Normally my comments about "The Real Housewives of NYC" are snarky and not to be taken seriously at all. I do not know these women, I judge them based on a highly edited show which they voluntarily participated in. I don't know how I would feel about any one of them should we actually meet.
That being said, something happened on last night's episode that stuck a serious nerve with me. No surprise the offender was Countess Luann.
If you didn't see it here is the gist of what happened: Luann went to some kind of community center type place in Brooklyn to meet with a girls group. The girls seemed to be pre-teens and I assumed from the way Luann was talking they came from underprivileged backgrounds. The girls were discussing self esteem. I guess Luann was invited because her self esteem cup runneth over. After a lot of self esteem talk Luann asked the girls what they wanted to be, and one girl said she wanted to be a model. Yes, she was overweight but she was 10 years old...Luann told her "losing weight is easy."
Are you serious!!! Who tells that to a 10 year old!? I am all for kids being healthy and childhood obesity is a problem in America, but you just don't do that. If she wants to aim to be a model more power to her. When you are 10 your body is changing, how does Luann know how she will end up...and there are many types of models out there.
This was a SELF ESTEEM workshop! Does she really think telling a 10 year old she is fat will build self esteem? No wonder young girls have eating disorders.
Luann you claim to be a role model and that you want to help people...but you are so out of touch with reality it is scary. Thank God Rosie the housekeeper raised your children, who knows what you would have done to them on your own. I hope that little girl in Brooklyn has better role models in her life and didn't listen to any of your mindless, self-absorbed, drivel. Shame on you.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
My First Award
My wonderful blog friend Jey Rey just gave me my first ever blog award! She is a new blogger just like me and was my first follower. To be honest I have been a little envious of other bloggers fun awards so I am thrilled I now I have my own. Thanks Jey Rey!
The rules are:
1. Post the award on your blog and link to the person who gave you the award.
2. List seven things you love.
3. List seven blogs you love.
4. E-mail or comment on those blogs to let the people know you've given them the award.
Seven Things I Love:
1. K and my family as well as my best friends who are like part of my family.
2. TV (yes I do love it!) and movies.
3. Reading a good book while laying on the beach.
4. The puppies in my life (Gryffin and Baby Hanna)
5. Trying new foods and really eating in general.
6. Wine.
7. Wikipedia.
Since most of my favorite bloggers have gotten this award I am going to break the last rule...instead if you are a new-ish blogger like me or you havn't gotten an award before leave me a comment and consider yourself tagged! I would love to have this be a way to meet more bloggy friends!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
On Suits...
Tomorrow is my company's annual stockholders meeting and on the off chance that someone important may walk our lowly cubicles we had to clean our desks and have to wear "business formal" attire. In true bureaucratic fashion at least 17 different emails went out explaining not only what "business formal" means, but why we need to wear it, what we should be wearing normally, then further clarification that the email about what we should wear normally did not mean that tomorrow is a normal day, and on, and on, and on. Yawn.
Apparently for women this means a suit or a dress with pantyhose. To be honest, I really dislike suits. Every suit that I have owned...which fortunately haven't been many...have made me look like a man, a character from "Men in Black," or like I was on my way to an "Executive Bros and Office Hos" mixer (yes, I have been to one of those by the way.) Hence I am going to wear a dress tomorrow. And I only wear suits to interviews...then hope for the best.
Apparently for women this means a suit or a dress with pantyhose. To be honest, I really dislike suits. Every suit that I have owned...which fortunately haven't been many...have made me look like a man, a character from "Men in Black," or like I was on my way to an "Executive Bros and Office Hos" mixer (yes, I have been to one of those by the way.) Hence I am going to wear a dress tomorrow. And I only wear suits to interviews...then hope for the best.
Why can't I look like this in a suit? Fabulous.
[Marie-Helene Arnaud wearing a black Chanel suit 1959- Henry Clarke photo ---courtesy of flickr]
Sunday, April 5, 2009
We Are Getting Our Puppy!
And here she is...
On Saturday we went to the breeder to pick her out and we are so excited to bring her home! Here are some answers to the common questions we have gotten from our friends and family about our new little fur baby:
What kind of a dog is she?: She is a shichon, her father is a bichon frise and her mother is a shih tzu.
How old is she?: Her birthday is March 12, so she is about 3 weeks old.
When are you bringing her home?: The breeder told us we could potentially bring her home on May 9th but if for some reason her litter wasn't eating well or big enough, we wouldn't be able to bring her home until the next weekend, so we are just going to hold off until then anyways, and will bring her home the weekend of May 16th. I am planning on taking some time off of work to get her acclimated.
Will you be able to see her again before you bring her home?: Absolutely! The breeder is really great and said we could go she her/check on her as often as we want but they have to be 6 weeks before they let them run around and play with you. Since the breeder is almost 2 hours away I (K probably won't be able to go because he will be in the middle of finals) going to go up another time on May 2nd. They are going to send us pictures every couple of weeks as well.
How many puppies did you look at: Our puppy had 2 sisters and there were 2 girls from another younger litter, but as soon as we saw ours we knew we wanted her!
Have you named her yet: Yes we have! We actually have been thinking about names for a long time but couldn't agree on anything. Finally we came up with Hanna, which is a shortened version of our college's name, where K and I met.
On Saturday we went to the breeder to pick her out and we are so excited to bring her home! Here are some answers to the common questions we have gotten from our friends and family about our new little fur baby:What kind of a dog is she?: She is a shichon, her father is a bichon frise and her mother is a shih tzu.
How old is she?: Her birthday is March 12, so she is about 3 weeks old.
When are you bringing her home?: The breeder told us we could potentially bring her home on May 9th but if for some reason her litter wasn't eating well or big enough, we wouldn't be able to bring her home until the next weekend, so we are just going to hold off until then anyways, and will bring her home the weekend of May 16th. I am planning on taking some time off of work to get her acclimated.
Will you be able to see her again before you bring her home?: Absolutely! The breeder is really great and said we could go she her/check on her as often as we want but they have to be 6 weeks before they let them run around and play with you. Since the breeder is almost 2 hours away I (K probably won't be able to go because he will be in the middle of finals) going to go up another time on May 2nd. They are going to send us pictures every couple of weeks as well.
How many puppies did you look at: Our puppy had 2 sisters and there were 2 girls from another younger litter, but as soon as we saw ours we knew we wanted her!
Have you named her yet: Yes we have! We actually have been thinking about names for a long time but couldn't agree on anything. Finally we came up with Hanna, which is a shortened version of our college's name, where K and I met.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Fashion Friday---Maxi Dresses
Today's Fashion Friday is devoted to a controversial topic, the maxi dress. Last summer I really wanted to get one but everyone I tried on made me look like some giant fabric blob. I am no Dolly Parton, but I do have a larger chest which means unfourtunatly flow-y clothing items can make me look pregnant. The maxi dresses that crossed my path either didn't fit on top, were too long, or made me look like I have about to give birth.
However, I am not giving up.
These have restored my faith in the maxi dress, but I am not willing to spend my entire savings on an clothing item I don't really think has much staying power.
I am on a quest to find reasonably priced, flattering maxi dresses for the summer.
Clothes from The Limited tend to fit me well so this might work. I like the halter top.
I tried on a few at Old Navy recently and ran into the waaaay too small in the top problem. I didn't see this one, too bad it doesn't come in more colors. I like the white but I am pretty pale, blue maybe?
This might be my favorite so far...plus it is neutral so I could wear it a lot, dress it up or dress it down.
I need help with my quest...do you wear maxi dresses? Any tips? Seen any cute ones anywhere? Leave me a comment with your maxi dress thoughts and head over to Big Mama's blog for more fabulous Fashion Friday fun!
However, I am not giving up.
These have restored my faith in the maxi dress, but I am not willing to spend my entire savings on an clothing item I don't really think has much staying power.
I am on a quest to find reasonably priced, flattering maxi dresses for the summer.
Clothes from The Limited tend to fit me well so this might work. I like the halter top.
I tried on a few at Old Navy recently and ran into the waaaay too small in the top problem. I didn't see this one, too bad it doesn't come in more colors. I like the white but I am pretty pale, blue maybe?
This might be my favorite so far...plus it is neutral so I could wear it a lot, dress it up or dress it down.
I need help with my quest...do you wear maxi dresses? Any tips? Seen any cute ones anywhere? Leave me a comment with your maxi dress thoughts and head over to Big Mama's blog for more fabulous Fashion Friday fun!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Puppy History or Pup-story if you will
I so excited about going to see the puppies on Saturday, since I have puppies on the brain and will be posting more about my soon to be puppy I thought I would blog a bit on how I got to this point.
One of the things I was most excited about being able to do when I got out of college was get a puppy and I wanted to get something small, cute, and girly. My family had dogs...chows specifically...the whole time I was growing up. The first was Sasha, who my mom got when she was just out of college. Sasha was a great dog but I can only remember her being old. She died on Thanksgiving when I was in fourth grade and then we got another chow named Cheva. Cheva was a very funny dog, she was almost like a cat, she loved drinking milk and eating food off of forks.
This is her, when she was getting old. Probably not the best picture but you get the point. She died when I was a senior in college and my whole family was really devastated. Especially my dad, I don't think I have ever seen him so upset. My parents announced that they were not getting a new dog because they didn't want to be tied down and they "wanted new carpet." My brother, sister and I tried to convince them otherwise but it didn't work. We gave up on them getting a dog and I started to try and figure out what kind of dog I would get.
My mom was very enthusiastic about me getting a puppy, I thought she secretly wanted one herself, we would always look together and discovered shichons. They are so cute and don't shed which is good because sometimes certain dogs bother my allergies. My mom kept pressuring me to get one, but K and I planned to wait until this spring or summer, after he finished his first year of law school.
This fall my mom decided to surprise everyone (except me I knew, but boy, was my dad shocked) by getting a shichon puppy. His full name is Godric Gryffindor aka Gryffin (we are a family of Harry Potter fans.)
So that is my pup-story, we will be looking at five girl puppies on Saturday and hopefully picking one out! More to come!
One of the things I was most excited about being able to do when I got out of college was get a puppy and I wanted to get something small, cute, and girly. My family had dogs...chows specifically...the whole time I was growing up. The first was Sasha, who my mom got when she was just out of college. Sasha was a great dog but I can only remember her being old. She died on Thanksgiving when I was in fourth grade and then we got another chow named Cheva. Cheva was a very funny dog, she was almost like a cat, she loved drinking milk and eating food off of forks.
This is her, when she was getting old. Probably not the best picture but you get the point. She died when I was a senior in college and my whole family was really devastated. Especially my dad, I don't think I have ever seen him so upset. My parents announced that they were not getting a new dog because they didn't want to be tied down and they "wanted new carpet." My brother, sister and I tried to convince them otherwise but it didn't work. We gave up on them getting a dog and I started to try and figure out what kind of dog I would get.
My mom was very enthusiastic about me getting a puppy, I thought she secretly wanted one herself, we would always look together and discovered shichons. They are so cute and don't shed which is good because sometimes certain dogs bother my allergies. My mom kept pressuring me to get one, but K and I planned to wait until this spring or summer, after he finished his first year of law school.
This fall my mom decided to surprise everyone (except me I knew, but boy, was my dad shocked) by getting a shichon puppy. His full name is Godric Gryffindor aka Gryffin (we are a family of Harry Potter fans.)
This is my little puppy brother on his first day home, he is much larger now (13 pounds) and is super lovable.
So that is my pup-story, we will be looking at five girl puppies on Saturday and hopefully picking one out! More to come!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Mee-ow and Woof
First of all...holy cat fight Batman...my mouth way literally hanging open while watching "Real Housewives" last night. Kelly may in fact be more deranged then Ramona, in fact Ramona came off as semi-normal last night. Now I know I said cat fight but it was more of a cat attack as my girl Bethanney could hardly get a word in during Leatherface's insane ranting...out.of.control.
Second...big news! On Saturday K and I are going to a breeder to look at puppies! We have been planning on getting a puppy in the Spring/Summer for a while but I have been holding off on blogging about it until we had more definite plans. More to come on this but I just had to share because I am sooooo excited!
Happy Hump Day Everyone!
Second...big news! On Saturday K and I are going to a breeder to look at puppies! We have been planning on getting a puppy in the Spring/Summer for a while but I have been holding off on blogging about it until we had more definite plans. More to come on this but I just had to share because I am sooooo excited!
Happy Hump Day Everyone!
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