Digital Wig

You know that magazine Real Simple? If you are a girl, I am 99% sure you know the magazine and that you love it. I know I do. Any-hoo, I "liked" their facebook page so I get all of their updates which is how I came upon the VIRTUAL MAKEOVER!

Me as a blonde!

Mostly, I just wanted to try different hairstyles and hair colors but you can play around with makeup and eye color as well. Hours of time wasting fun my friend.

If you know me, you know I love wigs. Not to wear out on a normal day, but for Halloween and costume parties and what not.
While the virtual makeover is not as satisfying as trying on a new wig, it is free and pretty funny.

I changed my eye color in this one:

Don't ya turn my brown eyes blue......

This next one shows me sporting a style I like to call "Lubbock hair." There is a strange phenomenon in Lubbock regarding women after they hit 30. For some reason, they chop their hair all short and spikey and add bad highlights. I am not exaggerating. It looks something like this:

Now listen, not all of the 30+ Lubbock females fall victim to this curse. In fact, most of my female friends that remain in Lubbock do not have this hairstyle. However, I guarantee that if you were to find yourself in Lubbock you would see a crap load of ladies with this style. Mmm-hmmm. I speak the truth.

Ooooooooh, I really like this one:

If I only had straight hair....I would do things like this.

This one is just bad:

But I made my eyes violet and I wanted to show you.

And finally, the HOT MESS!

SHAZAM!

Pot Head

Every so often, I get the urge to go to the Mega Tuesday Morning (on Burnet road in Austin, TX) and look for something odd. Have you been to the giant Tuesday Morning I am talking about? Oh. My. Gosh. You should go. I'll go with you. There is a lawn crocodile I got my eye on.

Anyway, during my most recent Tuesday Morning hunt I found this friggen' head!

It was the only one they had. I picked it up, put it in my basket, took it out of my basket and put it back on the shelf, and back in my basket again. I'm not sure why I debated on if I should buy this tacky charming item. I am glad my smarter self won the battle because every time I go out on the patio that pothead makes me laugh.


In Other News:
Why is it that the extreme heat makes me only want to drink Mexican beer?


Pacifico, you are an amazing cerveza. I love you.

Have you ever bought flowers to match your produce?

I didn't do it on purpose.

That is all.

Crash! Bang!

I was sitting in the little living room (family room? TV room? Not sure what to call it) typing an e-mail to me husband when I heard a very loud crash come from the big living room.

Yes, I meant to say "me husband" instead of "my husband." I like how that sounds in my head. Especially when I am using my inside my head Irish accent.


WTF? The dogs immediately came to my side and we went to the big room to see what the heck happened.

This is what I found-


The large and ugly light fixture committed suicide.


It removed itself from the ceiling and left nothing but this unattractive hole:


And now it sits on my floor:



The center dome separated from the main fixture and landed upright, with the bulb still inside but unbroken:


I found two screws on the carpet and the frayed ends of a wire:



I never liked that thing and have been meaning to replace it with a crazy chandelier of some sort. Looks like I have some shopping to do.


No, I did not do this myself to give myself an excuse to shop.

New Chairs

I got the dogs some new chairs. I could not resist as they were in complimentary shades of almost black and paprika. I hoped Charlie (black dog) would choose the paprika chair and Cooper (orange dog) would choose the almost black chair. This would be pleasing to my eye....another way to decorate my living room, with dogs and their furniture.

I'm helpless.

My plan was initially foiled as they chose the chairs that were closest to their coloring:

I tried reasoning with my pups, explaining that their choices for leisure was not aesthetically pleasing. "Charlie, you all but disappear in that chair and Cooper, paprika does nothing to accentuate your beautiful coloring."

A few days later, I found them like this!

Much better, my pretties. Muy bien.

Uncommon Objects

Recently, my friends Amy (pictured above) and Will and I ventured to one of my favorite places on South Congress. Uncommon Objects sells "oddities, antiques, and curious goods."

You got that right. You want odd? Here is odd:

I don't know if this is some kind of rabbit pope, a rabbit bride, or just a fancy ass rabbit. I do know that it is odd.

Look at these:

What in the hell? Some kind of monkey figurines......saying the pledge of allegiance?

And then there are the bug specimen:

Amy does not like this.

Basket of heads?

They got 'em.

Ohh...my favorite:

A bunch of rusty, old, scissors on a string. Nice. Although I am "curious" if these are any "good." Can they still cut hair worth a darn? I doubt it.

What happened?

Yesterday morning, I woke up and heard Dale scolding Charlie in the other room. The only time Dale scolds Charlie is when Charlie pees on the carpet or when he barks at our other dog Cooper. I did not hear any barking, so I figured that Charlie had peed on the carpet...again. He did it right in front of Dale, which is unusual. The only time he has ever peed (in the house) in front of me is when he was trying to prevent me from leaving the house. He ran in front of me, standing in between myself and the door, and peed. Normally, he waits until we are gone to act like the carpet is his personal toilet.

We have had our carpet cleaned multiple times but the urine is never really gone, is it? The stains come back and we know it is in the pad underneath the carpet. Gross.

Anyway, I got up about 20 minutes after I heard Dale scolding Charlie and I walked into the living room. This is what I saw:

What the what?

Dale and I have discussed removing the carpet and going with either stained concrete or hardwood. However, I had no idea he was going to start the project on this particular morning so I was somewhat surprised.
Here is what the floor looks like at this moment:

Raw. Our armoire has been moved to another room. It feels strange in here.
I am a fan of hardwood but Dale is interested in the stained concrete look. I heard bamboo floors are pet friendly (unlike hardwood). Maybe we will look into that?
Dale told me he wants to remove the carpet in all of the rooms. Looks like I'll be living in a construction site for a while.

In Other News:
I purchased a few items while out and about on South Congress. Here is one of my favorite purchases- Day of the Dead Dog Skeletons!


One for Charlie and one for Cooper. I love them.

Here is skeleton Charlie and Skeleton Cooper standing on a photograph of myself dressed as La Catrina on Halloween a few years ago:

I love Día de los Muertos.

True Blood

My friend's Amy and Will came to visit us. I tried to be a good host and provide Amy with some True Blood.


I even warmed it up for her! Cold blood makes her gag.


But she never touched it. She told me she was full.

Poor Will.