A Week Ago Today: Monday

Since I didn't do a lot of sharing about our trip last week I figured I'd do it this week!

(Plus, Handsome Husband and I are preoccupied with shopping for a new car, and soon!

We can only be a one-car family for so long.)

I started my week in LA with this little one.

Coffee for me, hot chocolate for her.

We spent Monday at Universal Studios.

Here is the daily shooting schedule for the lots.

I would have killed to get on the set of CSI!

Here I am with the Apollo 13 space capsule.

Handsome Husband was very excited to see such a big burger!

This was a fun ride.

Even more fun was the fact that HH and I DIDN'T GET SOAKED!! 

The people next to us did, though.

We were on our way into the Transformers 3D ride when Optimus Prime decided to grace us with his presence.

Good human...bald human.

The Delorian.

Some dresses from Les Mis.

Timmy from Passions.

I never watched it, but thought his character was weird-funny.

A Back to the Future set piece.

The cars from the Fast and Furious movies.

I kind of love watching action movies with car chase scenes.

I have seen all of the Fast and Furious movies (except Tokyo Drift) and am anxiously awaiting the release of the new one!

The fountain at the entrance.

Playing around on the set of Jaws.

(I kinda love all of those movies, too...I REALLY like sequels apparently.)

I hope you had a great Monday!

Wish us luck on the car search!

Laters,

Mrs. B

Sunday Social: Pinterest Edition

You know, I this year spring break feels like such a tease.

Is it summer yet????

I just want to lounge in the sun like I did last Thursday.

This Week's Questions:  All About Pinterest

1.  What is your favorite fashion pin?

I love the simplicity of the outfit with the pop of yellow in the blazer.

I wear a lot of black, so this is right up my alley.

Pin from here

2.  What is your favorite food pin?

I think that this could be on the menu this week.

I would add some shredded chicken to up the protein factor.

Pin from here

3.  What is your favorite wedding pin?

Well, I got married before I knew about the wonderful world of Pinterest, but I am in my friend Lindsay's wedding and love to stalk browse her "I Do" board.

I use Instagram all. the. time.

So, I love the idea of having a guest hashtag so that you can see the pictures the guests are taking at the wedding.

Pin from here

4.  What is your favorite DIY/craft pin?

I desperately want to make these baskets for myself...

I can't read the website, but I think I can figure it out.

Pin from here

5.  What is your favorite quote/verse/lyric pin?

I love watching Criminal Minds and Dr. Spencer Reid is my favorite character.

Pin from here

6.  Share one more random pin you love.

I am in love with this cut and style right now...

Must. Try. It. Out.

Pin from here

Next Week's Questions:  All About Twitter

1.  When did you join Twitter?

2.  Who is your favorite non-celeb to follow?

3.  Who is your favorite celeb to follow?

4.  Have you ever had a celeb repond to a tweet?

5.  What is your favorite store/brand to follow?

6.  Give us three tweeps we should be following?

Have a great week!

Laters!

Mrs. B

High Five for Friday! 4.5.13

I have had a FANTABULOUS week here in LA.

I am not looking forward to heading back to Indiana tonight.

Temperature-wise it doesn't look too bad, but I'm going to miss the sun.

I guess I'm also going to have to stash my flip-flops away again for a little while. :(

Here are my top 5!

Handsome Husband and I made it through flying without killing each other.
Our flights out had some drama attached to them, but it ended up just fine.

We went to Universal Studios on Monday.

I love the Jaws movies and I thought this photo was pretty funny.

The rides were great! 

I've loved hanging out with this family this week.
It's too bad that they are all the way out here.
Looks like we will need to start saving our money for another trip!

HH and I hung out at Newport Beach yesterday.
I definitely got some sun.
We laid out in the sun for a bit and then went on an EXTREMELY uneventful whale-watching ride.
Oh well...what can you do?
Being on the water was nice and relaxing, though!

We went to a Dodgers game on Tuesday.
Dodgers stadium is my 8th ball park.
HH and I have a wish to get to them all at some point.

How was your week?

Great as well I hope!

Check out the other high-fivers here. 

We fly back tonight so that we can get back to the real world on Monday.

Laters!

Mrs. B

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What I'm Loving Wednesday...California Edition

I am in heaven.

I am currently sitting in my aunt's living room surrounded by my awesome cousins.

It doesn't hurt that I walked around in the sun all day and that the door is hanging open to let the cooling breeze come through.

Eve is sitting next to me trying to beatbox or something...the joys of being 4.

Check out the other WILW posts here.

I'm basically loving everything this week, but here are some greats.

I'm loving...

sitting at Starbucks with an iced coffee in my hand and the sun on my face;

hanging with my cousins that we only see once a year or so;

listening to Eve sing along to the radio while sitting next to me on the couch;

that I have spent less than an hour on technology of any kind while in Cali (up until now!);

Eve's quotes...(being a goober)... 

Eve:  "What's your name?"  

Me:  "Cousin." (that's what she's been calling Handsome Husband and I this week.)

Eve:  "Kevin?!"

Me:  "Hahahahaha!  Yes, Kevin."

playing Sesame Street Memory with this little one at 7:30 in the morning;

seeing this smiling face every day;

hanging with this cool dude;

watching HH play with Eve's games;

going to breakfast with this little goober; 

I'm basically loving EVERYTHING about California.

I may never go back to Indiana...ok, not really.

I hope you're loving something this week!

Laters!

Mrs. B

Sunday Social (from the airport) 3.31.13

Happy Easter!

Our Lord is risen.

He is risen indeed!

I hope you are having a wonderfully relaxing Easter afternoon. 

Handsome Husband and I are anxiously awaiting our flight to LA.

Therefore, I may or may not be getting a post in every night this week.

I'm going to be out having some fun!

This Week's Questions:

1.  What is your favorite kind of workout to do?

I LOVE indoor cycling.

It is such an amazing workout.

Plus, I have some pretty great gals right next to me each time.

Hi, Faye and Lori!

2.  What is your favorite guilty pleasure candy or sweet?

Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

I love the Americone Dream flavor the most at the moment.

Phish Food is a close second.

Plus, anything chocolate and peanut butter is pretty great, too.

Photo taken from here.

3.  What is one thing you continuously forget to do?

Take attendance and lunch count at school.

Seriously...I'm awful.

4.  Do you prefer Post-its or phone reminders?

I love both.

I am a Post-it addict.

I have an entire baggie of Post-its in my school bag at all times.

(Like, 25 pads or so.)

However, I also use phone reminders a lot.

I use them for things like hair appointments, the chiropractor and other things that I schedule ahead of time.

5.  What is your favorite picture currently on your phone that always makes you smile?

I just took this one today.

Lordy, I adore this lady!

I don't keep many photos on my phone since I'm constantly using them on here.

I hope you have a great week!

I know I will.

Check out the other posts here.

Laters!

Mrs. B

Thrifty Thursday

So, after running my (not so) little tushie off yesterday, I got some much needed down time.

(I actually woke up at 7:30 on my own - which is unheard of - and stayed up - also unheard of.)

I crocheted my little heart out and worked on my granny square quilt while I patiently impatiently waited on the floor lady to show up to give me some stain samples.

She was supposed to show up between 10:30 and 11:30.

So, I wasn't too happy when I had to call her at 12:30 to see if she was coming at all.

However, I got this done in the meantime:

It felt so much more productive to do the innards first and then add the white later.

I am so excited to see it coming together!

I also had to give some pretty explicit instructions to the mailman:

The gorgeous sunlight isn't just a trick of the filter.

It was a gorgeous day today.

I guess it's hard to tell which one is the mailbox.

You know...because one has our house number on it and the other has the name of our newspaper.

Difficult, I tell you.

*insert wry facial expression here*

I don't normally care, but as you can see from the picture just above, the flag was up...

FOR THREE DAYS!!!!!!!

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I hope you had a great day!

Did you do anything thrifty on this gorgeous Thursday?

Laters!

Mrs. B

P. S.  I almost forgot to post something today because I kept thinking that it was Saturday!

Darn "spring break brain".

:)

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What I'm Loving...3.27.13

Happy workaholic Wednesday!

Today is my first day of spring break and I have been running my tushie off all day!

Ug-er-oonie, Batman.

Don't forget to check out the other great posts here.

Even though I've been running around all day, I'm loving that I am on spring break until April 7th!

We get a week and a half this year.

Woot woot!

I'm loving that my mom told me I had a "Memere (my grandma) moment".

I remembered that I didn't have any coffee creamer left this morning when I went down to get my "getting ready" cup-o-joe.

I then couldn't figure out why the coffee looked clear.

Duh!

I turned the machine on but forgot to pour the water in.

I was pretty excited since I didn't have to waste any coffee.

It just doesn't taste the same with skim milk.

I'm loving that my feet are out of hibernation.
My mom and I got manis and pedis today.
I am rocking my black French manicure on my toes.

I'm loving that because of this blog I decided to check out what Forever 21 had to offer.

I used to shop there, but didn't think that their stuff would fit my figure.

I was happily proven wrong!

I got 3 really cute light-weight shirts for our trip to LA and an adorable makeup case.

I'm loving that a friend of mine suggested putting tape on my arm or leg to remind myself of things that I often forget.

It's worked every time.

I'm loving these funny tea-smelling directions at the local coffee shop.

It's kind of sad that they're needed...

I'm loving that I'm a real lady now.

I have more than one perfume to my name for the first time in my life.

My perfume samples in my Birchboxes has made me realize that I like having a choice in scent each day.

Here are a few pins I'm loving this week:

I desperately want to make either of these amazing afghans!  

I adore rainbows.

What is something you're loving this week?

Laters!

Mrs. B