Time to drag out an old Award

And the award for being 'Sexy Mamma Of The Year' goes to....

I created this award over a year ago, and have not given it out to anyone lately...You have to be special, supportive, frequent my blog, and just be a good worthy Sexy Mama!

Also, you have to love bubble baths like me! Do you? Oh, so I will not take it back!

Bryan Borland - We have connected in the most painful loving way possible!
Farm Lady - You have been a good friend, and you love my goats!
Katherine - You are a new friend, and I look forward to knowing you better!
Darn Girl - You know I love you girl!Shake those babies...
Jessie Carty - You encourage me to be the best poet!
GingerV- Because my friend you will always be a hot sexy mama!
Mark @ Butler and Bagman- You do not need to run in stilettos to receive this one!

PS- I do not expect you to place it on your site (only if you want), this was just something funny I came up with when I was receiving awards last year from so many blogs who had to idea who to pass theirs onto...but you truly are all Sexy Mama's! So wear the honor proudly...

Actually to really take it a step further...Hubby and I just watched a favorite movie of my son's a few weeks ago, and the song comes to mind "You are truly... Truly Scrumptious"...now what movie was that from?



Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

This was fun to watch it and remember what my kids did at certain points of the movie, and how excited they got...my son would sing all the songs...how the loved musicals like me...just sayin'- sharing a memory...

Monday Muse- Amusing Neighbors

I came home one day and saw this little fellow resting on this rock perch. Maybe it was warm, a place to soak in the sun before blankets of white would soon cover the ground. This little rodent is hardly singing; serenading the masses with cute Ivy League sweaters; hip thick rimmed sixties eye wear, or a voice shattering the glass in my van with its high pitched helium shrill!

"Alvin is that you"?

(Not sure how to zoom in on this little guy, as my camera was already zoomed in as close as it allowed.)

Not too long after taking this photo one evening I had been shopping at the market. I arrived home after dark. Carting in two heavy bags at a time and two trips in, a neighbor loudly called out my name. So, I walked over and began talking with her and another neighbor. This is something our little community does often. Gathering on the sidewalk to catch up on each others lives. We chatted for a few moments and then I said there were more groceries and items in the van, said my goodbyes, and told them I would talk with them later. One of the ladies must of glanced at my front door and saw it was ajar, as she announced excitedly, "E, hurry and get inside we have had chipmunks on a rampage in the area. They are getting inside the houses and condos"!

I calmly laughed and said, "Well if they know I am a chef who likes to play with flavors and new ingredients, and I do not come out after a few weeks. Please send in the chipmunk patrol, because they have me tied up and hidden all my knives". We laughed, and I went back to putting away my market finds. Thinking of my next conquest in the kitchen.

However, it did seem some new meat marinade I had purchased was missing a few days later...

Meet The Real Chef m'E

Okay, not really, but my mother used to call me peanut, and said I was shaped like one with my tummy and hips. After having two kids you would have changed too! I hear the laughs, and I am laughing too...

Thanks to Toon @ Inner & Outer Demons 2 ...I discovered his witty and fun blog while surfing the blogsphere a while back, and then Chris @ Nibble Me This shared that his avatar was done by Toon, so I decided to tell him about my peanut idea...so here I am, and can this peanut cook up some mean grub!

Thanks Toon, we love ya! Go check him out, he is a very talented artist and writer!

BTW, if you cannot laugh at yourself, then you have no real chance at a good life...oh, and as an ex-hair dresser...I have better hair days than this, and I have many skilzzz...

Oh, and if Toon draws a food avatar they all have 'teeth' like mine...we are 'eaters' right? :)

hugs

Chef E

Homeless Campaign

 

Igloos For The Homeless

Late night after dinner drive running errands
turns into inescapable snow bound obstinacy
picturesque idea machine exploding- blowing
up blinding mounds of snow only to fall back
down around me into imaginary visions of penguins
construction hauling blocks, bricks of snow away- a
slippery means to an end becoming homes for the late
night cardboard crowds lining the streets of  cities like
New York and Trenton, but not Vancouver Island, BC
because they allow their homeless to migrate down from
the mainland because it does not snow or get as cold- so
they will not freeze to death on these long winter nights,
this would allow warmer accommodations for trash treasures
as well as provide housing for piled high basket bombing
vehicles they will would hang from the round edge doorways
like Christmas trees left up in living rooms until June with an
optional indecent exposure pee yellow interior cutting out
window views for the wealth’s security of knowing there will be
melting thirst for more income; more votes from cheap laborers
who’s families are hungry for food on the table complaint control
and help to build inner city power in making three story towers
glisten in the sunlight eventually melting as do all promises of a
better life with equality for all, then maybe Obama passes a brilliant
ski stimulus for the country with money being saved on gas keeping
obesity down to a lower rate with more exercise that I myself might
benefit when the voice of our forefathers wakes me from my night-
dreaming through the dirty watery realistic triangular pyramid shapes
printed on the almighty dollar, but these are freaking way bigger than
one might ever see, even in the south, and so blocking a drivers view
of oncoming traffic; yet the third chance to jump onto the main road
 that leads to the next destination is buried in thought.

FSO Aquarium'ilarious

Just in case you have not been a part of what we call around the world 'My Town Blogger- Friday Shoot Out'. Each Friday we post a theme of photos showing off our wonderful town, zip codes, extremely funny happenings, or anything of interest you want to share about where you live.

This week the theme 'Aquariums' was chosen by 'Moi', E Stelling...

What was I thinking when I suggested this topic? It is winter, and all the water around me is frozen!

In thinking that it still could be fun to see what you other photographers come up with, I realized whom ever takes over the list tasks, should make a calendar and see what falls on what month, as to avoid disasters like mine in the middle of this blizzard reality the mid-west, Texas, Arkansas, north east, and I am sure there are some I have not mentioned. At least any topics that involve going out side or traveling in bad weather.

This was pulled out of my archives...taken off the east coast not too far from home on a boat trip a few years ago...geezzz did I just explain that? duh!

Please tell me there are pet shops in your area, and that you do talk to the fish, turtles, and everything else in that store! I thought so...but most of you know

Chef E
catching big  fish
clean them
fry them up
a little spicy corn meal
skillet full of oil; as...
I ring the dinner bell
you have
already arrived
entranced
by wonderful smells
Don't forget your greens!

I am so guilty of my mind wandering to the kitchen, thinking of ingredients that would make a unique dish...

There are all kinds of bacteria in water, a mini aquarium of sorts, but we need a microscope to see them, so use your imagination...

How about a cup of what I call open mic 'Aquarium Tea', or Jasmine flower bulb tea to relax you...






















Well here is my phone app that gives you the fish bowl view of my open mic world- yes, the guy is wearing a cow costume, singing a spoof of 'Wild Thing' as the audience sings 'Mooooove off the stag'... I so 'milked' that today tweeting my 'Wild Plate' Recipe article...

I still like to stroll Princeton after Wednesday night open mic at the A&B, and this delish orange bag still waits for moi, in its fashion plate window aquarium... I figure one day when I am lost, wandering the streets because my memory is long gone, this might save my life, because the zip code will at least get me closer to home. I bet the other side says 'E Stelling'. Wishful thinking, not to mention I am not sure I want to see the price tag; it is in a Princeton shop!


















While out to dinner at a new (how on earth in this economy can this be) posh sushi eatery I noticed these cute little aquarium coffee tables in the lobby.

 The minute I began shooting the little Koi, they head straight for me begging for food. I am not sure, but could it be the restaurant are fattening them up for a dinner special.

Oh, now out of guilt I might have to hijack them along with Snippy (I had pet turtles as a kid- Snippy & Snappy, they were box turtles) above and start an aquarium rescue, and hang up my chef hat and throw down my blades, ummm knives.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my longing for my six grade stage building, entertainment, and screen writing schemes. Vernon Stiez would be so proud!  (he and I created puppets and stages in six grade together, we lived in our own little 'silly' aquarium)

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