Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Cincy

A week and a half ago I went to Cincinnati for our first regional seminar of the fall season. It was such a fantastic time!!! It was my first time in Cincy and I loved it, naturally, because the demonstrators were fabulous, as was the city.

In one of my presentations I gave a few tips of how to take good photos and here we are trying out some of those tips--look how well these tips work! :) (Bonnie, Donna, me, Carrie)
This is my boss....she is the best!!!

It was a special treat to have Bonnie & Jill there this time....the more the merrier!!! And here's Me and Pope and Carrie during the seminar....
Dinner with Pope, Darlene & Shelli...we were famished after the whole day and then an hour at Macy's--who knew their corporate headquarters were in Cincy!
And we found Graeter's--which is the most fantastic ice cream. I don't even prefer ice cream over other treats but WOW this was good!!!!
In the town square, there was this most fantastic fountain....that we only got half of in this picture. In the airport on the way out, I was buying a magnet of the fountain when I learned that it was a gift from Germany years ago b/c they accepted so many German immigrants. Such a cool story!
And then Saturday night, we were walking to dinner and walked right into a velvet rope across the sidewalk....so we sneaked up close and waited for what was to come....
To our amazing delight----we experienced 5 buses of Denver Broncos unloading!!! Yes, it was delightful! The most fantastic display of designer suits, cologne and testosterone that I've ever experienced!!
Photos by Lisa Pope.....

Monday, September 14, 2009

A few things about my day off today that made me happy...

I got back from Cincinnati yesterday, so I had today off...and wow was it a fantastic day!!!

I woke up at 10am (which is noon Cincy time!)....to darkness and rainstorms! Just look at all the clouds behind the mountains....

A sure sign of Autumn....fruit stands on the side of the road....had to make a quick stop....yummy!

Just look at my car's temperature gauge!!!!!!!

And who wouldn't be excited about going to lunch w/this little guy....

Thursday, September 3, 2009

I'm In Love!!!

For I don't even know how many years (5?) I have quietly mourned. As a former fashion teacher, and lover of shopping & all things fashion really, I always knew Project Runway would be my favorite reality TV show. But, I don't really watch that much TV so I didn't feel like I could justify upgrading my cable to get Bravo--just so I could watch Project Runway. I caught episodes when I could but have never watched a whole season...
Until now!!!!!!!!!!!! I have become intertwined in my true love!!! Thank you thank you thank you Heidi for taking your show to Lifetime (it's always been one of my favorite channels anyway!)!!!!!! I love it a thousand times more than I ever thought I would!

Every week when the fashion show starts, my heart speeds up.....

This is my fave dress so far this year....

I love it so so so so so so much! Already cannot wait until next Thursday!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

It's What Fun Is!

Happy September 1st (my favorite day of the year, next to Christmas). I can feel cold weather just around the corner.....

A couple weeks ago, Hill & I took the Z's to Lagoon!!! WOW this was my funnest trip there to date! I can't believe how fantastic the park is--it definitely gets better each year (Spider, new & improved Wild Mouse, fountain play area)--yet they still keep the vintage feel too (Turn of the Century, corn dogs, Pioneer Village, funnel cakes)!

We decided to wait and go in at 5pm--because ticets became 2 for 1. Zoey wasn't too happy that we had to wait about 10 minutes to buy tickets....
But the best thing--it rained earlier in the day (which was what made us decide to go b/c we knew it would be cool)! So we even needed jackets....me & Zoe on the ferris wheel...

Zane & Hill....
We rode the Bat which was about a 10 second ride (the only one that wasn't worth the wait--which was only about 10 minutes--we hardly had to wait all day!)....these two were just in hog heaven all day long!
This last pic was just before 11pm....and our 5th time on Colussus!!!

After all these years, Lagoon still is what fun is!