Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Good Ol' Tom!

As you all know, I really like to go all out with my birthday cards.

Here is one I sent last month to my book club sista, Meta.


Getting that border on that card was hellacious! They, along with that butterfly and that other bug, were a part of a "rub-on" sticker set. But they didn't want to rub on. Took me a good half hour to transfer them from the slick paper backing. UGH. It's pretty, but uh-rah, we're going to have to leave that there alone.

One thing about Meta: she loves the color purple. Whenever I see her, she's dressed in purple from head to toe. Purple purse, purple hat, purple outfit... Purple, purple, purple.

Prince ain't got NOTHING on her. She might be some kin to him, She probably took him to the side when he was a kid and said "Hon, let me teach you about this here color purple."

LOL!

So i had to get a purple (well, lavender) card for her. Nothing else would do.


Meta makes me smile, in that she always hits me with the "Hey Sista!" whenever I see her. (She told me one day, long ago, that she didn't know my name, lol).

But Meta and I are in a journal writing group together, and since we live close by to each other, I sometimes catch a ride with her when we have meetings waaaaay the hell out in the suburbs.

So, she arrived at my house one beautiful Sunday afternoon, and I jump in her car (ladened down with cookies and my journal and whatever crochet project I'm working on), and she has one of these:


Meta was cheesing down. "That's that Tom-Tom right there!"

I didn't know what she was talking about. On our way to our destination, I learned that it was one of those new GPS gadgets. The small screen displayed our route, and gave us our directions as we drove.

"Turn left 400 yards."
"Turn right 100 yards."


I found this to be rather interesting. Meta REALLY loved hers. Her whole family loved theirs.

"Girl, my aunts love their Tom-Tom. When they get ready to go somewhere, they say 'We got Tom? Don't forget Tom! Go get Tom!'"

LOL.

So, we were going out to "Aunt Ray-Ray's" house, waaaay out in the Sticks, waaaay up in the middle of nowhere.

Meta continued to cheese down over her Tom-Tom. Man, you would think she is their public relations specialist.

We finally get to Aunt Ray-Ray's neighborhood. I was definitely impressed with the GPS gadget, to the point where I was thinking about buying one in the near future. It would be interesting to have, even though I don't go anywhere where I would need one.

Tom made a final announcement:

"You have arrived at your destination."

We look around, and we are at a house.

But it's NOT Aunt Ray Ray's house.

We sat there a moment. All was quiet. There were no cars parked in the driveway. The grass needed to be cut.

We looked at each other, then back at the house. I had a strange thought of someone coming out of that house with a baseball bat. We were not suppose to be there. That was not our "destination".

"This ain't Aunt Ray-Ray's house!" I said.

"No, it isn't," Meta replied, her voice low. She grabbed the steering wheel with both hands and peered out the window.

"Man, back this car up and let's go."

Meta laughed. "Ol' Tom done messed us up!"

"Let's go, Meta! Don't get out the car. Don't open the door! I ain't trying to get shot!"

(I am so scary, lol).

Meta laughs hard.

"I am not getting out of this car, Meta."

Meta backed out of the driveway.

Luckily, I had a hard copy of the directions in my purse. We were in the right neighborhood, but were on the wrong side of the neighborhood. We laughed hard about that at our meeting.

So much for GPS. I guess I will hold off on that.

Meta, I'll let you keep rolling with ol' Tom.

And I hope you had a VERY Happy Birthday (you and ol' Tom)!

16 comments:

  1. Hillarious! I am thinking of getting one. I am thinking of taking my beanie beans on road trips across America...yeah ambitious! More insane than ambitious..LOL!

    You are an artist. YOU have an artist's eye and hands. You create beauty.

    I am so impressed! YOU ROCK!

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  2. Map and a compass Baby, map and a compass.

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  3. LMAO @ Tom tom...you know men don't know how to give good directions! lol

    Girl I am the same way...I start thinking all kinds of craziness when I'm in some weird looking place.

    Both cards are so beautiful. Especially the one with the firefly...luv it!

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  4. Anonymous11:52:00 AM

    That was funny.

    The card are lovely.

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  5. The Cards are Great looking and yeah some men DO know how to give
    good directions....We uh, just get sidetracked sometimes..lololol

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  6. beautiful cards Ladylee!!!

    love it!!!

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  8. ROFL!

    Girl, I made the right choice not renting another movie tonight.

    You're entertainment all the way!

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  9. Listen here Rebecca commented on a few of my posts and I wasn't having that.

    Come by respecting my space with something that makes a connection to the topic not just random poetry. Geez!

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  10. @BABZ... I think it would be GREAT for a road trip. Yahoo had a story about a GPS leading someone to an edge of a cliff. SCARY. Just make sure you watch where you are going!

    Hope you know that those are stickers, lol. You make it sound like I drew those. Not much skill involved, lol.

    @Terry... Your archaic self! I can take the Map, NOT the compass. I'd really be lost using a compass, lol.

    @Opinionated Diva... Oh, you are like me, NOT wanting to be in the WRONG place at the WRONG time. If Meta didn't get away from the strange house, I think I was going to have to get out and start walking!

    Glad you like the cards. Let me know when you get yours:)

    @Southern Black Gal... thanks, girl!

    @Keith... good excuse, Keith!

    @Dreamy... Thanks, Mami:)

    @B64... Girl, if no one believes in me, I know YOU do! LOL!! Glad you like. And keep YOUR buddy Rebecca off my site with the creepy poetry (*lee ducking B64's shoe). Thank goodness for the "delete" button.

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  11. Hey Ladylee,

    I discovered your page through a comment you left on lovebabz page.

    You have some great great music playing! It reminds me of such a great time I had back then :-).

    Thanks for reminding me of these special years by your music.

    God bless you!

    Greetings from Germany

    Anja

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  12. You have inspired me to do some envelope decorating on the cards I send folks.. Do you actually send them through the mail like that or do you have to put in a blank envelope?

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  13. @Anja... That's bizarre! Most folks don't like music players! Glad you do! So enjoy! Thanks for stopping by my spot:)

    @Atiyah... Yes, you can send them through the mail. If you notice, there's some space left for placing the address, right below the name. However, if I am sending one to someone's workplace, I place it in another envelope. But they go through just fine. Be sure not to keep the stamp clear of any glitter or stickers, and it should be fine.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  14. OK...this was hilarious! Kinda works like Onstar...if they sky ain't perfect, the satellite will have you on a dead end in the hood.

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  15. Can I get a birthday card - lol?

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  16. @Ms. Saddity... LOL! Someone ought to write a horror story about a sinister GPS taking someone someplace crazy. Hmm... And I didn't know Onstar could trip out like that.

    @Master Chef Darius... Hell yeah, you can get a birthday card. You just make sure to send me a tupperware FULL of that tequila lime chicken pasta on your cooking blog. (Dude, we've been staring at that ish ALL day long, you hear me? ALL DAY!!).

    LOL!

    (Drop your addy and birthdate in my oldgirl email...)

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