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It all started years ago when my mom and her siblings had the idea to make a *book of love* for their mom (my grandma) – each wrote a letter telling her the things they’d learned over the years from her, the example she’d been, and all the reasons they were grateful to have a mom like her, etc. They scrapbooked the pages with photos of their families and presented it when they all gathered to celebrate her birthday. It…
Years ago, my dad entered two drawings into an art competition – and was awarded first and second place. He’s kept these two pieces in a portfolio bag since then…until two years ago when my mom decided to get them framed for his birthday. It re-ignited his love for art and he started really getting into it. What resulted, aside from some really gorgeous pieces, were some pretty incredible heirlooms that I know our family will cherish forever. First up,…
A year ago I would have thought this birthday would have brought the following reaction: And here’s the thing – it still kind of does….I am realizing that I am now the age my mom and aunties were when I was my kids’ ages (they seemed so old haha) – It feels like the older I get the faster time goes by. Not only have I been married for nearly 9 years (unreal), and have two beautiful kids (7 and…
I have loved candles my entire life – often getting suckered in by candle stores and mall kiosks. I love them – though found it difficult when I purchased a particularly pretty or unique one because I didn’t want to ruin it. LOL And I have to admit, I have always been the worst at trimming the wick each time (I know…horrible). And since having kids, having an open flame – no matter how high up – doesn’t exactly give…
Don’t get me wrong – Nachomamatees has tshirts for women too, but how often am I able to feature products for men? Not nearly often enough I say – which is why I was so excited to be offered an item from Nachomamatees. I immediately put my husband to work choosing a tshirt to add to his wardrobe – and considering he still has shirts from high school (true story), this couldn’t have been more perfect. These tshirts crack me…
If you’ve been reading along, you probably remember my first Dolphinaris post. You also probably remember that not only had I been waiting *dreaming* of this for 15 years, but that the experience far exceeded my expectations. It was amazing and I could not have asked for better. So why the second part to this post? Well, quite simply, because there were two parts to this experience… I had planned from the beginning to purchase the DVD of our images…
A few years ago I read a blog post about the writer’s *word for the year*. Having really liked the idea, I decided to adopt the idea for myself. Since then, I have done just that….choosing a word that represented something I wanted more of in my life or wanted to work on – such as my word last year which was, Simplify. What’s interesting about that is last year was anything but Simple. In fact the past two years…