Sweet Potato Fries

Damn, I love sweet potato fries!

Something you might not know about me is that I'm a Pescetarian....I eat no mammals or birds! I haven't had a burger in over 20 years! HA! But man, do I LOVE seafood! YUMMO ! I could never give up shrimp, crab, fish, and clams! I also try to avoid soy because of my thyroid ....this of course is nearly impossible to do as soy is in EVERYTHING! I feel extremely bad for people who have soy allergies. Recently, I've been having a love affair with sweet potatos....so much tastier then regular old potatos and much better for you. Tonight I had sweet potato fries , baked in my oven with garlic powder, salt and pepper. I like my fries crispy too!

Notice my cool new drinking glasses? Nope they're not vintage, I got them at the grocery store for $1 each! I thought they were fun!

Things To Do...

You all know I celebrated my 38th birthday last week!!! YAY Birthday!! I've been doing a lot of thinking about things I want to do this year...my 38th year on this amazing planet. I've decided I'd make a list of at least 10 random things to accomplish this year. I've also decided to lower my expectations to things I would actually be able to do! I'm usually such a grand, big thinker...but not this year...this year I'm thinking small.

1. Learn to knit/crochet...I've been wanting to for a long time, this year is my year!

2. Run a 5k...notice I didn't say marathon...see small...I hate running but I do it to stay in shape...I want to run a small 5k because that will be like a marathon to me!

3. Take a boxing class ....yeah, I want to learn how to throw a punch...my students think I'm crazy and to old but they said they would come watch me if I ever had a match...I'm really just trying to make them fear me. :)

4. Look into adoption...My biological clock started ticking when I hit 34 and well, it hasn't stopped yet. But the problem is I'm single and I'm also running out of time. So, I've been thinking about what my options are and at this point in my life adopting might be the best route for me. I could just imagine as a teacher the talk if
I decided to visit a sperm bank or a drunken sailor on leave (hehehe) and became an unwed mother. Oh the immorality!

5. Go on another fun vintage inspired good trip.... I'm really wanting to go to Niagara Falls and stop at the tiki Ho Jo's in Lake George New York!

6. Drink more water every day....you might think that's an easy one but I'm a teacher! I can't just go to the bathroom when ever I want! I'm gonna have to some how figure out when I can go pee more then once during my day.

7. Tile my gosh darn kitchen backsplash! ...I really need to get my ass in gear on this one...SLACKER I am.

8. Learn to bake bread the old fashioned way....after that maybe I'll move on to my own pasta....there I am being a big thinker again.

9. Start dating again....sometime this year I will get back out there..but right now I'm gonna stay on the sofa for a while longer. I'm just not ready yet...I'm to afraid to be hurt again yet. I'll just stay on my sofa behind my brick wall for a little while longer, thanks... but sometime this year, I promise.

10. Remember everyday that I am lucky to be here and not to worry about the little things I can't control.

Presents For Moi!!!

Lookie, Lookie what I found waiting for me on my front door step when I got home from my long ass day today! Why, it's a box full of good ole Texas sunshine! Just what this gloomy puss needed. Thanks Mick! Why there's just nothing this gal loves more then presents!!!! Please feel free to spoil me all you want lovely readers! hahaha... What? I can dream.. can't I?

There's my cool, one of a kind record bowl I won, a Deluxe Motel postcard, A pink flamingo, and CHOCOLATE!!!!! What more could a gal ask for! Thanks again Mick for sending me some Texas sunshine. Oh! I almost forgot...I loved your postcards too. Very vintage kitsch!

xoxo,
MaryDeluxe

Rumble in the Hey-wake

Here's what happens when you leave the door open....it's new so we must go investigate what it is! Mommy must have gotten this just for us?? She sure is swell...we must thank her later by remembering to hack up a nice slimy hair ball for her to step in!

Let's get ready to rumble!
On the top shelf we have the pudgy queen bee herself.... Bosche "I'm not fat, I'm a Manx"
On the bottom shelf we have the new kid on the block .....Milo "The Monster"

"DING"


Ooooo an upper right paw from the little monster!

Awwww... Love tap paws!



Followed by a...I'm going to eat your face if ya don't f'in leave me alone soon!

And the winner is....Oh who cares, we've already moved on to the boots....

A Hey-wake Story

The Story..

Last April I went off to this auction in the hopes of winning some Hey-wake. Unfortunately, I came away empty handed for Hey-wake but did get the very cool 1937 Sensation pinball game. Remember this is also the auction that I met my ex-fella at. I don't think I've ever mentioned this before, but he actually went to that auction just to get the chance to meet me. He was a DeluxeVille reader and took the time to figure out where I was gonna be and showed up there. It's not as creepy as it sounds....I have seen this guy most of my life at different bars and such...but I'd never talked to him....so this day I went over to talk to him. I remember when that pinball game came up for auction and he said to me,"you really need that for your game room!" So of course I had to buy it! After I bought it, he said "hmmmm I was just kidding...what are you gonna do with that??"

Well dear ex-fella, here's what I did with it....I sold it and used the hundred bucks I made from it to buy my new Hey-wake china cabinet today! Which btw only cost me $90!! :) :) :)

So the moral of this hey-wake story is....

You might not get what you really want at the moment you really want it but if you're patient and smart, you can get what you want in the end!

The moral of my ex-fella story is...

hehehehe I might need some help with that one! : ) Somebody give me one please! hmmm, I know, I know....

Buy the damn pinball game no matter what someone else might think!

Teaser....

Yup....I did!!!!

Dude Really, Where IS My Car???

Today is my birthday and mother nature gave me a blizzard for my birthday! Thank you mother nature. Yup, that's over 3 feet of snow out there!! Happy Birthday Mary Deluxe, now get your big girl pants on and get out there and shovel!

My front garden?? I'm 5'3" and that snow pile is as big as me!


Yay..I shoveled to the back of my garage!!! Notice, it's still snowing!!


The street where I live....we don't have front yards anymore or sidewalks for that matter!

I still haven't gotten remotely close to my car yet...I don't know when I'll get there? Just looking at it makes me tired. I will ALWAYS remember my birthday of 2010! Thanks for the well wishes! All I want for my birthday is Spring!