unmanic monday

we walked to the drug store before school to look for line-plumping cosmetics (i am obsessed and want botox for christmas) and the nice people at CVS gave us caramel cookies. that helped take my mind off the lines and I guess it DID plump them a little too:)


if he could vote, he'd vote for 'Bobama' :)


this is what teachers look like according to Danny


I l-o-v-e this pup. He came from the pound - it amazes and sickens me that such great dogs like him end up in the pound. Sure he pees on our shoes because he can't contain his excitement at being with us... but he's a lover and that's why we called him Romeo :)


his favorite story is sneetches

danny and the dinosaurs

a police hat full of dinosaur friends


twicewatops... t wex... tewadactyl... stegasauwus.... he knows them all


this is what dinosaurs eat (lego people from the lego plane that long since crashed into pieces)


this is how dinosaurs kiss (and that's his adorable kiss anticipation face)

monday things

mmm-mmm!! it is chili-cheese dog night at our house. i cannot wait :) i hate to brag but they are the best ever.

must download that target dolly parton song. i love it! i can't remember anything "i wanna be your satisfaction" and the cool yodeling part, i hope itunes know what i am looking for :)

speaking of target i had their pumpkin pie yogurt for lunch. hmm. i love yogurt. and pumpkin pie... but not really pumpkin pie yogurt, it tasted like hand lotion. and NOT in a good way.

i have a cold knee and a hot knee. the hot knee is very sore. i hope i dont have some flesh eating baterial infection. i was fixin' to do some linedancin' tonight :)

i made an apple pie for the new neighbors. this is the THIRD pie i have baked for them... they are never home and i cannot deliver a pie baked yesterday.... plus the second one i accidentally dropped in the sink (but it was still edible :)

a tad bit behind with the vacation pictures.....

this was our beach trip in MAY... a mere 5 months ago (blush) Melissa... i am hanging my head in shame!

any good roadtrip begins at crumbs bakeshop in beverly hills. we spent $37..... on cupcakes.


i bet the person who invented crocs is pretty rich, huh...


friday night at tony's. ba-da-bing! (or something...)


mandibu! (imagine the song 'xanadu' but change it to mandibu)


another day in paradise (shot from a beach recliner with diet coke and cupcake to my left)


completely and utterly adorable Emma (see i resisted a tutu cute joke:)


shiny brave faces at some rowdy and overwhelmingly awful fish house. but the fish and chips were somewhat good and they had malt vinegar in little plastic sachets :) we rushed the wares back to the safety of our zen beach house...


perfect sunday mornings searching for perfect white pebbles

saturday things (with some leftover friday things ;)

did NOT risk wearing the ruby slippers to dinner last night. probably as well as people at the 'fancy' restaurant had torn earlobes, tattoos and jeans. tisk. and sigh.

yesterday i painted the entire den the color 'cozy cottage' hoping it would transform the room into just that. this morning i peeked in and it was still huge and clinical. dang. i need nate berkus. and to sue the paint company for failing to deliver said cozy cottage as promised. having said that, i do like it. but still in an auditorium kind of way.

today i made an apple pie. with my hand on my heart i have to say it was the best ever. to quote a really gross sweaty man on kitchen nightmares... it was 'sex on a plate' (???????????!)

today's playlist: since i am so add at making playlists i chose a letter with my eyes closed and play everything starting with..... B.
umm... that is basketcase by greenday
beachball by rem (dewicious)
billy ray cyrus (filed under b for billy:)'s achey breaky heart which i confess to LOOVE
birthday by the beatles
bridge over troubled water by s&g
and one MUST HEAR song by barry manilow called bobbie lee about a sassy ho. she gets by by selling honey ;) oh but she don't want you feeling funny :) barry manilow i totally LOVE you to jupiter and back.

watched the sex and the city movie in bed last night. 5 pillows are just the right amount for 150 minutes of crying - you can change your head pillow every 30 minutes but a smart tip is to save the king size for last. i still can't help seethingly hating those women for walking away from me for absolutely no reason in february 2004. but i did love the movie and have dreamed a dozen times it is coming back on the air only to wake up feeling dissed all over again :(

friday things

i really really really reaaaally need to get things done. hot sweet milky tea, acoustic renditions of barry manilow classics and lemon bars are holding me back (however they are absolutely wonderful for the soul:)

datenight! we are going to some weird mine on a steep hill for dinner. i am wondering if ruby red slippers are sensible enough footwear. i MUST wear them... nothing else will do though. even if we have to valet park and i need to run over jagged rocks barefoot - i HAVE to wear them!

i got an email from Harper Collins to let me know the book my picture was published in is on it's way!! it's out 14 october... so clearly every family member is getting a copy for christmas :)
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061473098/Merry_Christmas_from___/index.aspx

i tossed and turned and tossed and turned, no amount or combination of pillows would work their magic - that cock-headed cheeky maverick wink to "hockey moms" and "joe sixpacks" (i think Sarah means us...????) at kitchen tables across America really gave me nightmares!

must walk dogs. sigh.........

PS.... I liked Joe Biden a lot :)

superwalmart

it's so odd, no matter how different the contents of our shopping carts (3 pairs of ruby red slippers and 1 pair of black patent slippers) we seem to spend the same amount as one another... hmm, do you think their registers don't actually work and they just pluck a number out of thin air and charge everyone the same...? if so, today was a v-e-r-y good day to go ($81!)


"how you doin'??" when someone gives me THIS look, i know they are about to steal.....


my animal fries!!! don't worry i gave him one (hehe!) and struggled to eat them with my fingers until at the last bite i found the fork...


a couple of smoochie pics with Momma....

( i love how little kids can't NOT open their mouths when they are feeding someone :)


...in return for playing with my camera!

thursday's four random thoughts of the day

one by one i am trimming down my camera stuff collection and my lens drawer is looking less and less sick and over indulgent :) next is the red crumpler that i once used for 2 hours and instantly replaced with a lands end diaper tote that holds twice as many lenses and is entirely waterproof... stupid crumpler.

wondering if i should rent 'sex and the city' today... maybe redbox will be all out of it tomorrow. but then i wonder if it's worth watching again... it was funny and sad and hilarious and heartbreaking up and down and up and down for two point five hours... i left with the worst case of emotional flu ever that only a ruby's chocolate peanut butter shake could soothe.

Sam is Captain Edward John Smith for Halloween. We have to go shopping at US Toys for medals and captains accessories tomorrow on our Friday afternoon date :)

Cannot wait for the VP debate tonight... I am making lemon bars and a pot of tea to enjoy during the 'show'!

soooo happy!! our favorite picture spot is open for foot traffic again... it closes from april to september-ish for bird nesting or something ;) i paid the boy one dollar to sit and give me his eyes for 10 minutes. he went straight to walmart with his one dollar and bought a 'pooky 'pider web for his window (cost $8... i'm a sucker for a sob story)


at the library... or "wibwawry"


the kid space, perfect for rambunctious munchkins (it has sound proof doors and a softly padded 'train track' that goes all the way around)

wednesday five things

i had a dream last night that some people came over for a playdate (ok i admit, a nightmare:) and then they camped in the driveway refusing to leave, saying they were actually from the government and since the country is in such financial ruins, they were reclaiming the land back and there was nothing i could do about it. yipes!

i believe it's too hot to walk today. i have 6 minutes to decide...

Danny and I went to the library this morning, we checked out the encyclopedia of dinosaurs, how to become the president (for Sam), a book about the Clinton years and a book about the San Francisco earthquake disaster. all good bedtime reading :)

i want to make my intoxicatingly addictive Gordon Ramsay f word curry. but i know i'll eat far too much which coupled with number 2 doesn't bode well. is it too hot to walk when it's 95 degrees...? i have a misty mate....

i am ditching a few of my unfavoritest lenses.... i just don't feel a love connection with the 85mm and my new 50mm no matter how much everyone tells me i SHOULD love them... and i would much rather have a weekend in New England instead...