Dodge Challenger 18. And 19, 20, 21.
That’s kind of unfair to grab them off a car lot, but they were displayed so enticingly and so here they are.
Variety from: Basic-move-you-around-from-place-to-place, or move you fast and in a cloud of bye-bye dust. (V8 6.1 Hemi Manual SRT) For the bargain price of 45 Thousand American Dollars!
My Lottery Dreams are not looking good
Obviously I am going to have to earn money the old fashioned way. Poo. My tickets are losers (although the Mega Millions rolled over again—170 million—that’s better!) And my dream for even $35,000 is looking shaky. First off, I don’t have 35 tickets to input. And second off, I didn’t know scratch-offs counted too! I actually threw away some of those. I still didn’t have 35, but I would have been closer! Oh well, I guess I better buy the rest of my books and get ready for school. It doesn’t look like there is going to be any way around it!
So it’s Sunday morning. The kids are STILL gone. I was hoping to have them yesterday, but the plans got changed to something more exciting and they are still on vacation! Lucky ducks! They start school Thursday, so I guess they should enjoy themselves while they have the time to play.
It’s a broiling 84° already. It’s been hot every day. In the 90’s. It feels hot, it looks hot, it just makes you tired. Today it’s actually windy. Hot, dry wind. Like oven breeze. I hope it blows all the leaves off my patio, then I can scratch, “sweep” off the list! I’m going to spare everyone the actual list of things I need to do (but know that I have a good, long one!) even though it’s my sister’s favorite part of this site (haha). In fact, I am going to her house today for a Pampered Chef party. She’s making chicken! Or something. I actually do want to go because I want to buy this amazing pitcher I just discovered. It has a mixer right inside it! I know I’m the only lady over 35 in America that probably didn’t know about this already, but I don’t look at a lot of catalogs.
I was going to say that I’ll take a picture of it and post it later, but I just realized that I probably won’t have it later. I think I have to wait for it. Hmm. Oh well, if they have one on display I’ll take that picture. In the meantime, please enjoy this picture of our new coffee maker!!
We had to. The other one was leaking. And this one has a timer and auto shut-off. We paid $30. Big spenders! AND we went white this time! To match my beautiful toaster I received for Mother’s Day from my son. It’s especially nice because it has a blue display, a color that I find particularly soothing when I see it in the middle of the night, glowing brightly and casting shadows in the kitchen.
If you are keeping count, this is the third coffee maker we have had since the BF moved in. He brought a lovely, large, coffee making machine, with him. Then we had the black one you saw in pictures. And now we have this beauty. That’s four years and three makers. That’s not too bad.
Here’s the pic:
Brother-in-Law. J and the Lily’s. JP and the Petals. Orange Slyder.
What do all these names have in common??
They would all make rockin’ band names. One.
They all describe my brother-in-law and his landscaping. Two.
These are pictures from their house, taken a week ago. Money was spent and care was taken, so he is happy to have them out in the world. I’m sorry, but beyond the lily’s, I don’t know what any of these are called. But they sure are pretty.
Enjoy!
The Neighbor’s Flowers. I imagine they belong to me…
I took the pictures. You can enjoy them. They smell really good too. I can smell them in my yard when the wind is right.
Cocoon Update! Soon to be followed by a Butterfly Update! (Real soon!)
Almost immediately after the caterpillars were in the milk container they began the process of making their cocoons. We had eleven caterpillars, and we have 11 cocoons. It is pretty amazing. It took them only a few hours to create the cocoon around themselves. And now they hang. Waiting. Time and temperature decide how fast they metamorphisize. We estimated June 18.
Follow the whole story HERE. (First posting)
These are pics of the caterpillars when we first caught them.
The SECOND day. What happened overnight?
Here’s the pics from a few days ago, below:
(These are the best I could get without disturbing them, since after all the trouble my neighbor and daughter went to making a place they could hang from, they just attached to the top of the milk jug.)
The Crayon Box
I tried to keep them in magical, Rainbow order. (ROY G BIV +) But mix them up if you like, they get kind of janky toward the end anyway.
1. Lil’ Red Riding Hood / Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
2. 99 Red Balloons / Nena
3. Red House / Jimi Hendrix
4. Red Hot Java Blues / Matt Hendricks
5. Redneck Woman / Gretchen Wilson
6. I Saw Red / Warrant
7. Little Red Corvette / Prince
8. Red Red Wine / UB40
9. Red House / Buddy Guy
10. 99 Red Balloons / Goldfinger
11. Orange Crush / R.E.M.
12. Orange Amber / The Vines
13. Tequila Sunrise / The Eagles
14. Sunset Grill / Don Henley
15. Amber / 311
16. Mellow Yellow / Donovan
17. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / Elton John
18. Yellow Submarine / The Beatles
19. Yellow Ledbetter / Pearl Jam
20. Green Cotton Dress / Correatown
21. The Green Manalishi / Judas Priest
22. Pale Green Stars / Everclear
23. Green-Eyed Lady / Sugarloaf
24. See Green, See Blue / Jaymay
25. Blue Sky / The Allman Brothers Band
26. Blue Letter / Fleetwood Mac
27. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Willie Nelson
28. Blue Bayou / Linda Ronstadt
29. Blue Jeans / Silvertide
30. Behind Blue Eyes / The Who
31. Blue Denim / Stevie Nicks
32. Blue Moon / Sha-Na-Na
33. Devil Dressed In Blue / Right Away, Great Captain!
34. Post Blue / Placebo
35. Forever In Blue Jeans / Neil Diamond
36. Devil With The Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly / Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
37. True Blue / Madonna
38. Blue Jeans And A Rosary / Kid Rock
39. Blue Suede Shoes / Elvis Presley
40. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes / Crosby, Stills & Nash
41. Blue Shadows / The Blasters
42. Blue Highway / Billy Idol
43. Blue Lamp / Stevie Nicks
44. Gray Or Blue / Jaymay
45. Silver, Blue and Gold / Bad Company
46. Mood Indigo / Nina Simone
47. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue / Crystal Gayle
48. Violet And Blue / Stevie Nicks
49. Violet / Hole
50. Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix
51. Purple Rain / Prince
52. Brown Eyed Girl / Van Morrison
53. Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Waylon Jennings
54. Brown Sugar / The Rolling Stones
55. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce
56. Mr. Brownstone / Guns N’ Roses
57. The Boys Of Summer / Don Henley
58. Brown Eyed Girl / Everclear
59. Back In Black / AC/DC
60. Little Black Backpack / Stroke 9
61. Black On Black / Dalbello
62. Black Hole Sun / Soundgarden
63. Black Magic Woman / Santana
64. Paint It Black / The Rolling Stones
65. Black Betty / Ram Jam
66. Black / Pearl Jam
67. Black Eyed Dog / Nick Drake
68. Welcome To The Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
69. Black Dog / Led Zeppelin
70. Man In Black / Johnny Cash
71. Man In The Long Black Coat / Joan Osborne
72. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) / The Hollies
73. Black Balloon / Goo Goo Dolls
74. Black Is Black / Los Bravos
75. Fell On Black Days / Soundgarden
76. Black Velvet / Alannah Myles
77. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree / KT Tunstall
78. Black Or White / Michael Jackson
79. Black And White Thunderbird / Britt Savage, Fred Mollin And The Blue Sea Band & Jaime Babbitt
80. White Wedding / Billy Idol
81. White Horse / Taylor Swift
82. Dirty White Boy / Foreigner
83. White Flag / Dido
84. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) / The Offspring
85. White Houses / Vanessa Carlton
86. White & Nerdy / Weird Al Yankovic
87. Silver Springs / Fleetwood Mac
88. Grey / Amie Miriello
89. Pink Houses / John Mellencamp
90. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
91. Gold / John Stewart
92. Heart Of Gold / Neil Young With The Stray Gators
93. Gold Lion / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
94. Gold And Braid / Stevie Nicks
95. Streets Of Gold / Needtobreathe
96. After The Goldrush / Neil Young
97. Almost Golden / Courtney Love
98. Sister Golden Hair / America
99. Gold Dust Woman / Fleetwood Mac
100. Bold As Love / The Pretenders
101. Karma Chameleon / Culture Club
Cool Word of the Day!
Cumulus (noun)
Definition: A large white, fluffy cloud with a flat base and rounded outlines on top.
just shy of pretty 