Need New Glasses and Several Opinions

So, imagine that you've been wearing your contacts for 12+ hours and your eyes are tired, your contacts need a soak and it's time to take them out and go to bed.  

No sooner do you fall asleep, and your phone rings.

Suzie Q's water broke.

It's go time.

Do you want to put your contacts back in?  Heck no!

For this reason, I need new glasses with no-glare lenses that look cute 

even when I have no make-up on and my hair's a wreck.  

Tall order?

Perhaps.

I found an adorable on-line store called Rivet and Sway

and have in my possession a Home Try-on Kit with 5 frames to try for free!

But I need some opinions (c'mon Baylor Babes!!) before I can order any.

So here I am in several thoughtful, real-life poses.  

My favorite.  Style:  Character Study in copper penny.  Also available in black and purple.

 Joe and Mom's favorite.  Style:  Faster Pussycat (seriously) in black.  

Also available in tortoise and green (I think)

Nobody's favorite.  I thought I was going to love these based on the adorable nerd-chic look my favorite coffee barista rocks, but on me, it's all nerd and no chic.  What do you think? 

 Style:  Belle in cherry cola.  Also available in black and cookies and cream.

Mia and neighbor Samantha's favorite.  Style:  Checkpoint.  Also available in tortoise and blue/green.

 

And finally we have Punchline in Neopolitan.  Also available in tortoise, black and moss.  

(If you were wondering, Ali is neutral on all styles and Eva doesn't like any.  Aren't they helpful?)

My personal preference is for something a bit different, 

not too flashy, and usually with a bit of retro flair.  =-)  Not afraid of a splash of color. 

Okay, now leave your vote in the comments!  Thanks for your help!!  

Fundraising

Mia is asking for competition fees for her birthday.  I'm testing out gofundme.com for this purpose and here's my plug for Mia.  Check out our site whether you wish to donate or not.  It features a very cute picture of our gymnast.  

snowpocalypse

Everyone's facebook feeds have been screaming this headline since yesterday.  I find it very entertaining.  School was cancelled for today and my girls wasted no time getting outside to enjoy the snow.  They made me very grateful for the purchase of snowpants and mittens a few months back!

I will be inside with  hot coffee and a good book watching their antics from the window. 

And planting plenty of kisses on those pink cheeks and noses.  

Juan who?

Living in Portland has been awesome for many reasons, but a major benefit right now is that we are geographically located between my extended family in Washington, and Joe's extended family in California.  During her Christmas break, Joe's sister and her cousin road-tripped up to us and stayed for a few days.  Shortly after that, my cousin and his wife stopped for the night on their way to Washington.  Shortly after that, my other cousin came down from Washington to hang out for the weekend JUST BECAUSE!  It's been such a treat to have so many visitors!  I just want to hang a sign outside that says "Cousins Welcome Here".

When my latest visitor, cousin Kristina, was here we spent Saturday together exploring without kids.  We visited historic Oregon City and the Oregon Trail Museum.

We had an awesome little lunch at Singer Hill Cafe and I finally had my Stumptown latte!

And it was good.  

And then we went to a historic (and obviously haunted) cemetery.  It was cold, drizzly, and foggy.  And beautiful.  The oldest graves date back to the 1840s.   We are not creepy or morbid, just enthusiastic history buffs (or I am, at least).  

Moss had grown into the engraving on this headstone. 

Pretty neat. 

And lastly, I'll leave you with a funny comparison.  

Joe reports that today his students (particularly the 8th grade girls) were calling him "Juan Pablo" which he didn't get.  Eventually they explained that they think he looks like the new "Bachelor".  

So we looked him up.

Juan plays soccer with LA Galaxy.  Joe plays soccer with local club.

Juan has an adorable daughter.  Joe has three of 'em.  

Juan rocks the scruffy facial hair.  Joe does too.

Juan's baby-momma is a Venezualan actress.  Joe's baby-momma is an American midwife.

Joe accused ole Juan of stealing his "look".

Then we both had a nice chuckle.

I already landed my bachelor and he's a keeper.