Land o'Lessa

A double celebration for Alaska today!

“Good Morning! This is the Alaska Statehood Flag, 7 rows of 7 stars. This flag flew over our Capital 50 years ago today. Happy Birthday America, and God Bless Alaska.”

We’re very proud of our Drumline!

Now…

When asked if I’d bought this Streamer Crown for the pup – I may or may not have said “NO! It’s Mine! I’m a PRETTY, PRETTY PRINCESS DAMMIT!” and the woman sitting near us may or may not have burst out laughing, loudly. I’m not sure why… *snerk*

How was YOUR 4th? Ours – Sunburnt. Again. You’d think we’d learn…

We did what we always do on July 4th:
– go to the parade
– forget the sunscreen
– rationalize that to go back and get it would be silly because
– it ALWAYS is cold and foggy on the 4th
– belatedly remember that it’s sometimes REALLY HOT too
– realize that this? Is one of those years.
– make lobsters jealous with the color of your exposed skin.
– oh, and Enjoy the Parade despite courting skin cancer.

Fun, huh?

Actually it was a lovely day, despite my sunburn! Peppermist, her BFF Micky, the Pup, Nana and I met up at the parade, and giggled and pointed and took a ton of pictures, while enjoying a bit of our small town life – that looks anything but small town. You see, the parade is the BIGGEST party of the year – even though we have no firework.

…I see your confused expression there – let me remind you that I live in Alaska, land of the midnight sun. Fireworks aren’t any fun if you can’t SEE them!

When you live in Alaska, you often make your own fun – like so:
The Pup: Did you get that streamer headband for ME?
Me: NO! because I’m a PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS, DAMMIT!
Mom nearby: (Tries not to laugh outloud. Chokes. Gives up. Laughs loudly)
Me: (points and laughs at nearby mom – gives up the Streamer Headband)
Pup: I AM A PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS!

Or:

Micky: I like sitting next to the highway – the wind from the cars is cooling.
Peppermist: Did you just say ‘the highway is for cars’?!
Me: OH EM GEE! NO WAI! The highway is for CARS?!

See, don’t you wish you hung around with us ALL the time?!

After the parade, we braved the local grocery store, IGA, because they had bacon on sale, and I’ve never met a slice of bacon I didn’t devour – and we stayed to see if we won the $500 grocery spree. We didn’t, but we had fun anyway – Peppermist teased Nana because she’s taller than her, and pup proved a most EXCELLENT bunny ear giver for picture purposes.

Then after the fun, we headed home to nurse our burning skin, listen to some tunes, find the cat that had escaped earlier, and relax.

Here’s hoping your 4th was filled with easy going, relaxing family fun too!

Alright my Big Brother Crazies and Reality Dazies!

We have our Pool Party, where everyone has been assigned their houseguest, and we’ll be watching that all summer long as we cheer and jeer ‘our’ houseguest on – but then I had a thought.

Ya know? Folks might like something where they get to PICK their houseguests too. And what if they like more than one? And what if they’re the first evicted from the original Pool? How sad that would be!

So – here’s a deal for you – special and hot off the press on this 4th of July.
It’s the BBE Pool Party v2 – You Pick’um!
What’s at stake? A $50 Amazon Gift Certificate from yours truly!
Here’s how it will work:

1. Each week, you’ll pick your team – 3 houseguests that you think will net you the most points during the three CBS Network shows each week, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights. You can choose any of the houseguests for your team, but once you choose them for the week and I close the thread, you are locked in until after the Eviction on Thursday night. The HOH Competition on Thursday will be the first points gained during the week.

(For Example: Thursday’s show will have eviction and HOH – Eviction points counts for that week, HOH points for the following week.)

2. There are a variety of ways that we will add and subtract points. Only instances that occur during the CBS Network shows on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursdays will count!
They points are as follows:

a. Wins HOH +7
b. Wins POV +5
c. Goes on Slop –3
d. Cries +2
e. Gets Bleeped +1
f. Kisses another HG on the lips +3
g. Fights +3
h. Has a body part blurred +2
i. Nominated for Eviction –3
j. Wins Luxury Comp +3
k. Evicted –7

3. You can join/drop at any point during the season. This is about total points – so it’s in your best interest to get your team picked asap – but if don’t start week one, that’s alright.

4. The first week will include the Premiere show – so Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.

5. The count of the BBC/RD/BBE Team will be FINAL. If you think that I made a mistake or missed something, you can let me know when I post that show’s totals – within 24 hours of my posting and I will double check. After that, suck it up. If I come up with the same count twice? That’s the final answer.

6. The deadline for the first week’s Team picks is 7pm EST, July 9th, Premiere Time! You may pick again after eviction the following week, at any time before Sunday’s show, EST. I will lock the thread at the deadline, and you will be locked in for the week.

7. Most points at the end of the season? Wins!

So who’s in? If you want to play along, then sign up under the Pool Party v2 – You Pick’um thread, Week One, on the forums and we’ll get this party started! Spread the word, tell your friends, and let’s have fun! Don’t forget the Original Pool Party too – you can definitely play in both! Pool #1 is full, but if we get 13 more, we’ll open Pool number Two!

Let’s get this party STARTED!