more important than my previous post

GO READ hope TODAY!!

seriously, right now. 


you might be able to help and if you can't, you might know someone who can!

things change...

i'm getting a haircut today.

it's been a over a year.

there will be pictures.


unless, it's hideous and i have to do damage control somewhere else.

random stuff from my desktop or as the MITM says, i have so much fun blogging

remember when we went to charleston with Big Shelly and Miss K? ok, maybe you don't but here's a video i took when we went to johns island because the MITM wanted to see angel oak  we were on our way to a most delightful restaurant on the island called, the fat hen hot damn delicious, darlings, and highly recommended by the 4 of us! in fact, everything was so damn good, we didn't take any pictures!!  i will take a pic of the MITM and Big Shelly in their hats because, really, only guys can wear baseball caps that say "fat hen," right?

since then, the MITM has been doing some really great cooking and i have taken pics of some of the lovely meals we've shared.

blue cheese mussels

light and lovely

seafood gumbo slightly out of focus

i need to download more food photos from my phone, but i think you get the point, it's been damn fine eatin' around the plantation lately! he's anxious about work and leaving again, but that's what happens when you work in deepestdarkestafrica and time zones mean absolutely nothing to overseas callers. i'm just glad he's not making pies!

received this the other day from captain chaos:

yep, that's Stretch and BBC!

there you go

the MITM just said this to me!

i know, right? because i was doing, as he calls it, a facebook rant.  wouldn't you know it, i open that other social media site and what's the first thing i see? someone i KNOW for real/in person/has my phone number/knows the MITM is whining about a busker in one of the downtown squares! 11 other people (some of whom i also know) chimed in about what a horrible musician he is, how he only knows 2 tunes, etc., etc. and generally turning this first world problem into a serious issue worthy of legislation or most certainly, govenmental intervention! don't ask me why, but i got pissed off and asked if anyone had ever spoken with the man? had anyone ever said, dude, can you play another tune? that's all i posted even thought i wanted to add you know, as you would any other human being who was annoying the hell out of you? so, i just closed that window because, in reality, it won't matter what response is left for me. everyone will go on about their lives and probably just write it off...

my rant here (as i was cooling off from my veryintenseworkout) at my MAC and within earshot of the MITM was  because  i know that busker guy is a couple keys short of a full keyboard, so to speak, so we had always cut him some slack knowing that he found some joy in his 2 tunes and the smiles of the tourists who dropped a coin or 2 in his open case.

when we lived in the historic district, the MITM used to talk to him along with all the other street musicians, some of whom were homeless, many of whom were just lost in their own worlds just looking for an acknowledgement of their humanity.  would it be so difficult to look at another man and find some way to connect?  


i've made the right decision.

sweet mary sunshine, but i STINK!

yesterday our pal, pearl, regaled us with her tale about, well, hell go read it, sweetpeas, she tells it better than i do! 

(having yet another swallow and spit of water while i wait)

(the spit was in the sink to rinse the dryness out of my mouth, ok?)

and moving right along ('cos i know y'all are back now) with whomever wasn't too grossed out already by my lack of southern refinement and decorum...

we bought a treadmill, darlings! yep, got a sweet deal and there you go!  i no longer have to try and get out in the damndarkmorning before all the damn pollen has been released and/or the weather turns to hotdamnfurnace temperatures to get my heart pumping and the sweat rollin' anymore. by the time the weather turns nice again, i'll be ready to ride my sweet lemon yellow beach cruiser with Miss K around the plantation! (i'm still looking for a sturdy basket for the front...and maybe a bell...but no streamers!) 

i'm sure i've said this, but i have asthma. yes, that was the number 1 reason i finally quit smoking! being outside and breathing without having to worry if i remembered my emergency inhaler is really rather exciting (i do live a rather sheltered life these days, i know) and let us not forget, not seeing that concerned look in the MITM's eyes when my eyes open wide and i look like some sort of damn stranded fish out of water because i can't breath is also worth any effort expended by yours truly. oh yeah, walking on the treadmill for 30 minutes listening to that skinny minnie, jillian, talk about how much this is gonna hurt, but the results will make you (she's talking about me, right?) so happy is seriously enough incentive to power thru the workout just not to hear her! (i know i could turn the sound down, but i do try to be respectful. i mean the poor child did record all of that just for me, right?)

*pause for a moment while i collect myself because i just snorted water out of my nose whilst laughing*

so, now you know! the MITM and i are on a mission! he wants to walk a golf course again without it being a strain....

and i just want to be able to walk farther than BGM's 70 year old nanny!!!

(ok, i don't know that she's 70, but i know she's around my age, but older.)







is that so wrong?



i am off to the shower now, so thanks for cooling down with me!

i haven't left blogging v.2

(version .2 because like an idiot, i was cleaning up deleting* drafts and ended up deleting the published post.)

anyway, let's try this again.

it's been busy around here and i've also been distracted by that other social media site.  today, i sort of walked away and decided i need to get back to blogging. i mean, seriously, darlings, it just is so ridiculous to rail at the screen and even more so, to still be upset and angry when you stand up and walk away! it has been suggested (by the MITM who has to listen to me vent) that perhaps, i might want to spend a bit more time blogging or reading the big stack(s) of books next to my chair in the library instead!

i'm not against conversation or serious exchanges of ideas, those are exciting and educational. differences of opinion, philosophies, political views are as varied as we are people, so sometimes we agree and other times we don't *shrug* i just can't handle ugliness/rudeness/meanness masquerading as free speech anymore!

 so, it's not goodbye, it's...

i'll see you tomorrow.

* see comment by bill lisleman

the birthday girl

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY, BABY GIRL MATRIX!!!

more pictures this weekend from the party!! if people remember to send them to us!!!

note: i didn't take this video, super nana did and sent it to me.

on the road again

 JUST received from Mr Matrix

 

normal blogging to resume tomorrow

we've been in charleston, south carolina with Big Shelly and Miss K!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR MOOSE!

i need to scan more of the old photos of the coconut krewe! 

especially for birthday posts!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR MOOSE!!

what happens when the coconut krewe has access to your phone

captain chaos on my lock screen

super nana as wallpaper

first we said goodbye and then we said hello again and then we said, i'll see you tomorrow

so after a tearful  i'll see you tomorrow and total distraction on my part that resulted in me missing my off ramp and having to make an eight mile totally out of my way but-the-only-way-to-get-back-to-where-i-was-supposed-to-be detour, i arrived back at the plantation.

and then the real fun began.

it had looked as if the weather was going to be kind to the mr & mrs matrix part of the coconut krewe and not storm down on them along the east coast and they would have an on time 17:45 departure to IAD aka dulles and then on to LAX, but nay, nay, that most certainly did not happen! i'll skip the part in between, but at 21:00 i was picking them up at SAV and bringing them back to the plantation.  

their flight THIS MORNING was scheduled for 05:45...

oh yeah, like that happened.

this time it was mechanical problems.

we did get a call telling us, but not a request for another pick-up.  it seems the airline decided that super nana and mr matrix were not the people to trifle with again, so the coconut krewe is on their way.  just so you know, none of this bothered BGM at all!

Baby Girl Matrix

i'm going back to bed. xo

UPDATE from camp matrix@IAD

ready to go!

 LAST UPDATE for TODAY:

super nana, mr matrix and BGM have landed!

this happened today

super nana and BGM

scenes from a couple of krewe days or why i haven't been blogging

The Kid making a chocolate cake

the MITM added the strawberries

i did the frosting

there was a lot of cooking, but i don't have all of those pics, but just know that everything was delish!

BBC cleans up very well

cereal is your friend

a bottle in the morning with the MITM

BGM and the MITM

BGM toes

BGM just noticed who was taking the pictures

guess who loves you?

there are more photos and stories to share, but right now, it's time for brunch!

coconut krewe summer, part 2

super nana, mr. matrix and BGM arrived today!!

we just got back from the sand gnats v north carolina hickory crawdads baseball game and fireworks display! the gnats took the game, 3 -1 and had a crowd of 3,003 people at historic grayson stadium!

we had a blast.

more tomorrow.

i'll see you tomorrow

captain chaos, Stretch, The Kid and BBC left this afternoon.

did i tell you how much i hate taking people to the airport? well, i do. and it's not because of the driving and bags and the craziness of departures.

it's because i hate saying good bye.

i cry.

A LOT.

i really do hate saying good bye.

(you know i cry when people arrive, too, but that's because i'm so happy to see them.)
(so, maybe it's just airports.)
(but then again, no one has arrived or left on a bus or a train, so...who knows.)

so, when you leave, i'll give you a hug and a kiss.

and then i'll say,

i'll see you tomorrow.







because i hate saying good bye.

turn your phone

what we've been doing

thanks for the tip, UB, about camera position. or as the cap't said, pistol straight, camera sideways.

i made a movie!

on another note... we've lost another follower! *sigh*  it's because i wimped out on the 365 challenge, right? but, i really would have liked to say g'bye.

it's over, i'm done

the 365 challenge, i mean, not the blog.

i remembered what our dear pal, charlie, said about the reading challenge. to paraphrase, it's about the joy, not the process. trying to just fill the date with something and not a thoughtful piece started to take the joy out of blogging, so i have to nix that, sugarpies and just go back to blogging because i want to! (and i can just post pics without feeling guilty!) (yes, yes, i know, 12 years of catholic school is so ingrained in me that i still feel guilty about stuff that isn't even sinful.)

sooooooooo,  yesterday was a big holy-moley-it's-raining-and-the-sky-has-turned-black-and-the-clouds-have-opened-up-like-a-tap-turned-on-fill-blast storm! streets were flooded, trees toppled over, power went out and it was hot damn scary! we left just as the storm was intensifying because we had dinner reservations and a meeting set for The Kid with Chef Amie at cha bella. the only road in (or out) of the plantation was already flooded as we drove out, safely i must add because we all know Stretch and cap't chaos read the blog, as it wasn't flooded on the outbound side. there are NO pictures because i was driving and The Kid was way too mesmerized by the storm and the MITM was way too busy criticizing my driving. (y'all ain't surprised, right?)

The Kid and Chef Amie

it was raining when we left downtown, which is about 13 miles from the plantation, so we knew the storm had probably died down out our way and were we ever right!  not only had the storm passed, it had knocked out all the power for about all the homes (give or take a dozen) out this way. anyway, at this time of the year, to be without your AC for even 30 minutes tends to make people CRAZY. all of this was mad crazy for The Kid because around here, when it's dark it is crazymaddamndark outside and it was H-O-T! inside and out. a couple of fire trucks, 3 or 4 georgia power trucks, all sorts of attendant vehicles and official people were dealing with the problem and the newly arrived loonies who REALLY freak out when stuff like this happens.

and then,  we turned corner and what did we see? one of the tall sugar pines around the corner and down the street from us had fallen across the roadway, probably shortly after we'd left the plantation! given were we live, the tree had already been chainsawed into smaller chunks and piled on either side of the road. you gotta love suburban forest living, folks have all the proper tools! our house, like all the others around here, was dark, but still cool inside. the only thing to do was find the flashlights and LED candles and relax! 

lantern shadows

The Kid and The Maltese Falcon

it's a good thing all of the potentially dangerous trees were removed from our front yard yesterday because living around here you never know how the wind and rain are going to mess up a great evening!  it's looking really different, but we're all getting used to it.  we'll post pictures after the clean-up.

BUT, i do have some other pictures for all y'all!

BGM

BBC eating dirt

xoxoxox