The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People

Funny... I didnt make the list.

Anyhow, The Hill newspaper produces a list of the 50 Most Beautiful People on the Hill every year. This year's list just came out.

This amuses me.

(Funny, I drive by the Hill every morning on my way to work and I don't see anyone who looks this good. I mostly see a lot of sneakers and suits. Hmmm.)

Have Cake...

This new blog will make you laugh. for hours.

I have had some bad cakes but these are ridiculous.

To Do: Love Animals

This could be the cutest thing I have ever seen.



I love it!!

To Do: Catch Up On The News

Please read Beltway Confidential by Julie Mason.


Reasons why you should:
-she is hysterical
-she is a White House Correspondent
-she is my friend
-and...

To Do: Buy Sunglasses

Do we like these? 

Things I look for in sunglasses...

- cheap

- wide side band

- goes with black

To Do: Watch

(I think it might be interesting)

To Do: Blog

Thank you Scientific American Magazine.

I will blog. And now its good for me.

Thank you very much!

How I: Refocus My Life

This is a story that I think about everytime I need to refocus my life.

Please read it. I love it.

I am stressed/annoyed/envious right now and this makes me stop and think about where my focus is in life. "Where are my golf balls" I ask. Do I have those major parts of my life in place? Most likely not.

So...

What are my golf balls?
- pray before meals and before bed
- communicate with my family/friends more
- taking care of my teeth
- exercise daily/start running
- read my scriptures
- read more books
- save some money
- take my vitamins
- eat healthy food and prepare my own meals
- start waking up earlier and running
- drink more water each day

What are my pebbles?
- excel at my job
- planning out my outfits each day
- have long/healthy/volume hair
- have a clean house and car

(image from here.)

I got a case of the reds (**and a little case of the greens).

**the greens = jealously.

What I Do On Saturdays...

Okay, so I have been OBSESSED with Deadliest Catch for the last couple of weekends. 

Yeah, Ill run errands and run into work but I can rely on catching some episodes at some point during the day. 

Its interesting. Thats all. 

To Do: Check Out Some Porn

I know its dirty... but please check this link out. 

(its rated G)

My Favorite Thing Today:

This is my dream man.

No joke.

To Do: Tell Secrets

This looks pretty interesting.

It has things like:
- The Secret to Weight Loss
- The Secret of Remembering Names
- The Secret History of Striptease

I heard about it here.

To Do: Show My Apt

hello there. this is my livingroom (please note, Bravo on TV)

i think you have seen this shot before

the kitchen, notice the blue accents please

this is my little room, pretty white (i know!)

my little bedroom (i love my bed)

my "carrie bradshaw" closet, (yeah, walk through closet)

side two of the closet

New Favorite Quote:

Coco Chanel by Horst, originally uploaded by Wolfiewolf.

"I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny."

--Coco Chanel

Update: Pink Heels

I finally bought these!!

They went on sale to $99 and I had a $60 gift card and they were 20% off!!

To Do: Eat Out/Eat Healthy

Thank you Shape Mag

This is pretty cool. Mildly-healthy fast food options.

(image from here.)

Coveted: Diamond Studs

found at tiffanys, of course!!

(daddy, since you started to read my blog let me send you a subtle hint)

Ummm...

I love this.

I am normally not that interested in narcissistic "look at what I am wearing today" posts/blogs but this amused me. This gal is fabulous!!

I love all of her outfits and I think she is the cutest thing!!

I see a little Victoria Beckham, do you??

To Do: Get a (Fish)pedicure

If you know ANYTHING about me, please know that feet gross me out!!


(I could barely bring myself to post this picture. It grosses me out!)

So I have decided to blog about this (why? I don't know!). The salon is here in DC too. Gross.

Check this video out.

To Do: Lose a Guy

So a while back the BFF and I watched "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." a true classic. and it made me think about all of the stupid things we girls do.

in combination of my extensive research on this subject, this movie, "he's just not that into you," and "why men love bitches," I have decided to blog about this topic. I have always been able to relate a little better to guys that I have with girls. I often find myself listening to my girl friends' relationship stories and I am normally able to relate more with her boyfriend than anything else.

- do not become best friends with his mother. growing up I was always friends with the guys and they were always the cute, athletic, popular guys. i have watched many girls fall into the idea that if you become best friends with his mother it will make him fall in love with you more. the truth is, we normally become such good friends with his mother that we start to gang up on him and the last thing that a guy needs is two nagging women in his life. he most likely does want you to get along with his mother but you are dating him... not his mother. remember this.

- you had a life before you met him, keep your life after. I was recently talking with one of my favorite guys. one that provides me a lot of insight into the mind of a guy. he was talking about how ever since he started dating a new girl he feels that she wants to hang out with him all the time. he wondered what she ever did before she met him because it seems that he has become the center of her life. the reason why guys like "bitches" is because they are confident. they are going to say, "hey, I am going out with the girls this weekend. Ill talk to you monday" and just leave it at that. if you meet a guy and you like him, great, but keep on trucking with your life and let him fall into it.

- dont fall into all the "rules of contacting him." treat him like any other person in your life. if he calls you, call him back. if you missed a call from one of your friends, you'd call her back. also, you dont wait around for your best friend to call you all the time, I am sure that you call her sometimes... so call him sometimes. the key to this is to call him sometimes. not all the time. not never. sometimes. dont be a freak about emailing/texting/calling him. treat him like any other person in your life and use your best judgement. the best rule here is to once again be confident and continue on with your life and let him fall into it.

- dont lose yourself in a relationship. if a guy doesnt call you that doesnt mean that you are worthless and it doesnt mean that he is an asshole. just continue on with your life like you did before you met him.

- dont put a label on it. people think that when they label their relationship a "relationship" things will become crazy. dont let it. dont label it. continue being friends who love to hang out and are committed to each other.

- dont pick a fight. so many times I see girls try to pick fights to make their guys pay more attention to them. and I have seen guys do jerky things to have their girlfriends pick a fight with them. this is called a bad relationship and you should leave it asap!

overall, I would say that you need to continue being your badd self and let a relationship happen. a guy should fit into your life perfectly if it is meant to be.

What I Am Listening To:

Paper Planes - M.I.A.

This Sums Up My Mood Today...

(this was fw:fw:fw: forwarded to me today)

20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label it 'In'.
5. Put Decaf In TheCoffee Maker For 3 Weeks Once Everyone has Gotten Over TheirCaffeine Addictions,Switch to Espresso.
6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks , Write ' For Smuggling Diamonds'.
7. Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy'.
8. Don't use any punctuation.
9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'.
12. Sing Along At The Opera.
13. Go To A Poetry Recital. And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?
14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds All Day.
15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In the Mood.
16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.
17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
20. And The Final WayTo Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile. It' s Called ....Therapy.

To Do: Google Earth Secrets

I am so amused by the earth. (this is why I love the Discovery Channel)



This is why I am so amused by these:

this one is the best, i think. (haha, i like the music too, its monumental)
this one is neat

My dad and I were talking about these last night.

The earth really is cool. Lets take better care of it.

To Do: Find Better Guys

All the guys in my life are married or almost married. 

I am losing my mind. 

I feel like "the other woman" but I didn't do anything. I HATE it. 

Why can't I find some guys who are great and SINGLE?

Urgh!

To Do: Go To The Marine Barracks

The Marine Barracks is 8 blocks from my place. 

After a year leaving here, I finally made it there last night with Little Z. Needless to say, I cried all night. I loved the performances. 

I fell in love. I need to get myself a marine. Mmmm. mmm. mmmm. 

My Favorite Thing Today:

This made me laugh today.

Guess Who I Met Tonight...

this guy. 

Thats right ladies... I got to flirt with Kenny tonight. 

What a sweetheart. Love him. 

To Do: Learn How A Cactus Grows

found here.

Bubble Calendar

A bubble a day...

How cool is this bubble calendar?

I love it.

I would be tempted to pop more than one a day tho.

found it here.

Ohh Arizona. I Miss You

I love DC, but Arizona has a lot to offer.

Like...

and...

My Favorite Thing Today: JibJab

This is hysterical.

Please watch. Please laugh.

To Do: Update Wardrobe

Okay, I want to update my wardrobe J-Crew style.

(just not with their price tags)

J-Crew is all about great suiting and leaving the devil in the details. 

Here is what I am thinking...

- buy a one or two simple, nice blazers/suits

- buy one nice white and one nice black cami

- buy a few nice tailored shirts (white, black, hot pink, blue)

- buy one or two cute/funky cardigans to switch around

- buy some cute/cheap/trendy/funky pieces of jewelry (mostly necklaces and earrings)

- buy one or two pairs of fun colored heels (pink/red)

- buy maybe one pink/red purse

... and... ta DA! 

New wardrobe. New me. 

My Favorite Thing Today:

This is the craziest thing that I have EVER seen in my life!

SERIOUSLY!

My Favorite Thing Today: Twins on the Metro

I live in DC - we call it the Metro. 

But the humor translates from NY to DC. Check this out. 

What I Am Listening To:

Anti Matter - N.E.R.D.

Johnny and June - Heidi Newfield

To Do: Buy More Pedestals

I love these.

found here. via here.

Oh Happy Day even blogged about some on Snippet & Ink.

BFF- I love this necklace

This is my BFF and her sis, my other bf.

Point - I love this necklace, BFF. Where did you get it?

My Favorite Thing Today: Matt

To Do: Make a Giant Cardborad Gandhi

Since I love "How To" posts, I figured I'd post this too. Just in case you were wondering...






"Randi sez, "Perhaps you would be interested in a 17 foot tall Gandhi avatar made out of cardboard? An artist by the name of Joseph DeLappe made this for his Eyebeam spring residency. Should you want to make your own, the process is well documented on Instructables."



"After walking with Gandhi in Second Life for 240 miles I decided it would be interesting to extract my avatar from this online world and recreate him in monumental scale. This instructable takes you through the process of creating the 17' tall cardboard Gandhi using a variety of readily accessible (mostly free!) software tools, cardboard and a hot glue gun. The production of this sculpture took a total of 4 weeks, 6 days a week, 9-11 hour days with the assistance of an intern for two-three days of each week. "



via Boing Boing

He Who Laughs Last...

Jay Leno: "Did you know there are still 330 active wildfires in California? And thousands of homes are threatened, although not nearly as many homes" as "are threatened by Countrywide Mortgage."

Jay Leno: "And Hurricane Bertha is gaining strength. But the good news, listen to this -- since NBC bought The Weather Channel, there's a good chance the storm will be cancelled."

Jay Leno: "And you think it's hot now? 'Discover' magazine says in 3 billion years, the sun's intensity will be so strong it will boil the oceans and turn the entire Earth into a deserted desert. Like Phoenix in July basically."

Jay Leno: "Transportation officials report a record number of traffic accidents for the first eight days of July. You know why? The new hands-free cell phone law. People in LA aren't used to driving with two hands."

Jay Leno: "I like the hands-free phone. You know why? Like, today, I was able to get a much closer shave. I could look in the rear view mirror without holding the phone and the shaver."

Jay Leno: "Jesse Jackson now apologizing to Barack Obama for some extremely crude comments he made about Obama after an interview on Fox News. Yeah, apparently Jackson didn't know the microphone was on, and he said some nasty stuff, yeah. So yet another reverend Obama has to distance himself from. The guy has the worst luck with preachers of anybody I know!"

Jay Leno: "They're now investigating why Barack Obama's loaner charter jet had mechanical problems the other day. Remember he had to make an emergency stop in St. Louis? ABC News says the jet was previously used by Hillary Clinton. See, so Hillary let Barack borrow her plane. And it had problems. Wonder what that was all about?"

Jay Leno: "And the African-American cable network TV One is coming under fire for its plans to cover the Democratic convention but not the Republican convention. And, believe me, black Republicans are very upset, both of them."

Jay Leno: "And President Bush was in Japan for the G8 summit. Again, another embarrassing incident at dinner. I guess President Bush sent his sushi back because it was cold. 'Throw that on the grill a little bit there!'"

Jay Leno: "Osama bin Laden's teenage son...has released a poem calling for the destruction of America and the killing of all its allies. Imagine a kid writing something like that. Here's my question. Where are the parents?"

Conan O'Brien: "The Democratic Party announced this week that Barack Obama will give his acceptance speech at an 80,000-seat stadium and that they will not serve fried food at the Democratic convention. ... Which begs the question, where are they going to find 80,000 Americans who don't eat fried food?"

Conan O'Brien: "Yesterday at the G8 summit, President Bush met with the prime minister of India. Yeah. There was an awkward moment when Bush told the prime minister, 'I think I've been in your taxi.'"

Hello Moto...

The iPhone comes out tomorrow.

Doors open at 8am. Found here and here.

(I dont plan on purchasing one. Ill wait until they slash the price in half next week.)

What Is Giving Me Hope:

Arizona Sunset, originally uploaded by pv photos.

Jeremiah 29:11:

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

My Favorite Thing Today...

I love Post Secret card. I think that wrinkles are sooo important!

Check more out here.

Happy Fourth!

Hello Lovelies!

Sorry I was busy all weekend and neglected to blog. I am back though.

Anyhow, the Fourth of July is my favorite holiday and I have finally found someone who loves it as much as I do. (Little Z).

We had a lovely "Happy Birthday America" party at my hot apartment this weekend and it was such a hit. That was the first party I have hosted there.

Then we went and watched the fireworks on the South Lawn of the White House with some friends. It was THE most amazing experience ever!

Then my Aunt and Uncle were in town so I had to show them around (see pic above). It was so great to see them! I love visiting with family.

Also my BFF and her little sister were in town and came on some tours with us (see pic above). Then last night (or early this morning) we packed up my BFF for her move to Arizona. We got her out the door and on the road by 1:00am this morning. (sadface!)

I also got a lovely treat in the mail from my swap buddy this weekend. It made my day! I am sending yours this week. Promise!!

Personal Update: Part Two

** We got cable. It will be the end of me. I love Bravo. I forgot how much!

**My dear friend (who was injured in Iraq) is coming with his family to watch the fireworks with me. I am SOOOO excited. 

** Since Little Z wanted to have a "Happy Birthday America" party and I have a nice apartment, we decided to have a party at my house. It looks like Uncle Sam lives in my kitchen right now. 

** I am obsessed with my apartment. Ill add pictures later. 

** I am also obsessed with the Discovery Channel commercial I posted. 

** Little Z and I made cupcakes last night and delivered them to all of our friends around the Complex that we work with. Everyone loves cupcakes. You can do whatever you want when you have cupcakes in your hands!! Haha. 

** I have amazing friends. And family. And an amazing place to work!!

To Do: Call Dimitri

Listen to this.

I think I have met this gentleman before!

Hmmm...

To Do: Black Frames

I already have some black picture frames in my apt but I love THIS idea!!



(via desire to inspire)

Dear Swap Partner:

I took an oath when I agreed to participate in iswannee's swap and I have failed you.

Well, technically Gmail has failed you! Evil Gmail put all of iswannee's swap emails in my spam box which I dont even get to see!!

I promise you that you have some treats coming your way!! Promise.

Please hold....

Holly

Reasons Why I Love I Suwannee:

Two: