Friday Fotos

Friday Foto: It is summer vacation! What are your kids doing?

I don’t know about your kids, but mine are bored. Already. Its only the end of June! We are in for a long summer. It doesn’t help that it is 107 degrees and far too hot to go to the park, even at 9am and with water features to play in. I am trying to convince them to curl up with a book and enjoy the air conditioning but it seems I am losing that battle. Play dough and art supplies are next up on my war plan. But for today….

My girls are dressing up in odd costumes and teaching themselves Spanish. I have no idea what inspired it or even where they found the computer disc they are using, but…. they are quiet so I’m just going to slink off to the living room and grab my kindle.

P.S. I think I’m going to run a contest soon. And I’m writing posts and designing blogs again! Let the angels sing.

P.P.S. I still need a new blog name.

Friday Foto: A mini me in the making? Maybe.

This past Tuesday my oldest turned 10. Scary. Officially double digits and no longer capable of going a day or more without showering. Now, if only I can convince her of that fact. Anyway, what do all 10 year olds want for their birthday?

Mmhmm. Dolls. But not just any dolls, creepy paranormal dolls. Say hello to Clawdeen, daughter of werewolf, and Frankie Stein, daughter of Frankenstein. Unfortunately, Draculaura, daughter of Dracula, was out of stock. Yes, she asked for all of these and yes I happily bought them for her. Does a love for urban fantasy run in the genes? Maybe.

I also passed down my Kindle 1 to her and am crossing my fingers it doesn’t end up cracked, colored on, or otherwise dissected. So far she adores it and I keep catching her reading it in the wee hours of the morning. Again, no idea where she gets this from.

FYI – There is actual book content coming, soon. I promise! I have 1-2 weeks left of class for this semester and then I’m FREE! Or at least as free as I can be. I’ll try to finish up playing Portal 2 during that time so I’m not tempted to play instead of reading.

P.S. I’m considering having a contest to help me come up with a new blog name. My creativity is lacking. So far I’ve got nothing but sockvixen, geekyvixen, vixenthegeek, ageekyvixen, or thevixensview. I know right? Gah. Start brainstorming for me will you?

Friday Foto: Blogging From the Road

Well I am on the road, on my way to beautiful Beaver, Utah for 2 days of camping fun. Camping fun without cell service or internet connection…i’m scared. Hold me. If I don’t emerge by Monday call in the National Guard.

Our Honda Element is stuffed to the brim with camping crap and the girls are peacefully playing video games. Let’s hope the stay that way for the next 5 hours.

Thanks to the totally awesome WordPress app for iPhone you still get your Friday Foto. I’m dedicated I tell you…. Tho you are going to have to ignore any typing errors-sometimes my phone has a mind of it’s own!

Enjoy your weekend, see you Monday….hopefully i will still be sane and in one piece.

Friday Foto: Sometimes you just need a drink….

It has been a long day. Very long. My eyes itch from being outside all day doing good motherly things. Its time for some relaxation. What does that mean for this vixen??

Twitter, a good shot of Ryan Reynolds looking hot, my kindle… and an alcoholic beverage. Whats in my cup? Raspberry Lemonade with Vodka, lots of Vodka. Many of my loyal twitter followers will be surprised to see my jam jar replaced with this snazzy new cup… but its way too cool to not put alcohol in. You can get your very own Reusable Insulated Straw Tumbler by Aladdin from Costco… $18 for 3 of em. Great for water too (for my fellow #twitloss buddies).

Friday Foto: Why every book lover needs Liberator pillows….

Today…. I am going against my better judgment (ha!) and going to share entirely too much information and be completely inappropriate. I mean, I do it on twitter…. why not here? My real friends who read my blog (hey girls!) are going to totally regret this post I am sure. With all that said…. for today’s Friday Foto, welcome to my bed…

Like you thought it would be any color other than purple? And I never claimed to be Martha Stewart so stop staring at my ugly green curtains… I haven’t found replacements I love yet. Anyway, so why am I showing you this? First…. I got new sheets today, 600 count cotton sateen from from Overstock.com that are absolutely divine. If you do not have high thread count sateen sheets you are out of your mind. Get your butt over there and buy some…. they are incredibly inexpensive and too soft for words.

Second…. I also got a shipment of em…. pillows. Ha. More specifically they are *cough*smexy*cough* pillows from Liberator.com. Be warned tho…. the site is totally not work safe and absolutely racy. I know…. shocking that I am posting pics of them! But really now… we all read romance books we all love the smexy times….. we all deserve to have good smexing ourselves and sometimes that means fun accessories. Now, I may be inappropriate, but I do have SOME boundaries so I will refrain on going into further details about the pillows with the exception of why I think every book lover or book blogger should own them.

Forget for a second that they have more “fun” purposes….. ever been reading a book and wish you had a firmer pillow under your head… one that put you at just the right angle and yet didnt tweak your neck? Well now you can. Please welcome Fancy Nancy to model the many the many uses of the Liberator Wedge and Ramp.

Notice how you can lead back comfortably on the Ramp and put your feet up on the Wedge? Who couldn’t spend hours relaxing this way with your favorite book? Ever found yourself looking at tv remotes and and wadded up socks as a way to prop your book up at an angle?

With the Wedge all you need is a soft pillow to rest your chest on and you are good to go for hours of reading fun. Or how about the many times you wished your laptop was a little bit higher so you didn’t have to leave over so much to see the screen and strain your neck?

You can lay on your stomach and use it like this, or sit like our lovely model… you can even sit back on the couch and put the Wedge on your lap. Lastly… do you like to read in a more upright position, maybe with your book on your knees but hate the way you have to curl your back to do it?

As you can clearly see…. these pillows are surely a necessity. I mean we all want healthy posture and stuff right? ;) Their “other” uses can even be used as a bargaining point when discussing them with your loved one who may or may not be in charge of the finances. I’d like to say thanks again to Fancy Nancy for being so accomodating and apologize to Jim Butcher for subjecting his book to my impromptu photoshoot. I would have used the Kindle…. but how much purple can you really have in one photo post?

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