Something Borrowed, Something Blue...

It all started when...Rex came.





For some reason every time Rex comes to visit people start having babies. Emily and Tim had Titus Charles Rhudy (sorry i don't have a pic to upload right now) on Saturday 5/17. And then Heidi and Kyle had Madelyn Jean Posey on 5/23. Pictured below...obviously they are going to have to stop having kids-- they are using up all the "pretty baby" magic in the world...



But don't worry guys, Rex is safely back in Virginia so no more babies for now.


Other exciting things...Rex's Explorer rolled down our driveway and got stuck in the deeper-than-it-looks ditch..it took 2 tow trucks to pull it out...that was exciting.







Other things --we went to the Wilderness Outdoor Drive In theater Memorial Day weekend and saw a Double Feature (not to be confused with a Double Header)--Indiana Jones and Iron Man. It was the most fun--ever. (Yes Gari, it's my favorite).

I highly recommend this enjoyable form of summer entertainment...it's what makes America a great place to live. Ok, who's paying me to say that?



ok, it really looks a lot more fun then this...



Well that's it for now. We are headed to VA this weekend to meet the little Sherri Lewis...very excited about that. More later kids.

Love and kisses,
B Dog

*p.s. the title of this blog has nothing to do with anything.

Yo Kiko my Kiko

Yo Kiko--

Kiko, aka Kaley, aka Kaley Anne Marie Elizabeth Suzanne.

That is my sister.

She likes to art too.

And the thing is, she's got some mad skills. Not that I'm surprised, I mean, hello who is she related to? But anyway, she sent me a "sampling" of some of her more recent work, she's begun to dabble again and I couldn't resist bragging so here are some of the unique and happy works of art by none other than... 'Yo Kiko my Kiko'. (Kaley, sorry I've decided that is your new "stage name" now. hope you like it ;)

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing any of these works of art. I am her agent (surprise Kaley!) and will handle all negotiations.

A bit more info about the artist:

Kaley has studied under the wing of such renown artists as Pancho my Auntcho, Tony Leoni, and Briana Taylor (aka fatbirds). Her style is uniquely her own and is an off shoot of expressionism, impressionism, Beatlesism and 'Yo Kiko my Kiko-ism'. She is a 16 year old prodigy who spends her free time composing songs, writing stories and solving the national problem of underage marriage. Kaley resides with her family in Southwest Virginia.

a new flower in the garden...

FYI ladies and gentlemen...just to keep you posted on the progress ol' etsy is making. No sales yet...maybe I should throw in a free t shirt...hmmmm.

Konichiwa

(pronounced: koh NEECH ee wah). A Japanese greeting, roughly `how are you'.

Yesterday was Trev's first day at his new job...Komatsu. He will be designing back hoe loaders, Compact truck loaders, Crawler carriers, Crushers, Dozers, Excavaders, Graders, Shovels, Skid steer loaders, Trucks, Wheel loaders and other means of world construction and domination.

Other perks include: a cafeteria where he was proud to report he ate lunch for $3.10, uniforms which are laundered by the company (less laundry for us...horrah!) also good benefits, great hours (only 40!), great atmosphere...etc. overall he's pretty excited about it (well, as excited as Trevor gets;)

Here is a picture of Trevor from his first day on the job....

Wahoo, congrats Trev!

fatbirds singing in the dead of night

Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, distinguished guests and dignitaries, I welcome you to the introductory, brand new, first appearance and grand opening of fatbirds.

fatbirds is my online shot at etsy.com that i opened during the wee hours of the night (ok, just trying to tie in the subject line). I decided to put some of my paintings out there and see what people think of them get some feedback, hopefully make some money so i can continue to purchase paint and canvases (and ultimately become a widely successful art extraordinaire). So here goes!

Special thanks to Heidi Jean who put a plug on her blog for me. And thanks to all of the little people...oh wait that's Heidi too....(wow I can't believe she just said that after Heidi was so nice to put something on her blog about Briana's stupid paintings--rude!).

Please send any feedback or rich relatives my way.

Ever yours,
The fatbird herself, Briana

I hate waiting...

Most of you know this about me. I hate waiting for things. I hate waiting in line, I hate waiting for my birthday, I hate waiting for Mia to decide that she's ready to eat her food (daily battle which consists of her eyeing the food and Zoe for about 3 minutes before she's ready to eat), I hate waiting to eat when I'm hungry, I hate waiting-- period.

My top 3 most hated waiting occurances are:

1. I hate waiting in the deli line at the grocery store. Hate it, hate it, hate it.

2. I hate waiting for gas to pump. Hate it, hate it.

3. I hate waiting for paint to dry on my paintings. Hate it.

* Actually to be perfectly honest # 1 would be that I hate to wait on God, because I am consistently impatient to figure out things in my life and then to fix them in my time and not waiting for God's timing. I seem to have to learn this lesson a lot...perhaps i have a short term memory problem....

Oddly enough i have no problem waiting for my drink to be fixed at a coffee shop, waiting for the last possible minute to leave the house (this usually has more to do with my love of sleep and my belief that I can accomplish more than the average human in limited amounts of time), waiting for someone to call me back (ok, ok that's because it makes me feel better for not returning phone calls very punctually), I also don't mind waiting to open presents on the day of celebration, whether that is Christmas or my birthday.

Perhaps the things that i'm impatient about and those i'm patient about even themselves out?

Yea, I didn't think so either.

Art Smart

Here's one of the latest off the table, not easel, i don't have an easel. I have a bad a** drafting table that my rock star husband got me for Christmas past.
Wahoo!

The actual name of this painting is "Inter-galactic warfare".