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I just can't get enough of these.

Mark Your Calendars

I had totally forgotten that Valentine's Day is a mere two weeks away! I love any occasion to exchange gifts, dine out and just be openly cutesy. Check out this unusual approach to the traditional love letter on Oh Happy Day's Blog.

Please tell me, what creative ideas will you be executing this Valentine's? Seriously, I'm on the hunt.

as tina fey would say....i want to go there....

So I'm hearing the buzz that airline tickets are CHEAP. Cheap. So being bored and having the entire interweb at my disposal I decided to check out orbitz on a lark. And LO AND BEHOLD, tickets are not only cheap, they're practically free.

It took some real scouring, but I actually found a deal for TWO tickets, PLUS six nights hotel from Philadelphia to FREAKIN' MAUI for get this....$911. No f'in way, I said but it's true. You couldn't buy one ticket to Oahu for $911 a couple months ago, let alone two tickets AND hotel during peak season. With the economy as it is, it's still unfortunately out of our reaches which is why I'm guessing they're cheap to begin with. But man oh man. For only $455 per person I should find a way to go. Don't you think?

Oil is to water as chocolate milk is to ________

Blog meet bain of my existence.

Bain of my existence meet blog.

You've probably already been introduced.

I know, because I can't be the only one who struggles with this on a daily basis? A nearly brand new off white adorable blouse, ruined by a malfunctioning sippy cup. My kids practically live off chocolate milk. I swear, they'd inject it in their veins if they knew how. So I'm always coming across a favorite pajama or shirt that has one of these and they are virtually indestructable!

Soo, does anyone out there have some sort of secret weapon against these nemeses of cute clothes? I've used bleach on the white stuff which works pretty well but it's the colored clothes that test my sanity. Please won't someone help?!

Hellouu to Miss Vu

Hellouu,
Miss Vu.
My new,
favorite place to,
visit all that you,
do.

LOST!

i'm just wondering who out there isn't watching Lost and why not?
I'm going to go on a limb and proclaim that last night's premiere was the best episode....evah! So many questions were answered. So many revelations revealed. So unlike previous season premieres.
I'm really digging the whole Daniel Faraday character and his (not so) secret love for red haired girl (who is totally on her way out, don't cha think).
Who do you think is the real baddie? Ben or Charles Windmore? My bets are on Ben.
Oh and, who else laughed when Hugo threw that burrito at Ben?

Bread crust and Canons

Oh heavens! I'm totally smitten with my new digital SLR. I've wanted one for I can't tell you how long. I finally scored one off Craigslist for a reasonably used price. Yesterday evening I spent the entire night reading through the manual and learning the various functions. Taking pictures of me in the bathroom waving my hands with a slow shutter speed, taking pictures of me waving my hands with a fast shutter speed. Oooo, I can see my hand in the second one!

Now, I'm thinking about all the cool extras I need. That is, a cool remote control for taking photos in front of the camera. A cool telephoto lens for taking extra blurry photos. A super cool speedlite, so my pictures don't look as if a nuclear bomb just exploded in our faces.

There was one disappointing drawback that I wasn't aware of. That being, only newer digital SLRs have live view. Something about mirrors and sensors. Was I the only one who didn't know that? It's taken some adjusting but I think I've gotten the hang of it.

When I'm holding my new camera I feel just like a real professional:) It's heavy and feels important in my hands. I imagine my camera laments over having such an amateur owner. Maybe that's because when we're in public it tries to pretend we're not together. What's that all about?

Test shots. The second one is water running out of the faucet, fast shutter speed(If you click on the photo you can actually see the bubbles in the water). Cool huh?

Grosgrain here I come!

I'm Ga Ga for Ga Ga

I'm totally Ga Ga for Ga Ga for Garlands. Imagine an entire blog devoted to garlands. If you possess a fingertip of creativity go check it out!

I love a bargain.

I just bought these above sailor jeans at a steal!
For their prices, Forever 21 has the cutest jeans
....AND the ugliest.

I know I shouldn't care but....

Grosgrain is now the first entry that comes up in google when you type in grosgrain! Lame? Maybe. But it makes me giddy. Suck on THAT FreeDictionary!