Little Treasures: Lily Toliet Paper Photo

This has to be one of my favorite photos of all time.

It was taken when I had my place with Ann and she had a kitty named Lily who was just the most hilarious cat. She was super active and my boyfriend at the time was unemployed so he would just take a ton of photos of Lily throughout the day (Sienna was too busy cleaning herself inside the closest or hiding underneath the rug to come out and play).

I was separating photos the other day and this one just had to be shared.

It has to be one of the best photos he has ever captured. Talk about being caught red-handed/clawed.

Ann, if you're reading this, I miss you. You too, Lily.

Little Treasures: CR, Jr. Baseball

One of the (many) things I've come across during THE MOVE is my signed baseball from Cal Ripken, Jr. and Eddie Murray that my father caught for me at a Baltimore Orioles game when I was just a few months old.

I had been worried that I had "misplaced" the baseball because I hadn't seen it in a number of years so you can imagine my relief when I did find it. Just last Sunday, I was over at Pep's and she looked up to see how much the signed baseball is worth. "About $300." "It's worth way more than that to me, Ma. Dad got it for me when I was just a baby."

The next day, I was on the phone with Mr. Carl Knoch himself and I told him "Dad, guess what! I found my Cal Ripken baseball! I was so relieved!" Expecting him to say "OH GOOD!" and immediately launch into his memory of catching that ball and getting it signed for his brand new baby girl. Instead, my father says to me, "You have a signed Cal Ripken ball?"

...............

The man has no recollection of that day. When I told him, "Here I was, all stressed out because I hadn't come across it in a few years and its one of my most sentimental items and you don't even remember getting it for me?!?"

He explained to me that he doesn't even remember what he ate for dinner the night before. I suppose as long as he doesn't forget that Tiny Dancer is our song, we'll be AOK.

Love you, Dad.

Little Treasures : Morrison Lantern

I am currently in the process of moving. I've been in my condo for two years plus. As I've been cleaning stuff out - I'm looking to minimize my life, which is hard since I hold on to everything - I'm continuing to come across some of the little things in my life that I'd forgotten about.

Most of these items I had thought I'd lost or have rediscovered a love for them as I was seperating into the trash or keep pile. So I've decided to start a mini blog series on these findings to share with you all.

The first being the lantern below. I remember specifically the day I fell in love with it. I was wandering the shops with Linzi in Morrison, CO at the time. We were in this amazing little hippie shop and there it was.....all fuchsia and rustic with style. "Ohhh! I love this!" but then looked down at the other bags of purchases I had already made, thought about getting it back to Vegas and eventually put out the little light of love I had for that lantern as I put it back on the shelf.

A few months later, Linzi came out for a 4th of July trip with a gift for me.