My friend Cheryl made out a 30 by 30 list of 30 things that she would like to accomplish by the time she is thirty... and like any good blogger she polled her loyal fans for ideas. Since she is a PICKY high-maintenance eater I suggested that she eat Vietnamese food with me to try something new... and so WE DID! :)
Vietnamese style Eggrolls and nước mắm (fermented fish sauce)
They only brought us one white girl utensil packet... I must look like a pro! ;)
Phở Ga (chicken soup) Grilled and shredded pork and steamed rice, and the garnishments are mint leaves, bean sprouts, and vinegared carrots.
My FAVORITE!!! Cheryl's not favorite.
Boba Thai Tea - don't choke on the bobas Cheryl!
(She didn't like it as you can see)
Thanks Cheryl for not being a wuss... like all you other ladies that backed out! ;)
Greet the Troops at the DFW airport... It's the first flight these soldiers take home from Iraq and many of them have 4 and 5 more stops to go before they get home. It's a great way to boost morale and show support. It's AMAZING! Call: 972-574-0392 or visit the website: www.ntc_dfw.org/temp/randr.pdf or www.dfwairport.com/heroes/ind
In the beginning Lathan had bare tan walls and Lightning McQueen sheets... no comforter... and one poster. He needed an upgrade and so we asked him what he would like in his room. First response: Batman. I said no. Second response: Guitar Hero. Now we're talkin! Does that make me a bad mom?
Yoga painting move. I didn't have a ladder at this point so I had to be creative when applying the 'lightning.' At first I tried applying a cool pattern with white paint and crumpled up paper.... which I DO NOT recommend to anyone.
Than I started the grid pattern over the lightning with the plastic grid from an old baby gate Amanda gave me. I had to nail it to the wall in about 8 places each time I moved to a new section and then I stippled in the darker grey paint.
The grid took most of the time. Probably a little over 2 weeks. Towards the end I was whining WAY too much on Facebook with posts like: [This wall is starting to suck the life blood out of me, better put on my Gooines Never Say Die shirt.] and [I have a paint chip lodged in my eye, possibly lead poisoning, tetnis and lung damage from paint fumes...]
"I get by with a little help from my friends"
Finally done with the grid!
The first backwards guitar!
My signature... yes I signed my mural two weeks before it was done.
Mark Knopfler Strat
Got a ladder upgrade from Joshua
Bruce keeping mommy company. Isn't he hansome?! I love the matching guitars on the paper in the background.
I'm surprised Peter did not short circuit looking at this filthy mess... that seemed to grow larger everyday!
I will never again post a picture of myself wearing NO make-up AND making a heinous face. So soak it up ladys and gentlemen. Check out my awesome cheer up or die shirt.
Too many pictures of my butt... please forgive me.
Check out my awesome hairdo.
All the records my dad gave me... I still need to get Darkside of the Moon.
My Aunt Pam gave us vintage concert tickets from some legends! Thank you!!!
He's so excited. I wanted to cry just watching him last night. And this morning when I went upstairs to make his bed he had already tried to do it just like we had. Love you, my baby Lathan!!!
I know some of these are a stretch, but I don't care... it's MY playlist. In general, I was going for a kid friendly doowop sort of feel. I'll try and list my reasoning if the song seems CRAZY outta place.
'Hell' - Squirrel Nut Zippers 'Thriller' - Michael Jackson
'This is Halloween' - Nightmare Before Christmas ST 'People are Strange' - the Doors 'Somebody's Watching Me' - Rockwell (my kids think this song is hilarious) 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' - CDB 'I Put a Spell on You' - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (and I also put the CCR version - cause it's good) 'The Purple People Eater' - Sheb Wooley 'Monster Mash' - Bobby Pickett 'Down in Mexico' and 'Charlie Brown' - the Coasters (Down in Mexico sounds good, has nothing to do with Halloween) 'Evil' - Baboon (because we know the boys in the band) 'I Know What I Am' - Band of Skulls (band name is Halloweenish atleast) 'Dancing w Myself' - Billy Idol (because it would not be a Sara playlist w/out this song and because the video has zombie fans!)
'Strange Times' and 'Psychotic Girl' - the Black Keys 'You Never Can Tell' and 'Johnny B Goode' - Chuck Berry (cause I loved these when I was a kid, doowopy) 'Strange Brew' - Cream 'Nemesis' - Shriekback 'Lullaby' - the Cure (spiderman) 'Mercy' - Duffy 'Crocodile Rock' - Elton John 'Take Me Out' - Franz Ferdinand (my kids are obsessed with this song - because of the following video)
'I'm Tore Down' - Freddie King (cause I like the blues) The Passenger - Iggy Pop (because Iggy Pop is scary) 'Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends' - Rushmore ST (because Rushmore is HILARIOUS! And it sounds like a funeral march) 'Feelin' Good' - Muse (good cover of Nina) 'Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)' - the Rolling Stones (cause the name of the album is 'Goats Head Soup' hehehe) 'Lil' Red Riding Hood' - Sam Sham and the Pharaohs 'Cupid' - Sam Cooke (playlist veteran) 'Superstition' - Stevie Wonder 'Psycho Killer', 'Slippery People', 'Life During Wartime', and 'Swamp' - Talking Heads (I'm fanatical over them) 'Werewolves of London' - Warren Zevon 'Seven Nation Army' - the White Stripes 'Rockin' Robin' - Bobby Day (doowop) 'Rock Lobster' - B-52's (cause it's insane...literally) 'Clap for the Wolfman' - The Guess Who Ghostbusters Theme Song 'Great Balls of Fire' - Jerry Lee Lewis 'Scary Monsters and Superfreaks' - David Bowie 'Black Magic Woman' - Santana 'Boris the Spider' - the Who
'Alley Oop' - Hollywood Argyles
'Woo Hoo' - 5678s
'Don't You Just Know' - Huey 'Piano' Smith
(doowopy)
'She Bop' - Cyndi Lauper
'House of the Rising Sun' - The Animals
'Your Love Keeps Lifting Me' - Jackie Wilson
(ghostbusters 2 statue of liberty song!)
'Do You Love Me' - The Contours
(cause it's fun)
'Witchy Woman' - the Eagles
(cause Amanda's a witch and the Eagles reminds me of her dad)
'Black Magic Woman' - Santana
'Love Potion Number 9' - The Clovers
(doowopy)
'I'm Your Boogie Man' - KC and the Sunshine Band
'What's New Scooby Doo'
(for my sweet boys)
'Soul Man' - Sam and Dave
(cause it's awesome)
I am a huge I Love Lucy fan... Ever notice how half the stuff I write starts with "I'm a huge ______ fan"? Would that make me fanatical? Definition: possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal.
I think yes.
So I wake up late this morning, and I'm trying to be mad about having to work on one of my normal days off... But somehow, I just can't muster the bad attitude I longed for. I caught every green/yellow light, I coasted to work on a mysteriously trafficless highway, and I had a great song stuck in my head ('Cupid' - Sam Cooke.) By the time I got to work I was feeling absolutely jovial.
It's funny how confused my co-workers get when Mary and I switch a day. We never get to see that our schedule affects how other people look at their work week. IE: I work Monday and Tuesday and Mary works Wed, Thur, Fri, which means: I'm the "it's the beginning of the week, we're not even close to the weekend" girl... and Mary is the "yay it's the end of the week and we're happy" girl! So you can only imagine how many times today I've heard, "It's Wednesday right?"
I love freaking people out. It's why I like to cut my hair off 6 inches at a time. The shock factor. Maybe that's another reason why I'm in a great mood today. I get to be the "Yay!" girl.
Only after I replied "Y-E-E-S-S-S." to a friend... did I realize that I may need to tone it down a wee bit.
So let me start this blog again, I am a huge fan of 'The Yes Guy'. You know.... the guy that no one really knows. The guy that has the pencil thin mustache and replies, "Y-E-E-S-S-S." He's famous I tell you, but does anyone know why???
If you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia too... so this morning I set off to find my answer to the question: Who is The Yes Guy? And the answer? I probably fell in love with the Yes Guy from an I Love Lucy episode, that or the Simpsons (<-BIG fan). Isn't it funny how pop culture references end up connected in the strangest ways?
So here's to you Yes Guy! Now that I know who you are... I'm gonna spread the word!
Nelson first found fame as the put-upon foil to Jack Benny on Benny's radio show during the 1940s and 1950s. Nelson's typically portrayed a sales clerk or customer service worker. For example, needing airline tickets, Benny would call the ticket agent, "Oh Mister? Mister?" Nelson's appearance began with his catchphrase, a bellowed "Yeeeesssss?". The two men would banter, with Nelson gleefully delivering one-liners such as "Is that a hairpiece or did someone plant moss on your head?" and sarcastic responses like "Do I work at this airport? No, I'm a DC-4 with a mustache."
Nelson continued to appear on Benny's television show in 1950, doing the same "rude clerk" shtick. His other catchphrase, that would be worked into every routine, would have Benny asking something mundane, such as, "Do these shirts come in a medium?" and Frank would bellow, "Oo-oo-oo-ooh, DO they!" He also appeared on several other radio programs. Nelson's sudden appearances usually led to spontaneous laughter or applause on the part of the audience.
After Jack Benny, Nelson continued to work in sitcoms in similar roles, most notably in The Hank McCune Show and I Love Lucy during the 1950s and Sanford and Son during the 1970s. In 1981, Nelson did a string of commercials for McDonalds doing his trademark "Y-e-e-e-s?" catchphrase. Garfield in Paradise in 1986 was the last recorded time he used his signature phrase.
Vintage concert tickets that she attended.... they are AMAZING!
She had them framed for Lathan's room THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Check out the date on the Jimi Hendrix Ticket... it's from Peter's Bday! Also see: Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Traffic, Jethro Tull, and the ROLLING STONES!
I am a huge Dire Straits fan... due, in no small part, to my dad who owned numerous Dire Straits records that I would regularly burn into my brain via his cushy old-fashioned bonafide 'record listening' headphones. It's funny, those headphones sort of remind me of the oversized cell phones of the 1980's when you think of how comparatively small a set of iPod 'earbuds' are. But the sound quality of my dad's headphones remain unparalleled.
I remember how cool the Money for Nothing video seemed to a kid just discovering the wonderment of MTV. And solidifying their coolness even MORE: Sultans of Swing... the epitomy of a Rock 'n Roll song, Romeo and Juliet... the most memorable lyrics you've ever heard... and the rest of the Making Movies album that I had on constant repeat when falling asleep throughout high school. I actually got into arguments with friends when I would state that I thought Mark Knopfler was the best guitarist ever.... you know, over the likes of Hendrix, Page, B.B. King, Clapton, or Duane Allman. Oh how young I was. At that age, one favorite song or even one section of music could effectively put my blinders on to anything else by comparison.
So this one's for you Mark Knopfler! You're still my hero! :)
