my favorite video spots

Target: Women

This one is about Disney princesses and I laughed my ass off:
http://current.com/items/89416957_target_women_disney_princesses

Desire for a heated cat bed for my Lily

I so want this bed for Lily: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3261+1883+17753&pcatid=17753

Isn't that cute? And it's HEATED!!! You can plug it in and it maintains the perfect temperature for my zombie kitty cat. As you all know, Lily has a tendency to pee on things. Her beds, Monty's bed, OUR bed... and right now this is what she is sleeping in:

That's her bed. A box with clothes in it. We did this because if she DOES pee on the clothes.. they're old clothes and we can just toss them without guilt. BUT... it is getting cold. And her back room is insulated with NEWSPAPER and gets pretty darn chilly at times. I feel bad for her, she IS my baby... so I was thinking of getting her a heated bed. I just can't bring myslef to PAY for a heated bed since odds of her peeing on it are good. Sigh... what should I do?????

Visit to the Cheesecake Factory Tonight

I'll post pictures a little later but Jeff and I went to the Cheesecake Factory with his father, stepmother and Grandfather to belatedly celebrate his Grandfather's 90th birthday. A good time was had by all and I highly recommend the Bikini Martini which was deelish! But the whole point of the Cheesecake Factory is the dessert. And we're talking every possible option of cheesecake flavor and a whole bunch of other treats that are as big as your head. Jeff and his Grandfather split a piece of carrot cake (one piece is roughly the size of Canada), Jeff's father had a dish of ice cream, I had the Chocolate Tuxedo Cheesecake (which is vanilla cheesecake layered in fudge chocolate and chocolate sauce and crust) and Jeff's Step-Mother had the Low Carb Cheesecake.

Let me say that again, with the option of ANY kind of cheesecake to choose from. And there was Pumpkin cheesecake, Strawberry cheesecake, Chocolate Coconut cheesecake, Snickers Bar cheesecake, Cookie Dough cheesecake - the list just goes on and on. She CHOSE.... Low Carb Cheesecake. That's not a dessert. That's punishment on a platter. Why in the name of God would you pick that??? It came with a teeny tiny bowl of strawberries.. REALLY tiny bowl, like for dolls. And some whipped cream. She also kept trying to tell me how yummy it was and how there was a "Slight nutty aftertaste" on the cracker crust. I told her she was insane.

Why would you get that??? WHY??? Why bother?? Why not just sit there and chew on your napkin instead??? Of ALL the yummy choices that you could make, ANYTHING you could want with cheesecake - you pick the low carb option. I so do not understand this. I will NEVER understand this. I understand about trying to lose weight and all, and I was proud that I only ate half my meal and half my dessert (though the Bikini Martini was gone in seconds) but I was still HAVING dessert. With chocolate in it. Because without the chocolate it's NOT DESSERT!

Problem with horror movies

Particularly these old movies. The women in these movies... dear lord. Have they not heard the term "fighting back"? No. For the most part they scream and cry and crawl uselessly away from the psycho in the hockey mask. I've seen them throw plates and books and only one person threw something useful - a television set that she smashed over Jason's head. But they ALWAYS seem to leave him alone after they think he's dead. Do we not WATCH horror movies?? Do we not know how this works??? I swear to God that if I am EVER chased by some serial killer wearing a mask and carrying a machete I am going to MAKE SURE HE IS DEAD. A head will be cut off, limbs will be removed. I might even jump up and down on the lifeless body until said attacker is well and truly DEAD. In one movie the characters were hiding in a loft and when Jason was climbing the ladder to get to them.. they LET HIM! Nobody kicked the ladder out, nobody hit him over the head as he came up.. and NOBODY took away his machete. Hello!! Take the machete away from him!!! TAKE IT! Do NOT leave the machete with the crazy person... It's just common sense. Let's do a little thinking people, okay??? Thanks, now back to the movie!

Friday the 13th Marathon

Jeff got a bee in his bonnet to watch ALL the Friday the 13th movies in honor of the Halloween holiday. He borrowed the full set from his friend and last night we watched movies 1 -3. Yes, you read that right, the first three movies in one night. Color me HAPPY! As you have probably already guessed, when Jeff gets something in his head, he needs to do that ASAP! So tonight we'll be watching 4, and most likely 5 as well.

Did I ever mention it was our shared love of crushingly bad horror movies that brought us together in the first place? One of our first dates was watching "Jason 2000 - Friday the 13th part X"- that was Jason IN SPACE, where nobody can hear you SCREAM!!!!!! Oh yeah, I think we both knew we were in it for the long haul after watching that gem of a picture!

hunt for a Halloween Costume

This past weekend Jeff and I attempted to find Halloween costumes since we have plans of going to Salem and walking around and enjoying everything. I have noticed however, that costumes for women are either one of the following:

Sexy/Slutty

Matronly

There's no happy medium. You can either be a slutty pirate, or a matronly pirate. What if I just want to be a pirate? A lady pirate. Not a pirate wench, a PIRATE. There's nothing out there. Now I have no problem with women dressing up this Halloween in whatever they darn well please, but it would be nice to have a few more choices out there.

For example, here's some costume choices that I've seen:

Want to be a lion? No? How about SEXY LION!!!!

I admit to being confused by sexy lion. There are a lot of adjectives that come to mind when I think of LION, and "sexy" has never entered into the top 100. Maybe it's me.

So what about a nun? A religious icon? Not for me personally, but how about SEXY NUN!

And the name of this costume??? Are you ready??? I don't think you're ready. Okay.. It's "Nasty Habit". GET IT?? She's NASTY!!!!! Bad nun, bad!!!

Still not finding anything? How about someone who is on the verge of a mental breakdown?

It actually says in the description of the "mental patient" costume that "just because she's locked up, doesn't mean she isn't hard to handle". See.. she still has cleavage in her straight jacket! No matronly straight jacket for our girl! No way!! Let's be cleavin' while the cleavin' is good! You never know just WHO you might meet in the ASYLUM!

So say you're getting tired of the sexy costumes and you think to yourself... "Self, why don't I dress up like a Disney princess? I have happy memories of those innocent, carefree movies, why don't I dress like, oh... Snow White"?

Yes, we have SEXY Snow White!

Sigh. All my happy childhood memories are being destroyed as I look at this picture. Snow White is now SLUTTY SNOW WHITE!

Can I get a happy medium PLEASE? I don't mind showing a little skin, but does ALL my skin have to be on display? I'd like to keep some of the candy in the basket, if you get my meaning. And I THINK YOU DO!!!!!!

BTW, at the very least they could do the same thing to the men's costumes. If I'm going to be walking around with everything hanging out I think guys should have to do the same. Really it's only fair.

views on pinching pennies

I realize that in today's economy we're all trying to pinch pennies. Jeff and I certainly are, and if you go on MSNBC.com that's all you read about. So I was looking on Allrecipes.com for a potato soup I could make in our crock pot, and this recipe popped up:

Slow Cooked Squirrel
SUBMITTED BY: Bobbie Jo "This stew recipe is for those of us who are hunters and are more of the country ilk. It is easy that you can go to work while it simmers in your pot and when you return home, dinner is ready."

RECIPE RATING:Read Reviews (6)
PREP TIME
20 Min
COOK TIME
8 Hrs
READY IN
8 Hrs 20 Min
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
2 squirrels - skinned, gutted, and cut into pieces
4 large potatoes, quartered
1 pound carrots, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
4 onions, sliced
2 cups water
1/4 medium head cabbage
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS
In a slow cooker, place the squirrel meat, potatoes, carrots, green bell pepper, onions, water, cabbage, salt and ground black pepper.
Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours.

Wow. That's all I can say. I mean, Squirrel stew?? First of all, is there really enough meat on those animals to make it worthwhile? And second of all, no thank you. Seriously, no thank you. I'd rather eat ramen noodles again than have squirrel stew. Call me a snob and hypocritical because I certainly do eat meat - but squirrel. No. Not happening. I won't even discuss the fact that the person who submitted the recipe is named "Bobbie Joe" and it can't get more stereotypically country than that.