Tan-tastic!

What's the last new thing you've done?

Life in general has been sort of a rut for me in the past, but I've been doing A LOT of new things since my career change. David seems to be getting the biggest perks (in his mind anyway) because he finally has a Mom that is present in body and spirit.

We recently explored a few new parks, got a swim club membership, visited new places during THE DAY, made a few dinners together (instead of me throwing together what I can last minute).

As for me, I am doing something quite interesting and OUT of my comfort zone next week... I am getting a spray tan before we go on vacation.

I pray I won't look like this:

But as I've been expanding my horizons, I thought... why the heck not? The worst that will happen is I'll look slightly different for 7 days.  And, I'll be out of state with my bad tan, so who will know me anyway? I'll just put on my Snooki-tude.

(Truth be told, my Mom was the guinea pig, and her tan looks great... shhhhhh).

did I just make a new word, Snooki-tude?

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Barbie, the Groundhog, and Me

What do you prefer to do on your birthday?

My birthday is February 2nd, in the dead of winter. I always hated that phrase "dead of winter", sounds depressing, no?

Anyway, 2/2 is also another well-known day, at least to me and my family- Groundhogs Day. I used to hate that my birthday was related to a rodent, but I've warmed up to it over the years.

Needless to say, I never had any outdoor/pool/summer parties on my birthday as a kid, BUT I had some really great indoor parties.

Case in point, my 5th birthday, complete with a Barbie Doll cake and a Barbie Corvette.

One of these days S. and I are going out to Punxsautawney, PA and celebrate with the Master Groundhog, Phil.  Until then, the good news is I am always guaranteed a vanilla layer cake with buttercream frosting.  My favorite accompaniment to the 2nd of February.

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Chasing Youth

What has surprised you most about being an adult?

I remember being 18 and wishing I was 21. In my twenties I sort of looked forward to 30 because I always felt like I would be taken more seriously at that age.  Then I turned 35 and wanted to slam on the brakes before I hit 40.  Each time I passed a milestone the clock seemed to wind faster and faster ahead. 

By the time 40 arrived I had felt much like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz after being awakened from "the dream."   Disoriented.   Wondering...  who am I, where am I, what did I miss, and where did the time go??

So I as I write this today,  I feel like each year progressively has sped up to the point that if I don't stop and look around, I'll miss a lot.  Even a whole year. Or decade. 

Yes, its true.  Time does pass MUCH faster as an adult.

And boy I sure hope that 50 is far in the horizon as it feels right now.  I'm really not ready for that.
I haven't even planned my plastic surgery schedule yet.

Kidding.

Not really.

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Guilty!

A few guilty pleasures:

~ peanut butter cup ice cream
~ pomegranate shampoo
~ Coach handbags (still!)
~ reality television
~ my snuggie
~ venti lattes


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Almost a John Hughes Movie

My favorite wardrobe item in high school was my leg warmers. I probably should note that it was more 9th/10th grade because I think that was the peak of the trend.  And I was a lover of trends....

So if you asked my friends (back then) to describe me in a few words I would think they would say fashionable, smart, and funny. When I think back to how awkward I felt as a teen, I could not imagine that the combination of those three words was an accurate portrayal of how I FELT about me. I had a horrible and skewed body image. Yet, I still mastered every pop trend that appeared in the 80's, and I guess I became known for it.

Yep, that's me above in all my big-haired glory. Circa 1985.

Leg warmers, neon plastic earrings, Madonna-esque jewelry, Guess jeans, off-the shoulder Flashdance sweatshirts, crazy makeup and BIG hair.

And a passion for all things Duran Duran.

And Molly Ringwald. Except I didn't have a male sidekick named Duckie. I had 5 sidekicks- my best female friends. We were in an odd clique in high school. Not the most popular girls, not the least popular. We were smart, and when we weren't keeping up our GPA we were hanging with the popular guys having fun (irony! for all the mean girls). Goes to show some boys do respect intelligent, witty girls after all. 

Or maybe I was just lucky to not be tortured in high school for being ME.

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Summer Camp! and bedtime blogging

In an effort to restore my blogging mojo, I am participating (along with a host of other bloggers) in a little project this month. Summer Camp! (courtesy of the master mind of Calliope).

You may see posts from me (gasp!) every day this month (or at least until I head out on vacation later in July) so hold on to your iced tea and sun hats!! And if you want to play along, sign up over here.

Today's writing prompt:

...where do I blog?

Yep, this is it.  What?  You expected a desk?

Now that I have a regular job and don't spend nearly as much time in my home office, I like to think of myself as an iPad-blogger-by-night.  That is, I blog via an app in my bed with my cats Riley and Harley.  Not even in the bed I share with S., but rather in the spare room along with my little corner I dedicate to hoarding purses, empty boxes, junk, and currently unused baby furniture.  I promise you I don't have two toes as I depicted in the above illustration, but you get the idea.

It's not glamorous, I know.  But it fits my new lifestyle well.

At least I'm not using clock-time with my old employer (like I used to) to write.  oooohhhhh, did I just say that?!?  tee hee.

See you tomorrow, when we'll be reminiscing about high school.  and leg warmers.