Rantings of a Creole Princess

Bring in 2014 With a SMILE!!!!!!!

Instrastin!

Scenario from real life...

You're married.

Your husband has children from a previous marriage.

Your children live with you and your husband.

His children live with his ex-wife.

For Christmas...he buys his eldest child a car.

Without telling you.

You find out when the child drives up in the new car.

You good?

Or is this a red flag?

JOY!

You ever had someone beg you like this before?

Christmas Question...

Have you taken down Christmas yet?

Now THAT'S a headline...

Oregon Man High On Meth Allegedly Fights Off 15 Cops While Masturbating

Now...how in the world did he fight them all off using only one hand?  Seriously.

Convo at 13700

I'm in the tub and forgot that I hadn't replaced the towels yet.  

Me:  Would you bring me a towel?

Robby:  Where are the towels?

Me:

Do you ever KNOW when you're in your own way?

RACHEL SKIFFER AND MARVIN COOTE:  A Reluctant Bride Conquers Her Fears

Go read that article.  I'll wait...

 

Doody...doody...do...

Dum...dum...dee...dum...

Okay...have you read it?  Good.  What are you thoughts?  Do you give your daughters the type of advice Ms. Skiffer's parents gave her?  Do you give your sons the type of advice Mr. Coote's parents gave him?

What do you think of the lesson she had to learn?  Do you think her parents helped her stay in her own way?  Or do you think she's a product of much more our society has turned girls into?  Women who believe the only way they can succeed is to not let a man derail their education and career plans?

In your experience...do you ever truly know when you're in your own way?

 

Log Cabins

Could you live in a log cabin?  One that had the same log finish as walls in EVERY.SINGLE.ROOM?  No wall color except for the art you use?  Just wood color throughout?

And this isn't your vacation home...it's your everyday home.

How to Cook a Prime Rib - EASY!

Oh my goodness...our prime rib was SO delicious!  

This rub?  TO.DIE.FOR.DELICIOUS!

How do YOU cook prime rib? Do you do boneless or with the bones? I went boneless. It wasn't very much more than than with the rack. I think I'm going to stick with boneless from now on.

Christmas 2013 Tablescape

Yall know I LURVE doing my table!  It makes me HAPPY!  HAPPY!  HAPPY!

The meal is going to be a one plater.  LOL!  Yes...I made that up.  I didn't go overboard with the menu for once.

Prime rib with red wine mushroom sauce

Ham

Garlic mashed potatoes

Brussels sprout saute

Kale

Brown rice

See...one plater.  Everything you want can fit on one plate.  No salad.  Informal setting.  Red wine, wine white, sparkling wine.  Simple.

Centerpiece filled with hydrangea, hybrid lilies, garden roses, berries, ranuculus, magnolia leaves and inhibition roses.  (I wish I could let yall smell it cuz BAAAAAAABY...those hybrid lilies are TO.DIE.FOR.FABULOUS!

 

Check out this garden heart rose:

  Yall know I always buy myself something awesome for Christmas so check out one of this year's gifts:

IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!  GO ME!

Dinner around these parts will be around 2pm.  What about in your neck of the woods?  What time do you guys generally eat Christmas dinner?  Yall having a one plater or a two plater?  Are bowls needed?

 

 

Last Minute Gift Shopping

Do you do your last minute shopping with a list or do you attempt to free flow it?

Dear Tiny Prints: Merry Christmas from 13700!

Well, I ordered our Christmas cards from Tiny Prints again this year even though they messed up the shipping last year.  The quality of their cards is just so good, I keep ordering them.  I thought that maybe having them delivered to me and not letting them ship them to our recipients for us would alleviate last year's problems but alas...that simply isn't so.

I ordered them on December 10th.  It's December 22nd and I still haven't received them.  There were some printing issues which delayed shipping.  They didn't tell me this mind you...I had to find out by calling them when I hadn't received my cards by the date I was supposed to receive them by.

The customer service rep I spoke to offered me some sort of discount but I was too frustrated to deal with that.  I told her I'd call back to deal with that once I've received my VERY.EXPENSIVE.CARDS.

I haven't received them yet.

I'm quite upset but honestly...I'm totally going to move past this.  I'm CHOOSING HAPPY.  I'm not going to let anything put me in a foul mood for Christmas.  I bought some cute cards and I've been sending those out.  No pictures.  Handwritten notes.  It makes me think about each individual person as I'm writing them a note and it makes me smile.

Christmas is going to be PERFECT this year!  PERFECT!  PERFECT! PERFECT!!!!!!!!!

Battery Powered Heated Gloves and Vest

SERIOUSLY?????  WHY DIDN'T I KNOW OF THESE?????

Grabber Warmers Grabber Heat Gloves- Battery Powered Heated Gloves

 Venture Women's Battery Powered Heated Nylon Vest

These would totally be good gifts for people who live where it gets cold and use public transportation.

Scenario from real life...

You spend a lot of time with your family weekly.

You've been invited to spend Christmas with your best friend's family in sunny California.

You'd like a trip because life has been a bit mundane lately.

You tell your mother and she's upset but it seems to be okay.

The closer it gets to the time you're supposed to leave...the saltier she gets.

Your sister tells you that she's hurt and LIVID that you won't be home for Christmas.

You good?

Question...

What days do YOU have off for the holidays this year since Christmas is on hump day?

Superdoo

Do you know anyone who named their baby a weird name in the last 10 years?

What would YOU do?

Your child wakes up this morning and informs you that they need to wear a Christmas sweater today.

Your child doesn't have a Christmas sweater.

What do you do?

Dear Santa:

I received an email from the significant other of someone who reads this blog.  He asked me to ask what would you like to receive for Christmas.  I told him that it would be REAL RANDOM if I just asked someone from the blog out the blue...so yeah...I'm just going to ask everyone.

What would YOU like Santa to bring you for Christmas and maybe...just MAYBE...your Santa is reading.  :)

HO-HO-HOOOOOOOOOOO!

Scenario from television...

Your son and his wife give you a gift certificate for a family photo as a gift.

You're way excited because you've been wanting one for years.

You show up for the family photo and your daughter-in-law's parents are there too.

You good?

Scenario adapted from a movie...

You're doing the laundry and find a receipt from a lovely jewelry store in one of your husband's pockets. 
It's close to Christmas.
You're giddy and ish.
Christmas comes and you do NOT receive jewelry but you know jewelry was purchased by your husband.
How do you handle? You have kids.

Question...

How would you react if your current S/O FORGOT to buy you a Christmas present? Not because money was tight or yall agreed to not do gifts, mind you...but because he/she FORGOT.

What say YOU?

Christmas Cookies for Singles

 

LOL! Too funny! SIP: She could be single because she didn't let the butter reach room temperature and then cream the butter and sugar together. That makes a world of difference with your cookies.

Nordic Ware Molds at TJ Maxx!

I found this at TJ Maxx last week for only $19.99!  I used it to make brownie bites.  All I did was mix up some brownies and baked them for like half the time in this pan.   Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Cast-Aluminum Nonstick Tea-Cake and Candy Mold

GO ME!  

 

 

 

 

LOL!

THIS DUDE IS 15 YEARS OLD TODAY!  I CAN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Founding Farmers:

I eat at Founding Farmers pretty regularly.  I love their food, the ambience, etc.  The concept of clean eating feeds my soul and, when there isn't much out there that I can eat on the fly...it's nice to know I can pop over to Founding Farmers and grab a seat at the bar and have something I can eat relatively quickly.

Well...Saturday I had my first bad experience there and it was pretty bad.  I won't go into all the specific details...but I basically stopped talking so I didn't snap and curse and let my friend do all the talking.  Long story short...we were there for about an hour and a half before our meal came and those around us were coming and going.  The truth never really came out...but I sense our waitress simply forgot to put our order in.  Wouldn't have been a big deal except she didn't tell her manager the truth so there was a tad bit of confusion that I decided to NOT participate in.

Before we left...a manager came over and gave us his card.  He told us to email him or call him before we ever came in again so he could personally make sure our experience was a good one.

I thought about it all day and determined that I liked that.  Dude was, quite obviously...a class act.

So I emailed him:

Who were YOU at age 30?

Where I lived: 
What I drove: 
What I did: 
Who had my heart:  

Sam's Yams Big Boyz Sweet Potato Dog Treats

Looking for a stocking stuffer for your pooch?  Check out Jaru's new FAVORITE snack!  Sam's Yams Big Boyz Sweet Potato Dog Treats, 1-Pound Bag

What does it feel like to go from physically unattractive to physically attractive?

Questions from Quora:

We've all heard the story of the ugly duckling who turns into a swan but does this actually happen in real life? Has anyone gone from ugly to pretty or I'll even take average to beautiful? What kind of reactions did you get from strangers before and after? How did it change you? Do you now take advantage of your looks?

 

Original link:  http://www.quora.com/Psychology/What-does-it-feel-like-to-go-from-physically-unattractive-to-physically-attractive/answer/Janelle-Alicia-Monroy

One dollar...four ways...

My great Uncle Oscar was the most awesome man in the world.  He not only taught me how to drive...but he was just generally a happy, GOOD man. 

I loved him so.

Whenever he saw one of us...no matter what, he'd give us a dollar.  ONE dollar.  To split FOUR ways.

There are some of you who think that is crazy.

And there are others who had a candy lady in the neighborhood and know that twenty-five cents at her house went FAR!!!!!!!!!

FIVE BLACK AND WHITE COOKIES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

Tell me a quarter didn't go far at YOUR neighborhood candy lady's house!

Think like a GIRL!

Convo at 13700: Cubebot by David Weeks

Today is the Godson's birthday.  One of his gifts is this cool, quirky Cubebot by David Weeks.  It's exactly the sort of thing he likes.  Random as heck and unique.

So...I showed Robby this morning and Robby was like...whatever...I bet it's not even cool.

I took it out of the box and made the robot make a few really cool poses.  We were both geeking out at how cool it was and then...I tried to break it back down to put back in the box.

FAIL.

I kept trying.

FAIL.

Disgusted...I left it and walked away annoyed.  

HOURS LATER...Robby comes downstairs.  

Robby:  I fixed the Cubebot.

Me:  COOL!  THANKS!

And hands me this:

Ralph Lauren Flag Sweater

When I was in high school...I wanted a Polo flag sweater.  I mean...I wanted it so badly I knew it would be life changing.  I begged and begged and begged for that dang sweater but my mother wasn't having it.  In her opinion...the sweater cost too damn much for someone without a job to own in hot azz Louisiana.

Dammit.

Humph.

One day I came home from school and there it was.  Sitting on my bed.  Looking FABULOUSLY AWESOME AND FLY!  I was the absolute happiest girl I knew.  With a sweater...in hot azz Louisiana walking around pretending I'm not hot as hell and all shiny 'bout the forehead with sweat.

GO ME!

Knowing what I know now of my parent's life and of my mother, specifically...I know she probably watched that damn sweater until it was as cheap as possible.  I know she probably didn't have it hidden anywhere to surprise me with later.  She probably put it on my bed the SECOND she came home with it, excited that she was able to get her baby girl what she wanted.

Knowing what I know now...and not looking at my parents through the eyes of a child...I know she probably sacrificed a lot to get me that damn sweater.  She probably always had it in the back of her mind how much I wanted it and promised herself she'd make sure I got it.

Knowing what I know now...it should come as no surprise that when I walked into the mall recently and saw a Ralph Lauren flag sweater...I burst into tears amid all the holiday shoppers.

Knowing what you know of me...I'm sure you're not surprised that I bought one and consider it a Christmas gift from my mommy.

Sheesh...Christmas man...

*sigh*

Anything you loved in the 80s coming back that you want?

Facebook Fuzzy Math

HotNESS or HotMESS? (SM)

Custom Signature Necklace

What would YOU do?

You receive the following text from a generally non-expressive framily member out the blue:

"Say bruh...I love you man.  I'm just really glad you're in our life.  I miss you.  Don't need to call.  I didn't want anything.  Just wanted you to know that."

 

Moving Either / Or...

If you were moving to another state and owned a home in your current state would you:

A.  Sell current home.

B.  Rent current home.

 

If you were moving to another state would you:

A.  Buy a new home immediately.

B.  Rent an apartment for a year or so while you look for the perfect home or build a home.

 

Gifts for Men?

Any good suggestions for gifts for men?

In YOUR opinion...

What's the worst holiday gift you could receive?

#ChristmasJammies Video Christmas Card!

Men's Boots. No.

Would YOUR man wear them?

Bed Size

What size is your bed?  Are you happy with it?

Oh My!

A Live-In Love Triangle Ends in a Beating Death

Drive me crazy baby...

I'm sorry to tell you this because it seems as if many people think that once you fall in love and take your relationship to the next level...everything is going to be perfect.  Disney birds are going to start flying around your house, magical music notes will float up from the floor under your every step.  Love will make it all perfect and you will be in seventh heaven.

COMPLETE.BLISS.

Your home will always be lovely.  You'll have amazing meals seated at a table every.single.night with matching place settings and healthy, heart happy meals.

You will always, ALWAYS, want to be right up under the one you love just breathing in yall's perfection as a couple knowing you're doing it all right.

And then one day you'll wake up from that damn dream and see what it's REALLY like and you'll start to have problems because your crazy azz has been living in never-never land and Michael Jackson put the key inside a big azz tiger or some shit.

Cuz yeah...that shit is a fantasy.

Ladies...gentlemen...please help us out here.  I have a young newlywed who is finding out that the hazy, bubble she was living in inside of her head was all a dream.  Please let her know that WE ALL know good and well that it's not always Disney birds and shit even though it's good most of the time.  Tell her about how you can ask your spouse to do something a hundred GAMILLION TIMES and it doesn't get done  until you snap and jump all the way cray-cray-crazy.  Tell her about how, even though they KNOW, Christmas is coming, they will still complain about picking up the tree knowing GOOD AND DAMN WELL THEY LOVE IT WHEN THE TREE IS UP AND EVERYTHING IS ALL CHRISTMASY PERFECT!  Tell her about how you can love your spouse to the ends of the earth and beyond but sometimes...SOMETIMES...you just need some down time without ANY TALKING until you can talk again.

These younguns need advice on how to handle the non-blissful stuff.  Please advise.

Make Up

Do you own any makeup kits like this?  How long does it last?  Do you really use it all?

Bey Watch

Did you buy it? Did you watch the videos yet? What did YOU think? Fave video?

BEST MASCARA EVER!

BEST MASCARA EVER!

How much do I LURVE getting Christmas and Holiday Cards?????

Yall already know how much!  LOL!

Can't wait to share the ones I've received so far!

Send me one if you'd like!  I'd LURVE IT!

P.O. Box 2763

Germantown, Maryland 20875-2763

Fun and Quirky Stocking Stuffers!

Every year I start my search here:  http://www.officeplayground.com/Top-Sellers-C4.aspx