#1 Fan (of Lisa)

I will always, always be a fan of Lisa M. She is my best friend, my roommate, and the sweetest girl I know.

Although tonight was her last night, she did me and all our friends and Kansas fans proud.  No embarrassing girl fights, no drama, no crying after day one.... She is completely legit, I assure you.  Like most Lisa fans out there, I  wish they would have shown her more often, but hey... that's reality TV for you.. they just want drama and they will depict the show in their most favorable way.  What I CAN tell you is... that she DID have multiple one-on-one times with Brad, she DID show her true personality, she DID make great friends on the show, and she DID have a fantastic time.

In fact, they didn't emphasize this enough on this episode, she actually had the fastest NASCAR time on the track of all the girls! She's speedy on the NASCAR track and the KU track :) Lisa actually received a trophy!

With that said, while this was the end of Lisa M. on the Bachelor for now, this is not the last you will hear of her.  I think she will do great things with her life!

P.S. Don't forget to check out Lisa's fashion information and more here!

Bear.

I am about to introduce you to my all time favorite thing ever.  I've known him my entire life, he is white and furry, about a foot tall, could use a nose job, and really needs to take care of his poor eyes because they are getting worse by the day. His name is Bear. 

Now... I know this is a bit silly, but I still sleep with Bear every night.  Some of you may think it's a bit weird that I still do this, and some of you may be able to identify with me not being able to let something go you've become so accustomed to sleeping with every night. 

Then, there are other people that are probably reading this thinking, "Gosh, this girl must not have been that creative to come up with a name like Bear for her white bear."  Am I right?

To give you an idea of what this bear means to me I will tell you a short story:

When I was in London when I was two, my parents and I were on a train when I flung Bear right as the train doors opened.  Bear went flying off the plane and onto the tracks.  Most parents would cut their losses and opt to buy their two-year-old a new bear.  Nope.  Not mine.  My dad quickly jumped out of the train and reached down to grab Bear off the tracks.  To a two year old, that is heroic. To everyone else on the train, I'm sure there was some major relief to not hear a screaming kid on a train who just lost their toy. 

All and all, I can't bear (no pun intended) to put him away.  Bear and I have been through thick and thin together, he loves me regardless of chewing off his nose and eyes.  What woman wouldn't keep around something so tolerable...?  

Do you have a favorite thing you still like to sleep with that you wouldn't be able to sleep without if you lost it?

Remember When.

I posted about how great my trip to Vail was last weekend?

Well, I had completely forgotten about these pictures I took on the mountain and on my way back to the house last weekend I took with my iphone.

Funny thing is.... the picture below was taken when it took me all about 30 minutes to chug along the flat surface next to the river in Vail to get back to Walt's house.  I convinced myself I would look less ridiculous chuggin' along by myself going the pace of a snail if I had a purpose.  PICTURE TAKING!!!!

Girls Night!

Tonight I had a much needed girls night... I am racing against the clock to get today's post in but I think these shots are well worth it....

Kara, Katie (KJ), Mandi and I went to Houlihan's where we slurped down some Long Island Ice Tea Raspberry flavored drink as we waited for 45 minutes to get a table... then enjoyed a two hour long catch up dinner that was much overdue.  Approximately 30 minutes of this dinner consisted of coming up with team names for our upcoming pub crawl which was probably the highlight of the evening.

After dinner, we went over to Mando's house to continue cocktails (well wine...). After we proceeded to break the wine cork...

...We finally got to our favorite part... the drinking of the wine. 

And to give props to my ever so wonderful friends, I captured a candid moment (or as Kara calls it "natural" moment) of the three of them:

Love you girls and had a great time tonight! 

Bride with Butterflies

This afternoon I went with my friend Kristin to get her wedding dress fitted as she nears the big day.

Right before we left, she had come over to me as giddy as a little girl getting to go try on princess dresses saying she had butterflies in her stomach.  Her just saying that gave me goose bumps.  She is a true bride-to-be and I was SO excited to see her dress in person BECAUSE she was so excited to try it on.

I knew immediately I wanted to capture her fitting on camera, but trick was... how can I show her WITHOUT showing the dress. Big Challenge when you keep getting yourself in the background because of the reflection in the mirror, or getting a portion of her dress and have to disregard that picture, but somehow I managed.  I got the beautiful bride-to-be looking ever so naturally beautiful taking it all in as she looked in the mirror.

Canvas On Demand - Save up to 30% off Today

I actually am a fan of CanvasOnDemand on Facebook and in today's mini-feed they are offering up to 30% off your purchase until tonight (1/27) at midnight. 

Enter 60JAN on orders of $200+. Enter 40JAN on orders of $160+. Enter 20JAN on orders of $100+.

What Should I Get Him/Her for Valentine's Day?

The other week, Megan (aka ChasingDavies) suggested an idea for my blog posts.  Ideas for Valentine's Day gifts.  What a great idea.

I feel like every single year V-Day sneaks up on us like we never knew it was coming.  Then come week of Valentine's Day you panic thinking: "What should I get him/her for Valentine's Day?" "Where should we go to dinner?" "Should we just do dinner?" "If we decide let's just do dinner, is he/she secretly going to get me a present and I will be S.O.L with no gift to gift them back?"

With that said I am going to try and dish out some Valentine's Day gift ideas for your loved ones so you can be prepared before V-Day gets here, and avoid crappy gifts you think at the time are a good idea, but then come to realize when they open the gift you have NO IDEA why you thought it was a good gift. Yes, I'm sure we've all been there....

So to kick off the ideas, I used Megan and her hubby Greg as my subjects for tonight's post.  I've seen lots of great hand holding pictures as I sift through the internet trying to find pictures I aspire to be able to take someday. Here is my attempt:

I'm sure you can think of plenty ideas to do with this picture right? Canvas (of course), frame it in a 5x7 frame to put in your bedroom, print a 4x6 and put it in a cool frame for his/her desk.... What other ideas can you think of?

Canvas Deals for Today

Its been a while since I've posted some canvas deals....and since I showed you just how cool the canvas gift idea can really look, I wanted to give you the opportunity to prove yourself to your loved ones with a canvas gift.

Here are the deals I found TODAY.  Please keep in mind these are DAILY deals so will expire by the end of the day.  If you end up forgetting to buy these deals or choose to wait until later, you can always reach out to me directly at lmajor9@gmail.com and I will help you search for a canvas deal when you're ready.

Living Social Deal (It's sent for Kansas City locals, however you can use it even if you don't live in KC)
Shutterfly
One 16x20 Canvas Wall Art ($40) or One 20x30 Canvas Wall Art ($60) only costs $40

 
Groupon Deal (Deal is from Winnipeg, but is an online deal so again can be bought from any location)
44Wide
$69 for a 16"x20" Gallery-Wrapped Canvas Plus Shipping

Also, thought I'd include some other gift ideas since Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  When searching for canvas deals I also stumbled upon this great deal:

Groupon Deal (Deal is from Tallahassee once you reach the site)
$74 for a Customized alphabet Frame from Frame the Alphabet

Stay tuned for tonight's post when I show you another great Valentine's gift featuring Megan from ChasingDavies!!!

Picture Perfect!

Today was the day! I ordered my Mia picture that Matt made me (Walt gave to me for Christmas) from CanvasOnDemand a couple of weeks ago and I finally got it in!!!

I was ecstatic! I couldn't have imagined my picture to look any better than it did.  It was perfect.  Perfect size. Perfect color. Perfect artwork. Perfect gift. 

I highly recommend this PERFECT gift to anyone looking for gift ideas for a friend, significant other, family, especially if they have a pet! Matt did a great job as did CanvasOnDemand with getting it to look PERFECT on a canvas, and Walt did a great job on his present :) 

Mia was trying to figure out if she had a giant twin or not

Lisa Lovin' Vegas

After a fun, but exhausting weekend, I got home and started to brainstorm ideas for my Lisa picture today.  Sorry to say I'm a lazy bum and opted for a picture her and I took together last year in Vegas at our friend Dena's bachelorette party!

I wanted to show this picture because it just goes to show that Lisa and I are two peas in a pod when we get together.  Give us a camera and we'll undoubtedly strike a pose! :)

Love you little Lisa and whoop whoop! Made it to another round!!

P.S. Dress look familiar?  This is the dress she wore in tonight's rose ceremony.  To find out where she got it and other fashion information from "The Bachelor" check out Chasing Davies blog!