For Gertrude...Just Because It's WednesdayXOXOXO

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
~Henry Ford

...Every Minute of Every Day of My Life.

Breaking News!!!Reagan Endorses Obama!

If Only

She had sounded half as Presidential during the primaries, instead of the 'how dare you challenge me' entitled Republican in sexy Democratic clothing debutante that she came off as during the primaries, this decision would have been much more difficult from the 'get go'.

She'll be a GREAT Attorney General. Seriously.

Might Wanna Check That List Again...

Dave Freeman, 47, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," died August 17th after falling and hitting his head at his home in Venice, California.

Maybe he should have made a longer list.

The producers of "My Name is Earl" should pay attention to this one.

Open House!

I'm done and Hysteria Lane is ready for its big close up!
Its a new address so take note.
My new home is finished.
Welcome!
Welcome!

Thirty One Years

My favorite Elvis performance. Look and that smile and tell me you don't love him!

My first home was a condo painted Pepto Pink with black and white pictures of Elvis every where.
Little Plus One history... he helped me paint that condo so many years ago.

The King.
What he has meant to me over the years has changed.
Used to he was part of my identity. I owned the right to be the only living Elvis fan.
Gradually he became something that brought me great comfort but I stopped kicking peoples asses in the parking lot when they said they too liked Elvis.
I still know more Elvis trivia than your average person.
I still love his movies and his music.

For my 30th Zelda and I made pilgrimage. She had been before but I never had.
Graceland is a small modest home really. But I was still soul stirred when I walked in the grass and imagined I was truly walking in the footsteps of the King. I also remember there was an Oklahoma flag on his grave that day.

A couple of random things:
the first Elvis fan club I tried to join... my letter came back marked Return to Sender.
I still have my mint condition Elvis stamp voting ballots.
Also many Bradford exchange plates, Elvis "Barbie" dolls still in the boxes unopened and stacks and stacks of Elvis trading cards reissued circa 1992-93.
My favorite Elvis movie is King Creole.
My favorite Elvis to watch impersonate Elvis is of course Nick Cage. Wild at Heart... Treat me like a fool.
I do remember when he died. I do. I wasn't very old. But I loved him then. My mother spun his records all the time.
I had an orange t shirt with one of those old crispy 70's iron on's of the King on the front of it. I wore it with my zip up the side brown boots and my light blue jeans that had zippers everywhere.
It might still be my favorite outfit I have ever worn to this day.
I used to want my ashes sprinkled on Graceland when I died. And I still wouldn't mind someone taking a handful and pitching it over the wall.
When I walked into Graceland with Zelda this song was playing:
Its my favorite.
It also expresses how I feel about being minus Plus One this weekend very well.



Elvis to me now...
it reminds me of dancing with my Grammy in her living room.
My Grammy is one world class dancer. Old, old school dancing. She does the jitterbug and waltz's with my Grandfather... they are so light on their feet and beautiful to watch it brings tears to my eyes thinking about it.
I know it reminds Noodle of me.
We did a little dancing to Elvis once upon a time ourselves when she was little. I would take her in my arms and she would laugh and drool and bounce up and down. I don't know if she'll remember that when she is older like I do with Grammy. But I hope she does.

Elvis. He was beautiful indeed. The hair didn't move unless the hips and knees moved and his lips parted in such a way while he was singing that girls just passed smooth out in front of his from hysteria.
I would have loved to have seen him Live. To feel that myself.
Elvis is part of my childhood... part of my child's childhood and I hope she will pass the love along to her children.
Last video... it was the first time America saw him... and it was love at first sight and we still love him.

The wheels on the bus

Noodle has a great day! A great day! The girls are great. The boys are not. Thank God right? She is ten.
I was taking her to the bus for the first time today and she thought we'd missed it.
Tears started rolling down her face and she yelled at me a little bit.
Its all passion! And thats fine.
We didn't miss the bus. I just didn't know where it was parked. All is good.
She got deposited and I got to work early!

Plus One. We've had a rough week. Distance training. Preparing for the marathon. We won't see one another for 2.5 weeks. Seems like forever. You all know if you've ever had a long distance relationship. Its just not easy on the heart.
Thank the good Lord for planes, trains and automobiles. That the good Lord for email, blogs, telephones and text messages.

I miss him kids. I miss his face and all things Plus One related.

Its Friday! Its hard to say that with a straight face... considering its a minus Plus One weekend.

Thanks to everyone for keeping me up on the Olympic coverage. I haven't watched anything. Really. I have even missed Matt in the morning. I said... its been a hard week of distance training.

But I did get to finally watch my girl last night and she is still delicious.
I know that their are a lot of people who would argue that she is not the greatest role model but I disagree. I think she is perfect.