An Amazing Artist!

I went over to my sister and brother-in-law's place the other day and noticed an amazing new piece of artwork on their wall: touchingly personalized, incredibly adorable, and impressively creative!

This is such a thoughtful housewarming gift as it captures the essence of the two of them and their moving into their new home perfectly!  Their first furniture in their new house was a pool table which at the time was multi-purpose and they are both dog lovers.  The dog on the left is our family dog Niky, and the dog on the right is my brother in law's family dog, Riley.  Here are actual photos of the two of them and the dogs.  You'll see that the resemblance is adorably amazing!

Riley

Niky

So, who is the brilliant artist behind this creation?  It's none other than Miss Grace, one of the sweetest gals I know and a long time friend of my sister's.  Thank you Grace, for letting me brag about your artwork!  =)  I love her entire collection of goodies!

I Frown A Lot

No really, I do.  I frown when the sun is shining in my eyes and I don't have my sunglasses on, when I'm reading a confusing email from my client and I'm trying to figure out the most politically correct way to respond, when I'm running and focusing on getting myself to the finish line, when I'm in deep thought or am stressing out about something, when I'm watching something violent, scary, or gross on TV but I can't turn away, when I'm playing my guitar and singing, the list just goes on and on.  And so I worry about my frown lines at my brow, and as if it'd really work, I reverse my frown as an attempt to smooth out my frown lines:

Only to realize that when I do that, I am merely creating forehead wrinkles.  Of course you can't see them here because of the lighting, but they're there alright.  Forehead wrinkles, I find, are most popular during the application of mascara in the mornings.  Anyway, my point is that by trying to fix one thing, I'm creating another problemo.  I don't have a resolution to this little dilemma, so I'll just end this with a big smile that leads to zero lines around the forehead/brow area.  But wait, doesn't smiling create wrinkles around the eyes and mouth?  Oh geez, haha.

 

And for those who are wondering, yes, I am having one of those "I don't feel like working days". Okay, back to work I go! =P

A Love Filled Weekend

Two exciting events occurred this weekend!  First, one of my dearest friends from high school got hitched at the beautiful Viansa Winery in Sonoma.  I love these two individually and as a couple.  Everytime I spend time with them, they are always laughing together so much that it's infectious.  It makes me so happy to see two people, so perfect for each other, begin an exciting new journey together and I am so grateful to have been able to share such a memorable day with them!

Congratulations to the new Lee family!

The other exciting event was a bridal shower for one of my closest girl friends.  Miss Q will be tying the knot in July and the girls couldn't be more excited for her! 

All the girls

The bridesmaids and the bride to be!

Congratulations, love!