Musical Monday

My son Jack gets to see Alice In Chains next Friday, so that had me thinking of my favorite songs of theirs.  It won't be the same since Layne Staley died years ago, but it still should be fun for Jack.  I love grunge music.

From their amazing album, Jar Of Flies, are these two tracks.  They are back to back on the album and I think should always be listened to that way.  First Whale & Wasp.



Followed by Don't Follow, in my opinion their best song ever.



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Fantastic

I just tried to hit a wasp who was on my hummingbird feeder.  I mised and he flew in my open sliding glass door.  Husband and teenage boys are gone.  I guess it's just me & one pissed off wasp, yippee!

*Breaking News*

The was has been located & released back into the wild.

Wasp-0, Mimi-1

How We Started Our Patriots Day

Chris & I went to the main firehouse this morning for "The Longest Breakfast Table in Waterford." For a suggested donation you get bad pancakes and sausages, but the food obviously isn't the point.  The $ collected are for injured police & fire fighters and the families of those we have lost.

It happened to fall on 9/11 this year which made it very poignant. I was surprised that Chris & I were the only ones going around and shaking the police officers & fire fighters hands and thanking them for what they do.


I was fighting back tears all morning & then they had the piper in full regalia play Amazing Grace after the chaplain had a moment of silence & of course I lost it. Unfortunately we were sitting next to an ass-hat who chose this moment to degrade his wife for being "stupid" because she forgot to record a show for him yesterday, classy!

The while walking around, looking at the engines, I happened to ask Lieutenant Matthews how much the fire gear weighed & that's when this happened!

I wanted to take that little blonde boy home with me!

I couldn't believe how heavy that equipment was, my knees kept buckling!  I even got to breathe through the respirator, Darth Mimi at your service.

Lieutenant Matthews was awesome & I had a crowd of about 20 or 30 people watching me by the end!  I still don't know how I ended up being brave enough to do it, but I loved every minute of it.

It was a great way to remember the fallen of 9/11 and help a good cause at the same time!

Disparate & Multifarious

Let's do some randomness for this weeks Round Robin.  The Round Robin is hosted by Amy over at Keeping Up With The Schultz Family, so go check it out!
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Quizno's has another messed up commercial out. I guess it's getting people talking, but honestly based on the crap commercials their throwing out I won't be eating there any time soon.
This is even worse than the last commercial.


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I guess I helpfully cut the caption off, but this said, "If Salvador Dali designed Livestock". Yep, my Cuteoverload calender makes me Lol!

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Another thing that I don't understand. The site that I found this on called this the Snuggie burqua. I think that name fits. I'm pretty sure I'd rather drool on myself in public, than lay with this over my head.



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Finally, I'll leave you with one of my favorite cartoons, Pearls Before Swine.

My Baby Is In High School!!!

I know I'm lucky.  My boy is here with me.  I have several friends who have lost children, who would be overjoyed to be where I'm at today, so please forgive me if this is insensitive.

It's just while I watch my boys grown into amazing young men, every step towards independence takes them a step further away from me in some way.  Sometimes, like now just writing about it, the tears come as I remember my little men who always wanted to snuggle with momma.  When you love with all of your heart, all of your soul, and all of your being, letting go hurts so much, even while you rejoice in their accomplishments.

Anywhoo, here are some pictures of Jack's "clap in" yesterday. The freshmen come in alone at the beginning of the day and are clapped into the big gym by parents & loved ones. The drum line plays in front of them which makes it really cool.

Jack wasn't really interested my picture taking, but he's the one with the messenger bag.

My handsome Jack.  (Yes we can usually only see one eye!)

And one last shot of him walking away from me into his exciting new adventure.

I love you, baby Jack.

A Great Opportunity To Be A Queen

My awesome friend Jeannie from Jeannie's Happy World is starting a great book reading group for women.  Here's what she has to say about it:

A ROYAL INVITATION!

I'm soooo excited to be embarking on an amazing, new journey. Are you a woman "of a certain age", who has lived the first half of her life and is looking forward to the best half of her life??? It's time to discover the seven best gifts a woman can give herself:

• Claim your beauty and feel your power, clean your mental closet and find your queen voice, admire yourself for who you've become, build deep, fulfilling friendships with other women, establish firm boundaries that will strengthen all your relationships, learn the simple trick to finally being happy, and place the crown firmly on your head!

Are you ready to be a Queen?? Email me (j_kupsh@yahoo.com) for more information!

The book is Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-Up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life You Deserve & was co-written by Kathy Kinney who played Mimi on the Drew Carey show.

This group is going to be a great place for self-improvement, friendship & fun.  Jeannie has all kinds of fun surprises for the whole group, so hop on over to Jeannie's blog and shoot her an e-mail.  Oh & tell her Mimi sent ya!

Musical Monday

 

 For today's MM song I chose possible the saddest song I know.  The first line, "She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette", I think is pure genius & when it comes to the chorus watch out!  "He put that bottle to his head & pulled the trigger."  It gets me with goosebumps every time.

Here is Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss.



Play along and see what everyone else is up to on this Musical Monday at Bloggin With Amanda or Run DMT.