HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!

It's my mom's birthday today. Happy Birthday Mom, I Love You!!! I won't reveal your age. You don't look a day over 29, which means you were -3 when you had me :-)

Here's the cake I made. It's a giant cupcake, but sort of looks like a carousel in person. I dyed the coconut pink to match the frosting on the bottom of the cupcake. How Martha of me :-)






Even the marmosets wish you a happy birthday!!!!

Cat Funnies

I thought Linda's dog comics were pretty funny so I thought I'd post my favorite cat cartoon. I bought a desk calendar of New Yorker Magazine cat cartoons a few years ago and this one was in there. I never really understood New Yorker magazine (maybe you actually have to be a New Yorker to appreciate it), but I love the cartoons! Here's my favorite:

Wedding Dress Bonanza

Yesterday I went with Linda & my mom to look for a wedding dress. I found some online that I really liked at Alfred Angelo, but wanted to see them in person. There are some local shops that carry the Alfred Angelo brand, but I wanted to go to one of their stores to see everything. For some unknown reason there is not an Alfred Angelo in Cleveland, but rather in Boardman. I don't know if you have ever been to the Boardman/Youngstown part of Ohio, but if you have, I'm sorry! I have not seen that many hillbillies in one place before. And by hillbilly I mean, no teeth, no shoes, dirty screaming kids, etc. Not to mention that the bridal shop itself was a complete dump! However, amid all of that chaos and entertainment I got the dress I went there to see, but holy cow was it an experience!!

And now for the dresses I didn't pick:





And the one I did:




JUST KIDDING!!! You didn't actually think I'd spoil the surprise. You'll just have to wait until October to see what I'll be wearing.

And we thought she knew everything...

We often joke that my mom knows everything (including how to speak French, Linda). And while she is very wise and knows how to do a great number of things. Apparently making a cake isn't one of them. And here's the proof...






This is the finished product, we had not yet cut into it or even tried to tear it apart with our bare hands!

However, she did try to redeem herself by making this beautiful styrofoam wedding cake at work. I said it doesn't count if you can't actually eat it!





I LOVE YOU MOMMY!!!

... and tatts!

I posted about my cats and now I'm finally getting around to posting about the tatts!

Here's the new one I got last night (the flowers are crocuses):


Here's the whole thing together:



Those pink & purple Sweet Pea's are a cover up. All that was there is this (sad little thing):



Here's my Rosie the Riveter on the outside of my right ankle (For some reason this picture came out a little blurry. She's very crisp & clear in real life):


These are the pansies on the inside of my left ankle:


And the unknown type of flower on the outside of my left ankle. This was also a cover up of a small peach that was there. The tattoo artist that did the cover up had to come up with something that would fit over the peach, and this worked perfectly.


I'm eagerly awaiting the day when I win the lottery and can quit my "real" job so I can cover my entire body in tattoos, pierce my nose, dye my hair pink and be a total freak!!

Some people seem to think that tattoos have to have all kinds of deep meaning. Some of mine are very meaningful and others are just because they are pretty and I like pretty things!!

All of this fine work was done by Sarah Fish at GenX Tattoo in Willoughby. http://www.genxtattoos.com/

Ladies, sometimes it's good to be me!

A few Saturday's ago Linda & I went to TJ Maxx. I find the best stuff there when I'm not actually looking for anything. I have, however, been searching for a new pair of black dress boots for months, but haven't found anything suitable (Not because I'm all that picky, but because I've got messed up feet & most shoes are not wide enough for me. I'm headed towards a life of orthopaedic shoes in a triple wide.)

I found this pair of boots on the clearance rack:



They are Anne Klein New York Carmi boots. The original price tag at TJ Maxx was $124.00, which I would never pay for any pair of footwear EVER!! They were then marked down to $99.00, then again to $69.00, and yet again to $39.00, when I happened upon them!!! So I decided to Google them to see what they would cost at a regular store. Get this, they are going for $295.00 at shoes.com!!! That's more than an 85% savings!!!

It's the little things that make me happy!!

This is it!! I'm going to go live with the Amish or something...

I love animals as much as the next guy, but I'm also a leather wearing, fur coveting carnivore!
Cows were meant to be eaten and the only reason I don't have a mink coat is because I'm poor!!

Then I come across this madness!! These PETA freaks are just that, FREAKS!! They want to change the name of fish to Sea Kittens. Why, you ask? Because kittens are cute and who would want to eat or hurt a kitten. No, I'm not making this up, I'm not nearly that cleaver!! Check it our for yourself!!

http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/about.asp

And believe me, if kittens tasted like Lake Perch or Walleye, sorry Karma, Calvin & Hobbes, pass the tartar sauce!!

I'm going to go live on a island in a mud hut or become part of a nice Amish family where I have no access to TV, radio, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, etc. Because, if I hear anymore of this sort of craziness I'm going to have to check myself into a mental institution!

(I have to give credit to Ray for tipping me off to this crazy BS. Thanks, dear!!)