it's Freddie Girl!

The Phantom Cursor!

WOOOOOOOOOOO......WOOOOOOOOOOO.  Okay YOU GHOST....Get Outta Mommie's comuputer.  I mean it!  If I could see you....well, I'd just come BITE YOU or something.

Okay....here's the thing....the other day, Mommie was just typing away on her computer, just "happy as a clam"....when all of a sudden I heard Aaaaaaarghhhh!  Or at least something to that effect.  I was just minding my own business....chewing away on "Fluffy Bone"....and she scared me soooooo much....well, let's just say "Fluffy Bone" isn't anywhere near as "fluffy" as he used to be.  So, I went to see Mommie just to find out what all the fuss was about. 

Mommie said that when she was typing, the cursor would just move someplace else...and it would mess up whatever word she was typing....and then it would pop up and move again, and mess up something that was already typed.  Okay, so I'm thinking..."big deal....get over it Mommie"....but of course I kept that little sentiment to myself...until now.  Mommie apparently didn't have many nerves that day because she said this was getting on her "last nerve"!  I've been there when that happens, and believe me....IT IS NOT PRETTY!    Mommie doesn't get this way all that much so I thought I would be a little more supportive and go over and see for myself just what was going on. So, I'm sitting there watching and SHE WAS RIGHT....the cursor started moving around, and then boxes would pop up out of nowhere, things would get highlighted in blue, advertisements would just appear with talking and music.....it was just CRAZY!  It was like...like...it was like an " i POLTERGEIST"!  It had to be the work of "THE PHANTOM CURSOR"!  Approach the keyboard with EXTREME CAUTION! 

So now.....things have seemed to settle down.  GHOSTS COME....GHOSTS GO. Mommie used a couple of "unsavory" words during the ordeal.....words that she scolds me if I use....so I called her on it.  She denied using them....I'm sure just to reinforce to me that "my" usage of such words would definitely be frowned upon....and also because she knows that the next time I slip up and use one of them....I will recite the phrase that I will undoubtedly regret..."But you said it....why can't I?"  In Mommie's confident denial....she simply stated...."I NEVER  said any of those words.....it MUST have been...THE PHANTOM CURSER!

Woooooooooooooooo.  No....the ghost is not back.....that was just me.  I like to say Woooooooooooo.  It's fun...you should try it sometime.  

We added a new song to the iPawd Playlist today.  I thought since we were fighting a ghost today....THE FOO FIGHTERS would be a good band.   Mommie and I like the song  "Next Year".  It was used as the theme song in the first year of a TV show we liked called "ED".  Enjoy....hope you like it too.

BOO!

SONG OF THE DAY....."Next Year" by the FOO FIGHTERS

BACK AGAIN!

 Hey Peeps in Blogland....Like I said above, sorry for just disappearing off the face of the internet world.  I feel like I turned my back on you....but Noooooooo....it was really Mommie that turned her back on you.  I have been ready and willing to jump back into the blog....I have all kinds of stories to tell you.  It was Mommie that just couldn't find time in "her busy little schedule" to work on our blog.  Oh, there I go getting "sassy" again....sorry Mommie.  ( Mommie tends to withold my "mikky bones when I get out of line).

Anyway....here's the deal.  We are going to be back here as often as we can just talking about cool stuff, music, and just anything on our minds at the time.  Then we are starting another blog for all the comic strips.  Mommie is going to redraw some of the old ones with her new techniques, and sometimes make comments on them.  We will have a link available on this blog when we get the new on going.  

If you are on Facebook....I HAVE A FAN PAGE!  Look for "it's Freddie Girl" on FACEBOOK and also on TWITTER.   When Mommie learns how to do it...we will have the links for you.

I'll be back in a few minutes with some more tunes on the playlist....so stay tuned, and WELCOME BACK.....TELL EVERYBODY!  Thanks for coming back to visit....love, Freddie Girl (and Mommie)

I'm back....just like I promised with some more songs for the playlist.  None of the songs have any real meaning pertaining to anything today...just songs I like.  Hope you like them too.

Songs for the day....

"Glad It's Over" by WILCO

"Kandi" by ONE ESKIMO

"Out Of My Head" by FASTBALL

FUN WORDS TO SAY...SNARKY!

SNARKY...definition...sharply critical, cutting, snide, cranky, and irritable.

 Okay, you have to admit...SNARKY is just a fun word to say. And when somebody says or does something "sharply critical", "cutting", "snide",  or is simply "cranky" or "irritable" toward  you, it just takes some of the "ickiness" out of how it makes you feel to use the word SNARKY. Think of it as a "comfort word". For instance...say like, oh, I don't know...okay, you're thinking that you are lookin' good in your new collar and bandana, and then somebody looks at you with that "look" on their face and says..."you're not REALLY gonna wear that ARE YOU?" Then you get that kinda warm feeling all over and then you start feeling kinda stupid...yeah, you know what I'm talking about. So you usually just say it under your breath or to somebody else after THEY leave, something like..."WELL! That was a pretty SNARKY thing to say!" And then you're thinking that you should have said something TO THEM like "WELL, that was a kind of "not nice" thing to say, and GET THAT SNARKY LOOK off your face!" But most well mannered individuals don't ever communicate that to whoever made them feel..well,like some word I'm not allowed to say. So now YOU have become CRANKY, and IRRITABLE...and YOU are likely to do something SNARKY to somebody too! SNARKINESS BREEDS SNARKINESS! Excuse me...LIGHT BULB MOMENT! Soooooo, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED HERE? I'm thinking maybe we should all TRY TO BE A LITTLE LESS SNARKY. Or at least try to use a little more tact when being SNARKY, maybe just be SNARKYish. But, everybody is going to be a little SNARKY at one time or another...so let's just look at the positive side of this. It gives us all the opportunity to use the word SNARKY...and that is a good thing. Why you ask...BECAUSE IT IS A FUN WORD TO SAY!

SONG OF THE DAY..."NOTHING EVER HURT LIKE YOU" by James Morrison

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

Earth Day

Song of the day..."IT'S ABOUT TIME", by John Denver

FIRST ANNUAL VETERINARY APPRECIATION DAY!

WOO HOO!  Veterinarians everywhere...HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPY DAY TODAY!  Today is your day!  They say "every dog has his day"....not sure exactly what they mean by that, but TODAY IS YOURS!  We APPRECIATE you every day, but like we mentioned in the post before....we thought TODAY would be a great day to CELEBRATE YOU!

Okay, Mommie and I are the one's that came up with this, so it's kind of like our own private holiday...but WE are gonna celebrate this holiday EVERY YEAR on APRIL 10TH,  so who knows if we spread it around...THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

So THANKS AGAIN Dr. Josh, Dr. H., and Doctor Bell who took care of me when I was just a pup, and a bunch of other doctors I had to see along the way.  HAVE A GREAT DAY!   love, Freddie Girl

Fun Words To Say... BOONDOGGLE

BOONDOGGLE...As a noun it means "work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value", or "a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft". As a verb it means "to waste money or time on such projects".

(edited on Wednesday at 3:41, just  'cause I felt like it!)

I was gonna talk about the meaning of the word boondoggle and why I chose that word, but quite frankly....how much can you really say about BOONDOGGLE? Turns out it is more fun to say than to talk about! So, hey, EVERYBODY SAY IT WITH ME!  Come on, it will be fun...BOONDOGGLE, BOONDOGGLE, BOONDOGGLE! But, admit it,  you gotta love the word because it has "DOG" in the middle of it.  Mommie said that there was some stuff going on now that the new President is having to deal with, and some of the newspeople have used the "boondoggle" word when referring to all that.  I'll have to check with my "newsie" friends, Preston and Ogelthorpe and see what they have to say.  Anyway, every now and then we will have a new "fun word to say". 

Now, let's use the word "boondoggle" in a sentence...

I think Sebastian is just trying to "boondoggle" me into thinking he is sooooo important by having to talk on his cell phone and check his messages all the time!

Song of the day..."SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR" by Carolina Liar

A Whole Lotta Green!

Song of the day..."HOLIDAY" by Green Day

Stay Tuned!

 I picked two songs for today just because I like them, they don't really go with any theme or anything today...just because I like them.

Okay, here's what else I'm thinking. As I've told you before, I really love listening to music and our upcoming strips and columns will be dealing a lot with music. So, Mommie and I heard a rumor a couple of weeks ago that Etta James was not all that thrilled with Beyonce singing her "signature song" AT LAST, at the Inaugural Ball. I had been thinking about this before, but more after hearing that....what songs just SHOULDN'T BE COVERED? I have been making my list, but what do you think? Which songs do you think should not be allowed to be covered, even though they probably have been already, and even though they sounded pretty good, they just kind of belong to a particular artist that is mostly known for doing that particular song? Think about it and leave me a comment with the NAME OF YOUR SONG and THE ARTIST'S NAME that did it, that you DON'T think SHOULD EVER BE COVERED, or SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN covered. I'll see how your ideas compare with mine, and get back to you later. Now that we have a few readers, I hope you will think this is fun and participate. Thanks in advance, and we'll see you later. Love, Freddie Girl

SONGS OF THE DAY..."I'D RATHER BE WITH YOU", by Joshua Radin and "BLUE EYES" BY Timmy Curran

Christmas In Blogland!

Hi everyone, indulge me for a moment while I praise a guy named Cheru Jackson who invented alphainventions.com. It is because of this genius that many of you are seeing this post. Like I said, I have no idea how they ran across my blog, but Mommie and I really appreciate the exposure you are bringing us. We REALLY, REALLY, REALLY appreciate all of you who have clicked on our site from seeing it on ALPHAINVENTIONS.com. We are going to work sooooo hard to make our blog the best it can be, and also to update it as fast as we can. We would love to hear from ALL of you. Just click on the comment link at the bottom of each post. We will TRY to reply back to each and every one of them if you would like.  Also, if you would like to get to know us better by reading back to the first comics and posts, just click on the ARCHIVES, or you can also click where it says subscribe to our feed near the bottom of the links, and read from the bottom up. Sorry this is so informative, but Mommie recently redesigned the blog so there wasn't so much scrolling.

Oh, I almost forgot...SONGS OF THE DAY!  The first song is for alphainventions.com...."YOU TO THANK", by Ben Folds, and the second is for all our readers...something we hope you will do when you click on our blog..."STOP AND STARE", by One Republic (although we hope you will do more than stare).

Thanks again....stay tuned.....please????  Have a great day, love Freddie Girl and Mommie

Songs of the day...."YOU TO THANK", by Ben Folds and "STOP AND STARE", by One Republic

Sneakin' Back In

Yeah, sorry I haven't been around much....like I said, I'll let Mommie take the heat for that one. I'm sayin' this like there is actually somebody around to be tellin' it to. But if there IS SOMEBODY out there please tell your friends we are back and we are gonna try really hard to have something everyday. Even if it is just a new song every day...THAT we are definitely planning. I'm really into music too, so I'm planning on doing a lot of MUSIC HOUND columns for you. I've got a lot I want to fill you in on. Maybe I can turn some of you onto some new artists you don't know about. We have a lot of stories to tell you, so there will be lots more Dr. Josh, Preston & Ogelthorpe, Sebastian and a whole slew of new buddies you will meet. So hang in there with us...we want to be a FUN part of your day...EVERYDAY! Thanks a bunch, love, Freddie Girl!

SONG OF THE DAY:  "You Get What You Give" by the NEW RADICALS

To Run...Or Not!

Song of the day... "UNDERDOG" by Spoon

An Ode to Ogie!

Ogie is my little mouse friend that I wrote a confidential note to on the July 24th, "Buddycatcher" post. Oh, let me just start from the beginning...Dr. Josh's office called one day and said someone had dropped off a mouse that they couldn't take care of. He had something wrong with his eye and the fur on one side of his face. He was very shy about showing that side of his face, kind of like Quasimoto and the Phantom of the Opera. Dr. Josh and everybody named him Ogelthorpe after my TV rats, Preston and Ogelthorpe. They started treating him to make his face better and started looking around for a permanent home for him. Mommie and I got kind of attached to him and tried to help them find a place for Ogie to live. We didn't have a lot of luck...that's when I wrote to Ogie on the blog to apologize for "missing the boat" on finding him a new home. It turned out there were a few more boats...AND WE MISSED THEM TOO!!! I thought we were going to have to find him a pal and build him an ark! And since I've gotten carried away on boat metaphors...it looked like it was "TITANIC CITY" for Ogie!

Dr. Josh started thinking Ogie wasn't going to get any better...but suddenly he started improving. So we kept looking for a new home for Ogie, with still no luck. Most people that weren't "creeped out" by pet mice had a cat. Then one day I found out the library in Mommie's hometown had 3 pet mice. They said he could come live with them. While Ogie was still getting better, some other mice snuck in and took his spot at the library. HOW RUDE IS THAT?!  Mommie and I didn't want to tell Ogie, OR Dr. Josh and everybody there about it, so we continued the search. One of Mommie's best friends came through for us and found a family for him to live with, also in her hometown. He's living with Holly and her son Ben and his brother and sister...AND a whole crew of animals. They have 2 little rat girls, and lots of dogs and cats. They used to have chickens too! Rumor has it their might be a snake or two, but let's hope that is just a rumor, or that they will never meet. I think he will be really happy there.

So, last week Mommie took him to his new home. He got to ride in the car with her and listen to music, much louder than he was probably used to. He LOVED it! He had a lot of shreaded paper in his cage he hid under, and when the new song by the "Goo Goo Dolls" REAL, came on, Mommie said the paper started shaking like Ogie was jammin' to the music. Then the song went off and he poked his head out like he wanted some more tunes. Then the "Smashing Pumpkins", the "Red Hot Chili Peppers", "Pearl Jam", "Green Day" and the "Foo Fighters", among others, came on. He BOOGIED THROUGH THEM ALL! He's just a "new era GRUNGE MOUSE"! Good taste I might add. Ogie, you are just a "happenin' little mouse!

Now, Mommie and I would like to thank Dr. Josh, Dr. H., Tiffany, Sarah, Jamie, Matt, Doreen and Marlaina (and probably more people we don't know) for taking such great care of our little friend, as I'm sure Ogie is very grateful too. Most people wouldn't have done as much as they did for a tiny mouse.  I know they will miss the little guy, well, most of them will, but I hear they WON'T be missing cleaning out his cage. He's just a little "poop machine". I should have hired him to work with me at my fertilizer business.

Since Ogie turns out to be such a "music mouse", Mommie and I picked out a few songs for him to add to my "ipawd" playlist. The first one is "Looking for Space" by John Denver, one of Mommie's favorite songs. The "element of space" has been a pretty hot topic around here, as well as trying to find a new space for Ogie...and really, just who doesn't love John Denver?! The other one's are songs we thought Ogie could really "get down" to. The last one..."All for You" by Sister Hazel, is for Ogie and Dr. Josh, and all the other peeps I mentioned above from the animal hospital. 

Well, Ogie...congrats on your new digs, maybe Mommie and I can come visit sometime. Soooooooooo... ROCK ON, OGIE...YOU THE MOUSE, DUDE!!! 

Love, Freddie Girl and Mommie

TODAY'S SONGS....

"LOOKING FOR SPACE" by John Denver

"REAL" by the Goo Goo Dolls

"BELIEVE" by Staind

"BETTER NOW" by Collective Soul

"ALL FOR YOU" by Sister Hazel

September

Songs of the day... SEPTEMBER by Chicago WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS by Green Day

Excuses, Excuses!

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Song of the day...

"IT DON'T MATTER"

by Donavon Frankenreiter

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Well, Mommie had it all planned out to do a segment of me with Preston and Ogelthorpe all last week.  Then Mommie started feeling not so good and she wasn't up to all that drawing.  She thought she had a cold, but then her voice went away (which she says SOME people will call that a blessing in disguise)....then her ears got all stopped up and she couldn't hear so good (which also isn't a bad idea for me sometimes).  She went to her version of "Dr. Josh" and got stuff to make her better.  When I get sick Mommie calls me "her little science project".  So now I guess Mommie is mine this week.   I heard her say she was about to "COUGH HER HEAD OFF"! Now THAT would really be SOME SCIENCE PROJECT!  For awhile I thought that could be kind of cool to see, but then I got to thinking...that might be "a little too SWEENEY TODD" for me.  

Anyway, we hope Mommie will start feeling a lot better so she can help me with my stories.  Then when we get started again, we have some ideas of things we can do so we can post something new on the blog every day.  That is our goal.  And if you like what we are doing, feel free to tell all your friends and family to come visit our blog.  AND,  Mommie and I want to thank everybody who comes and checks in on us every now and then!

So stay tuned...Mommie should be feeling better soon.  Happy Monday everybody!

Love, Freddie Girl

Identity...Mydentity!

Song of the day..."EVERYBODY'S CHANGING" by Keane

April Fool's Day!

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 Song of the Day...

"FOOLS LIKE ME" by Lisa Loeb 

We'll catch you up on the continuing "conehead" saga in a few days. Mommie had to go on a trip and she ran into a little snag with her scanner. She should be back home on Thursday, so hopefully on Friday we can bring you up to speed with my "ever growing affection" for this LARGELY ANNOYING piece of plastic wrapped around my head! Okay, maybe "ever growing affection" was not exactly the correct choice of words. ANYWAY...Mommie and I hope you all have a WONDERFUL April Fool's Day...watch your back, you never know who is gonna getcha! And try not to be too "tricky mean" yourself, either! Catch you later...Freddie Girl!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!

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Song of the day..."SAINT PATRICKS DAY" by John Mayer