Weekly Question #5

It's Monday, so it must be time for the Question of the Week.  I had an idea of a good question, but since the Academy Awards just aired yesterday, I decided to go in another direction.

Who were the best and worst dressed at last night's Academy Awards?

If you aren't into my trite blithering... feel free to skip this week's question, but I can't help it.  I love the Academy Awards.

So, the winners are...

Sandra Bullock - Loved both her dress and her simple hair.  Might have gone with a different color lipstick.

I just wish she could learn how to stand for photos.  She's so beautiful, but she stands like a drill sergeant.

Meryl Streep - Love this classic white dress.  She looks gorgeous.  For any of you Project Runway fans out there, this dress was designed by Chris March.  Well done, Chris.

 (Look Sandy...even Meryl can get the pose right.)

Penelope Cruz - What a great color on her.

Anna Kendrick - Young and fresh and the perfect color pink.

Rachel McAdams - I like this one cause it's different and looks great on her.












Now...at the opposite end of the spectrum.  Who really blew it?

Charlize Theron - Wow...what was she thinking.  What's with the rose breast plates.  Bad dress, bad color and bad for her as she should know better than this.

Miley Cyrus - Sure hate to pick on her cause she's so young, but this was just a bad choice, but than I've never been a fan of bustier dresses.

(Is that how you spell bustier??)

Also...STAND UP STRAIGHT girl!  Slouching is never attractive.

Card of the Week...and Caity's Shower

First off, here's my card of the week for the CPS Sketch.  This if for a another baby shower I went to today.  I'm so practical...that any card I make for a sketch always has a purpose.  I can't bring myself to make a card, just for the heck of it.

I embossed the little duck which you can't really see in the picture.  I think it needs more, but since I needed the card this morning, I couldn't fuss on it anymore.

This is the CPS sketch that it was based upon.  You can kind of tell I was liberal with my interpretation, but it's close enough.








Next..I want to share some of our creative efforts on Caity's Baby Shower from last Saturday.

Here is a picture of one of the centerpieces.  We took four glass baby bottles and stuck them together with big sticky dots.  Then we tied them together with bright colored raffia. The final touch was the wooden numbers from a children's puzzle which were the table numbers (Caity's idea).  Then all we had to do was add water and some fresh daises.

We also found these adorable little jars on the Internet.  We filled them with different colored Jelly Bellies and set them at each place setting as a little gift for each of the guests.

 I think they turned out very cute and supported Caitlin's primary color theme.

Enjoy your week-end and thanks for visiting.

2009 Best Movies

In honor of the upcoming Oscars, I am posting MY list of the best movies of 2009.  Since I haven't seen every movie nominated cause I'm somewhat particular about what I put myself through in the name of entertainment, my list is somewhat different than the normal list.  So let's just say this is a list for the middle aged Susie Sunshines out there.

Drumroll please....

Here's my list:

1. Julie & Julia
2. UP
3. The Blind Side
4. It's Complicated
5. Away We Go
6. 500 Days of Summer
7. Avatar
8. Invictus
9. Star Trek

Can't come up with a 10th...I guess I'm going to have to go see more movies in 2010 so I can make a full top ten list.

By the way, my worst movie of the year was Extract.  Really, really bad yet had so much potential.

I'll be glued to the TV Sunday night rooting for Meryl.  

Weekly Question #4

Here's the Monday question of the week on Tuesday. (I've got a really good excuse, as I am out of town for work and wasn't able to get to a computer until today.)

Here's what I was wondering....How do you like to spend your Sunday afternoon?  Are you the get everything ready for Monday kind of person or are you vegetate on the couch kind of person?

This is on my mind because I had all the kids and grandkids over on Sunday morning for the February Birthday Breakfast Celebration.  Everyone stayed all day and even Mikey crawled out of his cave.  As I sat watching everyone interact, I decided that this is my favorite way to spend a Sunday.

So...how about you?

Joey

In all the time that I've been blogging, I've never introduced the other member of our little family.  His name is Joey and he is "technically" Mikey's dog, but Joey wouldn't believe that for a minute.  He likes to play with Mike...but he knows who Muma and Daddy are.

This is my first dog.  I'm not a dog person by nature.  It took a lot of prodding and encouragement by Kristen, to actually get me to agree to a dog.  Joey was Mikey's 12th birthday present and as dogs go...he fits in with us perfectly.  He is a little quirky, but than that is probably why he fits in so well.

At the same time that we got Joey...Krissy and Jay got Frodo.  They are both Maltese Poodles.  Joey got more Maltese and Frodo got all the poodle.  They aren't technically related, but we say that they are cousins.

I am constantly taking pictures of Joey.  He's the only one who sits still long enough as I am still learning my new camera.  I will have to post more Joey pics and stories in the future.  He deserves more attention.

I forgot to mention...he adores Caity and she adores him too!  When she comes over he just brings his toy octopus to her over and over and over.  I think he believes she only comes over to play with him.

Just got Joey groomed so I think we needed a new Joey pic.

Question of the Week #3

Hey, it's actually Monday and I'm posting this week's question.  Yeah!

Here's what I have been wondering about and get ready..cause this is a two parter.

What is your favorite physical attribute and conversely, what is your least favorite physical attribute?

We all have them.  Just pony up.

For me, my favorite has always been my high metabolism.  Granted since I crossed over in to the 50's, the old metabolism ain't what she used to be, but for a significant portion of my life, I have been able to eat anything I wanted with no weight change.  In fact, there were periods in my young life, where my mother made me a daily milkshake in the hopes of actually putting on a pound or two.  Now those days are long gone, but it doesn't take away my deep appreciation for how lucky I've most of my life. (Not that it was always good, as there were times in my teens where I was mistaken for a boy!! How humiliating. )

Least fav, it's probably a tie between my nose (Ugh) and my very thin hair.  Now that I say it, I realize it's my thin hair.  And I know I shouldn't complain, cause at least it's a good color (well, mostly) and it's straight, but sometimes it is just so limp and lifeless, that I can't help wishing for thick, luxurious hair.  

So, what's your best and worst.  Come on..you can share.

Card of the Week

One of the "cardmaker" blogs I visit on a regular basis is Paper Cutting Kind of Day.  It's Linda's blog and she makes some amazing cards.  What I like best, is that she explains what she does and shares some of her favorite techniques and products.  Plus, she most graciously answers my questions.  I learn something every time I visit.  Without knowing it,she frequently sends me to the store to pick up some other card making tool.  I can't help it, I just love what she does and then I want to do it too.

She makes cards for Pink Persimmon and they are having a sketch this week and since it's on Linda's blog I really must submit a card.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my interpretation:

It's also Dr. GaGa's Birthday card.  (See, he was walking around the office the other week singing a Lady GaGa song....and the next thing you know, he has a new nickname. You got to love that about him.)

Thanks Linda for hosting this fun sketch.

Weekly Question #2

I should have posted this question on Monday, but I was distracted by my amazing and riveting giveaway.  So much for trying to do anything in a predictable fashion.  Guess that's just not my style.

See these red heels....well I don't own anything even remotely like them.  I've always had sensitive feet and therefore I go for pretty conservative shoes. 

OK...there was, a long time ago, a pair of periwinkle blue heels that BW still occasionally mentions (with a particular glint in his eye).  Otherwise I'm a very basic pumps or flats kind of girl.

But I digress, let's get back on subject...So, here's this week's question.

Without actually looking in your closet, how many pairs of shoes do you think you own?  Consider all your shoes, the beat up sneakers and that pair of yellow heels that you only wore once to your 2nd cousin's wedding . (Yes..I have a pair of those hidden in the back of my closet somewhere.)

As for me, I think I have about 30 pair. To be honest, I only wear a rotation of about 5 pair, but I don't get rid of shoes lightly.

Let's find out who is the real shoe fanatic!