Talking Food

Hey y'all

Tonight on TurnbabyTalks on BlogTalkRadio at 8 PM I'll be joined by my very special guest and very dear friend Bond of Bond's Big Leather Couch. Some of you may know him as VinnyBond from his weekly Tuesday night gig on Doc Blogstein's Radio Happy Hour as the chat master.

What you may not know is that we share a great passion for food and cooking. That's Bond with the fabulous antipasto he put together for my guests when he and his darlin' Nancy visited with me for New year's Eve this past year.

So we are gonna share food stories and recipes and would love for you to call in at 646-716-8102 to join in the fun. We'll also do some foodie QuidProQuo so be ready! Be sure to check out the live chat is always a blast.If you can't listen live you can always listen to the archived shows by clicking the player in my sidebar.

What could be better than talking food on a Sunday afternoon with a Sicilian?

Smooches and some yummy Sunday supper gropes babies.

House & Home Haiku

Hey y'all

The House is on her way to being sorted--more pics to follow.

No matter the mess and chaos right now in the physical aspects of this house I feel I am home--more than I have ever been. What is it they say--something like 'a house is made of bricks and beams and a home is made of love and dreams'? Yeah --I think that's right.

I'm in the mood for some haiku on the topics so I thought I'd share.

And in case you've not done haiku in a while here's a quick primer-----

Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. You have three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Within those 17 syllables the idea is to paint a clear picture designed to arouse a distinct emotion and suggest spiritual insight-------


I'll do a few ---you leave yours in the comments or email and I'll post the collected effort later. You can see examples of Hot Haiku, Heartfelt Haiku and Haunting Haiku by clicking the links.

So here we go.....


All manner of bliss
lives in this house, this bliss house;
dub her Bliss Manor


I walk through the door
and am in the house; I walk
to you and am home


Laughing, loving, life
brings warmth and joy to the bones
of this our abode


Buying a house with
no special place for the shoes?
That's just crazy talk.

The last one makes me giggle. Have at it babies!

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This Sunday at 8 PM ET on TurnbabyTalks on BlogTalkRadio I'll be Talking Food with Bond. Please join Doc Blogstein's Radio Happy Hour regular VinnyBond as he drags his BigLeatherCouch in to talk about food, cooking, foodies and some QuidProQuo. And yes--you will be allowed to play with your food here;-)

Smooches and some homey gropes babies.

Thursday Edition No. 14

Sunday on TurnbabyTalks on BlogTalkRadio at 8 PM ET I'll be joined by my dear friend Bond (aka VinnyBond) who is a regular on Doc Blogstein's Radio Happy Hour. We are going to be talking food---cooking, favorite food stories, even some Foodie QuidProQuo--should be pretty tasty.

Smooches and gropes babies.

Holey Crap!

Hey y'all


What a way to start the week---

They began the foundation repair yesterday morning ---digging down to put 'piers' under the wall between the garage and the house to correct a problem the previous owners neglected over a period of years. There will also be steel plates and steel bars and more steel plates in the back.

Not too scary ---just a bunch of plastic covering mounds of broken up concrete, rock and dirt.




THIS is a little scary;-)---this is just to the left of the garage ---it's about 12 feet deep.

The basement shrouded in plastic and superfine grit from where they are jackhammering concrete and rock in the basement. Look closely and you'll see that they left 'The Master', zombies and army men uncovered---the horror! ( Can you just imagine what the work crew thought of that little tableau?*giggling*)

It's just freaky seeing these heaps of rubble and big holes--hoping it doesn't rain as that sort of rounded shape in the bottom left corner is my sump pump basin.

These are just started---they were back jackhammering away first thing this morning. I'm told that after a few hours it just becomes 'background noise'. Oh my.

The good news is that we didn't have to have the water heater taken out for the duration. That would have really sucked--and not in the good way.

Smooches and some gritty gropes babies.

Talking Travel

Hey y'all

Tonight on TurnbabyTalks at 8 PM ET on BlogTalkRadio I'll be coming to you live from The Red Room and joined by my special guest the World Famous world traveler Dave2 of Blogography.

We are going to be sharing Tales of Travel. We all have them and Dave probably more than most because don't think that man ever sits still.

You my babies are also invited to call in at 646-716-8102. You do not have to be online to call and join in the fun. If you are online you can share your tales in the always interesting live chat.

If you can't make the show you can listen to the archived show by using the player on my sidebar or downloading it.

Be sure to tune in early as I will be the special guest on Snackie Radio at 6 PM ET. The ever so lovely Miss Hilly and I are doing another installment of 'The Answer Bitches'. You got questions? We got answers. But be careful--these bitches have bite. The call in number for Snackie Radio is 347-838-8193.

The Sunday Radio Rock Block kicks off at 5 PM ET with SecondHandRadio. Karl is joined by Lisa of Clusterfook. Lisa is not letting her third battle with cancer stop her from enjoying life with her friends and family.

I hope to see you there.

Smooches and some Sunday kinda gropes babies.

For Dawg--In Memoriam

Hey y'all

This post is dedicated to the memory of NYCWatchdog's son, the Puppy Monster.

Today, June 21, marks the one year anniversary of the tragic loss of this vibrant life.

He was five years old and it is very clear through every video he ever posted with him and so many posts since that Dawg loves his baby boy.


I hope Dawg has a start at finding some peace.

I know he has a sweet and wonderful woman who will soon be by his side to help in all ways.

Please ---if you do nothing else today---hug the ones you love and hold them close and tell them--tell them "I love you".

I think that would be the best tribute to the Puppy Monster that Dawg could ever want.

Sweet smooches and hugs babies.
P.S. Thank you Adam

Show A Little Faith

Hey ya'll

It's Friday--YAY!


I've done some digging and found a video of one of my all time favorite songs(yeah I used to write out the lyrics when I was bored in class-Oh you know you did too ;-))And just for the record--I had no clue I was gonna post this song until about 12:15 am.

And then about 12:17 I realized, looking through YouTube that The Boss did it for the Tim Russert Memorial.

I'm still putting this up. This video is early and raw and I ADORE it! It captures at least a fraction of how powerful his live performances are. And his music --so much music--means more than I can say.

My god it made me tingle to watch...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band--Thunder Road Live

And because it's one of my favorite Springsteen songs...

Candy's Room




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SPECIAL POST TOMORROW

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Sunday on TurnbabyTalks at 8 PM ET on BlogTalkRadio the topic will be Tales of Travel. Let's share some 'road warrior' stories. I know after having spent 26 hours in a car over the past week I've got some new ones. And don't even get me started on flying--no wait--that's what you are supposed to do ;-) The World Famous Dave2 of Blogography has graciously taken on the co-host duties.

And please be sure to tune early to hear me at 6 PM ET as I am the special guest on Hilly's Snackie Radio show. We'll be doing another episode of The Answer Bitches! It was great fun the last time and I have no doubt it will be a blast again.


Smooches and some that's alright with me gropes babies.

Thursday Edition No. 13

Sunday on TurnbabyTalks at 8 PM ET on BlogTalkRadio the topic will be Tales of Travel. Let's share some 'road warrior' stories. I know after having spent 26 hours in a car over the past week I've got some new ones. And don't even get me started on flying--no wait--that's what you are supposed to do ;-) I'm open for a co-host so if you'd like the gig let me know.

And please be sure to tune early to hear me at 6 PM ET as I am the special guest on Hilly's Snackie Radio show. We'll be doing another episode of The Answer Bitches! It was great fun the last time and I have no doubt it will be a blast again.

Smooches and gropes babies.

I'll Still be Standing Here

Hey y'all

I made it back to Lexington last evening---the girls snuggled me.

I want to thank everyone for your kind words---they mean so much.

I find it impossible to describe how I feel.

So I'll share a funny thing that happened yesterday.

I generally stop at McDonald's when I'm on the road--especially when on the road alone.

So on one of my stops yesterday I went racing for the restrooms--I think I had about two gallons of sweet tea yesterday.

I saw them at the back--one door across from the other as you will normally find. I looked very hard at the symbols for 'male' and 'female' to make sure I was going in the correct one.

Why did I feel the need to "look hard" you ask?

Well many moons ago I was all zombied out from Christmas shopping and rushed into a restroom in a Carolina Pottery store. I was ALL the way past the line of abut TEN urinals on the wall before I even thought--"oh my--urinals--is this a unisex bathroom?"

I froze for a second then FLEW out of there. Luckily no one was coming in and I went across to the women's and all was fine.

So I LOOK now.

Back to McDonald's and yesterday......

I push open the WOMEN"S room door and standing there ---about 2 feet away-- is a person who looks so much like a man that I know I blinked. And she was staring at me like I had two heads. My first impulse was OMG-I've done it again--and I wanted SO much to step back and make sure it was the "women's" but I couldn't! She would know exactly what my thought had been if I did that so I just took a deep breath and went on in anyway.

It was the women's room and I did my business.

I decided I didn't really need anymore sweet tea.

Smooches and gropes babies.

Country Comfort

Hey y'all

I'm traveling a long and winding road back to Lexington today.

I'll drop off the rental at the airport and my assistant will leave Belle in short term parking so I won't have to trouble anyone--since I don't know exactly when I'll get there-- or take a cab.


Then I'll go straight to get the Babies.

I don't think I could manage going into the house alone.


They'll give me doggie kisses and pure joy and love and they'll snuggle with me and I'll listen to them snore.


Sounds pretty good to me right now.


Smooches and some raod weary gropes babies.

Kindness

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop

Hey y'all

I find myself in a very unusual predicament---I have a platform and so much to say. I know there's 'blood in the water' but I don't feel that I need to be chumming nor do I condone it--despite the fact that some are reveling in it still.


I often hear it said that the world is a cruel place and that people in general are less concerned for their fellow human beings. I have to disagree.


I know that what has kept me going has been kindness------the kindness of friends and strangers. I'm touched beyond words at the acts of kindness I've received.

It may seem a small thing to write out directions or to adjust a vacation booking or to just ask if some stranger you see is emotionally distraught is okay.

Small things--but every one was appreciated immeasurably.

There have been some horrible things said to me as well but I will not allow them to hurt me anymore.

Instead I'll focus on the kindness....of strangers who asked after me and emailed me to say I hope you are okay.

And my friends---I cannot ever repay the love and support you have shown me. I am ever so humbly indebted to you.

Smooches and gropes babies.

Still Talking

Hey y'all

Tonight at 8 PM on TurnbabyTalks on BlogTalkRadio I'll be live from the beach! Shiny has graciously accepted my request to co-host and has even made a bunch of audio clips so we can do some live music trivia.

We'll also be doing some beach themed QuidProQuo and there's a contest for the best 'beach themed' story.

You can join us live by clicking that lovely button at the top of this post (thanks as always to VEM). You can CALL IN at 646-716-8102. The live chat will be rocking I am sure.

If you can't make it live you can always listen to all of my archived shows by clicking on the player in my sidebar.

Be sure to tune in early because the RadioRockBlock is alive and kicking. Karl starts us off at 5 PM with his daughter as his guest and a very special cause. Then at 6 PM it's Hilly's Snackie Radio for two big hours as she and her guest Dave talk about blogging and boundaries.

You don't want to miss all this radio goodness babies.

Smooches and some sandy little gropes

Carolina In My Mind

Hey y'all

Hitting the road again today and this afternoon we'll be there physically but in my mind I'm already there.....



James Taylor and Carolina In My Mind



Smooches and gropes babies.

A Little Bulletin Is A Good Thing

Hey y'all

Lots of ground to cover and not much time to do it so bullets away!

• Turns out that the 'pressure release valve' was what was leaking on our water heater. I went down and fiddled with it last night and got sprayed with water--joy-- but at least discovered where the leak was. That's a whole heck of a lot cheaper than replacing the whole thing.





• During my late and somewhat frantic attempt to get packed last night one of my sisters called to beat a dead horse(yes MM) I put her on speaker a couple of times so I could keep going.





• I didn't finish packing until this morning. We left a full hour and a half after our original start time. Fabby was so sweet and patient about it. We got breakfast at McDonald's and were on the highway at 8 AM and arrived at our destination for tonight in ten hours. Pretty darn good if I do say so myself.





• I have to give major kudos to Jules (Fabby's Hyundai Sonata). I haven't driven a stick in about 20 years so I was a little concerned. We took a test spin and I got the feel of it pretty quickly. it gets great gas mileage and feels very solid on the highway.





• XM radio RAWKS! I've never had it as I just never felt I drove enough to really justify it. We listened to the comedy stations for a good bit of the second part of the drive today and it was great.




• It's amazing how truly freeing it is being accepted for who you are by someone who actually knows you and loves you.

Smooches and some traveling gropes babies.

Nothing Like the Last Minute

Hey y'all

It's been a very busy day ---not the least of which is come home at 7 PM and find your water heater is leaking---and I'm squeaking in with a lame ass excuse for a post to say it.

More details to follow--it's VACATION babies!

We are getting luscious thunderstorms and I thought weather so........





More in a bit---Fabby's sleeping cause he's driving the first shift. I'm packing and sweaty and needing a shower.

Smooches and some strange affliction gropes babies!

Talking Sex

Hey y'all

Tonight at 8 PM on TurnbabyTalks on BlogTalkRadio we'll be talking about "Who made these rules?" The rules I am talking about are the ones we are "supposed" to follow to have 'successful" relationships and are on prominent display as plot points in Sex and The City: The Movie.

I went to see it Tuesday with some like minded girlfriends and, while we had a good time, it was a bit disappointing to me. Huge events happen ---I am sooooo not trying to 'spoil' this for a couple of friends who haven't seen it---and the catalyst for them seems to be driven by the 'rules' that someone somewhere 'made' for relationships. UGH.

You can hear me expound profound about this tonight at 8 PM by clicking that lovely button at the top of this page. You can call in with your own comments by dialing 646-716-8102. Be sure to register as a listener if you haven't already so that we'll know who is having fun in the live chat.

If you can't listen live all the shows archive and you can hear them by clicking that player in my sidebar OR by having my show set to go into your iTunes.

At 7 PM on BTR Mr Fabulous will be getting all catty with Katie from Kat Scratch Fever. At 5 PM SecondhandRadio features the ebulient HelloHaHaNarf! And rounding out the RadioRockBlock at 6 PM is Hilly on SnackieRadio featuring Shelli(Google her!).

It's a great way to beat the heat!

Smooches and some sexy gropes babies.

A Side of Fabby You Haven't Seen

Hey y'all

I thought I'd share a side of Fabby you haven't seen.

Meet Badass Fab!




Fab fought the roots and Fab won!

hee hee

Smooches and some Saturday gardening gropes babies.

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Tomorrow on TurnbabyTalks at 8 PM on BlogtTalkRadio we are discussing "Who made these rules?"--relating to maen and women and relationships. If you've seen the Sex and The City movie you'll know what I mean and if not--please trust me this will not spoil anything. I'll put up a review and more details tomorrow.

Smile--It's Friday!!

Hey y'all

I hope this fine fricking HOT Friday afternoon finds you well.

I know I could use a smile after a loooooooong day and these two songs never fail to deliver that feel good vibe.

Enjoy babies.

King Harvest--Dancin' In The Moonlight



Looking Glass--Brandy



Smooches and some groovy 70s gropes babies.



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Be sure to check out TurnbabyTalks this Sunday at 8 PM on BlogTalkRadio. We'll be discussing "Who made these rules?" in reference to MY review of the "Sex in The City" movie and relationships. I'm accepting volunteers to co-host so let me know if you can be there.

Thursday Edition No. 12

Cross Purposes

LATE and crazy busy!

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Be sure to check out TurnbabyTalks Sunday at 8 PM on BlogTalkRadio. We'll be discussing "Who made these rules?" in reference to MY review of the "Sex in The City" movie and relationships. I'm accepting volunteers to co-host so let me know if you can be there.

Smooches and some late night Thursday groping *giggling*

Let It Begin With Me

This is the 4th Blogblast for Peace in which I've participated.

The Peace Globe movement born of one Miss Pencil Skirt herself, Mimi Lenox, was really my gateway into the larger world of blogging outside of my initial group of friends. That foray in the fall of 2006 has meant the world to me personally.

On Christmas Eve 2006 I posted globes for me, for the Soul Patrol and for my sister Laura.

On June 6, 2007 I posted my Peace Globe. And on November 7, 2007 I posted the wonderful Peace Globe featuring The Babies that sweet Sanni made for me.

Today I'm posting a blank globe. I just didn't have time to personalize one.

But I think it's important to post them and even more important to talk about why.

That was brought home to me in two very real ways this week.

On Monday I met for more than two hours with a man who did three tours in Iraq. He's 100% disabled due to PTSD. He struggles to get through his days and is living with the horror of war moment to moment. He has visible tics and other signs of a person working to keep his anxieties at bay. He is getting better and proud of the progress he's made. His face lights up when he speaks of his baby boy. He is 36.

On Tuesday my wonderful friend Dixie emailed a picture of her son Matt in his full Marine gear. He survived boot camp last fall and is progressing through his training and growing up. he just graduated high school last spring. She's a very proud mama but the picture touched her because he looks so 'old' in it. He is 18.

I don't want to ever see in his eyes the torment I saw Monday.

So while some may think it a wasted effort I still believe that peace begins with me...and you...and all y'all.

Be sure to visit as many Peace Globes as you can.....I know that Trav, Anndi, Julie, Songbird, Lizza and Vinny are flying them high today. Check the linky for more and be sure to stop by Mimi's and say thank you.

Smooches and some peaceful gropes babies.

Snuggling at Home

Hey y'all

Since Fabby got the fence and yard all sorted (he's so ANDROME!!) the Babies came over and spent their first night at our new house! The photos are from my Razr (low light = grainy). They eagerly explored every room and then settled in as we worked on the kitchen.


Chloe excitedly awaits the sorting of the spices;-)

Finally upstairs for the night and the girls are yawning in anticipation of a long snooze.





Sleeping angels--I had really missed their sweet little snores.

There's still way too much work going on here so they are back to the ex until the weekend. It was lovely to have puggy kisses again.

Smooches and snuggly little gropes babies

I'll Be Your Huckleberry Redux

Hey y'all

One year ago today I took up the challenge thrown down by Mr. Fabulous to try and best him in Stacy's Trivia Challenge at Fun Trivia. You can read where I posted about it here.

That started off with me beating him three months in a row and winning 9 month out of the 12. I've collected a lot of loot ;-)

Fabby and I are going at it again and want you to join us. That sounds a little naughty*giggling*


You can jump in at Stacy's by clicking the link above. And we are also playing in my TurnbabyTalks Trivia Challenge.

It's fun and just takes a minute or so.

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Thanks so much to everyone for your well wishes and sweet thoughts on my birthday. I had a GREAT time on both my show and Fabby's show on BlogTalkRadio. Thank you to everyone who listened and called in. This was my Best.Birthday.Ever!

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I must send a special shout out to my sweet friend Bond who in addition to his awesome post Friday did a wonderful video. You can find that here. It's just so lovely and I can't thank you enough Vinny. SMOOCH.

And innumberable thanks to my sweet Angelbaby who did the trivia graphic and posted this awesome note --you are truly wonderful and I love you. SMOOCH.

Smooches and some endorphin fueled gropes!

The Best Gift Is You

Hey y'all

Tonight at 8 PM on TurnbabyTalks on BlogTalkRadio Mr. Fabulous will join me for the second part of my birthday celebration. Yes --it's my birthday--one I have in common with another voluptuous blonde --Marilyn Monroe. I don't think anyone will be sewing me into a dress to do the show though.

Fabby and I will be coming to you together and live from The Red Room. In addition to massive amounts of silliness we'll do some birthday QuidProQuo.

You can join in by clicking that lovely button at the top of this post. You can CALL IN at 646-716-8102. You can play along in the always lively chat.As always if you can't make it live the archived shows are available in the player in my sidebar.

Be sure you plan to tune in at 7 PM to hear the start of the festivities as I co-host on Pointless Drivel Live. Mr. Fabulous will give me a crack at his new feature "Dead or Alive". I think there's a prize if I win. But I already have the best.gift.ever. ;-)

The RadioRockBlock on BTR kicks off at 5 PM ET with Secondhand Radio. Karl's guest will be the irrepressible Jester of Jestertunes. Following at 6 PM the luscious Hilly will feature Vahid on Snackie Radio.

It's four hours of radio goodness--what more could you want on a Sunday afternoon in June;-)

Smooches and some birthday gropin' babies.