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Do roses need words?!?
I think they speak for themselves.
I love you.
Thank you.
Whatever the purpose, they speak it in spades.
Seemed fitting to share this photo with you since I needed to announce the California Blooms winner.
These were sent to me by a friend as a thank you.
They MADE my day, my whole week so far!
A BIG THANK YOU to my sweet friend M. who sent me the beautiful roses!
And…
It was a crazy busy week again (What weeks aren’t for moms?? Do any of you have a new found respect for your mom?? I sure do!) And I can’t believe it’s just over 4 weeks until the newest babe is here! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don’t make a showing any earlier!!! I love ya and can’t wait to meet ya, but you just go ahead and stay nice and cozy until March 9th, Pretty Please!
OK, onto the fun things from this week. I actually had to edit this a bit because I saw so many fun things to share…
I have a darling friend from college that I adore and love.
We lived in the same dorm, and she was as spunky as can be! Always smiling, friends with the world, a total spitfire!
I’ll never forget visiting with her in her dorm room the first time and seeing her hooked up to what looked like a small refrigerator, and breathing into a mask…
My friend has Cystic Fibrosis.
When she came to visit with me in California, she brought along a…
I’m all about finding ways to make my life easier.
Not that I’m lazy, though I’m a little bit of that too…but truly on any given day, I’m going in at least 20 different directions at once. What mom isn’t!?!?
And to manage all those directions is one item that I can’t live without, my iPhone. My calendar, my contacts, my 6 different email accounts, Facebook, Twitter, Starbucks, Camera are all on that phone…..ohhhhh to tell you all the apps that I use on a regular basis (stay tuned for a future post). It is not always…
Happy Monday Everyone!
First off, a quick apology. It seems Feedburner has been playing some selective tricks with the MFE Readers & Followers and randomly deciding who it wants to send daily subscriptions to and who it doesn’t, and it changes throughout the week. So, we switched our subscription service this past weekend. You will now be receiving your daily emails through Mail Chimp. I’m doubly crossing my fingers that this solves the problem for everyone, but please let me know if anyone is stil having issues.
Thank you!!
Now onto the fun for today!
It’s another darling Etsy shoppe! …
These weeks keep flying by, HOW does that happen?!?!? I must say, I LOVED my week off from cooking!! Such a treat! I can honestly say I have never done that before, but will definitely again. It was obviously a little pricier than cooking every meal, but if you balance it between some lower priced places, it’s not too bad. And fun for older kids too, you could have everyone pick a place for a night.
(And YES, I Have posted next weeks meal plan and shopping…
I am not a crafty person.
Wish I was.
But I’m not.
Wont even pretend to be just a little bit crafty.
Instead I like to find people that ARE crafty and toss ideas around with them, since I know the completed project will look MUCH BETTER coming from them rather than me.
The current project I was trying to figure out was cute Valentine’s T-shirts for the girls. Usually I see something fun at Old Navy that is $5-8, and cute (but not cutsie) and…
I love finding things that make me feel good. I know this sounds lame, and trust me, I LOVE being a mom and I LOVE our darling Littles – but there are still more than a handful of times that I long to fit in my cute jeans from pre-pregnancy, or pop on that cute pair of heels that I know used to turn a few heads…but I just don’t seem to get the same reaction these days. Not sure why. Do you think having a Little gripping each leg, a…
Honestly, I have the BEST Book Club group of friends ever!
I so wish you could meet them as they are a FAVORITE group of girls!
They can multi-task like nobody’s business!!
And are amazing examples of what moms and friends should be.
(I can only hope that Addie & Hay will know friends as fabulous.)
Last night was our Holiday Book Club Party which is the one book club each year that EVERYONE makes it to no matter what schedule conflict…
I am so fortunate to know a photographer like Sandy Heit! Not only has she been amazing at capturing wonderful images of our children and family, but she is also a wealth of knowledge in helping me learn how to use this new beast of a camera that I’m swinging around these days! (To see more on Sandy, check out this earlier post).
Soap Box Moment for just a sec…
One of my most favorite characteristics in a professional is not being afraid to share their tips with…
There is no better description for Juliska’s tableware, than their own description.
It truly could be “the most beautiful tableware in the world“.
And I’m not the only one to think so – House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, Martha Stewart Living, countless celebrities, high end department stores and my very own book club all feel the same way!
What I love most about Juliska’s products is that they are FAMILY FRIENDLY.
(And it doesn’t hurt that they are BEAUTIFUL and FUNCTIONAL too.)
David and Capucine Gooding, the magicians behind Juliska,…
I know you’re all anxiously waiting….I was tapping my foot impatiently myself Saturday morning waiting for Addie to wake up and be the “official Halsea contest drawer”.  And then of course life took us in a million directions, but the bowl of names patiently waited for us…and just before nap time Addie got to work….
Ummm, what’s THIS bowl of goodies?
WEEEEEEEE, this drawing stuff is fun!!
Let me see how big of a mess I can make…
(btw mom – your…
Well, I have definitely been a little behind the game this week!
I kind of feel like Addie in this photo!
I WAS feeling pretty good about all the fun posts this week! So many wonderful FAVORITES!
But then as I sat down to work on today’s post, it occurred to me that I never posted a menu, shopping list or December “to do” list last Friday!!!
HELLO – brain where have you gone and WHEN will you be back!!
‘Cuz I don’t…
I love Cotton Idea Studio.
This darling little store shares a shoppe space with Halsea on Balboa Peninsula.
Here’s an idea for a great FAVORITE lunch time activity….
1. Load your car up with your Holiday gifts that you really WANT to wrap,
but know that you are going to run out of time
(and besides they kinda should look REALLY good – your boss, your mother-in-law, your mother….).
2. Drive down to:
409 31st Street
Newport…
I love finding a good deal, especially when:
A.) I don’t have to leave my house
B.) It’s something I want anyway, and now I get it (or get to give it) at a GREAT price!!
I just came across Amazon’s $5 Magazine Sale
Not only is Sally Bartz, the ever so chic and fabulous wonder woman behind Halsea good at designing fabulous luggage and bags, she is a genius with packing and traveling! Trust me on this, I have traveled with her…it is truly amazing to see someone carry the smallest bags and end up looking amazing for every event with the PERFECT outfit, shoes and accessories! Honestly, she always looks like she stepped out from a magazine shoot!
“Sally’s intent in creating Halsea is to develop a women’s line that is truly Californian, inspired not by the typical images of California filled…
First off I just have to let RAC’s husband know that if he wants any tips on next weeks games, I’m happy to help! I mean seeing as how all 5 of my predictions ALL CAME TRUE yesterday! The Raiders are most certainly NOT “America’s Team”!
OK, back to the regular post!
So sorry to not have this ready for this mornings subscription email, hopefully you will all still see it and be able to take advantage.
I’ve never been a big Black Friday shopper. I’m sure I’m missing lots of great deals and bargains, but crowds, packed parking lots,…
Doesn’t it always work, that you have to open your wallet for unexpected expenses at the WORST time ever??!! This month we’ve each had traffic tickets (the dumb ones that you think, SERIOUSLY!?!?), medical bills for an emergency room visit for Addie (that turned out well, thank goodness!), and this weekend….replacing my makeup bag…
Now any girl reading this KNOWS that replacing your makeup bag is painful! I don’t even want to add the cost up…the designer bag itself (which was a gift), the amazing brushes (that were a gift), and the priceless collection of makeup inside that had been…
I’ll admit it now before you read any further, I have a few quirks. You already know that I’m an organization nerd...but now you’ll also know that I can’t stand to get my hands wet from condensation on cold drinks. No idea where it came from, but I can’t stand it. So much so that the sweet girls that used to assist us at my previous life office job, used to tape a folded napkin around my cold water bottles when they were setting up for our meetings (can we say high maintenance!). Yeah, I know…but…
WOW.
It’s Friday. HOW did that happen. I swear it was Monday yesterday.
Maybe that’s because the clothes I put in the washing machine on Monday…
are still in the washing machine today….
At least I managed to pick up the dry cleaning today (even though it was ready on Tuesday).
OK enough of all that. Next week is THANKSGIVING!
And my favorite thing that I am so thankful for right this very minute is all of you that have taken a chance on me and stopped by to visit this site.
(And to my cute girls, and my AMAZING…
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