Platitude Paradise

K - I think I may have mentioned in the past that I can be a bit of a joiner ... in case nobody has figured this out yet. Chief over at (Hiding from the Kids) is part of another blog carnival and it looks like it could be fun, so I am going to try it on for size. I will be attempting to behave in a manner befitting the blog it shall be linked to ... so there will be limited swearing, blood and references to voodoo dolls of my boss. (OW!! Do NOT throw rotten veggies at my head!!) Friday Confessional... * I, too have taken sabatical from regular 'lawn maintenance' where my legs ... and a couple of other places are concerned. I figure it all lends to natural insulation from the bitter cold ... or at least that's the platform I'm standing behind at present. * I have graduated from passive aggressive - to aggressive passive aggressive ... what that means (in Dani's dictionary) is I am now "actively" pervasive, negative and passive, usually disavowed...

Soooo ... in an effort to get me back make me feel validated and accepted into her fold, Spot has graciously bestowed another award upon me. Thank you, Spot. Fine print for the From the Inside...Out award~ The first thing is that you may/may not put this award on your sidebar....and you may/may not link it back to me. I'm not looking for free publicity here....it's all about the loooooove. (Done!) The second thing is that you need to fill in the following blanks. (see below) 1) My site rocks because: 2) In my next life, I want to come back as a: Because: 3) For me, the best part of blogging is: Finally, you may pass this award on to three (3) other deserving blogs as a way to continue passing on the loooove (and done!) 1. My site rocks because - I truly enjoy making people laugh. Most of the time I think I manage that here. Plus I seem to love the sound of my own voice ... even when it is inside my own head ... and well - ya'll are my (not so) captive...

I am sorry about the Santa ... I figured if I needed to bleach my eyes - well ... everyone else should have to as well. My bad. I am suffering from painful gas of the brain ... aka brain farts. Plus ... I still have not put Christmas back to its summer home ... and - I have ten screeching little banshees little darlins coming tomorrow for Stretch's birfday party. We had to postpone it from last weekend due to my gross negligenec as a parent for not contacting eveyone soon enough the weather conditions. (honestly, the weather was in fact bad ... I just didn't know that it would be when I was supposed to be doing my motherly duties ... I have a tendancy to suck a little in this regard of late) I will make it up to her, in that I was not in a party place last weekend, but THIS weekend, I am fresh from researching fun party stuffs (between blogging, catching up on my bank reconcilliation and reading my book ... oh, yeah ... and leaving Narci to believe I was doing something p...

Okay, okay ... I have been neglecting my bloggy duties ... I know. I am so engrossed in the third installment of the "Outlander" series that it actually calls my name from its place in my "draggin' all mah crap around" bag ... no, really ... it does ... in a Scottish lilt at that... I dunno 'bout you all, but I am defensless against a Scot's accent. Dude could read me the phone book and I'd be done for. So ... I got some funnies today and I peed a little when I saw a couple of 'em. I thought I might share the chuckle. It IS Friday and all ...   Ever wonder what Santa Looks like in the summer? Wonder no more ... Eeesh ...       Yes - in case you are thinking it inside your head ... I am a big fat cheaty-cheaterson by putting other people's ha ha on my blog - but it was this li'l nugget or no li'l nugget ... no - that wasn't meant to be a euphemism ...

K - Daune from Triplets plus two   nominated me for two awards and now I gotta pass 'em on. There are rules ... but I live really far away ... so I not a-scairt of her... even though she is the mother of FIVE CHILDREN ... 3 of which were born on THE SAME DAY!!! Yikes! That some scary shit right there! You should really go check her out ... she's funny and has really cute kids and a super hot hubby who I am told sports the ever sessy and stylin' woodsman coat (to the envy of the neighborhood and the swooning of many bloggesses!) ... (Still waitin' on those pics, btw). She's really sweet (like cavity sweet) but I don't hold it against her and neither should you... so clickity click (y'know - up there where the name of her blog is underlined??) and have a visit. Now den ... here's the rules - should you choose to follow them like good little bleeps: The fine print for keeping the Lemonade Stand Award torch lit: - Put the Lemonade logo on your blo...

For any who do not know: New Years Eve Public Displays of Violence. I promised a post about my New Year's Eve day and some PDV's ... so I will try to go good on my word. My sense of ha ha was all but busted yesterday ... so I am a little on the late side ... my bad. K - so on Thursday past (aka NYE), I had an errand day. I had to go to my office to pick up my pay cheque {Narci was there, even though the office was closed and played games with me about giving me said cheque ... then a psycho client who must be stalking me came in wanting to ruminate over various mortgage scenarios ... good times}, hit not one - but TWO very busy banks {and to clarify - 'hit' in this context refers to walk in and stand in line for an hour a piece ... not 'knock it off'}, go to the Dept of Motor Vehicles {where there were 37 people in front of me ... most of whom had varying degrees of B-O}, get a full load of groceries, visit the liquor store and shop for my daughter's birth...

I just wanna express my gratitude for the fabulosity of my bleeps (sistah's 'n' bros). The warm sunny rays of your friendship ... well ... they near burn my retina. (I kinda stole that from Supah ... but she doesn't read my shit so ... whatevs) Very lovely comments indeed. It is nice to have a posse again. It has been a very very long time. So - here's my last big display of creepy niceness ... hugs and slobbery kisses - the cyber kind of course, 'cause otherwise ... ewww ... germs ... and touching ... blech. To those of you who always have my back - I love ya ... I do. You'll likely never know just how much each one of you has come to mean to me. Your fabulosity is FABOLUS!!! Doran ... if you are out there anywhere ... I'd even throw in some nudity in your honor (not mine, of course - cause that'd be cruel ... tho - extra weight sits happily on my bazoooms) ... but I misses you bucky ... come back and play in the sand box - K? You too Geep. ...

I was just cruisin' through a few blogs ... reading what folks had to say about New Year celebrations, retrospectives or just whatever is going on in their lives at the moment and something occurred to me. Now, in this case when I use the word 'occurred' it is actually code for: fell outta the sky, bounced off my head and smacked me in the mouth before falling into my lap for inspection ... then the angels sang .... waauuuhhh... What am I yammering on about, you might ask? Well, I was over at Mommy Is In The Bathroom and she had posted a song. A song with lyrics that (to her) summed up her relationship with her blog. It was The Fray - You Found Me. Poignant. I cried. (FYI ... I am hormonal as hell and crying seems par for this course ... so consider yourself warned) But it got me to thinking ... I believe many of us walk around with masks on ... or possibly bags over our heads. I mean, there is a face for work (in my case it is an executioner's mask with a clown...

Doodle Bug 'n' The Bee aka Stretch 'n' Shorty   Ma 'n' Pa Kettle  l-r Daddy Long Legs, Doodle Bug, The Bee, Dani-fly                                                  The Dani-Clan (as Mark so named us) This was the product of the afternoon I spent playing with my kids' craft stuff having craft time with my kids :)