Been a while!!

It has certainly been quite a while since I've posted anything. I'm kind of stagnant with good pictures right now. We forgot our camera on our recent trip to Pensacola, so we are beholden to others for our photo ops from the trip. So, while I patiently wait on my dear god-brother to send me some pics (read your emails, Whit!!!), I should be uploading the pictures from Winsley Williams' first birthday party to share with all of you. However, there are about 600 pictures from said event, and it is going to take eons to get the whole lot on my lap top. In fact, I got it started last night, and it took so long that the camera battery went dead before it could finish! Very frustrating......grrrrrr!

update: lots of the party pictures did end up in my I-photo. I'll work on a post about that circus fiesta soon. For now, see above.

So, in the meantime, I'm preoccupied with your and my favorite pop culture icon, Madonna. If she were within my circle of friends, I would make her my nemesis. She is so bizarre and hard to understand, I would so love to hate her in the flesh. Now, I'm sure you're thinking I am going to go on and on about the rumors about her affair with some ball player, who apparently has P.O.ed his wife so bad that the whole thing has turned into a horribly distasteful stink. No, I could honestly care less about her totally predictable behavior. That is not the topic of my current beef with Mrs. Ciccione-Ritchie. Right now, I am wondering why she has taken to wearing old lady lingerie as clothes. See red petti-pants below:

Perhaps she is going for a boxer who is looking for more of a grandma chic look. I can't make heads or tails of it. The shoes confuse me more than anything else. They seem an odd choice, no?

For those of you unfamiliar with petti-pants, here they are:
Our grandmothers call underwear "britches" because of petti-pants. These lovely little gems can be bought at places like Sears, JC Penny (aka Penny's, to those who say words like 'britches'), and The Vermont Country Store (if you're not familiar, please look them up - there are no words). It is basically a slip that has been turned into pants.

Here is another troubling example of this little fashion kick she seems to be on, just so you know that the above outfit is not an isolated event.

Are those knee length pantyhose???? Underneath another pair of petti-pants!! Now, she probably bought all these beauties under the impression that they are satin formal shorts. Someone needs to inform her that they're not and that formal shorts are very wrong on several levels. They look like the pajama bottoms I bought at Wal Mart toward the end of my pregnancy so that it would be easier to roll by behemoth self around in the bed. In fact, it looks like she has the whole pajama set, as the shirt she's wearing underneath that sweater vest is also satin (the most unforgiving of all fabrics). And there are those shoes again! They really are cute, don't get me wrong, but it is the context that worries me. I mean, I spent the better part of a year trying to make a pair of leopard print loafer mules match with every outfit I owned, but my attempts never made it okay.

I am so morbidly fascinated at how she picks up some crazy style and totally commits long term. It makes me miss this:


Ok - that is my Madonna diatribe for now....

As for everything else that is going on in our lives, summer vacation continues to dwindle away. Joe and I planned our Jamaica trip at the end of July for several reasons, but the greatest of those is that we would look at the end of summer with excitement and expectation instead of dread. Now that summer school is over, I have turned my attentions to helping Joe with our home renovation projects. So far, the master bedroom, the hallway, and the living room have all been repainted. Very, very, very old wallpaper that was under layers of paint in the foyer has been stripped, and the walls are anxiously awaiting a fresh coat of paint. New curtains have been hung in the living room. Tons of junque has been moved to the garage to hopefully be sold in an upcoming yard sale (I'll let you know when - we're looking at July 19th). Joe also built a platform deck in the back yard, and he is working on plans to level off an area for a play set. Other odds and ends have been done around here, as well. The work here is never done due to the age of our house and the fact that we are total pack rats. But it really is looking good, and we would love for you to come by and check it out. Anytime! Really!

As for Jacks, he is growing and learning more and more everyday. He recently rediscovered his love of Elmo, which is nice for us as it gives us a little break from Blue's Clues. It is clear that he understands every word that we say, and when he doesn't respond to something I ask or tell him, he is obviously ignoring me. He has started calling Joe "Mama," which Joe doesn't like at all. Joe preferred it when Jacks called him "Joe." I have noticed when he does say Dada, it comes out more like "Ah-da." He is also learning all about time out, because he is BAD. He has mastered the "hit and run" style of martial arts, but he has not mastered not getting caught for it. No matter what, he is still my sweet baby, and I will cuddle and kiss on him until he forces me to stop!

I guess that's enough rambling to catch you up for now. Love - K