tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16244651206110327392023-11-16T02:04:47.022-05:00Lottie BirdPeople watching and the appreciation of beautyCindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-65310313415257331962011-08-01T09:09:00.000-04:002011-08-01T09:09:29.332-04:00A romantic little apartment in Paris<div style="text-align: center;">Remember my <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2010/03/living-vicariously-or-when-i-grow-up.html">friend</a>, Reba?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a glimpse into <a href="http://www.rebabaggett.com/">her</a> world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbBkWYYmw1aMTa_tcBccIzpOf_nXXwHWOBN4cBNpW3kuGiTVSUMFTthAVqirhfGRBBLMW6-ytCzqSlQgzAXHjnmHURddG1c8oTsOTCaQTuHPUQxhZ8XtX2XO5r44djZ7uz6k_eCsM-3ZZ/s1600/IMG_8073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbBkWYYmw1aMTa_tcBccIzpOf_nXXwHWOBN4cBNpW3kuGiTVSUMFTthAVqirhfGRBBLMW6-ytCzqSlQgzAXHjnmHURddG1c8oTsOTCaQTuHPUQxhZ8XtX2XO5r44djZ7uz6k_eCsM-3ZZ/s400/IMG_8073.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdIZzSBa6rc_M3XATQHzuywwTnxp1qFOYzh2zqR__oDN6eMxTUHZL6m3bb0HzT8koABQw8Ox1V7wbASHrDXXLf-yHqMiTyr_v-1I_NNWXq3pnCqKmzbLiCCi5a_2k9MJg3sk_gnwYHAMI/s1600/IMG_8017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdIZzSBa6rc_M3XATQHzuywwTnxp1qFOYzh2zqR__oDN6eMxTUHZL6m3bb0HzT8koABQw8Ox1V7wbASHrDXXLf-yHqMiTyr_v-1I_NNWXq3pnCqKmzbLiCCi5a_2k9MJg3sk_gnwYHAMI/s400/IMG_8017.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaCbX-BavsGX7JA1P_J6oHHAu_NmeIjDegqCKRVrO_6WTJvrkjXsDmXRjU2eQEOuaZkyu-YD1E6fm8xRphfk5iJNTDKkcDSpyK1qH6P7hf9wHVd9w8CC2sE70hyavx0fhwxPQjcQvQ98y/s1600/IMG_8022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaCbX-BavsGX7JA1P_J6oHHAu_NmeIjDegqCKRVrO_6WTJvrkjXsDmXRjU2eQEOuaZkyu-YD1E6fm8xRphfk5iJNTDKkcDSpyK1qH6P7hf9wHVd9w8CC2sE70hyavx0fhwxPQjcQvQ98y/s400/IMG_8022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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I'm dreaming.<br />
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Thanks for visiting.</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-4108130722605217262011-07-27T21:16:00.000-04:002011-07-27T21:16:03.876-04:00Wine Coolers<div style="text-align: center;">The French are so thoughtful.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside my hotel room, they provided a cooler to store my wine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I didn't have wine to store. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJDrGV39ZPda4qyt8_v2FyKQrfG8vsx9FEq8BSYoXodAY04qtCiJaLk1XFy4arTrDWoc6BVg6dBpq4c2xxYi0nVuYeot9-OgsAfAZ90pWtjh5fcL4J-gM64irwQnuCU7St0OUcWtRDZHu/s1600/wine+cooler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJDrGV39ZPda4qyt8_v2FyKQrfG8vsx9FEq8BSYoXodAY04qtCiJaLk1XFy4arTrDWoc6BVg6dBpq4c2xxYi0nVuYeot9-OgsAfAZ90pWtjh5fcL4J-gM64irwQnuCU7St0OUcWtRDZHu/s400/wine+cooler.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So there was plenty of room for cheese and fig jam.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP-HmGpsKlwKfjl7_mxqj_qAAAZYMak5kOC3yPhze-MoL1oavSZiItBC8lsVa3zAtv2PTp7Z4vTKmYkvgel4b82En9pBGbMRl07eki6eIqiOGAH8O8BRjOjSmsazZ0R_0D3RHhI2w1Zxr/s1600/IMG_8201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP-HmGpsKlwKfjl7_mxqj_qAAAZYMak5kOC3yPhze-MoL1oavSZiItBC8lsVa3zAtv2PTp7Z4vTKmYkvgel4b82En9pBGbMRl07eki6eIqiOGAH8O8BRjOjSmsazZ0R_0D3RHhI2w1Zxr/s400/IMG_8201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been craving my hotel room French breakfast.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Where can I get bread this densely packed with raisins in the US?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_N4E1i-n0_Byy0bu2QWtfXSpyFIZ3c_UbDGwjJrRWg0kHRWVUQzDKUwUB4nINsMfUrjry57KfW-DkgF9qb35ztd310e0KivCwAi15t5Z15RDxQ8NSPe4L2QvN3z9H2Mcze_ce8EjJbzqY/s1600/IMG_8206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_N4E1i-n0_Byy0bu2QWtfXSpyFIZ3c_UbDGwjJrRWg0kHRWVUQzDKUwUB4nINsMfUrjry57KfW-DkgF9qb35ztd310e0KivCwAi15t5Z15RDxQ8NSPe4L2QvN3z9H2Mcze_ce8EjJbzqY/s400/IMG_8206.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-47260855028639629812011-06-22T21:47:00.000-04:002011-06-22T21:47:27.008-04:00Grocery bills<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Olivia's "Grocery list 4 things we never get"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXwllcsI3go7n1Nr-a2z22b_e9YN-Sl5ooOd29iEIsOiYhHBd1LKRethtFhyphenhyphenf-Ag2OYhMZxrk3mHbz58O9le_zqMfRbYXMPqFUSNfbjsfw4cKg787iWeXsvb_Q6axbWX0otIanLjacZGj/s1600/grocery+list.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXwllcsI3go7n1Nr-a2z22b_e9YN-Sl5ooOd29iEIsOiYhHBd1LKRethtFhyphenhyphenf-Ag2OYhMZxrk3mHbz58O9le_zqMfRbYXMPqFUSNfbjsfw4cKg787iWeXsvb_Q6axbWX0otIanLjacZGj/s400/grocery+list.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruFA_cK-ESO6xAdk4cThAG-vFHs49Gwh_4REMQ6wY7Ad4b_n7c9doApOe534Wep4NFn9aUqlvA3rPjGYEHQHPY_U0LLEGmgjYw_RTtbcIzplKHQcHQjClXT7LfSCfCUaJ5uoRqqMDWROX/s1600/grocery+list+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruFA_cK-ESO6xAdk4cThAG-vFHs49Gwh_4REMQ6wY7Ad4b_n7c9doApOe534Wep4NFn9aUqlvA3rPjGYEHQHPY_U0LLEGmgjYw_RTtbcIzplKHQcHQjClXT7LfSCfCUaJ5uoRqqMDWROX/s400/grocery+list+back.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And mani+pedi is part of the grocery budget.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-13581103141436291372011-06-16T19:53:00.001-04:002011-06-16T21:56:44.278-04:00Wise self<div class="fbChatMessage fsm" data-jsid="message" id="msg_1398185198_100633025" style="text-align: center;">I was asking myself just this morning,<br />
"Self, what if I never declutter my basement?<br />
And what if I always have little messes?<br />
Will I have lived an unhappy life?"<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7D3kABvBxXLBT30We8Px6UxpAbQqGTc1972O4VCYhLx0a_v8Gjn7sCjc3A7Faa7blkmuy3JTC0Ls6qJkr2iWb-gpqtRlHslsJRbkJbEwnWjtKoI8ZWHROigIwGPZrEPzy1T2bo6Uugor/s1600/camera+and+me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7D3kABvBxXLBT30We8Px6UxpAbQqGTc1972O4VCYhLx0a_v8Gjn7sCjc3A7Faa7blkmuy3JTC0Ls6qJkr2iWb-gpqtRlHslsJRbkJbEwnWjtKoI8ZWHROigIwGPZrEPzy1T2bo6Uugor/s400/camera+and+me.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Self replied,<br />
"Only if you make yourself unhappy about it."<br />
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Now, to live the wisdom that I know.</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-61663438770334071502011-05-30T07:33:00.000-04:002011-05-30T07:33:20.973-04:00In Memory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuBWW07u00yEvI79iR0LQ_AmUlZgq22XGIzQhp94m29ltRed-zrWWpTQoun5OeY5VRzf_WdAYtFSjh8D4UBKWstb5MFqE5Z8VXYTaLDbzetHMAbuUdVHtF9uSlhbF_egAIacnBa9AILr3/s1600/flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuBWW07u00yEvI79iR0LQ_AmUlZgq22XGIzQhp94m29ltRed-zrWWpTQoun5OeY5VRzf_WdAYtFSjh8D4UBKWstb5MFqE5Z8VXYTaLDbzetHMAbuUdVHtF9uSlhbF_egAIacnBa9AILr3/s400/flag.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for serving, Dad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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And thanks to Doug and John and Greg and Mhop and Dave and Mace </div><div style="text-align: center;">and now JD, too.</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-20006709820408664102011-05-29T21:20:00.000-04:002011-05-29T21:20:32.010-04:00Silly song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">We sang this song in church today called "Scatter Sunshine". </div><div style="text-align: center;">I always thought it was a little campy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC387AaPK68CfxlzprfRQC5A9gFB1HoXxmeQdTL_wy8z35nEfm7cKa5p-bepIcQPczWvYpmuQKbjyymm2n2YqNhoALKmF1RGn8cm9QmnAF3_mMYTaTWgMCudPrQgLS6gu0xuCkAt2edr8E/s1600/sunshine+through+trees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC387AaPK68CfxlzprfRQC5A9gFB1HoXxmeQdTL_wy8z35nEfm7cKa5p-bepIcQPczWvYpmuQKbjyymm2n2YqNhoALKmF1RGn8cm9QmnAF3_mMYTaTWgMCudPrQgLS6gu0xuCkAt2edr8E/s400/sunshine+through+trees.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the premises of the hymn is that if we meet the </div><div style="text-align: center;">"world's repining" with a smile,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we can gain courage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was once asked if my frequent smile was masking pain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is that masking--or is it eliminating?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A second premise is that our smile will help others with their pain</div><div style="text-align: center;">(that's the "scattering sunshine" part).</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Can a smile really make a difference to someone else?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a smile?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was pondering the words,</div><div style="text-align: center;">deciding if I was too highbrow to believe them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">when I noticed the little boy in front of me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He cocked his head and gave me a little crooked grin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> hmmm...I do believe I got scattered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcalPlLbUIe8c3D_3QhasEP-ZjjNVfWtNZGo_pEaSl6-b5byDYuRiKba3mzsWb-d8VjVYk8zfLMPRCP0PuaQLTOSG2yj3_bIXfYTVB9bMhrq4tzOY1aAXXm4WE3ivZv-fHipNgIwfaPBq/s1600/synshine+matthew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcalPlLbUIe8c3D_3QhasEP-ZjjNVfWtNZGo_pEaSl6-b5byDYuRiKba3mzsWb-d8VjVYk8zfLMPRCP0PuaQLTOSG2yj3_bIXfYTVB9bMhrq4tzOY1aAXXm4WE3ivZv-fHipNgIwfaPBq/s400/synshine+matthew.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And so today, the song I always thought was silly, became very wise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-11532021664422405922011-05-13T13:30:00.001-04:002011-05-13T13:31:23.272-04:00What I Wore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9dJfnlCwp7xdCnBSDWbC3qyGM2Hnsu_OLQdrQuZ_EuaR6EM5Q2SebOMxHe4ZQyyR4y_YcSOi36bDOTZ66tugNniUpNFAnLfAJJbOrYTlkHslDhk2jCZMigso4hRiMK07tWS0gk1thyZs/s1600/eiffel+tower+daytime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9dJfnlCwp7xdCnBSDWbC3qyGM2Hnsu_OLQdrQuZ_EuaR6EM5Q2SebOMxHe4ZQyyR4y_YcSOi36bDOTZ66tugNniUpNFAnLfAJJbOrYTlkHslDhk2jCZMigso4hRiMK07tWS0gk1thyZs/s400/eiffel+tower+daytime.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The day started with these:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe7i0TwwThfbDiBRc2OkC3-LhzZI-eBof84CGQwcwPcmO094MiNp63djRZvpUNkO-2QGrt9jsKEppNfU-cC3xrpsdwjR6g0RCFRE8f9iZLIYD9-3JY_9MwIM58K4pCbofIclfilYdhFri/s1600/IMG_8000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoe7i0TwwThfbDiBRc2OkC3-LhzZI-eBof84CGQwcwPcmO094MiNp63djRZvpUNkO-2QGrt9jsKEppNfU-cC3xrpsdwjR6g0RCFRE8f9iZLIYD9-3JY_9MwIM58K4pCbofIclfilYdhFri/s400/IMG_8000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
and ended with these:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCZhh_t6arWjLKkpGtjDcbUtiy8XgL3kMlaSdMtQdpnkKpDLWtKK8PC9QQxUAQI48Uo7dTcJLR00tjCPXMagH9B6apgN92TMSmuzMIY2zI8wTxznut0y2lh9LRJkcQKxVDzlC9Yr9ZALW/s1600/IMG_8012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCZhh_t6arWjLKkpGtjDcbUtiy8XgL3kMlaSdMtQdpnkKpDLWtKK8PC9QQxUAQI48Uo7dTcJLR00tjCPXMagH9B6apgN92TMSmuzMIY2zI8wTxznut0y2lh9LRJkcQKxVDzlC9Yr9ZALW/s400/IMG_8012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgId93zFDLCTlKQCIssrzY_yg1uAXoR6Rd63NdiEy6PowRn93ksa-jvRValeQJvZBcJwnIDX_O3K-OTDFFbIKbi06tNFbgWV5emE3TtdCeuRWNVG4NI02LijvgqQiRZr1Qpk-6x8GiVHMvH/s1600/eiffel+tower+night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgId93zFDLCTlKQCIssrzY_yg1uAXoR6Rd63NdiEy6PowRn93ksa-jvRValeQJvZBcJwnIDX_O3K-OTDFFbIKbi06tNFbgWV5emE3TtdCeuRWNVG4NI02LijvgqQiRZr1Qpk-6x8GiVHMvH/s400/eiffel+tower+night.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not exactly European,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but at least not <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2011/02/european-comfort-club.html">European Comfort Club</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really wanted to wear these: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1hGjv8BSd1Sz3eWDz4PpNWnO_-Dy97qpKU3fyLTtIbNtt350e36Pbm2bIXTjbcuGu85zL5MOXI1dcGxvs03fTFLlG6YmneQrqrKj4KwcQUHyq0bdJmBssQRv_O1BCSb6cUTyrwRN8hHQ/s1600/IMG_8115_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1hGjv8BSd1Sz3eWDz4PpNWnO_-Dy97qpKU3fyLTtIbNtt350e36Pbm2bIXTjbcuGu85zL5MOXI1dcGxvs03fTFLlG6YmneQrqrKj4KwcQUHyq0bdJmBssQRv_O1BCSb6cUTyrwRN8hHQ/s400/IMG_8115_2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alas, they are destined to go down in history as another</div><div style="text-align: center;">"camel hair coat syndrome."*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unless Doug calls Maria at La Pantoufle de Vair</div><div style="text-align: center;">01.42.62.75.01</div><div style="text-align: center;">annemariedanna@gmail.com</div><div style="text-align: center;">size 40</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">In case he's wondering...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*The camel hair wrap coat we didn't purchase in Jackson Hole 24 years ago has plagued us as the great loss of the 80's.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-64550345540509786442011-04-26T21:50:00.001-04:002011-04-26T21:50:55.524-04:00I need some help<div style="text-align: center;">In my quest for <a href="http://spjacksonphoto.typepad.com/sarah_jackson_photography/">these</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy8RXy9oXSsGcmqaVAqtlEeRZl-kC2Z9_fNkxCNd4AhikEDiAzJrc34wQyD0gWWOUZeBetpPMbL61wHiIDLHPUGHYoQshRbhIZeuN_a_B14hZkHwLQw3oZP76aIfYE2uBFqG9yVbzy0IJ/s1600/green+clogs+on+snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy8RXy9oXSsGcmqaVAqtlEeRZl-kC2Z9_fNkxCNd4AhikEDiAzJrc34wQyD0gWWOUZeBetpPMbL61wHiIDLHPUGHYoQshRbhIZeuN_a_B14hZkHwLQw3oZP76aIfYE2uBFqG9yVbzy0IJ/s400/green+clogs+on+snow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found these:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfLuuMMjj0VOoYjLo8Gy0wLOtDis-u2KQGYIUyi57jZu6yyLXPWBrvRwBtOQnJvX8uh29ON1q8qJNgXQuUTyYrXS8t1r2JJmBzlQ5g4TioRmbpMq6ySXF6HA5z9SjhTGjyA2_sBEef5zD/s1600/clogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfLuuMMjj0VOoYjLo8Gy0wLOtDis-u2KQGYIUyi57jZu6yyLXPWBrvRwBtOQnJvX8uh29ON1q8qJNgXQuUTyYrXS8t1r2JJmBzlQ5g4TioRmbpMq6ySXF6HA5z9SjhTGjyA2_sBEef5zD/s400/clogs.jpg" width="266" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">But they kinda belong in the <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2011/02/european-comfort-club.html">European Comfort Club</a>...<br />
Aargh!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Help me find some comfortable shoes</div><div style="text-align: center;">that don't look like practical shoes.<br />
Is it possible? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Am I asking too much?</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-29210064093060599182011-04-24T15:52:00.000-04:002011-04-24T15:52:50.938-04:00Alleluia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscG_Sol1uiWew-0SAFgKrJteiap8b0T-ZGTbU87_i6mVrh8pScn_Yvrawzeo0y8lMx3KPmYcJY4ADNfnyRKonigqusrP31OBWvQxYJgN_zWND5l56vq1ue3yKv0XVwUo94mNDWa_wNIFu/s1600/christ+with+Mary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscG_Sol1uiWew-0SAFgKrJteiap8b0T-ZGTbU87_i6mVrh8pScn_Yvrawzeo0y8lMx3KPmYcJY4ADNfnyRKonigqusrP31OBWvQxYJgN_zWND5l56vq1ue3yKv0XVwUo94mNDWa_wNIFu/s400/christ+with+Mary.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXY03w0KZ0XplK727-Cj8QWCg1UULUMLFVxchOuHxFAmTBI4YD9zknUGz9xFNxOhRMlwDfRt9L9uQL-1QsaLCSllG8doxd6UiMD2uCxu3tQFv_pR1PKr_LMp39HIHEN8aUA7JOyZ3ezJD/s1600/christ+resurrected.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXY03w0KZ0XplK727-Cj8QWCg1UULUMLFVxchOuHxFAmTBI4YD9zknUGz9xFNxOhRMlwDfRt9L9uQL-1QsaLCSllG8doxd6UiMD2uCxu3tQFv_pR1PKr_LMp39HIHEN8aUA7JOyZ3ezJD/s400/christ+resurrected.jpg" width="307" /></a></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-91309640431916104712011-04-22T21:46:00.000-04:002011-04-22T21:46:15.427-04:00Lucky<div style="text-align: center;">Rose left for Prague today.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a quick weekend trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlhbiOx5-En_RHVzeezj49phUo0O3JrXyqmBVVc52pN7FBICUhA_7GnZCzDHA8tdrvkP30Go-ElIbzg75sRYG0VRpvhpQrG5Y6hhmlFeECJ3lMGgrGOUuPkE4lELBcPIqUNCi6OHETlgq/s1600/rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlhbiOx5-En_RHVzeezj49phUo0O3JrXyqmBVVc52pN7FBICUhA_7GnZCzDHA8tdrvkP30Go-ElIbzg75sRYG0VRpvhpQrG5Y6hhmlFeECJ3lMGgrGOUuPkE4lELBcPIqUNCi6OHETlgq/s400/rose.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Isn't Prague lucky?</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-4072502203759190312011-04-19T15:44:00.002-04:002011-04-19T22:03:15.863-04:00A flippin' great meal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0iHItQIwBTlQLZfc3hRajxhURUKS6d5UohjJG948qJqhoi199B9TBfGP2hHCQ3kKQwvLvD6lERiOWp7E26Yfi-dks9DOd6W74Y_E1oPbRS_Jo-eRhgY4c6MImZ1qeErQsxKDzRLNBZTp/s1600/flip+dinner+interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0iHItQIwBTlQLZfc3hRajxhURUKS6d5UohjJG948qJqhoi199B9TBfGP2hHCQ3kKQwvLvD6lERiOWp7E26Yfi-dks9DOd6W74Y_E1oPbRS_Jo-eRhgY4c6MImZ1qeErQsxKDzRLNBZTp/s400/flip+dinner+interior.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">We ate <a href="http://www.flipburgerboutique.com/">there</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Even though <a href="http://www.richardblais.net/">he </a>didn't sit with us,</div><div style="text-align: center;">he was there in spirit.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKT91HUQDWSOJcdMZnvX5dEQIiFjx_xVGEeL2itlwobQyeiwM4_LakBHoF19XpjuiSL9j9tCXbrearUaTqEuAZZ6gkQ_7ECS6rFoCSYPkHpNUCRKdrWjY_PKs3fijghWtJYhRUEYNj8Ndv/s1600/flip+dinner+shake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKT91HUQDWSOJcdMZnvX5dEQIiFjx_xVGEeL2itlwobQyeiwM4_LakBHoF19XpjuiSL9j9tCXbrearUaTqEuAZZ6gkQ_7ECS6rFoCSYPkHpNUCRKdrWjY_PKs3fijghWtJYhRUEYNj8Ndv/s400/flip+dinner+shake.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I had a Tuna Tataki burger and swiped much of Doug's milkshake)</div><div style="text-align: center;">All was yummy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the company was great.</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-14590994276650549262011-03-31T22:25:00.000-04:002011-03-31T22:25:12.728-04:00Cheers to the good guys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqT64Uqg_Xr9myk4ps5kzyLvuSaR_64Fcq82h29jHXcEdYbCxOrRTKuTIJvgy_E2GDisOkZzOUMxkk5mTbI9N-HDxiM1g-V5Ge6SEtFfgQJrV353TvkArFSmHjW-_4zVE_H2SFT1Cc3M/s1600/richard_a_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqT64Uqg_Xr9myk4ps5kzyLvuSaR_64Fcq82h29jHXcEdYbCxOrRTKuTIJvgy_E2GDisOkZzOUMxkk5mTbI9N-HDxiM1g-V5Ge6SEtFfgQJrV353TvkArFSmHjW-_4zVE_H2SFT1Cc3M/s400/richard_a_l.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend Richard Blais just won <a href="http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef">Top Chef</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, we may not be BFFs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">aaaand he man not know that he's my friend,</div><div style="text-align: center;">buuuut he does live next door to my in-laws. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I did say, "Hi" to him once.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I was smiling in a friendly* kind of way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9GYD5ir9xCged8mRRd4FW3vU9XaZGGTFvuc8gCNHlbMC1dWHkLW8_XMmj0qN7bgKBvz1sgwFFaIOW0Y3ht4oxV6NzCpLrNrnIUsWYcZX0Ee-40uOU3LLa14SxBWF1JjZI3DqpLW29mo/s1600/Richard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9GYD5ir9xCged8mRRd4FW3vU9XaZGGTFvuc8gCNHlbMC1dWHkLW8_XMmj0qN7bgKBvz1sgwFFaIOW0Y3ht4oxV6NzCpLrNrnIUsWYcZX0Ee-40uOU3LLa14SxBWF1JjZI3DqpLW29mo/s400/Richard.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The thing about Richard is that he's a genuinely good guy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is how I know:</div><div style="text-align: center;">He helped the other chefs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He didn't throw tantrums.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was humble about his successes--and failures.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He didn't complain.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He didn't use language that needed to be bleeped.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, when asked which fellow chef should have been kicked off sooner, he couldn't come up with a name. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He really could not.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">He may not be my BFF,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but he is just the kind of friend I want.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I wonder if he's taking applications. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you suppose he'll join us for <a href="http://www.flipburgerboutique.com/">dinner</a> on Friday?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIE2OXQRmculu_eZ6IlZvRIQzM9pPjXipy_lr54kqSyYnicMxymwN6qmFqfoXgdFkOntBNJErhsJ8tWa6WOqAjchAQq-EBXCziiGaJXPO3eTf8Ru0i4CbEzxntlTTXrVx4l64F3ew2AQ/s1600/RICHARD-BLAIS-eating+burger+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIE2OXQRmculu_eZ6IlZvRIQzM9pPjXipy_lr54kqSyYnicMxymwN6qmFqfoXgdFkOntBNJErhsJ8tWa6WOqAjchAQq-EBXCziiGaJXPO3eTf8Ru0i4CbEzxntlTTXrVx4l64F3ew2AQ/s400/RICHARD-BLAIS-eating+burger+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*"friendly" may mean goofy and stalkerish to some</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-19302874190235850812011-03-23T07:28:00.000-04:002011-03-23T07:28:35.147-04:00My brush with fame and fashion blogs<div style="text-align: center;">All these years I've been waiting for <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/">The Sartorialist</a> to find me</div><div style="text-align: center;">(okay, that one time in NYC--I was out of town when he was in ATL).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is just as fun.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Probably more. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rose spotted on <a href="http://www.byu.edu/webapp/home/index.jsp">campus</a> and posted on a fashion <a href="http://yfashiondaily.tumblr.com/page/2">blog</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cCNPvgMCvoH_NLIerjRj2gSHGrXasuouvS63jWIxpAYAlTq-c5SVvfwlbyt3lJoBt3Wdkok3hUn1CgP8xzvk-mgmdXIQOH8CkrNj9zYnZAZPawBJ-k8ARd2tPGJJOj0d_Rx4_XdnC-Q/s1600/rose+on+fashion+blog+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cCNPvgMCvoH_NLIerjRj2gSHGrXasuouvS63jWIxpAYAlTq-c5SVvfwlbyt3lJoBt3Wdkok3hUn1CgP8xzvk-mgmdXIQOH8CkrNj9zYnZAZPawBJ-k8ARd2tPGJJOj0d_Rx4_XdnC-Q/s400/rose+on+fashion+blog+1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ5hJneKwdvKDqy83NIHhENzlSFbnKzevZtPncuiT6mvOsqOUzZDvg3K_ooXRw7zJIWZSgSh057K8_dfHQHoFJ0-Vxpa6Ys6hV-N_r-xTrLOeJ4ShCEuJcaB2BBp287KkhotORVFpXYA/s1600/rose+on+fashion+blog+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ5hJneKwdvKDqy83NIHhENzlSFbnKzevZtPncuiT6mvOsqOUzZDvg3K_ooXRw7zJIWZSgSh057K8_dfHQHoFJ0-Vxpa6Ys6hV-N_r-xTrLOeJ4ShCEuJcaB2BBp287KkhotORVFpXYA/s400/rose+on+fashion+blog+2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">Rose's thoughts:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">"not really the same level as the sartorialist.. just sayin."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">I'll grant her that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">But the photographer had a good enough eye to spot at least one fashionable co-ed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">(If you visit the blog, make a comment on her picture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">Answer the question I asked there:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">"Cute skirt. Does anyone know where she got it?" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">Extra points if you tell them the label is Tallulahs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">Extra extra points if you add the Tallulahs <a href="http://www.tallulahsjewelry.com/">link</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">Points for what?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span data-jsid="text">You tell me.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-19759336525045410582011-03-03T07:10:00.001-05:002011-03-03T12:26:52.311-05:00Mama's Voice<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">How many times do you hear your mother's voice in your head?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Probably more than once her voice says,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Don't compare yourself with others." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70M1ykV3z2lojjbQcxNS7ot2LIJf-qIA-uWvtT2ryrorVXDPWkQhXXXZ-PcKxnaxSvBwe0iofz0BXwFIny6R68I7XlNVzrQX_SJGrP8zpC0vBj_b5G8yqKWdJsMpM-GvtAWxwgLKnkTs/s1600/comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70M1ykV3z2lojjbQcxNS7ot2LIJf-qIA-uWvtT2ryrorVXDPWkQhXXXZ-PcKxnaxSvBwe0iofz0BXwFIny6R68I7XlNVzrQX_SJGrP8zpC0vBj_b5G8yqKWdJsMpM-GvtAWxwgLKnkTs/s400/comparison.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She probably even says, "You are wonderful just as you are."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes our mother's voice helps.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And sometimes other voices help, too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I like this one:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"I am the daughter in whom God is well pleased,"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant">Iyanla Vanzant</a> on my once favorite show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_Over_%28TV_series%29">Starting Over</a>). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What's your mantra?</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-59982261181344751302011-02-25T17:15:00.002-05:002011-02-27T19:50:25.881-05:00My Heart Sings or Ode to Atlanta (again)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I know we'll have more cold days.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">But the warm days will prevail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">It's here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That groundhog isn't so smart.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-70840764859830761922011-02-22T21:32:00.001-05:002011-02-22T21:47:01.280-05:00European Comfort Club<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Once, while shopping</span> for shoes that would not exacerbate* my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis">Plantar Fasciitis,</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Borrowed from <a href="https://health.google.com/health/ref/Plantar+fasciitis">Google Health</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Plantar Fasciitis is a fancy word for sore heel)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I shopped in the "practical" section<br />
of an upscale department store.<br />
I shopped for a pair of shoes that appeared as close to normal<br />
as my sore foot would allow me to wear.<br />
But then I was caught off guard.<br />
An enthusiastic sales clerk asked,<br />
"do you want to belong to the 'European Comfort Club?'"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wait.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Am I that obvious?<br />
I thought I blended. </div><div style="text-align: center;">European Comfort club?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Ouch. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You see, I am a shoe-ie. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Like other people are foodies.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I enjoy shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikezHxt1SvvkXOggPuItqG1kILOxA8dZDWCHLP6mN04UQBqiyY4GqUw6XO4y-ZUhzzUowR3RouzWFf0f9wj6MX8M0YhC9pM3a8bB_K7tCz7shQlJuOX_pbWfS3dqg9ylPr3YjEfp0VPyw/s1600-h/blue+sandal+on+bench.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikezHxt1SvvkXOggPuItqG1kILOxA8dZDWCHLP6mN04UQBqiyY4GqUw6XO4y-ZUhzzUowR3RouzWFf0f9wj6MX8M0YhC9pM3a8bB_K7tCz7shQlJuOX_pbWfS3dqg9ylPr3YjEfp0VPyw/s320/blue+sandal+on+bench.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I care about shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-FKgcCYs4MrY-dM8cKrjW9Dp7xxW1ItfcTLaekBGytG8BtLyXXtZrUScE2ngyHHzYh66KEvcOKQJD1Szu2PgEEBm9bo96FLH15aKU0NZ17PCObvs8n3mfSk33nunWxtkNFfBlVj1Yxc/s1600-h/oxfords+w:+ugly+dress+cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-FKgcCYs4MrY-dM8cKrjW9Dp7xxW1ItfcTLaekBGytG8BtLyXXtZrUScE2ngyHHzYh66KEvcOKQJD1Szu2PgEEBm9bo96FLH15aKU0NZ17PCObvs8n3mfSk33nunWxtkNFfBlVj1Yxc/s400/oxfords+w:+ugly+dress+cropped.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0veSxKhRgT0D1uJicrfzjLescJ2m_UaNJ-0KlsO1IWHHLYql3BEijCreIdEEhDH5YzatjNOCCnOAmKlzBUly6_Yj0ltZi9roTJ4tMYFVk7dhwsqEVvfyvckEsDyLpF6Bwd0WFmiilNBU/s1600-h/suede+shoes+in+box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fine shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0veSxKhRgT0D1uJicrfzjLescJ2m_UaNJ-0KlsO1IWHHLYql3BEijCreIdEEhDH5YzatjNOCCnOAmKlzBUly6_Yj0ltZi9roTJ4tMYFVk7dhwsqEVvfyvckEsDyLpF6Bwd0WFmiilNBU/s1600-h/suede+shoes+in+box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0veSxKhRgT0D1uJicrfzjLescJ2m_UaNJ-0KlsO1IWHHLYql3BEijCreIdEEhDH5YzatjNOCCnOAmKlzBUly6_Yj0ltZi9roTJ4tMYFVk7dhwsqEVvfyvckEsDyLpF6Bwd0WFmiilNBU/s320/suede+shoes+in+box.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not practical shoes.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">No.<br />
I do not want to belong to your club.<br />
Thank you very much.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I took my pride,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my dowdy shoes</div><div style="text-align: center;">as I turned on my sore heel </div><div style="text-align: center;">and walked out of the store.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*exacerbate belongs to my "favorite words" list. Plantar Fasciitis does not.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-87990100937699517302011-02-19T18:29:00.001-05:002011-02-22T21:23:38.113-05:00Don't believe everything you read...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cho</span>colate is a lot of things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uutmfkWZe7EXaJjXCWFrN47n0HnkHJv4yLO8BHnQi3k6qVtdvWxbnRU0J2xzCfDoTaRuDdLD2p42awLVpKUOYT3aeulb1AhDZLt2VF0GsJFoaY2_YvuWjr3vKQnzubCGP4I5Uc5mEJw/s1600/dove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uutmfkWZe7EXaJjXCWFrN47n0HnkHJv4yLO8BHnQi3k6qVtdvWxbnRU0J2xzCfDoTaRuDdLD2p42awLVpKUOYT3aeulb1AhDZLt2VF0GsJFoaY2_YvuWjr3vKQnzubCGP4I5Uc5mEJw/s400/dove.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But this may be expecting too much.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I ate it anyway.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-17998765053274908042011-02-15T08:37:00.001-05:002011-02-15T08:38:49.690-05:00Humbuggers<div style="text-align: center;">To all you buggers who criticize Valentine's Day as a</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hallmark,</div><div style="text-align: center;">commercial,</div><div style="text-align: center;">made up holiday... </div><div style="text-align: center;">get over yourselves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's just another opportunity to show love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_z5xPJReqh26Ryw6b8gWI-oHw5aywA70cAH_Q9HzJvMX6B6tOMUfcZ8Y_AaqRQ8XBMqE6Vcu1hB-H5FJ5vD9jquR5QhhiV7_T84uklC-m8Xb_ZlfmEG-voFvjxZLU2sptQa4ebphZOo/s1600/pillow+making.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_z5xPJReqh26Ryw6b8gWI-oHw5aywA70cAH_Q9HzJvMX6B6tOMUfcZ8Y_AaqRQ8XBMqE6Vcu1hB-H5FJ5vD9jquR5QhhiV7_T84uklC-m8Xb_ZlfmEG-voFvjxZLU2sptQa4ebphZOo/s400/pillow+making.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before going to bed,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Olivia realized that she was my only valentine in town.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We two would be the sole participants in our annual </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coco-Wheats-Hot-Cereal-28-Unit/dp/tags-on-product/B0002XIBO2">Coco Wheats</a> breakfast.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkZlUsbcRz9OCDgs3Sywz0TFdcFfqbMkKliS99uGra-9PVk3To5famT3aBjB4-t3v3I4v67UMD82PjfkvR37eQEzO676v-xEbDnvdtIUyDvUiwxAzMQHNao52Tdm-Hli6fi7brmXW44A/s1600/pillow-coco+wheats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkZlUsbcRz9OCDgs3Sywz0TFdcFfqbMkKliS99uGra-9PVk3To5famT3aBjB4-t3v3I4v67UMD82PjfkvR37eQEzO676v-xEbDnvdtIUyDvUiwxAzMQHNao52Tdm-Hli6fi7brmXW44A/s1600/pillow-coco+wheats.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, we don't have Coco Wheats in the South, we add cocoa to Cream of Wheat...</td></tr>
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Olivia got an idea,</div><div style="text-align: center;">woke up at 5am,</div><div style="text-align: center;">jumped out of bed, </div><div style="text-align: center;">gathered beautiful fabrics,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and quilted a pillow for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXnzZ31iNB3nMDJE_DgMJweL9N6sWKm3Jn4JkZ55QKkpgbD7X_l7mCxVGqEHoUsEDWhpzmmYPusD_QuM8oGXkk4yg28RkLP4hfiBok5kd0KJQ-5Ya6I6Iqqpx7P3LgKaTbUc5MTVH1ew/s1600/pillow+sewing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXnzZ31iNB3nMDJE_DgMJweL9N6sWKm3Jn4JkZ55QKkpgbD7X_l7mCxVGqEHoUsEDWhpzmmYPusD_QuM8oGXkk4yg28RkLP4hfiBok5kd0KJQ-5Ya6I6Iqqpx7P3LgKaTbUc5MTVH1ew/s400/pillow+sewing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, she had to wait until I was awake to thread the machine...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was incredibly industrious,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and creative,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and visual.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And loving. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUefq9sJmyUmqJK6VGIZp29nck7Lma2V4mhNfx4F2ZI5V9oXieCNEVgL6NIFt_BiJ5OjgU_rRP2t_uymCcLvsFSBJfh9qK2Noar9-kd_5kGJxuOv1gslMJzUdE84bHrwdJfQ-kude9l4/s1600/pillow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUefq9sJmyUmqJK6VGIZp29nck7Lma2V4mhNfx4F2ZI5V9oXieCNEVgL6NIFt_BiJ5OjgU_rRP2t_uymCcLvsFSBJfh9qK2Noar9-kd_5kGJxuOv1gslMJzUdE84bHrwdJfQ-kude9l4/s400/pillow.jpg" width="400" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of us whose <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Languages-Secret-That-Lasts/dp/0802473156/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297776771&sr=1-1">love language</a> is gifts,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is a marvelous opportunity to show love.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you whose love language is something else,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is a marvelous opportunity to show love.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The pillow is an expression of love from her</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a symbol of love to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_s4hyRPenoQtVHkR88P6I6567tXEV54HRV7Hlm1vo74sRO-A-g8pqchQUsRm1GD-kiUYWh-NvnLHRqv-nO0xeBKqqS4js3vP7iIBYrHKCUtVS7QkjOogKVNvU5wvOpRaJxdpTN-tkHM/s1600/pillow+on+chair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_s4hyRPenoQtVHkR88P6I6567tXEV54HRV7Hlm1vo74sRO-A-g8pqchQUsRm1GD-kiUYWh-NvnLHRqv-nO0xeBKqqS4js3vP7iIBYrHKCUtVS7QkjOogKVNvU5wvOpRaJxdpTN-tkHM/s400/pillow+on+chair.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And for any of you who remember her gift to me <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-you-know.html">last year</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(which ended with lollipop dough sticking my lips to my teeth)</div><div style="text-align: center;">you will know how much I really cherish this pillow!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">How was your love day?</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-32941278850049387392011-02-13T15:04:00.007-05:002011-02-13T15:09:59.387-05:00Productivity<div style="text-align: center;">Again...or is it still...<br />
my knitting needles have been calling me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I even produced a few items this winter.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it feels like an indulgence.</div><div style="text-align: center;">To sit and make knots in yarn.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I mean, it doesn't really need to be done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Producing knitting is not being productive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuESAN7XISkSRDF8MnRglEdOOx9gulEJQBFm4hWbNaIi8UvU51CuPlKJMhKFAoTlVrGzMZJHU24GVN5wc_oE_2ZoWm8oqhtRvIO2BDN-t-e5IESqGiP6K9c64vEtQKxVGwbyaQ0colWZc/s1600/IMG_6087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuESAN7XISkSRDF8MnRglEdOOx9gulEJQBFm4hWbNaIi8UvU51CuPlKJMhKFAoTlVrGzMZJHU24GVN5wc_oE_2ZoWm8oqhtRvIO2BDN-t-e5IESqGiP6K9c64vEtQKxVGwbyaQ0colWZc/s400/IMG_6087.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I have a love/hate relationship with productivity. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to be able to just "be" (or at least knit and be),</div><div style="text-align: center;">but then my mind starts working,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I keep thinking of things I could be doing,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or could have done, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and then I can't "be" at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKtnEevH7sgzRvRhLaJEwInZud0qdE8MbXpSbBwRFFcFK7vlg_4Sa1oWaojmCgwcmHNvZGYXOAD61V_ac0DlU35y3wAYrcljAtUKtiEaD6gR9Qb_A2oWCCnksG-E-ughk2rprhf2eJ6M/s1600/IMG_6116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKtnEevH7sgzRvRhLaJEwInZud0qdE8MbXpSbBwRFFcFK7vlg_4Sa1oWaojmCgwcmHNvZGYXOAD61V_ac0DlU35y3wAYrcljAtUKtiEaD6gR9Qb_A2oWCCnksG-E-ughk2rprhf2eJ6M/s400/IMG_6116.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not like I'm ever really all that productive.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I do have an appropriate amount of guilt over it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or is it inappropriate?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2H6CKdR62L5aUCm-WKXqSftEbDLX9yxHCoAHU768dEZuMCFuvmC6kKYzKE42R8i-s1UTBcnOrxlMJ2Q_P-pIJ5vqDzV5_HgSo3vfZfRwYD12QvPMOThhndH-ljxthDdOeEvO0EDPdTPQ/s1600/productivity+kailey%2527s+scarf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2H6CKdR62L5aUCm-WKXqSftEbDLX9yxHCoAHU768dEZuMCFuvmC6kKYzKE42R8i-s1UTBcnOrxlMJ2Q_P-pIJ5vqDzV5_HgSo3vfZfRwYD12QvPMOThhndH-ljxthDdOeEvO0EDPdTPQ/s200/productivity+kailey%2527s+scarf.jpg" width="171" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizofbihXvCm_eGG1-s9Upra2P76r3KrelFljhs-iU25L_KnMgCcpsKZWutzZvoAOOSA0oG2B-gZATxllqmWMliiiUhoJcRGM3D6uMKAZPFFlAFZcIXX-C5o5OGAsTsodBKbfB3iybb8UM/s1600/productivity+kitty+hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizofbihXvCm_eGG1-s9Upra2P76r3KrelFljhs-iU25L_KnMgCcpsKZWutzZvoAOOSA0oG2B-gZATxllqmWMliiiUhoJcRGM3D6uMKAZPFFlAFZcIXX-C5o5OGAsTsodBKbfB3iybb8UM/s200/productivity+kitty+hat.jpg" width="175" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittbhyphenhyphenne1cwUSrHtNBZKwheFznA9eLnlTDQX8rzIn55FIkMWUyJqQZpYPj4UZrWxNp9FyMTX2cNkbpFdhlniNB8r-Grtx-OB8Q4n3a6P2RxHt-0U90WxitsRgOG91hjL7zmRitNT_vaWs/s1600/kailey%2527s+scarf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittbhyphenhyphenne1cwUSrHtNBZKwheFznA9eLnlTDQX8rzIn55FIkMWUyJqQZpYPj4UZrWxNp9FyMTX2cNkbpFdhlniNB8r-Grtx-OB8Q4n3a6P2RxHt-0U90WxitsRgOG91hjL7zmRitNT_vaWs/s400/kailey%2527s+scarf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJIDb9w21xT2OU_lS-WF0Sy0o8IeUdmHfWm9GTe8cCEMmXmfizmUvJGWzfan3o9NM_X63rf0w1nI_xBx3jZt-4okzpAyJ-hl6DvlviH7mZTD8rhl7XOkKzOa_-Yt8dl4QRGKGjCHk4RY/s1600/productivity+liv%2527s+scarf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJIDb9w21xT2OU_lS-WF0Sy0o8IeUdmHfWm9GTe8cCEMmXmfizmUvJGWzfan3o9NM_X63rf0w1nI_xBx3jZt-4okzpAyJ-hl6DvlviH7mZTD8rhl7XOkKzOa_-Yt8dl4QRGKGjCHk4RY/s400/productivity+liv%2527s+scarf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Recently I told someone that I my day had been particularly productive</div><div style="text-align: center;">and that productivity made me feel good.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And in reply I heard, "as if productivity were the meaning of life."</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah. Snicker. I know. Snicker.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wait...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I need some help with this one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">How do I resolve it? </div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-30269978347845921002011-02-04T09:03:00.004-05:002011-02-04T13:42:45.451-05:00Inspiration<div style="text-align: center;">I didn't feel like exercising this morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post_03.html">rainy and cold</a> and I just wanted to<a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-post_03.html"> knit</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeBMxOf_NWnEQXGwTScMI28BRBF6qhoiGbvdVQQ5IV5Rli7DhY5pnPmu_T5_JHlSPs1ANDA74JaOGQbi1LmtV3z-PSjvipG4fWa1HaMSRWmkriQbjIyagcroecj9p55-bqzy1TdtF0oc/s1600/inspiration+yarn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeBMxOf_NWnEQXGwTScMI28BRBF6qhoiGbvdVQQ5IV5Rli7DhY5pnPmu_T5_JHlSPs1ANDA74JaOGQbi1LmtV3z-PSjvipG4fWa1HaMSRWmkriQbjIyagcroecj9p55-bqzy1TdtF0oc/s400/inspiration+yarn.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't look, Oma. It's a surprise...</td></tr>
</tbody></table> But I know I feel stronger,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my back feels healthier,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and my emotions are happier</div><div style="text-align: center;">when I <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2010/12/dirty-word.html">exercise</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So...I looked through the new <a href="http://athleta.gap.com/">Athleta</a> catalog for inspiration.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xDc2juWL7Q1LGmt1ZKpszTiFwRRKcueARnM6shj8rsxFVTaFVh5uLKB6g3dWgCXcMId6iLC9n-b5wae9a_gAyvXxF-uWe9nWe1bJ2VwssiTIeZe0cxKd8XA1huVMCGmdyNYxnuS6EJE/s1600/inspiration+athleta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xDc2juWL7Q1LGmt1ZKpszTiFwRRKcueARnM6shj8rsxFVTaFVh5uLKB6g3dWgCXcMId6iLC9n-b5wae9a_gAyvXxF-uWe9nWe1bJ2VwssiTIeZe0cxKd8XA1huVMCGmdyNYxnuS6EJE/s400/inspiration+athleta.jpg" width="233" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://athleta.gap.com/browse/outfit.do?cid=49573&oid=OUT21951&mlink=46650,2632370,HPImage2_1&clink=2632370">Source-Athleta</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> And then I reminded myself that my little bit of exercise</div><div style="text-align: center;">(seriously--little!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">gave me, a middle aged mom with extra layers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">muscles like this:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAJkZuXzOramFGEEGCbYtcwnWW2MPKiEOhEA5K2Vko1KXATM7QmhvYb0voz5a-8kBwE-3D8dV-ocxtfYgvahyphenhyphenKjvSnkLBQoEjVrEhI9zs5a5iqY05oOzFnFYEK6E7x_duJKc48OYAISc/s1600/inspiration+arm-athleta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAJkZuXzOramFGEEGCbYtcwnWW2MPKiEOhEA5K2Vko1KXATM7QmhvYb0voz5a-8kBwE-3D8dV-ocxtfYgvahyphenhyphenKjvSnkLBQoEjVrEhI9zs5a5iqY05oOzFnFYEK6E7x_duJKc48OYAISc/s400/inspiration+arm-athleta.jpg" width="233" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://athleta.gap.com/browse/outfit.do?cid=62808&oid=OUT21934&mlink=46650,2632370,HP3Image2_1&clink=2632370">Source-Athleta</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, that's not me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it's all relative.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And when I tried to get a picture of my arms, this is what I got:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewdKnnEKfOB6wGHybPf11Efx1ZlIrlk3BRZUxP4BFhOsk4TKHi2eKxQp4IzU9EyvbSK-ENspZbKVrAoRRj_w97uULcnAkQAVXM-31RRc5A8ArKuFU4HkSGkuSD3U4yMb3a9CQH-eRsZY/s1600/inspiration+arm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewdKnnEKfOB6wGHybPf11Efx1ZlIrlk3BRZUxP4BFhOsk4TKHi2eKxQp4IzU9EyvbSK-ENspZbKVrAoRRj_w97uULcnAkQAVXM-31RRc5A8ArKuFU4HkSGkuSD3U4yMb3a9CQH-eRsZY/s400/inspiration+arm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trust me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I may be the only one who gets to see my muscles...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I have muscles!<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>And now for a little shout out to <a href="http://www.t-tapp.com/">T-Tapp</a>.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-O2L-zCcBDnXHplHfUuuwl1k5yCS_13Ew5tgIbBnWK8Es4_640PMRv9fT-8_FO1WHguSBac3uylhimvu-SueDvnFSFvdrWxRDDft4Ojow2413DY3Ja07dKFh8wsmAnRJvmI3AMIOtzc0/s1600/inspiration+t-tapp+basic+plus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-O2L-zCcBDnXHplHfUuuwl1k5yCS_13Ew5tgIbBnWK8Es4_640PMRv9fT-8_FO1WHguSBac3uylhimvu-SueDvnFSFvdrWxRDDft4Ojow2413DY3Ja07dKFh8wsmAnRJvmI3AMIOtzc0/s1600/inspiration+t-tapp+basic+plus.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's said to be "more tai chi than Taebo...<br />
It's as intense as Taebo, but calmer...<br />
Like yoga, T-Tapp is much harder than it looks."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/02/Northpinellas/New_workout_uses_quie.shtml">Read more here.</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table> An exercise DVD that only takes fifteen minutes</div><div style="text-align: center;">about three times per week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's seriously little, right? </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can do fifteen minutes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even when I'd rather knit...<br />
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What inspires you to exercise?<br />
Or to do anything when you would rather knit?</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-19526427189419776232011-02-01T09:18:00.015-05:002011-02-01T09:21:32.228-05:00I Miss You<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I've taken a little time off.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had nothing to say.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe it's because my mind was occupied...</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"> I was spending time with Oma,</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephanie (Oma) painting kittens with Olivia.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and chatting with my lovely <a href="http://fieldofpoppies-rose.blogspot.com/">girl</a> in Utah.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rose and the charming Kailey.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Park City. If I look cold it is because I was cold!</td></tr>
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and laughing with <a href="http://libbysworlddesign.blogspot.com/">Liz</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(at the Sundance Film Festival!),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_Sa9RP-_1GUN4SxfY0Zvc_BKAEMf8zIb90h2E55QmqQO0lv85Fv3UuF_-D8VF_RRfDwFYBIfHZDSRZ4IAzkKeY4_ZR_rFfNrYt_7psajZHbvi7WgHSctjERM3GM1DcE9UaHp-rcOVRA/s1600/miss+you+with+Liz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_Sa9RP-_1GUN4SxfY0Zvc_BKAEMf8zIb90h2E55QmqQO0lv85Fv3UuF_-D8VF_RRfDwFYBIfHZDSRZ4IAzkKeY4_ZR_rFfNrYt_7psajZHbvi7WgHSctjERM3GM1DcE9UaHp-rcOVRA/s400/miss+you+with+Liz.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HEzNFCBmlR4htzw-xX-Fw1MqPgujNtpMaj8lS-Uhqaq3RPf9iWlUmtGi00pcTYwknmzMuXvKFtwX86hSwx_bHg5VVpEeOT-81XDk2AiHgAixctVvC_73k4tFkvtTBYh2Iw7eKZcOagg/s1600/miss+you-liz+and+rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HEzNFCBmlR4htzw-xX-Fw1MqPgujNtpMaj8lS-Uhqaq3RPf9iWlUmtGi00pcTYwknmzMuXvKFtwX86hSwx_bHg5VVpEeOT-81XDk2AiHgAixctVvC_73k4tFkvtTBYh2Iw7eKZcOagg/s400/miss+you-liz+and+rose.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and being starstruck by Robert Redford,</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He really was there. That blue vested person just prevented YOU from seeing him.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and falling in love with </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=dominic+cooper" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dominic Cooper</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, he really was there to see me. Dreamy, dreamy.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No, real true love...</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECr3eCglIIAmqA5KiC5olo0Ul8PgXJRn6cvLC0Yh0-ZAM_8UZQgAimvTHEi3uLPKPC9JDBApB8tv9cKOl53M1ojnWEdappW7PNotv3ZH0oTSzpvCbWhUqsDD6uAXA-WAqcRfEONdU7tw/s1600/miss+you+dominic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECr3eCglIIAmqA5KiC5olo0Ul8PgXJRn6cvLC0Yh0-ZAM_8UZQgAimvTHEi3uLPKPC9JDBApB8tv9cKOl53M1ojnWEdappW7PNotv3ZH0oTSzpvCbWhUqsDD6uAXA-WAqcRfEONdU7tw/s400/miss+you+dominic.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She means nothing to him. She is just an actress (Ludivine Sagnier).</td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whatever it was, I missed Lottie Bird.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">And you.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-15042516481821223452011-01-07T08:36:00.001-05:002011-02-02T21:38:23.818-05:00Cultural differences<div style="text-align: center;">People watching.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMZZJHLtG-uYAxtm5ZbDW9BBvkKKAFyc21Hp-5g-V2I7SEaX4naqvWq_OKevtUrlFQRcuNwRbuGkjGWcw6IllP_-LxKiRAK1iDXwwZqvc-4YpUvEv9shGMTFxPBvH2aZ65qmUsNQ67a8/s1600/IMG_5070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMZZJHLtG-uYAxtm5ZbDW9BBvkKKAFyc21Hp-5g-V2I7SEaX4naqvWq_OKevtUrlFQRcuNwRbuGkjGWcw6IllP_-LxKiRAK1iDXwwZqvc-4YpUvEv9shGMTFxPBvH2aZ65qmUsNQ67a8/s400/IMG_5070.jpg" width="266" /></a></div> And the appreciation of beauty.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtm_YDICEraV8qL3QCWeAUhbvqUnbTwyJvvXkyVuz6LZS15SVxtOV41jci5o3stpHY7Onfn3dBOqGs9FMYPE9og3FHDgRFDSdJL1_Cd1R9KVHbMuX656lc28D9DxK0iOhcY2cWvaaFg4/s1600/IMG_5071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtm_YDICEraV8qL3QCWeAUhbvqUnbTwyJvvXkyVuz6LZS15SVxtOV41jci5o3stpHY7Onfn3dBOqGs9FMYPE9og3FHDgRFDSdJL1_Cd1R9KVHbMuX656lc28D9DxK0iOhcY2cWvaaFg4/s400/IMG_5071.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>Belly dancing. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It feels so odd to unprohibitively* look at another person's body.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's unusual in our culture for staring to be so acceptable.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe that is why this dance is so intriguing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's clear why the dance is so appealing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignRPbtbtNfsdlA3y9h0O4x-o4c0hDSV7scPSPaBRnT03npWTizZPxS9QsWb2Re9GqigV7ifSWOwuhlRp_KeapUdJZhJbp8dISvuGYqSkk_Pei129X7EBt5qfA4mASGylIcZ6CkILRF4w/s1600/IMG_5073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignRPbtbtNfsdlA3y9h0O4x-o4c0hDSV7scPSPaBRnT03npWTizZPxS9QsWb2Re9GqigV7ifSWOwuhlRp_KeapUdJZhJbp8dISvuGYqSkk_Pei129X7EBt5qfA4mASGylIcZ6CkILRF4w/s400/IMG_5073.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Our anniversary dinner was spent at <a href="http://www.efesrestaurant.com/">Kybele,</a> a Turkish restaurant.<br />
It's fun to step into another culture. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy 23rd, babe.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*This may not be a real word. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">But it expresses what I am saying so appropriately.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-65647461991816721182011-01-03T19:32:00.003-05:002011-01-03T20:33:20.026-05:00Distracted<div style="text-align: center;">I didn't have time to do what I really wanted to do today (knit).</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't have time to do what I really needed to do today (laundry).</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I did instead: </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayw-l8Z7PbK4ELSIWOPLEcNDJD3_SU7dFxjAeThgiTPGRC2EXT85yo_a6mVwLZku8W2aqqgNCGphXEGk7EyGYUxao-ankJZgQxVe2EFc5C1uf95DAqT2Ogl9RjR0-oB412XBSzIRSnmA/s1600/GreenClogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayw-l8Z7PbK4ELSIWOPLEcNDJD3_SU7dFxjAeThgiTPGRC2EXT85yo_a6mVwLZku8W2aqqgNCGphXEGk7EyGYUxao-ankJZgQxVe2EFc5C1uf95DAqT2Ogl9RjR0-oB412XBSzIRSnmA/s400/GreenClogs.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mousespottersguide.com/">mousespottersguide.com</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I got distracted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the computer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a problem I will write about.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Later.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and later is a problem I will write about...you know, later).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, one of the things that distracted me was</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.svensclogs.com/">green clogs</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiHYUbfqoifWvTAysud2e82cWxZqStiMonzW4pe-wl2iWJHn09_YlnDKI2B_3my6KFb5Zd9OEjWOFylPTPZ4vNG1F_kATh36s8_54pjW0yiIltxOxJG3_pJGuIPaEnMC0TequCyBEEb8/s1600/sarah%2527s+green+clogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiHYUbfqoifWvTAysud2e82cWxZqStiMonzW4pe-wl2iWJHn09_YlnDKI2B_3my6KFb5Zd9OEjWOFylPTPZ4vNG1F_kATh36s8_54pjW0yiIltxOxJG3_pJGuIPaEnMC0TequCyBEEb8/s320/sarah%2527s+green+clogs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">See, I was making a comment on a <a href="http://www.acommonplacelife.com/">favorite blogger</a>'s post</div><div style="text-align: center;">(because I didn't have time to knit...or to do laundry), </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I noticed the comment above mine was made by a blogger called</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://spjacksonphoto.typepad.com/sarah_jackson_photography/">Sarah at Green Clogs</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">How cute it that?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6d89FtrDFpGg1nDt8m-oGc1HJILLbb0-WJ15hrbVTWNIhRz7JNQfLrtiZ82g4uve5ERFY7fIvrAjz-nX5VKQrEoWArTb7EXDFcal2-JrDOiCGf0Nz2Cl1cOT9uE6MU3ofHnICK7K_9Ws/s1600/green+clogs+on+snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6d89FtrDFpGg1nDt8m-oGc1HJILLbb0-WJ15hrbVTWNIhRz7JNQfLrtiZ82g4uve5ERFY7fIvrAjz-nX5VKQrEoWArTb7EXDFcal2-JrDOiCGf0Nz2Cl1cOT9uE6MU3ofHnICK7K_9Ws/s400/green+clogs+on+snow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Branding. Shoes. Beauty.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All my favorite things.<br />
And pictures for eye candy (she is a photographer). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMQtj7NWuT-1iOrgc-4Pdq1VhNWOV0S0cvyz8NSbCAAROr4wCDTTBZAZhxYxBry4QDk9HAKcBMNFDbL-nsRpcuEunyTdNmv7GTKCVlF__QJYAQn7YQ1DfpXeJnwTZ7CoxQSZz-7PnquU/s1600/green+clogs+on+rocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMQtj7NWuT-1iOrgc-4Pdq1VhNWOV0S0cvyz8NSbCAAROr4wCDTTBZAZhxYxBry4QDk9HAKcBMNFDbL-nsRpcuEunyTdNmv7GTKCVlF__QJYAQn7YQ1DfpXeJnwTZ7CoxQSZz-7PnquU/s400/green+clogs+on+rocks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Needless to say, I had to look at Green Clogs' blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I had to read some posts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I had to make some comments.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then I had to write about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But first I had to get permission.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then I had to wrestle with flickr to get her photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And, well, you've read <u>If You give a Moose a Muffin</u>, right?</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjhFooVDDahXpJMb0hx70suVzeVwzKACle5COIAx929kG4DB-L9p9b6IVpk1z8zyoe_JVhP0E06DIlI8JeYPZjdz54z3EV94GBIpa-3R1IC3QVaZ2E7C9o3z2hTDQT3mI9hc8K1b_hPc/s1600/green+clogs+moose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjhFooVDDahXpJMb0hx70suVzeVwzKACle5COIAx929kG4DB-L9p9b6IVpk1z8zyoe_JVhP0E06DIlI8JeYPZjdz54z3EV94GBIpa-3R1IC3QVaZ2E7C9o3z2hTDQT3mI9hc8K1b_hPc/s400/green+clogs+moose.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Give-Moose-Muffin-Book-Give/dp/0064433668/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294029633&sr=1-1">Amazon</a>, of course.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">I'm the moose.<br />
Sooooo,</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is how we got here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAqbovYNF0yUnV8MqG83C7Buzf5pBJvKsfWreOtIeJydj_Ct7gC_Vnb4R2yTeYAzb_sBSkuJ-lkbxA0M4b6u2gRqQvKCLBHB0XlxcqZTIPmTQqtTnMtFlGaZ6GXw87gHRPqqA-raqdHU/s1600/GreenClogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAqbovYNF0yUnV8MqG83C7Buzf5pBJvKsfWreOtIeJydj_Ct7gC_Vnb4R2yTeYAzb_sBSkuJ-lkbxA0M4b6u2gRqQvKCLBHB0XlxcqZTIPmTQqtTnMtFlGaZ6GXw87gHRPqqA-raqdHU/s400/GreenClogs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ironically, the <a href="http://spjacksonphoto.typepad.com/sarah_jackson_photography/2011/01/habits-and-intentions.html">post</a> I (first) read on Green Clogs was about a new year's intention to</div><div style="text-align: center;">"step away from the computer."</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmmm.<br />
I need to think about this. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing happens by accident, does it?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even being distracted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the computer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3b_X6eXR8ilcWn6CZp2yYLxadg_QuA26s-q6UKv2oDoogZ4t9YYyF8-nOXOcqK6KJ9EjHOgLKishPjsbuLBAl8h_hXNRRrt9g7eShscpvki9JIu-z3XqFF7ZrsWp9LMo5qmCNUn3Sd6M/s1600/green+clogs+project.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3b_X6eXR8ilcWn6CZp2yYLxadg_QuA26s-q6UKv2oDoogZ4t9YYyF8-nOXOcqK6KJ9EjHOgLKishPjsbuLBAl8h_hXNRRrt9g7eShscpvki9JIu-z3XqFF7ZrsWp9LMo5qmCNUn3Sd6M/s400/green+clogs+project.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">I really do want to make time for daily <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2010/12/bubble-bath.html">indulgences</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Like knitting.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I think my new friend Sarah at Green Clogs has inspired me.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-66558565932936150102010-12-31T09:35:00.003-05:002011-01-02T23:55:54.987-05:00Indulgences and Resolutions<div style="text-align: center;">I love a relaxing bath on a cold day.<br />
Okay, I confess, I love a relaxing bath on every day.<br />
Really.<br />
It is an indulgence I take.<br />
<i>Every</i> day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh5XGF5pR03ovZ6IjPfwOQLLfS_EUSJmtL9p8FWfZfYyvm_iUcvfHMyCoSZMQd82VpCkS8nkxALe96vSGGjdpvGXpjtVINpcDoDQS_AygmKwFKrE_703VPFoEzTefgDZ-jC52_LhncAY/s1600/bathtub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh5XGF5pR03ovZ6IjPfwOQLLfS_EUSJmtL9p8FWfZfYyvm_iUcvfHMyCoSZMQd82VpCkS8nkxALe96vSGGjdpvGXpjtVINpcDoDQS_AygmKwFKrE_703VPFoEzTefgDZ-jC52_LhncAY/s400/bathtub.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Nothing quite goes as well with a relaxing bath as<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Dove Dark Chocolate</div>and a Diet Coke.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Every</i> day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not normally a fan of the quotes on the Dove candy wrappers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think they are kind of feel good "light."</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I did ponder this one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZMSJXizUg1Pzz79olngcH7owx5S56waRAuuoR1JIgHLXJsPe1YrasZh-mDmhnMHhBKKt9nHsUHDNGD51k5TBG8U1YXZkj2ilchLlgmf4HZULxV1TbVMR5Hg74iyTrvQcN_ZK6wlDIMQ/s1600/dove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZMSJXizUg1Pzz79olngcH7owx5S56waRAuuoR1JIgHLXJsPe1YrasZh-mDmhnMHhBKKt9nHsUHDNGD51k5TBG8U1YXZkj2ilchLlgmf4HZULxV1TbVMR5Hg74iyTrvQcN_ZK6wlDIMQ/s400/dove.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Too bad all it made me ponder was,</div><div style="text-align: center;">"So does one's nose."<br />
<br />
All this pondering led me to remembering<a href="http://craftygirlproject.blogspot.com/"> Kasey's</a><br />
"welcome to <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-yam-what-i-yam.html">reality</a>" photos. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ADHMXfI2fmP5-3hfvobh4OZJwsC0fXBA9n_9aYoT4vOOR6G1xAQ8Wj_XgJSjHcdcCwm0kVEyJgzr4BArl2Vnx74yWlmR-MNGD4rfm0mwS_NULFmHEfwrdtFgQ03fFdFRUlDScUdDp-0/s1600/kasey%2527s+pic+of+my+profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ADHMXfI2fmP5-3hfvobh4OZJwsC0fXBA9n_9aYoT4vOOR6G1xAQ8Wj_XgJSjHcdcCwm0kVEyJgzr4BArl2Vnx74yWlmR-MNGD4rfm0mwS_NULFmHEfwrdtFgQ03fFdFRUlDScUdDp-0/s400/kasey%2527s+pic+of+my+profile.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After some deliberation it has been determined that I do not have a nose hair showing. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">That suspicious "strand" is actually the earring on the woman behind me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Really.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Not that my nose hairs never show...</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">This is not the nose I remember from my youth.<br />
Good thing I am so wise.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think a great New Year's resolution would be: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"give myself an indulgence every day."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Really. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It would sure beat the:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">"eat less chocolate and drink less Diet Coke"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I resolve to do every new year. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">What indulgence would you give yourself?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And, what has grown with your wisdom?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Really.</span></div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1624465120611032739.post-30177925143618146222010-12-26T21:20:00.001-05:002010-12-26T21:21:56.543-05:00All I Want for Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">I didn't really have a Christmas wish list this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because I wasn't planning on wanting anything.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You see, we are Real Estate Refugees.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We signed away our Christmas fund (and paycheck) to pay for mortgages...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and new stoves...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and shower doors...<br />
and carpet...<br />
and decks...</div><div style="text-align: center;">elsewhere.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDhvKC0ZkPrOFBXlq6W6NaCLk6Omyyx2NRHrqvYcqjjVtokSe7hFrXN9Gs7mGRggsIvQvoA3aHi-CFW2MQNqVhf8BPFTPxI9vVKz4BvvUn5HsJ64F69XytME_UuJjk6LZouIFsIRsO8g/s1600/866+monroe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDhvKC0ZkPrOFBXlq6W6NaCLk6Omyyx2NRHrqvYcqjjVtokSe7hFrXN9Gs7mGRggsIvQvoA3aHi-CFW2MQNqVhf8BPFTPxI9vVKz4BvvUn5HsJ64F69XytME_UuJjk6LZouIFsIRsO8g/s400/866+monroe.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Want to buy a <a href="http://www.trulia.com/property/3028518188-866-Monroe-Dr-NE-Atlanta-GA-30308">million dollar home</a>? On sale? Half -price?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> But when Eddie asked what I wanted for Christmas,<br />
I didn't want to say,</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Nothing."</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's what my mom used to say.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And she said it in kind of a grumpy way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I didn't always believe her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I thought about what I really wanted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I told Eddie that what would really make me happy on Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;">was to see happiness and <a href="http://lottiebird.blogspot.com/2009/12/simplify-simplify-simplify.html">joy in his eyes</a><br />
(in spite of the meager gifts this year).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what Eddie gave me:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFbQP4qU0Kvx_gS7-lxhPMp5AjcQWpGl4QyZB51is0Svz7D2p0FdTX0lK3baemNWm2bSP1GkIYQF-ESrZJ8y-T35g5349cDAxRw4nc8bbDLekZT83RpZEI3gxWKWxO9c7TVR8_PHZV7A/s1600/eddie%2527s+gift+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFbQP4qU0Kvx_gS7-lxhPMp5AjcQWpGl4QyZB51is0Svz7D2p0FdTX0lK3baemNWm2bSP1GkIYQF-ESrZJ8y-T35g5349cDAxRw4nc8bbDLekZT83RpZEI3gxWKWxO9c7TVR8_PHZV7A/s400/eddie%2527s+gift+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Enthusiasm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4g0jOpiG9Naf6cAyGq1BSGRRGkSnhxoDe8OaxaBSd4NCjCIPBfUhZ9GPPwaTsYz_ip3P2DXaqgB3uO0jMOe36QPz_ywdrrhIyYMsXLDF0RxAvi6YRIcm_MVd56yspzKZAcc1g0bt2kA/s1600/eddie%2527s+gift+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4g0jOpiG9Naf6cAyGq1BSGRRGkSnhxoDe8OaxaBSd4NCjCIPBfUhZ9GPPwaTsYz_ip3P2DXaqgB3uO0jMOe36QPz_ywdrrhIyYMsXLDF0RxAvi6YRIcm_MVd56yspzKZAcc1g0bt2kA/s400/eddie%2527s+gift+4.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Surprise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoJQucdCN2eHHg9DZSYGDvXuU4OxrKb5wf1W55EBCEb5chDTi-6qJj-YySsMNDHwL188750TNqpoNTdp6Be5QDgcZEdujSEpitG6L_88iNmPxeWkfVMGXZTt7rZbfbCPzIz0Oc-zUKnY/s1600/eddie%2527s+gift+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOoJQucdCN2eHHg9DZSYGDvXuU4OxrKb5wf1W55EBCEb5chDTi-6qJj-YySsMNDHwL188750TNqpoNTdp6Be5QDgcZEdujSEpitG6L_88iNmPxeWkfVMGXZTt7rZbfbCPzIz0Oc-zUKnY/s400/eddie%2527s+gift+5.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Delight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6-jtPCFry8TwIbaAXIwSn7MT9haJVnqfffXdMqjS3MwhppB79Svrq11IPxcE199lq-1uoA3GbjZL4xmDdTA2gFGIy05NuvI8L6-XieP3dqruvE77C0nVtzxOSxaCBdmYtizY4bx_IUE/s1600/eddie%2527s+gift+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6-jtPCFry8TwIbaAXIwSn7MT9haJVnqfffXdMqjS3MwhppB79Svrq11IPxcE199lq-1uoA3GbjZL4xmDdTA2gFGIy05NuvI8L6-XieP3dqruvE77C0nVtzxOSxaCBdmYtizY4bx_IUE/s400/eddie%2527s+gift+6.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Compliments<br />
(Liv makes Eddie a calendar every year--this year it was kittens).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusrLwkGU_5ZaMyvgEd50GTEn4a1AvSxdK52RqIBdCRT1SOik9xdHjc0oDlSDVmpAoTEqNO4Pi1fyL24KEwJFLjA4xmdu9skD1BbfKNSyM1cWVaQ3vCrgh0n-UjwC24Vg4x5Dk92TL2FU/s1600/eddie%2527s+gift+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusrLwkGU_5ZaMyvgEd50GTEn4a1AvSxdK52RqIBdCRT1SOik9xdHjc0oDlSDVmpAoTEqNO4Pi1fyL24KEwJFLjA4xmdu9skD1BbfKNSyM1cWVaQ3vCrgh0n-UjwC24Vg4x5Dk92TL2FU/s400/eddie%2527s+gift+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Pleasure<br />
(Rose chose a selection of albums he would enjoy).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXiIFAB0vT4tIJgrX7FXfeSznMAudat57vDcXUKpqyqShgtdgq-VTZtu70W6tO9NUNCembU5fq2Le8uCT_W57h5asta3I_0jAV3F9P7JgsxQDOP3k5pHWvLzgYqgkGKFWnTgsQkZrkCA/s1600/eddie%2527s+gift+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXiIFAB0vT4tIJgrX7FXfeSznMAudat57vDcXUKpqyqShgtdgq-VTZtu70W6tO9NUNCembU5fq2Le8uCT_W57h5asta3I_0jAV3F9P7JgsxQDOP3k5pHWvLzgYqgkGKFWnTgsQkZrkCA/s400/eddie%2527s+gift+8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Laughter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w6bVJLtz9gVAI_n0GZbCNUqWXbG1TeY3-81xI9k76iRwt4OVDrFCuZttkKJWTDZinH6IxhDMAfFJQDQLueqfyH3SVca1w8fJ10ORMvAzjqXZhsV1q-5_D8mBhMqrdhGrzo3Y5qHaS8M/s1600/Eddie%2527s+gift+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w6bVJLtz9gVAI_n0GZbCNUqWXbG1TeY3-81xI9k76iRwt4OVDrFCuZttkKJWTDZinH6IxhDMAfFJQDQLueqfyH3SVca1w8fJ10ORMvAzjqXZhsV1q-5_D8mBhMqrdhGrzo3Y5qHaS8M/s400/Eddie%2527s+gift+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks, Eddie.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love my present.<br />
I love being your mom. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You bring me joy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> --Mom</div>Cindy at LottieBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14983096000933814079noreply@blogger.com2