5.30.2011

Nordie Sale = YUM x super

I'm so good at math.

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There are some wicked, smokin' deals at the Nordstrom sale today.  

( just click any image to be taken to the source of the awesomeness)

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Sadly, I have to send the Nugget to college on a political organizer's wage one day, so I'm not allowed to have any of the discounted pretties.

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So basically, what I'm saying is...

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If internet begging is wrong, then I don't want to be right as much as I want a sweet, sale dress from the Nordie sale.


That is all. 

Enjoy your day off. Eat a hot dog. I know I'm going to.

Love, 
Lacy

5.29.2011

The Nugget's Heading Out West

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and he's taking his puppy.

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the Elmos are officially moving to Phoenix, Arizona. We're very excited and looking forward to a new adventure. I'm especially ecstatic to return to my college town and my dear friends who inhabit the desert. We are going to be sad to leave the bungalow and our wonderful friends and church family and especially...

our amazing aunties.


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and Aunt Pauline.

It has been wonderful being so close to them these past few years. They were there when Maxwell made his grand appearance. Max adores them as well as his uncles and the rest of our family here. We're heartbroken to have to take him so far away from them, but I always managed to talk them into making the trek to Arizona when I was in school so perhaps they'll be doubly attracted to the heat with baby Max as a draw.  We also plan to have many Skype dates and blog updates to help to close the distance.  

5.18.2011

Happy Birthday, Dad

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all photos by Candice Palmer

Happy Birthday to the best dad and husband I know.

Love,
Wife and Baby

5.16.2011

Triumphant Return of Jane

I love fashion magazines. Always have. When my monthly dose of Vogue shows up at my door, I flip through it inhaling deeply. Issues of Vogue smell like my first grade reader, and I LOVED my first grade reader. Next, I wait for a quiet moment to present itself and lovingly poor over the editorials, colorful advertisements, and the artistry of commercialism that is Vogue. Only after making it through the magazine once or twice, do I return to read any articles, however well written they may be. When it comes to fashion magazines, the clothes are the thing.

There've only been two non-political periodicals I've sought out and purchased for the written word. "Sassy" of the 90's and "Jane Magazine" of the 2000's, both the creations of Jane Pratt. I loved the cool, enjoyable way in which these magazines were written, completely down to earth pieces written by women you just knew didn't take themselves too seriously.  The articles were somehow just as relevant in my twenties as they were when I was in high school, no small feat for a product as subjective as a monthly glossy. When Jane was canceled several years ago, instead of my monthly Jane fix, a copy of Glamour arrived in it's stead with a card attached that said (I'm paraphrasing here) "Jane's over. Enjoy this dumb substitute that you've NOT asked for as a consolation prize". I immediately called my friend Lydia and wailed my disgust. I took the loss pretty hard.

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The point I'm trying to make here is this: after a long absence Jane Pratt and her beloved handiwork is back in my life. Even better, this time it comes to me free anytime day or night via her new blog. I'm ecstatic. I'd heard whisperings around the internets that this was happening, but I just put my email on a notification list and forgot about it, not really getting my hopes too high. Well, the day has finally arrived and I'm doing a happy dance. The site looks great and the staff of writers seem just as real and just as hilarious as in previous go-rounds. I feel like I've just run into an old friend with whom I grew up and now we're going to be having weekly lunches. In the same way that Jane and Sassy were the Un-Fashion Magazine- fashion magazines, xojane.com is the Un-Fashion Blog fashion blog.

In case you're not familiar, here is a sampling of articles to get you started:


THE TIME I DRESSED UP AS A LATE NIGHT COMEDY CHARACTER WAS PRETTY RAD AND OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT FASHION




YES, I'M EXACTLY TWICE AS OLD AS WHEN I STARTED SASSY -- WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?


Some of the best

Some of the most wonderful things in our lives are here and gone so quickly. I was thinking about this as I tossed out my lovely mother's day roses. They brought me so much joy all week as I enjoyed the burst of color on my kitchen counter. I especially loved the note:

"To the best wife and mother in the world"

Mothersday

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Be sure to be thankful for the wonderful people in your life today. Try to spend some time nurturing those relationships and less time fretting about things and worries that don't really matter.

PS. I appreciate all of you still tuning in after our short absence. Hopefully, we can redeem ourselves with all the fun we have coming up this week.
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