tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35314311512214084672012-02-16T07:44:20.107-06:00Life and views from a southern country house and the call of the northwestern seasChatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-69596763727184990902010-04-28T22:34:00.002-05:002010-04-28T22:37:25.507-05:00

*hears echo*Just saying hello. Thinking about blogging. *dips toe in water*

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-27141602009216409282009-10-26T10:14:00.004-05:002009-10-26T11:15:59.061-05:00

People ask, "What do you like best about living in the south?" My glib answer has been "I'll never have to put chains on my car tires again."I will have to change my answer. Being able to grill out on the patio at 7:00 PM in late October is a pleasure I hadn't anticipated.My lady Chatelaine prepared the hamburgers with Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire sauce (is there any other kind?) and

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-30965172113698891902009-10-22T12:23:00.002-05:002009-10-22T12:30:18.233-05:00

Feeling a change coming on. Blog changes probably gonna happen. Considering there are only about 6 of you that read us, I doubt it'll be a big deal.I'll let you know what we eventually decide to do.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-62748758124851889752009-10-19T07:59:00.003-05:002009-10-19T08:15:42.188-05:00

Ok, we're married now.It was a great wedding weekend. Kind of a three day party. Started with cousins, sisters, nieces, and TWC over for dinner on Friday night. Then the wedding day festivities on Saturday, and the big family luncheon on Sunday afternoon. Last night TWC and the Captain and I had a quiet dinner of leftover barbecue and some wine in the kitchen. One of the best parts of the

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-91725752059045242512009-10-14T17:30:00.003-05:002009-10-14T18:03:31.076-05:00

    ...like when I'm sitting here at the kitchen counter, sipping a glass of wine, writing some thank-you notes, loving the way a gift looks in my kitchen or something. And a certain piece of music comes on the reception music playlist that I'm testing out, and the leaves are falling outside.... and I imagine what a nice moment it will be when that song plays at the reception, and when I see

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-18114788778952828772009-10-12T06:34:00.002-05:002009-10-12T06:41:59.183-05:00

Right now, weather.com is saying sunny and 59 degrees for the big day!I wish I had gotten that fur wrap I saw a few weeks ago. Not real fur of course, but I was looking for taffeta or chiffon wedding dress wraps, and I kept finding the prettiest fur ones, but I figured it wouldn't be near that cold.Guess I was wrong. Wish I had sprung for it now.Oh well. But sunny and 59! Wheeee!

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-71115427289417511312009-10-09T09:00:00.005-05:002009-10-11T22:46:43.530-05:00

For the first time in my life, I'm afraid to say what I really want to say out of fear of the government. I'm afraid to write what I want to write on my blog today. I'm truly afraid that someone in the government would come and get me and lock me away for whatever they could gin up on me.So I'll just say this:Peace Prize, my ass. Try diabolical sociopath bent on social justice and revenge.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-33698444275619983412009-10-07T11:45:00.002-05:002009-10-08T05:50:09.705-05:00

The Captain and I just went and did the marriage license thing at the county court house. We have to wait three days before we get the document, though. They have that waiting period thing in Mississippi. Then we went to the garden center because it's such a gorgeous day - sunny, breezy, and 65 degrees - so I decided I wanted some pumpkins for the front porch. We got four or five picked out,

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-78994567527119423102009-10-04T10:00:00.003-05:002009-10-04T10:02:22.669-05:00

Smartass SOB sent this to me. I love it! They're so cute! It's impossible not to smile when watching it.Thanks, SASOB :-)

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-78362749727288284082009-10-02T08:30:00.001-05:002009-10-02T08:33:05.564-05:00

    Isn't this going to look lovely with a strapless wedding dress?Really bled a lot, but the Captain put some medicine concoction on it that made it stop, then some Neosporin. Stung like hell, made me cry, which is mostly because I've been really stressed out and edgy lately. But I admit it does look a lot better this morning than it did last night.It's my own fault. I shouldn't have tried to

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-57478523505894148552009-10-01T09:30:00.002-05:002009-10-01T09:38:21.620-05:00

    It's here! My favorite month of the year! I consider it officially Autumn now. Things are really cooling off. Haven't run the air conditioner in several days. Wheee! So looking forward to those lower electric bills.And we're just a little over two weeks away from "the day".I'm scrambling to get everything done. The Captain is painting lawn chairs today. I want to have them outside

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-33341247995935689302009-09-21T19:00:00.000-05:002009-09-21T19:03:09.762-05:00

I would like to apologize on behalf of the Captain and myself for not being around much lately. Not being around much at all, actually. The days are running short till that big day. I don't understand it. We're having a small wedding, simple, not fussy, yet it still takes an enormous amount of doing and planning. Or maybe it's just me. But either way, we're stuck with it all, and forging

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-15769301292434002412009-09-16T17:38:00.005-05:002009-09-16T17:41:52.520-05:00

I knew he was a racist! Obama called Kanye West a jackass! ...and Kanye's black!That's racist!

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-59507007007649697672009-09-16T09:25:00.003-05:002009-09-16T09:54:40.377-05:00

If you support ACORN, then you support child pornography and child prostitution. Perhaps this is what Obama has in mind when he says he's creating jobs.ACORN is organized crime.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-511105192246555052009-09-15T09:48:00.003-05:002009-09-15T09:51:20.921-05:00

Count me among the fans. His dancing rocked my 13 year old world the night I went to the movies and saw Skatetown USA.Rest in Peace, Patrick.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-56236551259055994232009-09-14T09:00:00.001-05:002009-09-14T09:07:12.109-05:00

The "to do" list never ends, I don't even have a job, but every damn day there's something I have to do. I've been avoiding my computer. If I don't, then when I get online to do some reading with my morning coffee, before you know it, it's nearly noon, and I've wasted half the day reading political bullshit that is really just the same thing over and over. The story never changes. Neither

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-27552145540976062382009-09-05T09:00:00.001-05:002009-09-05T09:07:28.787-05:00

- Driven to Nashville and back in the same day to pick up the Captain at the airport. (Southwest Air doesn't fly into Memphis.)- Taken my Mom to the doctor for her injection and blood tests.- Had a pre-marriage counseling session with the church pastor, in which the Captain told the pastor he figured sexual relations was near the top of my marriage importance list. I nearly socked him right

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-85038859041025697512009-09-01T09:30:00.001-05:002009-09-01T09:30:38.710-05:00

August is over! Today is September 1st! I start getting in Fall mode as soon as August is done and gone. Even though it's still in the 80s around here, I'm just like a squirrel, gathering my Fall things, decorations, recipes, blankets, and all that homey stuff.And I've got a Fall wedding this year too, you know, so that's kicking into full gear now. The invitations were mailed yesterday.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-22666486884463767542009-08-31T08:15:00.002-05:002009-08-31T08:27:01.568-05:00

Just what you've always wanted to get your little girl (or boy, if that's the way y'all want him to flip.)Pole Dancer DollNipple Tassel T-ShirtWhat is WRONG with people???

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-1722941360167823632009-08-29T07:00:00.001-05:002009-08-29T07:10:46.387-05:00

I'm feeling pulled in a dozen different directions these days. I want to finish unpacking the Captain's moving boxes for him. I'd like to spend a lot of time with my Mom, because she's really sick and feeling bad right now. And I need to do some house cleaning. And I need to find a job. The lead I had at my former company fell through. They are not going to fill that open position after all

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-42358490779645601322009-08-27T21:50:00.007-05:002009-08-29T11:46:21.386-05:00

As I was flipping through the channels, I saw the motorcade carrying Ted Kennedy's body. The newscaster repeated that tired chestnut heard at every Kennedy funeral: This family has suffered so many tragedies.I saw through this hyperbole at 14, when I heard it uttered over forty years ago.It is a long list, but then it is a large family.Oldest son of Joe and Rose Kennedy killed in WWII.Retarded

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-76239957558709045762009-08-25T07:10:00.002-05:002009-08-25T07:12:05.023-05:00

What is WRONG with people??? Why not just take a bath!!

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-30179618323226024782009-08-21T10:15:00.005-05:002009-08-21T10:29:08.066-05:00

It's as if the new moms of the late nineties were using Las Vegas stripper advertisement magazines to choose their baby names: Lara Dawn, Astra, Zena, Sheera, Nitasha, Tawny, Starlette.... And now their little 12 year olds want to dress like sluts, and they wonder what's wrong.When I was a kid my Mom bought all my clothing. I was never given money to go to the store and buy my own things until

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-44278953299772178482009-08-18T10:30:00.003-05:002009-08-18T10:37:51.792-05:00

Today the Captain came downstairs in a Hawaiian shirt with plaid shorts.Heh :)I love him. I'd rather he need my style advice instead of him knowing more about fashion and style than a woman.I did start laughing my ass off and promptly told him, "No," to which he went back up and came down in a white Panama Jack style shirt. Much better. However, I was smacked on the ass for still chuckling

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-75932678863625836562009-08-16T19:22:00.009-05:002009-08-16T20:04:38.769-05:00

My youngest daughter Jessica Marie (AKA Jessie-girl) would have been 13 today. As emotional as that makes me, I have to recall the old Russian proverb: You can't appreciate being warm until you have been cold. Life is, by design, bittersweet.A week ago, my oldest daughter, Julie Ann gave birth to my granddaughter, Lila Marie.Julie Ann purposefully gave Jessie's middle name to Lila.Lila was

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-66498790179290538612009-08-14T06:45:00.000-05:002009-08-14T06:51:00.835-05:00

22 days till kick off.Check out that number 6 spot. Hell yeah!Hotty Toddy.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-37114202362842426232009-08-12T08:45:00.001-05:002009-08-12T08:59:39.983-05:00

The Captain woke up before me and went to the kitchen to put the coffee on. I love that. I woke up, took a shower, and came down to him making me an omelet with some avacado like the one on The Wine Commonsewer's blog the other day. There's jazz playing in the kitchen, and I'm in my chair with my coffee and a stack of mail order catalogs that piled up in the mail while I was gone. I love my

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-15574809719711151772009-08-10T12:30:00.000-05:002009-08-10T12:32:58.713-05:00

We are home now.I am so sick of that moving truck.It's been making a funny noise ever since the west side of St. Louis.Can't figure out what's wrong with it, but something certainly is.A piece of it fell off just south of Memphis. Still running, but not sure if it will make it to the truck return place.We are exhausted. The Captain and I (mostly the Captain) unloaded it yesterday.Having trouble

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-79143437354207483152009-08-04T14:00:00.003-05:002009-08-04T14:00:00.994-05:00

I've always thought vacancy signs were cool. I guess that's part of that nostalgia kink I have...the old Route 66 days, road trips, roadside motels with a vacancy sign lit up, coffee and toast in the motel diner with a waitress named Racine that has a bright red beehive hairdo and calls everyone "hun" and "darlin".But on the other hand, I'm terribly picky when it comes to sleeping accommodations

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-87798359447191490122009-08-03T17:00:00.001-05:002009-08-03T17:39:55.495-05:00

Remember how I said in my last post that sunscreen wasn't necessary that day because of the fog?And then remember how it was sunny on the other side of the pass?And how I turned on the music and poured drinks when we got to the other side?Yeah, well, I should have remembered the sunscreen. Both me and the Captain are red and burned.But at least I got to dance at the bow of a sailing boat with

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-53109432006195103642009-08-03T10:45:00.004-05:002009-08-03T14:14:32.071-05:00

Ahhhh.... nothing like waking up to a nice, cool foggy Pacific Northwest morning. I've always dreamed of mornings like the one after our "ocean crossing". So quiet and peaceful, having a cup of coffee up on deck with the Captain, watching some kayakers paddling around the bay, and seeing their dogs run up to them on the water's edge as they head back to their beach house. It was very nice.But

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-81656607279076912702009-08-01T23:30:00.002-05:002009-08-02T01:45:51.145-05:00

I'm not quite the easy going sailing girl I thought I was. I disappointed myself Friday. The Captain took us pretty far out in the Sound to Lopez Island. We were actually a little further north than Victoria, British Columbia, but still in American waters. After sailing through Deception Pass, which is nerve wracking, but we've done before, we kept on going further out, all the way across

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-54096165643823693592009-07-30T09:00:00.002-05:002009-07-30T11:04:04.138-05:00

I finally make it up here on this boating trip, all excited about nice breezy days on Puget Sound and getting away from the oppressive Mississippi heat, and wouldn't you know it?Seattle and the Pacific Northwest having their hottest temperatures EVER.I swear I am cursed or something.Yesterday was miserably hot in Oak Harbor, and very few places here have air conditioning, but today we are finally

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-37175932490831443192009-07-26T16:30:00.000-05:002009-07-26T16:36:12.865-05:00

The pet-babies are all at Mom and Dad's house. Doggie was already there, but the two kitties had to pack a little suitcase for their toys and pillow beds, and then be put in the carrier. One of them walked in willingly and was actually ready and waiting to go, but the other had to be sneaked up on when he was hiding in the den. That same one is now hiding under my parents' guest bed, and the

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-22903098372827778402009-07-24T07:45:00.000-05:002009-07-24T07:53:15.228-05:00

Check this out. This is way cool. I have to link to it, because it's too wide to fit on my page.Mount Everest from one mile aboveThat is an amazing shot. You can even see the curve of the earth.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-10697584539266003962009-07-23T15:30:00.001-05:002009-07-23T15:42:36.348-05:00

You know, I've learned a thing or two about the Captain. He's pretty smart. Like maybe so smart that sometimes he forgets about common sense. I could see me one day having to be like Einstein's wife when she would prepare her brilliant husband's soup for lunch and take it to him. She learned that she had to let it cool first, because if she didn't, very often he would be so involved with his

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-83324607860040305792009-07-22T09:30:00.002-05:002009-07-22T10:01:51.019-05:00

"It's all Bush's fault.""Hope and change!""I inherited a mess.""Whose mess do you think he's cleaning up?""It takes a while to clean up 8 years of shit."So the way to clean up someone's shit is to throw more shit on top of it? That's what Obama is doing. He's just like my dog. Whenever I take her to the park, she does her tinkling all over the place. She smells something on the ground, she

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-89041079310912186842009-07-20T15:35:00.000-05:002009-07-20T15:40:10.660-05:00

I think I realized something today. I don't really care about what anyone else thinks, and I don't care to sway them to my point of view.I just don't care.For the most part, people are quite capable of consulting the facts and making up their own minds. But usually, they don't want to. They want to simply adopt a way of thinking that goes along with whatever is easiest for them or whatever

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-67600981171966220292009-07-19T09:00:00.001-05:002009-07-19T09:09:35.268-05:00

Sometimes I can totally relate to this little girl.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-67343241065128131692009-07-17T18:30:00.005-05:002009-07-17T18:30:34.533-05:00

I knew I'd seen that hand gesture before....

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-23035696179357557262009-07-17T10:45:00.005-05:002009-07-17T10:51:22.282-05:00

I'm working on my scrapbook project today, sorting through old clippings and things and scanning them into my computer. I found something that I'm glad I saved.When I lived in downtown Memphis, I had an apartment right above the river and Riverside Drive. The train yard was just over the edge of the bluff from me, and the Memphis Pyramid was up the street. I remember seeing this sight from my

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-63679175862881499622009-07-17T07:25:00.000-05:002009-07-17T07:25:29.085-05:00

I've had it on my mind for days now.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-54331001497521363762009-07-16T12:55:00.005-05:002009-07-16T13:04:52.003-05:00

Investor's Business Daily has gotten a copy of the House health care bill, and has found a section which directly states that only those who already have private insurance can keep their private insurance, but you can never change it, never go to another provider, and if you lose or quit your job you have to get on the government plan. No new private plans can be sold after the law goes into

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-50780323736326789142009-07-15T16:00:00.002-05:002009-07-15T17:04:21.049-05:00

This is one of the places I want the Captain to sail us to, especially if we get that boat down in Florida that he likes, and we have to sail it through the Gulf and up the Tenn-Tom.Anna Maria Island, Central West Coast of FloridaMore pics here

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-360199945943178112009-07-15T08:00:00.001-05:002009-07-15T08:15:44.718-05:00

      Yaaaaayyy! It's official! The big boat and moving trip is back on schedule!Unless some kind of drastic act of God happens, I'm leaving on Monday, July 27th for Oak Harbor, WA, and we're going out on the boat for a while, and then going back to the Captain's house to pack him up and move his ass down here to Mississippi for good!Yeeeeee! :)

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-84697488529335311342009-07-14T09:45:00.001-05:002009-07-14T09:51:30.466-05:00

I could never be a pack rat, for I often feel the need to throw things out. I think it's probably cathartic. It makes me feel better to get rid of the clutter and to organize what's left. I can't stand for stuff to pile up.Today I'm sort of doing that in my online life. I've got way too much unnecessary and unrewarding reading on my Google Reader. Too much of the same stuff even if it's

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-34817382667010407272009-07-13T10:00:00.000-05:002009-07-13T10:06:11.830-05:00

I love sitting in my chair on a gray morning in the summer.... all the green grass and trees around me, but the sky is dark blue gray. Those two colors will always be summer to me. Lush, leafy, grassy green and dark, cloudy blue-gray. And thunder is rumbling in the distance. I've got my coffee, my computer, and the TV is on HGTV. The mute button is pushed, though, because I want to hear the

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-18899609945554384052009-07-12T09:00:00.000-05:002009-07-12T09:06:11.298-05:00

You know, I used to be so extroverted. I used to be in sales, account management, etc. I used to network. I used to know everyone. I used to talk, talk, talk, and totally put on my game face.Or maybe I was faking it. I don't know.But now, I realize I'm really introverted. I'm a home body. I prefer to read a book and work on alone projects instead of group and team things. I like the quiet

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-20237608081311279782009-07-11T09:45:00.001-05:002009-07-11T11:07:38.366-05:00

My dress has arrived at the boutique! I have an appointment next week to have it fitted and tailored. The invitations are here, but they won't go out until middle of August.We are forgoing the catering, and instead my sister, two sisters-in-law, three nieces, and myself will be doing the reception food. We're just doing light hors d'oeuvres before the cake, so it really won't be that big of a

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-25973751409952271822009-07-09T01:01:00.010-05:002009-07-11T11:09:20.554-05:00

Jessie-Girl hugging her cousinsYesterday was hard. I cleaned out the last of my daughters belongings from her bedroom. Then, I sorted through papers of my own and found more notes from my daughter, in addition to those that are in the drawer beside my bed.Speaking with my Lady Chatelaine on the phone helped me through the worst of it. With a two hour time difference, I had time on my hands after

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-24949734168758298222009-07-07T16:12:00.003-05:002009-07-07T17:00:00.670-05:00

Forty-nine years ago during the Kennedy/Nixon debates, Senator John Kennedy said that he would only meet with Khrushchev once agreements had been reached on the secondary level with ambassadors. As president, he reversed himself and secretly sent the Soviet leader a message asking for a meeting. When the summit occurred in Vienna just after the Cuban Crisis, an ill-prepared Kennedy sat for hours

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-50810787090894603622009-07-07T11:15:00.002-05:002009-07-07T11:17:30.814-05:00

And just think....these people actually get to vote. No wonder we are so screwed.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-45437192608115187652009-07-04T10:00:00.000-05:002009-07-04T10:07:25.372-05:00

I don't have anything particularly patriotic or inspiring to say today. I'm a little depressed about the state of our country and the government boot that is squashing us. The Wine Commonsewer has the best Independence Day post I've seen all morning. I highly recommend it as a kick in the ass for all of us to get in the street and be heard. There's a small tea party going on in the next

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-72278050016659467532009-07-03T06:00:00.001-05:002009-07-03T11:42:01.511-05:00

My Lady Chatelaine has often said she felt she was born too late. I too am nostalgic for things before my time. The post war years (WWII) seem so full of glamour as seen through my five year old eyes. By the time I could drive, the local malt shoppe was gone, replaced by Golden Arches. The dance palaces were ancient history.So, LC looks to me to find pieces of what she missed. And me? I

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-13454251759525842392009-07-02T07:45:00.005-05:002009-07-02T08:22:20.813-05:00

I'm sorry I'm not around much lately. There are quite a few things going on.But then again, not really much going on at all.I guess it's kind of psychological and emotional things that are going on. I'm fine, nothing truly wrong, but there is something bothering me. I can't really talk about it on the internet, though. And no, the Captain and I did not break up or anything, so don't

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-14375011350731524042009-06-27T15:31:00.003-05:002009-06-27T15:44:01.830-05:00

I was down at Lowe's buying new locks for my doors and this song started playing. Rodney Crowell is under appreciated. I love his songwriting and his voice. The song made me think of my own Chatelaine. I hope you enjoy it, but mostly I hope she enjoys it. This song says it all and I need say no more..

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-15457956341793298462009-06-26T11:15:00.002-05:002009-06-26T11:41:11.184-05:00

I have danced to so much of his music. I must have had at least a dozen cheerleader pompom routines to his songs. And I tried so hard to make my hair look like Farrah's when I was 14. That was my junior high years that died yesterday. I never thought I'd be pretty sad about all this, but I am. My feelings were mixed in the later years of his career because of all the oddities, but there's no

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-7000640189339984362009-06-25T10:00:00.000-05:002009-06-25T10:00:32.057-05:00

When the Captain was here a couple weeks ago, we got a watermelon and put it in the fridge to get really cold, then for several days I had watermelon and cottage cheese for breakfast or lunch. And I bought one myself this past weekend. It's chilling in the fridge.Mostly, though, when I think of watermelon, I remember eating it as a kid. I guess everyone does, probably. But to me it was always

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-70234768642808123782009-06-25T09:30:00.001-05:002009-06-25T09:31:27.962-05:00

What a great blog.John's War BrideThat really makes me smile.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-27235731933835378452009-06-23T19:37:00.009-05:002009-06-23T22:30:37.457-05:00

Since May 2007, I have been involved in a grand project that is attempting to rewrite the dictionary, giving every word a definition in the form of a limerick. Although we have over 55,000 approved limericks, the going is slow. Going through words alphabetically, currently we are working on words starting with A through Dh. The project is called The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-80642813539680863592009-06-21T07:45:00.002-05:002009-06-21T07:56:07.773-05:00

I have a t-shirt with that picture on it. It's sort of a local cultural icon.From the National Weather Service...."SUNSHINE AND FEW CLOUDS. HOT. HIGH 99F. WINDS WSW 5 TO 10 MPH. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT TEMPERATURES TO THE MID-SOUTH TODAY. GULF HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-20392255874738924662009-06-19T07:30:00.001-05:002009-06-19T07:31:58.462-05:00

This song has been in my head all yesterday and last night. I love the feeling of it. I really hope the era is not completely gone by.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-18943836690578626032009-06-18T11:00:00.008-05:002009-06-18T13:37:00.265-05:00

Lately I find myself increasingly interested in, even in pursuit of, life the way it used to be. I'm so nostalgic. I long for things I remember from my childhood or the way life used to be when I was a kid. I strive for the slower pace, the atmosphere, the character, values, and attitude. I want the tastes, the smells, and the look of things I remember from long ago. So is this what it's like

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-5900032969156203562009-06-17T11:00:00.003-05:002009-06-17T11:04:33.747-05:00

UK High Court Says Bloggers Have No Right to AnonymityVegas Newspaper Served Subpoena to Identify Online CommentersThey really ARE reading your email, even more than the unconstitutional Patriot Act allows

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-35573650047554169952009-06-16T07:45:00.002-05:002009-06-16T07:46:17.894-05:00

"For the strong will obey when a strongman shows them the way." - Oscar Hammerstein"Lead, follow, or get out of the way." - Thomas Paine (I think Patton, Churchill, and a few others may have referenced it as well.)"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-72439506100294476232009-06-13T09:30:00.002-05:002009-06-13T09:38:31.341-05:00

Not surprising at all. Next on the list is probably a tax for company issued uniforms as a clothing gift tax.Wallet Pop Blog: IRS To Tax Work Cell PhonesI hope these people have nightmares for the rest of their lives. I hope they never get a good night sleep. I hope they have horrible visions of terror and wake up crying like a little girl.I know I sure do these days. Last night I dreamed

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-73245834930715997782009-06-12T10:15:00.000-05:002009-06-12T10:16:20.163-05:00

I don't like the term "elites" for describing the left extremists. They are NOT truly elite, but using that term for them indicates that the user thinks they are.Instead, I prefer to call them "elitists", which implies they just think they're elite or better than anyone who is different from them, and it implies that they are snobbish and judgmental in their choices of what is acceptable and

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-86480132469734966172009-06-11T13:32:00.005-05:002009-06-11T14:24:16.179-05:00

You know this guy will be on Janet Napolitano's list (if he ain't there already.)Speaking of guys named Montana, Joe Montana's son Nick Montana has given a verbal commitment to play football for the University of Washington Huskies.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4247770

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-26692184474544708372009-06-09T09:45:00.005-05:002009-06-09T10:04:09.721-05:00

This morning the Captain made pecan pancakes and maple sausage for our breakfast! Soooo yummy! We had a "date" last night. The Captain took me to see Terminator: Salvation. I thought it was great. It has a different feel from the other Terminator movies, a little edgier and rougher. It has that cool edge that low budget movies have, but it's definitely not low budget, considering the good

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-80052096331674706512009-06-08T15:00:00.001-05:002009-06-08T15:01:03.707-05:00

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-42670902408984164542009-06-07T07:45:00.001-05:002009-06-07T07:54:33.694-05:00

I hate it when that happens. Scared the be-jezuz out of the Captain last night. It was about 3:30am. Never did get back to sleep very good, therefore the Captain didn't either. He said the scream was blood curdling. I think I remember hearing myself, but I don't know. I can't even say for sure what the nightmare was about, but it was some weird, freaky stuff. Three little starved and

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-70753999770148082982009-06-06T13:30:00.001-05:002009-06-06T13:44:24.695-05:00

I think I'm having one of those moments in life when you realize that things are probably not going to go along the way you figured they would. You know how we sort of assume how things will happen? You can visualize it in your mind how things will look and what will happen through the years and down the road...but then, somewhere in the scheme of things, you start to see that it's going to go

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-32900848260711720412009-06-05T10:15:00.001-05:002009-06-05T10:20:19.788-05:00

Today is National Donut Day.The Captain and I have toyed with the idea of opening a nice donut and coffee shop in our little town. Believe it or not, there isn't one here at all. The closest one is 25 miles away. We came up with the idea when trying to think of a business service or product that people wouldn't prefer to order through the internet or drive into the city for. Donuts are what

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-90966996954461697942009-06-02T07:30:00.000-05:002009-06-02T07:30:00.945-05:00

The Captain arrives tonight! I pick him up at the airport at 9pm. I've got a long day of taking both Mom and Dad to their doctor appointments, but at 9pm everything will be all right because the Captain will be here.He's really excited too, because he's had several people interested in the boat and asking for pictures, and one that is wanting to go see it in person when he gets back in town.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-32393172992787053542009-05-31T08:25:00.000-05:002009-05-31T08:29:07.573-05:00

Maybe Saturday night, after a few glasses of wine, but not on a Sunday morning. Although, when I was about 10 or 12 years old and competing in gymnastics, I could pull that move they're showing at the 1:34 mark. I wish I could do it now. Bet the Captain wishes I could too :-)The action starts about the 1:20 mark if you're impatient.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-91565110760731015432009-05-30T08:15:00.000-05:002009-05-30T08:23:22.697-05:00

- Even though they're still frail and need extra TLC, both Mom and Dad seem to be feeling better.- It's Saturday, and I woke up early, and I've got the whole day to clean, organize, and putter about the house.- There's a mockingbird right outside the window that's been singing to me ever since sun up. I might have been mad at him for waking me up if he didn't sound so pretty.- I like making my

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-8458904811764331572009-05-29T19:15:00.001-05:002009-05-29T20:02:59.574-05:00

I can't believe this is coming from an ultra liberal MSNBC reporter, but it is. It's scary stuff too. She's calling Obama out about his speech where he said he is planning to "construct a legal regime" to "preventively and indefinitely imprison people because they might commit crimes in the future".His speech was chilling. I highly doubt that terrorists such as the ones who committed the 9/11

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-14966976581419169012009-05-29T10:15:00.001-05:002009-05-29T11:08:56.734-05:00

Ok, so I'm seeing on the news, where this bastard president is making another one of his seeming daily public announcements, that he will be creating yet another "Czar" position. This one is a "Cyber Czar".Doesn't anyone see that all these freaking czars are a power grab???!! These czars report directly to the president. They are nothing but a way to circumvent congress in making decisions

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-60451191397592695172009-05-29T09:15:00.003-05:002009-05-29T09:25:51.928-05:00

Sonia Sotomayor: Obama's End Run on the Second Amendment

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-50971538473792721382009-05-28T09:20:00.004-05:002009-05-28T11:38:12.246-05:00

Obama's energy stooge, Steven Chu, says the entire world should paint their roofs white to help fight global warming. Well, actually he used the new politically approved and conveniently indeterminable label of "climate change", but we all know that white reflects heat, so lowering temps is what this is about.from Bloomberg.comAs if the world hasn't experienced multiple changes of climate over

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-82663931445450277892009-05-27T06:40:00.006-05:002009-05-27T06:45:56.952-05:00

All my TV shows are over for the summer... American Idol, Bones, Next Top Model, Being Erica,... Friday Night Lights... although that one really ended a couple months ago. I've been kind of sad about it. I really like my TV nights. They are very relaxing to me. But I think I found something that might be pretty "goode". I'm looking forward to watching the premier of this new show tonight.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-89672410357663150162009-05-25T18:45:00.010-05:002009-05-25T21:51:41.719-05:00

My Dad is home from the hospital. I'm not sure he's really well yet, but the doctor insisted he should go home, however we're going to see a specialist he was referred to at the soonest appointment available.*********************Meanwhile, I have a pondering post. Can you believe it???!! I'm actually thinking about something introspective and reflective (sort of)! I'm so excited! I kind of

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-4192181714317311442009-05-23T08:00:00.001-05:002009-05-23T08:40:43.826-05:00

Ok, so now Dad is in the hospital. I took him to the emergency room yesterday morning, and they admitted him last night. Kidneys and prostate stuff. After checking on Mom this morning I'll be spending the day with him today.Meanwhile, my oldest brother and his wife are playing tennis with their delta country club crowd, and my sister and her husband are touring a Missouri winery this weekend.*

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-79773998794967463492009-05-21T09:30:00.008-05:002009-05-22T07:49:13.577-05:00

I have been in kind of a dark place for a few weeks. I guess the old broody, dark side of me is still there, hidden deep inside, but still there. It made a scary appearance this time. I'm not quite out of it yet.I guess I just figured that coming here and posting about my family was rather lame, not to mention uninteresting, so I've just kept quiet. Everything else seemed so trivial and time

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-30650283232206666382009-05-16T18:15:00.000-05:002009-05-16T18:15:00.920-05:00

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-14965118414277967322009-05-11T14:48:00.002-05:002009-05-11T15:29:36.014-05:00

From Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts circa 1981:"We're not just hoping you're dumb, America. We're banking on it!

The Captainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510814550355219171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-70526034979227466392009-05-09T09:15:00.001-05:002009-05-09T09:20:31.152-05:00

Sunny and 63 degrees today in Oak Harbor, Washington.More tests today for Mom, a possible bone marrow extraction. I don't know, but there's a part of me that wonders if the torture of such a thing is really the best thing for her. It's a part of me that I keep quiet and hidden, though.She will be first in my thoughts while I'm sitting around that hospital waiting area, but in the back of my

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-27793226719041284482009-05-07T10:00:00.002-05:002009-05-07T10:10:06.121-05:00

Everything has been put on hold right now. My Mom was put in the hospital for tests yesterday. It's very early on, so we don't know what the outcome will be. They are doing colon and stomach tests. I don't know if I'll be able to make the trip up to Washington next week for the boat outing and to get the Captain moved down here. It's all up in the air right now.Things were already slightly

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-86126286368558157902009-05-05T19:00:00.003-05:002009-05-05T20:55:49.776-05:00

The only people who AREN'T on this idiot's terrorist/extremist list are illegal aliens and the people who fall to their knees, facing the direction of Washington three times a day, worshiping that bastard in the White House.Put me on your list, you J. Edgar Hoover looking, lezbo! Right next to the people who are obsessed with the Constitution and don't worship government. I'm proud to be there!

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-70567554017507319652009-05-03T19:49:00.000-05:002009-05-03T19:50:48.634-05:00

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-28602606488605532192009-04-30T13:00:00.005-05:002009-05-04T15:46:57.589-05:00

I can pack for a week long business trip with no problem.I can efficiently pack for a two week long business trip.I can even pack for a multiple week business trip to multiple cities, thanks to hotel valet services and working with a different set of people each week, who don't know I'm wearing an outfit for the second or third time.But I'm having a problems with packing for three weeks, for

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-70601566872539997472009-04-29T12:45:00.001-05:002009-04-29T13:09:47.798-05:00

    Excellent article here about the effects of vitamin D, how it boosts the immune system for colds and flu, and how we now get much less of it through natural ways since we're not in the sun as much as we used to be.Epidemic Influenza and Vitamin DI take a lot of vitamins, about 12 different supplements a day. I always take them with food, though, to get the best absorption.- Regular multi

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-26848503791080158032009-04-29T09:45:00.002-05:002009-04-29T09:58:45.477-05:00

I'm boring this week. I am running errands, taking my Lab Retriever for her summer haircut, still cleaning out and organizing things, and taking things to charity. Today I am boxing up twenty pairs of shoes that I am giving away so that the Captain will have room in the shoe and accessory closet. Twenty pairs...I really am way too much of an impulse buyer when it comes to shoes. Purses and

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-56268579011956430722009-04-27T09:30:00.001-05:002009-04-27T09:51:25.039-05:00

...that there's no way in hell I'm taking any kind of vaccine that the government will so conveniently probably come up with for this Frankenstein version of the flu that is so conveniently showing up all over the damn planet all of a sudden. Uh-uh, no way.

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-4736748932232763952009-04-26T07:30:00.002-05:002009-04-26T07:31:22.183-05:00

I want to bake.I want to organize and clean out something. I want to get some boxes to put things in to take to the charity store. I want to order or buy something new to wear.I want to visit with my parents over lunch.I want to walk my dog.I want to water my flowers and roses outside.I want to set out some more flowers.I want my English Ivy to grow thicker.I want some sun on my shoulders and

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-53561870771789512662009-04-25T13:30:00.001-05:002009-04-25T13:35:18.904-05:00

Obama wants new gun control laws -- suddenly, an outbreak of highly-publicized shootings occurs.Obama wants control of the internet -- suddenly, it's found that the electric grid or something like that has been hacked and the Pentagon's F-35 program has been breached.Obama wants to nationalize health care -- suddenly there's an "epidemic" that can't be stopped, according to the CDC, even though

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-63303021320225157162009-04-24T07:15:00.005-05:002009-04-24T07:25:58.123-05:00

Last night I dreamed that the Captain and I were late for the wedding because my SUV didn't have any wheels on it when we walked out of the house. So we had to hitch a ride to the church on a cotton trailer that was passing on the road. October is cotton picking time around here, so there are always trailers of cotton heading to the gins in the delta. Anyway, the cotton trailer was packed so

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-62389312091612797742009-04-23T07:00:00.004-05:002009-04-23T07:33:54.125-05:00

I need a beauty day. I'm going in to the city for a day at the spa - facial, pedicure, all that girly stuff. Nothing like sipping a glass of wine while sitting in a massaging lounge chair with my feet in a warm, bubbly little foot-sized jacuzzi, and having my toes pampered.Yep, that's what I need. And blue stuff on my face. I don't know exactly what's in it, but that blue facial mask is way

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-84233366642582388302009-04-18T18:45:00.003-05:002009-04-18T20:58:54.488-05:00

I'm kind of scared to say it, though. Ok, so you know I'm unemployed now since my job was eliminated last month after 14 years with my company, right? Right.Well, I have an idea for a business that both the Captain and I think I'd be pretty good at doing.Event Planner.Wait! Before you roll your eyes, just hear me out.There are no event planners around here. None. It's an almost totally

Chatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-83068349230516195112009-04-13T10:15:00.003-05:002009-04-13T12:35:25.759-05:00

Today we ordered the wedding invitations. We're doing a very cute little design called "seal and sends". No envelopes and all that wasteful extra paper that adds on so much cost only to end up in everyone's trashcan, except mine and my mother's. You just fold them up and stick a seal on them. I ordered the nicer gold leaf seals, though, instead of the plain white one.That's them in the

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