Comedy when you have nothing to post

It's been nearly a month since I posted anything.  Yikes.  I've been making quilty/sewing things but its been for birthdays and Christmas and I can't show anything yet.   I'm also not a fancy photographer who can blur shots just right so you get a peek but can't tell exactly what the project looks like.  So until I can reveal a few things, here's a chuckle for you:

Me with my Lampshade hat on

I've had requests to see me in the Lampshade Hat.  Here's the only picture I have...taken by the owner of the tea house.   Not all the Red Hatters were brave enough to wear theirs!      :)

White House Quilting Bee

Who knew?  LOL!

This makes me laugh!

Poo-Pourri

Seriously?   

I saw this product while shopping and had to look twice before I realized what it really was.    
Here's an excerpt from their web site explaining the product:
"Our patent pending formula of essential oils control odors by creating a barrier that prevents embarrassing bathroom smells from ever escaping the toilet.   We make sure that the stinky poop smell isn't something you've left behind. So go ahead, let others think your poop doesn't stink - maybe even convince them it smells pretty nice?"

Oh my goodness....I laughed so hard.  

I'm in the camp of "if it sounds too good to be true.....", but maybe you'd like to spend $10 on 2oz of this magic formula to find out?  If so, let me know how it worked.   :)

Eye Candy

Uh huh. :)

But wait....that's not what I meant.

This is more like it:

Tink brought me back this nummy collection of fat quarters as a thank you for watching her dog. They are from The Stitchin' Post quilt store and are a Valorie Wells line....don't know the name of the line, though. Can't wait till for the perfect project to use them in......until then I'll just fondle them. Hee, hee.

Devils Spit

Today was lunch with my fellow Red Hatters at Famous Daves. Love my lunches as I usually get to try out new restaurants and today was no exception.

This bottle was on the table. Appropriate name for a hot sauce but I couldn't get passed the "disgusto" factor that the name implies. Who wants spit on their food? Ewww!

I chose one called Rich & Sassy....better mental picture! LOL!

Oh...the lunch was nummy. Smoked meat...this girl loves her smoked meats.

Bacon

I love bacon. It's just a fact. I'd eat it every day if I could. I love the stuff.
I have always joked that everything is good with bacon. The sentiment was even confirmed in an episode of "Best Thing I Ever Ate - Bacon" on the food network. One item from the episode even combined bacon with another of my favorite eats - doughnuts! It was a Bacon Apple Maple Donut from Dynamo Donuts in San Francisco. I am so going to San Fran, now. :)

Sooooo...imagine my surprise today at Central Market while Tink and I were shopping for some nummies for our afternoon pool party with the Yaya's.....when I spotted this:

Oh yeah....a chocolate bar with BACON! No kidding. And this was no ordinary Hershey's chocolate. Oh no, its an $8 chocolate bar.....very upscale, indeed. Luckily they had little sample bars......half an ounce....for a little better price.

I *had* to buy one.

I had to know -- is everything better with BACON????

Well, is it??????

NO! It is not. Bleck, ick, yuck. Thank the good Lord above I didn't buy the bigger bar.

So, maybe I don't need to go to San Francisco after all.

Little in Big...Big in Little

My hubby got a iPod shuffle in the mail yesterday. For those of you not familiar with a shuffle...its about the size of a match book. Look at the size of the box they shipped it in! Really? That little iPod needed a box that big? Really?

And then on Saturday when I was visiting my Mom she pulls out this shirt she bought for me...all the while she is giggly. Huh? I'm curiously wondering why the giggles? Well look for yourself. The blue shirt is mine...it's the size I wear. The little bitty purple shirt is what she gave me. What, am I two?

Surprise! It's one of those fabrics that stretches to fit anyone! I was amazed. She even gave a cardigan made the same way. So now this is a big enough shirt in a little package. :)
I just thought those two size things were funny and had to share.

I Never Knew

I never knew that apparently I am in need of much help in my daily activities. Thankfully, Mr. Finn is ever ready and present to give me all the "help" I need! :)

Here's my boy helping with the laundry:

Apparently I hadn't pin basted this quilt properly and some of the pins needed to come out:


Here he is acting as my stylist as I was getting ready for a party:

Not sure why he thinks I need help reading? Maybe by staying put he thinks he will keep me on task:


Of course, even a super fantastic helper needs to take some time for himself! A good nap is in order.

Thanks, Finn. You make my days much more fun!

Groovin' to the Music

What better way to enjoy cooking dinner than to put on some Three Dog Night and groove to the music! Do they teach this in culinary school? They should! :)

Banana-nana

Came across this cartoon while surfing one day. I loved it, of course, since I'm a "Nana". It was even funnier to me cuz Liam has always loved banana's and when he was younger you couldn't always tell if he was asking for me or a banana when he said "nana". The boy still loves us both. :)

To Obsess

Here Tink and I are a Red Hat convention back in September. Notice what we are doing?
Both of us were new to blogging (me more so) and picture taking is a natural thing to do when one is a blogger, right?

The dictionary defines obsess as: to preoccupy intensely or abnormally. Hummm….we are definitely preoccupied with our blog picture taking…..yeah, I’d say it’s intense…but abnormal? I suppose that depends on who you ask. Did our fellow Red Hatters think we were being “abnormal” when we were taking pics of everything? Kinda hard to do when one is dressed in red and purple jammies with a hat made from a bra. Ok, wrong crowd. Hee, hee. Do our friends think we are “abnormal” when we whip out cameras to capture the cracker box or the doughnut at the store or their feet….or the myriad of times we are found with camera’s pointing at ourselves? Maybe!

I’m not the brave type when it comes to picture taking. You’re more likely to find me hiding behind a chair and zooming in rather than standing right up for everyone to see. I’m hoping to be more like my picture taking mentor, Tink, by the time this “picture a day” thing is done with. She’s a good example when it comes to that.
So if you ever see me with my cute little red camera – SMILE!

Seeing Red

My cat Finnian has a thing for red stuff. With many beanie babies around the house he only attacks one…a red dog. And now with the Christmas tree up he only has eyes for the red bows.

This is his second Christmas with us and he did the exact same thing last year as a kitten. There are plenty of ornaments down low that he could take off….but noooooo….its just the red bows.

Just try to get it away from him! I dare you!

He even diligently brought a “kill” to me in bed the other morning. Silly boy. Makes me wonder if Finn would attack the bows if they were a different color? Maybe next year we’ll experiment and see.

Merry Christmas, Finnian!

Feet Friday

What do you think? Some ancient torture devise?

"B" for barbaric....barely sane.....bimbo.....bonkers.......boeotian.......beastly......brain dead.......backwards......bastinade.......bogus......blimey, I can't stop!!!!! LOL!

Whose idea was this anyway?

Notes to self:

You are NOT 10 years old anymore.

Your body can NOT handle the bumps and jolts of sliding down a flight of stairs.

You WILL pay for it the next day.

Your hubby told you not to try it...you may want to listen next time.

And lastly......who cares? IT WAS FUN!!! Let's do it again....this time with better equipment. Maybe we'll go faster. :)

Nooooooo!

I went to the grocery store once I got home from Dad's to refill the frig with healthy food....lots of vege. Only to find THOSE evil orbs! Its like the Borg in Star Trek...resistance is futile!!! I *must* buy them....2 boxes please.

Getting rid of the couch potatoness I earned while away will just have to wait. These evil orbs only come out this time of year....healthy eating can happen any ole' time.

When Not At Home

A simple math equation:

THIS:

+ THIS:

= THIS:


Oh dear!