Extreme Makeover
What? I'm on my lunch hour, at Starbucks, catching up. Here, from
Lynellen's blog, is my extreme makeover. Knowing that there's not much to be done for my current look, I decided to see what I would have looked like as a child beauty pagent contestant. Still, not seeing it. This is just proof that it's best not to put makeup on little girls. It's the stuff of nightmares. But still, it's a fun little tool. Go ahead,
give it a try. When I have more time, I might actually give this a serious workover.
Labels: Fellow Bloggers, Insanity, Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
What Would Jesus Say?
When
Jim mentioned his distaste for
the red porch light installed on his front porch for the holidays, I chuckled about The Red Light District. Imagine then my surprise when I entered the living room to find the nativity scene set up and baby Jesus basking in the glow of red miniature Christmas lights installed in the manger, thanks to my beloved husband. I am not allowed to remove the lights because the nativity scene is his one and only contribution to the Christmas decorations and he "likes it that way."
But I can blog about it. ;-)
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Northwest By Southwest
This photo was taken by my husband on his recent voyage to the Pacific Northwest. I'm thinking about sending it to Southwest Airlines for use in their advertising. I think it's a fantastic photo, full of contrasts, not the least of which is the obvious fact that Southwest Airlines flies beyond just the Southwest. Then there's the juxtaposition of
man-made and
natural wonders of the world. And the fluffy texture of all those weightless clouds merging with the hard packed snow and ice on top of Mount Ranier contrasting with the blue sky and red wing tip (red, white and blue!)
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Cleaning Out The Closet
I wonder just how many hot pink jackets a girl needs, anyway? What we have here is a wardrobe redundancy.
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Weekend Randomness
I now own a camera phone. I never intended to, but when replacing our daughter's lost phone, I agreed to give her my old phone and I would take advantage of the free upgrade to whatever phone that might be (the one who loses her phone gets the old crappy phone...that's how the family plan works, right?). I was surprised to learn that the free upgrade was a RAZR camera phone (which our daughter thought was quite cool and tried unsuccessfully begging for it...she even had to show me how to use it). So, armed with a new camera phone and a new set of nails, I took my first snapshot (ahem...blame
Eric).
Without a flash, the camera phone is mostly useless, but I'm sure it will come in handy for capturing special blogging fodder. Also, while the phone was completely free, the only way to transfer the photos to my PC was to pay $30 for a special USB cable and driver software. But that seemed more palatable than paying monthly internet access fees for the cell phone. I still haven't bought into all the functionalities offered by the new generation of combination cell phones/MP3s/PDAs.
And in other technology news, I just returned from a trip to the Geek Squad at Best Buy to inquire about the lack of sound (again) on my year-old computer. Last time I lost sound, it turned out to be a faulty mother board. I fully expected to learn that the mother board needed replacing again and that I would be without my computer for a couple weeks. I prepared myself by backing up the entire hard drive and toted my computer off to the Geeks. After a good thorough search of the computer's settings, the Geek felt around the outside of the computer and laid his hands on, what was that? A volume control dial? You mean, like in the old days?!? *cough* *mutter-mumble* Oh, that. Yes, I see. So if I just roll it under my finger like this, the sound goes up and down? Okay, thank you very much. I'm sure glad I paid for the 3 year "service" plan. What a dork. 8-}
And in entertainment news, we once again went to
Knuckleheads last night, this time to see the great double-necked-guitarist
Junior Brown. The top part of the guitar is a normal 6-string guitar; the lower half is a steel slide guitar, normally played on one's lap. You might recognize his voice as the narrator in the Dukes of Hazzard film, or the soundtrack of Me, Myself & Irene or Spongebob Squarepants. I hadn't heard much about him but the show was sold out and we enjoyed the show. He has a great voice and I can't say I've ever seen anything quite like the "guit-steel." I tried to use my new phone's video capabilities to capture a moment to share, but
this is all I got. The sound bites on iTunes or Amazon are much better.
And last but not least, I
still don't own any of the Harry Potter books. But I'll be eager to learn whether Harry dies or not. Just because...
Labels: Books, Music, Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project Whenever (My Husband's Briefcase)
Last weekend, MBH and I discussed the marital concept of unity, how all of our money should go into one bucket, instead of the multiple buckets we have always maintained...right now, there's "my bucket," (for music and jewelry acquisitions...oh please, we're not talking diamonds, people) "your bucket" (for the sailboat acquisition) and "our bucket" (for food, clothing, pets and shelter). Every married couple does this to some extent, right? Well, try as we might, we don't seem to be able to break this habit, so we talked about needing just "one bucket." So today, he brings home "his" paycheck in this bucket (the bucket was empty except for the check). It made me laugh. After I finished doing his bookkeeping, I loaded up his bucket with all of his stuff...bank deposit, payroll checks for his employees, pad of paper, notebook and envelope with outstanding bids and contracts). Who needs a briefcase? This suits him just fine. He was very pleased.
One bucket. We're working on it. :-)
My Husband's Briefcase Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life), Toil and trouble
Project Whenever - #12 (Time to Mow)
Time to Mow
With all of our rain lately, it's been difficult to find a time to mow. The day has finally arrived. Sunny, dry and warm. Perfect mowing conditions. Good bye dandelions. See you next week.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project 52 - #11
On The Job
Catching up on Project 52. This is from last weekend, a photo of Smokey supervising my beloved husband on the job. Smokey is responsible for monitoring quality and safety practices of the business. This particular job site is
a piano bar in downtown Kansas City, currently undergoing a face lift. The link shows more shots of this historic site. It's nice to see downtown KC finally coming alive again.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life), The Animals
Project 52 - #10 (Cocoa's Baby)
This is not for germ-a-phobes. It belongs to
Cocoa. It is his favorite baby. He has demonstrated his love by mauling it to death. I'm afraid if I wash it, the lamb will turn into a mass of batting and balled up threads. And so it sits. In the middle of our living room. Attractive, no?
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project 52 - #9
What Formation?
Oops, looks like I missed a week. #8 will be forever missed. Oh, well. I've really got nothing. This shot of what looks like a complicated constellation, or some sky writing scribbles is actually Canadian geese struggling to get in formation. I suspect the confusion stems from the fact that they don't know whether to head North or South for what remains of Winter. One day it's 65 degrees and sunny, the next it is cold, gray and snowing. At any rate, there's a lot of 'em.
That's all I got.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Lonely (Project 52 - #6)
Friday Evening, 7:30 pmIn a building with over 400 employees, I would expect at least one other car in the parking lot at such an early hour
during tax season. But not last night.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Superbowl 2007 (Project 52 - #5)
First off, a disclaimer...I did
not use the company server to upload this photo (now I sound like Bill Clinton). I uploaded it last night on my personal computer using Panera's super-duper free wi-fi...so there. I am, however, currently posting this blurb from my company's server. Would someone out there with some IT sense please tell me if what I am currently doing is usurping company bandwidth? I really do think it was all those M&M caricatures that blew up the "system," but I want to be respectful. I also want to post something and I am currently stuck at the office for awhile longer (I've already got 10 hours on my timesheet and a couple more to go). Please, Mr. Mordac? May I? Please?
For those who watched the Superbowl on Sunday, you know that this here was a fine way to watch it, with a Play-Doh bucket over your head.
Also, I figured if I was gonna show a picture of my most cutest nephew on national television without his parents' permission, I best use one that maintains his anonymity. The cutest part was that he was really getting into the game and discovered that the bucket made a great helmet (except for the fact he couldn't see where he was going, or who was throwing stuff at him, or where he was throwing stuff in return). He made Granddad wear the flat bucket
lid so that they were both suited up for the game. This added a much needed element of humor to the game, as did the commercials.
Eric has a great
live-blog recap of the Superbowl commercials over at his place.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project 52 - #4
Winter SuppliesI posted about the winter provisioning
earlier in the season, courtesy of my husband, but didn't have the photographic evidence to prove it. As you can see, the Kozy Shack supplies continue to be replenished, lest we find ourselves housebound in yet another winter storm. Man cannot live by Kozy Shack alone however. And so, we also have The Old Plum Brandy and Heinekens. The brandy supply should hold out 'til summer, having consumed most of our average annual allotment during the holidays. In Croatia, however, they drink this for breakfast every morning, alongside a demitasse of pleasantly thick coffee, supplemented with two or three tablespoons of sugar.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project 52 - #3
Finally, we have snow! Enough with the ice already. Yesterday afternoon, as I drove home from work, it began snowing. The drive home was not bad, but a mile from home, on our neighborhood streets and safely off the highway, I could not make it up the snow covered hills. I could have easily walked home from where I had come to "rest," but the thought of leaving Grasshoppah on the side of the road to become roadkill saddened me. I called my husband to come to my rescue. He brought the Tahoe and a supply of rope. After coming dangerously close to "jackknifing" the rig that consisted of one Tahoe and one Bug conjoined by one carelessly placed rope, we eventually wiggled our way to the top of the hill and hobbled home. This morning revealed a lovely snow covered yard. For this week's entry in
Project 52, we have Nature's bounty:
The Front Yard
The Back Yard (Snow Angel)
(Detail)
The Side Yard
The Yard Machine
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project 52 - #2
Winter Paperwhites (Progression Toward Spring)
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
Project 52 - #1
While
Mis_Nomer and others participate in
Project 365, I'm afraid I can't commit to such consistency, but I (Blogger willing) plan to participate in my own make-believe Project 52, in which I will commit to posting a snapshot of anything I feel like, on a weekly basis. The first will serve a dual purpose, in that it
also counts as an entry into
Susiebadoozer's contest of car interiors.
Now, I know that my car is not the messiest (but it's not clean either, as you can see), but my car is the coolest. Because I have flowers. Yes! And lime green leather seats. Go ahead, poke fun. I double dog dare you. I have lime green leather driving gloves to match. 8-}
Update: Here's a link to the "instructions." I don't expect this picture to have much historical significance in a year, but you never know. I may rid myself of all possessions by then and remember the day when I could transport myself places without aid of public transportation.
Labels: Project 52 (Weekly Random Photos of Life)
