Just some stuff......and some fun...

Do you notice something odd about this Annie? If you do, leave a comment about what it is and what you think happened to cause this...and heres a hint, it wasn't pretty.....and I will send you enough perfume samples to keep you smelling pretty for awhile, first correct comment wins...

Im loving all this yellow, and I think I have to have the cupboard, IKEA...ya gotta love Ikea...

I had a cold last week, and look what came in the mail..........riccccooooollllllaaaa...........thanks cupcake....Im yodeling again, can you hear me???


Speaking of cupcake, look what she surprised me with at our lunch last week.....an adorable table topper, the cutest Valentine pillow, and shoe bag she made, and I love it, and so do my Donald Pliners....and some Sally Jean goodness!!!!!!
I love my goodies, thanks so much cupcake!!!!
I was so sad last night to see Dane booted from the Biggest Loser....NOT fair!!

Lunch with the diet Nazi.....

Lunch and shopping with our diet challenge master was on the agenda today.....try to be good when shes watching every move you make...she even caught me snagging a free sample of almond cluster while we shopped!!!! Here she is, she usually trys on hats, but today, Easter Eggs, very large Easter eggs,lolol



AND try to be good at Famous Daves BBQ.....ya right....


I was so inspired by Glennis crepe paper creations I tried one of my own, really gussied up this simple brown bag didnt it?? They are fun and easy, and I will be making more.....
Finally the rain has stopped and we had sunshine today......I hope it lasts more than a day...............

Cold day....HOT soup

We are on "STORM WATCH" here in So Cali....now I know that just makes all of you crazy that live where it REALLY gets cold, but none the less, I had to turn my heater on for the second time this year......and I NEVER turn my heater on, so I decided to warm us up with a recipe I watched Rachael Ray make on her show...now Im a foodnetwork junkie, I just love watching Paula and Sandra and Ima do their magic, but today I made magic in my kitchen, and YOU can too!!!!! This recipe was so easy its almost a sin!!!! Im not going to type it here because you can go here and type in spicy shrimp and bok choy noodle bowl and it will give you a printable version you can just print and take to the kitchen....easy peasy!!!!!



I did have to go to the market in the pouring rain because I did not have ginger OR clam juice or mushrooms, and btw, my store did not have shitake mushrooms so I just used the brown ones, but let me tell you this noodle bowl was as good as I get at my fav chinese place, even better cuz it had more shrimp!!!! So head on over to the foodnetwork website and print it out, its so easy, went together in 1/2 hour, and yummmmmoooooo!!!!!!! AND I think, because its Diet Challange Monday, this recipe fits the bill, NO fat, lo cal.......speaking of Diet Monday, I have not been able to walk for a few days because of the rain, that coupled with Valentines day and the steak and Lobster we had for dinner and the cheesecake we had for dessert.....and the Bobs Big Boy we had yesterday on the way home from a visit to Morongo casino, ahhhhh....I doubt theres any loss here!!!!!
OK, Im off to snuggle under a blanket and watch Sex in the City......

Inspiration arrived.......

I have been complaining about having no inspiration or motivation...well, Glenni to the rescue...remember this book that she sent me for Christmas with instructions and fun monthly packages of goodies to follow.....well, my first package came today, yeaaaaaa.....lots of fun embellishments and goodies to do the first month of January, and some Feb goodness too!!!!

TOO much fun!!!! Now I have a project!!!!! ( like I have no other projects, lolololo, my LIFE is one big unfinished project!) BUT this one is going to be so much fun, its a book of all the 12 months, a years worth of memories....

My word for the year, GRATITUDE....will be a big part of January's pages, and today Im very grateful for Glenni, thank you for making the mail FUN!!!!!

Speaking of Glenni, once I saw that frame on her blog I was on a mission, I love that I can change this monthly as well, or for whatever season or occasion!!!!

And finally I just had to have this little bit of bliss, Happy Valentines Day to ME,lololol

CVS and other goals.....

This is my CVS haul from yesterday.....I have been slacking on my frugal shopping, and one of my 2009 goals is to get back to CVSing and the Grocery Game. It just makes sense in these times. Last year I did not pay for ANY toiletries, pain relief medications, and hardly any cleaning supplies....and I noticed my toothpaste and excedirin stash is low....and I realized I had not CVSed in months. Just got lazy I guess. SO with coupons in hand I managed to get all this stuff for 26 cents out of pocket, and I left with about 10.00 in extra bucks, which means THEY paid ME for all this stuff!!!!! If you want to learn how to do it, go to www.moneysavingmom.com....this gal is amazing!!!!

My other goal, was supposed to be finished by January, but I didn't make it....maybe it was the summer weather we had.....at any rate, my goal was to organize all my scrappy stuff and my sewing stuff so I know where everything is. Do any of you ever buy stuff you already have because you cant find it?????? So now I know where everything is, and I dont have to run to Michaels because I cant find black floss, or scrapbook paper, or a stamp pad......So Im almost done with it....maybe a couple more weeks, then , onto to the drawers......



Somehow every drawer in my house has become a junk drawer..........
OH and I almost forgot, or I'd like to forget, diet Monday....Im not wieghing myself every week any more, because its just too depressing...but I did walk a few times last week, until it started raining, and I will make it a goal to walk an hour everyday......also, I never posted my salad recipe so heres my fav:
take the kernels off of 4 cobs of corn and parboil, just for a couple of minutes. Mix together with an avacado cubed, a 1/2 of a red onion chopped, and a diced tomato. add a few tablespoons of chopped cilantro, and then squeeze in the juice of 2 limes, and add a bit of olive oil.....some kosher salt, pepper and mix well....HEAVEN!!!!

I love dishes......

And I really love them when I can get an amazing deal on them....like these awesome flower salad plates with the orange dinner plates......won't they make a cool spring or summer tablescape...AND, drum roll please.1.18 each at Pier One, one of my fav stores!!!!!! 75% off, now thats a sale...not like I NEED dishes, but thats almost FREE! I can see them now, with a cool daisy centerpiece????

I love these green salad plates, coupled with white dinner plates and the green napkins......courtesy of Pottery barn....1.98 each, for the dishes AND the napkins!!!!!!

I LOVE red and these bird plates look so cool with my red fiesta ware.......inagine a valentine tablescape?????? With love birds????

These are my favs, I got these at Williams Sonoma many many many years ago, and I still adore them!!!! I love them in July with red mixed in for the 4th of July...

Now all I have to do is find a PLACE for my new finds.....

No fall....no winter??

I planted my flowers today, remember the cute metal ones I found a couple weeks ago.....they match my door mat perfectly.....

AND they match my flag too............

It just feels like here in So Cal we are getting the brunt of the global warming??? Sunday it was 80 degrees, Hubby and I went to the beach, slept on the sand, bliss....

Im feeling a bit crafty, and its almost Valentines day....a little glitter and some hearts, hummmmmm.........


OK, I thought I had kicked this addiction last year, but it seems every January it comes back....knitting is so relaxing, especially if the yarn is fun to knit with.....but theres just something odd about knitting scarfs when its in the 80s,lololol...and sadly, thats all I know how to knit.
Ok, dont throw snowballs at me but Im off to plant some sweet peas.........