Happy Hour Friday... on Saturday!

Thanks to my good friend RxBambi I am able to play along and do a Happy Hour post... I know it's late.. that's because I had a fabby post already planned for Friday and totally got distracted and forgot.. I know... about Happy Hour!!! For those of you reading who actually know me in real life will be astounded that I forgot a Happy Hour... never fear though... as I type I have a glass of red in hand and it's Friday afternoon, I'm just scheduling this for Saturday. Complicated isn't it!!!!!

So what made me happy this week???? Monday was great, we closed the office and all went home early.. yay! That's always good even though I do truly love my job and the people I work with, however, there's nothing like being able to go home and watch the Real Housewives of New York on Bravo. Hilarious, out of touch shit that makes you glad to be a "normal" person.

Then there was the Soccer Pictures on Tuesday.. what a freakin' debacle that is... I could just take them myself but I don't have the cheeseball backdrop of the rest of the team in front of the cheeseball backdrop!!!! I'm happy we did it 'cos it's something to bring out at the girls weddings or graduation or whatever public event we can!!!

I am happy that his gorgeousness went out of town one night this week... but why would that make me happy I hear you all cry in unison.... why, I reply... yes, McGilly, why??? you all cry again...because dear readers that was the night we had breakfast for dinner.. hee hee... and then I spent some time chatting online with a good friend and she was making me laugh so much I almost woke the girls!!!! good times!!!! I am happy he's home though and only stayed out one night... he's so good to have around.. I really like him!!!

I'm just happy in general, have done some serious soul searching today after a short period of unhappiness, then after the counseling of a very close and wonderful friend I am on the road to happiness again, I can't let it all get me down.  So here I am happy with my red wine and olives... yay!!!!!!!!

Now go check out the Bambs and other Happy Hour Lushes at the end of the bar... toodles!!!!

oops almost forgot one major factor in my happiness this week..... my new fisheye lens... way too much fun!!!!!! Thanks Syd for being such a sport... we laughed and laughed... go get you one!!!!

Lassie was a Shih Tzu... really!!!!

I shihtzu you not... this kid is Lassie in real life... I first noticed it when she would come up to me and kinda whine like a talky kinda whine and then run to the back door... "OK girl, what is it? you wanna go pee?" and off she'd go.. do her business and come back in like a good little girl.

Then things got a little more complicated... she'd come and jump up at my knees with the whiney thing going on but instead of running to the back door she'd head for the girls rooms...OK girl what is it now? have the girls fallen down a well? are they in trouble? oh nooo... you just want to lick them cos it's time to get up and ready for school... thanks girl if it wasn't for you they'd be late every day!!!".

Then there's the mystery of the missing collar, we get home one evening and start petting the dogs as soon as we get in the door... uh oh... where is little Lassie's collar??? man it must have come off somewhere??? but where... we hunt high and low glance around the room and don't see it.  Three days later... I'm sitting at my computer spewing literary delights when here she comes.. she's so excited.. she's whinnying and whining and just cock-a-hoot with excitement.. I say.. "OK girl, do you need to crap outside? have the girls fallen off a cliff in the bathroom? is Mac on his way to Mars having been abducted by aliens???" She's jumping up to my newly shaved calf muscles flab... and she's just squealing with delight... I follow her in anticipation of something fantastic... and I see it.. there in the middle of the floor... a floor I just crossed but a minute ago without encountering any obstacles... her collar.. or should I say.  GASP!!!! half a collar!!!!!!!!!!! WTF happened here Lassie... who the hell chewed on your freakin' Gucci collar and ruined the damn thing forevah?

Well, never mind, thanks for grassing on your brother... I'll get right on Ebay and blow our tax refund on a new glitzy collar for you.. cos I know one day you'll save the lives of me, the girls and his gorgeousness cos you're one smart little shih tzu!!!! (even if Daddy does think you're a dumb shit zoo).

I love you Lassie Daisy, I'm calling Ari Gold right now to see if there are any parts in Hollywood for you. Just remember who's your mama!!!

Top Secret... but you can tell me!!!!!

Seems like all the blogs I follow religiously seem to resonate similar themes, either it's because I pick blogs that I can relate to and therefore are naturally similar; or it's because the universe tricks us into feeling the same way at the same time in order that we all get along....kind of.

There have been a couple of recurring themes of note lately, firstly the theme of friends..... girl friends in particular... not boyfriend and girlfriend but "girlfriends" "confidantes" "bff;s" and "biotches". Of course it makes one reflect on ones own personal relationships and the highs and lows we all experience when involved with people we like to call friends... how do we make friends? How do we keep lifelong friendships interesting and meaningful? How do we end those friendships that become toxic or even just bland and uninspiring?

There's so much ground to cover here and y'all would be sleeping on your keyboards if I went into every detail that pops up in my vast array of thoughts on the subject. Suffice to say it's complicated, I'm pretty much an instant judge of character which can sometimes lead to tricky situations.  I'm an open minded person and will give anyone a chance, sometimes I decide too soon that a person will be my BFF and therefore end up with the tricky breakup when I discover they are really shallow and crazy... or sometimes the opposite occurs and it takes a while but that person I was a little leery of becomes a BFF!!!! totally!!!!! I have a lot of friends that I still keep in touch with, if only via the internet and FB... I love that though.. we can still say Hi.. and I can let them know when I'll be in the area so we can get together for a knees up!!! That's what leads me to this post (as well as reading other meaningful posts on friends)... I am going home to England soon and have alerted the authorities dropped a note to some friends. It's AWESOME... they are ready and willing to have a couple o' lemonades and a little get together with me... yes... after all these years.. we just hop right back on the carousel as if no time at all had passed.

OK then, the second trend I am seeing over the blogosphere is secrets... yes dirty little secrets, hidden away in the depths of the minds of the writer.. this only brings me to one conclusion.. that I am one nosey freakin' biotch... I can't stand it!!!!  We all have secrets I am sure of that... but what is it that makes something a secret? Is it a fact that you may know which cannot be disclosed to anyone because of the ramifications... like someone may get fired or arrested or something... or is it just a little snippet of gossip that may cause a little embarrassment for a short while and therefore you don't want it getting out and tarnishing your reputation? Just spill already... I can honestly say there isn't one secret that I have learned that would actually ruin a person.. well almost... but it's not like I can do anything with the secrets I've learned???? I'm not a mastermind of blackmail or skulduggery!!! So I guess my point is... just tell me what the hell your secret is and I'll offer my advice... like dear Abby.... only it's Dear McGilly. I'll keep it to myself... not really.. but I will change names and circumstances so as not to cause red faces and ridiculous excuses.

If you have a problem with a friend or you have an embarrassing secret please feel free to email me or comment and i will most certainly offer a guaranteed answer to the problem... I'm old and wise... you will not be disappointed and if you are ... well who gives a shit, you didn't pay for my services. Come on... spill the beans.. you know you want to!!!!!!!!!

Stop Press... I have just been reminded that today is JT's Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday John Travolta... I love you!!!!

Mwwuuuaaahhhh!!

More Blogapalooza Fun....

If you are interested in attending the little get together I have planned in South GA this spring... April 23rd to be exact... then here's a handy little way to let me know...
I love gadgets!!!
Click on the Event link over there to the right, sign in as if you are going to follow my site, then it will give you the buttons to rsvp, attend or not!!! hahahahaaa cool!!!!

Spaces are limited, I have already had some great interest.. you know who you are. I'll be contacting you soon with more details. Don't you love it, we all meet and fall in blog love online then we meet in person and have the "BESTEST TIME"!!!!!!! 

Best of all is that I have gotten some new lenses for my lovely camera and will be in full swing with them by the time 'palooza comes around. Yay. So come on.. what'ya waitin' for? jump in and feel the love!!!!

Speakin' of love.... how about Kimi steppin' up again and making me the rockin' button... she's awesome y'all, if you're not already following her I damand you do so now... and sign up for her weekly comment. I love you Kimi! really I do!

Five Minute Fumble....

Oh for God's sake people, get your minds outta the gutter, this is not a post about me and Gorgeousness' Valentine Activities!!!!!!

I am short on time and long on bull crap to share so instead of doing my Randomonium post (which is actually well thought out and planned and not random at all) I am jotting down some thoughts in that need to be out there.  The reason they need to be out there is 'cos they're driving me crazy.

First... OK I know we don't have weather nearly as shitty as the rest of the country (nay World) but it's shitty none the less and we (we being me) are officially sick and damn tired of it.  Let's just get this winter behind us already, show me the sunshine, show me the light evenings, show me the freakin' TOES!!!!!!!!!!

Although snow really does make for some uber cute pictures of the kids!!!!! (thanks to my good friend K)


Next.. at last we're seeing some good stuff on TV.... The Amazing Race is back and there's a team called Steve and Allie.. although she spells it totally wrong I'm rootin' for them.... oh yeah!!!!!!  Also on Sunday nights on CBS there's a show about how CEO's go undercover... love it... love it... love it. I hope that every CEO in the country is watching this show. Especially mine.

I'm excited about a photography class I'm starting tomorrow night.. oh yeah... I'm gonna be paying close attention and learning a lot. At least I hope so... I'm so easily distracted.... like I'll be looking at the teacher wondering what he had for dinner.... or what his house looks like... stuff like that. I'm also excited because my loved ones have purchased some new lenses and stuff for my camera.... WHAT... yeah, that's right!!

The bestest, bestest, ever gift is a trip home to visit my peeps across the Pond!!!! Yeah... you heard me.. my in-laws are sending me home... now this can be interpreted a number of ways. It could be that they feel sorry for me being married to their son for so long and they feel I deserve a break for a few days. On the other hand maybe they think he is tired of my English ass and that HE needs a break from me for a few days. There is one school of thought that they're sending me home and secretly hoping that I'll be involved in a blogging for tickets scam and not be allowed back into the country. I do, however, in my heart of hearts, feel that they love me enough to know that I need a visit home and they know they have the means to help me out, for that I love them too.  Ahhhhh bless.

Did I mention I love travelling and especially love to snap pictures from the plane window... people think I'm weird.... and I don't give a crap...... 'cos I get some pretty neat pics... like this one.

What else... oh yeah... there's a blog out there that I came across today and want you to go and look at...
http://dianesaddledramblings.blogspot.com/  I always like people who have rambling in their name. She has a list of 45 things to do at 45... it's an awesome list.  I am too lazy to make a list of 41 things to do at 41 so I think people who do this are fantastic, motivated, incredible peeps and should be hailed by all!!!!

OK ... gotta go watch rednex on Cops... talk at y'all later.... c'mon back now ya hear!!!!

What a fantastic weekend....

So, Valentine's weekend, my birthday weekend, snow in SW Georgia weekend, nice day on Sunday weekend.

Yep, in case you're wandering, I had a really freakin' good weekend. It all started on Friday when my kids were packed off to spend the night with good friends... their kids are the same age and all four girls get along so so well.  They went north an hour and spent the evening playing in snow...now this is the first real snow my kids have ever seen!!! Booo for me.. I wanted so badly to take them to the snowy mountains this winter and as it turns out, it didn't turn out. My friend K took pictures and no offense K (she reads my blog) unless they are absolutely freakin' perfect I'm gonna be pissed!!! (just kidding... i'm eternally grateful that you give a shit enough to drive all that way!!) (with five little girls) (in the freezin' cold).

Ash told me later that she'd played a Princess game with the girls, naturally Ash was the Princess and she asked her lady in waiting to "fetch me a latte".... wtf  I had no clue what a latte was when I was five!!!!

So, whilst they were experiencing their first snow, his gorgoeousness and I were having a romantic dinner at Ted's Montana Grill... YUM!!!! it was such a great night, I love that place and having dinner with the love of my life on my birthday was awesome!!! For those of you with young kids, fear not, there will come a day when you can leave them with a responsible adult and become a couple again.. without worry... just you and him...fine food, fun and lemon drops. YaY!!!

Saturday was a lazy day, just mundane stuff like cleaning, bloggin', watchin' tv... you know. Then in the evening we returned the favor and had the girls come over to our house while K and her hubby had a Valentine's night out. They had won a night out at the Y for attending a gazzillion work out classes together.. now that, my friends, is romance!!!!!

The kids had a ball decorating a birthday cake for me... delicious!!!!!!!!!

Much discussion about the number of candles and my age.... it just doesn't matter after you have more candles than fruit loops does it???  This was probably the best cake I ever had, other than the rude for my 21st... I'll post that another day!! hee hee.

Today was a mellow day, Ash finally discarded her training wheels on her bike! cool. His gorgeousness fixed the big computer in Syd's room, we relaxed; finally I found the key to Sunday perfection.... sandwiches for dinner!!!! easy, hardly any clean up, no anxious feelings about getting everything cleaned up before Monday!!! oh yeah... that's the way to go!!!!

How was your weekend... happy like mine I hope!!!!!!!

Shhhh don't tell anyone...

I don't want a fuss now, so please keep your seats, no need to send presents, just cash!!! No, no, really, thank you but no, you really don't have to buy me lunch or send me flowers.... ok.... only if you insist! Oh Chocolates? for me? how kind... I love truffles you know... especially the ones my Mum would always buy me from that lovely chocolate shop chain all over England.... the name escapes me... uuhhhh the name escapes me... wtf was the name of that damn shop???? the choccies were the best freakin' ever and I would not accept chocs unless they were from that damn store that I cannot for the effin' life of me remember the dag gum NAAAMMMMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's alzheimers.... is senility..... it's brain damage.... no... what's that you say???? Arrggghhh it's OLD AGE!!!
I'm off to visit my friend the plastic surgeon and the witchdoctor with the "time stands still" potion... see you old farts later!!!!!! mwuuaahhh!!!!

p.s. Ash tells me I'm not 41 until I blow out the candles....no cake for me!!!!! ")

pps. Bambi is happy over on rxbambi.blogspot.com... go check out what's making her and everyone else in the universe happy this lovely cold and wet Friday!!!!!!