I Love You bracelets

My Kindle DIL ran across a note recently from her mom 

who passed away at a very young age from cancer and is still greatly missed by her daughters.

She had it made into bracelets for her and her sisters. 

How beautiful is this story..........

Pureology Shampoo & Conditioner

Kindle DIL gave me Pureology shampoo & conditioner for Christmas 

along with other fun things.

I love my Redkin shampoo but she has been raving about Pureology 

for about a year now so I gave it a try today. 

I will concede that my hair is much softer but still has the body I need to hold a curl.

The best part tho is that you use such a small quantity of the product.

I'll let you know how it goes and if I'll convert from Redkin!

Christmas Ornaments

Today is the day to put the ornaments on our tree. When I finally settle things down & begin it’s something I truly enjoy. The opening of the boxes & the unwrapping of each precious one opens the floodgate of memories. I have some from my mom and I think how she put those on their tree year after year. 

How I love being the caretaker of them now.

Also the ornaments she personally gave me over the years that she knew would 

be meaningful to me like the glass horse! 

She gave it to me the year I threw caution to the wind and scraped some money together & took riding lessons.

( I was the girl who always asked for a pony all year.... all the time.)

Friend Libby gave me some extraordinarily unique ones as well and though I rarely see her how I love the times when we get together.

Here are just a few of the special ones I have.

Beautiful Angels from Germany

So fragile it's scary!

 

I finally got my horse!

Whimsical x 2

"Libby Ornaments"

The Great British Baking Show

I am addicted to The Great British Baking Show! 

I look forward to being able to sit down and watch all the charming people each week. 

AND

I love Mary Berry! 

Of course Paul Hollywood is pretty great too....tho Mel and Sue regularly steal the show!

I'm in awe of what the bakers produce in what seems to me a minuscule amount of time----and these are just people who love to bake....not professionals!

You don't have to be in love with English desserts to appreciate the knowledge and creativeness the bakers show.

So "Cheers" for giving us such an entertaining show!

English Muffins to Mini Victoria Sponges
Picnic Basket Pie to Opera Cake
Then of course we can't forget Fig Roly Poly Pudding.

It's the little things in life

Sometimes it's the little things in life that make you feel so good. I finally, finally bought a lunch tote and it's so dang cute I can hardly stand it. I put it off because at my previous job I really didn't need it that badly but now working in a large company with a refrigerator the size of a small state I thought it best to get one. 

So after some searching this is the one I decided on. 

Cute right??

It makes me feel like I'm back in school tho!