Home. A place that it seems I have not been to too much lately. I was off to Lubbock last Thursday, and returned on Friday night. Then Sunday I was off to meetings and things in Austin, and just returned. It is late Tuesday evening, and I am looking forward to a really good nights sleep. Now, the thing is, I have really made a lot of accomplishments since last Thursday, and I really did enjoy being a really small part of those accomplishments, but to tell you all the truth, there really in no place like home. It is where I get my best rest, where I know I am loved and where I am safe and most comfortable. This morning, it was REALTOR® day at the Texas State Capitol (I am pretty sure Capitol is the correct spelling in this case, let me know if I am wrong), and my first visit was with my friend and Representative, the Honorable Donna Howard. The visits (in my case) went on until just a little bit after 3 P.M., and then there was a post Hill Visit Dinner sponsored by the Austin Board of REALTORS® at the Headliners Club. We were honored to have Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Bonnen and House Ways and Means Chair Dustin Burrows attend our dinner, along with Representative Bonnens Chief of Staff Gavin Massingill attend the dinner and speak with us all about issues that affect all Texas REALTORS® and property owners. A good time was had by all. Thanks Holly!Cockamamie -- Adjective. ridiculous, incredible. "Colin Farrell is good in this time-traveling romance, but it's tastefully cockamamie and increasingly gloppy." Hartford Courant, February 20, 2014
Did You Know? By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled cockamamy) seems like an arbitrarily coined nonsense word -- but a reasonable explanation for its origin exists. Supposedly, cockamamy is an altered form of the term decalcomania, which denotes a process of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. The word decalcomania comes from the combination of the French decalquer, meaning "to copy by tracing," and -manie, meaning "mania." In the 1940s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or cockamanies. They were naturally regarded by many as silly novelties. Hence, in time, cockamamie came to be used as an adjective meaning "ridiculous."
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