My friend, Holly, who lives in Moore, sent me this picture of Friday night's storm. ABC News said last night that this tornado was the widest path in recorded history. Once again, thank goodness, Holly and her family were spared, and her house escaped damage, but to be in or near this storm would be frightening beyond belief...
Is this not the cutest idea. All it takes is a cup, a saucer, some super glue and you're in business. It looks amazing, well it does until birds poop all over it. Egads, I've been living with hubby too long.
This is EXACTLY what he would say!!!!!!
And it's not good work either. Why can't women leave well enough alone???
Just my two cents worth...
It's hard to believe that everybody's favorite Cyndi Lauper tune is thirty years old. THIRTY YEARS OLD!!!!
This 2013 celebrity studded version is a "must see." So crank those speakers and dance, ladies.
And if you really wanna have fun, set this song as your ringtone for a favorite friend. It will make you smile every time they call. Pinky swear it will ;o)
You shouldn't have gotten rid of Ann Curry! Huge mistake, no colossal mistake!
Good Morning America” wins its first May sweep in 18 years and shows growth compared to the same week last year. At the same time, “CBS This Morning” had its best May since 1994 and was the biggest gainer of the month. The broadcast is up +19% in Total Viewers and up +7% in younger viewers. Some of those viewers, no doubt, at the expense of NBC’s “Today” which shed -6% of its viewership and lost -7% of its younger viewers compared to last May.
“GMA” is also up for the month (+11% / +4%) and remains the #1 morning program leading “Today” by its largest margin in viewers in more than 21 years and its largest demo gap in 20 years.
“CBS This Morning” also showed the most growth for the week, up a whopping +38% in Total Viewers and up +28% in younger viewers. “GMA” was also up (+13% / +6%), while “Today” was down (-5% / -10%). One bright spot for “Today:” it took last Tuesday — the day after the Moore, OK tornado — in the younger demo. That same day “CBS This Morning” drew 4.1 million Total Viewers, its biggest audience since Feb., 2004.
The averages for the week of May 20, 2013:
The averages for May 2013 Sweep:
This is simply amazing. I blogged last week about her fitting into her genie costume, here's more information from People Magazine.
Eden assures PEOPLE that the iconic midriff-baring costume had no special alterations.
"The costume was made for a Lexus commercial I did," Eden tells PEOPLE. "About 10 years after the show went off the air. It has to have been at least 30 years."
So how did Eden maintain her Jeannie body over the years?
"I spin three times a week," she says. "Then I work with a trainer for half an hour with weights. It's important to lift weights for your bones."
She admits her pace has changed over the years, but that it is very consistent with her workouts.
"I used to be in the front of the class," she says. "I don't do that anymore. I stay in the back, because I can't really keep up, but I do it for an hour."
And though she has a sweet tooth, she maintains a healthy diet overall: "I have a good breakfast, and I try to have protein at lunch.
Women have "work" done to the face, but you can't bare the body and fool people, the woman is "SEVENTY EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
"There are times when I am really upset with the time passing," she says. "But I have a loving husband [Jon Eicholtz] and really good friends. You can't possibly be what you were when you were younger. I am so lucky to be here. Really lucky."
She obviously has taken care of herself consistently, exercised and ate well, I'm in awe...
I'm amazed at how clever people are. There is a page I "like" on Facbook, called Vintagedragonfly Mosaics, and this woman has the loveliest collages. She posted this today, and it's just so pretty. Of course I think the mason jar all decked out with bling is really special. Just had to share, that's all...
We planted hydrangeas this summer, first ripping out the ugly woody, spindly, Little Princess Spirea that had been here for years. I've wanted to do this for quite a while, and poor hubby wasn't really crazy about the idea of tearing out all of the spirea and digging all those holes for a bed of hydrangeas under a root bound tree, but this year he decided it would be better to do it and just get it over with, so I would shut up about it. We planted Forever & Ever Peppermint, a bed of eight plants, and oh, they are so pretty, it makes me smile when I walk to the front door. When they grow into a mass, they will be glorious.
Remember what gardeners always say, the first year they sleep, the second year they creep and the third year they leap. They're so pretty now, I can't imagine what they will look like in two more years.
The patio is coming along, too, it's really shady now, the trees are maturing and i'm limited on what I can plant. More pictures later, when the plants grow a bit more. We have had such a cool spring that everything got a late start.
Now if it would just stay like this, everything lush and green, but hot days are ahead, and summer won't be nearly as much fun as it is right now. Gotta live in the moment and enjoy this great weather while I have it...
And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me. -Lee Greenwood
Here is eighty year old Kim Novak with fifty-two year old Tilda Swinson at Cannes this week. Who'd ya rather?????
I'm thinking 80 year old Kim Novak looks pretty darn good, too!!!!!! 'Nuff said!
Let's hear it again for the old girls!!!
This is her last night at the 2013 Life Ball in Vienna Austria.
The woman is seventy-nine years old and still rockin' the harem costume. I'll never understand why foreign countries embrace older women and the United States shun them. No way would she be invited to do this here!
I think she looks amazing. Let's hear it for the old girls!!!!!
There is nothing better than the smell of honeysuckle on a summer evening and last night when we were out for an evening ride on the golf cart, the fragrance was so strong it was intoxicating. I adore honeysuckle, I grew up with it on my beloved ditch bank, and then when the kids were little it was in a field behind our house. I have wonderful memories of my sweet little boys, fresh from their evening bath, sitting with me on the back steps just smelling the honeysuckle.
I hope you live where it's in bloom, and if you don't have access to it, just take a ride in the country with the windows down on a nice summer evening and you will be rewarded with it's amazing fragrance.
Another simple thing...
Ben is a giggly, smiley little boy, who's drooling and teething.
Abby answered questions about her Dad at school this week.
John and Deanna visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa, one of my favorite pictures so far.
Earlier this week they went to a cooking school in Tuscany, but that's a story for Deanna to tell...
And finally, Lindsay just shared two more pictures of the kids playing on the swing set. See what I mean about iPhone sharing - it's a steady stream. LOVE IT!!!
Okay, so I' ve been living under a rock. I just never watch network television, ever. But last week, my buddy, Ang, told me that Scandal was her all-time favorite television show and I had yet to see it.
So, the first season was on Netflix, hubby and I queued it up and watched three episodes the first night, an episode last night, and no doubt we will finish the remaining three episodes this weekend and then watch newer episodes on the computer. We're hooked, and he enjoys it as much as I do.
It is absolutely fantastic acting. What a good show, lots of action for the guys, it's very fast paced, the cinematography reminds me a bit of Bourne Identity. Olivia Pope has amazing clothes for the women, sex, intrigue, politics, all make for something we rarely see these days, good television. If you've missed this ABC show, give it a watch this weekend. The weather in Heavensville is going to be cool, showers, a perfect weekend to catch more of this great series.
I'm so tired of people constantly bashing Apple. Among other things, they say they are too propietary and they have lost their edge since Steve Jobs died. Well, maybe they are too controlling, but that control isn't all bad, it results in a consistently good product! I find the people that are most vocal are the Android phone people, it's like they are the underdog and have a point to prove that their phones are better than Apple. Now I have absolutely nothing against Android phones, they are wonderful, innovative pieces of technology, in many ways superior to iPhones, but they aren't for me. I'm a diehard, died in the wool Apple fan girl, and what I'm showing you below is a perfect example of why.
John has an iPhone, as does Lindsay and they photo share with me. I see far more pictures of my grandchildren then I ordinarily would, because you it's so easy to click and share pictures with our iPhones. Since it's a native application built into the firmware instead of a third party app, it's lightening fast to share. The pictures come to me, not only on my phone, but instantly to my iPad and my desktop iMac.
John has always had a Blackberry for business, but now has an iPhone, and for the first time, I'm getting vacation pictures in a steady stream. I'm seeing their trip to Italy on a daily basis. It's wonderful, it's like I'm along on their vacation with them, and when I don't talk to them, I still know all is well because I'm getting a constant feed of photos.
Here's a sample this morning, and a big thank you to Apple for making it so simple to quickly share pictures.
We're a total foodie family, so it's no surprise that he sends me a lot of photos of the local cuisine.
I was working at the computer yesterday when early information about the Oklahoma tornado started coming to my inbox. My friend, Holly, the same Holly who sends me the wonderful handmade cards, lives in an Oklahoma City suburb and I quickly sent her an email, naively saying that I hoped she was okay.
Then additional reports started quickly coming in, I went to the den to watch the coverage with hubby, and realized that the tornado had struck Moore, Oklahoma. I got this sick feeling, quickly pulled up Holly's address, and sure enough, my fears were realized, she lives in Moore, Oklahoma. I didn't have her cell phone number, so I started emailing her again, and Larry pulled up her address on Google Maps. It looked like she was right in the path of destruction.
I surmised that both she and her husband were at work, as this happened mid-afternoon, but the scene that unfolded was just, as you all know, horrifying. Finally, last night at 8:30pm, I got an email from her. She was in Hilton Head on vacation, had finally gotten thru to one of her neighbors and found out that the tornado came within three blocks of her house and thankfully, her only damage was dirt and slime.
This is a perfect example of how quickly our lives can change. There is no power over Mother Nature, we only rent space from her, and it can be taken away in a heartbeat.
I'm very relieved for my friend this morning as I watch coverage of this horrible tragedy, but so, so many others were not so lucky...
I plucked an iris and peony from my neighbor's yard and put them in old milk jugs in a wire carrier on my kitchen counter Such a little thing, but it gives me so much joy.
It's the simple things, ladies. Works for me every time ;o)
Thought I would brighten your morning with a smile, a picture of my sweet little Grandson… Happy Monday!!!
John and Deanna are in Rome on vacation, and heading to Tuscany later this weekend.
We shopped the mall last weekend on our girl's day out when we were in Lexington, She loved this great maxi skirt that Lindsay found for her, paired it with a belt I gave her a year or so ago, added a hat and jewelry and looks adorable. She also got this great red bandana print skirt and a white eyelet peasant blouse, can't wait to see how that turned out. Linds should seriously be a personal shopper, she finds the best stuff!!!
Isn't it wonderful when you shop and it "clicks." We were all giddy because she found things she liked. There is nothing like girl's day out, we need to do it more often, it was so much fun!
And of course she had to throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain….
And I can't leave out John, he found a Timberland store and came out with a "must have." My son has always been a world class shopper. I think he comes by it naturally ;o)
I like to think that Tammy and I are kindred spirits. Oh quit rolling your eyes, I know she is drop dead gorgeous and I'm but a mere mortal, but she just calls to me. I naturally follow her down the yellow brick road because the woman has so much knowledge, but we do seem to gravitate to the same colors of makeup, and she messaged me and told me to buy MAC Bamboo shadow, and when I was in Lexington last weekend, I picked it up, and on a whim, I also bought Handwritten shadow.
I've used MAC Saddle Shadow for a few years now, Lindsay (daughter-in-law) is a big fan as well. So when I came home and watched Tammy's latest video, she used not only Bamboo, but Saddle and my newest purchase, Handwritten. It's Karma, ladies, Karma!
She also used a killer Laura Mercier Baked Bronze Blush that is calling to me, it will be my newest summer purchase, well that chubby Mayan Peach lipstick looks good, too and the MAC Peaches Blush ;o) And I need more brushes! Hubby is going to be so thrilled when he see's the bill for all of this. :o(
And now, on with the show. When you watch this video to the end, she has it all together with the hair, the makeup, the great jewelry, and you will be see the most beautiful fifty something lady ever. Tammy is such a Wonder Woman when it comes to applying makeup, there is none better! And I've said it before, and I'll say it again, there aren't very many women who would do these videos au naturel like she does. Don't you just love real women!!!
Take a minute, subscribe to her YouTube channel, there are so many videos you can choose from, so much you can learn. Whether you are twenty, forty or sixty +, Tammy can enlighten you with amazing makeup techniques, regardless of your age.
We were with our family for Mother's Day, the guys put together Abby's play set, she refers to it as her "park." The girls had a day out yesterday, we shopped and saw Gatsby. And today, as we were celebrating Mother's Day, nature gave me a gentle reminder that all of God's creatures are mothers. We saw a mother cat, with two tiny kittens scampering across the yard. In the field behind the house were mother cows with their calves, and yesterday we saw a mother horse and her colt racing across the field.
Happy Mothers Day to all mothers, and to nature for once again reminding me how wonderful the cycle of life is for ALL mothers...
We all have regrets in our life, and never owning a horse is a big one of mine. I have loved horses all my life, always wanted one, but never pursued it and made it happen. Note to younger women, if you have a dream, make it happen, you will never regret it.
Of course the dream is long gone now, I rode one for the last time about five years ago, and realized my ship had sailed. I'm grateful that my front yard faces a horse pasture and I can look out and see them and walk to the fence and give them an apple.
Just saw this picture on Facebook, and it still tugs at the heartstrings, I must admit...
Who doesn't love a smiley face? It's a guaranteed feel good moment when you look at that bright yellow grin. Works for me every time.
We were visiting John and Deanna a couple of weeks ago, went to the Nashville Flea Market, and I spotted this 70's mug. It's a great color, golden yellow, not the pale yellow that you see so often, and hubby bought it for me.
I noticed that Deanna had this cute little owl mug sitting on her K-Cup Coffee Maker, John had made it for her and it was so bright and cheerful. So I came home and now my Smiley Face mug resides on my K-Cup Coffee Maker. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, you know.
Thanks, sweet daughter-in-law, for the great idea.
I wanted to like this movie, i really, really did. I watched the trailers a few months ago, and it just looked so good. Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Amanda Seigfreid, Katharine Heigl, and oh ya, Robert Deniro.
And since hubby is always up for a chick flick, we trekked to the movie last night. It was all downhill from there.
First of all, you know that I go for the hair, the makeup, the clothes, the sets, not so much the storyline. But there wasn't enough of these things for even me to like in this stinker of a movie.
Diane Keaton, who is 66 now, and has always been thin, just looks frail to me now. In one scene where DeNiro hugged her, her back looked like the beginning of osteoporosis. She wears the same look in every single movie, and it used to work for her. But I'm weary of the Barbara Bush pearls and the wide belts that ride too high below her flat chest. I'm a huge fan of neutrals, so of course I enjoyed her beige/black/white clothes, especially a caramel colored long cardigan with patch sleeves, but I really would like to see her get into character just once in her life instead of always playing Diane Keaton.
On the other hand Susan Sarandon, who is 64, looked earthy, healthy, golden and voluptuous. Older women just look better when they have a body, and she had that boho look about her that I love. Just my two cents worth.
Katharine Heigel, oh my, she had the worst haircut, the worst look imaginable. I'm hoping that she had a wig on, she looked positively dowdy. And Amanda Seigfreid, who I normally like, was just blah. And DeNiro? He's just an old man, 'nuff said.
I talked to Ryan this morning, he nailed it when he said that when they put too many stars in one movie it just doesn't work. I think he's right, nobody has enough screen time to develop their character. But this movie didn't really have a plot that was even realistic. It was so weak, even for me, who normally doesn't care about the plot ;o)
The house wasn't even great on the inside either, the outside was lovely as you can see in the picture above, it was on a lake with a dock, and it was stunning, but inside it was just blah.
And the cost for this fiasco:
$19.50 for tickets
$8.00 for popcorn
$6.00 for a Coke
Totally obscene, isn't it. What if we would have not shared popcorn and our Coke, we would have then paid $28 for just popcorn and a drink!!!! Totally CRAZY!!!
I came home and read the reviews for this on Rotten Tomatoes, they only gave it an 8% approval rating. I should have read the reviews before we went...
He's a nosy little rabbit, climbs on the waterfall, peers over the top, scares the beejusus out of me, thinking he is going to hop to freedom, but he doesn't seem to want to jump. The patio is enclosed, he has a great time spinning circles and darting back and forth. He hops over by us when we're working, eats my flowers, but we don't leave him on the patio unattended, I'm afraid he might make the leap even though LC assures me he won't.....
Abby is three and a half, and I think she is such a smart little girl. Love the hand over the heart. Grammie's brag about their grandkids, ya, we do….
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