Please be gentle in your assessment of the new blog, it's a work in progress and will evolve, I promise! And I will be leaving my typepad blog up for a bit until I move all my older posts over to Blogger (again, work in progress)
Do you remember this headband of yore that I made one snowy afternoon while I was supposed to be organizing and purging my fabric stash?
Well, I've made a dozen different ones since then, but this color combination is still my favorite. And so I took some time away from my bad reality TV watching self, to make a duplicate one to give away to one of you! Yes you. Because you're all lovely and I have a blog crush on at least twelve of you and counting :)
So, to enter for a chance to win this navy, grey and mustard rosette headband please leave a comment for each item below that you complete (note: must have valid email address to enter!):
1. tell me, if you could pick any three colors for a rosette headband, what would you pick?
3. follow me on twitter, leave your handle in the comment (I'm @busygirlnicole)
4. blog or tweet about this giveaway!
Winner to be picked and announced at 12pm EST on Friday, April 6th! Hurry and enter :) Also, while I have you here, check out my blog crush Sarah's travel photography giveaway!
One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the president’s secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner. Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, “Why was he so interested in talking to you.” She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her. President Obama then said, “So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant,” to which Michelle responded, “No. If I had married him, he would now be the President.”
I'm refusing to believe that spring isn't here yet. It's April, isn't that close enough? Why the forty degree weather and hushed talk of snow flurries? I just can't take the cold and cloudy anymore, I need thoughts of summer to be here.
We're one step closer though. On Saturday, we put Adam's parent's boat in the water. And luckily, Adam and I got to experience the whole thing for the first time. Walking up and down the marina full of looming tarped figures. Every few there would be one that was free of the tarp, getting painted and ready for a summer on the lake.
And of course, their boat was prepped and ready to be the first one in.
And finally it was time. The marina staff carefully placed the boat on the trailer that was to be pulled by this mighty little tow motor.
Apparently this little guy has more strength than it appears, considering he pulled a 14,000lb boat around with ease. So off we went down the street over to the sling. And the best part? We got to ride on the boat! I can't even begin to tell you how weird it is to be riding a boat down a street. Here's my semi-interview of Adam on the boat, since a full video of just the boat moving seems a bit dull. We apparently get excited over the little things.
And finally they backed the boat into the loading area, attaching two slings under the hull of the boat, lifting it into the air. And then the two slings are moved backwards over the water, and lowered until the boat floats in the water. Again, being suspended midair in a boat? Weird feeling. Kind of reminded me of when they used the slings to get the whale back in the ocean in Free Willy. At this point Adam was probably annoyed with me because I asked eight gazillion questions about this entire process, including about six regarding whales and boat slings. I'm very fun to be around on a cold, blustery morning.
A quick engine check and off we went for a quick ride around the freezing, choppy lake. So cold, but so worth it (note: obnoxiously red nose)
The best part of every wedding? The day before. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a good mani/pedi.
After a quick and productive rehearsal at Windows on the River we headed a few streets over for my other favorite pastime: great food with good friends. Megan and Chris held their rehearsal dinner at Mallorca in downtown Cleveland. The food was amazing - a blend of Spanish and Portuguese influence. And the sheer amount of food that was served was unbelievable, you would have thought we were feeding a small army.
After a wonderful meal, we retired to the 1890 Lounge for some drinks with friends, before I ushered Megan off to bed for a good night sleep.
In the morning we were greeted with room service for breakfast including a much needed pot of coffee. And then off to hair and makeup we went at the Ladies and Gentlemen Salonin Beachwood.
The junior bridesmaid, too cute!
I cannot get over her stylist's face in the photo, she was adorable!
And off we went to get dressed and ready for the big day!
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