Paddle tournament prizes and favors!

www.preppyplayer.com

Favor choices:

 Lunch boxes_$15

 Bottle bags-$5

 wristlets- $15

Bag tags- $5

Winner choices-

 playgirl duffle bag-$50

Grand plan bag- $50

 Finalist choice-

 weekenders-$45

                                         

 Pocket rocket- the perfect paddle bag! $45

Reprieve-

 uptown girl- $30

 small weekender-$35

Conso/lucky losers-

 cooler bags- $25

Before we know it...

This girl will be graduating!
And it has begun.
Grad portraits came in. Ordered enough for all the important people in our life- grandparents, aunts uncles, cousins, friends, her friends. Should have ordered more- almost out!

Yearbook is paid for. Checks due for Senior trip, project graduation, cap and gown. we have begun discussing date for grad party...
It is January!
Hard to believe that in 5 months She will be done with high school AND that I will only have one left in high school is also VERY hard to believe.

It's paddle Tourney time! NJWPTL Tournament 2012

We played in the NJWPTL tournament last week and it was a blast! Great paddle and wonderful to catch up with folks we play with and against all season. My partner Marcia and I played well and had fun. You can get a glimpse of us in a few of the pics on the video.

Last Year Gigi and I played in the Women's Shore "B" tourney down in Rumson, NJ. That was a nice tournament and I hope to play in it again.
As our regular paddle season winds down and before our ladder challenges, I love playing in tournaments. As long as I remain quasi -injury free, I hope to!

Bungalow Scout Bags 2012 Spring Preview- The Weekender!

Think Longchamp- but with a huge zippered, inside pocket.
$45

Sh*t Football Fans Say

Have you seen this? Gotta share! -A Thousand Miles For Our Mom, Nicole Miller

Uploaded by GMJR11 on Jan 9, 2012

"My brother Ryan and I rewrote the words to A Thousand Miles and dedicated it to our mom, Nicole Miller who passed away 8 years ago when a ford explorer she was riding in got a flat tire and rolled over. We want to spread the word to people driving these old Explorers, to please Google "Ford Explorer rollover", and then get rid of it before you or someone you love gets hurt. #OurNicoleMiller

We are also asking everyone to send this to people you know in our government or in the press that can help open up a real investigation about these cars because a lot of people think it was the Firestone tires but the car Mom was in didn't have those kind of tires on it.

Lyrics we wrote:
A Thousand Miles for Mom
Makin our way through life, growin fast, faces pass and I'm home bound.
Thinkin about you mom, while makin our way, everyday without you.
And I need you. And I miss you. And now I wonder.

If I could fall, into the sky, do you think you, would be by my side?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight.

It's always times like this when I think of you but I know somehow you're watching over me.
Cause everything's so wrong, you belong, in my world, sitting next to me.
And I still need you. I'll always miss you, and now I wonder.

And I, I just want to let you know I, I dream of you all the time I, I, don't want to let you go, I, I don't.

'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you...tonight."

Dysfunctional family trying to parallel park ( this isn't our family, but we do know and love them!!)

A 16 year old boy who just got his permit drove his family to Philadelphia and has trouble parallel parking, especially with his family yelling at him.

In the dead of winter.

I really appreciate anything that brings light into my world.
I am not being philosophical.
I mean... literally, light!


So, I am loving this star votive hanger from Cox & Cox
http://www.coxandcox.co.uk/categories/decorative-home

or these,

from West Vintage Trading Co.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/WestVintageTradingCo?ref=top_trail

Add this to my bald guy post...

Awesome, right?
Found on Pinterest

Who needs hair?

Seriously, isn't he so handsome?

And although I know that some men who are blessed with the tresses are so handsome too...
I think that guys, especially young ones, who are stressed about their loss of hair should know that most women don't care.
We look at the eyes, or the smile or the muscles.
Hair?
Last on the list.
So shave the remaining few hairs close, keep it groomed and rock that balding head!
Like these guys:

Platform tennis? Lululemon rules!

Lululemon manufactures and sells yoga inspired athletic wear.
 I am a huge fan!
I live in these pants when I play platform tennis.
They are warm, fit like a glove, and last forever. ( I even put them in the dryer)

Now, I am crazed about their leggings as are my daughters.

They are great for athletics, this is true.
BUT, we wear them tucked in our boots as regular leggings.
They don't bag and sag.
They keep their color.
They are VERY flattering.
They come in long which my taller daughter loves...
And did I mention?
That I throw them in the dryer and they still look great?
You heard it here.

Sunrise at Mineral Basin

12_30_11-Mineral Basin Express-John Collins, a photo by snowbirdphoto on Flickr.

Love Mineral Basin and this image from their web site photo stream has me jonesing for a morning run...
West family and Adamson Family, what do you say?

Clean Slate

2012
Don't you just love it?
I do.
If you are Catholic I would compare it to how you feel after confession or if you are Jewish how you feel after Yom Kipper.
Another comparison?
How it feels on the first day of school. We have all experienced that.
There are so many possibilities, so many opportunities, all ready to be taken advantage of.
It is a fresh, new, squeaky clean year.
Let's enjoy it and take advantage!

Today's adventure!

So today.

We tried to go to The View.

We ( my best neighborhood friends, EVER- and I) had tickets. 

However, we were not willing to get to the studio and wait on line at the crack of dawn. We did leave at 7:30 am though. 

Unfortunately the Lincoln tunnel was closed all morning due to a tractor trailer accident and that made for tons of traffic at the bridge, which caused us to be delayed.

We rushed to get on line only to find, after 45 minutes of waiting in the cold that we were the cut-off and we would not be getting in. :(

The good news was that we now have VIP tickets. :)

Next time? No line. Good seats. We get to pick the show.

And then?

We had a day to spend in NYC.

Where to go first? So many possibilities...

We heard from the coffee guy parked in front of The View that  the MARTHA STEWART show had a second taping in the afternoon and that we could probably go standby...

We were off!

We jumped in a cab and headed downtown.

We were especially excited because we saw folks from the first taping leaving the studio with bags of swag. Martha was giving gifts today!

Except after much time on another line...  we didn't get in. :(

But that was OK...

Because we did a lot of fun things before and in between!

Before our wait at MARTHA STEWART, Coffee and sweets at :

 Then after  we headed over here for lunch:

Then after lunch we walked over to Union Square to the Holiday Market:

It was great! I have plans to go back and I think it will be at dusk. Isn't it beautiful then?

Sorry I haven't any pictures of our group. We were having too much fun :)

Your ski stuff? 4 boys scout bag!

This is the bag you need!  $45

 It is jumbo and perfect for all the ancillary items, helmets, gaiters, gloves, socks- all the extras!

 We call this bag our "car luggage."

And when we get to where we are going? It folds flat and fits under the bed. No tripping over suitcases and bins.
Did I mention that they are water resistant and that you can throw all the muddy, dirty gear in the bag for the trip home?
Why?/How?
Because they can be hosed out or wiped down-easily cleaned :)

The scout pocket rocket-perfect for platform tennis/paddle

With multi pockets and zippered closure on top, this bag is the right one to tote all your paddle "stuff!"

$38

The bag is water resistant so if it starts snowing or raining while you are on the court?

No worries!

                                                                           $38

$38

And the inside zippered pocket- perfect for cell phone, cash, and sunglasses?
Keeps you from digging thru all that paddle"stuff" to find what you need!

EVERYDAY IM SHUFFILIN

How come I cannot get this song out of my head?

BECAUSE during my busy season, now?

EVERYDAY IM SHUFFILIN!

New pillows, in this week!

Love these and the dozens more I have coming in!

All hand hooked wool, amazing quality-out of Manchester, Vt.

kung fu fighting - it seems I am the last one to see this...

The commercial filmed in our kitchen is on!