Clutter My World: March 2010

Monday, March 8, 2010

Clutter My World...with another Half Marathon!

Hi everyone! On February 28th I ran my 5th half marathon and had a great time doing it! My husband and I ran the Rock N Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon in New Orleans. If you have never run a half marathon...after you get over the fact that it is 13.1 miles, you realize that it's actually a fun distance to run...provided you train well! I like to run them because for me there is less pressure to "race" the race...although because I am so competitive with myself...I race it anyway. This time I finished in 1:54:57...not my PR but I was 16 out of 407 in my age group so for that, I was happy! If I last another 3 years and run in the 55-59 age group, I would be about 5th or 6th in my age group...one good thing about getting older...but I won't wish my life away!

New Orleans...I love it! I have been going down there 2-3 times a year for the past 5 years since my daughter has been in school at Tulane. She is now getting her graduate degree and we only have one more time down there while she is there, as she is most likely moving away come May. As always, New Orleans doesn't fail to deliver....the beignets at the Cafe du Monde are still the BEST in the world, the Po boys at Frankie and Johnnie's are the yummiest (this time I had a crawfish po boy since it's just starting to be crawfish season!), Plum Street snoballs are the smoothest and most refreshing, especially chocolate and coconut, and Bourbon Street still smells like beer, in the middle of the day! We actually did something this time that we had never done...we went out to the Art museum at City Park and saw the Disney exhibit, which was great! We also finished the half marathon at City Park on a bright blue-sky, cool kind of day.

I think you should plan a trip to NOLA this year...you won't be disappointed! In the meantime, run on down to Clutter and look at all of the great clutter we have in the store! Here's just a few pictures:

SOLD!

Had to show you my daughter's Mardi Gras tree! Decorated with throws from the floats...look closely, there is a ton on clutter on this tree....Priceless!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Clutter My World....with Billy and Elton!

Hi everyone! A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of going to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert at the Pepsi Center. It was supposed to be last fall but due to Elton having the flu bug....they postponed it til last week...thank goodness it wasn't cancelled as it was one of the best concerts I've been to! I've seen Elton before and he didn't disappoint...but I've never seen Billy and I have to say, he was fabulous...not only his voice and music, but his personality! He really connected with the audience...even those of us in the nosebleed section and those behind him. In fact, his piano rotated on the stage so that those sitting behind him had a chance to see his face and not just his bald, graying head!! The concert was 3 1/2 hours...Billy and Elton played together, then Elton played alone, then Billy played alone and then they came back together for 4 or 5 songs finishing with "Candle in the Wind" and "Piano Man!" If you ever have the chance to see them again, make sure you leap at it.

Anyway, as I was taking pictures of furniture that we have in the store, I was trying to think about what Elton and/or Billy would like if they happened to come into Clutter...here are some of the things we have in the store that the 2 superstars might enjoy having...come take a look at them yourself!