Dance Dream

I think I could have been a dancer in a former life and if I was... I hope I would have danced like Katee and Joshua do on "So You Think You Can Dance" on Fox...they are good...they are very,very good.

Grillin with John and Giada

We really don't eat too much meat at our house. It seems like I'm always picking up fish or chicken but when I saw Giada De Laurentiis grill this Rib- Eye steak with Black Olive Vinaigrette I thought it would be a great Friday night meal...and I was right! The steak was so tender, juicy and full of flavor. Zoe the dog also liked the pre-dinner show.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday America!! Enjoy the 4th of July with red,white, and blue and celebrate with your family!
When I was growing up in the Midwest I LOVED the fourth of July. Fireworks exploded in our city park (no chance of wildfires where I came from) along with a parade and a carnival that seemed magical with rides, bright lights, games, food and fireworks at night. I would probably stay clear now but when I was ten it just seemed like it was the center of the universe.

Freedom

Former Columbian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt embraced her children for the first time in six years Thursday, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until a daring rescue plucked her and 14 other hostages from the jungle. How amazing...anyone else smell a blockbuster movie?

You can always count on that one important email to get lost in spam land. And checking out the mountains of reject emails in my spam box, I find it amazing the "subject lines" that spammers send hoping you'll open up for their pitch of sex, money, drugs, or whatever they're trying to sell.
These are all true:
This is the "we'll get you so mad at us you'll just have to open our mail to you"--
Subject line: "what a stupid face you have here benson"
OR
"benson is a moron"
And the ever popular: :we'll get you to open this mail because you'll think...
what??!!! I ordered something???"
Subject Line : "Fwd.YourPharmaacyOrder no.87549345"
AND: "Order Reminder: #2755026310"
OR: "FDA Customer Notification: Order"
Of course, everyone is going to open this just to peek-
"Scarlett Johansson spotted in see-through bikini "
OR
"Scarlett Johansson spotted topless in Cannes "
but if you really did open this email just to take a quick look at Scarlett--
it said:
"lengthen your tool today" My tool??!! No thanks, my tool is fine.

Delicious!

As much as I love wearing my rose colored glasses in regards to The Cupcakes Club books and website, there are days when they turn a bit...I don't know...yellow? You begin to doubt yourself, what you're trying to do, and start to listen to negative views from others...and that's not who I am!
So, when you receive a great shout out in a magazine, Northside Woman,...I do the happy dance. I smile, I sing, and I realize that it's all going to be good. Thank you Candy Waylock for bringing back the roses.

The first Monsoon!!

Every summer in the Southwest...just when you think you'll end up to be a puddle on the kitchen floor from how hot it is...crash! crackle! Lightning strikes , thunder roars, and your afternoon is blessed with a cool down of showers otherwise known as the annual monsoons. The temperature drops about 10 to 15 degrees, the storm lasts for about an hour (maybe more...maybe less), and then life goes on...a little bit cooler and smelling fresh and clean.