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R.I.P. Davy Jones

Loved this boy.  Loved my silly "Monkees".  Rest in peace dear Davy Jones . Sad. Marcia (a.k.a. Maureen McCormick) lived out a dream of mine

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Faux Me

I love old movies; we're talking 1940's and '50's.  The way people carried themselves, such style and grace.  The men in their suits and hats, the women in their tailored dresses and gloves.  One part that always gets me is seeing how fur coats were used as a status symbol. Oh look! You gave me dead animal skin!  You must really love me!  Yuck.  Roses and a nice card would be nice, don't you think? ;-> I don't wear fur so anytime I hear someone speak of their fur coat I cringe.  I believe faux fur looks the same as real animal, so why not just go in that direction?  I have to say recently seeing my 4 year old cousin dressed in her faux leopard fur coat with her matching hat was pretty darn adorable!  She was ready for a serious tea party.   It's interesting how ones behavior changes when they wear particular pieces of clothing; little 4 year old's in fancy childrens coats are no exception.  My cousin went from fussing about what sandwich sh

Thought Of The Day

So true. ( Sharing from the Pinterest pages of Karen Finn .)

Home Office

Now that my girls are at the age of wanting access to the computer not only for playing interactive games, but for necessary school work as well, we have found that our dining room table has gone from a gathering place for eating our meals to a haven for laptops.   Dining room table for actual "dining"?   Not so much.   This space looks like it should be in an office, not a home.   I've found some pretty nifty looking laptop storage units that would make me much happier for the placement of our laptops than our dining room table.   And if I accent them just right, perhaps they can look like a nice sidebar, or buffet table.   Some candle sticks, a little knickknack here and there, who knows. I'm truly beginning to see the need for laptop carts in the home.   The first time I saw a laptop cart was in my husband office and it looked like a true piece of office equipment, but I think the manufacturing companies saw the need for home functioning carts and are

Rain Or Shine

A typical saying about living in the Pacific Northwest is "Don't like the weather?   Wait 5 minutes."   And those words could not have been truer than for the way Mother Nature was having us change our plans this past weekend.   We wanted to get our girls into the fresh air, away from the screens of television and computer and go for a little hike, but the one minute sunny/next minute showers was too much of a deterrent.    Oh well. We're lucky in that we have a good space in our basement for indoor games.   We've had some intense PingPong sessions however, foosball is becoming a new favorite for us so we decided to look into classic foosball tables to add to our "play room" downstairs.     There are so many activities you can do when you live in the Pacific N.W. that we've begun to acquire all kinds of equipment.   We have a corner for our camping equipment, (which hasn't been used much lately because I have this "thing" fo

Another Opening, Another Show

Yeah!  My husband's Opening Night was a success! He played against type and was Virgil the nerdy looking Kindergarten Teacher posing as a Pharmacist (because he thought it sounded more exciting ;-> ) in the play " Let's Murder Marsha ".  It's a pretty goofy play with lots of silly misunderstandings, screams, entrances and exits, but it was a good time.  I especially enjoyed the fact that Rob didn't have to kiss anyone this time.  (yeah!) As soon as I get a pic of Rob as "Virgil" I'll post it - hysterical!

Keep Out!

My girls share a room and they've just about had it with that arrangement.  We have a little house and do the best with what we've got but there is space upstairs, yes, the attic, that just needs a little tender loving care and I think it would make a great bedroom.  With my girls in the early Teenage years I know that privacy is important so I've tried to get items for them that would help in the area of "Keep Out!"  I found some cute personal children's lockers that were just the right size for a small bedroom.  They could decorate them any way they wanted, and this solution helped, but they may be feeling they need more than kids lockers and this stage of their lives. I remember my bedroom as my own little safe haven from whatever was bothering me in the big World outside.  I would play my radio and sing, dance, draw - whatever I wanted to do in my space.  I completely get that my girls want their own rooms.  This may be a bigger privacy project then

Pests

With the weather becoming warmer more little "creatures" are visiting the inside of my home and I don't like it!  Yesterday I found a massive (perhaps I'm exaggerating) spider on the wall next to my sleeping daughter and now we need to be careful that we don't leave a spill of something sweet on the kitchen counter or little ants, I believe they're Sugar Ants, will make a path directly to it, and make sure to tell all their creepy, crawly little friends.  I'm tired of it! We've tried various forms of deterrent for the ants but nothing has really come through.  We've used bait that is supposed to draw the ant in, make them enjoy what they're eating so much that they take some back to their hang-out to share with their friends, all the while not realizing that they are sharing poison.  Bwaa-ha-ha * evil laugh * away the ants go!  Well, that's what's supposed to happen, but it hasn't done the trick. I think I need to get some

Not Cool!

You know what's not cool? Going into your daughter's bedroom to wake her up for school and seeing a LARGE spider on the wall next to her bed. Another part of this "not cool" scenario is subtlety grabbing a tissue and, with teeth clenched, smooshing the large thing against the wall. Part three of "not cool" is saying, 'I'll be right back' and heading into a room with better light to show your husband and... there's nothing in the tissue. Next phase of "not cool" is returning to the bedroom to look on the body pillow next to your daughter, who by now is saying, "What's going on?  Is there a spider?" and finding the large black lump on the pillow, so you grab it with the tissue again and you feel it move (you think).  So, with all the clear-headed thinking you have after being awake for 5 minutes, you pick-up the large pillow and throw it across the room.  The finale of "not cool" is going to look at t

Looking Into Things

There are times when you need to make a change with things you take for granted.   I keep seeing commercials telling me that if I switch to this company I could save such and such.   Or, that if I change from this business to that one, my offerings will expand like crazy.   It's rare that I believe any of those promptings but recently we needed to really look over the numbers in our good ol' bank account and we discovered that a change wasn't only something to think about, it was in our best interest, literally. Making changes to your home owners insurance might be a little off-putting but once you start the process, just by speaking with a representative by phone, it's amazing how your fears can be calmed and questions can be answered.   I wasn't even sure if I knew what the right questions were to ask, and I said that to the Prime Insurance Agency representative, and they were incredibly patient with me.   Nice. Once we were in the process of one chan

Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands

I was surprised when I went to put gas in the van the other day.   I thought gas prices were steadily going down?   Well, the prices had gone up at this particular station and that annoyed me.   My daughter and I were on our way to shop for new tennis shoes so she asked what the pricing was all about.   Oh geez.   If someone my age struggles to understand all that goes into the cost of a barrel of oil how can I explain it to my 11 year old?   It made me think of a book I read to a 6 year old the other day while being a volunteer reader at school, this story was about a child who loved dinosaurs and thought about the fact that they lived in his back yard millions of years ago.   Yeah.   Dinosaurs lived in our backyards.   So my daughter and I talked about that, let our imaginations run wild and came up with a massive plan to find some drilling rigs for sale and put them in our backyard. We actually found some on-line that would be just the right size. Hey, the neighbors may

So True

Our little house is holding two of each of these animals right now.  Their personality differences are amazing. 

I Put My Name On Things

I've been having so much fun with my Scentsy business that the fact my 1-year anniversary is quickly approaching stuns me.  Where has the time gone?  I've been in the direct sales game for years with other companies so I've learned what works best for me and my personality when it comes to how I want to "sell".  I don't sell in others homes, my house is the store front basically, but I still feel it's necessary to use promotional products to add an element of fun to my parties.  (And my Scentsy gatherings are parties, let me tell ya'!). Something I find incredibly useful is a keychain that has a little light on the end.  I dread standing by my car when it's dark out, poking around my car door trying to find the lock to match my key.  I think most of us would like to have a little something to light our way, and if it happens to be a keychain that's promotional materials , I don't think anyone would mind. I've had wonderful cus

Spots There?

While administering medicine to my daughter, for the cold that's on its second go-‘round in this house, I looked at my hands and became very confused.   Where did these age spots come from?   When did the skin on my hands start to look so old?   Were these really my hands??   This could only mean one thing, time to find a new lotion and potion.    I have to confess I love shopping for skin care products .   Next to browsing the laundry aisle (ah, the smells!) I could spend hours looking over the bottles that claim to erase fine lines, diminish acne spots , and cleanse my skin like no other product before.   I love checking out beauty products.   I believe this all began while visiting my grandmother and I become enamored with her jar of Jergen’s face cream.   The label looked wonderful and I loved the smell.    So now I’m in search of a lotion that will help these tired hands of mine.   I’ve heard good things about Murad and I’d like to see what they have to offer.