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Purse Love

I love purses- I just have a thing about them...love em....can't have enough of them...

I just acquired a new one that I love so much- I wanted to share it with the world....


See- it's LIKE a Coach purse- but with Mickey Mouse....it's pure love.

I Like 'Em Fake...

The fake tree is misunderstood and under-appreciated.
I happen to love a good fake Christmas tree.

I was raised with a fake tree. A totally chessy, plastic...totally FAKE looking SEARS Christmas tree.
My mother even put a pine tree scented mini-wax tree inside of it to help give it that real flair...it didn't work.

She always told me we had a fake tree because of my dad and my allergies.
The thing is...I never wanted a real one....I was fine with the fakeness...
There is something about knowing this same tree shares your memories from year to year...but there is more...so much more:

1) Technology...these days- you almost can't tell a real from a fake tree- they really have spent lots of money to make them more realistic.

2) The mess- there is virtually NONE with a fake tree

3) Pre-strung lights- best invention ever!!

4) No watering!

5) No worries of it drying out or totally dying!

6) No need for the tacky tree tents to pop up all over my neighborhood!!

7) It has to be really bad for the environment to cut down all those trees!!!

I'm sure there are more reasons- but those are mine...please let me know if you have any that I didn't think of!!!

It's the reason why Christmas is only once a year...

Christmas lights!!!

I am attempting to put up our trees....
but I've spent the last hour and a half trying to figure out why one string of lights on our pre-lit tree won't light up!

You know it's a bad sign when you take the tree out of the box and a light bulb falls out....
I still can't find the missing link!!!!!!

More adventures to come...
Future blog topics:
How many christmas trees are too many?
Real tree vs. fake tree?
Tree themes??
I have answers to them all!

I can see....

I can see Jimmy Smits from my chair...
He's onstage at the Obama rally..
It's interesting- because he was President Santos in the West Wing....
and if you watched that show- you might notice a lot of similarities between Obama and Santos....I swear...that show is predicting the future!

Blogging with Obama...

(Sung to the song...Rollin with the homies....)

It's after 9pm...I'm in beautiful Kissimmee....
Outside....it's 50 degrees...and windy....

And we're waiting for Obama.....and Bill Clinton....
There are thousands of people here. We won't know crowd estimates until later in the night- but they are hoping to beat the 50,000 that were in downtown Orlando last week with just Hillary Clinton.

I'm still amazed at the people this man can draw...grandmothers...grandchildren...media from around the world!
In fact, I'm now sitting next to someone from Australia...
It's just nuts...more to come!

My Day Was Going So Well....

I've always hated that intersection...
Mitchell Hammock and Lockwood in Oviedo...
Whoever designed it should be, at the very least, fired.

Mind you...I've been driving since I was 17...never been in an accident...15 years- no worries....And my poor Kamy...that's the name of my car....she's a mess! It's sad- but yes- she can be fixed!!

Traffic suddenly slowed...the car in front of me quickly slowed to a stop. I followed- but then looked in my rearview mirror and realized that the Ford F-150 was not about to slow down at all....

I yelled..HOLD ON BRENDAN....
And then crash.....He plowed into me pretty hard- and I slammed into the car in front of me...
Here's the back of my car..

The Front...

The good news- my air bag didn't engage- so at least I can still drive it!
The car in front of me had a trailer post- so it just put that hole in my front bumper- and he had little damage....
The truck behind me was such a big truck it had so little damage- but his airbag went off- so they had to tow him away.
Apparently it's illegal to drive a car once an airbag has been engaged.

It was a sheer moment of panic...I made sure Brendan was ok-- made sure everyone else was ok....found my phone- and called my dad....
He was first...which is weird...but I was close to his house and told him to come help me...
Then 911....and then Scott...

It's been a day....now the fun part with insurance and dealerships and loaner cars....Fun...Fun...Fun!

At least no one was hurt!!!