Maybe a flying doorknob hit me in the head....

I really CANNOT explain what the hell is wrong with me lately that I LOVE these stupid videos of dogs talking and singing. Stress? Senility? Concussion? Insurance Adjuster Overload? maybe I have been living with a goat too long. Or maybe a sever case of MOMnesia. I cannot be sure, but Heaven help me, I do love these things. I thought for sure one day as I got older I would get somehow sophisticated.... but I think that ship has sailed, and now I am just this kooky gal who cannot resist an Afghan Hound singing along to a person playing The Girl From Impanema" on the piano. Does stress somehow turn you into a big goof?

I dunno... but you gotta watch these. You'll laugh.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYaw5tGYAs&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIB79nLOlkE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CZcCvwND4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1R56ZdTTh8

And Sometimes you just gotta dance with your trumpet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wffwg7pA0t8

I KNOW this is a rerun.... but its probably the funniest thing I have ever seen on You Tube.

Sometimes.....You just gotta dance with your walrus.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPghCH5uAeY&feature=related

Three Great ones.

Three AWESOME You Tube things.

I no longer try to embed them. They never work.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61k7iFrQ0w&feature=related
Ray.


2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n7C1AyU-9Q&feature=related
You Gotta Tighten Up

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeW94nfPKc
Tell me Girls, are these pants too tight??? HAHAHAH This movie was really fun... Seriously.

I Heart MY NEW CURVES T SHIRT!!!!!!!!

Curves sells all these silly stupid icky OLD LADY-ish Cutesy T-shirts. They have like 12 new ones a month.. Its so annoying. All the old ladies wear their CURVES shirts every day.. UGH. They say things like "I Love my Curves" or "My Curves Blow me Away"(that one has a clothes line on it) or "Created by God, Maintained by Curves"

So uhmm... I wear this stupid gross old huge black T shirt to Curves. It is SOOOO comfortable...I had an idea to make my own shirt as a joke, with puffy paints, and I told Siri and she was like "You TOTALLY have to do that..." SO I did.

See if you can GUESS WHICH Stupid CURVES SHIRT is mine????? HAHAHA I know it will be a challenge.. Bill was like, "Liz that is retarded..." HAHAHAHAHA And DON'T THINK I am not gonna wear it, like EVERY DAY.

Curves Food Drive

Curves baseball Shirt

My Curves Blow Me Away Shirt

I Heart Curves Shirt

New pic of house, Dog in the car,

Yesterday we went to visit the house. You will notice Spencer wore his Bob the Builder helmet from his Halloween costume.... it has part of the top floor done!!!

Also we took Amy our Plott Hound along, who has turned out to be the sweetest dog we have ever had... She is really such a sweet nice dog. So here she is in the front seat of my Toyota.

NEW FEATURE: Stupid List Friday.

Gift Ideas for Lumberjacks

1. Harmonica with Neck Supporter
2. Ax Guard
3. Socks
4. Insect Repellent
5. Sandwich meat
6. Guide on Poisonous Plants
7. Tweezers for splinters
8. Tea Tree Oil Shampoo
9. Book of scary stories
10. Compass
11. Alprazolam
12. Ride to the Airport
13. Organic lemons
14. Pineapple Upside Down Cake
15. Lounge Lizards Album


What do YOU give the Lumberjack in your life?

2 more pics of house being built

They added a big long wooden thing across the top of the garage. now if you will excuse me i have 200 phone calls to make for my lawyers. sigh.

Its a nice day here in Oregon.

This is the view from the door out to the patio looking across the liv and out the dining room window. But of course, no stairs yet...

This is a view as if you were standing on the patio and looking in thru the back door and you can see the bay Window outline of the kitchen.... You have to sort of use your imagination a lot...

This is one a the few tiles I am going to use in Spencer's bathroom, which will have a sea life these... I am going to use like TEN of these tiles only because they are hideously expensive. From a co in MI called Pewabic Pottery Frog above and TURTLE Below... Cause Spencer is my TURTLE

It is sunny. We had a picnic at the Maple Street Park today. The dog is out playing with the goat in the field. Yesterday they were all out in the field, the goat, the dog, Bill and Spencer , and I was even out for a bit feeding treats to the goat. They were trying to fly Spencer's dragon kite he got for Xmas.. a great buy from Costco for 9 dollars, but they had no wind... We are thinking of a rule... No TV on Sundays anymore. He watches some during the week and that should be fine. Still the only TV I let him watch is SPROUT which is PBS Kids. He loves Sesame street Bob the builder OF course... He is getting out of KIPPER mode...

Spencer is unhappy with this rule, but there are plenty of better things to do when the weather is nice on a Sunday then TV. Like tickle Spencer and then read him 7 books and then go to the park for a picnic. We did not MAKE the picnic... we got Quiznos... but still fun. Amy Mamie the dog is feeling so much better, and we took her too!

Oh and the house has WALLS now.. at least on the first floor. It was weird to "walk In" to the house last night, but it felt oddly good. So. There you go. We have SO MUCH WORK to accomplish for the mediation and I am going crazy trying to get it all done and keep these lawyers and adjusters and other sometimes annoying people out of my hair with their deadlines. BUT I am getting it done somehow. Not fast enough for them.....but...

My Name is Sally O'Malley and I'm FIFTY YEARS OLD

I swear to you there is a woman at my Curves who is like this business manager person.... SHE IS that Molly Shannon Character on SNL.. She has the big hair, the intense Mary Kay, the RED VELVET like track suit, giant sparkly glasses circa 1985....I have not LOOKED for the Camel Toe cause its too gross but I am sure its there.... I am sure somewhere in her wardrobe there is also a leopard skin purse. I doubt she can tell stories about sleeping with Mickey Rooney, but I'll bet she can KICK, and STRETCH and KICK!!!!!!!!!

I cannot even look at her when I go there now.....
I want to just scream out... I'MMMMMM FIFTY!!!!!! FIFTY YEARS OLD!!!!!!!

WOW, Up go 1/4 of two walls!!!!!!!!

Just keeping you updated, for those of you keeping score at home....I used to do dishes and yell at my family right in front of that hole in that plywood half wall over there.... Good Times....

OMG One more piecve of news...My friend Siri, who is probably my BFF in OR? Al week long she is like OW My foot hurts, right? I am like Gawd did you sparin it? Do you have GOUT? What is the deal? She did not know...

Are you ready???? Her foot is like BROKEN!!!!!!
O. M. G. No more Curves for her for a WHILE.

I still go. Those old ladies treat me like I belong on the short bus seriously. Today one thought I was Spencer's gramma, they are all either blind, deaf, or crazy.... BUT tomorrow I am gonna try the STAIR MASTER for the first time. Yeah. Lookin forward to THAT.

Master Thespian Cage Match/ Dinner Party

if its Friday it must be time for.... Master Thespian Cage Match/ Dinner Party

You all know the rules. There are two parts of the game: The first is to choose who would be a more interesting couple of Thespians at a dinner party, and then for the Bonus Round, Determine who would be the winner in a cage match bewtween these two thespians.

SO First Round Questions:

Of the following pairs of Thespians, who for the purposes of our game are dating, who would you most want to have to dinner, and WHY?

A Sigourney Weaver and Nick Nolte
B Wanda Sykes and John Malkovich
C Loretta Swit and Ashton Kutcher
D Shirley MacClaine and Jamie Foxx


Bonus Round:

If the following pairs of Master Thespians were in a wrestling match, who would win and why? Note that I have tried to Match the Thespians in equal weight classes, to keep it fair.

A Rob Lowe and Carol Burnett
B Marisa Tomei and Michael Douglas
C Jeremy Piven and Susan Sarandon
D Peter O'Toole and Nicole Ritchie


Here are my choices:

For dinner, I would have to choose D Shirley MacClaine and Jamie Foxx. I think they would make an interesting couple. If the conversation got boring, Jamie Foxx and play the piano and Shirley can sing.

As to who would win the match:
I am not sure who would win but I would enjoy watching Susan Sarandon slaaping around Jeremy Piven for a bit.

WOW.
I need therapy.

HEY LOOK!!!! We have wood floors again!!!!!

Well, uh sort of...

Actually we are rethinking wood floors now and are pretty much have decided on sort of a cool looking fake slate tile on the entire first floor. I have always loved the look of slate. A lot of people either love it or hate it. But we may have have wood in the very entry part and the dining room, like in front of the stairs.


Anyway, as you can see they have started to rebuild the house. Finally a step in the right direction.. The foundation was okay so Nick just hooked up all the gas and water and heater crap or whatever and then put the floor in. Well, this is not the REAL floor.. it will be underneath the floor. In the back to the left is our tool shed, and then in the way back is a little play house that came with the house. I was gonna paint it all log cabin-y one of these days with a FORT SPENCER sign on it or something, so it would not be like pink anymore. Bill had to take the front door off of it, because Spencer kept going in there as a toddler and Bill was afraid the door would stick, and he would get stuck in there.. Plus in today's world, I do not think we ever need to put the door back on. Seriously. Until he is about 35 I don't think Spencer should be doing much that I do not know about... ANyway the tool shed survived the blast along with the play house.

Spencer is looking forward to getting back to the neighborhood. We all are.

I DID go to Curves today... I am still sick but feeling a LITTLE better, so I went. SInce I have not been in two days my arms and legs feel like spaghetti. SO I have Spaghetti Arms... Which remind me of Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing... I hope he gets better soon. Nobody puts baby in a corner...

Red Robin is the new FRIDAY's

Martini is.........

The New Shampoo

I swear I get so annoyed when people say things are "the new______" Do you? I think Oprah started it with her whole 40 is the new 30 deal... Now it seems I hear it ALL the time... Bruge is the new Venice, Houston is the new Venice, Baja is the new Provence, Red is the new Black, Black is the new Beige, On and On it goes. I thought we could have fun just making some UP and see if they take off, so EVERYONE can be annoyed like I am.

I slept all day today because I had a bad cold. Then I skipped my WW meeting too, but so did Siri. She teaches 4rth grade and she had a 4th grade concert to go to. I am still sick and I did Curves Monday but not today so I feel like I do not want to miss tomorrow AM...So I will go with Bill when he takes Spencer to preschool and he can drop me at Curves on the way.... and then its just enough time for me to get it done and he comes to get me ont he way home. I could drive myself, but this way I really really go. I still feel like CRAP and I may abondon this idea depending on how I feel but I do not want to get behind on my Curves... lately its one of the few things keeping me sane. Well, they have started the house and they should have it all framed in a couple of weeks. I am not sure what that is, but I assume it is good. Right now it just looks like foundation with a criss cross wooden floor thing. Nick says he may get it done earlier than the end of the summer. That would be GREAT not to miss another summer in the neighborhood, and I think the sooner we get off the Goat Farm the better, However I may miss it A LITTLE. Its great not being so close to your neighbors and stuff.

Anyway:

Here are my Top Fictional "______ is the new______."

Branson is the New Vegas,
Dubai is the new Branson,
Tyra Banks is the New Princess Margaret
Grapes are the new Flounder
Canby is the New Molalla
Orange Juice is the new Formal Wear
Gossip is the new Porn
The Doodlebops are the New Wiggles
Preschool is the new Kindergarten
Toyota is the Cuisinart
Mauve is the new Aubergine
Catnip is the new Osler
Salsa is the new Applesauce
Martinis are the new Shampoo


NOW ITS YOUR TURN!!!!!!!!

Sure its goofy - Gold's Gym it Isn't - but I like it!!!!

Curves. Yes, its a little goofy, a little cultish and full of sort of lumpy older women... (not unlike myself, let's face it.) They all wear the cutesy "Curves" T shirts, they all know each other, and they all like to talk about goofy stuff when they exercise. It reminds me of those ladies at my grandparents condo in Florida, you know those ones who swim REALLLLLY slowly in the pool and never put their head under the water? My living nightmare when I would go down to FL was that I could NOT wait to swim but I would always get busted by Mrs. Leposky and have to put on a bathing cap. Then, since I would have forgotten mine at home in Michigan, I would have to use my grandmother's which was covered in flowers. CRAAAAAAP!!!!!!!

Mrs. Leposky and the other overly tanned 78 year old women who mostly looked like a raisin had mated with a praying mantis, would sit around the pool half of the day til "their stories" came on in the afternoon, and would talk about their painting classes and their latest medical procedures... GAWD. As a TERMINALLY BORED 14 year old I would look forward to their leaving for the afternoon when I would have the pool to myself, even though it was hottest then. I would enjoy the quiet while nurturing my third degree burns... Florence Leposky fancied herself quite an artist and had hundreds of HORRIBLY PAINTED canvases in the condo she shared with her husband Howard. Together they unofficially ruled Vista D'Oro, and if you have ever watched Seinfeld where his parents talk about the politics at their condo in FL, Del Boca Vista, I swear to God it is ALL TRUE!! At Vista D'Oro the biggest fight was always over the temperature of the pool and when to have the Pot Luck in the Rec Room.

Anyway... Curves reminds me of all the holidays I spent at Vista D'Oro, and in a way I find it sort of comforting. Slowly my body is getting used to the workout there and I suspect in about 6 - 8 months I will be ready for a REAL gym, but until then, I enjoy toning my pectorals while getting good recipes for something called "Brown Betty" and Oatmeal Scones. Most of the ladies at my Curves are retirees from Hope Village, a Retirement Community just down the road from my Sploded House.

Hey Speaking of the SPLODED HOUSE, they started the framing today!!!!!! WHEW HOO!

"Curves-Isms"

• Curves is "The Girl Power Half Hour"
• Curves Mission: "Strengthening Women".
  
• At Curves, your Health and Fitness is our Business.
• Invite a friend to Curves and you will never be lonely.
• Curves - The Power To Amaze Yourself!
• Meet Your Next Best Friend at Curves.
• No Men, No Makeup, No Mirrors.
• Friends "LET" Friends Workout at Curves.
• Curves is your Safe Place to Workout.
• Curves is a Community of Support.
• Curves Works!

This is a REALLLLY good Pilot

I am not sure if this will work...

Richard Engel, The Most Courageous reporter I have ever seen

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR2006102501982_pf.html

You maybe have never heard of this guy This is an article about Richard Engel, the Middle East Coreespondent for NBC. Before that he was like this nutty Freelance guy.. He is 33 and fearless... I think he is so courageous.
The article above is from the Washington Post, and the Article below is from the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/arts/television/24enge.html

Article in NY Times @ TOOTSIE.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/magazine/02wwln-medium-t.html?_r=1&ref=television&oref=slogin

Master Thespian Survey Friday: BEST OSCARS EVER - WHAT ARE YOURS???

At this point I have no idea what do do with Master Thespian Friday, but I am not a quitter. I will keep trying things until I figure out something that works. I cannot post any Movie Moods lately because for some reason on my blog only the YouTube will PLAY but no sound happens. I have no idea what that is about... My guess is some kind of curse from either Dada Drummer or the Spanish Medievalist, and probably Osler put them up to it.... OR it was the work of the Evil Skunk that is living in the back seat or my Toyota.

SO here is this week's Master Thespian Friday:

Your ALL TIME OSCAR Nominations and/or Winners: Just post yours... or if you can think of more categories, do those..

Here are mine:

Best Actress EVER -
Meryl Streep,
Susan Sarandon,
Bette Davis

Best Actor, EVER -
Gene Hackman,
Tom Hanks,
Don Cheadle,
Al Pacino
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman


Best Comic Actress EVER-
Joan Cusack,
Diane Keaton,
Sarah Jessica Parker
Gilda Radner
Sandra Bullock

Best Comic Actor, EVER:
Bill Murray,
Owen Wilson,
Ben Stiller
Will Ferrell
John Belushi

Best Supporting Actress, EVER - Joan Cusack in Working Girl

Best Supporting Actor, EVER -
Bill Murray in Tootsie,
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Next Stop Wonderland
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Along Came Polly
William H Macy in State and Main

Most Charming Handsome Leading Man EVER-
Cary Grant,
Hugh Grant,
Robert Redford,
Russell Crowe
Alec Baldwin
George Clooney

Most Lovely Beautiful Enticing Leading Woman:
Meryl Streep,
Sigourney Weaver
Bette Davis
Judy Garland,
Grace Kelly
Deborah Kerr

Funniest Movie, Period, EVER -
Tootsie,
Rushmore,
Manhattan,
Small Time Crooks,
Annie Hall

Best Drama, EVER:
All the Presidents Men
Out of Africa
The Firm
Erin Brockovich
Michael Clayton
Proof of Life

Best Action Film EVER - ??? The Firm? The Fugitive (Harrison Ford one)

Best Outer Space Movie, EVER Blecch... I don't know - The First ALIEN?

Best Hobbit/Elf/Magician movie EVER Uhmm I dunno Not My Thing.

Best Spoof Movie, EVER -
Airplane,
Office Space,
Dill Scallion,
Spinal Tap,
Best in Show,
Blades of Glory
The Wedding Singer

Best Classic Movie Ever -
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,
To Catch A Thief,
Affair to Remember

Best Modern Romantic Comedy EVER -
Music & Lyrics,
You've Got Mail,
A Good Year,
About a Boy,
Groundhog Day
Two Weeks Notice

Best Movie that makes you Cry, EVER -
Stealing Home,
Out of Africa,
Schindler's List,
The Way We Were
Love Story

Best Kid's move, EVER - Finding Nemo

Best Independent Movie EVER -
Next Stop Wonderland
Boogie Nights

Best Documentary EVER - Grey Gardens, Who Killed the Electric Car?

Best Old Hollywood Musical: Singing in the Rain

Best Old Hollywood Singer: Judy Garland


OKAY now: YOU ARE THE ACADEMY!!!! VOTE!!!!!

I don't even know what to say about this....

other than it is brilliant. I love the guy in the back... MORE COWBELL!!!!