As I mentioned last week, Louie and I were going overnight all the way to Fashion Island, approximately 4 miles from our house, to the Marriott to get away alone for a whole night. After messing around with the Islands Hotel and my Living Social voucher and checking all the other suggestions I received…
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Brighten up your space in 5 minutes for free…
I love to have fresh flowers in my house at all times, but I can’t always make that a reality. I grew up in house where my mother always had vases of fresh flowers everywhere and of course I would love the same for my family. Prior to the recession I probably spent $25…
I hate having red hair!
Today is day 17 of having red hair and I feel like I may lose it soon. It seems as if my hair has been red forever, not just 17 days. Time flies when you are having fun, but time stands still when you hate your hair color! My hubby keeps asking me “when are…
Sorry, but if your child isn’t good, they should sit on the bench!
I may become very unpopular today but I don’t really care. I was going to write this post last week but I was in such a twitter about the whole subject I decided to calm down and wait so I could discuss my opinion like a reasonable human being. Here it…
everything I didn’t tell you this week…
Have you ever noticed when you talk to someone almost everyday you always have so much to say and yet when you talk to someone you haven’t seen in forever you are sometimes stumped on how to carry the conversation? Well, that is how I feel about my readers. I write stuff to you everyday,…
Super weird side effect from a new seizure medication
Last month, Tiara’s neurologist prescribed her a new seizure medication that just came on the market, called Potiga. Even though Tiara is only having a few seizures each day, which is super fabulous for her, she is so sedated she can’t do much until the afternoon each day. Our plan was to add this…
Are your pupils the same size?
I am just going to say it straight out, I hate going to the eye doctor. I would rather have a pap smear than get my eyes checked. Crazy but true. On Monday, I realized that I only had 3 days of my contacts left and from past experience I know you need a…
A crayon fundraiser for Tiara!!!
This past Saturday morning Tiara had a big surprise. Avalon, a 6th grader at Newport Heights Elementary, my Alma mater, came over to our house with her Mom, Gina and brought with them boxes and boxes and boxes of crayons. WOW! Tiara was so excited she kept saying “thank you, thank you, your welcome,…
Do you think it is rude to send a thank you note via email or text?
Now that my birthday is over, I have a few thank you notes to write and I am contemplating how to get them done. I grew up super old school, where a written thank you note was to be sent within 2 days of receiving any gift. I tried to teach my children the…
I had quite the scare today!
Today was one of those days where everything didn’t go exactly wrong, but just different than I planned. Tiara and I usually walk with a friend on Wednesdays but this morning I had an early auction meeting for the school at 8:15am. My plan was to do Tiara’s medicine a little early and bring…