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!!!
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