FLASHBACK january 2012

"i'm only happy when it rains..."
i've discovered pinterest and, not being 100% sure what i'm doing, i spend hours just looking at various things others have pinned. i come across a simple umbrella. i love it! i become obsessed with umbrellas. and rain boots. i'm obsessed with rain boots. sadly...i only own one pair. boo!! 

                     

FLASH FORWARD today

i woke up to my favorite kind of day. a lazy rainy day. what? you love rainy days?! ummm...yeah. i kind of do. rainy sorts of days are great for relaxing...nothing more relaxing than raindrops falling on your roof. rainy days are great for being lazy...no one wants to go to the grocery in the rain...or cut the grass in the rain...or wash the car in the rain. and, most importantly, rainy days are great for play...for putting on you wellies and jumping in puddles...an activity you can only enjoy on a rainy day.

today is "step in a puddle and splash your friend day". i don't know who came up with this "holiday"...or why they decided to schedule it in january when most rain falls as snow and any puddles should be frozen over(?)...but, how fortunate that we, here in ohio, got a warm up and a rain storm?! 

put on your boots and celebrate the rain today!!
HAPPY SPLASHING!!!!!

FLASHBACK 1970 somethin

 

these are a few of my favorite things~

the brady bunch
candy cigarettes
alice in wonderland
michael jackson~ben
tee shirt, shorts, and bare feet

  

flash forward today:

these are a few of my favorite things~

the big bang theory
candy cane tootsie pops
to kill a mockingbird
dave matthews~mercy
tee shirt, skirt, and bare feet

          

look back on your own life...what were your favorite things when you were a kid? and what are your favorite things now? i bet you haven't changed as much as you think :)

FLASHBACK january 8, 1935

 "it's down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel"

elvis aaron presley is born. in tupelo, mississippi. to vernon and gladys. his identical twin brother, jesse, was delivered 35 minutes before...stillborn...he was considered "average" while growing up in tupelo. he received his first guitar at 10 years old. in august of 1953, he walked into sun records to pay for studio time. sam phillips liked what he heard. after that meeting, elvis would release18 number one hits (the first being "heartbreak hotel")...would be declared "unfit for family viewing" by the ed sullivan show...would star in 31 movies...would serve his country for 2 years...would influence other artists, such as the beatles...would marry and divorce only once...and would produce one child. elvis passed on august 16, 1977 at 42 years old...in a statement, president jimmy carter credited elvis with "permanently changing the face of american pop culture"...since his death he has been inducted into FOUR music hall of fames (rock and roll hall of fame, country music hall of fame, gospel music hall of fame, and rockabilly hall of fame)...graceland was opened to the public and welcomes over 600,000 people a year...had countless reissues and remixes top the charts...
HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!