"Stars: They're Just Like Us!"

Kennen Sie Matthew McConaughey, der Schauspieler?


I'm not gonna lie, I love this movie.


Matthew and his lady friend and mother of his children, Camila.

On Monday, my mom sends me some pics from the weekend. Looks like she saw ole Matthew McConaughey in Austin this past weekend at a hotel pool, and being the brave mama that she is, snapped away with her phone camera.

She pretended to be taking this picture of my sister, Erin, and nephew, Sam:

I am loving he has on his terri JKLivin' hat. "Just Keep Livin'" is his trademarked motto he likes to spurt out in his Texas drawl.

They do look like just a regular family here...maybe a bit more fit

(ok, so maybe Texans aren't wearing cute fall clothes now like I stated yesterday)


Bye Matthew, Camila and Levi. You know what to do: JKLivin'.

Houston, We I Have a Problem.

All you Houstonians of mine are probably enjoying really nice crispy, cool fall weather. And busting out your faux fur vests and overly warm, but fashionable items you've been dying to sport for the 2 weeks you can in Housty. Bite me. I've already started wearing my uniform:



What you can't see is that I have a wool cowl neck sweater underneath that mammoth wool peacoat. I also found some wondey unopened $25 ski socks in my wardrobe that are awesomely comfy and cozy.

The problem is that it's been way too cold for mid-Oktober. And grey. Heck, Amber even had to change her blog background from black to white to shine some light in her life.

And, I rarely wear black, almost never all black..but something about this grey poo poo frostiness blacks me up.

And, as I write this in the morn, the sun is shining and it looks like it could be quite wondey today, so see ya. Wouldn't wanna be ya. Or maybe I would...are you getting to wear cute, light fall clothes??

p.s. and my hip does have a problem too. it's got some bigger angle somewhere than it should..hence..one leg is a bit taller sorta...hence, i was right...hence, i would rather be deformed than be wrong. hence isn't the right word to be using either.

A Fall Run (and Rhyme)

I almost always get my exercise at the gym these days because whenever I go running outside, my left hip hurts for the next week. It's been like this for a year and I finally got an x-ray yesterday and have a doctor visit next week. Seriously, I take advantage of this healthcare, k? (I've already self-diagnosed after talking to several people and I'm thinking my left leg is longer than my right and somehow it's causing hip issues...sound ridic? It probably is. At least I didn't self-diagnose via WebMD but from real people. I have to self-diagnose...it's a must, k? Oh, what's that? Stop running? Ugh..but nothing gives me that 'high' quite like running outside through Graz...see below.)

So... onto the point for heaven's sake. I snapped some shots of the fall scenery along the way. Nothing super grand, just iPhone pics. If I didn't have an SLR camera, my point-and-shoot Canon and my iPhone camera, I couldn't 'take you' everywhere with me. A tragedy that would be.

This street lining the park reminds me of when I lived in Washington DC, especially the Georgetown homes.

Favorite leaf hue is the bright coral. Coral is the best no doubt.
Merrily, merrily through some flower markets we go:
Really lovin' this Erika Calluna Vulgaris I see fo' sho': {thanks, Juliette, for posting the name on your blog!}

It's Saturday and the University is dead, but believe me it's back in session and those fools are taking over my gym, I can tell...
Would you like to live here where they have the longest words from hell?
Thanks for following along on my journey and I wish you well!

p.s. last new blog design I will post for awhile..promise:

Party Time!

My biggest blog design to date debuted yesterday: Christi's P is for Party.

We went with a grey & mustard color scheme and tried to keep it fun, but classy. The most challenging aspect was creating a design that represented both children and adults...Christi does parties for both. I hope this was accomplished.



Thanks, Christi, for having so many readers (and letting me be your designer!) because it's nice to see the feedback in your comments. When I did stationery designs I didn't get the insta-feedback (just bc of the nature of snail mail) and I'm not gonna lie...it's nice to get some love for your work. ('N' is for "Needs Praise")

Now go check out the real deal here!

Singin' in the Rain

On Saturday night, we met up with my new American friend, Meredith, and her husband Mike to have some drinks and head to the opera! Our first time.

We had drinks at one of my favorite cafés, a cute, little blue house.

(source)

Whoopi (why is Whoopi here?!) guarded over Art while he sipped on his White Russian.

It was the opening night of "Singin' in the Rain":

Looks like an Opera House to me




I read a little about the musical on Wikipedia before we went and I'm glad I did. All the speaking was in German and the songs were in English (with German subtitles above the stage). Meredith and Mike have only lived here for 6 weeks and admitted to having a really hard time understanding most of the story in the first act. I understood about 35% of what they were saying and knowing the general storyline from Wiki was a big help. I gave Art little whisper hints as to what they were talkin' bout.

It was excellent, though. All the costumes, stage sets, singing, dancing (the tap dancing was wondey!) and sparkly sparkly dresses!

Maybe it will inspire me to sing and dance in the Graz rain instead of cursing it. I'll need a yellow umbrelly and some cute rain boots to make that happen.



We didn't get any pics with Mike and Meredith, so you'll have to 'meet' them at a later time. Mike plays professional hockey and after living in Croatia for a year and a short time in Germany, they are here with us in Graz.