thanksgiving photo essay

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a few scenes of thanksgiving (aka darla at thanksgiving) franklin, tennessee style

1. can-can thanksgiving 2. lovely new dorothy costume

3. curls, curls of a girl

4. aunt jemima 5. darla’s “helping” stool

6. turkey  7. table

i wasn’t successful in getting any family photos taken. i wasn’t successful at much yesterday. just eating. and sleeping. sounds like a pretty good thanksgiving to me.

black friday shopping list

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uhhh this list is for me. did you expect me to focus on purchases for anyone else. hello. selfish. again.

well this would be like my dream list. if santa is reading…which i’m sure he is b/c he’s still on vacay…then maybe he’d like to follow some of these links. mmmkay.

1. ok. i love my cowgirl boots but i am dying over these. thankfully they’re overseas so i can’t get my hands on them with out traveling to amsterdam. checkout all the pretty designs at kiboots.com

2. a trip to amsterdam

3. i blogged about these flasks already but i’m still in love with this guy. please?

4. a trip to paris

5. and on the same vein. i’d like versailles. not a trip there. i want the freaking palace. ok. maybe just my own copy of Marie Antoinette.

6. lolita lempicka lolita Lolita Lempicka Lolita Lempicka lolita lempicka lolita lempicka. just fun to say!

7. the wonder years dvds: Wonder Years: The Best of

8. Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron 3-1/2-Quart Round French Oven, Red so i will have no excuses left for not baking my own bread

9. this macbook cover from timberlineltd on etsy

that’s all for me. have fun dreaming of all the lovely things headed your way.

some uh that nashville entertainment

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the bands we saw last night were crazy good. i’m thinking shows in nashville probably have a kinda tightness not found anywhere else in the country. here’s a few vid-yos for you to check out right now if you haven’t heard these bands yet.

jonny corndawg: this was my favorite song from last night. here’s a version with dawes at the bowery with jonny looking like a country music rabbi

tristen: my new lady crush

and andrew combs:

packing for nashville instagram

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that’s supposed to sound like the before and after category on wheel of fortune. just imagine some overly excited texan shouting this phrase into pat sajak’s face. yeah. now it’s funny.

all i can say is it’s going to be a very patterned thanksgiving.

and OF COURSE the cowgirl boots are coming.

happy packing to all you travelers!

cincinnati or bust???

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here’s our day:

all three key players loaded into car. only one of us has egg on her face: success!

arrive at beautiful cincinnati museum center: success!

take in some architectural elements: success!

explored exhibits: success!

deliciousness at our lunch spot discovery servatii: success!

and, as always, a little silliness: success!

i’m reminding myself of the successes of the day b/c a good portion of the second half was a total bust. no rest for the weary girl. no rest for the weary parents. behavior issues from toddler caused behavior issues from parents. okay, just from me. and why does she insist on having a full force surge of independence show down every single time we’re in a parking lot? it’s all trivial stuff in the long run but by the end of the day i wanted to bang my head against the backseat window. oh yeah, did i mention i had to ride smushed in the backseat with wild child while the ikea purchase took up most of the room in the car? i’m sorry to complain but i’m trying to poke fun at the chaos more than anything. also it’s my writing so ICanDoWhatIWant!

despite the pitfalls, we discussed with jubilant enthusiasm (jubilant i tell you!) returning another day and time. we only scratched the surface of all that the cincinnati children’s museum has to offer. and with our reciprocal museum membership we have no excuses.

a narrative of pictures

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here’s mikey’s first week home in pictures. we’ve been up to a lot lately. A LOT OF LOVE, that is.

watercolors with daddy. she has a hard time sticking to her own canvas. momma knows what you’re going through, darla. oh momma knows.  i have a hard time with that too.

on to our coffee house breakfast. i call this one “darla with a butter packet.” gotta admit i don’t think this is gross. wonder where she gets it from?

love seeing that face over coffee

and there’s me. i’m seeing generations of genes on both sides in this picture.

 there’s darla’s indignation after we took her 3rd tootsie roll away to be saved for later

this is why we buy in bulk

yes, she insisted on wearing her tutu to gymnastics. yes, she was very excited about that blow pop. a man at our dry cleaners gives her one every time we go in just because she’s cute. this didn’t really do much help with my “don’t take candy from strangers” lessons.

 mike doing curls with darla inside our laundry bag. i swear she asks begs for this to happen. don’t call CPS

and now for lady date sequence:

my drink: the salty dog. i like my drinks how i like my man

yay for gal pals

it’s the pits. i like my snacks like my drinks and my man

what happened to bobby fischer?

hey, um, you left your broom down at the courthouse. were you sweeping up justice?

and the best part of the week: mike and i had not one but TWO date nights this week. shuhhup! yah we did! and i got a lady date so i’ve barely had to be a parent this week.

so we went for drinks at betty’s and then dined at rigsby’s where we made lots of sexy looks at each other like this

and come hither looks like this

sorry about the lighting in these but it was one of those way too sensual for lights kinda places.

that’s what i captured for posterity. looking forward to more weeks like this one.