Of Vino & Skittles

I like my vino, and I like it on SUNDAYS too!
Georgians cannot buy Alcohol on Sundays from a store.
but
We can buy it after 12 noon at a restaurant.
WTF?
CLICK HERE to help reverse this ridiculous law.
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In other news, I overdosed on too many Skittles today. Why, you ask, did I "taste the rainbow" in such a fashion?
Well it started like this.
~got a phone call asking if I wanted to get paid $100 to do a "Candy Study" - I agreed
~was required by said study, to go out and buy candy - any kind I liked - it would be reimbursed so no worries.
~I like Skittles - so I bought some.
~Study is over, but Skittles are still at my house
~Served Skittles at Mikamy Meadows Party hoping guests would eat lots of Skittles. They didn't eat much.
~Skittles still not gone.
~Tried to only eat 1 or 2 handfuls a day for 2 weeks.
~Skittles still not gone.
~Took Skittles to work today and put on my desk. Bad idea.
~"grazed" on Skittles all day at work. ug.
~came home from work, had sugar crash
~took long nap
~dreading another day of Skittles at work (yeah they STILL aren't gone yet!!!)
~Skittles = addicting and evil!

Mad Men & Passionate Causes

Mad Men Season 2 Premiere was absolutely everything I expected, and more. Damn! Everything, down to the lighting is just superb! Don is just gorgeous, and I just love Joan's red hair, and Betty's outfits, etc. Ah yes, we missed this show! It's been TOO long between seasons!

Now if only Heroes would come back on for Season 3 (and be as good as Season 1 - season 2 was definitely not on par with Season 1).

All righty, so Passionate Causes time. I've got 3 issues I wanted to discuss in my blog today:

1) The FDA Globalization Act of 2008 - and how it hurts small business owners from the beauty industry - See link for info - "This video summarizes the Indie Beauty Network's position against the Discussion Draft of the FDA Globalization Act of 2008, the legislation that would put thousands of Indies out of business by forcing them to pay outrageous registration fees and comply with burdensome paperwork. If passed, this law would drive consumers back to the days when they could only choose between a few huge, faceless, nameless big box stores and brands for their cosmetics and personal care products. And fewer consumer choices always leads to higher prices."
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2) The Digital Millenium Copyright Act or "DMCA" - what is it, and how it is impacting YouTube subscribers, etc. I found out about this from Paul Robinett's Renetto You Tube Channel. Paul Robinett started out as my favorite Candle Guy, and he's since grown in fame and business size, etc. Another good link is for the EFF. This is especially important for the BLOGGERS & VLOGGERS of this world. One example was a mother who took a digital movie of her small child playing. In the background she had the radio on, playing a Prince song. Universal filed a DMCA against her for this. WTF? What a bunch of crap, she was in no way saying she had WRITTEN the song, she just was taking a movie of her baby. Stupid corporations.

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3) Orphan Works issue -Definition from Wikipedia "An orphan work is a copyrighted work where it is difficult or impossible to contact the copyright holder. "

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) - of which we are members - have been fighting the 2006 bill, and here is their Stance on this issue.

The big debate is how much responsibility is on the Copyright holder (aka Photographer for example) versus the person wishing to use the image (or whatever copyrighted item). The best solution (other than duking out the details of the bill), is to include copyright information in the Metadata of each image, as well as put a line of credit - meaning mentioning the photographer's name or url - next to each image used - to assist with the "I couldn't find out who's work this is" excuse. The problem is people COULD use another person's work, but say "oh I tried to find out who owns the copyright but I couldn't find it" and then use it anyway. How do we know if they "really tried?" Copyright is the visual artist (Photographer or otherwise)'s BREAD AND BUTTER. You take that away, and then what do you have?

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ok this is all I have on these topics for now.

Tubbin' & Rollin' the Dice

YAY, we finally finished the Mikamy Meadows photo shoot. Amy had requested that we use more body parts (aka Abbie's hands/feet/etc) in the photos. We did the best we could in the studio, but there were 2 products that we felt needed a "tub" in the background, with a tastefully blurred out body in it. Thus, we trekked over to Erika & Holly's to borrow their bathtub. They have one of those fabulously old, standalone claw-footed bathtubs - perfect for a photoshoot!
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In other news, we went to a "car club party" way the hell out in BFE Marietta (geez why do people live so damn FAR away?) on Saturday night. It was a fun party though for shizzle. I had almost an entire bottle of Red wine to myself, but split it out over several several hours though. We also shared a nice Monte Cristo Cigar, and had some lovely chats with old friends we hadn't seen in forever. It was a nice evening.
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Sunday, I was invited to a "Pure Romance" Party - which just happened to be in Canton (an even FARTHER drive than Marietta). Oh well. What's another tank of gas for a friend? We did have a great time. I won one of the games, and got the sex-dice. woo hoo! But then I had to leave early to get home in time for the Tubbin' shoot. Goodness the day flies by faster as you get older!
I did order me a little somethin' but then I found out later that the saleslady charged me $5 for shipping (even though the item was There at the party and I didn't have to have it shipped to me). I do not appreciate that kinda thing! I even wrote the saleslady an email to ask about it and if she could refund me the $5, but she wrote back that it was her "standard practice" to charge that fee to everyone regardless of if the product was shipped or not. I think it's crap. Oh well it's $5. I will let this go - for now.
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Mad Men Season 2 started last night. We haven't had a chance to watch it, but it's probably the first thing we'll do after dinner. WOO HOO!
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No Mas & Sangrita

I love the 4th Friday of the month.
that means it's time for the Castleberry Hill Art Stroll.
and
dinner at "No Mas Cantina" - mmm mmm amazing!
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What is Sangrita?
hint - goes with your Tequila
Adios Amigos!

Ready for CHANGE!

Oh boy oh boy. I'm SO ready for a change.
ironic since I am a "Change Manager" ha!
and I could use some spare "change".
but I digress. Photo Credit
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Just getting fed up with the jobbie job, the co-worker who does the bare minimum, and who's *ss I keep having to cover for, to keep the business going.
The buggy tool I have to use every day, that nobody seems to be able to fix - and I manually have to "cover it's *ss" too - in a way of thinking - to keep the business going.
I'm just very tired.
Ready for a change.
bring it on! :-D

August is A "Gust" of activity no doubt!

Oh lawd! I am in for a crazy month, or should I say FALL. Geez - allow me a moment to PANIC! inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, "breathe with me" <--that always reminds me of the Prodigy Song "Breathe". Photo Credit
Week One - Dr's appt, Hair Appt with Debi Blair,
Week Two - Dr appt, Chiropractor, Dreama & Jim in town, Marybeth & David visit so she can move him into his dorm for the next year of GA Tech school! yay! Go David Go!
Week Three - Marybeth flies back, David in school, Jamie & Baby Michael come to visit, Hair appt for Jamie, Drive to Grandpa's, visit with Auntie Julie too (yay!)
Week Four - drive back from Grandpa's, Jamie & Michael fly back, Chiropractor
Week Five - breathe with me - exhale exhale!
then September starts - KY in town, travel to NYC for wedding, keep Matt from spending too much at BNH store? LOL.
October - Trip to Orlando, then Miami, get on Cruise, get off Cruise, drive back to Orlando, Drive back home, etc.
then I get a blessed 2 weeks to relax before my AGE kicks in. I'm going to be 30 this year.
The Dir-Tay, Thir-Tay. The year when single women of this age start their sexual revolution (or so I am told), but what happens to the married ones? I am certainly looking forward to spicing up the bedroom some more in lieu of the single-woman's fun. LOL.
OMG I'm so old, I'm so old!
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Yeah I wish the "get on cruise" part was Tom Cruise too . . . you read my mind.
ha!
just kidding Matt!!! hee hee.
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In other news, Matt's getting ready to put out the "Two Point Oh" version of his Zazen Photo website. He's got new images, a writeup on the portfolio, adding client links, and perhaps even a "testimonials" section (we were talking about that last night). Check out his Kudzu profile for the current info, he has already had SIX 5-star nominations!!! GO MATT!
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Uplifting Song for the Day

"New Day" by Sounds From The Ground
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my favorite part goes:
"If you want a new day,
It's only a choice away
It's not the falling down that hurts, no
It's the getting up again . . ."
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My new fave substitute for Rice & Pasta = Quinoa!
Wikipedia on Quinoa
Quinoa Pasta (for spaghetti without the Wheat!)
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The new fave dish at our house, is to make a pot of red or regular Quinoa, then I make Curry Paste/Coconut Milk mixture with meat (can use tuna or chicken, or whatever you want), and then add veggies (any frozen veggies, or canned veggies, your choice). Put the veggie/meat/curry mixture over the Quinoa, and VOILA there ya go.
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Last night I did Quinoa Indian - with Indian sauce/veggies/chicken on top. Very tasty!
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BTW this is the ONLY "leftover" dish that Matt has actually eaten for 3 straight days. He usually has an aversion to anything that has been in the fridge more than 2 days. WOW!
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Idiotic Lawsuits - rant

I usually try to use my blog for positive things with positive energy. Or just giving updates. Photo Credit
but today I have a rant about idiotic lawsuits (or just plain UNFAIR ones ...)
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ONE:
This one really "grinds my gears" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=51417
2 Border Patrol agents face 20 years in prison - Officers prosecuted – wounded drug trafficker given full immunity in exchange for testimony
ok let me get this straight, an illegal alien/drug trafficker - with 800 lbs of Marijuana in his van, is running away from the authorities - with something shiny in his hand, and he gets shot in the *ss (which is not a fatal wound), and the AGENTS get arrested and face 20 yrs in prison?!?!?!?!?!?-oh yeah we are REALLY supporting our border patrol. Nice.
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TWO:
The Victoria's Secret Thong Lawsuit (gimme a break):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25258522/ (notice her lawyer can't keep from cracking up during the video) http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...1secrets1.html
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5195818
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THREE:
Gay Man Offended by Bible - so he sues the publisher. SERIOUSLY? Nuff said I think I covered that one in a previous blog entry.
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ok in other news, I thought of some GOOD things about the house not selling:
+ I can still keep my YMCA membership, and do my 5:30am workouts safely
+ It's safe to walk the dog a night by myself (downtown isn't quite so safe)
+ I don't have to re-pack all my crap again
+ We don't have to sell 1/2 our stuff again (believe me we could still sell more, we are such packrats)
+I don't have a terrible commute (if we lived downtown my drive to work would be suxors!)
+The 24 hr Emergency Vet is around the corner if we need them
+I know where all the stores/pharmacies/restaurants are if I need them
+We have 2 guest rooms and an office (a loft may not have these things)
+We have a yard (althought I detest yard work and mosquitos)
+We have a deck
+We have a full basement with bar, good for parties, etc.
+I get to keep my kitchen! yay!
+We have Equity (well sort of, depends on the market now)
-----BUT on the downside:-----
-Matt doesn't have a LOFT for his Photography biz.
-We still have debt to pay off (selling the house could REALLY help that situation)
-We don't have a rooftop deck with skyline views (some of the lofts we liked had that)
-We still have to do yardwork
-We still have to keep the big house clean (hard work)
-We still have to do repairs on the big house (it's old people, and old stuff needs fixing/replacing)
-I don't get to decorate the new place. I love decorating.
-We didn't lower our cost of living yet (selling the house will do that)
-We are still stuck in Suburbia instead of "in town"
-We are still 30 mins away from most of our social activities and weekend events.
ok well that's all for now, let me NOODLE on that some more . . .

The House Drama

I don't think my nerves can take this anymore.
We had our house on the market listed for sale from September to April this year. No offers, so we took it off the market (it's a crappy market anyhoo). We had put about 1/2 or stuff into storage during this timeframe, because we had "Staged" the house professionally.
when we "unlisted" the house, I moved all that stuff back IN and then unpacked. We figured we'd be stuck there a while. and we did love our house so it wasn't a bad situation.
HOWEVER
during this last Thursday daytime - (our realtor), called me at work. She said there was a couple who was house-hunting in our neighborhood. They said they loved the neighborhood but were not liking the houses they saw so far. Their realtor (another lady) pulled up our old listing, and they were wanting to know if Matt & I were interested in selling again - and that is why they had contacted our realtor to call us.
I was very much in shock, we couldn't just answer that, we needed to think about it and discuss it first. I was at WORK for heaven's sake. I said we needed to discuss it, could we tell them tomorrow or something?
Then my realtor called me later and said the couple's realtor asked if they could "show" the house to her clients today.
I figured it could not hurt, but only if it was later in the evening, like 6pm. I wanted to get the house cleaned up. I went home by 4pm, and cleaned like a madwoman, and then they came by to see the house promptly at 6pm. They were there for almost 1 hour - and they loved the house!
Matt came home shortly thereafter, and we had a big discussion about it. We do still want to live in-town, and cut our cost of living, but it would all depend on how much the offer was. We finally decided that we would listen to whatever offer they could come up with, but we weren't going to "relist" the house on the market. Our Realtor said if they had a good offer, we could just go straight to contract and not have to relist it. If the offer was crap then we didn't have to sell did we? no.
so …
Friday our realtor calls, she says the couple's realtor informed her that they LOVED our house, and they were scripting the offer right then. We should know something by that evening.
but
we didn't hear ANYTHING all day Friday, all day Saturday, etc.
So, Matt and I basically proceeded as normal . . .
then
Sunday - in the middle of the MikamyMeadows Party, our realtor calls me.
She says the couple had narrowed their choices down to 2 houses, and ours was one of the 2. BUT
they put an offer on the OTHER house, and it was immediately accepted.
so
all of that drama for nothing.
sigh.
I hate getting my hopes up and then BLAH.
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In other news, the MikamyMeadows Party, was a success! It wasn't quite the turnout I was expecting - but we still had about 10 people show up over the day. Also, our dear friend Erika was offering free foot massages - using the Mikamy Meadows Foot products. Everybody partook(is that a word?), and it was a relaxing party. Everybody had a good time!
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Busy Bee

Yesterday was an insanely productive day.
-worked out 30 mins
-assisted drafting contract for new client
-created new reporting template for work
-finished Candy Study homework
-shopped at Publix for necessities
-ordered sweater & pants from VS Catalog online
-ordered sweaters from Alloy online/then over phone since online isn't working right
-emptied dishwasher
-made dinner (hamburgers (no-bun) & salad)
-emailed friends in Norway
-called Airtran to check on my refund
-walked dog for 30 mins
-watched Iceland episode of "No Reservations/Anthony Bourdain"
-helped Matt rate/select photos for project submission
-put away laundry
-organized papers for office
-emailed magazine editor about project
-fixed inaccuracies on a major report for a co-worker
-called Grandpa to arrange visit with Jamie & Baby Michael
-Emailed Aunt Julie to coordinate visit
-updated facebook status
-fell asleep exhausted
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I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I'm very tired. Will blog more later when energy levels return to normal.
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Interesting Article Stop Setting Alarms on My Biological Clock. Good read.
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Geez they do NOT make it easy to be Green - When Building Green can harm the environment.
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Of White Russians and Sirloin . . .

Well you know you're doing well fitness-wise when you have a fun/wine-induced weekend like I did, with hardly any sleep on Saturday night, and the Wii-Fit tells you you haven't gained ANY weight from it! I mean I usually go up and down 2 lbs over the weekend on a light-non-party weekend. But I MAINTAINED! woo hoo!
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now, if I can only start the numbers going DOWN . . .
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Last night, our "white-russian" James came over for a photoshoot and dinner. Bless his heart, I will miss him dearly. He's moving to Las Vegas for Medical School, next week. Sigh. Not only is he one of those wonderfully zen, calm, and philisophical folks, but he's very GQ too. One of those really good friends to sit on the porch and puff on a stogie or sip red wine with, and talk about anything, or philosophize (is that a word?) with. Matt took some fabulous portraits of him. I am not sure if they will be posted or not, but I really enjoyed them. Go James Bond! We dined on Sirloin Steaks, Green Beans, and Au Gratin Potato Balls. Thank Goodness for Omaha Steaks! Of course, I don't buy from Omaha Steaks unless they are having one of those $60 specials.
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Sunday is the Mikamy Meadows Party! YAY! I bought all the party supplies/food last night.
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Funny news about Matt - he's suddenly into Pellegrino. I think it's adorable.
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Disturbing news: Gay Man Offended by Bible - did he JUST NOW read it? Is he going to sue the Koran publishers too? We all know what the Bible says on that topic. WTF - are we supposed to censor the bible now? Idiotic lawsuits. And supposedly the man is representing himself too. Gee that's a great idea. ***In a recently released statement, a Zondervan spokesperson wrote: "Zondervan doesn't translate the Bible or own the copyright for any of the translations. Instead [our] company relies on the scholarly judgment of credible translation committees."***
I have nothing personally against Gay people - don't misunderstand me, but my goodness this is ridiculous! This case holds about as much water as the Victoria Secret Thong lawsuit. Gimme a break!
I "get offended" at the Bible too, but usually because it's putting my dumb*ss back in line and I don't want to be corrected, etc. and for gosh sakes, I get offended by lots of things I read, but that doesn't mean I go around suing every newspaper, magazine, or book publisher out there. geez louise. blahg!
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Ooh Matt may have a new client. See their blog = Zularis Naturals Blog or Zularis Naturals.com

Weekend Update - this is Abbie Lane filling in for Amy Poehler. Just kidding.

Weekend Update - this is Abbie Lane filling in for Amy Poehler. Just kidding.
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Thursday - worked all day, crappy day at work, then Aunt Susan & Uncle Tom met us for Dinner at Carrabba's and we caught up on family news. There are 2 weddings coming up in October in Florida. WOO HOO!
Unfortunately, Matt and I are going on a cruise and will miss them both. Bummer. But at least we are missing them due to a cruise, not work or something boring. YAY!
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Friday was a spontaneous adventure. Driving home after work's worst week ever (I do not believe I'm exaggerating here), my stressed out-self resolved to meet the hubby at Tijuana Joe's for a nip of something potent and a bite of chips and salsa/queso.
To my pleasant surprise, my dear friend Kat was there with the rest of the RBS crew. Girl-talk commenced, and then an invitation to join them for dinner at Rumi's Kitchen - a delightful Persian restaurant. We dined on some fabulous food (Rumi's Dip, Roasted Salmon, Jekyl Wine) - oh it was divine!
Then home to hang out with my sweetie pie!
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Saturday AM - I was oncall, and work woke me up with a page at 8:50am. arggg!!!! but it was all right by 9:30am. sigh.
Matt got a nice massage from our fave massage therapist, and then we went to the mall. Matt wanted to get an iPhone, but the line was insane. We went to Home Depot instead to get a present for a friend's Birthday.
Then the Birthday Party was AWESOME!
This party had grandparents, parents, singles, kids, and babies, and EVERYBODY got along and had a blast. Yes there was alcohol at the party, but that wasn't the reason. It was just that magical kind of day where the sun shines down and everybody is in a good mood.
Somehow, quite by accident, I was the one who made the crying babies or kiddies start laughing again. My babysitter instincts kicked in and it was so much fun. Oh yeah and although I didn't drink one (I'm low-carbing it), I learned how to make a Mojito in a hurry (they make theirs with spiced dark rum, ginger ale, lime juice, and mint), very very tasty supposedly.
I had to leave the party early (8pm), the kids begged me to stay but I couldn't. Since it was my week to work the Sunday Maintenance Window, and as fate would have it, it was FOUR hour window. I woke up at 1:30am with a nasty headache from the party (no not hangover headache, more like a back-out-of-alignment-from-lifting-50lb kids all night headeache). I suffered through until about 6:30am then I got back to sleep until 10:30am.
On the upside, I DID get some homework done for a project, and fixed that stupid Denon UD-m50 CD player that was stuck. I figured out that I was the one who broke it by putting 2 cd's into a 1cd slot I fixed it, tested it, then put it back together, and plugged it in to all the speakers/wires. then it decided not to work. So I took it apart again, then it worked. I put the cover back on, it was broken. I loosened the last 2 screws and WHAT THE HECK - it worked. I'll be darned why 2 loose screws a good cdplayer makes, but yippee!
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Sunday - we stayed home while I tried to recover from the night before, and then we did a small photoshoot for a project, and then went to bed very early.

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Thank you so much!
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In other news, I went to Wine Club last night. Normally, there are only 4-5 girls who show up, and that means 4-5 bottles of wine to taste. So we taste a bit liberally of course, but you aren't trashed when you finally leave.
but last night was different.
Thank goodness Mina was my surprise designated driver. She called me about 10 mins before I was going to leave, and offered to drive us. I am so glad I took her up on that offer.
the wine was "Chianti"
and somehow
this time
there were TEN women there - which means TEN bottles of CHIANTI to taste.
One of the ladies seemed hell-bent on getting them all done in a hurry. We passed around 8 bottles of wine in 38 minutes. I swear that has to be a record.
True we had to get them all done, but tasting 8 wines in 38 minutes is another way to get Abbie toasty in a hurry!
damn!
Thankfully, I had the foresight to pack myself a little bottle of Crystal Lite HYDRATION!
ahh yes.
Mina dropped me off at home, and then I almost immediately went to bed.
I do have a headache today. but it is okay. I am surviving. I am not hungover, my tummy is fine, just have headache.
Tried a new cheese last night. Cotswold. that is some GOOD STUFF! and it goes well with Chianti - of course.

SOLD!

Matthew Lane of Zazen Photo sold his first Framed Photograph today!

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The "Final Approach" photo of the white bird coming down to land in the water SOLD today!

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This particular image was hanging in "The Hair Lounge" - so now we have to get another image printed and framed to replace it. I'm so excited. GO HONEY GO!

DISCOVERED - new Hangover cure

Crystal Lite - on the go - Hydration.
no seriously.
but I had the pink strawberry version, not the lemon.
damn it worked so fast I think I confused my tummy. LOL.

Independance Day Weekend & other shenanigans

The weekend started quietly enough on Thursday Night.
I was so proud of myself for getting a YMCA membership, and actually going there 4 times last week, and I was eating healthier, and feeling better, and then WHAM. I was just overwhelmingly exhausted on Thursday. I got home, and promptly fell asleep for 2 hours. It would have been fine, but even after I woke up, I never quite got my energy back up.
Matt and I had a healthy dinner of Spinach leaves and Chipotle Chicken Sausage, but then I had some wine, talk about sleepy! On the upside, we got PLENTY of sleep this weekend. yes I'm drinking more than enough water, and yes I'm taking a multi-vitamin, although I admit I ran out of my pro-biotic pills. We went to Whole Foods on Saturday to get some more though. I'm stocked now.
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Ruth came over to select images for her portfolio, she had some agents interested in her modeling, and of course she knows Matt is the BEST photographer ever (I'm so biased aren't I?), so she wanted to use mostly his images of her for the agents.
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I think I also sent some wine-induced iLike videos of Samantha James on Facebook - sorry friends I got carried away! haha!
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Fourth of July was awesome, great fireworks at the parent's community up in Jasper, GA. We had a lovely time and some good burgers.
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Saturday the 5th of July we had a spiffy time at a friend's party also. Good burgers but even BETTER hot dogs, These were all beef/chedder dogs, and they were a HUGE size. I was in heaven. too bad the damn redbull/organic vodka I drank gave me a hangover. Yeah I only had 2 drinks (which is really good with my track record at past parties here), and was sobered up to drive Matt home, and I was STILL hungover. WTF?
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6th of July, I finally went to the new H&M Store in Atlantic Station. Nothing fit. I mean NOTHING but some stretchy fat woman shorts. I was like screw this, and bought a hat. Sigh. Thank GOD for New York & Company (where real women sizes live).
later Matt & I watched "Beowulf" the movie. Interesting. For the first time ever Matt was more scared of the movie than I was. I was actually unaffected by it for the most part. Although I will say there was a lot of talent in that one.
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The Mikamy Meadows Party is on for 7/20. If I forgot to send you the Evite, you either aren't LOCAL, or you need to remind me. ;-D
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Watch this video (it is 20 mins long, but SO worth it) The story of stuff.
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I had an Epiphany this weekend about how I want my life to be in the future - hopefully the near future - I want to be as debt-free as possible. I want to live in sustainable home. I want a LOFT if possible. I want high ceilings and space and light. I want windows and flowy/drapy curtains (made of organic cotton of course), and a low king-sized platform bed to sleep on at night (see West Elm). I want a modern-style, low seated, leather couch - like they have at Roche Bubois (think Il Teatro, Symbole, or Sirius), or West Elm, or even Ikea (Kramfors). I want Matt's photography framed and featured on my walls. I want a Mac Air laptop, and all my CD tracks to be MP3s and stored on a server in my new loft, so I can get rid of all my CDs and have no need for storing them - and only the need to plug in my MP3 player to download new songs from the server. I want a 16gig iPhone so I can use that as my phone/gps/map/email/mp3 player/etc. and then I can get rid of the need for a blackberry AND Mp3 player (no sense having 2 gadgets when one will do). I want to be FREE and LIGHT and to be RID of all this baggage we call "STUFF" - I'm not just talking about the video for "the story of stuff" but the other STUFF. I am tired of my STUFF owning me. I am constantly having to manage my STUFF. bah humbug. I have too much STUFF. Get rid of it except the things mentioned above, and perhaps a few choice accent pieces, but I'm really tired of having 3 closets of clothes to manager, and a basement full of STUFF I'm storing, etc.
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And after I get rid of the excess STUFF and excess DEBT, then I want to start using my extra CASH for travel. Travel and investing, and the future! Ok we will check back on that in 1 yr and see how I'm doing.
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Upcoming future topics: Pin-up Style Photo Shoot for The Voyeur Magazine, Mikamy Meadows Party, wedding in NYC, Bahamas Cruise, paying off credit card, getting into shape.

The Hair Lounge, Bone Garden, + some 007

My first visit to the Hair Lounge was quite a success. Debi did an AMAZING job on my hair. It's slightly shorter than I'm used to, but she did a heck of a job layering and thinning the sides of my hair so I don't get that long "limp-hanging" crud on the sides. I'm so happy with it!
and she fixed the color issues too.
YAY DEBI!
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Afterwards, we checked out a new restaurant called "The Bone Garden Cantina" which was opened by the famed Atlanta "Vortex" restaurants owner. We met the owner and his wife in person there. Great DELICIOUS food, and very low prices too!
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He's Ba-ack!
mmm mmm mmm
talk about something that goes great with your morning coffee . . .
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=8585824
ooh
I can't WAIT until November 07 th!
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oh yes Happy 4th of July everybody! We are headed to Cindy & Brad's for the holiday, but we'll catcha later! Happy Fireworks, burgers, and brats!