Another american icon has reached the iconic age of a quarter of a century old...

yep, you guessed it, the WAVE has turned 25.
Who knew that crazy george would one day become a sports icon? i for one had not ever heard of him before. I guess i never did give any thought to the origins of the wave... it's been around as long as i can remember- forever as far as i'm concerned. but do follow the link and read the article- it's a real hoot!

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
My second Helldorado and my first in proper western dress. And i have to say that while i could rattle off the problems and mistakes in the garment, I MADE MY FIRST western dress and i didn't even have a real pattern. L from the bordello helped me expand a child's pattern to my size and considering, it came out ok.

This style is called a Polonaise and is from 1880's.

There is a bustle in the back,

...and of course i had to make bloomers!
I bought a corset today (10% off for locals!) i know very well i could make one, and i will. someday. but for now i have one.
then i was inspired- with my new pair of bloomers and a corset, all i need is a pair of striped sox and a chemise and i have a saloon girl outfit for evening wear. which will come in handy for next weekend, the 125 anniversary of the OK corral shootout. you know, it's very hard to be a lady all the time.

Why the hell am i watching t.v.?
more to the point, why can't i tear myself away from gameshows!?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I survived perfectly well without any t.v. for several months. i mean, we have a t.v., and a dvd, and if i was bored enough i would put on a classic episode of the avengers

or maybe a movie... but mostly, i just got stuff done. you know, like important things? but as y'all know, Mr. K is on the cheap side and with no cable out in the boonies he is not about to spring for sattelite. so today he phones me up with this brilliant idea...

yep, you guessed it.
I have a gigantic set of bunny ears on my television. and i have- wait for it- one channel.
It is amazing what one will watch when there is only one choice. I mean, think about it. i could have cable and be flipping through 100 channels of NOTHING. or i could have sattelite and (assuming i could decode the remote) flick through 900 channels of NOTHING. it's rather liberating that i only have NBC and the only remote choice i have is ON or OFF. at least i have local news during the day, that's kind of good... and ambient noise in the house. i have to admit, with the "MR." out of town it gets really quiet around here.

Y'all


it sounds so good



Y'all.
ever since i took HS spanish from the woman with the arkansas drawl... i have always wondered why there is no term in the english language for "usedes"
except, "y'all."
put concisely, it is the plural of "you." something missing in the english language, carefully replaced by those who would wed their cousins. come on, y'all know what i'm talking about. especially in this great country where 80% of the citizens do not have their passport and we are only not inbred by virtue of so much real estate! i mean look at the british. they spent thousands of years on that island and just look at them! they were so inbred they decided at one point in their evolution that they needed to make a distinction between the highbred (inbred) and the wallers (those that might not marry their sisters) by incorporating Latin rules into their language to make it sound more "refined." well, it made just about the most difficult language on the planet. and they mysteriously left out "y'all."
it is such a useful phrase, y'all. it so easily distinguishes the singular from the plural. i have so often found it to be a useful (albeit embarassing) part of my language.
but that was me as a city girl. now i am a tombstone lady. and while i still have the benefit of all my teeth, my pupils do not balk at my use of the phrase "y'all." for they are mostly from military families and understand the useage.
and for those of you who waited patiently, here is a photo taken from the washes in which buddy and i like to run (note his little ears in the lower right)