10 Day Challenge!

Since I dropped off the blogging sphere for over a month (NOT FAB!) I figured I could use a little help getting back into my blogging groove.  So this is a 10 day challenge that is very popular and I thought it would be perfect for me.  

So I have to submit 10 SECRETS!  That is a little scary, but here it goes....in no particular order....

1. I get nervous speaking to a crowd if there are people I know.  If it's all strangers, totally fine.

2. I have no tolerance for people who are out of touch with reality and I tend to show it

3. Babies scare the crap out of me...okay not that big of a secret.

4.I sucked my thumb till I was 9, no idea which hand though..

5.I make up songs all the time about anything, like the character on New Girl.  I mean all the time and only my family and boyfriend know I do it.  I like to think of them as little jingles..

6. I am not a natural blonde...BAHAHAHAHAH!

7. CVS is one of my favorite stores and I can spend a lot of time and money in there..I love beauty products

8. I secretly wish I was a glam girl but I just don't have the touch.  Classic & comfort is me....

9. I miss the days of high school and all my girlfriends hanging out even though it was like 15 years ago and I haven't seen them in a ridiculously long time.

10. I wish I owned a really cool boutique that was the hottest place to shop.  Accessories, home decor, trendy items & local artistry.  

Tail Wagging Tuesday! - Funny Dog

Linking up with my girl c-mae for Tail Wagging Tuesday!  

Today's topic is a funny pic of your furbaby!  As many of you know Gigi is a pretty funny dog so it was hard for me to pick just one...so here they are!

She likes to sleep as close to me as possible at work.  Her bed was there but she thought the desk made a better pillow.  She still does it to this day.  (like right now)

I left animal planet on and came out of the shower and caught her complete hypnotized by the Dog Whisperer

Learning from Caesar

When she was a puppy I had dropped a paper towel roll on the floor and she snatched it up.  She runs all over the house with it and holds it out like she is the leader.  Really funny to watch

 Shih Tzu's love anything they can try to rip up ie: paper.  I caught her in my closest one day with her head inside my Ugg boots trying to get at the sherling inside. 

XOXO

JAMIE & GIGI

Chinese Water Torture...kind of!

So I have been doing the "low-carb" thing for about 6-8 weeks now and I normally don't have a problem with it.  Yes, I have a cheat day but that is just so I can have my Mexican fix.  But other then that I pretty much stick to the meat and veggies plan.  However today when I went to get my lunch I came to realize that I have a Nemesis is in the "low-carb" world and that my friends is Krave Bagel.  This is a new bagel shop in town that makes everything from scratch and the bakery is to die.  Three words..Red Velvet Cupcakes! 

Now I went in minding my business to just go get my quart of Chicken Salad for lunch..(it's great there cause they use Helmann's and there is no relish but could use maybe some onion).  Now, as I am waiting to check out it just hit me like a ton of bricks!  The bagels bins, the smell of fresh baked goods and to top it all off the special today...Roast Beer, Horseradish and White Cheddar Panini.  GULP! 

I am sure you are thinking that I am nuts, but I have been deprived of these great foods for 8 weeks and  where I grew up bagels were a way of life...bread is a way of life.  We had fresh bagels at school every morning.  Sleepovers, you didn't have pancakes, that mom better have made sure hot bagels were waiting or she was a dead women.  Places like this in the South are so rare that I am glad that North Myrtle Beach has a place just like the Garden State.  But it is still my Nemisis and as long as carbs are my Kryptonite and Krave Bagel will be my Lex Luther!  Thank god for the Chicken Salad!!

XOXO
Jamie

Miscellany Monday...tired!

 

I am linking up over at lowercase letters for their miscellany monday.  Today my rant is about being tired and procrastination:

1.  My wonderful dog decided to start puking all over the bed at 5:30 in the morning...enough said

2.  I went to GA this weekend for a wedding and stayed up till 3am two nights in a row...I'm not 21 anymore and I can't drink like I am either

3.  I created my own rapture today but going through my FB friend list and giving people my own little axe..

4. I have to find some motivation to get myself to the gym today...thank god for my new book the Summer and the City

5.  It's only 2 pm...AGH!

Wedding Unity?

One of my FAB! friends is getting married in August and she is looking for something for the mothers to do as a uniting of the two families.  She isn't into the typical Unity Candle or Pouring Sand into a Vase.  We were racking our brains last night trying to come up with something. 

So my blogging friends and readers I am asking for suggestions or ideas!  Thanks...

Blogging Help

As you know I am new to blogging but I am really enjoying it.  But I want to jazz up my page some and work on my following.  I see all these different things on some of my favorite girls pages.  So here is my list of questions.  If anyone can answer them I would appreciate the help...Cigar Heiress

1. What are RSS feeds, is that giving the option to subscribe?
2. What is a "button"
3. How do you add a "signature" to the end of your post
4. How do you give others to link to your blog like, "Pink and Green Thursdays?"
5. How do you jazz up your Blog Title?
6. Is there are way to know if someone has mentioned your blog?
7. How do you make picture collages?
8.  How do you add an "You also might like.."?
9.  Can you search on Blogger to find blogs you might want to follow or read?

Bachelorette Party OR Bust

 This past Saturday I went down to Murrells Inlet and went to a very popular place called Hot Fish Club where the locals go to chill and the lady residents of Myrtle Beach go for bachelorette parties and to "get away from the beach"...cause the whopping 20 minute drive makes all the difference.

I was hanging with two guys enjoying an AWESOME band, I think they are called DL Token when we noticed a group of ladies, obviously there for a bachelorette party.  When the third person in our group wanted to go dance I said to him, good luck you might get lucky with one of the ladies in the group.  Within seconds a new concept was introduced to me that I had never been aware of...The Titanium Metal Ring that can Never, and I mean Never be broken through when it comes to a bachelorette party.  I immediately went "psst, no way", "your nuts", "you don't know what your talking about", "your crazy!".

Now the concept is quite easy to understand, no matter how hard guys try there will never be any "luckiness" with a girl in a bachelorette party.  It's like a force field shield when females get together for a bachelorette party.  But the idea is very hard to believe.  Women are supposed to be crazy and irresponsible on bachelorette parties...it's what get's guys excited when they walk in, but then it seems that it may be premature..hahaha!

Maybe these two guys had a point..is it a Titanium Ring aka "Purse Circle" and why does this happen?  I only know of one group of guys that would continually break the barrier, but they were all firemen and as I was informed they are the only exception to the rule, cause well...their firemen and heroes...The other exception to the rule is the slutty friend or acquaintance nobody wanted there anyway but felt guilty for not inviting.

I started thinking about my own personal experiences...

Now I have been to a many, and I mean a many of bachelorette parties in my time and even at this particular establishment and I can't recall one time when a girl strayed from the group and went home or left for awhile with a guy from the night....Why is that?  I had two of my own theories...

1. The "mom's" and "wives" in the group are always the sloppiest, hands down.  They finally get a night away from the kids and hubs and it's time to let lose...which means the single fun girls in the group end up babysitting the others.


2. It is of course all about the bride and maybe she just sends out the vibe of "don't even think about stealing my thunder tonight" to all the girls and the guys! The vibe from a bride can be a scary and powerful thing.


So I ask all of you men and women to tell of your experiences so we can put this myth to bed.  I have two bachelorette parties this summer, one in SC and one in Vegas...so I will definitely be observing this theory without skewing the results...unless he's cute!

I thought I would include some non incriminating photos from some of my fun nights from Pinehurst, Murrells Inlet and Myrtle Beach!

 

At the Hot Fish Club!

We've got blinders on! 

 

He didn't even stand a chance!  LOL

Nope, not gonna happen!

I may not have a kid, but that doesn't mean I'm not a mom...

As most of my friends know I am just not quite sure that the whole "children" thing is something that I want for my future.  And I know you can never understand the love of something until you have your own..blah, blah, blah.  But the thing is I do have my own.  I have Gigi!!  The most FAB! dog in the universe.

While in the vet office I was thinking about how I may not be a mother to a human, but I am still a mother. Here I was sitting in the office with my very scared fury child getting her yearly shots and I see an article about grandparents who love their "granddogs".  In case you don't know it's "baby boomers without grandkids and pets are the next best thing".  See even Dog Fancy gets it!

I later then had to take care of my very sick and sore child the rest of the evening.  I was even up at 4:30 am cleaning up her upset stomach and behind all the while making sure she knew I knew it wasn't her fault.  The whole day she has spent sleeping and limping around while I carry her up and down the stairs cause she can't do it herself.  If that isn't motherly love I don't know what else is.

So I thought I would compile a list of successful women, who have made the choice to not have kids and have their Doggie Children instead, and quite frankly don't give a damn when people go "so you really don't want kids????"

1. Oprah...She doesn't need a husband or kids!  Sadie is perfect for her
2. Jennifer Aniston...just wish the media would lay off her and her precious Norman
3. Jessica Biel...Hello Justin and her bitbull Tina...sounds like she got her sexy back!
4. Eva Mendes...Awesome Latin woman who loves her Hugo
5. Rachel Ray...Her dog Isaboo even has it's own line of dog food!

Men and Cars

So I haven't posted in months cause nothing has really made me want to actually express my like or dislike for something.  Expect this morning I finally just said..I don't get it.  When you live in a condo complex and you have a dog, you really start to understand the habits of people around you.  There are two guys that are very strange and obsessed with their cars...however, their cars are pretty old, and I am not talking about vintage classics.  I am just talking old...


So we have the first dude who looks like the Sensai from Karate Kid III.  Could pass for a participant on Datelines, "To Catch a Predator".  Not only does he have a very long ponytail but he dresses like it's 1991.  To remind you all of what I am talking about here is the actor.

So every morning he comes home from the gym (I assume based on his attire and gym bag).  Parks his car about 200 feet away from where he lives.  But he also checks all around the car to make sure its okay and then puts up his sun visor.  Now, the car never leaves again for the day.  Always in the same spot.  He must work from home, but then why go to the gym at 6 am?  So the car that he is obsessed with.  Is about a 10 year older model Lexus.  Its not in bad shape, just I could see him being so neurotic if it was the 2011 LX570.

Then you have the old guy!  This is the most annoying human being and I have never even spoken to him.  He gets so under my skin after all these years and yet I really don't know why.  He owns multiple garages in my complex and keeps a car, a lot of junk and golf cart in them. All he does all day long is drive around from garage to garage and tinkers with things. But forget him walking around the complex, he has to drive to each one in his pride and joy which has the cleanest rims in the world is...wait for it....

That's right the Suzuki Sidekick.  He washes it almost everyday and just rides around the complex feeling like he is the shit while in reality he is an small, old man riding around in a micro-machine.  Yet, he has never taken the top down.  Go Figure???

When he is not riding around in the Sidekick he is "working" on his other baby which is in my building.  But this one, wow, takes the cake....

Yup, a Teal Green Mustang Cobra, probably circa 1986.  It's not even in a cool color...Yesterday he drove three buildings down, got a towel and looked under the car.  Then drove it back to the garage pulled it in half way and let it run while he organized his garage for the 1,568,258th time.

So even though I have vented this all out, I still don't get it.  Men and cars?

p.s. The old man's wife drives a nice Lincoln Navigator and he never washes that car.  Go Figure???