What 30 feels like

A wonderland room ...

beautifully adorned with color, textures and love

delictable treats to tempt the pallet

a surprise to delight the senses

celebrating with the almost all the people that fill my heart

sushi and toasts of love and happiness

a yellow polka dotted cake from my favorite bakery

and a little blue box from my one and only love . . .

makes for a very happy 30 year old girl!

Contemporary-Vintage??

I saw these posters on Unplggd and I adored them. They were designed by a Sao Paula ad agency called Moma. I love the look and feel of vintage advertisements and I love that Moma used this design for such contemporary social media programs. I mean back when this style of design was prominent social media wasn't even a glimmer on the horizon! Just adore the wittiness! I may even print them, distress them, and hang them in our house!

Weekend Love

I know I have been a horrible blogger lately and there really is no excuse . . . Yes, I have been busy, but one of my goals was to document more and, alas, I have failed miserably. Oh well. I guess this means my blogging can only improve.

Anyway I felt that this past weekend definitely deserved a post (even if I have no pictures) for it was a very momentous weekend. Why? Well because my eldest niece, Hanna, left for college (she's the first of the 'little ones' to go) and not just any college - she left for CAL!!!!!!!!!!!! Geoff's alum :) We are both very excited for her!

If that wasn't enough, there's more! My dearest hubs was in a tennis tournament this past week (he hasn't played since HS) and he won!! I am so proud of him!! He had games every night last week and then on Saturday and Sunday he had three games in a row. He really worked hard and it truly paid off :) He won his 3.0 singles round and his 3.0 doubles and came in second for his 3.5 doubles.

And last, but certainly not least ... my dad's birthday was on Saturday!! I know I have said this before, probably many times before, but my dad is amazing. He is always there when you need him and he drops everything to help us (and my siblings too) when we have one crisis or another. He's fixed our sprinklers too many times than I can count, he helped paint our entire house when we first moved in, he crafted us our amazing entertainment system, and the list can go on and on. To celebrate him we gathered for drinks and dinner at my parents. We were all there (except the college bound one) and it was the perfect way to end a wonderful weekend.

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Worries

I'm sitting here at work on a formerly furlough Friday to read about the Governor's recent order. Federal minimum wage for all state workers. This equivalates to $1227 before taxes for our monthly salary which is well, well, well below what Geoff and I are used to.

I am stressed.

I am angry.

I am disappointed.

I am super, duper stressed. Did I mention that already??

I know there are loans with low interest rates and, luckily, we have very supportive family and friends but that doesn't really ease the sick feeling I have in my stomach. I hate feeling like a pawn in some stupid political game and I hate that I have no voice or say to what happens to my income.

And then someone posted this on facebook:




I was amazed.

I was inspired.

I was hopeful.

I still am super duper stressed.

But I know that things could be a lot worse for us. We have each other, we have our pups, we have the most amazing support system, we have love, hope, courage and strength.

So from now on I will try to have no worries . . .

The Portico

According to Dictionary.com a portico is "a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch" sounds lovely, doesn't it?? Well, thanks to Aaron, my awesome brother in law, we're getting one!! He's been working his butt off building us our very own portico for our backyard. It gets so hot in the summers it will be nice to have a beautifully shaded patio to read, play with the pups, hang with friends, and, of course, BBQ!!

Pictures to come soon :)

Happy Earth Day!

As the wise Leonardo da Vinci once said "Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous."

And to celebrate this day (that should be every day) here are some of my favorite images (shells and hearts) from flikr . . .