Spiders On Drugs

FASCINATING!!!!!

Oh My Love

I heard this the other day....hadn't heard it in like forever...thought I would share it with you. It's so beautiful.

You May Kiss My Ring

Fun from Paula

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Her Grace Lady Lisa the Innocent of Bampton Underhoop Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

The 5 Stages Of Blogging

The Eccentric Recluse shared this great post with me and I thought I would in turn share it with you all.

The 5 Stages Of Blogging

Have at it boys and girls!

Lighten Up!

I thought I would give my blog a little brightening..

Plus I have added a WORD OF The DAY in my sidebar...that's fun!


WHAT DO YOU THINK??

Sunday morning..

I love Sunday mornings...

Ciabatta bread lightly toasted with butter and apricot preserves...fresh hot coffee...puttering around the kitchen...listening to a compilation CD I made which includes, Joni, Staind, Incubus, Allman Bros, Todd, ELP (I'm happy to make a copy for anyone, just email me)...making real Italian pasta sauce with pork, perfect for rigatoni and football later...ordered The Aeneid by Robert Fagles from Amazon.com....taking it slow and easy today...will head over to art and antique show later....enjoy a perfect South Florida Day......

In the immortal words of Aerosmith

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack in the saddle again..

Hello blog pals...well leelee is back from her absence. Been working don't cha know. Yes Hubs and I spent a grueling but successful week hawking expensive art and antiques to rich people at the Antique Show. It was quite a Hollywood production. We set up 3 booths with walls, lighting and rugs...we pretty much take our act on the road. It's fun but exhausting.

Daughter is back at college and now it's hubs, the dog and I. Not a bad way to live actually :-). Seems like I have been going non stop since the visit from the 6 grandchildren in November..then the holidays, then our trip up north then the show. STOP THE TRAIN I WANT TO GET OFF!! Kidding, it's all been good.

I've been doing my best to keep up checking out all your blogs, commenting when i can and trying to stay in the loop.

I see P finally got to a new post and it's as clever as ever. He is good isn't he? and by far his comment section is the best in the land. JL4 has been doing some good writing as well, I enjoy his commentaries on life.

Paula and Mayden always bring a smile when I read their posts and E_R has been keeping us in the loop on current events. Sean has been a favorite for a year now. and of course I am always happy to read what /t and Lamby are up to.

In any case my bloggy friends...just wanted to say HEY and I'm looking forward to getting back into the blogdom. Oh and I am really going to try to do more Kitchen Concerts..... gonna try anyway :-)

HUGS!!

New York, just like I pictured it...skyscrapers, and everything

Last week my family and I flew to NJ/NY for a wedding and some sightseeing. I put an album together..hope it works.

New York Photo Album

Frontline

Everyone needs to watch this:

Frontline/The DarkSide

If anyone can tell me why I shouldn't be in fear for our country after viewing this maniac...please comment.

Folks we need to stop these people!

20,000 more troops?????????

"NBC News Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski has learned that, according to U.S. officials, President Bush has all but decided to announce what's being called a strategy of surge and accelerate in Iraq, which would involve some 20,000 additional American troops being sent there, administration officials admitting that the decision is being made for political reasons and not military ones, the White House cognizant that the patience of the American people is wearing thin, if not wearing out. As for what the troops would be doing according to the BBC, the additional forces would focus on security, not on the training of Iraqi forces" ("Countdown," 1/2).

Stop The Madness!

Happy New Year!!

Been busy... been away, but now I'm back...

HAPPY NEW YEAR BLOGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Have fun and BE SAFE...PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tag-a-licious

This is a Christmastime assignment from Eccentric Recluse. He tagged me, with the following instructions:

1. Grab the book closest to you.
2. Open to page 123 and go down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog.
4. Name the book and the author.
5. Tag some people.

Ok here's mine:

"She wondered if she should call Strathmore; the commander could simply kick Hale out-afterall is was Saturday. Susan knew, however, that if Hale got kicked out, he would immediately becaome suspicious. Once dismissed, he probably would start calling other cryptographers asking what they thought was going on."

Digital Fortress - Dan Brown

I here-by tag:

Jl4
Sean
Julie

It's Cookie Day!

Yes, that wonderful time of year when leelee dons her vintage apron and bakes many varieties of cookies..

Got my ingredients, my tins and doilies and my ipod with 160 songs!!!

My Favorite Holiday Snowglobe

It's a couple of years old...but it still entertains me...for extremely long periods of time...and causes folks to raise quite an eyebrow when they see my utter fascination.. as you know...I AM easily amused

Kitchen Concerts

I know..it's been tooooooooooooooo long since I posted one. But I finally got to it..

Check it out

6 Weird Things About Me

I'd like to thank JL4 for tagging me

This is the deal: "According to the rules, each player of this game starts with the title "Six Weird Things About Me." People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own six weird things and state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose six people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says, 'You are tagged!' in their comments and tell them to read your blog!"

I can do this so here goes:

1. I really, really enjoy peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches on soft white bread. I don't eat them often because..well they are probably about 1500 calories..but they are so good..hey...you said weird!

2. I can bend the tops of my fingers without bending the remaining joints



3. My daughter says I am weird because I "sing" all the time...I have always made up songs..I sing to her, I sing to the dog, I sing to my husband. "Please someone..please....would you feed the dooooooooooooog" and things like that...

4. I save bags...yes an original bag lady..it's very difficult, I'd say impossible for me to throw out a paper shopping bag.. No matter what the size...I must keep them..this has proven smart in the long run, because i ALWAYS find a use for them..now the jar thing....I need to work on....

5. I cannot stand towels hung sloppily...it drives me crazy! I can't walk by without straightening them...

6. I'm extremely friendly...to most everyone I meet or come in contact with..I always call wait staff and checkout personnel by the names on their tags. "Thank you Doris, you have yourself a nice day" Recently in NJ, I walked up to the gas station attendants and asked them if they were "Gas pump guys" they looked up at me and nodded...I proceeded to commend their good work. " Wow..(I said), you are actually sitting out here in the cold waiting to pump gas for folks....thank you for that...one thing though.....should you be smoking here??????"

NJ is the only state where you are NOT allowed to pump your own gas....cool huh? I have friends who have never in their lives pumped gas...they told me, they wouldn't know how to do it...so funny!

Ok those are just 6 things I could think of off hand that would been seen as somewhat weird..thanks again JL4..for tagging me..and now for my 6:

Paula
Pug
ER
Mayden
Wombat
/t


HAVE FUN!!!

Ridiculously large

That's the size of the new Panasonic flat screen plasma tv we bought on Friday. 50" ....goodness it's so big...

I must admit...it's pretty awesome.. the picture is amazing, the detail, the color, the crispness..it's like looking out a window. We watched a show on the HD channel, a documentary about an African village. It was quite spectacular.

But this morning my husband and I watched The Polar Express. Now I am not a huge cartoon fan, but I do like Shrek and Nemo et al, but this picture was really wonderful. Heart warming and all that jazz. I had watched it at a friend's house last week and it was good then, but I watched it on our gi-normus new TV and it was...spectacular. We were both quite impressed.

I look forward to more great movies and am open to suggestions for anything really eye popping (please no porn titles) that you have seen and can recommend.

Thanks!

AMAZING BREAKTHROUGH!

This is certainly good news!

leelee...then

Ok you asked for it...please be kind in your comments...contrary to the serious face in my yearbook picture..I was a happy kid...NEVER serious...lol ...I think the reason I had that puss on was..I had to take the city bus to the town center in July wearing a turtleneck..I think I was mad about that!

1976..I was trying to go for the Welcome Back Kotter wife look

In the late 70's I was trying to hold on to something like a hippie look....but those GIANT glasses kind of killed that...and what's with the hat?..."Free spirited Lee" it read under my high school picture....I guess so..huh?

I decided to cut my hair in the 80's and try to make it has HIGH as possible...as you can see I was able to achieve VERY LOFTY heights...how funny! (still trying for the hippie look with the tie dyed vest complete with beads...just can't let that go) That's my girlfriends baby on my lap..how cute is he??????

The 90's brought me to a more subtle look...extra thin housewife stage...finally seem to have moved through my flower child phase. As you can see, I enjoy holding other peoples kids...my daughter is in the lower left. I enjoyed holding her too and still do.

the 90's march on...the glasses are getting a tad smaller or I have gotten a tad larger...lol

Millenium leelee

And leelee last spring with her grandkids (I'm a step grandma)

AND FINALLY.......leelee today

So there you have it...more pictures of me then my own family has probably...thanks for asking...

The 30 Year High School Reunion

So.....after a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner for 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I arose early Friday morning to make my flight to NJ for my reunion...happy to report all went smoothly...JETBLUE is the best!!! No hassles, no one in the airports...rental car..no problem and made it to my hotel without a hitch albeit kinda tired. Rested and got ready to go....


Before I left my room...I took my own pic cuz...well I had a good hair day and frankly was pleased with my outfit and wanted to capture the look for posterity...that's ok right???




As I was driving over to the restaurant...I was feeling nervous, I don't know why really...I wasn't going to there impress, I didn't need to prove anything to anyone...all my memories of HS were good ( I guess that's what they call selective memory)......I was meeting girlfriends and was just looking forward to seeing folks I hadn't seen in 30 years...





Well I got my wish alright!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! How strange is it to look into a face, where there is a hint of the 18 year old kid I knew 30 years ago..but now the face is in an adult body...and all that goes with that...and that goes for me too!!!! Although, I really don't look anything like I did in HS.


People kept saying...YES..I remember you...hey what happened to your long blonde hair...I replied...I believe I left it in 1978 somewhere! lol



The evening was a complete success and all of my fears were for naught...after a few minutes and the shock of seeing all of us OLD PEOPLE wore off, we all had ourselves a pretty darn good time. The music was great...the food was delicious (after all it's NJ and the food is great everywhere) and most of all the company was fabulous...lots of laughs and good times shared! GO BENGALS!!





So without further ado..I shall share a few photos of me and old pals..I'm sure they won't mind...( I hope they don't)




Me, Janet & beth, I've known Janet since I was 4...and Beth since I was probably 7. Notice how they stuck our Grad Picture on us...this can be a good thing or a bad thing...depending how the years have treated you....


Me and my Friend Patty...she was in my Homeroom and as a couple of girls from said homeroom were commenting at the bar (in true Jersye style) " We had THE BEST F*#%ING HOMEROOM IN THE SCHOOL" (I swear she said it just like that too.....)



Old friends Rob & Russell on the dance floor...no they're NOT gay (not that there's anything wrong with that)

I kept thinking the whole night that I was partying with my parents friends....it was so "twilight zone..."

leelee & Doodles (and yes we really call each other that)

and finally leelee & Beeeeeeeeeeeeeel, another grammar school chum...

So that's my story....my 30th High School reunion...yikes...can't wait for the 40th!!

Sunday morning..

One other little bonus about being busy with the family last week was...I wasn't able to watch The Show With Zefrank all week....How could that be a bonus you ask? The answer...simple...I watched 5 episodes back to back today....THE BEST JERRY...THE BEST