That 70s Show

I've been spending my spare time digging through old family albums. I hit the jackpot and found a ton of amazing photos of my parents from the time they were dating in high school to just after their wedding in '75. My parents met when my mom was a freshman and my dad a senior. They dated for three years and then were married the summer after my mom graduated. They were only 18 and 21 and are still going strong.



Staring at all these photos, I can't help but notice the genetic similarities. Most people say I favor my dad, but I believe I'm 50/50. I have my dad's crazy hair and poor eyesight, my mom's eyes and eyebrows, their light brown hair, a combination of their noses and so much more. Oh and speaking of genetics- the top left photo includes my dad's younger brother. See gingers do run in my family! So I wasn't too far off when I dyed my hair last fall.

...New outfit tomorrow.

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LIFE: tiny and big dogs

LIFE has the most wonderful collection of old celebrity photos with both their tiny dogs and big dogs. Cole and I often talk about adding to our furry family, in particular a big dog, but we need more space first. Lots more space. Plus, truth be told- Wellie and Pip are sometimes more than enough to handle. So, which type do you prefer...tiny, big or both?

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...My apologies for the lack of photo shoots this week, my Hashi's is kicking my rear something awful lately. Bah.

New giveaway tomorrow. Also, be sure to enter the Cookie K's Vintage handbag giveaway, too!!

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Back to my roots

I'm getting that bored feeling again and want to dye my hair- again. This time I'm thinking "blonde" which will give me a bit of déjà vu. You see, I was blonde as a child and then blonde as a teenager till just after my wedding and from my honeymoon up to two months ago, I've had my natural light brown color.


me age 4

After my recent escapades as a natural light brunette, redhead and dark brunette I'm now curious to see if I would like being a blonde as much as I used to. Plus, I keep thinking about how my berets will look that much better with blonde hair. :o It probably won't happen for a few weeks or be anything too drastic- I'm thinking somewhere between a medium to dark blonde shade. So, what do you think? Yay or nay?



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...Tomorrow...Shop My Wardrobe!!!! I'll have some great pieces for sale from old photo shoots!

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Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone has a scary day!


Halloween 1996- 15 year old Maria
...I still love this photo of Zooey!

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Sunday Pumpkins

A little family fun carving pumpkins...








Just for fun- here's an old photo my mom found of me with short hair. Cole took this in the winter of our freshman year in college in 2000. Notice that I'm wearing an engagement ring...
...Thanks for the crossed fingers! Cole's interview went well today, but he still has another one tomorrow and one on Thursday!

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A Blast From The Past...

Some of you remember when I had dark hair... I mean, it was only last year. But many of you are new and probably have only seen a photo or two of me with my natural hair color. I went 5 years without dying my hair before I decided to go red. I've had red hair for about 14 or 15 months now. It's a lot of work. 


I made the mistake of signing into myspace so I could look at old pictures today. Some were so incredibly embarrassing. Some made me really miss my natural color. I thought about dying my hair back dark, but then I got nervous and afraid. I'm afraid that it won't look natural. (obviously my red doesn't look natural but that was never the intention.) My brown hair I loved simply because it looked totally authentic. Because it was. So when I look at pictures with my brown hair, I long for it. and then I look at a photo with me with red hair, and I still love it all the same.


Maybe it's just the "grass is greener" complex but I'm so afraid to dye it back dark! I guess I'm afraid because it's not easily reversible. I can't dye the red back over it if I hate it. And I won't bleach my hair. Plus I'll have to get a green-based brown in order to cancel out the red. It really just seems like a lot of work. And I'll have to hope my new extensions match. Man oh man! Leave it to me to make something as simple as dying my hair into a big chaotic mess. 


I'll just show you some pictures, and you can vote. :) (I look like a totally different person with brown hair... and it probably just adds to that that I lack the cheek piercings and overly visible tattoos).








(if my hair could look like ^this^ every day of the year, i'd be a happy camper! sadly it was never that polished!)



this one is from november 2005. yes, go ahead, laugh it up! man I feel so embarrassed by this photo! I was only 17 though so whatever.


and a few red just for good measure:






I remember when I first went red this time around... I swore I'd be a redhead forever because I loved it so much. I still do love it, don't get me wrong. Like I said, I think the always wanting what you don't have thing is getting to me. Plus I don't know how it'd look now. 


So cast your vote below! Should I go back dark? I'll throw out the disclaimer that I'm not basing my decision on the votes, because honestly, even if it's 100% yeses I'll probably still be too big of a sissy to do it... but I'm weighing my options! 











edit: looking back on this I can say that I probably won't dye my hair back dark for a while. I spent all this time typing this out but whatever! haha You can still vote though. Or just leave comments about how ridiculous that 2005 picture is of me. Oh lord...


edit edit: i'm NOT dying my hair. case closed.

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Way Back When Picture Post

Before I had my mom's portrait tattooed on my inner upper arm, I went through some old photo albums at my Nana's house. While I didn't take them out and take them to be scanned, I nabbed a few low-quality photos with my iPhone. They're not great, but they get the job done. And I thought I'd share them today!



This is my Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother, my Nana's parents. They were immigrants from Poland. They came over via Ellis Island in the earlier quarter of the century. (My Nana [grandmother.. not great grandmother!] was born in 1932 in Michigan.) I would really really love to travel to Poland one day soon.




This is my Nana and Papa back when they were first married in 1949. Weren't they gorgeous?! Brownie Franklin and Patricia Genevieve. My Papa passed away when I was 8, in 1996, but my Nana is alive and kicking! I already have a tattoo for her on my calf, and my Papa's will be in August once I return to Nashville.





This is my late Aunt Kay, who everyone says I favor.






My late Aunt Kay again with her daughter Stephanie. Both passed away after a horrific car crash in 1974 when my aunt was only 22 and my cousin only 2. I was named after both of them. Valerie Kay (Kaelah) and Stephanie Dawn (Kaelah Dawn). I've always said if I could have dinner with anyone in the world, alive or otherwise, I'd probably choose my aunt. I'd really like to know what she was like.







My sweet Mama! I used to love looking through her old yearbooks and stuff. The last photo is her senior portrait from 1978 which I had tattooed on the inside of my full sleeve.





As a baby, in 1988.



I always felt like I was channeling Pretty Woman in this photo, just you know, sans the prostitute thing.



Sophomore Year of High School, I believe. Well 10th/11th grade? I will never have short hair again!



Sophomore Year Softball. I'm not even sure I wore makeup haha



Sophomore Year Volleyball, I think. All I know is that hair thing I've got going on was NOT working for me!



Senior Year. Bad haircut, no eyelashes, no eyebrows, lined my eyes with dark black eyeliner. Man oh man!


I'm going to try to find more pictures this week! I'll definitely post them if I happen across them.


Do you have any old photos of your family or yourself? Post them! I want to see! Leave links to your posts if you do!


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Sunday Funday! (Image Heavy!)

Bear with me, I'm pretty much having an iPhone photo dump here! haha The first few pictures are some penpal things I've received! The cute little bulldog card is just the sweetest little thing! The next batch is an awesome little hand-made scrapbook type deal from Aoife! It's so darn cute!











These next two photos are from Saturday night when we dropped by the house to check the mail. We went inside and it was unbelievable. The entire house was gutted. The floors were torn up, the walls were knocked down and stripped. It was just scary looking! I'm glad to see they're making progress, though I am a little unsure at just how salvageable it really is.






It's been a hot minute since I've posted any outfit photos, and I took notice of that after several questions in my FormStack. I wish I were able to post them every day but Mike's work schedule leaves me little time with him and I've gone and lost my Nikon remote so even self-shot photos on my tripod are difficult at the moment. And to be perfectly honest, I've been a bit lazy and I've stayed in my jammies until about 1pm.. ha!


Anyway, the first several are from the iPhone (freaking awesome quality for what they are! The color is SO spot on!) and the last 2 are from my stepdad's digital camera. My Nikon is dead so... we had to do what we had to do!








(I wouldn't normally post a silly photo like this but I just had to when I saw my foot! It looks like some ridiculous deformity! haha Mike caught me mid-move and this was the result)


{5.15.10 Outfit Details}
{Dress: Forever 21, $? (it's 4+ years old)}
{Tights: WalMart, 2 pairs $12}
{Flats: KMart, $13}
{Belt: Forever 21, $8}
{Cardigan: Charlotte Russe, $25}


After our little photoshoot at this abandoned house down the street, we went to WalMart to get a movie out of the Redbox and while we were there, we popped in to get Mike some beer and I caught eye of some little dresses. I don't care that they're WalMart. In fact, it's rather endearing! These dresses were SUCH a deal so we couldn't pass them up! This first one is a Miley Cyrus + Max Azria dress (some of the stuff isn't bad!). I loved it because it's red/white striped top and the bottom is a denim-looking blue. It was SO cute, so I snatched it up. It was a PERFECT fit so Mike grabbed every variation of it (a black top, a white top, and a navy/white striped top). I got all four! haha I also picked up this totalllly loud, ruffly number. I'd wear it with a big chunky brown belt, no tights, and brown sandals, but I didn't feel like peeling my two pairs of tights off :P






We came home and Mike got some face time with Baby G while I sliced up some vegetables. Mike decided he wanted to make veggie stirfry tonight (yum!) We made a heaping plate of veggies, brown rice and added in the sauce. It was delicious. Now we're watching Anchorman... one of my all time favorite movies! LOVE!







Such a wonderful way to end the day! I hope you all had a wonderful Sunday Funday as well! I'm taking my sewing machine to try and get repaired tomorrow (I'm having problems with my top thread knotting up in the bobbin chamber) and I'm hoping it'll be a quick/easy fix. If so, I'll be back with a DIY Craft Post tomorrow! Keep your fingers crossed for me!


Until next time!


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