Fun Stuff

Mint file cabinet

Rainbow pattern pens

Do or Die Rifle Note Pad

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Getting ready for a busy weekend

Celebrating August birthdays and we have a lot of them

also, my hubby and son will be home for a few days

and my daughter and her family

so today I have been prepping meals

for the weekend

so I can enjoy every minute of them being here

I love it when we are all together

we will celebrate the birthday's on Sunday

with cake and ice cream

and then off to Mass with the whole family

Petie

Brooklyn Girl

 Brooklyn Girl

 is a casual neighborhood American eatery

 with a sustainable farm-to-table attitude.

It won Best Restaurant of San Diego for 2013.

And that is how my daughter picked the place

she wanted to have lunch at in San Diego

 before she had to head back home to the desert.

The internet is so useful.

The ambiance of Brooklyn Girl made you want to stay all day and

so did the grapefruit soda's from the soda fountain.

They were delicious.

If you find yourself in San Diego,

don't miss it.

Petie

Call Me Crazy...

But I love this flower from Anthropology

I also love their clothes but nothing fits

Everything in their store is made for skinny girls

Dear Anthropology,

I love your clothes.

I wish I could get married again

just to wear one of your BHLDN wedding dresses

and decorate with all of your fancy decorations.

But that's not why I am writing to you, I would like to inquire
why you have something against curvy women?
Your clothes are designed for skinny girls.
In the future, is it possible to design your clothes with us in mind?

Sincerely,
A Curvy girl

Petie

PS and I would still get married to the same man

Not a Chocolate Chip Kind of Day

My hubby lost his best friend last night

I am so sad today

so many memories with a family pet

he was also my hubby's hunting partner

he will be missed

R.I.P. Doc

Petie

Would Somebody Please Have a Ball

One of my favorite parts of

Pride and Prejudice

is the ballroom scene

the one where Keira Knightly plays Elizabeth

from the entrance with all the carriages dropping off the guests,

the fire burning in the urns, the amazing home of Mr. Bingley,

to the ball gowns and men in tuxedo's,

especially, Mr. Darcy

I would love to wear the gown above

I just don't have a ball to go to

Black Floor Length Maxi Tulle and Cotton Jersey Dress

can be found on etsy

Petie

Stuck in Traffic Forever

I went to town today

(if you grew up in Buckeye,

that's what you call going into the big city)

to pick up my son's birthday present

he has wanted an old ice chest forever

a really old one

but all the one's I have seen on the internet

are way out of my price range

but yesterday,

as I was looking on instagram,

one of the junk in the trunk girls was having a sale on instagram

and had posted a pic of a coleman ice chest

it was old, but not that old

I thought it would be perfect for his birthday,

and it would save me from running around in this heat

looking for one and it was priced right

I also scored some great furniture from the Salvation Army

for the next vintage sale while I was killing time

waiting to pick up the ice chest

on my way home I got stuck in traffic

if there's anything I loathe,

it's traffic that is not moving on a freeway

a big truck hauling watermelons overturned in the tunnel

and so all traffic was detoured OFF OF THE FREEWAY

yes, all 10,000 cars that were on the freeway and not moving

were detoured to a two lane road

it's a good thing I had my I phone to distract me

Petie

Summer 2013

I love this bag

you can find it here

traveling

plus

computer problems

equals

no blogging

In early June

I went to the beach

my favorite place in the whole world

I love the water and the sand

we ate good food

had beautiful weather

and

watched a drug bust go down at one in the morning

as we were peeking over our third story balcony

with helicopters  and a squat team

a couple of houses down from where we were staying

scary stuff but exciting to watch

we also visited the San Diego Zoo

my least favorite thing to do in the whole world

but I sacrificed for my grandson

I was home for just a few days

and then onto Reno

where my hubby and I drove to Lake Tahoe

BEAUTIFUL

the water in that lake

is absolutely breathtaking

I want to go back in the winter

we also visited

Carson City and Virginia City

I love the feeling

of the old west in that part of the Country

so much history

and finally,

the Fourth of July

with family

at a resort with a big pool

the only way to spend Independence Day

in the desert

I better go

my grandson was here for a week

and my house is a mess

time to get busy

Petie