Happy New Year!

SnowDog on The Patio!

Hershey & Ripley- Snowdogs!

mAn, My mAma iS beHinD.

sHe wAS rEalLy sIck. iT wAs BOOOrIng. SleEpin' & CoUghIn'. TheN we WeNt To NoNa'S.

UnCLe HerSheY lIvEs tHerE.

We HAd tO BrInG bIScUit to NonA's. AnNOyING.

BuCkY iS DOn dOn'S fRiEnd. He DoeSN't sAy muCH.

ChRisTmaS iS wEirD*.

(*in my defense, or in Christmas's defense really- my Ma & Pa got me this fine get up in case I had to clean the recently revealed upstairs apartment. It is what made me sick, I think. Well, helped. And it was BOOORING being ill the whole week leading up to Christmas. And also bronchially challenging.)

Random Goodies!

When you order stuff from Perpetual Kid- you feel like one when you open the package!

My Gnome Has Lost His Head!!

(he has since been fixed!)

How many birdies can you count? They emptied the feeder in under three hours...

Perpetual Kid had ice cube trays that made this happen!! Magical!

And an oldie but a goodie of me & my bro!

LOVE!

OMG! OMG! OMG!

THE KARDASHIANS RELEASED THEIR CHRISTMAS CARD!! FINALLY!!!!

Ripley also wore a white, skin tight dress with a boob area cutout!!! Great minds!!

Someone LOVES The Snow!

But does NOT love the incredible amount of salt on the sidewalk!

I wanna make signs that say,

ATTENTION! Salt does not Replace Shoveling, Lazy!

Neglecting Your Hungarian Friends At Christmastime?

Well, I can solve that problem for you!! Available to you HERE

You can honor many of your friends' traditionally ethnic meals... Goulash for your Hungarian pals. Mayhap spaghetti & meatballs for your beloved EYE-talians? Know some Polish folks? Get 'em a pierogi! Bratwurst, German buddy? Paczki for your, umm... foreign peeps.

Coming soon*

Shrimp on the Barbie for your Aussie brethren

Stolichnaya for the Ruskies in your life

Moo Goo Gai Pan for the Chinamen you adore

*I made that up.

Snappin' With My Big Girl Cam!

I HEART Marcel- shoes or no!

My New Favorite Australian.

After getting the book not that you asked by Steve Almond from my girl, Sarah- I was determined to fight her for him. I had to stop reading the book on the subway 'cause I was laughing like a loon. I love when friends give me books I love. Run and buy it. Kindle it. Check it out of your neighborhood library. It is reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy good. I love Steve. I love Sarah.

I also love Jenna. She sent me a link to my new favorite Aussie. As I don't know any Australians- I can actually just call him my very favorite Aussie. This guy is funny, too. And rude. His website is not kid-friendly!! (Or Mom-friendly- if you are my Mom) (a lotta cursing, Mom. You won't like it.)

Jenna sent the link for the Easter piece and the foggot piece- both ridiculous. Then I read the Blockbuster one and the buffed one and almost laughed my computer off my lap. I also immediately clicked on the Magic 8 Ball piece (as I like to let the Magic 8 Ball make as many of my decisions as possible) and I realized my Sis had sent that to me forever ago! So, I really love my Sis, too!!

This post is full of love. You should get in on it by clicking any of the links!! Laugh it up!!

More Things I Like: 4 U & Me!!

Aren't these ceramics wacky and wonderful?

Like U & Me!

Find 'em HERE!!

6 Degrees of Funny!

Whoever Felt It, Dealt It!

I still have plenty of felt, people! And I love the opportunity to felt me something! And since my girl Eunice just had a beautiful baby boy I had to felt it up!!!

It's harder to get 'er done with Ripley. Felt looks like the world's funnest thing to rip up if you are a puppy but hey... a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!!

LOOK WHAT I GOT?!

and this is the very first picture I took with it!!

I have wanted a digital SLR forEVER and I am so excited to finally have one!

Granted, I don't know how to work it but I will!

We Have Reached A New Low.

Things I Like: 4 U & Me!!

Aren't these prints sweet and charming?

Like U & Me!

Find 'em

HERE!

TURKEY TIME!

Sure, we had a great turkey this year! Plainville Farms, apple stuffed, and one clearly interested puppy!

But this was not the star Turkey... I have lived in Astoria for many moons and every year, I walk past Rose & Joe's Bakery and spy their Turkey Breads in the window! I ALWAYS want one and this year... Thanksgiving dreams came true!!! Sure, it looks more like a dinosaur but hey- it was DELISH!!

delish and HUGE!!

mmmmm, bread!

Everywhere I Looked...

...there were things to be thankful for!

Booze with the 'rents!

3 Pice Cereal Sets!

(I assume someone was thankful for this before it broke and they threw it streetside!)

Mmmm, PIE!

And while they keep lookin'... I just know I am thankful for so much!

Happy Turkey Day All!!

You Jack Wagons!!

Soon- Annie Mosher

Ohhhh, my Annie makes pretty music. It's noiiice!!!

Happy Birthday, Uncle Hershey!!!

In honor of your birthday- while you waited patiently (and prettily) for squirrels...

Ripley hunted you up a present! Wanting to be just like her huntin' Uncle!

Hope you like lawn flamingo!! We will have it trussed and waiting!!

xoxoxoxo

we love you!!!

I Heart Brussel Sprouts!!

This weekend I got me a stalk o' sprouts! And then I cooked 'em. And then we ate 'em.

This is how!

First, I introduced Ripley to the Sprouts Brussel. She was not impressed.

Then, I cut them off said stalk and sliced 'em up! I sauteed them in some olive oil with a lil' salt and pepper! Oh, and while that was happening- I dry roasted some pine nuts!

Finally, I put them in a bowl with the pine nuts and some parmesan shavings and a splash of red wine vinegar!

And then... we ate 'em!!! Delish!

ps... by "we" I mean me & A! Ripley just wanted the cheese!

I Would Shoot The Band, Myself!

Bristol Palin on 'Dancing with the Stars' angers Wisconsin man Steven Cowan, takes gun to television

(click on the text for the article... if you care!)

RIPLEY IS 1!!! (or 7, if you are counting in human years!)

On Sunday, I got an email from Ripley's vet (automatically sent, of course) to say Happy Birthday to her and give me some tips on how to handle a one year old dog! I FREAKED! I was in the Hamptons, you see- far, far away from any documentation of Ripley's whelping and I thought her birthday was next week! I called the Vet Hospital (which is open and expensive 24/7) to confirm and they had her birthday down as next month! I knew that was wrong!

Annalee and I decided that the only way to proceed was to have a cupcake (and a photo shoot) immediately! I never say no to a cupcake and it turns out... neither does Ripley! Also turns out- her birthday (or Whelp Day) is TODAY! I had it wrong in my head but I didn't miss it and that is all that matters!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY BEAUTIFUL PUP!!