One Designing Woman

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Color Curiosity

Is it just me or are you a person that loves colors and switches from one color to the next as your favorite? Lately I have been totally on this orangey pumpkin color and I want to buy everything I see in that color. Hold that thought for a minute...

I have never liked sweet potatoes and lately there has been a lot of hype about them being so much better for you than regular potatoes. My thoughts have been, oh, that is nice but...not for me! While here at Jen's she made sweet potatoes by slightly parboiling them an then roasting them in the oven with salt and a little oil until quite crispy. They were so gorgeously orange and delicious and I think I am over my hatred of sweet potatoes. How can this be after all these years...I have tried them every single Thanksgiving and never liked them? I am afraid it might just have been the color that got me to try them once again and this time they were great.

I am not too fond of carrots either...maybe I'll try them next??

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I even have it on my nails this week~its an obsession I guess!
OPI & Apple Pie is the color I chose at the nail salon today!

I am just amazed by how much I am impacted by the visual aspects of my environment! I like it but just find it so curious. Some people seem to have no awareness of it but for me it is a big hairy deal! Am I just really weird or are you this way too?

Pranks and Perspectives

I am feeling the need for a little fun so check this out!

I thought this was really clever!

This photo has nothing to do with anything on this post
...I just can't leave it plain..business is slow and I have
to decorate something!

I also thought this was interesting~

So, What's in a Billion?.......
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a

casual manner, think about whether you want the

"politicians" spending your tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one

advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure

into some perspective in one of its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the
rate our government is spending it.

Food For Thought...

Monday, May 19, 2008

Missing Missy

Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday, Dear Missy, Happy Birthday to you!

A very Happy Birthday, Missy! How can it be May 20th already? How wonderful that you will be spending some days and nights in Paris! I think our first night in Paris was one of the 10 most fun nights of my life. What a gorgeous place and it is filled with romance at every turn. Let's hope you can enjoy that with the entourage of students and faculty at your sides! Just kidding, I know you will.

I know I can speak for all the family when I say how happy we all are to have you as a daughter, sister, aunt & friend. You know me, I am not big at all on the "in-law" designation.~ I simply don't believe in it. You have been and of course continue to be a fantastic wife to Chris, a sweet and dedicated Mom to the kids, and wonderful to the rest of us. We love your goodness, your talents, and everything about you. Aside from all that you do for everyone else, we love you just for being you. Jim and I could not have picked a better person for our son, Christopher! Lucky us!

We love you, Missy! Enjoy your birthday and know we are thinking of you. I wasn't kidding a few posts back when I said we have some great people in the family born in May. Your Birthday Bucks are waiting for you at home so buy yourself something awesome while you are there! We all miss you and hope to see you soon! Take good care of each other and cherish all the moments in that amazing city of lights!

Hazel Update

Well, I am not going home tomorrow as planned. Hazel started with a fever last night and after checking things out with the doctor this morning, blood tests and other lab work...the results are, not surprisingly, inconclusive. We are thinking that maybe this time it will be something ordinary like a cold~her nose is red and she has sneezed twice~or a tooth coming in as she has been drooling a lot the past few days. Hopefully it is not anything more serious but I can't leave until we know as I don't want to get home and then be hopping a plane back right away. So any and all prayers would be appreciated.

Love and thanks! B

Can You Relate?

A Michigan woman and her family were vacationing in a small new England town where Paul Newman and his family often visited.

One Sunday morning, the woman got up early to take a long walk. After a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself to a double-dip chocolate ice cream cone.

She hopped in the car, drove to the center of the village and went straight to the combination bakery/ice cream parlor.

There was only one other patron in the store.? Paul Newman, sitting at the counter having a doughnut and coffee.

The woman's heart skipped a beat as her eyes made contact with those famous baby-blue eyes.

The actor nodded graciously and the star struck woman smiled demurely.

Pull yourself together!? She chides herself. You're a happily married woman with three children. You're forty-five years old, not a teenager!

The clerk filled her order and she took the double-dip chocolate ice cream cone in one hand and her change in the other. Then she went out the door, avoiding even a glance in Paul Newman's direction.

When she reached her car, she realized that she had a handful of change but her other hand was empty. Where's my ice cream cone? Did I leave it in the store? Back into the shop she went, expecting to see the cone still in the clerk's hand or in a holder on the counter or something. No ice cream cone was in sight.

With that, she happened to look over at Paul Newman.? His face broke into his familiar warm friendly grin and he said to the woman, 'You put it in your purse.'