a big giant picture post, because you love when I do posts with lots of pictures, PLUS show and tell
It's really a 'stuff I like' post -
with pictures!
I'll start with show and tell -
Here are my keys.
My keys! on a plate!
One huge car key thing and two house keys. I used to have a whole slew of keys. But then I thought, why? Why have all those yucky keys? And the reason I beautified my key chain was that my dear friend M gave me the beautiful key ring. I spent some time, a lot of time I suppose, assisting her in the decision making process during the renovation of her home. She had a wee tiny cottage and turned it into a reasonably large beautiful house. There were an awful lot of knobs, hardware and color schemes to choose and she does not like making those kinds of choices...luckily, I do. When it was all done, she bought me the key ring. She's a special friend.
She and I went to the mall the other day -
we each had mall business to attend to.
She returned a pair of shoes, I bought some new foundation.
She brought back some shorts, I bought a new belt for Middle.
She bought lunch. I ATE IT.
You know, like that.
I was looking at some outfits for my MIL. She's going to a wedding at the end of June and has an outift in her brain that I may be able to put together for her. I had a look in a couple of stores and saw some nice stuff - but I think J Jill is the way to go...
This could be nice.
Or this - with a pretty pastel tank under it and a long skirt.
I like the things in J Jill. In my fantasy life? when I am 70? I will buy clothes there. For now they might just hang too much for me, if you know what I mean.
Anthropologie had nothing that captured my interest -
save for the 'installations'
Just plastic water bottles.
But still...
I love them.
...And speaking of my MIL...
A while back she was intrigued with the idea of a coffee table with sand on it.
No glass. Just sand.
And then I reminded her that she has a 5 year old grandson, who would be perfectly happy to play with that sand if he could move ME away from the front of that table.
Pretty, but not practical.
Oldest was singing this when I got home.
I love it.
Know what ELSE I love?
THE DOUBLEMINT TWINS!
THEY'RE DIFFERENT!
I really do like them.
Especially when they dance...
Doublemint, doublegood, doublefresh lalalalala...
After dinner Youngest issued a sunset alert.
We all ran to check it out.
It was pretty damn good.
We ALL loved it.
And that?
Is pretty much where I'll leave you.
with pictures!
I'll start with show and tell -
Here are my keys.
My keys! on a plate!
One huge car key thing and two house keys. I used to have a whole slew of keys. But then I thought, why? Why have all those yucky keys? And the reason I beautified my key chain was that my dear friend M gave me the beautiful key ring. I spent some time, a lot of time I suppose, assisting her in the decision making process during the renovation of her home. She had a wee tiny cottage and turned it into a reasonably large beautiful house. There were an awful lot of knobs, hardware and color schemes to choose and she does not like making those kinds of choices...luckily, I do. When it was all done, she bought me the key ring. She's a special friend.
She and I went to the mall the other day -
we each had mall business to attend to.
She returned a pair of shoes, I bought some new foundation.
She brought back some shorts, I bought a new belt for Middle.
She bought lunch. I ATE IT.
You know, like that.
I was looking at some outfits for my MIL. She's going to a wedding at the end of June and has an outift in her brain that I may be able to put together for her. I had a look in a couple of stores and saw some nice stuff - but I think J Jill is the way to go...
This could be nice.
Or this - with a pretty pastel tank under it and a long skirt.
I like the things in J Jill. In my fantasy life? when I am 70? I will buy clothes there. For now they might just hang too much for me, if you know what I mean.
Anthropologie had nothing that captured my interest -
save for the 'installations'
Just plastic water bottles.
But still...
I love them.
...And speaking of my MIL...
A while back she was intrigued with the idea of a coffee table with sand on it.
No glass. Just sand.
And then I reminded her that she has a 5 year old grandson, who would be perfectly happy to play with that sand if he could move ME away from the front of that table.
Pretty, but not practical.
Oldest was singing this when I got home.
I love it.
Know what ELSE I love?
THE DOUBLEMINT TWINS!
THEY'RE DIFFERENT!
I really do like them.
Especially when they dance...
Doublemint, doublegood, doublefresh lalalalala...
After dinner Youngest issued a sunset alert.
We all ran to check it out.
It was pretty damn good.
We ALL loved it.
And that?
Is pretty much where I'll leave you.
Comments
I'm up. Boring, but up.
I'm up!
After a brief hiatus, I'm in on show and tell again and I'm up.
Have a great day.
Also, I really want to play with that sand table. But not at my house. I wonder if I could sucker...er, um...convince anyone I know to buy that? Hhhmmm...
I am up.
PS, I love the way that the new "handicapped verification" sounds like it's a mom reading numbers aloud into a tinny microphone in the middle of her kitchen with the kids still eating breakfast.
I'll have my keys up later!
I really love it along with the yellow outfit and your sunset, beautiful.
Mines up too.
"I'll tell you what, WOW!"
(50 points if you can identify the movie that comes from)
I'm redoing my kitchen. Do you want to help me with knobs and colors? Please?
I did the key chain purge a few years' back. But I see they keys they are sneakin' on again. For example, I do not know whose silver key that is. I can imagine it is a secret admirer who slipped that on, but all my SA's are in the 4-6 age group, and don't have the dexterity to slip a key on my key chain.
I'm up and at 'em!
I love looking at J Jill but have never tried anything on. I suspect it of being not entirely my style, but in another phase of life I think it will be.
Not too sure about the water bottle decorations...actually, I am too sure. Nope. Couldn't do it. Wouldn't do it.
My keys are up.
My show and tell is up... Sorry I'm late
I AM UP!!!!!
I'm up, sort of, and late.
and sunsets too.
-J.
but i'm up ;)
(my word verif is vdtra...sounds like a sex pill)
I am afraid of one of mine... A lady friend decided at 55 and after many years in a bad paying diplomatic job - to join the Peace Corp. This was 16 years ago! And there she still is - I think in Ivory Coast right now. And since the Peace corps usually do not "hire" anyone over 57, she MUST be the most senior volunteer.
Back to the key chain: after her first year in - let's see was it Benin ? - she brought me back the sculpture of an ethnic mask, in brass, the size of an amulette, of a pendant, or rightly so the size of a key chain.
This is the only keyset I have not lost since.
I have not heard too much from her in the last years. Her son-in-law is one of my best friends. I did not receive any bad news...
Is there a time when such relica should be preserved and saved - sort of perjuring an inevitable future wich - as an end is in fact eternal ?
So much for a key chain. I'll post the picture one of these days.