besides all the good citizens volunteering and taking in the evacuees this is what is happening in baton rouge. maybe we should sell our house and go back to brooklyn...

the lsu vet school in baton rouge has set up a temporary animal shelter for the pets of the evacuees since they are not being allowed to take their pets to the shelters. click here for info if you want to help out. from what i have heard they are overwhelmed and need a lot of help.

we are fine - nothing significant happened here just some wind, rain and power outages. if you are trying to call michael or me our phones are not working. as everyone knows new orleans and much of the gulf coast in mississippi is absolutely devastated. please send your good thoughts to them and if you can donate to the red cross or some other reputable charity that can help.

hurricane katrina is here. we are getting lots of wind and rain but it's not terrible (although i don't think i will be having my coffee outside today). i haven't seen anything big blowing down the street yet. we still have power. i think the plants in my yard are going to be really torn up and there are some birds hiding on our porch. i will try to post a video later.

we made it. after packing all of our worldly possessions into a 16ft budget moving truck, locking the keys in the cab, running out of gas, spending a ridiculous amount of money on gas, driving through the mountains, and eating lots of road trip food we made it to our new home. all of our stuff is still in boxes. it is hot and sunny here - my yard looks like a jungle.


i have been working on some new tank tops (in honor of the hot, sunny weather and my jungle back yard) - they are posted now so check them out.

michael and i and jo jo are moving - we bought a house down south. we leave on Wednesday 5/25. we are driving a 16 ft moving truck with as much of our stuff we can fit. nyc and brooklyn has been an incredible wonderful place to live for the last eight years but i'm ready for a change. i want a yard and more space and i want to be closer to my family and michael wants to be closer to his. jo jo just wants a yard. i will miss brooklyn and ny so much - i am sad to leave but happy to try something new.

we are making a few changes to the blog right now - please excuse our awkwardness...

i went to the city today and walked around - i had an iced coffee and grilled sesame bagel with cream cheese from Brew Bar - it is my favorite coffee place.

i think the kittens are cute.

We've just put up some new bead Lariats :) Here are some detail pics

and here's a link

it is snowing!!!!! lots of thick white snow!!! joe loves the snow - he likes to eat it and dig in it and chase snowballs. the first time we took joe to the beach he got confused by the sand. he tried to eat it like he eats the snow.

we just put up a bunch of new sample sale flowers - time for some almost spring cleaning!

i don't know if these mannequins are effective sales tools.