Happiness Project 2014 (Coming Soon!)

Hello To All!

This year I did something on my personal Facebook page that I called HP2013 or Happiness Project 2013. With it I tried to post something almost everyday that made me happy.  I wanted for people to see that even the littlest things can make you happy and that, hopefully, instead you could hold on to that happy all day and not dwell on the normal crap that gets you down.  Yes, I think you make an almost conscience decision on whether you will be happy or you will be mad or so on.  I'd rather be happy.  Sure, the country sucks and the world is going to hell but I'd rather try to change all that with a smile on my face.  I have been called Miss Mary Sunshine by some of the grumpiest people I know.  I'm proud of that.  I've decided that 2014 is the year that I will expand my project to the whole interwebs and on January 1st I will be here, on my poor neglected blog, spreading the love.  Have a great day and see you then!!!

Pam Hawkes - Artist

I found this artist, Pam Hawkes, during a trip around the interwebs.  She is incredible.

I want this one....

...and this one.

Check out her webpage...

http://www.pamhawkes.co.uk/gallery.php?image=DSC00264.JPG&page=1

The Last Puppy

My roommate recently got a puppy.  He is 50 and she is his first dog.  She is a rescue.  She is very cute.

Today I realized that she is the last puppy I will ever be involved with growing up.  I just don't think I can do puppy one more time after this.  She's a good puppy but still, it's starting over.  Worry about training and health.  Discussions about toys.   Argh!  Someday I will, again, have my own place and my own pet and I love dogs but I won't be getting a puppy.  I need a more mature animal.  A dog I can laze around with and already knows to do his business outside without a slideshow presentation.  A dog who loves walks around the block and chewing on bones and loves trips to the beach.  A dog that weighs more than 40 lbs.  A dog that will lay on the floor and watch TV with me.  A dog with a tennis ball fetish.

Flowers In The Backyard.

Aromatic Cooking: Eggplant And Double Beans Masala

Aromatic Cooking: Eggplant And Double Beans Masala:  

This looked so good I had share it on my blahg.

Yum!

What I Do & Don't Believe (How Many People Will I Piss Off?)

Dear Blahg,

I have been wanting to do this for a long while but haven't as I really hate rocking the boat but there comes a time in every one's life that they need to finally reveal who they are and how they feel about things.  Today is it.  I'm gonna do it.  Who knows, I might actually get mail here.  Anyway, here goes....


I believe in the freedom of religion as long as your religion does not harbor hate or violence against others. I also believe you do not have the right to shove your beliefs down every one's throat.  

Nor do I believe that God could care less that you shared some one's post about Him.

I believe in God.

I believe in Jesus Christ.

I call myself a Christian.

I believe Jesus was the spiritual son of God but not the physical. 

I believe Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.

I believe they had children.

I do not believe the bible is the word of God.

I believe in the loving God and not the destroy all others God.

I believe that God doesn't not hate gays.

I believe God has a great sense of humor.

I believe in the separation of church and state and business.  The three should always be separate.

I believe that love is love is love and it does not matter who you love as long as you do love. 

I believe in Buddha, the Dalai Lama, Confucius  Moses, Rama, Krishna, Apollo, Mohammad and lots of other Gods.  They all the Higher Being being all bi-polar. 

I believe in the freedom of speech. I know there is a lot of hate speech and while the haters have to right to speak it we do not have to listen.

I believe in truth.  Stop lying to me. Stop lying to yourself.

I believe the government is being run by vicious greedy evil corporations that are killing our country by dividing it against each other (Conservatives and Liberals).  Red pill or blue pill?

I believe in the death penalty, not as a deterrent but because some criminals are too fucked up to live.

I believe in abortion, not as a form of birth control but as a choice.  There have been times in my life when I might have chosen to terminate a pregnancy though luckily I never had to make that choice. 

I voted for Obama but if the GOP had given me a better choice than Romney I would have voted for someone else.  Sadly, I chose the devil I knew instead of the devil I didn't.

I believe women were the leaders a really long time ago.

I believe they should be the leaders now.

I believe in the right to bear arms.

I believe we should do more for our mentally ill.

I really hate shoot em up computer games.

I like Facebook.

I believe cartoons should only be played on Saturday mornings.

We just need to remember to tolerate the differences between you and others.

But a good Pollack joke is always appreciated.

I believe lust for life is good.

Be kind.

I believe we should eat more fruits and veggies and less animal foods.

I believe we need to stop drinking our water from bottles and start drinking it from the faucet or hose.

I believe that marijuana should be legal and cigarettes should not be legal. (And, yes, I do smoke cigarettes and I hate it and I really think Big Tobacco is evil and I am their pawn)


I believe rap is stupid but hip-hop is mostly good.

I'm in love.

I believe we should respect our elders.

There are three kinds of beauty:
physical beauty
inner beauty
and the beauty that makes you gasp

I believe we should cherish our children and teach them values and not leave that to our teachers.

I believe that our children should be taught facts and not the slanted history of our government and religions.

I believe our children should be able to take what they have learned from all sources and decide in what they believe.   

I believe that we should believe in what we believe and that no one has the right to tell us we are wrong.

I believe in ghosts and witches and magic.

Most of all I believe in love, laughter and life.




So there!

My Poor Little Neglected Blog

Dear Inane,

 I had to do it, I had to write.

 I have been neglecting you for so long and I want to apologize.  There is no excuse for it.  I've just been a lazy bitch where you are concerned.  That and I'm posting too much of everything on Facebook.  Anyway, I know I have promised you again and again that I would make the effort to come here more often and write and I break that promise everytime.  I don't even click on your link for months at a time.

(Ben Folds -Strawberry Fields Forever)
Okay, took a little break there and while I was gone I made a late lunch.  I went through the fridge and cupboards and this is what I did....
Preheated toaster oven to 400
(Vandals - Euro-Barge)
Cover toaster oven pan with parchment paper and the bottom layer is a
Traders Joes Circle of Rolls
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(Elton John - Daniel)
3 of Sprouts Organic Deglet Pitted Dates cut-up
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1 Fresh & Easy Baja Classic Tomato chopped
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6 (yes, 6!) Valley Produce Peeled Garlic shmoosed and chopped
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One bunch of green onion
(Alan Parsons Project - The Naked Robot (Early Stage Instrumental Mixes))
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Bake half-way through the song.

Finish typing this and go eat.