People I don't even know who I have a crush on... :)

The first really really really hot day here....around 30 celsius....add another 10 degrees thanks to humidity and you have my first crush...   Willis Carrier is credited with inventing commercial central air conditioning....so yep....love...him.

The obvious for me.....  Henry Ford.....I do love cars...not a cheap hobby btw.  The Hershey family....if I need to explain this to you...well I feel very very sorry for you.  :(  seriously   

random.....

I don't know who's behind the hair straightener...but I love them anyway. 

The person...who's probably in some tiny little cubicle somewhere...who came up with the concept of Cocoa Mini Wheats....truly life changing...truly.  Don't believe me?  Try 'em..I dare you.

Tommy Lee....  it's not even about the music...sure the rockstar thing....  but admittedly probably the bad boy thing.  I do know he's dirty...I just don't care.  :)

Lenny Kravitz...  rockstar thing and music thing this time...  yes I have heard deodorant isn't in his daily hygiene routine...again...I just don't care.  :D

there's enough tmi for now....

It'll be ok...I just know it.... :)

Oh Oprah....how will we go on...

Oh...we'll find a way...

Look...I get it...she's huge (no...not a weight reference)....

I went through my years of dedication....but found the busier my life became the harder it was to relate to her.  How can she truly push weight loss when she has chefs who cook her great food that's good for her.  I'd love that convenience.  How can she talk budget when honestly...she doesn't have one!!!

It's not that I'm bitter about her success.....I just can't listen to her when she talks about relating...how we're all the same.  We're not.  She became a millionaire at 32.....uuummmm...I'm still holding out hope on that one!!  Bucket list maybe ;)

Great that's she's motivated people...truly!

But I am quite sure...life will go on..... 
at least until October ;) ha!

oh Arnold....

ok...time to talk grey...

Forgiveness....we are all supposed to be able to give this.... well I am here to tell ya...that's a grey area....a colour I don't really look good in. :)

Black and white....more my style.

For those of you who think Maria Shriver should stand by her man....forgive him....whatever......  ppppllleeeaaassseee  

I'm not saying Arnold shouldn't have done what he did....feelings change....  But he vowed to be faithful to her.  He should have walked away from her....before doing the tango with another woman.  I get it...that's hard..to break someone's heart.....  So maybe he isn't the tough guy we all think he is.

Am I judging him?....yes....but then again that is my name. ;)

It's too bad we've lost the dress.

Whatever happened to the dress?  Seriously....
In no way am I a girlie girl...  Do you know how hard it is to plan a wedding which has no pink...and no hearts....HARD!!!  I assure you.  :)

aaahhh  yes....back to the dress...

yes yes..."sundresses" are in again this summer....  but I mean the dress...
The tailored, Audrey Hepburn, dress....sometimes slim...sometimes flirty full skirt.

Somewhere along the way we lost the dress.... a strong independent woman wears pants....  :P I say....  (A strong independent woman wears whatever the hell she wants.....  just sayin')

it's too bad...

Us ladies...well....we're lovely...  our figures flattered by a dress....

We should wear them more....  really....we should.

me...venting... not venti...though I'd love one ;)

So there I was doing show prep....and I saw it...the title of an article  "what to do when your husband loses his job"

Now, I get it...headline...it's supposed to grab your attention....it did....

I am not a crazy women's libber by any means....but really.....  "what to do when your husband loses his job"....now that seems to me it's a headline a little more appropriate for say 50 years ago. 

Yes...my husband makes more than me....  But that's because of career choice, not because he's the man.

How 'bout...."what to do when the money stops"......

Phew.....  I feel better.... :)    my vent for the day. 

mmmmmmm cake :)

Today is a day I am actually wishing I lived in Toronto....  crazy...right?!  :)

Dairy Queen gunned to set the record for the world's largest ice cream cake.....yep...ice cream cake!!!   All 22,333.6 pounds of it unveiled!!!!  And here I sit in Cambridge.  boo 

Yes...I teach aerobics and run...but I'm honest....I do those things because they make me feel good.....look good.....and enable me to eat, drink, and be merry!  :D

Seriously....  fruit & nut bar....  hits all four food groups....  think about it.....
see!!!!   Now you're with me!

We only go around once....  You can choose to be miserable and deny yourself indulgences....  or....  you can workout hard, buy spanx, or walk out of a room backwards....whatever you need to do to camouflage that behind! ;)

Moms...damn we're hard on each other...

So ya...today I am talking Moms...
yep..a day after Mother's Day....   cause I'm a Mom...  I took the day off yesterday....  my no guilt day....  when does that happen??!!  :)

Couple of things I've read over the years have stood out to me....
(Let's be honest...the fact I still remember them now....  some days I can't remember my own name!)

We judge...it's what us ladies do....

I watched an author on Oprah talk about a book she was getting serious reaction over.....hence the Oprah interview....   In it, she said she loved her husband more than her kids.  (gasp....)  Maybe she just didn't explain it well.... It's a different love.  Separate.  Not to be compared.

And then I recently read an article where a woman said it was crap....the whole line about how kids make up for the all the hard work....giving back with their smiles and milestones....  It does kinda sugar coat the reality of motherhood.  Ladies...I have to agree with her.  The vast majority of us want to give off the image we're perfect and our kids are the best....that's friggin hard to keep up. 

I really think if we all stopped judging each other we would all have an easier time being moms. 

It's damn hard.  Harder than I thought it would be, because I'm desperate to maintain a sizable chunk of me....and some days that's almost impossible.

I'd say a good day could be defined as a break even day... 

If you get out of the house, showered, no stains on the clothes....cheers to You I say!  Cheers to you!

I wore white...hear me roar..

So...we are supposed to wait until after Easter right..or is it May 2-4?
When we can wear white again...
    
and then we have to pack it all up after labour day.

Crazy such an old tradition even matters now eh???   Who are you really gonna disappoint if you wear white when you shouldn't anyway...that really judgemental lady from What Not to Wear...she doesn't scare me!  (I'm flexing my muscle here..you just can't see it.  Me flexing...not the muscles, they're there I swear!!)  Now...I do think my Mom would say something...she doesn't scare me nearly as much as she did when I was little and would get caught with my hand in the cookie jar... :)  (Seriously, not a line...I eat cookies ALL the time!)

Well...  with 2 boys...5 and 2.....white is a dream....
Honestly....  bought a winter coat this year...it's white.... I call it "my freedom" coat......I only wear it when there are no boys in sight.

So here's why I was a rebel earlier this week...  I did it...wore white.... 
(I wear lots and lots and lots of brown....  I say it just makes sense...cause then when...no if here...when I drop chocolate on me you can't see it.)
back to the white.....
cardigan....did fine at work...  made it through the morning coffee.... cheers!

Home.....  truly....truly...  walked in the door greeted by yogurt covered hands.
Cardigan done....but wouldn't trade the hug for all the white clothes in the world.
:))))

Harper...a true Canadian man?

ok...I really wanted to by all witty here and chat about the federal election...but.....nah......  boring....  honestly....

good thing...  we shouldn't have to vote for another 4 years
bad thing...  people in other countries will still think all Canadian men have hair like Harper  :0

Honestly....it'd be nice if he would wear clothes not picked by his mother.  Oh I know...I know....he has an image consultant.  Can I be the consultant of the consultant?  pppllleeeaaassseee    

Pick up a magazine....heck, check out a flyer, they're free!!  No excuses.  It's not like you're an ugly man.  (What?  You gonna tell me they aren't out there.  Not being cruel here.  Just honest.) 

Hack the hair, wear a solid dark colour shirt every once in a while (funerals don't count), and try contacts sometime.... 
remember...it's the little things that do count....it'll all add up. ;)