Guys, lets discuss September one more time

I had all these dreams of posting lovely things about
my Mom






















and my Mich
ON their actual birthday. . . but using a computer while visiting NY was too much for my feeble little mind.








Here are two things about each:




My Mom is
the Perfect Hostess
and
Without Guile











While Mich
Makes All Your Dreams Come True
and
Is Practically Perfect in Every Way.


I like them both.
A lot.
That's all.

Guys, I've been MIA...

...and I don't mean that tiny singer who I traveled 2 hours to see (yeah, it was way out in Greenpoint).

I was here

I was on Di's bed for Mom and Mich's birthday.

This photo was actually in Feb. when I was cursing the cold NY weather (I'm on Di's compy right now). Otherwise I'd have posted photos of Ash running with Kelly Rippa in heals and hot photos of my mom and bestest mate.

Later.

If I make my flight.

You know I have enough clothes with me to last for a few months. . .

Guys, I do love me a Birthday Lady in Red

Seriously - these ladies know how to look good. In fact, it makes me mad.

I remember once in junior high I first learned who Twiggy was and told Mom that I didn't see the big deal, that she wasn't THAT pretty and I didn't know why she was such a famous model (I know! I was a fool!). Mom gave me a lecture about how I should appreciate all types of beauty and not begrudge people for being pretty.

Not that this lesson applies to these ladies 'cause they're just hot all-around.

Guys, it's like Christmas

Back to the theme of September Birthday Girls.

I begged for years for my Persian Princess to either email or post on her blog bikini shots.

It Finally Happened. HERE.

And just for good measure here's another Birthday girl I like a lot.
And a little kitten (but a good kitten - not a jerk one).

Guys, Mom tried to teach us to love cats

There are other photos of mom with cats too but this one is esp. awesome.

So listen - she tried to make me a cat-lady

But when they do stuff like THIS to my room

AFTER i closed the closet and room doors then they leave me no choice but to hate their flea-bidden *&^%$. Seriously! It doesn't get more uncool than this. Cats are not only liars but little jerks too.

On a happier note - mom 'archived' another photo for me:

She's the dark one in the middle

Guys, I'm back to my own Compy

And now it's time to show you Mom photos I have.

Did you know Mom loved me so much she gave me Fairy Godparents?


I wish I had a photo of them young.

Mom, can you take a photo of a photo of them and email it to me?

In the meantime here are my two moms.
Fun fact: My Godparents got married while she was still in High school. Hmmmm, something I should have considered. But then I'd be married to Tom Petty right now and that's no good.

Guys, I'm still poaching photos from my mom

You know my mom is never casual.
And she loves black and white and red.
I think us sisters have unconsciously assimilated all this too:

At a cookie exchange

This is how she dresses to go to Arrow's basketball game

And of course hanging out at Target

The younger generation is learning too:



But you know one thing the younger generation is NOT learning:
How to pose for a photo looking into the sun without blinking.
Come on!
We all learned how to - stop being lazy and sensitive to UV rays.

Guys, I'm not on my compy

I'm on my mama's computer which means I can use all HER photos. And since she's being a good daughter (taking Nana to the Dr.) she can't tell me 'no.'

You know what that means...

Money Shots

She has the best skinny legs (that she wishes were curvier...)

(...but she'll never admit it because she taught us to be grateful we even Have legs)

To 'archive' her old photos she takes photos of them:

isn't she cute? This is @lisa, me, awfred and Monkey.

She LOVES birds.

She used to call THIS bird her boyfriend:

and say things like, 'i hope my boyfriend comes over today.'

She loves birds so much that our 'safe' word was Hummingbird
'Safe' word being the word a stranger could say and we'd know it was OK to go home with them.
Did you have that?
Was that an '80s thing?
You know, your mom tells you 'if a stranger tells you to go with him because something happened to your family and he says 'hummingbird' its OK to go with him.'


NOTE: @lisa just told me it's called a 'password' not a 'safe' word - that sounds better.

Guys, have you met Mis Abuelos?

I'm in AZ with my grandparents and I am telling you - they are Hilarious. Feisty and demanding as ever (in a good way).

Did you know Tata was in the Navy?

How about now?

(Nana y Tata are on the right)

We always thought that's where his tattoos (mermaid and gypsy dancer) came from. You know the two huge tattoos that cover each arm? Nope - turns out he got those as a kid.

Did you know Tata loved Nana the moment he saw her photo?

He decided he was going to marry her before they met. Nana took some convincing.

...They lived happily ever after & rode their pony to happiness
(& 2 friends watched)

And that's who made three of these four people:

Here we have Uncle Manny, his wife, Auntie Graci, Mom. (In case you didn't know what our family looked like in the 1970s.)

And only ONE of them has a birthday this month:

Guys, sometimes life isn't fair

I guess we know who inherited mom's white tree.

Lucky

Guys, wanna hear a stroy?

Mis Abuelos met

They had a few little ones - including Mi Mama

She learned to drive in the '50s (she's one of the best drivers ever)

She had a few little ones that Nana tried to steal

(Alisa was always a handful. Doesn't Arrow look like Alfred?)

Then Mom entered the '70s & the hair got awesome

Two more little ones came along (we knew how to dress for church)

You know, the '80s could be awkward for some - but not for mom

The fun was complete & we could concentrate on partying in the '90s

One thing mom taught us was how to dress for the holidays.

Guys, this blog site is all crazy

I posted about my Persian Princess last night.
Now it just looks like I think her birthday is on the 3rd.
No way.

Anyway, right now I'm being taken care of by this lady:

I'm mad at her because she didn't save this dress for me.
I was even there when she was wearing it.
I probably even told her how much I liked it.

Whatever, I'm over it. It's fine.

And here's a photo so you can see what she looks like now.

Also I needed a photo of A Monkey cause I forgot what she looks like. (Someone needs to install video chat or move West - it's one of the two.)

Guys, remember the Persian Princess?

Well all you need to know is that she's hot and it's her birthday today.

I know, I know, I need to stop objectifying people but it's cool 'cause she's Smart in real life too.

Guys, It's a Special Month Today

It's when I can celebrate the birth of some special ladies.

One of them made me a godmother because I got too old to have my own babies.

People say I look like one of them and one of them is my mom.