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Month: January 2009

jewelry - Nakamol Chicago

January 25, 2009

I look through a lot of magazines and I love ripping out things I want and finding them in stores or online. Magazines are good at finding unique jewelry by designers I haven't heard of I love seeing

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Understated Elegance

January 25, 2009

So I am sitting here on the couch in my PJs and watching an episode of Platinum Weddings. It seems like every time I watch this show the bride is saying "the theme of my wedding is understated elegance."

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John Wayne quote

January 23, 2009

This came to me in an email and I really liked it: "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life; Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands and

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Teeth Whitening in the Mall

January 20, 2009

It is so bizarre to see people getting their teeth whitened in the mall. What makes it even funnier is that their lips are all pulled back like they are standing in a wind tunnel, they are drooling and

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my favorite hair products

January 16, 2009

I have an obsession with beauty products - makeup, hair stuff, body stuff - you name it. So I thought I would review two of my often used products. The first one is my Kenra hair spray. I've had

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Plane crashes into Hudson

January 15, 2009

How can we watch football in HD and see the players' nosehairs yet the coverage for this plane crash into the Hudson is so poor? It looks like it was shot with a camera from 1982 - you can hardly tell

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Finally a faster blog!

January 14, 2009

You may have noticed how slow the blog was getting recently, and to be honest I am not really sure why it was slow. Our traffic was getting pretty high but it still didn't justify the site being as slow

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shoes

January 12, 2009

Why is it that one pair of shoes can be super painful and then I switch to a different pair (both 3 inch heels) and they are super comfortable? For the record the painful pair are my favorite Carlos pumps

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A great quote

January 9, 2009

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything.

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Green Day Cafe

January 8, 2009

My friend Kiersten's brother Chad opened up this awesome new restaurant on Lee Road in Orlando. It is called the Green Day Cafe and they serve healthy fast food. We went to check it out last fall and

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Timeless Madonna

January 7, 2009

I heard this song by Madonna today on the radio. I used to LOVE this song when it first came out! I still love it today. Into the Groove - Madonna

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I can shop in the mall again

January 6, 2009

I was waiting until January 5th to shop in the mall again - I can't handle the Christmas crowds. So yesterday I headed over to the mall. I didn't have anything in mind to buy - I just enjoy walking

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Gossip Girl starts again tonight

January 6, 2009

I am excited that Gossip Girl is finally back on tonight. I record a bunch of Travel Channel shows - especially our long lost relative Samantha Brown - but Gossip Girl is my favorite mindless soap opera

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Funny song to wake up to this morning

January 5, 2009

I woke up just before my alarm went off this morning and when it went off these are the lyrics I heard: "If I lay here , If I just lay here , Would you lie with me , And just forget the world" Funny,

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Remembering old friends

January 4, 2009

I think everyone in this world has a twin - and they all live in Orlando! All too often I see people that remind me of someone else. It seems to happen almost every day. On our way home from our wedding

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Embroidered Tablecloth

January 3, 2009

Our friends Jamee and Gilbert were married in June and we went to their rehearsal dinner. They had a white tablecloth by the doors to the ballroom with pens for everyone to sign in. I thought this was

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2009 Goals

January 3, 2009

Since it is the new year, I thought I would post my goals and hopes for 2009! -Go snow skiing (I've never seen a LOT of snow before) -Make new business cards -Read 12 books this year -write in my

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Happy 2009!

January 1, 2009

We rang in the new year in style - in our backyard! It was a gorgeous evening. About 60 degrees and few clouds. We popped open a bottle of champagne and sat by the fire pit. At midnight we watched

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