The Royal Wedding, or My Confession

I have a confession. For the last few weeks, I've been one of those people who shake their head at the mention of the Royal Wedding & wonder why people are making such a huge deal. I mean, we're not British, they're not our future royalty, right?

I do care about fashion, however, so this morning when I got to work, I went to CNN.com to get a look at the dress. It took all of 5 seconds to get sucked in! So yes, I spent my day watching the video (I still maintain it was crazy to wake up for it) and oohing and aahing at all the coverage. I teared up when Wills said, "I love you. You're beautiful" when Kate made it to the end of the alter.

So in tribute, I tried to find a romantic picture to commemorate the day. I've been wanting to show these for a while, so we're going to pretend that the names carved into this bamboo tree in Jamica say "Wills & Kate".

We're also going to pretend that's her way off in the background on the right - maybe on her honeymoon, gazing wistfully at the sea while thinking, "Oh my God, I married a PRINCE!"

And for the record, I've also decided that Harry is quite the hottie, much like his older brother. But that's a topic for another day.

Feeding An Addiction

Over the Christmas holiday, my husband & daughter got me hooked on Showtime's Dexter. I was quickly sucked in and the three of us went back & watched all episodes starting with Season 1 to the end of the current Season 5 (oh Lumen!).

With their birthday's being in January, I still had Dexter on the brain. I happened to come across a blog featuring pictures of cakes people made to celebrate the beginning of Season 5 and with that... my mind was set. Since her 1st birthday, we've always had some sort of theme for the cake. Here's the cake that we had to celebrate her turning 14.

For Dexter fans, you know I had to be as accurate as I possibly could:

Luckily the friend's that were over that night are just as sick as we are. :-)

Note: Wow... in true Dexter form, I just made the same mistake John Lithgow made when accepting the Emmy for his role on Dexter in Season 4. He thanked HBO... before I added the link above to the show, I also said "HBO's Dexter". OOPS!

Photo Suprises

Sometimes it's fun to see what sort of things are captured in a picture that the photographer doesn't even notice. Case in point - I took this photo inside the River Market. I thought the shapes on the ceiling would make for a cool photo, plus I just love the overall vibe inside the River Market.

Once I downloaded my pictures, I was (pleasantly) surprised to see this guy in the hipster Domo shirt. I happen to love all things Domo.
Aren't familiar with Domo?  Check out this wikipedia entry.

Street Performer

This guy is almost always in the River Market area. The first time I ever saw him was at night & he freaked me out. He still freaks me out, even in the day time, but he is sort of neat to watch.

Birthday Fun

Monday was both my husband's & my daughter's birthdays, so we had a couple of friends of my daughter's over Sunday night. It's so funny how dress up changes when they're 14. This is one of her friends in her own interpretation of clown make up. 

An old favorite

This is one of my all time favorite pictures and I can't believe that I've never posted it before. This was taken in Cozumel, Mexico. The Mariachi band played while the little girl danced. As cute as it was, it was all about money. The minute they saw you attempting to take a picture, they would stop and ask to be paid for the photo op.

Always the rebel, I used my zoom lens from the 2nd floor of the shopping area where we were. I'm sorry if I cheated them, but the girl was precious and the little boy was pretty hilarious. He obviously didn't care for the family business as much as his sister did.

Sleepovers

One of the fun things about having a daughter is when she has sleep overs. I love all the giggles - well, until I go to bed. They're not so cute at 3 a.m. ;-)  Luckily I'm a deep sleeper.
My daughter & her friend have always been creative so I actually got to play photographer for them. Within a 2 hour span, they went from Ballerina Barbies to Geishas to Goths and then back to themselves. I think I may have had as much fun as they did!

Phallic Flower

I really like the way this picture turned out and I promise that I didn't realize how phallic it was until I viewed it later. In spite of my 12 year old sense of humor, I find it interesting.

Hanging Out

Today was a gorgeous, sunny day and we spent it at my Mother-in-Laws. She had the family over for lunch and then we spent a lot of time outside. Well, the kids & I did.  This is my niece in her new hammock. She loved being able to twist around. I couldn't quit laughing and had to snap her picture, of course. I like how it turned out - cute and her eyes really show up next to the blue of the hammock.

Write your own caption here

I've thought of several captions for this picture, but I finally just decided to put it up, as is. I just happened to snap this at the right time, mid-yawn. His expression cracks me up every time I look at it. It's such a look of shock and appall.

Remember the Alamo

I am always amazed by how the Alamo is right in the middle of the city, but I always enjoy seeing it. I'll admit that it makes me think of 2 things every time...
I'm sure I should pretend it's something to do with the missions or the battles, but those who know me will understand that my life is wrapped up in TV, movies & pop culture. I totally think of Selena & Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

Pee-wee: Aren't we gonna see the basement?
Tina: [laughs] There's no basement at the Alamo! 

That line gets me every time.

Wood Nymph

This tree seems to have a great sense of humor.

Young fans

These girls were super serious in preparing their "war paint" for the big game.

Don't you want to sing Kumbaya?

Obviously taken at Camp Wyldewood and once again fulfilling a camp fantasy that I've always had. The only thing missing was Jason.

I feel pretty, oh so pretty...

My daughter jokingly struck this pose last night, as we were taking pictures for the Holiday Ball. I love everything about it!

Some days you just want to pull the covers over your head and hide away from the world.

The orangutan from the Little Rock Zoo felt the same way the day I took this.

What is this guy's problem?

Ok, I'll admit that I got this from another blog I read, but it still cracked me up. (You can Kanye any website here.)

I'm traveling today, but I did take time to pull over for a minute to get a picture of a barn I've always liked on Hwy 65 that I'll post tomorrow.