I'm such a schmuck..I forgot to take pictures at the Fiesta..there weren't that many people but they all loved the enchiladas and Jessica O.W. made the most delicious sopapilla cheesecakes..they were a great hit. this was a no frills (except for the food) party..which I will leave alone..I love doing it every month and don't want to piss anyone off...so the only picture that was taken was the beautiful little miss Kenna Jo-Ann...and is that not the cutest face? She helped hand out plates..some made it, some made the floor..ha..but we didn't care she was just so damn cute. I had all kinds of help..Anissa's boss is going to let her have the day off when ever I have one so she can help..which really really pleases me..that's a great thing for them to do..Plus Jessica made the dessert and brought the entertainment.I down loaded a great CD and not a damn thing happened..so don't know what I did wrong..it played at home but not there..sigh*...I wanted them to hear Que Pasa Baby, I thought I was your only vato by the Texas Tornado's, and Low Rider. One of the ladies that volunteers came in and gave a hand too...plus Jamie and Jessica. The other picture is of me and the ladies serving chicken salad, soup and tea. They charge $5 for it and that's another way for them to raise money to give for donations.That's Jamie to the right and Bonnie is next to her and I know that lady's name and for the life of me I can't remember it..I swear I have old farts disease. I only put up this picture because this is how I walk around(not with the little plastic hair net) but with my sunglasses flipped up. Looks like Mickey Mouse is sitting on my face.
Oh man..we have some great ideas for next month..I'm doing JACKIE'S SOCK HOP.. Marissa is going to paint a back drop of 50's stuff and we're going to have the old farts pictures taken in front of it. The ladies will have scarves around their necks, Kathy is web searching for a beehive wig for them. I'm bringing dippidy doo and putting the guys hair in duck tails and spit curls. Also getting candy cigarettes to roll up in the sleeves of their t-shirts, and one of my West face book friends is loaning us a black leather jacket. We're trying to get a pair of skates for Jamie as we're going to make her up as a car hop and she'll serve them on skates(if she doesn't kill her self)...I thought first of making milk shakes and french fries..but think I might just make banana splits..We sort of took a straw vote and banana splits won out. I'm also thinking of asking a friend that has a motorcycle to bring it up there and maybe have their picture taken on it..or at least the ones that can get up on it..We're also going to see if we can find some poodle skirts too..I'm so excited about this one..hot dang.
Naturally being the schmuck that I am I entered the pictures from last to first..so go to the bottom and work up..ha..That's Jamie and Jessica..there is one picture further down with Jamie and Jackie, who is one of my favorites..She cusses almost as much as me...and attributes her teen age complexion to cussing..The pictures of me crowning Louis for King are my favorites..when I put the crown on him I said Louis, you look like a pimp...we were both cracking up laughing and then he said I'm just laughing thinking about how much money I could make with all these women..I was falling in the floor from laughing..as you can see.The 6th picture from the bottom, you'll see a guy leaning up against the wall..that's 'old fart'...he never ever ever ever .....ever..comes to these things..and this time I threatened to drag his ass kicking and screaming to it if he didn't show up. He showed up..didn't want to eat, didn't want to drink...nothing..I gave him gumbo and rice and french bread and he ate every bit of it..ate beignets and a cup cake..and actually have pictures (in the next batch) of him joking with Jamie and one of the blow up jesters..Well....it was a roaring success. The first one of the cooking classes Idid I think had 17 people..yesterday we figure as close as we could get...55 people..not counting the aids/LVN's, RN's, etc. that came in and had a 'little bowl of this and a smidgen of that.'....We beat bingo numbers by double..I have a bunch more pictures to post..but will do it later on..I can not tell you how bad my legs hurt..I've been hobbling around all day..got woke up at 5:30 a.m. with a tearing pain in my right leg that brought me screaming out of the bed.Scared the crap out of Dexter and probably woke up Kathy in the apt. behind me. Toes and calves are cramping up on me, but nothing like the ripping pain in my inner thigh...holy crap...If I had a bullet to bite on and a shot of whiskey I would have bit the bullet and drank the whiskey. I'm too old for that crap. 6 hours to make the gumbo, and don't know how long it took to make 95 fecking cupcakes..Babs came over and we icing them with deep orange, purple and green. Pretty festive.Suzanne made beignets to go along with the Gumbo/rice, french bread and cup cakes.Plus she down loaded all kinds of great music..Jazz, zydeco, and Cajun music..Louis and his wife were there long after everyone else was just listening to the music. It was just fabulous..I'm proud of myself, I'm so proud of all the extra stuff that Kathy, Jamie and Jessica did. Plus Suzanne, who is just an angel sent from heaven..those beignets kicked ass and so does she. If you look close you'll see a little girl..She's Jamie's little cousin and calls me Grandma Jackie..I think I posted some pictures of her from last summer when she stayed with me . I gave her the red cowboy boots, which she still wears and loves. She was so much help. She was eager and able. She was just so great. She's a terrific kid.She wanted to come stay with me today, but I knew (and was right) that I would be in no shape to be able to keep up with her. I napped and then Alice took me to Pizza House for chicken fried steak to thank me for the help I gave her this winter when the parking lot was all tore up and went dumpster diving for her car/house keys when she accidentally threw them in the dumpster. Then we walked our lunch off by going next door to Gerik's Bakery and got some rolls. She got a sugar cookie roll, and I got a Sharla..sigh*...life is good in West, By Goddess, Texas.(more pictures to come) 
I'm such a schmuck..I forgot to take pictures at the Fiesta..there weren't that many people but they all loved the enchiladas and Jessica O.W. made the most delicious sopapilla cheesecakes..they were a great hit. this was a no frills (except for the food) party..which I will leave alone..I love doing it every month and don't want to piss anyone off...so the only picture that was taken was the beautiful little miss Kenna Jo-Ann...and is that not the cutest face? She helped hand out plates..some made it, some made the floor..ha..but we didn't care she was just so damn cute. I had all kinds of help..Anissa's boss is going to let her have the day off when ever I have one so she can help..which really really pleases me..that's a great thing for them to do..Plus Jessica made the dessert and brought the entertainment.I down loaded a great CD and not a damn thing happened..so don't know what I did wrong..it played at home but not there..sigh*...I wanted them to hear Que Pasa Baby, I thought I was your only vato by the Texas Tornado's, and Low Rider. One of the ladies that volunteers came in and gave a hand too...plus Jamie and Jessica. The other picture is of me and the ladies serving chicken salad, soup and tea. They charge $5 for it and that's another way for them to raise money to give for donations.That's Jamie to the right and Bonnie is next to her and I know that lady's name and for the life of me I can't remember it..I swear I have old farts disease. I only put up this picture because this is how I walk around(not with the little plastic hair net) but with my sunglasses flipped up. Looks like Mickey Mouse is sitting on my face.
