Sucker (045/366)

Sugar: Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

Monroe, Marilyn, perf. Some Like It Hot. Dir. Billy Wilder. 1959. United Artists.

TIME:  8:21 PM
PLACE:  Home
SUBJECT:  Heart shaped lollipop given to me by StellaDella

I know my husband loves me because he cleaned all the snow off my car this morning before he left for work.  He does that all the time, not just on Valentine’s Day, but because of the day it is, it just seemed extra sweet to me today.  I’ve got to enjoy that, because SOMEONE ate all of the chocolate covered strawberries he gave me on Sunday.  I’m looking at you oldest daughter.  I am so not happy with you right now.  I’m taking the Valentine candy I bought you back to the store.  Wait a minute…actually, I’m just going to eat it myself.  So there!

I’m With Cupid (044/366)

“I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.”

Author Unknown

TIME:  2:57 PM
PLACE:  Home
SUBJECT:  Kewpie figurine

This is some of my other Valentine’s Day decorations…one of three ceramic Kewpie cupids that I purchased from Hallmark back in the mid 1990’s.  I nestled him in a lovely thrifted candleholder made of plastic white flowers and plastic birds covered in red velvet and a sprinkling of gold glitter.  Very 1970’s kitsch.

They Did Throw Her Something (043/366)

Lenny: Homer, how can you afford this Mardi Gras party every year?
Homer: Well, it's a little thing called a home equity loan. I spend all the money I want, and the house gets stuck with the bill. He he he he! Sucker.

”No Loan Again, Naturally.” The Simpsons. 8 Mar 2009. Television.

TIME:  5:48 PM
PLACE:  Kitchen
SUBJECT:  Mardi Gras beads

The Soulard Mardi Gras Beggin’ Barkus Pet Parade happened today in St. Louis and did I get to go?  Nooooo.  But guess who did?  DramaQueen.  She went with my cousin Pete, his daughter Sophia and another friend, Sara.  Yes, those are condoms on several of the beads she procured.  *shaking my head*  I was assured that she did not employ the traditional NC-17 way of obtaining them.

Brownie Pin (042/365)

Twist me and turn me and show me the elf;
I looked in the water and there saw – Myself!

The Brownie Story, Girl Scouts

TIME:  10:45 PM
PLACE:  StellaDella’s brownie vest
SUBJECT:  Brownie Girl Scout Membership Pin

StellaDella participated in a “World Thinking Day” (a special day set aside for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to think about their sisters around the world) activity today with her Brownie and Girl Scout troop.  That meant I had to finally get around to attaching her pins, badges and patches to her Brownie vest so she could be “official”.  In fact, I had to make a trip to the Council shop earlier in the week to replace the pins that were given to her by the troop because I had no idea where they were in the house.  Miss Organized, that’s me!

The Birthday Girl & Skee-Ball (041/366)

"So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... "

- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

TIME: 9:18 PM
PLACE: Home
SUBJECT: StellaDella

TIME:  6:49 PM
PLACE:  Laser Tag Center
SUBJECT:  Skee ball game

My SD turned 8 years-old today.  Due to scheduling conflicts, the family party with Grandpa and the Aunts, Uncles and cousins won’t be until the 19th.  But we couldn’t let the day pass without making it special for the birthday girl.  We let her choose where she wanted to go tonight for supper and she chose the Bar & Grill/Game room/Laser tag center.  I liked her choice ‘cause HH and I could have a soothing adult beverage while SD and MonkeyBoy spent quarters playing games. (DramaQueen was too busy texting)  After we ate, SD and MB played a game of laser tag.  Then, SD, DQ and I went to Barnes and Noble for about an hour, with a stop to get ice cream on the way home.  Happy Birthday StellaDella!

Antennae (040/366)

“Get the antennae! Get the antennae!”

Dr. Harold Medford. Them!. Dir. Gordon Douglas. 1954. Warner Bros. Pictures.

TIME:  8:23 PM
PLACE:  Home
SUBJECT:  Jack

Jack, sleeping on my desk.  How convenient for me.  Why?  Because, I don’t even have to move my lazy behind to take a photo.  I’m loving his kitty eye whiskers.  They are so long!  He almost looks like a bug.

Heart Light (039/366)

“A light heart lives long”

William Shakespeare quotes (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616

TIME:  11:45 PM
PLACE:  Living room
SUBJECT:  Valentine décor

I finally took down the snowflakes, put up the paper hearts, and hung this lighted heart on the front window.  That’s about the extent of my February decorating.