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Weekly Winners (July 17 – 23)

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Weekly WinnersWeekly Winners is a fun little thing bloggers do to showcase some of their favorite photos from the previous week. It is brought to you, me and everyone by the lovely Lotus, aka Sarcastic Mom. Visit her site and find all the participants. See some amazing photos brought to you by bloggers around the world. Leave a little love when you do — its like food for the soul!

Photos taken using my Droid Incredible or a Sony DSLR A230.
View all of my photos on my Flickr stream.

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My parents are visiting this week — the drove me back from Texas to Nashville this week, in fact — and as such, I’ve unplugged pretty hard this week. So the blog is pretty quiet. The camera is pretty quiet. Twitter has been pretty quiet. But I’ll be back to 100% this week in social media world. Today’s WW post is brought to you by, “I’m still here!” and “Wow, this week went by fast!”

Viewer warning… the last shot is a spider shot… but the second to last shot should psyche you up for it. LOL!

251: Class of '03
Class of '03... 1903, that is. This class ring was issued 100 years before mine was.
Texas flag
Big Texas flag flying over Waco, TX along I-35.
252: Cell photo OOPS
This is what happens when you hit a bump just as you hit the shutter button on my cell phone. I call it a hilarious Cell Phone OOPS!!
IMAG1680
Obligatory bathroom shot on our roadtrip. I am SO HAPPY I've lost a little weight, and my muffin top isn't quite so muffin-y.
253: Bus reflections
Tour bus reflections. I got back in town just in time to see my husband off on the road.
254: Summer NAMM
Summer NAMM... a musician's trade show. I lucked out and got a pass this year to try to get my husband an endorsement for his B3 Organ. (I totally scored it, too.)
255: Howdy
Howdy sunset.
Little Photo:: Peach Bellini
Mmmm... Peach Bellini

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OK… I warned you!!!

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256: Spider... EEK!
Spider... EEK!

Thanks for viewing! Now go visit Lotus and find all the WW participants.
Leave a little love when you do — its like food for the soul!

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Of leopard print duck tape

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No wedding is perfect. Anyone who looks me in the eye and says their wedding was absolutely flawless is either lying or they had quite the support team in place to keep them from knowing about any hiccups that occurred.

For example, at my wedding the DJ was less that stellar. Oh I take some of the blame for perhaps not being clear enough with him about what was expected. But past that, how many times does a bridesmaid have to come tell you what kind of music to play before you figure out you’re doing it wrong?

My point is, I’ll say my wedding was perfect… but even in that, we had our hiccups.

So, going into the wedding this last weekend — especially as MOH,  not knowing the other bridesmaids very well — I was prepared for almost anything. I even came armed with leopard print duck tape.

Flat iron? Check.

Hairspray? Check.

Lip gloss and perfume? Check.

Band aids? Check.

Extra shoe insoles? Check.

Safety pins, nail clippers, wet wipes, Pepto, Advil, extra colors of lipstick? Check, check, check, check, check and check.

Scissors? Damn.

Well, so I forgot something. Again, not perfect. But I tried.

The ceremony was beautiful. The reception was a blast. No, things didn’t go 100% according to plan, but  you know… it still went great. The bride and groom were named man and wife. Toasts were made. Dances were danced. The cake was cut and the bouquet tossed. It was beautiful.

Oh I have a million stories I dare not share to the world. What happens in the bride’s room, stays in the bride’s room, after all! Though no promises that they won’t find their way into a novel some day…

Let’s just say that leopard print duck tape came to some interesting uses…