Anyone on Facebook?

Since I don't seem to be getting here much anymore, if anyone stops by who is on Facebook, look for me at (hopefully):

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1630658820&ref=profile

Things are fine down here in the swamps, just a bit hectic at the moment. Football started last weekend and I don't know if I breathed normally until Monday. I have a feeling it's going to be a l-o-n-g season! And....anyone use ooma (digital phone service), or know anything about it?

Friday Fun....

(I got 22 -- or, depending on how you look at it, 22 1/2 or 23. I can be creative when it comes to math.)



For those old enough to remember but still young at heart.

Doo Wop Oldies Quiz:


Thirty great memories about music that caused our
parents and teachers grief!!!! Welcome to "The Expanded
Doo-Wop Oldies Quiz." Take the quiz and see how you
score as a true "Oldies Fan." Write down your
answers and check them against the answers at the end. Don't cheat, now!

1. When did 'Little Suzie' finally wake up?
(a) The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock
(b) The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock
(c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock


2. "Rock Around The Clock" was used in what movie?
(a) Rebel Without A Cause
(b) Blackboard Jungle
(c) The Wild Ones
3. What's missing from a Rock & Roll standpoint?
Earth _____
(a) Angel
(b) Mother
(c) Worm
4. I found my thrill . . ." where?
(a) Kansas City
(b) Heartbreak Hotel
(c) Blueberry Hill

5. "Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____
bring me a dream,:
(a) Mr. Sandman
(b) Earth Angel
(c) Dream Lover

6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record?
(a) Atlantic
(b) RCA
(c) Sun
7. He asked, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?"
Who was he?
(a) Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(b) Charlie Brown
(c) Buster Brown

8. Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife," the one with the
knife, was named:
(a) MacHeath
(b) MacCloud
(c) MacNamara
9. Name the song with '"A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom."
(a) Good Golly, Miss Molly
(b) Be-Bop-A-Lula
(c) Tutti Fruitti
10. Who is generally given credit for originating the term
"Rock And Roll"?
(a) Dick Clark
(b) Wolfman Jack
(c) Alan Freed
11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher:
(a) Little Richard
(b) Frankie Lymon
(c) Tony Orlando
12. Paul Anka's "Puppy Love" is written to what star?
(a) Brenda Lee
(b) Connie Francis
(c) Annette Funicello
13. The Everly Brothers are . . ...
(a) Pete and Dick
(b) Don and Phil
(c) Bob and Bill

14. The Big Bopper's real name was:
(a) Jiles P. Richardson
(b) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
(c) Marion Michael Morri son
15. In 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr., started a small record
company called...
(a) Decca
(b) Cameo
(c) Motown
16. Edd Brynes had a hit with "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.
'What TV show was he on?
(a) 77 Sunset Strip
(b) Hawaiian Eye
(c) Surfside Six
17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married:
(a) Carol Lynley
(b) Sandra Dee
(c) Natalie Wood

18. They were a one hit wonder with "Book Of Love":
(a) The Penguins
(b) The Monotones
(c) The Moonglows
19. The Everly Brothers sang a song called 'Till I ________ You."
(a) Loved
(b) Kissed
(c) Met
20. Chuck Berry sang "Oh, ___________, why can't you be true?"
(a) Suzie Q
(b) Peggy Sue
(c) Maybelline
21. "Wooly _______"
(a) Mammouth
(b) Bully
(c) Pully
22. "I'm like a one-eyed cat . . .
(a) can't go into town no more.
(b) sleepin' on a cold hard floor.
(c) peepin' in a seafood store.
23. "Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do . . ."
(a) cause there ain't no answer for a life without booze.
(b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
(c) cause my car's gassed up and I'm ready to cruise.
24. "They often call me Speedo, but my real name is . . ..."
(a) Mr. Earl.
(b) Jackie Pearl.
(c) Milton Berle.
25. "You're my Fanny and nobody else's . . ..."
(a) girl.
(b) butt.
(c) love.
26. "I want you to play with my . . . "
(a) heart.
(b) dreams.
(c) ding a ling.
27. "Be Bop A Lula . . ."
(a) she's got the rabies.
(b) she's my baby.
(c) she loves me, maybe.
28. "Fine Love, Fine Kissing . . ...".
(a) right here.
(b) fifty cents.
(c) just for you.
29. "He wore black denim trousers and . . .."
(a) a pink carnation.
(b) pink leotards.
(c) motorcycle boots.


30. "I got a gal named . . ."
(a) Jenny Zamboni.
(b) Gerri Mahoney
(c) Boney Maroney.


Answers: Scroll Down so you aren't tempted to cheat
(as if cheating were needed here).

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

1 (c) The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock
2. (b) Blackboard Jungle
3. (a) Angel
4. (c) Blueberry Hill
5. (a) Mr. Sandman
6. (c) Sun
7. (b) Charlie Brown
8. (a) Mac Heath
9. (c) Tutti Fruitti
10. (c) Alan Freed
11. (a) Little Richard
12. (c) Annette Funicello
13. (b) Don and Phil
14. (a) Jiles P. Richardson
15. (c) Motown
16. (a) 77 Sunset Strip
17. (b) Sandra Dee
18. (b) The Monotones
19. (b) Kissed
20. (c) Maybelline
21. (b) Bully
22. (c) peepin' in a seafood store.
23. (b) cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.
24. (a) Mr. Earl.
25. (b) butt.
26. (c) ding a ling.
27. (b) she's my baby.
28. (a) right here.
29. (c) motorcycle boots
30. (c) Boney Maroney.

The heat broke....

I may survive a while longer. We're celebrating temps that are in the mid-90's. There's something wrong with that....

So....J won't touch the iPod Touch I bought him for Father's Day. ummmm.... I told him it's gonna be mine pretty darn soon. I'm becoming attached. I haven't named it though. ;)

Windows are in....

They installed the replacement windows Tuesday and they are nice. So....my week and weekend has been consumed with cleaning up plaster dust. I think we've about got it now. I had something scheduled for every day last week, and I'm so looking forward to some free catch-up days this week.

We went boating Friday with some friends. I didn't like it. It was HOT and I'm just not a boater. We didn't stay out too long and we had a good meal at a place along the river, so it wasn't a total bust. I'm glad it's over. You see, I have this thing in the back of my mind that warns me to stay away from water. I have this feeling that, if I'm not careful, one day I'm going to find myself in water, in a horrible situation, and (this is the worst part)I'm going to realize -- I could have avoided it if.

....Okay. I hear you snickering. It's silly but I don't like tempting fate. As much as I like being near or around water, I don't like being on or in water. Oh, well. I survived this time.

It will probably be nice....when it's over..

Hopefully, the replacement windows for the front of the house and and the bay will be installed tomorrow. They said it usually only took a day. We'll see. I'm so bummed about it. I know it will be nice to have the new windows, but I just don't want to go through getting them. The heat has been unbelievable here and I pity the air conditioner trying to play keep-up tomorrow. Once again I'll be relegated to one part of the house, and I'm so tired of that!

Oh, well. It will probably be nice....when it's over.

We're home....

and it's still hot. But....it was every bit as hot in Memphis as it is here. whew! We had a good time and were able to do everything we'd planned. I've gotta tell you, I fell in love with Memphis' quirky coolness. Everyone we met was so polite and knowledgeable. We heard the most interesting stories from shop clerks and restaurant workers. And those tours that I wasn't too excited to take? My bad. I actually enjoyed them, and I don't usually enjoy tours. We ate well, slept well, and (except for the heat) thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

A few words about Graceland. I found Graceland to be a very personal experience for many. If you'd asked me if I was an Elvis fan (pre-Graceland visit), I'd have said yes. But....after visiting Graceland and seeing all the different people and their reactions, I now know I barely qualify fan-wise. This may help explain: When we were finally, thank GOD! finished, I was waiting under a shade tree for J to get the car and pick me up. There was a man from Galveston, TX sharing the shade with me. He was waiting on his wife who was giving blood in exchange for a free Elvis tee shirt. By that time, that didn't even seem odd to me. I heard more foreign accents and languages at Graceland than anywhere else we visited in Memphis. The King must really be a King.

Now, for the Peabody....if you go to Memphis, stay there! I now understand how some hotels become dear to people. I find myself smiling when I think about it. And the ducks? I'll post pictures as soon as hubby downloads them. I fell in love with the ducks (or, maybe the idea of them). Hint: the love-the-ducks test meter sky rockets with a drink/glass of wine from the lovely lobby bar in the Peabody.

So, now I start planning for the Gulf Shores trip. I'm getting excited. I'll not only be seeing three of my kids, but visiting a well-loved place. And....the weather's going to good. Right? No hurricanes. Right?

I got my maternal DNA results. I'm H haplogroup. There were three or four insertions and deletions, and I'm not sure what those mean. I'm working on understanding it now -- as best I can. But, it pretty much verified that (on my mother's side) I'm pretty much British/Irish. The American Indian link that I remember my grandmother talking about didn't show up -- as far as I can tell. I need to send the results to my daughter (who is a few courses shy of being qualified to interpret DNA). But....I know what she's going to say. "Mom. I told you that most places don't test enough markers to be able to show specific results." And....she'd be correct.

Lordy, it's HOT!

I can't believe I'm saying that when it's not even July or August, but....it's freakin' HOT! But, as they tell us, at least this high pressure system that's funneling in the heat, is keeping storms out of the Gulf. There's that. After I finish this post I'm going to go take a look at the mountain cabin we rented for Christmas. You know.....you can actually buy cabins (and houses) online? I'm not sure how involved it is, but when the kids were living in MS, a realtor told them that several, several, people had bought houses in Hattiesburg, sight unseen. My impression is that most of the buyers were from California. They could probably sell their CA home, pay cash for one in MS, and maybe even pay off all or some of their bills. Not a bad idea. Wonder what J would do if he came home and I informed him that we are proud owners of a cabin in the mountains? I probably couldn't actually buy one without someone having to talk with him, and, well, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't go for it. Pretty sure.

We're headed to Memphis tomorrow. I'm looking forward to getting away. I hope it's an easy, relaxing trip. We'll see. Since we'll only be gone a couple of days, everything will fit in my Vera Bradley duffel:
Vera Bradley duffel (mine is actually retired -- Chelsey Green, but you get the idea (busy!), and my VB purse/tote (the Betsy) with all the pockets (love it!), in another retired color, Vibrant Black: VB Betsy with lots of pockets
I've heard people say that, to them, VB reminds them of a flower garden throwing up, or an LSD trip going bad. Oh, well. :)

Have a nice weekend and a Happy Father's Day everyone.