Saturday, July 31, 2010

oh *my* July

i want to take this post to
express
all my
to my
wonderful
July
*
i truly truly love you.
*
the ribs*steak*burger BBQs,
hot hot sun,
days on the beach with
the sand on my elbows, knees, & feet,
the sticky blanket of humidity,
the lawn torches,
the peeling sunburned flaky skinned backs,
pulsating jiggly thighs in the short short shorts,
the scorching cement,
i love you.
for so much more,
all of you, July, i love you.
***
here's some more snaps
that came with July this year:
[everything
--from the curls, to the smile, to the belly, to the bikini that matched her mommy's, to the floatie--
just makes me wanna die]
***
getting SPFed:
***
he's putting all that hot air to good use
***
a froggy in his froggy floatie
***
drawin' wit' CHAWK...[how we do on POOL DAY]
***
Max,
doin' his
G.T.D.
*
Gym,
Tan...
...Diaper-change.
***
oh, what? ya didn't know?
crayons & stickers
[*also* what we be doin' on POOL DAY]
***
mommy, Jamina.
baby-honey, Max.
Sangria, by me.
***
Tomas,
as the grilla killa.
*
do dem ribs right, boy.
do dem ribs right.
***
chiiiiiLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLin'
***
ScubaTome & Berlin
tell me you wouldn't wanna smooch them both??
***
video:

***
little-girl sandals kicked off on the lawn
{deep sigh}
...SuMMeR SuMMeR...
***
***
how the night ended:
***
*
*
*
*
*
POOL DAY was closely followed by BEACH DAY:
the boyf
had
to stop at
KFC
because
they do
"chicken"
right.
***
little miss Berlin, on the sand.
we like.
we like.
***
Tomas watering Max.
***
crispy fried "chicken".
cold beer.
beach.
boyf.
multi-colored umbrellas.
sun.
July.
love.
***
bucket hat.
[Max couldn't see unless he looked down his nose,
and placed the cheeks at an angle of full force fullness.]
love those cheeks.

these were the clouds that rolled in the rain.

total bummer.

it was followed by three hours in traffic to get home.

***

July, i still *love* you.

See you next year.

you're forever in my heart...through the fall, and the [fuckin'] winter.

***

time to love your sister, August.


Friday, July 30, 2010

my *PROJECTed Friday* is HERE

today is Friday!
*
I'm going to:
*
hopefully somewhere in the middle
between
*waking up* and *snoozing back in dreamland*
i'll
get me
some
of
this:
[*boyf love*
*awesome outfitness*
*hair in straighty-straight-straightness*
&/or
*a balloon*]
*
*
*
{{i'm just thinkin' on that}}
*
*
*
{{...and smilin'...and smilin'...}}
**
then,
upon the sun going down,
and
the moon coming up,
maybe
spottin'
one
of
these guys:
[pew pew pew! zoom zoom!]
*
[i don't know why i felt the need to write little boy video-game noises, but i did]
*
*
finally,
at
the end
of my
today,
while
i'm laying
in bed,
i would like
somebody
to:

while stroking my head, and combing fingers through my hair. *** that's all, butterball.

thank you.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

*Starbs* LoVE

remember a while back
when *Starbs*
did the whole
"The Way I See It"
on their cups??
[see below]
well,
"The Way I See It"
that I saw was
The Way I See It #76.
*
*
*
it said this:
*
"The irony of commitment is that it's deeply liberating -- in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life."
*
-- Anne Morris
Starbucks customer from New York City. She describes herself as an "organization builder, restless American citizen, optimist."
i commented on the post

*
i read a post and commented on it with this quote.

it was the first response i thought of.

i saved it to my Blackberry over a year ago, expecting to recall it/use it again one day.

maybe this day was that day.

hope it helped.

cool.

*

off to watch

Project Runway & Jersey Shore

biaaaaatches!

**

{{fist pumpin' my self-sewn, couture-glove-covered hand in the air}}

**

toodles.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

*do da dippity*

i'm sorry, but i **love** this commercial:

gansta hamsters? dancing & singing?

yes, please.

***

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

random *tatTues* & indifference & gosh! i'm a negative nancy

OMG,
today's
*tatTUES*
almost
didn't
happen.
*
a family BBQ with mom, sis, & the aunties
took place today.
*
when those happen,
who's got time to BLOG??
*
not me,
but here i am,
because i am.
[side note: i love that one, above]
*
goodness.
i think this might be my last *tatTues*.
[maybe not, but...]
*
i just didn't feel like bloggin' about tatts
today, but had to, 'cause
*
whatever!
*
if i blog about 'em, i do.
if i don't, i don't.
*
insert
*

tatts are cool.

i want one.

i probably won't get one.

the end.

*

my blog sucks.

*

[today, anyway]

*

GOSH!

note to self

Monday, July 26, 2010

*BCBG* fo' *me*, please...

my feet in my *new* BCBG black pumps:
[gotta love MGM Designer Shoes]
these were originally $79.99
-marked down to $40-
*
i payed $36 for them, including tax,
with my friend's employee discount.
*
sweetness.
yeah,
i'm so
excited
for
them...
*
...with jeans
*
*
...with my pajamas
*
j/k
*
actually,
the first day
i took them
home,
i did take
a nap
with
them on.
*
*yippee*
***
***
***
btw,
i love me some
*toe cleavage*
please, and thank you.
***
***
***
happee *suMMer*
MondayFunday.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

"everything comes naturally..."

"...it comes naturally, when ya with me, baby..."

Max, figuring out the radio:

this was one of my favorite moments from

Thursday's POOL DAY with Jamina & her babies.

[more moments to come soon]

***

hope your Saturday & Sunday is filled with love & sun.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Awesome!!! i won!!!

I won
for Part III of
the

how totally fuckin' awesome is THAT??!!
***
check
the video
and click to
1:38 of the video
to see
Dottie
announcing
*me* as the winner
of the
Brooks B68S Saddle Seat
from
***
my first BLOG-o-Sphere contest i enter,
i walk away with a prize!
a free prize!
just for doin' what i love,
and sharing it with you all.
***
that
is
fuckin'
magic.
***
that's all.
***
ya bess be believin' i'll be participatin' in the *Winter Games*
***
i'll post about my new saddle when i receive it!
***
*yay*

*APPeTiZeR*TeST*

for my sister & my
*new*
we need to study the friggin' menu.
**
[i mean, i guess it would be good to know the food you're serving and selling]
**
today is
the quiz on APPeTiZers.
**
probably going to look something like this:
***
i'd much rather post about
my awesome pool day yesterday
with Tomas, Jamina, little Max & Berlin,
but
that'll
have
to
wait
'til
a
later
date.
***
for today,
i needed to post something,
and i do have
to study the appe-tizzles, fo' shizzle
so, here's a post on some.
***
lame?
whatever.
these above actually look like the SportsGrill's
Buffalo Fried Shrimp
appetizer,
in which eight pieces of shrimp
are tossed with Buffalo Sauce
and served with Blue Cheese dressing.
[Buffalo Sauce is made with Frank's Buffalo Sauce and butter.]
[our Blue Cheese Dressing is made with blue cheese, mayo, vinegar, and Wor-ches-test -ester-shire sauce. HowTF you say dat??!!]
**
I can't wait to try those.
*
i love shrimp.
***
moving along...
something you will always see on a menu
at a SportGrillBarPubJoint place
is gonnabe
*NACHOS*

ours consist of fresh tortilla chips, smothered with cheddar cheese, guacamole, Pico de Gallo, black beans, sours cream, and BBQ sauce.

you can add BBQ pulled pork or our Championship chili to the Nachies for an additional $4.95.

***

gosh, I don't wanna be studying this damn thing anymore.

heck!

i don't wanna be workin' in the restaurant biz anymore...BUT, mama don't got her own classroom yet, so SuMMeRs leave me bone dry.

No $$dolla doll$$ comin' in, and too much going out. [i'm like America]

ANYWAY...

...HaPPy FrY...

...and I leave you with a list of the rest of the apps i gotsta study about:

  • chicken wings with blue cheese dressing
  • chicken wing sampler
  • spinach and artichoke dip
  • pulled pork sliders
  • crawfish and cheddar hush puppies
  • homemade chicken fingers
  • philly cheese steak egg rolls
  • french onion soup
  • guacamole with chips
  • jalapeno bottle caps
  • house salad
  • iceberg wedge
  • grand slam appetizer platter

Thursday, July 22, 2010

*brother*licking*sister*

...in the sweetest way imaginable.

here's the video:

***

hey, loves.

i needed a quick post for today, but still saturated in something that sends my soul a-soarin'...

...the babies.

i gotta take 'em to the vet today.

deworm dem kitts...

...& shots.

***

***

***

happy happy Thursday.

***

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

*tatTues* #2

back and/or shoulder tatts??
***
how 'bout this wrap-around to front?
could be cute.

*
she-gulls on the shoulder?
*
*
right down the middle?
*
cluster of stars?
*
Ooooo...over yuh right shoulder?
*
more birds in flight?
[i'm sensing a theme i like, i think]
*
my favorite part about the below pic
is the black bobbie pin:

[...and *THAT'S* why i have yet to get a tattoo...]

***

check last Tuesday's *tatTues* here.

Monday, July 19, 2010

*weekend log*

[and i don't mean the kind you leave in the toilet on sunday morning]
***
***
*
***
***
uh!
so...topic:
~what made up my weekend~
*
Yes,
there was some
involved,
as hoped for
in my last post.
*
that was a major plus from my weekend.
*
there was,
however,
a whole
lot of
lowlights from the weekend as well!
Ugh!
Were there ever!
a ton of chores,
my dad's pathetic & childish behavior,
my just-about-ready-to-break down car,
tears, tears, and more tears
after being berated by my
overworked-overstressed-overheated
mother,
and
some drama on our bike ride
involving a raving lunatic woman
blowing her coast guard whistle in
the boyf's ear
[won't go into it]
*
FUCK ALL THOSE THINGS!
*
here are
some pictures
of the highlights:
[tee hee hee!] a bunch of lovin' from *the babies*
[oh, & my make-up done by *bitt*]
above,
i'm smoochin' Alejandro on top of the box,
and
a little jealous Carmen Sandiego is lookin' at the smooch
*
above,
Carmen & me
[try to notice the sweet honey,
and not the overtaking shnoz]
*
below,
[look away from the sideburns!]
*
the babies were taking
Saturday afternoon
naps:
above,
Carmen Sandiego,
sleeping like she tends to sleep,
in her brother's bed.
*
below,
Alejandro
in his sister's bed.
*
***
*
oh,
another
highlight from
my weekend:
*yay*
after two years of
being on WeightWatchers
for, like, the
gazillionth
time,
it's clicked.
*
~i'm a Lifetime Member of WeightWatchers~
[no more paying to get weighed = more money for clothes]
[woo hoo!]
*
got my
little
*golden key charm*
and all.
*
in truth,
i only needed
to lose
between 12 & 15 pounds,
but it's taken me
two friggin' years to do it.
*
i credit it to my adopted
hobbies of biking & running
and
also
getting smarter everyday
about food & portions & why and when I eat.
*
i recommend WW to anybody.
*
***
*
another [kind of] highlight:
the new clothesline my mother installed
in the backyard
in her words:
"we need to start budgetin', gurls.
if we can save a few hundred dolluhs
two munths of thuh yea-uh,
we should dew it."
[my attempt at conveying her 'New Yawk' accent]
*
i consider it a highlight because i love
the old-school, back in the day,
1960s Summer concrete
backyard feel to it,
even if it does take
3x longer than throwin' the cothes
in the dryer.
Whatev.
*
***
*
another
total highlight
from the weekend:
the super Shish-Kebobs we grilled
oh, yeah.
chopped veggies...
...and fruit!
secret *added* ingredient?
puh
puh
puh
peaches!
kebabbed with beef
*
oh, dear.
looked
so sexy
on the
grill!
they did, they did.
*
***
*
finally,
the highlight that took place
sunday night
was
our bike ride
into Manhattan.
{{deep sigh; smile}}
*
we pulled up to Astoria Park
and
parked right under the Triborough bridge:
*
below,
Tomas & Damian
[you know them in more detail from this post]
unloadin' my bike from the
back o' Damian's truck:
*
view from our potty stop:
*
while on the bridge:
"Bronx, Keep Left.
Manhattan, Keep Right."
[we'll be keepin' RIGHT]
*
the boyf.
breakin'.
*
yes.
motto for biking.
motto for life.
*

this shot, above, is pretty much us chillaxin' at the half way point, three hours in.

yeah. the ride took us about 5 hours.

started @ 4 pm; ended around 9-ish.

the pic above was taken @ 7:01pm.

;)

*

***

*

*weekend log*

COMPLETE.

*

*

over and out.

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