I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate baby carrots.

Baby carrots* are useless.

They're gross.

They're tasteless... that is, until you bite one that is so bitter and dirty tasting that you want to spit it out immediately.

I hate them.

Still, as a conscientious human being who is more than mildly concerned with nutrition, I eat them.

But DO KNOW, dear record, I HATE THEM THE ENTIRE TIME I'm chewing them.

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*There's a bit of a kerfuffle about baby carrots not being "babies." Some are in fact just stamped, if you will, from larger, uglier, non-sellable carrots. No matter what, I would assume that eating a baby carrot (cut or regular) is more than likely better than eating a column of Pringles sour cream and onion chips which I may or may not have done a couple of nights ago.

More about baby carrots here.

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Other vegetables that are USELESS:

• Cauliflower
• Arugula
• Celery

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I've got some "impressive" Klout.

So I'm a member of Klout. Why? I wish I knew.

Klout is a website that supposedly measures your interweb influence in comparison with others...  I've gotten a free $25 gift card to macys.com, free business cards from moo.com and I'm getting some anti-wrinkle cream soon as klout "perks". So, sometimes it pays to have Klout. Literally. (Nope, not compensated for this post.)

Anywho, Klout measures your activity on social media sources like facebook, twitter, blogger, tumblr, instagram, etc. and apparently feels that they can assign a number (from 1-100) to your profile that allegedly sums up your social media influence. They say that 100 is the best. I'm a 56. In my opinion, Klout is absolutely flawed and not all that accurate but that said, I smiled when I got a notification the other day that they have found new topics that I am "influential" about.

But first, up until this point Klout says that I am influential about:

• Glasses (I don't know if this is drinking or eye)
• Chocolate (I can't argue with that.)
• Moms (Takes one to know one.)
• Breastfeeding (I agree.)
• Ohio (I lived there for 26 years.)
• Mexico (Also accurate given my current locale.)
• Books (I like books.)
• Health (I've got nothing against health.)
• Toddler (I have two of them.)
• Allergies (Not sure where this one comes from.)
• Video (Ambiguous, for sure.)

So here are my recent topics that apparently I am "influential" about:

That would be "Alcohol".

"Charlotte"

And, "Baking."

Fabulous.

Klout, you're dead-on, once again.

I can't wait to hear that I'm soon influential about "plants", "air" and "carpet."

Hello randomness.

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Do you use Klout? Thoughts?


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Mirror image.

By now you may have heard the news story about the Mom who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old son to get a memorial tattoo of his brother who had passed away.

Whether you think it's right or wrong isn't relevent today.

This is the Mom Chuntera Napier.

This is Jay-Z, hip hop extraordinaire/mogul.

I think the bigger news story here is that Jay-Z's twin sister is living in Georgia. 

Hello, STRIKING resemblance?


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Happy birthday, amiga!

Today is the birthday of a dear, dear friend.

A friend who has been kind to me, my family, my girls, my dog since we've moved to Cabo...
A friend who is always just a phone call away...
A friend who would drop anything to help me whenever I needed it...

Friend, you are a kind soul and a lovely person.
You've reassured me and been there for us so many times and we thank you.

I am so glad you were born.
Happy Birthday, D.

With love,
ky


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2012 SAG Awards Fashion Recap

I like the SAG awards based solely on the fact that the fashion is a bit more laid back. It isn't as stuffy as the Osars and elaborate gowns aren't necessary. Love it.

Let's begin, shall we?

We'll start with the ladies of Glee.

Naya Rivera looked lovely. This is such an improvement. A bit too much up-top for my taste, but seriously? It looks far better than her standard.

Lest you think I'm being mean to Amber Riley, I'd like to confirm that in 99% of all circumstances  bows are dreadfully wrong. This is no exception.

Terribly big bow. TERRIBLE.

GASP! Jane Lynch looks lovely! The only questionable aspect of this gown would be the semi-baggy up-top. Perhaps it's just the angle?

Great color on her, though.