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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Kymberlie, the Neurotic Fish…

I just sent this message via e-mail to a bunch of people, but I’m afraid I may have left someone off. So here it goes – my open invitation to share the love.

As you may already know, Kymberlie was admitted to the hospital yesterday. As you might also know, Kymberlie & I have known each other since 2000, and worked together for 2 years. I don’t think there is anything that Kymberlie loves more then a nice bouquet of flowers (except maybe flowers & balloons!) so I want to send her some. I was thinking of taking them to her in person tomorrow, but I’m sure she could use all the cheering up she can get today. She’s never been in a hospital before in her life.

I know it cost a lot to send someone flowers, but I thought that maybe if we all pooled our resources I could pick out a super nice arrangement and have it delivered late this afternoon? If you’re interested in chipping in (even if it’s just a buck or two), I can take money in through PayPal and order them later today. I just realized this morning that it would make her really happy and so I wanted to give everyone a chance to join in! 🙂

If you want to send a few dollars in, you can send them to me through PayPal by using my e-mail address of christine at big pink cookie dot com (just put it back together – trying to fool the spam bots!) Log in to PayPal and go to the “Send Money” screen. I’ll check what is there by 3:30pm or 4:00 CST today (I know, short notice, I’m sorry!) and send an arrangement on it’s way to her.

I am going to go by the hospital tomorrow or visit her at home on Sunday, so if you want me to take something to her then (and don’t get this before my 3:30 or 4:00 cutoff today) I don’t mind at all – there are plenty of stores nearby that I can go to and pick up a treat for her and deliver it in person!

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Amuse Me

Keep on Groovin’ …

Would you think less of me if you knew that I really, really, really want a Barry  Williams  Autographed Photo, personally made out to me with “Have a Sunshine Day” or “To a totally groovy chick” inscribed on it? The Brady Bunch first aired the night before I was born. I think an autograph from Greg Brady is just the thing I need… Oh! Wait! There are autographed photos from Christopher Knight, aka Peter Brady, signed “Porkchops and applesauce”! Or how about “To the Brady in you”? These are just too wonderful!

Hmmm… my Dad is pretty hard to shop for – maybe I should get one of Tony Dow from Leave it to Beaver that says “Knock it off Squirt!”

If a Brady or Leave it to Beaver isn’t your thing, you can also get Sean Astin, Bernie Kopell, and many more![via Daria.]

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BlahBlahBabble

The Pope and My Birthday…

They told me last night at the H-Town Happy Hour that I should be very careful admitting this, as the Catholic mafia may come and hunt me down or something … but I’m throwing caution to the wind.

Pope John Paul I died the day after my 9th birthday. September 28, 1978. I remember hearing on the news that he had died – watching TV before school, already in my Catholic school uniform. We talked about it in school and learned about the Papal election process. He was only pope for a month and two days, and after they held an election for a new pope, Pope John Paul II took his place.

Yesterday, I spotted on the Captivate monitors in my elevator at work that Pope John Paul II had to cancel his regular appearance because he is ill. He has actually been sick for some time now, as he is quite old. Hard to believe he has been pope for almost 25 years.

Just how freaky weird would it be if he died right around my birthday too? Not that I want him to – but I’m actually afraid that he will. Am I cursed? I mean, what is up with that?

Surely the Catholic mafia is going to be out to get me now…

(I should note that I am Catholic, in case you are wondering. And no, there isn’t really a Catholic mafia. That I know of.)

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Amuse Me

No Stalkers Allowed…

A fantastic time was had by all at the H-Town Blogs happy hour last night! Ahhh… I realized why I have been able to tolerate Houston a lot more lately – it’s all the great people that are here. It is always so cool to meet other bloggers in person. I know how intimidating it is at first – heck, I managed to miss many gatherings for about 6 months last year – but once I got over that, it put a completely different spin on blogging for me. Thank you to everyone for coming out and making it the fun evening that it was – it was great to finally put faces to names and blogs I have been reading for awhile (I have read Michelle’s site for probably at least a year, and just recently discovered Emily’s). What I always find interesting to see is how much the “real world” personality complements the blog. Mad props for Cabo for putting us in the private room – it was great to have the place to ourselves!

In attendance last night:
:: Kathy & her husband Tom, Jish (our excuse for the event) :: Syd & Liz, her roommate :: J-Mo Jen :: Mike :: Chuck (who keeps me in the political loop) :: Elaine and her husband Kenny :: EJ :: Angela :: Matt :: James :: Emily :: Michelle and her non-blogging boyfriend Jim.

Fortunately no stalkers showed up, but Emily did touch the tequila. If you want to hear what we sound like, Emily did an Audblog post for posterity. There is also a lot of photographic evidence showing up at the blogs of those who attended, including a few Moblog posts that I made.

The people that couldn’t make it were definitely missed, and I hope they can come out and join us next month! I’m trying to think of some “weekend” activities that would be good for a large group – where kids can attend, or people that just can’t make it during the week would be able to come out. Anyone have suggestions? (I don’t care if you live in Houston or not – you still might have good ideas to toss out there!)

Ahhh… the memories of things like “Squish Jish!” and Hypnoboobies will last for some time… and now I’m really looking forward to going to the Ren Fest in October and hanging out with some fantastic people!

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Media Consumption

What About The Rest of Us?

Last night was my first night of the big season premiere week – I had no interest in any of the shows that were on Monday, and Third Watch doesn’t start until next week. By the way, what have they done with Crossing Jordan? *sigh* I hope they didn’t end the show – it was a lot better than many that are still hanging on.

But back to my original point … what is up with all of the car commercials and baby commercials? I watched 8 Simple Rules, I’m With Her (good, but I doubt it will last a full season), Frasier, Law & Order SVU and Judging Amy … and it seemed like every single commercial break had car commercials and commercials for Fisher Price toys. Uhm, hello? Marketing? There are people out here that aren’t looking for a new car, and who have no need for baby/toddler toys. Thank goodness I have a Tivo – I finally paused the TV and started watching everything late so that I could fast forward through the commercials! I was almost ready to scream if I saw another car or baby!