that makes me laugh

57 hours

2010-07-22T14:56:00.005-04:00

ok not going to dwell on that part of the story...i came across this story of trish, peter and leo via lovely morning. it's a really beautiful video of their child being born (not gory) in a birthing tub. this wonderful woman was in labor for 57 hours and looks cool as a cucumber. what an inspiration! check out the video here. also, i might think about a birthing tub next time around. if there is a next time around.

before and after

2010-07-21T18:29:00.006-04:00

When i bought this house 4 years ago, this was the state of the room that would eventually become our babies room...and here we are now, fully renovated and waiting for baby. it's hard to take good pictures since the room is so small but you get the idea. it's amazing what a little vision, patience, sweat, tears, money and a great contractor can do! i made the curtains myself (thanks for jenna for helping pick out some great fabric), used the my grandmothers old bedroom furniture (reduce, reuse, recycle), hung some vintage art that i've collected over the years as well as some local artist's work (thanks melanie!), and splurged on monte rocker. i love every inch of this room. there are more pictures but i can't seem to get blogger to link up with my flickr account. this will have to be good enough for now...

breast feeding class

2010-07-17T21:41:00.003-04:00

in our final preparations for baby, zach and i took a breast feeding class at the birth center on thursday night. the dolls that they had for practicing were the creepiest things i've ever seen.

my 3 babies

2010-07-10T22:31:00.002-04:00

party pooper

2010-07-10T10:34:00.000-04:00

this passive aggressive note was found on a coffee maker in the free bin at circle thrift. or maybe it's not passive aggressive but it is super funny anyway...

cruel joke?

2010-07-05T00:11:00.004-04:00

i can't believe we're getting another heat wave. this time in the hundreds. doesn't mother nature know i'm in the last few weeks of my pregnancy???? not ok!! at least we have air conditioning in our house this year. i am so so so grateful for that. but seriously from the insanely rough winter to the extreme summer we're having, i'm really considering moving to the pacific northwest or something.

recall

2010-07-02T21:50:00.002-04:00

mom : did you hear about that recall on onsies?

jon : no - do they spontaneously break into twosies?

cuddle puddle

2010-06-25T19:18:00.000-04:00

maggie loves her papa

2010-06-24T19:15:00.000-04:00

that's craftastic

2010-06-23T19:11:00.000-04:00

jenna and her amazing quilt she made for her first gallery show. isn't it awesome?! so much work but so worth it. i love her choices in fabric.

meat cake

2010-06-22T19:01:00.002-04:00

it was my friend seth's birthday and his brother made him a meat cake. yup, you read correctly - meat cake. a cake made out of meat. different kinds of pate, wrapped in bacon, garnished with gerkins. when they cut into it, the smell was so overpowering i had to step outside. it was pretty much the most disgusting food item i've ever seen but you also have to marvel in the beauty of it...

update

2010-06-21T19:09:00.000-04:00

it has been one full year since i left my job at urban to start my own business. and what a year it's been. also i have not had a mcgriddle in at least 3 weeks!

it actually makes me cry

2010-06-13T22:21:00.003-04:00

kate just shared this video with me and i'm totally crying. they are the cutest. and the one looks just like a baby maggie!!! now i'm totally going to waste the rest of my night looking up puppy videos. is this really my life now? i guess i'm kinda ok with it.

2 years

2010-05-24T20:38:00.002-04:00

two years ago today i married this handsome devil. here's to many more, boo!!!

where it started

2010-05-23T16:52:00.000-04:00

i would see this sign when i would drive down 5th street to get home. and every time it made me laugh. that's what inspired me to create this blog. and it only took me about 2 years to actually take a picture of it.

just don't think about it

2010-05-22T10:46:00.000-04:00

so one of my many interesting pregnancy cravings have been the sausage, egg and cheese mcgriddle. disgusting i know. but i can't help it. it's so good. i like to think i'm at least getting some protein out of it (unlike my donut cravings). i just don't like to think about how the mcdonalds logo gets on there...

speaking of little monsters

2010-05-21T16:42:00.002-04:00

these guys have popped up all over northern liberties. does anyone know the story behind them? they make me smile each time i see one.

my my what large tongues you have

2010-05-15T23:11:00.002-04:00

i recently found this old picture of lola and mikey after a playdate. i can't believe the size of their tongues!! ridiculous.

little monster

2010-05-12T10:19:00.001-04:00

saw this on perez. this kid is awesome.

determined

2010-05-01T19:29:00.001-04:00

this video has been around the cyber world for some time now but it makes me laugh so hard every time.

oldie but goodie

2010-04-19T15:19:00.001-04:00

i found this photo while going through zach's images on his computer. classy. miss you sarah carter.

wake up your booty

2010-04-18T18:18:00.000-04:00

this is not a joke

http://www.buybootypop.com/

summer rain

2010-02-24T08:41:00.001-05:00

oh winter

2010-02-23T08:23:00.003-05:00

is this the longest winter ever or what?! i saw this over on philebrity (read the article here) and we all know my appreciation for passive aggressive notes. this one particularly hits home as i know the feeling of digging out a car for 3 hours, not wanting to be a jerk by putting something out to save the spot, then coming home to find someone has taken it. so then you get all defensive and mark your spot with a chair or trash can or what not, all the while muttering "i never thought i'd be the kind of person that does this kind of thing". but desperate times call for desperate measures. and i mean, if everyone else is doing it....

i am eagerly awaiting spring but man, it has a lot to live up to!

semla

2010-02-21T13:45:00.002-05:00

i saw this dessert on sandra juto's blog recently and it looks so good. but when i wiki'ed it, it doesn't sound as awesome as it looks. but maybe i'm wrong. have you ever had one?

happy valentines day

2010-02-14T22:37:00.002-05:00

another day

2010-02-08T22:30:00.003-05:00

saw this song/video by jamie lidell on for me, for you and it really is a great pick me up song. i think i'm going to listen to it a lot over the next few days as winter dumps yet another foot of snow on top of the foot we already got this weekend. blah. where is springtime???

muddy

2010-01-22T20:31:00.001-05:00

kate took this great picture of lola last weekend when we had a dog date.

i'm back

2010-01-17T13:57:00.000-05:00

absolutely ridiculous

2009-11-13T16:07:00.003-05:00

i saw this video over on lois's blog today and it is absolutely ridiculous!! i wonder what it's really like. i feel like i would vomit or pee my pants. or both! anyone have one?

halloweenie

2009-11-02T20:19:00.003-05:00

ladies - back off! this guy's all mine. party hair and all...

two one five

2009-10-26T16:43:00.001-04:00

tremors

2009-10-24T10:55:00.002-04:00

while watching tremors this morning, zach remarked "this is the best monster that's ever been in the tv".

moons over my hammy

2009-10-06T18:24:00.004-04:00

i saw this conversation on facebook today and laughed. ah so many nights wasted at denny's in my early years ordering only french fries and water and sitting for hours and hours. oh and the downingtown denny's was waaaay cooler than than reading denny's. but unfortunately the reading one was a lot closer.

** disclaimer ** i am and never was a goth chick. i was posting this because of the mention on denny's. seriously. i was a raver. ask anyone

tiger mountain

2009-09-19T09:46:00.003-04:00

another video i cant get enough of. anyone want to grab some flannel and and a guitar and meet me in the woods? more first aid kit here

just dance

2009-09-17T21:18:00.003-04:00

i just can't get enough of this video. it doesn't make me laugh - it makes me cry it's so awesome. and man - what i would give to be able to sign. i mean, i am really good in car with the radio on but...

chateau by camera phone

2009-09-09T10:44:00.001-04:00

nature by camera phone

2009-09-08T09:40:00.000-04:00

first picture is marfa, texas. second picture is bar harbor, maine

keep ya head up

2009-09-07T10:35:00.004-04:00

my friend joshua has acquired the pretty much best sneakers ever. tupac lives on in so many forms.

pup

2009-09-05T10:19:00.000-04:00

this video has been making it's rounds in the world wide web and i can't get enough of it.

kady's

2009-09-04T22:12:00.000-04:00

best face ever part 2

2009-09-03T22:06:00.003-04:00

i mean, she's just the cutest thing ever. although i am so sick of her today. i can't get her to stop barking at the littlest reflections all day long. any advice?

after

2009-07-17T19:21:00.003-04:00

kind of hard to believe this is the same kitchen as the before picture. we are so happy with the end result. come over and check it out and i'll cook you dinner!

worlds ugliest dog contest

2009-07-02T17:18:00.003-04:00

boxers with underbites of the world unite! last week was your week!

June 26, 2009 (Petaluma, CA) – As the crowd chanted “Pabst, Pabst,” the celebrity judges deliberated between the so-named boxer-mix shelter dog and Rascal, a former world champion Chinese Crested to determine who would be the 2009 World’s Ugliest Dog Champion tonight at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. First timer Miles Egstad from Citrus Heights, California was stunned at Pabst’s win. “ I don’t think he’s that ugly!” he said of his boxer mix whose under bite was his most compelling physical feature. His sweet personality made him an audience favorite.

The Chinese Crested breed has dominated the contest for more than seven years and in this year’s contest represented more than 50% of the 2009 entries in the pedigree class. But Pabst, who was given his name because he had a “ bitter beer face”, according to his owner quickly won the crowd and the judges soon followed. Egstad, 25, first saw the contest on television and his friends urged him to enter his dog.

More here

before

2009-06-21T23:20:00.003-04:00

our kitchen renovations begin tomorrow! i can't believe it. this is a picture of what the kitchen looked like when i bought the house. and sadly, it hasn't been much improved since then. other than a good scrubbing and painting everything white to give the illusion of clean. supposedly the project will take about 2 weeks. fingers crossed that's the case.
tomorrow also marks my first day NOT as an urban outfitters employee and my first day as owner/operator of LeanGreenClean. ahhhh! new beginnings all over the place.

best face ever

2009-06-12T23:11:00.003-04:00

found this old picture of lola the first time she went swimming in west virgina. i love her face in this shot.

business casual

2009-06-09T22:19:00.003-04:00

kate tagged me in the fun game of always/never. rules of the game : list five always-and-forever and five not-so-favorite fashion-related items, add any image(s) you’d like, then tag three other people to do the same. here we go:

always:
giant grey scarf
jean shorts
black leather boots
white t shirt
zip up sweatshirt

never:
sweat pants in public
turtlenecks
"business casual"
socks + sandals
"ironic" over-sized glasses

now i am tagging lois, marni, and haley

got some time on my hands

2009-06-01T12:03:00.001-04:00

chief projectionist

2009-05-31T19:53:00.003-04:00

my sister in law deborah shared this with me. it's hilarious and disgusting and passive aggressive. what do you think it takes to become the chief of the projectionists?

silkie chickens

2009-05-29T15:52:00.003-04:00

my friend is getting 3 of these silkie chickens. they are so weird and look like cotton ball topiaries!!!

1 year

2009-05-24T22:08:00.000-04:00

one year ago today, zach and i got married. good times. crazy how time flies!!

cafe

2009-05-19T20:26:00.000-04:00

i love this no nonsense sign. it was a rest stop in west texas. i wish i would have had time to go inside. i bet the interior is awesome. next time...oh wait...i'm never going back to texas

home of plastic

2009-05-18T23:22:00.002-04:00

oddly enough, girard decorators seems to be out of business. i really wish i knew what the rest of this sign said before it was painted over.

marfa texas

2009-05-17T21:58:00.003-04:00

my job has allowed me to travel to some awesome places. this last shoot took me to marfa texas. it was really cool and i'd like to some day go back and hang out on a vacation. check out the rest of my pictures here.

new beginnings

2009-05-15T15:42:00.003-04:00

so i have given my notice at urban after six long years. i'm going to throw my energy into starting my own eco friendly housekeeping business which i have named lean green clean. i'm really excited about this new adventure. and scared. but anything's better than what i'm doing now. for now, instead of a website i have a blog - check it out here. and wish me luck!

and thanks for sheena for helping me with my logo!! we used puffy paints. so fun!! now if we only had a bedazzler!

wouldn't eat it if i were you

2009-05-07T13:37:00.002-04:00

poor kate went to get her lunch out of the fridge at work today and and it was on the counter with this note on it!! so lame.

family portrait #4

2009-05-07T08:20:00.000-04:00

family portrait #3

2009-05-06T08:18:00.003-04:00

i need one!

2009-05-05T19:27:00.002-04:00

casey posted about finding one of these claes oldenburg totes at an estate sale over on her blog. since i have seen it, i've become obsessed. i really need one. if anyone sees one in their travels and rumaging - it's mine!

back off

2009-05-03T05:47:00.003-04:00

the food stealer at work strikes again! as does the passive aggressive notes! this note went up on the fridge a few weeks ago. i love it!

in other news i am stuck at the dallas airport, sleeping on a cot that makes farting noises each time i move. my flight from dallas to philly was canceled late last night and of course all the hotel rooms are booked. so many flights were canceled. i do feel lucky that i was able to score a cot but it still doesn't make things any better. i was going to post a picture of my little bedroom set up here but honestly it makes me sad and definitely does not make me laugh....

family portrait #2

2009-04-17T10:30:00.002-04:00

we too

2009-04-08T09:27:00.000-04:00

schlager

2009-04-07T09:25:00.000-04:00

laboratory

2009-04-06T09:23:00.001-04:00

always funny

2009-04-02T22:12:00.002-04:00

family portrait #1

2009-04-01T22:51:00.002-04:00

no parking #2

2009-03-29T16:23:00.000-04:00

ok this one is a little different but still the beak up of park and -ing. i do love this sign though. it's one of many cute things about rhinebeck.

no parking #1

2009-03-28T14:19:00.000-04:00

i've been noticing it's pretty much the norm to break up "park" and "-ing" onto 2 different lines when making a "no parking" sign. interesting. also, is "no parking" sign a misuse of quotes????

jeremy's sweet dance moves

2009-03-27T16:01:00.003-04:00

i was recently going through a bunch of old photos on my computer and noticed a running theme - jeremy has some sweet dance moves!!

4 ecoli

2009-03-27T15:17:00.000-04:00

finally part 2

2009-03-26T04:14:00.000-04:00

the animals are growing closer each day!! also, i think i need to find a hobby so i can stop taking so many pictures of my pets...

finally!

2009-03-25T16:10:00.002-04:00

spring is coming, slowly, but it's coming. i even got to open my sun roof for the first time this year. take note of the disgustingly dirty windows. ugh.

easy off

2009-03-20T16:55:00.000-04:00

i love you too!!!

2009-03-19T16:53:00.001-04:00

wood only

2009-03-18T16:51:00.001-04:00

life gets heavy

2009-03-17T19:47:00.000-04:00

another gem from the strongman competition. still doesn't compare to the tattoo t-shirt. but points for creativity, i guess.

don't quit on me, man!

2009-03-17T16:38:00.004-04:00

i recently had a discussion with some friends about how cool it would be to have a hype man for everything we did in life. shortly after that i attended a strongman competition (on valentines day) and one of the strong guys had a hype man!!! so awesome! i wish i took video instead of pictures so you could hear all the hype.

right hook to roundhouse kick

2009-03-03T16:43:00.004-05:00

this photo just resurfaced thanks to kelly. a few years ago she and i used to take this tae bo class at our gym. our teacher sent out an email inviting people to take part in a taping of a promotion for billy blanks workout on QVC. kelly secretly signed us up and told me days later. needless to say i was freaked out!! but she wouldn't let me back out. we trained our butts off and finally the day arrived. when we got the the QVC studios we realized we were the only ones that were NOT tae bo instructors. we decided to hide all the way in the back corner thinking we'd be safe. was i wrong. turns out i was on camera 3 or 4 times!!! to this day i don't know how i got through it.

lola's on vacation

2009-02-27T16:06:00.003-05:00

while zach and i are working hard in sunny L.A., lola is fortunate enough to be vacationing at the Bresler Nowaks. i have a feeling she's not going to want to come home!! and sorry kashi, it looks like she might have a new bff.

fantastic voyage

2009-02-12T08:46:00.000-05:00

is this real life?

2009-02-11T17:44:00.001-05:00

the deli cat

2009-02-11T15:38:00.001-05:00

my friend snapped this picture the other morning. the deli cat was holding down the morning paper. glad to see his earning his keep.

best.idea.ever

2009-02-10T17:28:00.000-05:00

so if you know me well, you know my (some say disgusting, i say delicious) habit of taking two double stuffed oreos, taking the tops off of each and smashing them together to make a quadruple stuffed oreo!! well kate sent me this picture today and it's pretty much my dream come true. can't wait to make one of my own.

so tired

2009-02-09T20:20:00.003-05:00

bridget and i took the dogs for a long walk in the wissahickon park on saturday. they had so much fun and we all got some good exercise in as well as some good conversation. lola was quite pooped on the way home. i love this puppy.

craigslist > pets

2009-02-05T17:26:00.003-05:00

kate found this while looking for a cardigan corgi puppy. if you have any leads let her know. also dave said it sounds like this guy was writing the post while hiding in his closet. why do people think it's cool to have alligators and other amphibians? no cool. not cool at all.

tribble

2009-01-19T11:02:00.000-05:00

it's not really a tribble (i also needed to look up what a tribble is). but i want one anyway. i love him. zach thinks he looks like a slipper. found over on cuteoverload.

a constant reminder

2009-01-18T11:15:00.000-05:00

ok so this is only sort of handmade. but i love it just the same. it's in the office lobby so it's a constant reminder every time i come in. doubt that was intentional but it works for me.

yous need a fax machine?

2009-01-16T19:10:00.000-05:00

taken at a pizza shop in bridgeport. kind of a strange place to buy a fax machine but whatevs - it's going for cheap. hopefully they found a seller.

seating arrangements

2009-01-15T21:04:00.000-05:00

in keeping with my handmade signs theme, here is a display of our wedding place cards. my mother (who has perfect penmanship!) spent a good few hours the night before the wedding handwriting each guest's name and table number. much appreciated momma g!

do not change

2009-01-14T22:52:00.004-05:00

this was taken at an antique mall type place in virginia. are they forcing people to listen to crappy music forever? and i think this also might count as a passive agressive note, don't you think?

where's the cabbage??

2009-01-10T10:22:00.002-05:00

i've really been into taking pictures of hand made signs recently. i am impressed by people's creativity...or lack there of...this picture was taken at the wal-mart in virginia. the need for the sign implies that there was more than one person asking for cabbage.

heavy metal parking lot

2009-01-06T14:17:00.001-05:00

shake yer booty...shake shake yer booty

2009-01-02T22:11:00.000-05:00

(credit lois)

i ate here. more than once.

2008-12-28T10:39:00.000-05:00

the restaurant that was in the hotel we were staying at had this posted in it's window. i'm assuming it is the same kind of warning they have to post about artificial sweeteners like equal or whatever but it's still crazy. and clearly did not stop me from eating there a bunch of times or pouring the pink sugar into my coffee. wish me luck.

also the fact that they capitalized the first letter of each word drives me crazy!!

so...let's NOT party?

2008-12-27T14:37:00.002-05:00

no pictures please!!!

2008-12-15T13:57:00.000-05:00

this picture of ashley cracks me up every time i look at it. it's a totally candid shot. the camera went off accidentally and caught this amazing moment. it's like some weird paparazzi shot. i love ashley.

a kiss farwell

2008-12-14T17:11:00.001-05:00

BAGHDAD – On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference.

"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and landed with a thud against the wall behind him.

bubblicious

2008-12-13T01:49:00.000-05:00

ok this is a weird one. i am in LA right now working on our spring catalog shoot. i just got back to my hotel room and noticed a super strong shampoo or soap smell as soon as i walked in. i went to the bathroom to take my contacts out and discovered where the smell was coming from. my bathroom floor which is covered with bubbly foamy stuff. i haven't the slightest idea of what it is exactly but it is the weirdest thing i've ever come home to!!! i don't think the pictures really do the situation justice but you get the idea. so weird!

they never let me down

2008-11-14T11:45:00.000-05:00

if you know me even a little bit, you know i'm totally into doritos. i've never met a dorito that i didn't like. tonight at wawa (yes zach and i got dinner from there) i saw there was a new collision kind is out - pizza ranch. pretty awesome. but my all time favorite will always be the guacamole doritos. even though i have made myself sick on them on more than one occasion. i tend to also do this with combos.

fall is here

2008-11-13T09:45:00.000-05:00