28 Days of Happiness :: 4

$25 kitchen cuts

I did hair for 5 years at a really great salon in Atlanta before becoming a Mama. Now retired from the biz, I sometimes will cut a friend's hair in my kitchen for $25. My dad scored that awesome retro chair for me at the flea market. I love to have people sit in my old chair (that is so wobbly that I have to put Dr. Suess books beneath the legs to keep it stable) and let me play with their hair.

It allows me to flex my brain
and gives me a little extra cash.
It makes me oh so happy.

28 Days of Happiness :: 3

A vintage dish on the window sill

to hold my rings while I wash the dirty dishes.

28 Days of Happiness :: 2

A playful moment when he thinks no one is watching.

Winner: Heavy Metal Edition

We have a winner for the latest installment of Freakshow Friday. Please take note that my super freaky and non-biased best friend was the judge yet again. Here are the top three in no particular order.

Teresha@Marlie and Me
this was the only way the family could tell the oldest twins apart

SPEAKING FROM THE CRIB

no matter how much orville redenbacher wanted all of his kids to enter the popcorn life, chip just always marched to the beat of his own drum

Rita A.

Axl did not understand the Family ALBUM photo shoot!

The winner is

Speaking From The Crib

no matter how much orville redenbacher

wanted all of his kids to enter the popcorn life,
chip just always marched to the beat of his own drum

Speaking From The Crib is the funniest Blogger in all the land.

Please head on over to her Blog
and marvel at this fantastic award she just earned
to proudly display forever.


Thanks to all the people who played.
Tune in this Friday for another instalment of Freakshow Friday!

I've gone GaGa

RAh RAh Ro-MAH MAH, oooh LA, OH GAGA !!!

I walk around singing this song all day long. At first I was scared of Lady Gaga in the same way that Grace Jones scares the living crap out of me. Androgyny is a quick way to get me to leave the room. Yet, I recently saw an interview that she did on the Fuse channel. Maybe it was because I was delirious from having a tummy bug but she started to make sense to me.

She's like this horrible accident on the side of the freeway. You don't want to look, yet, you can't look away.

So...here ya go. I'm not saying that the lady is not a freakazoid but she's actually articulate. Anyone who is a fan of Andy Warhol is okay by me.

Freakshow Friday: Heavy Metal Edition

It's time for another installment of Freakshow Friday. Where I ask my readers to come up with a caption or story for a funny photo. This week's photo was submitted by the lovely Kate from Busted Plumbing. She scouted it on FAIL Blog. Thanks Kate!!

Even as a child Bret Michaels yearned for his Rock of Love

You got a better one for me?

If so, you may just when this awesome award

and have bragging rights forever.

We all know that you have a big mouth

so put it to good use and spread the word about this little contest.
After you leave your hilarious comment
could you please be a lamb
and invite one smart ass friend to come and play too?
We need some fresh meat around here.

If you win then I'll linkup to your
Blog and make a big deal
about how funny you are.
Simply leave your funny caption or story
in my comments section.

The winner will be announced on Monday.

Cartoons and Tummy Bugs!

My world had been a mess this week. Griffin has been a pitiful puny wreck and I haven't brushed my hair in two days. Let me tell you something else, when you have two kids and one is sick and the other is going through separation anxiety, it is not fun. There is one upset child at all times. I can't have Koen perched on my hip as I rub Griffin's back as he's worshipping the porcelain god. That just seems wrong. So, Koen has been stuck and spent extended amounts of time in his Jumaproo in the hallway outside the bathroom door, screaming baby obscenities at the top of his lungs as Griffin weeps and moans. It's been awesome.

Only one thing has made this week barerable and that is the Boomerang Network. Are you familiar with Boomerang? Oh...it's just a little piece of Seventies Heaven right here on earth.
They play a constant stream of cartoons from when I was a kid. Stuff like...

Hong Kong Phooey

The Smurfs

The Jetsons

Richie Rich

So, I was planning on pontificating about the nostalgia of watching my favourite cartoons with my kid right about now. I even thought about doing a social commentary on how anti-feminist the Flintstones are but, guess who came down the tummy bug? That's right-little ol' me.

Thank God I typed up this post last night before it hit me.

I'm off to eat crushed ice and listen to my baby yell obscenities at me while I'm holed up in the bathroom.