Easter Dress

Does anyone other than me remember what a huge deal it was to go shopping for an Easter dress when you were younger? I can still remember that is was most often white ('cause Easter officially kicked off the white clothing season and all), had some sort of eyelet lace somewhere (we didn't have the whole monogrammed craze back then), and most definitley was accompanied by white shoes, white lacy socks and more often than not, a hat (which either had a wide ribbon or stretchy piece of elastic for under the chin that held the hat on your head).

See what I mean...

Now, you have to be careful that flesh of the wing-joint-waitress-sort isn't on display for all to see in the dresses available today. It's just terrible and at total odds with our Southern heritage. It's like pound cake without the butter, or a garden without azaleas, or worse yet, tea without sugar. It just shouldn't be.

For the record, if you happen to see my daughter on Easter, I plead the fifth. Really, it's easier than pleading my case.

Neighborhood Cassanova

Not So Impressive

One way not to impress your girlfriend's father....

make him break out the Massey Ferguson because you've gotten your truck stuck in his front yard when picking his daughter up for a date.

Giveaway Tuesday: Lather Up Winners

You came. You saw. You commented. And now two of you will be rewarded.

Congratulations to #8 Charlotte Morris - you win prize pack 1.

Hooray for #4 NatalieM - you're taking home a brand new car! No, really, prize pack 2 is coming your way.

I used the scientifically random process at random.org for the winner selection. However, I am too cheap to pay for the service which holds the winning numbers for a period of time so you can check my honesty. But let's face it, there were only 10 of you who entered and I used a totally unbiased helper (thanks Madalyn) in the selection of the winners. She pushed the generate button and assigned the prizes. If you aren't happy, take it up with her. But take my advice, you're not likely to win that argument. She is a preteen female after all.

Seriously, thanks to all of you who participated. It was like eating cotton candy and funnel cakes at the fair for me. I must do it again soon!

Neighborhood Watchbirds

Giveaway Tuesday: Lather Up

Today I tried driving with my knee. Well, not actually driving with my knee, but driving with the pain in my knee. Bad idea. The driving wasn't so bad but turning to get out of the car and catching my foot on the doorjam was not the smartest thing I've done recently.

To make matters worse, I screamed and scared the birds away. Not just any birds -- a new variety I haven't seen in my yard before but have since identified with the help of my trusty bird book. To make it up to the birds for making them scatter from their comfortable perches, and to celebrate acquiring follower #6 here on the blog, and because I got a package in the mail last week with some moisturizer I'd won way back in November and it made me really happy, but mostly because the giveaway sponsor is getting anxious and wondering if I'm keeping the prizes for myself, it's Giveaway Tuesday.

To enter, simply leave a comment with your answer to the following question:

What is the 'go to' soap in your home?

Does Irish Spring put a little spring in your step? Or are you lovin' some Lava? Whatever it is that lathers you up each day, share it here for your chance to win one of two prize packs containing three tins of some delightful soaps from Seattle Sundries.

Prize Pack #1: He-She-Them
This pack containt Naughty Nellie, Manly Man and Lavendar Lover.

Prize Pack #2: Some Work, More Play
This pack contains Hard Workin' Hand, Summer Slacker and Gender Neutral.

Rules: (not many, but everyone has to submit to authority at some point in life)
One entry per person, please.
Entries must be received by Friday at noon.
You do not have to be a registered blog follower to enter.
Winners will be chosen by random.org and posted Saturday morning. Who gets what it totally up to me - I'm the boss here.

Because I don't have a whiz-whopper website where I can assign comment numbers to each entry, the time stamp on your entry will determine your number, with the earliest entry being number 1 and so on.

Ready, set, go....!

Giveaway Coming Up

Working on a giveaway for you fine folks. Watch for more details coming soon!