Gene Simmons is a “Hoot”

As some one who grew up in the 60’s and lived through the music of so many talented artists of the 50’s,60’s,70’s, and then, of course, the 80’s. My family was very music oriented and I had the opportunity to be exposed to all kinds of music and still do enjoy a variety of music to this day, when so many people limit theirs into just one or two kinds.

I remember the band by the name of KISS, they really made a statement and the public went wild about it, they certainly made a name for themselves and became extremely rich and famous with their hard rock, make-up and special effects that mainly consisted of some sort of fire.

So when I stumbled onto Gene Simmons reality show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, late one night I decided to check it out and I instantly became hooked on it. Once again I remember a lot of their music and for the most part enjoyed it, although I would not consider myself as a die hard fan, so I have not been following their lives, but for some reason their show is funny and entertaining and gives you an insight into their personal family life that just makes me feel good about them and it amuses me to watch them.

If you haven’t ever watched the show you may want to consider checking it out sometime for a laugh or two, usually at Gene Simmons expense.

Leftovers

Hubby sure was happy to see us come home from the church supper with a big bundle of leftovers for him to enjoy. He gets to enjoy the good food without having to deal with the in-laws! Not that he minds anyone in my family really, but he just wanted to just stay at home this day and take a day to himself and get some rest. His meds are really hard on him some days and I know he needed the rest. So at least he didn’t miss out on any of the good food.

Knick Knacks

My grandmother had a small collection of figurines that she kept in a little display case. I must have inherited the collecting gene from her side of the family.

Some of them were Hummels that she bought in Germany when Pop Pop was stationed there. They were little porcelain girls and boys doing everyday things like sharing an umbrella or playing on a tree swing.

She had another one that was a dark color and very heavy – I think it was made of brass – of three monkeys. She always used to say that the monkeys knew more about proper behavior than most people. They were demonstrating “See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.”

3 monkeys

Beautiful day outside

It is unbelievably beautiful outside today, so I’m thinking I’m going to go out and play some soccer with my teenage daughter, and maybe play some basketball with both of my kids. This should be good, I haven’t played any kind of sport what so ever in a long time, but I think I should stretch out and just love the time I can spend with my kids. Maybe I should try to talk my husband into playing with us, sounds like a plan to me.

Thank goodness for frozen meals

I used to enjoy cooking but I have noticed that the past few years I have started finding myself not looking forward to it as I used to.  I mean I would spend such an amount of time trying new recipes and shopping for the craziest of ingredients in a town such as the one that I live have only two main grocery stores.  Of course there is always Wal-Mart and I did notice the last time that I was at the Target here in town, that they have a grocery section there also.  It is limited but have the necessities that you could pick up to save you a separate stop at the “grocery store”, anything to save time, time is money.

I am cooking a frozen lasagna “Stouffers”, the whole family likes it, except the youngest one, who is the pickiest of eaters that is driving me crazy.  So I have fixed her something else that I dug out of the freezer also.

Tomorrow I will put a pot roast in the slow cooker, along with some potatoes and carrots, maybe a few onions to boot.  Sounds good doesn’t it.

Mushrooms

There is a lot of shade in my yard, which is one reason I have a hard time getting any flowers, vegetables or even shrubs to grow. And now it turns out that there are a lot of different mushrooms that want to grow in my yard. I have seen 4 totally different types in different spots in my yard. I have to figure out how to get rid of them. I guess first I have to ID the different ones and then go to the hardware store to see what they have to kill them off.

Shout Out to Walter

One of my neighbors has been so good to me. Walter came over on Monday and shoveled my driveway so I could get my car out. I had started shoveling my steps and the walk from my front door to the driveway and didn’t make much progress. Snow is heavy and I got tired really fast. Walter was across the street watching me (and probably laughing his ass off at poor pathetic me!) and when I was about to give up, he came over and offered to help with the driveway.

Walter, you were a God-send. Thank you so much!

Snowed In

It started snowing sometime Saturday night because when I woke up Sunday morning, everything was already covered with about an inch of snow. And it snowed all day Sunday, so we have about 3 inches of snow on the ground this morning. Of course, they canceled school for everyone in the whole state. We don’t like snow and ice around here – it’s just better for school to close and keep the buses off the roads and out of the ditches.

If it’s not one thing, it’s another

We had a major back up with our water system that made a complete and total mess that took forever to clean up. Well, at least it was clean water and not the sewer.

It was a few minutes ago when I went to the basement to do a few loads of laundry, when I found that my washer and dryer are not at all working! My husband came down to take a look at it, and had told me that we needed to get a new washer and dryer, Ugh! If it’s not one thing, it’s another unfortunately. Guess I need to go on-line and start comparison shopping right away with the amount of laundry that this family goes through!

My friend now has her own blog

My long time best friend, Rachel, listens to me as I talk on and on at times about my blogging and she has finally consented to give it and try, which tickles me pink! She has been doing it for over three weeks now, posting sometimes a couple of posts a day.

She was frantic when her PC crashed for 2 days, she had to get her son to come over and work his computer magic and got it back up and running, good as new. During her down time we spent several hours on the phone, which has become something that we don’t do much anymore since we rely on email and Instant Messengers so much.

Anyway, Rachel is once again happy to be back blogging, she has found it to be as therapeutic as I have, let’s you release some of your negative energy onto the keyboard and feel better after doing so. So a new blogger has been born, Welcome, Rachel!