My dogs, Fiat (Jack Russell mix) and Mabel (pug-dachshund mix) have suddenly decided they are no longer housetrained. I assume this is from being moved to a new, much larger house, but whatever the reason, it’s annoying and frustrating.
So now I am going to have to start over with housetraining them, just as if they were puppies again. Lots of crating and close supervision.
Annoying.
This is Fiat hanging out with Elliot in E’s room at the new house.
This is an excellent overview of why this common practice NEEDS TO END
Check out how this small college is TRYING TO CONVINCE STUDENTS to enroll there.
Pretty much every single thing about THIS PHOTO OF BONO in St. Tropez amuses me.
Police – Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Ryan Adams – To Be Young (is to Be Sad)
Old 97s – Roller Skate Skinny
Rhett Miller – Singular Girl
Rhett Miller – The Question
Rhett Miller – Four Eyed Girl
Elvis – Jailhouse Rock
Ben Folds – Zac and Sara
Guster- What You Wish For
Guster – Two Points for Honesty
Cheap Trick – Surrender
Go Gos – We Got the Beat
Go Gos – Our Lips are Sealed
Lone Justice – Ways to be Wicked
Pulling Mussels from the Shell- Squeeze
From Blown Speakers - New Pornographers
New Pornographers – Letter from an Occupant
New Pornographers – Sng Me Spanish Techno
New Pornographers – All for Swinging You Around
New Pornographers – Mass Romantic
Neko Case – I wish I was the moon
New Pornographers – Electric Version
Elvis Costello – Veronica
Elvis Costello – Alison
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Jayhawks
I am the Cosmos - Chris Bell
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
The Weakest Shade of Blue - Pernice Brothers
Liz Phair – Good Love Never Dies
Brooklyn Stars - Matt Pond PA
Dancing Queen - Abba
Save it for Rainy Day – Jayhawks
Liz Phair – Supernova
Modest Mouse- Float On
Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Blue - Jayhawks
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Ike Reilly - Put a Little Love in It
Criminal - Fiona Apple
Holiday- Madonna
Into the Groove - Madonna
Music - Madonna
Evangeline - Matthew Sweet
Go All the Way - Rasberries
Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe
Whenever You’re On My Mind - Marshall Crenshaw
Cynical Girl - Marshall Crenshaw
-MaryAnne - Marshall Crenshaw
Into Your ARms - Lemonheads
North Knoxville - Todd Steed and the Sons of Phere
Tenncare Buzz - Todd Steed and the Sons of Phere
Knoxville Girl – Lemonheads
Jayhawks - I’d Run Away WIth You
Jayhawks - Settled Down Like Rain
Push Stars - Everything Shines
Push STars - Too Much Pride
The Knack - My Sharona
Cheap Trick - Good Girls Don’t
List - The Fags
On the Tower - Sondre Lerche
Two Way Monologue - Sondre Lerche
Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
Frank Black – Preachers Daughter
Jayhawks - All the Right Reasons
Jayhawks - Big Star
Big Star - Way Out West
beatles - I will
belly - feed the tree
loretta lynn - don’t come home a-drinkin’
zombies - cell block #9
Modest Mouse - Float On
Ben Kweller- Falling
Ben Folds - Landed
Badfinger - No Matter
Big Star- September Gurls
Big Star - 13
Guster- Satellite
Ben Lee- Catch My Disease
Scott Miller & the Commonwealth - I made a mess of this town
Scott Miller & the Commonwealth - Dear Sarah
Mic Harrison- Going Back to Knoxville
Westside Daredevils – Chicks in Time Machines
New Pornographers - Electric Version
New Pornographers - All for Swinging You ARound
Wilco - Jesus, Etc
Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer
REM- Gardening at Night
Matthew Sweet - Time Capsule
Jayhawks - Blue
Wilco - Hummingbird
The Cure - In Between
Tim Lee Band – Sure Bet
Thorns – Fireflies
Jayhawks-Save it for A Rainy Day
Dead - Box of Rain
Cash - Delia
Rosanne Cash - The Wheel
Lightning Seeds - Pure
REM- Fall on Me
V-Roys - Sooner or Later
V-Roys - Cold Beer Hello
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Elvis Costello – Allison
Pogues- Dirty Old Town
Clash – Train in Vain
Ben Folds – Kate
Ben Folds – Gracie Girl
Ben Kweller – Wasted & Ready
Cash – Ring of Fire
Dixie Chicks –Tonight the Heartache’s On Me
Dixie Chicks – I Can Love You Better
Lone Justice – Ways to be Wicked
Modern English- Melt With You
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
Crowded House – Something So Strong
Crowded House – Weather With You
Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me
Stones – Paint it Black
Stones- Honky Tonk Women
Replacements – Skyway
The Church – Under the Milky Way
A.C. Newman – On the Table
A.C. Newman – Drink to me Babe, Then
A.C. Newman – Miracle Drug
Beck – Girl
Beck – Devil’s Haircut
Posies – Frosting on the Beater
Del Amitri – Always the Last to Know
Del Amitri – Roll to Me
Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue
Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
Cash – I walk the line
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender
Patsy Cline – Crazy
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Jackson 5 – ABC
Jackson 5 – I want You Back
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
B-52s – Rock Lobster
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
Britney Spears – Toxic
Britney Spears – Hit Me Baby One More Time
Lynyrd Skynrd – Freebird
Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness
Lou Reed _ Walk on the Wild Side
Pink – Get This Party Started
Beach Boys – God Only Knows
Beach Boys – Wouldn’t it Be Nice
Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
Fountains of Wayne – All Kinds of Time
Fountains of Wayne – Mexican Wine
Fountains of Wayne – I Know You Well
My friend, D. makes an excellent point that I shouldn’t be complaining about being able to pay for and receive sanction from the state to get married (as I did in my wedding license post below) when so many Americans are denied the right to legally marry.
Take a minute to read up on how your gay friends and neighbors are being DENIED THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS.
I like makeup - in fact, I am a bit of a lip gloss addict. I spend way too much money trying new lip glosses (and in fact, I have a new favorite: THIS STUFF from Neutrogena.).
But my beloved does NOT like makeup of any kind and doesn’t like it when I wear even lipgloss. Sadness.
So the other day he asked me what makeup I planned to wear at our wedding. His tone made it clear that he would prefer I wear none. Nada. No makeup at our wedding.
I just don’t think I can do this. I mean, I don’t wear a lot of makeup, but I do like my eyelash curlers and lipgloss.
I am between two houses. I am mostly moved into the new one, but still trying to sell the old one. And I don’t have everything moved out of the old one.
It seems like we have been moving, unpacking, cleaning and organizing the two houses for weeks and in fact, we actually have. Room by room.
Jon and I spent all day yesterday unpacking boxes and putting away and hanging photos at the new house. Then this morning I had to get up early to work on getting the old house cleaner and tidier and smelling sweet for the open house that is supposedly going to take place there this afternoon.
I say supposedly because MY REALTOR hasn’t put up any signs or anything around the neighborhood letting folks know there will be an open house today. I have no idea whether she has done any advertising of the open house or not. Maybe I’m wrong, but I sort of get the impression that she isn’t doing much to sell the house. I have no idea how to be sure of this except that the house isn’t sold. We did drop the price to 99K this week.
In a few weeks we will have to discuss figuring out at what point it makes sense for me financially to consider renting it to someone on a month-to-month basis. It’s such a great house. I want to find someone who will love it like I do.
And I have to say, I do lovelovelove our new house. I feel so happy and at-home here and the children are just beyond thrilled.
One week ’til wedding. Woohoo!
Today we are going to get our marriage license. How stupid that we have to pay money to the state to get married. Anyway, we have to figure out when exactly Jon got divorced. You have to know the exact date. He doesn’t recall.
I recall all too well. Although we had been separated for two years before that, mine was final on 9/13/04. I cried and cried the day my lawyer called to tell me I was officially unmarried.
Apropos of my (mentioned below) new obsession with home restoration blogs, Jon and I now have A BLOG FOR OUR HOUSE PROJECTS.
I have always loved old houses. I grew up in very old (100-plus years) houses and in fact, have never lived in a house that was less than 50 years old. Ever. In my whole life. My parents and siblings are also old house addicts.
And now that Jon and I are all revved up about our new, old house, I am becoming somewhat addicted to these cool HOUSE RESTORATION BLOGS, of which there are many. Jon and I are very excited about our house and I think I am going to start a houseblog of our own…
I grew up in Bedford County, the heart of the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. Although I actually would have preferred to focus on hunter-jumpers, I ended up owning and showing a pleasure-shod TWH. I was lucky enough to ride under the tutelage of the infamous and wonderful Betty Sain, the first woman to ever win the Tennessee Walking Horse National Grand Championship. Her farm was located directly across the street from ours.
Betty spoke out early and often and simply wouldn’t shut about the huge problem of “soring” these beautiful, gaited horses for the show ring. Her outspokenness eventually cost her her career and her farm. Other trainers, making their money off broken, hurting animals, didn’t like what she had to say.
Today, soring is supposedly under control due to USDA oversight and regulation, but according to this VERY INTERESTING INFO FROM “NASHVILLE IS TALKING”, it’s still a huge problem.
I encourage everyone to read this info before attending the national championships, known simply as “The Celebration” that begins in Shelbyville this week.
I’ve never watched Survivor, so I don’t really get how it works, but I know it’s a long contest divided by teams, and this season, the teams or “tribes” will apparently be DIVIDED BY RACE.
There will be 4: black, white asian and hispanic
I think this is incredibly irresponsible of CBS. It’s just ugly and an obvious attempt to stir the race pot. Gee, why don’t they just go all the way and have Hezballoh tribe vs. Israelis. Or get two of the warring groups in Darfur to field “tribes”
sheesh.
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