dear santa ...

I have been a very good girl for the first half of 2012 so pretty please bring me a Ryan Gosling Colour Me Good book with a fresh box of crayons early this year. Thank you! xo

thursday's inspiration ...

happy hump day inspiration ...

And my personal inspiration and love ... Chance and Sidney, my twin niece and nephew. xo

"do I get a present too?"

I just had to share this sequence of photos from a birthday party we attended last weekend! Meet Ms. Julia. She is my cousin Suds' daughter with his gorgeous (and delightful) wife Sarah. Suds is a pilot and they live in Hong Kong but come home to visit family and friends whenever they can. The last time I saw Julia in person, she was literally just a little bundle of joy and now, she is a walking/talking little girl - crazy how that happens :)

Since Julia and her big sister Ella live in Hong Kong, I decided to bring them gifts to my other cousin's little girls', Abbey and Ainsley's, birthday party. This is what happened ...

"Hey Julia, it's present opening time!"

"Well what the heck? How come every other little girl has a present except for me?"

"Okay good. This makes more sense. Let the gift opening really begin!"

"Hmm ... this is tougher than I thought!"

  "Clearly I need a little help."

"I know! Nana will help me!" 

"Ah - this is better ... now let's see what we got here."

"That's it? Look at all the goodies the birthday girls got!"

"Whatever! I'm going  back to my swing where I should have stayed in the first place!" 

Big love Ms. Julia! xoxo

a belated birthday present

I just came back from a delicious Subway picnic belated birthday lunch in the park with my girlfriend Crystal.  It was only an hour but whenever we get together, it is like a counselling session for both of us - we talk, we listen, we remember - it is very therapeutic and really wish we could do it more often. The sun was shining and her little dog Charlie got some alone time to run around in the field - it was a great mini break in the middle of the day. She really enjoyed the necklace I made her ... it was sparkly and pretty - just like her! Now it is back to reality and off to set-up for a work event! Enjoy your Tuesday friends!

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this weekend i watched

Yes - I hadn't seen this before. And no - I was not a fan. Yes - I watched it by myself because the husband went to bed early one night. And no - I do not recommend watching this alone. Not scary but not some pretty disturbing scenes to say the least.

1 part Jax from Sons of Anarchy + equal parts soccer (sorry, I mean 'football') = an enjoyable movie! But really, anything with Charlie Hunnam is worth the time it takes to watch it!