In case you've just woken up from an eggnog induced coma, I thought Snoop and I would let you know there are only 13 days 'til razzle holidazzle. AND you have until Chrimizzle Eve to get in your photo(s) for the annual Kerry Blog Ugly Christmas Lawn Decor contest. Send your entry to kerrybee7@yahoo.com.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
This is some Christmas goodness from DJ Mojochronic. Enjoy.
I think we're up to #6. I'm not sure, I'm not fully caffeinated yet. Oh well.
Everyone has a Beatles fan in their life. And if you don't, well, there is me. Someone needs to get me this.
Christmas gift idea#6: Max Dalton Beatles print.
It's a limited edition, only 500 printed. Max Dalton is a pretty great illustrator. Check out his Guitar Lessons print on his site — it's fantastic, but unfortunately sold out.
I hope this card isn't racist. That's one thing I can't stand being accused of because everyone knows I love all the races, except The Amazing Race — I just can't get into that show. I dated a Jewish boy back in the day, actually half Jewish, half Catholic. He was conflicted. I won't even get into how he conflicted he was about me, the Protestant girl. That's a story for a different day. Oy vey, the mishegas!
Shalom,
Kerry
Yes, we're doing it again.
That's right. The Ugly Lawn Decor Contest is back. So, take a pic or video of the tackiest Christmas-decor-filled yard in your neighborhood and email it to me @ kerrybee7@yahoo.com. The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve and will receive a Starbucks giftcard, so you can buy all the Peppermint Mochas you want for $25. I may even throw in some tinsel.
You know there is a lawn that defies the laws of hideousness, so send me the pic.
If you need inspiration, here's Jenn's entry from last year:
That is some ugly.
Sometimes I go looking for Christmas gift ideas for you, sometimes the ideas find me. This post happens to be an example of the latter.
Christmas gift idea#5: 80's Barbies
My 7 year-old has Barbies on her Christmas list. Barbies are a great gift idea for girls and 36 year-old women who have 7 year-olds.
While browsing the Amazon.com for Barbies I came across this doll.
This is Peaches and Cream Barbie. She debuted in 1984 and she was one of my favorites. I was a Barbie nut. I was 10.
When I saw this doll online tonight — FOR SALE — I was 10 again. I remember opening her box. She smelled of peaches. Her dress was chiffon and she had a stole!
This was glamor straight out of Dynasty.
Speaking of Dynasty.
Shut. Up. Remember last week when I posted about Joan Collins and wrote out loud that when I was a kid I made my Barbies reenact scenes from Dynasty?
Hello, Mattel?
I continued to browse the Barbies 'til I hit gold. GOLD RECORDS!
Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, Cher, and Flashdance Barbies.
I'll give you a moment.
Okay. I'm back. I put on my legwarmers and cut the neck off my sweatshirt. Now I'm all better.
Thanks for your concern.
In case you're still in need of a pie for tomorrow, I'm going to save your Thanksgiving and give you Mammaw Patsy's sweet potato pie recipe. This is the best pie ever. Don't try to tell me your pumpkin pie is the best, this is where it's at. I made two of them today. One for me, one for my guests. I didn't make my own pie crust this year — I just wasn't up to it (don't tell Martha Stewart). Mammaw Patsy never made her own pie crust, so it's okay.
The recipe that follows it exactly how my grandmother wrote it to me in an email twelve years ago. I make it every year.
SWEET POTATO PIE
1&1/2 cups sugar
l cup sweet potatoes,mashed
2 eggs
1 stick margarine
1 sm. can Pet milk (5 ozs)
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 cup sweet potato water
1 Tsp. Nutmeg (or to taste)
l Tsp. vanilla
Cook sweet potatoes until done, pour 1/2 cup of water off potatoes, add water to potatoes and mash, add
margarine and whip. (Do this in the pan you cooked potatoes in) Remove from fire when margarine is
whipped. In a separate mixing bowl, add flour and nutmeg to sugar and mix. Add eggs to sugar and flour mixing well, then add milk mixing well. Pour this into potato mixture and put back on stove and heat just
until hot, stirring constantly. Pour into unbaked pie shell – Bake at 425 degrees for about 15 mins. until
top begins to brown, lower heat to 350 degrees and cook until done (about 30-45 mins.) Pie is done when
knife comes out clean. Or bake at 350 degrees.
Kerry, this will make 2 of the regular pie crust. I use one and one-half of the recipe to make 2 deep dish
pies.
Hope they turn out great.
Love you,
Mammaw
I hope you have a great Thanksgiving. Have pie. Love, Kerry
Frugal Beth reminded me about today's gift idea this morning. I must confess, this would be a perfect gift for your favorite redheaded blogger. You see, being a redhead, I am pigment challenged. I'm a whiter shade of pale and have blond eyebrows that might as well be invisible. "But Kerry, you've posted pictures of yourself on this very blog and you have eyebrows!" Ah, that would be the magic of makeup, darlings. Thanks to Anastasia's products from Sephora I have eyebrows. I've penciled them in, dyed them, or used some sort of makeup on them since I was 13 because without eyebrows people look weird. I'm not naming names (Whoopi Goldberg).
But no longer!
Christmas gift idea #4: Prada eyebrow sunglasses
Cat-eye glasses with eyebrows — genius. I will take the ones on the left, thank you. This will shave one minute and twenty seconds off my morning routine.
P.S. I would also like the sweater headbands in every color. Thanks!
Wine is a popular gift during the holidays. I'm not sure why, because I've never liked wine (I prefer a margarita or a white Russian if you must know). I believe if you're going to give booze as a gift you should give this one.
Idea #2. Lil Jon Wine
It's called Little Jonathan and this ain't your mama's crunk juice. Lil Jon says, “I’m not like an expert, so don’t ask me no questions … I just like the taste. This is not no ghetto Boone’s Farm; this is some real wine.”
You heard it — this is not no ghetto Boone's Farm.
I'm in pain from my wisdom teeth, so I'm playing on the interwebs and thought I'd start my ideas for your holiday shopping.
Idea #1. Doggie Hamster Wheel
"Dog powered cantilever design tread wheel 40"w by 12" deep. Good for dogs up to 14 inches in shoulder height and up to 25 pounds. Includes training door. Free shipping in the USA. (Does not include the dog)"
YES, it really does say "does not include the dog."
I'll give you a moment.
I was going to order this for myself until I read "does not include the dog," because I really wanted a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel.
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