Thursday, March 24, 2011

Day #6...a person you'd love to trade places with for a day...

gwyneth paltrow...for a few (okay a million) reasons. a few I have pics for:
she is married to a musician who is passionate and an amazing artist and who she clearly loves deeply...I long for a life partner

She has a daughter (something I have, but not with me and that totally sucks every single day of my life). And she had the guts to name her Apple because she thought it was just a nice-sounding name. And in this picture she is in a market in London with her daughter. That statement alone is just pure jealousy.

She has a son. His name is Moses. She clearly loves being a mom (I know this because I read her blog) and this picture was taken in Spain...(jealousy?).


My best friend in San Francisco, Kara, introduced me to a Gwyneth obsession (and seven thousand other amazing things) and also to her blog:

http://www.goop.com

In this blog she has lots of "sub topics"....be, make, go, get, do, etc. etc.

This quote was part of "Be"...the best part of her blog: she doesn't think she knows everything...she actually just finds people she knows (albeit amazingly famous and educated people) who talk on the subject of the blog. She just writes an eloquent letter at the top or reviews the place/food/clothes/shoes/book/etc.

I first learned about Cynthia Bourgeault almost two years ago when I started looking for scholars and thinkers to contribute to the BE section on GOOP. Her words have been a powerful inspiration ever since. In her new book, The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, through biblical research and analysis of several forgotten Gospels—including the Gospel of Mary Magdalene—she is able to show this often reviled character as another apostle and a companion of Jesus’. In their relationship, she posits the possibility of a true and mystical love and through it, forgiveness and salvation.

Love,
gp


And yet another quote that made love her even more because she reads dooce.com (which is an awesome, awesome blog thing my sister found for me)

Postpartum Depression
When my son, Moses, came into the world in 2006, I expected to have another period of euphoria following his birth, much the way I had when my daughter was born two years earlier. Instead I was confronted with one of the darkest and most painfully debilitating chapters of my life. For about five months I had, what I can see in hindsight as postnatal depression, and since that time, I have wanted to know more about it. Not only from a hormonal and scientific standpoint, and why so many of us experience it, but from the perspective of other women who have gone through it. Below is a description of the condition by Dr. Laura Schiller - a New York city based OB/GYN -, an indelibly beautiful piece by Bryce Dallas Howard chronicling her very personal experience, a connection to Heather B. Armstrong - a writer and blogger who continues to share her experience on dooce.com, and advice from psychologist and frequent GOOP contributor (and mother of two) Dr. Karen Binder-Brynes.

Love,
- gp


Something I want to do....if Gwyneth does it, though -- geez --- can I do it??

Tracy Anderson Metamorphosis
By now, I think you all know how amazing I think my trainer, partner and friend Tracy Anderson is, how she kicked my twice pregnant ass into shape, and keeps taking me to new levels. Tracy’s dream has always been to be able to make her ingenious customized-to-your-problem-areas program available to any woman who is up for the challenge—and now she has. See below! It’s pretty f’ing great 'cause it works!...



And, finally, Gwyneth is everything I want to be. She is an actress, a singer, a mother, a wife, and she's absolutely gorgeous.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A Memory I Love...(Day 5)



It's too hard to pick a "favorite" memory. I can think of so many events or days or moments that have changed my life. I remember the minute I held my dead baby girl...it was unbelievable wonderful and awful at the same time. I remember when my sisters and I all got the same tattoos on the same day. I remember every time I've caught Brady and Katie holding hands and thought -- this is what life is -- I am so blessed. This was the first master's degree in my family...and it belongs to me... :)

This picture, though, was one of those moments that took my breath away, that made me so nervous I could barely breathe or stand in my ridiculously cute (but incredibly uncomfortable) high heels. I knew that my mom was proud of me, I knew my boys were seeing the reason why I was a basket case for two years and that hard work does pay off and I knew that my darling CoCo sis was truly celebrating with me as she has for every big moment in my life. I worked damn hard for that degree and I am very proud of that moment. That's all.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

My Night...#4


Empanadas
Boys
The Karate Kid


THE BEST

Monday, March 7, 2011

My favorite TV show....(day 3)


So you're probably wondering how someone with an IQ higher than 65 could possible enjoy a show like Toddlers and Tiaras but this show is so incredibly fabulous,it is impossible not to watch. Have you ever (even though you are a mom) caught yourself staring at some poor mom deal with a screaming toddler in the grocery store thinking to yourself..."thank god that's not me?" This show is kind of like that only times a million.

Why did I pick a picture of one specific girl? Well, you just have to google Mackenzie in Toddlers and Tiaras to fully appreciate this child. She is Satan incarnate and yet incredibly adorable and precocious and (let's be real), simply a product of her insane environment. Plus, Mackenzie says things like..."NiNi (her pacifier) don't know the way home...." and "You people are driving me crazy!" and she's FOUR!

Then there's Arnold. Arnold is a collectible puppet (LIKE A HUGE PUPPET...MUPPET LIKE EVEN) and, get this, he's disabled so he has a wheelchair. And how does this have anything to do with child pageants you ask???? Well, because one of the contestants must bring Arnold to the pageants and Arnold cheers for her and helps her remember her routine and dances (EVEN THOUGH HIS LEGS DON'T WORK!!!) and sometimes he gets the routine WRONG! I don't know how after reading about Arnold, you could not think this show is priceless.

Half of the people on this show are certifiably insane and the other half are just so self-absorbed it's unbelievable. Either way, it's a blast to watch and it doesn't hurt that I (gulp) did a few pageants and made the mistake of telling my other half so now, randomly, he tells me to do "pretty feet" in stores or asks me to do the "pageant walk and turn."

Do you need a laugh? Wednesday night, Total Loser Channel (TLC). Be there.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The person I'm closest to....




Day Number Two....

I am hard-pressed to pick between my sisters so I'm picking both. Corinne Michele is like my soul in a different (taller) body. She keeps me on this earth. My Baby Britty is like my first child...and I'm sure she hates that (who needs two moms?). Despite the age differences between both of my sisters and I...they are how I survive. They are my family. I adore them. And I refuse to pick just one picture because they are BOTH photographers with gorgeous cameras...