So, through the help of Pioneer Woman, I am trying to learn Photoshop...
Here is my first try, using her "actions."
I took this photo earlier (SOOC)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Plants and Sleepy Pups
Today I came home and watered our garden. There is something wonderful and fragrant growing on my fence, I believe it is Jasmine... so I clipped some and put it in my kitchen window.
I also went on a slight iTunes Rampage today. I go through periods where I only listen to current stuff like Keane, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, etc. Then I revert back to when I was totally being schooled by my daddy on what is decent music. That is when you get in my car and it is Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and the likes. I find that when that mood strikes, I don't have what I need on my iPod..
I fixed that today...
If you are new to Mr. Clapton (and have been living under a rock forEVER) this is a great album to start with. Has all the ones you happened to have heard on the radio.
This one I remember listening to with my dad. You can totally tell it is the 80's...
I love her. LOVE her. I sing along to every song, I pretend I AM her. This is why I need extremely dark tinted windows....
Jack Johnson - I only got a few off this album. I like him but I never can get through the whole album - he gets TOO happy! I am like "curse or yell or something!!" But then I realize, man lives in Hawaii... he has every right to be happy!! I grabbed 3 songs off of here.Now I am off to let Teddy out before he creates a doggie door on his own...
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Girls shopping...

Sunday, March 1, 2009
Sundays in the Kitchen
I spend most of my Sundays in the Kitchen baking and making a nice dinner. Today I wanted to make peanut butter cupcakes with peanut butter and jelly icing, and red beans and rice for dinner.
I almost panicked because i forgot to soak my beans overnight! So my grandmother told me to bring them to a boil and then turn off the heat and let them set awhile. It worked! I simmered the beans and other ingredients for 3 hours and I got the thumbs up approval from my hubby.

I also made the cupcakes, which are one of my favorites. This round I used organic strawberry preserves for the dollop of jelly on the top...
Got Milk?
I almost panicked because i forgot to soak my beans overnight! So my grandmother told me to bring them to a boil and then turn off the heat and let them set awhile. It worked! I simmered the beans and other ingredients for 3 hours and I got the thumbs up approval from my hubby.
Weekend with the Fam
This weekend my grandparents and mom drove down and stayed the night. The girls all went to the Galleria and the boys built a garden. I think the girls had more fun!
After lunch and some walking, we wanted coffee. Starbucks was too crowded so we walked down to the bookstore and had coffee there...
That is my grandmother, who not only drank her coffee but most of my mom's!
After the bookstore, we hit JCrew, where I wished I had $3,000 to spend... but I walked out with flip flops and a pair of shorts (thanks to these generous ladies). Wouldn't you know we had a cold front come through last night? DARN!
Mom and Grandma got new sunglasses...
If you look over my mom's shoulder - you see my mecca - JCrew...
(I can't thank Jennifer enough for showing this store to me and starting my obsession).
We walked all through Neiman Marcus, Tiffany's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. After that, everything else seemed cheap!
Meanwhile, Lee and Papa were making a garden.


Today Lee and I added the leftover travertine from the kitchen. The netting is to keep the dogs from running through it and to keep the birds out once the tomatoes start growing.
Now that the garden is built... I get to water it....

That is my watering can. The funniest thing about this is that i hate squirrels because they mess up my flower bed in the front. This was a gift from my mother-in-law. So now it shall be used to water my new garden.
After lunch and some walking, we wanted coffee. Starbucks was too crowded so we walked down to the bookstore and had coffee there...
That is my grandmother, who not only drank her coffee but most of my mom's!After the bookstore, we hit JCrew, where I wished I had $3,000 to spend... but I walked out with flip flops and a pair of shorts (thanks to these generous ladies). Wouldn't you know we had a cold front come through last night? DARN!
Mom and Grandma got new sunglasses...
(I can't thank Jennifer enough for showing this store to me and starting my obsession).
We walked all through Neiman Marcus, Tiffany's, and Saks Fifth Avenue. After that, everything else seemed cheap!
Meanwhile, Lee and Papa were making a garden.
Now that the garden is built... I get to water it....
Saturday, February 28, 2009
28 years later...
(Not to be confused with those zombie movies by a similar title...)
When I was not yet born, my mother made me a pillow. It is about the size of a travel pillow. She put a cute little pillowcase on it with circus animals on it to match my room. I am still terrified of clowns to this day, but that is another story...
Along I came and this pillow, whom I called "Po", was always with me. When I was sucking my thumb, I would hold the po up to my face and try to hide what I was doing. The po often did not smell very good and I would have a fit when he was washed. I mean, I spent all that time making it smell the way I liked it, right?
Po followed me around to many houses, even states, and then off to college. Po had many pillow cases sewn on him.
My step-dad threatened to sew Po to the train on my wedding dress. I fooled him, I didn't have a train!
In college it was time for a new case and I had fabric left over from a sorority thing. So I made him a case myself, and hand stitched the whole thing.

This last year, poor po has really lost his fluff-ness. He was made from a big piece of foam, not stuffing. Over the years, the foam has loosened and probably just bio-degraded within the cases sewn on.
Po is lumpy.
Po is also a little dingy. Remember that "I don't like to wash the po?" That still applies.
Po has some issues with this stiching.
And you can even see a pillow case from the past.
See the lace?
Last night, I retired the Po. He will be in my nightstand drawer, just in case I need him after a nightmare or a bad day. But I am afraid that if I keep using him night after night, he will fall completely apart.
Last night, I slept like crap.
Po is my woobie. (please watch Mr. Mom right now if you don't know what that is.)
I told Lee last night and he said "Well buy another small pillow and stink it up and it will be fine."
Men don't understand.
When I was not yet born, my mother made me a pillow. It is about the size of a travel pillow. She put a cute little pillowcase on it with circus animals on it to match my room. I am still terrified of clowns to this day, but that is another story...
Along I came and this pillow, whom I called "Po", was always with me. When I was sucking my thumb, I would hold the po up to my face and try to hide what I was doing. The po often did not smell very good and I would have a fit when he was washed. I mean, I spent all that time making it smell the way I liked it, right?
Po followed me around to many houses, even states, and then off to college. Po had many pillow cases sewn on him.
My step-dad threatened to sew Po to the train on my wedding dress. I fooled him, I didn't have a train!
In college it was time for a new case and I had fabric left over from a sorority thing. So I made him a case myself, and hand stitched the whole thing.
This last year, poor po has really lost his fluff-ness. He was made from a big piece of foam, not stuffing. Over the years, the foam has loosened and probably just bio-degraded within the cases sewn on.
Po is lumpy.
Po has some issues with this stiching.
Last night, I retired the Po. He will be in my nightstand drawer, just in case I need him after a nightmare or a bad day. But I am afraid that if I keep using him night after night, he will fall completely apart.
Last night, I slept like crap.
Po is my woobie. (please watch Mr. Mom right now if you don't know what that is.)
I told Lee last night and he said "Well buy another small pillow and stink it up and it will be fine."
Men don't understand.
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