Ordinary Life

TEN YEARS, can you believe it? Someday it will seem but a drop in the bucket, I know...but I remember vividly those " Where will you be in 10?" questions, and I never really knew But I am glad you held the doughnuts and glad you finally asked and most of all I am glad that my last 10 has included you. Ten years ago today... Little Man Yellow (incidentally matching that notorious nail polish) Villa Europa (the first of many occasions in which you'd help me make up my mind) & ( beating you . . . i know, i know you let me (not) The Devil's Advocate (what an omen that turned out to be!) (I'd have posted a video clip here, if it wasn't such a trashy movie that you took me to :) and the best promise I never kept: "Just one date..." Happy 10 th Pumpkin Day, princeCharming (thanks again for not taking me to that kegger )

Chandler got his first call back- he's to be an orphan in SCT's "Oliver!" The kids went to their first ever auditions last week, in which they had to sing & dance. Both were a little timid, but only because it was new and so many people around... they have no shame amongst family :) Chan is already toying with the idea of being a professional comedian (heaven help us!) and wants to know how to become one of those lucky kids on t.v. Thanks to homeschooling, we feel better knowing that at least one Chatham County teacher is not pulling her hair out over Chan's h-am bitions to be funny. I Blame His Father for this disposition (see lines #16, #17, #18) ** I informed Chan that he will be relocated to River Street, in order to use the Method approach to prepare for his role... He embraces this idea fully and even adds " I won't be far from the house, but I'll just hang out in the yard and I can dig in the trash, please keep the police from getting...

Found the Dawgs picture card yesterday that we were given a few weeks ago at the SC/GA game in Athens... they snapped our photo in hopes we would buy a print of it...this is what they took: (I'll pass on purchasing) Before I could marry princeC , I had to denounce my homeland (GA), burn anything with UGA on it and promise never, ever to spell the word dog: "D-A-W-G", before performing the sacred Carolina conversion ceremony, of which I can only say blood sacrifice is indeed required. But if that hadn't been the case- if I were still a native Dawgs fan, I would consider Sanford Stadium an excellent homeland to make fall football pilgrimages to. Athens was a lot of fun. To be honest, I am not there for the game... I am there for funnel cakes, Bavarian cashews, and the quiet sport of people watching. The only person I cheer audibly is the cotton candy vendor " One more flight...You Can Do It!... I Can Tip !!" And in that arena, Athens was on top of their ga...

Footage from our October trip to Charlotte for BoJangle's Pole Night. ( more family friendly than a real race) Included is the "real" Transformer- ish vehicle Robosaurus . It "ate" a car, then set the car ( and the field) on fire. Chandler pulled for Dale Jr. , Clay pulled for Gordon. Fisher pulled for both of them and the transformer. Logan just tried to stay warm and I found the "bucket of fries" concession stall to be my favorite event, opting for Ranch seasoning with a sprinkling of malt vinegar. After the trivial pole events had passed, the serious racing began- junk cars pulling boat trailers followed by a few rousing laps between junked school buses... boogedy boogedy , as they say. We drove from Savannah to Charlotte and got out of our car dressed completely wrong for the air up there... it was chilly to say the least. Everyone got a souvenir as a result- in order to try and stay warm ( forget gas money to get back home... give me a shirt a...

Jello Fruit , originally uploaded by kellybrewer . Step:1 Scoop out the nutritious stuff Step 2: Replace with Jell-o Step 3: Chill... We were reminded about doing this project when we happened across Raven~Symone' Presents on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxZp7t4KAw

Aletheia Academy (ie; The Brew Crew) held Home Ec the other day- we made Caramel Apples... not long after, Chandler lost a silver crown. On Monday, Aletheia takes a field trip to the Dentist's Office!

MY birthday Cake(s) , originally uploaded by kellybrewer . A couple of weeks ago: Clay and the kids each decorated a miniture cake for me...the kids each decorated one for themselves, too.

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"...three times you can bite me..."

Dan Smith of the widely circulated "Baby Got Book " has started a church: Momentum in Ohio. Amongst many other chuckle worthy videos and cool tie ins from mainstream media, this Sunday morning intro can be found on their YouTube channel , from their Momentum at the Movies series:

Dr. Howdy shared this "Mom Song" on his blog :

Post 300 since the Great ReStructuring -post # who knows how many more I would have made by now if I didn't go all Delete Happy once before... 300 marvelous,riveting, rambling posts about nothing in particular , full of spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors that would justify my high school English teacher, Mrs. Wyatt, in her deep seated belief that my highest goals should only be set slightly above Professional Doodler and/or Rodeo Clown... In honor of this special day, I give you a perfect game of bowling, as demonstrated by a Lego robot playing a W ii machine: If that isn't enough of a crazy, party your pants off sort of moment, let me also share with you 300 Fables from Aesop , as shared by Rev. George Fyler Townsend, M.A. in the year 1867. And Google Books - have you seen this!? (i love it.) Happy 300, ya'll .

I am disillusioned Like knowing the secret to a magician's trick, I am enlightened, yet let down. PONTOON arrived from my book order at the local library... I didn't even know what it was supposed to be about when I ordered it, I just saw Keillor and knew I'd want to give it a read... Turns out I know the story already. I may still read the book, but what a huge balloon burst it was to read the synopsis and realize it was the same plot as our "Night With Garrison" back in March . Being a guinea pig is nothing new, I am used to the lab rat sensation. Being used as a test audience pales in comparison to some of the other trails I've blazed. On the brighter side, we apparently got an "exclusive" preview of an unreleased novel, but on the little black rain cloud side of the street (my favorite) we were merely privy to a prolonged book plug . Ah, Well...

TRY THESE : (I found mine at Publix ) *It may be of interest to you to view these cookies in their natural French habitat- LePims .com This Link should direct you to a "translated" version of the page-thanks (or no thanks) to Google.

Know what is funner than googling yourself? Go to the iTunes (or your preferred music dealer) site and search for your name... in this case, I searched for " kelly " There were all sorts of songs-- kind of like the many versions of me. Tempting as it was, I refused to download EVERY song with my name in the title... I narrowed it down to a mere 8, figuring the joke may wear a little thin beyond that. My KELLY playlist includes: Machine Gun Kelly /Angelic Upstarts /Live from the Justice League Dunce Cap Kelly /Dave Kinnoin Kelly /Down Low /Return of the Trendsetter Kelly the Boy from Killane /Harvey Andrews/ Irish Rebellion Album Kelly /The Prairie Dogs /Brand New Heart Kelly's Song /Shawn Mullins /9th Ward Pickin' Parlor Kelly / Timid Tiger /Timid Tiger & Miss Murray Kelly / Van She My Remaining Names: Kel Lynn (my middle)-- I know, be prepared for mostly Loretta's Carnes (my maiden)-- I know, I know, be prepared for mostly Kim's Brewer Momma Mom Mother ...

Ah, the things we do for love... like sitting in the pouring rain our seats as high as airplanes and all in the name of Gamecock Football (conditions MUCH WETTER than they appear)

"art" for Jamela SLIDESHOW ~tidbits from tiny watercolors sent to Jay for her BDay~

Chandler recently turned 8 years old. Here are some pictures of his birthday party- SLIDESHOW

Nothing Happens Here... really, for all the wonderful and historical significance to be found in Savannah, it is quite a boring town. So when the clowns finally do arrive, when the last tent has been staked down and the show is ready to begin, you can usually find me within a whiff of the nearest elephant or taking notes from the closest freak... Saturday was no exception... The SCA - or Society for Creative Anachronism- held a little shindig and we was all of us invited to attend. Now, before some of you ultra suspicious types start trying to have me exorcised or excommunicated, I should explain that the folks over at the SCA are only using big words to try and scare you-- that is why they insist on continuing to use olde English while the rest of us have graduated on towards more streamlined forms of speech like Ebonics. You may be tempted to confuse Anachronism with Anarchy, and though there was plenty of fighting, it was all with great chivalry and honor. Plus, they really believe ...

Got nothing better to do than talk to the walls? Well, these walls talk back - just be warned- in true bathroom stall fashion, some can be a little trash mouthed: Pictures Of Walls *(thanks to TheFool , found this site via SkullADay.com )