Friday, July 17, 2009

Sorry, Ms. Bastard


I am feeling very multiple-personalitied today. And that's okay! I sort of like it! I think I'm big enough for all the people in me and also, they're all in a good mood.

I went to yoga this morning and then I did something SO girly that I had to immediately go buy some pearly pink nail polish and also, I discussed Grandmotherhood with a woman whose granddaughter is her joy in life which reminded me of how joyful MY life is about to become with a grand child in it and made me feel a little grandmotherly myself and also, I just read Ms. Sarcastic Bastard's last post so my motherfucking ass is wanting to talk like her motherfucking ass does and maybe discuss German men wearing ugly ass Speedos that don't cover up their junk.
Whoa!
And of course I just went out to visit my chickens and give them some canteloupe and talk to them like this (in a highpitched voice, of course): Hey my ladies! How are my lovely ladies? Where is everyone? Mama has a treat for you! Etc. Etc. Then I told them how beautiful they are and I called them every one by name. Now that person is is probably the real me- the crazy batshit old Chicken Lady- but whatever.

What I did which was so girly was to go get a pampering facial. YES! YES! YES! Kathleen gave me a gift certificate for it for my birthday to help me get back in the girly mode before I leave for Mexico and it was nothing short of wonderful. The woman who did the facial was, well, she's a character and I already love her. Her name is Katie. She told me about how she works in her yard, wearing a bathing suit and a tank-top and how yesterday she mixed topsoil and sand and horse shit and mulch all together to make a soil for some pineapples she's planting. The conversation started like this, "Yesterday I realized I was out of dirt."
Uh- huh. And I knew exactly what she meant.
She also told me about the pot bellied pig which she used to have which lived in the house with her and her husband, whom the pig hated, and how she would take the pig to the nursing home to cheer up the old people. That pig was potty-trained!
"She was a gluttonous animal!" Katie cheerfully announced while describing to me how she would get the pig to sit on command with the aid of Cheetoes.
She also told me that her feet get so dirty she has to soak them in Oxyclean before she can get a pedicure. I'm going to try that.
But after we talked for awhile, sharing yard and animal and grandmother stories (she was the grandmother I talked to) she said, "Now I'm going to shut up and let you relax and boy, I did. It was heaven. Just heaven. The hands in the paraffin, the warmers on the hands and feet, the shoulder and arm and "decolletage" massage, the hands and feet massages. I'm about to go to sleep thinking about it.
I was lying there thinking that this probably did nothing at all for my skin but glory hallelujah! what it did for my soul.
I even let her wax my eyebrows! This is a first for me and I hope I look a bit less beasty.

Anyway, I stumbled out of there an hour and a half later, literally in tears of happiness, and barely able to walk. I yawned my way through the Winn Dixie where I bought canning lids and the CVS where I bought the pearly pink nail polish. Billy called me when I got home and I told him about the pearly pink nail polish. "It's so girly!" I announced gleefully.
"Yeah, maybe," he said. "But probably not too...uh, sexy."
Well. Billy will tell me truth and that's why I love him so very much.

And so that's what I've done today. Being all happy and girly and getting pampered. Although I have to admit that in yoga I was internally grumbling the whole entire time and was stiff as an old man to boot. An old German man, wrinkled like a mother-fucking Shar Pei and my ass is not lying.
At least I wasn't wearing a Speedo. My junk was hidden, Motherfuckers!

All right. I better go do something grandmotherly now. Actually, what I need to do is pop the seals on all the pickles I made last night and redo the brine with is more boring and less tasty than that Good Seasons Italian Dressing mix shit. You know the shit I'm talking about, Motherfuckers. Your Moms made it for you when you were a kid. You ate that shit up because you didn't know any better.

Or wait. I think I'm talking about me.

Oh well. This ass is out of here.

Happy Friday, y'all.
Love....Ms. Moon (And all the people inside of her.)

35 comments:

  1. You absolutely crack me up! Have a fabulous weekend!

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  2. I love you AND I love Ms Bastard. I double love you talking like Ms Bastard!!!

    She totally cracks my shit up. She is going to love this tribute to her, I just know it!

    I'm so happy for you! You do sound like you are in a wonderful mood today! Pampering treatments will do that to you! And, hey, I think that pearly pink polish IS sexxy!

    Happy Friday to you and your chickies!

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  3. MoxieMama- I think I will.

    Lady Lemon- I just had to do it. I just had to release my inner-Ms. Bastard.

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  4. I love it that you drop a f bomb every now and again. Makes me feel less guilty when I do it!

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  5. Maybe you could have Katie come train Mr. Moon to do these things for you every day in Mexico? Or everyday forever?

    I think we all have a little sarcastic bastard in us, don't you?

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  6. I love the big picture at the top of your site!!

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  7. You sexy motherfucker!
    (I feel very naughty now.)

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  8. Rachel- Every now and then? Hahaha! My criteria on whether or not I can really be friends around with someone is if they can curse and accept cursing because if they can't- well, we can be acquaintances but we'll never be close.

    Ms. Trouble- I don't think I could afford Katie every day but boy, I would sure love to.

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  9. Kate- Thanks! It's due to my ineptness. I can either put a picture as big as a postage stamp there or one that size. But I'm glad you like it!

    Mwa- I like it, you naughty wench!

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  10. Hahahaha! This post made me laugh from the top of my head down to my toes. I'm glad you got pampered, and I'm glad all of your personalities are feeling fine fine fine.

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  11. Facials and massages are really better than therapy. I always wonder why I don't have them more often. It makes you realize why aristocratic ladies in Europe always went to the "baths."

    Glad you're treating yourself and swearing at the same time. You sound healthy.

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  12. Aren't you knitting or sewing something for the baby?

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  13. Lora- I like to think about you laughing.

    Elizabeth- They ARE therapy. Soul therapy.

    Lucy- Stop it! You're shaming me! I have a mental block because nothing I knit or sew will be worth of that baby child. I already know it. But I will bungle on, I promise.

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  14. This is too good.

    Now I'm off to my grandmama's house! :)

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  15. Can we go get pedicures before you go to Mexico? I can't really breathe anymore when I try to reach my feet (sigh). Plus I think there is a lot of dead skin they could get off! Let me know, I don't want to go by myself. Maybe the other sisters could go too. I love you and I am glad you had a good time today.

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  16. By the way...I saw a review of this book in the paper yesterday. Here is a link to it:
    http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0399535039
    Or atleast it is the website copy and pasted. I think if you made anything from this book it would be so totally awesome! Just an idea.

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  17. I love all your motherfuckin' personalities.

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  18. Oh, I sooo know how all of yous feel!
    What good is pearly pink nail polish if it's not on a hand that just may, if in the right mood, give some mother fucker the mother fucking finger? Right?

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  19. Steph- Have fun at Grandmama's.

    Lily- I am not a good knitter. I am going to make a baby quilt. It will not be fancy but it will be soft. I love you so much and yes! Let's get pedicures! Are you working on Tuesday?

    Ginger- Some days I do too. The days when Ms. Blue and Bitchy doesn't sppear. She's a motherfucker.

    Iris- I know nothing.

    Michelle- Precisely, my dear.

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  20. Omygod I love you! You just called us motherfuckers like 8 times. Amazing! You are such a treasure Ms. Moon. Thank you for sharing with us!

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  21. AJ- I am so happy to make you happy. And I am wondering- how many of my readers literally fit the description of "mother-fucker"?
    Such an amusing curse word. Sort of affectionate, if you ask me.

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  22. Absolutely White Moms Mabley and Kathy Griffin. Your style is bone shatteringly honest.

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  23. I love that paraffin on my hands and feet during manicures and pedicures but haven't had a facial yet. I'm going to now for sure and quit putting it off.

    I called a few guys I dated "damn good motherfuckers" in an affectionate way since they did it so well.

    Have you read Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb? If you have, you'll know why I'm asking. If not, you'd get along with the aunt and those other ya-ya type women. I'm sure you've probably read the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

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  24. Mr. Berry- Will you write blurbs for me if I ever get published?

    Joy- GET THE FACIAL! And no, I have not read the Cathy Lamb book but have written it down. And yes, I actually read the Ya-Ya books once in Cozumel. I did love them.

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  25. Lol...sure thang, Ms Moon.Might even get a manicure and a pedicure while I'm at it.

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  26. Mr. Berry- I'll pay for them. I hear that Oxyclean is good to soak your feet in before you get a pedicure...

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  27. Your swearing is so cute. Never noticed you looking beasty, I must admit :)

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  28. i love that pic at the top.. im stealing it and am going to make believe i live there... Kate, u can come for coffee..

    enjoy yer stuff

    you are loved
    Brother Frankie
    A Biker for Christ

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  29. My Dear Ms. Moon,
    This post made MY DAMN DAY! Thank you from the bottom of my cold stone creamery heart. I needed a laugh.

    SB LOVES YOU!

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  30. Brother Frankie- How in the world did a Christian Biker find my blog? Who is Kate? Ah well. Glad you stopped by.

    Ms. Bastard- It was an HOMAGE to you, whom I just love to pieces.

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  31. kate is a commenter above me some where.

    i tend to run into that one with the foul language alot lately.

    seems we run in the same circles.

    u see, b4 i was a preacher i was an addict (still am)

    then i found out about unconditional love.

    not the kind ya find in those boxes folks go to on sunday,

    but the kind that that ole wanderer Jesus gave out.
    he was homeless and hung around with addicts, hoes, and biker type folk. (john the baptist)

    i just sort of hung on to that Love, and now i share it as i ride through this great country of hours. I do weddings and funerals for people that cant get a main line preacher to do it cause they dont fit the mold.

    Be Blessed and thanks for having me.

    You are Loved
    Brother Frankie
    A Biker for Christ

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  32. Frankie- Well, dear, all are certainly welcome here. I am glad you have found a way out of despair and darkness.

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