Did you see who has a recently published book on the market?



Jenny Lawson of Beyonce the Giant Metal Chicken Fame a.k.a. "The Bloggess"



Here's the link to the book~~~> Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

It's hysterical! You gotta read it -- If for no other reason than it's written by a LIBERAL TEXAN and that will drive Mel nuts!



I got the audio version because I am redoing our fireplace and I wanted something to listen to besides music -- It was an 8 hour listen and I'm still only about 1/4 of the way finished with the fireplace! GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Mrs. W

Liberal Texan - someone who thinks magazines should be limited to 10 rounds and that chili should have beans in it.

Didn't Mel move to Oklahoma? Can I call her a yankee now?

LOL Bit -- But you bettah remembah that Mel ain't no liberal Texan 'fore you go to callin' her a [GASP] Yankee -- 'Sides, iffin' I said you could call her a Yank for living in OK, then that'd be sayin' you could call me the same fer livin' in MI -- and that is a BIG NO-NO!

You can take the girl outta the South, but you can NEVAH take the South outta the girl!

Mrs. W

Mrs. W

I will get it and read it.

You 'da bomb!

I am a Texan, and I have the right to call Mel a Yankee for living in OK.

Even if she ever moves back.

Mel's an Oakie.
It's a simple fact, Jack.

Mel the Oakie Wild Indian.

Well bless your heart!

Chili ALWAYS has beans in it. REAL chili, that is.

This is absolutely, positively, without a doubt, the BEST stuff I've seen!!!
As a Native Texan, Remember something though...
"Don't Mess With Texas!"
Or, in Melody Lane's case:
"Don't Mess With TEXANS!"
LOL

Forgot to mention one very important fact ~ ~ ~
Once a TEXAN ~ ~ ~
ALWAYS A TEXAN!!!
LOL

No; Okies are not Yankees.Oklahoma was Confederate. In fact there was a great Cherokee Confederate General that was among the very last to surrender to Union Troops.

...great Cherokee Confederate General that was among the very last to surrender...

Stand Watie. (What's the opposite of an Oklahoma "Sooner"?)

Glad I clicked on this thread, I NEED that book!! LOL
I remember reading her blog about the giant metal chicken before and had forgotten about it

Hmmm...thinking about the big metal chicken post and the fact that Mr. W and I will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary next month...

Whacha'y'all think about this guy ringing our doorbell on that special day?~~~~>



LINK

To quote The Bloggess, I'm thinkin':

"Best. 15th anniversary. ever."

Mrs. W

Nothing says "I love you" louder than a bronze ape-man.

Yup!

Hope y'all will indulge me, I just gotta brag about Mr. W a bit. My birthday is this week. My inlaws will be out of town, so they wanted to take me out to celebrate this past Friday night.

Long story short, Mr. W called at the last minute to tell DD12 and I that we would have to meet him at the restaurant as he had gotten tied up at work.

We get there -- give Mr. W a change of clothes and greet my inlaws. We are in the lounge having a nice conversation and Mr. W gets back from changing and says, "Don't you want to say hi to my cousin and his new girlfriend" -- while gesturing toward a table just beyond ours. I look over and lo and behold there sits one of my dearest friends from Atlanta that I haven't seen in ions -- He had flown her in for the weekend as part of his gift to me!!! The whole set up was super elaborate, but I won't bore you all with the details -- just suffice it to say that it took A LOT of work and planning...

Oh yeah, and he did much the same thing at Christmas with another one of my dear friends.

He's amazing -- and that's a giant understatement!

Mrs. W

Honestly - the things some men will do to get a woman into bed...

Happy birthday MrsW!

Holy crap! You posers were over calling me a yankee dawg!! I nevah!!

thankyew, Forest!

LOL! Poor guy -- that didn't work while said friend was here though -- we didn't shut-up long enough!!! He tried to get us to go shopping on Saturday, but we just didn't want to -- staying here and blabbing proved to be WAY more fun -- PLUS, Mr. W either cooked or went out and got every single meal for us -- who'd leave that?

Thank you for the birthday wishes!

Mrs. W

Happy birthday, MrsW!!!

Thank you my dear friend -- I was going to call you today, to say "hi", but also to tell/ask you something specifically, then I got sidetracked and forgot what I was gonna ask/tell!

Oh and Happy Belated Birthday to you -- I DID think about you on "July Fool's Day"!

Mrs. W