Happy Father's Day Santiago!!!

Today I Saw

Last summer I signed up to receive a postcard from Jill Wignall, the lovely lady behind Today I Saw. I seriously think this may have been one of the highlights of my summer. 

So exciting new! Sign up quick because she's doing another mailing...

"some days I see something and say to Daniel 'That would make a great Today I Saw'. So I'm taking addresses for those days when I see something great and I happen to have 10 minutes spare to draw.

If you'd like to receive a postcard please send your name..."

 - Jill 

  A close up of my postcard from Jill's site.

Get on it.

Today's the DAY!

What day you ask? Why, Fill in the Blank Friday of course!

1.   The last movie I saw was something for Hell's Half Mile programming, "en coma" disjointed. Don't mind our... disjointed... website. They say they're working on it. If you're near Bay City the first weekend of October you should stop by. Lots of films for $5 each.

2.  I want to find the motivation I usually have in the mornings to get up and clean the house. clutter, clutter, clutter.

3.  Surprises are pretty exciting. I'd like to practice giving them more and maybe then I'd receive them more too ;). 

4.  The best accessory is a genuine smile.

5.  My favorite warm drink is  coffee, black please. Tea when I'm sick. Carmel Latte when I'm looking for a splurge or big pick-me-up.

6.  My favorite cold drink is water, trying to drink more. I also enjoy the occasional bloody mary and margarita. I have a lemon grass martini in Traverse City last February. I wouldn't mind one of those. Oh, and you can't forget a good beer. This is an impossible question for me, can you tell?

7.  Currently loving my weekend: dinner last night, ribs, with some of my favorite people in the world, Friday's off and Matt's taking the afternoon off, then we head to Greek Fest tonight, tomorrow's my baby cousin's high school graduation party, then Matt's family on Sunday! Pretty good, eh?!

Now you.

Sam & Lu

sleepy kitties. i love how SPRAWLED Sam is. <3

a teenage dream

Have you seen this, via A Cup of Jo? A proposal on the Golden Gate Bridge?! 

Oh my god. 

This is my teenage dream. Actually my teenage dream was to get married on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. Every MARSH game we played it was the location I hoped to win. And why wouldn't it be... Leo & Chris hung out there, 98degrees sang there. But seriously, it stemmed from love of the city, have I told you San Francisco was the first city I fell in love with. I was seven.

Because you might not remember... I give you 98 DEGREES - Because of You

it's here!

So You Think You Can Dance is BACK for the summer!!! I waited until the top 20 were announced to do any posting, tryouts while not as obnoxious as American Idol still obnoxious. On Thursday while announcing they all performed in three dances each - one style group [contemporary, hip hop, etc], one all boys or girls, and the top 20 together.

This was my favorite dance:


Sonya. Surprise, surprise.

These are my favorite two dancers. Plus, I think the hip hop boys are strong, and I'm excited about the tapper!

Melanie & Sasha, contemporary

they dance together here to a Stacey Tookey routine.

RED locks & BOLD frames

I know I've been a bit sparse around these parts recently but... I'm here. Actually, this  happens to be post 175, and I think it's time for a bit of a redesign.

A certain someone wrote me a few haiku after I mentioned that I wish that I wrote them. This was my favorite:

"The Unbearable Cuteness of You" 

red locks and bold frames

i spot you from far afield

my day begins, anew

Thank goodness for his "questionable sanity...." because I think, my dears, I have a blog title for this here little charming spot of the blog world:

RED LOCKS AND BOLD FRAMES

Some hesitations because my hair is really strawberry blonde, unless I dye it in the winter, which I'm already planning to do next year!, and with summer here [fickle] and the sunny days that come with it, sunglasses & contacts will be reentering my life in a big way. I like this title though, I think it suits me. So here we go, come take a look:

Here are some things I hope to post about in the next 25 posts --

triathlon recap, how I am getting active now, goals for the rest of the month, cute cat pictures, gardening, cooking, more regular blog star sharing, a recap of my 25 before 26, So You Think You Can Dance favorites, all sorts of little bits of life, and for the 200th a GIVEAWAY!

one or two?

SPRING OLIVE . $6.50

 

SANDBOX CARDS . $4.50

i went to the eye doctor two weeks ago and i still that have phrase stuck in my head.