Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit

It is MAY First

and you know what that means...

Rabbit

Rabbit

Rabbit

AND

Hoppy Birthday to Sistersledge

Hares to a good year.


Oh, and 

to all those Star Wars fans out there

looking forward to Episode 7...

May 

the Force be with you.

Happy May First.

My Mother-in-Law

Through the years, comedians and sitcoms 

 have made the

mother-in-law 

the butt of jokes,

the bundt of cakes, 

the heel of the loaf.

ba dum bum

Remember the tv show "Everybody Loves Raymond?"

Marie Barone was certainly the mother of all monster-in-laws.   

She made for funny tv….but scary real life.

Luckily for me…

my mother-in-law, Lenore, wasn't anything like Marie.

My mother-in-law never ever fit the 

mother-in-law stereotype.

Lenore was never 

interfering, overbearing, controlling, or meddling.  

She was always 

loving, fun to talk to, supportive, and complimentary.  

Even complimenting my cooking.   

Yes, can you believe it?

As far as the family tree goes…

Lenore was a Delicious red apple…

not the crab apple variety.

To our great loss...

Lenore recently passed away leaving behind

 7 children, 19 grandchildren, and mother-in-law to 5.

Her wit, gift of conversation, and beautiful blue eyes 

will be greatly missed by all of us.  

We take comfort in knowing that she is now reunited with 

her husband, the love of her life,

for all of eternity. 

And we know 

this much is true...

 theirs was a grand reunion.  

Anywhoooo……

With much excitement and anticipation…

this September, I will become a mother-in-law 

and I will do everything in my power to not be like the

evil Endora on the old tv show "Bewitched."  

 Lenore with Chelsea and Austin, my future son-in-law

Thank you, Lenore, 

for being the beautiful example of what a supportive 

and loving mother-in-law looks like.  

I promise to do you justice and follow in your footsteps.
I have some big shoes to fill.

And that, 

my dear mother-in-law, 

is no joke.

xo

Happy April 1st Fool's Day

Happy April 1st

You would have to be extra crafty to fool me today.

On a day known for its

pranks and practical jokes, 

it would take a lot to pull the wool over this Kat's eyes.

Today my back is up 

with suspicion.

Everyone is a jokester and a jester

on April Fool's Day...

even companies like getting in on the day with a hoax

especially when 

there are those who will take the bait

hook, 

line,

and 

SUCKER.

Admittedly in this crazy world we live in...

sometimes it is hard to know what is 

for real

and not for real.

So which of the below are real?

a diet tap water to loose weight?

viagra for animals? 

tobacco and menthol vodka?

prawn cocktail potato chips?

chicken wing flavored ice cream?

yes...there is 

viagra for animals,

(although it's not what you are thinking)

tobacco and menthol vodka,

prawn cocktail potato chips.

Sorry...it's a no to

a diet tap water to loose weight,

chicken wing flavored ice cream.

Anywhooo.....

Today we are flying home...and 

I admit that I'm not entirely happy about flying 

on April Fool's Day.

I'm hoping no one is goofing on or goofing off 

when it comes to the plane's mechanicals.

I do have an idea for the folks at

United Airlines

for an April Fool's joke.

Get on the intercom and 

tell the passengers 

they are now offering meals 

with the price of their flights.  

After going through the cabin and taking everyone's orders…

get back on the intercom and yell 

That outta go over big.

Rabbit

Rabbit

Rabbit

Hare's hoping you don't get fooled.

Selfie CAUTION

Selfies are the thang these days... 

everybody's doing it.

Heck, selfies are so popular that 

even President Obama is "taken" with it.

kinda awkwardSLASHdisrespectul 

to be taking a selfie during the 

Nelson Mandela Memorial Service…

but hey, ho…

 who am I to call out the Prez.

I'll let his wife do that.

Tell me Michelle doesn't look beside her selfie 

over Barack's behavior.

go Michelle

So what's good enough for the Commander-in-Chief is good enough for

this Kat and PaulA.

our New year's eve selfie

Anywhoooo…..

Selfie Caution:  

Because of the head-to-head contact with the selfie...

"they" say that the spread of lice 

is on the increase.

Now I'm thinking Obama might want to rethink 

his selfie tendencies...

especially if Russian President Putin 

suggests taking a group selfie with him and 

other leaders of the free world.  

First Putin takes Crimea.

What next??

A head on 

lice invasion of the free world?

I have some advice…

aka

some wise words from this wise-ass.

A selfie might seem nice, but please think twice

you could pay the price, from the selfie vice

with a head full of lice.

Stay clear of Bo Bice.

First Day of Spring TBT

Today is

TBT - Throwback Thursday

and 

the first day of spring.

Coincidently 

this first day of spring 

is looking like a throwback to last year's

first day of spring.

However...
unlike last year,

the rascal rodent

Punxsutawney Phil

got it right this year

and predicted this long cold winter

into March

(which was good for Phil,

who was a whisker away from getting axed.)

Anywhoooo.......

Even though the calendar is saying

First day of 

SPRING....

our backyard is saying

"NOT SO FAST."

Happy First Day of Spring

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Top o' the mornin' to ya.....

This St. Paddy's Day morning 

I’m remembering past St. Paddy's Days with our

wee lil ones… 

running around the house looking for the

mischievous signs of the leprechaun.

You know the signs…

green milk, green bottled water, green toilet water...

whatever could be turned magically green

from a couple drops of food coloring.

I mean, from sheer leprechaun magic.

And lo and behold...

the signs magically appeared this morning.

(PaulA makes a cute leprechaun...you should see him in his wee lil suit.)

Anywhooooo………..

Today we are all Irish.

Even if you don’t have a green drop of Irish blood 

running through your veins, 

you have license to celebrate like an Irishman 

with a Guinness running through your veins.

Today I’ll be wearing o' the green, 

drinking o' the green, 

and talking o' the green. 

I might not have a drop of Irish blood, 

(like PaulA the leprechaun)

but I can easily get my Irish on 

with a drop 

of McCormick's Kelly green food coloring.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 

to all lads and lassies, 

and special Irish blessings to PaulA and our sweet trinity…

Big C, Colinboy,Wishy and "Stone" (our future son-in-law.)

"May you find a pot of gold 

at the end of every 

rainbow."

Vegas baby

I'm not a gambler but...

and I have a really big BUT,

(you know what I mean)

 you don't have to gamble

to have a good time in Vegas, baby.

(I can't say Vegas without baby.) 

And we/I proved it by playing golf, 

visiting the Hoover Dam, 

dining at great restaurants, 

going to a show, 

lounging by the pool and 

enjoying the sights of Paris and fountains of the Bellagio.  

Oh and PaulA worked.

Heck, you can even get married here....

and have Elvis as the officiant.

(what do ya think, Chels?)

BUT 

(not again. don't say it again, Kat)

because you have to walk through the casino 

to get to your room or 

to get anywhere…

even non-gamblers can hear the call of the casino. 

And you know….when in Rome….

Interestingly...

roulette means “little wheel” in French and 

coincidently...

I was speaking French when my g** d** numbers 

didn’t show up on the *!* little wheel.  

With every spin of the little wheel… 

Vanna took away more and more of my chips...

until I was left chip-less and cheerless.

Anywhoooooo………

The next morning I decided to try my luck 

with the one-armed Bandito and win back my roulette loss.  

It was 10 AM and PaulA was at a meeting,
and hey...what happens in Vegas, baby…stays in….

I found it interesting to see what other folks 

had their asses planted in a casino seat at 10 AM.
I knew why I was there.

(Mama needs her first pair of Jimmy Choo's.)

(sure would be nice to ride the choo choo train.)

 I wondered if these folks were leftovers from the night before. 

Leftovers can be pretty dicey …especially after a night of booze, smoke, and tears.

Let me also say…

slot machines can be as cranky as the rest of us in the morning and not very cooperative.  

So as my luck would have it…

I didn't luck out. nope. 

no such luck was I winning back any cash.

better luck next time.

So, 

what happened in Vegas, baby…

stayed in Vegas, baby…

And that would be my dearly departed 

Benjamin Franklin.

This Kat doesn't like losing …WAAAAAHHHHH…

WAAAAAHHHHH

I guess you could call me a