Posing

My husband is extremely supportive of any crazy thing I get involved with.  He calls me a "dabbler" because I really do want to try a whole bunch of things before I die.   In my late twenties, a co-worker and my mentor passed away from cancer.  All this gentleman wanted to do was to retire, travel and spend time with his wife.  He passed away less than a year from being able to do that and that was my wake up call.  Life is too short to let opportunities pass you by.  Excuses can always be made, time is very short, but you never know if you'll get another tomorrow.  So, I dabble.  I try things out.  I learn what I like, what I don't like.  Some of it sticks and some of it there's no way I'll ever do again. 

Dave gets very involved in anything that I "dabble" in and he's currently very interested in my blog.  Last night, he plopped down next to me on the couch and said that he's been analyzing my blog and he had one point of constructive criticism.  He said all my poses were similar.  He then whipped out his Nexus and went shot by shot to show me what he meant.  I told him in my defense, it's hard to look natural when you feel like a dork taking pictures of yourself.  Plus, it's literally 5:45 in the morning when I take all my shots because it's the last thing I'm doing before I leave for work.  So, today I tried some different looks.  Well...I attempted some different looks.  We'll see if it passes the Dave test. 

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Lori

Hollandaise

 

My shirt reminds me of Holland. I think it's the flower pattern and color scheme.  When I saw it online at Talbots AND it was 25% off, I knew it was going to be delivered to me.  When it arrived, it did not disappoint! 

 

I know matchy matchy is supposed to be a no no, but I do enjoy matching colors in my clothes, so I'm going to do it anyway!  I was pleased that my blue capris from J Crew matched this shirt perfectly.  Happiness all around!





 

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Lori





Sticking Your Legs In Doesn't Count as Swimming

We are making Kira resume swimming lessons to work on her upper body strength.  She's a really good swimmer and is in the top swim level at our club, but she doesn't like to get her hair wet.  I appreciate that, however, swimming is an excellent way to build upper body strength and she needs more upper body strength for the parallel bars.  So, an executive mom order was declared and she resumes swimming lessons next week.   I am not the most popular person in the house right now. 

She's going to the gym all day on Monday because she has a day off from school and there's a holiday camp.  Her dad is making her swim as a condition for us to pay for her to go to the camp.  She's currently negotiating the swimming and her argument is, "At the last overnight, I stuck my legs in the pool, so technically, I have been in the pool recently."  No matter how you slice it, sticking your legs in the pool doesn't count as swimming.  Sorry kiddo....your hair is getting wet.  I'll be there to make sure she swims, too, and I have had to climb in the pool fully dressed before to deal with her in the pool.  Yes, I will dunk her if need be.  Tough love.

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Lori

Kira's Favorite Mom

Kira helped with my blog title.  Could you tell??

I love this jacket from J Crew.  I saw it online and really really really wanted it, but I refused to pay full price because full price was just insane.  So, I stalked it. Finally, around Christmas, J Crew had a 30% off if you spent a certain amount sale and I made my move.  Not even 7 days later, the jacket went on sale.  GRRRRR.  I calculated out how much I'd save to rebuy and send it back, and decided the savings weren't worth the effort.  But I was irritated and continued to stalk the website.  THEN, the jacket went on sale for an additional 30% off.  I took action.  I rebought the jacket and then when it came in the mail, I sent back the original jacket (which I had yet to wear).  I saved $50 from my original purchase price, so that was definitely worth the effort. 

This is my attempt at pensive.  I think I failed because I look like I'm being told something I don't want to hear. 

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Lori

Tweet Tweet

 I think I'm living a second childhood right now.  I am absolutely loving the novelty shirts at the Gap.  I purchased the elephant shirt a while back and then this little baby caught my eye.  I love all the little birdies on it and each time I looked down at my shirt today, it made me smile.  It's probably not mature, but I don't care!

I almost forgot to take a picture of how my office cup matched my outfit today.  Then, at the copier, one of my co-workers reminded me of my task.  I work with a very supportive group of people.
Ta da!

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Lori