http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/ Melissa Miller - The Blog en-us http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=148 http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=148 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:34:00 GMT

I love her near bald head, just like her brother Jack.

A girly girl in her pink tutu.

Of course we had Romo in the house! Who do you think Kate was cheering on?! Actually, its her brother, Jack, who many of you have seen before as a baby. He is the future Romo! I see athletes in this family's future.

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And the View from dinner. Even better!!!!

Went surfing with Roy one day. The waves in the summer are bigger on the south side of the island. I am not sure its like this the entire summer, but this week it has been pretty good. I was getting pounded, I am not sure I have ever paddled so much. You would get close then a set of waves would hit and knock you back to where you started. It was still a blast and I got up every time.

After surfing, we drove out to Kailua. The beach here is gorgeous, beautiful water and sand. We swam for a while here before we headed to Waimanalo. Tasted some Haupia, which is a coconut pudding. The minute I discovered the heavenly taste, I knew my hips were expanding with every bite. So Worth It! Yesterday we went for Sushi and later I attempted to go to the apple store for the new Iphone. I can't tell you how crazy the Apple store in Ala Moana is. PACKED! Of course no phones, I would be better off ordering one online.

Basically I have been swimming and eating. I could live like this forever.

View of Diamond Head yesterday from the catamaran ride. Last time we were here it was so green. You can tell the rain has not been generous since. I have not done too much video but I still have time. Turning 29 should be this great every year! More to come!

]]> http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=146 http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=146 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:50:00 GMT Laura and Shelby came out to see the entire dog show world first hand. I have very smart friends, they picked up on the ways of the dog show community in a very short time.

"A lot of lesbians walking dogs were checking me out."

"They look so pretty all groomed, so regal, it makes me want one. "

" It smells like poop"

"Thats it? Thats all they do? The judge picked that dog and didn't even look at them anymore?"

"There is a mixture of people here, those who seem dressed nice with money and those who are missing teeth"

" She worked her ass off, I saw her show several dogs in different rings in the short time I was standing here. "

"I love I can say Bitch here. The word is thrown around freely. My Bitch did this, my bitch did that. Bitch Bitch Bitch."

"The judge picked a PUPPY BITCH?! For crying Shame! Can I say Bitch again?"

"Its just like Best in Show, the movie."

These quotes, while not word for word, ( some are) represent everything I heard them say. I felt their observations summed up the dog show world. Its a bitch!

Laura, the queen of low light photography and using her flash took some photos of Stogie in the ring. I actually had to call her ( from across the building, I can't get close to the ring when he is showing. Stogie loves his mama!) and tell her to be careful with the flash. According to Lois, there have been times when showing, he sees a camera and flash and turns around to start posing. I have the boy trained! He associates a camera with treats! He also knows his mama may be behind that camera. Combine that with the treats, and he has no interest in impressing the judge.

Laura was super careful not to throw Stogie off his game and took these wonderful photos. Thanks Laura!!! I also posted these on the dogs new Blog Site. You can check out the dogs website here, it just went live and is different from the site I was temporarily using.Havanista Havanese

Stogie did not win on Sunday, the Bitch did! :)

]]> http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=145 http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=145 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:10:00 GMT SOLD OUT! One day I went to Northpark and the line was almost to Neimans. For those non Dallasites, it was LONG! So I drove to Knox where people were lined up around the corner with umbrellas. I took a pic of the Iphone line with my old Iphone. I wasn't waiting in 100 degree weather to upgrade my phone.

I had a great fourth of July. Went to my moms and hung with the family. I made a video. I love VImeo and have used up all my weekly allowance. I am going to start doing a lot more video. FYI: NO Britney in this video!

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Fourth of July from Melissa Miller on Vimeo.

Tomorrow I leave for Hawaii. My birthday is this week and every year for my 29th birthday we go to Hawaii. :)
I will be video blogging! I know I always say that, but I WILL! I am reading the Barbara Walters book, Audition, which I LOVE! It has inspired me to interview people. I will be reading that book the entire flight and interviewing people in Hawaii. It's MY Birthday and if I want to have Barbara Walters week in Hawaii, I will do it! I have said this before, but I will say it again: I love Barbara Walters. I started watching her when I was just a youngster, around 11 or 12. So just a few years ago.. you know, before I was 29. She would do specials on location Romanian orphanages. It was horrendous, eye opening and heart breaking. Babies that were never picked up who laid in their cribs getting bed sores due to understaffed orphanages. I knew then I would adopt if I ever wanted children. I still believe that today. An afternoon trip to Walmart often dismissed any thought I had of children. Wanting to kill innocent screaming children that you do not know is not a good sign. I always gave myself until I was around 33 to decide what I wanted to do and IF I WERE turning 33 this year, it would be a big decision. My choice of countries would be China. They can only have one child and often do not keep the girls, because a son can make money and support the family.

I have done all of the prep work. The important steps before parenthood, getting dogs and plants, all of which are still alive. I think I might put it off one year and volunteer with Big Brothers and Sisters, then see how I feel. I wouldn't mind a little rugrat running around, but I have to weigh the Pros and Cons.

Pro: Unconditional Love and all the mushy stuff.
Con: No more traveling the world at a moments notice.

Pro: Someone to eat turkey with on Thanksgiving when I'm old.
Con: GETTING UP EARLY

Pro: Someone else to unload the dishwasher.
Con: GETTING UP EARLY.

This isn't looking so good, Ill have to sleep on it for a few more years... you know, until I turn 33.

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I watched Nightline tonight and a show about child slaves in Haiti. You know these things happen. You read and hear about it, but to see the actual faces of the children on this special was traumatizing. The selling of children to random strangers. Ten year olds working for families non stop. They have no friends, no life, no love at all. It's disgusting these things go on in our world. You should go read about it, the reporter, Dan Harris, did a superb job of detailing what is going on there. I bet it was difficult to see it first hand. Check it out here: Nightline

I have a couple of Miami things to post. The video has loud obnoxious Britney Spears music, so be warned before you press play. The background noise and shrieking crowd was more obnoxious than Brit, so be happy. These are the songs I work out too. Here is a shot of South Beach I took from Melissa's place. I should have used the tripod for this shot on the below video. Hope its not too Blair Witch for you. ( That movie freaked me out, let it be known, I thought it was real. ) If you are on dial up, good luck! :) You can have cable installed before this loads.

Here is the video:

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Team Melissa from Melissa Miller on Vimeo.

Tomorrow I have portraits to post, Fourth of July photos, and video of little MacKenzie!!!!
New Iphones on Friday, Holla!!!!!

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It was such an interesting experience.

Here is a shot of Miami from Melissa Balcony, and a couple of us being fabulous.

Me and Melissa #2 with Kimberly. Our Team Melissa shirts.. they all made then and Melissa made mine for me. Melissa Couture.

Going out for some dinner. Melissa #2 and I with one of my new favorite people, Theresa.

Mojitos in Miami.. does it get better?

Videos coming tomorrow!

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Tomorrow I am taking the journey to South Beach. I am armed with not ONE but TWO video cameras. One for serious film making.. and one for nighttime blackmail. ( meaning it can fit in my purse when we go out)

My friend, Melissa is going to be in a fitness competition.. and she has worked SO hard. Really hard. The discipline it takes to eat well, workout, not drink.. for MONTHS. Her body is insane right now. I really wanted to be there to not only support her and cheer her on, but to document the entire experience with fun photos and video. I will be blogging from Miami and also you can check more frequent updates on Twitter.

The actual Competition is on Saturday. Its a BIG deal as you can see with all the contestants. She is not one of the muscle veiny people.. she is just doing fitness/bikini. Please wish her well in comments and show her some support!!!! And if you are on her myspace or facebook.. leave her love there too.

I am all packed and ready to go. My biggest dilemma is what color to paint my nails. I have all these fabulous spring colors from Essie. I think I will go with Barbados Blue. The color of the ocean!

Here is a photo from last time we were together. Before both us got on our workout program... Cant wait to get updated pics this weekend. Good luck Melissa!!!!!!!!!

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First.. I am better. I think. It seems I have kicked this cold and am back to normal.

Second.. I finally saw Sex and the City. I LOVED it. The bad reviews are annoying and somewhat insultive to women. They say the movie is demeaning to women and lacks substance. We are NOT looking for an oscar award winning movie. We just needed a fix. And we got it! I have a feeling many of those reviewers were not only men, but had not seen the series. We DO sit around and talk about sex. It's ok.... we are not going to suffer as a gender and lose any of our long fought feminist battles by going to an $8 movie and listen to women whine about their lives. WE LIVE FOR THAT!

As many other SATC fans did.. I went to see the movie with girlfriends. I drove to Austin and met up with Laura and Teri. Laura even brought us flowers to wear, which of course we left in the hotel room. We made sure to get photos when we got back in for the night.. feeling pretty good! ( I have video of us getting in after a night on the town. Mr Tony Romo.. I have a video message for you from my girls! Just beware! )

After the wonderful movie we went to dinner. I found us a place I researched called Eddie V's in Austin. I made my decision right after reading Truffled Macaroni and Cheese on the menu. I will be honest and say I thought Eddie V's was short for Eddie Vedder. It's not. Eddie Vedder does NOT have a place in Austin. FYI. Its a shame too.. I would love to eat truffled mac and cheese listening to that sultry voice singing in my ear. Now back to reality.

I won't spoil the movie. I will say I loved Big before and I love him still now. I will always love Big. I hope they make a sequel.

Next issue.. I almost had two dogs up for adoption. Yesterday when that storm blasted us.. I honestly thought we were in a tornado. I saw things flying through the air.. my lawn chair was in the pool. HUGE trees flying like they were small and frail. Our electricity went out before the rain even begun. It was out for 10 hours. The dogs.. during that quiet dark time, drove me INSANE. Barking at every little noise. The storm left faster than it arrived.. gone after 30 minutes. I honestly thought I had been sentenced to an afternoon of barking. Fast forward to later that night. I put Goldie in bed as usual. Do everything else I need to and go to get into bed. She has PEED in the BED. She has just been outside.
She peed on the exact side of the bed I sleep on. Ok, she can't jump off, Ill give her slack. This is what it's like to have children. I change the sheets... everything is ready and I once again prepare for bed. I go to the bathroom, come back and Stogie has MARKED ( PEED) on the EXACT spot she pottied but on the NEW sheets. At this point I am contemplating opening the front door and putting bacon in the middle of the street. Then three weeks from now hanging a poster up for missing dogs. I'm not happy.

So now I have three sets of sheets to wash. Which I have been doing the laundry.. and the cooking. Because I have been working out. Along with trying to eat better which means a TON of grilled chicken. I have been more adventurous this week adding salmon and shrimp. I cook everyday for lunch and dinner. I have gone down over a size in the last month which makes it all worth it. I have to admit the diet made the difference. I tried to resist, but working out alone wont cut it. ( Maybe had I given up wine.. I'm motivated but not insane)

I have tackled the stair master at the gym. Or maybe it tackled me, I am up to 13 minutes. That might not sound like much, but its that escalator thing and when I got off today it said 49 floors climbed. 49 FLOORS! It kicks my ass. Unfortunately it needs to kick harder because there is still a lot of junk in the trunk.

So I buy this workout video I saw in US weekly. Some trainer who promotes dance workouts. I pay for it in Paypal, but mess up my address so I have to email. Well the email goes to a website selling MELON SCENTED PANTIES. And fishnets. Of course I bought them. Curiosity killed the cat. All curiosity did for me was spend money on a pair of thin thongs that DON'T EVEN SMELL LIKE MELONS! They smell like dryer sheets? It says something about melon skin giving them some fresh breezy smell. Whatever. I wanted Melon panties! I was robbed! The fishnets rock however.. and since working out led me to melon panties..and fishnets that read, ONE SIZE FITS MOST, I am now living in the MOST zip code.

]]> http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=140 http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=140 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:42:00 GMT Laura for letting us use her studio. It's fun to use someone else's props!

I can't believe
a) how good Flash is and how he does exactly what Sarah tells him even if he doesn't want to
b) how good Madison is and just go with the flow
C) how laid back Sarah is for a first time mom. ( THANK GOODNESS!)

These three things are how we were able to capture the following photos. It just takes patience, teamwork and trying new things. We have so many fun things planned for the future shoots...it should only get more entertaining as she grows up. Let hope the super model stays mellow jello! :)

]]> http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=139 http://www.blondeanddangerous.com/index.cfm?postID=139 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:39:00 GMT She has those trademark rolls that make you want to pinch her cheeks and coo at her in silly baby talk.

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