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Hi all you unmyspacefacedybook people! No blog of late...why? Jack is the only one who reads it. Perhaps Daren as well.

Anyway, now I got a professional blogger doin' it for me...check out my latest foray into delivering organic edibles to the homes of many a lucky Savannaian as...

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Ahhh England...

Where the teaspoons are really small and when someone asks you to bring squash to a barbecue they don't mean a courgette!

We don't know Jack!

Do you?

Of course you know yourself, Jack...constantly commenting on both mine and Daren and probably countless other people's blogs, chiding me for posting infrequently or in an untimely manner.

Seems like Jack doesn't even write a blog himself. Maybe he should start a blog...a day in the life of a blog voyeur!

So before he gets his panties in a wad again...

The random photo below was taken in the European Union, Espana, Barcelona.
A detail of Gaudi's Parc Guell including a foppy guy with the large stringed instrument.

Pick a picture at random...

...and random it is!

It's so random I'll have to make you guess the location of this shot!
Results on Monday...good luck!

FAQ

"How many pictures have you taken?"

My typical answer being..."I don't want to know!"

Well...the temporary results are in...2732!

That's an average of 210 photos a week...not counting the hundreds of blurry cathedrals and tree in the way pics I've already deleted...oh, and I'm not home yet.

So where does one start blogging with a library of 2732 photos and video clips...

We shall see...

Free Cats

I miss my kitties...but I knew there would be plenty to hang out with in Europe, especially Greece...

Some of calenders you can buy with kitty pictures include "Greek Cats", "Stray Cats", and my favorite..."Free Cats"...as in take them please!

The Eurotrip continues...

So far I've been through 13 different countries, 5 different languages, and 4 different currencies!!!

Taking a well-deserved break on the Greek Isle of Santorini!

I would post more stuff but I've only stayed in one hotel that had a free wireless internet connection....

Anyway here are some highlights of my trip so far...

Buy, rent, or take my life...mission accomplished!

Or...Debbs' stuff: fueling other people's dreams!

Or...If you could sell all your troubles, would anyone buy them? Apparently...YES!

My dehydrator is being used to test recipes for an upcoming hike on the Applachian Trail.

Jill is dealing with my neighbor's never-ending irrigation problems.

Travis finally fixed the driver's side window motor on the black truck.

Two SCAD girls are riding bicycles for the first time in years.

My friends and neighbors are sporting my outfits.

Stormy and Eight are controlling the bunny population in Ellabel.

After years of living on a 65 ft fishing boat, my new tenant is looking forward to refurbishing my wrought iron patio set and building window boxes with my scrap lumber.

My plastic pots are playing a starring role in someone else's backyard nursery business.

The Schwinn Stingray is being refurbished once again...this time in Folly Beach, SC.

I hear the chaise lounge is going be painted green.

And me? Think I'll start living the un-American dream!

The game of spongebob LIFE...a modern adaptation

On my recent friend tour, I had the pleasure of seeing my #1 friend and meeting his 10 year old son for the first time. I suggested we play a game (missa debbs loves games) and I was introduced to Spongebob LIFE...

In the classic version of LIFE, you drive a blue or pink station wagon, get a spouse, have kids, buy a house and pay a mortgage...

In the modern version of Spongebob LIFE, you walk alone, you may choose to buy a pet (which may sting you...i.e. jellyfish), you can change jobs frequently (you need a college degree to be a fry cook), and you rent a house or live with grandma...

So, in the game of Spongebob Life, I was Mr. Crabbs, went to college, became a business owner and made more money than everyone else but ended up in dead last place with $3700 because in the end I lost Spongebob in a card game and had to buy him back...

...go figure, the un-college educated groundskeeper won in the game of Spongebob LIFE!

Mega Yacht Glam Shots

I heard George Clooney and Ben Affleck own this boat!

The Barbie Dream Kitchen

I had a few days off last week, so I decided to Flip This Kitchen...

What started off as ripping down some wallpaper and throwing down some new lino...

Ended up being nailing down a tongue and groove bamboo floor and trimming it out with new baseboards and quarter-round...

Oh yeah, and then the house is being shown on Saturday morning and I'm having a disco party Saturday night...

For Missa Deb...no problem.

She's Crafty!

People are constantly asking me, "So, what are you going to do now?" Like I don't do enough already!

One of the things I like to do is make stuff! I have been into knitting cool things for about a year and some of my Canadian friends have resparked my interest in creating cigar box purses again!

It is nice having an adoring public to design for...

I quit my job blowin' leaves...

I finally stood up and told that money hungry, slave-driver boss of mine to take this job and shove it! My resignation letter is on her desk!

Goodbye bruised shins! Goodbye dirt-stained clothes! Goodbye repetitive motion syndrome! Goodbye broken fingernails! Goodbye cuts and scrapes! Goodbye black boogies! Goodbye Oasis Landscapes!

So how were your holidays, deb? BUSY!!!

I was a social butterfly this holiday season!

On Christmas Day I made six stops...First to bestow oatmeal cookies on the ex and his mom Becky and Captain Jim--Jim approves of the cookies. Then it was off to downtown Savannah to the Sea Bolwd Crew House--never let South Africans start a grill! Next to Princess Marianna's house with the gift of Chinese Medicine. Oh yes, I did get a meal with Tara and Lou, my favorite Jersey folks...We ate lasanga and I supervised while the men tried to set up the new flat screen TV during a football game! Halfway back to Tybee I had a glass of wine with the Bretons and their neighbors...and a final stop on Tybee to visit one of the Becker boys and the ex again!

OK then it is New Year's Eve. Stop by Diego's to try to get some of this hangi. I believe it is a Kiwi thing where they roast a whole pig in the ground...30 more minutes and then we'll dig it up...oh well. My mission is to park the car for the rest of the year! So we cab it to Il Pasticco and dance in the New Year, 007 that is! One last stop at Venus di Milo before I put on my PJs and sleep well!

Good Morning New Year!!! This is the second year I have celebrated a fresh beginning with a plunge into the Atlantic Ocean! In black leather no less!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!!!

The Coug lives on Tybee!

John Cougar Mellencamp's New Beach House on Tybee Island

OK, he doesn't call himself the Cougar anymore but I call him the Coug anyway. Still would like to meet the new neighbor in Tybee style. Get together a bicycle posse, a 12 pack of PBR, and knock on the door--hey Coug! Welcome to Tybee Island.

I will blog more about this crazy island I love.

The mommies who lunch

Friday I had lunch with my favorite brand-new babies' mamas. Nikky B is pictured with Britt's 2 month old, Phillip Jr...and Miss Britt holds onto Nikky's 6 month old Sophie loaf!

Zee Pain is in Zee Mind

A book found its way to me on Sunday evening. It appeared on a coffee table and no one knew how it got there. But I knew it was meant for me. Healing Back Pain The Mind-Body Connection by John E. Sarno M.D. Without drugs/without surgery/without exercise

I have been suffering from pain in my right shoulder for the last three years. Two weeks ago the other one "went out". I've been to the doctor and had x-rays but nothing physical shows up, I still have full range of motion...but the pain persists. Sometimes it is so severe I cannot work, sometimes I think I am healed and feel no pain at all, but it always returns.

I know many other people who complain of this pain. My ex-husband suffered severe back pain: the house is filled with heating pads, ice packs, painkillers--we even bought a hot tub. But I knew all this pain was something else...

TMS: Tension Myositis Syndrome...your body is producing physical pain to divert your mind from some repressed anxiety or emotion. Have you ever seen the "depression hurts" commercials? The good doctor's premise is that tension-causing events or situations in your life coupled with a restricted flow of oxygen to your muscles create this pain.

I have only read 20 pages of this book and am better able to control my shoulder pain. When the pain strikes I put myself into a more positive mood...I've been asked, "Well, how can you do that if you're stressed or things are out of control in your life?" You just do...it's better than being in pain.

I can think of at least 4 people who need this book as a Christmas gift. He has another one too---Mind Over Back Pain.

Be Healed!!!

Ice Hurts!

Every year at Christmastime I partake in the ritual of Skatefest at the Savannah Civic Center. Cathy organized a good group of 8 people to go iceskating this Tuesday evening. I must say I get worse at iceskating each year!!! I fell three times--not counting the time Albi dragged me down. I didn't know my butt could bruise like that! Poor Albi spent most of the time face down on the ice but was always ready to go around one more time. We licked our wounds at Mercury Lounge where the ladies celebrating a 21st birthday left the boys feeling no pain.