Day 73 ~ Season 3 Sopranos

We did it! We finished season 3 of the Sopranos. I think I cried 3 times in the season finale. After a late night, I think all the energy we had was put into watching the remaining episodes.

Day 72 ~ Limo Ride

Our new thing for the day was celebrating our friends 40th with a hummer limo ride down town. We had so much fun, dinner, martinis, and great company!! Just look at the smile on everyones face!!

Day 71 ~ Helping Others

My new thing for the day was to focus on helping others. Everybody has talents and mine is my creativity so I used that to help a friend. I spent about 4 hours making gigantic flowers for her preschool room along with a rainbow and green vines. It is amazing how helping others really makes you feel. She was so happy when she saw the finished product. I think this is something I need to do more often.

Day 70 ~ Welcome to the 50s

I love aprons. I love how they look, the idea of them, what they represent, and how they make me feel.



My new thing for the day was this adorable apron I got on sale at Fred Meyers. I love it. I feel cute and sassy and it saves my clothes from being messy. I started an apron collection this last year and this is my latest addition. I chose the M for many reasons. My last name, my maiden name and the fact I am commonly know as Mom. I love all that they represent to me. Aprons remind me of a simpler time, my grandmother, my mother, and a sense of pride that comes with being a mother. I often wonder what my great grandmother felt when she wore hers to prepare dinner for her 12 daughters and husband. If only aprons could talk.

My new thing put a smile on my face and on my heart.

Day 69 ~ Out Of My Comfort Zone

My new thing for the day was stepping out of my comfort zone, and getting something I wouldn't normally get.

This Saturday is going to be a VERY FUN night. We are going out with friends for a Birthday celebration. Over the past 7 years, I have seen my sense of style go out the window. Comfort has won over, and fashion has left me. I would like to find something that combines both words, comfortably fashionable into one but that doesn't always seem to work. I stepped outside my comfort zone and got a new pair of earrings for my outfit for this Saturday that are not like anything I own. I am comfortable with stones, I like a sparkly stones in my ear, but I know I am playing it safe so my earrings for Saturday are big, dangly and fun. My 2 year old loved them. She kept telling me pretty mommy, pretty! Lets see if anybody even notices the change! The sales woman even suggested skinny jeans with my sweater, but I don't own a pair and my question is, "Doesn't your butt and hips have to be skinny to fit in a pair of those?"

I stepped out my safety earring zone and I am kinda excited to see what my husband thinks.

Day 68 ~ A Piece Of The Beach

I love the ocean, I love the beach. I think I took it for granted for so long, and now that it is so far away, I have tried to preserve a little piece of it.

My new thing for the day was the little piece of the beach in my bathroom. I bought three cylinder vases from the dollar store and filled them with turquoise marbles, seashells and rocks we collected from Santa Cruz and a candle on top. I put them behind the tub where my photos from Carmel will be going. I must say, it looks pretty nice. Isn't funny how little things can bring back memories, or a sense of peace, or a little smile.

I created something new today, a little piece of the beach.

Day 67 ~ Attention all Shoppers

Have you ever wanted something but put off buying it? I have wanted a CD organizer for over a year and have put it off because of the inner battle in my head of need vs. want!

While shopping the isles of Target for some new school supplies for my daughter, I found an amazing CD organizer. I have been eyeing them over the past year but always felt like they were too much money. I need something that holds over 300 CDs, so I needed the biggest one they had. While walking through the photo areas they had these books on clearance. They look like nice photo albums from the outside but they actually hold CDs or DVDs. I grabbed one of them, like a kid after the pinata busts going in for candy. I started looking through it, and it was PERFECT, so I got two to fit all our CDs. The total was $12 dollars. I was so STOKED! Yes, STOKED!!! I came home and starting organizing the CDS and the funniest part of the whole thing was my husbands reaction. I kept all the booklets and placed them in there case but was getting rid of the plastic cases. My husband keeps everything he owns in perfect condition, so he was a little disturbed buy me throwing away the original case. I offered a suggestion. He could store them in the garage, but that bothered him more, since he hates clutter, so out they went and everyone is happy.

My new thing for the day was my new CD case, and boy I am a happy shopper!!