70's and easy, that's the way ahuh, ahuh I like it!

I'm sitting here with my nuggets just catching up on my lovely friends in the blogging world, listening to the 70's on XM. Sometimes you need a break from the
80's. Not very often though.

I have been a terrible blogger as of lately. I'm sorry. My summer has been chuck full o' busy-ness. Never in my whole life have I ever wanted summer to end, but this year I'm ready for it to be done! That makes me sad. Life happens and it is what it is. But I haven't started smoking again. That's good.

So, for the record, I used to not be much of a cook. Ask Kate. My family even made fun of my failures to boil water. But now, I cook almost every night! Not to toot my own horn, but it's better than edible! I've been practicin. Now I like to give credit where credit is due, and I found this in The Hungry Girl's Cookbook. If you are watching calories, like ME, it's a good one to have. She has a website too, but I don't know how to link all that crap together. Maybe one day my very smart sister will teach me how to do all that stuff. Then I will forget and have to call her 15 times, and I will cry cuz I can't get it to work. Until then, here is the address:
www.hungry-girl.com. Lots of yummy things to check out! Go there quickly!! But make this first!

This is my version of Southwest Surprise. I call it Dumpa, Dumpa, Dumpa like Cupa, Cupa, Cupa from Steel Magnolias, and basically you just dump in cans and packets of stuff. Did I say easy? Well I am now!

Dumpa, Dumpa, Dumpa
1 lb ground beef
1/2 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 can pinto beans, rinsed
2 cans black beans, rinsed
3 cans diced tomatoes, no salt added if available
1 can diced Italian tomatoes
1 packet ranch dressing mix
1 packet taco seasoning mix
2 cans mexicorn, or frozen I don't care

Brown meat with onions and garlic in a big pot. Add tomatoes, beans, corn and packets. Not the packets themselves, but the contents inside. I only clarify cuz the old me would have questioned this step. Simmer for 15 mins. Let sit for 5 mins. before serving. You can top it with cheese and sour cream. You could use fat free sour cream and cheese, but why would you want to? Guess that explains why my fat ass is still fat, don't it?!

Now you won't see alota recipes on this here blog, but I will share ones that are delicious and easy. We don't want to be stuck in the kitchen, there are men that need kissin and babies that need lovin, and someone in the lot always needs clean socks! So get to it!

This Sucks!

Holly crap! It's been some week! More of the usual, and then some more!

It's Tuesday, and I weigh 126.2 lbs. How this is happening, I do not know. I do know that I have been doing Barry's Boot Camp faithfully every day. I'm sweating buckets and I'm gaining. God hates me. I'm eating a whole pie by myself, since it won't matter anyway.

God save the Queen!

What?! I think I'm British. I meant to say Happy 4th of July!! Thank you founding fathers for giving us such a lovely holiday so we can enjoy many beers, picnics and sparklers! I'm quite sure that is what you had in mind. Oh yeah, and our independence. That totally rocks!

Today everybody bailed on us, so it's just me, HP, Mama HP and the Nuggets. We are fixen to have ourselves a lil bar-b-que and have some homemade ice cream and many brewskies. I didn't make it to the liquor store for anything else. Dang! HP said we just got invited to our friends the Schmutzy Wootzies to do fireworks. We are sharing the ice cream. I will share. Just cuz they are just about the best friends hillbillies like us could wish for! They feed us drinks and let us swim in their pool! Freakin sweet! They are sinners too. I like that in my friends.

Besides, I rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinner are much more fun! Thank you Billy Joel. Words to live by.

I'm gonna live forever if the good die young! I don't know who sang that one.

Buzy as a sinner can be!

So I've been out there in Blogland catching up on ya'alls gossip. I was feeling kinda bad about not keeping up on my post, due to all my summer ventures, but then I noticed that some of ya'all have been slacking too! Now I don't feel so bad. Summer is a hot bitch! Here are some of the things I've been doin to keep me away from you for such long periods of time.

1. Got hair colored and trimmed
2. Went shopping at Target (regular not super.)
3. Moved oldest man-baby to new pad (which is Beau Baby and Laurie's house. Thanks
family for taking in my stray!)
4. Went to Vegas so HP could look at old cars
5. Did the "Bodies Exhibit" at the Tropicana (what a dive!)
6. Watched Brandy's baby (no teeth marks, just nibbles. Yum!)
7. Cooked many, many meals
8. Had dinner with Kym Squared
9. Went shopping at Costco (twice)
10. Cleaned dog poo
11. Red-neck Swimmin Party w/Andrea and girlies (more about this lata.)
12. Went shopping at Wal-Mart (1500 times!)
13. Various house cleaning duties (the lot. That was very British.)
14. Let 4 dogs in and out of house 9 thousand times (in hopes that they will poo out there instead of in here.)
15. Went shopping at Ross
16. Countless hours in car goin to and fro
17. Starbucks (twice)
18. Visited Laurie in her new office (fancy!)
19. Had dinner at Mom's
20. Found out Angry Youth has a girlfriend (WHAT?! Many questions, none answered.)
21. House hunting
22. Scheduled some therapy (I didn't, but I should.)

Whew! That wasn't even all of it! There was a lot more poo cleaning than I mentioned. I've also had my darling mother of HP with me on most of these outings, and she is a pretty good sport. And nephew is back from Jesus camp, with Twitch. I may need Jesus camp too. I've been praying alot!!

Actually, I've just been saying, "Jesus Christ!".

What can I say? I'm a sinner.

Random Thoughts and Other Weird Stuff In My Head.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Having company means that you eat, and eating means that you gain weight, which is exactily what I did. I have however, started "Barry's Boot Camp". I just finished and I'm sweatin like a sinner in church! This better work. I hate sweat.

Do you ever just have weird thoughts in your head? The kinda thoughts where you are looking off into the distance with vacant eyes, staring, until someone says something to you and you snap out of the long winding space cruise you were just on. Ya know know the kind where you are almost drooling. Well, I'm not talking about those, just random thoughts. Not like math or anything.

Here are some of mine.

Is it just me, or are those guys from "Deadliest Catch" kinda cute?

What purpose do cockroaches serve? I mean why are they in the eco system plan? Do they really have purpose, other than being discusting?

Why does the hair on your under arms and legs grow a quarter of an inch over night, and the hair on your head takes months to grow the same amount?

Is it to watch "Bridget Jones' Diary" every day? And who is the better kisser, Hugh Grant or Colin Firth? That lucky Renee!

Does it hurt for a chicken to lay an egg? Cuz it sure looks like it does! Are we mean for making the chickens produce so many if it does?

Why are babies so cute that you would want to take a bite out of them? Really! I just want to eat them up!

If I had to choose one channel to watch for the rest of my life, which one would I pick?

Do other love to play "Desert Island" as much as I do?

Why do I love horror movies so dang much?

What is my fasination with serial killers? And everything Egyptian.

I need more Botox. Can you get addicted to Botox? Do I care?

I hope others of you have some unusual thinkings in your noggins. I'd hate for you all to read this and think I'm some kinda whack job. I often wonder what Stephen King thinks of as he's drifting off to sleep. It could be something totally normal like, "Deep dish really is better than thin crust!" I hope it's something dark and crazy. I may never know. I think I'll think on that for awhile.

Dang Summer!

Do you remember when summers were for relaxing? No pressure, just hanging out with your friends by the pool, meeting cute boys from other towns, walking to the local drive in to get cherry-vanilla cokes, dragging main, working on your tan down at the lake. Ahh......the good ole days. Now summers are as action packed as an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie! I can't believe how much of the summer is gone already and I haven't even gone to the lake, not once! And, I don't even know what I've been doing. It's just that time has slipped away. And then I'll be 60, and I'll wonder why I drink so much and where did all the cats come from.

I've been sticking to my diet.....mostly. My weight as of Monday, 122.6. I did get down to 122.4, but nothin to write home about. I'm sorry I haven't been as diligent at my blog as I should have been. I'm intending to be better. Really. I swear, I looked up and it was Thursday.

My mother in law is coming to stay with us for a month. Does that help explain? I sure hope so. I'm sitting on the floor writing and waiting for the carpet cleaners to show up. Four dogs in the house sure takes it's toll on the rugs. I've been cleaning like crazy! Not that my mother in law would even care, she's awesome! But, I wouldn't want her to think that her oldest child would marry a slob. I want her to think, "Wow! My son married an amazing house-keeper and I'm so lucky to have her as my daughter-in-law!" You know, just a lil supthin like that. Basically, I don't have any skills so I'm gonna have to impress her with cleanliness.

I've also been catching up on my Netflix. I've had 3 movies for like 2 months that I have needed to watch. I highly recommend "Lars and the Real Girl". It was darling!! Love that Ryan Gosling! He can do no wrong.

Carpet guys are here now. Gotta go. TTFN!! Really! Did you notice how I got stuck on italic? Fixed it all by myself.

Bonding with the Angry Youth

Hello Peanuts! Yes, I know it's been quite some time. I did take my picture as promised. Good news! I swear, if I try, I gain. If I don't I lose. Go figure. I'm thinking now that I'm old, it's gonna take more than diet. I'm thinking about buying Barry's Boot Camp. I saw it on a infomercial. The exercises only last in 60 second intervals, and since that is about all he patience I have for any one exercise, it could work. Discuss and get back with me.

The reason I've taken so long to get back with ya'll, is because..............well, I just didn't feel like it. Not cuz I don't care, I just found other things to occupy my time. I spent last weekend with my crazy, delightful family! Even got my man-babies together for a picture with myself and Mr. Horsepower. It may be our future Christmas card, so watch for it this winter. Then, my youngest man-baby came down for a visit, I don't get to see him much since he is an "angry youth", so I spend as much time with him as he will give me! We've been watching the new "Day of the Dead" movies and episodes of "Firefly"! There is nothing so wonderful as bonding with your child over flesh eating zombies and the Sci-fi channel! It's like magic!

So sorry Peanuts, but babies don't keep! I once read this poem about a woman that needed to clean her house, but she didn't cuz she was holding her baby. I just remember the last line, "dust settle down and cobwebs go to sleep, I'm holding my baby and babies don't keep." I cry every time I think of it, because it is so true! Then I think of Abe Hunin and screamin hooligans at the store, and I am glad that I have any Angry Youth that loves cheesy horror movies.

Do you think he'd be willing to sit in my lap and watch them?