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I had so much fun in Miami. Too much fun. I now see why Blondie wont come back to Dallas.. it really is an awesome place to live. I am exhausted so this a short post. I will post many more photos tomorrow. Melissa was in the top ten of her class which was a BIG class. It was great. She didn't win.. but I think for good reasons. They were obviously looking for fuller girls ( judging by who they picked) and she was in too good of shape. She should have gone up to one of the higher levels. But she looked AMAZING! Ill post video and photos from her show tomorrow.
It was such an interesting experience.
Here is a shot of Miami from Melissa Balcony, and a couple of us being fabulous.
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| Me and Melissa #2 with Kimberly. Our Team Melissa shirts.. they all made then and Melissa made mine for me. Melissa Couture. |
| Going out for some dinner. Melissa #2 and I with one of my new favorite people, Theresa. |
| Mojitos in Miami.. does it get better? |
Goin to Miami.. Miami.. Miami... ( you know the Will Smith song.. sing along now.. )
Tomorrow I am taking the journey to South Beach. I am armed with not ONE but TWO video cameras. One for serious film making.. and one for nighttime blackmail. ( meaning it can fit in my purse when we go out)
My friend, Melissa is going to be in a fitness competition.. and she has worked SO hard. Really hard. The discipline it takes to eat well, workout, not drink.. for MONTHS. Her body is insane right now. I really wanted to be there to not only support her and cheer her on, but to document the entire experience with fun photos and video. I will be blogging from Miami and also you can check more frequent updates on Twitter.
The actual Competition is on Saturday. Its a BIG deal as you can see with all the contestants. She is not one of the muscle veiny people.. she is just doing fitness/bikini. Please wish her well in comments and show her some support!!!! And if you are on her myspace or facebook.. leave her love there too.
I am all packed and ready to go. My biggest dilemma is what color to paint my nails. I have all these fabulous spring colors from Essie. I think I will go with Barbados Blue. The color of the ocean!
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| Here is a photo from last time we were together. Before both us got on our workout program... Cant wait to get updated pics this weekend. Good luck Melissa!!!!!!!!! |
I have a lot of hot air to share. So many updates...
First.. I am better. I think. It seems I have kicked this cold and am back to normal.
Second.. I finally saw Sex and the City. I LOVED it. The bad reviews are annoying and somewhat insultive to women. They say the movie is demeaning to women and lacks substance. We are NOT looking for an oscar award winning movie. We just needed a fix. And we got it! I have a feeling many of those reviewers were not only men, but had not seen the series. We DO sit around and talk about sex. It's ok.... we are not going to suffer as a gender and lose any of our long fought feminist battles by going to an $8 movie and listen to women whine about their lives. WE LIVE FOR THAT!
As many other SATC fans did.. I went to see the movie with girlfriends. I drove to Austin and met up with Laura and Teri. Laura even brought us flowers to wear, which of course we left in the hotel room. We made sure to get photos when we got back in for the night.. feeling pretty good! ( I have video of us getting in after a night on the town. Mr Tony Romo.. I have a video message for you from my girls! Just beware! )
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After the wonderful movie we went to dinner. I found us a place I researched called Eddie V's in Austin. I made my decision right after reading Truffled Macaroni and Cheese on the menu. I will be honest and say I thought Eddie V's was short for Eddie Vedder. It's not. Eddie Vedder does NOT have a place in Austin. FYI. Its a shame too.. I would love to eat truffled mac and cheese listening to that sultry voice singing in my ear. Now back to reality.
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I won't spoil the movie. I will say I loved Big before and I love him still now. I will always love Big. I hope they make a sequel.
Next issue.. I almost had two dogs up for adoption. Yesterday when that storm blasted us.. I honestly thought we were in a tornado. I saw things flying through the air.. my lawn chair was in the pool. HUGE trees flying like they were small and frail. Our electricity went out before the rain even begun. It was out for 10 hours. The dogs.. during that quiet dark time, drove me INSANE. Barking at every little noise. The storm left faster than it arrived.. gone after 30 minutes. I honestly thought I had been sentenced to an afternoon of barking. Fast forward to later that night. I put Goldie in bed as usual. Do everything else I need to and go to get into bed. She has PEED in the BED. She has just been outside.
She peed on the exact side of the bed I sleep on. Ok, she can't jump off, Ill give her slack. This is what it's like to have children. I change the sheets... everything is ready and I once again prepare for bed. I go to the bathroom, come back and Stogie has MARKED ( PEED) on the EXACT spot she pottied but on the NEW sheets. At this point I am contemplating opening the front door and putting bacon in the middle of the street. Then three weeks from now hanging a poster up for missing dogs. I'm not happy.
So now I have three sets of sheets to wash. Which I have been doing the laundry.. and the cooking. Because I have been working out. Along with trying to eat better which means a TON of grilled chicken. I have been more adventurous this week adding salmon and shrimp. I cook everyday for lunch and dinner. I have gone down over a size in the last month which makes it all worth it. I have to admit the diet made the difference. I tried to resist, but working out alone wont cut it. ( Maybe had I given up wine.. I'm motivated but not insane)
I have tackled the stair master at the gym. Or maybe it tackled me, I am up to 13 minutes. That might not sound like much, but its that escalator thing and when I got off today it said 49 floors climbed. 49 FLOORS! It kicks my ass. Unfortunately it needs to kick harder because there is still a lot of junk in the trunk.
So I buy this workout video I saw in US weekly. Some trainer who promotes dance workouts. I pay for it in Paypal, but mess up my address so I have to email. Well the email goes to a website selling MELON SCENTED PANTIES. And fishnets. Of course I bought them. Curiosity killed the cat. All curiosity did for me was spend money on a pair of thin thongs that DON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE MELONS! They smell like dryer sheets? It says something about melon skin giving them some fresh breezy smell. Whatever. I wanted Melon panties! I was robbed! The fishnets rock however.. and since working out led me to melon panties..and fishnets that read, ONE SIZE FITS MOST, I am now living in the MOST zip code. |
Recently I had the pleasure of photographing little Madison again.Not long ago, I posted her newborn photos and now she is 3 months old. Of course Flash, her Great Dane bodyguard, was there to over see the shoot. Madison is a super baby. At three months old she is holding her head up and has movements and expressions of a 5 month old! I think we may have an athlete on our hands. I may have to teach her how to play softball one day. Thanks to Sarah for letting me photograph these cuties and to Laura for letting us use her studio. It's fun to use someone else's props!
I can't believe
a) how good Flash is and how he does exactly what Sarah tells him even if he doesn't want to
b) how good Madison is and just go with the flow
C) how laid back Sarah is for a first time mom. ( THANK GOODNESS!)
These three things are how we were able to capture the following photos. It just takes patience, teamwork and trying new things. We have so many fun things planned for the future shoots...it should only get more entertaining as she grows up. Let hope the super model stays mellow jello! :) |
How is she already 9 months old? This is Lola who I have posted many times before.
She has those trademark rolls that make you want to pinch her cheeks and coo at her in silly baby talk.
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Im starting to feel a little bit better. The cough is a lot better... so maybe that is a sign of things to come.
I have been gardening some this spring.. and its so fun to see things blooming. I really don't know what any of these things are. When I go to the nursery, I buy based on color. I do read the sun or shade thing.. so far, so good!
When I finally start to feel better and video blog more, Ill be out here in my little mini garden.
Going to see the girls tomorrow night and go see Sex and the City, finally!!!! I held out a week so I could see it with some friends. Ill post photos tomorrow. ( Well Sunday. ) What to wear to the movie.. THAT is the question!
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I am still alive.. just trying to recover from this cold, or whatever it is. THREE WEEKS! I decided I needed to lay low for a couple of days and let it pass. I did get into the doc again on Monday and have new medicine.
I learned you should always measure that good cough syrup the doctor gives you.. .swigging it out of the bottle makes for a long, paranoid, dream intensive night.
I am trying to get things done, but have an extreme case of cold medicine space cadet head.
I have NO Photos of Kristies baby, McKenzie who was here over the weekend. Took a bunch.. but did they save to this dumb new expensive card? NO? Why? WHO KNOWS! Stupid technology.
I did get video and will try to get that up tomorrow.
I have nothing else to report. I am no fun this week. |
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