Lost

So I started watching Lost. Tonight. I thought it would be fun to try to follow along. Here's what I have gathered so far:

• Hagrid has decided to stay on the island with Jack. Maybe they will open a restaurant.

• The Hobbit grew up, became a rock star and hooked up with a blonde girl.

• Desmond has run off to be in the next Indiana Jones movie.

• The lesbian doctor who used to be with Kerry on ER is now bouncing between Big brother and Long-haired-cop guy.

• Hagrid must have brought a lifetime supply of hair products with him on his trip. How in the world did he get that past homeland security?

• I think they are going to find Gandalf.

• I think I might be a bit leery of another plane ride.

• Did that pilot say his name was Sully?

• I hope they all get home in time to see the finale of DWTS.

• It's Dr. Xavier. They are going to start a school for mutants.

• Apparently some folks on the island have been sneaking off to shave.

• I see dead people.

• Those cane poles are a booger to kill. My grandmother had tons of them in her backyard once.

• Hagrid's girlfriend used to be a crazy person on the Guiding Light.

• With as many followers as this show has, I think many of them could remain confused on how to avoid being "Lost." I wouldn't expect a secular show like this to share the gospel, though they did skim over some metaphors like living water and light. All that to say that I am thankful that I don't fear death, as many on the show did. What comfort comes in knowing the Love that is waiting for me on the other side, when it's my time.

chicken salad

I made chicken salad today, and it turned out great if I do say so myself. Here's the recipe:
3 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped (see earlier post about chopping zee chicken. Come over, bring your chicken, we will talk and chop)
2 boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup of sweet salad cubes (I start with half a cup, but I always add more plus some extra juice to taste)
1 apple (chopped, again you need me or stock in Kitchen Aid to make this.)
1/2 chopped pecans
couple dashes of salt and pepper
mayo to taste, I like less mayo, you might like more. I would have added grapes too, but they weren't at my "buy" price this week.
stir it up and chill
Yum.

myspace

I have this picture of me that gives me great joy. We'll talk more about it later. It's from a couple of computers ago, so the only place I could remember to find it was on my myspace page.

I wasn't as cool on myspace as I am on facebook. (You can stop laughing now.) On myspace, I had 11 friends. I think 7 of them were my first cousins.

I haven't used myspace in a couple of years. As a matter of fact, I think the last time I did anything with it was when I was pregnant with Handsome Jr. three years ago.

I had gotten an email from Classmates.com saying I had a message from someone trying to contact me. Turns out the cowboy I dated in college was trying to get in touch with me to apologize for turning our little romance into content for a country song.

He denied it, but I still think he was at the "making amends" part of a 12-step program. Probably a new one just for cowboys who are fresh out of their Wranglers and Ropers having given mommas all over the world even more reasons not to let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

So when I accepted his apology, I spiffed up my myspace page with the very best pictures I could find of me, Handsome and Little Bear. Then, told him about my page. Is that healthy? I think maybe it's not, but I was pregnant then. And the whole thing played out like a soap script. Who really gets contacted by old flames who want to apologize? Nobody I know unless they live in Genoa City or Salem.

That little anecdote gets me back to what started this whole thought. Here's the picture:


See, tonight on the way home from my parents' house, the children and I watched a couple episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard. I climbed in the back of our swagger wagon and watched it with them. It was pure joy. I can't wait to tell you more about it.

Yee-Ha!

Saturday night

Squeals from the bathroom,
Tag-team power-wash, soap in the eyes, water on the floor,
Clean pajamas, Tinkerbell and Buzz,
Get the tangles out, brush teeth,
Snuggle with Mommy, mini-mani before bed, clear with gold sparkles,
Tricks with Daddy, hope they don't twist their arms too bad,
Last-chance snuggles with Mommy,
Pull a blanket over our heads, call it a house,
Review the day, what was the best part?
Time's up, it's time for bed,
Duboo Mommy, off with Daddy for an evening serenade,
Good night Mommy,
Daddy's shoulder makes her drowsy instantly,
Prayers at her beside, beneath a princess canopy.