailing] complaints to companies and editorial letters to local newspapers....that's about it.

6. Talk about how you come up with blog topics. Where do you get your ideas? Memes, what I do during the week, news, politics, books, movies, craft projects, art, painting, holidays, shopping, day trips, photography, sometimes poetry...just about anything goes.

7. What or who inspires you and your blog? Me? Ya, I guess I'm the inspiration here...who else would it be?

8. Where and/or how do [you do] your brainstorming for your blog? The where would be here at my desk....the how is whatever is in my mind at that time.

9. Do you have any blogging rules or guidelines you follow? I try to keep it family friendly. 99% of the time at least.

10. Is there anything you will not blog about? I don't do religious speeches...Religion, like politics, is a personal thing. As it should be...but with the media and politicking, I can't go without commenting on THAT sometimes. But sharing my religious thoughts and MY OWN religion is out of the question. As I have on my sidebar, a quote....in so many words: Theocracy, and the trouble with it, is... too many want to be Theo. I leave my beliefs within my own heart; not preaching to others. BUT! I respect those that have religious blogs...it's their strength.

11. Do you have any sort of a publishing schedule in terms of day of week or topic? Monday blogging is my 'free day'....I made a point lately to begin having that day for fun, nonsensical, ideas, thoughts --anything that I wanna chit chat about, without working on a meme. It's a quiet day then, for me...visiting only those that visit me. Very nice for the change of pace. I say, if I'm home, and have the ability...why not blog every day if possible. Besides, it's fun, it has enriched my life with visitors, a learning experience in not only the blog posts but learning a higher task of xhtml and CSS and much more. If I stop, I'm bored.



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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS:


1. Furniture :: STORE
2. Beauty :: PARLOR
3. Sip :: through a straw
4. Block :: -ADE
5. Forehead :: BROW
6. Championship :: TROPHY
7. Hurl :: THROW UP
8. Whip :: -PER SNAPPER [whipper snapper]
9. Destruction :: RAZE
10. Leather :: JACKET






POSTED: Sunday, January 31st, 2010
4:55 A.M.

§ Accentuate the Negative and you feel positive....I guess

Sunday Stealing: The Negativity Meme
[oh my gosh! even tho this is really a negative meme today, it made me feel pretty darned relieved afterward, to get things off my chest! Sometimes it's called venting, and today was THE day!! This was b!tchin' paradise today...hehehehehe]
read on....



Foods which disgust the crap out of me: Most know I detest okra...but there's this too...The mud sucking, under the sea...... oysters!!!

TV show I loathe: Not a 'show' per sé ---The cable NEWS. So filled with hype of one subject and it goes on and on for days at a time. One time it was nothing but Michael Jackson, then it's over and over about the Christmas terrorist, then this...then that. And really, who cares about the 'oval office' job Clinton got from Monica from years past...or Tiger Woods' sex life...and all the other politicians' infidelities? It really never covers news anymore. And more so...one particular news station that rhymes with BOX...staffed by a LOT of HATE Mongers!!!

Movie I loathe: A lot of erroneous things in a movie actually...the historical errors mostly. For example: From prior to 1960, the old time westerns where they shoot from a 6 shooter a dozen times or more. without reloading...And we're supposed to believe this crap? I don't think so.

Music genres I loathe: RAP and Hip Hop.

Magazine which annoys me: All the check-out stands' tabloids.

Makes me cranky at restaurant: Loud, unruly children and the parents that try to be the kids 'best friend'. Just stuff a banana in their mouths and call it good! Shut 'em up already!!

Makes me cranky in public: Rude people. [for instance: the two that hog the grocery aisles, talking and chatting....I try to get their attention so they can move out of my way. To no avail. Then, to top that all off, they expect ME to say 'excuse me'...when they're hogging the way!!!----oh and what will really get me riled is when they say "I'll call you later"...what's up with that? Why don't they keep their chit chat for the phone?!!]

Makes me cranky in general: People using cuss words [all of 'em, but MORE SO the "F" word] for every other word in their speech! It's vile, and for me it shows...a lacking of any true vocabulary.

Pisses me off at home: Something breaking unexpectedly...like a hot water heater, or a huge, costly expense to get an appliance fixed.

Pisses me off at work: Don't work!

Pisses me off in general: Politics!! [In all fairness to the Republicans, I think that our honorable Mr. O in the oval office is making huge mistakes...like spending money we don't have, stuck in a campaigning rut...hey, Mr. O!!!----ummm, you won the election....start running the country!!] and TV!! [not necessarily in that order]

Makes me impatient at home: When I'm ready to go somewhere and Bud lollygags. Or visa versa...when Bud is ancy to go somewhere, and I'm not even close to ready.

Makes me impatient at work: Read my lips...D O N 'T W O R K!!

Makes me impatient in public: Slow traffic.

Celebrity I hate: Ha!! You have a couple of days here?

Music artist I hate: I'm sure there is one out there, but I can't think of anyone right now. The whole Jackson family comes to mind. To me, they're ------

I could care less about: Gossip!

Annoys the crap out of me weekdays: Boredom

Annoys the crap out of me weekends: Boredom

Blogger's habit that annoys you: Using the word verification. Why, I ask? It's the same as going in and deleting a comment from the already published comments that the blog owner doesn't like---the task aforementioned...deleting a comment would be considered the SAME as approving a comment to be published. It's just an extra step for their visitors that is VERY annoying. I've never had that feature enabled for myself...I think it's a good thing to disable that word verification altogether.

Feature on your blog you hate: Nothing. I'm happy with Blogger in general.

Movie star you despise: Angelina J!!!

Politician that you hate: Ha! Here again...got a couple of days? Dear Sarah comes to mind...but what gets me is there are people out there in this world that thinks she is adorable and can run the country from her Alaskan 'close to Russia' home!! Oh my goodness!!! Guess, technically, she isn't a politician any longer... How 'bout rephrasing the question to 'ex' politician?




Wow.....I'm breathless now. But boy howdy, that meme, whoever composed it, should know it was good. Was it as good for you as it was for me? Very therapeutic!!! You should try it. [just click on the Sunday Stealing meme button provided above and go for it...it'll do you a world of good....trust me.]





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1. Food :: Chain
2. Death :: Bed
3. Cafeteria :: Style
4. Need :: Y [needy]
5. Born :: Free
6. Stitch :: In Time [a stitch in time saves nine]
7. Badly :: Burned
8. Blocks :: Building
9. Chuck :: Connors [TV star from way long ago]
10. Spiral :: Notebook







POSTED: Sunday, January 24th, 2010
5:15 A.M.

§ Sunday brunch with Anni.... @ Lunch Lady Land.....

Working on the two Sunday memes that I regularly participate in for the day's blogging, I started on the Unconcious Mutterings list where you use your wits and associate one word...kinda like a psychiatric test of wits and thoughts. Who knows just what a psychiatrist would say about my associations, but I'm sure they'd have a new diagnosis number for their infamous book of codes that I worked with for many years!! [the DSM codes ---such as 297.whatever # is all psychotic disorders] No matter...that's neither here nor there, thing is, one particular word today -LUNCH- brought back a memory of Adam Sandler and how the talk show radio we listened to each morning would play this upon request...several times a day! Hey, it's a word association meme, and this song is the very first that popped into my head...so I'm supposed to write it down without any further thought!! It is comical, and I had to go see if I could find it on You Tube...of course I did, and I'm sharing it today. If you have ever eaten in a school lunchroom and their prepared 'healthy' meals, you'll get a kick out of the song. But first, the meme answers.......




Sunday Stealing: The Trivia About Me Meme


~*~Opening~*~

Do you get regular massages? No

Do you have an answering machine? No [outdated piece of equipment considering a cellphone]

What cuss word do you use the most? Sh!t

Are you underweight or overweight? Still working on losing the 6 pounds I gained during the holidays...overweight.

Can you see your veins? Yes

~*~Favorite~*~

Soap? Dial Cranberry

Fruit? No favorite....like most all. I guess it's a toss up between a banana or apple

Kind of red meat? Cooked

Fish? DEFINITELY cooked!!!!!

Candy bar? Heath

~*~Have You Ever~*~

Eaten a whole bag of potato chips? Yep

Eaten lobster? Yep

Climbed a mountain? Yep

Been skydiving? Nope

Been water skiing? Once

~*~Do You~*~

Wish you could change something about your life? Nope

Like your nose? Nope

Like salt and vinegar chips? Nope

Eat salsa? A lot!!

Own a boat? Nope

~*~What Is~*~

A small thing that people let slide but that actually has dire consequences? Paying bills [debt]

Your most macho trait? Me? Macho? I guess my love of sports. On second thought around 5PM...I have a shadow if outdoors, so I guess a 5 o'clock shadow?

The longest relationship you’ve ever had? 60+ years [myself]

Your most embarrassing thoughts? I think, therefore I am

Your most shameful moment? Dunno...I'm either shameless or shiftless.

~*~This/That~*~

Bath/Shower? Both....In a hurry, it's a shower, if it's for relaxing a bubble bath.

Markers/Crayons? Neither

Pens/Pencils? Both

Jelly/Cream Cheese? JAM...black raspberry jam/preserves or nothing at all

Bagel/Toast? Toast

~*~Finish~*~

My greatest weakness is…food

I wish I was…rich

Three things I wouldn’t do for a million dollars are…rob a bank, rob a store, rob an armored truck.

The oddest thing I’ve ever put in my mouth is…smoked octopus

~*~Firsts~*~

Credit card you had? Sears I think...[can't stand that store now-a-days]

Loan you got was for? Car

Paycheck was for how much? Goodness....that was in 1966...I haven't a clue.

Time you had stitches? When I cut my finger on a meat slicer.

Time you went to the hospital for something? When I was one...and each winter 'til I was six...always with pneumonia.

~*~Lasts~*~

List everything you ate in the last 24 hours? Home made mushroom burgers, fresh almonds as a snack, banana, cream of wheat, apple, lemon/lime soda, ice cream, seasoned french fries, salad, eggs, sausage, toast, cereal, cherry crisp, fresh orange, swiss cheese, buttered popcorn -that's all I can remember

Last thing you used a credit card for? Can't remember...rarely charge anything.

What was your job previous to the one you have now? Don't have one since I retired in 1996.

Last thing you celebrated? Christmas

Last time you were at a sports bar? Just last week. [Go often for buffalo burgers and beer---for Bud, Sprite for me!]




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1. Weak :: Defenseless
2. Flashy :: Bright
3. Sack :: Quarterback
4. Business :: as usual
5. Purple :: Rain
6. Fan :: Club
7. Airline :: Ticket
8. Guide :: Ruler
9. Lunch :: Lady Land [an old Adam Sandler Song]

10. Exercise:: Routine










POSTED: Sunday, January 17th, 2010
5:30 A.M.

§ Michael Weatherly.....you're so, so....eye candy!

Sunday Stealing: The Current Obsessions Meme [aka --I've been obsessed with balls here of late...and more here today. GEEZ!]


Book: I'm reading two at once. Well, not two at the same time...that'd be freaky...you know, two...one during the day and one at night.

Snack: Chips & Chili Con Queso chip dip sounds good right now ---anybody got some?

Restaurant: Jason's Deli...it is just too convenient to our home.

Beverage: Green Tea with Mandarin Orange is full of antioxidants.

Decor: Eclectic --how's THAT for a word?

Actor:

← TV actor [Yum! Love his sleepy eyes, his square jaw, his humor, his love of movies....I need a cold shower]

Movie actor: Always and forever - Johnny Depp. [a LONG cold shower!]

Actress: Dunno; I'd much rather obsess over the male species.

Movie: Ice Age, the Meltdown [it's so darned cute, and hilarious]

TV show: NCIS [there is a reason it's good --see above TV actor!] ---and this IS an obsession. I look forward to him it all week.

Hobby: I vowed to do more pencil drawing right now...Since the holidays I've drawn some 10 pictures. Not 'obsessed' with it tho...it's just relaxing and good to do on cold days when I can't be outdoors.

Band: Band what? Aid? Brothers? Military? [in other words, band schmand....I'm not obsessed with any at the moment]

Song: Not sure...so, I'll just make up a title, but--- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For ---that just popped into my head...'cause I LIKE the sound of it. There are too many I enjoy that I just can't say for sure.

Meme: Thursday Thunks....but it's on hiatus so I guess you could say that it isn't my current obsession, huh?.

Blog: Not necessarily 'a blog'...just addicted to working on my very own.

Lover: Ha!! At my age? I'd rather drool at all the hunks out there. Not obsess over just one. Altho, Calvin Klein is quite close-seems somehow I get into his jeans a lot these days. Speaking of C. K......Ralph Lauren for Women has a nice ring to it too. Ahhhhhhh, Ralph fits nicely on my bod!! And to 'top it off'....I have a Ralph Lauren bedcover....I sleep UNDER Ralph each and every night....take THAT ladies and gents!!! Bet you can't say that. [insert wink here]

Friend: Bud -I guess 41 years with my Bud can be an obsession, huh? But....seriously, don't even THINK of telling him about my love obsessiveness of N C I S and bedcovers---consider yourself fairly warned.

Quote: I always go for my favorite on this..."I have miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep." ~Robert Frost

Peeve: Dunno of any peeves that I'm obsessing over, other than clutter and that's always been an obsession with me, not just currently...but I remember my little dachshund's peeve...he told me once --whispered in my ear. He told me: "Taking me to the vet for "the big snip", then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back? Gimme a break!"

Sport:

OUCH! That's gotta hurt...

Always and forever on this too....baseball!! How long 'til Spring Training begins?

Singer: Rod Stewart




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01. Resolutions :: pacts
02. Page :: turner
03. Narrow :: escape
04. Refuse :: trash
05. Fountain :: of youth
06. Grunt :: groan
07. Construct :: build
08. Nightmare :: before Christmas
09. Inch :: worm
10. Instant :: oatmeal






POSTED: Sunday, January 10th, 2010
5:10 A.M.

§ You fill up my senses...like a night in the forest

[title of blog today is my 'theme song' lyrics....]
Erik has packed up his car and is headed back to Houston. He should arrive back to his home in about three hours---

Life around here will get 'normal' again.....





SUNDAY STEALING:


The "What If" Meme

1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

Ha! There are so many! I hafta pick just ONE? Impossible! Truly impossible.

2. You can flip a switch that will wipe any band or musical artist out of existence. Which one will it be?

I'm not good with electrical thingies ---my luck I'd be fried right there, with my finger bones melted to the switch!!

3. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

Just one punch? I'd better make it good then, huh? The politicianette idiot...to put it mildly. Wait....I think I could really use the domino effect here....punch the 1st then she'd fall down and knock down Rush Baby, and behind him would be Mr. B- of FoX Network!! OMGawd....I could go on and on and on with this domino set up....I really could.

4. What is your favorite cheese?

I can never turn down a slice of very sharp cheddar.

5. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your immediate disposal. What kind will you make?

Piled HIGH!!! with -Garlic Roast Beef...shaved. Red, yellow, and green bell peppers, onions sauteed in butter. Home made crusty hoagie roll...grilled. Generously spread with real mayonaise. And, top it off with oven browned Provolone Cheese. On the side, Au jus!

6. You have the opportunity to sleep with the movie celebrity of your choice. We are talking no-strings-attached sex and it can only happen once. Who is the lucky celebrity of your choice?

J. D.----no strings attached! Whoa...a life long dream.

7. You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who do you pick?

I've heard so much about Sting's 'staying power' in bed....it's gotta be him...just so I can say "Yep, it's true!!"

8. Now that you’ve slept with two different people in a row, you seem to be having an excellent day because you just came across a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk. Holy shit, a hundred bucks! How are you gonna spend it?

Only $100? Why not make it worth my while and make it a grand?! Come on....A measly one hundred gets no where fast these days!!

9. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?

Probably England!

10. Upon arrival to the aforementioned location, you get off the plane and discover another hundred-dollar bill. Shit! Now that you are in the new location, what are you gonna do?

Have some fish n chips. And a pint!!

11. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. It is…?

I'm a beer drinker [was, actually no longer since heart meds] ---and I only drink Coors...it'd hafta be Coors.

12. Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there?

You mean there are still things such as phone booths? Hmmmmm. I've always wanted to see what it was like in 16th century Tower....more specifically I'd like to be a Lady in Waiting for Queen Elizabeth I ----I truly don't think dear Henry was as handsome as they say he was...have you seen his paintings? What did women see in the man------if I was there, I'd get my question answered.

13. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

Come through my door? Wipe your feet!!!

14. You have been given the opportunity to create the half-hour TV show of your own design. What is it called and what’s the premise?

A good variety show like the olden golden days...the name? Hootin' Anni's Hootenanny

15.What is your favorite curse word?

Sh!t

16.One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?

Ask 'em if they'd like to use my GPS...'cause they're lost souls.

17. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the item?

If I had a piano, it'd be that ---I don't but did. Want one tho, again. Since I don't have a piano any longer, I think it'd be my great grandmother's clock. Can't ever replace that...a piano I can. Did I mention I want a piano again?

18. The Angel of Death has descended upon you. Fortunately, the Angel of Death is pretty cool and in a good mood, and it offers you a half-hour to do whatever you want before you bite it. Whatcha gonna do in that half-hour?

Make it a closed course, and drive my dream car on the expressway at 100s MPH....in an Audi!!

19. You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What’s it gonna be?

Obviously, I'd glow in the dark!! But I didn't say that was my super power of choice tho....I think I'd like to be able to just touch the slot machine [the huge one in MGM Las Vegas...and win each and every blessed time I touched it!! Ya baby, just call me "Queen Midas"...where everything I touch turns to $gold$.

20. You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

A certain stolen kiss under the high school staircase.

21.You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

Receiving a call from a long time friend telling us our daughter was put in a safehouse with her boys...away from an abusive husband!!

22. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world! Bitchin’! What country are you going to live in now?

To live permanently ---what no half hour limit this time? You've got to be kiddin' me!! Guess it'd hafta be Ireland. I hear there's no snakes there.

23. This question still counts, even for those of you who are under age. Check it out. You have been eternally banned from every single bar in the world except for ONE. Which one is it gonna be?

I'd open my own bar...near the top of the Empire State Building's Observatory floor----Come one, come all!!!

24. Hopefully you didn’t mention this in the super-powers question…. If you did, then we’ll just expand on that. Check it out… Suddenly, you have gained the ability to FLOAT!!! Whose house are you going to float to first, and be like “Dude, check it out…I can FLOAT!”?

Does this mean I'm just a blow up kinda creature now....a cheap date, if you ask me!!

25. The constant absorption of magical moonbeams mixed with the radioactive vegetables you consumed earlier has given you the ability to resurrect the dead famous-person of your choice. So which celebrity will you bring back to life?

John Wilkes Booth...not that he's a killer...to interview him and write his biography!!!

26. The Celestial Gates of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person, etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

Remember that secret kiss below the staircase? ---you guessed it!!

27. What’s your theme song?

That's Easy....John Denver's Anni[e]'s Song!!

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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS:


1. 365 :: days in a year
2. Tombstone :: Arizona
3. Dumb :: Dumber, Dumbest
4. Intrusive :: meddler
5. Fat :: cells [I collect them!]
6. Axe :: Axel Foley [Beverly Hills Cop]
7. Planned :: Parenthood
8. Spike :: Lee
9. Bleach :: Clorox
10. Shopkeeper :: Store owner




POSTED: Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
5:50 A.M.

§ ...from Christmas to New Year's and beyond

SUNDAY STEALING

1. What is your favorite holiday show/animated show?

I like 'em all. The most enjoyable for me is a movie, Polar Express. And the least enjoyable is Charlie Brown Christmas

2. What holiday character do you think you're most like?

Some days I can feel like Grinch or Scrooge, while other days I can feel like Santa!

3. What holiday character does your spouse think you're most like?

He thinks I'm a kid at heart...so, he'd probably say ==Virginia O’Hanlon; I'm the little girl sharing wishful secrets with Santa. [He should know]- - -It was a habit in our family that whenever any doubts came up as to how to pronounce a word or some question of historical fact was in doubt, we wrote to the Question and Answer column in The Sun. Father would always say, ‘If you see it in the The Sun, it’s so,’ and that settled the matter.
‘Well, I’m just going to write The Sun and find out the real truth,’ I said to father.
He said, ‘Go ahead, Virginia. I’m sure The Sun will give you the right answer, as it always does.’ - - -

4. Favorite Christmas/holiday song?

I like most all of them, O Holy Night being a long time favorite. And since my folks both are now gone [passed away], I L♥VE "I'll Be Home for Christmas...if only in my dreams". I've always liked it, but now it has a whole NEW meaning to me.

5. Most hated Christmas/holiday song?

Oh this is a definite HATE---I deplore, abhor, despise... "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"....it's not even Christmasy...it's more a drunken redneck song that should never have been recorded. Personally, I think it should be condemned.

6. If you have an all holiday music radio station when do you start listening to it?

Mine's either played on C Ds, old records [the 33rpm kind] or when shopping...no radio

7. If you have an all holiday music radio station do you love it or hate it?

I can't say...I've never experienced a 24/7 radio station.

8. Have you ever wrapped yourself as a Christmas present?

Only MY Santa knows this answer...and we vowed to keep that secret

9. Who is Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer's father?

Ever hear of DNA? This question should be directed to Ms. Abby Sciuto.

10. Do you drive your neighborhood or one near you at night to look at other people's holiday decorations?

We have on occasion, but not recently.

11. When you see a heavily decorated house do you think, 'oh that's lovely'? Or do you think, 'oh criminy, that looks like Christmas threw up all over their lawn'?

I have been known to ogle at all the sparkles and glitter and animations and blinking lights....you bet, it's "Lovely".

12. Are you counting the days to Christmas with excited anticipation or dread?

Actually, both...Christmas day is always a good day...but when it comes to a close, I know that there will be work to do packing everything away.

13. When was the last time you had your photo taken with Santa? Did you sit on his lap?

Let me just add this: He really is spry for his age.

14. Do you make a Christmas list for your spouse or significant other or do you rely on them to pick your gift(s) without a clue from you?

I like being surprised.

15. When do you put up your tree?

Thanksgiving Weekend...during the Cowboys Football Game - for 40 some years.

16. Real or fake?

Artificial

17. When do you take your tree down?

I begin taking things down the day after Christmas...my way of thinking......Christmas is over the 26th, the house has been decorated for nearly one month... let's get back to our normal life...we're not 'big' on New Year's Day like most people are...so, it's the day after I start...it takes about 4 days total to get everything packed away and all the 'normal everyday things' back up.

18. Do you shop the day after Christmas sales? What do you shop for?

Nope...see #17

19. Is your work/office having a holiday party this year? Will you attend?

Don't Work

20. Do you have your New Year's Eve Plans set yet?

The only one we really planned was the Millenium [party beginning at 11 PM and it was still going after 9 a.m. the very 1st day of 2000 --some guests didn't leave 'til that afternoon ---they um.....passed out, and I left them there...safer than having them out on the streets at a gawd awful bright sunshiny day...hungover]...other than that...it's been to bed as usual times.

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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS


1. Interest :: Loan
2. Chase :: Manhattan
3. Itch :: Seven Year
4. Soothe :: Comfort
5. Lamp :: Oil
6. Tutor :: Teach
7. Nicole :: Kidman
8. Sloth :: Lazy -deadly sin [according to some]
9. Burn :: in Hell
10. Bug ::Volkswagen Beetle; Lady







POSTED: Sunday, December 20th, 2009
4:30 A.M.

§ The Scarlet Letters and Curvy Sexy Instruments...Whoa

Sunday Stealing: The 6 Ws Meme

Who...

Is[are] easy to love? I had to change it to plural [as in 'are'] 'cause the easiest to love ARE my furbabies

Do you just wanna smack? The one that's Gone Rogue, claiming to see Russia from her house...I'd like to smack her and smack her hard. You betcha. Maybe she'd lose her BEARINGS over the Bering Sea - and STAY in Russia?

Do you trust? No one

Do you talk to when you're alone? Heck I rarely talk in a crowd, so I keep my mouth shut when I'm alone to keep from looking wacko in case someone comes in the room! The only time I'm alone these days is when I'm working on the computer...so I may be overheard while playing games on it...the computer cheats I tellya.

What...

Dangerous things do you do while driving? I try to concentrate on the skill of driving...but there are times when out on the long desolate highway that I do let my eyes wonder off the road at the scenery. Oh...and I do tend to drive too fast from the posted limit! Lead foot.

Are you allergic to? Many things...

Is Satan's last name? Gonetohell [NOTE: someone on their blog had Beck...another had Limbaugh---I LIKE their answers better than my Gonetohell!!!]

Is the freakiest thing in your house?...Occasionally spiders and geckos

When...

Is it time to turn over a new leaf? In the Spring to inspect for infestations of aphids.

Will you be all that you can be? I'm not into "Army" stuff...they're wusses. Gimme a Marine...The few, the Proud! Then test me on all I can be!

Is enough enough? When it's spelled E N O U G H....enough already!

Do you go to the dark side? After the lights are off. Or the sun goes down...everything is dark no matter what side I'm on.

Where...

Are your pants? My drawer, in the laundry shoot, wearing 'em. Not necessarily in that order.

Is your last will and testament? Lawyer's office & copy in safe deposit box

Is your junk food stash? Top pantry, right side...stay out!!!

Is Carmen Sandiego? Y'know, what with the changing of countries' names all the time and so frequently, I take the 5th on this...

Why...

Was the Lone Ranger alone? First he was on radio, then on TV and many thousands of shows...he had no time for anyone else...even Hi Ho Silver was never really by his side in the end.

Was The Scarlet Letter scarlet? Because...Hester is her punishment -for being a cheater! AND the Scarlet Letters are still around in Boston to this day...The Boston RED S-O-X. There's a lesson of implication in here somewhere.

Are musicians sexy and plumbers not? Well now...have you ever really LOOKED at what a musician has in his mouth? Or what they're strummin'? Nice, curvy instruments?!! The tools of a plumber are greasy and covered with slime...what would you'd rather have...nice slick shiny instruments or greasy grimy tools?

Are there no seat belts on school buses? I looked it up in Seat Belts for Dummies just now, it states the buses seats are compartmentalized. So there, you have it. It doesn't take me long to answer a stupid question with a stupid answer. You should really check out these publications...it may help you out in further stealing questions.


Would you...

Swim the English Channel for a doughnut and coffee? If not that, what? No -and nothing...Swimming's not important. Have you ever heard of Dunkin' Donuts? I wouldn't swim for ANYthing.

Forgive someone who deliberately hurt you? No, I hold a grudge.

Rather believe a lie if it hurt you less than the truth? If it's a lie, I wouldn't know any differently would I? That's why I trust NO ONE.

Still be alive if you were sucked out of an airplane window? My luck? I'd be sucked out, right into one of the jet engines. Does that answer the question? I'm sure if you don't realize that's a big NO...then, there is probably a book on Sucking Out of an Airplane Window Survival for Dummies out there for you.



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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

1. Up :: the Down Staircase
2. Scram! :: Sucka!
3. Smell :: Whiff
4. Belong :: Member
5. Doug :: las
6. Collar :: Lipstick
7. Squirrel :: Nut
8. Chinese :: Food
9. Tracker :: GPS - P.I. [as in Magnum]
10. Apartment :: Complex





POSTED: Sunday, December 13th, 2009
5:15 A.M.

§ I saw the Har-r-r-bor Lights!---beside the silv'ry sea

..."Harbor Lights" lyrics & History...

Yesterday and into the early evening as darkness fell on the shore, the city held its 28th annual City Harbor Lights Festival. Tho, in the past, and still today, I'm thoroughly disappointed in the so called "TREE" that is lighted at the end of the show, it's still part of the city's tradition. I just can't get too excited Come on...it's not even a TREE!! It's nothing but green garland and electric lights. Oh it's pretty don't get me wrong...and the refection on the Gulf is breathtaking. But, of course, being from Colorado and the snowy winters, I kinda expect a REAL LIVE TREE....hehehehehe. The day begins with parades, school children, Santa, street entertainment, live music this year by Grammy Award Winner, Jennifer Pena [who is native Texan and raised in Corpus Christi]. Now let me tell you, the day before, it was cold and rainy. Officially, the city did get snowfall...but it wasn't enough to stick to the warm ground!!

--by the way, Houston and Galveston got snow...quite a bit.--

So, yesterday it was still quite cold, but sunny. The high temperature was mid 40s and being that it's right ON the waterfront, the humidity and the windchill factor brought it mighty close to freezing. I felt sorry for the kids in the parade....yet, they seemed to not even feel the cold winds off the sea. After all the parade activities and the BBQs, and local news celebrities on the main podium, the huge south Texas electric company puts on a laser show set to music. THAT's impressive. Then, Ms. Pena had the crowd of thousands singing along with her all the Christmas Carols. At the end, it was time for the ceremonial lighting of the tree. All along the Marina, the private yachts were set aglow with them being decorated in holiday lights!! With the photos shown, I've used the zoomed feature then inserted the wide angle photo within ...you really need to enlarge them for best viewing. I LOVE the Toy Soldier the BEST...it was my favorite.



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Sunday Stealing: The Can't Sleep Meme

Would it be hard to kiss the last person you kissed?

Hard, what do you mean hard? What's hard?

When is it hard to kiss someone?

I dunno....are we on Candid Camera?

You're trapped in a room with your most recent ex for three days, what do you do?

I don't have an 'ex'...once again.

Does it matter to you if your significant other smokes?

Nope...the more smokers, the merrier! By the way, what is he smoking?

Have you ever regretted letting someone go?

Kinda....I let go of one....he was then killed in Viet Nam, during the war.

Where would you go if you were butt naked and locked out of your house?

I'd probably break into my car and grab the extra coats that are in the trunk...I have beach sandals in there too. And if I couldn't get into the car, I'd run to the neighbors and borrow their iron to smooth out my wrinkles.

Do you want to please everyone?

No way! I live for myself. A lot o' times my motto is "P!ss on 'em".

Have you ever been called heartless?

Not that I know of, but I'm sure someone or more than someone pro'lly would say that of me. Did you READ my answer to the previous question?

Someone calls you at 3:00 AM, who do you expect it to be?

I wouldn't know....the phone is off at night, and on vibrate during the day.

Does it matter if your significant other drinks?

Cheers!

Could you go the rest of your life without doing drugs?

Rx? Not for long I imagine.

Which is better, amazing eyes or an amazing smile?

Smiles...when someone has an amazing smile the eyes sparkle.

Do you want to get married and have children one day?

I am, I have.

Are you easy to get along with?

It depends on who I am with....I am choosy I guess.

Do you ever want to go to sleep and not wake up?

What a question!!!!

Are you shorter than your Mom?

My mom is no longer here.

Describe your life currently in one word:

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious

Are you on medication for anything?

Blood Pressure & Heart

Who would you allow to read your thoughts for one day?

The Enquirer Readers

Are there things in your life that you will never be able to get over?

Several...Frank [the one KIA in Viet Nam...An abusive son in law [no longer connected to my daughter]...loss of my parents...My son's carjacking [let's just say I'm not too keen on the justice system]...My in-laws. Oh gimme a break....I never liked 'em, they didn't like me...it was a mutual accord.

If you woke up naked next to the last person you kissed, what would your reaction be?

Does the term warm fuzzy give you the picture? Or like the first question, is it too HARD for you to envision?

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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

1. Hotter :: than a snake's ass in a wagon rut. [a favorite quote I often use - from Good Morning Viet Nam & Robin Williams]
2. Negotiator :: Movie [Samuel L. Jackson & Kevin Spacey]
3. Crimson :: Tide
4. Loses :: Wins
5. Tide :: Laundry Detergent
6. Alan :: Funt
7. Fool :: and his money are soon parted
8. Pink :: is My Favorite Color [Aerosmith Song]
9. Palm :: Tree
10. Lipstick :: On Your Collar [Connie Francis?]




"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'."
~Bing Crosby





POSTED: Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Tomorrow is *PEARL HARBOR DAY!!
6:05 A.M.

§ Love is a Many Splendored Thing....and then some---

SUNDAY STEALING
Sunday Stealing: The Tell Me About Yourself Meme

1. When is your birthday?

February 9th

2. Where were you born?

Check Profile

3. Where do you live now?

Texas

4. What is your heritage?

Irish

5. Tell us about a weakness.

Food! I tend to live to eat instead of the other way around, eat to live.

6. What's a goal that you'd like to achieve?

None really at my age...I never set my scope beyond the realm of life, I take it one day at a time.

7. What is the most overused internet phrase?

One I use...rofl ROFL!!

8. What was your first thought this morning?

Dang, if I didn't have to pee....I'd still be asleep!

9. When do you usually go to bed?

Around 10 p.m. ---but the last two nights, way too early!

10. Do you smoke? If not, did you ever?

As Ace Ventura says...."Smo-o-o-o-k-ing!"

11. Do you like your current relationship status?

Love is a many splendored thing!

12. Do you (or did you) get along with your parents?

Oh yes....we all had a great relationship!!

13. How often do you drink alcohol?

Maybe once a month. Heart meds don't mix well.

14. Have you ever tried drugs (that weren't prescribed)?

No. I take that back, nicotine, it's a drug huh?

15. Have you ever gone skinny dipping? If yes, do tell.

Yes...I'll just say it was a lake...and ICY!!

16. If given the choice, how would you like to die?

Quick...no suffering with a lingering illness.

17. What did you want to be when you grew up?

Right where I am now...married, happily ever after.

18. Have you ever been dumped?

No

19. What's on your pizza?

Hold on....let me go check the fridge, I have some leftovers----back---looks like the usual, pepperoni and extra cheese with fresh ground black pepper. Yum!!!

20. Have you ever shoplifted?

No. Well, ya---a few grapes from the produce section at the store once in a while.

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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

1. MacGyver :: Gadgets
2. Garter :: Belt
3. Wedge :: [drop the 'e' and add i e --] Wedgie
4. Inches :: Feet
5. Code :: HTML
6. Water :: Water, everywhere!
7. Running :: Bear [song] by Johnny Preston [oldie!]
8. Curly :: Moe and Larry
9. Turkey :: Trot
10. Stupor :: Transfixed, dazed




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I've been so busy the last couple of days I've hardly been online. What has kept me offline and not visiting many of my bloggin' buddies y'wonder? Well let me tellya! Decorating the house for Christmas. It's taken me two days so far to just unpack my Santas and get some of them set up around the house. I vowed this year to just be selective from my hundreds of Santas. In other words, for years when I ran out of 'room' on the tables and shelves, I started just lining them up on the floors around the baseboard of the walls. I've always thought it was kinda tacky, yet whimsical like a toy shop...but hard to vacuum around them all. I spent a good deal of time taking photos this morning and will get them resized and edited for blogging in a bit. I have one room to photograph yet, but, ummmmmmm, it's occupied as I type my Sunday post. This photo is one taken from last year and I plan on posting this very same on my photo blog, that's why it's watermarked with the copyright. But then, fair warning---- then....

Look out!!

Santa Claus is coming to town!!!!!







POSTED: Sunday, November 29th, 2009
4:40 A.M.

§ Clicking Spoons & O Holy......

SUNDAY STEALING


1. Name someone with the same birthday as you. ---you mean 'famous'?

1949 - Bernard Gallacher, British golfer
1949 - Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
1949 - Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)

2. Where was your first kiss?

4th grade...from Bobby!! [on the school playground!] I know, slutty, huh?

3. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex? If yes, why?

Not that I recall. But remember, I have three brothers...I probably hit them on a dare when much younger.

4. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? When?

Yes, church...Christmas Eve Pageant.....I sang solo....O Holy Night [at age of 16]

5. What's the first thing you notice about your preferred sex?

I really, to be honest, think it depends on my mood...I like eyes sometimes, then butts other times, or even the way they dress. But....Ahem.....the WHOLE package! I check ALL out.

6. What really turns you off?

Foul language!!!! If people would only realize that it's degrading to their intelligence.

7. What is your biggest mistake?

In life, I don't think I made any HUGE mistakes...really. I'm happy and content...even if there were mistakes made...they were never "BIG" ones.

8. Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?

OMGawd...that's Munchausen's Syndrome---and, working with Psychiatrists for over 10 years, I've seen this and what harm some have done....NO!! I wouldn't even remove a sliver if I didn't have to worry about blood infection from the sliver!

9. Say something totally random about yourself.

I'm craving green stuffed olives right now!

10. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?

Yes...in teasing tho. At least I think.

11. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows?

I like the Ice Age Movies, and Shrek, and the seasonal 'kiddie movies'.

12. Are you comfortable with your height?

How can I not be?

13. What is the most romantic thing someone of the preferred sex has done for you?

Carved a heart in a tree with our initials. Oh, and Red Roses ---lots of 'em at a time

14. When do you know it's love?

For me, it felt right...

15. What's something that really annoys you?

Right now? It's more like "Who" really annoys me...and it's The Going Rogue Princess from Alaska [and the news coverage of said Princess]

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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

1. Marathon :: Runner
2. Debt :: National
3. Turn :: Around
4. Image :: ry [imagery]
5. Sofa :: Nap [as in sleep, not the texture]
6. Envelope :: Please [as in Award Shows]
7. Cart :: e Blanche [carte blanche]
8. Process :: ed foods [processed foods]
9. Question :: Answer
10. Rumor :: Has it




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Yesterday, we left early for the annual King's Ranch Ranch Hand Breakfast. We were in doubt whether we should even think about attending this year 'cause of the heavy, sometimes torrential, rains we've been getting recently. Just Friday, our town received a whopping 4.75 inches within a 12 hour period. Some areas close by got up to 9 inches in a day. I had visions of getting the car stuck in the mud and mire on the ranch fields where they make us park...but then again, I had sweet dreams of some of the handsome young virile cowboys on horseback pulling the car out and rescuing me. LOLOLOL. We went; and we had a fun time. The food was great. Visiting is so worthwhile. We ended up spending about 3 and half hours there, listening to the C W music, eating, watching some of the 'hands on' exhibits, the calf roping event, and checking out the Texas Longhorns, the horses, [we even saw a brood of wild turkeys], donkeys, and walked about a mile or so up a road and found a beautiful pond...Took lots and lots of pictures that I'll probably make into a slide show soon. But, I'll do that when I have a lot more time...because of the holiday fast approaching, I will not even consider working on uploading the photos to the computer from the camera chip until the kitchen is cleaned up from our Thanksgiving dinner. So, if you're interested, come back sometime next week.....after Thanksgiving [typing this with fingers crossed]









POSTED: Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
4:30 A.M.
King's Ranch Brand, the "Flying W" courtesy of Wikipedia

SUNDAY STEALING

Part One - Describe:


Your hair? Short, gray, parted on one side.

Your mother? WAS--hard working, gentle, caring and funny!

Your father? WAS--hard working, stubborn, strict and strong!

Your favorite food? Round, bubbly, covered with cheese & pepperoni, Peter Piper!

Your dream last night? :::shrug:::

Your favorite drink? Bottled, tap, Spring, icy cold!

Your dream/goal? At my age? Just to live well----------

The room are you in? Nearly wall to wall book shelves, TV, posters, walls painted mocha brown.

Your hobby? Yarn, needle, pattern SC DC Hdc, Trpl, shell stitch, filet stitch, OR---paint brush, oils, watercolor, sketch pad.

Your fear? Slithery, slimy, cold blooded, poisonous & non poisonous. Sometimes constricting.

Your TV? 52" screen, GREAT for watching movies!

Your Pets? Adopted, two...one's black, the other's white.

Friends? Quirky, silly and full of smiles [and pranks!]

Your life? An easy one would be the best way to describe it.

Your mood? Most always happy!!

If you're missing someone? Not really. Tho, a lot are continually in my thoughts, daily.

Your best friend? Gray haired, tall, opposite sex...just a grumpy ol' man.



Part Two - The Where's?

Where do you want to be in 6 years? Still alive

Where were you last night? Home

Where did you grow up? Colorado

One place that I go to over and over? Beach

Your favorite place to eat out? ANYplace I don't have to cook....but we continually go back to Cracker Barrel or Longhorn Steakhouse.

Wish list items? I have everything I want....no listed wishes that I can think of at this moment.

Last time you laughed? Last night...we're watching the four tapes of Johnny Carson's favorite episode clips of the Tonight Show ---the best of!!!

Last time you cried? Probably the most recent was when I chopped onion to add to the soup.



Part Three - The What's?

Something that you aren't? A man.

Last thing you did? Logged in to my blog editing....[actually, answered the above question, read the 'last thing you did'---typing letters/words now...]

What are you wearing? Black and white "African Print" shorts.....and a black knit shirt.

Something you're not wearing? Shoes.

Your favorite store? Grocery...gimme food!!! Hey, this gal likes to eat!!



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UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

1. Grace :: Amazing
2. Shower :: Rain
3. Alice :: in Wonderland
4. Purple :: Rose of Cairo
5. Apartment :: Complex
6. 3 :: Wise Men
7. Car :: Phone
8. Pregnant :: NOT ME!!!
9. Counselor :: Guidance
10. Discretion :: Judge, caution



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Well, after a long duel with me and the computer's modem yesterday, I think the modem won out! I finally just gave up and decided the hassle wasn't worth the long hours of trying to get online and stay online!! Bud and I ended up going for a nice long walk. And I do mean long...we ended up driving to Mustang Island and stayed there for nearly three hours, just walking and combing the beach. After we parked the car, we first chose to walk along the dunes. It's a very quiet area, peaceful, and mighty tranquil for this city girl. Away from the hustle, bustle, heavy weekend traffic of being downtown. I do think, at least I THINK I think...that a lot of people are out and about, shopping early and hunting for bargains for the holidays already. Anyway, yesterday, there seemed to be a lot of traffic on the freeways. But after we got farther south, nearing the outskirts of town and closer the Laguna Madre, we noticed a thinning out of the heavy traffic. By late morning [that's around 9 a.m. for ME...lol...] we were on the island. The weather was mild and pleasant, the water was beginning to recede with low tide. I didn't take too many photos this time as I only took with me, the cellphone. No cameras to lug around. It was just to be a leisurely morning of walking!! But, as we walked the dunes, just a few yards away from a channel, we both spied a bird of prey carrying in flight with him, a fish....the species is a caracara!! They are about the size of a golden eagle when fully matured. He knew, I realized, that I had only the cellphone camera. Of course, being a bird of prey, he was quite aware of us being so near. Each time I'd reach out to get him in view of the camera, he'd take off and fly a short distance then land and hide from us. When we reached nearer his sandy perch, he'd take off again. So the photos aren't all that good! The one photo above is where he's trying to nibble on his 'kill'. I highlighted it...to the right bottom of the photo. The grinding noise that the zoom switch makes from the camera made him take off once again. But only to land another football field away!!!! As quietly as we could, we walked on toward him again. About a dozen yards away, I aimed toward him [he was well camouflaged], trying to find him in the brush and focus. By the time I spotted him, he had already spotted me, and took off...I snapped away, attempting to get him in the frame---- All in all, it was a wonderful morning for me after we decided to just pick up and leave the modem's touchy mood behind us....And, from that moment on, even when we returned home, I didn't even go into the library to even LOOK at the computer!! I had my fill....and I just let it be the victor! For the day anyway. I was up first thing this morning and my first thought was..."Y'wonder if the turd is going to cooperate?" Well, when I walked through the doorway, the modem's light wasn't flickering, so I wasn't bickering!!! I booted it all up, and got online with no problems whatsoever!! Guess the cable company had problems of their own!! And you know what? I really didn't mind at all once I made up my mind to just leave it all to sort itself out!






POSTED: Sunday, November 15th, 2009
6:30 A.M.