Cupcakes and Coffee

What a lovely surprise I came upon when I entered our employee break room this morning. My boss's wife had made cupcakes for us, and they were sitting in a row, just waiting to be consumed. What an amazing way to start my Friday! I caved and had coffee with my cupcake because, well, it just seemed to go together so well.

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Elliot and Allison

What a fun evening we had last night. I met up with my niece and her family at the beach after my husband had picked them up. The girls played in the sand a bit, then we headed here for some uber yummy Mexican food. The girls were quite entertaining at 4 and 6 years old. I was amazed at how loving they were to each other, hugging, touching, giggling, making goofy faces at each other. It was quite endearing. I enjoyed it immensely, too bad they have to leave tomorrow :(

Familia

Sooo excited!!! Just found out that my niece and her family are out here visiting Mickey Mouse! They'll be coming down to the beach this evening to hang with the Flynn's. A trip to the sand and maybe dinner at Ruby's at the end of the pier might be in order. Ohhhh - to squeeze her two little munchkins - can't wait!

Giddy

This weekend for Mothers Day, I got a pedicure. And I was just giddy! So I thought about what else in life makes me squeal like a little girl out of pure joy.


Following is my list of current top 5: (I reserve the right to add to this list at any moment)



1) Painted toenails

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2) Lady Bugs




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3) Flowers





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4) Rolly Pollys







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5) Rolly Polly Babies!!!!





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Pooh-ism

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.” ~ Winnie the Pooh

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Cleaning Update

Well, I must come clean - I kinda blew it on Tuesday. Yeah, didn't quite make it 24 hours of detox....but it was cinco de mayo and traditionally "when in Rome, do as the Romans". Plus, look at them, don't they make your mouth water? So I succumbed to the Margarita. Thankfully I didn't go crazy, but I do feel bad that I lasted less than a day. I'm back on the wagon tho, and have had great food choices the past two days.

I'm looking forward to the weekend, we should have glorious weather - Yay beach day!

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Spring Cleaning

Well spring has definitely sprung here in So Cal (okay, so it’s kind of springy all year round). But in honor of spring, I have decided to do some spring cleaning. As I mentioned here, I have been off coffee for 3 weeks now (still hard for me to believe). And have decided to add not only caffeine to my cleansing list but also dairy, red meat, sugar and alcohol. For the month of May I’m going to try my darnedest to stick to my guns and really relish in the detox of junk that I have accumulated in my body for the past 40+ years – bletch! Sugar shouldn't be difficult as I don’t really have a sweet tooth (I say this now). But dairy, red meat and my vino will be a bit more difficult. I’ll keep you posted as to my struggles, today is day 2 and so far so good.

On the literal end, I still have my daughters’ room beckoning me. At least we've cleared out a pathway now! Is there anything that you would like to clean out this spring? What is it and how do you feel about tackling that area?

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