Spin City

SFFF! (SparkleFarkled Fun Fact!): Jan de Pont’s Twister (1996), starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Alan Rick, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Cowardly Lion is one of my favourite movies. I especially like the part where the cow flies past the window! (Photo credit: Jeanne Heilman)

WELCOME TO the happily-hosted-by-Grandma’s-Goulash Succinctly Yours, a perfectly wonderful meme that picks up where our dearly departed Microfiction Monday left off by asking the every-Monday burning question:

How low can you go?

(THE GIST: Use the photo provided by GG as inspiration for a story of 140 characters or 140 words. (It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more. As a matter of factdittioso, this go-round, I'm going with 85 --words, that is.) Oh?! *nods an impressed head* You want an even BIGGER challenge?! Then incorporate the word of the week into your flash tale! This Monday's assignment is "proliferate," which I chose to skip since that smitch of the game is optional. Whew! and thank God, because I don't need that kind o' presha!)

HERE’S August 1st’s picture
AND my story:

Nothing--no way, no how--could have prepared Hall of Famer and six-time Twister World Champion: Spiny Scales Division Karen for such times when all those grueling training sessions would again catch up with her, causing her to spontaneously strike and lock into a winning pose. “It’s a small price to pay for success,” she courageously explained to fans, onlookers, and other assorted gawkers during an unfortunate public display of the "repercussions." Then, embracing the moment, Karen announced she would be returning to the mat. --85 words

THREE WORDS:

Jennie Kelchen Design
Right Hand: Yellow!

Don't forget to stop and smell the Hasbro Games©-ly,
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

Rest in peace, my Mollo and ZuZu-pie.

I'd Like to Thank The Academy (Honoured to Be Honoured!)

SO, YOU MISSED my previous blog, eh? No worries. The dog eats my homework sometimes, too. With that being said *watches faces of blog readers as they turn into a puzzle-y goo, followed by them scratching confused, little heads because, heh, I can’t figure me out half the time either, at least during the part where I’m trying to think!* I didn’t want you to miss seeing the highlight of my last post. ENJOY! (And a Happy Jack Handey Friday to you to boot!):
“I hope if dogs take over the world, and they choose a king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas with some good ideas.” –Jack Handey

*Sets the mood from behind Marilyn McCoo mask, waving arms over head and singing “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”*

HM. I GUESS YOU COULD say Tracy over tah The Tote Trove has sort of declared me a Chihuahua! Yep, she’s ever so kindly awarded me (and nine other “Chihuahuas” --cLiCkY-cLiCkY –> HERE to see who else doth “bark” on key!) the prestigious

HERE'S THE HERE'S WHAT: This prize is “awarded to bloggers whose positivity and creativity inspire others in the blogging world. The Sunshine Award is given by bloggers to bloggers as a way to spread the bloggy love."

HUMBLY I AM beholden and will abide by the "conditions" that go with the honour:

~Thank the person who gave you this award.
Muchas gracious, Miss Totey! That’s Chihuahua-speak for thank you very much!
~Write a post about it.
Tah-dah! You’re reading it!
~Answer to the questions below.
Up next: Look down.
~Pass it on to 10 bloggers who you think really deserve it and send them a message to let them know.
How about five? (RATS! Does that mean I my recognition will be replaced with the Partly Cloudy Award?) I’ve been out of the bloggy loop lately –-or should I say, “The dog ate my homework”? Here goes:

Daisy the Curly Cat
Daveland Blog,
AJAX ALL PURPOSE BLOG
Cow Patty Surprise
RottieGirl’s Blog
(Stop yer shaken, just-named Chihuahuas, because there's no pressure. It’s okay by me if you just take the award and run!)

THE QUESTIONS:
What's your favorite color?

Ho! Ho! Ho! Green

What's your favorite animal?
I go back and forth. Cat, dog? Dog, cat? Cat? Dog?

Catdog!
Yeah, now we’re talkin’!
It’s one of

my all-time fave cartoonnies, too!
What's your favorite number?

The winning lottery number that I will be holding in my little mitty, come near future, I hope, I hope!

What perfume are you using right now?
I just fed the cats. Does that count?

What do you always wear that identifies you?
Fingy prints.
What's your passion?

Watching television.
(Don’t breathe a word, but I THINK IT WATCHES ME, TOO!)

Do you prefer getting or giving presents?
Gimme! GIMME!! GIMME!!!

What was the last eyeshadow you used?
LANCOME by Lancome Color Design Eyeshadow - Daylight (Matte)

What's your favorite day of the week?

I bet you thought I was going to say Friday, right?!
Lol!
ACTUALLY, it’s Tuesday.

Pretty Little Liars
My favourite TV show
is on that night.
Are your nails painted right now?
No. But if they were, I would have chosen

pink!

Whew! I’m exhausted!
EIGHT WORDS:
I think I’ll go lay by my dish.

Luv, SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

Rest in peace, my Mollo and Zuzie.

If You Know Me, and I Know I Do...

[Turn off my Playlist BEFORE you read this or the mash will drive you kEr4Zy!] THEN YOU KNOW I love a good pun --especially when it comes to my Texan country rock music! Ladies and germs, lend your ears thissa way:

Hell on Heels - Pistol Annies - Pistol Annies Videos

Pistol Annies - "Hell on Heels"
Label: Columbia Nashville
Director: Becky Fluke

Because THIS JUST IN (sorta) FROM The Blog Prophet (and CMT News-recently): "Back in May I told y’all about Miranda Lambert’s new country girl group the Pistol Annies. The trio [consisting of Miranda, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley] were initially formed as a “fun outlet” for country’s new queen Lambert, performing their debut single “Hell On Heels” at ACM’s ‘Girls' Night Out’ TV special in April and then remaining relatively quiet ever since. Now things are getting more serious, with the girls inking a record deal with Columbia Nashville (Lambert’s label), and officially releasing “Hell On Heels” on iTunes.[!]

“Hell On Heels” provides a fresh take on Lambert's Texan country rock sound. It’s much sultrier than her previous releases, with a smouldering vocal and foreboding guitar strings that’d make any man [or woman] quiver in his [her] cowboy boots. If you thought Britney was a Femme Fatale, then you ain’t seen nothin’ yet, honey!

While the Pistol Annies work on their debut album, Miranda is still writing and recording her next solo album, with a tentative release date set for before Christmas. I already have the feeling that it’s going to be one of the hottest holiday sellers once Christmas rolls around — Miranda keeps getting more and more popular with each release, and the Pistol Annies are only going to help her grow even bigger."

cLiCkYcLicKy-ditto Pistol Annies and their amazing “Hell On Heels," above, and then go pick it up on iTunes!

I know, I know.
It makes me feel like dancing, too!

THREE WORDS
(Please and thank-you to muting, minusing the Salsa Chihuahua beat!):

sultry and smouldering!

Happy Texan country rock trails to ya!
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

Rest in peace, my Mollo and Zuzie.

A Boy Who Won't Be Good Might Just as Well Be Made of Wood.

Pinocchio: No, Ma'am, but they tied me in a big sack. [His nose grows a little more and sprouts leaves] The Blue Fairy: You don't say?

WELCOME TO the happily-hosted-by-Grandma’s-Goulash Succinctly Yours, a perfectly wonderful meme that picks up where our dearly departed Microfiction Monday left off by asking the every-Monday burning question:

How low can you go?

(THE GIST: Use the photo provided by GG as inspiration for a story of 140 characters or 140 words. (It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more. As a matter of factdittioso, this go-round, I'm going with 68 --words, that is.) Oh?! *nods an impressed head* You want an even BIGGER challenge?! Then incorporate the word of the week into your flash tale! This Monday's assignment is "arbitrary," which I chose to pass on since that part of the game is optional. Whew! and thank God, because I don't need that kind o' presha!)

HERE’S July 25th picture
AND my story:

Momentarily, The Blue Fairy would be arriving again to Geppeto’s."I warned you, three strikes and you’re out!" she would then Heidi-Klummily scold Pinocchio after having had to sweep up his tell-tale, I’m-still-a-liar shavings for a third time. "Trimming nose hairs is one thing," she would explain, "But blatant, purposeful pruning of a lengthening schnoz in order to hide the truth of the matter, well, IT SHANT BE TOLERATED!" –68 words

ONE WORD: nose.

If you can’t keep it short, at least keep it "clean."

To nose me is to loves me-ly,
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

P.S. Thanks for the happy, little award, Tote Trove. Official appreciations are forthcoming!

Rest in peace, my Mollo, ZuZu, and Amy Winehouse.

Crispy Critters

Sandy
VS.
Hot Sandy?

FOUR WORDS:
Cast your vote now!

WELCOME TO the happily-hosted-by-Grandma’s-Goulash Succinctly Yours, a perfectly wonderful meme that picks up where our dearly departed Microfiction Monday left off, by asking the every-Monday burning question:

How low can you go?

(THE GIST: Use the photo provided by GG as inspiration for a story of 140 characters or 140 words. (It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more. As a matter of factdittioso, this go-round, I'm going with 31 --words, that is.) Oh?! *nods an impressed head* You want an even BIGGER challenge?! Then incorporate the word of the week into your flash tale! This Monday's assignment is "renegade," which I chose to pass on since that part of the game is optional. <--Whew! and thank God, because I don't need that kind o' presha!)

HERE’S July 11th's picture
AND my story:

Oh, how Dale, Monty, and Denise Gruesome enjoyed hot summer days at the beach –especially the “sand-fry your feet, then listen to the sizzle when those toostsies meet the tide” part! –31 words
. . . . . . .
Wishing I was knee-deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chairly,
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

P.S. you, too-ly!

Rest in peace, my Mollo and ZuZu.

Short and ‘Tweet

With a little help from my friends (a pre-fab Handeyism and an oh-so-cute smitch of the truly inspirey <-–For lots more of where this came from visit dazeychic’s!), because, lately, the hurrier I go the behinder I get,
Welcome to my not so big fat
JACK HANDEY FRIDAY!

TWELVE WORDS:

. . . . . . .
Hoping to

catch up
soonly,
(because, gosh darn it, you’d be surprised how much I miss you!)
on a kooky wing and a prayerly yours,
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

Rest in peace, my Mollo and Zuzie.

Greener Pastures

Cousin Jubal

WELCOME TO the happily-hosted-by-Grandma’s-Goulash Succinctly Yours, a perfectly wonderful meme that picks up where our dearly departed Microfiction Monday left off, by asking the every-Monday burning question:

How low can you go?

(THE GIST: Use the photo provided by GG as inspiration for a story of 140 characters or 140 words. (It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more. As a matter of factdittioso, this go-round, I'm going with 133 --words, that is.) Oh?! *nods an impressed head* You want an even BIGGER challenge?! Then incorporate the word of the week into your flash tale! This Monday's assignment is "expedient," which I chose to pass on since that part of the game is optional. Whew! and thank God, because I don't need that kind o' presha!)

HERE’S July 4th's picture AND my story:

Secretly, city slicker Sid longed for the life that was his country cousin’s, especially the “home-cooking” at the

Land O’ Pies Café!
–133 characters
. . . . . . .
Gotta
(ONE WORD:)

fly!
Buzzing off,
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*
Rest in peace, my Mollo and Zuzie.

Question: What's Big, Cracked, and Carries Your Luggage?

ANSWER: The Liberty Bellhop!

Happy Red, White and Blue
to you and yours!

P.S.
ONE WORD: Ouch!
(Fireworks are danger-y. Keep yer body parts in check.)

O Say can you seely,
SparkleFarkle~~~~~*

Rest in peace, my Mollo and ZuZu.