Sarah Palin is a post turtle

I saw this in another blog (political) I visit. Being from Texas, I recognized the story-it's a generic joke - it's one that gets told just about every election about someone- I just think that this time it is appropriate. And funny. I don't intend to post much else about the elections here-but I couldn't help myself!

Sarah Palin - The Post Turtle

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President.

The old rancher said, ' Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.' Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.

The old rancher said, ' When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.

' You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.'

weekly round up!

With everything going on in everyones lives I am amazed any of us have time for blogging. Although I am not commenting or posting as much as I had been- I am reading and following! I decided that a round up was the way to go this week because it has been CRAZY here at my house.


The biggest thing first- my Dad is going back for heart surgery. He had a stent put in in March. He started getting some more pains last month and finally saw his heart doctor yesterday. One stress test later and he's going back under the knife on Wednesday. Same artery- but the cause is unknown. It may be a failed stent, may be something else. But all his "numbers" (cholesterol, blood pressure, etc...)look great, he's skinny and in good physical condition- if you don't take his heart into consideration.

Because of my son and his school though, I won't be able to travel with my Mother this time around. My husband is traveling every week this fall for business and I am the only care giver the kid has. My Mom is a big girl though- and will be able to handle this fine (fingers crossed)



The next biggest thing is the septic situation is being fixed as I type! Remember that in August the septic failed. I have been living with a severe water situation since then- trotting my dirty laundry around the county- timed showers- not nearly as much flushing as I would prefer. Well, work has started! Here are some pictures-

The back of the yard- the guys are near the actual septic tank. 1000 gallons of special-ness.
the rocks that are needed to make the new drain field - along with a lot of pipe
the yard is pretty big until you get machinery down there. They have to dig down/scrape off 7 ft of my back yard (the septic is buried very deep) in an area that is 450 sq ft. Then there is a little over a foot of pipes and stones, then 3 ft of fill material on top of the field and it's done ! My yard will be a series of stepped areas when it's done. It's going to be a interesting situation to say the least. I just hope we can mow it easily in the end.

To get my mind off of everything I took the boy to the zoo- they have a new lion enclosure that's really nice- but the boy really likes the monkeys, the snakes, and the penguins.







I have actually gotten a chance to work on two new dolls- one is finished and was a special order- the other is just in the beginning stages and has no home. Here is the head-hopeful I will get to make the body this week.

On a very sad note- it is being reported that Paul Newman died last night after a long illness.

My very favorite actor in the entire world. Rest in peace sir.

what I would wear if I could dress in costume all day long

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Originally uploaded by blondeheroine

This is what I would wear. I love everthing about it-especially the details!

I am Natural Timeless-ness.

I made it through Style Statement finally. I shouldn't make it sound like that. It was interesting to read and to do the questions. It's funny, I kind of thought that this would be a load of crap. That I would do the tests, answer the questions and at the end I wouldn't have any more insights about myself than when I started. I was wrong.

I still am going back and forth with myself over whether I am natural or organic. I may go back in a few weeks and look back over everything I have done with fresh eyes. But I am confident in my choices- and natural and organic are close to each other (in my eyes)-so I'm not worried.

I went into this thinking I was some modern/contemporary style, but looking back the clues were always around me. I prefer danish modern furniture to mid century modern. I hate things that are plastic and new. I love to go to auctions and thrift stores to shop- the items have a history that you just can't get in a regular store. I love handcrafted items- especially wood items. My idea of a dream home would be turning one of the old storefronts (from the 1800's) in our downtown into a a loft and garden/home store. I would rather wear my old Levis than just about anything else and I would rather spend the day with my son planting stuff in my gardens or painting than just about anything else. It makes sense why I HAD to have that old buffet this spring and turned it into my work desk. Everyone seemed so surprised that I liked it, that I fixed it and re finished it within weeks. It seemed so not my style. It was- they just didn't know it.

SO, I'm off to re think my decor right now(it's fall and the living, dining and bedrooms all change with the season) and then to work on my fall and winter wardrobe. I feel like I have a plan now though, and I feel stronger for it.

I worked on another voodoo/art doll and it's almost finished. It's at my other blog here . I didn't just want to post the pictures because it is rather spooky and it makes some people uncomfortable.

I just may be having a mid life crisis....

Right now I feel rather adrift- out of sync. My son started pre school this week. I knew this day was going to come, but still, it's rather a shock that my little baby is growing up. It won't be long now until everything I do or say will become a major embarrassment to him. It'll be a while I know, but that day will come, just like pre school day came.

Having all my hair cut off was an attempt to get out of my rut- shock my system I guess. Try to find out who or what I am now. Things haven't changed much in my life for going on 4 1/2 years. My day to day routine is pretty much set. Now that I have 3 mornings off to myself each and every week I don't even know what to do. The first day I wandered around a store. The second day I also wandered around a store. I don't want to do that again, so I have to figure this out and soon.

I have bought a few books- one on art dolls because I want to get right back to making my dolls when the weather changes. I also bought Style Statement- (thanks SCB Mella- at least I think it was Mella) maybe figuring out key things about my preferences and style- and learning to listen to myself- will also help. I have only gotten about half way through that book so I don't have MY style statement worked out yet- but I have gotten some good insights already so I have hope for the second half of the book!

My hip and back are still killing me. I can walk (finally) but dressing is difficult and sitting is pretty painful. It seemed to get better for a while then I think I over did it. At least that is what I am telling myself. I think a Dr. visit is in my near future.