March 2009
2 posts
Family...it's all relative
So my brother decided to pay your’s truly a visit last night. He used to email link after link to those aweful websites where they tell you cigarettes are bad for you. Now, I can do the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and elastic waist band pants on family holidays (all miracles, let me tell you) - but strike me where I stand if a cigarette isn’t an example of intellegent design.
But I...
February 2009
7 posts
Who's got two thumbs and likes $40 oil?
Image by claudiogennari via Flickr
The doom and gloom cloud is clearing from the Rawlings household, let me tell you. I about lost my precious sanity last year as oil rocketed to close to $150 a barrel. Not only was my vintage 1985 pink Buik Sylark sipping down petrol the way I sip chablis with my breakfast cereal, but my essential beauty products were rising in price as well.
Let’s...
That swinging feeling
So my son, Rocco Jr, sent me a link to motivate me…I’ve become a little too supple in my upper arms (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bye+Bye+Arms). Apparently tone and sheen aren’t enough for a classy lady anymore. I thought it would be nice to have fleshy nunchucks hidden in my sleaves.
Wonderful Rain: 51 of 52
Normally my helmet (AquaNet) and shield (Glovolium) protect my leathery sheen…but I absolutely adore the rain. Like rum to raisin in my paste-like fruit cake, the rain plumps up my skin. It almost makes me feel like a teenager again. Ah, the good old days when a girl could try to sleep with the entire football team and still feel like a lady. That’s how I met Rocco you know. I’d...
Callouses - You got some too?
Image via Wikipedia
It’s not often I whoah myself out to a product endorsement, if that’s what this type of thing is called, but Syvia and I have found something that we would consider the best thing since Aquanet. It’s called the Pedi Egg. Have you seen this thing yet? My step-son, Rocco JR, gave me one in my stocking this year, and let me tell you, my feet have never...