I want to be cool like everyone else!!!!
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Karyl
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letter of real name plus izzie): Karizzie
3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal): Blue Elephant
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name and current street): Maree Apollo
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first three letters of your last name, first two letters of your first name, first three letters of mom's maiden name): Wilkapos
6. YOUR SUPERHERO'S NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Green Margarita on the Rocks WITH Salt (ooo just like Poola!)
7. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (Men: father's middle name and mother's middle name; Women: mother's middle name and father's middle name): Martje Philip (My mom is Dutch; what can I say??)
8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (Black, and the name of one of your pets): Black Storm
9. YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (the name of your childhood pet and the street you grew up on): Kalamazoo Holford
OK, that last one is FUNNY!! Do you think they'd hire me in porn just on the name???
My mom had a cat she rescued and named Kalamazoo well before she met and married my dad. Apparently in the 70s there was a song that was about "me and my cat Kalamazoo." Since she's also a Michigander, it was rather appropriate. Aside from Kalamazoo, we also had a cat named Achoo. I guess he sneezed a lot when he was a baby.
Join in on the fun and post your results!!!!
Happy Mother's Day out there to you ALL!!!!
Now you are probably saying, "But I'm not a mother!" Sure, you are!
I know my sister Michele is a mother to her kitty, Trip! Happy Mother's Day!
My good buddy Art is a very good mommy to his cat Zipper!!
You don't even have to be female to be a mother! If you have loved and nurtured a fellow human or even a pet, then you are a mother.
Happy Mother's Day!
Kurt sent me flowers on Friday, pink tulips with blue irises (photo forthcoming), for Mother's Day, and I will open the present later today when he calls me.
The Pampered Chef's party went SWIMMINGLY last night. What really surprised me is I wasn't nervous at all. I know I had said something in an earlier entry, but I wasn't experiencing the normal emotions for me when I have an upcoming event I'm nervous about. I was just excited, and in a good way!
I miscalculated the time involved in getting ready and eating dinner beforehand, however, so I thought it would be a great idea to take the shortcut through Psycho Woman's backyard to get to the street behind us. The party was just a few streets away; I thought it would be a waste of gas to drive there.
The shortcut very nearly kicked my butt. I was worried about taking it because I had always been taught not to walk through someone else's yard without their permission, and to get to the shortcut, I had to walk up Psycho Woman's sideyard and across most of her backyard. I see kids every day coming through her front yard, which is how I knew the shortcut was there in the first place!!!
Once we left Psycho Woman's property, the path went downhill quickly. Now we were walking in barely-cleared brush, when all of a sudden we encountered a downed tree. There was no way Grace could climb it, and it was too large for me to simply lift her over it. So I set her on my hip and clambered up and over the tree.
It's not easy keeping your balance when you have 33 pounds on one hip.
But we made it to the party on time, though we were one of the first people there!! I made sure to say hi to everyone that was there and chatted with each of them. Of course, Grace was a HUGE hit. She pushed herself into every conversation and snuggled up with some of the ladies. She also played with the host's puppy, and headed outside to investigate what the teenagers were doing.
I really clicked with an older lady there, who has told me she'll call me next week so we can go sight-seeing around our county, places I've never been before! And she's really good with kids; she had four sons of her own, and now she's a foster mom.
I can't believe I talked to everyone. And I had a good time! I actually went up to people and started conversations. I NEVER do that. What the hell has come over me??
Weird.
The hostess gave me a ride home, even though we could have walked, so she could see my house. She was interested in it for her mother to buy so she could be nearby. Wouldn't it be awesome if I could sell the house to her and not even put it on the market??
I just found out yesterday that there will be another house on the street going up for sale. The teacher a few houses down wants to move East, and since she has to be there before school starts, it'll be on the market the same time ours will be. And hers is bigger, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, to my two bedrooms and one bath.
But mine was remodeled just five years ago. I think her home is original from when it was built 15 years ago.
Keep your fingers crossed!!!!
