"Patience Jackass". Yes, the tot was me and no, I'm not practicing what I preached. I suggested we let Eric open one present this evening. Then I thought it would be better if we each opened one. One turned to two. Eric went first. We played a joke on him and gave him a hint that his new guitar was an updated Squier.
Boy, was he surprised to open the Squier box and find a sunburst Stratocaster with gold hardware.
I opened my photo printer (which might have come in handy during the Christmas card dilemma...see post below) and a digital frame. Score!
(Hey, that's faster than the USPS could deliver anyway!)
Yes, there's a story behind the cards not being sent out (make note of this entry). Anyway, I won't get into all that. This picture wasn't nominated for the card but it will go into a frame somewhere in this house. If you'd like to see the other pictures, check out the Flickr link.
well, last weekend. Cosme's office's Christmas party was last weekend. (Yeah, my hair's red but the glow of the ribbons on the tree are making it red to the extreme.) We stayed at the party a while and then headed to Wild West. Yes, you read correctly. This duo headed to a c&w bar. The crazier part of that story is we were dancing to hip-hop as well as c&w. By the way, Cosme did the Cotton-Eyed-Joe for the first time. (I couldn't believe he hadn't learned it in elementary school. I learned it in p.e. - and that was in the city!) Anyway, a few hours later (as well as a few drinks later) Cosme braved the crowd and told me to pick a song for his moment in the spotlight...yeah, karaoke. I gave him three choices: Elvis, The Cult or Johnny Cash. Needless to say, he chose The Cult. So, a little "She Sells Sanctuary" it was. He was told there were people in the back making the typical headbanger hand gestures while bobbing their heads. It was a total rockstar moment. Yeah, yeah, I admit that I was hollering and clapping. The next day he was saying he couldn't believe he got up and did it. Guess what, he can believe it now because one of his co-workers got a lovely shot of it.
I made it today for the first time. It was so easy and pretty tasty. (It's topped with almond bark.) I'm ready to try out all sorts of variations now!
This was on my way home from taking Eric to school. The fog was really bad for a couple of days. I thought this land on 521 would offer an eerie picture. Breakfast was being served on the other side of the highway.
Remember this guy from an October 6th post? A while back he was all nestled in the handle of my garbage can. Either he never left or he's back. I'm guessing he never left. So I have a pet frog. Anyone who knew me circa 1980, knows how much I loved The Muppet Show, Muppet magazine and more than anything, Miss Piggy. From now on he will be referred to as Kermit. Yes, since he lives in my garbage can Oscar would be a more fitting name, but that's so Sesame Street. Please. I hate frogs and he's so ugly but since he won't go away...
This wall is at the corner of Louisiana and something. I've always thought it would be a good backdrop for a picture. So here's the backdrop and the only willing subject - a stinkbug.
So Cosme and I drove back to Shaw's the next morning for his tattoo. He has been wanting this tattoo to cover up a homemade tattoo he got when he was 17. He was very patient and sat in the chair and endured the pain for two hours.
It was funny because he'd been sitting for so long. The guy started cleaning his arm up and told Cosme, "Okay, the outline's done". He made a few adjustments. The original had lots of red and blue in it but Cosme didn't want color. So, here's the final product. You can barely see the old stuff.
See for yourself...
As they worked their way through the maze, they came across an old pumpkin patch with what appeared to be a worn out scarecrow. Little did they know, this scarecrow wa
s full of life. There were many screams and a few cries but the whole time...I was laughing, even a couple of snorts came out. It was so much fun. We had people hiding in the walls with slits cut in the plastic. It was so dark in there, it was crazy. I took the pictures before the lights went out (obviously). We had black lights everywhere, a smoke machine going, a witch's pot glowing, a gorilla breaking out of chains and several masked madmen. Cosme started the night as the scarecrow and Eric was in the wall. Eric left to have food and fun at the festivities in the hall next door and his place was filled in the wall. During our break, Cosme gave Eric the scarecrow position and Cosme put on Eric's outfit and a mask and hid in the haunted house's graveyard. It was so much fun. I've been working so hard the past couple of days to help up at the church. I'm exhausted! Today I'll help take everything down but I can't stay long because I have to come home and get everyone ready for this weekend. WHEW! I'm tired. Well, I have one more shot from last night. It's of the three of us after the event. You can tell how hard Cosme and Eric had been working.
I realized after this picture that I need a new pose. Every picture is the same. Me on the end with my head tilted upward as if that will make me appear as tall as everybody else. It's just not happening.
Here's a close up of the fabric.
is what I came up with yesterday. I made a spice cake and couldn't decide what to cover it with. I started playing around and came up with this. I didn't think it would work on the cake, so I spread it out on wax paper, cooled it in the fridge and now this is what I have. Imagine a not-totally-firm praline. Oh yeah, like I said, sweet goodness. How am I supposed to walk by it all day and NOT have a piece each time? It's totally going in the garbage...just one more bite.
While out driving, Cosme and I came across an old house being torn down. It was all roped off with caution tape. I saw this chair and tv out in the yard and really liked them. There was garbage in the yard and in the street around the house. A page out of an old book was out on the side of the road. I liked the way it looked too.
