Tag: Orange County
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365 Photo a Day-Week Two
I made it through my second week of “a photo a day,” and actually used my camera over my cell phone. The one thing I noticed in doing this project, I was taken back to my days in photography school. It reminded me of when I crawled around my yard trying find things to take…
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365 Photo a Day-Week One
Rather than post a photo a day here on the blog I decided to do a post of my week of photos a day. Since today is the 7th, I wanted to post my first week of photos. Being that I flaked on the first week and only took pictures with my cell phone, that’s…
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Audrey at Halloween
I finally got around to editing our halloween pictures! Emma was Audrey Hepburn. We were so busy running around all day, and spent so much time getting her ready, we had a hard time getting out before dark. We did get some pics and here they are. I couldn’t believe how grown up she seems. She’s…
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To Beach or Not to Beach
This weekend we started looking at a places to rent. Because of the area we live in, we can only afford an apartment, condominium, or townhouse. There are a ton of options around us. We looked on line and our realtor sent us some listings too. We live in a nice area but everything tends…
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Heart Strings
Today is the first day of Emma’s violin lessons! Ever since she saw Lettice Rowbothham audition for Britain’s Got Talent, she’s been obsessed with learning how to play the violin. I think it’s amazing when an artist can cross a generational line and bring new interest to a musical instrument. Personally, I’m very thankful! I’m thrilled…
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A Little Fall Lovin’
My favorite time of year is Fall. I love the feel in the air and that subtle melancholy that seeps into my soul. My family laughs at me because when we are out shopping, smelling candles and looking at holiday decor, I cry. It’s silly, I know, but I can’t help myself. Certain smells just…
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Running 8
What?! Stage 7? I can’t believe it! As you know, I stayed in stage 5 last week to get a little stronger. It was a good idea because I finished on top this week. The runs went smoother and I actually spent a lot of time thinking and looking around enjoying the scenery. When that…
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Throwback Thursday- love
This image is of Allie and Pandy. They were two and five. They are now Alix and Amanda. They are 21 and 19. This is a photo of them when I was a young single mama raising them on my own. I remember feeling terrified I wasn’t going to be able to make it. I was…
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Inspiration Saturday 8/23/14
“Emerald Bay” by Michael – originally posted to Flickr as Emerald Bay. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emerald_Bay.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Emerald_Bay.jpg T his week has been filled with a different type of inspiration hunting for sure! Instead of looking through magazines I’ve been on home finding sites! My husband has three years before he…
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Staycation- San Juan Capistrano
A couple of Inspiration Saturdays ago I posted a Sunset Magazine article about visiting San Juan Capistrano. This weekend Emma and I bopped on down to San Juan just to have a stroll of the area Sunset had written about. It’s an area we frequent often but rarely as tourists. So, on Friday we pretended…
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Inspiration Saturday 8/9/14
I don’t know what happened this week while thumbing through my magazines. My biggest inspirations were to bake a lot of desserts, eat them along with everything else I saw and then to drink a lot of wine. Same old magazines, different mindset for sure. As we approach the end of summer I’m getting more…
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Running! 5
Guess what?! We just finished week 3 of “Run Your Butt Off“! How are you feeling? Are you still going strong? I have struggled this week because 2 minutes of running at a time kept feeling like my timer was broken and was forgetting to sound off. I kept saying,”Hey, this feels like longer than…
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