I spent much of the weekend searching for a little -or a LOT of- inspiration. I’ve had the urge to be wildly creative in the last few weeks, but it seems my head keeps getting in the way. I don’t mean to be so depressing and negative lately, I’ve just been trying to figure everything …
I quit smoking a week ago yesterday, after six months of smoking, after not smoking for just over ten years. I smoked about a half a pack a day until I turned 30. I smoked zero for the ten years that followed until I turned 40. And then somewhere in the month after I turned …
I hope you all had the Merriest of Merry Christmases and the Happiest of Holiday Celebrations! My Christmas weekend was not optimal -but that’s okay, I didn’t expect it to be. You see, I have dreaded this time of year since spring. I knew I would be alone, and the thought of that filled me …
Trying to get these two to look at me at the same time is pretty much IMPOSSIBLE without an assistant… but I figured it had been a while since they modeled for me for a holiday post and so I gave it my best shot. I even tried shooting in two different locations to make …
Each November I host a Friendsgiving Dinner with Ecco Domani Wine. Whether it’s just a few friends or a larger group of us, it’s always a very casual, cozy and quaint gathering where everyone feels at home – in my home. This year my Friendsgiving included a group of women that I just adore. We …
As a creative person, I’m always thinking up new ways to do things and new things to create or new businesses to start or be involved in… and occasionally I share those things with other people, especially when I’m excited about them. There are generally two kinds of reactions I get when I share my …
I’ve been writing -or trying to write- all week and although some nights it pours out of me, I’ve been a bit blocked and in a little bit of a rut this week {as many of you have as well}. So instead of trying to edit the gibberish I have gotten down, I thought I’d …
After nearly four years of living in Lake Arrowhead, I think you guys all know how much I LOVE this magical mountain town… and it’s getting better by the day! I probably should’ve waited until next week to share this little piece of fun local news, but since Skypark at Santa’s Village is tentatively supposed …
It’s insane to me just how much is going on in my life right now. So much uncertainty, a bit of craziness, everything up in the air, and it’s strangely nerve-wracking… It’s not at all what I thought my life would look like at 40, but in the midst of it all I have to …
There’s something really kind of fun about hating Mondays. Most of us have it in common, so we’re all on the same page at least two days a week… because, Friday, obviously. So we have these things that unite us, if nothing else, and it makes us feel like we’re all in it together, right? …
* Quote courtesy of Ruby Rose, via Snapchat Being YOU is what makes YOU special… …No one is YOU & that is YOUR power. I have a pale pink post-it on the lower corner of my desktop computer with the above written on it as a reminder to not compare myself to others ~ in …
My husband showed up unexpectedly last Tuesday and hijacked my day physically and hijacked my week emotionally. As you can tell from what I wrote in my last outfit post, I was utterly confused by it all. And even though I made sure to mentally document the negative feelings and the overwhelmingly obvious emotions pulsing …
There’s a part of me that feels like I shouldn’t be talking about this, but as branded as our blogs become, they’re still personal, mine has always been… though I feel like I’ve been holding back for years now… But to exclude the negative and real aspects of life just seems like a lie. I’m …
Just a little bit of Monday Motivation to get you through this day and the rest of the week. It’s always the smallest step forward, an inkling of an idea, a random inspiration, a spark that makes you think I CAN DO THIS! And so today is the day to do so… even if it’s …
Every time I sit down to write about my separation from my husband and most probably, divorce {ugh that word}, I get a lump in my throat, as I have right now typing this. I feel my throat thicken and my shoulders tense up and it scares me, and so I run from it. I …
