All the Hype

I usually do not care about boxing at all. I don't really pay attention to it, and I don't find it that entertaining, but Patrick and I went to watch the fight last night. Why? Because I wanted to! Yes, I bought into all the hype surrounding this fight. While we were on vacation, I caught about 10 minutes of the HBO series about these two fighters and that was all it took to get me hooked. HBO sure does know how to amp up their pay per view ratings. All that hype and the fight only lasted 1.5 rounds. I guess it wasn't as close a match as they all said!

Late answer Friday

Sorry this is late- we got back late last night from Destin and I had to work early today and I am just getting home now from a 12 hour day. Alright, everyone was very close, and some of your answers were actually better than the real ones, but technically, here are the answers: 

1. Are you ready?

2. A change of fortune

3. Long coffee break

I'm glad to see my family is enjoying these- you guys are pretty smart! 

Well needed break

Patrick and I took a little break this week and came to Destin, FL for a little R&R. A mere 8 hours from Nashville, and perfect white sand beaches, who wouldn't try to get away for a few days? We arrived early Monday and have to leave tomorrow afternoon. Three days here really isn't enough, so we are already trying to plan the next trip. Really, I think we should just move here!

Brain Teaser Tuesday

Sometimes people call these brain bats and sometimes they are called Wuzzles, but basically, you figure out the phrase from what you see. For example:

Theroadiamondugh

would be "a diamond in the rough" 

See if you can figure out these:

Puzzle 1

What is represented by this BrainBat?

Puzzle 2

What is represented by this BrainBat?

1. Tune
2. Tune
3. Tune
4. Chune

Puzzle 3

What is represented by this BrainBat?

C    O    F    F    E    E

Answer Friday

This one definitely required a pen and paper. The answer was Colonel Mustard in the Library with the revolver....wait... uh...sorry... wrong game.

Really, it was that good for nothing Charlie stealing all the art. 

(Those Charley's are always a little sneaky : )

Brain Teaser Tuesday

After a local art theft, six suspects were being interviewed. Below is a summary of their statements. Police know that exactly four of them told one lie each and all of the other statements are true. From this information can you tell who committed the crime?

Alan said:
   It wasn't Brian
   It wasn't Dave
   It wasn't Eddie

Brian said:
   It wasn't Alan
   It wasn't Charlie
   It wasn't Eddie

Charlie said:
   It wasn't Brian
   It wasn't Freddie
   It wasn't Eddie

Dave said:
   It wasn't Alan
   It wasn't Freddie
   It wasn't Charlie

Eddie said:
   It wasn't Charlie
   It wasn't Dave
   It wasn't Freddie

Freddie said:
   It wasn't Charlie
   It wasn't Dave
   It wasn't Alan

So who did it? Answer to be posted Friday

Latest Fashion Show

Last Saturday I finished another fashion show project. This one was a show for Lipscomb University and was my "showiest" of shows yet complete with children, male models, costume changes, and music. It turned out pretty well, and now I get to take a little break. I don't have any other shows scheduled for awhile and I am glad. 5 shows in 5 weeks is plenty.

New Garden Box

Patrick and Adam have been working this month on a garden box in the back yard. It seems that it is a pretty involved project that has required many power tools (tillers, mowers, saws, drills) and just as many non-power tools (beer, cigars, Jack Daniel's). I feel the project might go a bit quicker without the latter, but I won't interfere with "the process". I am just hoping we'll get something planted by June!

...ah yes, and the boys really love for Sassy to help them in the yard- especially when she is wearing clothing. 

Catching up

Easter- 

We had a pretty nice low- key Easter this year. We went to brunch with our good friends and neighbors Adam and Rondi at the Union Station in downtown Nashville. I was originally going to cook, but decided we could eat out for pretty much the same as it would cost me to cook a big meal and it would be a whole lot better too...  Sassy didn't get to come to dinner, but here she is in her Easter dress- it has a bunny on it!

Busy little spring bees

The Baird's have been busy little bees this last few weeks and I have had a hard time finding time to post. I'll get to it tonight or tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure you all didn't think we died.  

Answer

Dad was the smart one this week- The boys were triplets. 

Laundry Day

Here is Sassy working hard on those laundry skills I so desperately want her to learn. 

Brain Teaser Tuesday

This one is for Kristin- 

A woman gave birth to two boys on the same day in the same year within minutes of each other, yet they were not twins. How is this possible? 

Answer Posted on Friday

Some things change...

some things never do. Like my incredible ability to kill plants with the swiftness of Round-up. I got this pretty plant at Costco last week. There was a lady there that was buying one the same time as I was and she said she had one last year and hers lasted 2 months and she didn't re-pot it or anything. I thought I could at least keep it alive a month and it would be cheaper than buying a bouquet every week for the table. Oh yeah, sure it looks nice now, but don't be fooled. It has already lost several blooms and palms.  I figured I better take a picture now before it was totally dead. 

Answer

Although I enjoyed all the creative answers to the brain teaser, the genius Simon was the one who got it right. He juggled them. 

Picky little thing

Sassy has always been a picky eater- even with treats. We don't ever feed her human food, but she sure knows which dog food she likes. When she was a puppy, I used to feed her Beneful from Purina. It has four different colors for food pellets- red, green, orange, and brown. Sassy used to pick out the orange ones and not eat them. The reds were her favorites and she would eat those first, then the greens, and if she absolutely had to she would eat the browns, but never the oranges. I switched her to a Iams Naturals about 6 months ago. It is all one color, so I thought this might cut down on her picky-ness. Well, she never really seemed to like the Iams that much, and last week when we ran out Patrick bought her Beneful again (mostly, I think, because there wasn't Iams at the store). Anyway, I took this picture last night, and  it seems things haven't changed- orange is still gross and red is still the best. These are all her discarded orange pieces- I thinks it's really funny.

Brain Teaser Tuesday

Alexander is a great circus performer, skilled in many things. He weighs exactly 199 pounds and is about to cross a bridge with a strict weight limit of 200 pounds. The problem is he is carrying three pieces of gold, each weighting 8 ounces. The gold puts him 8 ounces over the strict weight limit. What did Alexander do to cross the bridge safely with all three pieces of gold?

Answer to be posted on Friday.

The finest spring fashions...

I finished up another fashion show this week- this one was for the same ladies social group that I worked with in the fall. Since this was the second time around with this group, I made a few changes and the show was a lot better I think. To the horror of my sister, I forgot my camera (as I always seem to do) so I did the next best thing and dressed up these ladies to create the most adequate depiction as I could. Enjoy! 

After the rain

It rained pretty hard the other night and this morning there were lots of little snails on the sidewalk. I don't remember ever seeing snails in CO, so it was interesting to watch them s..l..o...w...l...y crawl across the cement. We're planning on opening a French restaurant in our garage very soon.

Two hours later.....

still playing....ZUMA....playing.....still playing......still....... 

Well I have made it past level 3-5, but now I can't feel my hand.....

ZUMA!

I'm not really a video game person- that's Patrick's domain. The only games I really do find entertaining are the ones most everyone else thinks are totally lame, like Tetris, PacMan, Bejeweled, etc. This week Patrick downloaded me a new game to play called ZUMA. I am totally into it and have not done much else since. Really, this is the reason why I don't play video games-because I get so addicted and I stop sleeping and just stay up and play. I wake up all tired from only a few hours sleep, then all I can think about while I am at work is getting home and trying to pass stupid level 3-5.  If I don't post for a few days you'll know why. I'm playing ZUMA.... still playing..... still..... playing.......ZUMA.....still playing.......playing........

Cows Come Home

While Patrick and I were out walking tonight, we saw a funny sight in our neighbors yard- a cow! I guess he wanted to come home too. 

Employee of the Month

Patrick has only had his job as a valet for about a month, be he was the Employee of the Month for that month. To think he was afraid civilian life would be hard......

I'm so proud!

Sassy's Day Out

Patrick and I took Sassy out to play yesterday by the river. There is a large recreation area by the damn near our house that is usually pretty busy in the summer, but yesterday we had it all to ourselves. Sassy had a great time chasing the squirrels, birds, and geese, and here she is trying to catch a bee. She probably wouldn't have been happy had she actually caught him.

Irish Step Dance

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St. Patrick's Sassy

Whoa! Sassy's dressed up for a holiday. Bet you didn't see that one coming. 

Nashville ranked "manliest" city in the US

Patrick's pleased. We apparently live in the "manliest" city in the US according to a study that came out this week. Cities got "Man Points" for having pro-sport teams, BBQ joints, and hardware stores, and lost points for having too many home furnishing stores, subscriptions to beauty magazines, and for having residents like this guy.

Click on the link to read the whole article and to see how your city stacked up. Just an FYI- Denver was #5, Grand Rapids #24, Seattle #40, and LA and NYC were last with #49 and #50.  You NYC guys can keep your deep spray-on tans and creamy lotion-y hands, thank you!

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090305/NEWS01/90305025

I'm back baby!

So after some requests and a few demands, I've returned to my blog. (I know you all really have just been dying to know what Sassy has been wearing lately!) Before I being discussing the current state of the Baird's let me take a moment to catch you up... 

Since Patrick got home in November, life has been fun a blissful- yes, really! We have had such a nice time actually hanging out together that I can't believe how quickly the past 4 months have flown by. We went to Colorado for Christmas and Disney World for New Year's and had a wonderful time both trips. We went to a Titan's game, some concerts, a few day trips, and have generally been busy about town. The only complaint is that the weather has been really crappy here this winter, so we are both really ready for spring.

Patrick officially finished with the Army on March 4th and got a job working at the DoubleTree in downtown Nashville as a valet. He says it's pretty fun and it works for now. He has a few other job options for the summer so he'll find something interesting to do before he starts college in the fall. As for me, I have kept myself very busy with Belk and my business. I now work about 4 or 5 days at the store and do all their shows and speaking engagements. I fit in SavvyStyle clients on my days off, so I literally shop all day pretty much everyday with other people's money. Really? People pay me for this? Yes, I still don't get how I lucked into this line of work, but I'm not complaining!

Princess Sassy is doing very well. She has learned how to 'stay' in addition to 'sit', 'lay down' and 'roll over'. I'm currently working on trying to teach her how to fold laundry, but so far she has not added that to her bag of tricks. She is so happy that her daddy is home, so she spends most of her time following Patrick around. He spoils her more than I do (yes, its true) so it isn't any wonder. 

You're caught up now so blogging can commence! I noticed that Blogger added some fancy little bells and whistles since I was away, which is exciting. Who doesn't love a good poll? Neat. 

Thanks for not giving up on me- glad to be back. 

Hiatus

I'm sure you all noticed I am taking a bit of a break from the blog. With Patrick being home and business picking up for the holidays, I have been busy with some other things. I have also lost our camera, so that makes it tough to keep the pictures up. Not sure how long of a break I will be taking, but it probably won't be forever and I will let you all know when I am back at it again. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Look who's home!

After being gone for over 13 months, Patrick finally returned today from Iraq. I didn't say anything before because I didn't want to disappoint anyone if today didn't end up being the day- but everything went fine and he arrived at Ft. Campbell early this morning.  We ended up on the website for the newspaper, so you can check out all the photos of the welcome home ceremony by clicking to the link on the title of this post. I am so proud of him and even happier to have him home- words can't even describe.....

Happy Halloween!

From the furry little ladybug! 

My first press!

I got quoted in the style section of the paper today! My first press! I'm so proud. 

http://shop2.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081029/SHOP/81029097/1839

VEGAS BABY!

It's VEGAS Baby!  I spent the last two days in Vegas with my parents. They were already going out there for a friend's birthday, and they invited me to tag along too. We had a great time sightseeing, eating, drinking, gambling, watching the Titans game- I didn't want it to end! Two days isn't quite enough time in the City of Lights- I didn't even have enough time to lose all my money! 

The Car Wash- Fun For All Ages!

I have mentioned before how cool the car wash is that I go to- they can totally detail the car in like half an hour and they have a coffee shop, gift shop, Internet and TV to entertain you while you wait. I had been there for awhile when I finally noticed the child behind me. He was having the best time hanging out and playing with his game in that chair. I couldn't help but laugh. That term "make yourself at home" well, children certainly do!

Busy Month

Ah, sorry that it is been awhile since I have posted. I've been working a lot- and I am not sure where this month has gone, but it seems to be almost gone already! So, here's what I have been up to: 

1. Things are great with Patrick- he and his unit captured a terrorist that had been in hiding for two years. He was happy to be a part of the capture and now since the "Big Mission" of the deployment is over, he is ready to come home! I am so proud of him and his unit.  

2. I put together another fashion show for the store- this one was a fundraiser for breast cancer research. It was really fun because I got to dress 20 ladies that were breast cancer survivors, and it was so inspiring to hear all of their stories. The show was good and the ladies all had fun, which was the most important thing. 

3. Another big event at the store- this one was cool because it was like a big cocktail party, and I had the pleasure of selling lots of clothing to very drunk women... ; )

4. I went golfing last Sunday morning since the Titans were off. I had a horrible game- I really need to take lessons. I can drive alright, but I get anywhere near the green and it is a disaster! Unfortunately, the Broncos played as badly at football as I did at golf..... 

5. I found a new brand of fabric softener sheets...they work like magic and smell like heaven....

Yeah, that's my life. You see now why I haven't posted lately.  Really, you didn't miss much. Patrick is doing great things, but I am just...well...here. I'll try to do something more interesting for you all soon!

Hopefully things will be getting more post-worthy here sometime soon......

5-0 Titans

Well the Titans have done it again and taken their season to 5-0. It has been a pretty fun team to watch this year, but I must say that they could just as easily have been 2-3. Even with their record, they need a little improvement on their passing game in my humble opinion. Passing game or no, frankly, I am just happy to be watching football! I haven't had consistent Sundays off since I was in college and I am just drunk with football watching bliss! Things are so great, that I have even gotten to watch almost every Bronco game too! Pretty much my Sundays consist of this: Waking up at 11:00-having a latte- watching the game at 12- having a beer- watching the game at 3- having another beer- watching the game at 7- going to bed. I couldn't be happier. Viva La NFL!!!!

Road Trip

Doug and I took a little trip this week to Indiana and Michigan. We went to Indiana first to see Patrick's Grandparents and then to Michigan so I could see the "Big Lake". We had a lovely time and I got some fun pictures. 

                              Grandpa Don and Sassy


Grandma Ruth and Sassy in her new sweater that Ruth knitted for her. 
                          A quick stop by Notre Dame campus.

          Amazing Lake Michigan- Man that's a big lake! 


  Sassy having fun at the lake until she got swept into a sink hole of water (she may never want to go to the lake again!) 

Brentwood Ladies Fashion Show

I spent the last week working on the first of two fashion shows for Belk. I had a great time getting to know all of the ladies and dressing them for the show. I did all of the commentary during the show, so I didn't have a chance to take pictures during it, but I got a few of the ladies before, so I guess those will have to do! I am currently working on another one, so I'll keep you posted on how that one goes as well. 

Update coming soon

I've been busy the past few weeks. I just finished one fashion show for the store and am on to the next one. They are fun to coordinate, but they take a lot of time and energy. 

Doug and I also just got back from a quick road trip to Indiana and Michigan. I have some great pictures, so I will share those sometime soon. Hope you are all doing well out there too!

Out of Gas in Nashville

Panic struck the city today and people discovered there was no gas to be found ANYWHERE in the area. People were talking about it at work and Doug called me to make sure I had gas to get home. Luckily I had enough, but I passed several cars on the side of the road that didn't. I thought Pleasant View for sure would have some since we are further from town, but I got here only to discover there apparently isn't gas for like a 100 mile radius of the city. Hmm. Bummer. My car only has about 100 miles left before empty, so I will be able to get to work and back tomorrow, but after that I might be screwed. Hopefully the town gets more before it turns really ugly. Do you all see now why I want a Vespa so bad?! 

Fall Decorating II

I also re-decorate the bedroom in the fall- I took a picture of it too, mostly because it won't ever be this clean again! (I also had to throw in a picture of Sassy.... of course)

Fall Decorating

I decorate the house based on the seasons, and today I put up the fall decorations. I did a few new things this year and I was happy for the way they turned out. Welcome Fall!

So Tell me About You

Doug turned me on to this awhile ago and I continue to be amazed by the accurateness of it. He and I were just discussing it today, and I remembered that I never shared it with you. If you want to know more about yourself, take a few minutes and take this test. You'll be amazed at how spot on it is. I was in INTJ- so tell me what were you? 

Briggs-Myers Personality Test

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes1.htm

Rock City

Doug and I took a little day trip Wednesday to Rock City in Chattanooga. It was a really nice drive over there and a perfect day to tour the tourist trap Rock City. Patrick and I had been there before and Doug had as well, but it had been 40 years since he was there, so we decided to check it out. It's pretty cool, so if you are ever in the area check it out. Trust me, you can't miss it- they advertise it on billboards about 250 miles before you actually get there! 

Pikes Peak Challenge

                    Ain't no mountain high enough! 

                    Ain't no valley low enough!

                    Ain't no river wide enough! 

                    To keep Mom from getting through it babe!

My mom did an amazing fete yesterday- she climbed Pikes Peak! Thirteen miles of high altitude hiking to get to the top. Many people try, but few finish. This was her first try and it only took her about 9 hours to do it! I am so proud of her I can't even find the words. I certainly don't know if I could do it, and I'm sure there certainly aren't many other 55 year olds in the world that could do it either! Way to go mom! How was the view from the top?

Pictures from Colorado

Finally here are some pictures from my trip to CO

                                  Cute lil' Brandon

          Sassy at the parade wearing her cowgirl outfit!

     Sadie at the parade wearing her cowgirl outfit!

      Mom and I at the rodeo being rowdy with all our friends.....

Jazz Festival

Doug and I went to the Franklin Jazz Festival on Sunday night. It was a small little festival with a main stage and a smaller stage in the beer tent. We took Sassy and she got quite a bit of attention from the other festival-goers. We decided that it would be a good idea to get Sassy a T-shirt made so I wouldn't have to answer so many questions- it would say: 

My name is Sassy. I am a Maltese-Pomeranian

I weigh 4lbs. Yes I am full grown. 

I'm almost two years old

Yes I know I am the cutest dog ever. Thank you. 

No, you can't buy me.  

I always like when people think she is cute, but after awhile I must admit that I tire of the same questions! 

Anyway, we met some nice people, heard some good music, and had a nice evening overall.