Donna's Place

 

Hey ya'll! 

 

I've added my first cooking segment to my website.  It was Adam's girlfriend's birthday yesterday, so I made her a birthday cake and have posted the recipe.

 

PLEASE drop by and let me know what you think!!  I'm seriously looking for constructive criticism here friends.  Anything I can do to perk the site up and make it more interesting and inviting.

 

Let me know what you think.   WWW.YELLOWJEEPBLONDE.COM

 

See you there!!! . . . . i hope.

 

 

Hey ya’ll! 

I sure hope that you all get to participate in some form of fun outdoor activity, grillin’, drinkin’, swimmin’, partyin’ and oooin’ over some fabulous fireworks this weekend - not necessarily in that order.  And by all means, be careful!  But do have a good time. 

Me - I’ll be chillin’ by my pool . . . drinkin’. . . swimmin’. . . and cookin’ something fabulous.  Pretty low key really, but fun nonetheless.  I’ll take pictures, of course, and share.  Later. . . .

 

Happy 4th of July people!!  A long holiday weekend!  Yay! 

It's that AND Adam's girlfriend's birthday weekend too.  She'll be 21 and legal.  So I'll be baking a cake and making a birthday dinner for her on Sunday.  I've already bought her present, so I don't have to shop.  Other than that, you'll have to stretch your imagination about what else I'll be doing.  Go ahead and give it a try.  Guess.  Dangit, ya'll are gooooooood.  Yep - I'll be at the pool.

There's a pool guy that comes to the pool every three hours to check the water (Some weird city rule - making sure nobody's pee'd in the pool, I guess) and he asked me if I lived there.  I said that one HAS to live there in order to have access to the pool.  He said, "NO.  Do you live AT the pool?"  Me - "OH - well, sorta."  Cuz I'm there every single day.  If I'm not at work or at the grocery store, that's pretty much where you'll find me. 

It's been a good pool year so to speak.  Each year is a bit different with the movings in and out of the condos.  The crowd of faces change.  But my mug has been hanging out there for 13 summers.  They ain't gettin' rid of ME. . . OR my cooler.  It's been hot too.  Apparently, it's been hot everywhere.   Sweltering hot.  So I've spent a great deal of time IN the pool rather than lounging BY the pool.  It's eight shades of hot if you see ME get IN the pool.

 

Let's see. . . what else have I been doing this summer?  Oh yeah - working on my own website.  (Only after the sun goes down)  I've made websites before, but I was using a different software that's pretty much obsolete anymore.  This time I'm going with Wordpress and finangling my way through widgets and plugins and html.  It's been fun!  I've got a lot more stuff to do to it to fancy it up.  It's what the geeky side of me likes to do in my spare time when I'm not poolside with my Miller Lite. 

Ooooo Ooooo - speaking of Miller Lite, you've got to go read this guy's blog - Weather Moose.  He's got a story about Miller Lite that I just died laughing at.  I stumbled on his site by accident yesterday, but plan on making him part of my regular blogwalk.  He's hysterical.

Oh yeah - back to my own new site.  Would ya'll go by and take a look at it and leave me a comment or seven?  I need help with the creative part.  It's pretty boring esthetically right now because I lack the creative skills.  If ya'll tell me what it needs, I can figure out how to make it work.  But I am totally creatively challenged.  Go to www.yellowjeepblonde.com - yeah, I know, again with the creatively challenged thing.  That's as original of a name as I could come up with.  And let me know what you think so far.  Thanks!!!!

 

Ya'll have a great weekend!!!

 

 

 

You've heard the old adage that 'nothing is certain except death and taxes'.  Well, dammit - there's been a lot of Death lately.  All the old greats from back in the day when I was a kid.  The comedians.  They're all passing away.  Harvey Korman passed away a few weeks ago.  He used to keep me in stitches when he'd do his skits with Tim Conway.  No one could keep a straight face. 

 

    

 

Now I'm totally sad to hear that George Carlin has died.  Chris and I just saw him in concert about a year or two ago here in town.  Sure, he was older and grayer, but he was still funny as Hell.  Razor sharp wit.  This here is classic George Carlin from back in the day.

 

   

 

These guys have been entertaining the masses since I was a kid.  Now they've died.  Aging sucks!

 

My ex husband's birthday is today.  He's 49.  To me, he's still 25. . . with gray hair.  I remember his DAD'S 49th birthday.  How is it that we turned into the old people?  It seems like it happened overnight.

 

My sister recently sent me a picture of her ex husband whom she ran into.  I haven't seen this guy in more than ten years, so it was stunning to see how much he'd aged.  He's an attorney in Texas now and doing quite well for himself.  He was always a decent looking guy.  But I thought "Wow - so it's not just me that this age thing has happened to."  He looked old.  And he's younger than my sister.

My sister, however, has never aged.  Not a day.  She whines about a wrinkle here and there, but I'm sure that's taken care of pronto.  It's hard to keep up with that.  So I don't try.

 

I'm just a 25 year old in an old lady body.  Damn gravity.

 

 

 

 

 

Hellllllooooooo!!

I think I may actually LIVE.  Wow!  I really don't like to whine and moan when I'm sick, but dang!!!  What the Hell!  I just got knocked completely on my butt.  I lost complete days. . . .and seven pounds.  I call it Donna's New Rapid Weight Loss Program.  It doesn't come highly recommended, but it does guarantee results or your money back. 

Three days into it, I could finally stand vertical long enough to walk to the car without having to carry a porta-potty or a barfbag with me and I went to the doctor.  Have I mentioned how badly I hate doctors?  Quacks at this clinic by my house.  He said I had a "virus that's going around".  I said, "I hate it when ya'll tell me that."  How generic can you get?  Then he added that I had a kidney infection.  Me - "Where did THAT come from?"  My face all squinched and confused - not expecting that one.  I'd half expected him to say that I'd been poisoned in some diabolical setup of some sort.  I never expected anything wrong with my kidneys.  He asked me if my lower back had been hurting me.  I said, "Are you kidding me?  My WHOLE BODY has been hurting.  How could I narrow it down to just my back?" 

So the story goes.  The virus totally dehydrated my body.  Dehydration is the worst thing that can happen to your kidneys, especially if they're infected.  So I get an antibiotic for the infection.  But I can't take my stomach medicine because it counteracts the drugs or something like that.  [Medical jargon blows every circuit I've got in my brain]  In the meantime, my stomach is completely raw having been eaten up by stomach acid for three days, yet I can't take anything for it until I'm done with the antibiotics.  Nice.  So even though I'm feeling much better, my stomach is in agony everytime I eat. 

Speaking of which, I just ate my first full lunch since last Friday.  It was New Orleans Seafood.  [Mild, flaky tilapia is topped with spicy Creole seasonings and broiled, then finished with sautéed shrimp and Parmesan cream sauce. Served with fresh, steamed broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes.]   Hmmmmm.  (I've had it before so I knew that it wasn't really as spicy as you'd think)  It was very delicious, but because I was eating like a starving homeless person, I ate WAY more than I should have.  My poor little stomach is still delicate. . . and smaller than normal.  So I'm miserable now.  I just keep reminding myself of how much I enjoyed it while I was eating it.

 

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Okay - no more sick talk.  Did you know that June 20 is supposed the be The Happiest Day of the Year?  Yep - that's what they say.  According to some British researchers, they have a proven scientific formula that determined this. O + (N x S) + Cpm/T + He.  Within that, O stands for being outdoors and outdoor activity, N for nature, S for social interaction, Cpm for childhood summers and positive memories, T for temperature and He for holidays and looking forward to time off.  gOSH, That gives me the warm and fuzzies just thinking about it.  I know that I, in particular, feel good today.  Pretty happy about that.  Plus the weather is absolutely gorgeous.  Besides being stuck in the office all afternoon, I don't think I could be much happier.  Well, except to have a cold beer in my hand while lounging by my pool.  But I'll be there soon enough. 

 

Are you happy today?

 

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