Monday, March 12, 2012

weekend deets

I did a lot of driving this past weekend.
I drove to my MIL's house on Friday night. Saturday morning we got up and looked at the condition of her rent house. Her previous renters left it in a mess. Ridiculous. BUT I get to help her beautify it and I'm excited about having another project to keep me busy. It was neat to actually go into the rent house. For all the years that Lee and I have been together it has been occupied. I finally got to tour the house Lee lived in growing up. After my tour, we went antiquing and I snagged an $8 antique bust!!! Seriously. I was tripp'n. So excited. Eventually I want to display mine like something similar to this:
But I'll prob use it in the living room for now to add another eclectic layer of random.

Later that afternoon I headed West to see my friend Chelsie to celebrate her birthday. She wanted to eat at a local Mexican restaurant, go "glo" bowling and stop by the Hard Rock Casino. And we did. I'm a HORRIBLE bowler but it was a fun time.
If you want to be my friend, you must know that I am the girl that will ask for a sombrero to salute you on your birthday. Just a heads up.
Someone bought her this crazy $26 drink at Hard Rock:

Lee's friend Alberta is growing. He sends me a picture each day of his new friend. We're on day 4. Gross.

I should finish the curtain project tonight. I hope to post pic tomorrow. I'll show you my inspiration pic for an idea of what I'm doing:

Friday, March 9, 2012

shopping score @ lunch

I had a productive lunch hour. I went to the Jcrew outlet and scored THIS sweater for 19 beans.




















That's right. I'm a teeny bit closer to resembling THIS look that I adore.

friday fun facts

Newsflash!




















No. It's not that Lindsay appears to be wearing a onesie. It's just that Lindsay Lohan has RED hair again and this makes me happy! Alert the masses. I am a fan. Don't hate.
After watching her SNL performance, my friends and I have decided that she still has a ways to go to reel us in but she def had millions of viewers hooked judging by SNL's preliminary STATS on their audience for this season. I told my friends that it's not like she's ever had a super trivial role anyway. Parent Trap? Mean Girls? I'm hoping she gets her strength from her hair like Samson in the Bible so she can go back to giving me my favorite cheesey movies. Am I stretching?
She's got some tough competition with Emma Stone. Love me some Emma. Whom could easily be her Parent Trap twin....I did think it was funny how Emma was referenced in one of Lohan's SNL skits.

Stunning is Cameron Diaz in her NEW ad campaign for Tag watches. She has us ooh'n and awe'n but are those arms real?



















Girl is fit and makes me tired just thinking about how much she must work it at the gym. BUT her arms have been a bit too buff (if you ask me and you're not so I'm saying anyway) as of late...like super recent. She looks much more feminine in the new Tag ad (shown above) that I love.
The Tag images were most likely taken days if not months ago so who am I to say they are photo shopped?
See below as she leaves the gym Feb. 28th and presents at the Oscars Feb. 26th.



























I noticed my Pottery Barn box on the porch this morning as I was backing out of the driveway. Remember I mentioned ordering her HERE? I jumped out, grabbed the box and opened it when I got to my office. Love her.




















Lee had to get his predeployment vaccinations yesterday for Anthrax, Small pox and Typhoid. Lee gave me the skinny on what the doctor said about his small pox vaccination and I about lost my lunch. And that's why I'm going to share it with you! (evil laugh evil laugh)
Receiving the vaccination: If the small pox vaccination is successful, a red and itchy bump (The size of your thumbnail. Lee and I are going to name it Alberta.) develops at the vaccine site in three or four days. In the first week, the bump becomes a large blister, fills with pus, and begins to drain. During the second week, the blister begins to dry up and a scab forms. The scab falls off in the third week, leaving a small scar. Gross me out!
Post-vaccination care: After vaccination, it is important to follow care instructions for the site of the vaccine. (Lee was given a care kit.)  Because the virus is live, it can spread to other parts of the body, or to other people. The the live virus in the smallpox vaccine may cause rash, fever, and head and body aches. Complications could be very severe. Yikes!

Lee was given strict instructions by the Army doc to avoid infection to himself or to someone else during the next few weeks as Alberta heals. Good thing he's doing this while he's away from home! Scary.
He is to not have sex. (No problem there. Ha!)
No hugging, shaking hands, etc.
Use a separate shower if you share a living quarters with a spouse or roommate.
Do not combine your laundry with anyone else to share a load when washing your clothes.
Do not touch your face and avoid watching porn...(I thought that instruction was kinda funny.)
And those are only to name a few of the doc's orders!

In training today, they (Lee's class) are supposed to work on combative skills but Lee can't participate bc he can't touch. Ha!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

curtain project

I mentioned HERE that curtains are on my shopping list to complete THIS guest room's decor after painting the room white LAST WEEKEND. To save some mu la, I am taking the too short curtains and doing something fabulous with them. Last night I finished one panel in 4 hours. I doubt I have time to finish the second panel until Sunday. I'm getting my hair-did tonight and then tomorrow my wknd plans begin. What I'm working with:




















On another note, I want Blake Lively hair.