Cutie-Pie

Some random pictures from the last month or so - although I think that the ice cream picture is from May... Anyway! The pool is at the top of our subdivision and is totally ignored until about 1 in the afternoon. Perfect time for us to go and play!! We go around 10:30 when it's quite warm (the water is like bath water warm).


So here we are at the pool. Looking sort of concerned, actually. She really did have a blast.



And here we are eating an ice cream. This child LOVES her some ice cream.



And here we are playing peek-a-boo. She likes to hide behind the rocking chair - where else! I takes an act of congress to get the chair out of the corner (it's smooshed between the crib and the secretary). And, more importantly, Moose has trouble reaching her for licks.

Updates!

My God. I just watchted an ad that had a man shaivng his chest. I like that sort of thing to stay a mystery. Because otherwise I start to get skived out.

In other news..... I have a daughter that is walking, nay running! All over the place. She can not be stopped. Also, everyone and everything is Puppy. In case you were wondering.

Current obessions: Torchwood, Lemoncello, Boston and my LSAT. I am also vascellating between cutting all my hair off or letting it get really long....

Read Out Loud - it's an order.

The Fairy Reel
by Neil Gaiman

If I were young as once I was, and dreams
and death more distant then,
I wouldn't split my soul in two, and keep
half in the world of men,
So half of me would stay at home, and
strive for Faerie in vain,
While all the while my sould would stroll up
narrow path, down crooked lane,
And there would meet a fairy lass and
smile and bow with kisses three,
She'd pluck wild eagles from the air and
nail me to a lighting tree
And if my heart would run from her or
flee from her, be gone from her,
Until one day she'd tire of it, all bored
with it and done with it
She'd leave it by a burning brook, and off
brown boys would run with it.
They'd take it and have fun with it and
stretch it long and cruel and thin,
They'd slice it into four and then they'd
string with it a violin.
And every day and every night they'd
play upon my heart a song
So plaintive and so wild and strange that
all who heard it danced along
And sang and whirled and sank and trod and
skipped and slipped and reeled and rolled
Unitl, with eyes as bright as coals, they'd
crumble into wheels of gold....

But I am young no longer now; for sixty
years my heart's been gone
To play its dreadful music there, beyond
the valley of the sun.
I watch with envious eyes and mind, the
single-souled, who dare not feel
The wind that blows beyond the moon,
who do not hear the Fairy Reel.
If you don't hear the Fairy Reel, they will
not pause to steal your breath.
When I was young I was a fool. So wrap
me up in dreams and death.

Reasons I Would Make A Bad Buddist

In keeping with piffle, I am going to start to post about my current fashion, and as such this is my latest item to DROOOOL over:

It does that lovely mix of dressy for work and funky for casual. For some reason, I always get preppy in the late spring and summer. Must be all those cool crisp khaki pants and white tops. And because, I am really not all that preppy, I use things like the watch above to funk things up.


Also, watches and purses are so much more fun than cardigans.



And then there are the shoes. I don't really need any shoes for right now, except for maybe a pair of cute flats. I need boots for the fall. So here are the current contenders:

The Millie from the ever funky Dr. Martin, because they would look SO good with my black and gray skirts. Of which there are many. And while I love my boots with the cute little heel's, sometimes you just need a good pair of stompy-boots.

These lovelies are the Brixie by Fitzwell. I stumbled upon them and have been drooling ever since. I like the dark brown, and the mid-calf shaft means that they should fit my athletic legs with no problem. Now, I just need to find myself a pair of red pointy boots and I'll be set!

As for clothing, this is a very hard time of year for me. Because I can't remember the last time that my legs saw the sunlight, and because I gained a Backstreet Boy while I was knocked up, I can scar small children for life by wearing shorts. I am giving self tanner a whirl, and bit the bullet and got some white shorts. I should also mention that I am eating better and exercising again, and things will return to acceptable levels soon. Because I'm sure that this poor boy would love to get back to not making records, or whatever in the hell the Backstreet Boys are doing now. The most pressing "issue" (a funny concept considering the amount of clothing) is going to be blending the wardrobe so that it is all fun and pretty and not as segregated. I have a tendency to group and wear all black and gray or all brown and red. Should be easy enough to get things to play nicely: accessories baby!

I have started my "for fall" list, because what I think that I want is so important that I have to tell the Internet. But, the idea here is FOCUS. I need to keep to my list this year! Last year I ended up with about 7,000 pairs of black pants. Handy, but boring. So, this year the search is on for a pair of dark orange boot cut (the bigger the bell the better) corduroys (or chino's - its the color not the fabric). What are the chances?? It's fun to have that thing you search the Internet till it's dry for! That's what lunch breaks are for, right??

And, just maybe - I'll even post some pictures of me in my glorious outfits! What fun! Now where is that camera??

Kisses!

I ignore you for months, with just sporadic posting. My poor unloved little blog. Time to come out from underneath the rock again. Funny, I get cranky with people that don't post on the blogs I love to read, and here I am, doing the same shit. Except that i don't have the "i have a super busy life.." to fall back onto. I am just lazy. But, I promise dear little blog, I will try to do better.

And look - 2 posts in one day! Back to back even! Now (dun dun dunnnnn) can I keep it up??

Stay tuned.

(Because I'm sure you really want to know all about the diet and insane outfits that I put together. I know. You can't help yourselves. Nothing like the train-wreck of a squidgy almost 35 year old trying to look like she has a clue.)

Already!

My daughter is already so much cooler than I am. I thought that I would have a little bit longer...

All About the Fluff

To continue with my almost never posting, a nice little fluff piece dedicated to my closet. Because I am slowly loosing all the baby weight (a little too slowly... but I'm not giving up the booze) I have been needing to go through all my stuff, and see what is still a little tight and what has gotten to large. I have found that this is one of my favorite things to do once the kid is down for the night. Take a drink, go into my closet and just organize it to within an inch of it's life.

One thing I have been doing for ages is to make lists of items that I want, or really like. An example looks like this:
Jeans
Red/orange pants
some white tops
I may love making the lists more than actually shopping (that would have NOTHING AT ALL to do with still having weight to loose). I also have become adept at seeing things in a store, and then about 2 or 3 months later being all: "duuude! why didn't i get that (insert cute item here) when i saw iiiittttt???" or seeing something on a someone whose style I like, and then starting the obessive search for said item (that is usually 5 years old). I am truly fun to live with.


Pretty soon my sights will shift from being all about ME! ME! ME! to beating the rest of the house deocrating into submission. The house, I may have mentioned before - I don't remember - is quite large so just in cases: the house is about twice the size of houses we used to have. And has a "modern" open floor plan. Which really just means that there is lots of wall space that makes up 2 or 3 rooms and makes painting a pain in the ass. The house is painted a sickly shade of builder beige, and while we don't like it, so far there hasn't been the "oh god! must paint over this NNNOOOWWW!"

Dude - I started this damn entry almost a month ago! I rule.

Anyway, it is time to start getting the house ready for the impending first birthday party. God help us all!!