You may be a few years older than in this picture, but don't we look like we are on the set of Three's Company! :)Have a great day!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Happy Birthday to my dad!
You may be a few years older than in this picture, but don't we look like we are on the set of Three's Company! :)Have a great day!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Georgia O' Keefe
Recently, as I was following through on my New Year's resolution to get organized, I bought a bookcase to help me get started. As I was gathering all of my books from every place in the house I could possibly have stored them in the past, I found one of my Georgia O' Keefe art books.She is one of my most favorite artists. Her painting of the Radiator Building in New York is one that I really love. I have taken drawing classes and her ability to even get all of those windows straight alone earns my respect!
Now the Recession is Messing With My Fantasy Shopping
I loved watching Sex and the City every week when it was on HBO and imagining myself actually being able to afford the outfits that the girls on there wore weekly. While I may not be able to splurge for the latest Jimmy Choo shoes or Dolce and Gabbana dress, I knew that I could always live vicariously through the girls every Sunday night.
This whole darn recession thing is taking away my ability to pretend I have an endless amount of cash for my wardrobe! Now on the next installment of Sex and the City, the girls may have to be more, dare I say, frugal!
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92287/?fp=1
We all knew that with Carrie Bradshaw's little column in a secondary NYC paper was not, in reality, going to afford her the lifestyle that she was leading. We didn't care though! We just wanted to see what the heck Patricia Field was going to put her in next. I think now is not the time to stop trying to look fabulous Carrie Bradshaw! Keep pretending like you have money to buy all the gorgeous, sometimes insane, but never boring, outfits that I can not afford and would probably not even have the nerve to wear out even if I could!
Not everyone has the funds to shop as much as usual now, but the ability to dream should not be taken away!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Some People Deserve What They Get...
on the grounds of they are stupid!
Exhibit A:
I am all for the fact that athletes and celebrities have a right to privacy. Michael Phelps has to be a moron, though, for going to a regular college party, smoking weed and not thinking he would be caught. Drinking and driving and doing drugs at parties shows a lack of good judgement. Mr. Phleps going to a party, thinking that some poor college kid wasn't going to take a cell phone picture that would get them enough money to pay off their tuition, shows that he is an idiot.
Exhibit A:
I am all for the fact that athletes and celebrities have a right to privacy. Michael Phelps has to be a moron, though, for going to a regular college party, smoking weed and not thinking he would be caught. Drinking and driving and doing drugs at parties shows a lack of good judgement. Mr. Phleps going to a party, thinking that some poor college kid wasn't going to take a cell phone picture that would get them enough money to pay off their tuition, shows that he is an idiot.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Update on baby Kyson
Infant who survived Tenn. tornado grows up fast
By JOE EDWARDS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A year after a firefighter found him thrown into a muddy field by the tornado that killed his mother, toddler Kyson Stowell is getting ready to celebrate his second birthday.
His incredible survival was one of the most comforting stories to emerge from the misery caused by a string of tornadoes that killed 59 people and splintered homes and businesses in five Southern states last Feb. 5.
"God just saw fit for Kyson to be in our lives," his grandmother Kay Stowell said.
The blond-haired, blue-eyed occasional mischief-maker will have cake and ice cream for his second birthday on Feb. 16, an event that's as heartwarming as it is improbable.
Rescuers found Kyson face-down and motionless in a rural field northeast of Nashville strewn with splintered lumber, couches and toys, about 100 yards away from his mother's body. But the infant was OK, needing only two days of hospital treatment for scrapes and a collapsed lung.
Now, Kyson's talking, and he likes four-wheelers and dump truck toys. He watches videos about a little brown bear and the alphabet. And, at 33 inches tall and 28 pounds, he's big enough to occasionally get himself into trouble.
"The other day he got in the refrigerator, found some eggs and dropped them on the floor," Stowell recalled with a chuckle. "He loves scrambled eggs; he wants them every day."
Stowell thinks he has little memory of the tornado, which brought winds to the area reaching 165 mph.
"One time a storm was coming and he said 'boom boom' and kind of grabbed at me," Stowell said.
But if there's a positive to be gleaned from the storm and its aftermath, Stowell wants Kyson to see it. After well-wishers filled her sunroom three times over with clothes, toys and other gifts — some from as far away as Australia — she donated some of it to others affected by the tornado.
"We want to teach Kyson to help people and stick together in tragedy," she said.
He recently received a picture of a little girl whose family had sent him some clothes months ago after word of his survival made global news.
"We tell him she's his girlfriend," said Stowell, who has no other grandchildren.
Kyson's father, who did not live with the boy, was recently laid off from his factory job in Gallatin. Stowell and her husband Doug watch the little boy during the day and every Wednesday night at their home in Trousdale County, northeast of Nashville, and take him to church on Sundays.
"He asks for his mom every now and then and we tell him she's in heaven with Jesus. It seems to ease his mind," she said.
The tornado that swept up Kyson was part of a wave of deadly storms across the South that night that killed 59 people and injured hundreds of others.
Tennessee was hardest hit with 22 counties having twisters and 200 people injured. In the months that followed, Uncle Sam doled out $26.3 million to Tennessee to help out.
In Macon County, where 14 died, some 430 homes were damaged. Today, a monument stands in the courthouse lawn in Lafayette with the names of the 14.
"I think the residents who were victims have done the best they could to put their lives back together," said County Mayor Shelvy Linville.
For the Stowells, returning to normalcy included an early birthday present for Kyson two weeks ago when they went to the circus in Nashville.
"He got excited when the motorcycles came out," Stowell said. "They reminded him of his four-wheelers."
That he's here to enjoy it still amazes Stowell: "I look at the baby and thank God he's here. It makes me want to hug him."
Hosted by Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Just wanted to share this story. A year ago today my family in Tennesse had to deal with a horrific storm that took the life of my second cousin. The light at the end of that very dark tunnel was that this beautiful little boy is still here to help his mom's memory live on. Kyson, I know you will grow up and make all of us very proud!
By JOE EDWARDS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A year after a firefighter found him thrown into a muddy field by the tornado that killed his mother, toddler Kyson Stowell is getting ready to celebrate his second birthday.
His incredible survival was one of the most comforting stories to emerge from the misery caused by a string of tornadoes that killed 59 people and splintered homes and businesses in five Southern states last Feb. 5.
"God just saw fit for Kyson to be in our lives," his grandmother Kay Stowell said.
The blond-haired, blue-eyed occasional mischief-maker will have cake and ice cream for his second birthday on Feb. 16, an event that's as heartwarming as it is improbable.
Rescuers found Kyson face-down and motionless in a rural field northeast of Nashville strewn with splintered lumber, couches and toys, about 100 yards away from his mother's body. But the infant was OK, needing only two days of hospital treatment for scrapes and a collapsed lung.
Now, Kyson's talking, and he likes four-wheelers and dump truck toys. He watches videos about a little brown bear and the alphabet. And, at 33 inches tall and 28 pounds, he's big enough to occasionally get himself into trouble.
"The other day he got in the refrigerator, found some eggs and dropped them on the floor," Stowell recalled with a chuckle. "He loves scrambled eggs; he wants them every day."
Stowell thinks he has little memory of the tornado, which brought winds to the area reaching 165 mph.
"One time a storm was coming and he said 'boom boom' and kind of grabbed at me," Stowell said.
But if there's a positive to be gleaned from the storm and its aftermath, Stowell wants Kyson to see it. After well-wishers filled her sunroom three times over with clothes, toys and other gifts — some from as far away as Australia — she donated some of it to others affected by the tornado.
"We want to teach Kyson to help people and stick together in tragedy," she said.
He recently received a picture of a little girl whose family had sent him some clothes months ago after word of his survival made global news.
"We tell him she's his girlfriend," said Stowell, who has no other grandchildren.
Kyson's father, who did not live with the boy, was recently laid off from his factory job in Gallatin. Stowell and her husband Doug watch the little boy during the day and every Wednesday night at their home in Trousdale County, northeast of Nashville, and take him to church on Sundays.
"He asks for his mom every now and then and we tell him she's in heaven with Jesus. It seems to ease his mind," she said.
The tornado that swept up Kyson was part of a wave of deadly storms across the South that night that killed 59 people and injured hundreds of others.
Tennessee was hardest hit with 22 counties having twisters and 200 people injured. In the months that followed, Uncle Sam doled out $26.3 million to Tennessee to help out.
In Macon County, where 14 died, some 430 homes were damaged. Today, a monument stands in the courthouse lawn in Lafayette with the names of the 14.
"I think the residents who were victims have done the best they could to put their lives back together," said County Mayor Shelvy Linville.
For the Stowells, returning to normalcy included an early birthday present for Kyson two weeks ago when they went to the circus in Nashville.
"He got excited when the motorcycles came out," Stowell said. "They reminded him of his four-wheelers."
That he's here to enjoy it still amazes Stowell: "I look at the baby and thank God he's here. It makes me want to hug him."
Hosted by Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Just wanted to share this story. A year ago today my family in Tennesse had to deal with a horrific storm that took the life of my second cousin. The light at the end of that very dark tunnel was that this beautiful little boy is still here to help his mom's memory live on. Kyson, I know you will grow up and make all of us very proud!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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