oooooooohhhhh...

I have WANTED you for SOOOoooo long...
So many years I have DREAMT of you...
I once put PICTURES of YOU in frames around my HOME, (bitting lip)
Well not you, but look a likes, YES, that's how BAD I WANT you!

There is SO much I want to DO with YOU...
You are so Tall and STRONG, and the way you SMell..
A woodys scent, MMMmmm...So INTOXICATING...
I have INVISIONED "us" together...
thru the seasons, oh EVERY season!
with my friends and family and PARTIES,
oh and DANCES, yes many, MANY dances!
I see ROLLING in the HAY, music, CHILDREN and LOTS of laughter!!!
(grimace) Am I saying TOO much?

Oh HOW you GET to me...
These dreams, no FANTASIES I have CREATED because YOU exist!!
I ACHE for you, you are HOME to me
I FEEL you CALLING to me...

I DREAM and hope that IN time, YES in TIME...
WE will be INSEPERATABLE!
OOooohhhhhh YUM, I'm tingling ALL over!!!
now I just NEED to know...








are you WHITE?


Or RED?

No really... I did.

sherbet and keyboards DON'T mix

Darn it!!! My yummy little niece left her THRIFTY sherbet ice cream cone next to my keyboard!
First of all, Why did she NOT eat it all, HELLO?
Second, it MELTED so quickly onto those nice WHITE keys... and BYE BYE keyboard!
Which has left me borrowing old ones from both of my sisters, which both are missing some keys and for awhile, NO @ !!! I couldn't get on to my dear blog, or emails.
ANyHoo, life is rough huh? But seriously, why didn't she finish it?

umm... timmy

Combine these Adorable and Hilarious men and you have...






THIS GUUUUUUYYYY!!!
I give you... Larry Justin Timothy Johnson.








First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (so cool, you don't have to go to school on your big day anymore, so... thumbs up.)

Second, have a great day cuz you like SO deserve one !!! ( cuz member like when you were little and um- we'd make long lists for you, you'd jump the back fence (ran like hell) to Wayne's Liquor (only candy) and the Pharmacy (only candy here too) then you'd book it back before Mom and Papa got home? - Meh, member that? That was awesome.)

Third, thanks for ALWAYS making me laugh!!! (Okay well like NOT always. I mean like for YEARS you'd try to make me laugh and I'd look at you like you had crap on your face. It's cool that's changed huh?)

Fourth, I SO LOVE the way you LOVE the Wace! (Like when you bought JT tickets for Bethanne and let her take me. We were about to leave and you were looking down at the Wace as you rocked her and I saw something watery in your eye and I was ALL," Did you want to go with BA? Cuz I can stay here with the Wace?" By then I think the fan was blowing in your eyes cuz you eyes were FULL of water. Still lookin' at Wace you said "She's just getting SO big." I later heard you had post-partum or somethin'- total bummer.

Fifth- okay no more numbers!
- It's fun how much you like the Lakers. You are NO fair weather fan, even under the weather you drive to Cali for games!
-Thanks for letting me sleep with you when we were younger,( when my heart would get broken I would crawl in your bed in the middle of the night (with the family dog in there too) trying to cry quietly (dumb boys) you are such a comfort to be around. I'm sure this bothered you but you NEVER led on, thank you.
-Bono is your man (were you really gonna name the Wace that?) One of my favorite things is our random texts to each other over the years, one starts a U2 song and the other finishes the rest of it. We are cool.
-You are always there for me, ALWAYS.


So Like HaPpY BIrThDaY bro! You are the cooliest, intelligent, sweetest, funniest little bro like EVER!!!


umm.. timmy, l love you.

Rachel Roy

I'm adoring this Fall line by Rachel Roy... the cap sleeves and waisted belts, the sheen on the fabrics and I love the orange!!!

So beautiful.......

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Oooooohhhh Lisa..... It's your BIrTHDaY!!!!

Lisa I hope this is a perfect day for you!
You hun, are the sweetest gal I know. You are not only BEAUTIFUL, and so put together, ( am I right ladies?) but you are generous and humble. I love this about you. I could kick it with you all day!!!
We could talk clothes, bargains, decor, FOOD, kids, boys, church, pain, laugh,the newest excercise,skin, hair, helping others, music, running and everything in between! I'm so unbelievably grateful you are in my life and are my friend. Thanks for ALWAYS being there. I love you friend and simply adore you!

Keepin It COOL

Since this picture was taken, this crazy little 18mth Daredevil, swims under water without floaties (parents are there). He also slides down the slide himself and also jumps off the divingboard!!! (with floaties..but not for long, Ahh!!)



As for Mandy, well.. she is still deciding...



I absolutely adore this Picture. My brother Tim has his beloved Lulu in his arms, goes down the slide into the pool and keeps her above the water at ALL times!
Let's hear it girls, AAWWW...





Big brother and lil' sis!



No time for swimsuits!!!



HOLY FUNKY BULLJER!?!



"MAHM..MAHM.MAHM.. watch."




Goose and I running thru Chris's sprinklers!!




We LOVE Jo's pool...

Once upon a dream...

"One Shoe Can Change Your Life." -Cinderella












I think this Cinderella gal may have something here.

Pocket Full of Sunshine.

I found a little bit of myself this week. Now I know this will be a continuing process as long as I live...
But it's been awhile since I've seen myself or even remembered I'm here....
I'm by no means the girl I thought I was or tried to be, to think I was good enough, for myself or for others...I'm me, just me.
and I love her....

This song I've heard a few times and thought, NAh changed the station...
Now when I listen to it, I have an overwhelming sense of peace. I get chills, and I'm dancing in my room like I'm sixteen!!!!
It's funny what you can hear when you change your listening cuz this song is ALL me...

I've gotta pocket, gotta pocket full of sunshine
I've got a love, and i know that it's all mine
Do what you want but ya never gonna break me
Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me

(let's hear it girls....)
Take me AWAY, Take me AWAY
A SECRET place, a SECRET place
A sweet ESCAPE, a sweet ESCAPE
Take ME away, Take ME away
To BETTER days, to BETTER days
Take me AWAY, Take me AWAY
A HIDING place, a HIDING place

I've gotta pocket, gotta pocket full of sunshine
I've got a love, and I know that it's all mine
Do what you want but ya never gonna break me
Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me

I've gotta pocket, gotta pokcet full of sunshine
I've gotta LOVE, and I KNOW that it's all MINE
Wish that you could, but ya ain't gonna own me
Do anything ya can to control me, (ya can't control me) OH NO

Take me away, take me away
A secret place, a secret place
A sweet escape, a sweet escape
Take me away, take me away
To better days, to better days
Take me away, take me away
A hiding place, a hiding place

There's a place that I go,
but nobody knows
Where the rivers flow,
and I call it HOME
and there's no more lies,
and the darkness is LIGHT
and nobody cries,
There's only BUTTERFLIES!!!!

(HERE"S where you jump up and down!!!)

Take me AWAY, A secret PLACE
A SWEET escape, take ME away
Take ME away, To better DAYS,
take me AWAY, a hiding PLACE

I gotta pocket, gotta full of sunshine
I got a love, and i know that it's all mine...

The SUN is on my SIDE
Take me for a RIDE
I SMILE up to the SKY
I know I'LL be ALRIGHT