Some Fashion Stuff

Last weekend my mom gave me a handful of dresses that she used to wear in the 60's when we lived in Alaska. My mom was about as teeny as any adult could be, so when I wanted to take pictures of the dress, I had to get Little Rita to model them. The dresses were a bit too large for her, but I could barely get them on over my head. My mom wore a size 2 in the 60's! This lttle dress is red velvet with an antique rhinestone brooch at the waistline.


This turquoise dress has a fitted satin lining under the sheer overskirt. So cute!
If I could starve my way into these three beautiful little dresses, I would!

Have a lovely weekend!

PS If you want to view more wedding pics...

Thursday Portrait

Last weekend, my beautiful niece married her childhood sweetheart. They have been together for 13 years already and they are just in their 20's.

Here is my precious Amber and her lovely family.

Ambers brothers and my sisters awesome sons. Yep, all but one are hers! That would be their friend in the back with the hat. He was the family photographer for the day. It's always good to have someone who really knows your family along to take pics of people that you really want pics of, isn't it?

My beautiful niece, Adeleigh, sister to all those handsome young men up there.This is my sister, with me on the left, and my mom on the right.
My sister is the mom of all these kids!!!! Yes, yes it's true!We look pretty spiffy even though it's 100 degrees, don't we? Little Rita was taller than me in her grown up shoes, but we don't need to rub that in now, do we? Lookin' good, LR!

So beautiful!

Have a lovely day, thanks for stopping by.

Betty Goes To Church

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Thursday Portrait

The family and I are heading down south to a wedding....Gupta will be in charge til we get back. California is having a scorcher of a week and it's not over yet! We're sure to fry.

Have a lovely weekend!

Holy Popcorn, Batman!

After I watched this video, I turned off my cell phone!

Musical Monday

Joan Wasser and Rufus

It's actually Sunday morning and I should be at the market but I got bumped last night. Our farmers market is growing so much that we are running out of room. I say, if you are going to bump someone, make it look good and bump the president of the S********L Farmers Market, (that's me!)

It's cold and foggy this morning, and I don't mind at all hanging around in my bathrobe. Besides, we have a weddin' to get to next weekend in Los Angeles, and Mr Ratburn is in dire need of some wedding duds, so I think we'll go shopping today instead. Speaking of wedding duds, Little Rita is going to be taller than me in her fancy dress up shoes...ack! I chose black sandals to go with my outfit...flats. I never wear heels, I might break something in those things!

So, I have to get ourselves all together this week to drive to Los Angeles on Friday. (I'll let you know how much it costs to drive to LA and back from SF in an economy car when I return.) That and some sewing. You know what really cracks me up? When customers actually blame me for "ruining" their vacation, event, sexy getawayloveweekend, or what have you if I haven't completed their garment by the time THEY want it. What is the first thing I say to ALL my custom order people? "Don't be in a hurry, I don't do hurry. If you want hurry, you need to pay me a $150 rush fee up front." That usually shuts them up. Not this woman...noooooo, I have just "ruined" her getaway week because her robe, the one that I am not hurrying on, the one that she agreed she could wait for as long as I needed to DO MY OTHER WORK. (lol), is not completed. In fact, it's not even started. She got all huffy with me, and you know what? That attitude is just going to make it take longer.....he he.

So, some new JapW is coming out on Youtube! That's Joan as Police Woman for those of you that don't know. I found this live performance of one of her new releases, called Furious. I hope you will enjoy it. I guess it's official...I am back to my loyal 3 readers, LOL.

Have a lovely week!

Thursday Portrait

Happy Birthday Ian!!! Well now, it's been a couple of weeks since I've felt like smiling, but here ya go, I managed to squeeze out a smile just for my dear pal Ian, who's birthday was on June 8th. By the time I got 'round to ringing me old m8, it was half past too late! So today we had a nice chat online and he told me all about his celebrations, of which there were many! Oh no, I cannot tell! I snapped this pic while we were chatting!
If you feel like it, pop on over to Fortress Guinness and wish my pal Ian a belated Happy Birthday!
Have a lovely day!

Terrific Tuesday

Hi bloggy peeps! I know I have been about as much fun as a barrel of rotten apples lately. Things are starting to look up. I'm not gonna say I got my way about that dog thing, because I didn't. In fact, my landlord doesn't even have the decency to call us and let us know that he's decided she gets to keep the dog. In fact, I think they both see me as some sort of lunatic after how upset I got. Fuck them. Even if I didn't get rid of the dog, I made sure I spoke my mind to the neighbor, to the landlord, and how. Noone will ever call ME spineless!

As for the neighbor, she can just rot in lonliness with her stupid mean dog with her lame fence and stay the hell out of my life forever. She also owes me $308 but I'm not holding my breath.

Anyway... so tomorrow Little Rita gets her braces off. It's been just 11 months, and in two weeks she will get that retainer thing. Have you seen what retainers look like these days? Glittery, sparkly, purple, red, glowing, or even neon green if you want, with little designs all over em, your name, some kitties or some flames...lands alive! I can't wait to see what Little Rita picks!

So uh, now it's time to reveal the solution to the cat/dog thing. It is clear that dog will kill my animals, but since they are "just cats", noone really gives a damn. You know, the fact that the dog is still here really pisses me off, but I'm not letting it ruin my life, and I sure as hell am not letting that dog kill my cats! So here we are, 2 weeks later, I present to you:

"KITMO"

They can jump right out the window there where Gupta is sitting! We are going to make hammocks, and ramps, tunnels and hangy things for them to play with. It has a tree over it, and its breezy and nice. I really think it sucks that they cannot go outside, but they are not about to become dog food.

Whaddya think of my buildin' skillz? Not bad, eh?

So there you have it.

In other news, Joan as Police Woman's new release is out! It's awesome if you ask me. Can't wait for some stuff to show up on Youtube so I can share!

We are having a heat wave, I'll be on the kitchen floor by the fan.

Have a lovely day!

Ya know.....

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

Thursday Portrait

So things are pretty much still lame over here, with the main problem being that there is a handful of children in this orchard that are clearly not as important as a stupid fucking dog. I just cannot believe it.

My god if it bites anyone it's going to be horrible, please wish the best for these poeple to come to their senses.

So, moving on, I am trying to focus and sew. And, I do have a lot of work to do, and soon, I will also reveal my solution to keeping my cats safe.....after I build it.

So I was over at Limes place today, and she has the most awesome post in which you must focus on some of the favorite compliments that you have received in your lifetime. Thank you Lime!

After I read it, I knew I needed to think about good things also, but I had to do it my way. My favorite compliment of all...which I get all the time, especially from you bloggy peeps since I have forced my pearlys on you many many times.....

"You have the BEST SMILE!"

Hurray I feel better already!

How about you?

Make Me Laugh PLEAASEEEEE!!!!!!/Musical Monday

Gonna kill kill kill kill kill kill kill that dog

I see the little monster in my garden

So I grab an axe and off I go

And I try my best to get it

All I do is sever my big toe

My neighbour called the cops on me

I end up at the police station

Where I am told that I must pay

A 300 dollar fine

Wow, what a good value

I think I'll kill my neighbour too!

Thank you Logo for the lyrics and the ROTFLMFAO!

Heh heh...

I am in great need of some laughs, so please, tell me in great detail, how you would off the beast next door. Stop that! I'm talking about the dog, not the woman! : D

India 249 It's true! I bought my plane ticket last night!

A little light reading can make my life seem less hellish......

It takes huevos sometimes....

Thursday Portrait

I think this probably oughta just be my Thursday portrait. I'm Kali when I need to be.

There Is No Spoon

; )

Ok so the update on the home front is that the cat is going to be ok. Of course, I haven't let Gupta out of the house yet, and Oaty has been out just a couple hours in the past 4 days, but I have let her out reluctantly and with close supervision which is pretty impossible for a cat. I really do fear for their lives.
Now my neighbor feels totally justified in having this dog because "she's an old lady and needs a big dog"...oh lordy, lol...stop it now! (at least I can dredge up a little sick humour at this point, right?)
There are a couple things this lady doesn't know about and will never know about because she has never had it and never will, and that is what it is like to be a parent, and to have your mother lion instincts come out, to the fullest when your child, or your "animal children" are injured or in danger. I am in full mother lion mode. I would not hesitate to smash that dogs head in with a shovel if it comes anywhere near my family. I have my mace in my pocket, my other neighbor has a gun loaded. We are not messing around.
Sometimes the old lady reads my blog. Maybe she'll see this. She doesnt really care. Now here we have basically a 60 year old brat who has never been married, has no children, has never had to take care of anyone but herself, and you can best believe, she has gotten pretty damn good at taking care of herself, and only herself, first, foremost, only and always.
The emergency veterinary "strongly suggested" that I report this to animal regulation, so I did. They will be coming out to her house. She will then want to kill me. Bring it on.
Here's the lamest thing of all. How a human being can not feel bad at all for what she let happen which was totally in her control. What a careless bitch. And to not care about the safety of the kids around here. Mind you I live in an orchard, out of touwn, we are renters, this is a little complicated...
Animal control was just here at my house for an hour. They are now at the neighbors....keeping you posted...

ok
"if the cat got into the dogs yard, then..."
"but we dont actually know that that is true, you see there are multiple holes in the fence..."
"and noone saw it happen but the dog owner and she's admitted that it happened?"
"yes"
"well if the cat got into the dogs yard, then....."
"but we dont actually know that that is true, you see there are multiple holes....."

round and round, nowhere gotten.

I've just got 5000 more gray hairs. I have been told that her dog IS a preying animal which means it is/will prey upon any small animal or large maybe not sure who knows lets wait and see what happens.....and so pretty much my cats are dinner if they get into "her" yard. Mind you we are renters, there really is no "her yard" and since noone saw the attack we also dont know if the dog got out of the fence or if it actually happened in "her yard."
Next stop, the animal control guy, who was totally awesome and seems to be doing whatever he can do within his grasp, will visit my landlord....perhaps that will help, or not.
In the meanwhile, the cats want to go outside. They are now prisoners in a tiny house on 500 acres, oh the irony...
Calgon, take me away.

Musical Monday

This weekend my neighbors dog attacked Gupta and nearly killed her. To make a long story short, at this point I am having neighbor issues as my moron of a neighbor convinces the owner of our houses that her dog is a safe choice for this neighborhood.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why this woman thinks it is ok to have a dangerous animal living in a neighborhood with children, and since this dog, who has been here a week, has "only attacked two cats" and no humans, the man that owns our homes does not think it is important.
I would like my neighbor to look my daughter in the eye and tell her that she doesnt give a fucking damn about her safety, about her pets safety, or that her dog about killed my cat.
I rarely use my blog to vent, rather to post creative stuff thats often fluffy and light. I cannot find inside myself anything fluffy and light. I am worried about my cats and my childs safety.
I have a $308. dollar vet bill, and I can't let either cat outside. I am just in hell people. Wish me the best and for some sense of this situation.
In the meanwhile, here's some Rufus. I love this song. I have posted in before. It makes me happy. Have a lovely day.

It's the weekend!

Very tough decision!

So unfair!Have a Lovely weekend, everyone!

Thursday Portrait

As we all know, finding a pair of jeans these days that fits is downright impossible. That is unless you have toothpicks for legs, and no VMT (that's visible muffin top.) And also, if you don't mind buying jeans that are pretorn, faded, and patched. I dont think so. We've also all been over the 2" zipper discussion!
So last month when I went to Seattle, I knew I was going to have to find some pants since I could not run around fashion savvy RAINY, WINDY, FOGGY, COLD Seattle in those same old 501's that I drag through India every year, could I? No! That simply would not do at all!

As I was contemplating heading down to the (ack!) mall to buy a new pair of 501's, I walked past a thrift store in my town and thought "ok, what the heck, I might as well look...but I doubt it...."

Well what do you know, if I didn't find not one, not two, but three pair of jeans that were not too faded, not torn, not dorky, not mom jeans, did not show my muffin top, did not show my butt crack, and I thought wow, this pair even makes my flat butt look cute!

Could this be real? Someone pinch me! Including the faded old "we've been to India and back a few times" 501's, I now have 4 pair of jeans. EEEKKKK!!! Don't look now, I might even wear shoes with 'em!

Is it Hot in Here?

Have you seen the June issue of Vogue? Well, I have, and it's loaded with two of my very favorite television people in the whole wide world. Pardon me, I need to drool. Here are just two of the totally cool shots for the Vogue spread. You are gonna have to loiter in the magazine aisle to get the rest.

Fashion SnobsSome of us subscribe to Vogue.

PHWOARRRRR!

Can I even wait for the movie to come out?

NOT!

Have an awesome day!

Musical Monday

Hi everyone! I had the busiest weekend at the market, did really well, I have like 12 custom orders, so you know what I will be doing all week! I was worthless for three days because of the heatwave so now I have some catching up to do.

Went to Berkeley on Saturday and bought 90 yards of Indian cotton, 9 samosas, 6 bagels, an orange kurta which you are gonna have to see, and some pizza at Blondies on Telegraph.

I have a little live Joan Wasser for you today. Her new album is due out in a few weeks and I am really looking forward to that. Guess who sings on her album? :D Uh huh! Rufeeee!

We Dont Own It ~ Joan Wasser

Have A Lovely Day