Oh to be 11 Again

I was watching a teen heartthrobs 'where are they now' show, and started thinking, when I was just a wee preteen... who were the popular faces that graced the covers of Tigerbeat magazines? which inevitably ended up taped to my walls, lol...

I'm ashamed to admit yes, I was madly in love with Devon Sawa and Taylor Hanson...

They probably don't ring a bell for you, due to my having always had terribly awkward taste in boys growing up lol. I liked the randoms. I was obsessed with Devon Sawa after Casper (when he turned into a real boy), Now&Then, & my favorite, *Night of the Twisters* (a tv movie based on a book that we read in school) it was the worst acting ever. Eek! But I was crazy for that boy! He looks rough now.

Taylor Hanson, the middle brother of the band Hanson (mmmbop badubidop bah dowop, blah blah blah blah) he actually got cuter! People see him around here sometimes because he's an oklahoma boy, but he has like 5 kids now. Yikes!

And who could forget the cutie pie Jonathan Taylor Thomas aka JTT, who turned into such a smarty! He put acting on hold to go to an ivy league school!or the dreamy Leo Dicaprio? Those 2 I'm sure were taped up on every girl's bedroom walls in the '90s. I remember being 11 and bawling my eyes out over Titanic. Sad, I know. Remember lil leo on the Growing Pains episodes when they adopted him, he was so cute. I must have gone thru a blonde phase... thats weird, I usually dig the tall, dark, and nerdy types ;)

Speaking of, I loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt (even still today). Third Rock From the Sun and Home Improvement were my shows...

And Matthew Lawrence from Brotherly Love? Ohh Matthew Lawrence... he was so little, looking back on Mrs. Doubtfire now...

And of course ya gotta throw in a couple bad boys from those teen angst years

gavin rosdale & jared leto

I spent many preteen years listenin to The Cranberries and Bush...
But my adolescent heart will always belong to Zach Morris

Bring on the Saved By The Bell Reunion!!!

February snow

I'm over this weather. Is anyone suffering from the dreadful Cabin Fever besides me? All this gray sky, classes cancelled, but still risking the roads to get to work... I've got a bruised bum and a dent in my car, thanks to black ice. Convertibles are Not made for winter snow storms! It just slides sideways down the road, leaving me stranded inside for daysss :( And everything on tv is about snow or Egypt. Netflix has been my saving grace! I'm dreaming of *Home*, what would I do if I were in Malaysia this week?

All that glorious sun and sand, blue skies for miles... and tropical food?!? Only the best! I'd take all my family to the beach, order Cendol, lay out and work on my tan! For now I'll just skype them from the cold cold south central USA and dream of all the good food I'm missing.

It hasn't been all bad though, I did get an awesome deal at Best Buy. A $129 Insignia Camcorder was on sale last week only, for just $39! I've shopped the few times I've managed to get out of the house and off to work. It may be dreary outside, but inside it's very Springy and colorful! Several pillows including this one below are 20% all Feb at Pier 1. They've got a big French-market, garden party feel going on this season.

And I would love to find a florist that sells peonies.

They're my absolute favorite.

Randomly, I've decided I would love a garden/patio with nothing but white flowers. White peonies, white hydrangeas, now if only I could figure out this whole green thumb thing.

your mind wanders when you're stuck inside for a week

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Year of the Rabbit, this will be a placid year.

Hope it brings lots of good luck

and prosperity to you!!!

I'm snowed in, so no dim sum, or festive celebrating, or ang pao money for me :( the whole city has been under a mountain of snow for the past week! But I hope you enjoyed Chinese New Year yesterday

Snow Day!!!

Finally! Some much loved catch up time!

I can actually blog today yay! Thanks to the 2ft of snow outside my door, my work is closed, and classes are cancelled, quite possibly for the next few days!

Oklahoma is in a frenzy!

"State of Emergency" so they say, with 3-4 inches per hour, and it's been going all night. They've declared Snowpocalypse 2011 on, with everything closed, and not a tire trail on the road. Which is good, because I haven't experienced Oklahoma driver's in a winter storm to be the smartest on the road. Too bad I was at work when everyone got supplies for the storm, and the grocery stores have been picked clean.

So I checked the kitchen... & I have 2 packs of ramen noodles. a banana. plenty of water. and enough mozzarella & spaghetti sauce for pizza fondue in the crockpot.

Let me just say, that Saturday, I took my bike out (oh yes, allow me to introduce you, this is Butterscotch, my new cruiser from Christmas) in beautiful sunny 60 degrees Spring like weather, and then BOOM! Monday night freeze over. It was perfect bike weather. She's complete with a basket and bell. love her!

I don't know what happened to January, I was so busy with business and marketing homework for this horrifically long/detailed research paper, I could never remember what day it was. But I did manage to make this little onesie and tutu set for a new years newborn named Clara.

And I found this awesome deal at work! A $300 chocolate leather chair $75, yay for my amazing manager who spotted this! It was hidden behind lots of stuff we were unloading.

At 25" across it's a rather large seat, with storage, I can't wait to bring home! And I've been at Pier 1 resetting all the floor sets and displays for the Spring line (uber cute!) almost everyday it seems, which I love. But the working til 2:00am Sunday nights give me one more reason to dislike Mondays. Lots of great sales going on though!

Check out your Pier 1!

tons of sweet spring colors to get you out of your winter blues