Random...
>> 4/29/10
At first glance I absolutely love this picture...and then I think,
"It must take forever to clean those shelves."
The Mannequin House
>> 4/12/10
Ms. Mannequin Lady meet the world....world meet Ms. Mannequin Lady.
Sorry for the poor quality of this picture...it was a drive by shot with my cell phone through the passenger side window of my car. If you squint really hard you can make out the image of my mannequin lady. She is wearing a beautiful purple gown today.
There is a small house on the way to the grocery store in our area of town that displays this mannequin in their huge window by their front door (and to be honest it's not the closest or most convenient grocery store to go to but I like to go out of my way every week or so to check in on Ms. Mannequin). Sometimes at night she has a spotlight. :) She changes outfits every few days. For Easter she was sporting a bright yellow sun dress and hat. Sometimes she wears different accessories...a hat or purse every now and then. She mostly wears dresses but sometimes wears pants. And she always has a fabulous diva pose.
As disturbing as this may sound we have become friends, Ms. Mannequin and I. She waits patiently for me to pass by and I eagerly look forward to seeing what she will be wearing each week. Now her owners on the other hand....well, lets just say I prefer not to ever meet them. I mean come on...it's weird to spotlight a mannequin in the front of your house and play dress up like a 7 year old girl with her Barbie dolls.
Just wanted to share my Birmingham adventures with you today. I'm sure she may pop up again so I can share her many outfits with you...happy *weird* Monday. :) Read more...
So in love...
>> 4/1/10
Having a much better week for those who read my last post. It was comical how bad my week was. Oh well...such is life. Smile and move on right?! Getting ready for the Easter holidays. Won't be able to go home but very much looking forward to spending time with my hubby. I see a trip to the botanical gardens and English Village in our future. :)
Forgive the sober content of this post, but I found this today and couldn't resist sharing...
It makes my eyes tear up. This diary entry was all that was written by Teddy Roosevelt on the day that his first wife Alice died. She was 22 and he was only 25. She died on Feb. 14- the 4 year anniversary of their engagement announcement. His mother died the very same day in the same house. He was so distraught that he never mentioned her in public ever again. Although he did write this at a later date:
"She was beautiful in face and form, and lovelier still in spirit; As a flower she grew, and as a fair young flower she died. Her life had been always in the sunshine; there had never come to her a single sorrow; and none ever knew her who did not love and revere her for the bright, sunny temper and her saintly unselfishness. Fair, pure, and joyous as a maiden; loving , tender, and happy. As a young wife; when she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun, and when the years seemed so bright before her—then, by a strange and terrible fate, death came to her. And when my heart’s dearest died, the light went from my life forever."
So in love. Read more...
Today was NOT my day.
>> 3/25/10
My wonderful and beautiful little sister has informed me that it is time to update my blog. She's right. I've neglected you blog- I am truly sorry. So I thought I would tell you a little about my day...
5:30- alarm goes off. Snooze. Till 7am- holy crap! Running late. Get in my car to discover that the passenger side window was left wide open ALL night. **ahem-Noel-ahem** The forecast last night? Thunderstorms. Seat and door are soaking wet. Decide to think about the positive- at least it wasn't the driver's side and I didn't have to sit in a puddle on the way to work right? Right. I get to work and my boss lets me take off to try and dry out my car and vacuum the water from my seat. He's pretty cool like that. Rest of the morning is pretty boring other than fighting with the slow internet connection at work which I really hated because my project right now entails looking up 500 church websites and searching for information to put into a database. Ugh.
Lunch. Yay! Soup. I try to open the top and can't. Noel is there so he starts to open it for me and when I go to take it completely off I spill it all over my jacket sleeve and hand. Great. I smell like minestrone soup for the rest of the day.
End of the workday! I jet set outta there and head to Subway cause I am really craving an Italian BMT. I get home and sit down and then my phone reminds me that I forgot to set up for a class that is happening in one hour. Crap. Run out to the car and back to work.
Finish setting up for the class and head out to my car. Not a drop of rain. Half-way to my car I look up towards the football field across the street and I see a wall of water. Yes. A WALL of water coming at me and fast. So what else could I do? I let two little words escape my mouth in front of the chapel of the divinity school, "OH SHIT." My only choice is to take off in a full sprint (in heels mind you) in hopes of making it to my car before the rain hits. I didn't make it. 5 seconds too late and I am soaked. See through shirt, squishy shoes, soaked denim- the whole nine yards. And (just so God could get a little chuckle I'm sure) I travel less than a mile down the road and the rain stopped completely.
So- that was my day- how was yours? My Subway is still waiting for me on the coffee table so I am going to go sit down my dry pjs while my hair drips onto the couch and enjoy *hopefully* a quiet night watching my guilty pleasure shows. (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and the Office- you know you love them too!)
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