hold your horses

This Lilly Pulitzer boot totally makes me want to take up horseback riding. Well, not horseback riding exactly, but maybe wearing the boots and hanging around the stables. Well, at least wearing them to a horse race. Ok, so I’d pretty much wear them when I take the kids to ride [...]

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happy Halloween, peeps

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keep calm and carry on

I’ve mentioned that I’m turning our guest bedroom into my scrap office and wanted to share something I’ll be hanging. I came across a slogan some time ago that struck a chord with me, Keep Calm and Carry On. That phrase was printed on propaganda posters in 1939 in England by George [...]

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is this cute or what?

Is there a special event coming up? I’m just wondering, because I really want to get this dress, but it’s a little much for going grocery shopping and getting my teeth cleaned. I’m just saying.

clipped from shop.nordstrom.com

 

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did no one get my Halloween memo?

Beyotch Katie Price aka Jordan from the UK stole my costume: Split Personality Barbie. I was totally going to straighten half my hair and sew together half an ice skater’s performance costume and half a go-go dancer dress. The legwarmer and platform pump isn’t part of the costume, I’m wearing those [...]

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sleepless in south la

I am watching Ryan Adams on Letterman.  I had no intention of being up remotely late tonight, seeing as how I haven’t slept well this week.  All three munchkins were asleep by 8:30, I told Scott I was going to bed early, everything was going well.  I got comfy, started watching House I’d recorded on [...]

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this just in: study finds men think red is sexy, woo-hoo!

I love a good study reported as news.  Don’t you?  Here are the results of a study of which I’m trying to decipher.  The following is from CNN.com by Theresa Tampkins (from the Health section).
Does wearing the color red give you a sexual edge? Maybe, according to a new study, which found that men find [...]

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don’t start that ALL CAPS stuff with me

I had to renew my driver’s license in July, but I forgot about it because apparently I’m not capable of remembering when my birthday is (I know my friends are reading this and thinking “it’s July 9th, you celebrate for a week” whatev, ).  So, I was late renewing.  I’m starting to worry about myself [...]

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Create

Just picked this little necklace for myself and thought I’d share. Suits me, I think.

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pessimistic optimist

This is what I’ve been saying for years. I have been a pessimistic optimist since I learned to speak. The phrase describes me perfectly.

clipped from graphjam.com

 

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