Writer's Workshop: What is this about?!

It's Writer's Workshop Day at Mama Kat's, but I don't know what to write about.

I could write about the time I put my foot in my mouth, but ya'll don't want to hear about that! It wasn't that big a deal, I just didn't have any clippers around!

I'd write about the experience I had with a celebrity, but after the arrest, I promised I wouldn't speak of our affair again, though I don't know what the big deal is, so, what if I followed him around a little, he loved me, why else would he run away and play hard to get? Those people with the cameras were alwys there trying to snap pictures of us, and it just got too hard to get close to him. And, his feelings for me could interfere with his work, so we had to call it off. So, I won't be talking about that.

I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me. Papapaparazzi (Lady Gaga)


And, I was gonna tell you about the person I forgot about until right now, but I'm pre-menopausal and I can't remember a thing! Nothing! Seriously, you laugh, but this one time...What was I saying? I forgot.

I will remember before I forget, before I forget that! (Slip Knot)



Mama's Losin' It

Post-it Note Tuesday: Unmotivated

It's Wickedly Awesome Post-it Note Tuesday with Supah. While you are perusing post-its, and what not's, I will be attending a full day motivational seminar. I am looking forward to it, but I do have some reservations.

♪Here we are now, entertain us♪ (Nirvana)

♪I walk the line♪ (in my best deep voice Johnny Cash voice)

And: ♪We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time, oh no!♪ (Jermaine Stewart) What?! don't look at me like that! I don't control the songs, they just pop in my head! Besides it mentions wine, that's religious, right?

♪If I swallow anything evil, put your finger down my throat♪ (The Who)

♪I ran, I ran so far away...I couldn't get away♪ (Flock of Seagulls)


I know, not the greatest post-its ever! They are about as drab as their color, I know. What can I say?! I guess you'll have to come back next week, to see if they improve.

Monday Minute

Today, I'm joining in on Monday Minute. By just answering a few questions. Go check it out, if you want to see more, but Read my first! I mean, please :o)
 
Monday Minute

1 - What drugs have you done in your life?
Does second hand contact high's count?! No?! ooh ooh! I know! How bout the one's the doc prescribed? no? not that either, hmm, I guess, just that one time someone gave me half an x and I "rolled" on what turned out to be aspirin. Yup I'm hardcore!
♪I don't like the drugs the drugs the drugs♪ (Marilyn Manson)

2 - A/S/L?
35/F/L? whatthe heck is L? oh! Lifestyle? I'm married. But with the asking of my age for some reason this is in my head: ♪18 and life you got it, 18 and life to go♪ (Skid Row)

3 - Do you pick your nose?
Well Grampa always told me: "you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose." Great advice!

4 - What's your favorite childhood cartoon
Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, and of course: The Smurfs!
♪la la lalalala la lalalala♪ (go ahead and hum it, you know you want to!)

5 - List the URL, of what you believe to be the best blog post you've ever done
 This is really hard to choose so I give you:  A funny  One Little White Pill  (drug question appropriate) and some important learnings: Playground Rules

Saturday Shorts: What a Week

It's time for Saturday Shorts. I have a busy Saturday planned, so only time for a few short things. If you have your own Saturday Shorts post, link up below.

Wow! What a week it's been. It seems like my vacation was ages ago, not just, last week. Oh, vacation fairy, please bring me another one soon! I know Blogher NYC is in only 3 months away, but it can't get here soon enough!

#2 has always been an Epic burper. She holds her head high with pride when that big sound comes from her little body. Very impressive, I must say. But, all that burping may have damaged her little flappy thing. You know the one that gets all spastic and causes hiccoughs?! Yup that little flappy thing. So, over the past couple months, she's been hurting with or without food, and has had very sudden Exorcist type vomits, (onto her beige carpet which I've always hated, and hate even more now that it has huge stains on it!) but anyway vomiting is not good, so to the doctor we went. Doc drew her blood (her first time,) and ordered an Upper GI (of course, that's a first, as well.) So, she drank the nasty stuff while they did x-rays, and now we just wait.  ♪the waiting is the hardest part♪ (Tom Petty)

Last night #1 did Relay for Life. She had so much fun with her friends walking for a good cause. She shared with me how sad the video was that talked about all the people that have been lost to cancer, and how the candles lit in the bleachers spelled out CURE, and they did a lap in silence to remember those that have lost the fight.  I hope all of this money being raised really helps to find a cure for this terrible disease! ♪Looking back on the memory of the dance we shared 'neath the stars above♪ (Garth Brooks)

 Last night, Bear went midnight fishing with a friend out on the bBay. Not my thing, at all, so I stayed home, and slept. I mean who wants to be out on a little boat in the middle of the night?! There isn't even any sun out then! So, how are you supposed to get a tan, or read a book?! What would you do with yourself?!  ♪I just don't know what to do with myself ♪ (Cameron Diaz in My Best Friend's Wedding)

One Word

Last Week I was tagged by my favorite blogger from down under Brea, to play a one word game. The idea is to answer questions with just one word. So, before I forget, I figure I'll give it a try.

Hair – Red
Your Mother –ugh (I can't help but think "wears combat boots")
Your Father – Distant (is this a game or a psych test? Where's the couch?)
Favorite Food – meat
Dream Last Night- calm  ♪dream a little dream of me♪
Favorite Drink- Guinness (Brilliant!)
What room are you in? Livingroom
Hobby-reading  ♪take a look it's in a book, Reading Rainbow♪
Fear – roaches
Where were you last night? – couch
Something that you aren’t – rich
Muffins – Banana
Wish List Item – money
Where you grew up – Florida/New Hampshire
What you are wearing – makeup  ♪Oh make me over, I'm all I wanna be♪ (Hole)
Your Pet –Many
Friends – Yes!  ♪I got friends in low places♪ (Garth Brooks)
Something you’re not wearing – lipstick 
Favourite Store – Sephora
Favourite Color – purple
Last time you laughed – 8:52  8:53
Your Best Friend - Hubby
Best Place you go over and over – beach
Person who you email regularly – self  (this computer has one thing, that one has another)
Favorite Place to Eat- New Orleans

Wordful/less Way Back WhensDay- Sisters

Celebrating Wordful/less Wednesday and Way Back Whensday all in one post. Hey, look at me, I'm multitasking!

These are my darling angels way back when. Aren't they so cute?! Sister's just hanging out together, full of love for one another.  They are sisters and they are the best of friends, and no one can tear them apart.

♪Two worlds collided and they could never tear us apart♪ (INXS)


Seriously, Help! I can't tear them apart!

♪Help, I need somebody, Help
Help, no not just anybody
Help!♪ (Beatles)


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Post-it Note Tuesday: Reminders

It's one of my favorite days of the Week: Post-it Note Tuesday! but before I show you my little reminder notes I must point out that I have a button! Yep! sure do! See it over there-------->
I have to give big thanks to Megan at Crazy Momma for making it for me! I mentioned that I didn't have one, on Twitter, and she just up and made it! And, it's perfect! So, grab it, my button that is, and go give her some bloggy love because she totally deserves it!

Now for some notes to myself:
♪Just a walkin the dog♪ (Rufus Thomas)


Can't you hear the crowd screaming for more as you revel them with your gold spun words of wisdom? No? me either, but write the damn thing already!


Soap Opera announcer: "playing the role of Chauffeur this week, will be Amethyst Moon."


♪You're gonna miss this♪ (Trace Adkins)




♪you got me begging you for mercy, why won't you release me♪ (duffy)



♪I'm the man in the box♪ (Alice in Chains)

Sweet Dreams

I'm back from my trips to Cleveland, and New Orleans. What a busy week! I can't wait to share so many things including our first college tour experience. Also, later this week, I will have a new review and giveaway for Dirty Dish Towels, which I'm very excited about. But for now, the job that pays me requires much attention, so this post will be short.

I have been back from NOLA only a day, and I fear I am suffering withdrawals from the white powdery stuff. It was so nice, to know that all I had to do was take a short walk to feed my addiction, and feed it, I did! Over and over again, I was buzzing with energy, buzzing on this high, this sweet, sweet high! Bouncing from one fix to the next. But, now that I am home, I must suffer without. So, until I can have you again, you will only be in my dreams, my sweet, sweet dreams!



♪ Sweet dreams are made of these,
who am I to disagree♪
(Annie Lennox)

Spring Swap- Look What I got

Awhile back, I signed up for a spring swap at Family of Shorts, and I had so much fun shopping for Dysfunctional Mom, but as usual, I was a little late mailing out my package to her. So I rationalized that a day late wasn't too bad, because she lives in the same state, but I worried that she would be upset that it wasn't mailed on time. But, don't worry be happy dodododododo don't worry because she e-mailed me to say that she mailed her's out just as late! What a relief!

Today, I returned from vacation to find this pretty little package.


And inside nice little note and all these little gifts


And look at all these fabulous gifts


There's my all time favorite pens, in my favorite color. A really cool keychain with stars on it (my favorite shape.) Some really fabulous pins with rock n roll tattoo stylings Rock and roll hoochiecoo (I can't wait to pin these on my bag.) I love skulls, so, she got me some skull bling to embellish something with, now to decide what to put it on. A really pretty Starbucks giftcard with a little red bird on it. And, as her note says every blogger needs a journal. This one's really cool because it has pockets to throw little notes in.
Thanks Dysfunctional Mom!

So, if you're looking for me, I'll be at Starbucks, drinking a macchiato, listening to some tunes, writing in my new journal with my favorite purple pens.

 

shortmama

Wordless Wednesday: I want a New Drug



On my recent trip to Cleveland, I found this in the stall at the airport, and it just struck me as odd. Is this a major problem there? What would people do with their dirty needle if they didn't have this sign?! Should I start looking where I sit in airports that don't have this sign?! Hmmm

I want a new drug (Huey Lewis)

Time to Party, Ultimate Blog Party 2010

Ultimate Blog Party 2010 Wow! Look at all the people at this party! Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. I'm Amethyst Moon, and this is my place. I'm here for the party (Gretchen Wilson) 

If you've never been here before, you'll notice there is music everywhere, it's just kind of my thing. I hope you don't mind, but when a song lyric pops into my head, I just have to sing it out loud. I hope you might sometimes sing along. Sing sing a song, make it simple to last the whole night long (The Carpenters)

This is the kind of party where you sit back, relax, listen to some good music, and have a few laughs with friends. So, take a look around. You never know what you'll find, maybe something will make a song come to mind.

And if you haven't stopped by 5 minutes for Mom to join in on the Ultimate Blog Party, make sure you dance on over there. Go ahead. shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing (Peaches & Herb)

There are lots of great blogs to visit, and lots of prizes to be won including a Toshiba Laptop!
Some of my favorite prizes are:

US39 Be My Guest Certificate ($250 value) good for a 2 night stay at Hilton Garden Inn from Bloggin2Noggin

USC 15 $50 Target Gift Card from love life family and then some

USC 25 $25 Barnes & Noble Card provided by Baba's Farm Life

There are so many other great prizes, I would take any of them, especially any of the Gift cards.

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Writer's Workshop: Sense Much Fear in Him I Do

It's Writer's Workshop time. Today's prompt: Where does that fear come from? Write about a fear that other people may find ridiculous.

Mama's Losin' It

When you're done reading about my crazy fear, make sure to join in on YoTweeps, it's sure to increase your Twitter followers, which is really a good thing because noone likes tweeting with themselves, well at least, I don't, so follow me. Please? with sugar on top? *whining*


Aside from the usual fears; alien abduction, clowns, rejection, things that go bump in the night, white shoes with black pants, roaches, *shudders* shower demons, (what, that's normal?!) aside from those, I'm, also, afraid of, Yoda! 

Yup the one and only, little green guy, Yoda!   Y O D A,  Yoda yo yo yo Yoda♪  (Weird Al)

Think that weird you do?

Well, picture this: My dear hubby had a life size cardboard stand up Yoda that was proudly on display in the dining room of our apartment. Every night, when I had to go to the kitchen, he was standing there, just staring at me with his creepy little eyes, and his pointy old brittle claws. I would turn the light on before I walked past him going into the kitchen, (the whole fear of the dark thing,) but then, as I was walking back I would see him watching me, just waiting for me to get close enough to claw my leg, so I would quickly walk past him, shut off the light, and then run down the hall to the bedroom, and then try to act normal, like I wasn't just running from a freakin' piece of cardboard!

Then one night, I made the usual trip to the kitchen to get water, and he wasn't there! For real! Where the hell was he? This ain't at all funny, there is a crazed little green carboard alien on the loose!

So, I frantically very calmly ran walked into the bedroom and asked hubby what he did with it, and he said the girls must have taken it. "oh, ok, no big deal, just wonderin'." (no way, was I gonna let him think I was scared of some little piece of paper!) So the girls decided to play with Yoda, that's cool, apparently, they weren't bothered by his steely glare.

The subject changed to other things, as I talked to hubby about my day, and prepared to shower. Midsentence, I pulled back the shower curtain, and there he was! Yoda, was in my shower! I screamed, jumped, got the chills, and ran out of the bathroom, all in one motion, and all while my husband laughed hysterically, at his new found amusement!

It was not funny! It freakin' scared me! What the hell?! I could have had a heart attack, or fell or something!

After that night, I never know where Yoda will show up next, sometimes in my closet, sometimes in my bed.

So, yeah, I'm afraid of Yoda.  Fear him I do.   I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah♪




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Strike up some friendships. (Follow their blog as well if you're interested.)

Oh, and I think, you should sing while you do it, but, not a requirement. Try this one:
♪ follow me, everything is alright♪  (Uncle Kracker)

Wordless Wednesday Love the Little Ones

Every once in awhile, I get that feeling, that feeling that has me looking at baby things, wanting to have a little baby to hold, and get down on the floor and play with, and when I get this feeling,  ♪when I get that feeling I want♪ (not that kind of post get that song out of my head!)
Anyway, when I start to feel like, "I sure wish I had a little one," that's when I'm especially grateful that I have friends that don't mind if I hug on their little one, for awhile until the moment passes, and then I hand them back to Mommy & Daddy, and go home for a restful night's sleep, (restful, if you don't count the dog, anyway.)

Here's the little shoes of one of my friends' daughter, from her first birthday party. Aren't they adorable?!
♪Put on your red shoes and dance the globe♪

The theme was ladybugs, and her outfit matched all the decorations, right down to the lady bug shoes, and the ladybugs on her tutu. Which is way more effort than, I did for my girls. Does that make me a bad mom? No? I didn't think so.


Her Mom makes tutus, aren't they adorable?!
My girls have requested custom ones. (watch for more info soon, when she opens a Etsy shop.) what do your think? would you buy one for your little ones? Well the girls anyway?

Stop the Madness

I'm warning you now this is quite the rant, but I could not hold this in, it just had to come out.

I should've known better than to open it considering who it was from, but I couldn't help myself! The subject line read: "It has begun" And, let's face it I'm nosy inquisitive and I just had to know what "it" was.

 The e-mail said that if you are a True American you will refuse the new $1 coins because it doesn't say "In God We Trust." It went on to say that if there was ever a time to boycott, it is now!

Since when, does your religious belief have any impact on whether you're American, or not?! America was founded on freedom of religion, and what religion, you believe in, if any, should not matter to who you are as a person, nor, to who you are as an American!

And, as far as important things to Boycott?! There are a great deal more things that impact our lives, much more strongly, than whether there are 4 words on the money we exchange! Has anyone noticed the violence happening in our own American Streets?! or the state of our economy?!  ♪people killin', people dyin' children hurt and you hear them cryin'♪ (Black Eyed Peas)

And, what bothers me more than the note itself, is that this person is not a judgemental person. So, why did she forward something so controversial?

Well, she is that friend that "forwards." You know the one. The one, that doesn't check Snopes before sending the note that says stop drinking bottled water because it causes cancer, or that if you forward the same forwarded note, Microsoft will pay you hundreds of dollars. Oh, and the jokes, you can't forget the umpteen hundred jokes that have been sent, funny, or not.

Yeah, that friend. I love her dearly, but she has now become the person that I am hesitant to open e-mails from because they are always something ridiculous, that doesn't even represent who she is as a person!

 So, if you choose not to accept the $1 coins as change, it is your American right to do so, but please do it for your own reasons, not because someone somewhere created an e-mail that has been forwarded and reforwarded. ♪got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string♪ (Aaron Tippin)

And, if you're that person that is the "forwarder," PLEASE STOP! your friends won't be honest with you, but I will. We don't want to read every note you've received, so please stop the madness! Stop, Stop Stop!   It's ok, to forward something of value, but be selective, and, think of your audience. Before you send that note think about whether it might be hurtful to the person receiving it. Because, we don't all view things the same, and isn't that uniqueness, in fact, what makes us True Americans?

♪I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free♪ (Lee Greenwood)

Hey Soul Sister

Thanks to #1 for this video selection by Train. It's what her and her friends are listening to, right now. I love the fun light melody of this song, and the 80's reference! It'll be stuck in my head for awhile. Hope you enjoy it!

Saturday Shorts: The White Rabbit Edition

Some Saturday Shorts (kinda like Friday Fragments, only, I'm a day late) I'm late I'm late no time to talk hello goodbye, I'm late I'm late

So, let's start with April Fools. I said I wouldn't be fooled, and I did very well, to stand guard, but, yup, I was got! My friend Jessica put on a fake diamond and totally tricked me into thinking her on again off again boyfriend, had popped the question! She got me! And, my own dear #2 got me when I asked her to watch the red light while I was texting, (at a complete stop) and she told me it turned green, before, it even did! Luckily, I looked for my self before going! (which she knew I always do.)

 Last week, I finally got my tattoo of the White Rabbit, (on my inner arm, a painful place for sure, but, I love it!) And, this week Disney released the UnAnniversary addition of Alice in Wonderland on DVD, and I got the last copy at my local Target. A Very very Un-Birthday to me, to me

In Florida, we only have 2 seasons, and now that winter's gone it is getting hot! I am not looking forward to seeing my next electric bill, because the AC is running non-stop! It's gettin hot in here, so take off all your clothes

I am looking forward to wearing the new Summer Love collection from Urban Decay. With colors like these, you can't help but look hot! Hot child in the city, running wild and looking pretty


Have a great Saturday!

Nobody's Fool and Yo Tweeps

Beware, Don't trust anybody today! I don't care how innocent that little kid is, they are bound to throw plastic spiders at you, or trick you into looking into a kaleidoscope that will leave you with a black eye. Oh, sure, it's all fun and games until... someone pees on themselves because of some plastic wrapped toilet! Well, I'm nobody's fool! I♪'m not your fool, nobody's fool, nobody's fool♪ (Cinderella)

My April Fools history is not a good one. I lost my virginity on April Fools, really, true story. Yeah, what a joke that was. And, in one of the worst moments in my professional history, I was put on a warning on April Fools, for having returned to work after drinking a beer 5 hours before, that my boss paid for! Yup, it happened, no joke!

I've seen someone's car moved to a different parking lot after they left their keys on their desk, (thankfully, not me, I have enough problems finding my car, when it's right where I left it!) Oh, and then there was the guy who came to work only to find that his entire desk, and everything on it, had been wrapped in aluminum foil, and he had to unwrap, each and every one. A cool site to see, but again, glad it wasn't me. I don't know if I can even trust Google today, because they've changed their name to Topeka, and, well...

So, this year, this year, I'm not trusting anyone! What? You think you've broke your arm, and you need help?! Hope it doesn't hurt too much because you'll be waiting til tomorrow, because I'm not falling for that one, nope, nuh uh, ain't fooling me. I'm sitting riiiiight here... ♪I've seen enough and I'm over that I'm not nobody's fool♪ (Avril Lavigne)

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