Pigs, Pitbulls, Lipstick, Gas & the Stock Market!

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Should a Pig wear lipstick? If so, are they still a pig? What about Pitbulls? How about if some of those lip-stick wearing pigs drive a few tankers filled with "less clean" gas on down to GA, so we can find somehwere to fill up, and stop paying $4+ a gallon. Also, we need to stop allowing the fat CEO pigs, lipstick or not, from jumping ship with the likes of 70 billion dollars while their investment banks crumble behind them. PS - Good luck to all those pigs out there who just like to wear lipstick when you are out clubbing... miss piggy, porky, petunia... don't worry. Go on about your pig wearing lipstick lives. They will leave you alone soon enough.

Confessions of a gas stalker

Okay, so today before my friend could drop her son off at my house, it took her 2 hours to find gas. She was definitely on empty, and not one of those people who panics when her tank is half full. She was on empty, and her husband had 1/4 of a tank. They both have long commutes, so this was not "media -driven" panic. She finally found gas, but it took 40 minutes to pump, costing just over $4 a gallon. Apparently Atlanta and Nashville are the only places experiencing these problems.

I have lived in ATL for most of my life, and was born here. I have seen people buying up bread and milk at the "threat" of snow, when no actual snow has taken place. I imagine the panic has spread and some are buying gas when they don't need it. Also, our city requires cleaner burning fuel, so it will take a bit longer to restock after the 20% delay of gasoline distro courtesy of Ike.

All that being said, these are still crazy times! We are certainly making some Fat Cats at the oil companies a ton of money. If you need gas today and you live in the Canton/ Woodstock area, good luck finding any!

Quote of the Day

Cayden & Avery say the funniest things, especially Cayden, because he's a natural born cook (like his father.) I've decided to try to at least post a quote of the day on days when I can't take the time to blog, so you all can share in my giggles.

Today's quote of the day comes from Cayden! "Mommy, I took a poop, and its piping hot!"

Piping hot is a term I've always reserved for applying to a meal... I no longer find it an appetizing description.

First Live Rock Concert

The kids attended their first live Rock Conert last night! Well, if you can call Kenny Loggins rock... anyhoo, they loved it! Both kids had a blast. Cayden was up dancing the entire time. You know Kenny has those songs about Christopher Robbin and Pooh... which really caught Cayden's attention. They also had a moon hanging on the stage as part of the light show. Cool Pink Floyd style psychadelic lights would change color, and clouds, and rain would appear on the moon throughout every song. Cayden and Emalee both loved that too. We had lawn seating at the Mable House amphitheatre in Mabelton (about 35 minutes to get there.) We had no idea how it would go, and did not really expect to make it through the entire concert, but we did. The kids were great. Emalee would lie down like she was going to sleep, and then an upbeat song would come on and she would pop up and start dancing. It was very amusing to everyone around us. There was no whining and no crying at all. Both of our children love music, so apparently my tone-deaf singing to them since birth has not squashed their interest in music. You can take your own picnic there, so we dined on chicken nuggets, apple slices, bananas, ginger snaps, grapes, pretzels, fresh figs & strawberries (all of the kids favorites.) The beverage menu offered Bud light, Coke Zero, and Juice Boxes... Of course, Emalee and Cayden were restricted to juice boxes.

Cayden really "got down" on the last song, Footloose, of course... he some lady companions of the older variety (read older than his grammy) come around to dance with him on that one.

A good time was had by all! Encouraged by this stellar evening, I will probably try to take them to another concert that I would truly love to see (not that I didn't enjoy Kenny, cause I did) - but one that would be a really big deal to me, and of course all hell will break loose. Watch this space. (that's london lingo for we'll see!)