Breakfast in Bed....luxury

When you want to treat yourself, what better way than breakfast in bed!
For some of you cooking may not be your strong suit, but careful planning and you can create
a beautiful moment without leaving home!
Collect great teacups and old napkins to make your warm cup of goodness sparkle.
Even a simple tray adorned with tasty morsels looks like English bone china! lol
I have my bed dressed in all white which gives a zen like feel with it's crispness.

I stayed at a hotel and it had simple all white linens on the bed and it was gorgeous.
I mixed the textiles (I wish you could see the detail in every layer :) )to add depth.
The stacked trunk set I have had for over 11 years and holds all kinds of girly finery!

Just start with something simple as tea in bed and build from there!

kisses and lashes

Tea Forte..a lovely way to drink tea!!!!!

One Mother's Day my oldest daughter bought me a tea set from Tea Forte
and I have been in love ever since.
The tea cup and it's lid was so dainty I knew she had created a new habit I would not soon break!
The silk triangle tea infuser just makes the experience more lady like!

The newest to my tea time is the insulated infuser for my loose tea....
omg..i love the variety pack that came with it. I now have about 5 new teas to add to my favorites list.

Please try to make even a cup of tea special.

we only have this moment...oops now its' gone.........

Ran away with the iPad!!!

So how do tell a without sounding like your bragging?
Io am crazy about this pad...oh yes i am blogging right now from a coffee shop and baby I am on cloud nine!
I thought okay, i will email and surf the net..but omg the games are addicting and the web searching is insane how fast it is.
So, if I was to tell you should you buy one..honey if you could see how jealous my bike is..loll
But i have them out together to make sure they get along!

Is my hubby a little jealous...oh yeah..the kids...think so..
They should be..I LOVE THIS THING!
..so I won't add insult to injury by adding a picture..but you can imagine my smile..yeah and as I type this on a sunny day..
Janet Jackson is singing in my ear!


Love ya..

(not as much as the iPad though)

Waffle takedown....DUN DUN DUN DUUUUN

Mothers Day '10

started out on a covert

mission to get a waffle!!

No kids in sight..

two mothers out

to satisfy themselves with

great company and

a perfect way to say

I am a cool mom!

Bread and Ink on Hawthorne

hit a home run again.

Angela (my sister from another..you know)

spoiled me with her company and treated me to

an amazing morning.

As you can see from the pic

there was carnage.

No I am not ashamed.

I join the leagues of waffle

cone sures

and counted myself to be among the elite!!

This is my second Mothers Day at the B&I

and I plan to be there in '11

with bells on!

Join Me?

kisses and lashes

Running away!

Okay..

if you know anything about me you would know

I LOVE my bike.

You won't find me pestering you

riding down crowed streets,

but on a quiet block smiling at the neighbors and

daydreaming in every large 80 year old home.

I took my dear love out and rode for an

hour and stopped at Grant park.

My intensions are to read, but

the surroundings are so electric, I was

too distracted.

The sound of the tennis balls were like a heart beat.

Then the kids squealing was like music.

The trees..grass and sounds...man oh man.

It was like being in the heart of a happy person.

No book could compare.

(plus the book was trite)

Our cities are squeezing tight and

finding quiet green space is precious...

get out and explore your city...

just don't get in my way

when you see the pink helmet coming

MOVE!

lol

kisses and lashes

Letting go

How do you let go of your child?

What a complicated and tangled duty.

I wished for her

I dreamed of her

I carried her

nursed her

changed her and my whole world

Now, I am being asked to let her go.

To live with a lives work and then open your door

and say bye...huh uh..don't want too

you may say its right but I want her, little ,

smiling at me and not seeing my shortcomings

thinking I made the sun come up.

sitting in my rocker to nurse at 2 am SHARP.

Laughing crying SCREAMING..

clutching pushing..the mother daughter

dynamic is STILL the most intricate of all the

relationships...but is deep

self observing and amazing.

If I could tell you one thing..

I never willingly want to let my babies go..

but life calls for them from day 1.

Imposing itself on my time with them.. now she is

18 and full of anticipation...

OK WORLD.. I am letting go

and you better treat her right...

love her

honor her

listen to her

see..her

please.

signed :heartbroken mother of a new woman.

Working: only for the OLD!

Okay... all I am sayin' is

here I am at the peak of my life sitting

at a desk idle, and when the buzzer rings

I escape to what light is left to then live

for 3 hours and 20 minutes.

For a moment imagine

the system was set up for us to live

our retired lives from 25-55.

Ahh you see it huh.

You graduate and work into the system for 7 years

with only a stipend to live on.

THEN

you hike, bike hell trike

everywhere.

You pay forward and you pick

where you want the 7 years of work to pay for: travel, gardening

building and so on.

During the 30 years you only have to work a week a month

to pay forward towards the lifestyle

you have created in the 7 years.

******

Imagine what mountains, discoveries and lives

you could construct while you were

young enough to do it.

Then as you glide into 55 you

REALY and TRULY have an

idea how to share a WEALTH of knowledge

and work with more passion.

1. you would live longer

2. have little to No regrets

3. raise children with EASE

I am just sayin'

there is to much life for me to discover

and time is...well

BACKWARDS.

I want to run and play more than ever and

my body says "hurry up".

Just a thought.. so jump rope while you still can

and don't put off ANYTHING!

today is all we have!

kisses and lashes