
It was a pretty long day. Went to work, got ready to leave for a short working road trip down to my hometown area. The drive down was fairly uneventful.
Stopped at Wal-Mart to get my oil changed before I started this trek into hillbilly territory. While I waited I browsed the magazine rack and came across a MAD Magazine, where they were screwing with "Trading Spaces." Oh is it hilarious!!! All of the characters say the bitchy things you swear they probably do behind the scenes. In "Trashing Places", the writer and artist take great pleasure at making fun of Paige Davis (aka "Paging Diva") and totally skewering Genevieve (also known as "Gendereve"). They have Paige's smile down to science, along with her awful "theme" words. Apparently in this story, Genevieve will staple anything from live frogs and old banana peels to your walls. Not far from the usual, is it? If you don't have it, get it. "Trading Spaces" fans are turning in the retro-decorated graves.
After the oil change, I went to see my mom and her new, glowing attitude I wrote about earlier. My sister didn't exaggerate, Mom is a bold and somewhat sassy lady now. It's a refreshing change, I admit. She was telling me about a conversation she had with her friend Patsy about dating. Mom said that she thinks she's going to date younger men. Why? Because the older ones can't "cut the mustard". Her friend Patsy, who is older than dirt, replies without skipping a beat, "but they sure can lick the jar."
Okay, this made me laugh out loud and also made me a tad queasy. It's amazing how dating can turn a bunch of senior citizen ladies into giggling, high-school hussies. Bless them. My mom was even showing some cleavage through her slightly unbuttoned shirt! I pray they don't decide to pose for a nude calendar like the "Calendar Girls."
If they do, guess what you'll all get for Christmas....