CLASSIC MOVIE STARS

Last year, visiting and paying respects to @nataliewood ‘s grave, the actress for whom I was named after. My mother hadn’t chosen a girl’s name yet, and liked Natalie Wood, and was watching a Natalie Wood movie while in labor. Ironically enough, 2 months after my birth the same year, unknowingly to my mother, (No Google in 1974 🤪), Natalie had a daughter that she named Courtney. ❤ Twelve years later, my mother had another daughter and named her Courtney, after my grandmother’s maiden name.
🎄 Natalie has another daughter whose name is Natasha, which is a name derived from the Latin name Natalia, meaning Christmas Day. Oddly enough, I’m obsessed with all things Christmas ❤
Natalie Wood Wagner
1938-1981

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Extra! Extra!

Have you ever gone through old social media albums that you created years ago, and then what you found was albums full of photos that you had taken years before social media was even a thing? Of course those albums are full of photos you uploaded by the ton to create something for all of your new and old friends to look at. In case they hadn’t seen you in years, or had possibly never even met you- they’d know what you’d been up to all this time. Essentially, filling in the gaps, I guess you could say.
That’s what I did earlier this evening before the date changed at midnight and now here I am.
My husband and I have been together for sixteen years and married for almost ten. These pictures would have you believe we’ve been together since the 1800s and had raised a large family out on the prairie.
I intend to save future generations of DNA hunters and family tree connectors a lot of trouble right here and now. These photos are from the early 2000s, Jay; I like to call him the Ricky to my Lucy, which neither of us are named but you’ll almost always see us referred to as those names, was not a stepfather to these three beautiful children yet, and we didn’t even live together in the same house when we were out pretending to be a family on the prairie. My mother and sister, both pictured weren’t his sister-in-law and mother-in-law yet- and I wasn’t his wife. We most certainly did not dress like this, although the kids look super cute.
Nope. Not even the hairstyles. This here is an old album of photos from when we were background extras in The Work and the Glory trilogy. We filmed in all three movies and had a great time. So many laughs were had on the set of this movie for several months.
Jay, who is a musician at home but not a fiddler player, was a fiddle player in some scenes, and I was faux manhandled and thrown out into the fake freezing snow by a really funny and nice guy, who played a bad man. The children ran in circles, tried to eat chicken that had sat out all day, chased one another when they were supposed to but screamed out loud when they were supposed to move their lips without making actual sounds.
It was blazing hot and we were dressed for a blizzard. We spent hours in mud up to our knees once or twice waiting out thunderstorms but we had a ton of fun with everyone working on this film.
We’ve filmed on several movie and television sets over the years, but this was in the earlier days. Not as early as it looks, future generations, but earlier than 2019.

Enjoy, Barrelassers 😉
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Christmas- It’s Not Over ’til It’s Over

It’s January 14, 2019-technically the 15th because it’s after midnight, but anyhoo…I can’t decide if I’ve truly lost the family vote, or actually won it. They said I can’t leave the trees up all year long so that I don’t have to redo it all again in December, but here I am, and it’s all still there. So…who’s the real loser? I asked their opinion and they gave it to me- but clearly I don’t listen very well. I’ve got the videos and photos to prove it.
I had a great time decorating this Christmas, except for that part where I get in the attic each year and then I have to go to bed with an allergy attack for a week afterwards. That’s fun, right? The way I see it I could leave it here and it can stay pretty all year, and I don’t have to go near the attic ever again! Yes, I have a wonderful husband who helps me very much. He goes to the attic and searches for everything I tell him to grab for me; but then I don’t believe him, I don’t believe that’s everything; I don’t believe he looked as hard as he could; I don’t believe he doesn’t see anything I couldn’t live without or can’t remember I own, so after much back and forth I say I’m gonna climb the ladder to musty smell hell and swear I’ll only stay one minute before running away. I lie.
Once my eyes see all the boxes I start digging. Next thing ya know, it’s all in the middle of the floor and I can’t breathe. What the hell is wrong with me?!
My daughter says I have OCD-Obsessive Christmas Decorating. I can’t argue her point. But I haven’t reached total Clark Griswold yet-although it is my goal.
Am I the only one who still has Christmas décor around the house? Am I the only person on earth who wants to leave it? Is this normal lol? I think I know the answer to the “normal” part, but I don’t think it’s too much to ask for a bottle of Tequila Silver to help me make the final decision and get my a$$ in gear.
I’ll show her OCD- in rare form 😉

Enjoy, Barrelassers!

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Turning 40 (Again)

THE MORNING AFTER! Who needs an Elf on the shelf when you have your very own fondant mini me? Now, none of this actually happened to the life size versions of us, I actually felt great today, but it was so much fun running around, creating these scenes with our “little selves” from our cake.
1) Hanging over the trashcan. 2) Hanging over the toilet. 3)Working out, lifting weights. 4)The birthday girls are resting tonight after a long night of partying.

 

 

 

It’s almost that time of year again-time for me to turn 40. Except this time, I’m gonna turn 45! Close your mouth- I feel the same way. I’m trying to not get all worked up over it, so going through the memories of my party with my bffs 5 years ago as we celebrated 40 together, with all of our friends and family, is either helping or hurting; I can’t decide. It kind of makes me want to throw an emergency guest list together and get excited about a big party to take some of the sting out of it. On the other hand, I kind of want to relax and not do any major planning for a while this early in the year.

I’m the kind of gal who thinks she’s still a kid. Does 45 feel super different than 40? Is it mental, physical, or both? Who out there has the answers? Advice?
More photos from the giant 40th…

 

Enjoy, Barrelassers! Send your “45” thoughts my way!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELVIS PRESLEY

🔥🎼🎙Happy birthday to the King of Rock n Roll, the late Elvis Presley!
Years ago, way before the Internet and Google existed, my mother, being the huge Elvis fan that she is, somehow found an address in a magazine speaking about Elvis in the Army. She used that address to write to Elvis and received this photo and response later. I believe it’s dated 1959.

Elvis would’ve been 84 years old today.

January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

Do you have some favorite memorabilia from someone?

Enjoy, Barrelassers 💋
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NEW YORK CITY

I’m going through my phone to make room and I never uploaded most of these from New York. Have I told y’all how much I love my phone’s camera? Probably so, at some point. No filter needed for any of these pictures. I have a total love affair with old buildings and big buildings. Everywhere Jay and I go, we scope out all the old neighborhoods and just drive or walk around staring at them. I love having photos of them to look and stare at .

The camera phone these were taken with was the Samsung Galaxy 6+ Edge.

I’ve since upgraded again. Samsung’s phone cameras are fantastic, in my opinion; and New York City makes it super easy to take a nice photo. New York has great lighting, day and night ❤🏙🗽

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SWEET DREAMS 🤷‍♀️

When everyone in my house is asleep and I discover new apps, they never know what they’ll wake up to. What can I say, I got totally sucked in and it was like a tornado in there. I couldn’t get out, and frankly, didn’t want out; I just wanted to lip sync all night and pretend to be Annie Lennox.

Enjoy, Barrelassers 😉

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LUCY GOES POTTY 🤦‍♀️

So, this totally just happened. Well, about an hour ago.
Eating dinner in town with Jay…
Me: I so wish you could get up and go pee with me. My boots are slick. I feel like I might fall or something stupid.
I leave and go to the restroom. I think to myself, this doesn’t look anything like I remember this restroom looking at all from before. (Haven’t been here in a while.) Even in the stall I have the thought, surprised I didn’t slip and fall, I can’t even make up the life I live as Lucy.
Leave the stall and think- why on Earth do they have urinals in here? That’s weird.
THAT’S WHEN IT HIT ME!
Me: you don’t even wanna know. I told you I’d do something stupid. After telling him half of it:
Jay: did you walk in the men’s room?
Me: not only that, I went in and used the restroom and didn’t even notice until I was leaving 😂.

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