The Big Wicked Online Pageant

The lovely Beth has challenged us to post photos of ourselves dressed to the nines for Halloween. I've really enjoyed looking at all of your photos, so I thought I'd share some of mine. I'm a day late and a dollar short but I think I can still slip under the wire. I went searching through my parents' photos this evening and found a few that I couldn't decide on. So, I'm posting them all.

First, we have a group photo. See if you can spot my mug...

Yep, the crazed gunwoman...that's me!

A year or so later, my family and I went to a costume party...

That's my Dad as Groucho, my cousin is a hula girl, my Mom's Miss Piggy (she later threw up in that hat), and me? I'm Adam Ant, of course.

And the costume of which my Mom is most proud...

A terrorist! That's an automatic squirt gun in my left hand and a knife in my right...look out you capitalist pigs! Give me all your candy!!

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I've enjoyed yours. Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat!

By Special Request

Dig this, Artful Dodger.

Pictures

Two Seventies Icons Playing Air Guitar.

Waitress? I'll have what they're having...

I can't tel them apart, but Doc and Elizabeth seems to think they are vastly different.

What's your call?

A Few Moments

I've taken a lot of pictures this summer and I have a random collection to share with you. Why don't you enjoy this one while I get the portrait of my new do perfected.

xoxox

Takin' A Trip To Lullabye Land

It's late. Let's face it. 11:00 p.m. and the girls are still up. Too wound up for bed.

"Ok, girls," I said, "Finish your milk and prepare for a trip to Lullabye Land."

"Oooh! Lullabye Land!" said Riley, "I love to go to Lullabye Land!"

"What's in Lullabye Land?" I asked.

"Unicorns!" Riley cheered.

"Horses!" said Lucy.

"Unicorns are horses," Riley explained.

"No," I corrected, "horses don't have horns."

"Oh."

"What else is in Lullabye Land?"

Riley says: "The sidewalks are made of chocolate and you can't walk on it. You have to lick your way down the street! And the street is made of bubble gum and you chomp it!"

"Chocolate sidewalk! I'm tiptoeing through the goo!" said Lucy, as she tiptoed around the kitchen.

Eventually, I corralled them in bed. Riley said sleepily, "Do you want me to tell you the story of Lullabye Land?"

"No, I want you to dream about it and tell me what you saw in the morning."

"Ok," she said.

"Good-night, Sweetie, I love you." I said as I closed the door.

"I love you too."

Victory!

Will The Real Flannery Alden Please Stand Up?

It's time for a new avatar. Which one?

1. Flannery's Slant

2. WTF?

3. Cubist Flannery

4. Flannery Lohan

Riley's Gallery

The Weed of Weedness

The Toes of One Weed

The Zebra

The Antarctic of Jeannie

The 6,000 Flowers of Roses

Just Checking In Between Meetings

He's got legs and he knows how to use them.

Ready For K.P. Sarge!

Drinking Friday

I announced last week that Friday is my night to drink. I submit this photo as Exhibit A, proof of inebriation:


Sadly, the hat was confiscated by the Dread Pirate John...maybe, when I'm pissed tonight...I'll wear the pith helmet instead. Or maybe I'll steal the pirate hat back from Dread Pirate John, that grog-snarfing sea dog! Arrr!

It's Nearly Springtime!

Dig the kites out of the closet, grab a bag of bread for the ducks, and head to the park! If you want to.

I Was At A Diversity Conference Today

And I missed my kids...aren't they awesome?

Future Guitar Heroines

Riley the Writer, making a birthday card for her friend

Lucy and Kitty Crashed

A Day With Flannery: Home Again

We made a cake.





















...and cooked dinner at the same time!
















I decided it was time to do something about my half of the closet.



















Voila!
















We're going to play some Creature From The Krabby Patty, watch some Full House and go to bed. Goodnight everyone!

A Day WIth Flannery: Potty Break

So, I've been pretty busy and I've had a lot to drink. Well, I've had one Diet Coke spiked with "Going Ape" Energy Drink, three glasses of water and 3/4 of a Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. It's time to talk a walk. Join me, won't you?









Here is the snazzy elevator bank. The elevators don't stop on the first nine floors, so we don't have to wait for a car or ride with the hoi polloi. Well, it does stop on the first floor, but not two-eight. They have their own elevator bank.














Right. This sign has been posted on the ladies room door for three weeks now. Let's take a peek and see what the workers are doing...
















Men at work.


















The view from the ladies room. Sweet, no?


















I feel so much better.

A Day WIth Flannery: Getting Settled

I'm going to take you on a photo tour of my day. None of these pictures are staged or artificial. They reflect my life as it is.





My Workspace.



















Tools of the Trade.
















My filing pile, tickler file, and supplies.















My reading material.











And the best part of my office...







My view.

Riley's Pix

I was inspired by Phil to post my four year old's mad photography skillz...

Fierce Mommy

Daddy's Chin

Lucy's Tummy

Our Little World

A statement on materialism