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I have also cut off my contact with my sister. Don't want to moan but she has lived a very sheltered life is a complete hypochondriac and seems to think her needs and concerns should come before mine and everyone else's. Up till the day Alfie died I was exhausted with her daily phone calls at least 3 a day demanding help one way or another. I had to buy her Christmas cards online, her clothes for her social events etc. She has driven my two nieces mad and they have cut off relations, so I get the brunt.

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Matching Polka Dot Separates!

I'm pretty much in love with this outfit. I had been admiring the come-back of matching separates recently. When I found these matching separates at Forever 21 I was so excited that they fit perfectly and looked this cute. So, of course, I had to take them home with me. It's always great when a shopping trip ends up that successful!

top & skirt: forever 21 | cardigan: ann taylor - thrifted | shoes: forever 21 | necklace: gift from Jeanie

Also, bustier top! Hooray! I've been wanting one since last summer. This one is absolutely perfect for me though, so it was worth the wait. Polka dots and a bow are an instant win.

I can't remember any time I've had my stomach showing in an outfit other than a swimsuit. This is definitely a comfortable amount of skin though. It's more like a cutout than true belly-baring. When I think of stomachs showing I think of late 90s/early 2000's monstrosities. This is much more retro and classy!

Anyway, I hope you guys have a great weekend. I'm hanging in Roanoke, visiting and catching up! I'm sure there'll be plenty of instagraming going on!

Happy Friday!

Bristol Petty said...

Super cute outfit!! Looks great. And it really is great when a shopping trip goes that well.

irene wibowo said...

so pretty! i'm agree with you.. when your shopping time is succefull, it will boost your mood all day! i love your polkadot dress with bustier top! ;)

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haha, I love this dress (dress set???)! I almost didn't realize it was a two piece until you noticed it. I actually thought that was a belt or something. I'm so observant. I love that the pattern is pretty navy polka dots--peeeeerfect!

I'm gonna have to make a trip to Forever 21 soon to see if I can find any cute things like you. :D

Frannie Pantz said...

This is SUPER cute! I love matching separates too! So glad they are "in" now LOL

Camilla said...

You look sooooooo lovely! Adorable! :)

Sara, Swing The Day Away said...

I love sets like this! And I love crop tops and high-waisted things together in general! :)

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omg, I love the polka dotted separates!!! I think this is the perfect way to do the bustier trend. So vintage-looking, and I love it with the necklace, red bow and cardigan!!

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awesome outfit, very pin up. i love this high waist skin showing, it reminds me of old 40s beachwear

Rachel Sullivan said...

You look super duper cute. I love matching separates, too!

Laura said...

Oh my goodness, your outfit is just adorable! I didn't realize that separates are coming back in style. I just think of them as the frumpy two piece sets in every thrift store - these are much better!

Amanda said...

what a lovely dress =)

Bad Taste Toast said...

Wow this outfit is SO adorable, everything about it is perfect! Love the matching top and skirt and the colour of the cardi and the wedge sandals! Very pretty!

Miranda said...

That DRESS. Oh it's gorgeous. And so cute on you! I agree, you can never get too many polka dots and bows :)

Sian Thomas said...

I adore sets like this!! Matching pieces are just the best :D I can't seem to find it on the Forever 21 UK site though, sad days :( You look gorgeous though :D

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Oh my goodness, this is so adorable! I can't get over how cute this set is. I'm tempted to run to Forever 21 right now to get it for myself. I hope I start seeing more matching separates in stores!

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The Tour de France is one day off, but before we turn our heads entirely in the direction of Liege, let's take a moment to look at a rider who must be dreaming about his chances in the Grand Boucle someday... The 2012 Baby Giro winner, Joe Dombrowski (Bontrager Livestrong & USA), first came to our attention in 2011 when he won a stage and was second on GC in the Valle d’Aosta U23 stage race in Italy. Aosta, along with the Tour de l’Avenir and Baby Giro are the equivalent of eBay for the professional talent scouts - where quality goods can be picked up at good prices.

Dombrowski’s excellent performances were no flash in the pan; this spring he took third in the tough, high altitude Tour of the Gila in New Mexico and was fourth on the ‘queen’ Mount Baldy stage of the Tour of California –fifth was Tom Danielson and sixth Chris Horner.

Dombrowski celebrating a great stage win at Aosta last year.

But the ride which has really made the emails and phone calls from the big teams start to appear came last week when the 21 year-old from Marshall, Virginia won the GiroBio – or ‘Baby Giro.’

PEZ was on the phone to the man who we think is headed for the very top, as soon as he’d had a good night’s sleep in his own bed.

PEZ: Great ride, Joe – did Mount Baldy give you confidence going in to Italy?
Joe Dombrowski: Going in to the Tour of California the guys in the Bontrager Livestrong team saw it as a big opportunity.

It was exciting but we didn’t really know what would happen – so we didn’t have big goals.

But going in to the Baby Giro I’d set the goal that I wanted to win the GC.

Joe after the U23 World Championships Road Race in Copenhagen last year.

PEZ: And is it true that there’s no such thing as a flat race in Italy?
JD: Pretty much – even on the sprinter’s stages there were hills.

But what’s cool about the Baby Giro is that it is like the Giro –there’s a mountain top finish a stage where the finish comes off a big descent, a time trial, Strada Bianche and sprinter’s stages.

To win the GC you have to be a complete rider.

PEZ: The race didn’t start well for USA; you lost Joshua Berry on stage one.
JD: It was like that, a race of ups and downs.

I attacked on the final climb on stage four, took some more time on the descent, won the stage and took the jersey.

But the next day I punctured with 10 K to go on the Strada Bianche and lost the jersey.

Then the next two days the plan was just to stay out of trouble –I knew that the Gavia was such a hard climb that there would be big gaps.

PEZ: Stage two was split, how did you find that?
JD: I’d never done one before – it was kinda fun!

There was a short 70 K stage in the morning which finished right outside the hotel; we had lunch; took a nap and then there was a short time trial in the evening along the beach cycle path.

It was a cool experience – I sometimes train in the morning and then again in the evening, but that was my first experience of it in competition.

Arms aloft after winning on the Terminillo in the Baby Giro.

PEZ: After your good TT in Gila, did you hope for better in the TT stage?
JD: I wasn’t that disappointed, whilst I lost 50 seconds to the winner, I only lost 15/20 seconds to the guys who were riding for the GC.

It was short – about a 14 minute effort, but pretty technical because you had to alternate between the road and the cycle path.

And I was held up – an old guy on an upright bike pedalled onto the percorso with three K to go and I had to stop to avoid a crash.

PEZ: Stage three was 193 K – 5:26 in the saddle.
JD: We had long days in California, but that was a tough day, very hot, very draining.

PEZ: You won stage four with your escape but lost the jersey on the stage five Strada Bianche – do you think that type of course belongs in a U23 race?
JD: You know, I really, really enjoyed racing over those roads.

I was going well and with 15 K to go there was a split which caught out some of the Italian GC guys.

But in races which involve cobbles or dirt roads, a lot of it is down to luck – my team car was way behind and I lost time with the flat tyre at 10 K to go.

But the stage added fun and an interesting dynamic to the race –as well as time trial and mountain days you had another type of decisive day which meant you had to prove that you were a real all-rounder.

Rampant on the Gavia.

PEZ: On stages six and seven were you plotting your Gavia move?
JD: There was a rest day after stage five and on stages six and seven I felt pretty good.

The plan was to stay near the front, avoid the crashes and generally keep out of trouble.

PEZ: The Gavia?
JD: We did five climbs that day, we totalled 5,000 metres of climbing – it’s one of the biggest days I’ve ever done on the bike.

The first couple of climbs weren’t too bad but on the second last climb the Russians were riding tempo for their race leader, Zakarin - to try and keep the attacks under control.

By the time we got to the bottom of the Gavia there were only 25/30 riders left in the front group.

I already had a stage win, so winning on the day didn’t really concern me – I was after the overall, but had three minutes to make up.

My team mate Larry Warbasse took it up from the bottom until about 12 or 13 K to go – then comes that moment where you think; ‘well, I guess I have to go now!’

I attacked and right away got a gap on Fabio Aru who was my main rival for the GC – I rode the last 11 K on my own.

But it was a tough day, I gained 40 seconds pretty quickly but the gap stayed at that until the last K.

I could look down and see Aru two switch backs below me – it was mano a mano stuff.

It was a long climb of suffering – I could hear the race radio on the motor bikes behind me and knew that the gap was around 30/40 seconds but Aru had 25 seconds on me on GC; so it was close.

Our team car punctured, so my team manager Marcello Albasini got a ride in the Dutch team car – I’d look round and see him in the back seat, going nuts!

On his way to stage and overall glory in the Baby Giro. Dombrowski has confirmed, without question, that he's one of the top climbing prospects.

PEZ: That final stage, nine must have been nervous?
JD: After the Gavia stage the Italian reporters were asking me how it felt to have won the Baby Giro.

I said that there was a 120 K stage on a hilly circuit still to ride and I’d prefer to wait until that was over before I talked about how it felt to win.

I’d lost two team mates early in the race, so I only had three left – and they were pretty tired, they’d been doing a lot of work for me.

I had to be really attentive, there were splits which I had to react to and it was a really nervous stage until the break went.

It was definitely not a ‘parade’ stage!

PEZ: It must have been nice to beat Aru – he was the man who beat you to win Aosta in 2011?
JD: Yeah, we spoke most days in the peloton and at dinner in the hotel.

We had a good battle in Aosta, and another one last week, it was fun.

He turns pro for Astana and will be riding the Vuelta – so I wished him luck with that.

PEZ: Will you be going to Aosta, this year?
JD: I just got home on Tuesday and I’m going to have a few days off the bike, then I’ll talk to my DS Axel Merckx about the programme.

The Tour de l’Avenir is a race which suits me, so I may skip Aosta; but ride the Tour of Utah and the Cascades stage race here in the US before going to the l’Avenir.

PEZ: I believe that the Baby Giro was catching a lot of media attention in Italy, this year?
JD: The Italian TV channel RAI was showing the race every night.

It was kinda cool to ride the stage and then to be able to see yourself on TV, that night!

The race is a big deal in Italy; what made it so special for me was that I’m the first US winner in a race which is traditionally dominated by Italians - and I’m adding my name to a list that includes the likes of Francesco Moser and Giovanni Battaglin.

PEZ: And have the offers started?
JD: For sure!

After California I had a lot of folk showing interest – but it’s really taken off after Italy.

I’ve had all kinds of emails and phone calls – it’s quite stressful, actually.

I’ve talked to a lot of people and what they say is that it’s not just about chasing the money.

You have to find a team that will allow you to develop properly.

There are a lot of riders who were good U23 riders with bright futures but who were put into races which didn’t suit them and after their two year neo-pro contract was up, found it tough to get placed.

I’ll be taking my time with any decisions.

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Advancing Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment TOGETHER: the CALYM Carnot Institute Organizes its 3rd Scientific and Partnering Day

Posted on: 21 Sep 16

On 17 October 2016 in Paris, the CALYM Carnot Institute, international academic research and development leader in the lymphoma field, will organize its third scientific and partnering day for its industrial partners. This international event will take place as part of CALYM's new structure following its recent “Carnot institute” accreditation by the French Government.

The 3rd CALYM Scientific and Partnering Day offers pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics and imaging companies a unique opportunity to meet international lymphoma experts and discuss with them R&D partnering needs. The new lymphoma R&D offering and latest research results of CALYM researchers and clinicians will be presented, from the identification of new therapeutic targets to Phase III pivotal clinical trials and beyond. This event is the first of its kind since the new "Carnot 3" structure was established.

French Government ensures long-term sustainability of CALYM

On 6 July, CALYM received "Carnot 3 institute" accreditation in its new scope: the LYSA ( and LYSARC associations and 13 leading public research laboratories in the lymphoma field.
CALYM is one of the 29 French research institutes to be granted accreditation, out of 45 applications received. They will benefit from the contribution of their partnering research revenues via the National Research Agency, up to a stable budgetary amount of €57 M in 2016. "This is an important new step for the institute, which will have a significant impact towards making progress in lymphoma research. Our scientific and partnering day is an opportunity for us to demonstrate our know-how in this field" stated Pascal Deschaseaux, CEO of CALYM.

One of CALYM's major challenges over the period is to foster the preclinical/clinical research continuum with regard to lymphoma therapies and diagnostics notably via its projects of preclinical development centers, its translational research and its early-phase clinical trials platform.

These scientific and medical challenges are in line with the interests of established industrial partners or new ones that CALYM identifies in France, via FINDMED ( and abroad, via GLOBAL CARE Initiative (, two consortiums of Carnot institutes, to which CALYM belongs.

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Posted by R. Berg on November 19, 2003

In Reply to: Flip side posted by pdianek on November 19, 2003

: : What is the meaning and origin of "flip side"? Thanks.

: It comes, I believe, from those old-fashioned things (pre-CD, pre-tape, pre-reel-to-reel, and pre-8-track tape) called records -- used to be played on record players. The disks have two sides -- on a 45 RPM disk, sides A & B. The song that the record company wanted to promote most heavily would go on the A side. So when a DJ played that side, he'd (they were always "he" back then) sometimes say, "And now on the flip side...", and play side B, the lesser known track.

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Sometimes things don't go after all, from bad to worse...

Posted by Word Camel on April 24, 2004

In Reply to: Thanks Word Camel posted by ESC on April 24, 2004

: : : Here's a link to a review of several books that look at Shakespeare's impact impact on the language. The books look good - though Brush up Your Shakespeare has been around for - and the article makes mention of a number of phrases we've discussed here. I'm not sure we attributed them all to Willam though.

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: : Thanks, on a personal level, I'd love to see more sites like these, so any similar offerings would be gratefully received (by me anyway).

: I, too, am grateful. But after reading the article, I couldn't access the site a second time so I could paste the address in my reply. So I didn't. And now the page is gone. Life is like that sometimes.

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A people sometimes will step back from war;
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Some men become what they were born for.

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The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow
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Hurry, Hurry Listen to a Wolf Whistle Here

Posted by Smokey Stover on September 23, 2005

In Reply to: Hurry, Hurry Listen to a Wolf Whistle Here posted by Bruce Kahl on September 23, 2005

: : : : : Can anyone tell me where the "wolf-whistle" came from?

: : : : WOLF WHISTLE - "A whistle made by a male at the sight of a female, expressing sexual admiration. It usually consists of two notes, one rising, the other descending. The name implies that the male is 'hungry,' like a wolf." From the "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable" revised by Adrian Room (HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 1999, Sixteenth Edition). "'wolf whistle' (late 1930s).'wolf', a woman chaser, 1940s, especially common during World War II. Around World War I a 'wolf' had meant a male homosexual, then in the 1930s 'to wolf' meant to try to try to seduce a woman." From "I Hear America Talking" by Stuart Berg Flexner (Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1976). The wolf whistle is used by Wolfie (I don't know his "real" name) in Tex Avery cartoons like "Swing Shift Cinderella." There are several Tex Avery sites online including

: : : :
: : : : Tex Avery site

: : : It's not easy--perhaps not possible--to notate the wolf-whistle, but anyone who knows how to whistle can probably demonstrate. There's only a little variation between one person's wolf-whistle and another persons. It's true that the first note ascends, by means of a sort of glissando (glide). The second note repeats the glissando upwards, possibly a little shortened, to the same pitch as the first note, then descends by means of a slightly more drawn-out glissando, to approximately the low point from which the first glissando sprang. I don't think there's any suggestion of wolf-hunger. The wolf in question is only a human wolf, that is, a hunter of females, and this is HIS whistle, not that of a wild canid. (More that of a sly hominid.) SS

: : I make music videos and I have that sound effect stashed on my site so if anyone wants to listen to or download an mp3 of a wolf whistle go to the link below.

: Hmmm...lets try again:
: I thought I put the link in the "Optional Link URL Box". Maybe I left out the http stuff.

Bruce, I was surprised to find that my sometimes balky computer actually played your whistle. I had to listen to it several times to be sure that my description and your example were on the same page. (They were.) Your wolf whistle is not QUITE the same as mine, but was just as good if not better. You've obviously had practice. Now, do you have recordings of a carful of boys leaning out the window calling "woo woo," or perhaps murmuring "hubba hubba"? SS


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Though considered a Brazilian composer, Oswald was of European stock and spent the better part of his life in Europe, his music fitting perfectly into the Franco-German Romantic tradition. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1852, the son of a Swiss-German father (originally Oshwald) and of a mother from Livorno, Tuscany. Both were musicians, his mother being the childs first teacher.

Around 1853 his father went to Sao Paulo, initially to sell beer, being later joined by his wife and child. The latter traveled in a ship that was transporting gunpowder. Halfway through the journey, a fire breaking out on board, all passengers were evacuated to a nearby island. The explosions were to remain etched in Henriques memory for the rest of his life.

The father switched in 1857 to pianos instead. These were to become the childs toys and by the age of six he was already giving concerts. Realizing their sons future lay in music and that Brazil could not offer him a proper musical education, his parents decided he continue his studies in Europe. Accordingly he left Brazil, together with his mother in 1868, being joined by the father some time later. The original plan had been to entrust the child to Hans von Bülow, but they decided to settle in Florence, at the time capital of Italy. While still studying he was to make the acquaintance of Liszt. In 1881 he married an Italian singer and settled into the career of a teacher at a Florentine musical institute. In 1896 he went to Brazil on tour, being very well received by the critics, an event that encouraged him to return many other times. In 1889 he had the opportunity to play with Saint-Saëns, who at the time was also in Brazil.

In 1900 he was nominated Brazilian Chancellor at The Hague, being soon after transferred to Florence. In 1902 the French newspaper Le Figaro organized a composition competition which was won by Oswalds Il Neige! (It Is Snowing!). The jury included Fauré and Saint-Saëns. In 1903 Oswald returned to Brazil, being nominated director of the Instituto Nacional de Música by the Brazilian president. No born administrator and feeling he could no longer compose, he resigned after three years, but remained active as a teacher, while still retuning regularly to Europe. In 1911, the year of his sixtieth birthday, he and his family settled in Rio de Janeiro. For the next twenty years he taught, while his house became an important musical centre for chamber music.

He was to maintain friendships with Rebikov - director of the Moscow Conservatoire - as well as with Arthur Rubinstein, Milhaud  who was for a time in Brazil as a member of the French diplomatic corps - Claudel, Moszkowski, Pierné and Isidor Philipp. He played host to Respighi when the latter visited Brazil on honeymoon. His son Alfredos - a pianist, composer (and, following a stroke which paralyzed his left side, one of the few composers to write music for the right hand) and performer of his fathers work in the United States  taking religious orders spurred Oswald to compose music for the Church.

Just days before his death he was awarded the Legion dHonneur by the French government, a decoration he received posthumously.

Oswald composed mostly for the piano, but besides a symphony and two concerti, one for piano and one for violin, he wrote three operas, copious and high quality chamber music and a cappella choral works of rare loveliness. More information (in Portuguese) on the composer can be found at: http://www.oswald.com.br/site2010/hoswald1.htm

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Recent Read: Queen of the Babble

Finally finished reading Queen of the Babble

What's It's All About:

Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn’t that she doesn’t have the slightest idea what she’s going to do with her life, or that she’s blowing her college graduation money on a trip to visit her long-distance boyfriend (of three months) Andrew, instead of using it as the down payment for the cute little Manhattan apartment everyone is expecting her to rent after finding a well-paying job in the city.

Where she’s going to live and how she’s going to support herself in the fall are really the least of Lizzie’s problems right now. Not when she’s got to deal with the fact that she’s done it again. See, Lizzie can’t keep her mouth shut. It’s not just that she can’t keep a secret—she can’t keep anything to herself.

But this time when she opens her big mouth, her good intentions get Andrew in major hot water. Now Lizzie’s stuck in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay until the departure date written on her non-changeable airline ticket.

What’s an American girl with a big mouth—but an equally big heart—to do?

Fortunately there’s Shari, Lizzie’s best friend and college roommate, who’s spending her summer in the south of France, catering weddings with her boyfriend Chaz in a sixteenth century chateau. One call to Shari, and Lizzie’s on a train to Paris. Who cares if Lizzie’s never traveled alone before in her life, and speaks only rudimentary French? One glimpse of gorgeous Chateau Mirac—not to mention gorgeous Luke, Chateau Mirac’s owner—and she’s smitten…

But while most caterers can be trusted to keep a secret, Lizzie’s the exception. And no sooner has the first cork been popped than Luke seems to hate her, the bride is in tears, and it looks like Chateau Mirac is in danger of becoming a lipo-recovery spa. As if things aren’t bad enough, ex-boyfriend Andy shows up looking for closure (or at least a loan), threatening to ruin everything, especially Lizzie’s chance at ever finding real love…

…unless she can figure out a way to use that big mouth of hers to save the day.

My Two Cents

I loved reading this book. Meg Cabot was able to create a character that is funny and adorable at the same time. I mean, come on: a heroine who can't keep anything to herself? That would really be annoying. But not Lizzie Nichols.

I liked how the story of her and Luke developed as well. I imagine him to be this handsome, well rounded guy who was just going through the flow of day to day life and when he meets Lizzie, he just wasn't the same. It's a heartwarming story that will also make you have a few chuckles along the way.

And this is why I can't wait to read the sequels:

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The top finishers in the adult mermaid contest were Eileen Wood, Jackie Reichardt and Mary Robertson.

* 1st Place child mermaid: Maddie Alspaugh, 9, mermaid name: Star Light

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The Disney Dream

Two weeks ago I found myself sailing away on a dream.

Wow, that sounded really lame.  What I mean is I got to get the hell out of Orlando (city of tourists and crazies and Mickey Mouse) and traded it for the big blue ocean, sunshine, all the soft serve ice cream I could eat, and a nice little sun burn on my upper back.

I went on another cruise.  This time it was a Disney Cruise (so I couldn't completely get rid of Mickey) and we went to the Bahamas!

It was a 4 day cruise and we went to Nassau (which is gross),  Castaway Cay (Disney's private island), and had a lovely day at sea.

Here are just a few of the highlights:

-We ate massive amounts of amazing food.
-Laid out in the Caribbean sun on a gorgeous beach with blue blue water.
-Had yummy fruity drinks.
-Ate in the fanciest restaurant I've ever been in (they even had a "palet cleansing portion. And I totally pretended I was Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries.)
-Took a millions pictures.
-While we were in Nassau, we got taken to a creepy room upstairs where we bought "designer" purses.
-Has a blast with two amazing friends! :)

And now for you to actually see the good time that was had by all! :)

(The picture above, is the creepy upstairs store we went into to buy said "designer" bags.  We made sure people were actually coming down the stairs before we went up them!)

Above picture: Grand Marnier souffle.  My favorite dessert on the boat!

Yes, a good time was had by all.  And let me tell you. I'm totally cruise spoiled now.  I don't think I will ever be able to do another cruise line save for Disney.  The boat was AMAZING!  I think Jordan said it best.  She said that if the Titanic and the Great Gatsby were to have a baby, it would be the Disney Dream.

And for those of you who think that a Disney cruise is just for families.  Allow me to enlighten you.  There are a ton of adult only places on the boat, lounges, restaurants, and places on the private island.  If we wanted to be around the families we could, but we could also escape into "adult land" too.  And they are pretty strict on not allowing kids into these adult only areas.  It was literally PERFECT!

Alrighty friends, after my little hiatas, I hope to be back to posting fairly regularly from now on! :)

Friday, April 12, 2013

high five for friday

It's finally Friday and that means one thing and one thing only!

The day after tomorrow I will be sailing away on a cruise ship for the Bahamas!  WOO HOO!!!!!

This time around I will be on a Disney cruise! (Last cruise I did was Carnival, which you can read about here.  Although there are no pictures attached anymore and I'm not 100% sure why. womp womp)

I think I may be even more excited for this cruise then I was for the last, solely because it's Disney.  Plus all my co-workers who have been on a Disney cruise have simply raved about them.  So I know it's gonna be good.

So on this last post before I sail away, I am of course, going to share my top 5 things from this week! Linking up with Lauren at From my Grey Desk!

1. Mornings with this little one are my favorite. (Yes she is practically laying on my head!)
2. A Texas fav has made its way to Florida and I enjoyed a lovely lunch with some fun friends.
3. My new favorite section of Target.  I'll take one of each please!
4. I bought my very first romper at Target and am excited to wear it on the ship. As well a few other completely necessary items.
5. Wednesday was National Siblings Day and so I posted this gem in honor of the day.

I'll be absent from my little corner of the internet until Thursday!  So have a wonderful weekend and week!

Bon Voyage! :)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Inspiration in the Bedroom

No I'm not talking about THAT kind of inspiration, people! This blog is G-rated (at the most PG due to choice language sometime)! So get your mind outta the gutter. : )

I'm talking about inspirations of the decoration kind!

See, I've been in my current apartment for 2 years.  It's the longest I've ever lived in a single place, other than my parents home anyway.  In college, I lived in a different apartment every year.  So to say I'm getting restless is an understate.  It is definitely time for a change.

Said change is actually coming sooner than you think! It's coming on May 19th.  That's the date my lease officially ends.  It's also the date that I will be homeless for 2 whole months until we move into a new apartment.  Now I say homeless, but obviously I have a place to live, but it's not going to be my apartment.  I won't have my own space to retreat to when I need a moment alone.  But I will be saving some money and I will have a brand new apartment to look forward to!

We haven't found said apartment yet.  We plan to start looking as soon as we get back from our Disney cruise next week!  Oh and the "we" I keep mentioning is Jordan.  Suzanne, Jordan and I (and possibly someone else) will be moving in together come August.  Woo Hoo!

So, with a new apartment comes new decor!  Which is one thing I am definitely looking forward to! Especially for my bedroom.  Right now my bedroom has deep red, black, and gold with hints of white.

I've been happy with this look for the last 2 years, but now that the apartment is going to get a make over, so is my bedroom!

This time around my inspiration is going to be SUPER feminine.  I want florals and light colors.  I want it to be so that when you walk in to my room you KNOW a girl lives there.

So for some inspiration I'm hitting Pinterest!

If my bedroom turns out anything like the inspiration photos, I don't think I would EVER leave it.

Thank you Pinterest for making me even more excited to get the hell out of my current apartment and into my new one.  Hopefully I'll be able to create the feminine vibe I'm looking for! :)

PS. Linking up with Michelle from The Vintage Apple for Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday!

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Quarter of a Century

When I was 12 years old, my best friend and I would pretend we were 25.  And when you're a 12 year old pretending to be a 25 year old your life is pretty sweet.  Let me paint that picture for you.

At 25 the 12 year old thought:

-She would be working as a pediatrician and driving a white convertible.
-She would be engaged to the boy she met in college and planning a super fun wedding (said boy would look just like Zach Morris).
-She would have gum in her purse, in her car, in the house...pretty much everywhere. (I thought it was cool to chew gum) .
-She would dress super cute
-She would still be best friends with all her elementary school friends.
-She would be living in Texas because Texas is the best state in the whole world.

Pretty normal right? Right.

Well now I'm actually 25.  And I thought I was going to have a major "quarter of a century crisis."  I thought I was going to freak out about the fact that I'm still horribly single, living pay check to pay check, working in a job that in no way is connected with the $40,000 degree I got from college, that I'm still horribly single, that I don't have a reliable car, that gum is not at my fingertips whenever I want, did I mean that I'm still horribly single?   But you know what?

I'm happy.

I'm happy with where my life is going right now.  Because I have a lot going for me and even more ahead of me.  I may not be doing what the 12 year old me thought I would be doing, but who is actually doing what the 12 year old you thought you would be doing?  That's right, NO ONE!  Turning 25 is an exciting time in your life.  And I for one, think that those in our mid-20s should make the most of it.  : )

So to celebrate being a quarter of a century old, here are a few things that make being 25 exciting!

(First official picture as a 25 year old!)

1.  I have a stable and secure job.  That has plenty of room for me to grow.

2. If I decided to leave said job, I still have another field that I could find another job with and be totally happy. (Remember? I'm 100% certified to teach high school in Texas, I just have to apply.)

3. I'm in pretty happy with my body.

4. I know how to dress my body type (which is important if you're happy with your body!).

5. I live on my own with virtually no financial help from the parental units.

6. I'm finally putting myself out there to not be horribly single anymore.

7. I've lived in a whole other state for almost 2 years and now have a life here. (Still miss Texas like crazy though).

8. I know how to live within my means.  (IE. I make the most of living pay check to pay check).

9. I've created a family out of some pretty amazing friends in Florida.

10. I'm going to buy a car this year.

11. My car insurance for said car won't be crazy expensive.

See! Now how can I complain about being 25 when my life if going in a pretty good direction?  And for those of you who are about to be 25, just do what I did.  Take a step back and count all the things that make being 25 amazing!!

Now check back in about 5 years.  Cuz I may be singing a different tune when I turn the big 3-0!  But I have no idea where I will be when I'm 30, because a ton can happen in 5 years!  All I know is I'm going to make the very most of life and just let it happen.  After all it's not really in my hands is it?

No, no it isn't.

Monday, April 8, 2013

High School

Hello Monday, it is NOT good to see again.  Especially considering I have to be at work at 7:30 this morning.  Blegh.  Thank goodness for morning coffee y'all, cuz that is the only thing that is gonna keep me going today.

So over the weekend, I was browsing through my Facebook albums when I stumbled on one I created when I first started using Facebook.  The album is entitled "High School" and has the following heading: "All these pictures are of me in high school.  You know...cheerleading and stuff."   (There are no pictures of me doing any cheering and yes I was a cheerleader in high school, which shouldn't surprise any of you at all).

It made me realize a few things about myself in high school.

 1. I hardly took any pictures in high school at all, because I didn't have a camera.  Well I didn't have a digital camera, so all the pictures I did take were with a film camera.  And most of said pictures from said camera are floating around my mom's house back in Texas.

(Prom Fall 2005)

2.  That I didn't hate high school like the majority of people say they did.  But I talk to exactly 2 people from high still.

3.  Apparently my clothes had to match.  Everything in this picture is turquoise....even my shoes (which you cannot see cuz this picture sucks.)

(San Francisco 2006)

4.  Selfies were a thing, way before Instagram.  (PS. I apologize for this picture.  I'm sure I thought I was real cool while I was taking it.  Now I know better.)

(Trip to California 2006)

5. I clearly paid lots of attention in English class while we were studying the Classics.

(AP English 2005, clearly it was Halloween.)

6. I thought I could maybe be a model someday.  (I'm also really glad I moved to Florida because I'm no where near as pale as I was in high school)

(Drama field trip to Austin, TX for the UIL state competition Spring 2005.  I don't remember taking this picture at all.)

7. Cheer camp in the summer of 2005 is why I hate pulling my bangs straight back.

(Cheer camp in Ruisdoso, NM summer 2005)

There are exactly 8 photos in that Facebook album.  And I'm really wishing there were more because I would have more to share with y'all AND I would have more pictures to make fun of.  Because I may have been super involved in high school but my choice in clothing was seriously questionable.

Plus it's always fun to take a walk down memory lane.

So what does looking at old high school pictures of YOU make you realize about yourself in high school?

Friday, April 5, 2013

It's Friday, High Five! Very Nice! I Like!

If you read the title of this post in the Borat accent then, WOO HOO.  If you didn't, then you're classier then I am because Borat is hilarious in my book! :)

Well another week, another High Five for Friday post!  Linking up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk! :)

1. There is just something so fabulous about lace and coral.  I bought new coral sandals from Tar-je boutique last week and I adore them.  Add to that my new lace shirt from Marshall's and I am one happy girl!

2. We watched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie the other night.  It was epic and took me back to the days when my brother and I would pretend we were the Red and Pink Rangers.  Plus it reminded me of the amazing dialogue the Power Rangers had while fighting Ivan Ooze and his minions.

3.  New trailer and movie poster was released for The Great Gatsby staring my future husband....LEO! There are seriously no words to describe my excitement for this movie.

4. (Not pictured) I was fully trained in the last and final area of Guest Relations this week! I can now work at Epcot's Help Desk.  Basically I get to answer questions, answer the phone, and keep track of all the lost and found that comes into Epcot.  Woo Hoo!

5.  (Also not pictured) Jordan, Josh and I booked a DISNEY CRUISE on Wednesday night!!  We leave on April 14 and return the 18th and I am beyond excited y'all.  Yet another perk of being a Disney Cast Member is the mad discounts we get on the Disney Cruise Line.  In just 9 days I will be cruising through the Bahamas, getting tan, and pretty much loving life!  Hurry up April 14th!

While I was getting this post together I went to grab some pictures from Instagram and realized I only posted 3 pictures this week.  Which is weird because I usually have at least 5 posted by the time Friday rolls around.

Then again I only posted once this week.  But it's ok!  Sometimes one post a week is all you need.

Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend! :)

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Relationship Status

So I don't really talk about my relationship status on the blog.  Mostly because my relationship status is currently (and has been for many, many years) S-I-N-G-L-E!

There are two reasons for this.

1. Working for Disney allows you to encounter two types of men.  Either gay men or married men.  Neither of which is appealing to me in the slightest.  Then again the men that aren't gay or married are, for lack of a better word, man whores.  Which unfortunately is not what I'm looking for either.  Especially since I've entered my mid-20s.  I'm looking for something less........temporary?

2. I'm picky.  I fully admit that.  I know what I want and if I don't find it in a guy then I move on.  I'm  also comfortable being single.  I would even go far as to say I'm good at it. Plus, I see this video and I just nod along with it because this is all shit that I say.

But now I'm 25.  I'm officially half way to 50 and 5 years away from 30.  I'm ready to find that special someone.  (As cliche as that sounds).  But seriously, I'm ready!
So how does one who is surrounded by married and gay men start dating.  You try online dating.
Dun Dun Dun.
Yes, I have created a profile with an online dating website (its free one) and have started talking to men between the ages 25-30.  So far I've gotten lots of responses.  But have replied to only a handful (remember, Miss Picky over here).  There are the pictures I have posted on the site:

And I've actually already been on my first date!  Which is a huge deal for me y'all.  I was very safe about the whole thing.  We went to a public place, a sushi restaurant that I chose and I let all my close friends know when I left and when it was over.  We had talked for about 3 weeks or so before I actually agreed to meet in person. So first off, he was shorter then me by about a head.  Which I'm just not that comfortable with.  I just prefer taller guys.  It was never awkward per say, we had a pretty steady flow of conversation but it wasn't anything super exciting either.  And I'm using the word date, but I paid for myself so it wasn't really a date.  It also last exactly one hour.  We met there at 6:30 and by 7:30 I was in my car on my way home.
Overall, it went ok.  But I didn't leave with butterflies in my stomach nor did I leave looking forward to the next time we would meet. But I did leave feeling very proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and actually going on the date.  I called Suzanne afterward and she said the same thing.
So, I'm going to keep going with the online dating thing.  See how it plays out!  Who knows, I may be super successful or I may fall flat on my face.  It'll be fun either way and y'all will definitely get all the details! :)


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    From a supine position, on your back, the hips are pressed up with the heels of the feet rooted into the earth close to the sits bones. The toes are actively lifted and the pelvis tucked. The thighs are parallel to the earth and the fingers are interlaced under the body with the ribcage lifted and the heart open. The back of the neck rests on the earth. The gaze is to the sky.

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PHILADELPHIA — Steve Mason was about to tee off on the back nine when Brayden Schenn interrupted with a breaking report.

PHILADELPHIA — Steve Mason was about to tee off on the back nine when Brayden Schenn interrupted with a breaking report.

"Have you heard the news," Schenn asked.

A puzzled Mason had no clue what Schenn was about to spill: Ilya Bryzgalov had his contract bought out by the Philadelphia Flyers.

When it comes to Flyers goaltenders, Mason is suddenly the leader in the clubhouse.

Mason finished his round with a solid day on the course and the realization that he is, for now, Philadelphia's No. 1 goalie entering next season.

Sure, his solid month as a Flyer after he was acquired from Columbus merited a deeper look from the organization. But the Flyers mostly wanted to get rid of the flaky Russian who never performed up to the $51 million, nine-year deal he signed in 2011.

Mason has the chance to prove he's more the goalie who was the NHL's rookie of the year in 2008-09 and not the one who posted a goals-against average of 3-plus each of the next three seasons.

"I'm prepared to be the No. 1 guy," Mason said by phone from Toronto. "I feel I've come a long way in the last few years in the growing-up process of being a goaltender in the NHL."

Mason had it all figured out when he went 33-20-7 with 10 shutouts and won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 2008-09, the only season the Blue Jackets have made the playoffs.

But Mason and Columbus could never recapture that fleeting success again. He fell to 20 wins and five shutouts the next season, and hasn't had a winning record since he was a rookie. He bottomed out in 2011-12 with a 16-26-3 mark. Mason lost his job to eventual Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky, a former flyer, and was traded away by Columbus in April.

He called the last few years "extremely humbling."

"You almost hit rock bottom in terms of the way you feel about yourself as a goaltender," Mason said. "It got to the point in Columbus where I was struggling to find my confidence and also, struggling to come to the rink happy about playing hockey."

Only 25, Mason appreciated a fresh start in Philadelphia. He instantly bonded with goalie coach Jeff Reese, and a 4-2 record with a 1.90 goals-against made him a hit with his teammates and management. He signed a $1.5 million, one-year extension shortly after the trade.

"I'm a big Steve Mason fan," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. "I know there's a short window that we got to watch him here, but he played very well. Even the game he lost, he played well."

Holmgren has to add another goalie to play with Mason. But he expected the bulk of the playing time to be thrust on Mason. The Flyers went 23-22-3 and were 10th in the Eastern Conference with 49 points in this lockout-shortened season.

"I looked at coming to Philadelphia as a great new challenge," Mason said. "Regardless of the length of Bryz's contract, I was confident that if I played well, I was going to get an opportunity to play a lot of hockey games."

There's been a revolving door in net for Philadelphia for decades. They Flyers — and their fans — thought that was solved with Bryzgalov's arrival. Perhaps Mason can finally take that honor.

"I was going to prepare myself this summer," Mason said, "to have the mindset of being able to handle the pressures of playing in Philadelphia and the pressures of being a No. 1 goaltender again in this league."

Bryzgalov was 52-33-10 with a 2.61 goals-against and a .905 save percentage in the two seasons for Philadelphia, which failed to make the playoffs this year. Bryzgalov's quirky personality and sometimes brutal honesty with the media didn't always endear him to teammates. But the Flyers say that didn't factor into this decision.

Coach Peter Laviolette and Holmgren have each checked in with Mason this summer, though not since the trade.

"It was an extremely easy team to come into," Mason said. "and feel welcomed."

Example? Mason was invited along with captain Claude Giroux and other Flyers to play in Scott Hartnell's charity golf tournament in Canada. That's when word hit that Bryz was out — and Mason was in.

"It wasn't a celebration," Mason said. "It was, here's an opportunity and go with it."

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Shawnee Preservation Society is holding its second annual "Get Down on the River" overnight camping sojourn on the Delaware River on Saturday and Sunday.

Shawnee Preservation Society is holding its second annual "Get Down on the River" overnight camping sojourn on the Delaware River on Saturday and Sunday.

Participants meet at Chamberlain Canoes on River Road in Smithfield Township, and the float begins in Dingmans Ferry, ending at Smithfield Beach/Kittatinny. There's an overnight campout at Rivers Bend Group Campsite at the halfway point on the New Jersey side of the river. Prices are $105 for canoe or $120 for kayak rental and include two-day rental, campsite reservation, dinner/light breakfast at the campsite and campfire music by the Shockenaw Mountain Boys. Camp equipment will be transported to and from the campsite along the way.

With 30 people already signed up — 10 more than last year — only a few of the 40 available spots remain. Register by emailing or by calling 570-476-1023.

Sustaining the river valley

Part of the proceeds goes to the Shawnee Preservation Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining the quality of life in Shawnee-on-Delaware and surrounding areas.

Tim Carbone, a Shawnee Preservation Society member and Shawnee-on-Delaware resident, and fellow band members from Shockenaw Mountain that have performed around the country for the past 12 years were able to rejoin the trip this year and again will play bluegrass music. The band, which recently performed at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, plays only occasionally as an outgrowth of the very popular Railroad Earth that takes the stage for 105 shows a year.

"The fact that we had this opening in our schedule again for the second straight year is sheer luck," said Carbone, whose wife, Martha, is an SPS board member. "The river is astoundingly beautiful. There's never a time where it doesn't take my breath away. We're getting a lot of people coming back (to the sojourn) this year."

"Oh my God. I love canoeing the Delaware," Shawnee Preservation Society President Ann Ligi said emphatically while talking about the trip. "I have a kayak, and you can be very quiet (on it) and come up on wildlife and see things that you can't from a vehicle that makes a lot of noise. It's the perfect experience to see things like eagles, bobcats, geese, snakes and frogs."

Facing challenges

Along with holding many social events over the years, including a Native American commemoration day in the spring, community gatherings and holiday events, the society also is an awareness and advocacy group and hope to discuss the scenic Delaware River and the challenges it continues to face.

The society has delayed Shawnee Development Inc. from continuing a development project on 655 acres of open land on the south end of Mosier's Knob while collecting funds to purchase it for open space preservation. That deadline passed last November, and the society was short of its goal, but, with the sluggish economy, the developers have not started new construction.

Nearly 50 years ago, residents successfully campaigned against building the Tock's Island Dam, and environmental groups and local citizen groups

today stand opposed to natural gas drilling (fracking) that they say could pollute the river with

chemical runoff and the raising of the height and voltage of power lines going through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by regional power companies that own the lines.

"People who owned those properties made that big sacrifice to the nation (in the Tocks Island Project land purchases that later were turned over to the National Park), and it's their gift and we want to bring awareness of why it's so important to preserve," Ligi said, "And it's important that we get the message that we don't want fracking along the Delaware and power lines to disrupt wildlife habitat."

There is awareness of keeping the river beautiful by a segment of the population evident in the recent 24th annual Delaware River Cleanup organized by Kittatiny Canoes in which 145 volunteers over two days cleaned 6.88 tons of trash along 55 miles of river and 110 miles of shoreline from Barryville, N.Y., to Smithfield Beach.

Advocating for the river

"I lived within three miles of the Delaware for a large portion of my life and have been advocating for the river since 1983," said Tim Carbone, who said 85,000 people correspond with Railroad Earth on Facebook and commended fellow Shockenaw Mountain members for giving their time for the canoe trip. "I first came here in the late 1970s, aware of the Delaware as a touchstone of people trying to mess with it. I said, 'Hold on. This is a valuable, pristine resource with 5 million people getting fresh water from it."

Along with the awareness raised on the trip is an exhilarating experience of enjoying the best of what nature offers. Particpants will have that chance again this weekend.


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Meanwhile, back at the diner…

Since I had not been to the diner in a week or so, I went yesterday for breakfast. It was mostly quiet but everyone was in their “assigned” seats. No one really pays much attention when I walk in anymore — I just take a seat in the area that is waited on by Nancy and watch the action from there. Nancy always has something to talk about that is interesting. There is a steady stream of locals who say good morning and many of them sit down with Judy at the first one or two-person booth. I am not the only one who is ready for spring and the talk was about the weather and impending snow. More talk among retail shop owners about the lack of shoppers and so I ate the usual and left soon after. As I was leaving, Judy asked if I’d be in this morning (Tuesday) so I said, “Of course.”

On the way to the diner I decided that, instead of my obsession with, I’d ask the regulars what they thought the weather was going to be like for the next few days. I am totally convinced that the information gathered at the diner is accurate and well researched; research includes many years of living in this area. When I entered, Judy invited me to sit with her — the first time I’ve been asked. Delighted to have company I sat down and ordered breakfast. We talked about many things and as we did, people walked by that usually sat down with Judy so I felt a bit of an interloper. I learned a lot about how the diner works and about Milford. First of all, rarely does a cell phone ring. Mine did on Monday and everyone looked around with several people asking, “Whose phone?” When I confessed it was mine, there was laughter (I’m not sure why) and I knew to cut the conversation as short as possible.

This morning, the men who walked by the booth saw me sitting there and moved on to the counter. All very friendly and lots of smiles but still, I felt a bit odd. We sat for about 45 minutes during which I learned that the public library is moving to a new building and might be hiring part-time workers (sounds appealing) and that might be a good fit; that Rite-Aid is a good place to go for part-time work because the people are very nice; and that retail business in Milford is not what it used to be. Apparently restaurants are doing quite well but the people who are coming to eat are not continuing on to Broad Street shops to browse and buy. It’s a commentary of what has gone on in the country I think. People are not willing to spend like they used to. Judy informed me that 2002-2005 was good for business and I suspect we can find parallels in plenty of towns like Milford that are dependent on tourists. There are regulars, apparently, but that business has dropped off as well. I didn’t need anyone to tell me that. The difference in Milford between 2008 when Adrian and I first came here and now is obvious. Some businesses have closed, some have relocated to smaller spaces, and some just carry on. Upriver Home depends on web-based sales and I think the used bookstore does some online business as well. The diner seems to have weathered the situation well and is always busy when I get there at around 8:30 AM.

I finally got around to asking about the weather and the consensus is that Milford will get between 1 and 3 inches of snow and I will probably get more. When I left Judy said — “well, we won’t see you for a couple of days.” I got up to leave, my seat was quickly filled, and everything was as it should be!