staying with alice in wonderland

Since Alice was this little (this photo is from my grad week at Sewanee circa 2003, Alice is on the right), I have been hanging out with her while her parents were at events or functions or traveling out of town. Alice's mother and my mama went through middle and high school together and still keep in touch. So Alice is like a little sister to me, one that is a lot less annoying than I was as a little sister.
Alice's parents usually take at least one weekend getaway trip per year, so that means we get to spend some time together. We share music, we share stories, we talk about books, and, depending on what grade she's in, the drama. Boy and girl drama.

After Alice met Sipsey, she began a campaign to get a dog of her own.
One year we both grew our hairs out and donated to Locks of Love.
Here she is with her own pup, Posy.
This was taken Saturday. I just love my weekends with Alice. They're so relaxing, and for a few days I get to live vicariously through her, and relive my high school days. And I can honestly say that, although I would gladly go back and relive some experiences, there are others that I wouldn't relive for a million dollars.
One thing I worked on this past weekend (besides my tan and finishing my book) was the ultimate girlie sounds playlist, with songs that, for whatever reason, take me back to either high school, college, or my twenties (yes, I am getting old). Alice helped, of course.
I'll be working on gathering the songs for my mix over the course of this month, and if any of you enjoy some good girl music, please email me your mailing address and I'll ship you a copy!

scary eyes

Brooke is going to kill me for this post, but I needed a pick-me-up on a Monday morning, and I'm sitting here at the car fixing place waiting for my tires to be rotated and balanced and my oil changed, so here it is. SCARY EYES! AAAHHHHH! Be careful, these photos have been known to produce crazy giggle attacks and the occasional accident (I'm talking about peeing in your pants, people.)

Scary eyes started in London. After a five-day whirlwind trip (just Brooke and I on someone else's dime), we decided to walk across the street from our last five-star hotel accommodation (we stayed in THREE five-star hotels over the course of five days) to the Lyceum Theatre to see The Lion King. It was an amazing show, and for some reason, we thought it would be fun to take some photos during intermission, and this first image is what we produced. Yes.

So then I started laughing so hard, and I am actually belly laughing right now just PICTURING the picture in my head! Ha! So then we took this one, where I tried to have scary eyes, and you can see by the look on Brooke's face that she's trying to hold her $#!t together.

At the Phish show on Tuesday we decided to try our hand again at "Scary Eyes" and this was what we came up with.

So there you have it. Maureen & Meghann have "PRUNE" and Libba & Brooke have "SCARY EYES." Hahahahaha!