Continental Divide

Picture of the Day for 2/7/2011. I flew home from Florida today. The pilot announced we were over the Continental Divide so I hurried and snapped a picture of it. Pretty cool.

Shifty Accommodations

Picture of the Day for 2/6/2011. I spent a couple of nights in Stuart, FL (about 1/2 hour north of West Palm Beach). I chose my accommodations poorly. This was the first place in all my travels over the years where I shoved a chair up against the door and slept with a light on and one eye open. I think my mistake was selecting an extended stay hotel. The clientele were scary. I had to laugh when I witnessed some people carrying a big screen HD television INTO their room. I'm really hoping it wasn't stolen. Now that I'm home safe and sound, I can laugh about it.

Murder on the Beach

Picture of the Day for 2/5/2011. A friend and I attended a book signing/talk by Sharon Potts (pictured above) at Murder on the Beach, a small bookstore in Delray Beach, Florida that hosts regular events like this. It was fun! Sharon gave a great talk and I saw several familiar faces that I recognized from my attendance at Sleuthfest last year so it felt a little bit like a reunion. The writing community in Florida appears to be a tight-knit group of very nice people. I'd like to be one of them and presenting at my own book signing. Someday...

Shopping in West Palm Beach, Florida

Picture of the Day for 2/4/2011. I spent the day exploring West Palm Beach and the evening browsing the stores at CityPlace, a large and trendy shopping complex. This was a LOT more fun than my usual Friday routine of spending the day working hard at the office. It was also nice exchanging the frigid winter temperatures in Utah for a pleasant day in the 80s in Florida. Not that I'm trying to rub it in for my Utah readership.

Trivia Can Come in Handy

Picture of the Day for 2/3/2011. I spent the day making my way to Florida- West Palm Beach in particular. Since I didn't arrive at my hotel until 9:30 p.m., I decided to grab dinner at the closest establishment which happened to be the Palm Beach Ale House. When I arrived, they were in the middle of a very loud and raucous 20-question trivia quiz. First and second place winners would win a free pitcher of beer for their next visit. Thanks to my tendency to be a bit of know-it-all (an insufferable one people might say, but they would be wrong) and my blithe willingness to insert myself into other people's conversations, I was able to help the gentlemen at the table next to me win one of the prizes. Good thing I knew that Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Who Needs a Blow Dryer?

Picture of the Day for 2/2/2011. Ever since I moved into my parents' house a year and a half ago, I've been wondering where all of my hairstyling tools were hiding. I finally discovered the box. I thought I would be more excited, but I guess I haven't really missed the items since my reaction upon finding them was an underwhelmed "huh." Sadly, this reveals just how little attention I pay to my hair. I just brush it and go.

Electric Blue Shoes

Picture of the Day for 2/1/2011. I'm starting to think I should rename this blog as "Michelle's Blurry Picture of the Day." Sheesh. An inordinately high proportion of my pictures in 2011 have been blurry. They look fine on my iPhone which is why I don't usually discover the problem until I download the photos to my laptop.

Anyway, you might think from this slightly blurry photo that the topic of my picture of the day is TLC's What Not to Wear. You would be wrong. That's not to say I don't enjoy watching the show. I'm mesmerized though by the opening credits that feature a pair of electric blue shoes. I'm obsessed with these shoes- primarily because of the color.

Now, here's where I veer into weird tangent territory. Stick with me. I usually have really wild and interesting dreams that unfortunately I fail to remember when I wake up. I just remember that they were intriguing. However, whenever someone in my dream is wearing an item of clothing in this deep color of blue, I can remember the dream. Weird, huh? I always laugh when people claim that you only dream in black-and-white. I know better.