Feb7

Real Housewives of Orange County?

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Yes, that is the question. These women are not housewives or really even domestic goddesses. A few of them are businesswomen, but I guess friends of the impostors. All have fake boobs. Probably all have been botoxed and have smooth foreheads and big waxy lips and long hair. They have showed a few of the gals getting needles in the frown area. I think this Bravo cable show should be called ‘Stepford Wives of Orange County’ as they are trying to be cookie cutter replicas of each other. The only one I can relate to in the tiniest of ways is Jeana, because she is the heaviest of the bunch, not in a bad heavy way. She and her ex-pro baseball player husband have 3 kids (she thought their gene pool was so excellent that they reproduced that many times-words from her own mouth). They have about 3-4 homes. Her kids are totally spoiled.
Jeana showing bling In fact, most of the teenagers/young adults they show have some kind of issue. Last night the other ‘newer’ cast member’s daughter had her nose fixed as she had a little bump in it. They actually showed the doctor whamming her nose with a hammer and you heard the ‘crack’ when it broke.The one I can’t stand the most is Jo who is about 26. She isn’t anything special, not even that pretty. She happen to catch this rich guy Slade (real name? I think not) and he fell for her. Now she got a job in LA and is moving there. I think Slade is tired of her anyway. I guess their lives are like 98% more interesting then mine, but you see from the show that they all have problems. Money seems to escalate this most of the times. All have been married and divorced too.

Feb6

Embracing my age

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My age
I got a couple of compliments today at the dentist office. I was telling the hygienist that my 40 yr old little brother hardly had any cavities as I had acted as a ‘little mom’ to him being 7 yrs older and made him brush his teeth regularly. She replied, ‘so that means your 47, you sure don’t look it!’ Wow-so nice. I thank my parentage for good genes. And I thank the hairdresser too. Dr. Tim did an excellent job with my crown. It feels a bit strange as it’s higher than the first one there was. He’s only 28. I guessed around 30 as he’s so professional. He answered my questions and even looked at an area of concern on my gum. He also went to Penn State (like Sean), but studied Life Science before going on to Temple for dentistry. So I graduated the year before he was born-I feel old now! ; )

Brian stopped at Burger King because all my stress was gone and I was hungry. I tried to eat a Healthy Choice turkey meal for lunch but didn’t eat most of it.

Stitchingwise I am working on an ornament for a change of pace. I want to have something to add to the stitch-along blog. I did find a hemp cord website and am waiting on suggestions from the webmistress on what to order.

Feb6

Heroes-who’s your daddy?

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The real daddyI did watch Heroes last night and they waited until the last few minutes to ‘reveal’ who Claire’s real daddy was and it was Nathan-Adrian Pasdar (my mom has a crush on him). If you look at some of the bio pages for Adrian, it says he lived in Powellton, PA. He may have at one time, but he graduated from Marple Newton HS which isn’t near there at all. I wasn’t sure if they would introduce a new character, but deep down I thought no. Adrian grew up about 5 miles or so from me in Delaware County. I mentioned this before. Wonder if he ever shopped in ‘Two Guys’ department store near where he use to live? Danny Bonaduce, also from around the same area, of course moved to Hollywood as a kid. Talk about changing from lovable Danny Partridge to steroid addict real life grown up Danny.Danny grown up I hope he is doing better as his reality show scared the ‘you know what’ out of me (caught it a few times when Bri was channel surfing).

Back to the homefront-my poor sinuses are bothering me as is my tummy. I think my choice of meals have been too acidity and rich lately. Those fat pink mints work wonders! The heat is running all the time because it’s only 10 degrees outside! I try to take precautions and they help a bit, but that forced dry air heat is taking it’s toll on all of us. Because we had a mild December, I wasn’t affected as early as I usually am. I hope I feel better by 3 when I go to the dentist. Sean was also getting on my nerves as he has a short summary due on wacky Penna laws and had trouble finding something. He was on dumblaws.com and it turned out to be his best bet. Did you know you can’t use dynamite in PA to catch fish? Or you can’t sing in the bathtub? Hmmm….

Feb5

Cold doesn’t describe our weather

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Worry wart!It’s just brutal outside. I am a worry wart when it comes to my guys dressing warmly, especially since Sean has to walk around a college campus and Bri is in and out of his car a lot for his job. I worry about the heat or electric going out, the pipes freezing, the cars not starting. Bri went out and started my 11 yr old van tonight and it started on the first try. Glad we had it worked on this past year.

Not much new. A different thing I did was to crochet a string shopping bag last night from a ball of $1.00 heavy weight string. Unfortunately I ran out of string and it’s only half completed or I’d have finished it to share with you. You are suppose to use hemp, but where do I get that? People think you are talking about something you smoke, if you get my drift. I’ll share a photo of it when I am finished. (My inspiration-Ed Begley, Jr the actor has a HGtv ‘reality’ program that I caught last night and he doesn’t like to use paper or plastic and has canvas bags for his groceries). I have the crochet pattern a day calendars from the last few years and that was one of the days. I was making slippers, but tore them out as I wanted to make them for Tori my niece, not me.

I enjoyed the InStyle celebrity wedding show tonight. I love to see the gowns and the flowers of those with big pocketbooks.

Wish me luck at the dentist tomorrow. : ) I’ll probably mail things also as I spent some time getting about 4 things ready to mail.

Stay warm!

From a quiz I just took:

As a worry wart, feeling anxious about the future is “second nature” to you.

Worrying is not always bad. To a certain degree, it is healthy to fret about things to come…

But worrying has to be put into perspective. Too much is anti-productive…and unnecessary.

How to quit this habit? Live in the present moment. Set aside time to meditate. Strengthen your personal faith. Develop a few strategies for peace of mind.

Feb4

So close

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We had a little friend poking around the brush out back today. We used the new camera and quickly switched to the zoom. I like the continuous shot mode. This is the best of the bunch. She was about 20 feet away. This was taken through the family room window.

A deer visit

Feb4

A scavenger hunt

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It was frigid on Saturday with just a wee bit of snow, but nothing like it’s suppose to get in the next few days. Rats-I still have to go to the dentist on Tuesday to get my crown fitted.I’ve been occupying my ‘free time’ this weekend with trying some of the paper collaging techniques I’ve been admiring on the artsy blogs I’ve been visiting. I made something today that I can’t share until the recipient gets it. I had so much fun making it. I did use some new papers that I found at Big Lots on Friday. Gotta love a variety of pretty scraps in a sack for 80¢! My pal on tribe is into paper crafting and I sent her a package of paper goodies. A few other pals will eventually get some ‘stuff’ too. I do love sending packages! So the Scavenger hunt is all taken care of-I have the seven things that I will send my bloggy partner.Here’s what they are and I won’t say exactly what they are until my partner gets the package:

1-a local newspaper

2-seeds or a plant

3-a photo of my yard facing east (I actually had one from last spring) and in a frame

4-a recipe with 3 eggs

5-a spoon

6-something yellow or with yellow in it

7-something 3″ but no bigger than 8″.

Fun! I’m putting the things together in such a way to make them ‘interconnect’. You’ll understand when you see a photo-promise!

Keep my pal P in your thoughts, she lost her estranged dad on Friday. My mom has a dreadful cold. I wish she would at least take vitamins to boost herself up. Bri’s dad had a tooth extraction last Monday which left him feverish and not feeling well. My uncle continues to rest in the nursing home after having his hip surgery going on 3 weeks ago. He gets to see his wife more ofen as she’s in the same facility!

I’m making Rachael Ray’s winter chicken stew for dinner tonight. The topping-Italian parsley, toasted pine nuts and grated lemon peel. You give the stew a splash of lemon juice when you serve it. It was really tasty! Rachael Ray’s Chicken Winter Stew

I may do the package bread mix for sourdough to go with it. We’ve been eating a lot of yeasty stuff-I went through Dunkin’ Donuts yesterday. Didn’t break any rules-just wanted a few donuts which I haven’t had in ages. I pretend I live in Alaska where it’s okay to pack on a few pounds in the winter for warmth. Seems the right thing to do in this kind of weather. 😉

Ann-I did change the font and color and we have the same template! The print is a little small-this is a test post.

Feb3

Tornado in Florida

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My well wishes go out to the people who suffered through this terrible ordeal early Friday morning in central Florida. The photos and film footage taken show the horrific event that left devastation in it’s path for over 30 miles. Brian read that one woman moved from to Florida after Katrina destroyed her house only to face this tornado and to lose everything a second time.

Mother nature can surely pull some weird tricks out of her hat!

Found this interesting post. The Red Cross is always there when people need them, and if you can help that is a blessing.