1. Hamsters - I love hamsters. Their cute little face. The way they eat. How the sleep. And all the fun things that come in such tiny packages. I plan on getting a hamster soon. I've been leaning towards the Russian Dwarf Hamster.2. McDonald's Sweet & Sour Sauce - Enough said. I wish they sold this stuff in jars. I like to eat it on my fries, chicken, pizza rolls, and who knows what else! When
It is safety week over here. If you knew my husband, you would know we are quite safety conscious over here. Which could be an understatement. He would describe it as thorough. Which is probably good cause I would probably leave the car in the driveway, running with the keys in it.
So when I [...]
Anyone who knows me, knows I likey my sleepy. A lot. My mom tells me I took naps well into Kindergarten. My hubby has told me I am not a morning person or a night person, but a sleep person. Hmm, writing this is making me sleepy….
So when I was contacted to review a [...]
I have mentioned it time and time again on this blog. I hate lunch. Everyday it sneaks up on me and I just stare at the cupboards and fridge waiting for something to make itself Mary Poppins style. And now add to the complication that Lily needs lunches packed for school. So I have [...]
You wouldn't know it by looking at this photo, but my brother hates to have his picture taken. Managing to catch more than a side profile or the top of his hat can be quite the challenge. Yet, when he's holding his daughter, I've been able to snap more than one "keeper". I love that!
I have mentioned before how nuts are one of our favorite snack foods around here. Well for most of us. Not my hubby cause he is allergic. And we like him a lot and don’t want him to you know, die, so we try and keep the nuts away from him. But, he doesn’t [...]
[i love september birthdays, including mine, which went most marvellously. thanks to gala, whose birthday is also in september--go go virgo power--and who thought up TiLT.]THINGS I LOVE CURRENTLY INCLUDE:The Proliferation of Fashiony Guys - Skinny shorts, Euro shoes (you know what I mean - canvas boat shoes or tennies or bucks)...I really thought that these trends were runway-only, but I'm shocked
I am not into organic as much as I should be. Mainly it is a cost thing. But one area where the hubby and I have tried to stay organic since our daughters were born is dairy. Well not necessarily organic, but hormone free. Cause I don’t know if you are paying attention but [...]
I had no idea how special the relationship was between a father and his daughter. Not until Lani was born.Happy Love Thursday!!*Reading through a feeder? Click over to see my new site design!!*
Let me just put it all out here for you (cause usually I am soo guarded and mysterious). Lately my face has looked like I am just going through puberty. Actually, I am pretty confident that I never even looked this bad when going through puberty. I am taking adult acne ladies (and you few [...]
My life has become unmanageable. Ok, so not my life, but my calendar. Somehow the addition of a child in Kindergarten has made life insane. It was a bit on the insane side to begin with. And the hubby and I were beginning to have one too many conversations that involved, “What you didn’t [...]
Silly Girl in a Raincoat
Originally uploaded by Krheiser
I know you can't see any faces, but sometimes it just doesn't matter. While we were walking to the beach in 88-degree weather, my niece felt the need to wear her rainjacket. I love the glimpse of her holding her mom's hand, as well as the contrast of their clothing choices.
It's thursday! That means it's time for some lovin', people.
This week I'm going to post a picture that depicts something I love about my oldest boy.
I don't know why or how it came about, but despite what others may think, the boy unabashedly loves the color pink. Still, it's not often you can find him sporting mom's soft, cushiony and oh-so-pink slippers! Of course, I had to take a picture.
I am bloggin’ and watchin’ the best summer show on TV. Can I get a WOOT, WOOT for So You Think You Can Dance? This is must see TV around the Diaper Diary household. Myself, a wannabe tap dancer. But my moves leave something to be desired. But I press on in the privacy [...]
Things I Love Thursday, evening edition[this photo, for one. sylvia sydney, hot diggity dog.]I'm watching "Project Runway." I am like, way into this season so far. And I don't hate anyone yet; the real wackadoos are all pretty entertaining (ridiculous rock-n-roll lady who only wants to use leather; guy named Suede who refers to himself in the third person, but made a gorgeous gorgeous dress). My n
So if you have been with me long, you know that from time to time, I come across something that requires minimal effort from me, but allows me to “be green.” Cause I am not going to lie, I am a lazy environmentalist. Actually, I may just be a lazy person, but a really [...]
First let me start with something I don’t like. Construction. We suffer through some really crappy weather here all winter long which I realize take a major toll on the roads. But what is up with miles and miles (and miles) of cones and lane closures with no trucks or workers to be seen? [...]
I think this photo illustrates love quite well for this week’s Love Thursday. Ollie loves to lie on my chest this way and often falls asleep. He is so cute like this and he curls his little legs right up and wraps his arms around you in a big hug. I love him lying this [...]
Things I Love Thursday, in pictures:These,*and these,and also THESE (which i am soon receiving in the mail! three cheers for impulsive late-night shopping! you guys, they started off at $298 but they were on sale for $68 because there was only one size left and it was MY SIZE! FATE!!).Yes, I know it's not even Thursday anymore in some states, but I needed an excuse to post my footwear crushes. Yo
I always love my bad, bad black cat.I also love:Coffee - My coworkers and I are on a constant coffee see-saw. Some days we are virtuous and drink none and talk about how it's really So Much Better to Not Drink Coffee, and how we feel so very much better without that nasty caffeine. Other days (ahem, today), high-mindedness goes out the window and we suck down our coffees with a mixture of guilt an
Love Thursday 2, originally uploaded by emmaleehughes.
This week I had a baby. For this Love Thursday I’m posting the picture I took of my husband soon after I gave birth. We both thought it was incredible how soon after a baby is born that a bond is formed with them. Neither of us can quite [...]
[thanks gala!]Having TiLT and Chester French collide - I'm going to see Chester French tonight in West Hollywood, and what do I see when I open up Gala Darling's Things I Love Thursday (the O.G.) but Chester French topping her list! Cosmic, absolutely cosmic. I do so love when my world gets scarily small. Chester French, btw, is a band made up of two Harvard boys who "write Beach Boys-esque pop so
Was going through some old photos and came across these that Mr. Ferrero Rocher took when Special Dark was still a newborn. Obviously Mr. FR hadn't learned how to focus with the new camera yet, but I love it anyway.
The thing that most makes me aware of how fast time is scooting by is writing Things I Love Thursday. Every single week, it seems like less and less time has passed since the last one. Just now I actually looked at my calendar to verify that it was, truly, Thursday, since it seemed like mere minutes ago that I wrote last week's. God I sound like an ancient person. But enough about me, let's talk a
My husband and I went to Cuba for our honeymoon and this is what we saw as soon as we went into our room. Our maid had arranged our towels into the shape of a heart knowing that we were a honeymoon couple. This didn’t happen on just the first day. Every [...]
Oh lordy, y'all, I have been SO BUSY recently that I've just been saving up things in my head for a monster of a Things I Love post. People think that because I work on a computer all day, I should have time for these things...except, um, I don't. But I'm-a keep trying.My new job. That sounds supremely dorky, but it's TRUE. This is the first time in my life that I've had a job that isn't just a go
Happy May Day, kids! While you're taking a break from twirling around under a Maypole (don't knock it 'til you try it), check out this edition of Thursday love [sorry it's late; arrghh, stupid Blogger]:[From left: Thierry Mugler, fa/wi 1996–1997; Dolce & Gabbana, sp/su 2007; Thierry Mugler, sp/su 1992.]The Costume Institute's superhero exhibit - I think it is so very cool that the Met is acknowledging the very real connection between fantasy costume and runway fashion. And, by extension, between fantasy and clothing in general. Like, how totally true. I'll write more later when I get to review the exhibit (or maybe go! maybe!), but for now, here's The Cut's preview of the exhibit (see photo above), with more photos. Keep in mind that all of the looks are REALLY from runway shows! [Th
Things I Love Thursday.A List.[bougainvillea]Springtime weather in L.A.! It's been sunny and dry and hot here for the past few days, and while I know it's an early reminder that we have baking-hot summer ahead, I love sitting outside on my back porch looking at the riot of fuschia bougainvilleas above the railing, soaking up the sun and pretending sweaters don't exist. Aww, a monarch butterfly just flew over my head. All that's left is for a trio of chipmunks to pop up and start singing Disney songs.[transitional floral, paris. from the sartorialist.]Spring clothes! As I girly-shrieked about yesterday, something in me demanded a closet makeover, and I think one of the culprits was the sunny weather demanding appropriate gear. I had a delicious time last night trying on things that an ex
[obviously, I love headless Siamese twin ballerinas.]Thursday again already? Holy moly, Charlie Brown. I recently started a new job and the days have been FLYING by. Which is good, I suppose--absolutely a relief after the days at my old job in the big design department, in which I'd start counting the hours remaining until 5:00 after about, oh, 30 minutes of being there. This wasn't helped by the fact that I was literally on my feet all day; I didn't have a desk, or even a chair. I stood at a high table, hunched over my designs--or else stood, aching, in line for the color photocopier--for eight hours straight. AWESOME.In any case, though, things are looking way up and the fashion world, as always, has provided me with more solid gold nuggets of joy for y'all:The way guys are dressing thes
Things I dig this week:
* Dinner with my dad, who was in town earlier this week! Hamburgers . . . yum.
* Sunshine. There hasn’t really been any this week :(. But I still love it and can’t wait for it to return.
* Plans for the future, like going back to school.
* Anime, especially The Wallflower. [...]
[thanks gala!]My new shoes - I finally acquired those Nine West patent heels, and they are SUPER fierce. Love love love. Sadly, I can't find my digital camera USB cable--arghh--so revelatory photos will have to wait.Design*Sponge - This all-around fabulous design blog combines the author's personal design life with contributions from readers. The site is pretty and I like to live vicariously through the amazing things on the site, imagining that someday I, too, will lacquer an old cabinet into something hyper-mod-chic.Bernard Rudofsky - One of my favorite people. Not that I know him, but he was a writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian--okay, AWESOME--who did things like give a lecture entitled "How Can People Expect to Have Good Architecture When They Wear S
IT'S THINGS I LOOOVVVVVE THURSDAY.GET PUMPED.Prada fall collection, why'd you have to go?This week, it's:Fall/Winter '07 fashion. Oh, Fall '07 runways, I loved you so! The wonderful nipped waists and trench dresses, those footless socks at Prada, the ombre patent leather bags and shoes at Prada (see photo above [nannies crochet]; obviously, I'm still in love), the dark colors and inspired elegance overall... swoon, swoon, swoon. In contrast, I have to say, I'm so not feeling many of the Spring '08 trends right now. Floral watercolor chiffon stuff? Meh. Balenciaga tribal gladiator sandal stilettos? Interesting, but not actually attractive. Weirdo Prada candlestick heels? Horrid. Wedges? They're always in in warm weather, and I always hate 'em. The only trend I'm really liking is the "neogo
Where to start this Thursday?
How about here:
Heh. It’s like a way more awesome version of those dioramas I had to make back in third grade.
* Diets That Time Forgot. It’s a British Channel 4 program that puts nine people on diets that were popular in the Edwardian, Victorian, and Flapper eras. I can’t stop looking [...]
Tonight's will be a tad rough, since I'm sitting with my computer balanced on my lap in a room at the La Quinta outside Austin and my signal is barely there. But I persevere, in the name of this highly essential blog post. Other than sleep, which I would dearly love to have more of, here are some highlights/good things for the day:This video about Coco Rocha--model of the minute--and all the mechanics and assistance behind the scenes that allow her to be a jet-setting working woman yet retain that I-just-love-to-hang-out-with-my-fab-friends-and-trot-around-in-delightful-headbands carefree charm. I haven't seen the whole video yet (thanks, La Quinta crap internet) but I think it's very cool to highlight all the work that goes into stardom (and all the people other than the star who do it).
It’s Things I Love Thursday again and these are the things that make me glow right now:
* Above all, special props go out to MC this Thursday because as of tomorrow we will officially have been together for a year! We had our very first date on March 14, 2007, and tonight MC and I [...]
[thanks Gala!]Sorry for the delay on this one, kids; technical difficulties are, like, so lame. Anyway, this week all the sun and beach-going has made me gung-ho for new spring color and art. Out with the old, in with the new....Spring trends that AREN'T floral - I know every designer and their mothers are doing florals this spring, and at first I thought the return of garden romance was rather charming...but by now, after seventeen flower-dripping fashion spreads in each of the seventeen or so fashion magazines I read, I want nothing more than to run away to a cold, snowy country where flowers don't exist. Therefore, I'm madly grateful for trends that make me feel safely protected against the rose parade: especially the cool, saturated colors of the new neo-mod look. The techno-esque sha
I’m taking up Gala Darling’s challenge to compile a weekly list of things that make me happy or that I’m obsessed with at the moment, so here goes:
* First and foremost, Gala Darling’s site! Gala is whimsical, aesthetically-gifted, and most important of all, entirely herself. This is one lady who marches to the beat of [...]
Following in the footsteps of the lovely Gala at iCing, I'll be posting a little link collage each Thursday of fashion gems and related fabulosities. Sometimes I don't want to fill up all your feed readers with 17,000,000 little posts about this and that...so here you go, no installments, just one lump sum of style joy.Lane Crawford - This Chinese luxury boutique has, for the first time that I've noticed, started advertising in Vogue. Their advertisement spreads are works of art themselves; it took me a minute of revelling in the awesome photos to realize it wasn't a Vogue fashion spread! Their combinations of words and images is light years beyond most Western retailers'.Haruki Murakami - I've finally read Norwegian Wood, and it might be my favorite of his books (though The Wind-Up Bird
