My Nora (not to be mistaken for menorah)

I was actually attempting to focus in on Nora. Clearly I need to figure things out!

That's better, but not quite what I wanted.

Hmmmmm.......

I don't want to forget this

K, I'm sure that everyone has already seen this at least once or twice. As have I. BUT, I really don't want to forget it because every time I watch it, it makes me smile. It really is brilliant, isn't it?

Felted yumminess

These little bags designed by Nguyen Le are so stinkin' CUTE!

And you can accessorize with these:

The Conservatory Overcoat GIVEAWAY!!!!

Cutie CUTE!!  I love everything about this coat. I hope I win!

The Conservatory Overcoat GIVEAWAY!!!!

enzo mari: il posto dei giochi (the place of the games)

I love this Enzo Mari play structure so much.  My sister and I had one very similar to this when we were little.

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Here is ours circa 1970-something(that's Carol in case you were wondering): 

It was one of our favorite toys (can you call it a toy?).  Kids love making forts, hiding, and crawling through things. Anything to inspire the imagination. I totally want to get one for J&N.

I also love Enfant Terrible, the children's web boutique where you can find it. I am especially fond of their mission to "become a firm mainstay of understated and quiet elegance in an environment oversaturated with tastelessness and noise", I just wish I could achieve such a thing. Yikes, I think, no, I know that my house may very well be "oversaturated with tastelessness and noise"!

Goofing off......

I get soooo incredibly giddy and excited when I'm goofing off.  This is what it's like:  when I was a kid and my mom and dad first began leaving my sister and I home alone, as soon as we could see the tail lights of their car heading down the street, we'd turn up the stereo as loud as we would dare, then run madly through out the house, jumping on and across furniture along the way. Finally we'd collapse in a heap on the floor, panting and laughing at the shear silliness of it all. Anyway, this type of behavior was certainly not allowed in the Forman household, but that's what made it so much fun. The thrill of doing something harmless which happened to be forbidden. Hmmmm, how could something so harmless be forbidden? I'm pretty sure that it has a little something to do with the fact that my parents long ago made a conscious decision to raise well-mannered children. I'm glad, because it wouldn't have been as much fun if we had been allowed to do it all of the time!

My new camera

I love my new camera. It's a Canon EOS Rebel XSi. I just wish I knew how to use it :) JK! It's super easy to use out of the box, yet it's incredibly feature rich and versatile. Lots to learn, but I can still take great pictures while doing so.

Here are a few of my first pictures:

I've uploaded more to my SmugMug album. You can view them here.

Good times....

Melissa and I celebrated our birthdays with our friends tasting wine in the Santa Cruz mountains. So much fun. Thanks, Melissa, for all of your planning expertise, and thank you to everyone who came and partied with us!

BeFunky is cool

I love BeFunky. Upload your photos, select a special effect, and voila! you have a super cool and interesting take on your pictures. 

You can apply similar effects using PhotoShop, but it's definitely not as easy (unless you're a PhotoShop expert), and PhotoShop isn't inexpensive either. BeFunky is free.

Here are a couple I created myself using Photoshop:

Fun, fun, fun!!!

My new favorite

This is my new favorite thing in the whole wide world.  I've always loved yogurt, but somehow have always passed by this brand in the super market and instead went with either Dannon or the Safeway brand.  OMG, this Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yoghurt is THE best!!!  It's so creamy and flavorful.  I especially love it with slivered almonds sprinkled on top.  I accidentally bought the vanilla flavor the other day - yuck!!!  It was wayyyyy too sweet and seriously lacking that amazing tangy flavor.  I hope I don't burn myself out on it.....

I made this

 

Ok, I know it's just a bunch of silly little flowers, but they're my flowers. I made them and they give me warm fuzzies inside.

Super Bowl XLIII

I did not win any money in the Super Bowl pool at work, AND I bet Taylor $5 that Arizona would win (this game cost me $30!). Congratulations to those who won in the pool at work, to Taylor, and most importantly congratulations to the Steelers.  Super Bowl Sunday is fun, but it's so much more fun when there are bets involved :)  Next up -> 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (and the brackets)!