Wednesday in Port Huron ...

The day started with having to go to my folks to get their van. Dad needed to get some blood work done real quick, so we took him to the health care clinic. Fifteen minutes in and out and we were back to the folks condo. Grabbed the van keys and took off for a day of fun in the sun.

OMG!! Did we have fun! It started off with a little ship watching as the schooner Highlander Sea was up-bound (north bound) just as we got there. Fascinating to watch this ship!!

Squirrels and seagulls watched as we had a snack. I ignored the seagulls, but you know my heart melted when the squirrels started to beg. Picky little buggers didn't want the pretzel sticks I threw their way. They wanted Alien's barbecued corn chips!! Isn't he just too cute?

It had been two years since we had been on the Huron Lightship, so we decided to pay the entry fee and tour the ship. We took our time, even sat on deck at a picnic table and just enjoyed the refreshing breeze. A man who works over at nearby Fort Gratiot Lighthouse as a tour guide was on the lightship. Of course I had a ton of lighthouse questions for him!! While we were talking a tour cruise ship was approaching. He asked Alien if she wanted to blast the ships horn in greeting to the passing ship. At first she declined, but he grabbed her wrist and said "come on" ... I followed and got pics of her blasting the ship's horn. A privilege not offered to *just anyone*, mind you. LOL!

Boy was she red-faced!! But she admitted it was cool to have blasted the horn while people on the deck of the passing cruise ship waved at her.

Back on shore we found a picnic table and decided to eat a very late lunch, LOL. Alien incited a riot between seagulls as she tossed *one* corn chip into a group of about half a dozen seagulls. The commotion attracted more seagulls to where we were. By the time it was all over she'd attracted ALL of the seagulls to our side of the park, and had started about a dozen seagull fights. They even dive-bombed Alien a few times!

Shipping traffic was rather heavy all day. It afforded us lots of chances to get in some ship watching and to check off more ship names in my Freighters of the Great Lakes Ship Watchers Guide.

And we laughed 'til we cried. Over anything and everything. Alien was in a goofy mood as it was, so everything was funny!

So I just hit *record* on the camera and let Alien have some silly fun ...

We laughed like this the entire day ... FUN FUN FUN!! (Sorry about the wind hitting the camera's microphone - it was really windy)

Port Huron - July 30, 2008

Port Huron's Flagship

Photos of our day trip to Port Huron, MI ... what a great time we had!

Ten Thoughts Tuesday ...

1) Alien and I are going to Port Huron tomorrow!! Yippee! Mom talked me into taking her van - she's real leary about me driving my car for the 60 mile drive to Port Huron. Given the problems I have had in the past with my car, I'm more comfy taking her van. Added bonus, her van - her gas! LOL. A day of bonding with the Alien at the park, picnicking and ship watching. Dodging squirrels while we eat. A walk along the pier. Loads and loads of photo opps. Maybe even a few photo oops.

2)  I've been invited to visit a friend while she's in Chicago ... It's definite! I'm going to Chicago in October for a few days!! Don't exactly have doctor's clearance to travel that far yet - but dammit I'm going!! I haven't had a few days to myself in years. I don't mean at home by myself, either. I mean out of town ... being a sight-seer ... having an intelligent conversation with a friend. I'm geeked.

3) My mom hasn't been feeling well lately. To help her out around the house I'll be going over one day a week to do her chores. Take Daddy out to dinner afterwards, probably ... she passes on going out to eat. She prefers the alone time. Can't say as I blame her, I know I enjoy my alone time, too. I'll probably devote Wednesdays to the folks ... unless Daddy's got a doctors appointment he needs a ride to, then I'll go on whatever day his appointment is. Give Mom a break there, too.

4) Speaking of doctors. About a year ago I took a nasty tumble down the stairs, injuring my elbow in the process. It hasn't been the same since, very sensitive to pressure. Then the other day I knocked it on something hard and hurt it all over again. I ended up going to my doctor this morning because of the escrutiating pain that kept me awake most of last night. Seems I splintered it. I can bend it, and even pick stuff up with that arm with no problem, but the second I apply any pressure to it, watch out!! Pain!! I never realized how many times a day my elbows touch something - tables and desks, arms of chairs, the bed when I lay down and just about anything else. Doc's hoping it'll heal within a few weeks time, if not, we'll discuss some type of surgery to file the splinter down. Great, just what I need, more surgery ... NOT!

5) Married Son and I went to Tiger's house after I got back from the doctor's office. Tiger had a bunch of salvage things for Son to haul off. Pretty good bounty, too. Tiger decided to not wait until the weekend to move and will be on the road with the moving van tomorrow morning before the sun rises.

6) Tiger's move got me thinking about all of the crap we accumulate in our lives. Stuff that takes up space, stuff that we really don't need but hang on to anyway. Got me seriously thinking about getting rid of the CRAP that I have that I just don't use any more, but is still too good to throw out! So that's something I'll be doing in the days and weeks to come. I just have to learn to let it go, lol.

7) Had to run to my lawyers yesterday. We got on the subject of Port Huron. He lives near the park that Alien and I love to go to. He was telling me some strange *facts* about that park. Guess if you back into a parking spot it means you're looking for some *fun* with a person of the same sex and will be picked up by someone rather quickly. Hmmmm, I don't make it a habit (thankfully) of backing into parking spots, probably a good thing, eh? He was also saying it's not a place for ladies to be alone in after dark. Too many oddballs out and about after dark.

There's one thing I don't understand about my lawyer - he knows my financial situation yet kept telling me I need to scrounge up the money to stay a few days in Port Huron. Ok ... let's refer back to #2 ... visiting Chicago for a few days ... as much as I love Port Huron, my money is being saved for Chicago!

8) I got home from my lawyers only to find my dining room was trashed!! I have my dining room table stacked with papers ... or HAD ... that I was in the process of sorting. While I was gone the cats must have been holding NASCAT races in my kitchen and dining area ... nothing was left on the table, it was all on the floor. And I do mean ALL!! They even knocked over everything that was on the top of my cookbook shelf and a few of the things I store on top of the kitchen cabinets. I was so peeved I just tossed everything into an empty cardboard box. It'll take me days to sort all through it again!

9) Single Son called me from his work late last night to ask if I knew the bathtub was leaking into the basement. Leaking?? Great. We'll re-caulk it later tonight hoping that'll cure the leak. We remodeled the bathroom three years ago; new tub, toilet, sink, all new plumbing, the works. I've hated that tub since day one. It doesn't drain right - leaving a puddle in the tub that needs to be squeegeed away, the drain itself clogs very easily and if we shower while laundry is being done we lose water pressure (never did with the OLD plumbing!). Now this ... grrrrr. And with Mom not feeling well (and being she's the homeowner, I'm just the tennant) I don't want to burden her with this.

10) LOL!! I subscribe to a group called Freecycle. They've got some pretty good stuff from time to time, and it's a great way to get rid of the stuff you no longer need (but is too good to throw away - see thought number 6). So today I'm sorting through the Freecycle emails and I run across this from my DIL ... Looking for ANY kind of cordless or corded phone that works! I justmoved into a new house, and forgot that I didn't have one! lol :) Willing to pick up in (deleted) please! Thanks so much! Have a Blessed day!   Don't you think that when they had the phone line installed in their new house that she'd have realized then she didn't have a phone? Never said my DIL was the brightest crayon in the box.

So ... check out http://www.freecycle.org/ . To quote Freecycle themselves ... Welcome! The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,556 groups with 5,528,000 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by entering it into the search box above or by clicking on “Browse Groups” above the search box. Have fun!       

Yes, there's groups in the UK, Australia and so many other countries. It's not exclusive to the USA.

So what are you waiting for?? Go check 'em out!! See if there's a Freecycle group near you!

(Wow, no brain farts today!! Cool. And I wrote it all just now, no pre-posting *notes* in advance to help me with having ten whole thoughts like I did last week.)

Reading List

I saw this on Phil's page and thought I'd do it.

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Post/pass othe list on your site. (This can also remind you of some great books to read.)


1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert*
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie*
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Gross Grub - Toasted Tongues

Description:
Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter
Random House
ISBN 0-679-86693-0

Ingredients:
6 Egg whites
1 c Sugar
Red food coloring
Pink or red cake crystals

Directions:
With an adult's help, position an oven rack on the lowest shelf, and preheat oven to 2ooF. Separate the whites from the yolks of the eggs into two small bowls. Make sure there are no yolks in the bowl of whites. Rapidly beat the eggs until they form stiff peaks. Slowly stir spoonfuls of sugar into the whites and continue to beat until the entire cup of sugar has been added. the whites should now form stiff, shiny peaks. Add two to three drops of red food coloring. Place a sheet of parchment paper on a cookie sheet. To form tongues: Spoon about 3 tablespoons of meringue in the shape of a tongue onto the parchment paper. Tongues should be the length of the popsicle sticks. Press a popsicle stick gently into the center of the tongue, leaving about 2″ of stick hanging out.

Bake about 3 hours or until tongues are completely dry to the touch. Allow to cool completely before carefully lifting them off the paper. Makes about 12 little lickers. Sicko serving suggestion: To serve coated tongues, use a toothpick to spread a thin layer of mucus (marshmallow topping) down the length of the lickers.

Gross Grub - Black Cat Pie

Description:
Recipe source unknown.

Ingredients:
9″ deep dish pie shell
2 sticks oleo
2 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 oz chocolate chips
1 cup nuts

Directions:
Melt the 2 stick of oleo and set aside. Beat the eggs until foamy. Mix in the four and sugars. Pour in oleo and bend well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Fill the pie shell and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.

Saturday Sixes ...

LOL!!! Saw this on Penguin's blog and thought what the heck? I have Ten Thoughts Tuesday, the Friday Five ... why not a Saturday Six? LOL!

1) Decided to not go to the class get together at the bar tonight. I would have gone had there been at least one person on the RSVP list that I had associated with in high school. But as it stands, even though I remember a few of the names on the list, I had no interest in them back then, nor do I now.

2) Instead I've decided to head to the store for a rare treat - a bag of chips. I'll then pick a movie out of Single Son's room and spend the evening watching it. Who knows, I may end up in the middle of a movie marathon yet, LOL!

3) As long as I'm killing my carb intake today a pizza sounds really really good for dinner, too. Pizza, pop (diet of course, LOL), chips and a movie marathon with the cats. Sounds so much better than a night of drinking with people I barely remember!

4) OMG!! I just realized I'm turning into that Crazy Cat Lady. It's official! I *AM* the Crazy Cat Lady. Gawd help me.

5) Or am I a troll? According to Married Son I'm turning into a troll. He thinks I'd rather sit in my cave than go out into the *world* as he put it. Now I might agree with him, but I do have my outside activities that I love and look forward to. I just don't feel the need (like I used to) to have to find things outside the house to amuse me.

6) It's not that I don't enjoy going out into the *world*, I do. Guess it's just being so broke all the time has taught me I don't need to go spend money I don't have to keep myself entertained. Or busy. Heck, between school, the Star Trek club and other crap that's going on, I'm finding I'm enjoying my down-time this summer!

Well, that was fun. LOL ... I may actually keep going with the Saturday Six. That is, providing I have enough thoughts for the Ten Thoughts Tuesday *and* Saturday Six! LOL!

Off to get munchies and pizza!! I'm a baaaaaaaaaaad girl!!

Passing on the Friday Five ...

Passing on today's Friday Five ...
They have two sets of questions today ... Conflict & Resolution ... one set is just too personal for me to want to answer in a blog entry that I set for *public*. The alternative set of Friday Fives are for those who feel the way I do about the first set of questions ... Five Movies that have impacted your life ...BUT, I'm not that big of a movie fan to be able to really answer them. So ... I pass.

If you're curious as to what todays Friday Five were ... just click here ...

Bummed ...

First they canceled the class reunion ... then tonight I get an email from Tiger saying that something unavoidable has come up and he has to cancel our "going away dinner" on Saturday. I have a sneaking suspicion I know *who* that unavoidable something is ... Oh well. Guess I just don't say goodbye to him before he moves away.

Thought for a while that maybe I'll go up to the bar where a few of my classmates are going to meet.  But, the people who will be there aren't people I've even thought about since graduation. I decided that the money spend on a drink or two and a meal could be better spent elsewhere. Like maybe taking Alien up to Port Huron for a day next week. Do something fun. And with the price of gas falling, it's looking even better for a day trip.

Trucks

And just to be fair to my truck driving son, here's some of my favorites from my collection of truck pictures. Now for my Alien daughter to develop an interest other than boys so I can collect even more photos to display!

From the Police Blotters ...

Cop Humor

The best of my extensive collection of Cop humor ...

SCATTERGORIES

Grabbed this from Choc~a~holic~Chic. Thought it'd be fun to do ...

SCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks! Make sure you change the answers.
*Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...
*they have to be real places names, things...nothing made up!
Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. (WHICH BY THE WAY IS HARD IF YOU ALREADY READ THEIR ANSWERS)
You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl. Good luck!

1. What is your name:  Lisa
2 . 4 letter word:  Love
3. Vehicle: Lincoln
4. City: L'Anse Creuse
5. Boy's Name:  Lewis
6. Girl's Name:  Laurie
7. Alcoholic drink: Little Green Man From Mars (no kidding, here's the recipe)
8. Occupation: Lighthouse Keeper
9. Something you wear: Long johns
10. Celebrity: Leonardo DiCaprio
11. Food: Lasagna
12. Something found in a bathroom: Listerine
13. Reason for Being Late: Lost (as in GOT LOST)
14. Cartoon Character: Lil Abner
15. Something You Shout: LOOK out!! (Something I dread hearing my kids shout)
17. Body part: Leg
18. Word to describe you: Looney

Cool Cop Cars

Sweet ride, eh?

With my eldest being a cop I got into collecting miscellaneous cop photos, humor and other cop related stuff online. These are some of my favorite cop cars.

Thanks Amy!!

I can't say this is my first LOLCat ... Amy wrote the caption and Grandson took the picture. I just brought the two together, LOL! 

Photos Grandson Took

Done by just moving the camera, no special effects on this camera to my knowledge. Unless Grandson knows of some but isn't telling me. LOL!! Pretty cool!

This album contains photos my three year old grandson has taken. Not bad for a kid I tell ya!!

Ten Thoughts Tuesday ...

Okay, I cheated a bit ... I started writing this days ago as things would happen that I felt might be ten thoughts worthy. For the first time ever I am not sitting here brain-farting over coming up with ten thoughts. Problem seems to be keeping it down to ten this way, as this introduction seems to attest to. But I did still manage to separate a few thoughts that I probably could have lumped together. Oops. And I'm not fixing it now, LOL!

1) Well, my class reunion has been canceled completely because of lack of interest. Out of almost two hundred graduates that year, only nine of us showed any interest in a class reunion. With guests there would have been about twenty attending. Sad that no one really showed any interest. They'll be meeting at a local bar instead. Since I'm not a drinker and neither is Tiger, we've opted to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner instead. Since he'll be moving out of state on August 2 I guess this will be his going away dinner.

2)  Looks like the Gremlin has struck again. This time he's gone bulk grocery shopping - again!! I opened up the fridge this morning only to find the bottom shelf was nothing but cans of Diet Pepsi. Hmmmmm ... two *cubes* of Diet Pepsi ... that's 48 cans of freaking soda! Damn gremlin must be thirsty! I got brave and explored a little more ... freezer once again filled with twenty of the same microwave dinners *and* another half dozen boxes of waffles. I wasn't brave enough to open any of the cupboards to see what might have fallen on me ... I'm sure they're crammed to the brim, too!

3) My kitchen is not big enough for bulk shopping! If this keeps up I'm going to have to convert the deck off my dining room into a walk-in pantry. There's no where else to put this stuff!

4) I'd probably not moan and bitch about the Gremlin so much *if* the foods being brought in were healthier. As it is, it's carb city around here anymore. Stuff, of course, that I am not supposed to be eating.

5) Ros' kittens are out and about. Almost ready for adoption. Had to chuckle today while Shiloh was not paying attention to his surroundings. One of the kittens attacked his tail, causing him to jump! Too funny! The next half hour was spent teasing the kitten with his big ol' tail. He'd let kitty get so close then move it away before kitty could catch it. Kitty would come to a crashing halt. I swear Shiloh was laughing!

This is one of the kitties. The other one has decided it doesn't like me and bolted for cover when I walked into the room. Gee, guess he's still angry about that bath I gave the kittens the other day?

6) Single Son got a call from a family friend, a guy named Sal. The call in itself isn't blog news, but that he remembered his promise to me from a year ago is big news to me, LOL. I've blogged about Sal before. He's the Commander for the Starfleet organization we belong to. He's also a "B" movie actor. He's the one that told me he'd get me copies of all the movies he's been in. He hasn't had the time either between a movie they're in the process of filming and his responsibilities with Starfleet to be able to assemble my Sal Movie Collection. To make it up to me he located some extra stuff he thinks I'll like. Remember, I love the old "B" movies, especially the old monster movies. Sal knows this ... and said he'd make it well worth the wait. He's hoping to have it all to me by my birthday in December. LOL!

Sal as the pirate called "Ticketscalper" in the spoof movie 'Indiana James and the Raiders of the Lost Shaker of Salt'. http://www.sallizard.com/

And the link to *My Cheesy Horror Film Wish List*. Gotta love Starfleet and Cheesy Horror Movie Actors!! LOL!

7) Shamira and Marble are doing great adjusting to their new home. Yup, that's what they named the new kitty, Marble. Married Son says they're now exploring the house even when Grandson is awake. Of course, it didn't take them long to learn to run for cover when Grandson comes after 'em!

8) I got a strange text message over the weekend from Married Son. "Come outside?" ... hmmmm, is that a question or request? I texted back "outside when?" ... so he sent Grandson in to get me!! He was sitting outside the entire time!! Of course, once I got outside I understood why he didn't come in the house to say he was here ... the heel of his hand was pretty badly cut. Guess he didn't want to risk it starting to bleed again in the house. He cut it on a lawn mower he was trying to "chop" for salvage the day before. His wifey must not have been too sympathetic towards him. He knew Mommy would help him change the bandages and make it all better. In fact he drives the three miles from his house to mine daily so I can change his bandages. LOL.

9) Guess all those fights he had with his brother when they were little has him conditioned to get (or stay) outside in the event of a bloody situation (literally). "Take the fight outside will you? There will be no blood on *my* carpeting, do you understand?"

10) Guess that's it for today. LOL. I am posting this rather early as I have doctors appointments today. Yuck!!

Ya'll have a great Tuesday.

Yeah, Really!

The Wizard of Id

Let the Mud-Slinging Begin!

Now here's a candidate that says it like it is ...

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil ...

Speed Bump

Gross Grub - Simple Pimples

Description:
Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter
Random House
ISBN 0-679-86693-0

Ingredients:
2 to 4 cherry tomatoes per Person
Flavored soft cream cheese spread

Directions:
Rinse tomatoes in cold water and dry gently with paper towels.
Ask an adult to use carrot peeler or knife to core tomatoes. Drain excess tomato juice.

Using a butter knife, fill holes in tomatoes with cream cheese. Wipe excess cream cheese from the outside of the tomatoes with a clean paper towel.

Give each pimple a gentle squeeze and arrange on a platter.

Gross Grub - Crusty Booger Balls

Description:
Recipe source unknown.

Ingredients:
1 -14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
5 and 1/3 cups flaked coconut (about 14 oz)
1 large (8 oz) lime jello
1 cup ground, blanched almonds
1 tsp. almond extract

Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, coconut, 1/3 cup of the unprepared jello, almonds and extract. Mix well with a large spoon or rubber scraper.
2. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill for about an hour or until mixture is firm enough to mold in your hands. Scoop by 1/2 teaspoons and shape into various-sized booger balls. Place them on a baking sheet, lined with a sheet of waxed paper. Make sure they are all slightly different.
3. Place a second sheet of waxed paper on your work surface and pour remaining unprepared jello on the center of the waxed paper. Roll each ball in jello to coat well and create a thin outer layer. Then place back on the baking sheet.
4. Return boogers to the refrigerator for an hour before serving and store any extras in the fridge.

Friday Five ...

Wow, it's been a few days since I've been online. No reason other than the miserable heatwave and high humidity we're having and not feeling well because of it. But I'm back ... LOL ... so without further adieu ... my Friday Five entry for this week ...

Put your thinking caps on, Friday Fivers, and take on today’s challenge.  The following statements are prompts that a writing teacher (such as your humble Admin today) might use to jump start a student’s pencil.  Feel free to be as brief or elaborate as you want.  Entries will NOT be marked up for grammar & punctuation, so you needn’t worry about that!

1. What would you do if you saw a friend cheating or even breaking a law--report it, confront the friend, nothing--and why?
It really depends on what the "offense" was. I don't tolerate any type of stealing - so that would be reported. Cheating would end in confronting the friend with "you're only cheating yourself by cheating" and if it continued I would report it to the proper people. Cheating in a relationship I'd confront the friend.

2.    What do you think of someone who has bad manners? I don't like people with bad manners. There's no excuse to be ill mannered or rude to anyone. The world would be a much better place if people remembered their manners when dealing with others - whether it's at the store, work, school, home or on the road.

3.    What kind of program do you enjoy most on TV--detective shows, comedies, game shows--and why? I love detective and cop shows. From vintage shows like Ironside and Rockford Files to Cops, CSI, Cold Case and more. I also love British Comedies (Britcoms) ... Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served, Benny Hill and so many more. Why? Hmmmmm ... I've always loved cop shows - and with having a son that is a cop - it's only natural we watch a lot of cop shows, LOL. Not sure why I love Britcoms other than that I enjoy them.

4.    Should there be a dress code in places such as school, restaurants, and places of business? Why or why not? When I hear *dress code* I think of school uniforms and the dark blue suits that EDS used to require their employees wear. Uniforms in school isn't a bad idea ... have you been to a high school lately? LOL. Too many distractions for the kids. Having them in uniforms takes those distractions away and the social pressures of low income kids who just can't afford to be seen in the *right* clothing. As far as work or in restuarants ... I know personally I'm more likely to frequent a business or restaurant if the staff (and clients or patrons) are professional looking or at least care about their appearance.

5.    What makes your best friend your best friend? Hmmm, I don't have a best friend ... I do have close friends, though. I guess what makes a best friend in my opinion is being able to trust that person with your secrets, your hopes and your dreams. Someone who is there for you during your deepest darkest hours to support you and not judge. Someone who is painfully honest when the need arises but will never critisize you. A best friend is that person who you think of first when something happens "OMG, just wait 'til he/she hears this"!! Someone who laughs at your jokes or wipes away your tears. That one person you want to be with. Most of all a best friend someone that feels the same way too.

Ten Thoughts Tuesday.

1) I really need a life - ten thoughts are getting harder and harder any more.

2) Shamira and the kitten are doing fine in their new house. They've renamed the kitten, and for the life of me I can't think of it right now. I wanna say Patches, but I'm not sure. The kitties hide during the day when Grandson is up and about. They only come out when he's fast asleep.

3) The other cats are slowly adjusting to Missy Shamira and the baby's absence. Ros doesn't seem as upset about being separated from her baby and grandbaby as Ringo is. He won't eat until all the others have. He'll still wait for an hour or more by the food bowl for Missy to show up. He finally gives up and will eat - but won't eat much. It's only been a few days, but I'm hoping he adjusts real quick before he starts to lose weight.

4)  Single Son wanted me to watch a movie last night on Hulu.com. It's called "Parents". It's set in the 1950s (he loves 1950s themed movies almost as much as I do, LOL)  ... with Randy Quaid. Strange movie. Modern version of the old "B" horror movies. Black Comedy. Bizarre to say the least. If you're not into that type of movie skip this one for sure.

5) I got the renewal forms for my insurance a few days ago. Dang. Already a year? Been one hell of a year, too, as far as medical stuff goes. I'm feeling better ... still have a few things to "iron out". Hopefully I'll get it all done this next upcoming 12 months. I'm sooooo sick of doctors I could scream!

6) Got word that because of the small number of people responding to our class reunion we'll meet at a local bar instead of the park.

7) I ended up going on a research frenzy. No where except classmates.com did they even advertise the class reunion. No news papers, or even on any of the tv channel web pages that have a class reunion listing. No wonder they didn't get many responses. Not that classmates isn't a good site ... they needed to spread the word to more places than just one!

8) The reunion is a week and a half away. The weekend after that Tiger moves out of state. He only stayed this long because of our "date" for the reunion. He didn't want to cancel ... what a sweetie.

9) Running low on thoughts here ... hmmmmm ... Oh yeah ... Alien and the missing kittens. She was mad at first, but she's adjusting. Then again, she's not been home much since she got home from Bubba's house. She's spending the week with Married Son (and the kittens, LOL). She's helping him sort stuff for salvage. She loves the money - and the facts that she gets to see Grandson and the Kittens. I miss her, though.

10) Nope, the thought meter just hit "E" ... empty. Done ... no more ... so ... in the words of the great Elmer Fudd ... That's All Folks. 

MOM - JOB DESCRIPTION

MOM - JOB DESCRIPTION

This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way, no one would have done it!!!!

 

POSITION :
Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Momma, Ma


JOB DESCRIPTION :
Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :
The rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for th e quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :
Virtually none. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you


PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :
None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.


WAGES AND COMPENSATION :
Get this! You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :
While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life if you play your cards right.

Forward this on to all the Moms you know, in appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis, and let them know they are appreciated. 

You Don't Have To Own A Cat To Appreciate This One!

You Don't Have To Own A Cat To Appreciate This One!

We were dressed and ready to go out for the New Years Eve Party.

We turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on, covered our pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard.

We phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house. The cat we put out in the yard, scoots back into the house. We didn't want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to eat the bird.

My wife goes out to the taxi, while I went inside to get the cat. The cat runs upstairs, with me in hot pursuit.

Waiting in the cab, my wife doesn't want the driver to know that the house will be empty for the night. So, she explains to the taxi driver that I will be out soon, "He's just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother."

A few minutes later I get into the cab. "Sorry I took so long," I said as we drove away.  "That stupid bitch was hiding under the bed. I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me.  But it worked! I hauled her fat ass downstairs and threw her out into the backyard!"

Light At The End Of The Tunnel ...

No matter what situations life throws at you...

no matter how long and treacherous your journey may seem..

Remember ~~ there is a light at the end of the tunnel.




You're laughing aren't you?
That's good ~~ my job here is done!

Have a great day

Sick Leave ...

See all blondes are not cast with the same dye bottle ... here is one smart cookie *grin*

SICK LEAVE 

I urgently needed a few days off work, I knew the Boss would not allow me to take leave. I thought that maybe if I acted "Crazy" then he would tell me to take a few days off. So, I hung upside-down on the ceiling and made funny noises. 

My co-worker (who's blonde) asked me what I was doing. I told her that I was pretending to be a light bulb, so, that the Boss might think I was "Crazy" and give me a few days off. 

A few minutes later the Boss came into the office and asked, "What in the name of good GOD are you doing?" 

I told him I was a light bulb.

He said, "You are clearly stressed out. Go home and recuperate for a couple of days." 

I jumped down and walked out of the office... 

When my co-worker (the blonde) followed me, the Boss asked her, "...And where do you think you're going?!" 

(You're gonna love this....) 



She said, "I'm going home too. I can't work in the dark." 

Tinkle

A woman pregnant with triplets was walking down the street when a masked robber ran out of a bank and shot her three times in the stomach Luckily the babies were OK. The surgeon decided to leave the bullets in because it was too risky to operate. She gave birth to two healthy daughters and a healthy son.

All was fine for 16 years, and then one daughter walked into the room in tears  'What's wrong?' asked the mother. 'I was taking a tinkle and this bullet came out,' replied the daughter. The mother told her it was okay and explained what happened 16 years ago.
 
About a week later the second daughter walked into the room in tears. 'Mom, I was taking a tinkle and this bullet came out.'  Again the mother told her not to worry and explained what happened 16 years  ago.

A week later her son walked into the room in tears. 'It's okay' said the Mom, 'I know what happened. You were taking a tinkle and a bullet came out.'

'No,' said the boy, 'I was playing with myself and I shot the dog.'

Warning ... LOL!

I'm bored, tired and can't leave the computer because Married Son is out getting licensed and bonded for his business and has been calling or texting me with all sorts of online research missions. Alien was up half the night and fell asleep on the couch sometime before dawn, LOL. So doing some heavy duty cleaning I want to do is out until the Alien Princess finally rolls her sleeping ass off the couch. I could be mean and wake her up, but I won't. I have been known to be nice on occasion. Besides, I need her well rested and HAPPY to assist me with the cleaning I want to do today.

Since I'm between calls at the moment I decided to clean out my email boxes. So ... the jokes I've been saving are about to be posted! One at a time, of course!!

Warning! Warning!!

Laws ...

1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

3. Law of Probability -The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

5. Law of the Alibi - If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.

6. Variation Law -  If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).

7. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

10. Law of Biomechanics  - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

11. Law of the Theater  -  At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

12. The Starbucks Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

13. Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.

15. Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

16. Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.

17. Oliver's Law of Public Speaking - A closed mouth gathers no feet.

18. Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

19. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better. Don't make an appointment and you'll stay sick.

Fireworks 2008

Stills of Village Fireworks - 2008

Walgreens Pharmacy

Rating:	★
Category:	Other

Walgreens
20 South Telegraph
Waterford Twp, MI

This store was just opened a few months ago. Since it's the closest to home, I decided to use this store. Mistake. I've only been there a few times and am not impressed at all with the service I receive. They're unfriendly and give the impression that waiting on the customer interferes with their time. The icing on the cake, so to speak, was the other day when I was getting my meds refilled. While I waited I picked up a few other purchases - some munchies and some cleaning agents. The pharmacy tech bagged cleaning agents with food and my prescriptions!! I hadn't noticed at first as I was distracted by my cell phone. Once I did notice I got them out of the bag as quickly as possible and then filed a complaint online with their website.

The follow up call from the complaints department was fruitless. "Our employees do not work for a grocery store and therefore do not bag items separately unless the customer specifically asks" I was told. I told the woman calling it was only common sense to separate cleaning agents from items the customer would be orally consuming.

I will not be back to this store for any reason. I will go miles out of my way to deal with a store that has in the past kept my prescriptions separate from cleaning agents. Not to mention friendly and don't give you a sense of intruding on their time.

Two down ...

... Three to go. LOL.

 

This photo was taken some time ago, I'm guessing about seven months ago. Shamira is on the left, Shiloh on the right. Shiloh is now twice the size of Missy Shammie.

Shamira and her baby went home with Married Son today. Yeah, I decided to let the tortoise shell kitty go home with Married Son. Decided it yesterday. He thought he better come get them quick before I changed my mind and kept "No Where Man" for myself. I know he's awful young, but since Momma was going with him, what the hell? It'll probably help Shammie adapt to her new house if she's got her baby to fuss over anyway. LOL.

I never did get any pictures of No Where Man. Married Son promised to take pictures and email them to me.

Ros will be next. When her babies are weaned and adopted out in a few weeks, anyway.

Then it will be only Ringo and Shiloh here. Two boys. No more girls around here. The Kitty Whorehouse is C.L.O.S.E.D. once and for all.

As Married Son was getting Shamira into his truck he got scratched. Not a deep scratch at all. I could only laugh as I handed the kitten to him. "Tough guy, stop your whining. You'll get over it". Geesh, of course the cat is going to scratch, she's scared shitless. Never been out of the house let alone all the way to the road and then into a vehicle. I was amazed she sat (almost paralyzed in fear) on the front passenger seat. Baby kitty was placed next to her and she calmed down considerably.

I got a text message not two minutes after Married Son pulled away.
Son: remind me to never sign up for animal control
Me: no shit, you're too much of a wuss, lol
Son: she f*-ed my arm up dude
    (only he didn't use the *, he spelled out the whole word)
Me: they tend to do that when they're scared.

Dipstick kid ... we've always had cats around. Hell, I had cats before I had kids. Some clawed, some declawed. The cats that is. The kids still have their claws. He knows they scratch - and when!

I'm wondering how Alien will take the news when she returns from a week with her father. Then again, she's over at Married Son's house a lot, it's not like she won't see Shammie or the baby ever again. But I'm pretty sure she'll still be pretty pissed off at me for a while.

 

Gross Grub - Tongues on Toast

Description:
Recipe source unknown.

Ingredients:
8 slices white bread
8 slices bologna
Mustard

Directions:
Cut each slice of bread into the shape of lips, with a slit in the middle. Cut the bologna into strips that look like tongues. Insert the bologna into the slits in the lips (so it looks like the tongues are hanging out of the mouths). Cover the bread with mustard and broil until the bread is golden brown.

Gross Grub - Aquarium Jello

Description:
Recipe source unknown.

Ingredients:
Goldfish Bowl

Red hots or Jelly Belly Gravel Beans (looks like rocks)
Blue Jello
Ice cubes
Cold water
Purple endive
parsley sprigs
gummy fish

for Toxic Aquarium use:
Plastic people
Life Savers (dark ones)
Orange Jello

Directions:
Use a new or clean gold fish bowl. In the bottom, use red hot or Jelly Belly gravel beans. Mix up as much blue jello and the bowl will hold. Mix using ice cubes and cold water instead of just cold water as called for on the box. Pour this into the bowl over a knife blade or something to keep from disturbing the gravel. If you want it to have seaweed, poke in a couple of purple endive or something similar down in the gravel. When the whole thing starts to jell, use a wooden skewer to push gummy fish into different parts of the bowl. You can even place a plastic diver man.

To make a Toxic Aquarium. Mix orange and blue jello to get a sickly shade of green. Lifesavers make old tires and you can toss in other junky things for trash on the bottom of the sea. Something barrel-shaped for that illegally dumped toxic waste. Float your fish upside-down on top, and add a plastic skeleton or two.

My Saturday ...

Married Son calls and says he'll be right over, he bought me something today. It had been a lazy day so I had to get dressed. Then I sat outside and enjoyed the breeze before he arrived.

He hands me a SD card reader. I love it, it plugs right into the USB port. No cables to get tangled or to lose. It'll fit perfectly into my camera bag, too.

Now maybe I can figure out a way to upload those videos!! I haven't tried yet, but will in a bit. Like I said, it's a lazy day around here today. Just not in a hurry to do much of anything besides sit in front of the fan - tv on - trying to stay cool in this miserable humidity!

We sat outside, talking. Married Son got up and went over to the hose. I thought he was going to turn it off for me. Nooooo, he grabs the nozzle and soaks me!! Got my cell phone wet and the new card reader. Drowned my pack of ciggies. Grandson must not have liked hearing his Gramma screaming so he ordered his daddy to STOP. It was funny. But it felt good to get soaked, too. Cooled me right off!

Oh, I finally got the digital converter box installed. I didn't need Married Son to hold the tv for me after all, the only thing on the back of the tv that I needed was the antenna jack, and I could do that all by feel. Soooooooo ... took me about fifteen minutes to get the box all set up and installed - and programmed, too. OMG!! What a difference it makes watching the boob tube in digital. Even for an older tv, it has a crystal clear picture now.

The only complaint I have right now is that my antenna will need to be replaced!! It's only a rabbit ear set up, and sadly lacking now. When the signal gets weaker the picture now gets choppy, sort of like watching a video online and you see when it buffers. Married Son will be over sometime this weekend to see if he can fix the coax to the roof antenna. See if that helps. If not, I'm going to have to grin and bear it until Christmas when I can ask Santa for a better antenna.

And I think I'll be watching tv most of the evening - instead of going to bed early like I had originally planned. The next door neighbors are having yet another party. Loud as can be! I hear the boom boom boom of their bass. It's actually vibrating the walls! Last party they had lasted until 7 am ... great.

 

More Friday Stuff ...

Wow, this week's Friday Five wasn't easy!! Select five photos ... *only* five!! I have thousands of photos I've taken stored on my computer! LOL! But I did it, I narrowed it down to five!! Go check them out. The last three are from the 4th of July at the Police Chief's picnic. Speaking of the 4th, I still haven't been able to upload the videos of the fireworks. Married Son thinks he can do it on his computer. I'll find out this weekend hopefully!!

I finally found a digital converter box. Well, I found a bunch of them!! I could only afford to get one this week - and that's with the coupon. Sixty-five bucks each!! Twenty-five with the coupon. So much for the forty buck models ... they aren't available anywhere. Oh well, one down - three to go. LOL!

I have to give kudos to Best Buy. I'd been calling them daily for two weeks now to see if they had digital converter boxes in stock. Nope, sorry lady, we still don't have any in stock. Until today!! Yippee! Best Buy is only a half mile from me so I dashed right over. Then off to run other errands I had to do today. About an hour after I got home one of the department managers called me to tell me "We have converter boxes in, I've got one at the service desk reserved for you". I had to laugh when I told her that I just left the store earlier today with a box in hand!! Needless to say, I'm very happy with their customer service at the moment.

Now to pull that baby out of the box and hook it up. Yeah, I'm procrastinating. The tv has to be moved off the shelf it's on to hook it up. I'm waiting for Married Son to come over so he can hold the tv while I connect the box. LOL.

While I was out today I ran into yet another long lost friend. Hadn't seen "C" in about three years. Was nice to catch up with him. Promised I wouldn't be a stranger, that I'd be hanging out on occasion at our fave haunt once again. I wonder who will be the next long lost friend I bump into?

So Married Son and family are finally all moved in. All utilities are finally hooked up! Yeah!! They still don't have internet, which is probably good ... Married Son comes over here to borrow my internet. Those bonus visits will stop when he's online at home again.

Not a lot else going on today. Think it's time to put some thought into what I'm having for dinner tonight. Since I'm dining solo once again, it'll be quick and easy whatever it is. LOL!

Friday Five ...

This weeks Friday Five idea is brought to you by Grainne and is all about 5 Random Pictures. 

Select 5 random photos that you've taken (you may add a description if you wish or just post the picture).

If you don't have photos saved to your computer, think of the first 5 random thoughts that pop into your head.  Then do an image search on the 5 thoughts, save the images, and post them up in your blog.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My Five Random Pictures~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 1) Where I wish I were right now ... in Port Huron, MI at my favorite park. Across the water is Canada.

2) Some *boys* never grow up!! My son, the cop ... oy vey!

3) "This is about as close as I'm going to get to the Cop Car!!" My grandson looking at his uncle's squad car recently.

4) The Police Chief's dog standing watch over the cooler at the Chief's 4th of July picnic.

5) Chief's wife had some beautiful gardens. This is a close up of one of her flowers.

Baby Boomers Gone Wild ...

K, so this started with an email from Tiger when he sent this first video to me ... thought I'd share a few laughs with my friends ...

ENJOY!!





I found this and thought it was absolutely great!!!

SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, "SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD?"

WELL... YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE! 

I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME.

SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 40-ODD YEARS AGO. COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN? 

UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT. 

THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.

AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL. "YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG," HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE. 

"WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED. 

HE ANSWERED, "IN 1959. WHY DO YOU ASK?" 

"YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!" I EXCLAIMED. HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.  

THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, WRINKLED, BALD, FAT, GRAY, DECREPIT SON-OF-A-BITCH ASKED,  

"WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"

Middle Aged Woman

Middle Aged Woman is a hilarious song and Lisa is a very funny lady, be sure to check her out, and if you are looking for more amusing middle age cartoons be sure to check out Minniepauz.

'Middle Aged Woman' by Lisa Koch & Minniepauz
Cartoons by Dee Adams
visit Lisa @ http://www.heylisa.com/
visit Dee @ http://www.minniepauz.com/

Twisted Version Of "Born To Be Wild"

Cartoon Video of Baby Boomers Singing A Twisted Version of Steppenwolf's *Born To Be Wild*

Ten Thoughts Tuesday ...

1) After a lengthy phone conversation with Tiger I better understand his spur of the moment plans to move out of state. He's been offered a wonderful job opportunity that just isn't available to him here. He'd be a fool to not take it. I wish him well. I'm going to miss the hell out of him. There's always email, right?

2) DIL sorted through all of her old clothing just before moving. She found some pants that she thought I would like. I LOVE 'EM!! Best of all, most of them fit *and* they're a few sizes smaller than I used to wear! It's nice to have pants that aren't super baggy!

3) I've hit a plateau with the weight loss. I'm still slimming down, but the scale hasn't dropped in a while. Oh well ... at least it's slowly toning up. Very slowly.

4) I'm back, did you miss me? Did you even notice I stepped away from the computer? Married Son just stopped by for a visit. I love when he just stops by the house to say hi. They finally have electricity at the new house. Next is having gas turned on and getting the water situation cleared up, then they won't have to spend the night at her parents house anymore. Looks like the Gremlin is taking his vacation at their new house - they went to turn the water on the day they moved in only to find the water valve had ruptured (flooding their basement). It's been a headache waiting for the city certified plumber to come out and do repairs and turn the water back on. Until then they can't live in the house. Grrrrrrr. About all I can say is "welcome to home ownership". Well, home rental anyway. LOL.

5) I have yet to figure out where the two Kitty Mommas have now hidden their babies. I thought I saw the tortoise shell kitty, but it turned out to be a pair of black socks that someone had tossed - or a cat was playing with - under the tv set.

6) I guess it now stands that we're keeping Ringo and Shiloh (the two *boys*). Ros and Missy (our two resident kitty sluts) will be moving in with Married Son as soon as the kittens are all weaned. Both of Ros' mostly white kittens are adopted out and just waiting to be old enough to go. I'm seriously thinking about keeping "No Where Man" ... the kitty that appeared out of no where the other day. I know. I should be shot for wanting to keep one of the kittens!!

7) La De Da Dah ... thought seven and already I'm brain farting. Yipes.

8) Cat stories!! That's it ... I'll tell a cat story. Ringo, a purebred Maine Coon, was a rescue cat I adopted about four years ago. He was severely abused and afraid of his own shadow for quite some time. He's developed some habits I've never seen in any other cat ... and I've had plenty of cats in my lifetime. His favorite thing to do is follow someone into the bathroom. When they're seated on the *throne* he paws at the person's pants until the pants are at the human's knee-level. He then jumps into said pair of pants and promptly falls asleep. He *only* wakes up and removes himself from the potty person's pants once the toilet has been flushed. No other means of removing him works.

9) Ringo is also a biter. If he feels he's being ignored he'll bite your hand until he's being petted again. If you're unfortunate enough to be in the bathroom and he's not napping in your pants - LOL - he'll bite you in the butt!!

10) Alrighty then. I can't for the life of me think of a tenth thought. Nope ... Nothing ... Guess we call this a Not Quite Ten Thoughts Tuesday ...

Gross Grub - Butchered Snake Bits With Barbecue Sauce

Description:
Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter
Random House
ISBN 0-679-86693-0

Ingredients:
1 package (10oz) rigatoni pasta
2 cans Squirtable cheese spread
1 small jar barbecue sauce
16To 20 whole black peppercorns
1 Carrot

Directions:
With an adults help, cook pasta according to directions on package. Carefully drain the cooked pasta through a colander over the sink. Rinse the pasta in cold water and drain again.

To make snakes: Covering one end of the rigatoni with your finger (to prevent leakage), carefully fill each piece of pasta with cheese spread. Place six to eight cheese-filled rigatoni end to end on a serving platter, in a realistically curvy snake shape
using a toothpick, spread lines of barbecue sauce along the top of each snake for markings. To form heads, use barbecue sauce to glue two black peppercorn eyes onto the end opposite the tail of each snake.

Wash, dry and carefully peel skin off carrot. When completely clean of skin, make one more peeling for each snake you have formed. At the narrow end of each peel, carefully cut out a long, thin triangle. These are your snakes forked tongues. Position tongue.

Sicko serving suggestion: Assemble two or three snakes lying on their backs, as if they died in agony! Belly up snakes have no markings drawn on them, as snake bellies are generally a solid color. Allow one or two sidewinders to wriggle over the edge.

Gross Grub - Brain Cookies with Blood Glaze

Description:
Recipe source unknown.

Ingredients:
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/2 cup very finely chopped walnuts, or
pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 5 drops red food coloring
About 9 drops blue food coloring
Blood Glaze:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
35 to 40 drops red food coloring

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Into a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Alternating with the eggs, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, beating well after the addition of each. Fold in the nuts, vanilla, and red and blue food coloring, being careful not to over mix the dough. (The food coloring will make the dough a grayish color, resembling the color of brains.)
Place the dough in batches in a potato ricer and push the dough out onto the prepared baking sheets in long tubes of dough. With your fingers, loosely pat and arrange the dough strands into clumps resembling brains, pushing to form 2 hemispheres and shaping into a walnut-like shape. Bake until golden brown on the bottom, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
To make the "blood glaze," in a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar with the food coloring to make a thick glaze, whisking together. Drizzle the "blood" onto the cookies and serve either warm or at room temperature.
Create a spider web on top of a cake! Start by spreading a round cake with white or orange frosting. Thin some chocolate frosting with milk until it's about the consistency of melted chocolate, and place it in a piping bag with a 1/4 inch tip. Starting in the center, pipe a spiral pattern radiating out until you come within an inch of the edge of the cake. Now, pretending the cake top is the face of a clock, gently drag the tip of a toothpick from the center to 12 o'clock, continuing all the way to the edge of the cake. Drag the toothpick from 1 o'clock back to the center, and then from the center to 2 o'clock. Continue in this fashion until you have completed the circle. You can also do this on a smaller scale with cookies and cupcakes. Decorate your 'web' with plastic spiders (or gummy ones) and bugs!