Homegirl Quel (kel) in Austin

Tree in Spring

"I pity the fool..."

My February Clinique Insider video review is up!

This month I reviewed Quick Blush and High Definition Curling Mascara.

*Note: The review for the mascara and the blush are split into two, so you'll have to open them separately for the full review.*

My husband and I took a last-minute trip to the West Indies and I ended up having to do my review there. I recorded it the morning after a late night of drinking, dancing and debauchery so I'm a bit puffy,,,and dewy from the humidity. Still, I'm wearing both products in this review and they are awesome.

Click on the above pic or >>HERE<< to check it out.

Bad Mommy

I saw another black SAHM yesterday.

SAHM = Stay At Home Mom.

I saw a black mom in the playgroup at the local library yesterday. I'd try to explain how that's totally not prejudiced, or racist or elitist or whatever -ist fits, but I'll save that for some other time...or not. White people, imagine if you were surrounded by only black people for days and days and one day, all of a sudden, you saw another white person. Wouldn't you make a beeline to them to at least say hello? Y'all, (all y'all black or not) I will ask that before you read further, you imagine being the only black person in your daily social groups and having to drive at least 10 miles once a week to meet with like individuals who have also driven many miles to commune, recharge and go back out into the very white world you live in. For many of you, it may be your nine to five, like it once was for me.  For me, out here in a small suburb outside of Austin, TX, my everyday is in the very white world of stay-at-home moms.

Well Hello, Mr.

So I saw a celebrity in the Miami airport

Well...not a celebrity-celebrity. Maybe I should just call him an actor. So I saw an actor in the Miami airport. You see neither Billy nor I could remember his name or exactly where we knew him from. If it hadn't been for his (super skinny, too-glammed up for airport travel, extensions down to there, toting a pocket sized-pooch in a LV bag) travel companion, we prob'ly wouldn't have even noticed him. He was also really tall and super skinny and carrying a garment bag that I recognized from paparazzi celeb-shopping photos. It was fabric, maybe carrying one suit, and was solid brown with one word, Gucci, printed on it in gold letters. 

Clutching My Pearls

My People and My Person

Pickled Grapes!

Why? I don't know. I was flipping through my Joy of Cooking and came across the recipe for pickled grapes. I love pickles (total understatement). And since I've never considered what makes pickles pickles I thought it would be cool (and educational) to try making my own. Grapes seem more adventurous to pickle than cucumbers and less gross than various animal parts and by-products. Plus they look way more interesting in the jar. I haven't tried them yet. I'm waiting about two and a half months before I disturb the pickling process to see what they taste like--most likely spicy (due to the ginger and jalapenos), sweet, bite-sized pickles.

Here are the before and after photos:

The ingredients are white vinegar, brown sugar, fresh peeled and grated ginger, ground coriander, salt, whole cloves, whole garlic, jalapenos and seedless green grapes, of course. I'm guessing they'll be tasty salad toppers.

In the mood for a burger

Bath Toys!

The Birthday Boy.

Shadow Puppets!

Happy Coincidence. And Happy Birthday Zack!

February 19, 2007: I posted >>HERE<< about my miscarriage. We found out about it on Valentine's Day. We had all these romantic notions of hearing the baby's heartbeat for the first time on Valentine's Day, but when we got there, they told us there was no heart--no baby.

February 19, 2008: I gave birth to my son.

Happy Birthday to my sweet Zachary! 

 

Playtime

Html Insanity

My guys on Sunday afternoon

Self Portrait

What I don't miss about driving in the city during rush hour.