LOVE - S P R I N G

Our seasons here in the Bay Area are a little out of whack.  We have winter in summer, summer in fall and spring in winter. But the real season of spring  is a lot of rain with a sprinkle of random heat waves.   Oh and did I mention the micro climates?   Tank top and shorts 5 miles north -  parka, hat, scarf, gloves 5 miles south. Basically the bottom line is in order to live here you must be able to adapt to the weather.  We've had temperatures of 70 + for the last couple of days and today I heading to the beach for a little sun, sand and salt water.  See you there!

LOVE - S U N S E T S

Golden

Golden, glowing, glossy and warm.  That's all I am saying

B I K I N I - M O D E L

Out of the box

Nixie

No not me silly people, I have some toning up to do before that ever happens.  Meet my mannequin, Nixie.  Many thanks to my friend Kirsten who loaned her to me last year.  When I brought her home I couldn't wait to take her out of the box.  She was fabulous but missing two things - hair and a name.  First I decided she was of German descent. So I went online  and looked up German girl baby names.  So many great names but  Nixie caught my eye.  Nixie  means "water sprite" which I thought was quit fitting - sold.  Second, she needed some hair and it needed to be beach fabulous.  I found a blond wig and Oh la la Nixie was born!  Oh how I love to dress Nixie up.  It's a family affair.  She puts up with a lot and she is very patient.  She stands perfectly still while we humiliate her with fake moustaches (on her nether region  - what can I say, I have little boys.) toy guns, knives, banana's and crazy get ups.  But of course her main purpose is to model my glorious bikini's and if they don't look good on Nixie it's back to the drawing board. 

EAT - S A L A D

I know it's not pic-i-nic season yet but I LOVE potato salad and after watching Yogi Bear yesterday I had a major hankering for some.  Not just any will curb my craving it has to be my mom's.  Ask her and she will tell you that I will eat this for breakfast, lunch, dinner and every in between meal that there is.  And yes, I did have it for breakfast this morning....after all it does have eggs and potato's in it. Yum.

L O V E - S W E E T D R E A M S

When I was younger and couldn't sleep due to "Jason" from Friday the 13th possibly being under my bed I would think about all of the designer clothes I had to have and put outfits together in my head. Eventually "Jason" would leave my pre-sleep thoughts and I would be thinking of cute jeans and fall blissfully asleep.  These days when I have trouble sleeping I envision my self laying on Stinson Beach.  Waves crashing in the background, and the oh so warm warm sun drenching my body until I deliciously fall asleep.  Sweet dreams.                   
  

L O V E - B R I D G E T

I've been feeling like Bridget Jones lately (sans the granny panties).  Writing in my journal (blog) successes, fall backs, goals, wants and wishes.  Trials and tribulation of seeking out the perfect life, look and relationship.  

Here is what one of my journal entries would look like:

Thursday 24 February 

140 lbs. (maybe tomorrow I'll start that diet), alcohol units 1 (the really big Sierra Nevada only counts as 1 - right?), hours spent on computer working on self promotion with twitter, face book and crawling other peoples blogs hrs 3, calories 2,476, Pieces of toast consumed 2, bikini's designed 5.

What would we do with out Bridget?  A girls girls that we all can laugh with, cry with and rally for - oh and she gets Colin Firth in the end! How brilliant.

Bridget, I love you.

B I K I N I - G O A L S

5 stores and 2 days later I finally laid my hands on it.  The recent copy of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. I barely made it through my front door with my boys trying to pull the magazine out of my hands.  I literally had to lock myself in the bathroom before one of them did.   Page after page of glorious bikini's.  I studied every page, looking for details, prints, stitching and fit.  It was probably the best $7 bucks I've spent in a long time and it made me realize that  my suits are just as good or better and I can do this!