Guitars and Evan!

Last night, while watching American Idol, the whole family was Jammin' out to some KISS!! Evan loved my awesome Air Guitar action and, in his ADORABLE little peanut-head voice said, "Hey Mom, Pick me up and Play me like a GUITAR!! (Pronounced Geeh-Tahr!!). After a brief pause due to the fact that he weighs probably 50 lbs, I said, "Okay, but dude, like, i will have to rest you on my knee or something because picking you up is like picking up a 50-pound child with a big head!" He told me he would be "light" and then he laid on the floor on his side and put one arm and leg in the air, and I HOISTED him up ................ and I played the crap outta him!! We sounded AWESOME! (insert Rock and Roll Fingers)

So afterwards I was thinking....it would be so cool if more guitars looked just like Evan!!??!! They would be all smiling up at you and looking at you like you were a cool rock chick (or dude). Then when you were done playing your gig, you could just treat it like a stuffed animal and snuggle up with it! That would be awesome!!! It makes me want to learn to play the guitar just thinking about it!

An Umbilical Cord? Seriously?

I know this is not "family stuff", but I had to share!

I just got an email from a friend who is pregnant. She just had her third ultrasound and they still can't tell the sex of the baby because IT is being "modest". She says, (and I'm quoting from her email). . .

"This time the baby's heel was in the way the whole time and the doctor could not see a thing (after first thinking it was a boy, but that turned out to be umbilical cord)! "

Seriously? Isn't an umbilical cord, like, really long and just a tad bit thick? I remember seeing the umbilical cord in my ultrasound images and thinking that somehow my daughter had found some balloon animals to play with during the long wait. I also recall the ultrasound with Evan which revealed his little TURTLE! See the difference here...it looked like a itsy bitsy little turtle. I've never seen a baby turtle and thought, "Hey look at that umbilical cord! Oh wait, that's a baby turtle. My mistake!"

Don't get me wrong, if she is truly having a boy...I think that it would be awesome for him to have a "Umbilical-Ish" turtle!!

Not Quite A Green Thumb...But I'll Take It!

Lookie! In one corner of my front flowerbed, I planted several different types of bulb plants and other plants that "I wasn't so sure about". Every year they come back, with no effort from me, and for a very brief period of time I feel like Mother Nature!!! Here is a photo of the Asian Lilies that dutifully come back every year. Right now, there are even more flowers on each plant, but my camera battery is dead and I want to post it now!! We call these "Fairie Lilies"! Can't you just see a beautiful little fairy sitting on the petal!

My Gladiolas are starting to bloom too, so I will post photos of them soon. I wish they lasted longer, because they really are AMAZING!

Also, while I'm not a huge fan of Yard Art...I must share my two "garden statues" that make me smile. They are solar powered, so the frog belly shines green at night, and the elephant is blue. Hey...at least it isn't a Pink Flamingo with Sunglasses!?!?!?!?!? Honestly, the frog is for my backyard (once I finish working on it) and the elephant is in my front bed!

I have never loved gardening (because I'm not very good at it). But I think I am giving it another try. My lemon drop tree has about 15 fruit on it right now!!

I Promise Not To Laugh At Them Again!

I'm Guilty!! Guilty of CRACKING UP when I see the contestants on "The Biggest Loser", during their first week or 2, throwing up while exercising, almost passing out, and looking completely pitiful. Never again. I have experienced first-hand something that I think is probably similar to what they must be feeling. YES, I started a Boot Camp yesterday. Two Words for you...HOLY CRAP!!


First of all, my FRIEND (I use the term lightly today) Amy started the day before I did and told me in a very "bored" voice that this bootcamp "definitely isn't Navy Seals; it is more like Suburban Housewife Bootcamp." Okay, I'm thinking....I'll give it a try, but if it is Lame I will just quit and find a tougher one. (Of course, this is my SAME friend who told me that in addition to taking a yoga mat and hand weights to class, that everyone there wore Leg Warmers!!!) She never even cracked when telling this to me. Thank goodness there was NO WAY I was going to do that, having been a product of the 80s and having MANY old photos to look back on to see just how I looked wearing those awesome accessories. I got to class excited to see the morons wearing leg warmers. NOT ONE. Thank goodness I didn't go along with that.

Anyway, not only was the class VERY tough, but of the 7 people there with me, I would rate myself as #6 or #7 as far as "good shape". Let me state, however, for the record: Everyone else had already been in this program at least 2 weeks. SO THERE! I must have looked like death warmed over, because the trainer/coach/dude Jeff kept asking me, "are you okay? Slow down if you feel you need to!" To which I replied, each time, "(Gasp) (Wheeze)I Good (Spit Wheeze).


Hopefully today will be a better day. After all, the extreme soreness that is radiating through my legs will surely turn into complete loss of all sensations by this afternoon...so I won't even feel the pain.

Is It A Rock....Or A Fossil?

I definitely will start paying more attention to the rocks and stones I happily hop over when I'm hanging out by the river! Who KNEW rocks could be so much fun! Apparently, my brother knows! Check out this TIT-I-Lating find! He was looking for arrowheads and won the BONUS prize!! I mean, seriously. . . it is almost TOO perfect!

I jokingly told him it is probably a FOSSIL. Hmmm, I wonder if we count the "rings" will be able to tell her age? Oh wait...that is a tree.

Only in Texas!!

Let me take a moment and share with you a photo I took with my I-Phone today!! As I drove down FM 529 headed to visit my mother, I wondered, "Hmmmm, what is that in the back of that truck?" It was far ahead of me and at first I actually thought it was a sofa. Then as I got closer, thought "No, it's not a sofa, I think it is some sort of machine". Closer still..."Wait a minute, that sure looks like a HORN!?!?!" OH MY! Yes, that IS A HORN! As I realize that what I'm seeing is the horn of a bull..and the snout of a bull...I'm wondering how this bull could have such a huge head and still fit in the back of that truck. Ooooh, now I get it. There is no BODY. It is a huge bull head. I have so many awesome thoughts in my head as to where this man would be headed with his prized bull head!

That ADORABLE Older Couple!!

You know the one . . . you find yourself smiling everytime you see them, knowing that they are totally "in sync" with each other, and completely love one another unconditionally. I am fortunate to have just such a couple living a couple of houses down from me. They are not too old, only in their mid-to-late 60s I'd guess. They are so sweet, and LOVE their yard and visiting with everyone, and each of them is just so proud of the other!

Well, this couple has the CUTEST routine EVER! We live in one of those subdivisions that doesn't let you have a mailbox at your home, so you have to walk around the corner or down the street to one of those HIDEOUS metal postal boxes that you use a key to open. The mailbox is only the equivolent of about two house-lengths for me, so I'd say it is 4 houses down from the "cute couple". Everyday, they get into his pick-up truck together and drive to the mailbox and get the mail, then drive back to their house!

LOVE THEM!!!

Did Everyone Else Get Taller???

When Did This Happen?? Admittedly, I am "short" by most standards...but I'm not a midget! I am 5'4" and all my life I've had a "somewhat" hard time finding stylish jeans to fit me. HOWEVER, it was usually do to my hip*waist*leg Ratio. (Large hips, small waist, short legs). For the past few years, however...it is all about finding jeans that don't go past by toes by 4-5 inches it seems. Of course, at first it seemed like just a few of the high-end jeans were like that (and I figured that was just because Super Models were the only people who could afford those jeans). So, then I made sure that I was only buying brands that offered "Regular" or "Tall", with Your's Truly being "REGULAR"! NOW..seriously...there is no way I can buy regular. If the store doesn't offer SHORT (or as The Gap likes to label them.."ANKLE") I'm SOL! ANKLE?? Seriously?? Am I wearing pants with my heels, that a "Regular" person would wear as Pedal Pushers?

At this rate, in the next 5-10 years I will just be buying Bermuda Shorts (in denim of course). Hopefully, they will be alot cheaper and easier to find!

(I think this chic is wearing some "Short" jeans that are my length!?!?!?!)

My Little Man!

Just had to share, because it is just so hard to get a really good photo of my sweet little Ninja....unless you have a high-speed camera. He is always on the move!! Here is my handsome man!

This Explains a LOT!

This would explain a lot of the followers on Twitter I've recently received!!

Twitter in Church

Now That is What I Call A "HEAD TWIRLER!"

Just saw this on the CNN website! Doesn't it just give you the warm-fuzzies to see a High School Twirler "start waling" on a mugger! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! I hope she was wearing her majorette uniform when she did it!!