I Say Comfortable - The Murph Says Sexy

We didn't take too many pictures while we were at the beach this Thanksgiving.  We went out a couple of times while we were there though. I really love this dress.  It is very comfortable and versatile and not very expensive at all.  It can easily be dressed up or down.  I have actually worn my black Ugg boots with it.  (I know!  Sorry!!)   I also have it in leopard print, but I don't really get to wear that one as much.   And, of course, this dress has spandex!  I've come to realize that almost all my clothes do!

The shoes are Jeffrey Campbell purchased last year.  I don't get a chance to wear them much, but I LOVE them!  Phantom was being very cooperative to let me hold him and get a picture too.  He is VERY heavy though!

Sunset over Mobile Bay. To the right is a picture of the US Alabama Battleship.  I remember taking The Boy to see it when he was little.

Going through downtown Mobile, Alabama heading back to the beach.

Another one of the US Alabama Battleship in Mobile Bay.

You can barely see them, but there were hundreds of birds flying around together in the Santa Rosa Sound.  Migrating?  Who knows, but The Murph grabbed the camera and started taking pictures from the balcony.

And a big squeeze for my beach cat who did NOT want to come back home the other day.  He should have been an only cat, but he will have to tolerate the other two cats for now.  I could send him to live with The Boy in his apartment and pay the pet fee, but I think I would miss him too much!  It is bad enough that The Boy's not here anymore.

That's it for this beach trip.  Can't wait to get back down there after Christmas!

Wedding Invitations and Lunch With Odyssey Home

I am back in Birmingham, back to the real world and I now have access to the cord that connects my camera to the computer.  Now I can download and post the photos from the trip and the ones prior to the trip.  These are the ones taken prior to the beach trip.

Before we left I picked up the wedding invitations from the calligrapher's and got them mailed out.

Ed was hanging out under the coffee table as I was taking pictures of the invitations.  This is one of his favorite spots.   There's Ed under the glass table top.

I also had lunch with a good friend, Odyssey Home  before I left.  She was back in town for her husband's grandmother's funeral.  While I waited for her to get to the restaurant, I took these pictures.  And threw some coins in this fountain.

We had lunch at Tavern on the Summit.  It just so happens to be the restaurant where I met The Murph a few years ago.  We immediately hit it off.  I thought he was very handsome.  We exchanged business cards.  He convinced me to go out with him. (it was REALLY tough- haha).  I made sure I had a chaperone for our first date (he was a stranger after all).  Later, The Murph joked that he wasn't sure if the chaperone was for me or for him.

As Odyssey Home and I were leaving the restaurant, I retraced my steps from the restroom through the bar area and showed her exactly where The Murph was sitting the night I met him.

This is Odyssey Home.  We were busy tweeting and instagraming at the table.  I think we were causing a bit of scene and disturbing a couple of old guys having lunch at the next table.  

I had chicken salad and she had Caesar salad.   And of course we took pictures and tweeted.  At least I tried to tweet, but for some reason (user error), I couldn't get my tweet to work.

Her tweets were working.  She's way more tweet savvy than I am.

After lunch, I headed home and The Murph and I left for the beach.  We had so much to pack with my bike and racing stuff and a bunch of things we had to take to The Boy at school along with our usual stuff (and I'm not a light packer), that I forgot to pack the camera cord.   As any blogger knows, this can be a very traumatic experience.

Luckily, I did have Instagram, so I could take pictures with my cell phone and tweet them after I finally figured out how all the buttons work.  I even figured out how to follow people on Instagram.  So hey, it wasn't a total loss!

I am posting all the race pictures and the beach pictures on another post.

I feel so much better already!!

Beach Trip Postponed

Looks like little Debby disrupted our beach plans for the week.  That would be Tropical Storm Debby.  We had planned to go down to Pensacola Beach on Thursday which changed to Friday then this thing started developing in the Gulf and now our trip is a no go.  So much for fresh seafood and working on my tan.  The Boy's surprisingly upset which I don't understand because he hates the beach and spends the entire time in the condo sleeping, eating or on his computer.  Which is the same exact thing he does at home.  Go figure!




This was a couple of days ago when Debby was just a Tropical Depression.  Now she's stronger and churning up some trouble in the Gulf of Mexico.  She's such a bitch!