Night out with Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is my brother's hero. He has loved him for about 8 years now - loved his music, lyrics, even his crazy voice! He's hardcore about Bobby D. When it was announced that The Bob Dylan Show would be here in Alpharetta, Cowboy Dave flipped out. He was in Orlando at the time and was miffed as to why he hadn't been informed! Why hadn't they called to tell him?! Wude.

Here is some documentation of the night (historic night cowboy dave might say).

pleased to see some recycling receptacles!

filling up nicely. we were front row!...of the lawn.


debbie & danny, the funky hipsters

look at our positioning - we could throw our rubbish from our seats! Can't beat that.

willie nelson! he played first as his bedtime is 8:30pm.

jim, joan & their very awesome binoculars arrived just in time.

joan has some super cute feet! mine are like giant flat feet.

so i don't feel insecure here is my foot compared to cowboy dave's. hmmm, my angle makes them look the same size! I did not mean for this to happen! Mine are at least two sizes smaller. AT LEAST!!!

here is Mellencamp. I'd never heard of him but he can rock the stage!

picture of a very happy person

dusk

brother no eyes.

DYLAN!

DYLAN AGAIN!

DYLAN!

At this point of the evening cowboy dave was no more. He had passed out from shock, joy, amazement, giddyness and a whole other bunch of happy emotions.

It was a great night!

Trinity Softball! Blue vs Red

This year Justin signed up for the church softball league. They play every Tuesday night and all skill levels are welcome to join. Being a churchy thing the idea is to have fun and socialize rather than compete agressively (although a lot of the men wish differently!)
I got out there this past week as their game was at 7pm which gave me enough time to get home and in bed by 9:30pm! I don't really know anyone who goes to bed at 9:30pm except for some seven year olds. I just praise the Lord above for inventing Tivo.

here's our player - numero 6

here's Eliu - a sweet & lovely person but right now, the enemy

ready to make the reds cry like babies

OH YEAH!

homerun people!

here's andy - our trusty pitcher

'they're all animals these softball players!'

not really - i just wanted to shout it out as the picture says.

here's cowboy dave laughing about my shouting earlier

he's not a very good model though - wouldn't look at the camera

see, here he's thoroughly embarrassed by my antics

look at the homerun stud, just hanging out. 'this is my home!' he declares.

i hoped for some kind of numeric melody here. number 19 messed the whole thing up.

thanks for nothing 19!

cowboy dave tensely grips the fence

baby pascal volunteers for next play. he doesn't realize there is a height restriction.

sorry to squash your 18 month-old dreams.

at least he knows which end the handle is!

number 6 deeply assessing the play
baby pascal shouts advice from the sidelines
andy & j-man - the wonder team
i dare say that was a rather spiffy play! ratherrr!
till next time folks!

Justy's Birthday!

It's the honey-bum's birthday today and what birthday would be the same without a little Hoops n' Yoyo?! Here's a fun e-card for the birthday boy created through Hallmark's Smilebox Creation software. You can download it for free on the website and then used templates from existing users or Hallmark's own library. Pretty fun tool for a crazy person like me!

'Gimme the birthdays so I can make millions of e-cards!!!'

Make a Smilebox greeting

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY BUNCHES!

True Jeans dot com

So I'm a curvy girl with a little bit of pa-dunk-a-dunk going on in the back there (or maybe it's pa-donk-a-dink for you?) and I find jeans really quite unflattering. I'm either left with a unibum or muffin top, neither of which are particularly delightful.

Also, my wishes, dreams and manipulating prayers for the transference of large bum mass up to small boob area haven't worked either. You'd think that would be an easy fix really, I mean it's seems like quite a simple procedure!

Today I stumbled upon http://www.truejeans.com/ to look at some Little in the Middle jeans (LiM). Well already I was excited about LiM jeans as they describe themselves as being created for

'women with small waists and curvy hips. These jeans are a natural fit for pear and hourglass figures who desire form, fit and fashion. No more gapping at the waist!'

YIPPPPPEEEEEE! I have never found a pair of jeans specifically for white females with the small waist & wide, large, baby-birthing hips combo before.

So that was an exciting moment.

THEN - get this peoples - I realise the website I'm on (http://www.truejeans.com/) has a mantra of finding your 'true fit'.
'Buy Jeans that Fit'?! Not a concept I am used to.

I measured myself with their PRINTABLE measuring tape (yes I said printable!) and plugged in my info. So far they have paired me up with several $150.00 jeans. So now we know the truth - it hurts the chequebook to be beautiful. As soon as signing up they sent me a 10% off coupon code to use within one week. I guess that's something!

At least I know which styles to look for on clearance now! Thanks True Jeans!

Anyway, if you're someone who has a bit of trouble finding jeans that flatter, try this place out - it could be life changing!

Love Gracielicious

P.S. For all you males out there - don't feel left out! They want to help you find your perfect fit too.

Homemade Deodorant

When I saw this post on Lifehacker it perked my interest! I'm always looking for a non aluminium deodorant and the ones available can be quite pricey and not particularly effective.

With the option of adding any kind of essential oil, the possible combinations could be endless!

To start you will need the following:

1/4 cup corn starch

1/4 cup baking soda

2 tbsp coconut oil

2-3 drops of essential oils (optional)

2-3 drops vitamin E (optional)

empty container for new deodorant

Start by mixing the cornstarch with the baking soda.

Then add your choice of essential oil - some good options are teatree, sandalwood, lemon, lavender & neem. Of course if I would add vanilla & chocolate flavours if they had them, i mean who wouldn't want chocovanili scented armpits?!

Now add 2 tbs of coconut oil and a few drops of vitamin E oil (for skin softening purposes). They mention on the website to buy coconut oil with the high melting point rather than the medium kind.

Mix up the ingredients until they start to form a lovely silky mass, sort of like melted white chocolate (most my analogies are to chocolate, fyi).

I felt my mixture was a little toooo silky so I added equal amounts of cornstarch & baking soda to thicken it up.

At this point I was ready to pack it into my container.

And you're done! How easy was that?! You can make personalized deodorant with the items in your pantry. Allow this to set for a couple of days before using.

Don't forget to add a label so your deodorant is easily recognizable!

'Help for Grace's Stinky Pits!
apply liberally...often!'

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