Picture Time!

Just some random photos folks. By the way, I really like my new Canon Powershot.

I reorganized our bookcases by color and I really like the results. I've seen this alot on Apartment Therapy so I thought I would try it. What do you think?



Heehee. It's my signed copy of Jonathan Adler's book that Dan, Andrea and Jacob gave me for my birthday.

This is the card that came with it. I think Jacob thinks I'm a sot. Andrea asked Jacob (who is 3.5 by the way) "What does Jamie dream about?" and his answers were watermelon, coloring, and a glass of wine. I think he's psychic.

I took this just this morning...it was a good morning.

I took this on Thursday. I had several meetings but came home in the early afternoon for a few hours before heading back out for another meeting. The water was different shades of turquoise and I had to take some photos!

Like I've mentioned, we've been doing some decorating and "re-decorating". We finally figured out what to put at the top of the tv. From left to right: Olivia Newton John, Elvis (but of course), The Best of Blondie, Bad Company and John Denver. Yes, I know a few are slightly crooked but if I start trying to perfect them, I will be there all day.

After an afternoon monsoon, these gorgeous clouds formed and at dusk they were pink!

Facebook vs Twitter

Follow me on Twitter...I've had just about enough of Facebook and learning people's cleaning and cooking habits....SO, I'm trying out Twitter to see if it's better (or not?)....

Come Twit with me! Oh gosh I don't know if it's twit or tweet. I need to wikipedia it to get the lingo now. I'm such a newbie. My URL: http://twitter.com/jamiepadcock - did you notice it says Padcock? lol Just call me 'ole Paddy...lol

Mr. Fitness has been working on some songs for our new band, Hugs-N-Punches. I've only recorded vocals and he has done all the rest...guitar parts, producing, writing the music and lyrics (ha, I said Music and Lyrics)...I'm writing a little bit but I've been working my arse off at CHS...not literally but that would be nice...Mr. F has the summer off so he has time to do stuff like this!

Starting working out again. Not doing Crossfit right now but The Abs Diet. It's a really good book and we have been eating those recipes for years since Chad lost all his weight. We will see how long I keep it up. Blah, blah, blah. Jeez will it ever end?

Still been crocheting my little amigurumis! I love 'em to pieces! Here's my fave, Mr. V - V for Vampire.

And my first zombie - I didn't stage him to be photographed beside the Holy Bible-just coincidence but kinda funny, huh? This corporate zombie is being mailed to my dad for his birthday. My daddy likes Rob Zombie so I thought he could pretend he had a guitar in his hands and was screaming Death Metal.

I'm working on an amazon woman now. Our new friends, Liz and Joe, got me a Crobots book for my bday so that will bring a whole new gang of crocheted goodies to my blog!

Ck it....one two...playing with the new digi cam in the office....it has tons of settings I have yet to figure out!

View from my desk. This crane is way cool to watch - it's like I'm channeling my inner 4 year old boy. They are building some Federal building.

I got the decorating bug again! It comes and goes. I've been doing a lot of re-decorating too...moving this and that around for a more cohesive look. I'll post in a few days all about that with some before and afters. I've now determined I need blackout curtains more than life itself in our bedroom. It's blazing hot in the mornings and forget attempting to sleep in...well, I can sleep through anything but even my Nightmare Before Christmas eye mask doesn't help keep ALL the light out! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! So, I think I'll get some from JCPenney's and the rods and clips from West Elm.

Ciao my lovelys....

P.S. Ck out Spinnerette! Love this song! (it's a youtube vid with just the song)

Awesome Birthday Present

I just saw one of the best performances in my life last night. Sadly, no it wasn't Paramore. No Doubt just totally rocked! Can you believe they have been together for 22 years (they were together 10 years before hitting it big)? Gwennie-poo is freakin 41 years old.

I saw them in 1996 and it was great then too. I instantly became a life long fan.

You want to know something different from 1996 to 2009? In 1996, all I have is memory of a wonderful show, which has obviously faded over time. In 2009, I can look up on youtube to find videos of the show last night! Here is a pretty good video of my favorite ND song, Don't Speak. The beginning of the video isn't the best but it gets better. I seriously had chill bumps during the song and every single person was singing.

Surprisingly, my favorite song of the night was Simple Kind of Life. There is a line that says "I always thought I'd be a mom" and the crowd just yelled and she bowed slightly and you could just see a look on her face and her mannerisms that showed how proud she was of her family. She waited a long time to have a family. Longer than most.