SOMEDAYS YOU JUST HAVE TO JUMP INTO THE ABYSS!!

    The above ad came from a catalog.  It was just too good to pass up.
The scary part is the fact that I know someone who should use these
puppies. 
    The major problem would to get them on so that they looked
somewhat natural.  If you are going for the Sam Jaffe or Leo Carroll
{Topper} look, you would need sseveral packages of these. If, perhaps 
your vision isn't what it once was and you are too vain to get glasses
so you can actually see what you're doing, gluing several of these bad boys
to your forehead may actually resemble a couple of furry
caterpillars camping out somewhere between your eyeballs and your
hairline.  Arched or round?  Why not mix them?  You could make
a true fashion statement by putting them on upside down. One
eyebrow up and one down.  If someone asks, tell them it's a
ferret headband.  Watch them back out of the room
   You could have saved yourself all of this trouble if you would
have looked in the phone book for "Mr. Ray's Hair Weave" or
"Teddy's House Of Natural".  They can hook you up for whatever
look that you're going for.  Beads, streaks, etc.  Maybe even a little
dayglo so that you won't stumble over the furniture on the way to
the crapper at 3 AM.
    WARNING!  Do Not Turn on the fluorescent light in the
bathroom and stay away from any heat source.  You never can tell,
your brows  might start to ooze and you'll take on that rather
haughty look of one seriously under the influence of illicit drugs.
A few beers will not improve that vision you see before you.
    24 pairs at one time might be a bit much.  A little too
neanderthal, perhaps.  Your presence will light up any room that you
happen to enter.
   I'll tell you what, just come on by tomorrow and I will show
you some revolutionary new plants for your garden.  It says 
here " AS SEEN ON TV".  I don't know about you, but my 
credit card is ready.  Lemme at 'em!
   FYI- I did have a confab with my pals Ronnie and Saundra this
morning and they told me that I could actually affix a few pairs
of these to the back of my trousers and give the illusion that
I was winking at people as I walked away.  Ladies, I know when I
am being had.  Heartless, absolutely heartless!  Having a yuck at
Mr. Squiggee's expense.

A SILLY MORNING COMIN' YOUR WAY!

Sometimes you just have to go there. Gail will be in shortly to
crop some ads and then the madness shall be upon us.
So hold tight and drop by a bit later in the day. Oh, and bring
your sense of humor with you when you come.  9 AM

OMAR, SQUIGGEE, AND I HAVE A MISSION!

      Omar is getting coiffed tomorrow morning.  The kids {Omar and Squig}
and I had a major confab yesterday.  For those of you that keep up
with these sort of things, tomorrow is Mothers Day. Omar and Squiggee
are quite proficient at eavesdropping, so they tell me what Gail would like for
a Mother's Day gift.  I could come right out and ask, but it's more
fun to get the scoop from my two little snitches.   Anyway, per their
instructions, I shall pick up a card and a little doo-dah for their
mum on Mothers  Day. I hope they don't decide to sing.
     Gail's mother passed away a couple of years ago, before we left
Pa., and her step father passed away in Jan.  Over our 33 years of
marriage I have listened to Gail speak often of her relationship with
her mother.  All the love and support she received as a child is
reflected in the way she speaks of her.  The many loving
memories they shared  that haven't diminished with the passing of
the years.
     I was not, however, the son in law that she envisioned for her
daughter.  None of that matters now.  Water under the bridge,so
to speak.
  But, if she were here, I would thank her and wish her a very special
and HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.
   THANK YOU JUNE JUSTINE POWELL MCGUIRE MARTIN!
AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.

A BAD HAIR DAY?

     Tell me it ain't so, Mr Squiggee!  Is this another
one of those tricky ass designs that has those fancy
button heads from Tibet?
    No, No, No, these are all the way from JoAnn's Fabrics.
You can get these little puppies right off the rack. Gail 
just paints the head to give them that appropriate 
"Helter Skelter" look. I think it's working!
    The saying tells the story, no?  This gal is nameless,
at this point, but you just never know when a truly
fitting name might just pop into my head.  I can think
of several, actually.  But I am told that this is not acceptable,
so I will will just have to wait for something fictitious
to come to the fore.  Hmmm!
   Got a lot done today, so I think I shall go in and watch a movie
with the family.  Had some absolutely yummy pizza last night,
but I did rather make a bit of an oinker of myself.

NO, THIS IS NOT GEORGE COSTANZA'S
MOTHER!
SHAME ON YOU!

THE NEW WORLD ORDER? ARE YOU KIDDING?

   The newest trendy business excuse goes like this:
"The shipping costs are killing us".   Excuse me, but 
aren't shipping and mailing costs a deductible business 
expense?  Paper, packaging, printing supplies, etc?
It's a part of doing business.
   Anyone who has been a buyer or seller on EBay knows
about the way people will try to gouge you with outrageous
shipping fees.  You can buy the item for $3, but the shipping
charges are $15.  This item only weighs about 10 ounces, max.
No thanks.
    You ordered multiple items, but since we only have a few of them
in stock, we are going to make you wait until we can completely
fill your order. We only want to ship once because "These shipping
costs are killing us".  What are you shipping, a sack of rocks?
   Also, we're mot smart enough to set up "click and ship" on our
computer.  We only bought this computer to play video games
on, anyway.  Sizing digital pictures for display?  Are you joking?
Putz!
   We bought a used computer for $200 in 1998 and learned to
use it, and make it work for us because it was a major part of
the future.  At least, back then, people were courteous enough
to reply to emails.  Nowadays, unless you're on some special
friends list, you email automatically gets dumped into a spam
folder which gets deleted after 30 days.  This also invariably
leads us to the next excuse:  I didn't reply because I never
received your email.  The same thing works for phone calls.
But isn't this a business phone number?
   Hey, it's time for lunch.  Back in a while to edit and press onward.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. NEVER DID MAKE IT BACK YESTERDAY.

     Yeah, yeah yeah!  Sometimes your initial plans for the
day take a different tack.  So yesterday was spent responding
to various emails, phone calls, and searching through the
myriad of files that we have in various cabinets.  We did run
across some cool sketches of designs that Gail did for new
canvases.  Some are familiar and some I have never seen before.
You'll just have to be patient, I guess.  Some of these sketches actually
have embellishment packets already.  It's all part of the plan, that insane 
Squiggee look.  What more can I say.
    I do have a few more emails to send out today, but I am going to 
go make some pancakes first.  Omar needs his energy for the 
trash man.  He is doing his "terrible twos", now.  He is the first
poodle we have ever had.  Poodles require daily brushing and
grooming, in addition to the big grooming.  He has gotten very
sensitive about being brushed around the hind quarters.  At first
he just sort of quivered his lip at you, but if you hit a tangle, 
he's started to show his teeth.  Not good!  We did get him a muzzle,
so now when we have to clean his rear end or brush him, we put
this little bugger on first.  He doesn't seem to mind, but it's
a rather strange sight to watch shim try to quiver his lip and all
that he can manage to accomplish is to stick his tongue out 
the end of the muzzle.  When we take him to the vet we will see 
what can be done about this new behavior.
     Uh Oh, the natives are up and they're getting restless.  Guess I
had better go feed them.  Back in a while.

GOOD MORNING!

    Gail and I took yesterday off, actually.  Spent the day
 lounging with the dogs, and watched a couple of movies
while Gail tied some beads on new designs.  Sorry, can't
show them to you yet.  They're being kept as a secret, at this
time.  You nosy things will just have to wait!
    I have a few phone calls to make, errands to run, etc.  Many
of the shops are closed on Mondays so it makes for a busy Tuesday.
Omar and I went out a while ago to pick up donuts.  Yum !
   Heard from a lot of people about the embellishment posts.
Thanks.!  You already knew we were a bit strange, but obviously
that is why you keep coming back.  Either that or you are just
making sure that we don't leave town. 
    We shall put some photo's up later.  And Mr. Squiggee will
try to be charming and civilized.  Wipe that smirk off your face!!!!
More in a while.