We love to entertain.

If Our TV is turned on and the kids haven't stolen the remote, it is usually tuned to HGTV.
{A far cry from those prison shows the Coach and the girls enjoy. }

We enjoy watching house hunters, property virgins, Kitchen Cousins, selling NY and LA etc....Well, I guess you could say we are home voyeurs.  Doesn't everyone like to see inside other people's houses?

Frankly, I am usually dissing other peoples choices in stuff...furniture, flooring, counter top choices. If only they had consulted ME first, then they wouldn't have made all those bad choices.
Can you believe how harsh I am?

Anyhoo. Something I DO notice when others are shopping for a new place they always say:

We like to entertain, we want a large open kitchen.
We like to entertain. We like to entertain. We like to entertain.

Yadda yadda yadda.
I think SOME of them are lying.

Just once, I want someone to tell the truth:

We don't like to have people over...so, please find us a closed in, dark dreary kitchen where we can secretly devour boxes of little Debbie's in the middle of the day.

 

If I hear it just once, then I will be a happy camper.

Our kitchen IS bright and open.

{2009~before I learned how to use a camera-don't miss those floors one bit}

Clearly, I have to eat my little Debbie's in the privacy of my bathroom.

...speaking of me talking to the yahoos on TV...You should sit next to a cabinet manufacturer/granite/stone producer.... and hear what he has to say about some of the shoddy work he sees.

Thank goodness no one can hear us.

Oh, and I have a special name for people who refer to a grill as a BBQ.
That is an entire blog post in itself.

Do you view talk to  HGTV?

This, that and the other thing.

This

I'm sure you were wondering how my baby magnolia trees are doing.

They are doing great and they appreciate the fact that you were thinking about them.

That

Proof that I do not follow simple directions. (I DO however play nice with others)

After I finished a six pack of these little snackie-snacks (not all in the same day!) 

I discovered the 'peel corners' at the top. I suppose my hunger stopped me from fully using my brain? Yeah, lets go with that. 

 I finished this last one THEN I read that it was expired by 6 days.

If you don't hear from me, I've died from guacamole poisoning.....which might be a good way to go. 

Speaking of squashed up avocados...did you see the newest commercial from Subway regarding avocado love? Makes me laugh like a hyena. Which is never musical to the ears.

The other thing

These two are not in the least happy about Tropical storm Andrea. It's bad enough that it's been raining here daily since last Saturday....now a storm?

As I wrote that, I'm starting to wonder if the rain all week was because of Andrea? I would never know since I don't watch the news.

This past Saturday lightening hit our house, knocked out our house phone, our electric gate and parts of our wireless network/whole house DVR thingy. {First world problems!}

I'm not complaining one bit....our home is standing and we are as well.
We are fine. Soggy, but fine nonetheless.


Wishing you a lovely and DRY weekend....filled with good stuff like guacamole and hairy sissies.
XOXO

Moving on~Bring it on

Lindsay's last day of 11th grade. 

My little love child is officially a high school senior. 

{Your Mom My Daughter wears combat boots}

It was just yesterday that I struggled to get her potty trained. If I could go back....well, I suppose having her potty trained came in handy over the years.

{Ozzie does not appreciate the attitude given here.}

We have five colleges to visit this summer, six if you count air conditioning-refridgeration school.

I'm certainly not dissing a/c school. I sure wish someone in this family could repair ours on the annual basis it seems to fall apart. That and a dentist. I need a/c and dental work. 

But who doesn't?

Only slightly ashamed

I find myself enjoying things that I probably shouldn't.  Or perhaps I shouldn't admit.


*Hoda and Kathie Lee.
I used to flee the room when the real Today show was over and then it morphed into H and KL.
Lately, I've found myself laughing with them and not so much at them.
I know.
Even Linds said out loud a long time ago: They get paid do to this show? Really?
Perhaps I'm just enjoying more mindless fluff in my life.
There. I said it.
Bring on the fluff.
:::

*Friends
I can watch it every day and never get tired of it. Never. ever.
Sadly, I still quote the show. {Coach; he's my lobster!}
:::

*Sanitizing.
Stop laughing; I enjoy it!

Every Saturday morning, I sanitize our kitchen sink. Similar to how the Fly Lady does it.
It makes me all giddy inside.
Also, whenever someone around here has the sneezies and sniffles, I sanitize all the germ carriers. This weeks germ sharing perp is Lindsay. Some rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs take care of the remotes and phones.
Don't you love saying swabs? Say it with me: Swabs.

I find this works better than dousing my loved ones in lysol.
:::

*This commercial really gets me going.

Cut and paste:

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7ZWz/whirlpool-duet-washer-teen-jeans

Are you wondering if it's the conversation that I love so much?
Nope. I can hardly hear the conversation because my eyes are in heaven.
Those dark floors, fresh walls and lack of clutter.
The part that really finishes it for me are the shiny appliances at the end of the hallway.
Orgazmic I tell ya.
Yep, that commercial does things for me that it shouldn't.


Surely, I'm not alone here.


XOXO