we can't stop.

yes, shane and i are addicted to taking pictures. even if we aren't the best photographers, we always enjoy our pics!

so last wednesday evening we ended up relaxing on his deck and enjoying a beer and the weather. then, i made a discovery! i've had my camera for almost 2 years now and never knew the fun of the "coupling shot"!! ( you can take a picture with someone else without using a timer and setting up the camera. one person takes a photo, and then hands the camera off to the other. try to line up the background the best you can. the two photos are then morphed together!)

here we go ...


first try. my baby shot me dead.


i'm making out with myself. that's hot.


i'm a little banshee!


and here, shane finally gets a taste of his own medicine!
lisa has been waiting for this day to finally come, i'm sure!
sorry lisa. i don't think he has any bruises!

spring fever.

friends, i know i have been a bad blogger lately. actually, i have not been a blogger at all! my last post was nearly a month ago! (but you all have been bad readers too! no one hooked me up with any girlscout cookies!!! wtf?!?!)
well, a lot has been going on in the past month. most importantly, spring is in the air. and when i have not been working, or sleeping due to crazy hours at work, i had been trying to soak in a little bit of nice weather that has come and gone the past few weeks.
it started with daylight savings time. i love winter and snowy days. i didn't think i would get all that excited for daylight savings time this year! but for some reason, that sunshine that was still there when i would leave work, or rising on my way to work in the early mornings made such a difference! it really does revitalize you and make you want to be a little more productive when you get home or at least leave your job! i did hate loosing an hour of sleep though, considering sleeping is my favorite past time. i look forward to the days getting even longer and after work activities beginning!

also earlier this month, we got our first really warm days! they were nice warm and breezy days and you could feel the spring in the air! it was so exhilarating!! i absolutely love sleeping with my window open on those spring nights and a light breezes blows over you. it feels wonderful and refreshing!

spring is all about rebirth and new beginnings. i think this is when my resolutions really are created, rather than at the new year. it seems to make more sense to make a fresh start when world around us is blooming and also making a fresh start. but i won't talk about resolutions now.
there is one thing i needed to kick off my spring: new scents!
i needed a candle that smelled fresh and new!

and i found it at anthropologie. a lovely lilac scent. voluspa candles are so fragrant and long lasting. and it is even in this beautiful magenta and gold tin!

the other thing i had been on the hunt for was a new fragrance for me. i also wanted something light and fresh. i had been searching and searching. every time i would go and smell something, there was no connection. fragrances are so personal and you have to love what you wear. i kind of compare looking for a fragrance to looking for a boyfriend (or girlfriends, i suppose!) you never find one when you are looking - you will find the perfect one when you least expect it!
that is how i discovered my new favorite scent!

kai. mmmmm.... it is a light and sexy gardenia scent. i can't get enough of it! apparently it is pretty "sought after" and i just stumbled upon it while strolling through the W Hotel Store!

so continuing with the newness theme, i decided to try something new in the kitchen. i am not much of a cook at all, so anything is quite a deal for me! i picked up this amazing cookbook about eggs at anthropologie. yep, eggs! it is beautiful! i love all of the photos. i was inspired to cook up some breakfast!

and so i made my first attempt. poached eggs. i always wondered how eggs benedict were made. and the pictures made it look so fun. the white blogs, floating around in the water. so here is how mine turned out ...

two pretty little eggs.

oops, the yoke of my first egg broke and made a mess!
the second was unharmed.

voila! i made a little sandwich!
doesn't look all that appetizing but it was actually pretty good!

and to conclude the springy freshness theme - and also, it has been a while since you have had a little mills in your life - someone needed a bath! sure, she hates it, but she was beginning to live up to her new occasional nickname, TakeOut. sometimes when you smell millie really close, she has a slight odor of old mexican or chinese takeout food! yuck! time for a bath, mills!

my little mummy!
she is all wrapped up in her towel after the horrid bath.
she actually sat like that for quite a while! no more takeout!!

calling all girl scouts!!!

so word has it on the streets that it's girl scout cookie season. i loooove girl scout cookies, and i seem to miss the cookie season every year! i can't let another year go by!! i crave the chocolaty-coconut chewiness of the somoa. i dream about the licking the top layer of peanut butter off the top of the tagalong. i need the freshness and simplicity of the thin mint! plus, i hear that there are a lot of new cookies that i would be delighted to try!

PLEASE!!! help a girl out! if you or anyone you know sells girl scout cookies - send 'em my way! it will be worth it! i may help her get that additional patch, a bike, do they maybe win ipods now??? if so, what color do you want - cuz it's yours!!!!

post you info in the comments and i will buy.

i love NY

i fully admit it, was as obsessed with the flavor of love last fall. i couldn't get enough of flavor flav and all of his bootyliscious bitches!

craziness! i was stoked to find out that our beloved New York was given her own dating reality show after 2 failed attempts with flav! everyone loves new york! that crazy bitch that always gets what she wants ... well, except her true love, flav.

the highly anticipated i love new york aired last night on vh1, finally! and it was quite a show!

here are a few of the highlights:


naturally, a grand entrance was made by miss thang! god love her!


and check out her little "personal assistant". a wacky, gay, latin guy named chamo WTF?!?!?!?
ok, so the premise of this show is the same as any other reality dating show. a bunch of guys who are dying to have their way with this disaster fight over her with each other to be that last man standing. typical scenario. here we have 20 morons from all walks of life. your rough-necks, thugs, herbs, afro-centric dude, dorky white guy (or two!), latin, italian, and everything in between.

the exciting part is when there is a special guest appearance by ...


you guessed right, new yorks mom!!! the devil herself!


yes new york, be afraid! be very afraid! remember how she messed everything up last time???


(flash back to flavor of love when the beast went ape-shit on flav! poor flav!)

will she ruin everything again?!?!

well, after meeting and drinking with all of the men, we find out that new york has her heart set on the thug of the bunch. a complete a-hole, moron who can barely speak. what a winner. naturally, mom hates him and wants him out! (the only thing she was ever right about!)

the highlight was when the thug, aka Chance, gets in a very heated argument with the dork, mr boston, over talking to NY. this suburban dork holds his own against the city boy!


but will he still be picked at the end of the night???
ahhh, the tension!


chance waits as well. who will be picked??

go figure! they both get picked this round and continue on with NY! of course, this will make great tv!

ohhhh, i can't wait til next week!

a must-have !!

you all know that it happens. you are out with friends, innocently (or not!) having a great time doing whatever - eating, drinking, dancing, wearing a poncho - when all of a sudden ...

blaaaaaggggg!!!!!

it happens - you've been blogged! there is no getting around it, the pictures can't be deleted, the paparazzi are in full effect.

anyways, i need this tee-shirt. bethie found it first. and i know, i am blogging about someone blogging about blogging. this is what it has come to.

so be aware .... bloggers are everywhere!!!

i could use a laugh today!

god, do i love japanese practical jokes!



while i'm at it ... time to bring back the girls!!!

i can't get enough of this video!

cheers!

I found this on gawker this morning. classic!

random stuff #4

a collecting of news and junk i found laying around the web.

luke and leroys just can't cut it ever since misshapes left. gawker

gwyneth knows how to play tha game. perez

i never thought that pigs were cute ... until now. cute overload

no comment! just see for yourself! youtube

all part of a balanced diet.

saturday was full of bad food choices!

i was at work, and one of my coworkers showed me what he decided to on a regular basis in order to save money on lunch ...

(beware...)




EEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
i laughed soooo hard! that just looked nasty!

i suggested that he eat some PB&J for a while if he is on a budget!

then on my way home from work, i stopped in the bodega at the corner of my street and was so excited to find ...



banana twinkies!!!



mmmmm ...... (it actually didn't taste anything like banana, but it worked!)

now, i don't eat twinkies on a regular basis at all, i just like the novelty of a "special" twinkie! kinda like when lisa visited me two years ago at we got monster's inc green-cream-filled twinkies!!! that was sweet!


yes, i was documenting then too, i just didn't have the blog!!!!

flashback!

OMG! i can't stop listening tp warrant for some reason today!

i have had heaven and sometimes she cries on repeat all day!!!


and you know what? i am totally fine with it!

my obsession!

yes, i love my shoes! and i just got a new pair that i am soooo excited about!
i wanted something that i could wear to work, that would go with a lot of different outfits, and of course, with a slight edge...

here is what i found ...

serious in the front


but check out the heels!


i love my new marni shoes!

but check out who else was seen wearing them

(with the green heel, rather than yellow)

yep, mary-kate.