Sorry….

But this is a fun one.. the Heather that you know and love… unfortunately, it’s kinda a repeat post with a little bonus?  That makes no sense.  I know.  However, let me paint a little picture of the background…

Now, we all know that Heather knows nothing of current events.  I do know that Obama is the President and that he’s been in office for 100 days.  I was proud of that.  I know that an 81 year old woman crashed through the Hallmark store near my house on Friday but do you know why I know the latter of those 3 things? 

My son.

No, seriously. He’s like a news freak.  Last night he said to me, “Can you make sure [the boy] calls me as soon as he gets up so that I can get up and watch the news?”

But, his mother, you know?  The one who’s mother of the year nomination is contiually revoked?  Yeah… me….

Well, since we’re never home,  I forward my house phone to the cell and last night I forgot to unforward the phone, so when the boy called, as he was asked and was nice enough to oblige, the phone forwarded to my cell.  Now, I realize that the cell phone is in the bed with me charging but I never heard Adam Sandler singing to me this morning (because I was up late researching solar powered fountains and plants — again… that’s going to have to be a post in and of itself… don’t worry, I’m making a list!)… and Adam Sandler was singing to me because that’s the ringtone that I have assocaited with him calling.  It’s really gross.

Anywho, where was I going with this?  (And yes I did take my meds this morning, thankyouverymuch)…

Oh yeah, Obama’s been in office 100+ days…

Which really has nothing to do with this post, really, but Chris Berry, a member of my TweetUp MeetUp Social Networking group is having a little contest.  (Chris, by the way, is incredibly funny and he’s one of those people that have the sense of humor that I particularly enjoy and he’s really creative…so, you should really read his blog.)  But this contest?  Well, it’s not one that I was going to enter… for two reasons, really… (a) if appeared that I would have to have free time, of which, there is little… and (b) there’s no real prize short of bragging rights, which… yeah, I’m a prize whore, remember?  There’s actually a third reason, which was that I don’t have photoshop on my new computer and I’m not real good at manipulating pictures on photoshop on the other computer, so I didn’t think that I could enter even if I had the desire.

But this morning, as I retweeted about his contest, he mentioned that I would look good with the hat on.  The narcisstic being that I am, once that was mentioned, immediately used my photoshop excuse.  But the more I thought about it, I realized that I could do this in Powerpoint 2007 (I love Office 2007!) and so I downloaded a picture and created this…

You see, Chris’s little contest revolves around Aretha’s hat… and creative uses of it…

From ChrisBerryOnThe.Net…

In the spirit of political reconciliation, I invite you all to relive the brief moment when every man woman and child in the nation was awed by the sheer splendor of Aretha and her magnificent hat. Since we as a nation are in desperate need of a cause that we can all support, I will be holding a contest here to find the most creative use of Aretha’s hat in a photograph. Simply download the hat image using the link at the end of this post, and place it on the head of your favorite celebrity, or politician. Email your completed masterpiece by May 15th, and I will post the best entries here for everyone to enjoy. There are no prizes, but the winner will have the satisfaction of knowing they contributed to healing a political rift that threatens to tear our nation apart. Read the rest of his post here…

As I got ready to send that picture off to Chris, I realized that it was boring.  So what?  It’s me in the hat.  Surely I could step it up a notch, right?  I mean, this is the woman who went all out to produce a music video at 12:30 in the morning with her children and overnight guest to win a bracelet.  Suddenly, the bragging rights weren’t so bad… and I knew that it would make for good conversation at our meeting on Thursday.  (You can ask them all, I’m just as crazy there as I am here.)

So I went digging through the archives of pictures to see what I could come up with and here are the ones that I respectfully submitted this morning to Chris…

then… i found this picture of Matthew…  (Dear Lord, Please grant me favor as my children grow older and they figure out all the things I said or shown on the internet.  Please help them to understand that it is my way of showing how proud I am that I’m their mother…Amen.)

But I think my favorite is this following one… for a few reasons… the night it was originally taken was so surreal for me.  It was a night that I truly let my hair down, didn’t care what others thought and was having fun.  Those times, while they are starting to occur more frequently now, at that time were few and far between…

But add the hat, realize that I have a “Dork” sweatshirt on and seriously?  I’m surprised I can even make it in the real world and that people continue to think I’m worth more than just entertainment…

So if you have some time today, head over to see Chris… laugh at his writing, admire his talent and intellect, download Aretha’s hat and try it on… it will make you smile, laugh, and feel like you’ve accomplished something, even if it’s not what you set out to do. 

If you do enter?  I’d love to see your entries!  Comment here with a link!

Until next time…