The FARM!!!!!

The FARM!!!! Where to begin??? So a group of friends were all invited to travel to our dear friend Ben Fox's family farm over the weekend for some friend time. The cast includes: Foxy (Ben Fox), Omarosa (Adam Clark), Mike Tyer, Keith, Chris K., Corey (facebook friend), John Hayes, Nick H., and myself! But that's not all!!! There were surprise guests at the farm!! We'll get to that in a minute. You might also notice that some people in the cast list get a nickname. Just terms of affection of course! I carpooled to the farm with the one and only Omarosa (Adam Clark). Adam earned the Omarosa name after an infamous evening out. I saw Adam at an establishment and he talked to me with that look that says, "do I know you?" I shrugged that conversation off, until five minutes later when he asked me if I had just arrived, as if we had not spoken before! As I tried to understand what was up with him, he explained that earlier in the night he was struck on the head by a piece of sound equipment and should go to the hospital (just like when Omarosa was struck on the head by a piece of plaster on the Apprentice and refused to work on the team project for the rest of the day!!) Anyway, he's been my Omarosa ever since! So Omarosa and I took off for the farm and I immediately noticed a beeping sound in his vehicle that kept happening. I asked him what that sound meant and he replied that every time the car got too close to the center line or crossed over it the beep would act as a warning. I'm just going to say that the beep occurred for almost the entire trip!!

So we arrived at the farm only to discover that all of Ben's family were present for a family bbq. Ben has three brothers who are truly Iowa boys, one sister-in-law, and some nieces and a nephew. I couldn't quite read the brothers thought bubbles as Adam and I arrived, but i can only imagine. I can cause quite a stir almost anywhere just by showing up, but the true Midwest boys take special notice of me. Maybe it was the extra big white sunglasses, the outfit, or just the walk, but the Sass is on and the Iowa boys just observe! Soon enough everyone else arrived and we quickly went for a walk to discuss the whole situation and the cast involved. Down by the river we ran into the nieces who are my favorite age to deal with, 11-14 year olds. They are that sassy bunch of gurls like the ones at school who can be very mean to you if you let them. I have to say the nieces were very nice and we all got along great!

We settled into the house which is the typical Iowa farm house complete with lots of holy icons and fox figurines!! I tried to put just one figurine in my pocket as a take home, but Ben made me put it back. My favorite detail of the whole house was the wallpaper border. The heating pipes had been wallpapered also and the border on the pipes was very carefully lined up with the border on the wall itself for a seamless look!! Only in Iowa or maybe the Bible belt can you find such attention to detail! I didn't even know that they still sold wallpaper borders!

We enjoyed a great night of that bag toss game (which Nick and I won every match!), good food, cocktails, and great conversation with Ben and his father. Aside from the wicked mosquitoes, the weather was great and sitting outside in the summer was delightful! I think the quote if the night came when Corey asked one of Ben's nieces if she also lived on a farm. She answered yes, and he then asked her if she actually lived in a house...... As opposed to a what?? Igloo? Earth home?? Teepee??? Hive?? He's from the big city so the farm life is very foreign.

The poll question will be closing tonight so look for the final results and a new poll question will be up soon. Please post poll question suggestions on the blog or on my faceplace page!! Love to hear from everyone! Tootles!! Sass

The Hair Affair and the Straight Guys That Have Them!

To get things started, I am hoping more people will be voting on the poll question this week. The hairstyles have been in conversation for years. Most recently brought up at Sturgis Falls when I ran into a former student and her mother. After exchanging greetings etc.. the mother commented that she sees my name in the paper frequently (for music events of course!!) and likes to keep track of what I'm doing and what is going on with my hair!!! True story..

Moving right along, I am currently upset with all straight boys who chase after gay boys on the side. A friend of mine met a straight guy through a mutual friend and soon enough the straight guy got his number from the mutual friend. They have been texting, whatever.... Since nothing significant has happened between them yet, the straight guy turned my friend's number over to some more of his straight friends and now they are texting him!! Classy to say the least.. Mind you, these boys either have girlfriends or are just looking for some kind of tryst. On Oprah this was called DL (down low) behavior. I have seen it a thousand times and it's outrageous!!! Boys need to figure out what they want and not be shady.. Can we say peesh alert!!??

I watched an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey last night and was shocked at the catfight that ensued when Ashley pulled Danielle's hair/weave! Now Danielle is pressing charges and the drama is on. Why am I watching this you ask??? It's like watching a soap.. It's a total escape from my regular chaotic life and it's just drama.. I have to say these New Jersey houswives are very mafia like and they sort of scare me!! I will stick with the real classy ladies from the OC and New York!! Well and then there are Kim and Ne Ne in Atlanta!! I have to say that I am annoyed by the new housewife on the OC, Alexis... She claims to be very religious and yet wears a hootchy dress to church!! Her comment is that you can be christian and pretty, but the question really is WWJD???? And to quote Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives, "everyone will be judging, it's church."

I am still deciding what my format will be for this blog so any suggestions are welcome. I will keep the poll questions going so offer suggestions. I will also be able to report on two great events in the next couple of weeks. First, I will be returning to the Buckle for one day only to help out for no sales tax weekend. That place is a hotbed of drama and stories. Second, I will be going home for my class reunion which will prove to be full of dramatic people.. Can't wait!! So keep the comments coming and let's get this blog up to over 100 followers. Then I can yell 100 FOLLOWERS in a loud Oprah voice.. Peace..

Let's Get It Started!!

Ok, so this blog is officially up and running so now what??? I started by doing some quick research by reading some other blogs.. Where to begin, but with the real housewives!! They seem to have this blogging thing down! Basically, they seem to write about their lives and what they are doing. Sounds easy right???

I was recently watching an episode of that show Hoarders and was shocked and appalled by these poor people!! First of all, when they went into the house, the door would not open because there was so much junk!! All of the rooms were basically not usable beacuse of the amount of random stuff piled up (irons, clothes, books, dead cats, children, etc....). One woman just slept on her books instead of move them!! Anyway, I decided right then that I don't care how much stuff I have to remove from my apartment (including clothes), I will not be on Hoarders!!! Those folks are truly scary!

Anyway, some blogs have poll questions on them for people to respond to. Please send in creative questions that I could use!! That could be fun!!

The summer is going by way to fast and very soon we will back to you know where!! I don't think I'm ready for that yet, but the good news is this will be my final year teaching in a strip mall! The new building is going up quickly and it will be very exciting to finally have a real school again! I am looking forward to a big classroom with lots of space to move.

So I am going to continue viewing blogs and adding to this one! Blogging would be a great discussion around a nice summertime fire with the Russells!! Hmm????

Sass

It's ON!!!!

Hi y'all!! So here goes the first of hopefully blogs for everyone to enjoy!! This is all new to me so cross your fingers!! Just enjoyed a great night of tv with some favorite shows. Starting out with Big Brother. As I posted on Facebook earlier, what is up with the dumb girl (Rachel) who ends up with the bossy guy (Brenden) and they end up like winning the whole season!! Then there's the super annoying Britney girl!! Whatever! On to True Blood, which is truly fabulous!!! Watch it!! SOOKIE!!! Anywhoo, this will be short as I am just getting this new adventure started. Please comment... Sass