Fabulous Friday: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec
24

Posted by: Maggie

I thought I’d kick off this Christmas Eve by celebrating a few of my favorite things of this winter season!

1. Eleanor looking adorable in her PJs and boots ready for her classroom Holiday Pajama Party!

2. My brand new super toasty, comfy, and cozy slipper boots! My feet are always freezing, so I usually wear socks around the house, but I slipped and fell in the kitchen the other day, so I decided I needed something with a little tread to prevent future slips! I got these ones at Payless. I also saw some other cute stripey ones at Old Navy the other day, but they didn’t have my size.

3. Scarves! Especially on the fellas!

4. Hats that keep me warm and make me look just a little french. Ooh la la!

5. My Flasher/Kermit the Reporter Trench!

6. Sitting in the living room with only the Christmas Tree lights on.

7. My Grandmother’s Christmas China. Apparently, when I was a kid I told her that I loved them, so when she passed away a few years ago she left them to me. My mother has been clearing out the house since my grandfather passed away earlier this year and she brought the set of dishes to me! I love them! I guess I had good taste as a kid!

8. Belgian Chocolate Mini Bars from Trader Joe’s. Delicious! Especially the dark chocolate espresso ones!

9. My new Christmas mugs! I picked them up at the Goodwill for a buck! Can’t beat that!

10. Taking two weeks off for the holidays! One of which, this past week, has been spent with just Josh and me, while Eleanor has been in school. It’s so nice to get some alone time with my handsome husband. Next week the three of us will be home together all week. I have a feeling we won’t get out of our PJs all week!

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Summer’s Last Hurrah!
Ace Hotel, Palm Springs: Part Three

Sep
30

Posted by: Maggie

Sunday morning of our Palm Springs weekend we got up, showered and dressed, and headed down to have breakfast with Andrew while everyone else was still sleeping. I remember the days when we slept late, but just barely. Andrew is an early riser so he was happy to get up and have breakfast with us boring parents.

We had breakfast at the hotel’s very cute diner-style restaurant, King’s Highway.

The food was super tasty. Although, they put fennel in my hash browns, and I am just not a fennel fan.

Photos of me by Josh! (p.s. He’s getting very good, and he shoots 100% in manual mode! I’m so proud!)

Here’s my drunken “let me tell you something about something” face and accompanying pointing finger:

Although I was not drunk at the time. It was like 8 in the morning.

The best part about breakfast was in the middle of breakfast, when the hostess or manager or whatever she was, said that she had an announcement to make. She said that there were some very important people at the restaurant that morning and whenever important people are there they like to do something special for them and then..she broke out in SONG! She sang “As Time Goes By” for us all while walking around the restaurant. It was amazing!

After breakfast we went to our room to pack up and got a text from Maria, asking when we would be back because Eleanor had been a monster. We had planned on staying until after lunch, but decided that we had better just head right back to relieve poor Aunt Momo! We checked out at about 11am, said our goodbyes, and headed home.

When we picked up Eleanor, we learned that she had been a little terror. She had been cranky most of the time she was there. She kept asking to go home, would not sleep through the night, woke up repeatedly and finally slept for a long stretch from 6-10am, and then would not nap in the afternoon. We apologized profusely and took the very cranky girl home where she almost immediately passed out on the couch and slept for several hours while we unpacked and got dinner ready.

We had a wonderful and much needed little vacation. We wish we could have stayed for one more day, but we still had such a nice, relaxing trip. We were so happy to be able to do it with good friends! Love you guys! Next year Mexico!