Real Housewives of Atlanta

Yeeha, Tonight is the reunion! This is gonna be good. Yowzers. I missed the wig pulling show but there is a rerun on Bravo now and I am laughing so hard I think I may have...oops.

Oh My....

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

From WWD a piece from John Paul Gaultier’s Spring/Summer 2010
Hermès collection

I have never been a fan of JPG.

His designs are a little too edgy for my taste

But this little beauty is amazing.

Creep by Hiroshi Awai

if I could get my husband to wear this I would be a happy girl

word is Creep is availiable at Urban Outfitters

but I couldn't find anything on the UO website

SoCa Ponti Two-Tone Dress

Availiable Size: 0/2

come on designers......a 2, really?

Carolina Herrera Embroidered Tee

Ginny H Buckle Front Sweater &
Ginny H Hollywood Jeans

A girl can dream.....

Burberry Laser-Cut Check Pump

Michael Jackson: Is this it?

When I was a kid I loved MJ. My mom listened to the Jackson 5 and I collected all of MJ's CD's. WOW What an amazing talent. Do you remember the Thriller dance? The pictures of him together with Brooke Shields? Another of my all time favorites at the time was Tatum O'Neil. So preppy, together with MJ....

BUT THEN there were the allegations of child abuse. I was appalled. Granted, MJ was a little nutty but what great talent isn't. Look at Andy Warhol but child abuse.......I couldn't believe it but his weird behavior has always been well documented and although he was exonerated there was always that little part of me that wondered if it was true.

Still, the tour "This is It" could have been the most amazing comeback of this century and I would like to see the documentary of MJ's last days....maybe a glimpse into the life of Michael Jackson...the real Michael Jackson.

I realize there are a lot of people out there who are saying there are body doubles and he's not really singing but it is a movie after all and it is a tribute to his talent that AMG/Sony figured out a way to save their investment and bring the show to the world rather than 50 venues.

I never got to see Michael Jackson live but I have seen the tapes and that proves he had an amazing talent and for that, I will always listen...because it's human nature, right?

Target Visa: Broken Promise

Last month I made a little pact with myself that i would not buy any shoes until the Target Visa was paid off. Well, um.....  Eliza B was having this super fab sale and I could not resist. Oh, and at the outlet well Kate Spade was having a sale and i have wanted the firefly sandals for a really long time and they had my size. They never have my size. It seemed like Kizmet. So, promise broken.

On the upside I am thinking about going back to work. It's getting lonely at home by myself and I am tired of home improvements. Who knew that so many things needed to be done? I certainly never noticed that the door trim was looking drab until I retired or that the pot light surrounds in the ceiling looked grungy and I seem to be moving the furnature a lot.

So if anyone knows of an opening for a person in Florida with an MBA let me know.  :)

Have a great day!

Yeah Baby

It's Friday and although it has heated up again I am having good times in the garden today. Unfortunately the pump on the Koi pond gave out but hopefully it's just clogged..so I will prob be spending the weekend cleaning the pond and unclogging the pump. :)

Smiles all! Have a great day

McDonalds Monopoly Game

I'm not a gambler. When the hubs and I go to Vegas we go for the shows BUT I am addicted to this monopoly game. I'm not sure why. I don't play the Subway monopoly game but I love this game! So far I have won a breakfast meal, 2 small drinks & 25 coke points. I know, thats not so great..but when the online roll starts I'm like, 2 2 2 please 2.    :)

Have a great day!

Maytag Digital Washer

I have the Maytag digital washer and dryer and I love them BUT the new LG washer & dryer with the steam/wrinkle reducer looks so awsome and after spending 3 hours ironing today I wish I had them too.

Whoo Hoo it's 73 degrees!

I woke up yesterday morning and had this amazing burst of energy. When I went outside to visit with the Scoob it was 73 degrees! Yipee! No humidity and a beautiful morning so I rushed inside and woke the hubs to make a plan. I got dressed and ready in about 5 minutes flat and we went to Orlando outlet shopping! I couldn't believe he agreed to go. We stopped at McDons for fortification and 90 minutes later were in the land of OZ. Holy Moly, I thought we were in a recession. I had to park in spill over parking. I guess everyone else had the same idea. I ended up with some awsome deals. Ralph Lauren Chinos $110 for $10 so I hooked the hubs up with 3 and I got a Coach scarf and gloves for half off. SCORE. The only problem was I was in such a rush I forgot my sunscreen and now my face is pink. :)

Have a great day!

Yipee, It's FRIDAY!

Yeah, yeah, yeah...it's fri-day... but USF lost to Cincinatti last night super sad ...ok no more soda for me!

Have a great day!

NEW TAMPA WOMENS CLUB

Hi there, feels like 100 degrees and 90% humidity today & I had my first Womens Club Event (I'm a provisional member). It was called Trash to Treasure and the team got donations together from all the memebers and we participated in a giant yard sale at Hunters Green. My goodness it was hot. I'm pretty sure I wont be volunteering for anything outdoors anymore. hahaha

Have a great day!

Dave Attell: Comedy at it's best...

My husband and I are big comedy fans. In fact, we go to the Comedy Festival in Las Vegas every year. It's the best vacation we take. I usually like to see comedians like mikebrbiglea but my husband loves Dave Attell. He used to have this show that was pretty crazy so I wasn't too excited but it turned out to be super funny and we had a great time. BUT then....he walked outside! I couldn't believe it :) so I threw my camera to the hubs and asked if we could take a photo. He was so nice. I explained that my husband was his biggest fan so in the picture he's trying to wave the hubs over. We talked about the festival and he said he was doing NY instead but he would check it out. He ended up in Las Vegas last year after our little chat. Cool, eh?

My favorite Housewife

I was watching the Atlanta Housewives and I really like Kandi. The others are so show-offy. She has real accomplishments to be proud of. I look at all these women and I'm a little bit jealous. Who wouldn't want a Range Rover or a big shiny diamond or a giant donut...yeah I'd love a doughnut, which one is the right one. Who cares as long as there is dough. They prob don't eat doughnuts. OK, have a great day.

What I want for Christmas.....

Oh, my god! I got the Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog today & I know what I want for Christmas now!

WOOOHOOO, look at this:

ICON A5


Who wouldn't want their own plane? The ICON A5 ($139,000; 2010) is a two-seat sport airplane aimed at the masses. Designed to be "predictable and easy-to-fly," the lightweight personal aircraft is amphibious with retractable landing gear for flying off land and water alike. The A5 features a carbon fiber airframe, a 100-hp/120-mph Rotax 912 ULS engine (that runs on both auto and aviation gas), and folding wings that allow it to be stored at home and towed on the highway with a trailer. If you don't think your weekend piloting skills are up to par, fear not — the A5 comes with a bevy of safety features. Included will be a propeller guard, wing angle of attack indicator (sounds important), and a huge, built-in parachute that helps the entire plane come down a little easier in an emergency.

Atlanta Housewives Ex Dead

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/arrest-in-housewives-ex-153300.html

Pay it Forward: Psychological Assessment Resources

This week marked the end of the United Way Campaign for the hubbys company and today they had a big celebration. PAR has about 50 employees and this year the PAR team donated 90K+ to the United Way! Yipee, go TEAM!

The theme of the celebration this year was under the big top so they have had clowns come in and a magician, those cute bags of peanuts that they have at the circus, carnival games like ring toss and they had a giant group of balloons that each employee got to pick from for a super prize. One person won 40 hours of vacation time! Awesome. They also had a speaker whose life had been changed/saved due to the services offered by United Way. The hubs said everyone was choked up and had to take a little break after....

I must say I have never known a company that took such good care of its employees and the community that supports it. Way to go PAR on another year exceeding your United Way Donations Goal!

BUT....the best part is there were tons of leftovers from the party and the hubs, in his infinite wisdom, keeps a little stack of to go boxes in his office for just such an occasion! He arrived home with 2 salads and 6 slices of pizza! :) SCORE! No cooking for me tonight!

Have a great day!

Lilly Pulitzer Fall Warehouse Sale 2009

Target: the good and the bad...

So I was buzzing through reader and Beatown Prep had this great Fall Decorating idea

photo courtesy pottery barn

This is a pottery barn lovely but she showed a similar one from Target.

While I was roaming the Target aisles I found the Green Leaf Plate

and a Thomas Obrien Charger similar to the one above

I already have the white plate so beautiful new place setting

at half the cost of pottery barn, Yipee

But then...... I went in search of the elusive pink pumpkin

Photo courtesy of Tickled Pink and Green

Thank you TP&G for the great tip!

I especially like them because they are battery operated. and I get

VERY nervous when little people and fire are in close proximity.

My Target only had orange & green, bummer.....

but I did get the little ghosty as a consolation prize :)

I'm planning to buzz over to whole foods tomorrow and there is another

Target next door..so wish me luck

The pink pumpkin will be MINE! :)

Have a great day!

LL Bean: LOVE

I got an LL Bean catalog today....no magazines....so I spent 30 whole minutes devouring and decided I needed a new trench coat...a blue one...yep it's raining a lot and the blue one will keep my pants dry too & it will match my blue hunter wellies. Yep the blue one it is with a monogram of course!

Essie: Pink Nails

I was reading Hopsys blog and she said she wears Essie & OPI polish. I had never tried Essie so I picked up a couple colors and I'm wondering if I got a bad batch or if 3 coats is normal. I have 3 coats of #544 "need a vacation" on now but they are still a little streaky. Has this happened to anyone else?

Sunshine: In or Out

I have a conundrum. Living in the sunny state of Florida has its goods & bads. The good is sunshine most of the day but the bad is heat (oh, and gigantic bugs).

When the hubby & I built our house we decided to go with block out drapes. They block sunlight & heat. That was 11 years ago. For about a year now we’ve been talking about building a pergola to shade the house instead because our HOA prohibits awnings and the house is always dark. And I’m home all day now…

The natural light is so revitalizing & I love looking at the pond but the rear of the house, where most of the windows are, faces south so it gets pretty hot.

The problem: during the day the house is cool but dark & I have lights on all day. This seems pretty nutty but my thinking is it costs more to run the AC than turn on a light. What do you think? Open the drapes or turn on the light?

My friend "blogger name" said.....

Ok, my husband & I are talking about our nephew Jensen and he says he saw a sock monkey at Target & he thought it was so funny & I chime in "my girlfriend Lisa...."



Just to clarify Lisa isn't really my girlfriend, she has this funny blog that I love to read and her commentaries are awesome and funny and her sock monkey went on a trip to visit all her bloggy friends in America. Plus, we have only exchanged 1 email.



So I'm telling my husband this funny sock monkey adventure story & he thinks it's great so he pops off and heads out to Target.



And now I'm sitting here thinking, why did I say she was my girlfriend, I barely know her but I do know her cause she shares her thoughts and feelings everyday on her blog like a girlfriend that calls at 4am Sunday morning. You get the scoop and the gravy is the photo. It's like what’s up? The cats’ tickling my feet and the picture is right there & it feels like a girlfriend thing.



Anyway, GG if your reading this I am not a stalker. Just a bloggy friend.

(names have been somewhat changed to protect the innocent)



Has anyone else had this happen?

OMG: USF BEAT Florida State! woohoo

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -South Florida fans didn't want to leave. Not even after more than three hours of sitting in 90-degree weather.

Most of the more than 12,000 sun-drenched, green-clad boosters remained in their end zone seats chanting ''USF, USF,'' for some 20 minutes after the Bulls defeated No. 18 Florida State 17-7 Saturday. It was the first meeting between the schools and came in front of Florida State's biggest home crowd in four years.

The USF team stormed to the south end zone to salute their fans as the final seconds ticked off the clock. USF President Judy Genschaft, also in green, was leaving her air-conditioned skybox looking for the quickest way to the Bulls locker room.

''Do you believe it?'' she said happily as she hurried to an elevator.

''You have to beat them to get talked about,'' South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said.

''It changes history,'' he added. ''You have to beat them to get talked about. Now I can say we should be talked about.''

It was USF's first win over the state's big three - Miami, Florida and Florida State.

''They whupped us,'' said FSU coach Bobby Bowden, who talked all week about not being eager to play South Florida for the first time. ''They're a lot better than I thought.''

Bowden and his staff are now also likely to face questions about how they could let a talent like USF quarterback B.J. Daniels get out of town.

Daniels, a redshirt freshman who grew up in Tallahassee and was largely ignored by Florida State recruiters, dismantled the Seminoles' defense with one big play after another in his first career start. He was replacing four-year starter Matt Grothe, the Big East Conference's career total offense leader, who had a season-ending injury last week.

''It feels good playing in front of your friends and your family,'' Daniels said. ''I was very familiar with the people around so I definitely felt comfortable and it wasn't anything to get me nervous.''

-EDIT-
''He's a great athlete,'' Bulls defensive end George Selvie said. ''I'm glad to have him as my quarterback.''

''He killed us,'' Bowden lamented after the game. ''Boy, they've got a great one there.''

-EDIT-

''The way we got beat up on offense, I didn't know we could get beat up like that,'' Bowden said. ''They did everything faster than I thought.''

-EDIT-

''It's a great story, a quarterback coming back home,'' Leavitt said. ''Those things don't happen all the time, but it did today. It did today.''

(I deleted the game stuff & left the story  Have a great day!)

Florida Blues

As much as I love Lilly I often wish I lived somewhere else. I can pretty much wear the beautiful prints year round. I think it gets down to 60 during the day in Feburary BUT 92 degrees today and it felt like 90% humidity. Then shocker, 3pm rolled around and thunder + lightening= rain rain rain,  please go away.

It's a weird Florida phenom. Almost everyday between 3 & 4 there is rain. Why I haven't put extra rain boots in my car I will never know...just absent minded I guess and I really have to weed the garden but I can barely stand to be outdoors for the 2 minutes it takes me to get to the car and turn on the AC. ARGH, grumble grumble

Dan Brown: Digital Fortress

I was thinking....I really didn't like the ending of the Lost Symbol at all...especially since they are looking for the lost word. So I decided to go back and reread digital fortress to see what it was about Dan Brown was so great. NOW I remember....   :)  Go back to the early reads...you'll  be glad you did.

Have a great day!

Florida Football or Tennessee Flootball?

Hello Ladies......You may remember from an earlier post that I am a University of South Florida Fan

& my husband roots for the University of Colorado.

Fortunately they never play each other! :)

but today the game is not telecast so I decided to watch the Gators vs. the Volunteers.

Holy Cow!

No matter which team your rooting for this was a great game

and the swamp looks like loads of fun!

Oh, and both coaches are super cute!

Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol

Note: I love Dan Brown & I have all of his books!

Ok, I stayed up and read this book all night long. 14 hours in all.

The opening was a little slow but once it gets started

hold on to your pants because there is a great adventure

getting ready to start. AND the twist

you won't believe the twist...I didn't see it coming!

Fantastic!

I think you will LOVE it BUT...

the ending....it wraps up but then goes on to further explain the

symbolism and the correlation between the Masons beliefs and the

Old Testament and kinda fizzles with a cool sunrise.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it...but the last few chapters seem superfluous.

It's like the best hamburger ever.

The hamburger is awesome but the bun, not so much.

Anyhoo…hope you love it too….I couldn’t put it down!

Have a great day!

Move Over Elle Woods, There's a New Girl in Town

English Bulldog Set on Fire

FROM: HER SOUTHERN CHARM

Imagine being purposely set on fire and having absolutely NOTHING to do about it.

That's the story of sweet Churchill, the bulldog, who was so viciously set on fire last week in San Antonio, Texas. I don't know anymore details other than that as I cannot bear to read the full story, which can be found here.

It will take an estimated $10,000 to get this sweet boy back on the road to recovery. I'm begging all of my readers to please, please send in your Starbucks fund for the week so that Churchill can have a joyous and happy life in a loving home. (I know it's pumpkin spice latte season, but think of the horrible injuries you're helping to heal!)

I'm working on getting together a sort of 'swag' goodie bag to those who donate to Churchill's cause. If you have anything you might be interested in donating (a small gift certificate to your shop, something you make by hand, graphic/blog design service, etc) , please contact me!

I just found this out a couple of hours ago, so give me a bit of time get some things together. I'll be updating asap! And please keep Churchill in your prayers. I know the Lord is watching over this sweet baby right now.

Thanks so much lovely readers! Bless all you animal lovers out there!

xxoo

UPDATE: So far, here are the AWESOME animal loving shops that will be featured in "Churchill's Swag Bag":


Tucker Blair

Just Simply Southern
Preppy in Pink

A Super Duper Giveaway!

http://hersoutherncharm.blogspot.com/

Her Southern Charm is having a supurb giveaway!

$100 to Cambria Cove

So run, run, run......... or you can click on the link   ;)

Have a great day!

Blue Polish

In an effort to show my support of the
Tampa Bay Rays

I painted my fingers and toes blue.

OPI Dating a Royal

love it!