Saturday was my niece’s 4th birthday and we spent the day at Six Flags, St Louis.  I hope she had a wonderful day, she certainly seemed to.

Happy birthday, baby girl! xoxoxo

We love you.

You too can look this glamorous, in TV Hat

The first time I watched the video sales pitch I was in complete awe.  I had never seen anything so craptastic.  Of course, I had to watch it a second time… and a third and it got funnier and funnier.

Click on it.

Seriously.

You won’t regret it.

CLICK ON IT!

Yes, they are still for sale.  Want me to send you one? 

Fireworks at home.

Little girls with sparklers.

“Getting hit in the face with burny stuff”

Boys blowing shit up.

Yep.  A typical July 4th, I’m told 

This musical has it all:

Muppet love

Muppet daily dramas

Muppet heartbreak

Muppet sex

It’s the funniest damned thing I have ever seen. If you haven’t seen it and you ever get the opportunity… do it. You won’t regret it!

OH.MY.GOD!

It was a massive day – we were picked up from our hotel in New York at 2:30am, dumped at the airport at 4:00am, caught a plane to Washinton DC at 6:20am….

*taking a deep breath*

We arrived at Dulles airport at 7:20

It was at this point that I started to feel human and realised I had my camera with me.

Caught a bus to the Metro station at 9:15

Lined up for an hour to get a train ticket.

Travelled for 50 minutes in a packed train

Walked 1 mile from Foggy Bottom station

to the park right between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Memorial to where there were part of the 2 million strong contingent who had the same stupid idea we had.

I lined up for half an hour to use a porta-loo on the way there to find that there were a million of them with no lines at our destination.  D’oh!

We found our spot, behind a tree that pretty much completely obstructed our view of the Jumbotron.

Our spot WAS, however, perfect from a crowd point of view and to be honest, I dont think there would have been anywhere on that day that wasn’t perfect. The crowd was amazing.  I was feelin’ the love!  See the woman on the left of the photo below?  We were crying and hugging before the day was out.

Not even the Jebus Freaks could spoil the atmosphere!

First, Biden was sworn in…

We were all waiting and watching patiently..

Then Aretha sang….  what was up with that damned hat?

Finally, the time had come….  “Are you prepared to take the oath Senator?”

It was at about that time that I forgot I had a camera again, oops!

That afternoon we repeated the journey, in reverse, back to new York.  We arrived at our hotel at around 9:30pm, exhausted and elated.  It had been an amazing day.

After much planning, running around, and being together for 11 years, Tanya and Josh finally did the deed.

You both looked amazing and the wedding was wicked!

Congratulations and thanks for being such amazing friends.

Rum balls were the only thing my mother ever made  that were a huge success.  She was not known for her culinary skills, but we adored her anyway. 

● 250g of Marie biscuits (or Milk Arrowroot biscuits)
● 1 cup of desiccated coconut
● 2 tbsp. of cocoa
● 1 x 400g can of sweetened condensed milk
● Rum, or similar Spirit – e.g. brandy – to taste (I use about 3 tablespoons which makes them quite strong)

Crush the biscuits finely. Add coconut and cocoa and mix well. Add rum. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Form into balls and roll in coconut.

These will keep, refrigerated, for a couple of weeks, but I dare you to have them last that long!

These are brought to you by a special request from Laura.

Recipe

Because I married my wonderful Toy Boy.  WOO HOO!

Because I saw ‘Mamma Mia’, loved it and Im big enough to admit it!

Because I brought up three kids who are all complete nutters, and I’m OH SO proud of it.

Because all my kids’ friends tell me so!

Because I can tap my head and rub my tummy at the same time.

Because I have fabulous shoes and bags.

Because I can call Kelley a friend. (Ok, that was gratuitous., I admit it.  heh)

Now, go and visit Kelley’s site and give her some clickity click love on those ads of hers.  She needs a new pair of fabulous shoes so she can rock as hard as I do.

A bit of fun, give it a go!

Porn Star name (first pet, first street where you lived): 

Mitzi English

Rock star name (favourite pet, current car):

Marley Commodore

Gangsta name (favourite ice cream flavour, favourite type of shoe): 

Mango Stiletto

Native American name (hair colour, favourite animal, favourite hobby):

Brown Elephant Plurk

Soap Opera Name (middle name, city where you were born):

Doreen Sydney

Star Wars name (first 3 letters of last name & first 2 of first name, last 3 letters of middle name):

McCke Een  (awesome!)

Stripper Name (favourite perfume, favourite candy):

Pure Poison Licorice Allsort  *snort*

TV Newsreader name (grandparents first name, any town that starts with the same letter):

Sadie Sydney

Spy Name (favourite season, favourite flower):

Spring Gladioli

Cartoon name (favourite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing now): 

Strawberry Fuzzy Slippers

Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast, favourite tree): 

Vegemite Toast Ghost Gum