Silliness

ONE PERSON'S PERCEPTION DOES NOT THE TRUTH MAKE. . .

The other day my younger sister and I were preparing to go to lunch and she complimented my hair (a short wig, with sort of long bangs). She's all like, "That's really cute", and I'm all like, "Thank You", and immediately go in to my trademark "poochie lip pose", throwing up the deuces and everything. Then she goes, "Don't do that!", and "Why do you do that?"
I said, "I do it because I look cute that way". Then she said in all seriousness, "No you don't".  I beg to differ.

I have very fond memories about this hair, and therefore am okay with the photo, lips and all.

Dear husband Will, tries to keep a lid on it, but I apparently cannot be contained. Best he can do is just ignore it and get his pose on. Good job!

Couldn't help myself. Big Sis also ignored me.

Bougie for a day

Beverly Hills, California

A week or so ago, I scurried my "bougie" behind over to Beverly Hills to pick up (ahem) a little tote bag from the house of "Louis". Just a little something to make me feel better about having to go to work EVERYDAY. Yes, yes I know I am yelling and I know I should be grateful to have a job/career (I am). But not a day goes by that I am not trying to think of  the perfect business to start, with which I will realize enormous success and make obscene amounts of money. I think about it on the way to work, I talk about it constantly to my partner in crime - Ramona, and I think about it on the way home. This has been going on for years. I have tried my hand at several businesses with mixed results, but ultimately I do not seem to possess that killer, shark/barracuda instinct one needs to succeed in business. I'm just good at getting paperwork done.  I can start the hell out of a business for you. Business plan, DBA, business license, bank account, P.O. Box, business cards, website, chamber of commerce mixers, marketing ideas, etc. But beyond that, something - (living indoors, food, running water, working lights, having a car and so on) always stops me from taking the plunge. 

I consider it one thing to be successful in a job and quite something else to have success on your own terms as an entrepreneur. Those of you who have been bitten by the "business bug" know what I mean.

For now I will toil on in my good government job, with good benefits. But some day when I am less cowardly I will give notice and quietly hang out a shingle at Mignonne, Inc.

You can take the girl out of Compton, but . . .
Yes I did pose for this cheesy "Look at me" photo in front of the Vuitton store, like I ain't never been nowhere.

Hayden the Dog. Fresh to death.

My new fly glasses.

$10 co-pay.

Good insurance.

That's what I'm talkin' about.

My real life.

 

 

 

BOUGIE

Adjective used by Black folks meaning extravagant, often to the point of snobbery. Usually used in relation to the conspicuous consumption of the urban upper-middle class. Derived from "bourgeois".

"What kind of chips are those?"
"Organic Parmesan Oregano with Olive Oil, they're four dollars a bag".

"Man those are bougie chips".

Get it together or leave it alone. . .

JUICING TRIALS CONTINUED . . .

So I fell off the wagon for about 3 weeks. I not only fell off the wagon, I tumbled, hit a few rocks, landed in mud, skinned my knee, broke a nail, and my left shoe fell off. All my own doing, mind you. I gave in to the normal stressors of my life and (momentarily I hope) suspended my reality. I've had several weeks of celebrating for no particular reason. Burgers, fries, soda, bacon avocado eggrolls, bread, butter, cheese enchiladas, more fries, candy, chips, and muffins (the chocolate chip muffins from Albertson's to be precise). In addition to that I started staying up way too late, stopped exercising and stopped drinking water. When I am off, I am very good at it. Sooooooo . . .

Peaches, water, banana

Spinach

I am trying to get back on the good foot. I used spinach because dear husband Will, said that kale is so overpowering it would totally disrespect my drink (I'm paraphrasing).

Grapes

More closer - good English

 I am trying to convince myself that stress eating cherries and grapes is the same as stress eating M & M's with peanuts. Talk about suspending one's reality! Agave Nectar is a natural sweetener. I didn't use it because the banana is already sweet. The drink turned out  green, but it was healthy.

Natural sweetener

Finished product

Happy Mother's Day

 Creative Writing 101

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there lived a devastatingly beautiful, middle aged, plus sized Queen. The queen had experienced a yummy lifetime of very fun (although not wise) food choices. So when the Queen's royal chickens returned to the castle to roost, it caused her to start making more "regal" food choices (and to submit to the dark art of exercise).

Unbeknownst to her, there were saboteurs all around pretending to be friends (or at least loyal subjects). Imagine her fright when she spotted this scarily horrific, fur covered creature skulking about. When the creature was queried about the reason for his presence, he testily denied any interest in the eggs, and huffily exclaimed, "Everyone knows I don't do strawberries!"

The End.

TWS - Thinking While Scurrying

Self portrait. Rear view mirror. Moving car. I do all of my own stunts. Thank you and goodnight.

WHERE THE GROWN FOLKS AT ???

I am (clearing throat, taking deep breath . . .) 50 now, sometimes I am quite aware of it and sometimes I am not. I read lots of blogs and it seems that the fun bloggers are under 30. When I look at tutorial videos on Youtube, all of the ladies seem to be in their early 20's. I'm no "age-ist" (real word?) but where are the grown folks? It sorta hurts me that I can't seem to find my peer group. So I guess I'll just have to rep for my homies from the 70's. Click on this link: The Sylvers "Misdemeanor" ,
and if you don't know . . . you better ask somebody. Love M.



DOWNTOWN UPLAND

Molly's Souper

Upland, CA

Lucy the Dog

 I happened to glance down and I saw this adorable face looking up at me. How could I resist? Molly's is a pet friendly restaurant in a renovated house. The food is pretty typical (eggs, bacon, club sandwiches, fries, pancakes, etc.). I think they are only open  until 2 pm each day.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Southern California 

Tasting and Auction, Cal Poly Pomona

May 6, 2012

 

 It was all about the food for me. Ribs and Hot Link from Lucille's BBQ. Happy face. I believe money was being raised for a good cause???

 Peruvian food. Aji de Gallina, rice and some kind of lemony chicken salad. Happy face.

 No words.

 Dessert. 'Cuz I'm classy like that.

Happy face. I am not kidding, everything tasted good and I went to the event hungry. There was wine tasting also, but why waste your time with wine when you could be eating crab cakes?

This was a chicken wrap, salad, and delicious zucchini bread with sesame seeds. Yum! The square black bowl previously held Korean BBQ and I forgot to take the picture before I inhaled it.

 Auction

We had a really good time. Good weather, music, people watching, and food.

More April scurrying

THE JUICING TRIALS

Got my Juice Masterflash Turbo 2000 (inside joke), cut up some carrots, apples, and celery. Results were pretty delicious.

Pros: Easier than actually cooking, good for you and cheaper than going to Robek's. See cup in photo.

Cons: The clean up is a beast, as you can see the Juicemaster breaks down into 9,685 components. So if you're in the mood for juice, you'd also better be in the mood to bust suds.

Side note: offered a good friend a sip and you would have thought I had offered her an anthrax smoothie, by her response.

I am easily entertained, so please give a hand to:

Mr. Lemon and Miss Honey Bear!!

 

The aftermath - Yardhouse Deviled Eggs and Truffle Fries

Sometimes I remember to take the picture before we eat, but for some reason Will and I were super hungry and just needed a "little something" to tide us over while we waited for our actual lunch.

THE CHEESE CAVE

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA

Killing a little time, looking for a bathroom, stopped here randomly (no bathroom).  I didn't buy any cheese. I did buy chocolate and a tote bag. Because chocolate is the new cheese, and everyone knows that a tote bag is slimming and goes with everything. Cute store, smelled like a fart . . . probably the cheese. Probably.

VIEW FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT

Kids don't try this at home. Professional driver on a closed track. 10 freeway westbound. For lack of anything better to do.

The Big 5 Twins

 I need to get to back to exercising. Let me quit lying. I need to get TO exercising.(Think Chris Rock - old stuff).  I don't have any walking shoes and I do have a slight situation with the toenail on my big toe on my left foot. Okay TMI . Anyway I stopped by Big 5 and this is who I saw as I was contemplating my upcoming purchase:

 Too cute. The funny thing is, the one in the photo alone, sat and posed as soon as he heard some pictures would be taken. The other one took off running into the store, and was only willing to smile when his sister promised them popcorn. You never know who you will run into. I did find some shoes. I also asked for permission to photograph the children. Thanks Dad!

Let's take a long walk. Welcome to my neighborhood.

 The brilliant red flowers, mulit-color wind chimes, stone lion head, and tantalizing garden gnome are from neighbor's yard. Yes that is Buddy, Will, and a horse.