...from the 70's!!! Here~
New strain now, of course, but a lovely trip down memory lane!
Thanks to Knoxy for finding these...
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In our local rag yesterday, they were interviewing some local DAMs.
"In addition to postponing travel and worrying about relatives, they fear the deadly swine flu will damage the image of Mexico and Mexicans here in the US. "It's bad enough the community already thinks we Mexicans bring in gangs and drugs", said XXX. "Now they're going to think we bring this disease that could kill them."
Italics are mine. Enough to gag a maggot, isn't it?
Awesome version here... turn your sound on...
STFU, Dick-wad!! Check it out here ...
...while we were out wine tasting ~
...for Stephen Hawking.
See here ~
His life has been such a miracle ~ I believe him to be one of the truly great immortals, ala Tung-Fang Shuo of Taoist legend.
My oldest friend's brother was murdered on Thursday ~ here is the story...
Please send good thoughts for all of the families involved.
...was today!
We bought all the new chairs for the LR today ~ now we just have to wait for delivery! (Aaaaargh, sez she who doesn't do well with delayed gratification!)) It will be 6-8 weeks for the recliners, and 4-6 weeks for the small chairs.
We spent most of the afternoon playing in the garden ~ trimming up some roses and ground covers, pushing back the new bark Ciro's guys dumped on all the new growth, etc. It is always such a thrill to see those tender new shoots!! My back is sore, but it was well worth it ~
Then Jim fixed his signature fondues for dinner ~ YUM!!! Fried beef, sourdough & melted cheese, and a glass of wine ~ one of the universe's best meals!
We also found a little tiny frog in the backyard ~ cute as could be. (Pix later) ~ it was not much bigger than a quarter, and had a bandit mask stripe of black around his eyes. I scooped him up and put him out front near the fountain since we didn't want Seamus to find him (he's had enough strange stuff in his tummy lately!!) ~ hope the froglet likes it out there!
UN - FLIPPIN' - BELIEVABLE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI2DxkrgpgQ
I LOVE a good torch song!!!
Never judge a book by it's cover... turn your volume up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
So Woody Harrelson attacked a photographer, then claimed he thought it was a zombies... (click here)
It has been rumoured for years that Harrelson has the largest penis in Hollywood ~ that must have been what he was using when he thought up this excuse...
"Purfle" (PUR-ful) ~ Verb: to ornament the border or edges of
What a great word for scrappers!! "She used ribbon to purfle her LO."
:-)))
Source ~ Merriam-Webster Online dictionary
Aaaaargh! I had tripped over a rolled up rug last Thursday when we were moving furniture... a bit of swelling and pain, but I was able to go to work Friday.
Tuesday, 2 hours into my day at work, I tripped again, and REALLY torqued my ankle! I tried to tough it out, but my dear sweet boss sent me home. Poop. Now I have much more swelling than I did initially, and more pain at rest ~ had to sit out today at work too. DAMN!
Klutziness sucks!!
Yep ~ you can tell it's spring here in Yuck-berg... we hauled the blue ceramic pots out of the garage and arrayed them out front yesterday! And why is that cause for joyous celebration, you may ask??? Because that means it is getting much warmer (70 today, and lows in the mid 30's).
Yippee Skippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All kinds of other loverly spring stuff is happening, too... The crabapple and twisted cherry trees are going to be bursting into bloom any day now; my bleeding heart plant is all bushed out; there is new growth on all the roses; the lilac bush is covered with buds, and on & on...
LOVE it!
(no comments needed from ye who live in more clement climes!! :-PPP)
As well, we had Ciro come out last week; he and his gang will be here on Friday to take out some of the old plants that just aren't working, and put in new stuff for us. We went out to Cowiche nursery before he came, and got all kinds of ideas. (Cowiche is our local fantabulous nursery) So we'll go out there Thursday and buy what we want (poor Jim!!), and the gang will take care of it all on Friday. Plus, we're having them bring in some fresh bark dust to brighten the beds up a bit.
I had a glorious day today doing some putzing around the yard ~ scrubbed some saucers, potted up a clematis (for outside my bedroom window) and a heavenly scented variegated Basil, painted some drip heads with MM " Waterslide" for easy visibility (scrappy products once more to the rescue!), sprinkled some wildflower seeds in one of the front pots...
Geri ~ I was thinking of you!! ;-)))
Scrapwise, I'm working on pix from when Betz was here last fall ~ lots of good memories! I'll post a LO or two when I'm done.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
Me loves me some Cuz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now all is right in my world ~ my giggling, silly, dear, sweet, bestus friend is right next to me, right where she belongs...
:-))))))
PS ~ with the flowers and the ribbon, it was pretty bulky; I'm wondering if it got torn to bits by their equipment???
Cottleston Pie is the Taoist philosophy dealing with our Inner Nature (as explained by Winnie-the-Pooh)
To get the full scoop, read "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff.
The full poem is at the very bottom here...
