originally published on September 19, 2010 One of the best emails I’ve ever received was a thank you from a girl who had read my Dear Lungs post and used it to help her quit smoking. She told me that she printed it out and kept it under her computer keyboard and every time she …
3 Years Smoke Free Today
{photo of “smoking section” 2003 – see more photos here} I am proud to say that today marks the third year anniversary of quitting smoking. Actually, I’m not that proud. It’s sort of a false accomplishment as I feel I shouldn’t have started in the first place. Yet, saying that brings focus to the past …
OMFGG {Gossip Girl} Kiss OffChuck & Vanessa vs Blair & Nate
What at first seemed a bit awkward . . . {& kind of ugly} . . . quickly became quite a passionate kiss {gulp} VS Blair and Nate . . . maybe a little more romantic …but definitely PG {BO-RING} . . . .and then Chuck and Vanessa seal the deal …I mean, seriously, who …
Smoke & Mirrors
William Klein 1956 Fernand Fonssagrives 1942 William Klein 1958 Why do cigarettes and fashion go hand in hand? Why is smoking so sexy and so nasty at the same time? And why oh why does it still beckon me to inhale? I am proud to say that I am a quitter but must admit that …
It’s Friday
…and to start off the festivities, I just polished off a tear’n share (um, king size) bag of peanut m&m’s. That’s right. It’s 9:33am. …and then I found these chairs …this bed …and this chaise How fab, right? I mean, the chaise looks like a water! Okay, actually , Couture Carrie left me a comment …
Dear Lungs,
I abused you for over ten years, filling you with smoke and tar and nicotine and poison and still you allow oxygen to travel in and out of you to keep me alive. For this I apologize and thank you simultaneously. Today is exactly two years since I decided to quit abusing you and start …
This is how I know I’m a dorkTop 10 TV Shows
1. Project Runway (season’s over. boo) 2. Rock of Love 3. Ghost Hunters 4. South Park 5. Scrubs (new season starts tonight) 6. NatGeo: Human Footprint (Sunday. excited) 7. The Hills 8. The Daily Show/Colbert Report 9. The Family Guy (I can’t even believe this makes the list)10. a LAKER game trumps any of the …
Monday, ugh
Everyone has a friend at work, right? Mine is Janelle. I would quit the day she quits if she were ever to quit – I wouldn’t stay a day longer. I’m 99% sure she would do the same. However, we have a really great job and we know it so we won’t ever quit. It’s …
Project Runway vs Ghost Hunters
What if Christian, winner of Project Runway (and my favorite as well) were to join the cast of Ghost Hunters and TAPS crew? He’s got the FIERCE look down …something to ponder. However, I’m guessing if one is a follower of either of the above shows, most likely, they don’t even know about the other… …
Evil Mrs Peppers
Is it wrong that I am almost 32 (not to mention, female) and can’t wait to get home from work to play X-box? Is it wrong that I have my own bubble-gum pink controller? Is it wrong that when my husband hooked it up in the master bedroom (because this is our second x-box in …