Worth endorsing...

"stolen" from a soon to be FB friend, i hope!

Now this should be an AD campaign!   I am loving "Ron the Don"!  I will definitely be showing this to my youngest, when he requests a BIG MAC.  Check out Wendy(Gwendolen); I will definitely be keeping away from that mean looking -----!

It's Complicated but not really

I am not one to fall for frantic Christmas catch-phrases like "Black Friday".  In fact, the very idea of waking up at 3:00 am after Thanksgiving, is mind boggling.  That is my idea of fresh HELL on Earth!  There is just nothing I want that badly EVER!  Less is always More in my book, especially on Christmas Morning.   Now Cyber Monday is a little more appealing- no crowds, in my P.J.s, with a cup of java!  However, am I supporting the very thing I hate?! Yes and No.   Today, I had an email from one of my favorite online stores, that is sadly going out of business.  I know that because I had gotten an earlier email, a few weeks prior.  As you may or may not know, I am in retail.  To see this particular company not "make" it, hits hard with me.  They embrace handmade and their site is just a visual feast.  I worry about the future of mom and pop shops, artists, and true trades.   I worry that Americans are becoming disconnected with their possessions, their food, and ultimately their life.  I worry that Americans are becoming monotonous,  homogenized Homo sapiens.  No, everyone doesn't have to sit around pondering this, with their hand-made mug, filled with coffee, sent from a favorite coffee hole and former hometown, and a splash of organic milk.  Yet, if we were, I think we would be in a better place as individuals and as a country.  Time for another cup.

Crazy

I'll have some of that Chicken with it's head cut off puh-lease.  So, what are y'all up too?  Needless to say, I'm a little on the Crazy side of things, but that is o.k. too.  Currently, I am coveting these boots.  Yes, I must have.  39 please!  Are you going to be watching the Royal Wedding in April?  You bet I am!  Did you watch Princess Di get married to Prince Charles?  I did.  My mom woke us up in the wee hours.  Since I am dating myself, I was probably sporting a Lanz nightgown too!  Here is a picture of the poor pencils that I went Coo Coo Cuckoo on earlier ( read previous post).  Anyway, sorry for the tease, just wanted to say "Hello" and bare with me please... Happy Thanksgiving Folks and give everyone you love an extra SQUEEZE! XO, Nan

Oh My GOODNESS

I spy with my little eye...A HOTEL!

I was just thinking, I need to TRAVEL somewhere.  Soon.  Immediately after Christmas.  Yes, my family can come.  Wish I had a money tree.  My BLOODY coffee better come IN TODAY or I might just lose it.  Have to have coffee, in order to survive the upcoming weeks of retail... I awoke this morning thinking, "COFFEE, COFFEE, my KINGDOM for some COFFEE.  That reminded me that I have had a lot of that Richard the THIRD quote lately.  When we were living in the condo, up until two weeks ago today,  I would literally walk around  saying , "A BRA, A BRA, my KINGDOM for a BRA!  My other daily Richard, would be "A PENCIL, A PENCIL,  my KINGDOM for a $%*!@%^**#%@PENCIL.  The exclamative part is more like a gutteral growl, which the boys find amusing.  Them finding it amusing also helps, because when you can't find a -------  SHARPENED PENCIL.... I can LOSE it.   HOMEWORK, not my favorite time of day. In fact, when we moved in last week I went and  got a @#^&!! pencil sharpener, and a box of pencils.  I mounted that SUCKER myself!  I sharpened every bloody one of them bastards.  I don't ask for much.  A bra.  A pencil, and bloody cup of coffee or three!  Oh, and a TRIP.  How about  this awesome HOTEL!  Stayed tuned for more...

All I want for Christmas...

All I want for CHRISTMAS is this...

AND THIS!

We became property owners about a month ago... Have I had a chance to drive the fifteen miles to hang out there?!  No!  Has my husband had the chance to go put up his deer stands and actually sit in one? NO!  Were we DREAMING?  I hope not!  Am I delusional in the DREAM above.  Absolutely! However, my DREAMS become my GOALS, ala the property.   Goals are good, and it is  also a  good thing that we only do each others stockings! ZZZzzzz, Nan

A Quickie

Howdy.  Sorry it has been a while since I have posted...We moved back into our abode last week, co-hosted a neighborhood Halloween party, the boy's had spend the night guests, lost a puppy, found a puppy, etc... I have been running ever since- "Welcome to my World."   Anyway, here is a "Quickie"of some of my favorite Halloween moments, ala Facebook.

Move over Glenn Close, there is a NEW Queen in Town!

My niece, I mean MY NEPHEW!

A "friend" of a FB "friend".  Wow, I'm feeling very inadequate, but impressed all at the
same time.  That is how, I kind of feel about Martha Stewart too.  I don't think  she would be
a very fun "friend" though.  Did I mention, I am obsessed with Ina Garten.  I think she would
a "rockin' FUN Friend".  Love her.  Of course, her newest cookbook is at Firefly!

This is from our Halloween Hood Party.  We showed "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown"
on a sheet outside.  How FUN is that!

Well, I am off to the RACES.  I look forward to some serious sharing in days to come.  I have so much FUN to report on.  Happy Fall Folks, Nan