A Tease

Tomorrow night, I will upload "behind the scenes" at Runaway Runway, but for now, I'll share one of the best ones: Lady Chablis loving her some Keeping Tab earrings!! The drag queen market could open up for me overnight!

A Few More Flower Shots

Our Beautiful Irises

These beautiful irises seem to surprise us every year! They're in the front yard, tucked in between the azaleas. LOVE 'em!

Earth Day Week

Survived to Day Two of Earth Day week. Yesterday, I had to prepare for a news conference, attend stimulus meeting and prepare for Missy's baby "celebration."

Today, I'm up and have already made two Palmetto Tree lamps for speaker gifts for an event tomorrow. I have Appearance Commission at 8 a.m. and a news conference at 11:30 a.m. - baby celebration 4:30 to 6 p.m. I also need to make earrings this evening to sell at Friday's Runaway Runway.

But tomorrow is the biggie - up and out (dressed and presentable) by 4 a.m. to meet WIS-TV at the Public Works Facility. We're doing the Live Shots for Earth Day! And then it's off to Sonoco for a CPAC/Sonoco Earth Day Forum! Luckily, I'll get to go home afterwards!

So, know that the lack of blogging is coming honest to me this week! LOL!

Hee hee!

Pikachu, on Winston's bed - and with Winston's Cliffy!



Winston - same place, same toy - a couple days before!

A Sassified Winnie

Here is sweet Winnie, sleeping on top of his Miyo's go box - formerly filled with "brocci" - and with his Cliffy in his arms. He's like Linus with his blanket with that Cliffy!

MP's DIY

Before: An old dresser that Gramma gave me when she moved to SC, nearly a year ago. It has been in the garage until today.


Almost After: Painted silver, new knobs and bejeweled. The glue dries clear, but is still a little white, hence the ALMOST after. But since I'm getting ready to put my stuff on it, I wanted to get a picture of it CLEAN.

Fill in the Blanks

Thanks to Synithia for a fun way to kill a few minutes!

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss…heck, my last twenty kisses...were from my dog!

2. I am listening to…Toddlers and Tiaras.

3. I talk…a lot!

4. I love…my life.

5. My best friend…is my sister.

6. My very first real kiss…was in the backseat of a 1966 Mustang.

7. Love is…a mystery.

8. Marriage is…perhaps not in the cards for me.

9. Somewhere, someone is thinking…that Mary Pat sure knows what she's talking about! LOL!

10. I’ll always....be passionate and a little mouthy.

11. The last time I cried was...wow, I can't remember.

12. My cell phone…my life line. At least my work cell phone is.

13. When I wake up…I hit snooze!

14. Before I go to bed…I tell Winnie I love him.

15. Right now I am thinking about…calling it a night.

16. Babies are…best when they belong to someone else.

17. I am sending this email because…I'm wasting time.

18. Today is…Tuesday w/ two more work days to go

19. Tomorrow I will...celebrate sister's birthday!

20. I really want to be…strong and independent.

Jane's A Gramma!

Welcome to Joseph Hiller, Jane's new grandson!

Random Regards to Roxanne

Just a few random ramblings:

Tomorrow is Sister's birthday!

My feet are FREEZING.

Friday's Good Friday holiday/furlough day will be the first weekday day off I've had in over four months. I can't wait. Still two months to go before I get real annual leave.

My fave new product is Benefit's Erase Paste, a great creamy concealer. Best undereye concealer I've ever used. Seriously. Second only to Smashbox cream eyeliner in Putty.

I'm very glad the Idol contestants are doing songs I actually know, and I'm happy to see Adam's hair is back to "normal." (Wayne says that Adam's hair is the male version of my cut. Minus the goth color, of course.)

I have WAAAAAY to much stuff in my room and need to do some serious paring down. Perhaps a Friday task?!

Oops, dogs are barking - it's getting COLD out there! Ta ta for the night!

Sunday Sister Fun

We started the day early at the GCOC Agility Trials. We saw lots of dogs running the courses, even some Rottweillers and Labs. The only picture we took was this one of Zuny, an Austrailian Shepherd who jumped in the pool when he finished his run.

Then we went to the Flower and Plant Festival at the State Farmers Market. Some neat stuff, including...

A Wall-E sculpture made from old metal components. Junk art is apparently a good living - it was $500.


This flamingo (?) made from plants.



My favorite thing - a steel can "glass." A food vendor was selling old-fashioned, hillbilly sodas, and he served them in old steel cans. People loved them. This would be a neat idea for a cookout or picnic.

Pikachu

I came in from work the other evening and found Pikachu like this in Sister's bed! So THIS is what they do all day - curl up under the covers and sleep! So cute!

Cuuuuute!

Pictures of My Purchases

As promised, here are pictures from my purchases at the Midlands Master Gardeners Symposium.

Look at these fabu wind chimes! I put them up in the backyard so the dogs could enjoy them - and we can see them from the back porch! The last owner left this quirky clothesline in the backyard, and the piece fit perfectly on it. I've included several shots.



This is the basket made from kudzu vines! We have kudzu in between our house and our neighbor's, so it's a Sisters thing.


And this is the moss topiary I bought for Beth. CUTE, huh?

Wait 'Til I Post the Pictures

Today I attended the Midlands Master Gardeners Symposium, and I hit the motherlode!

Imagine these fabu purchases:

1) A kudzu vine basket
2) Window pane chimes
3) A rabbit topiary

It's too nasty to take pictures tonight, but I'll do it this weekend and post. GREAT stuff.

FUN!

Look what fun I got from Sephora today! The lip glosses are in recycled aluminum tubes and are named Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! (You know I had to have those in my purse!!)

Recommendations for April

I recommend the following movies on TCM (Cola readers, that's Time Warner channel 49). This is actually my April viewing list, and I thought I'd share it.

Saturday, April 4

11:15 PM	Best in Show (2000)
	Eccentric contestants prepare to compete in a national dog show. Cast: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey. Dir: Christopher Guest. C-90 mins, , CC, Letterbox Format (Not sure WHY this is on Turner CLASSIC Movies - it was made in 2000 - but it's a good one!)

Saturday, April 11

10:00 PM	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
	A young girl fears her favorite uncle may be a killer. Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC (Have only seen this once, but it is Hitchcock suspense at its best!)

2:15 AM	Rebecca (1940)
	A young bride is terrorized by the memories of her husband's glamorous first wife. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. BW-130 mins, TV-PG, CC (One of my Hitchcock favorites - will keep you on the edge of your seat!)

Wednesday, April 15

8:00 PM	Double Indemnity (1944)
	An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-108 mins, TV-PG, CC (VERY cliched, but a fun watch!)

Friday, April 17

8:00 AM	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
	A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC (Oooooooh, never miss this one!)
1:45 PM	Picnic (1955)
	A handsome drifter ignites passions at a small-town Labor Day picnic. Cast: William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell. Dir: Joshua Logan. C-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format

Tuesday, April 21

8:00 PM	Women, The (1939)
	A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell. Dir: George Cukor. BW-133 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

Friday, April 24

8:00 PM	World's Greatest Athlete, The (1973)
	A washed-up coach saves his career when he discovers a jungle boy who's a natural athlete. Cast: Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos. Dir: Robert Scheerer. C-92 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format (Disney, I think. I saw this one in the theatre, when I was a child. Jan-Michael Vincent as Nanu is DELISH!)

Wednesday, April 29

11:30 AM	Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)
	A dying plantation owner tries to help his alcoholic son solve his problems. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. Dir: Richard Brooks. C-108 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS (Paul Newman in his prime. BEAUTIFUL!)

Thursday, April 30

12:30 PM	Mildred Pierce (1945)
	A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society. Cast: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-111 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS