Banjo Eyes' Daughter

Remember to Laugh and Live a little, it is in the bible after all! :) I snapped this photo on Thanksgiving, love it!

2011-11-27T23:10:00.002-05:00

2007-08-15T22:51:00.002-04:00

so cartoons can be sexy

2007-04-12T10:19:00.000-04:00

SO WHEN I WAS MADE INTO A CARTOON I WAS PUMPED BUT WHEN I CAME OUT A LITTLE CROSS EYED, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY :( BUT I FIGURED THAT WAS OK, BECAUSE IT IS ALL FOR FUN...AND IDENTITY PROTECTION AND ALL THAT, BUT TODAY I BECAME ANOTHER CARTOON AKA AVATAR AND SHE IS SEXY, SHE IS MY NEW AVATAR FOR FANTASY BASEBALL WHICH I AM GOING TO MASTER THIS YEAR!!!! PS I ALSO FIGURED I SHOULD STOP BLOWING OFF MY BLOGS AND GET BACK INTO THE GAME, WORLD HERE I COME!

I am now an avitar

2007-04-12T10:17:00.000-04:00

Turkey, Turkey, Turkey Tur-duc-en

2006-11-22T10:06:00.000-05:00

Well,

This year we have exploded into a three turkey family( that is more turkeys then people in our house!), with a tur-duc-en for dessert. Who needs all the sides when you can eat Fried Turkeys and take naps during football....Oh, yes we are having sides too, I was so excited about the tur-duc-en until I found out they bought one with Crawfish Etouffee stuffing, now I am not so sure. Anyway, GO TURKEY. We are having the normal mix-match of people that don't have any family in the area, and the overflow of people that need to get away from their families for a beer and the Cowboys game. No set time for dinner, just come, graze, then graze, then dessert and wine, or maybe by 7pm it can be the beginning of eggnog season. We will see....The tree is up after all.

TODAY IS HAPPY 79TH BIRTHDAY TO MY GRANDMA MILDRED DAY!!!!!! :)

ELECTION DAY

2006-11-07T11:40:00.000-05:00

VOTE RED!!!!TODAY!!!

There I go not blogging again!!! What a busy couple of months. I will start posting again very soon, I want to get some pictures downloaded and then I will be on a roll!!! I didn't realize I was letting people down as entertainment when they are bored until a couple of weeks ago, so since I want to help bored people at work, I WILL BLOG :)

Where have I been?

2006-08-22T20:56:00.000-04:00

Well,

I just came back to my blog and thought-SURELY MY LAST UPDATE WAS NOT ON THE THIRD....Well, I guess it was. Lots has happened since then, I was going to post pictures of Tynes the kicker for the KC chiefs, because he was so close to us during the Texans preseason game last week, and he is so cute!!! :) Anyway, I am so pumped for the new football season! OUR SEASON TICKETS ROCK, THEY ARE ON THE 50 YARD LINE AND THEY ARE IN THE 3RD ROW...RIGHT BEHIND THE TEXANS BENCH...So, I am sure I will have some good shots to post soon. Being at the field and tailgating got me excited for our fantasy draft, whicj is coming up on Saturday! The only down fall is that we are drafting during the Bristol night race. OOPS! I am also playing in a salary cap league this year, it looks like fun but we will see. Besides the Texans we went and watched the Astros in the last couple of weeks, MAN ARE THEY BLOWING IT!!! ALso, in the last two weeks, I ended my reign at the paper and started at the dealership. I have been in learning overload-with the new job, the new golf swing and homework...Tonight was my night off, but my cable is out, thanks to the rain! soooo, I am catching up in the blogosphere! What is new with you?

Chris in Pictures

2006-08-03T15:02:00.000-04:00

Here are the three pictures that I have been trying to post since yesterday!! I got the photos from The Beaumont Enterprise, who in turn got them from the NOAA site. They are in backwards order! People were freaking out yesterday for no reason, but it is now a reality to me that we are in the real storm season.

CHRIS...

2006-08-03T12:17:00.000-04:00

My Blogger inspirations have been twarted this week, by slow connection times and the photo.blogger site not allowing me to post pictures, I have been trying to post pictures and comments of Tropical Storm Chris and I missed the news, because now it is weakend to 40 mph. Yesterday I was going to Blog about the frenzy that was breaking out around the building, then this morning as it downgraded I tried again, but now I am just mad that I am a blogger, because I don't like writing after the moment of inspration has passed, it is no FUN, get a bigger photo server, blogger or let people pay a monthly fee for space and faster response times!!!!!!! AGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

Check me out!

2006-07-26T16:28:00.000-04:00

Check me out! I am a cartoon. :)

Monopoly Debit Cards?

2006-07-26T13:21:00.000-04:00

Like my grandma would say, "Now, I've Seen Everything!". I read a story in The Beaumont Enterprise today, about the future of Monopoly, and a the new modern version of the game in Britian. In this article I also discovered that some people have monopoly tourneyments, that attract like 50 people, I don't think I would like playing with these people. They are probably like my cousin used to be mean and always buy all the property on the expensive half of the board and build hotels on every possible spot...the one good draw of the debit card game, is that he couldn't steal all the $500 bills and hide them under the board for a buying opportunity!...Read More Here.

Funny Headline :) TIGHT DRESS MAKES MISS UNIVERSE FAIN

2006-07-24T15:14:00.000-04:00

Another funny headline was: So happy I could faint - so she did

More Ckick Here...

More DRAMA, LIKE A TOPLESS PAST, GASP

Can't STAND it, more headlines of Beauty DRAMA here...

The Coolest Dog Ever lol

2006-07-21T16:39:00.000-04:00


watch this video this dog is so cool lol

It is Final

2006-07-21T09:05:00.000-04:00

It is final. My last day in the Newspaper world in August 11, 2006. My new position at the Chevy Dealership begins on August 14, 2006. For the record, this was the hardest decision I have ever made, but I am very excited to move on to a new exciting world, and the paper is letting me do a Blog for the paper when I go, It is called "PrintGirl Views" I am going to be making entries on any thing i read that is printed that seems amusing, it could be a newspaper, magazine, internet, book, homework, ad, billboard, cereal box, whatever, Like yesterday in the Beaumont Enterprise I was reading about the stats that Red Baron had compiled about pizza. These were their "fun facts"

The Frozen Pizza industry is worth more than $5 Billion in America
Americans eat almost 3 billion pizzas a year
They consume 1.8 billion slices of frozen pizza annually
some 350 million tons of frozen pizza are sold every year
The largest baked pizza measured 12,159 square feet in (Norwood, South Africa)
The Average American gobbles 46 slices of pizza annually
Typical American Families eat pizza at home 30 times a year

The thing I was wondering was- How does the pizza industry make only $5 billion on 3 billion pizzas
and who doesn't eat pizza to bring the average to 46 slices, I know people that eat that much pizza a quarter...I know my dad doesn't eat pizza, but I think he is the only person in the universe, I am thinking that Red Barron forgot to include college kids in this survey.

Anyway, you get the idea of what I will do, present the idea, and then my smart-ass opinion...does that sound like people will read it? I hope so, because I have been cartoonized for my profile and advertisements.

MUD DAYS Detroit

2006-07-13T09:55:00.000-04:00

Ok, so I was checking the Grand Forks Herald this morning and in their weekly photo gallery they had this photo from the AP, I thought "Why haven't we went to Detroit to jump in the mud for vacation?" Then I found out why, you have to be 12 years old or younger....What a bummer, they should at least have like female mud wrestling or something at night for the adults or Spouse DEATH_MATCH in the mud...Come on Detroit you could sell tickets and beer and have live bands, kids during the day and adults at night...

Mud Days

COUNTY-WIDE: Annual day for kids to play in mud is Tuesday

The annual Wayne County Mud Day will kick off at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hines Park Nankin Mills Picnic Area, on Hines Drive east of Ann Arbor Trail in Westland.

Children ages 12 and younger can participate.

The county mixes more than 200 tons of topsoil and 20,000 gallons of water to ensure that the mud is just right. Youngsters will be separated into categories based on age to participate in Mud Limbo and the wheelbarrow races. Mr. and Miss Mud also will be crowned.

MTV MY SUPER SWEET 16

2006-07-11T17:04:00.000-04:00

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16904990&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6

Look at this story and then tune in and watch tonight, I can't wait to see if they are snotty or nice? Good publicity stunt for the daddy, huh? It says it isn't, but.....

I wasn't kidding...

2006-07-06T09:16:00.000-04:00

Smiley? Who knew...

2006-07-05T16:18:00.000-04:00

I love the smiley logo, and personally am glad that they are trying to up their image :)

In the words of Nicolas Loufrani, of SmileyWorld, "We want to aim our brand more upmarket."

Read the article

All Hail The Star Spangled Banner and our beautiful flag.

2006-07-05T11:57:00.000-04:00

Well, we did the fourth right! We all had our flags out, oh, yea, they were already out. We had Hotdogs, and Hamburgers, and of course Apple Pie. The day was made happy by a drink I invented, which was named yesterday the "razillion brazutsi" It is a Raspberry-rum Lemonade. We also experimented with a little asti-spumante in the razillion and we made a "Yooster". These drinks are sure to become a staple at lush lane gatherings. The night was complete after a $320 light show, compliments of Mike...I know I am a complete firecracker wuss, but I was the biggest fan, when they were all done, and no one had been arrested, caught on fire, although Rodney came close, and no car or house burst into flames. :) I thought I would add the complete words to our national anthem here, so we can ponder the greatest of this hymn. Have a Great Day recovering from the fun. ********************************************************************

The Star-Spangled Banner

—Francis Scott Key, 1814

O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

NASCAR POINTS SYSTEM

2006-06-30T15:01:00.000-04:00

Here we go again, The AP was reporting about the new NASCAR championship points system this morning. Apparently they are going to make changes for the 2007 season. I will comment on this later, because I had tons of great ideas about how they should do this and then forgot them after the beginning of the season this year, because I figured the current way would be around for a while. What do you guys think they should do? I know they need to do something because I hate watching the middle of the season now, its like;;;;might just as well wait for the season to get down to 10...And last year those 10 didn't interest me either....

CARS-the Movie

2006-06-29T09:13:00.000-04:00

So, we finally got to see CARS last night for the first time. I was well worth the two time admission and popcorn junk. It made me laugh and it made me cry, no really. Paul Newman did a great job! I love the tractors the best. I still am amazed at the animation abilities of the folks at Pixar, the scenery was unreal, which I guess I should say was soooo real looking, if the cars didn't smile, you might not know you were in an animated feature. We were not the only couple in the movies with out a Kid...but, almost. The only thing that was a little annoying was the previews, I love getting to the movies in time for the previews, because I don't watch TV enough to know what movies are about what, and then I try to choose a movie off of a title. Impossible. So, sorry I got off track, but, the first 5 or so previews were really good, and then the last three were movies for a Christmas (almost understandable) release, but then one for a Spring 2007 release and then the last one was for Summer 2007. Ok, So I can only figure that kid brainwashing must need a year to foster or something. It is barely summer 2006. This also annoys me about car dealerships, they have had the 2007 tahoes and suburbans in since the very beginning of 2006. Well, the only other thing that was a mystery to me was why Jr. got a cameo role, when his sponsor is Budweiser, they didn't put those stickers on the car, but still, why couldn't the M & M Car or a kid-friendly car like Jeff Gordon, or Terry Labonte and the DLP car...be in the movie...you are right it isn't about budweiser it is about Jr.----oh, and at the Texas race, DLP was pushing the technology with the use of all animated features to demonstrate the quality of the new TVs, I think that would have fit nicely....The best part of the movie was the parts that played on the closing credits. :)

NASCAR

2006-06-26T09:17:00.002-04:00

Well, the Texas race comes and goes and then the summer comes and I get to watch an occassional night race, but wow, what a finish yesterday, TERRY LABONTE got third place and JEFF GORDON won, (first time in 20 races, seems like 60, huh, Brian) Anyway, Yippee. I felt like I would have missed out if I would have missed the whole race. Oh, and Jeff Gordon is Engaged as of Saturday and wins on Sunday, maybe his race/love funk-bad luck is Over now. And-next week-night race! GO TEAM CHEVY!

CRAIG BIGGIO_VOTE NOW

2006-06-21T10:03:00.000-04:00

BIGGIO NEEDS YOUR VOTE!
Craig Biggio is in a heated battle with the Phillies' Chase Utley for the starting second base position in the 77th Midsummer Classic. Currently, Biggio is in second place trailing by only 158,792 votes. The race isn't over - vote today.

Vacation...

2006-06-21T09:30:00.000-04:00

So, I have been bombarded with people asking me, why I haven't been posting. I kept saying that I was on vacation...And the bad part is that I had plenty of good material on my travels, and a constant conflict of karma...Like, when I had plenty of time, there was no computer, I was staying in a camper with no internet, in a town of 500 people, so No, No WIFI here... Then, when I had access to a computer, I had no time to chronicle my wonderful information. I had great stuff in my head to write, too...Who couldn't come up with great stuff after hanging out with my husbands ex-wife and husband, family galore, and a wedding. I now realize that I haven't posted in 20 days and that I was only on vacation for 10, hmmm, guess I need a new excuse. Good news is, maybe I will get my Verizon wifi card for Christmas with a shiny new laptop, so that I can post anywhere and everywhere. Hear that Santa? If you wanta toa reada my stuff, you need to fill my sock... (not in Ashley Terms either.) Quick Highlights of the trip...The beautiful bride, seeing Grandma (88) and Grandpa (93?), spending $33 dollars on movie admission and yummy popcorn, complete with Coke Products to watch half the opening credits of CARS, a movie I actually wanted to see, and took my grandson, as an alibi, good thing GOD invented Netflix. I know already I am buying Kalob that movie from Me for Christmas., Another highlight was getting to catch three uncles bdays...Chris (50th, celebrated with a polish Luau) Ernie (74) and Dave (65), both celebrated at my aunts house with yummy potluck food. Speaking of food, I got to re-experience the awesome Polish delight Klusky noodles (dumpling) and sauerkraut. Non-Food highlights include spending time with a great high school friend, Shannon. Playing golf with her and my sister was fun, even though I didn't figure out how to hit the ball until hole number 8, which thank you very much, we used my ball (we were playing Scramble style) Actually it was hole 8 of the second day, I also played like 17 holes the day before. I informed Rodney that I figured it out, and I am ready to go to the driving range, without him yapping in my ear, about keep your eye on the ball, yada, yada, yada., slow down, yada, yada, yada... He said ok, we need to get you some clubs, and I said Ok, and I have already picked out my shoes, to which he said NO, you can't get shoes until you play golf for 9 years. Maybe Santa heard the kind of shoes that I wanted? There are many more highlights, like UND shopping, Whidmans Shopping, eating at the Red Pepper!!!!! Seeing My Dad's best bud and visiting for a couple of hours, coffee from the Urban Stampede, and seeing a couple of friends from high school that I haven't seen since the 1990's sometime, Kim and Noel...Also, I got to see cousins I haven't seen since a long time....Ok, I will not bore you anymore, the more I type, the more things I remember I did, I must have had FUN. Now, it is back to work, and to planning the next vacation.

Happy Hurricane Season

2006-06-01T15:27:00.000-04:00

Hey, welcome to hurricane season. Here is a picture of Hurricane Rita, I found it on a government website that shows the damage to the coast.

We have just launched our new hurricane website

www.texashurricanenews.com

Come visit, we still have a lot of information to post, but I thought you might like the 150 years of ruin link to the ap. ( you have to cick on the top right where it says 150 years of ruin)

150 years of Ruin

Who is hosting the Hurricane Party?

Kinky for Governor

2006-05-31T16:58:00.000-04:00

I was on SETPOLITICS today, it is a democrat-dominated site, but I saw this link of 10 reasons that Republicans need to vote for Kinky. Maybe we should have talked to him when we were in Gruene. We did take a picture of his car. Maybe I need to investigate the canidates a little more, either way the list is cute, it is actually hosted on a blog; If you want to check it out, click here: Kinky is Awesome.

The Rocket!!! :)

2006-05-31T14:51:00.000-04:00

Done deal: Rocket returns to Astros

Clemens set for June 22 return to Houston rotation

YIPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! And they play the Twins first, We might have to take that game in.

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=hou

Right-hander Roger Clemens has signed with the Houston Astros, returning to the hometown club for whom he has pitched the past two seasons. Clemens, who will turn 44 in August, has a 344-172 record and seven Cy Young awards.

UFC-U FIGHT CHOKEHOLD?

2006-05-30T17:00:00.000-04:00

Ok, so you all read my post on the Wrestling Stuff, and now I feel compeled to report my fight viewing of the UFC. Saturday night we were at the local Buffalo Wild Wings to take in the UFC fight on Pay-Per-View. Let me first say, I am glad my money went to beer and chicken instead of the ppv and ufc folks. I don't think I get this sport. I have heard all the hype about it the last couple of years, and thought I might actually be missing out. I had heard that it was awesome fighting and that they just beat the crap out of each other, and that it ROCKED! But, really is like High School wrestling gone bad, and all you need to know how to do is: hop and avoid the head-lock-choke-hold. Cute guys, Crappy entertainment! (Except for one cool move by the deigo guy, he used his legs to compelety take a guy down, that was pretty cool.) I was atleast entertained by the Astros and their first 17 innings of play, until

Eric Munson couldn't handle a throw from center fielder Willy Taveras that would have nailed Jason Bay at the plate, and the Astros lost their fifth straight in what was the longest game played in the history of PNC Park.
taken from astros.com

Astros-Pitchers

2006-05-23T15:44:00.000-04:00

Well, I got to admire the Astros pitching staff warming up to play the Texas Rangers this weekend, I saw Wheeler, Lidge, Springer, and looky here QUALLS, WHO IS WAVING AT ME, ME, ME. Actually, Springer was helping Qualls since he couldn't play Thanks to his little mishap with Barry Bonds :). I got a lot of great pictures, but I had to pick the one where he waved at me, me, me...Actually he like looked at me and waved the ball back and forth and posed. We lost 5-0, but My nephew got to see his first Pro Baseball game and he was cheering for the Rangers, sooooo....At least we are still in line to win the silver boot.

BIRD FLU REACHES FLORIDA

2006-05-23T11:49:00.000-04:00

Now, why would these cute little flamingos fraternize with some crazy nasty chickens. :) Poor Birdies :(

GOOD 'OL Teddy...

2006-05-03T09:37:00.000-04:00

Ray just sent me another email and in it was this quote from good 'ol Teddy. I have seen this before and thought you might enjoy.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here
in good faith, becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall
be treated on an exact equality with everyone else for it is an outrage to
discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an
American, and nothing but an American…

There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an
American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room
for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language
here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole
loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”—Theodore Roosevelt,
1907

BOYCOTT_WAIT

2006-05-03T09:16:00.000-04:00

Ok, so yesterday, I said I would go along with the boycott of the Mexican places in town this month, but then I thought, HOLD ON TO YOUR SOMBRERO, IT IS CINCO DE MAYO THIS WEEKEND!!!! I wanted to Clarify that I still the love the Mexican culture, I love The food, the music, if I am not in my car and AM enjoying a cool beverage. I love their colors and their people. I just don't agree with them living here illegally, come on over, just be an AMERICAN!!! My Great-Grandparents came over on a ship from POLAND and entered thru Ellis Island, and we are now on a fourth generation of happy, blessed Americans. I think we can all be successful here, we just need to follow the great constitution that our fore-fathers penned years ago. So, I will boycott if you guys want me too, if it will help get the point across, I just don't want to hurt the business owners that did it the right way AND I am NOT, I repeat NOT giving up CORONA on Friday!!!!! I might even NOT, I repeat NOT give up Tequila as well. :) Enjoy yourselves, qué lo paséis bien!

BOYCOTT

2006-05-02T17:33:00.000-04:00

I received this message from my friend today, and I agree because I tried to eat at Elana's yesterday and it was closed due to boycott, and then I had to wait in traffic, as the police stopped us for a people parade of these boycotters, with their american flags, I don't get it:

Enjoy Thoughts from RAY:

Okay, that's it!!

I'm calling for a boycott of all Mexican restaurants, or Mexican-anything,
on Mother's Day! Better yet, we should boycott all things Mexican for the
entire month of May, starting now.

This illegal immigrant stuff is really starting to get on my nerves. And
now they're protesting against us!!

Personally, I don't think I need anything Mexican--I love the food, and I
guess we're getting the benefit of their cheap labor to harvest our
produce, but from a personal standpoint that's all it really means to me.
And so I think it is for most "everyday" people, so this should be easy.
I'm not talking about Taco Bell, Papasita's, Rio Rita's, Poblano Grill,
etc. Those are not Mexican-owned restaurants. Chula Vista, Ninfa's,
Acapulco, Guadalajara, Carmela's, Crazy Jose's, Ocito's, Elena's, and 3
Amigos are just some of the Mexican-owned restaurants in Beaumont, and
there are a whole lot more in Port Arthur.

If you could get 5 people you know not to go to Mexican-owned restaurants
for the month of May and they got 5 people, and so on, that would translate
into a pretty powerful message to our local Mexican brothers and sisters.

Too bad we "Gringos" can't stick together on a national scale and really
drive this thing home.

That's just what I think.

Ray

KT ROCKS

2006-04-20T09:31:00.000-04:00

SORRY FOLKS< I TOOK THE SONG OFF< IT WAS BLACK HORSE AND A CHERRY TREE, I was proud of myself for getting the video on my blog, but now, I didn't want it to play everytime someone came to check me out. You can see the video on her website, I think on her myspace too.

I love this song, even though I have NO, Idea what it means, well I have some ideas, but they are not blog worthy. On KT's My space page, her profile says that she is over 100 years old, so she may have a little wisdom and insight that I do not. I need to rhapsody some of her other songs to see if I like them. I am sure I will be a big fan, after all her my space says she has 35,172 friends. WHO WOULD COOK ALL THE BRISKET FOR THAT BUNCH?

Want to check her space out yourself. Click Here.

It is worth going on her page just to see the animal crackers :)

If you find out what the song means-LET ME KNOW.

Canada Humor :)

2006-04-17T09:40:00.000-04:00

A man in a Florida supermarket tries to buy half a head of lettuce. The very young produce assistant tells him that they sell only whole heads of lettuce. The man persists and asks to see the manager.
The boy says he will ask his manager about it. Walking into the back room, the boy said to his manager, "Some bozo wants to buy half a head of lettuce."
As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, "And this gentleman has kindly offered to buy the other half." The manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way.
Later the manager said to the boy, "I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?"
"Canada, sir," the boy replied.
"Well, why did you leave Canada?" the manager asked.
The boy said, "Sir, there's nothing but whores and hockey players up there."
"Really?" said the manager. "My wife is from Canada."
"Wow!" replied the boy, "Who'd she play for?"

More Than Chocolate Bunnies!

2006-04-14T15:40:00.000-04:00

MERLOT FIGHTS BACK

2006-04-13T12:08:00.000-04:00

I must truly be a wine rookie, because I had no idea that Merlot was on the down-slide due to a movie two years ago: "Sideways" I loved this movie, My husband didn't like it, or maybe he didn't get it. Anyway, all the movie did for me was create a stronger desire to go to California and "do the Winery Tour thing". Apparetly, according to a story today in the LA Daily news , WineLine, Pinot Noir is taking the limelight away from Merlot due to this movie. I am just here to say Merlot will always rank higher than Pinot in my book. But, I am also proud that my favorite vine juice is tough enough to FIGHT BACK!! GO MERLOT !! SISH, BOOM, BAH!

From the website: www.merlotfightsback.com Did you know how important clay in a merlot vineyard’s soil is? Did you realize that the wine Miles (in Sideways) hoarded and opened on his birthday was a ’61 Cheval Blanc, a 50/50 cepage of Merlot and Cabernet Franc? These are just a taste of the connoisseurship of Merlot the seminar.

Check out the new BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE Wine Blog, by Editor, Tim Kelly
http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/blogs/connoisseur/
Or Post a Comment on their online message board:
http://home.beaumontenterprise.com/blogs/wine/

TEN YEARS STRONG!

2006-04-11T10:52:00.000-04:00

Well we made it home from TMS in one piece for the 10th year in a row. The coolest part of the weekend-we have still seen a new winner every race. THE WEATHER WAS GREAT!!! THE BEER STAYED COLD! We met our neighbors and we all played washers until we could play washers anymore. The fajitas and sausage rocked. The worst part of the race was IROC night. Tony Stewart won, YUCK, and I lost my $1 bet on Kinnser, he at least went flying thru the air for some entertainment, I just hope he is OK:) I really wanted Texas Terry to pull the first repeat win, or for Gordon or Johnson to cross that line first. Well, maybe next year.

WestleMANIA

2006-04-06T09:41:00.000-04:00

So, I am officially not in the demographics of the WestleMANIA culture. According to an article, I googled I discovered that that is good, because I am not a 12-30 year old MALE. I attended a viewing of WestleMANIA 22 last Sunday. I was intrigued to watch the entire night because, Of course, we turned it into a wager game. The fact that I finished last put the final stamp on the fact that I am not a wrestling kind of girl. I should have picked the grossest scariest guys, but the BOGEYMAN is yucky, and why would I cheer for the guy that has been stalking me from the depths of "under the bed" for years. I got a couple of the girl fights wrong, because I always picked the BLONDE, I am biased. I hate to admit they were more fun to watch, mostly because there was no barbed wire, Thumb tacks, worms, or sledgehammers. I like the folks that actually wrestled, with-out the hype. Oh, yeah and the girls didn't use a coffin! EHHHWWW! I know I sound a little "princess" right now, but I am still on a fantasy baseball team, and of course two Fantasy football teams. I learned I have three responses to every BIG MOVE in Wrestling. YUCK! OUCH! and THAT WAS SOOOO FAKE. I am glad, However, that John Cena won, because he is the sexiest one. He also has superhuman abilities, remember two weeks ago, he got sledgehammered, and yet no swelling or scars when he was a judge for Nashville Star. It has been 20 years since I watched a whole wrestling anything, yes, Hulk Hogan, in person at the North Dakota State Fair, we will see how many years it takes until the next time. I will place my money on John Cena, if it is in the immediate future, Did I mention that he is sexy!

Bumper Sticker

2006-03-30T16:52:00.000-05:00

I was driving to work this morning and I saw a bumper sticker that made me laugh, ENJOY.

Death before Dishonor
Nothing before Coffee

Gruene Texas

2006-03-27T14:54:00.000-05:00

SO, I go to the oldest dancehall in Texas, and guess what NO DANCING ON CONCERT NIGHTS, which is ok. because I didn't pack my dancing boots, and I was worried about that. I was disappointed a little because I wanted to see dancing done the right way! This weekend was a good connect to my roots. Playing a suprise performance was Shooter Jennings, who rocked the house! Not, only did this bring back all the old Waylon memories, but it was the end to a perfect day. A day that had brought us to Luckenbach, where good old willie and waylon used to hang. Saturday night we got to listen to Fred Eaglesmith, who also rocked the house, and again NO DANCING. The whole weekend in was great, I can't wait to go back. The food and Margaritas at The Gristmill were FANTASTIC. It was first meal in seven years that My husband and I both agreed that every item was perfect. We ate there twice this weekend. :) We took in a winery and two tasting rooms, not to mention a quick shopping sprint up to Fredricksburg. We stopped by the wildflower farms on the way by and the Bluebonnets were breathtaking, I bet in two weeks it will be an awesome site. The peferct ending to the day was a morning shopping in San Marcos and then a yummy meal at The Outback with my bestest friend and the hubby. They were all decked out in their new Harley Garb and looked Fabulous.

What me a Blogger?

2006-03-20T14:17:00.000-05:00

So, After pondering two months on what my blogger name could be I was ready to post, and register. Now, I am officially a blogster, and wasn't ready for that ethier, I just wanted a blog identity. I guess we will create the idea of my blog together. Glad to be an official member of the blogosphere. What is up-World!