Derby Hats

Tomorrow is the Kentucky Derby and I love everything that goes along with it!
even the mint juleps and I don't drink and have never had one in my life... haha.
I love that the Kentucky Derby is such an iconic American event and I look forward to it every spring.
what is my favorite part you ask??  those hats!

These are a few I wouldn't mind showing up at Churchill Downs in. [I went to Churchill Downs on my 9th birthday once, not for the derby... but my goal is go to next year for my 25th!!]

Del Mar Hat Company

so do you watch the Derby? just for the hats, or to see the horses too?? In my family we always pick a horse... this year I picked Pants On Fire, mainly because the jockey is a girl!! and she is adorable and feisty.
who do you want??
and no I don't gamble, its all fun and games :)

Camp!

Did you go to camp when you were younger??
I did every single summer and they are some of the best memories I have!
and I don't mean camping. 

I even loved it as a teenager and the all the drama and chaos that came with it.

Today I'm feeling homesick for camp and I wish that I could step into these images...(which is not what my camp typically looked like)

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Color Duo: Red and White

My computer has a virus.  A bad one that won't go away. :(
I blogged about it on my other blog.

But have no fear, my husband still attends a university where I can sit in the library all day and use a computer :)
Everyone around me is printing off slides about horrible diseases, and stuff about human anatomy and I am googling red and white rooms.
Hey they chose to attend medical school.... I did not.

I chose red and white because my husband wore a red and white tee shirt this morning that says Canada across the front in support of last night's elections where the Conservatives won the majority vote... and conservatives are blue.  red, white, blue. perfect!
I'm a supporter of conservatives in office, no matter what country, so this isn't a declaration of love for Canada. haha. don't get your hopes up my Lee!

My high school colors were red and white.  Good ole Rock Hill High School.
Red and white, let's fight.
yea so I've always been partial to the color combo.

from the pages of Canadian House & Home. how fitting :)

Wish me luck with my computer!! In the meantime I have gotten SO much done around my house.. I've done all the dishes, cleaned, drew a picture, made a necklace, cooked, and today is a new day!  so many more things I can do with my time... starting with the after school program this afternoon and craft class tomorrow!
maybe I'll start having one day a week be computer free. it is kinda nice.

The many hats of Princess Catherine

There are hats and then there are fascinators.
and I find fascinators fascinating. [and I'm a huge nerd]
They are basically a large decorative headpiece.  They're also called cocktail hats.

She has also worn a wide array of other types hats too...

which is your favorite??  Mine is the 1st fascinator.  love it!

Royal Twins

I'll admit in the last 24 hours I have gone royal crazy.
I could have cared less last week about any wedding, and now I can't stop googling things about this crazy family and Kate Middleton.
Did you know...
That Prince Williams' last name is Mountbatten-Windsor. yea. I never knew he even had one haha!
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are cousins. ok like 2nd and 3rd cousins from two different sides of the family.  That's a little too much cross over if you ask me.  Good for William for getting an outsider, freshen up that gene pool!
Price Philip is OLD. he's 90! He's the longest living spouse of a Royal ever. cool huh?
He's Prince Philip and not King Philip because Queen Elizabeth was heir to the throne and husbands do not take on their wives roles as do wives when they marry an heir to the throne (so Kate will be Queen, but if something happens to William she wouldn't take over... the next heir in line would, like their son or daughter)
and there is a lot of pressure on royals to produce an heir.... so William and Kate will probably be having babies soon!  I read that they waited to get married until their late twenties because that is when they felt ready to have children.  Otherwise they would have got married years ago.  Makes some sense.... except that he will someday be the head of the church in England and I don't think that is wise advice to follow bibically..... anyway.

I also have said this before, but I'll say it again:
My husband looks like Prince William!
Not exactly, and much cuter and with more hair :)
What do you think?? Am I & the 4 people who told me so yesterday crazy??