The voice in my head

We all have that voice in our head...our voice. The one that reminds you to pick up the dry cleaning and what to make for dinner. My voice in my head is always full of the most useless information and random thoughts. My voice in my head is generally the lighter side of me the more relaxed version. Out of the blue my voice and thoughts are immediately running across my brain with the stupidest of things:

"I should try that grout cleaning recipe on pinterest."

“Am I suppose to tip the trashmen”

"Why does everything I plant in that urn die...I'm starting to think that's a bad sign."

"Wouldn’t it be great to have an invisible shield pop up every time the children enter the house with their muddy shoes on."

 “CRAP I have to cook dinner again tonight.”

"I wonder if they re use my pedicure flip flops when I leave?"

“where did I put my keys”

"why is a Sonic diet coke do addictive...oh wait I know that one - the ice"

"I should have paid more attention to Mr. Rogers when I was a child, he was right ON with the cardigan, everyone loves a cardigan.."

“I should drink more water, I should drink something that has water in it.”

“I wonder what’s new at Target”

“the dog smells”

“where’s my epi pen, I wonder what Martha Stewart is doing, does she need an epi pen?”

“who are you talking to…Jake from State Farm???”

“Like a good neighbor…stay over there.”

I should cut my hair, I should let it grow, why did my phone just make that noise?"

"What do they put in Don Drapper’s hair to make it look that greasy (mad men)?"

"My toes are cold, my feet are ugly, I don’t like this polish."

"I should go to the grocery store, Why are the fruits and veggie by the front door."

"Maybe I should start smoking – wait, WHAT!  NO, no, no…"

"Where am I going...CRAP I forgot to turn."

"If I had to drive in the evacuation lane, I wonder I fast I could drive."

"How many diet coke’s do we have?"

"I wonder if someone could wrap me up like a burrito with my blanket. "

Batten Lucheon Spring 2013

Well come on in, to the gallery at least... That's my friend Sharon welcoming twenty four sweet women into the gallery to gather, socialize, and lunch all in the name of fundraising.  Sharon was actually yelling at me, "Don't take my picture." Then I reminded her..."it's for a good cause."

As each guest arrived they were treated to a Pink Peony (pink crystal light. sprite zero and vodka) made by the clever Karen. They turned out to be dangerously delicious.

That's Karen and she's an amazing cook and even better bartender. I swear every time I'm with Karen I am NEVER surprised at the life story she may share with me. She has done it all, seen it all and had a great time along the way. To say she is an interesting woman is putting it lightly.

Once you had your drink and made your way past Karen and Sharon, six tables of four were set up all the way down the gallery path. The roses were from the Antique Rose Emporium, and smelled as beautiful as they looked. We did a simple container with a small thank you note attached and offered them to our guest when they departed as a little country party favor.

Another view of the tables and some of the homeowners interesting and beautiful collections.

Light horderves before our meal. 

A chilled Avocado and Cucumber soup shooter.

Sharon's (the woman in the first picture) boots, she's an amazing artist who can paint ANYTHING.  She painted those boots. Need a pair? She can paint anything on a pair of boots and does. Need her information, email me. She has a pair of boots for me but I can't decide what to have her paint...polka dots, gators, pink and green flowers, maybe blue ribbons (grand champion/remember Pookie and her horses). Any suggestions?

I love that elephant painting and those five woman are pretty special too...thanks ladies for supporting the Luke and Rachel Batten Foundation (learn more at www.lrbf.org)

 PLEASE save the emails, I obvisiously know what some readers may think about it. I live in TEXAS the sterotypes are TRUE. 

Three more generous women. Thanks again for your support.

Thank goodness I didn't have to use that stove...I made have needed a special degree. 

I know you wanted it...a closer look.

The minute I saw a gray cloud in the distant sky I'd hit those stairs and run for the cellar...it is amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeBALLS! 

The view from the opposite end of the gallery. How memorizing would it be to have such a space in your own backyard.

 P.S. The gallery is not attached to the main house.

More socializing and snacking. I should have wore a hat. I love hats! What a great idea for next years luncheon...

Same room as the above picture, different view. Ginger's bright orange tunic (right corner) was gorgeous!!! 

Before anyone starts sending me emails/comments about how cruel they think it is to kill animals...DON'T bother. I live in Texas if it's legal we hunt it, stuff it and hang it. For the record we don't care how far we have to travel to find it either. We are what we are...hunting loving, big hair wearing, gun packing, boot scoot'n Texans.

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God Bless TEXAS.

A little peek at the backyard...this is country living at it's BEST. What you can't see are the horses and long horns behind the fence.

Another hostess and her adorable boots...I did say we live in Texas, in the country and love our boots. Our town is so small we have HONESTLY seen two horses tied up in the WalMart parking lot. SERIOUSLY! 

The homeowner has had crazy luck growing these vines. Yep I'm in garden club, have no idea what those beautiful vines are. 

View as the last guest is leaving. The day was a great success, all the ladies enjoyed the afternoon and the hostesses all survived. I did get a little busy and forgot to take pictures of the food but I think I'll be forgiven.  We all get a little nutty right before we host a fundraiser, one of my duties as hostess was dessert. I must have gone temporarily goofy, I had to make the dessert FIVE times the night before. Which I guess I should look at it as...I didn't give up. My poor friend Shannon, I wish I would have taken pictures of the gigantic mess we all made in her kitchen the night before. I was literally on my hands and feet cleaning up. Oh well, we all had a great laugh, helped the Batten Foundation and enjoyed the afternoon.

My Strange Addiction

I've always been a girl in love with pink, flowers, polka dots...a very girlie girl. My workroom is pink as well as my closet. I almost always pick out pink nail polish and my lip gloss is always a shade of pink. I always hear that line in Steel Magnolia's "my wedding is a shade of blush and bashful." In other words Pink and Pink. Love THAT!!!  

Recently I saw some beautiful Lilly Pulitzer bracelets and immediate went to check out the diameter of the opening ( I have man hands), sadly after reading I knew they would not fit. Boo Hoo! Nothing new, so I forgot about the bracelets...until I remembered I had some unfinished wooden bangle bracelets at home that did fit me! After some YouTube research and computer time, I decided to attempt making my own  Lilly Pulitzer inspired bracelets. I purchased some Mod Podge (YouTube told me to), gathered paper with designs I love, scissors, paint brush, and sat down to attempt using Mod Podge (decoupaging agent) for the first time. 

WOW, I couldn't believe the beautiful results...I went Mod Podge crazy and made at least seven bracelets that first night. Then I think I wore them the next four days straight. I was so pleased with my handy work...let me be honest and say that generally I set off super excited about a little project and the result ends up in the trash can. I can not sew, I have not generally been good with crafty things and Pinterest makes me crazy. If you get what I'm saying then you can appreciate how excited I was that my Lilly inspired bracelets turned out so pretty.

The experience with Mod Podge was so much fun and the result was making me beyond giddy, that I think I created a my new strange addiction. It's no secret I drink more diet coke than most normal people...so naturally my cooler needed to be lillyified. 

I think it took me a couple of hours, but it's so pretty!!!!! Pink, green and blue, flowers and I am HAPPY, not to mention it will be filled with diet coke.

I practiced on a cooler I had already. Kind of looks like the handles on backwards! 

I mentioned before that my workroom is pink, This tissue box cover is going to look so cute in it. I tried the mirror for fun to see how difficult it would be or if it would even turn out. It wasn't hard but it was time consuming, overall the result is precious. I would definitely make again for my daughters friends (gifts) or anyone who asked really.

Once again I thought...why not! I pulled out this tray I had tucked away, grabbed my papers, mod podge and scissors. This is one of my favorites. A collage of Lilly patterns. I can't wait to decide where I going to use it.

Here's what started it all. The bracelets!!!!  

You can make your own too:

find a bracelet that fits, paper you like, purchase some ModPodge and paintbrush.

1. Measure around the width of the bracelet.

2. Cut your paper in pieces you feel comfortable working with.

3. Brush Mod Podge on back of paper (not the print or pattern side) and wrap around bracelet. Continued till bracelet is covered.

4. Apply Mod Podge to entire bracelet, let dry. Repeat three more times. I would suggest finishing it with a few coats of sealer (clear poly, one that says NO yellowing on can).

Tell me what you have Mod Podged???

People I'd like to Throat Punch

Yes I have a list of people I'd like to Throat Punch...don't you???? It's not like I really would, I really want to, but of course I can't.  I can make a list and get a good laugh out of it.

People I want to Throat Punch:

* all the ladies I had to spend the afternoon with a week or so ago. I also now want to burn all my designer bags because of these same women.   Wear a LV with and a Target outfit and I couldn't agree more, wear an LV bag with rhinestone cowgirl flip flops and guns a blazing t-shirt and I want to rip the LV bag out of your hand as if I was rescuing it.

* Pookie's principal...please, please, please, stop talking to me...I am not listening. If  it's not about Pookie then lets move along, stop holding up car line.

* the umpire at most baseball games.

* the neighbors cat.

* anyone who works at the AT&T, Apple or Best Buy retail stores. I LOVE my Ipad but would rather be throat punched than go to the Apple, AT&T or Best Buy store.

* the mailman, but only when he shoves a package the size of a watermelon in my mailbox because he didn't want to bring it to the door.

* the makers of Game of Thrones! You suck and should be throat punched for making us wait so long in between seasons.

* the woman in our town who wears her name badge EVERY where she goes. I bet she sleeps in it. Actually I shouldn't pick on her, maybe it's a reminder. I've seen her at parties with it on.

*the waitress who ask me if diet Pepsi is ok.

* the next person who tells me how lucky I am to live in the country.

* the lady at the MAC counter when she tells me they are out of Cultured lip gloss.

*the woman in our tiny town who makes voodoo dolls out of hair and drinks chicken blood. No, she doesn't really drink chicken blood.

* the woman who was talking shit about halter horses in front of Pookie and she know that Pookie has two.

* Kim Kardashian

* the person who said I should move to the city if I didn't like country life...WOW I never thought about that!

* the woman who recently tried to explain to me why I should give bar be que a another try. This was very difficult to leave alone. I promise I almost looked at her and asked if she'd give shit another try.

* the maker of Rainbow Loom. Thank you for this heaping pile of mess! Rubber bands everywhere.

* the man at Lowe's who told me to ask my husband if the mailbox post I wanted to order was ok. Throat punch was really not what I wanted to do to him, I really wanted to tell him "I asked my husband and he said I could not only order the post but I could shove it up your ass too."  I didn't!!!!!! Take a deep breath...

*  Tori Spelling...I actually love her, but OMG four children and look that great.

* the woman who asked me what Lilly Pulitzer was (I should have asked her if she lived in a cave.)

* the driver that almost hit Little Einstein and ruined his bike and then DIDN'T buy him a new bike. THIS person really should be Throat Punched!!!!

* the mom on our baseball team who sold ZERO fundraiser tickets. Thank you for your support.

* tom cruise

* anyone who ask to join my card group - four years, four women...enough said.

* the checker at HEB who ask what I'm going to do with "that"   -I did answer her "take it home"



I am being silly, I have never throat punched anyone, obviously I've day dreamed about it.
Who do you want to throat punch???????? don't say me, that's a given.