July 4th

July 4th is my FAVORITE holiday.  

What I'm not telling you is that I have a very good reason to LOVE July 4th!  Yesterday was my 29th birthday and it was one of the best I've had in a long time!  I had friends come in town just to hang out with me ALL weekend : )  Sunday clay and I got up and kayaked to red bud isle from downtown.  The weather was almost perfect.  My only bark was having to paddle into the wind on the way back, but at least there was wind.  After that we bbq'ed with friends.  The food was wonderful, thanks to me having nothing to do with cooking it and clay doing it all.  We even had cupcakes and a cake decorated with blueberries and strawberries to look like a flag (thank you Tracy).

I have a lot to be thankful for.....

Celebrity Gossip

Have I mentioned that I am also addicted to celebrity gossip?  I wouldn't say it's unhealthy, but I do like to keep up with it on a daily basis.  I will say that I have nothing in common with any of these people.  I do not like to shop.  I don't get dressed (makeup and hair) unless I have somewhere to go.  Even then, sometimes I am REALLY lazy.  I really just prefer to throw on some clothes and not judge myself on how I look or feel in those clothes.  In fact, I would prefer to just not look in a mirror at all!  
So what is it that drives me to read all of this CRAP?...no idea! 

I have read polls that show when women read about and look at overly glammed, super skinny women it makes them feel worse about themselves or become depressed (glamour.com).  I'm not sure I agree with this though.  In the recent past, I realized that most of the pictures on these websites are photoshopped (even if they say they aren't) and these girls are NOT the norm.  But, I am not the skinniest person, and I think looking and reading about these people is not a bad thing for me.  In fact, the only bad I would say comes from this is sitting on my butt while doing it.  However, I'm going to try to cut back an not read gossip EVERY day of my life! After all, I'm not depressed and don't want to be in the future. = )