creepy stuff.....

typical weekend pics....

chris got a new hairdo

The Rachel haircut, also called the Rachel Shag or just The Rachel, is a bouncy, square layered hairstyle introduced by Jennifer Aniston in season 1 of the hit American sitcom Friends (1994) and named after her character, Rachel Green. Many women at the time cut their hair in this style.

i'm too tired to put captions on anything...

the inflatable people...

i find this company odd.  they make inflatable dolls for movie sets.  freaky....

preparations....

click here for the original dotditwell day post.  it probably still won't make sense to anyone.  which is the point, maybe...

phone camera pics...

grocery list.  bacon.

cool clouds at debbie's.

gilly and the carpet she ruined.

 the "new englander" breakfast sandwich.  yum.

 nature.  yuk.

 going on 2 weeks and no bottled water.

 typical living room scene.  hurricane gilly.

good and bad pics...

introducing delilah magalotti!

the worst pic of me EVER.

 

gilly eats a mermaid

my mom came up on facebook...

whose face is this????

the mystery truck...

friday the 13th, this old pickup truck with vintage coke cooler was parked in front of our house.  i took this photo.  then the tow truck came and hauled it away.  it would look great out in front of our barn!

new (used) camera fun...

i am having a blast trying to figure out how to take decent pics with my new (used) canon EOS digital rebel 300 d camera.  i bought it from chris.  it's a few years old and a pretty difficult to use camera.  frustrating at times.  but he sold it for a very decent price, and i am enjoying the challenge of a new camera.  expect lots of dan & dogs pics as i experiment!

random recommendations and resolutions...

i resolve to stop drinking bottled water.  as of today i am going 100% tap water.  i got a nice BPA free bottle (and one for the husband) and i'm gonna use it! 

the fruit next to the bottle is a "pluot", a combination of a plum and apricot.

why am i doing this?  because i spend too much money on bottled water.  it's usually just tap water anyways.  i end up with tons of those bottles in my car at the end of a week.  and those bottles are bad for the environment.  here's a review of a new documentary about the scam that is bottled water.

i'm also vowing to keep taking the dogs to the park as often as possible.  i need the exercise and they do too.  plus it's fun watching gilly jump into the water and roll in the mud.  and griffin LOVES going for rides.  now if i could just drag dan along... maybe when it's not 90 degrees out.

speaking of that.... this summer can bite me.  it's the hottest on record and i'm so sick of the 90 degree days and insane humidity.

product (unpaid) endorsement:  L'Oreal Paris -Colorist Secrets Shine Gloss. it's a friggin' miracle for my hair!  it doesn't get great reviews online, but i have dumb hair so maybe it only works for me...

a wild weekend....

we did a lot this weekend.  cleaned the house, went to madison old fashioned days, helped clean up at the end of dan's mom's yard sale, had a party, and i'm playing around with chris' nice SLR camera.

click here for party pics

click here for madison pics

click here for other pics

ok, that's all i got!

another dog video...

gilly knows how to catch a small tennis ball. griffin... has his own methods...

i'm the mayor of everything on foursquare!!!

Mayor McCheese was an enormous cheeseburger who appeared from 1971–1985, he has a burger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor.

i am now officially the mayor of 2 different McDonald's on foursquare.  i know i should be proud of this, but screw it, i'm the damned mayor!!!  i'm also mayor of starbucks, a mexican restaurant and the park where i walk the dogs.  i need to start dressing like mayor mccheese.  i already have the big head, i just need the awesome outfit and sash.  i think we already have a pince-nez at home...

also...

i like this photo of myself.  i never like photos of myself.  i either look too fat, too old, or just not like myself.  but this pic looks like me to me.  if that makes any sense...

 now that makes sense!

a case of the mondays...

gilly is planning on staying in bed all day...

 

what do you mean you're going to work???

 

i'm not going anywhere.