Tammy the Turkey Had A Great Summer!

Custody Denied...

Britney Spears' custody was denied by the Commissioner yesterday!

She has the following visitation rights: 3 visits per week. 2 of them will be from noon to 7:00 PM, and one overnight per week. And, her visits will be monitored.

She must provide proof that she has childproofed her pool area by Friday. Just 2 more days!

According to the Parenting Coach and the Commissioner, Brit's interaction with the kids when she has her visits ranges from "chaotic to almost somber with little communication at all". And, according to the report from the Parenting Coach, Britney "rarely engaged with the children in either conversation or play" during all three of her visits.

The Parenting Coach's report painted a less than stellar motherly picture of the Brit Twit.

Well, at least Britney didn't disappoint! She is as much of a mess behind closed doors as she is in public!

Not Another Sappy Love Song

I have sort of an eclectic taste in music. I mostly lean towards fun, upbeat, and sometimes downright sappy. But, occasionally, I like something a little more out there! This is one of those songs that gets my head banging a little!

Happy Halloween Ghouls and Boyles!

Robert Randolph - Ain't Nothing Wrong With That

Just another fun song. I don't hear it on the radio much. Mostly on XM. But, several shows have had it playing in the background of some scenes. It is one of those songs that makes you tap your toes and wiggle your butt, no matter where you are or what you are doing!

Enjoy!

From Terror to Triumph!

In my on-going attempt to make my home litter free, I have been careful not to shock or upset my 3 ladies. Cats are fickle creatures. So, I went against the Litter Kwitter instructions to remove all litter boxes in the house, leaving only the Litter Kwitter, at first. As you all know, I have been slowly keeping the litter box unavailable to my girls. Well, I removed the litter box from the time I woke up yesterday morning and I did not replace it before I went to bed last night. I was worried but optimistic.

Bravo Ladies!

I woke up this morning and the Litter Kwitter was well used last night. I cleaned it up and went to work. Then, I went home for lunch and found that it was well used again. I cleaned it up again! One instruction is to make sure that it stays really clean.

So, after I cleaned it up, I set about my normal lunch time movements and walked past the bathroom to see my middle child (the one that has had the hardest time getting used to the LK) standing on the floor in the bathroom. I think she is a private pottier because I tried to quietly observe her and she just wasn't having it. So, I went and made the bed and straightened up my bathroom. When I was done, I walked out of my room and saw the middle child hovering around the hall. I popped my head into the bathroom with the LK and saw a nice steaming stinky! It was uncovered so, it might have been my oldest but, the middle child was the one that had been lurking in there after I cleaned it the first time and was still around the area of the bathroom. So, I am hoping that it was her.

So, I am debating leaving the litter box out from now on and forcing them to rely on the Litter Kwitter entirely. And, hopefully I will be moving on to stage 2 this Friday...just 3 more days!

When All Else Fails...

What does a girl do when her entire life is falling apart in front of her eyes? Well, if you are Britney Spears, you give a Priest a Lap Dance!

In photos in her new CD, Blackout, she is scantily clothed and sitting on a Priest's lap. In another photo in her new CD she looks amorous while leaning up against a church confessional.

I have not seen the pictures yet but, if I can find them somewhere, I will be sure to post them so that we can all see what kind of an outstanding young lady Britney Spears has grown up to be!

Oh, and she got pulled over by the cops again last night. They let her go with just a warning and, while no one knows for sure what the minor infraction was, her ex-assistant/cousin Alli Sims could be heard telling the officer "We'll get one this week. She just got this." It is possible that her temporary tags have expired on her new Mercedes convertible. Given the fact that she has enough time to go shopping, get her lips plumped, party at night and makes tons of runs to Starbucks and gas stations, couldn't she have taken some time to get her new tags? But, I digress!

2 Girls 1 Cup Reaction #10: The Anniversary!

I have not seen the video that has gotten such a reaction but, I heard about it on the radio today. My radio station wouldn't give the address to the video people are reacting to because they wanted to protect themselves from the FCC. I guess that if you google 2girls1cup you are supposed to find it.

Funny Dialogue

One of my favorite shows is TLC's What Not To Wear. I was watching one episode yesterday where the "contributor" (that is the show's term for the person to be made over ) was a 32 year old woman who had a tendency to wear pajamas out in public and refused to wear a bra.

She was ambushed by the show at her birthday party. The show made a cake for her with a frosting bra. The following dialogue cracked me up:

Stacy: "Look Clinton, this is just the way I make it at home!"
Clinton: "With a bra on top?"
Stacy: "Yes! And good nipple coverage!"

The Sad State of Color...

I have been pretty vocal about the severe drought my state is in. It really has taken a toll on us! Not only on our green grass and our pretty flowers. I am not a cold weather girl. I love the warmer weather. But, there is one part of the weather change that I look forward to each year. I love the beauty of the trees as they change colors. I posted a picture of one very pretty tree. It wasn't the greatest picture. The changing leaves on the tree are a beautiful combination of yellow and a light orange.

But, what has me sad is that there is one tree in particular that blazes with fiery colors every year. It is outside of my bosses window and I look forward to it's complete change every fall because it really is breathtakingly beautiful. Not this year though. It is a yawn in comparison to previous years.

So, not only are our lawns and flowerbeds being hurt by the drought in my state. The very passion that is the changing of the leaves from Summer to Fall is suffering as a result. The reds and oranges that usually remind me of some of the most beautiful sunsets ever seen by human eyes now make me think that Mother Nature needs to do her laundry. Her clothes are dingy and dirty.

So, this warm weather girl is not getting any break in pining for that summery weather. I can't count on the beauty of this season, as green turns to orange and red, to lift me from the inner blues that the cooler temperatures always inevitably bring me.

Ryan Cabrera-I will remember you

I first heard this song on "So You Think You Can Dance". I love this song. So beautiful!

My Super Hero Cape...

If my Superpower comes from the Flu Shot, my cape or superhero armor would be Zicam's Cold Remedy line. I have used Zicam for a few years now. The one that works the best for me is "Gel Swabs". You pop the tube open and swab the gel on the Q-tip along the insides of your nostrils. There are other products in and out of the Zicam family that require you to spray a cold fighting liquid into your nostrils. Those can burn, tingle or just plain taste really awful. There are also lozenges and liquids that you try. Again, they don't tend to taste that great. I prefer the swabs because they are simple and effective. I am almost always working on catching one cold or another. But, when I notice my symptoms, I use one swab and I am usually good. I have fought off numerous colds with the swabs. As long as I pay attention to my symptoms and do something about it before it is too late to turn back...before I officially catch the cold and only time will heal me, then I can count on the swabs to keep me healthy.

There are those who swear by Zicam Cold Remedy products and those who think they aren't all that they are cracked up to be. I stand firmly behind them! The reason some people may think that they don't work is because they don't use them the way they are meant to be used. If you feel you are getting sick, that is the time to start using the products. Not when you officially have the cold. They can shorten the length of a cold but, it has been my experience that they are better at prevention than healing.

Common signs that you are getting sick are more than usual sneezing, a scratchy throat, fatigue and dry mouth. When you find that you are constantly thirsty, you may be getting sick. It is because you are dehydrating yourself. Your body works over time to fight a cold or the flu. Your temperature might rise slightly...even unnoticeably...and that basically burns off your fluids leaving you feeling dehydrated and thirsty. A big sign, unless you have been working out without proper fluid replenishment, that you are getting sick.

I have another sign that I am getting sick. I can't be sure that it is something most people experience. But, I know that when it happens to me, I need to take measures to stay healthy. I drool in my sleep when I am getting sick. I snore now and then right along side the drooling but, that is not always the case.

So, consider keeping a box of Zicam Cold Remedy Gel Swabs handy and see if it helps you! I swear by it and know others that do too!

Doing Well and Getting Better...

Before it ever aired, I read a review on the show Moonlight on CBS on one of my favorite entertainment sites. Actually, it was not really a review. It was the blogger's response to a question one of his readers posed. The question was for his opinion on which new fall season shows were going to stand the test of time and which would tank quickly. His opinion was that Moonlight would likely be the first to get cancelled.

We have similar likes and dislikes. But, we do have a few varying opinions from one another now and then. This is one of those times.

I watched Moonlight's premiere and was immediately drawn in. The main character (Mick) is sexy, charming and a great pick for the lead. I really like the entire cast! They have great chemistry and the show is well written and excellently played! So, I was really hoping that the blogger would be wrong. It looks like he might be. Moonlight is doing well and getting better ratings week to week!

I hope that, if it hasn't already been, it gets picked up for a full season and continues to win audiences. I would like to see this show continue for years to come.

I'm Allowed....

I feel that I deserve to do a little post on The Brit Twit today. I did really well last week! I was mostly Brit free!

But, this is too delicious not to share!

She had her custody hearing on Friday and EXTRA reported that, upon crossing paths with Britney on one of her many bathroom breaks during the hearing, when their reporter asked her how she was doing she yelled back, "Eat it! Lick it! Snort it! Fuck it!" She then, reportedly, walked back into the courtroom crying.

Good old Brit! Always great for a pleasant sound bite! Ain't she just the most Charming Southern Belle ever known? Scarlett O'Hara herself could have learned a thing or two from her!

Frustration to Elation...

After a weekend of mostly downs, I woke up this morning to a well used Litter Kwitter. I did what I said I was going to do and kept the downstairs litter box away from the time I got up in the morning both Saturday and Sunday, until I went to bed. The ladies tinkled once of twice each day but, it really stayed mostly unused. They would just hold their bladders until they couldn't stand it anymore or until I put the litter box back before bed. On Saturday night, there was practically a line when they all heard me open the door to my garage. They know where I put it during the day. So, when they heard that door open late Saturday night, they were all hovering around waiting until I put it back in the laundry room. I was annoyed but, still optimistic. In fact, I can't be sure about this but, Friday night, I took all three girls, one by one, and showed them the Litter Kwitter again about an hour or so before I put the litter box back. I heard a strange noise upstairs so, I went to go see if it was someone using the LK and I saw my middle child sitting at the top of the stairs. It had been maybe 10 or 15 minutes since I showed her the LK and, when I showed it to her, it was clean. But, upon seeing her at the top of the stairs, I went and checked the LK and it had fresh tinkle! One of the other cats was curled up on a chair and I didn't see the other one around. So, I think I might just have had success with my most difficult lady! I think she used it to tinkle!

So, for the most part, like I said, everyone seemed to prefer to hold it as long as they could and, the LK didn't have much use over the weekend. I did have to clean it of wiz maybe 5 times the entire weekend. Then, when I got up this morning, it was like a warped idea of Christmas Morning! I woke up to 2 piles of #2 and about 2 clumps of tinkle! One #2 was covered, the other...not at all! As explained before, covered means either my youngest or my middle child did it. Uncovered means my oldest did it! I put the litter box back last night but, after the success we had last night, I looked at it before heading for work and, there was only one clump of tinkle that I could make out. So, either no one heard me slip it back into the house last night, or the ladies are starting to prefer the Litter Kwitter over the box! They may be starting to understand that the LK is always available while the box is a fickle potty!

So, given the seemingly successful weekend we had, I decided to up the ante a bit and removed the litter box this morning instead of waiting until I get home this evening!

Fingers crossed! If things continue to go well, I might move on to Stage 2 this Friday!