Rantings of a Creole Princess

Thanksgiving Invite!

Yall know how we do.  

We're Southern and we don't believe in people we know or "know" being alone for the holidays.  If you don't have anywhere to go or anywhere you'd like to go...please know you are welcome at our home for Thanksgiving dinner.  

We're swamped this year with work so it won't be a big production but we will have lots of food, movies and football going on.

Send me an email (Monica dot Mingo at Verizon dot net) if you want to come hang with us on Turkey Day.  

Love,

Monnie, Robby, Jaru & Lucy

AKA

13700

From DB:

You know you're old when...

   

THE FONZ is doing reverse mortgage commercials.

Hair-Braiding Face-lift?

Yall ever heard of this?  Would you try it?

"The hair-braiding face-lift has been done on aging drag queens and rock stars alike. A number of local African-American braiding salons perform it. Four tightly braided cornrows from the temple and brow temporarily lift the eye area, cheeks and forehead. Cinema Secrets in Burbank has the tools for this, and some claim Madonna has been doing it for years. Someone on the web posted, "It hurts like bejesus and makes your hair look like Coolio in Dangerous Minds." But hey -- he looks really young."

From:  Frankenbeauties! L.A.'s 10 New Extreme Treatments

 

What is YOUR...

...opinion on Unions?

Are you for or against them?  

Michael Strahan Can MOVE!

Thoughts?

Dear Monica,

Tide Free for Coldwater HE

Anyone ever used this?  Would you recommend?

Any of you use a "free" detergent?  Which one?

"Liz & Dick" - WHOA...

This article stunned me:  ‘Liz & Dick’ exec: ‘Producing a movie with Lindsay Lohan is not for the faint of heart’

 

   

Are YOU going to watch it on Lifetime?

Favorite FilmMAKERS...

 

It's no secret that Steven Spielberg is one of my FAVORITE filmmakers.

It might be a surprise to some that one of my other FAVORITE filmmakers is Nancy Meyers.

There are many others, of course.  Too many to list but I watch movies differently from most for far different reasons I'm sure.

What about YOU?

Who are your FAVORITE filmmakers?

 

SIP:  No need to mention us...we're not "there" yet.  We intend on BEING there mind you...but not THERE YET. 

Scenario ADAPTED from Television...

Your significant other is a widower.

They have the urn with their deceased spouse's remains in their home.

You get engaged.

Would you have a problem with the urn remaining in the home once you're married?

What if they don't have the urn...but they do have their wedding picture framed?  Would you have a problem with the picture?

"Lincoln"

Do YOU plan on going to see this movie?  Why or why not?

Do you think it's going to be accurate?

Say bruh...that's my spot...

Do you have a seat in your home that's YOUR spot?

Does your S/O?

If someone is sitting in your spot...do they know to get up when you are ready to sit down?

 

VERY interesting article!

The 'Love Hormone' Keeps Monogamous Men Away From Sexy Ladies

Read more: http://www.livescience.com/24753-men-oxytocin-love-hormone-fidelity.html#ixzz2CIuXjA2k

What say you?  Agree?  Disagree?  

Do you think men who don't put themselves in situations where they are around women they could be attracted to more likely to be monogamous?  

Do you think men in situations where they are always around women they are attracted too tempted more EVEN IF THEY LOVE THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER?

Is it all just opportunity?

Do you think the smarter men are the ones who KNOW their weaknesses and make CONSCIOUS efforts to stay away just in case?

Patraeus Cheat Sheet (That's funny...)

The growing scandal surrounding Patraeus has gotten confusing.  

Slate recognizes this and decided to help us out.  LOL!  

Your Primer on the Petraeus Scandal's Growing Cast—Now With the ID of the Shirtless FBI Agent

Are you shocked?

Disappointed?

When discussing it with family and friends...are yall laughing or all yall annoyed?

 

Scenario from real life...

You're a professional woman with an awesome career going and coming.

You're single but casually dating.

The holidays are upon us and the company holiday party is nearing.

Would you take a date?

Would you go solo?

Would you take a friend or relative?

Why?

Dear Zara:

So...Zara is the world's top fashion retailer:  

Zara's Big Idea: What the World's Top Fashion Retailer Tells Us About Innovation

Cool.  

WORLD-WIDE!

There's not much growth here in the United States though.

Why?  They don't sell plus-sizes.

AND...they have no plans to.  

Basically they can't sell plus sized clothing at a profit that would make it worth it because they need more fabric to make the clothes.

So they don't sell plus-sizes.

Apparently...some folks are MAD.ABOUT.IT!

Good Morning America did a segment this morning with a couple of plus-sized fashion bloggers about this.  They sent them to try on the extra large clothes from Zara.

The clothes didn't fit.

One girl pulled a skirt up over her boobs and turned it into a tube top.

SIP:  If them people don't want you down there...don't go down there...o_0

What do you think?

Pot

If the vote to legalize marijuana came to your state...how would you vote?

Elmo / Scandal

THEN...

Question...

If your company allowed you to move to pretty much any other state in the country and still have your exact same job...would you move?  Where would you move to?

What kind of...

...coffee maker do you own?  How long have you had it?

BrevilleYouBrew Glass Drip Coffee Maker

You know you're getting old when...

...you wake up the morning after a long day / late night feeling like you have the worst hangover ever when you didn't have even one drink.
YOUR TURN!
~ MMingo

GOOD MORn

 
~ MMingo

What say YOU?

Something New

If you arrived at the salon and you're told that your stylist had to leave because of an emergency...would you allow someone else to do your hair? 
~ MMingo

Scenario from real life...

You're visiting a relative during a particularly trying time for your family at large.

The visit was totally unexpected but everyone did what they had to do to make it work.

When you arrived at the relative's home, it was in a disarray.

The relative is elderly and can't get around much.

You immediately get to cleaning and putting things away knowing other family members and family friends would be coming and going over the next few days.

When you wake the next day after an EXHAUSTING day and late night of cleaning, you go to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.  

The relative you're staying with is in there and isn't speaking to you.

You know the relative is funny acting sometimes so you don't really put much thought into it.

You head out to buy some things for the event surrounding the reason you're there.

While out, another relative calls and tells you that host relative is pissed because you came to their house acting all high-falluting cleaning like their house was nasty (which it kinda was).  

It is said that you think you're better than the HOST relative and the HOST relative is some kinda upset.

The information giving relative tells you to not worry about it because they can imagine the state of the house once you got there and everyone else knows that you were trying to make sure that the house was clean enough to receive company.

Are you a big enough person to return to the house, with the stuff you intend on purchasing, without saying anything and continue on until after the event?

Or...are you going to say to hell with buying anything for their azzes, getting your ish and checking into a hotel?

Remember...this is a VERY difficult time for your family.

Question...

Who picks up your kids from school if you can't?

If there is no school or a half day of school on a day you have to work...what do you do?

Overdressed

Have you ever showed up to an event overdressed? Were you comfortable or self-conscious?
~ MMingo

Annoyed...

I just read that folks are saying that H.O.lly P.a.trea.us let herself go and that's why her husband cheated.

If someone told YOU that...how would you respond?  Seriously?

*sigh*

VOICE OF ELMO DENIES SEX W/ UNDERAGE BOY Takes Leave of Absence from Sesame Street

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/12/elmo-kevin-clash-sex-sesame-street-underage-boy-allegations/#ixzz2C1L8ngwJ

Work?

Are you working today?  Are the kids at school?

 

 

"Bernie"

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie!  "Bernie"

Jack Black deserves an award nod for his performance!  We watched it on Netflix!

Split Pea and Lentil Soup! - GLUTEN FREE!

I made this soup this evening after the game and we LOVE IT!

1 cup brown rice

1 cup dried lentils

1 cup dried split peas

1 cup pasta (I use gluten free pasta.)

20 cups chicken broth (or vegetable)

1 smoked turkey wing (or other smoked meat)

2 cloves of garlic minced

Black pepper, red pepper flakes

Put everything in the pot, bring to boil.  Simmer for 20 minutes.  TASTE.  Add salt according to taste. (You should never add salt before this when using smoked meat because you don't know how much salt has been used in the smoked meat.)  Simmer for 20 more minutes stirring occasionally.  Dice the meat off the bone and put everything back in the pot.  

The beauty of this recipe is that it is really easy to make smaller or larger pots of it.  This made a big pot so, if you'd like to make it for one or two people with a bit left over, just do simple arithmetic and you're good.  

The math is simple, 1 part (same amount) of 4 dried goods then multiply the total amount of dried goods by 5 to get how much broth you'll need.

So...if you only use 1/4 cup of each ingredient that equals 1 cup of dried goods so you'll need 5 cups of broth.

See?  EASY!

You can make it vegetarian by using vegetable broth and not using the smoked turkey and it doesn't have to be gluten free if you don't need it to be.

 

 

 

 

"Skyfall" Rated PG-13?????????

"Skyfall" is rated PG-13.

E is about to be 14.

I do not feel comfortable with him seeing this movie EVEN WITH PARENTAL GUIDANCE.

Why? The "relationships" Mr. Bond had with 4 women in the movie. Women who were all, seemingly, STRANGERS to him.

Like...Bond basically just GETS.IT.IN with random women he barely knows and frankly...I didn't even think about it until E was invited to go see the movie with a friend. Then I was like...um...I'll have to pass that by his mother because Robby and I saw it this morning and well...um....no.  It's not 13 year old boy friendly.

IN MY OPINION!

I just feel like the Godson is at the age where he's really into girls and I'd rather he be more of the "courting" frame of mind than the RUNNING THROUGH IT frame of mind.

And now I'm annoyed.  

Cuz I thought nothing of it as I was watching the movie.

So what does that say about me?

Hmmmmmmmmm...

I told him mom what was going on and told her what we think of the relations with LACK OF RELATIONSHIP in the movie.

Her answer?  Good call.

And now I feel like we need to go see all PG-13 movies BEFORE the kid does.  

What's the last movie YOU felt wasn't appropriate for your child or a child you love even though the rating suggested it should be?

 

HotNESS OR HotMESS? (SM)

~ MMingo

Question...

What's your take on infants at rated R movies?
~ MMingo

Scenario from real life...

You get up to run to the store right quick.

Your S/O says, "You're going like that?  You look like a homeless person."

How would YOU react?

:)

Sometimes I just go to Amazon just to see it.  Is that weird to you?  

SIP:  YES!  IT'S WEIRD!  STOP DOING THAT!  

Team Sizzle Films Presents: Training Camp - A Short Film Showcase

"Get out my house! I don't even like you!"

 

I can't stop watching this video.  Skip to 4:30 and you'll see why!  LOLOLOLOL!

SIP: WHO SAYS THAT TO CHILDREN?????!!!!!

SOUP TIME!

It's no secret that I love me some soup! I got all the fixings for some split pea and lentil soup today! Yup...GLUTEN FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
What's the last homemade soup YOU made?
~ MMingo

From My (and Tiffany In Houston's) Husband's Girlfriend...

HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

"Flight"

Did more of you see it yet? Can we discuss?

If you haven't seen it...don't read further or click on the comments.

Either / Or

Prince or...

Michael Jackson?

Long Gloves

Do YOU own any?

Change?

Then and Now!

Scenario from real life...

A friend of mine has been very hurt by a close friend of hers.

She chose to share with her that she and her husband were going through infertility treatments in order to have a baby.

Her close friend is a mother of three and basically shared with her that she doesn't believe in infertility treatments because they are against God's will.

My friend is hurt.

Her friend has always been a friend to her.

She's shocked that her friend feels like this and doesn't know how to handle.

I told her that I didn't really have any advice because, luckily, all of my friends were extremely supportive of us during our treatments.

What advice would YOU give her?

Ole Miss Riot

Students protest presidential election results

What did YOU think of this?