Desperately Seeking Gina

So good to finally see some sunshine here at the lake!! And warm temps too…what a bonus 🙂 I actually opened the windows in my apartment today while I went down to the beach. Spent 3 hours down at Lake Michigan reading a new book while the sun washed over me. Spring is just 9 days away. Seems like the whole town was out today, checking out the lake and walking along the Muskegon Channel. So nice to be out, get some fresh air, and some sun on my face.

Returned home to a cool, fresh-smelling home. I love that feeling. Totally loving a couple of new things this weekend. Mom made this awesome afghan for me…and I’m totally loving it…along with my new 400 thread count chocolate-colored sheets from Target. Also, at work I scored this really cool metal star that I’ve seen on a few of the million blogs that I read. It’s huge and looks good in my bedroom.

If you’ve tried calling me lately, chances are you’ve gotten a busy signal. For hours on end. What could I possibly be doing online for hours on end you ask? (and many of you do ask me..a lot) Anyway…I’m obsessed with blogs. Pretty blogs. Crafty blogs. Photography blogs. Here are a few of my newest faves…

Style Me Pretty

Hostess with the Mostess

Apartment Therapy

And finally…this week marks the one year Anniversary of this little blog. This little piece of the Web where I get to post my thoughts, random, sometimes pointless ponderings and musings, and post pictures of things that I’m loving. Thanks for reading…and commenting sometimes. I’d love it if more of you commented a lot more. Don’t be shy….I don’t bite…well, maybe a little but I promise you’ll like it 🙂

Wishing you all a great week….Hope it’s warm where you are…and that you get to feel the warmth and radiance of sunshine on your face…and in your heart.

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5 Good Things About Snow:

1. Wearing cute new hat/gloves/scarf combo
2. Getting out to burn off Coco-Cupcake Calories
3. Not hearing Tyler say for the millionth time “Wanna Play a Game?”
4. Seeing Mom sled down the hill and into the creek
5. Screaming loudly, as I go head first down the hil

I headed down to Lansing with Mom and Dad this weekend. It was like old times–Dad sitting in union meetings and Mom and I hittin’ the malls. We got into Lansing around 1…just in time for Dad’s meeting…checked into our room..and we were on our way to the Meridian Mall. Lunch was at Ruby Tuesday’s and then we shopped around for a bit before deciding to head over to the Lansing Mall. We didn’t know exactly where we were going and had to stop a couple of times for directions. On our way to the Lansing Mall we spotted the Capitol Building and decided to stop and look around since Mom had never been to the State Capitol. It was SO cold..but we looked around and took pics for over half an hour. You can see more pics at my Flickr page.

At the Lansing Mall, we started out at the new TJ Maxx…love my store so much! Really had to show some constraint there…they had the complete set of dining chairs that I’ve been eying for over a month now. *sigh* Only stopped at a few other stores..bought a couple of really cute things I’ve been thinking about lately….a cute little copper star and a little wreath to go with my new picture wall…scored a cute pink/red/white striped hat/mitten/scarf set from Satchel. So adorable…can’t wait to take some photos out in the snow in ’em. (the only reason to look forward to *snow*)

We were supposed to be blasted by a winter storm last night and this afternoon, which made me pretty nervous about being in Lansing…but the storm stalled and all we got was a little freezing rain and a little bit of snow. Driving home wasn’t too bad.

So….tonight I’m just hanging out….eating pizza and breadsticks and waiting for the Oscars to start. Hope you all had a great weekend!

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Okay, people…is it any wonder that a girl just can’t get around to blogging when major news is breaking around the globe? I mean…come on! Britney shaved her head…gasp…she’s headed for a melt down….double gasp. And… both Thom and my my tax guy have informed me that they could be the real biological fathers of Anna-Nicole’s baby. What are the chances? What a circus. I was thinking of petitioning the court and confessing that I actually might be the baby’s biological mother…and then I’d shave my head and get a couple of tats to prove it. People….seriously. Get a life.

***Okay…I’m done now***

Seriously. I haven’t blogged cuz there hasn’t been anything happening. I’m bored. Bored. Bored. And, seriously, bored. Remember that stack of books from last week? I’ve just about read them all. Seriously. I’d forgotten how good it feels to just lose myself in fiction. In ficticious lives (or in this case fiction about real characters…the English Court of Henry VIII). My new addictive outlet is to lose myself in blogs….the real lives of people far, far away…and some that are right here close to home too. Felt good to get away from the computer a bit…to smell the mustiness of used library books…to feel the soft, fiberous pages as opposed to the hard clicky-ness of the mouse.

So…that’s it. That’s what’s going on. A whole lot of nuttin-honey. And for now…I’m okay with that. Still desperately seeking.

hugs
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P.S. Seriously. It’s the word of the day. See how many times you can use it in a conversation. Seriously.