Skinny Genes

[ granny joe, 1950-ish ]

My mom and grandma had birthdays this week. I am constantly reminded that I am a Murray through-and-through and that I didn't get any of those drop-dead-gorgeous Brawley genes. My sister took them all for herself. Bitch. 

 [ not even fair ]

OK, I must give credit to Dad - he did give me height and blue eyes and apparently semi-OK metabolism (it's waning, of course), even if he also passed along a slew of annoying skin conditions and non-existent cleavage (I quite literally have my dad's chest). I suppose I get a lot of my personality from my mom and maybe that's why people say we look alike when we clearly do not. 

 [ 1980 ]

 [ 2009 ]

I'm not sure how I'll age, but I'm not afraid of it. I may not be a babe-like granny like my maternal fore-mothers, but that's what face-lifts are for, right? Kidding.

Happy birthday to two gorgeous old broads!

XO

p.s. I stole the clever title of this blog from a song by Eliza Doolittle. Santa brought me her CD and I'm kinda in love with her. She's playing Coachella (along with a thousand other artists I'm dying to see) but I'll have to wait for her next trip to Canada.

Shout out!

Have I mentioned that I happen to be friends with the amazing minds behind GelaSkins? Through my forever-friend Dawn, I've met her main squeeze and his lovely business partners. Their company happens to be turning FIVE this year! Dawn reminded me that most businesses never make the two-year mark. Gotta say, I'm pretty proud!

Just a little Happy Birthday wish to GelaSkins! Congrats Drew, Jamie and Brian!

Oh, and I was really thrilled to be featured (headless) on the site in a few of the product shots (thanks to the amazing photography of miss Courtney Price):

Aaaaand... one of my favourite photos from our wedding last year (shot by Ms.Dawn herself) was used as the demo on the main page of the "Create Your Own" section of the site! Poke around in this section - it's pretty great! 

Help a wicked Canadian company! Buy a protective skin for your laptop, phone, iPod and even gaming controller!! (Too bad they don't make skins for my Canon Rebel and wide-angle lens.)

xo

[ all images c/o gelaskins.com ]