Impractical...

...list

I'm sharing over at Stasha's    

today. 

It's all about Impractical Things:

It was surprisingly easy!

1. Cell phone laws~I mean seriously. If you want people to really not talk on their phones while driving,$76. for the first offense is chicken feed...it needs to be like $500.

2. High heels while at theme parks. Really?

3. Aphids..the bad kind

4. Squirrels...all of them!(they ruin everything I own)

5. Appointments...NOW HEAR THIS you late people... I pride myself on getting to any appt. that YOU gave me...the least you can do is see me on time.

6. Gluten...it's bad for you...don't eat it!

7. AS SEEN ON T.V. items...tsk tsk! (I still like ya if you're guilty of this! hee hee)

8. Figurines...that's just me...I hate to dust

9.Styrofoam...Hate it, hate it hate it

and 

10. Mr Potato Head...What are you suppose to do with him? Dress him...then what...somebody...please...enlighten me.

Ok...now I'm off to Stasha's for some a-ha moments!

Happy (listicles) snapping!

xo

Kelly

Scavenger Hunt...

...& song-ography

Over at Kathy's 
she's serving up song titles once a week, for anyone who wants to join & interpret them.
This week, it's Bill Wither's, "Lean on Me."
 I knew I was gonna have to use this...an oldie but a goodie...both the song AND the photo.

It was Austin's 13th birthday, I was feeling mushy & gushy inside as he sprouted past me that year, was becoming more independent, needing me less and less. I wanted to freeze this moment in time. Remember Austin, your mama is ALWAYS here for you...no matter what.

I also decided to play over at Ashley's

for the Scavenger Hunt.

Here's what I came up with this week:

"Guess what it is?"

Awwww, You'll have to scroll down to the end and see!

Music

I grabbed my artist doll and decided it would fun to play with him. 

Reminds me of a musical play bill.

Wednesday

Take a photo on Wednesday...

...that was easy

Is it possible to have a love affair with a newly acquired antique typewriter?

Just askin'

Body Part

I could go all cheater pants on ya for this one because I originally was going to use this as another prompt...

...Mirror Image

But I'll save my cheater pants card for when I might actually need it! 

I'd make a terrible weather forecaster having to look at t.v. monitors and stand in front of a green screen but do the opposite thing. This shot was hard enough and I STILL have a roving eye!

I'm SO not designed for technical stuff!

So what was that shot above you ask?

Meshell, the gal that sold me the typewriter threw in a tin ribbon case...

(swoon)

Phew...that was fun. Now I'm gonna head over to the hunt myself & check out all the other great interpretations.

Happy (weekend) Snapping!

xo

Kelly

Fridays...

...letters, finds
and randomness!

Dear August,

HELLO! You kinda came out of left field, but you hold lots of good stuff...work starts in 10 days (yikes), Austin turns 18, Jamie turns 27 (double yikes on them two!) and Frankie and I celebrate 20 years of bliss!

I made reservations for a nights stay aboard the QE2

20 years deserves a little pampering....that's like 140 dog years...but I mean that in a good way!

I'm so happy to be spending an eternity with w/my honey...and then some!

Dear Topanga Vintage Fair,

You rocked my world this week!

My other goodies are HERE

I've been searching for you...Every 4th Sunday for almost a year...

Ohhhhh but you were so worth the wait.

Do you hear that? It's me swooning (hee hee) You're not actually working...yet

But my beloved will see to that!

Dear Evil Ovary,

you suck

Dear Mom, 

I love that you are so happy in your new home. I mean bocci ball? Wii Bowling? Jewelry making? Playing in a kitchen band? 

Yeah you!

Dear Dad,

I'm REALLY sorry you and mom aren't spending your golden years together. That REALLY sucks

Dear heart,

I bet YOU were surprised when I walked this morning...and up that big ole hill too? Well how can I face 50 and fabulous if I'm not healthy from the inside out? Get use to it cause I'm hitting 50 with a *BOO YAH!

*according the Urban Dictionary..."Bam", "in your face" and "hell yeah" 50!

5 random facts:

I hate the yellow aphids on my milkweed-how can my critters eat with ya'll moving in?

I need a night vision camera to see what wild animal is leaving me "presents" on my front lawn

I've been stalling all morning to do something unpleasant...but I HAVE to do it...again

I'm on my 2nd cup of coffee...before noon 

I love posting on IG

Happy (enjoy the last of summer) snapping!

xo

Kelly

Linking up with Kim

friday-finds

and 

and for the first time...

Wordless...

...Wednesday

Happy (wordless) snapping
xo
Kelly

Texture...

...tuesday

& other goodies

I'm linking up with Kim Klassen

today as I have a goodie to share...

I've been looking patiently for a Brownie.

In fact...every 4th Sunday for almost a year, patiently at the Topanga Vintage Fair. This past Sunday paid off...in more ways than just my new beauty. I've been sharing over at IG...but I think Friday's Finds will be a fine time to share my other treasure. 

This week I hit the mother lode...I actually got brave and shot the sights that I swoon over...

I want one of these...

...someday

Ok...how many of you cut your baby doll's hair thinking it would grow back...say aye

AYE

(hee hee)

160 vendors with more rusty, crusty, olde, new, gotta have it, want it, what the heck, I remember those,  

really? decaying, why didn't I think of that goodies...

 ...stall after stall after stall. 

It's total eye candy that leaves you feeling nostalgic. 

And I'll tell ya something else I love about the 4th Sunday of every month...

People talk to each other...I mean like face to face. They'll tell you their stories and there's laughter from friends new and old getting together, bartering, and shaking hands and walking away with one mans trash that is now another's treasure.

I've walked away some weeks totally empty handed...but my heart is full.

 Happy (vintage shopping) snapping

xo

Kelly

Take your wife...

...to work day

I'm not going to lie...

...I rather love going to work with Frankie! When he told me he had a 32 hr. in Honolulu & asked if I wanted to go, I jumped at the chance. I mean, this is what I've waited 17 1/2 years for.  Raising kids to be independent from us and having nothing tying me down for a chance to jet set off on mini vacays. It's not without risk, I mean flying stand by, to Hawaii, in the summer is a little nutty. But no risk, no gain right? 

I'm fully prepared to be bumped...which I did and had to try and get home the next day, but in the end, I got home and Frankie and I  really enjoyed our time together. 

But my nerdy mother conscience got the best of me and I got the worst case of "leaving the son behind guilt!" Never mind that I DID ask if Austin wanted to go but he had work and he'd never give up his weekly Civil Air Patrol responsibilities. As soon as I got to the hotel room I called him and apologized. But Austin, being who his is, just validated everything I was thinking about-how this is finally what I deserved & waited for and I was to have a good time. So I thanked him for being awesome and decided I was just taking one more step towards my independence from Austin. 

It's not so easy for me. I mean, I've been raising kids for a long time and letting go doesn't happen over night.  But I'm learning!

Can I just say, I admire pilots. Not JUST because Frankie is one, but look at all those knobs, dials & gauges!! It's amazing what they have to do.

Remember Gilligan's Island and the "3 hr. tour?" It started here!

My favorite landmark of all the islands is Diamond Head. 

Even though the flight attendants tell you that everything with an on/off switch must be powered down, I wanted to live on the "wild side" and shoot a couple shots on take off. Actually, cameras don't emit anything to interfere with what's going on in the cockpit...so I'm not really living THAT dangerously...

ok...

not dangerously at all!

It just sounds good!

 Happy (aloha) snapping!

xo

Kelly

Up on...

...the roof

by James Taylor

I already love linking up with with 

Kathy

because I get to reminisce some great tunes and sing them for the rest of the day...

swing by her blog and check out all the great interpretations.

Happy (be safe on the roof) snapping!

xo

Kelly