Thursday, December 31, 2015

Brain Puke XVI

Look out blogger friends, I'mma gonna hurl!

As Freckles (the Canadian dear) pointed out, I have not written a post like this for over a year, so...THAR SHE BLOWS (heh heh heh)!

We lost 3 blogger friends this year: David Jeffries, Wayne The Cajun, Jay Murphy.  :(

Once a month, a local knitter friend and I meetup to drink and eat and talk and knit.  I have always had trouble making women friends cause...bitches.  I actually look forward to my meetups with "the tree"!

OMB, Spo sent me this FABU video yesterday:


I know beary guys are not everyone's cuppa tea (no rubbish) (sorry, Debra), but sweet mother of pearl!

I STILL wish my boyfriends lived closer to me. 

I am STILL going to the gym 2x/week.  After 5 years, I am still fat, but I am strong and flexible and toning up and my arthritis keeps away due to weight lifting/pushing/pulling.  My highest is a leg machine - 215 pounds pushing.  My lowest is a shoulder machine - 20 pounds lifting.  I never thought that exercise could be fun and that I would stick with it this long.  I thank my caring trainers for that. 

I finished 8 knitting projects this year.

Now for a musical interlude:


 
2015 saw some great things happen:
 
Marriage equality (finally)

Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in Britain

Spouse and I got to Rehoboth Beach in October for a long weekend and some boyfriend meetups

I acquired some new blog followers

Justin Trudeau (RAWR!) elected PM of Canada

I celebrated 12 years at my job, the longest job I have ever held 

Now for a musical interlude:


2015 also saw some shit hit the fan:

White people killing black people because...black

Donald the Rump, and the rest of the GOP h8ers

Religious nutjobs spouting off whackadoodle theories

Bill Cosby (what a skeevy homeboy)

All the Kraptrashian/Jenner Klan

All the Duggar Klan

Kim (the Kentucky Kunt) Davis

My loser baseball/football/basketball/hockey teams

Jessica Simpson and her ugly sister Ashlee...WHY do these two even exist

Some hillbillies named Joey & Rory F(r)eek

The entire US Congress

Several SCOTUS members

The entire PA state legislature

Domestic USA home-grown citizen terrorists 

Now for a musical interlude:


HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD YEAR!

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.


"Our Lips Are Sealed" - MWAH!  I'll never tell!

PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Walt and Peter!

Monday, December 21, 2015

Happy Holiday Happening!


Happy Holly Daze to one and all!

See if you can find "beavis and butthead", the 2 phillies ornaments, the yellow submarine, and "our first xmess" ornament!  No, there is no "waldo".

To my commenters - fun fax 4 u:

My tree is 38 years old, a gift from my sister when I moved into my first apartment in 1977 (I had been living with the sperm and egg donors until then).

The lights and the treetop star are new this year.

The tree skirt was crocheted in the late 80s by a now-deceased former co-worker.

The tree is under four feet (a nod to spo) and sits on my sunporch so as not to tempt my curious kitties. 

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!

  
This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.


"Jump" - kick it old skool style yo! 

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!

 


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.


"Mr. Vain" - paging Donald (t)Rump to the white courtesy phone please!

PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Harper's Keeper and Jon.

PPS - Welcome new friend Wandering and Wondering!  She found me on Bob's blog.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

So I Won This Award...


...from Fearsome Beard (the dear).  He seems to think I write great words of wisdom and knowledge.  Nope.  Not here.

Here are the rules:



My personal nominations (in no particular order):

joe.my.god
blogoratti
going gently
I should be laughing
she who seeks
a day with the mistress borghese
the daily irritant
the adventures of travel penguin
the japing ape
cabinet of curious treasures
tales of the sissy

The Questions: 

Which literary genre do you prefer - bio/autobio, travel, baseball, knitting 

Why did you start blogging - cause I was dared into it by some boyfriends 

Order or Chaos - order 

Where would you like to live - right here in my hometown. If not, the hudson river valley in NY state 

Starry sky or sunset - sunset 

Better the paper book or rather the e-book - paper 

What is the writing for - to connect with my boyfriends 

What do you think about social networks - they suck.  I blog and belong to a knitting/crochet social network only.  I don't need the rest. 

TV or not TV - no TV, TYVM 

Favorite food - chinese, italian, thai, indian, seafood, mexican, bbq

Favorite music genres - everything but religious and (c)rap

Eleven random facts about me: 

My favorite painter is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I am not a technogeek

I have no use for flat-screen tvs, ipods, blackberries, etc.

I do not bring my job home with me

I do not hang out with my co-workers after hours

I am a minimalist; I do not let possessions define me

I do not like extreme cold or extreme heat; my ideal climate is 70 degrees with low humidity

I am claustrophobic

I have a fear of heights

I have a fear of water

At a function where I know no one, I tend to stay on the perimeter, listening to conversations and people watching

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Tell It To My Heart" - is that really hair or just extensions?  Whatever it is, it's F-U-G-L-Y!


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mark!

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - take me dancing tonight!


And here is something else (as if George Michael is not enough) to make your yuletide gay (caution: NSFW).

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"You Spin Me Round" - til I puke!  Everyone follow the shiny disco ball...


THEN, courtesy of friend John, tackle some of these moves; now THIS is dancing!


Saturday, November 14, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Eye of the Tiger" - "MEOW!" says the big kitty!



Je Suis Paris.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

My First Time (for everything)

Just because Spo and Penguin and John and Dodd are doing it...

My earliest memory – cooking with my maternal grandmother in her kitchen, 1959

First airline flight – 1970; high school trip to Europe; JFK to geneva, switzerland

First time "doing it” – 1972, age 19 with my first real boyfriend; awkward

First surgery – tonsils, age 6, 1960

First car – ford pinto; high school graduation gift, 1972; blue and white two-tone; my parents had a death wish for me

First death of someone close – my maternal uncle, 1968, due to cancer; he was only 38.  I didn’t find out until 1988 that he was gay

First drink – my maternal grandmother kept some mogen david concord grape wine (horrible shit) in the dining room sideboard; she “had a snort” when she couldn’t sleep

First regret – not marrying my first real boyfriend in 1973

First pet – Sydney, my first rescue cat, 1991

First presidential election – 1972; george mcgovern

First time you felt you were an adult – when I moved out of the parents’ house in 1977; I was 23

First job – 1970, cashier in a local (small) mom-n-pop variety store; dusting the fucking glass shelves was THE WORST

First realization of the axiom “life is not fair” – being bullied at school and at home

Losing my virginity – 1977, age 23; some unknown guy; never saw him again; I DO remember he was a ginger boy with a beard!

First house – 1985, a one bedroom condo in northern Virginia with my now ex-husband; I held that mortgage until 1999, when I sold the condo to move back to philly

First camera – polaroid swinger, late 1960s

First checkbook – age 23, to pay the rent on my apartment

Passing my driving test at age 18 (1971)

First 45 record – “get off my cloud”, rolling stones

First record album – “rubber soul”, beatles

First cigarettes - in college 1972-1976; never got hooked

First (and only) divorce - 1991; ex-husband went on to remarry and have 6 kids; he's an idiot

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Now That We Found Love" - why don't we do it in the road? (props if you know the referral).  I choose the japing ape as my first victim...


Friday, November 6, 2015

Signs of a Warm Autumn Week

 
the burning bush (heh heh heh, I said "bush"; and I don't mean JEB!)

 
a black walnut tree

a maple tree

burning bush berries; the birds LOVE these

the bradford pear turning red-orange

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Barbie Girl" - some scary shit from a one-hit-wonder band!


Happy Hallowe'en/Blessed Samhain to all!

PS - And a hearty welcome to new friend (without a blog, but cute) The Boy Mogan!

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Scenes From A Beachy Weekend

The spouse and I took a long weekend "downdashore" to commemorate his birthday and our anniversary.

Go to Mark's blog to see pix of our Friday night escapade!  A fun evening with my Delaware boyfriends!

Saturday was sunny and mild.  So we went out to shop, explore, eat, drink.

This is where we stayed (heh heh heh, "anus")

Roses still blooming

Pretties!

Rehoboth bandstand - used for outdoor concerts

A dolphin statue dressed in a beach t-shirt

The Atlantic Ocean (waves to Raybeard on the other side of the pond)


Cross the dune to the ocean 
 

 Spouse on the boardwalk
 
Crowd gathered to hear a Philly string band playing (the plumed hats are the band; I could not get up close and personal)





Halloween scenes around town for Spo and Debra

One of the local shops (yes, I MUST feed my addiction!)
 
What's THIS?
 
The Dogs' Mother's gnomes have come East!  Get them a beer stat!
 
 
(Fake) sheep at the yarn shop...cause wool...and yarn... 
 
  And then we came home to this and this
 
Nyla and Gigi wanting attention from their parents!



Saturday, October 24, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Dancing Machine" - back in the day...


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISTRESS MADDIE!

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"How Will I Know" - listen to your head AND heart!


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY to RAYBEARD and ARTEEJEE (my spouse)!

PPS - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to BOB & CARLOS and ARTEEJEE & ME!

PPPS - BEST WEDDING DAY WISHES to TRAVEL PENGUIN & SWEET BEAR!

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Living In America" ain't all milk and honey and streets paved with gold.


PS - And a hearty welcome to new friend Jono!   Drop on over and say HOWDY!

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"The Sweetest Taboo" - beautiful song from a beautiful lady!

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Shake You Down" - for those of you who wanna git yer freak on, here's a nice soul tune to put ya in the mood!


PS - Please send good thoughts to The Dog's Mother (click the linky-luv); she is having shoulder surgery.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Ask And You Shall Receive - Part 4

Several of my boyfriends have all written similar posts - ask me anything.

Well, because I have no shame, and I steal ideas from others, and I have some fairly new readers/followers (like Two Men), I'mma gonna do it too!

Please feel free to ask me anything ya wanna know.  Of course, I reserve the right to plead the 5th Amendment if the information revealed would be too painful, or would harm another.  Answers will appear in the comments (when I get around to it).

So get down on it (with a gin-n-tonic or a cosmo in hand)!

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Notorious" - yep, that's me! :)


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RJ  and Mangina!

PPS - Condolences to Fearsome Beard on the passing of his father.  Click on the linky-luv to leave a thoughtful message for our friend.



Saturday, September 12, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!



This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Control" - yep, I'm in control (cracks the whip)!


Saturday, September 5, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party AND It's Mah Birfday (again)!


This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Open Your Heart To Me" - vintage Madonna!


AND AND AND tomorrow is my 61st birfday.  It was Labor Day 1954; my egg donor labored and gave birth to me at 10:30a, 6.5 pounds.  WTF happened?  :)

To see some other people who share my day, go here.


So what am I doing to celebrate?

At some point this weekend, spouse will take me out for cock-a-tails (a nod to the Mistress) and dinner.

Wish we could get away someplace, but no money stops us.


So let's dance our asses off instead!


Can you do the walk, do the walk of life.


I told you, homeboyz, U can't touch this!


Her hips don't lie, but MINE do!  Damn arthritis!


I'm all right, don't nobody worry 'bout me (RIP, Jay).

Saturday, August 29, 2015

We Interrupt This Weekend to Announce...


60,000 hits on this here blog as of today!!!!!

That is all; keep calm and carry on.
PS - oh yeah, I forgot my blogiversary on August 4; three years.  Sue me.

Saturday Night Dance Party!



 
This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Land of Confusion" - more so now than ever! :(


PS - HAPPY JIMMAS DAY TO JIM!

PPS - And a hearty welcome to new friends Blogoratti and Two Men & A Little Farm!  Drop on over and say HOWDY!

PPPS - Thanks, Jon, for pointing out the fucking puppet video clip doesn't work in this country.  I feex.  Fucking stoopid rules!

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!





This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"I Love a Rainy Night" - have you ever sat in the dark and quiet, listening to the rain fall outside?

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Saturday Night Dance Party!





This is how I am feeling right now.

Dance like no one's watching.

Sing like no one's listening.

"Just The Two Of Us" - we can make it if we try!


PS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLOBBY!

PPS - And a hearty welcome to new friend Fit Studs!  I think we are ALL going to be spending some time perusing THIS website full of dee-lish men!