Author: Christine

Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.

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And Just Like That…

Last year, I wrote a post about The 9th of November, riding bikes, and Amy Legris, my best friend when I was young and lived in Kankakee, Illinois – whose birthday is November 9th.

I was looking through my sidebar tonight to double check my posts that were recently commented on. It is the little thing I do to try to catch the spam posts, and meanwhile to find the most recent comments. I see the post in the list, and I assume that it’s going to be spam.

But it isn’t.

It is a comment … from Amy. And I can assume it is from the real Amy, because she calls me “Chris” in the comment. I was Chris for many years, but when we moved to Houston I decided it was time to be Christine. Call me Chris now and I will go carnival freak crazy on you, unless you knew me prior to 1985.

Dude. She found my blog, and she left a comment. I have her e-mail address now, after all these years. Last time I located her was at least 15 years ago – and now, thanks to a blog post, I know how to find her.

Excuse me while I go freak out.

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Strike a Pose!

Yeah, I’ve had a lot to say, but I left the computer off for 4 days. Now I’ll just post a lot to make up for it.

Friday night was the Tiara Happy Hour to celebrate Sarah’s birthday. Most of the regulars had arrived when all the sudden this guy walks in. Sarah screams and gives him a hug. I think to myself, “Wow, Sarah’s friend really looks like Don from Plastic Fruit.” I ask Emily who the guy is. She says she doesn’t know. He then turns to me and congratulates me on my marriage. I then freaked out – it WAS Don from Plastic Fruit!

(Yes, when I talk about bloggers to people that read blogs, everyone has a URL tied to their name. Even Mike, who becomes Coffee Mike quite often. There are a lot of Mikes. But I do it to everyone else too.)

Don and Emily took a lot of photos throughout the evening. I did too, but mine are still on my camera. Heck, there are photos of Paris and London still on my camera. Soon, I promise.

The photo that amuses me the most? One that Don took. He was trying to be all stealth and get a candid photo. It has only been a month since our wedding, and I still have a very strong camera radar. Camera about to snap? I must immediately strike a pose. I am just too amused!

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Rain, Rain, Go AWAY!!!

It has rained EVERY SINGLE DAY since we returned from our honeymoon. Daily since June 11th, and I think there were even 3-4 days of rain before that. Sure, sometimes there are moments of sunshine, like the day of Jason’s swim team divisionals. Fortunately, it waited until about 5:30 to rain that day. Other days, it just doesn’t let up.

Our back yard is turning in to a marsh. The mosquitos are getting thick. The mud sucks on your shoes as you try to walk across the grass. It’s just gross.

The forecast for the next 10 days? Scattered Thunderstorms for 7 of them. Partly cloudy for the other 3, including the 4th of July. Gah!

The only thing that gives me some peace of mind is knowing that we are going to Minnesota for a family reunion in just over a week, and Fiery Wench pointed out that it was in the 70s today there.

Then again, there was a day that it was hotter in Paris then it was in Houston while we were on our honeymoon. With my luck, that will happen when we go to Minnesota too. The forecast for July 7th is a high of 82 with isolated thunderstorms. Of course.

Please. I can’t take any more rain. Someone, make it stop!

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Quote of the Night…

“It was like a rhino in quicksand… I just couldn’t get away.”

It’s been nothing short of amusing, to say the least. And the cake turned out well, in spite of our sad decorating skills. (It looked cute when we were done with it!) Really, it’s all about how it tastes anyways, and it was mighty good!

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Mmmm… Cake!

I’m at Emily’s house. I baked a cake for Sarah’s birthday earlier today, and I brought it here to frost it. She just wrote “Happy Birthday” on it for me. It’s crooked, but it’s so obviously homemade, Sarah will just have to know how much we loooooove her. Now it’s time for the Tiara Happy Hour, and we’re going to celebrate!

This weekend, I promise … Disco Mike. For now, I have a tiara on my head and a party to attend!