It can be a Happy Mother's Day

This picture has nothing to do with Mother's Day other than I am glad that the guy in the picture has a mother that had him, and that I married him..... and that he and I have the same infantile brains so that when we go away on vacation to Chicago and see this possible funny shot we can't help but take it.

Hope you all had a great Mother's Day. I did have a great one. Especially after my anxiety went way down after my mother who I am estranged from did not answer the phone when I called to wish her a Happy one. phew! I also got smart and dodged the bullet card wise since they do not make a 'thank you for the uterus' card. I just sent her a funny card. The ones with those old pictures and funny phrases. I am sure she will hate it because it is not sentimental but please....there is not much sentimentality left in me for her. And now as I am 40 I am finding I have even less tolerance for what she did to me when I was younger. So, she is lucky I am not sending her my therapy bill.

So, in trying VERY hard to claim mother's day mine again since I am a mom of 2 very great kids I am now going to enjoy this day...relish in the fact that I got some amazing homemade cards, an awesome computerized keychain that can store 50 of their photos on it, some flowers, a rose bush to plant, and I got to sleep in. My family rocks. I am one lucky mom!!

It's the thought that counts, right?

So in 4 days I will be 40!!!!!!! Yes the BIG 40!! So I have this crazy friend of the family...actually a friend of my father's who sends the weirdest ass presents to my kids and I ever! She will send in huge envelopes scented colored plastic bags from these expensive boutiques, or samples of weird perfume, or for my son she sent him this eau de parfum of The Little Prince that was absolutely the most disgusting stuff ever...he was 6 when she sent him this...he does not wear cologne. But it is the thought that counts, right. And they come with these very flowery notes like...see you at the garden where we will pick daisies and talk about french architecture. Seriously, she is a hoot.

So I go to the mailbox and there is a white envelope. I recognize the writing, and think...what can it be. She just sent my daughter for her birthday a bunch of nasty colored South American caramels that were the color of the rainbow. You know it is bad when a 4 year old will not eat the candy...but they came in a bright colored paper bag...which actually she loved and uses to hold all her barbies...so that was a score. I open up the envelope and there is a Lancome box....well alright...I like Lancome...as mean to animals as they are...their mascara and lipstick I cannot say no to...my bad! But I pull it out and what did she send me for my 40th.....Absolute Hand....AntiAge Spot Treatment Cream/Lotion. DAMN!!! I guess age 40 is it. The year I start getting all the anti age stuff and it is okay, not an insult. The last time I went to a makeup counter the lady at the counter heard I was turning 40 and did the same thing, immediately started trying selling me some anti aging tonic for my face.

Well, this almost 40 year old is actually proud to be 40. I am done with my 30's. Been there, done that. So, come May 1st....I will be 40 and happy. I will also be in Chicago...kidless, having a great time with my husband...which is what I wanted to do....be away from home when I changed a decade. I am meeting my father, seeing the ballet, going to museums, eating some good food, seeing some old friends, and having a good time over 4 days in a city I do not know. VIVA 40!!!!!

I'll still use the cream...I do need moisturizer...Colorado is freakin dry...so thank you crazy gift friend...I do love gifts!

Heaven gained one opinionated person today

I love me the Bea Arthur. She rocks/rocked. Maude was a great show and she WAS Maude. And then there was the Golden Girls...didn't watch that really, but that had quite the following too. Bea Arthur died today at age 86 from cancer. I will continue to have her as my profile image...an ode to a take no prisoners, ballsy chick.

Rest in peace Bea Arthur.

A Viva edition of the OC...strong language, adult content

Is there such a thing as 20 year beer goggle, what was I thinking, wish I could do over, regret, sex stuff? Let me explain. I now have 2 people who have 'friended' me on Facebook who back in the day I slept with, so I have felt obligated to fb friend, who are such giant assholes now. By assholes I mean gaybashing, rightwing, think they are funny dicks. They write status updates that I find so rude. So one I went to prom with, and during the course of the past election.....he was obviously a McCain supporter, he took to berating any status update I had about Obama. He made it personal. We have tons of mutual high school friends who also like me are Democrats and like him are Republicans but he singled me out and went after me. So I blocked him. He was a lousy fuck too.
Now, I had this very one night stand, the brother of a good friend. She found me after 22 years, which is great. I saw her brother was on Facebook but I did not make him a friend. Why bother? I am not going to talk to him or even say hello. I barely did when I was there. It was seriously one of those...last night here in California kind of things...I was 18. So yesterday he asks to be my friend. I'm like oh no. But okay, I'll do it. I see his profile and then I'm really like oh no. He is one of those who writes these updates like he is a comedian. And of course a Rush Limbaugh comedian. Great. So today, he has one about Perez Hitlon and anal sex.
So now I will be removing him, and of course, his sister will wonder why. The guy has over 700 friends he won't even notice. But it just serves to show me how facebook is so different for many people. To me, I like keeping the friend # down to people I actually would want to have dinner with and recognize on the street. No business associates because I put personal stuff up there about my family. I have ex's on there definitely, but they are all ex's I would want to see and feel comfortable with. I do not count this Cali dude.
Yes, I am totally pulling a Bill Clinton....

10 Years Ago....Really?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_us/columbine_gun_control

Just try not to Smile...

Sing it girl.....never judge a book by its cover!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnmbJzH93NU

Loser of The Week

You know the GOP is really trying to find its footing. And you know it is bad when your Party spokesman, Michael Steele, can't even stand up to a radio talk show host loser like Rush Limbaugh. But this guy above I cannot stand. He has become the party go to guy in Washington to block anything Obama. And he set up this website to prove that the party has an economic plan. Hmm...where was this plan before? Well, it was the Bush plan. And how did that treat you all folks? How are we all doing now? And if you go tot his site, it even has nifty cartoon images for all those who need those to understand things, and if you read about 'the plan' all it says are the magical republican 2 words that they love..... 'tax cuts'.

Now it doesn't take a genius to know we are in a recession. Tax cuts ain't going to cut it. And this plan of trickling down definitely is NOT going to work right now. You have to pump $$ into the economy right now to just get it going. Small businesses are suffering, middle/lower class is suffering. Blah..blah..blah. But the GOP plan is THE worst. The Obama plan has kinks but is better. And this guy some how wants to convince middle america that Obama is taxing them...to rally the troops against the President. get us all tea bagging our President on the capitol steps today. Not kidding....the GOP is organizing this today!

No, Obama is not taxing the middle class. He is taxing the top 5-10%. As he has said in his campaign ALL the time. But the GOP is struggling, so they will try and play the fear card that he is. McCain did this, and Cantor and his army are doing this now.

This guy is doing this with everything Obama and it is a shame. Watch him over the next 4 years. He will just say the opposite because he just wants to be disaggreable. He doesn't care if it is better for his state of Virginia, he doesn't care if it is better for America, he just wants to say the opposite. So to me that is a Loser. No thought, no good for the people. Just like Palin. She doesn't care about her state, she cares what people will think in 2012....eyes on the prize bullshit!! For this Eric Cantor...you are the Loser of the Week. I wonder, who picked on this kid in school. I think there is a Napoleon complex in there somewhere.