This week, for me...weblog speaking, of course.It's never slow living a five-kid life.
Weather was bone-chilling this week and I preferred to spend it wrapped like a burrito in my favorite blanket, my stocking-covered feet all warm and toasty in the present my husband bought for my birthday...slippers w/down feathers. "Like a duvet for your feet" the ad proclaimed, and I concur. Thank you, G, and Restoration Hardware.
The last three years in Kansas City, on Dec. 26, Gerald and I have gone to The Plaza for my birthday and we've started a tradition, of sorts; we go into Restoration Hardware, to kill the two-hour wait for whatever overpriced but yummy splurge of a restaurant I chose to celebrate another year. They sell replications of vintage hardware, paint, home decor, etc. for those of you not privy to their wares.
Yesterday, I cleaned house and I mean like spring-cleaning, cleaned. It needed it. The girls learned exactly what it means to be a girl...cleaning anything that could possibly be spattered with male urine...walls, trashcans, floor. If you're an avid watcher of any of the CSI series, you know that the Laws of Physics are something akin to, "If you stand at Timbuktu to pee, males, your urine spatters everything from you to Timbuktu and back." Who in the world invented indoor plumbing? Definitely a man, because no woman that cleans any bathroom would want a male peeing indoors. They're so disgusting. It's a good thing love overcomes all.
Today, I decided that I was actually going to follow the O.T. laws and do nothing. Most people would consider looking at Flickr as doing nothing. I decided to look at Kansas City through the eyes of photographers, pro and novice. I was amazed at how different Kansas City looks through the eyes of others. It became a sentimental journey at some point and I started copying images to post on my blog but decided that my blog wouldn't do justice to what I saw.
So, I decided to post a link to a Flickr photographer who brought "home" to me today.
For those of you who know ME, but not Kansas City, I bring you "Who I am...Through Signs."
For those of you, family, from Kansas City, a view of your world from others around the world.
Click and Enjoy.
2 comments:
Ok, so I had a hard time getting past the first paragraph because when I realized that you actually HAVE a Restoration Hardware within driving distance, my eyes turned green from envy, causing my vision to blur, and well....it was rough for a minute.
But now I'm off to see the flickr site, because I've never seen Kansas City.
Gosh, you seem so excited, I hate to ruin it. The Restoration Hardware was in Kansas City, not Huntsville.
I need to check to see if there is one close to here though.
If there is, we'll go!
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