Ah did ya miss it?

The Stupid Blog Party that is? It was here on April 15th-18, but now it is over and all the names have been entered into our crown and the winners have been drawn out our crown. All Participants win the right to display the Stupid Blog Party Badge on their blog

Thank you all for playing, but alas only a select few may actually win a prize…And the WINNERS ARE

First 1st Prize: Smiling With Daisy - Daisy

Second Prize: Exit Stage Right - Snaggle Tooth

3rd Prize:  Deanna's Blog - Deanna

4th Prize: Elizabeth's Ramblings - Elizabeth

Booby Prize:  Ma Vie Folle - Sheila 1 of my commenters

Consolation Prizes:

Mildred - 1 of Daisy's commenters
Lynn - 1 of Snag's commenters
Mirisa - 1 of Deanna's commenters
Ellis - 1 of Elizabeth's commenters

Please e-mail your address' to me so I may get your super & duper & spectacular prize to you. Paigevonliber (at sign) gmail dot com

Thanks again to all my dear internets…start saving your stupid stories and things now just in case we have another Stupid Blog Party around this same time next year.

btw my 3rd April give a way info will be in my next post. I love you my dear internets {hugs computer}

Thanks again to all my guest and to those that commented the postings of my guest.

Yeah Bay-B

Let’s get this Stupid Blog Party started, up in here. There’s some left over spaghetti and crackers on the table over there. Fuzzy navels on the ottoman slash coffee table in the living room, but I must caution you on possible toenail clippings clinging to the fabric. Yeah, well we all can’t be excellent housekeepers ALL the time…now can we? Okay, the bathroom is off limits, there is a port-o-let on the front lawn and y’all can use the hose IF you feel that you must wash up. Please enjoy this year’s Stupid Blog Party by visiting our other guest, chat amongst yourselves and don’t forget to tell us how happy you are to be here and how much we have impressed you with our…with our…err Stupidness.

Yes be prepared to be dazzled (not to be confused with a BedazzleR) with our little story. I don’t know about y’all but I do hope I don’t rattle on too much after all there are other guest to mingle with. Oh please be sure to try the Humus, my family won’t eat it. I see some of you brought your own snacks (lol I typed snakes at first) and drinks, now don’t be greedy share. I said SHARE!

~~I suppose if YOU want to make this a “Fancy” party feel free to dress up, otherwise attire is optional~~

Okay so y’all my dear internets remember when I told y’all about our trip to Glen Rose and the Dinosaur tracks, blah, blah blah? Well as we were passing though town I spotted an Art Museum. I know who would have thought that they had one? But they did and I drug Beloved and Baby Girl in. Hey it was FREE! Believe it or not we actually saw some pieces by some of the same artist we saw in Savannah last Thanksgiving. Anyway Beloved and Baby Girl just zipped right through. Now between me and you I don’t think they really appreciated the art at all. I however took my time meandering (a Texas word for lolly-gagging (which is a fancy word for poking along slowly)) from room to room and then all of a sudden (feign surprise please & thank you)…

I rounded a corner and spied a painting resting on an easel. I felt happiness at the sight of it. Really this grin sorta crept across my face and then bam it was a huge smile. I felt my insides all warm and tingly. Crazy, absolutely CRAZY I tell you. I felt so silly, stupid if you will, at how seeing that painting made me feel so good. No it wasn’t one of mine, however that would have been wonderful if not funny though, thanks for asking. So’s anyway I studied the face of the old gentleman and said out (after looking around to be sure no one was watching me{wink}) “My aren’t you a dear ol’ fella? My goodness I can’t believe how happy it makes me to look at you.” Yes I really did say all that. So I glanced at the information card to find out the artist and subject. OMG! I’m telling y’all OMG! The man in the painting was Commodore (last name omitted to protect our privacy)

Hole E Mole E my dear internets ... I know why I liked him so much, it was one of those “DUH STUPID!” moments ya know? Smack yourself in the forehead even…It was my Husband! My own Beloved, only NOT, ya know cause this Commodore guy was long, way long gone, but it looked like my Beloved and in fact he was an Ancestor! I know! What are the odds of this actually happening? Okay I’ll show you the Commodore, but know this, my Beloved doesn’t have this long of a beard, nor the blue eyes and he does not wear cowboy hats and he is not as old…but otherwise it’s my man. The same face shape, the same nose, eye shape, cheeks and lips and the ears…No wonder I felt so good seeing this painting. Oh and the eyebrows are so totally the same.

I know this is just so unbelievable, but it’s a true story however Stupid it may sound. Now over to y’all, my dear internets… If the Mr. Linky doesn’t work for ya please leave a direct link to your Stupid Blog Party Post. There are some prizes. Not for everyone but for 8 lucky winners whose names will be drawn at random from those dear internets that are able to participate. And don’t forget EVERYONE that plays gets to display this year’s Stupid Blog Party Badge. You have until midnight'ish April 18 to link & play. Winners will be announced April 19.

NOW-Show-ME! SHOW ME YOUR STUPIDNESS!

Almost Time

For what? you may wander, or not? April, yep that’s right the month of April is fast approaching. April brings the Annual Poem a Day Challenge as brought to us by Robert Lee Brewer of Poetics Asides, in conjunction with National Poetry Month, which is April. Yes I plan on playing along once again, why stop now especially since it’s almost April.


I know y’all my dear internets are not All that crazy about poetry, but I do write it, so you must endure some of my drivel from time to time. Oh I know you don’t mind because you love me and I don’t bombard y’all with it overly much.

And moving on…

Some of you know about my Stupid Blog Party from April of last year…well I will be doing it again. I hope y’all are looking forward to it and that you are already working on your Stupid Post. Oh, yes there will be prizes again this year in April. The Party is set for April 15. So get those Stupid stories (real or fiction), pictures or whatever you choose to post in honor of my Stupid Blog Party. Yes you will need to link to my blog, otherwise it wouldn’t be much of a party. I will post a reminder when the date – April 15 – gets closer and remember there will be prizes.

Haha in fact I think during the month of April I will be having surprise Give-a-Ways. Will you be ready to play? Gosh I hope I am.

and the WINNERS are...

Thank you all for coming, this was fun for me especially since I got to eat & drink the leftovers. All right here we go.


The prize winners from my Stupid Blog Party. Okay I want y’all to know I worked very, very hard on these prizes, well except for the one totally “store bought item” See here I am making some prize winner cards…

Instead of doing something like this

Drum  roll Please –

Dorriane - Free Ice Cream guessed the closest to what I poured the hot bubbling grease into she said “a thin plastic bowl” And actually it was a thin plastic cake icing tub. What was I thinking? N~O~T cause is was such a terrible mess to clean. In fact I think that countertop in my old house is still greasy. Some of your guesses were really Stupid.

Deanna - Deanna's Blog was drawn as a winner for the Stupid Blog Party Attendees Category

In My Comments Category the winner is Elizabeth - Ramblings

And out of the Party Attendee’s’ Commenter Category the winner is Susan Fields, who commented on Jai Josi's Tulsi Tree (ah, ha y’all say “I didn’t know one of my commenters could win a prize” Surprise, says I.

And the last prize winner’s name that was drawn from all remaining attendees’ and commenters both here and on party attendee’s blogs goes to Jai - Jai Josi's Tulsi Tree

Please be sure to provide me with your mailing address (paigevonliber at gmail dot com) and I’ll get the prizes out to y’all soon. Oh but first I have  to draw from my crown which prize goes to who, or should that be whom? See to be fair (cause I’m that way) winners and their prizes were randomly drawn.

Oh y’all want to know what the prizes are? I’ll leave it up to the winners to divulge their prize when it arrives at their home. But I know how curious my dear internets are so here’s a photo of the most awesome’est, coolest, to die for prizes. EVER

In the back is a white store bought apron, I added the sweet pocket and my blog logo. Then starting at the left and moving toward the right there is a shapely wooden box (painted by moi) with some of my handmade papers inside. A totally store bought egg separator, which is the stupidest thing ever. A blank book I made from a recycled calendar photo and some of my handmade papers. And a handmade bookmark is somewhere in there. I hope y’all enjoy. I have to run I'm expecting the Easter Bunny soon, but first one question for y'all dear internets...

Who is having the next blog party and what’s it gonna be?

Time for a Stupid Blog Party

Hi, come on in. How ya doing? I’m so glad you came for my Stupid Blog Party. Help yourself to the snacks, and then find a seat... So you wanta hear my Stupid story? Of course y’all do, that’s what you’re here for.

So this one time (but not at band camp) I cooked up some fried chicken. Being the southern girl that I am I wanted to make some cream gravy to drench all over the mashed potatoes, but I had all this extra grease in the skillet. And naturally I needed to pour some out, now I don’t put grease down the drain which meant I had to find something to pour the bubbling hot grease into. For the first prize who can guess what I used? Remember this IS a stupid thing. So guess away (guessing ends at midnight Texas time) Winner announced SOON and LIKEWISE all other prize winners announced SOON if not sooner-huh?

How’s about a Stupid Poem to kick off National Poetry Month (so what if it’s an old one)

CHRISTMAS SURPRISE

Ready to play a game?
Everyone keep it a secret,
Don’t tell. Here’s what we’re

Gonna do. Take one pen with
Red ink or a marker
Evenly write out the first letter of
Each line in this acrostic poem
Nice and slow now.

Can you guess the
Answer
To this special riddle?

Pretty pitiful, huh? Go ahead say it
Out loud…I dare you
Oh my, Gummy Butt, it’s your
Prompt of red-green cat poop!


Now EVERYONE Please mingle amongst yourselves grab the Stupid Blog Party 2010 Participant Badge. Play met and greet, laugh and point fingers, because it’s okay to do that at my Stupid Blog Party. Now have a nice drink (beer and karrits and pickeled eggs for everyone) and tell me all about your Stupid Post

Jen – Unedited

Sandy – Abandoned in Pasadena
Deanna – Deanna’s Blog
Georganna – A Writer’s Edge
Dapoppins – Dapoppins
Jai – Jai Josi’s Tulsi Tree
Elizabeth – Ramblings

Almost

My Stupid Blog Party begins tomorrow April 1st. So who’s sent in the RSVP? In order of response the attendee’s are:


Jen – Unedited
Sandy – Abandoned in Pasadena
Deanna – Deanna’s Blog
Georganna – A Writer’s Edge
Dapoppins – Dapoppins (has already posted a stupid poem on 3-30) yes I feel bad calling it stupid…
Jai - Jai Joshi's Tulsi Tree (posted 3-31 as she does not post on Thrusdays and the Stupid Calendar put the 1st on a Thrusday this year) & because it's my Party I'm gonna alow this :-)


But alas that’s the breaks of this Stupid Blog Party. God only knows who will call your post and mine stupid (but in a good way)

IF I missed you PLEASE comment UP: IF you have waited til the last minute(which is perfectly fine) to join in please just say so in the comments below and I’ll try to add a link prior to the start of the Stupid Blog Party April 1st

Remember just post about something/someone/original picture that has to do with Stupid; feel free to mention that it is my party and I can be S t Upid if I want to...there will be prizes

See ya then my dear internets!

TaDah

And here for your reading OUT-LOUD pleasure one last Pitiful Post. A Pitiful Poem part of my Poetry a Day for the year pulled out of my Prompt jar, for the month of March.

CHRISTMAS SURPRISE

Ready to play a game?
Everyone keep it a secret,
Don’t tell. Here’s what we’re

Gonna do. Take one pen with
Red ink or a maker
Evenly write out the first letter of
Each line in this acrostic poem
Nice and slow now.

Can you guess the
Answer
To this special riddle?

Pretty pitiful huh? Go ahead say it
Out loud…I dare you
Oh my, Gummy Butt, it is the
Prompt for red-green cat poop!


And thanks again Sandy

Going Home

This is the door that we endlessly ran in and out of, the screen door is gone now, it has been replaced with a burglar bar door. But the old wooden one is still the same and believe it or not the glass is the same that was there when my parents bought the place. The door has pealing white paint and the original rusty barn red shows through. I can remember when it was that color all over, well except the brick cause we don’t’ believe in painting brick. {not that there is anything wrong in painting brick if you like that sort of thing}

This is the window where my mother would watch us play in the backyard, as she washed dishes in the double sink. The sink is the same but the faucets have changed a few if not several times. There used to be trees, the clothesline {solar dryer} was tied to them. My sisters and I would make tents over the line with blankets and have tea parties with our dolls or picnics. The one really big oak tree I would climb and sit on this one special branch that was just right for a little girl needing to sit. All the trees are gone having been fell by one hurricane or another through the years. My tree had to be cut down a few years after My limb fell and hit the power and phone lines coming into the house. Which caused a chain reaction; house caught on fire making the transformer on the power pole blow and that affects the pocket book. Because everyone knows, or at least should know, that between the pole and your home is your problem.

Why the walk down memory lane? We went to my parents recently so I could cut my daddy’s toenails, cause I do that {back-story in a few}. And when I was emptying the foot thingy out the back door, cause a good Earth friendly citizen should not pour good water down the bad drain when it can be used on something in the yard, I noticed the pealing paint and thought of how many times I must have gone in and out that very same door ~a hundred Gazillion at least. And yes I bet at least a third, ok maybe half of those times (could be more) was followed by the phrase “Don’t slam the screen door!”

*here’s that back story of sorts. When I was little and we would pack up in the unair-conditioned car to head up north to Indiana {home} my daddy would always cut my great-grandfather’s toenails when we got to the farm. When my dad was in the hospital several years ago I noticed how long and knarly his talons were and I was honestly a little surprised they were that bad. It was just pitiful (dapoppins Pity Party) I mean EE-U! I sure hope, IF / when I can’t do my own, someone will do it for me.

Such are the little things we don’t think about and take for granted~~sometimes.

Oh by the way I won a prize and y'all are so jealous. I just know it. This is getting posted from the Gage Hotel in Marathon Texas. As I am on vacation in the Big Bend National Park area. Which is MOST AWESOME y'all gotta come here one of these days! We will be there tomorrow and thru the remainder of the week. Any one feeling HOT HOT HOT

Co-Worker trouble

It was not so good a month of January for one of my co-workers who I shall call Terry, cause that’s her name and she doesn’t read my blog. {I think} Anywho, they (who ever they are) say truth is stranger then fiction and I say if this story is not pitiful I don’t know what is…

Terry had been feeling bad for some time and for a month or better I would follow her up the stairs in the parking garage. The elevator has been broken since Ike. Well she would have to pause on the landing of each set of stairs to catch her breath. Now Terry is no smoker and never has but she had been coughing for some time…I had also been worried about it and started telling her to go to the doctor. Which she had been to more than once already. First it was a cold then it was bronchitis then she thought maybe it was pneumonia or bronchitis again. I told her she needed an x-ray. I don’t’ think she reailized how long this had been going on till I kept telling her, “you have been coughing and being short winded for a long time.”

And here we were in January already and going home on a that first Friday of the year and month and she had to stop and rest for a couple of minutes before going up the next half flight of stairs. And again I stressed that I really thought she needed a chest x-ray, but didn’t say why on accounta she is normally smart and I knew she knew what I meant. I feared lung cancer.

And on Saturday morning she got up called her mom and said come take me to the ER. She told them what had been going on. She asked for and got the chest X-ray-NO Cancer. They ultra sounded her belly and found a tumor, blood test revealed her iron level was lower than a dead person. Did you hear what I typed-Dead People have higher Iron than Terry did. She was given 6 pints of whole blood over Saturday and Sunday~ People! There are only about 10 pints in the normal adult to begin with.

Ladies take a little Iron tablet every now and again will ya.

With her Iron fixed they did surgery to remove the tumor, it was Fibroid. She had already scheduled her vacation and what better time to rest and relax then after all this trama drama. Feeling young and fit, now being full of iron, dare-devil blood and not worried about lung cancer or tumors. What a great vacation! She, mom, sister and brother went to Colorado.

Now I know you see this one coming and Yes you are right. Ms Terry donned a set of skis and took a lesson or two. What fun she had, but her calves sure did hurt especially after the little spill she took. No big deal just a sprain…so she thought. When they got home and the calve and ankle still sorta hurt and were still swollen she made a visit to her doctor. And Yes indeedy people she had a broken leg.

To me this is a pitful story and ya just gotta feel bad for Terry. But know this my friends she Feels Marvelous and grateful because she has gotten her three for the year out of the way and she's waiting to chuckle at the rest of us when our three come.

We at the office now wander if She get Frequent Patient Smiles

I know I don’t have to, but I will explain the “three thang” cause it would just be pitiful if you didn’t know or understand what that is. All bad things, including illness, death, breaking glasses, cutting yourself, etc come in threes. Yes it is an old wives tale and a superstitious type thing. But hey it happens however pitiful as it may be.

Join in the PP {pity posting} and let dapoppings know you are a guest at her month long Pity Party. At one time I heard she was offering Free Prizes.

Party Time ???

Here's a little something for dapoppins from me worthy of a full wallowing in a pity party pit…

Beloved and I used to work out, really, exercise at the Y every day, serious. Well one thing led to another and we started missing and it totally went down hill. After that I seemed to have gained a little weight all of a sudden. It was weird! I tell you one day everything was fine and then the next day I could not stand it anymore, my stupid pants must have shrank like 2 sizes instantaneously-for real. I had to leave work in the middle of the day and go to the walsmart across the street and buy a new pair of britches. What ta hell was that all about?

Then it got worse, I started craving candy bars in the afternoon, and the deli in my building was just so very handy and I’d just pop on down and come back eating and being the natural smart a$$ that I am I would say, “I’m not near fat enough yet.”

And now a couple few years later I have found out that I am plenty fat enough. But no matter how many times I say, “I’m not near skinny enough, yet” nothing happens. Now I refuse to go and buy any "big" clothes and one day I will be naked at work and then everyone else will know I’m not near skinny enough, either.

I should get some sort of badge for this~~don’t chya think?

Hello I’m Announcing Here…

DAPoppins is having a party and she has invited everyone. It is scheduled for the entire month of March. Yes you heard that right a whole month of partying and its free and she is gonna have prizes. Now this is no ordinary get to together and not a frilly tea party although you may have a cup or glass pending on how you like it. Whine is always a cheerful pick you up, if you prefer that instead of Long Island Iced Tea.

It is not gonna be a costume party but you are free to wear one or tell us about the time you did. This is a special party and I’m not so sure everyone will want to attend on accounta it being so special and all, but I suppose, okay I’m pretty sure that everyone has at least one story to tell or not and if you are just curious enough you can read and laugh or cry at other’s expense or even your own.

What? Ya wanta know what kind of party it is… A PITY PARTY


Ok, now that you know you should just March on over there (get it) and throw some pity her way, your way or heck mine if it’s necessary.

So what about you? Have pitiful things you wanta share or are you just up to trying to grab a prize of two? Here’s what ya need to do either way Post your story and link to DAPoppins and then let her know you are joining the Pity Party. Feel free to tell her you heard about the party from me because that would make me smile.

If you don’t want to do neither and you just want to read some pitiful stuff drop on by over there for a little bit of other people’s PP ~~(pun was SO intended)