I Got A Lot Done Today...

I got some blogs caught up on, I edited pictures, I did some calendar stuffz ....  I did a lot!! I caught up on some TV and some downloading...  I still have to finish setting up my Etsy shop though ...  but I will get'er'done.... 

HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY .....

In other news .....   Celebrity Big Brother (US edition) started tonight ......  there was a post "confirmed" list (leaked) and then the actual list of house-guests.  I'm going to share both, 

1. Natalie - Eva Marie - WWE ✔
2. Tom Green
3. Lolo Jones (Olympics - Female Runner) 
4. Ryan Lochte - if you don't remember who he is - he's a Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer - the one who had the scandal the last Olympic Summer Games (in Rio) 
5. Kato Kaelin (Nicole Simpson's guest house guest when she was murdered) 
6. Tamar Braxton (Toni's sister) 
7. Joey Lawrence 
8. Dina Lohan ✔   
9. Jonathan Bennett ✔   (he hosts like Cake Wars, Cupcake Wars, Food Network stuff, and he was in a few movies back in the day - like Mean Girls) 
10. Kandi Burruss (Atlanta Housewives, I guess she wrote Scrubs for TLC) 
11. Ricky Williams - NFL 
12. Anthony Scaramucci ..... aka the "Mooch" and he worked for Trump in the White House but got fired for swearing

ONLY THREE OF WHICH were on the list.  Personally, I am a little disappointed that Johnny Banana's wasn't on it.  I would have been Team Bananas all the way!   Although - at the moment, I'm kinda Team Lochte  ....  although I am a Joey Lawrence fan (have been for a long long long :::coughBLOSSOMcough::: time....) ....  so who knows... Oh and I really like Natalie's hair! 

Other interesting TV coming up or on right now....

SMILEY FACE KILLERS: The Hunt For Justice :  I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!  I have been utterly fascinated with this theory for many many years because several of these boys died in Wisconsin and Minnesota and such, in my area ...  and I always thought it was no coincidence.  I'm kinda obsessed with this. 

ESCAPING THE MADHOUSE: The Nellie Bly Story : I'm interested - but haven't watched this yet.  It's going to be interesting.

THE MASKED SINGER :  I thought this show was going to be stupid and suck so bad, but I was curious .... very curious .... and who knew I would love it so much!  It's crazy!!   It's soooooooo good!!

THE LAKE ERIE MURDERS : This is interesting ....  mostly a collection of mysteries taking place on, in, around Lake Erie ...  and I'm a sucker for the Great Lakes because it's where I grew up. 

ROBERT DURST: An ID Murder Mystery : Yeah, I need to know more about this psycho for sure!

SISTER WIVES : is returning ...  this season seems like it's going to be very very rocky .... 

RUBY HERRING MYSTERIES  : this recorded last night (one of the new series of Mystery Movies on  Hallmark Movies & Mysteries ... I'm looking forward to watching it but I haven't gotten a chance to yet.  ALSO there is another one coming with Lacey Chabert (LOVE!) and her All My Heart co-star Brennan Elliott ...  called The Crossword Mysteries, and I am REALLY REALLY excited for that...

EMMA FIELDING MYSTERIES: More Bitter Than Death :  This was supposed to air on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on January 13th, but then it didn't...  I got a re-run episode (movie) of Hailey Dean....  and I was all like....  WTELF .... (what the ever loving fuck)  now, apparently, it's going to air February 10th ...  just to put it out there...  if you were expecting it the 13th... bad news, it didn't air... good news, we get to wait longer and it's coming ...  but at least it's coming and it's going to air... 

The Masked Singer: WEEK TWO *GROUP TWO*

HOST: Nick Cannon  JUDGES: Ken Jeong, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy & Robin Thicke 

This is WEEK TWO ......  the FIRST WEEK for Rabbit, Alien, Raven, Pineapple, Poodle and Bee to preform.

First Up:  RABBIT* vs ALIEN

RABBIT

HEIGHT:  5'11"
STRENGTH: Quick Footed

Week One Song:  "Livin' La Vida Loca"  Ricky Martin

THE CLUES:  "I am the Rabbit.  I spent most of my life on stage, but I was never alone.  Now I pop up here, and I pop up there.  Synchronized signing is my forte. It's like I've been training for this my entire life.  Preforming on stage, check! Preformed in a mask, check!  Have a voice, check check!  This rabbit is here to win and you better believe that the last mask standing is gonna be me."

The Objects:  First off, Rabbit comes out complete with a "twitch" and a straight jacket.  Clapper movie/tv/video thing.  Carousal.  "Pop up here, pop up there" multi rabbits popping up ...  desert...

Male or Female: Male

Judges Comments:  Ken: Insisting that it's an actor.  Robin: "I love the way you took one of the most famous songs and made it your own.  Definitely a real performer ....and the straight jacket, and the twitching, giving away you're a little different, you're an individual, you obviously have a sense of humor but I think somebody definitely who's been on stage many times before."  Jenny - says the clues were pretty good, Pop-up = pop group, boy band member ... maybe Boys II Men...  Robin says not Boys II Men, he doesn't hear the vocals of anyone in Boys II Men, Jenny says she hears the soul though and Robin agrees about the soul but definitely leaning more towards a Boy Bad...  Robin suggests maybe someone who is now preforming on Broadway.... Nicole is humming a lot and shaking her head in disagreement, she doesn't think this guy is a professional singer, and when she says this, Rabbit actually postures in offense.  Nicole says - the merry go round, it was all a bit dark a bit twisted, she's thinking a magician - she's thinking Chris Angel.  Ken says maybe more of a Donnie Darko vibe. He's thinking Jake Gyllenhaal ... like a committed...  "oh look he's still twitching now like an annoying method actor" Jenny and Robin go back to the Boy Band thing... Ken says it could be a pop guy like Lance Bass or Justin Timberlake ... Robin says that Joey Fatone is really not a bad guess...  Jenny pipes up saying it is not Joey Fatone, he's got a much bigger gut and she's friends with him

JUDGES ASKED:  Jenny:  "Mr. Rabbit ... are you in a band?" and Robin adds ... "or have you ever been?" 
ANSWER:  Rabbit answers ....  "Yes.... in a band."

GUESSES:
Judges:
Nicole: Chris Angel
Ken: Donnie Darko, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake
Robin: Joey Fatone
Jenny: someone in a Boy Band

Mine: Joey Fatone, JC Chasez
DB: Corey Taylor from Slipknot

Cathy: Joey Fatone
Erin: Joey Fatone or JC Chasez

ALIEN

HEIGHT: 5'5"
STRENGTH:  Comes in peace ...

Week One Song:  "Feel It Still"  Portugal. The Man

THE CLUES: "I'm excited to be here because in my family anonymity is a completely alien concept. Growing up in the public's eye, my life was never really my own.  I let others define me but no one will ever control me again.  With this mask on, the tables are turned.  I see you, but you can't see me.  And now for the first time ever, the world gets to hear my voice, on my terms."

The Objects:  Wearing a sweatshirt that says "Don't talk to me"  Five alien's in a triangle.   Lots of shapes.... triangles and squares ...   there was a snake ...  a grid of 9 with five squares filled (kinda Brady Bunch ish with the two on the bottom looking up) .. pool with swan and beach ball....with desert/mountains in the background... palm trees

Male or Female:  Female

Judges Comments:  Robin: "Famous family" ...  Jenny: "used to being controlled"   Robin: Searching for independence."   Jenny "I think she's a model," Robin "Yeah, I'm getting like a Bella Hadid vibe right now."  Ken starts hitting on her.  Calls her a hot alien.  Nicole says that her voice sounded nice but she doesn't think she's a professional singer but then turns and says "I'm getting the whole oops I did it again vibes."  Jenny points out how one of the clues was how she doesn't like being controlled... so maybe someone who left a girl group?  Spice Girls.... "  Nick, "she hasn't broken this pose" ... and they say "well that's a model pose" ....  Robin says that from the way she moved and the way she danced, he's going to go with Bella Hadid.

JUDGES ASKED:  They were talking about family and her coming from a large family .....
ANSWER:  Alien says  "I have many sisters..."

GUESSES:
Judges:
ROBIN: Bella Hadid
JENNY: A Spice Girl
KEN: Kourtney Kardashion (after Nicole suggested a Kardashion)
NICOLE:  Britney Spears, Kardashian (Kourtney)

Mine:  LaToya Jackson, Kourtney Kardashian
DB: Kourtney Kardashian
Cathy: Kardashian or LaToya Jackson

Second Up:  RAVEN* vs PINEAPPLE

RAVEN

HEIGHT: 5'4"
STRENGTH: Empathetic

Week One Song: "Rainbow" Kesha

THE CLUES:  "All my life I've listened to other people's stories so now is my opportunity to share mine. I've always been a sunny kind of person an audience is something I've never had trouble attaining.  No one talks more than me.  But recently I suffered a tragic loss so doing this show gives me the chance to honor my beloved.  Being the Raven makes me feel like I've found beauty in the darkness.  Like a phoenix from the ashes I will rise up and find the light. So don't cry...baby.  This ones for you."

The Objects:  gate ...  shadow (male) beloved ....

Male or Female:  Female

Judges Comments:  Jenny:  "Cage on the head, Nick Cage maybe?"  Robin:  "Oh this could go to a wrestler, the cage - like a cage fighter"  Jenny: "Like MMA?"   Robin: "Talk show, no one talks more than me"   Jenny: "That sounds like a Broadway voice" ...  Ken says one word comes to mind - sincere.  Robin going on about how at first, with the cage, thinking she might be a cage fighter and after seeing the performance he no longer thinks that.  Raven says "I'm a lover not a fighter"

JUDGES ASKED:  Jenny:  "Have you ever hosted any type of talk show?"
ANSWER: Raven says "yes"

GUESSES:  Judges:
JENNY:  Sherri Shepherd
KEN: Sally Jessy Raphael, Star Jones

Mine: Ricki Lake <---- my strong guess.  Maybe Tamera Mowry-Housley

DB: LaToya Jackson
Cathy: Ricki Lake

PINEAPPLE

HEIGHT:  6'1"
WEAKNESS: Ripens Quickly

Week One Song:  "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor

THE CLUES:  "Aloha Dudes!  I have become the Pineapple because like me they are fun, tropical and go well with ham.  Although I look happy now, I've gone through some dark times. After beating a life threatening disease, this O.G. has decided to take things as it comes and never wipe the smile off my face.  Though I've been in the public eye for decades, I've always dreamed of being a singer. So consider this a check off my bucket list.  Life is short man, you gotta seize the day before your dreams go up in smoke."

The Objects:  Pink Cadillac, Ying-Yan (air freshener), Hula girl on the dash, bumper sticker that says "Pipe Dream" and license plate from "Pure Michigan" that says 52438T

Male or Female:  Male

Judges Comments:  Jenny: "Is it Chris Pine?"  Robin: "Yeah Chris Pineapple"  One of them (Ken I think) says "this Pineapple smokes pot" ...  Robin says he's has a feeling he's not a professional singer,  Ken says he has a Matthew McConaughey vibe.  Jenny "Maybe a comedian, he's funny"  Nicole "Adam Sandler vibes...." ... Jenny: "I'm thinking more stoner like Willie Nelson, who else is a stoner? Cheech or Chong but Cheech"

GUESSES:
Judges:
KEN: Matthew McConaughey
JENNY: Cheech or Chong
NICOLE: Adam Sandler

Mine:  zero idea ....
DB:  No idea...
Cathy: zeeeeeeerooooo guesses ....

Last Up:  POODLE vs. BEE*

POODLE

HEIGHT: 5'5"
WEIGHT: Fluctuates

Week One Song: "Heartbreaker" Pat Benatar

THE CLUES: "Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved to be on stage and take on a character.  Which is why I've chose the Poodle, because like me, they are sassy, smart, and best in show.  I come from a musical family, but I'm known for a different kind of talent. (4-1-5 <-- I thought she said, but I think it's ...)  But once I STAND UP!  My whole career has been about exercise my right to free speech.  But it's time to return to my musical roots to show the world a side of me it's never seen before. To figure me out you're gonna have to WOOOOORK!"

The Objects:  San Francisco (Bay area) <-- funny side note, I thought she said "4-1-5-stand-up" in the clues, 415 is the area code for San Francisco, hand weights (maybe exercising guru? Like Jane Fonda?)  Rainbow = LGBTQ community ....

Male or Female: Female

Judges Comments:  Nicole: She's got a hot body.... Jane Fonda?  Jenny:  She's clearly a performer that's comfortable on stage."  Ken complimented her on her stage presence, how everything clicked and it was really good.  Nicole was feeling the rainbow pride vibes. So she thinks it's someone part of the LGBTQ community ...  Jenny says she was thinking Ru Paul.  She also said she liked to make people laugh so there could be a stand up component.   San Francisco, Bay area, 4-1-5 area code, comedian .... it could be....  Ali Wong.  Robin noticed the exercise references and brought them out.  Ken says "was it fitness or 80's?"  Jenny shouts "Richard Simmons!"   After the "I'm here for your honor" comment, they are thinking law connected... Ken goes "I got it! Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginser in the house!"

JUDGES ASKED:  "Give us another clue..."
ANSWER:  Poodles says: "I'm here for your honor"

GUESSES:
Judges:
NICOLE: Jane Fonda
KEN: Chief Justice Ruth Bader Ginser
JENNY: Ru Paul, Ali Wong, Richard Simmons

Mine:  Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin...
DB:  No idea
Cathy: Margaret Cho

BEE

HEIGHT: 5'4"
STRENGTH: Hard Worker

Week ONE Song:  "Chandelier" Sia

THE CLUES:  "In my long career I've flown to soaring heights.  And I've never wanted to stop doing what I love.  Being a worker bee keeps me young! You can call me Queen Bee but Empress also suits me.  Coming on this show I'm looking forward to singing to a new generation.  I want to see for myself that I still got what it takes to create a buzzzzzz, even behind a mask.

The Objects: (nothing really significant)

Male or Female: Female

Judges Comments: Professional, Seasoned, Mature singer.

JUDGES ASKED:  "We can narrow this down a bit, we feel you are a professional singer, what decade did you start singing?"
ANSWER: Bee:  "Fifties."

GUESSES:
Judges:
JENNY: Mary J. Blige, Lil' Kim
ROBIN: Diana Ross
Audience; "DION WARWICK"   (Nicole repeated)

Mine:  Dion Warwick? Gladys Knight 

DB: Gladys Knight.
Cathy: Gladys Knight

The Masked Singer: WEEK ONE

HOST: Nick Cannon  JUDGES: Ken Jeong, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy & Robin Thicke


FIRST UP!  Peacock* VS. Hippo

THE PEACOCK

HEIGHT: 5'9
WEAKNESS: Craves Attention

Week 1: Performed "The Greatest Show" from The Greatest Showman <--- Really good!

THE CLUES: 
"I chose to become the Peacock because we both share a love for the spotlight.  When I was 5 years old I walked onto a stage for the first time, and ever since then, I was hooked! Putting on a show is in my DNA. But it's probably been awhile since your mom has had a poster of me on her bedroom wall!  And like my dear friend Michael Jackson once told me, if you are going to reinvent yourself, you have to become someone the world has never seen before.  It's never too late for this showman to make a comeback!"

The Objects:
playing piano, cards, ceramic/plastic dog

Male or Female:  MALE

Nick said "You got style too, I was gonna steal those shoes... I'mma holler at you later"

Judges Comments:
Nicole: Voice is like butt'ah.... mature voice.... impressed
Robin: He's a trained performer, professionally trained performer and been performing for many many years ....
Ken:  Joked it's a woman
Jenny:  Suggests it's Huge Jackman
Robin: Huge is like, 6'5

JUDGES ASKED: "Have you ever been part of a magic act and could you have been mauled by a tiger?"
PEACOCK ANSWER: "I have never been mauled by a tiger .... but I have been part of a magic act."

GUESSES:
Judges:  Huge Jackman, Zac Efron, Jimmy Kimmel, Teller (from Penn & Teller)

Mine:  Donny Osmond  <---- He is 5'9  ....  maybe David Hasselhoff (probably not, he's 6'4)
Cathy: Wayne Newton or Donny Osmond
Melzie: Donny Osmond
Ashley: Adam Devine (from Pitch Perfect)

THE HIPPO

HEIGHT: 5'10
STRENGTH: Unpredictable

Week 1: Performed "My Prerogative"
Week 1: UNMASKED

THE CLUES:  "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for a competitor like me.  After all I need my strength. I'm one of the most dangerous animals in the kingdom.  I'm used to preforming in a mask in front of thousands of screaming fans. Every time I win, I just gotta dance, even if it gets me in trouble!  Hippo's got game, but I also have a voice, people just haven't heard it yet.  I concur every arena that I enter, and this one won't be any different.

The Objects:  Diner, pancakes, gold chains, $10,000 Bill, Orange Juice, Jukebox, Bat, Junkyard Car, Playground

Male or Female:  MALE

Judges Comments:
Nicole:  He's got moves (good dancer)
Robin: Not a trained singer, but you got moves.  I am thinking athlete
Ken: Gangsta ... Athlete, Charasmatic
Jenny:  Yeah I'm feeling that
Nicole: I'm thinking Basketball ....

JUDGES ASKED:  Are you a Basketball player?
ANSWER:  "My favorite pastime is bowling"

GUESSES:
Judges: (Robin) Odell Beckam Jr.  (Ken, Jenny) Deion Sanders (Nicole) Allen Iverson
Mine: (None and got Unmasked)


Second Up:  MONSTER vs. UNICORN*

THE MONSTER

HEIGHT: 5'8
WEAKNESS: Misunderstood

Week 1: Performed "Don't Stop Me Now"  <--- really good

THE CLUES:  "I am the monster because that's what the world labeled me.  I'm here to rewrite my "mixtape" to prove I'm more than just "puff and fluff."  I was the top of my game, but the game turned on me.  So I retreated into my cave.  Took a break from the public eye.  But now I'm here to set the record straight!  And show the world that no one can stop me from what I love.  So stay tuned, cuz this monster is BAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD."

The Objects:
fan, cave, dance lights, upside down, boombox

Male or Female:  MALE

Judges Comments:
Ken: Professional signer
Jenny: Totally shocked
Robin: I wasn't expecting much from the monster because it's furry, and fuzzy, and sweet.... the voice was soulful
Nicole: I just want to squeeze you, playful performance, and I heard some soul
Robin: Absolutely, I could tell by the vocal tone that it was a mature voice, doesn't sound like a young person to me
Robin: I'm stumped because the voice is throwing me cuz it's so mature but he moves very young....
Nicole: I can't wait to find out who you are

JUDGES ASKED: Are you a professional singer?
ANSWER: "Not to everyone"

GUESSES:
Judges: (Jenny) P-Diddy, (Nicole) Gucci Mane, (Ken) Justin Bieber
Mine: Chris Brown maybe Cee-Lo
DB: Not Cee-Lo
Melzie: Chris Brown (but thought he was a better singer)

THE UNICORN

HEIGHT:  5'6
STRENGTH: Made of Magic

Week 1: Performed "Fight Song"  <- good job

THE CLUES: "Here's the story, of how I became the Unicorn.  My childhood should have been magical.  I grew up in one of the ric hest neighborhoods (Beverly Hills)...  and when I was little, I dreampt of singing.  But someone I admired told me I was tone-deaf.  All my life, people told me I wasn't worthy.  I'm not going to listen to them any longer.  No one is going to tell m e who I can or can't be.  By putting on this mask I'm showing myself, and the next generation of unicorns, that true magic comes from within.  All you have to do is believe.

The Objects:  Book, mirror, "You can't fly," "Your sparkle is distracting,"  "You're horn is too short!" .... 'You are Free" "You are Sparkle"  "You can fly"  "You are beautiful."

Male or Female:  FEMALE

Nick said "Definitely a special and rare performance!"

Judges Comments:
Nicole:  It's someone older and who's not a singer....

JUDGES ASKED: Nicole says "I don't know who you are at all"
ANSWER:  Unicorn responds "They call me Bird"

GUESSES:
Judges: (Robin) Linsey Lohan, (Jenny) Paris Hilton, Ireland Baldwin

Mine: Tori Spelling, Paris Hilton... mostly Tori Spelling
Mary: Lady Gaga, Katy Perry
Ashley: Tori Spelling 

Third Up:  DEER vs LION*

THE DEER

HEIGHT: 6'3
STRENGTH: Longevity

Week 1: Performed "Thunder"  <---- sings very well

THE CLUES: I chose the deer because they are incredible competitive.  I always considered myself a singer, not sure everyone will agree with that.  I think it's hard for people to get past who I am and what I'm known for.  Being under the mask, people will finally hear my voice. I've been knocked down many a times.  But in the Wild Wild West, you learn how to get back up and get back in the saddle.  RAVENS BEWARE!  I'm here to win.

(Dark hair, DB says, I saw the scruff of his neck)

The Objects:  fan, FOOTBALL trophy shown twice, antler shine,  arms upward outstretched, taping up the antlers.

Male or Female:  MALE

Judges Comments:
Nicole:  I love the way you came out, you took the stage like an OG, you came out like a warrior
Robin: Sounds like an athlete or a wrestling

JUDGES ASKED:  He said he was from the Wild Wild West right?
ANSWER:  Deer replies .... "Ah....  I love horses"

Robin: That's the biggest jokey in the world....
Ken: Maybe he's associated with a team with a horse....
Robin: Maybe he's a Denver Bronco

JUDGES ASKED:  Do you currently play or have you ever played in the NFL
ANSWER: Deer replies .... "I will have to take the 5th on that..."

Judges:  That's a YES!

GUESSES:
Judges: (Robin) Stone Cold Steve Austin, (Jenny) Chuck Liddell (Nicole) Payton Manning

Mine: Payton Manning
DB & Me: Jon Elway JR.
DB: Terry Bradshaw
Cathy: Payton Manning
Melzie: Payton Manning 

THE LION

HEIGHT: 5'6
STRENGTH: Noble

Week 1: Performed "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody"

THE CLUES:  "I'm the Lion and I'm here to roar.  This is my chance to see me preform without any preconceived notions of who I am.  Some may say I'm Hollywood Royalty but now I'm standing on my own. And I'm stepping away from my Pride to sing my heart out. I don't see a lion as just brave and courageous, true strength comes from embracing all your vulnerabilities.  So here I am behind this mask, and I am going to show my true self for the very first time."

The Objects: throne, gold, lots of bling, mirror, cape....

Male or Female:  FEMALE

Judges Comments:
Robin: The minute she walked out on stage, her posture was perfect, her legs were in front, she shook her hips right on time, that's well trained...
Nick:  You with the hips
Ken: I have said it before, but .... Robin stop hitting on the livestock!
Jenny: If you aren't a musical artist then you "Lion" cuz that was unbelievable
Robin: The Hollywood Royalty, I could see where you can get the talent from, I don't know where to categorize you ... are you a singer cuz you sound like a singer, but the way you were strutting could be a model/actress who was trained to sing?
Jenny: I mean she said "pride"
Nicole: Yeah she said she wanted to separate from her pack
Jenny: See I'm thinking a girl group
LION SAYS:  Well in my pride, there are loooots of women
Jenny: Maybe Pussycat Dolls
Nicole: No if it were someone in my group I'd know
Robin: Fifth Harmony vibe ... it's a girl group that's recently disbanded ....
Jenny: What about Destiny's Child
Robin: Yeah the way she walked out she had that power thigh Beyonce walk like Michelle Williams or Kelly Rowland.... but I would have recognized a voice from Destiny's Child....

GUESSES:
Judges: (Jenny) Lady Gaga (<- Nicole mentioned her first), (Robin) a Fifth Harmony Girl, (Jenny) Michelle Williams or Kelly Rowland ...

Mine: Rumer Willis <-- my #1 guess, Kardashian (maybe Khloe)
Amanda: Christina Aguilera
Melzie: Paris Jackson or Priscilla Presley
Mary: Nicole Ritchie or Rumer Willis
Mom: Paris Jackson
DB: Rumer Willis or Zoe Saldana

Janky Box

Did you know that today is International Woman's Day?   No?  Why not!?  Don't you support the feminist movement?  (snickers) ....

About International Women's Day (8 March)

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. International Women's Day is a collective day of global celebration and a call for gender parity. No one government, NGO, charity, corporation, academic institution, women's network or media hub is solely responsible for International Women's Day. Many organizations declare an annual IWD theme that supports their specific agenda or cause, and some of these are adopted more widely with relevance than others.

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights," says world-renowned feminist, journalist and social and political activist Gloria Steinem. Thus International Women's Day is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for well over a century - and continue's to grow from strength to strength.

Just in case you were wondering......

I just wanted to post that picture of Deadpool!

I have had a rough day.  Very very rough.   Fever, stuffed up sinuses/ears ... SEVERE headache (migraine) ... etc and so on.  Basically I have the flu.  Influenza A has been making a comeback it seems.  I have seen several of my friends fall with the plague the last week..

I'm so thankful that Kaedyn is over it ...  but now it's just my turn....  I guess....

So Nathan had a really rough morning. He was crying like he used to cry when his anxiety was picking up too much with the thought of going to school and before he was to the point where he was making himself throw up - because he was being forced to go into the main stream classroom when he shouldn't have been (I was being told he was spending all but two hours or so in the inclusion (special needs) room and then in regular classroom for a couple of subjects. The teacher he had then, he didn't like - he has light up shoes, he stops them when he needs some sensory input and she would tell him to stop doing that - so he would cry. He would say she was mean. When we brought this up to his inclusion room teacher (who is supposed to have his back) she blew it off. So this is why we pulled him out to homeschool him. That's what happened before. Lately he's been showing this same anxiety about going to school again but we haven't really questioned him on it much. Fast forward, today he was carrying on to the point where she was almost to that making himself vomit point. So we managed to get him out the door to the bus and off to school. I guess shortly after getting to school he wanted to talk to the nurse because we tell him he has to at least TRY to go to school. So the nurse ended up calling DB and ended up telling him that with some talking, Nathan is having anxiety about his day at school and that's why he's having stomach aches (this doesn't explain the other stuff going on with his stomach, like his waking up after starting his feed when he's sleeping and throwing up with his feed. That's a separate issue.) So because I caught Kaedyn's plague - DB took the reigns on this and he called Nate's pediatrician and got him in right away today to talk about maybe putting him on some anxiety meds.... so Nate's coming home with Daddy now. He's getting put on a small dose of anxiety meds to see if it helps.

Daddy sent me these pictures while he was out with Nathan...

Nathan being vain in the mirror ....

So I spent a lot of my day sleeping and watching Little Women Atlanta (didn't realize it started again.)  I like the new girls.   Regardless... just been trying to keep the fever at bay and resting.  The sooner this is over - the better.

We were supposed to go to Tacoma today to go to see Nathan & Noah's Endocrinology doc but that had to get rescheduled (thanks flu!) ....

Marshmellow's personality has changes since he got the big ol' snip.  He's more playful and seems a lot calmer ...

Alyvia has literally been stuck up my butt today - probably because of my being sick and her wanting to be comforting.

Best part of today - other than waking up to meet another day and being able to hug and snuggle my family, and laugh .....  the best part of today was getting my new shipment of FANDOM stickers...

So here is the run down......   DB ordered a couple - I added the two Hunter ones for him, all World of Warcraft related....

Cal found out and asked for these ....

The rest though, are ALL MINE.   So this is the group of general "Fangirl" ones and "Book" ones... miscellaneous stuff ...

A couple Game of Thrones ones....  (I am a Stark girl through and through, I love my IMP, but I love Khaleesi) ...  Hodor has my heart forever - I still yell "TOO SOON" whenever DB makes a "Hold the door!" joke.  And he calls me his Moon just like Drogo does Khaleesi...

Gilmore Girls.........

These are Greys Anatomy

Pokemon Go

Harry Potter

FANDOM... Sherlock, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Harry Potter....  and it's fun picking out all the different ones from the "I didn't choose the fandom life, the fandom life grabbed my hand and whispered run"  one....

Sherlock one....

Doctor Who ones..... the heart one are quotes by Amy Pond and Rory ....  (larger below)

And a few World of Warcraft ones for me!

THANK YOU REDBUBBLE.COM ... you rock!

Bubba and Alyvia & Marshmellow ....  he gave me the plague ....

This cat and his boy.....

So watching TV tonight....

So as I'm writing my blog (after watching the season premiere of Survivor) I am watching Catfish and I have to say ......  I love Max & Nev.

Today they start off the episode throwing production under the bus with the make-shift table in their room... that is set up on some "Janky Boxes" ..  no really, one of them is named "Janky Box" ...

"Up top it's all glossy and nice, but underneath it's just a couple of janky boxes" ....

This just made me laugh so much.  It actually says "Janky Box" ....

So I watched Little Women Atlanta today (almost caught up, I didn't realize it had started up again.) ... DB and I checked out this new show called "The Pop Game" or something like that... it's interesting... watched the season premiere of Survivor... Catfish...  watched the movie John Wick ... and started the new season of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

I do hope to sleep at some point tonight.

(PS: I went to get the Red Bubble website and ended up putting more stickers in my cart! it's an ADDICTION!)