it's Freddie Girl!

I'm Feelin'...

Mommie was telling me that when she's feeling just "KINDASORTA" it makes her feel better than "kindasorta" to make herself go out and do something...something that she "kinda" wants to do, but "sorta" doesn't really want to either.  So...this past weekend was the big street festival in our town.  They have lot's of bands, and food, and arts and crafts.  And it's REALLY CROWDED too.  We missed out on Friday and Saturday night this year which made us "kindasorta" sad.  We really wanted to go, but really didn't feel like getting caught up in the crowds either.  Plus other things just came up and we ended up not going either night.  We had never gone on Sunday afternoon, so this year we did.  The band ORLEANS that had a bunch of hits in the 70's played later in the day.  They did the song "STILL THE ONE"...you know, the song that goes" we're still havin' fun, and you're still the one".  And they also do a pretty song called "DANCE WITH ME".   They have a new drummer who used to be in Elton John's band...and he had a "mysterious resemblance" to DR. JOSH!  Makes me wonder...is my vet a "real ROCKIN' DOC"?  You never know...he looked a lot like him.  Who knows what you will see at a good street festival.  Orleans was really good and we had a good time.  And the bonus was, we made friends with the nice lady we stood next to at the concert.  Let's just say "A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL"!

You know what else Mommie says helps get her out of a "kindasorta" mood?  NEW SHOES.  That usually always works for Mommie...and if they are on sale...all the better.  So we are going to make that the song of the day...."NEW SHOES" by Paolo Nutini.  Enjoy...and if you can't find a concert or street festival to go to...GO BUY NEW SHOES!

SONG OF THE DAY..."NEW SHOES" by Paolo Nutini

Mommie Is Still Practicing!

Hey everybody, SURPRISE!  It's actually a NEW POST!  Does that make me two for two?  I don't really know what that means exactly but it seemed like a good thing to say. Remember last time I told you Mommie was learning new stuff and new ways to do our blog and comic strip?  Well, she is still practicing and today I thought I would show you some of the stuff she's been practicing on.  Mommie used to just draw the strip exactly like you would see it.  But she's been going to the Southeast Chapter of the National Cartoonist Society for a while and all the nice cartoonists there who REALLY know what they are doing,  have been helping Mommie out with some "tweaking".  So now she is learning how to do more stuff on the computer and putting the strip together a different way.  Now she is taking each drawing of me frame by frame and putting it in strip form. More recently our strips have been frame by frame but reading downward.  Anywhooooo, Mommie practiced doing this with drawings she already had of me and we wrote some new captions on them, "just for the heck of it". You might also notice the "tweaking" of the drawing of me too.  She's been experimenting with how to get me "just the perfect color" for the web and for reproduction in print and stuff.  So here is the "practice strip".  You can help us out by letting us know which way you like it best.  The way it is today, you will probably have to click on it to make it big enough to read.  Frame by frame downward is big enough without having to click.  Um, okay...here it is.

"Watcha think"?  

We'll bring more stuff to you later, but for now let's get to the song of the day.  Actually today I'm gonna give you a song...PLUS a BONUS SONG!   Yay!  I'm really liking a group called Gomez today.  You are getting their songs "Airstream Driver" and "See the World".  Hope you enjoy them!

Have a good one....love, Freddie Girl and Mommie

SONG(S) OF THE DAY..."AIRSTREAM DRIVER" and "SEE THE WORLD", by Gomez

I'm Baaaaack!!!

Hey everybody, yeah, I know. We've been gone for a long time, but don't blame me! I say WE because, even though it is my blog, it's really Mommie's too, because she does all the work. I tried, but when it comes to typing, I'm just ALL PAWS! But let's not be tooooo hard on Mommie, after all she has been learning some new techniques and stuff to make the blog and the comic strip better. We've been checking out some other cartoonist's blogs and they post all about the progress they are making, so we will do that from time to time too. That way we have no excuse for not having a post. But, even if nothing else, you can count on having a new SONG OF THE DAY. So THANK YOU, THANK YOU for coming back...tell all your friends we are back...heck, TELL THE WORLD...ALERT THE MEDIA!!!! Oh, sorry, I got a little carried away there, but we REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE it if you could help spread the word about our little blog ...there MIGHT be a TREAT in it for you if you would. That works on me when Mommie says it. 

Today's song is by Andrew Bird called Fitz & Dizzyspells. In some circles he is pretty well known, but still pretty new. Mommie and I are going to one of his concerts in October, so we'll be reviewing that for you. I'll be doing a pretty regular column on music for you called..."It's Freddie Girl...Music Hound!" That should be pretty fun. But for now, I hope you enjoy the new SONG OF THE DAY.

Anyway, if you are reading this...THANKS, and spread the word WE ARE BACK! Feel free to leave comments too! We LOVE HEARING FROM YOU! 

HAVE A GREAT DAY, and we'll see you again tomorrow! Love, Freddie Girl

SONG OF THE DAY..."FITZ & DIZZYSPELLS" by Andrew Bird