A corny tribute

A have a friend
Goes with me everywhere
keeps my company on the bus
in bed
on the porch, the couch,
in my favorite chair
It doesn't judge me
it just follows me around
it makes me laugh
cry
get angry
get scared
makes me think
makes me dream
and wonder
it introduces me to new people all the time
some of them I like
some of them I love
some of them I don't care for so much
but no matter what, I always feel something
delight
remorse
temptation
joy
sorrow
I can not tell you how thankful I am
to have you in my life
No matter what else is happening
you are there
always
the one sure thing I can depend on
My friend,
My book

A Hidden Talent

Boys and Girls gather round, I want to share with you the wonders of the great and powerful Newt.

She has developed a skill so talented it is mind boggling.

Yes, stranger than fiction, odder than an episode of the twilight zone and crazier than your neighborhood cat lady.

My friends, Newt goes to bed at night. The bed she sleeps in is a queen sized captains bed. It rises 4 feet off the ground and has storage drawers around the base. Like most of you folks Newt has a mattress cover, a fitted sheet, a flat sheet and, weather depending, between 1 and 50 blankets, all neatly arranged on the bed in the usual style.

Well ladies and gents, Newt snuggles down between the sheets, curls up in a little ball and falls quickly asleep.

But sometime in the night the magic occurs.

Folks, Newt somehow manages to crawl between the fitted sheet and mattress pad. She's not sure how she does it. But like magic, when she wakes up she is snug as a bug under the fitted sheet.

That's right ladies and gents, you read that correctly, the lil lady gets herself in quite a pickle. She somehow manages to cast off the blanket and the sheet, pull up the tightly wrapped fitted bottom sheet and crawl under it all without waking up.

And she now realizes why she was so annoyed with the hubster and didn't feel like she had a whole lotta sheet to cover up with. But of course, in her sleepy dreamy state she never wakes up enough to realize the mess she has gotten herself into.

This ain't no tall tale, this is the gosh darn truth.

That little ol' Newt is a talented girl.

Yep, she sure is......................

Random Newt

Ready - Set - Go


I LOVE thunderstorms. Everything about them is fantastic. But why do we have to have them two nights in a row at 2:30 in the morning?????


I'm starting to like them a little bit less.

Though I gotta say that first cup of coffee in the morning has not tasted better.

Coffee is the nectar of the gods

Tonight I am going to grill steak even if it is storming

I have Au gratin potatoes and steak on the brain and I won't be stopped

And Peach pie to finish the evening

Mom and Dad sent me two more flamingos for my birthday. I brought them to work and it's starting to look like I have a fetish

One has rubber hair - he's very funky

I tried this stuff called vitaminwater by glaceau. It's not bad.

I'm on a bologna sandwich kick right now. I go through this for about a week every couple of years. And then I go back to PB&J

I'm grateful that Oscar Meyer made a song about it so that I can spell both bologna and meyer.

Neither of which make sense phonetically.

Not that much makes sense phonetically in the English language

Tonight Eureka is on. I love Tuesdays for this very reason

Of course it is also the release day for books, movies and cd's so Tuesdays are all around good days.

And they aren't Monday

I am wearing very sexy bubble gum pink sandals today.

We have a long weekend coming up. I will be off work for four days. FOUR!

Girl J and I are going back to the fair on Saturday. I can't wait! We'll take more pictures. Maybe even of some food this time. Maybe just food. Hmmmmm

I few minutes ago I had a passing thought that I needed to pick something up tonight at Target. I have no idea what it was.

Couldn't have been that important.

Or, it is important and I will remember at 5 minutes to 9 tonight.

How do I forget things so fast????

I have mentally walked around the entire store and I have no clue what it was I needed.

Is it sad that I can mentally walk around the entire Target store.

I do need to get nail polish remover but that wasn't it.

Ok, this is going to bug me.

Hugs all around - I gotta go catch a bus.

Minnesota State Fair - in pictures

Images from the 2007 Minnesota State Fair

If it's not on a stick it has to be eaten with a spork

See Tink, we think about you even when you are miles away!
It's a Sukup, need I say more????

Please note the girl in the background (right) with the lime green tights

The fairgrounds has beautiful landscaping all over, but this, we thought was a little silly:

Big manly trucks and pretty flowers, or in the below picture a sad little pot

Garbage frog. I believe the sculpture is made entirely out of things they pull out of the Mississippi River
Girl J

Very well dressed dude

I'll take the big dog please............OH, oh, it's FOOD, oh, well, never mind

Hmmm, a musical ride with Canadian Mounties. My mind went instantly into the gutter.

Especially since they were all pretty hot (The guys not the horses)

All the horses had maple leaves shaved into their back side

Sophie sassing mom

Worlds cutest puppy

Horsing around with Socs

And last but not least - the sassy new super short hair cut

Newtness is spreading

It's catchy, be careful. You might find yourself looking for cute shoes. Or even clothing for that matter. Last night I was asked to go with a co-worker to DSW to help her find shoes. Cute ones, not the usual black or brown practical shoes she wears.

She left the store with an adorable patten leather dark red/burgundy colored wedge. The kind of color that would go with anything. And she was so excited because it was way out of her box.

Another co-worker was apparently informed by Girl A that I would be a great resource if she needed help shopping. That I am great at helping people find the perfect clothing. For their style, their body type, and their budget.

Wow, who'd have thunk. I always thought of myself as fashionably impaired.

Anyway, it was a wonderful compliment. I was actually quite touched to know that Girl A thought I did a great job helping her find new items for her wardrobe. Such a great job that she spread the word.

Of course, I have a partner in crime. Girl J and I are a team. It's a joint effort. And we probably really should try to make a business out of it. Personal shoppers. Hmmmm has a nice ring to it.

Aaaacccchhhh My Eyes!

So there I was last night flipping through the cable guide when I stumbled on something called "Shoe Therapy" so of course I selected it to see what it was.

It was a show on Home Shopping Network.

Now picture a room full of guys watching a game on tv. Their favorite team is loosing. And in fact their team is dressed in inappropriate clothing. Let's say they are wearing 1940's football uniforms yet playing basketball. And let's just say they were playing basketball but every time someone from their team gets their hands on the ball it instantly deflates. And the ref's throw out a new ball to the opposing team for no real reason so that they have control again.

Now imagine the screaming and swearing. Ok, make it louder, and more obscene.

Ok, now double it

And now you have me. Sitting all by myself on the couch screaming at the tv.

It was an affront I tell you!

Obscene and disrespectful to shoe lovers everywhere.

WHO sells birkenstocks with bling on them? And worse, brags about the fact that the shoes are made of REAL cat fur? And who puts leopard print on a pair of birkenstocks and then charges 68 bucks for them? And tries to pass them off as high fashion like everyone in Hollywood is wearing?????!!!!!

And then, THEN you show boots that are slouch style. And the model is wearing them with jeans and an oversized sweater that is belted?

I thought I fell into an old 80's re-run.

And don't even get me started on the white sling backs that they modeled on a woman wearing textured black stockings.

Yes, I sat through the remaining 30 minutes of the show. I couldn't stop. It was a train wreck. A total and complete disaster to all that I hold sacred.

Newt: Honey, you should have been here it was horrible
Hubster: What?
Newt: This show on home shopping network
Hubster: Why are you watching home shopping network
Newt: Well it was a show called shoe therapy
Hubster: Oh, god, no, what did you order
Newt: Order? Order? No honey, it was aweful - their shoes sucked and even worse, their fashion sense.
Hubster: And you care why?
Newt: Because shoes are sacred and they were committing crimes against humanity
Hubster: So turn it off
Newt: No, women everywhere must be warned - I called Girl J and told her about it
Hubster: You're too funny
Newt: You don't understand how bothered I was by it
Hubster: So, I ask again, why do you care?
Newt: Because they were selling hundreds of these shoes
Hubster: So?
Newt: So now there are hundreds of women out there wearing bad shoes
Hubster: Just watch Star Trek ok, and don't worry about the shoes.
Newt: But, but..............
Hubster: Here, eat a chocolate covered strawberry, you'll feel better.
Newt: Ok.

Happy Monday!

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I tend to be rather quiet about these things. Since I don't like making a fuss about stuff. Especially when it means getting older :-)

But I had a marvelous weekend. And I couldn't have asked for a nicer birthday on Sunday.

I know I talked about how things don't matter, that people do but of course I want to share the sweet and wonderful things I got for my b-day.

First, I came upstairs to find this:

The hubster got me this purse and wallet set:

Girl J got me these fabulous shoes
And she got me pj's for my lazy days:
And I got myself this: If you have never had it, Dunkin Donuts makes the BEST coffee!
And there are none out here in MN so I was thrilled beyond words to hear they were going national with their coffee.


My In-laws gave me this:

I must confess this is my first designer purse and I'm afraid to use it :-)

And someone VERY special had this sent to me. Chocolate covered strawberries! Yummy!!!!

We went to see The Simpson's. Which I thought was wonderful. It's exactly like the show only bigger than life. I loved that they stayed true to the show and didn't get weird or anything. I just liked seeing them on the big screen. And Homer had a great line in the film that I can't remember very well. But it was another tender moment from him. He said something to Marge about why he does dumb things during the day and it boiled down to "So it doesn't hurt so much while I wait till I get to be back sleeping next to you" And I know I am quoting that badly but the gist was that his day sucks but the fact that he gets to end his day with Marge is the one bright spot in his life. And of course I went "Awwwwww"

The hubster also took me to dinner at one of my favorite places, it's a little Mexican place in town. Their food is good but their dessert is one of my all time favorites, sopapillas. It's a fried bread that you dip in honey. Ummmmmmmmm.

Hugs all around!