Cat Thursday

Welcome to the weekly meme that celebrates the wonders and sometime hilarity of cats! Join us by posting a favorite LOL cat pic you may have come across, famous cat art or even share with us pics of your own beloved cat(s). It's all for the love of cats! Enjoy!

These are my kitties as lol kitties. I'm sure I've shared them on the blog before, but they are so cute, they deserve repeating.

What The Hell Is Up With My Blog!

I've been trying to view my blog for awhile now and it doesn't seem to want to load all the way.

I have no idea when this started. When I do a preview for a post everything shows up, but if I log into the page at random I only see the header, background and posts but not the light background, it seems even worse on browsers other than Chrome.

Is it just me, or is it the same for all of you.

I may have to change templates, which makes me sad, because I've had this one for such a long time and I love it.

I'm irked by this. A LOT!

* Nevermind, It was something to do with last Friday's post and Amazon...all better now. Yay!

Why I Love Downton Abbey

I am in love with this show. I got started on it a little late, but better late than never I always say.

Why do I love a British period drama?

Let me tell you.

1. The fashion is fabulous.

2. It's not reality tv.

3. I love the upstairs/downstairs aspect of the show.

4. Its drama without being what my dad likes to call "a whore show". Soap Operas are daytime whore shows..just to let you know.

5. The abbey is stunning.

6. Maggie Smith, nuff said.

7. When I watch the hour flies by...great escapism.

8. The scripts are brilliant!

9. Best show on PBS in ages..and probably one of the best shows on tv.

10. I love all things Brit

Tee Hee

This is so me!

Doctor Who Humor

Every so often you need to see some great LOLDoctors!

The Dalek ones are my favorite!

Top 5 On Friday

Top 5 albums that warm you up


Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate
Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream
Erasure - I Say I Say I Say
Duran Duran - The Wedding Album
The Moody Blues - Strange Times

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Cat Thursday!

Welcome to the weekly meme that celebrates the wonders and sometime hilarity of cats! Join us by posting a favorite LOL cat pic you may have come across, famous cat art or even share with us pics of your own beloved cat(s). It's all for the love of cats! Enjoy!

Beebers lost her battle with cancer...and though she's not my kitty, I'm sad, so I'll share some fun LOLCats to keep the mood up.

This is me

Dear Automakers

An Open Letter To All Car Companies,

I live in a part of the US where it gets really cold.

I have a small request to make.

Could you please find a way to make my windshield defrost as fast as the back window?

Surely this is something you can accomplish! You have put all kinds of other useless garbage in cars these days.

All I ask is that I don't have to spend twenty minutes chiseling ice from my windows in the morning.

Thank you.

Another Trip To The ER

Dad's at the emergency room again.

Not sure what the problem is, but he would get sick on the coldest night of the year.

Sigh

If you don't see me blogging much, know that things are a bit overwhelming at home to do more than spit out a few sentences on Facebook.

Keep Dad in your prayers

The Joy Of The Gift Card

I have $35.00 in Barnes and Noble gift cards burning a hole in my pocket right now. There are so many books on my must buy list. More than $35.00 would cover.

Here are a few of the possibilities

Yes, I love historical fiction, and yes, I have a fascination with England. Always have, always will.

Top 5 On Friday

Top 5 musicals that were turned into movies

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Cat Thursday

Welcome to the weekly meme that celebrates the wonders and sometime hilarity of cats! Join us by posting a favorite LOL cat pic you may have come across, famous cat art or even share with us pics of your own beloved cat(s). It's all for the love of cats! Enjoy

My brother's cat Beebers is very sick. Most likely she is going to have to be put to sleep. Though I've only met Beebers a few times, she was one of my favorite kitty friends. She's a beautiful and very photogenic girl and I know that all who love her will miss her.

So anyone stopping by, send some cyber love to my brother and some good thoughts that when Beebers reaches the Rainbow Bridge, she's greeted by loads of kitties who want to run and jump and play with her.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Everything But The Kitchen Sink Chili

Here's my simple, easy recipe for chili. 1/2 cup green pepper chopped (I like frozen) 1/3 cup onion chopped (again frozen) 1.5 lb ground meat 1 can diced tomatoes w/or w/out chilis 1 small jar of mild or medium salsa 1 can tomato soup chili powder to taste cumin to taste 1 can of each: dark or light kidney beands, northern beans, pinto beans, black beans. Brown ground meat in a pot with onion and green pepper until meat is no longer pink. Drain. Add tomatoes, soup and salsa simmer for 5-10 minutes Add beans and continue to simmer for about 20 minutes

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

This made my day

The dancing Silence at the end was a hoot!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Zzzzz

I fell asleep through Mike and Molly.

Heck, I'm not even sure I watched all of 2 Broke Girls.

Slept through Castle too.

All in the most uncomfortable chair in the world.

Anyone have some tylenol for my back, cos it is screaming in pain.

I'm adding new recliner to the huge list of things I need for the house this year. (You know, when the money fairy visits me!)

If anyone sees that money fairy, bitch slap her first, because she should have been by months ago! Stupid money fairy!

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Woo Hoo Amazon

I bought a CD for a friend today as a belated Christmas present and I got an email from Amazon saying that the CD was autoripped to my Amazon Cloud!

Awesome!

I love the idea of having a physical copy of a CD without having to put the disc in my computer to rip it.

Apparently enough record companies have agreed to let Amazon do this.

Bravo!

Finally, someone doing something that benefits the consumer.

I was so excited to see that I already had 420 mp3s on my Amazon Cloud. It almost makes me want a Kindle, but then again, when am I going to listen to music on that.

No, I just want a good Smartphone again...

Or even a bad one that will stream the stuff from Cloud.

I have to say I was really surprised to see some of the music I've bought on Amazon too. Very eclectic stuff!

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Weekends Annoy Me

And because they do, and because I can't get anything done..I bring you...

MORE KITTY PICTURES!!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Top 5 On Friday

Top 5 songs/artists you discovered through YouTube

1. Psy - Gangnam Style: I still want to know what the freaking hell is so great about this song? The video is a hoot, but the song is lame. VERY LAME! However for some reason...I can't stop looking at it! It is a true train wreck of wretchedness!

2. Caitlyn Crosby - Still Have My Heart: I can't remember how I stumbled across this song, but I think  Zac Levi had something to do with it.



Mika - We Are Golden: I'd heard of him but never listened until I stumbled across this video on YouTube



Jessica French - People Of Walmart: This is just great and funny.



Neal McCoy - Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On: Discovered this one looking for Beer songs

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Cat Thursday

Welcome to the weekly meme that celebrates the wonders and sometime hilarity of cats! Join us by posting a favorite LOL cat pic you may have come across, famous cat art or even share with us pics of your own beloved cat(s). It's all for the love of cats! Enjoy!

Going to do a mix of cat toons and kitty pics!

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Tamale Pie

I was dejunking the other day when I found a box of cards that had a half written recipe on it.

ARGH!

It is for Tamale Pie and it came from Florence Henderson's old cooking show Country Kitchen that was on in the 90s, I think.

Ingredients

2lb ground meat
Chili Sauce
1 large onion
green pepper
1 stalk celery
8 oz tomato sauce
1 can evaporated milk
Corn muffin mix
Sharp Cheddar

I'm going to take a guess that this might be how its done.

Its brown the ground meat with the onion, pepper and celery.
Drain.
Add tomato sauce, chili sauce and milk

put in baking dish.

Prepare muffin mix according to directions and then spoon on top of the meat mixture.

Sprinkle with cheese.

Bake 400 for 25 minutes.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Just Plain Ole Tired

Dad spent another night in the ER.

It is getting old.

All for the same reason.

A little TMI reason.

So let's just say, Dad and number 2 don't agree with each other, mostly because getting him to eat fiber and drink more water, is like pulling teeth!

I'm getting tired of spending hours in the ER because he won't be bothered to tell us what's wrong. This could have been taken care of at Med Express, not that I'd want to take him there during flu season.

I can't get anything done. I'm angry most of the time.

Life is shitty!

Literally!

Sunday, January 06, 2013

Boston Cream Pie?

I've always wondered why Boston Cream Pie is called pie, when it is really a cream filled cake. So I had to go to Wikipedia to find out.

And damn it, Wikipedia didn't really have an answer.

Now that sucks, because I really think this is a question that needs answering!

I don't care who created the first Boston Cream Pie..I just want to know why he called it a pie! Oh and cutting it wedges like a pie doesn't count either because when you make a round cake you kinda don't have any other choice of how to cut it. Sheet cakes are another story.


So does anyone have a clue as to why its a pie and not a cake?

Friday, January 04, 2013

Top 5 On Friday

Top 5 "musical" things you are excited for in 2013


1. Being able to see the film version of Les Miz, when it comes out on video.

2. New Justin Hayward CD!!!!!

3. The new CD from one of my favorite indie artists Deni Bonet

4. Getting a new smartphone that might let me actually have some music on it..or at least Amazon Cloud, so I can stream the mp3s I've bought.

5. Though I may regret wanting this...I'm excited about the new Adam Ant CD, even though the lead single, Cool Zombie scares me more than a little!