Move Over Twilight,There is Another Literary Phenomenon Heading Your Way! EPIC MOM!!!

So my Blogger Gal Pals got together and wrote a book! 

EPIC MOM

Let's face it, as bloggers we all want our 'words' out there. We may start off blogging, just to get some stuff off of our chest, or make connections with other humorous writers that we can relate to. But in the back of our minds, some of us are thinking

'What If?'

'WHAT IF?'

'What if I just went for it?'

Well, two bloggers I have the honor of following and being followed by went for it!

Marianne  - Funny Mom Extraordinaire over at 

We Band of Mothers 

&

Julie  (a.k.a. MOV) - Wonderfully Witty Mother at

Mothers Of Brothers Blog

Got together and wrote a book.

Let's show some support

and 

LIKE

their Facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/epicmombook

For every 100 "Likes" they get on the new Facebook Page, Epic Mom Book (http://www.facebook.com/#!/epicmombook),they are giving away a book to one of the "Likers." 

The contest will end once they get to 1,000 "Likes." 

After 1,000 likes I am assuming they will be too busy moving into their new beach front mansions, and deciding on which private jets to purchase. So let's help them get there!!!! 

Look for this book coming out sometime in December.
Christmas Gift for a friend!
Stocking Stuffer!
Gift for yourself?

* In all seriousness, let's show some support and like it. Ask your friends to like it, and they can ask their friends. If there is one thing I like doing, it is helping people. Especially people who are trying to follow their dreams, be it big or small. I also like supporting other women. As women we all spend so much time sizing one another up, we don't stop to realize that in actuality we should be one another's best supporters, cheerleaders, and friends. 

O.K. enough with the mushy stuff. I just don't want them to forget me when they are riding around in their private jet. Maybe they can parachute a bottle of Cristal Champagne down to my humble abode, as they jet set off to the Cayman Islands. So 'Like' the dam page already! I may need to borrow money from them if they strike it rich! 

The Spice Girls Have Given Me Back My Spice for Life! Thanks Scary,Sporty,Posh,Baby, and Ginger

 I was feeling a bit blue lately. Just normal life stuff I guess, mixed with holiday busy times.Don't worry, I feel better now. Not to mention my laptop was spazzing out on me, so a spazzed out laptop does not make for a kept up blog.

Laptop is doing better, and so am I.

By the way, blue is one of my favorite colors.Why is it used to describe a sad emotion?What about saying, I am feeling a little Chartreuse lately.

Anyway, on one of my Chartreuse days I was curled up in my bed flipping channels around on the TV. My husband had taken K, our five year old, out to do some errands. The teenagers were both gone with friends, and I stayed home. I said it was because I needed to 'get a few things done', but we all know what that is code for -
"AS SOON AS Y'ALL (sorry, just read a Paul Deen article in my magazine. 'Y'all' just felt right to type)  LEAVE, I'M CLIMBING BACK INTO BED WITH MY SWEATS ON, GRABBING THAT BAG OF CHEETOS AND A DR.PEPPER AND WATCHING ALL OF MY DVR'D REALITY PROGRAMS. STAY GONE FAMILY, STAY GONE FOR AS LONG AS YOU'D LIKE. MAMA NEEDS ALONE TIME FOR HER GUILTY PLEASURES." A.K.A.- QUEEN OF THE REMOTE,QUEEN OF THE SNACKS,QUEEN OF THE HOUSE! 

I put on my Rubios Fish Taco Sweatshirt that I have had since I was 18 years old.
My favorite pink sweats, and threw my hair in a bun.

Stared at my pile of laundry, and gave it a big HUG   'F' -YOU, and jumped into bed!
Where is my remote?

Ahh there it is, Housewives of Wherever, here I come.

"YOOOOOO, Tell me what you want, what you really, really want"

"I'll tell you what you want, what you really really want" 

Is that?

No!!!

Could it be??

Is this Spice World, the Movie?

One of the cheesiest films ever made?

Yet, the top of the pyramid in my pyramid of guilty pleasures!!!

I will take you back a few years. 

I was 23 years old, married to my first husband, and at home with our son. I had many little cousins. We are a tight family, and cousins are as important as oxygen. Because of the age difference, it seemed like I was more of an Aunt. But, nope they are my little cousins.

My little cousins would stay the night often,two of them being little girls, who in fact happened to be IN LOVE with the Spice Girls. So naturally when they came over, the VHS of Spice World was popped in. 

We  they would dance around the living room, playing with our their Spice Girl Dolls. 

In fact my Aunt had bought me the Ginger Spice Doll  for a gift  as a joke! I had experimented with Auburn Hair and Blonde Highlights at the time, so Ginger was fitting. 

SO, when I came upon this on my television screen, I stopped! 

Sadly, it was almost the end of the movie, but I stared at the screen with tears of happiness in my eyes. Tears of HAPPINESS, WARMTH, GOOD TIMES!

I immediately took pictures of the TV screen and texted them to my little cousins.

"You will never guess what is on right now!!!"

These are the lyrics to the song they were singing.

These are the lyrics that broke me out of my funk.

These are the lyrics that can cure diseases

(alright, I am taking it a bit far)

But these are the lyrics from the song at the end of the movie.

A movie that holds unexplained, warm and fuzzy memories for me.

La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

When you're feelin' sad and low
We will take you where you gotta go
Smiling dancing everything is free
All you need is positivity

Colors of the world
Spice up your life
Every boy and every girl
Spice up your life
People of the world
Spice up your life, aahh

Back when Posh actually did more than just stand and pose! 

Oh, Scary Spice! You don't scare me!





*Thanks You Crazy Gals! Thanks for bringing back some memories.
I will now be going on to Amazon.com and buying your DVD, and pulling out boxes from the Attic looking for that Ginger Spice Doll to play with give to my daughter!

A funny picture of my toe, to balance out yesterdays sad post :(

When I wear my super sleek black boots from Macy's with my tight skinny jeans, and fashionable black blouse, nobody suspects that this is what awaits.

I am always finding little reasons to believe that my children are Geniuses. Here is reason # 2,751. She ate her sandwich, minus the crust, but the point is............Look at how she arranged the crust. Biggest to smallest. Pure genius behavior - or OCD- but I prefer to call it Genius!

Just because it is a cute picture. Put my daughters hair in curlers, and this is her walking into the bathroom to go check herself out in the mirror.

People Suck, and other Funny things!

Sometimes people are mean. I don't understand it. I am mean sometimes, but it makes me feel awful. Like, really, really awful.

But there are some people in this world who almost get off on it. They have no filter on their mouths. No beat in their heart.


In a strange twist of emotions this is how I am starting to feel-
I am pretty much nice to everybody. Overly nice in fact. And that awful feeling I get when I am mean? Well I am starting to get it from being overly nice.

What? 

You ask

Weird!

You say

I ask myself What? also. 

I say 'Weird' also.

I have just had it with always worrying about everybody else's feelings. I don't ever, EVER want anybody to dislike me. And now at almost 40 years old it has left me drained. I was put in tears today. Sobbing, convulsive tears.

I just want to say again - People Suck!  

Oh, and if you are waiting for the 

'Other Funny Things' 

as it says in my title.

`SORRY`

I am sad right now.

Sad and drained from always being nice, when I am realizing that not everybody else is.

Funny J.R. will be back to her regular, hilarious, knee slapping, roaring good, downright amazing writing soon. Ohhhhhhhhh, now you laugh huh?  ;) 

But this girl needs a break, and may have to wind up taking one. Too bad if certain people don't like it. I can't help it.

This picture makes me happy.