FAMILY

I am fortunate enough to have family in town. I am on hiatus!

Quote for the Day

Picture provided by Tricia Vesey

"A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams"
John Barrymore

Need a Laugh???

It's almost Friday and I think we all deserve a laugh don't you?




WOW...can you imagine what Woodstock must have been like? Looks like Van Morrison really enjoyed the 60's!

To Be Happy- Don't Be!

Confused yet? I am! I just read an article that gave the top 10 ten ways to stay happy. Number one is Don't be happy. Very Interesting....Check this one out!

Click HERE to link to this article

For the man with EVERYTHING

What do you get the guy who already has everything? ART! Well in this case I bought a custom handmade fused glass Sushi set that is so beautiful it also doubles as art. Lauren Urban is located out of VA and she is an amazing artist that can create a custom order for you depending upon your needs. She also sells a variety of chic glass pendants and rings.

Click HERE to check her out!

No Slip Rug

I bought a few rugs last year and I was expecting to spend a good chunk of money for them. I was all ready to check out and the sales person reminded me that I had to buy something to go under them. SIGH! So I spent another $100.00 or so on yards and yards of this non slip fabric that goes under the rugs. Well this tip from Martha could have saved me some dough...check it out!

Click HERE to link to Martha Stewart!

Birds Nest Necklace

I adore this amazonite and sterling silver necklace. I love the little "eggs" tucked into the nest! I think this would be a good gift for a mother to be as she is waiting for her "little egg" to hatch. Click HERE to link to the etsy shop.

Cuteable!

The Dapper Darling was featured on this adorable little site today....check it out!

Junkie Nurse gives 19 patients Hep C

Every time I am at the Dr.'s office or hospital I am always nervous about my care and any medications they give me. The poor staff is usually overworked and under paid. However, the possibility of a nurse doing the following NEVER crossed my mind. Read on and protect yourself.




Click HERE to read this article

Do You Have the Right to Flip Off a Cop?

OH Man...sometimes I wish I could! Read this article about a man who did...


Do You Have the Right to Flip Off a Cop?

My Revealing Story....

I recently found a store called LIME RICKI that sells the most amazing bathing suits. Against my better judgment...I bought one...with yellow bottoms. I wrote the following to the company to let them know about my experience.



I am a fairly new customer that has fallen in love with your bathing suits! I found you while cruising the internet and was so happy to finally find a suit that was not revealing but not a "mom" suit as my husband puts it. (Even though I am a mom) :) I first purchased the Lizzie Tankini Top and yellow bottoms. When they came I put them on in my living room and strutted around for a couple hours. Now I can guarantee you that has never happened before in ANY other bathing suit! I LOVED IT! I love the fabric and love the style! I went to the pool a couple of times and last time I was there I was wading with my little one at the shallow end. I propped her up on the side and was chatting with my friend and her kiddies. Then I heard a couple of children laughing quite loud, and I heard them say....something, something...butt....something.... so I turned around and they were right behind me...POINTING at ME! GASP. When they saw me look they quickly swam away and my mind started reeling. Were they talking about my butt? and WHY? OMG are my bottoms see through??? So we got out of the pool and I finally got the nerve up to ask my friend about 20 min later if she could see through my suit...NO! She said, not at all! PHEW I thought, then on the car ride home I realized that they were dry when I asked her. OH GEEEZ. So..I pulled out my little bathroom mirror and hopped in the shower. OH MAN...what a surprise. I saw every piece of business I had! The kiddies were laughing at me because they could see through the bottoms. Now the life guards lingering stares make sense :) I loved the suit so much that I hopped back on line to find a different bottom to go with the Lizzie top. Unfortunately, I think the teal ones might do the same. So I bought some green ones thinking they will compliment the yellow. I also bought a back up suit with black bottoms that I KNOW are safe! I haven't tried them out yet but I'm sure I will like them. I am writing you this not to get anything from you, but to let you know that the yellow bottoms (even the Key lime ones) are not for the timid.

The company kindly wrote me back and said that different skin tones seem to be more revealing than others.

I love them either way...and I think you will too. Check them out online by clicking HERE.

PS..if you are fair skinned, stay away from the yellow bottoms!

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov was a British director, comic, diplomat comedian and writer. I came across one of his quotes and even though he wrote it years ago, it seems so appropriate for this day and age.

"It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously."

On Vacation..

I am on vacation for this week...will be back soon!!

This toddler is smarter than I....

Use it again ...and again..

I think we have lost the art of multi tasking. Not at work, we have mastered doing entirely too many things all at once, but the art of reusing objects and giving it more than one use. I realized I had when I looked in my laundry room and saw 5 different types of detergent. One for baby clothes, one organic kind, one for sensitive skin, one for smelly clothes and bleach to top it off. That is RIDICULOUS! By my plethora of detergent I also found 2 laundry bags (next to my two laundry baskets). I was determined to get them out of there but I HATE throwing things away! I knew I could/should get creative about another use for this mesh laundry bag. Well...the toys in the kids bathroom is out of control and I almost bought a net online the other day to wrangle them all together...hmmmm. So I found a rogue suction cup and up went the mesh laundry bag and all of the toys. I know it may sound silly, but I felt like I just helped the environment by not tossing it out and just saved myself some dough by not buying the net for the bath toys. It's the little things in life isn't it? So this week, don't toss out that extra baby shampoo. Reuse it! Did you know you can wash your delicates with baby shampoo? You can even clean your delicate wood furniture with it! There are a million uses for everything we have, we just need to get creative. Leave a comment and share your reusable tips!