Seeing Red

My blog visiting: sucky. My blog writing: sucky. Keeping up with email: sucky. Working on my WiP: better than the rest, but still sucky.

So, what is up???

That is my mom's head in the photo. We were both taking pictures. Seems like she somehow managed to get in all of mine! Hahaha.

Short story long: the Buick Rendezvous we had was a 2005. Buick stopped making them that year, or shortly thereafter. My mom Loved that car, and I liked it a lot. Very comfortable to ride in, particularly for long trips. BUT, at 180,000+ miles it started needing lots of repair. When I say lots, I mean lots. We reached the tipping point and had to decide on Repair or Replace.

That led to multiple days of visiting car dealerships and driving around cars. Blah blah blah. We both returned home every night exhausted and one of us had terrible migraines. Bet you can't guess which one! BTW, none of this conducive to blogging or working on my WiP.

Mom found this car online, with a marked down Internet Price. It is a Used Car. Can you tell???? Do you know what it is?

Let me give you a clue...



Everyone who has the ENORMOUS pleasure of seeing this car, has said, "What is it?"

Mom or I say, "It's a Buick Verano."

Then they launch into the commercial. It's actually pretty funny.

BUT, it really doesn't look like a Buick. However, it rides like one. Smoooooth.

Now something funny for Halloween. I know I missed HERE'S TO YOU this week. I just haven't had time to read blogs and put the post together. Now you know why.



Lastly, Battle of the Bands kicks off again tomorrow. I am still undecided on my song. Yeah, it's been that kind of week!

It's Not A Solo, But It's Still Me Singing...

This morning, our trio sang for the first time in church. I think it went pretty well. If I'd had any idea how WHITE my legs are, I would have insisted on pants. Next time!!!

Yeah, I am the chick on the left, whose legs look like they have NEVER seen the sun.

I am singing the second soprano part (not the melody or the bottom note, but the one in the middle).




What have you been up to lately?

HERE'S TO YOU THURSDAY

Life is crazy? Am I right? Weeks go by and no HERE'S TO YOU post happening here. Last week, voila... HERE'S TO YOU. I bet you thought it would be another three weeks before you saw it again.

Surprise! Drum roll please. This is a GREAT Thursday.

So many of you will really enjoy the Everyone clip for today (JJ, Jasmine... I am looking at you:) Actually, I think all of you will find it fascinating. I know I did.

If you don't know what this HERE'S TO YOU stuff is about, let me explain.  This used to be a weekly event landing typically on Thursdays.  When I read your blogs or you say something in the comments that sparks my imagination (or I hear something and I think of you), chances are good I will click over to YouTube to find footage for you. In the old days you wouldn't have to reach back in your memory bank farther than one week. Now... all bets are off. It could be several weeks ago.

The best (or worst) part is that I am not going to explain why I chose "whatever" footage for each of you. If, you watch your footage and are scratching your head at the end, well that means I didn't do a very good job. However, all is not lost. You can email me at rarichards68@gmail.com and ask me what I was thinking when I chose that particular piece of footage off of YouTube and connected it to you. And then I will tell you. Then I will start sending up prayers that I haven't offended the crap out of whoever is on the receiving end of that email....lol. Because, honestly, I will tell you right now... I admire all of you enormously so I really hope that doesn't happen.

Also, this is not an exclusive venture by any means. I hope that you will take the time to watch ALL of the footage because I don't pick bad footage:-) I also hope that you might check out the blog of the person I dedicated the footage to because they are pretty darn awesome. If you haven't figured this out yet... I pick the footage based on something that you've written or something that I've gleaned from your personality. Think on that for a while... If you are having trouble watching the entire video (meaning it is being cut off on one side), click on it a couple of times and it will take you straight over to youtube. If you click on the four squares at the bottom corner of the video, it will enlarge it to fill your screen. The escape key will bring it back to normal size. The back arrow will bring you back to my page.

Now, let's get this PARTY STARTED!!!!

This one is for everyone:


This one is for Dianne K. Salerni:


This one is for Chrys Fey at Write with Fey:


This one is for A Beer For The Shower:


This one is for Chris Fries at The Creative Outlet of Strat Player:


This one is for C.W. Martin at Tilting at Windmills:


This one is for Stephen T. McCarthy (and friends) at StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands: