How to have fun at a car show

Find the photo booth...


Go through line multiple times...


Bring along a partner in crime who will do this


Find a car that matches your nail polish the best


Yep, it's a match!


See what car has the best lighting for your makeup...


Wonder why the bathroom signs have JAZZ hands...


Pretend like your a driver on the highway of life...


Test drive a truck


Take a photo of your daughter....


Taking a photo of this...

Cleaning Kitty

I really don't like posting other peoples videos or any videos for that matter. But this one made me laugh.

*Update: Paige wants to get Crusty a Roomba

Swell Noel

I have been waiting for this to come out in stores and not had any luck finding it locally. It is however on the web at a number of independent scrapbook stores. I don't know why Michael's does not have it in there stores yet or if they will. I already have my order in. Many of the items are sold out already and are on back order. You can find it at Scrapbookneeds.com I do not get a kick back or anything but they have the best selection of this wonderfully designed line. Yes this is another shameless plug for my friend and designer Sheri McCulley Seibold but I do really love every thing that she creates.
Swell Noel Advent Tree- Kit includes die-cut papers to create a 3D, cone-shaped, double-sided (one side Green the other Blue) tree, with fringed ends, and one sheet of 25 clearly yours ornaments to count down the days! Approximately 20" tall.


Atwitter with effervescent snowflakes and brilliant ornamentation, award-winning designer Sheri McCulley Seibold spins retro into metro with her stylish eye for darling details and snappy patterns - perfect for creating a cool yule this holiday season!


Swell Noel Holiday Sleigh & Reindeer- Kit includes all the die-cut papers needed to create a small sleigh and 3 tiny reindeer. Sleigh is approximately 7 1/2" tall. Great for centerpiece or mantel decor. Colors include shades of Teal, Lime, Red , Green.


Die Cut Swell Noel- Pad contains 18 total sheets. 3 each of 6 different die-cut edge designs, all double-sided with linen texture. Patterns include contemporary/retro Christmas icons, stripes, florals and more. Colors include shades of Aqua, Pink, Lime, Red, Chocolate and White.

What a world, what a night, Im in love...

So the song goes. It was a wonderful night. I have heard that his tickets go for Thousands of dollars and I knew he was good and now I know why people would part with cold hard earned cash in large quantities to see Michael Buble sing. There is something so wonderful about music that is timeless. Wish you all could have been there it was such a special treat I hope to see him again, until then I will pull out the old Cd's and enjoy.


He even said you could come up and take photos...


Yep that close...


How nice was he?

Yet another crew post

So this is how the day started. Mr. Hygiene making french toast. He has never made french toast, ever. He does not cook. Ever!

1) I wont let him.
2) I don't want food poisoning
3) I don't want Kraft mac and cheese
4) TV dinners are not cooking
5) His job is to look good not cook

Some how the hospitality people got him signed up to help and did not know his skill set did not include cooking. He did a great job and no one died from the food. Just stay out of my kitchen.


The MV8 boat heading to the finish. This was the first race with the new boat.


Paige cutting me off, they thought they did not do very well I guess. You can tell a lot from the look on Paige's face.


They did great only 30 seconds off of the first place boat and ten seconds off of the second place boat. A respectable third place.


This praying mantis was admiring my bike. They are a little creepy but fun to see. Stacy had a hard time getting it off of the bike basket. We brought our bikes this time, we are catching on and were glad. It is nice to make good time from the launch site to the start and finish lines. I will have to show you the nice bike rack Stacy got for us, it is really great and easy to use. Thanks Stacy you did a great job finding the best one out there.

Big White or not so big White

I am giving a big shout out to this guy ~ Big White, who is no longer Big White but Medium White. He joined the Rowing team last year and is showing off what a great sport this is for getting in shape. He just broke the 200 mark losing over 70lbs. Yes you read it correctly over 70lbs. His current weight as he puts it is 196 (190sexy as he says). Gotta love Big White. I was talking to Paige about his nick name and I think it should be Big Medium White or BMW. Great job Big White. Oh and by the way he was a northern boy at one time living in Michigan before moving to Florida.

Homecoming

Homecoming was last night. We had last minute dresss issues but that got worked out.


Paige and Preston.


The some of the rowing kids got together for photos.

Whirlwind Weekend

What a whirlwind weekend! We left for Chattanooga on Friday around 10:30 AM. We drove with only three stops to TN. Got to the hotel, went to bed. Got up, went to the race site grabbed a coffee. Went to the bridge to take photos, saw the 18 Minute and 5 second head race. Took more photos. Bought a Hooch shirt. Got back in the car, drove back to FL with only 2 stops. arrived home at 11:45 PM Saturday. Unloaded the truck, went to bed. Got up at 3:00 AM drove to the Target parking lot to pick up Paige from the team Bus. Got back home at 3:15. Went to bed again at 3:16 AM. Woke up at noon. Loaded photos. Blogged.


I did not have good luck with photos this time. I bumped it and messed up the settings so the best photos got blurred. Oh well.


I love to take the photos from the bridge. It is a great view and you don't get to see them up close very often if ever.


Such a nice place to watch the race.


10Th out of 54 boats. Not too bad!

Pearl, Sweet Pearl

Today the sun the tempature was down, Pearl just had a bath and the camera came out. I snapped this photo of Pearl so I could send off a Holloween photo to Pearls God Mother Janet. We like to give her Holiday photos and spoile her as much as she spoils our sweet dog. I had to laugh out loud when I uploaded the photos and saw our little cat over her sholder peeking out the window. I have several photos where she just appears in the photo with out us knowing. Some times it is a little creepy. I will have to dig them out and show you some time.

Have a great weekend and a Happy Holloween! Mmm... Candy... Candy... Candy...

Felting addiction ~ again!

I love making these little things. I have made a few handfuls now and do not see an end in site.


With our upcoming trip to Chattanooga I am sure a few more things will get felted in the truck on our way.


I will need to also get out my knitting and some other portable crafts to take up travel time in the truck. Well what time is left after my napping...singing...and navigating from the passengers seat.

Fall colors in Florida

I love these Seedpods? Blossoms? Whatever they are they are beautiful, however, I am glad that they are in our neighbors tree and not in ours. They do make quite the mess, a pretty mess but a mess all the same. Mr. Hygiene Would not like them messing up his manicured lawn. He already has it in for the oak tree.


The tree has a very nice shape to it as well as the pretty show it puts on. It looks nice even when most of the leaves drop. Yep, the leaves drop here too but the bad thing about fall here is the leaves drop until January or February, making a mess for months.

Day at the Swamp

Well, here we go again...Crew. The first race of the fall was the Gator Head 2008 up in Gainsville. Up at 4, out the door at 4:30, at the race site before the crack of dawn. Grumpy by 7.


It was not easy to get good photos today the swamp is not a great place for light and it was very overcast for most of the day. Here is Paige is leading her boat down to the gator infested lake. (Yes Heidi, believe it I did let my daughter get in a boat on that lake with the gators.)


Here is the JV*8 boat coming around the corner, not an easy turn to make. She took it like a champ even passing two boats. All in all it was a great race for the JV8. Their boat was able to beat 4 varsity boats and 3 JV's and place 4th out of 11 not to shabby.


Don't you love the moss? What a creepy place to have a race, saw a dead armadillo, possum and something moving in the under growth that I did not want to investigate.


I should have taken more photos of the area so you could see what I am really talking about when I say swamp. This is not the best photo but it will give you an idea.

Tricked out girls bike Pt. 3

Stacy was nice enough to help me finish my bike tonight. Thanks Mr. Hygiene! He started out with putting on the new bell, it makes a nice little ding to alert the people ahead that they might get run over.


Stacy also put on my new seat that came in the mail today the first one came damaged. The seat is amazingly comfortable but than again it is as large as a sofa so why wouldn't it be. I took it for a little spin around the hood, wow what a ride. I know you are all envious! Hey I can trick out a ride for you too... Just bring it over.

Have a great weekend. This weekend is a race weekend for Paige. We will be up at the Gator Chaser and yep we will see some gators right in the boat lanes, they bob up and down when the boats got by. Yep, really.

Bathroom Lighting

I found a shade that I like in Mary Engelbret's Home Companion, now I want to replace all the fixtures in our bathroom. I thought I would share some that I found at REJUVENATION and see what you think. I like the finish on this one. It matches that hardware on all our doors in our house and the lighting fixtures in the dining room and entry. I really like this one and I think it is the most classic.

I love the hardware on this one. The green is fun and would tie in nice with all the greens in my bathroom. I think it would be the most fun and would make me smile when I would look at it. Yep I am that dorky.

This would be what we would put over each sink, if the greens match. If not I would just get white. Poor Stacy He has no idea he will be installing new light fixtures soon. We will keep him in the dark a little longer. No lighting pun intended.

Big Sur Power Bars ~ revisited

I made these again tonight. They were fun to make and the recipe from Heidi Swanson of 101 cookbooks is very good. I thought I would give the recipe a twist. I omitted the espresso powder added a handful of chocolate chips and cup of dried cherries. Yum! Stacy had a few already tonight, I think he likes the chocolate flavor better than the coffee flavor that was in the last batch. Try to make these they are very quick and simple to make.

Crusty is on the case

We have a critter in the attic above the office...ARRRGGG! I have heard the little toenails running around up there today. So has Crusty, she is on the case. I have not seen where it got in but its time is limited. Only wish we had Dan the Critter Cleaner or KC Tom the squirrel hater here to help me out. And yes Mr. Hygiene is out of town when we need him. Tomorrow your time is up little creature. Enjoy your comfort today....

Day at the beach

It has been awhile since we have been to the beach. It is always our favorite place to relax. Now that school has started and the weather is below 90°F we can enjoy the beach with out a million people around. I wish it would be like this all the time.


The nature is back at the beach as well, when there is so many people around these little creatures find a different place to hang out and I really miss watching them. They seem to like the seaweed. I also thought it was nice of them to hang out in an odd number, much better for photos than even. How did they know?


These big birds still amaze me, they can stand still like this for ever waiting for a fish to swim pass for lunch. I wonder what our cat would do if she saw this.


These little sand crabs have so much personality, we saw a few of them today. Poor Paige is so petrified of them, but I think they are cute.


Then there is Mr. Hygiene looking crisp as ever. Paige and I were talking today how far he has come...look no shoes or socks in site.

It was a beautiful day at the beach, the perfect day. Days like this make us want to sell everything and move to the ocean. Stacy says we have a few more years before we can do that. I can't wait!

Little Miss Muffet...

What kind of spider is this? I have tried to look it up and can not find anything, and gross, icky and creepy are not the names I am looking for.