First of all I have to say THANK YOU! You girls (and a few guys) sure know how to make a girl feel good! It would almost be worth having a birthday every week (if I didn’t have to get older) to get comments like I did yesterday. I loved reading all your birthday greetings [...]
Finding 50}Days 351-357
December 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
We enjoyed a wonderful week at our house. I hope you did too! We had all four kids home for four days and I was in heaven! Unfortunately Clark had to get back to work but we have Logan and Cali through the New Year and I’m going to enjoy every minute of it. Despite [...]
Finding 50}Days 105-111
April 26, 2010 By 17 Comments
A crazy whirlwind week – a 25 hour round trip car ride to Utah for graduation, celebration of boys’ birthdays in just four days, got Cali off to London and a neighborhood potluck dinner at our house! Crazy but oh so fun and there was lots of pretty involved! April 19 – Day 105 I [...]
Finding 50}Days 63-69
March 14, 2010 By 7 Comments
Another week of finding the pretty in being 50! March 8 – Day 63 Loved this photo I took for my photography assignment on light. March 9 – Day 64 Crocus blooming in the garden! March 10 – Day 65 This is a double pretty day! Made this pretty amazing pie for a dinner party [...]
Finding 50}Days 56-62
March 7, 2010 By 8 Comments
What pretty did you find in your week? Here’s mine! March 1 – Day 56 We enjoyed a very pretty 70 degree, bright sunny day in Portland yesterday – there is lots happening out in the garden! They say we may get snow on Tuesday though - yikes!! Hope my pretty daffodils in the woodland path [...]
Finding 50} Days 49-55
February 28, 2010 By 8 Comments
How would you like to win a little bit of pretty this week? Pay a visit over at Find Your Sock Yarn for a chance to win one of my pretty reusable shopping bags! Be sure and check it out!! I apologize to those of you who may have tried to enter the other day [...]
Finding 50}Days 33-40
February 14, 2010 By 15 Comments
With the warm weather we have had here in Portland (warm but rainy) there is a lot starting to happen out in the garden. Some pretty things are popping up!! February 7 – Day 33 We celebrated Valentine’s Day early with our annual Beach Babes and their Boy’s Valentine dinner. My friend April hosted this [...]
Finding 50}Days 26-32
February 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
This week I had fun finding the pretty here at home and in Utah too when I flew there to be with my son when he had ACL surgery. He’s doing great and on the road to recovery! February 1 – Day 26 Pretty pears in a pretty bowl. February 2 – Day 27 [...]
Finding 50}Days 19-25
January 31, 2010 By 5 Comments
It was a busy, crazy week around here . I found I had to make more of an effort each day to find the pretty. Think you will see a bit of a theme this week – sweet friends and family and pretty flowers. January 25 – Day 19 My pretty kitchen calendar. I originally found this [...]
Finding 50}Days 12-18
January 24, 2010 By 12 Comments
My journey in finding the pretty in turning 50 continues…. This week I had a little help in finding the pretty. Tessa found our first pretty for the week. One morning she called me into the laundry room to show me how pretty her dress was with the sunlight streaming through it – she was [...]
