THE FACES OF ME

I was trying to sneak by you all today and not post. But my good friend Postcard Cindy, who doesn't have a blog yet, was disappointed, and then Kim at Heart Shaped Hedges went and blabbed and wished me a Happy Birthday.

That still didn't make me feel too guilty about not posting today. I mean seriously people I'm flattered, but get a life out there and enjoy your Holiday Weekend. So along comes Rebeckah at Life With Kaishon, and then Chesapeake Bay Woman Life in Mathews and Cortney at the Cortney Chronicles, whining about no post wishing me a Happy Birthday!

OK, I'm not making excuses, but I was gone overnight with my granddaughter and her little brother JJ. Today, I spent part of the day washing, ironing and packing up some clothes to mail to CA. It's cheaper than taking my summer stuff like bikinis and thongs to Alaska and pay for a second piece of luggage. When I get to CA I will mail my snow suit and warm weather clothes back to TX.

So, yes, it's my birthday. I will share a few pictures of me that I was able to find. I only have a few of my childhood pictures, and they weren't scanned so I did the best I could to get them on here.


This is me the first time I was a butterball. Rita knit my hat and sweater...not that you can see them very well.



Then at the age of seven I made my First Communion. Once again, Rita took control of all the details and gave me a perm. She also made my cotton eyelet dress with the big collar. I'm not complaining, but ask any Catholic girl who's preparing for her First Communion......it's all about chiffon and organdy stuff....like a mini bride. Brides don't wear cotton.



So how do you like my "do" in 1962?


Is this one in 1982 any better?



This is me when I retired last year.
and of course this is me now.


Those funky pictures are from www.yearbookyourself.com check it out and see how you looked.

If you're a Big Brother fan, Jerry fell in the pool today!! He backed up and went right into it.

HELL HATH NO FURY

Does anyone recall me mentioning the sea lions, or seals, that decided to homestead on all the boats, catamarans and yachts in Newport Harbor, California?

This is the harbor. The sea lions like to be way in there where all the action is, like parties and such. Several restaurants have docks on the water so you don't have to cancel your dinner reservation just because your car has a flat tire or a dead battery. No siree, just crank up that yacht and go the back way.

Our water lubbing friends can't be harrassed, but the City of Newport Beach has suggested that the boat owners put up netting or anchor lawn chairs to the sides to prevent the squatters access to their boats.



The boat owners scurry to net their boats.

Well, ok, but this sea lion isn't having any of it.

Nor is this one.

Wonder how many it took to sink this boat.

THE ONLY 4 MEME

I was tagged by My Second Journal to do The Only 4 Meme. It's an easy one, and I love easy things....simple, uncomplicated...bring it on!

Four places I go to over and over
1. Walmart
2. Walgreen's (do you see a pattern here?)
3. JJ's house
4. The pool

Four people who e-mail me regularly
1. Walmart
2. The Biggest Loser Club (I don't belong, but obviously someone wants me to).
3. John McCain
3. Nick

Four places I would rather be right now
1. Catalina Island
2. Hawaii
3. Beaches of Orange County
4. The slopes of Colorado

Four TV shows/programs that I watch
1. Fox News
2. Big Brother 10 (and BBAD)
3. Survivor
4. The Dog Whisperer

Four things I have for breakfast
1. Coffee
2. English muffin (sourdough)
3. Coffee
4. Pizza

Four animals I like best
1. Dog
2. Dolphins
3. Monkeys
4. Dogs

Four beaches I've been to
1. Huntington Beach (my home town and every beach in Southern California)
2. Cocoa Beach, Florida
3. Hampton Beach, New Hampshire (summer vacations in N E)
4. Mazatlan & Cabo San Lucas MEX.

Tagging 4 people. I'm making this a serve-yourself-buffet to all that want to do it. But I would really like the following Bloggers to give it a whirl.

1. Kim at Heart Shaped Hedges, Because she's my daughter
2. Rebeckah at Life With Kaishon, because I would like you all to meet her
3. Chesapeake Bay Woman at Life in Mathews, because we need to keep her busy.
4. Cortney @ The Cortney Chronicles

Please let me know if you do this easy as pie The Only 4 Meme. Don't forget to visit My Second Journal for a good read, and one of my favorite blogs.

VINTAGE THINGIE THURSDAY

It's time again for Vintage Thingie Thursday!

Head on over to Confessions of an Apron Queen and sign up to participate. If you like vintage stuff, you will find a whole plethora of amazing websites that are participating with great stuff.

This week, I want to share with you my spools. They are from a textile mill in Massachusetts. Wool mills were established in New England before the Revolutionary War. Several of my Irish and French immigrant ancestors worked in the mills in Fall River Massachusetts and Pawtucket Rhode Island in the 1800s

I've used these spools for years as candle holders, and its' apparent that I have no problem burning them and dripping wax everywhere.

This picture is from a cotton mill in Fall River Massachusetts around the turn of the century. I stole it from a historical site.

HIGH END SQUATTERS

It seems there's a problem with squatters in the high rent area of Newport Beach California. Yeah, all of Newport Beach is high rent, but when you claim a spot right on the bay, ten feet from someone's bedroom window, and your mere presence makes it official that no one can force you to leave......then it's saaaawwweeeet baby!

This is the Harbor, actually a long channel, with million dollar oceanfront mansions on both sides...with their yachts, sailboats and catamarans. I love that word catamaran...it just rolls off you tongue like teriyaki, or guacamole.


Here are the chosen few...the elite, the privileged.....


That's right these seals, or sea lions, were tired of being shunned, relegated to a bell buoy. What the hey? Like didn't God make the seas and the oceans for them? isn't it their home?


So what's the harm if we sun on the deck of your catamaran. So what if we bring all our fiends to partay.

So what if we keep you up all night with our barking and snorting. We know we are protected. That's what the rules say. You can't come up to us and say "shoo, shoo, cute little seal". No you can't....and you can't gently prod us with a stick or broom or kayak paddle.

And if you see us pile on and sink your boat....oh well, maybe you should have bought a BIGGER BOAT. Now please, can't we all just get along?

DR. FRANK, AND HIS ORAL SPRAYS

You know, I have a real problem with going to the doctor. It seems the more I go, the more I have to keep going….like a snowball effect. When I mention a little symptom, I expect someone with twelve years of college in the medical field to give me a simple solution. Instead they make you jump through a zillion hoops, and tests, and return appointments and rechecks…blah, blah, blah.

Take for instance my last two medical situations. My pinkie injury that required an initial visit with x-rays, a recheck the following week because they thought the x-rays would be more conclusive once the swelling went down, then they referred me to an orthopedic doctor but never followed through on scheduling me…..so I had my middle daughter refer me to Dr. Bob. He took x-rays and told me it was broken, but since it had been three weeks, and was setting straight on its own, I should try to baby it and it should be OK….if not, it would require surgery.

Then I casually mention the fear I instill in my grandchildren when I snore….right away, my doctor sets up a consultation, that leads to a pulmonary baseline test, then a visit to go over the test results, then a consultation on a sleep study, then the actual sleepover….to let me know I snore only when I dream.

Now, I have great insurance. My co pay is $10, and nothing for lab or hospital, just office visits and RX. So, while I’m fortunate for their willingness to give me the works, I wonder if it’s not a money grab. It also cuts into my daily schedule.

So, is it any wonder people like me turn to the As Seen On TV remedies?

Lately, since I stay up until the rooster crows watching BADD, I see ads all the time for this guy called Dr. Frank!

Sounds good to me, and all I have to do is spray this stuff in my mouth and the pain is gone….no side effects. And the best thing is, no office visits sitting in the waiting room with people sneezing and coughing.

Just a little puff, puff, and your muscle aches and pains are gone...no side effects! No copays or long waits in the doctor's office.

There is even a special formula for women with joint muscle aches and pains.

He has one for Allergies too…..another few squirts on your tonsils.

And this one for cats and dogs! No kidding, you put drops in their water dish and they lap it up like crazy. They actually show a dog going bananas over it. Then they show him go from extremely lame to running up the stairs like no one’s business.

So I decided to go on the Internet and check out Dr. Frank and his remedies. Just for the heck of it. In my search I come across this other Dr.

Dr. Carol. She’s suing Dr. Frank for false something or other. I mean could it be she had a patient complain? Or did she get swindled by Dr. Frank? NO!
She is hawking her own vitamins for cats and dogs called PAWS. And really? What does one have to do with the other? Since I don’t have a pet, I disregarded the issue.

But wait! What’s this that Dr. Frank has! I have never seen this on TV before….I think the good doctor is holding out on me. Yet another oral spray….for SNORING! The Silent Snore. So tell me, should I get this stuff? Has anyone tried it?

THE HOUSE BUNNY....review

Starring Anna Faris as Shelley Darlington (who could dream up that name), is the proverbial ugly duckling who grew up to be a beautiful swan type story. She has spent most of her adult life living in a bubble. Shelley has grown up inside the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner as her surrogate father figure, which explains to me why she never made it to a centerfold of a magazine. When she gets the royal boot, because she is too old...she has no clue as to how to survive in the real world.

She takes the job of House Mother in the geekiest sorority in the world..Zeta Alpha Zeta. Besides Shelley being at opposite ends of the social spectrum as the pledges, there are other pressing issues, like how to recruit pledges and save Zeta house. Rumer Willis is one of the sorority sisters and seems a bit awkward...maybe it's just me expecting more.

The essence of this cute movie, was how Shelley was instrumental in showing the girls how to accentuate their beauty and sexy selves, and in turn they teach Shelley how to appreciate her inner beauty.
An added plus was "meeting" Colin Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks and his ex, Rita. He plays a retirement home worker named Oliver, and Shelley's romantic interest.
On the laugh out loud scale, I give it an 8. On the moral of the story scale, I give it a 9! So, do the math.......8 + 9 =

Correction, Colin Hanks is the son of Tom Hanks and his first wife Samantha Dillingham , Rita is Tom's current wife...sorry for the confusion.

FRIDAY MATINEE ON MONDAY

I have several options this week! Yippie! Of course I'm going with the fluff one. The girlie one.

THE HOUSE BUNNY....starring Anna Faris,

and featuring Rumer Willis, the daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis.

I can't help but notice how much Rumer looks like her mother. Of course it's a bit unsettling to see someone as beautiful as Demi Moore going down that Botox Road. You would thing these people would invest in a good mirror.


See ya later......

BIG BROTHER 10 UPDATE

Tonight's show revealed Dan Gheesling as the HOH (that's Head of Household for uninterested non fans).

Most of you know by now that Dan is my favorite to win. I think he is smarter than he lets on, and he is a player in the finest sense of the word. Now, I know it seems like the deal Dan made with Ollie by Gollie was a dumb-ass move. I thought so too...but that's Dan's way of playing. He lets everyone think he doesn't know what he's doing.

Look at what's happening? Ollie is acting like he's the greatest player in Big Brother history! He thinks he's scored the coop of the century, by getting Dan to practically give him all the power. Ollie is bragging to everyone, and revealing the three part deal that Dan made with him....the one Dan made with him with the promise that he wouldn't tell anyone...it was between the two of them. See where my theory is going? See why Dan and I were made for each other are so happy that Ollie blew the deal and doesn't realize it?

Now, this week is a double elimination, and with Jerry and Memphis on the block anything can happen. The house is evenly split due to the fact that Dan can't vote unless there is a tie. Right now, if the nominees stay the same, Dan will in fact have to break a tie. The winner of the POV,(that's Power of Veto for the uninformed) could change all that by taking someone off, and Ollie telling Dan to put Keesha up....NOT HAPPENING! Wouldn't it be funny if the winner of the POV used it and Michelle was put up? Especially after Ollie bragged about keeping her safe? Just speculating...not revealing anything.

So, hopefully Dan is in the final five! And that of course makes me happy. There is a special event coming up, and I'd like to invite my fellow Big Brother fans and any others who would like to attend. That event is Dan's 25Th birthday! September 1ST is the big day. Be sure and come back to say Happy Birthday to Dan. Wouldn't it be nice if he was the one who got a phone call from home? From his gorgeous girlfriend Monica?