What a difference !

Lucy's new chair is so much better !
Got the old one covered and the
man brought it back this morning.
Lucy wasted NO time hopping right
on up into it to show the man how
happy she was to have her chair
back.

A Halloween Costume for Hannah.

I think that for Halloween this year, Hannah should be: 

"A child of a polygamist father who isn't sure who the hell all his children are."

The attached link will help you with her costume.......

www.fldsdress.com

Apparently, the demure females of our West Texas cult have started their own business - guess it gives them something to do when it isn't their night with the stud......

I, myself, am coming up with a new line of clothing that addresses the need of my own religion:

"La Casita de San Colchon".

All you need is yer p.j.s or if you are so inclined, your birthday suit....

BEFORE SHE WAS YOGEEE GRANEEEE........

SHE WAS A BOOT SCOOTIN BABE!

HEY GOOZIE.....

What did you do with that pancake syrup???????

I CAN'T WAIT FOR HALLOWEEN!!!

Where do you think I can get this costume????????

LA COCINA HERE WE COME!!!

Jes a waitin for YM to get here so I can add another roll to my middle section!



Dear Cat Crap,
My two young boys are already headed for therapy. Just having me as a mother ensures that they'll get their money's worth there. A little editing was required here to stop the stares and gawking...
Love, Fatty

Dear Fatty,

I had no idea that the boys were privy to our family dys-function or I would CERTAINLY have not posted bodacious tatas on our family historical (hysterical) record..... Just bill me for an extra hour of counseling :)

Love, Cat-Crap

Well, As Long as We're Sharin'

How 'bout you Cat Crap? Whatchoo got in yer closet?

O MY GOD !!!

Here She B - Y. M. the dancin
queen of SWTTEX, gotta free
alkee-hol-free bev komplements
of the Kaptain Supevisor. Jes
wanna make sure youse people
no that Precious Hanna Grace
of all talent and beauty ain't the
only poser in the troop. I mitey
proud 2 B a rela-tiv of all you
folks. Even wore my newly
home made neklace 2 dress
it all up. Ain't this cute, I think
this pose B of Y.M. headin out
4 a nite on the town of SWT
-- do ya wanna join me? I took
it myself - legs do Not need a
razor shavin, mus be bad
pitcher takin machine.

WHELMED OVER, YOU ARE

Iffin the first shock weren't nuf,
getta load of thiss-un. Y.M. is
a M-I-tating a bird a-standin on
won leg, a-gittin ready to take
off like Batlady N 2 th Wild
Blue Yonder to SWTTEX.

Magoo and Her Yo-gee

This is such an amazing time of development, the time when they start learning words. It seems like Rufus has talked since before I was born, so getting to witness this growth again with Magoo is very special. She now mimicks anything and picks up more words a day than I can count, although her speech is still underdeveloped, so sometimes she has to say the word over and over and then point before her poor, dumb mama actually catches on. Thankfully, she is patient with me.

One of her favorite new words is yo-gee. It has two meanings...yogurt and yoga. We can figure out which one it is by where she is standing, pointing, and yelling. If she is in front of the icebox, then we know it's yogurt. In front of the TV is yoga. (I gave myself a Wii balance board for my birthday, and it came with Wii Fit, which includes yoga poses.) Here are pictures of Magoo in her bathing suit and cowboy hat demonstrating her favorite yo-gees: the tree and the warrior.

She Can't Hold Her Licker

You will notice a trend in the House de la Magoo...she cannot hold her licker either. In fact, we are in a lick-but-don't-eat ritual at the breakfast/brunch/lunch/dinner/supper table.

Maybe this, along with frequent yo-gee, is how smart women stay skinny? I wouldn't know.

In the photo, she is licking the syrup off of her pancake plate. This was after she picked up each chunk of pancake, sucked the syrup off, then put the blob of soggy dough back in a neat pile on her plate.

Boudreaux Turns 10!...Again

Somehow, a festive birthday celebrated by pancakes in the pineywoods and capped off with the purchase of Il Penguini, the camping AC, is not quite enough to make these modern 10 year olds feel loved and appreciated. They want a pizza-and-wii orgy. So we gathered up four out of the five bestest buddies (#5 was out of town), went to Sam's for three huge take-and-bake pizzas, stripped the living room of anything Amish, gave Rufus the old "you have to be patient...your birthday will come soon" peptalk, stirred the big blue jello shot known as the Walmart pool, made a gallon of koolade, and got down to business.

In a move that signaled the G-woman herself was smiling down from heaven and bestowing approval without even thinking about it, Boudreaux requested Boston Cream Pie cupcakes for his official celebration. Photos below provide a glimpse of the festivities...

Notice the small girlchild right at home in the middle of all the boys...

Mom makes yet another smart-assed comment to Boudreaux.
The G-Woman smiles down on some very fine BCP cupcakes.

He did not like it when I asked, "Is that your girlfriend?"

Magoo eventually helped herself to three cupcakes, in a heart-felt attempt
to break the Guiness record for most cupcakes licked but never bitten in one sitting.

Poor kids...now they think that cupcakes and a stack of presents are supposed to be a normal part of weekly life...Magoo often runs over to where the gifts were stacked, points up there, and yells "present!" When I hold my hands up and say, "No more presents. All gone!" She gives me the evil eye and yells "MEAN!"

Twenty Steps and about 30 Minutes to Nirvana

Cheese Enchiladas with Chile con Carne

1. put ~1 lb. of ground sirloin or chuck in a skillet and begin to brown
2. add 1-2 Tbs chile powder, 1-2 Tbs onion powder, 1-2 Tbs garlic powder
3. add salt and pepper to taste
4. stir until completely browned
5. pour meat into a colander to drain
6. set the colander back in the skillet you used to brown the meat
7. when the meat is drained, set colander aside.
8. judge how much grease is in the pan--you want about 2 Tbs.
9. discard any extra, but make sure that little bits of meat remain.
10. heat grease and add ~2 Tbs flour
11. stir until a smooth paste has formed
12. add water, stirring quickly with a whisk, until smooth gravy has formed to desired consistency (leave a little bit runny for time in oven)
13. add meat to gravy (I used 1/2 and saved the other 1/2 of the meat for later)
14. heat through until simmering
15. spray 12 corn tortillas with butter-flavored Pam (front and back)
16. microwave in batches of 4, 45 seconds per batch
17. fill with shredded cheddar cheese (~1 lb), roll up, and put in a baking dish, also sprayed with Pam
18. pour meat gravy over enchiladas
19. top with finely chopped onions either now or after baking
20. bake at 375 until bubbly

East Texus Whirlpool

Cheesecake and bubbles are free.

Some People 'n' Other People

Some people take their families to Disney World over yonder towards Yo Mama and give their kids a vacation of a life time. Other people dump ice in the yard and let the kids and the dog to sit in it and cool their jets.

Some people share fun pictures from the most excellent adventure with their life-long friends. Other people drink two large glasses of cheap whine and then take those pictures and get busy photoshoppin'.

Some people got clear bubbles round their heads. Other people got somethin' secret special sauce foggin' their bubble up...ewww. WTH?

Eatin Double Fisted

At a resent event of sum 50 folks
in an outdoor motor-sickle eating
joint, U B proud as a peacock 2 no
that The Kaptain was the ONLY
one who needed dessert and he
wuz prouder than U can imagine
when they brought it 2 him with
2 forks so he could eat that
chocolate pie with lotsa whipped
cream, with both hands going at
the same time. Viva la diet !
Y.M., only an observer, jes along
4 the ride...........

What Is This?

This B a guessing game. It be white, have won door, won winder and it sits next to
my new-next-door-nabors-2-B. It connected to that house over yonder beside me
at the lake. U can open the door, so can the nabors, so can beer drinkers, so can
wet sailing folks, swimmers, yard men, BBQ chefs, roofers, siding installers, all
kinds and sorts of humanity. Have you figgered it out yet???? Scroll on down !

"a few of my favorite things"

This B one of Y.M.'s new Favorite Things. Jes B-cause it not B on MY property if of
no con-c-quence. Can-cha jes C them boyes doing there manly thing and keeping
this little ditty clean for all the nabors? Joy is N my heart. Y.M.

Y. M. Soliciting Assistance

Ever day, cum hell or hi water,
same scene a takin plase in my
house. Thissun with smilin and
happy face, sez, "what R U
plannin for breakfast this morn".
Now - my girlies No - I NOT
planning NOTHING. I bite my
tongue and sez "whaddaya want?"
He sez, "whacha got". I sez, same
ole stuff .........rattle it off...... "got
n.e. bananas?", "nope". "I got chocolate muffins fulla chocolate chip
candy!!!" "Oh boy, that B what I want!" Problem solved, 1 more time.
N.E. Idears .............he don't no how 2 open icebox or take paper off
muffins neither. Makes Y.M. wunder how he survives when I dis -a-
peer to Tejas.

I'll Just Have To Think About That

Big Problem at our house 2-day. Kaptain B trying 2 D-side iffin it cost more to go to naborhood h'ware store and buy a can of spray paint (high
prices most probablee prevale) OR use that high price gaso and go 2 a doller store and hope they mite have sum plain ole white paint to spray a
anchor he B takin to Sailor Man, the local resale store. Seems to Y.M., he outta put that anchor in the car, go to hardware store, buy paint, spray
anchor in parkin lot, then go across street to Sailor man and drop it off. Killin 2 bird with one stone.