Thank you

  • Something new

    In case any of y’all are wondering, you’re in the right place.

    It’s a whole new look just in time for fall.

    I owe a huge thank you to Laura at Swank Web Style. I’m sure she was about to pull out her hair with all my “Can we move this dot a .05 millimeter here and add a line here and can I see it in green also?”

    Thanks Laura. I love it.

  • I’d like to thank Flex Net and Aussie Sprunch Spray for allowing me to defy gravity

    After seeing the pictures from this post I wrote last week, Melanie at This Ain’t New York awarded me the coveted Big Bangs Award.? Seriously, is there a nicer trophy in all of the blog universe?

    It makes all those hours I spent with my hair soaking in perm solution totally worth it.? Not to mention the time I spent in front of the mirror every morning teasing those bangs until they were high enough to no longer be visible in the mirror.?

    As tumultuos as high school sometimes was, in the the words of Annelle from Steel Magnolias, I did not let my personal tragedy affect my ability to do good hair.? Who could have imagined I’d still be reaping the rewards for my coiffure dedication almost 20 years later?

  • Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits

    So, I’d been seeing all the Thinking Blogger awards all over blogland and each time thought to myself, “Now, there’s an award I’m probably not qualified for”. I’d say most people don’t find Big Mama and deep thoughts synonymous. I’m okay with that.

    Anyway, I was wrong because Jennifer at Snapshot and Just A Beach Kat have both bestowed me with the Thinking Blogger award. I guess thinking about the cost of a Big Gulp and what new shoes to buy for spring, count as thoughts. Lucky for me.

    Thanks, Ladies. I appreciate it.

    And along the lines of being a deep thinker, I have to share that last night’s premiere episode of The Bachelor: An Officer and A Gentleman did not disappoint. In fact, there was so much to ponder, that I can’t even wrap my mind around its cheesy goodness.

    It truly is reality T.V. at its best. Where else can you find Lieutenant Richie Cunningham looking for love? He looked like a woman with PMS in a room full of chocolate. So many choices, so little time.

    ABC pulled out all the stops on this one. We got to see a drunk girl fall off a barstool and just keep sipping on her cocktail. Don’t y’all know her Mama was proud?

    And then, in a moment that makes me sweat just thinking about it, one of the girls serenaded the Lieutenant with The Star Spangled Banner. My embarrassment was so overwhelming that I had to bury my head and could only stand to rewind and watch it over about 55 times. By the end, our Bachelor was wiping tears from his eyes and so was I, but I don’t think for the same reasons.

    And a girl in a minidress doing a backwards centipede? The Bachelor kept talking about what an accomplished group of women he had to choose from, and if that skill doesn’t prove it, what does?

    I have a feeling it’s going to be a great season. For one of my favorite Bachelor recaps ever, go visit Lincee. She is part of my Bachelor watching tradition and will make you laugh out loud.

  • Bluebonnets and sunglasses? It must be spring

    So, I have two pieces of exciting news this morning. One, is that Carol over at She Lives awarded me with these lovely bluebonnets for my post on Tillie. Now, y’all know a Texas girl like me likes nothing more than seeing some bluebonnets in my sidebar.

    Thanks Carol! It’s making me look at all my neighbors a little more closely to see if I can get some blog material out of them.

    Doesn’t that make y’all wish you lived next door to me?

    My other exciting news is that after the comments about sunglasses yesterday, I was planning on going to Dollar Tree and stocking up on some sweet shades. However, I found myself at the mall yesterday and saw a beautiful pair of aviators staring out at me from a kiosk in the middle of the walkway.

    I went over, tried them on and had immediate flashbacks to my senior year in high school and listening to Milli Vanilli. Don’t judge me, you know you listened to them too.

    Blame it on the rain.

    Anyway, I asked the salesgirl how much and she said, “$14.00, but if you buy two pairs, it’s $22.00 for both.”

    Oh, I’m sorry, do I spy a bargain? Then sign me up for TWO new pairs of sunglasses.

    I am now the proud owner of Top Gun aviators and some goggles. It’s an abundance of optical riches that can be interchangeable depending on my mood.

    I am blessed.

  • Well, I’ll be

    A Perfect Post – January 2007

    Someone thinks I’m perfect and it’s not even a blood relative. Antique Mommy has nominated my post about Tillie for January’s Perfect Post. To have this post nominated and by Antique Mommy, no less, is a real thrill for me.

    Tillie would be so proud. We’d probably all go out for Mexican food and tell a waitress she’s fat, to celebrate.

    Thank you, Antique Mommy. To see a list of the other January nominees, go to Petroville or Surbuban Turmoil.

  • Why thank you nice ladies

    I finally made my way over to the Share the Love Blog awards to nominate my favorites, when I realized that I had been nominated in two categories: Best Humor and Best Site Design.

    I can’t take any credit for the site design since the whole thing was done by Susie at Bluebird Blogs. So, thanks to Susie for making me look good and thanks to whoever nominated me.

    As for the nomination for Best Humor, I truly appreciate it. The best part is that most of y’all make me laugh harder at your comments, than y’all probably do at what I write. Thanks for that, it always makes my day.