SHOW AND TELL SUNDAY

While surfing some blog sites this morning I noticed a new challenge, SHOW AND TELL SUNDAY. I thought that was a great idea! Took me back to my kindergarten days when we would bring in something to share with the class. I decided to share some of my mosaic art with you today. It is whimsical and fun so enjoy! They are each 12x12 pieces made to hang on the wall or rest on a stand.

KATHY'S SOUTHERN COOKING

When I was in Vegas last week we ate lunch at this restaurant. Not only does it bear my name but the fried chicken they serve is fabulous! It is a southern style eatery that came from Louisiana all the way to Vegas. They serve delicious gumbo and everything else you would find in the South. But I have to admit... My fried chicken is even better than theirs!!! (Mine has a secret ingredient in it) Go by and eat there. It is a real dive so don't expect anything but clean bear bones. 6407 Mountain Vista in Henderson, Nevada.

NOT A WINNER OR A LOOSER

VEGAS was great! The weather was dry with a slight coolness in the air. It was fabulous compared to home. I didn't lose any money which was good. I played video poker and a few slots. I actually took this picture when I hit 3 sevens for a pretty good jackpot.

We stayed at Caesars in the Augustus Tower. It was a wonderful room which was huge!

The bathroom was big with a nice glass shower, jacuzzi tub and double sinks.

This was the view out my window at night.

The Forum Shops were right there so shopping was easy! I didn't buy anything for myself though. I did pickup a nice cigar for my husband.

LEAVING ON A JET PLANE

I haven't flown since the airlines started charging for your bags. Makes you wonder what is next? We are flying Southwest Airlines this morning. They are still doing it for free.

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1967 during a layover at an airport in Washington and recorded by the Mitchell Trio that year. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate To Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title. Denver wrote the song after his flight was delayed. I DID NOT KNOW THIS! I thought it was a Joni Mitchell song. listen by clicking the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKOcUbHR0

VIVA LAS VEGAS!

I am leaving in the morning for a quick trip to Vegas. Of course, like everyone else, I am hoping to come home a winner and not a loser. Wish me luck! I like playing the slots and a bit of blackjack. HOW ABOUT YOU?

I am soooooooooo looking forward to the temperatures!!! It will be in the low 50's at night and the 80's during the day with 29% humidity. THAT SOUNDS FABULOUS compared to HERE!!! I also hope to hit a show or two while I am there. You know me, I will be taking photos everywhere I go.

BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE

Jack Prelutsky (born September 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American poet. He attended New York public schools, and later the High School of Music and Art and Hunter College. Prelutsky, who has also worked as a busboy, furniture mover, folk singer, and cab driver, claims that he hated poetry in grade school because of the way it was taught. He is the author of more than 30 poetry collections. This is one of my favorite JP poems.

Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place, for if it were where it is not, you might dislike your nose a lot. Imagine if your precious nose were sandwiched in between your toes, that clearly would not be a treat, for you'd be forced to smell your feet. Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop your head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair. Within your ear, your nose would be an absolute catastrophe, for when you were obliged to sneeze, your brain would rattle from the breeze. Your nose, instead, through thick and thin, remains between your eyes and chin, not pasted on some other place-- be glad your nose is on your face! Jack Prelutsky

TEXAS FACTS

This morning I thought I would write about my allegiance to my state, TEXAS. According to the handbook of Texas online, the pledge we have for Texas that was originally written in 1933, was amended in 2007. The Texas legislature added the words, "ONE STATE UNDER GOD".

The pledge of allegiance to the Texas state flag is "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."

Texas became a state on December 29, 1845. We were the 28th state! The name Texas was based on an Indian name meaning "FRIENDS". We are the 2nd largest state. If you want to read more about Texas, follow the link: http://www.qsl.net/w5www/texasfacts.htm

CRAZY THOUGHTS

These are funny thoughts to ponder on a FRIDAY...

• Why doesn't McDonald's sell hotdogs?
• At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?
• What is Satan's last name?
• Why do doctors leave the room when you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
• Where does the toetag go on a dead person if they don't have toes?
• If your driving a federal owned car, and you run a stop sign, is it considered a felony?
• Why is there a disclaimer on the Allstate Auto Insurance commericals that says "Not available in all states"?
• If you dug a hole through the center of the earth,and jumped in, would you stay at the center because of gravity?
• If a person dies and then springs back to life, do they get their money back for the coffin?
• If you are asked to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and your the main witness, what if you say "no"?
• Do they bury people with their braces on?
• How far east can you go before you're heading west?
• How does a Real Estate company sell its office without causing confusion?
• Do dentists go to other dentists or do they just do it themselves?
• If, in a baseball game, the batter hits a ball splitting it right down the center with half the ball flying out of the park and the other half being caught, what is the final ruling?
• If you were to get drunk in a country where the drinking limit is under 21, and went to the states and were still over the limit, could they arrest you for underage drinking even though you did not do the drinking in the states.
• Why do people think that swaying their arm back and forth would change the direction of a bowling ball?
• If girls with large breasts work at Hooters, then do girls with one leg work at IHOP?
• Why is it that everyone driving faster than you is considered an idiot and everyone driving slower than you is a moron?
• If pro and con are opposites, wouldn't the opposite of progress be congress?
• Why does grape flavor smell the way it is when actual grapes don't taste or smell anything like it.
• If a lesbian has sex with other women but never with another man is she still considered a virgin?
• If a kid refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest?
• Is it rude for a deaf person to talk (sign) with their mouth full of food?
• If its 11:30 PM Dec 31 in Texas and 12:30 AM Jan 1st in New York and you have a New York driver's license that expires Jan 2007, does that mean your license has expired?
• What's the difference between normal ketchup and fancy ketchup?
• If a transvesite goes missing, would youu put their face on a carton of Half and Half?
• Why is the Lone Ranger called 'Lone' if he always has his Indian friend Tonto with him?
• When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?
• Are eyebrows considered facial hair?
• If a baby's leg pops out at 11:59PM but his head doesn't come out until 12:01, which day was he born on?
• In the song Yankee Doodle, is he calling the horse or the feather "macaroni"?
• Is there a time limit on fortune cookie predictions?
• Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?
• Do they have the word "dictionary" in the dictionary?
• Can you daydream at night?
• Why is it that on a phone or calculator the number five has a little dot on it?
• Can crop circles be square?
• If ghosts can walk through walls and glide down stairs, why don't they fall through the floor?
• Is it legal to travel down a road in reverse, as long as your following the direction of the traffic?
• When Atheists go to court, do they have to swear on the bible?
• Why is vanilla ice cream white when vanilla extract is brown?
• Can animals commit suicide?
• What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?
• If a doctor suddenly had a heart attack while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on the doctor or the patient?
• How can something be "new" and "improved"? if it's new, what was it improving on?
• Why aren't drapes double sided so it looks nice on the inside and outside of your home?
• When two people marry, they say, "you may kiss the bride". What do they say if two MEN get married?
• Why is it that when we "skate on thin ice", we can "get in hot water"?
• Why do people say beans beans the magical fruit when beans are vegetables?
• If laughter is the best medicine, who's the idiot who said they 'died laughing'?
• If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
• Why are the little styrofoam pieces called peanuts?
• Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs.
• Do siamese twins pay for one ticket or two tickets when they go to movies and concerts?
• Why are they called 'Jolly Ranchers'? Who said that the ranchers were jolly?
• Why does caregiver and caretaker mean the same thing?
• Can a short person "talk down" to a taller person?
• If a bald person works as a chef at a restaurant, do they have to wear a hairnet?
• If milk goes bad if not refrigerated, does it go bad if the cow isnt refrigerated?
• How fast do hotcakes sell?
• Do prison buses have emergency exits?
• Do astronauts change their clocks when they move over different time zones in space?
• Can a black person join the kkk?
• When lightning strikes the ocean why don't all the fish die?
• When there's two men who "get married", do they both go to the same bachelor party?
• If a guy that was about to die in the electric chair had a heart attack should they save him?
• Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
• Do Jewish vampires avoid crosses or Stars of David?
• If London Bridge is standing why is there a song about it falling down?
• Why is it that before 9/11 they always showed the emergency broadcast system test, and on 9/11 they never used it?
• If a nursing mother had her nipples pierced would the milk come out of all three holes?
• Who was Sadie Hawkins?
• If a stripper gets breast implants can she write it off on her taxes as a business expense?
• Why do we sing "Rock a bye baby" to lull a baby to sleep when the song is about putting your baby in a tree and letting the wind crash the cradle on the ground?
• If parents say, "Never take candy from strangers" then why do we celebrate Halloween?
• Do the minutes on the movie boxes include the previews, credits, and special features, or just the movie itself?
• Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
• What does PU stand for (as in "PU, that stinks!")?
• Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?
• Can cannibals be arrested for being under the influence of alcohol (e.g. drunk-driving) if they have eaten someone who was drunk?
• What is the stage of a reptile when it has eggs in it but they haven't been laid. Are they pregnant?
• If Mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?
• Why do people never say "it's only a game" when they're winning?
• If an ambulance is on its way to save someone, and it runs someone over, does it stop to help them?
• Why is it called a funny bone, when if you hit it, it's not funny at all?
• Do you yawn in your sleep?
• Why do dogs like the smell of other dogs butts?
• If a cannible was on death row could he ask for the last guy that was electricuted for his last meal?
• Do Chinese people get English sayings tattooed on their bodies?
• Do glow-in-the-dark objects stop glowing when somebody turns the lights on?
• If you died with braces on would they take them off?
• If someone has their nose pierced, have a cold, and take thier nose ring out. Does snot come out of the piercing hole?
• How come lemon washing up liquid contains real lemons, but lemon juice contains artificial flavorings.
• Do you wake up or open your eyes first?
• Did Noah have woodpeckers on the ark? If he did, where did he keep them?
• Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor but book publishers aren't afraid to have a Chapter 11?
• How do you handcuff a one-armed man?
• If the FBI breaks your door down do they have to pay for it?
• In some books, why do they have blank pages at the very end?
• Why can't donuts be square?
• Why put a towel in the dirty clothes basket if when you get out of the shower you are clean?
• What happens to an irrisitable force when it hits an immovable object?
• If there's a speed of sound and a speed of light is there a speed of smell?
• Why do overalls have bel loops, since they are held up at the top by the straps?
• Do people in prison celebrate halloween.... if so how?
• Do the security guards at airports have to go through airport security when they get to work?
• Why are all of the Harry Potter spells in Latin if they're English?
• What do Greeks say when they don't understand something?
• What happens if a queen gives birth to a pair of siamese twins? Who gets to be king?
• Do all-boys schools have girls bathrooms? Conversely, do all-girls schools have boys bathrooms?
• Are children who act in rated 'R' movies allowed to see them?
• How come cats butts go up when you pet them?
• What would happen to the sea's water level if every boat in the World was taken out of the water at the same time?
• How come you never see a billboard being put up by the highway?
• Do the English people eat English muffins, or are they just called muffins?
• How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't grow in it?
• Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?
• Why does Jello have a smell when you add the powder in the water, but when it "gels" the smell is gone?
• Why are dogs noses always wet?
• If a bee is allergic to pollen would it get the hives?
• Why do people say "heads up" when you should duck?
• Why is it OK for dudes to slap other dudes' asses in football, but not in any other situation?
• Why does triangularly cut bread taste better than square bread?
• If one man says, "it was an uphill battle," and another says, "it went downhill from there," how could they both be having troubles?
• Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
• At what point in man's evolution did he start wiping his ass?
• Do bald people get Dandruff?
• Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
• Why do superheros wear their underwear on the outside of their clothes?
• If you get cheated by the Better Business Bureau, who do you complain to?
• When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?
• Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
• Can you cry under water?
• Why Does Pluto Live in a dog house, eat dog food, etc. but Goofy, who is also a dog, lives in a condo and drives a car?
• If you blew a bubble in space would it pop?
• Are children who use sign language allowed to talk with their mouth full?
• How come all of the planets are spherical?
• How did the first women ever to shave their legs know that the skin wouldn't just peel right off?
• when a pregnant lady has twins, is there 1 or 2 umbilical cords?
• Why doesn't Winnie the Pooh ever get stung by the bees he messes with?
• Why do they put holes in crackers?
• Can you still say "Put it where the sun don't shine " on a nude beach?
• What do people in China call their good plates?
• How come toy hippos are always blue, or purple, when real hippos are brown?
• Why don't woodpeckers get headaches when they slam their head on a tree all day?
• If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?
• If an escalotor breaks down, does it become stairs?
• Why do they call him Donkey Kong if he is not a donkey?
• Why do they say a football team is the 'world champion' when they don't play anybody outside the US?
• Do stuttering people stutter when they're thinking to themselves?
• If you put a chameleon in a room full of mirrors, what color would it turn?
• What are the handles for corn on the cob called?
• Why do British people never sound British when they sing?
• Why do we press the start button to turn off the computer?
• Do your eyes change color when you die?
• Were Mary and Joseph's surname Christ before Jesus was born?
• If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still called a dog pile?
• Do sheep get static cling when they rub against one another?
• In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section?
• How old are you before it can be said you died of old age?
• If K.F.C Stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Why do they play sweet home Alabama on the comercials?
• If people with one arm go to get their nails done, do they pay half price?
• What type of animal is Snuffaluffagus?
• If you had a three story house and were in the second floor, isn't it possible that you can be upstairs and downstairs at the same time?
• Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
• If a king is gay and marries another guy what is that guy to the royal family?
• Why do they call it "getting your dog fixed" if afterwards it doesn't work anymore?
• Does a 'Marks-A-Lot' marker, mark any more than a regular marker?
• If you really could dig a hole to China, and you did, and you fell in, would you stop in the middle because of gravity?
• If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their headlights off?
• What happens when you put a lightsaber in water?
• On Gilligan's Island, how did Ginger have so many different outfits when they were only going on a 3 hour tour?
• If I had my legs amputated, would I have to change my height and weight on my driver's license?
• If nobody buys a ticket to a movie do they still show it?
• How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?
• Do movie producers still say lights, camera, and action when it is a dark scene?
• What do you call male ballerinas?
• How does Freddy Kruger wipe his butt?
• Why people are so scared of mice,which are much smaller than us, when no one seems to be scared of Micky Mouse, who is bigger than us?
• Why are the numbers on a calculator and a phone reversed?
• Why are plastic bears the only animal you can get honey from? Why can't you get honey from a plastic bee?
• Can bald men get lice?
• When your photo is taken for your driver's license, why do they tell you to smile? If you are stopped by the police and asked for your license, are you going to be smiling?
• Do butterflies remember life as a caterpillar?
• If you undergo chemotherapy do you lose your pubic hairs?
• Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
• Does the postman deliver his own mail?
• Why does toilet bowl cleaner only come in the color blue?
• What happens when you put hand sanitizer on a place other then your hand?
• Why are women and men's shoe sizes different?
• Can you "stare off into space" when you're in space?
• Where do people in Hell tell other people to go?
• Is "vice-versa" to a dyslexic just plain redundant?
• How come you can kill a deer and put it up on your wall. but it's illegal to keep one as a pet?
• Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are?
• If prunes are dehydrated plums, where does prune juice come from?
• Is it appropriate to say "good mourning" at a funeral?
• If there's an exception to every rule, is there an exception to that rule?
• When you're caught "between a rock and a hard place", is the rock not hard?
• Was Jesus a virgin when he died?
• Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
• Doesn't a lightning rod on top of church show a lack of faith?
• Who coined the phrase, 'coined the phrase?'
• If there were a thousand seaguls in an airplane while its flying, each weighing two pounds a piece, but they were all flying in the airplane, would the airplane weigh 2000 pounds more?
• If you soak a raisin in water, does it turn back into a grape?
• How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
• Why do they call steam rollers, steam rollers? They don't produce, get rid of, or have anythong to do with steam
• What is another word for "thesaurus"?

KOL NIDRE

There is hardly any other traditional Jewish tune that attracted so much attention from the composers of the last century. Innumerable are the arrangements for voice with piano, organ or violin accompaniment and violoncello obligato. We have the exalted melody prepared for choir and small orchestra. And last but not least is the concerto by Max Bruch. In the first bars of Beethoven's C# minor quartet, the opening theme of Kol Nidrei is recognizable. Thus has the music world come to consider this the most characteristic tune of the synagogue."

Max Bruch himself wrote the following on Kol Nidrei, in a letter to cantor and musicologist Eduard Birnbaum (4 December 1889):

"...I became acquainted with Kol Nidre and a few other songs (among others, 'Arabian Camel') in Berlin through the Lichtenstein family, who befriended me. Even though I am a Protestant, as an artist I deeply felt the outstanding beauty of these melodies and therefore I gladly spread them through my arrangement.

For many Jews, the essence of the Yom Kippur service takes place at the very beginning of the holiday, at the evening service that ushers in Yom Kippur. It is called Kol Nidre, the name derived from the first major piece of the Yom Kippur prayers, dramatically chanted at the evening service. All the Torahs are taken out, the entire congregation stands, and the cantor chants this formula three times. While most people think that Kol nidre is a prayer, it is actually a legal formula. Listen to it at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgaICZS79Y

DOG DAY AFTERNOON

My neighbor down the street, Carol, just added a new family member to their pack. He is an 8 week old golden doodle puppy they named Tucker. Isn't he adorable? They already have another golden doodle named Lucy. Lucy must be about two.

My friend's doberman, King, came to play with Yogi. As you can see in the picture King is giving Yogi the evil eye. He doesn't care much for the "puppy" stage of life. Yogi jumps all over him most of the time.

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GETTING DOGGED

When your pet cheats on you it is called "GETTING DOGGED"

Some cats and dogs ditch their owners for someone they like better.

I read an article about a women who asked her friend to babysit her cat while she left town for nine months. It started innocently, with a kind gesture, but when the owner returned the cat didn't want anything to do with her owner. It shows you that absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder.

Country songs are filled with anguished lyrics about cheating wives and husbands. But sometimes it’s not always people who are doing the leaving and breaking hearts. Dogs and cats can also cheat on their owners, leaving their own homes in pursuit of something better, or different. And perhaps more painfully, some pets carry on affairs right under their owner’s nose.

WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?

In a half-changed world, women often feel they need to choose: mothering or working? WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?, is a documentary by Academy Award winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll. It makes you wonder why in these modern times most people can't even name a handful of female artists.

http://www.whodoesshethinksheis.net/

TINY BIT OF MELAMINE IS NOT OK

This was in the news today: WASHINGTON (AP) — Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a global food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, U.S. government experts said Friday.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday its safety experts have concluded that eating a minuscule amount of melamine — 2.5 parts per million — would not raise health concerns, even if a person ate food every day that was tainted with the chemical.

"It would be like if you had a million grains of sand and they were all white, and you had two or three that were black, that's kind of the magnitude," said Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's food safety program.

Melamine first came to the attention of U.S. consumers last year, when it touched off a massive pet food recall. Chinese suppliers of bulk pet food ingredients were found to have been adding the chemical to artificially boost the protein readings of their products. Thousands of pets here were sickened, and hundreds are believed to have died.

Melamine is harmful to the kidneys. It can cause kidney stones as the body tries to eliminate it, and in extreme cases, life-threatening kidney failure.

NO MELAMINE WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

• If you want someone who will eat whatever you put in front of him and never say it's not quite as good as his mothers...

• If you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour, for as long and wherever you want ...

• If you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour, for as long and wherever you want ...

• If you want someone who will never touch the remote, doesn't care about football, and can sit next to you as you watch romantic movies...

• If you want someone who is content to get on your bed just to warm your feet and whom you can push off if he snores...

• If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, doesn't care if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, who acts as if every word you say is especially worthy of listening to, and loves you unconditionally, perpetually...

• THEN BUY A DOG!

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• BUT, on the other hand, if you want someone who will never come when you call, ignores you totally when you come home, leaves hair all over the place, walks all over you, runs around all night and only comes home to eat and sleep, and acts as if your entire existence is solely to ensure his happiness...

...then buy a cat! Now be honest, you thought I was gonna say... Marry a man, didn't you?

WEDNESDAY FUN

This morning I am going resale shopping with my friend, Debby! She has been out of town and so we have missed out on our weekly adventures. We are so excited to go out exploring for treasures and chatchkes we definitely don't need! (isn't that what it is all about)

Did I mention that I bought a new Nikon D90 camera this week? It is the most awesome camera I have owned so far! Check out these images I have taken: