Dogeared & The Wonderful Gifts...

E & I are attending a graduation get together for one of his employees this evening. I love the Dogeared line of jewelry and have and do own some myself. Now I say owned because I like a lot of their wish and other types of jewelry that say your wishes come true when the string finally breaks. I ended up getting this as a gift for the graduate.

The Pearls of beauty, love, friendship, joy, happiness & it's a beautiful little pearl on a black string with a clasp. Sweet and to the point. I do hope she enjoys the necklace.

My point of this blog is short & sweet. I love their jewelry line and now that I've been to their website I'm even more hooked! So if I have to buy you a gift and you're a lovely lady in my life guess where it may come from going forward...

Friendship Anniversay

I just have to say that it's really nice to see the friendship between my daughter and her best friend. They met the 1st day of 2nd grade and the next day my daughter received a birthday present from this new friend who she had never ever met before and the rest is well, history.

Today we went to Disneyland to celebrate their 2nd Friendship Anniversary. They even coordinated their outfits for each other. My daughter wore blue for her best friends favorite color and her best friend wore a shirt about blonde's lol.

I love to watch their friendship grow and even with little arguments they always pull through on their own and even call each other sisters.

I was touched that they allowed me to hang out with them today even though I was always the one sitting alone lol

Yeah to new and old friendships that continue to always grow!

Kaila & Michal

Sunday....

It's finally down to my final week. I can't believe a year has almost passed. My goal for this final week is to just be. Just be ok with who I am so there would be no regrets...period. I want to do something even more with my family so they know how much they meant to me and really be present for them this week.

There has been a lot of death around me lately but not with my family or directly connected to me. My bosses mom is dying at her home and I work there, my daughters class mates mother died, her class mates brother was killed. It seems death does happen and whenever it happens we really have no choice. Be right sized.

Today we celebrate Eric. We will be celebrating the last 12 years of his life and will also be going to lunch with some of our close friends and with Miss Kaila and little Charlie. It's supposed to be beautiful today! I'm looking forward to this day with my family and friends. This will be the last time for the practices purposes that I will see some of these friends and I'm trying to figure out my good-bye (for now) but I know the words will come to me when the time is right.

Weekend of Fun

This weekend was great...sure it started with a lovely migraine but I got to spend time with friends, breakfast, lunch & dinner & coffee all equaling a lot of catching up.

It's been nice to stay on the westside more and really limit my trips to the valley. It's really helped me thus far to become more connected. Kaila has been going with me to Kick Boxing classes and the instructor includes and encourages the kids to be there with the mothers and doesn't charge extra for them. That so rocks!

Here's a pic of Jill and I with our new hair do's. I went black to match my eyebrows (and to cover the gray) and Jill went more blond and I really like it.

On a side note, I've ordered through EBay "Dead Until Dark" and plan on reading the whole series. I am not into the whole vampire thing or books but I'm hooked to True Blood on HBO and they say if a movie is great the book is better so I can wait for the book to come.

Finally, I received an email from The Bellagio for a winter special and I'm taking Eric for our birthdays to relax and enjoy ourselves for the weekend. I can't wait!!!

I'm going to practice what my dear Lynn told me yesterday and live a week of non fault finding even within me and this will be a nice practice.

Have a great week!

Disney Princesses on Ice

The girls had a wonderful time as we enjoyed our first Mother/Daughter night with K and 4 of her friends.

Sure we had the crazy lady behind us who pulled one of the girls down because she was standing and then proceeded to talk through the whole show but the girls had a blast. We took two cars and switched moms at the end of the night.

I was shocked how much Cotton candy was ($10.00) and popcorn ($6.00). The girls shared wonderfully and it was great to see them have a blast.

K loves her pals and I loved seeing her have so much fun, well those Princes on Ice weren't too shabby either and me and another mother enjoyed them as a great part of the show lol.

Well, off to another day...It's hubby's Birthday (:

Growing Up

It's getting close to when I say good-bye for now to one of my best friends, maybe my best ever (it's odd how I love our morning calls where I ramble a lot) who has been through so much with me and has put up with me. Though I'm sad I remember the following....

We all grow up. Over time we all get older and settle down. We find our other half, sometimes we marry and even have kids. It's really just a part of life.

Though I am sad, I have to remember that in the future my husband and have thought of moving to Long Island. Another friend of mine wants to move about 2 hours away south and one of my other dear friends (though she's back) moved to Maryland a couple of years ago.

So, my point is that even though we all grow up, and sometimes this does mean we move, well, we can all keep in touch and never lose those friendships that we've gotten over the years. I know this also will help a friendship grow because you have to put a bit more into it since the friend isn't right around the block anymore and it does give an excuse for traveling (:

In closing I know that I will be sad later this month but I also know that she will be starting a new adventure and will be doing new things. For this..I'm extremely happy for her I wish the best to her and her husband in all that they do. I understand this is just a part of life but I've been in this mode where I didn't really see the end of the month coming, not denial, oh I can't explain it. I guess I'm just so used to her being a part of my daily life with calls and all. Anyhow, since it is approaching and they're having a packing party in a couple of weeks I know that it's time and well, that can make ya sad and happy all at once.

I hope this made sense. ~ Until next time ~ moi