It's summer time - we all have tan lines. Could be from the watch you wear everyday to the more exotic "I was in San Diego all weekend and I just laid on the beach." However, I witnessed a tan line that - quite simply - supercedes all others. I was running some errands on Saturday afternoon and happened to drive by a bus stop. There, perched on the bench awaiting a ride from public transportation, was a man with only his jeans on - no shirt. Now, this is not the peculiar part of the site - it's that he had a tan line in the shape of a WIFE BEATER! Now, I live in Arizona where temperatures lately have been in the 110's. It is too freaking hot for any human being to be out for extremem periods of time let alone enough time for this man to get a tan line from wearing his wife beater out in public. Which leads me to believe that the man sports his undershirt and thinks it should pass for an acceptable article of clothing. Stacy London & Clinton Kelly of "What Not To Wear" fame need to hunt this man down and educate him on appropriate attire!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Tan Lines
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Project Bathroom...
...this is what I have done w/ myself this weekend. I have been chastised by Adrianne that I need to update more often - yes, I know. So, I am making a pledge to you all right now that I will be much more on the ball & keep you better "blogged" w/ my thoughts, ideas, latest projects, travels, etc. Thus, here you have before & after pictures of our downstairs bathroom. My roommate (Heather) and I spent Friday night and a large portion of Saturday involving ourselves in a multi-step process to re-do our downstairs bathroom. The inspiration came from a $7 frame Heather bought in Guatamala last October - she just needed my pushing & will power to get it done. The frame is now the bathroom mirror & it looks fabulous. I would like all to note that I installed the bathroom light fixture all on my own - another "Smartha" accomplishment. This is but one of the many decorating projects that I have involved myself in lately; which, as most of you know, I am obsessed with.
Ta Da!!! The "after" makes all the manual labor worth it
We textured the walls w/ dry wall mud & put cut out embossed Fleur de Leis design wallpaper in the mud. Then we painted over the walls followed by rubbing glaze all over as well. This is a close up of what the walls in the bathroom now look like.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Spills R NOT Thrills
OK...so I realize that it's really only my family members (because they have known me their whole lives) are the ones that will understand the significance of this blog, but of course I think everything I have to say is entertaining so I hope all who stop by will at least find some humor.
That being said, I don't know what it is, but I have been such a clutz my entire life. I am one of those persons that will be walking along minding their own business one minute, and the next I will be on the ground. Case in point - I am walking out of work on Monday night listening to my phone messages. I am walking through the parking lot - even surfaced asphalt - and the next thing I know I am down for the count in the middle of the parking lot looking at a scraped up knee (see photo.) And - let's not forget - the mother of all clumsiness on my behalf - the kick boxing incident of last September where I wound up with a spiral break in my right ankle that has left me permanently with a plate, 7 pins, and a lovely 4 inch scar up my leg (see other photo). My list could go on and on, and I am sure that I wouldn't even begin to remember all of my less graceful moments in life. However, my question is DOES IT EVER END??? I am a (nearly) 34 year old woman that still has what I term "playground episodes at recess." These things happen to the 8 year old girl in pig tails playing at recess w/ all of her friends - NOT ME! Then, as though reality does not want me to forget, I am met yet again with another humbling, tumbling experience.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Heads Carolina - Tails California
Not really sure how the whole thing started, but it's lasted. You see - Curtis is what is deemed as"the big brother I never had." It all began one Utah autumn eve when I went into Costco Wholesale to interview for a job. Curtis had the dubious job of interviewing me, hiring me, and also being my boss. My first impressions of Mr. Harms were that he was more than a little full of himself, but as time wore on we became friends. He was the one showing up on my door step late at night w/ a huge tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream after I had a really, really bad day, dance on top of the filing cabinet inside the vault @ Costco just to get me to laugh, as well as poke me with a fork exclaiming "You are done!" when referencing the current boy I was dating (which of course no one was ever good enough). Life has trampled on finding Curtis in North Carolina with his wife, two kids (Meghan & Trevor), and Emily their 16 year old Dalmation. One commonality that continues to exist between Curtis & I is our love for roller coasters. Thus, we spent the day at South Carolina's Carrowinds Amusement Park and relived the thrill of speed, jerky roller coasters, and the liberating feeling of screaming at the top of our lungs.
