Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Say Goodbye (and good riddance) To 2014!

Kick 2014's ass out the door, and say hello to 2015!  Happy New Year to all my boyfriends near and far!

So what have I been doing this last week (besides working)?

Well, let's review with some pix, shall we?


These are the electric candles I have in my windows; they face the street.  I have a pair; they used to belong to my in-laws, they are over 50 years old, and they were made right here in phillytown!


The stockings were hung (heh heh heh) by the chimney with care...


...and one for the pussies who all reside there.  My SIL made these stockings 20 years ago; Sydney was our first cat and he passed in 2002.  "A house without a cat is not a home" - tru fax dat!


Since Mistress Maddie is a fan of front doors, here is mine. 


I got this DVD collection for xmess; fascinating history! 


And now for something completely different... 


The girls gave me this calendar; it hangs on my office wall. 


Santa Cat brought the girls some new toys!


Miss Gigi says HAPPY


Miss Nyla says MEW


Miss Oreo says YEAR!

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Unchain My Heart" - set me free!  RIP, Joe.  


Do please send more healing thoughts to our Cajun. :(

Sunday, December 21, 2014

The Cobbler Recipe AND a New Boyfriend!

My my my, it seems EVERYBODY wants a slice of my cobbler!

So now you can make it for yourself!


Fruit Cobbler (easy version)

1 can pie filling (cherry, blueberry, peach, apple, etc.)

3 tablespoons melted butter

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup milk

1 cup sugar

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Pour can of pie filling into an ungreased 8 x 8 baking pan


Melt butter in microwave


Mix butter, flour, baking powder, milk, and sugar together in a bowl


Spread batter over fruit in the baking pan

Bake cobbler for 45 minutes; serve warm with whipped cream

Now, if you are ambitious like Buddybear and his family, follow this recipe.

Fruit Cobbler (hard version)

3.5 cups fresh/dried fruit


1 cup boiling water

3/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

3 tablespoons melted butter

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup milk

1 cup sugar

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Place fruit into an ungreased 8 x 8 baking pan


Mix boiling water, sugar, and cornstarch together; pour over fruit

Melt butter in microwave


Mix butter, flour, baking powder, milk, and sugar together in a bowl


Spread batter over fruit in the baking pan

Bake cobbler for 45 minutes; serve warm with whipped cream

And now let me introduce you to a new boyfriend on the scene: Average Gay Dude!  He's cute, has mad drawing skillz, is artsy/craftsy, lives in South Florida, and is a vegan!

AGD, go check out these skilled friends of mine:  Dr. Spo (scroll down and see one of his famous spo-shirts) and Sassybear (check out his crocheted accessories) and Fearsomebeard (he knows how to bake).  I have some of the most creative friends in the universe!  Ain't I a lucky girl!

Saturday, December 20, 2014

The Final Countdown

No, not a movie review.  Just some shit going on here whilst I recover from an intestinal bug (heh heh heh, shit, get it?).


Decorated last weekend.  No beer involved (the gnomes gasp in horror)!


Upstate PA location landmark (about 3 hours northwest of Philly); started September 5, 1787.  The ornament itself is 14 years old.



This week's baked goodie - blueberry cobbler!  Pix taken when the cobbler was only 30 minutes outta da oven!



As you can see outta my porch window and down my driveway to the street, no white shit here (thank the dogs and cats!).


I currently have 3 shawls in progress for the bestest person I know - ME!  You saw the baby green one last week.  This pink/green one is about 40% finished.


This one is about 90% finished.  Back in October, Mistress Maddie saw it like this:



Miss Gigi meows: "Happy Holidays To All, And To All A Good Fancy Feast!"

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Flash Light" - everyone needs one for these damn short days; can't wait for 12/21!


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Walt and Peter!


And do please send healing thoughts to our Cajun; he is back in the hospital for the holiday. :(

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Catching My Breath

Just some goings on at home...

cat toes

 home made cherry cobbler with real whipped cream
(psst, fearsomebeard, come get your slice!)

a naked tree; gotta arrange the light strand better tomorrow and add ornaments

BEARS!  GRRRR!  (a gift from a knitting friend)

speaking of knitting... a new shawl

a sleepy pussy

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Rapture" - I like the dude in the white tux.  AND I had a pair of Candies slides (the shoes Debbie Harry is wearing) back in the day...


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Harper's Keeper!


Saturday, December 6, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Sad Songs Say So Much" - they sure do!


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mark

Friday, December 5, 2014

The Paws That Refreshes...

...and it sure as hell AIN'T diet coke!  (confidentially, I am a diet pepsi girl myself)

So since all of us (like Dr. Spo) are stressed with work, home, holiday shit, family, etc., let's have a moment of zen.

Miss Gigi napping on the chair

Miss Oreo in the play tent

Miss Gigi and Miss Nyla at play

Our holiday treat arrived in Wednesday's mail; King Raybeard and John Gray will probably recognize it immediately!



Yep, english xmas pudding and brandy sauce.  I actually got the german spouse to try this many years ago and he pronounced it good.  So every year we have to special order it.

And I also purchased a small (16 oz) fruitcake from Canada (eh, Buddybear) at my grocery store and a bottle of spiked (rum, brandy, whiskey) eggnog from the PA State Store.  Go ahead and laugh, but I like fruitcake - I like all my boyfriends too, right?  Aren't we all just a buncha fruitcakes?

This weekend it's pull out the fake tree and put the electric candles in the windows.  Wait for spouse's gift to arrive next week.  Work like a dog at the office; there will be constant pressure until 1-2-15 (and I don't even work retail!).  Thank the dogs and cats for knitting and books and booze!

OK, back to your regularly scheduled nervous breakdown...

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Love Machine" - dig them clothes-n-fros!  My boyfriends are all love machines (or so they tell me)!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Dazz" - get down, boyfriends, and celebrate both the cajun's and david's ongoing healing!  and if THAT'S not something to be thankful for, I don't know what is!


Happy (American) Thanksgiving to all my boyfriends! :)

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

 
Sing like no one's listening.

"Let's Dance" - put on your cha cha heels and celebrate both the cajun's and david's ongoing healing!  And raise a cosmo (or three) for beary boyfriends meeting in the desert!


Saturday, November 8, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!




This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

 
Sing like no one's listening.

"Addicted to Love" - ain't we ALL!  Would you hit this?  I CERTAINLY WOULD!


Trivia -  Choreography by Paula Abdul

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.


Sing like no one's listening.

"She Wolf" - in honor of Halloween.  If only I were flexible enough to move like that...muy caliente!

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!






This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.


Sing like no one's listening.

"Down at the Twist & Shout" & "Raining in My Heart" - especially for the cajun this week, some cajun-style dance tunes!


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISTRESS MADDIE AND JAYINVA!!!!!  Go give these cuties a birthday smooch!

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.
 

Sing like no one's listening.

"Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" - OH MY INDEED! (wink wink nudge nudge)


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dave (no blog, but he does read mine), Raybeard, and spouse!

AND CONGRATULATIONS to Bob and Carlos on their wedding!

AND please keep the cajun and David in your thoughts; surround them with healing!

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Legs" - two snaps!


PS - the car is enshrined in the R&R Hall of Fame in Blobby's home town!

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Brain Puke XVI - Now With Updates!

Look out boyfriends, I'mma gonna hurl!

Cripes, I have not done one of these since April!  Time to empty the load pan!

Please keep The Cajun in your thoughts; he is so seriously ill right now. 

Also please keep David J. in your thoughts; he too is ailing and has been in the hospital for what seems like forever.

Yesterday I had the extreme (and naughty) pleasure of meeting Mistress Maddie for cock-a-tails and lunch (a three-hour affair).  Boyfriends, she is such a sweetheart!  And she sure smelled good too (now now, no smutty thoughts please)!

 
She brought me this wonderful basket full of handmade goodies; shall we see what's here?


Holiday tree ornaments handknit by women in Peru.  I think Jim would like the sock monkey, yes?  So cute!

Maddie made these raisin tea biscuits from scratch; you toast them, then top them with butter or
 
Canadian honey (eh, Buddybear?).  These are a good breakfast treat; spouse and I had them this morning, along with cawfee and


Maddie's made from scratch pumpkin whoopie pies.  I LOVE YOU, MADDIE; your baking skills rival mine!  Please to be posting the recipies!  And we MUST get together again soon!

I wore my hand-knitted (artwork) sweaters yesterday; for those of you that want to admire them (sorry the pix suck so bad, but I had to copy them from another website):


my inner sweater


my outer sweater

Then Sluggy sent me a goodie box from a giveaway contest she held.  I received it on Thursday; thanks Sluggy! :)


One of the treats in this box is some brandied peaches; can't wait to try these!

Baseball season is over (for me, anyway); now political season kicks in.  STFU already, assholes; that means ALL OF YOU!

The trees are beginning to change colors; my fave season is here!  Of course, we didn't have much of a summer.

Guess it's time to make the first batch of spo hot cocoa for those chilly mornings!


As you can all see, Miss Nyla is very busy today.  


So is Miss Oreo.  No, Nyla and Oreo were NOT in the same room at the same time.


And a rear view of Miss Gigi.  We will be needing the wood for the fireplace in a couple of months.


My current knitting project.


And a finished project, a spring/summer shawl for the 2015 season.

WHERE the hell has 2014 gone?

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!

 

This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Sharp Dressed Man" - HELL YEAH!  AND one that can dance too!
 

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Steamy Windows" - bobdamn, girlfriend knows how to WORK IT LIKE A BOSS!  Who's gonna be steamin' up some windows tonight?


Sunday, September 21, 2014

Where in the World Is Warrior Queen? - UPDATED

See if you can guess where spouse and I went Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon (an overnight trip).  This is the reason the previous post was delayed; I didn't take the laptop; sue me!


The Lake Front Hotel; a quiet respite from daily cares.
AND the front desk clerk was cute and gay!


The Glimmerglass Queen tour boat.




Otsego Lake; the Susquehanna River begins its 444 mile march to the Chesapeake Bay right here.





Betcha John can relate to these scenes!



So many different ducks and swans and geese in the mill pond!

One of the "go go boyz"!

The tons of apples in those crates will be made into cider this week.



 

This "castle" belongs to a private club; it can only be seen from the lake by boat.






Otsego Lake scenes.


The REAL reason we went to Cooperstown, NY - the wine!
Reds, whites, roses, rieslings; 3 cases followed us home!


And so did some food - cheese, pickles, BBQ sauce, honey mustard dip.


Outside my house, the sedum has bloomed.


And the peppers are still turning red/orange.


My booze of choice tonight!


And a gratuitous pix of Miss Oreo in the living room window!