Illuminatea

I don't know that I talked about the release of Harry Potter 7 and events surrounding that. First off we did go down late to the big Borders store in the Redmond Town Center. I was amazed at the sheer amount of people there! The children wanted everyone to get dressed up. Devin and I went as muggle parents of a young witch and wizard. The ...

Yesterday and today were just beautiful. Today it got over 70 degrees outside according the thermometer in the shade on my front porch. My garden is looking awesome and I am pleased with my progress. I have slowly been working on getting my Garden ready for spring. I have mown the lawn, and done a touch of weeding here and there between torrential ...

These are my new brown shoes next to my vintage purse! I think they go together wonderfully.

Thursday I made Pecan Pie mini tart and lemon bars for my tea party this coming Saturday. I still need to make scones and at least 1 other dessert but I will get some of that done this week. We also had Treanna’s final choir concert for the school year. They did a pretty good job even if we did show up a bit late. I liked more of the songs ...

Yesterday afternoon I had a hair appointment to get my hair trimmed. It was getting pretty long and fried. See:   My hairdresser cut a good 5-6 inches off since the bottom 4 inches were shredding and splitting terribly. We then decided to cut a few more inches off for good measure as I really wanted some a bit different. Not too short but ...

Yeah! Alaric is feeling better so went back to school yesterday! It is so nice to see him better since he was pretty sick. Just Saturday morning all of the sudden he seemed to breathe easier and everything. He still tires easily but not as bad as he was. Friday night my brother Jon and sister Becca came to visit and spent the night. It was ...

Today did turn out to be a wonderful day even if I did discover that my turn signals were not functioning that well on my little mazda. I ended up going into the office with Devin. Partly so I could have lunch at the Olive Garden with him but also so I could help him put up his office decorations in his new office. We had a wonderful lunch where ...

I normally don't actually post about my own birthday, however for some odd reason I am feeling really good and just want too. Today I am 34 years old. I don't feel old and am actually very happy. It was a bit strange hearing on the radio this morning about how the highschool I graduated from had a shooting. Like I said I am just feeling ...

Today my dress shoes arrived in the mail. They were a lot shinier than I was expecting but they fit wonderfully. They look fine with my purse as well. I am confident they will also look nice with my dresses. Over the weekend we took my mother out to the Cheesecake Factory for her birthday dinner. While we were at the mall we looked around a bit. ...

One of the drawbacks to being a redhead is the fact that shopping for clothes in flattering colors can be a pain for most of the year. The pastels of Spring, the bright tropicals of Summer, and the bright jewel tones of Winter just don't cut it. Even in the fall all the gold, rusts, and oranges usually make me look ill. For the last several ...

This is the first part of some posts about clothing and fashion. Next month I am going with Devin to Las Vegas while he speaks at a large technical conference. It will be really nice as the Godparents will be coming to stay with the children while we are gone. Granted we will only be gone a few days but this will be our first real vacation, of ...