Kreative Blogger Award - thank you!

Thank you to Vicki from Reading At The Beach who gave me this award!

Thank you so much!

Rules:
Post 7 things you love.
Give award to 7 other bloggers who are creative.

Seven Things I Love:
1. My family
2. Spending time with my family
3. Photography
4. Gardening
5. Movies
6. Driving
7. Blogging

Passing this on to:

Harriet @ I Am Harriet
Lin @ Duck And Wheel With String
John @ Gay Dads In Munchkin Land
Jo @ Life's Perfect Pictures
Cardiogirl @ Cardiogirl
Rita @ Look It's Megryansmom
Patricia @ Subjective Soup

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009

if I had only known - they watched so I didn't have to

We Watched So You Didn't Have To: Speidi, Patti Blagojevich and the 'I'm A Celebrity' Crew. Why didn't someone tell me this? I could have back the 45 minutes of my life that I wasted on this drivel. No, wait, drivel rates it too high.

This has to be one of the worst celebrity reality shows. Please, please, please bring back The Mole. Or better yet...put up a test pattern. Yeah! That's it, put up a test pattern. NBC might even get more viewers if they put up a test pattern.

It was one thing to have to watch faux celebrities eating faux insects (come on, if you watched it do you really believe that was a tarantula that Patti Blagojevich 'tried' to eat?), but it was quite another to see Spencer in faux concern over Patti Blagojevich's predicament. Then his wife Heidi went so far as to pray for Patti, her husband and family. (Note that I didn't put 'faux pray' because I choose not to offend anyone's sensibilities.)

There was even a faux alliance at the end with that drag queen, no wait, I'm sorry, Janice Dickenson, offering to end the faux grueling 'arms above your head competition' with Lou (he must really need the money, must be precious stone, formerly) Diamond Phillips. (Who thinks up these competitions anyway?)

There was faux flyin' all over the place. What is this "Frangela"? If Anastasia was home when this was on she would tell me to stop thinking they were a lesbian couple. Are they? I'm telling you people, when they come out, remember you heard it here first.

Patti was even faux swept away during a no doubt faux river crossing.


Did you watch "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here"? Come on, you can tell Lola...

That's it, I'm gettin' the faux outta here.

Leave your comments peeps, let me know what you thought of the show. Real tarantula or faux? I say faux.

What competition would you like to see on the show?

June Top Commenter Contest has already begun.

Just like voting in Chicago, Comment early and Comment often.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009

Peterson Case - Special Treatment?

By now you've heard, Third Judge Assigned to Peterson Case. Are they going to run out of judges in Will County? Why is he so special that they get to keep changing judges? I thought that Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes was on? Now she's off.

So Peterson has his own private cell "out of the jail’s general population due to the notoriety of his case and because he is a former police officer." I say put him in with the regular people. Why not? Could be interesting.

Judge "Kinney had granted Brodsky permission to meet with Peterson in unlimited face-to-face “contact visits,” and State's Attorney James Glasgow is crying fowl because Peterson's attorney, Brodsky was seen playing cards with him. Those have to be some pretty expensive card games, don't you think? How much does a defense attorney get per hour for a case of this magnitude? And he's playing cards?

Is Brodsky on the clock when he's playing cards? Just wondering.

What card games do you think they play? Crazy Eights? Old Maid? Bullshit? Let It Ride? Or perhaps Cat and Mouse?

Leave your comments peeps.

What card game do you think Brodsky and Peterson play?

June Top Commenter Contest has already begun.

Just like voting in Chicago, Comment early and Comment often.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009

May Top Commenter Winners!

Wow! First place was close, but someone did topple our 2 time 1st place champ.

Here are the results:

1st Place - Lin @ Duck and Wheel With String 750 Entrecard Credits.
2nd Place - Harriet @ I Am Harriet 500 Entrecard Credits.
3rd Place - Auntie E @ At Home With Auntie E 250 Entrecard Credits.

Congratulations to the winners! Entrecard Credits will be in your accounts shortly.

Don't forget, I will be awarding my Top Commenters in June!

Let the comments begin!

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009

Farmer's Markets Rock!

We went to the Farmer's Market in Frankfort today. Like every weekend, it's virtually impossible to get everyone moving to leave the house to get out. I don't know why it is, but whenever I say I'm going the the Farmer's Market, everyone says they want to go, but they just don't get moving. Depending on which city we go to, the hours vary, some are 8am to 2pm, some are 8am to 1pm and each is only Saturdays or only Sundays.

After I decided to step away from the computer and veg out on the front porch, it suddenly came to me that Frankfort's Farmer's Market was today. I'm surprised my brain was able to filter out that information, what with Drummer Boy, aka Metallica-head, doing a solo on electric guitar. I walked out onto the porch to hear it and immediately broke out into an amazing air guitar solo. After my air solo, I took a bow and sat for awhile with Anastasia and we yelled out "Freebird" at the top of our lungs several times, though I doubt that Drummer Boy, aka Metallica-head could hear us over the sound of his amp. Anastasia even held up her lighter and lit it for an encore, but he suddenly stopped playing. Was it us? (We bad!) Lol! We amuse ourselves, so that's what counts, right?

The market closes at 2pm, it was 12:45pm, we needed to haul tail to get there. We got there, had a little lunch from one of the vendors. Grass fed 1/2 pound burgers. Tasty, but I seriously doubt they were truly 1/2 pound before cooking. Lots of flowering and vegetable plants for sale; baked goods, canned/bottled goods - jams, jellies, butters, pickled items; coffee; nuts; kettle corn; antiques (more like faux antiques if you asked me), and frozen grain fed meats. Many vendors offer samples of the canned/bottled goods and baked goods.

We purchased 3 flowering plants (3/$10); 1 large basil plant ($3); a bag of kettle corn ($?); a bag of Breakfast Blend Coffee ($7); 1 jar Eggplant Antipasto ($2 on sale), 1 jar Olive/Garlic/Anchovie Tapanade ($6), 1 jar Pickled Brussels Sprouts ($6), 1 loaf of Artisan French Bread ($3).
I'm making lasagna tonight and when I saw that large basil plant, I just had to have it so I could add fresh basil to my sauce. Sadly the salsa guy wasn't there today, maybe next time. When we went last year he had something like 15 varieties of salsa. (The pineapple salsa rocks!) The Benz Coffee is from a new local business who roasts on the premises not far from us. Their website isn't up yet, when it is I'll pass it along.

(Anastasia put the flowers on the back patio, so they aren't in the photo. As soon as she gets them planted I'll put them up on Lola's Victory Garden.)

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009

happy birthday to jo @ life's perfect pictures

Today is Jo's birthday! Happy Birthday!

Click on her badge above and stop by and wish her a Happy Birthday.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009

Sunday stealing - The Monkey's Meme

Cheers to all us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: The Monkey's Meme

1. Name one person who made you smile today:
My partner.

2. What were you doing at 8am this morning?
Trying to sleep, not succeeding. Terrible back pain.

3. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Enjoying the silence! Our son is at his dad's, daughter was at a friend's and Anastasia was at work.

4. What is your favorite candy bar?
O'Henry.

5. Have you ever been to a strip club?
No.

6. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Fresh brewed iced tea.

7. What was the last thing you ate?
2 scallions.

8. The last sporting event you watched?
CUBS Baseball-great game! Yeah baby! Go Cubbies!

9. Do you go to church every Sunday?
Um no. Can't find one near home we are comfortable with, though we may be going today.

10. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza?
Depends on my mood and where the food is from.

11. What are you doing tomorrow?
Likely still recuperating from having over done it on Friday. Back pain is wicked bad.

12. What do you think of when you hear Australia?
Koala bears.

13. Biggest annoyance right now?
None at this very moment. Surprisingly, but give me a minute.

14. Last song listened to?
That I remember? Mad World. Love that song.

15. Do you have a maid service clean your house?
Yeah- teenagers.

16. Are you jealous of anyone?
Nope.

17. Is anyone jealous of you?
My cat Sophie. She's hooked on Greenies (referred to as Kitty Krack in our house) and always wants what I'm eating. She's weird!

18. What do you usually do during the day?
Blog. Drop. Blog.

19. Do you hate anyone that you know right now?
Karma is King, however, I really am irritated by my ex-husband.

20. Are you thinking about someone right now?
Yes, my son. I hope he's doing ok at his dad's. It's been awhile since he's spent the weekend.

Lola's Diner
©2008-2009