August, 2014

Anticipation

Today at 10:45am we are flying up north to the San Francisco/Sonoma County area to visit my family. As you might recall if you read yesterday’s post, my grandpa is very sick and has now stopped eating and drinking. Yesterday he was moved to a hospice facility and is sleeping…

Goodbye, Dorothy: Dealing with Loss

As you might recall, we adopted Dorothy the goldfish when our neighbors moved to Vermont…and to be honest I was a bit terrified. My only experience with having pet fish was when I won a few goldfish at a fair when I was about seven years old. Tragically, within a…

Personal Picks for Nordstrom Sale

Nordstrom, in all of their infinite wisdom, is having yet another sale. And I, in all of my ‘infinite’ shopping prowess, have gone ahead created a curated collection just for you guys with my favorite selection of boots, booties, heels, sandals, and sneakers to make your shopping a little easier….

Beach Day at the Santa Monica Pier

Confession: considering that we live only about ten minutes from the beach, it’s rather pitiful when you count how many times we have actually GONE to the beach. We drive by it just about every weekend and gaze at the sand and the sun and the people laying out and…

Disneyland: Fail

Poor Little C had been talking about going to Disneyland for months (she loves it there so much), and we had been planning to go with Big C’s family to the park so that she and cousin Riley could go on the rides and play; meet characters, eat treats and…