Can you believe we have less than two weeks until Mother’s Day? If you want to get something special now is the time to get that done. I wanted to share a few things I think any woman in your life will enjoy this year.
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PMD: If you have been around here for a while you know I love my PMD face care from the microdermabrasion to the heated PMD Clean Gemstone. This is the ultimate in self-care for your skin.
Hello Whimzy: By now, if you haven’t seen me in one of Lauren’s Peter Pan collars something is seriously wrong. I feel like these add the perfect touch to any outfit out there! If you want 10% off use code CLASSY.
Red Sprite Hats: If you are the kind of lady who loves a good hat and a good messy bun and are sad you can’t do both together… Look no further! My friend Jill at Red Sprite Hats is amazing and has the perfect solution.
Slice of Sun: If you know, you know. These pajamas are like butter. They are so soft, so comfortable and incredibly cute. And if you use code CLASSY you get 15% off your purchase!
Sly Beauty: As a makeup artist having a good bag for my cosmetics is essential. I love all things from Sly Beauty! Especially their Ever Need bag! I love everything about it. You can’t go wrong with their brushes.
You know the feeling, you either look at your Disney app or pass by the ride you want to go in and the wait time is loooong. What’s your gut reaction? Look for another ride? Go get something to eat? Do you have that amazingly selfless soul that always waits in the line for everyone as they go do something else?
I have been going to Disneyland ever since I was 6. Our kids start before they even turn one and we go every year if not multiple times a year. I have sooooo many people that say they aren’t taking littles to Diz until they are either old enough to remember or won’t squirm everywhere. I can address that if you guys want….but my advise is to NEVER wait….ever. By taking our kiddos so often and at every age, we have found a few systems that work for us while in line. Those systems have “grown” as our kids have. I’m excited to share a few with you!!!
Smile! 🥰 Your attitude & demeanor can make or BREAK yours & your family’s experience. As in life, we can set the tone for how our kids can react to things. Be flexible, be loving, be happy & be prepared! Will you always be happy in line…heck no! But trying is what we are going for here. Just try. Just that little smile, or your excitement to get on a ride will build there’s! Not sweating the small things you can’t change is a life long practice and is a great one to work on in line 😅.
STICKERS!!! We took the autograph books for characters & turned them into works of art with stickers & colored pencils. I would have them draw their favorite character, plants they see, rides or balloons.
Talk in line! Getting zoned out happens if you are tired but the more you communicate, the more enjoyable it is. I love making little moments magical. I hope my kids will say to their own kids, “Grandma always told us that when we passed under any bridge, that a magical world was on the other side.” I would always describe things to look for to prove that it was (miss on a tree, leaves rustling etc). I do the same at Disney parks and because they are SO magical, it’s not hard. I get down at their level and tell them to look for magical things around us. Hidden Mickeys are fun to find and I have a slew of IG accounts that share the secrets of Disneyland & World. They often have secrets about each ride so I’ll pull it out and tell them something special, or something to look for. Disney provided us with a guide on one of our trips and, although grateful, Kev and I decided we wouldn’t ever decide to do that I. Our own. He made a comment that made me fall in love with him even more (as we were being taken straight to the front of the line). “The bonding happens IN the lines more than ON the ride.” Take advantage and talk. Now with teens we talk about our fave memories of the ride we are about to go on or make a plan for what we’ll go on or eat next.
Games. Oh how I love games to pass the time! We love playing the Disney ABC game. We will either think of a line from a movie, a character, a ride or a movie that starts with each letter. If you get through all the characters in the alphabet, then change to movies and so on and so forth. I love it when other people hear what we are doing and will add something we hadn’t thought of. After all, almost everyone there is a Disney fan! 🥰 Now that my kids are older, I love doing scavenger hunts. I will send my teenagers off to find something somewhat nearby. They have to take a picture and come back proving they found it. Scavenger hunts are the most fun at Diz when you’ve seen everything, you’ve done everything and know every inch of the park. It makes you look at it like it’s brand new!
EAT! Sure, right now it’s harder with precautions but we’ll soon move forward and have some things get back to how they were. Eating for us is an every two hour event at the parks. Most of our snacks we share and are eaten in the line…while playing games 😂. I like to choose non sticky snacks for littles and ones they can eat themselves. Granola bars (with no melty chocolate) are amazing and we all have our own water bottles.
Bubbles! What kid doesn’t love bubbles??? We have used this small distraction for years and now with needing to be 6 feet apart, it gives them more room to pop ( and more room for me to not get the person in front of my soapy LOL).
Light up bracelets from the dollar store. NOTHING is more fun to a little in the dark than anything that glows. We save our money and instead of getting the super expensive toys at the park we bust these out in line and let them make necklaces, chains, bracelets, whatever! This also helps during nighttime at the park when things start to light up. You can bust these out and surprise them!
Misters. Sometimes it’s just so stinkin hot that these bottles (that they can totally operate) keep them so occupied since it gives them relief and a little spritz to the face. We LOVE them!!!!!
Dis has gotten REALLY creative with their lines during social distancing. We even went through the Columbia Harbour House restaurant to get on Peter Pans Flight (see video on my IG). We were ALWAYS moving!!! Don’t be scared of the lines. Any more tips to add??? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
This is just the most heavenly meal and you wouldn’t believe how simple it is!!! Here to help us is the AMAZING Charlotte from IGs Charlotte Shares. She is all about easy recipes with BIG Texas taste and BOY does she deliver on this one!!! Here’s the recipe for you and don’t forget to check out her IG with more amazing recipes! @charlotte.shares
Oh my WORD who remembers Lisa Frank? I remember being in jr. high when I first saw Lisa Frank merch. There were stickers all over one girls binder, then another girl had a trapper keeper with the most colorful animals and mythical creatures. It was the COLOR that drew me in and made me want to have aaaaallllll the stickers!!!
This Lisa Frank palette from @morphebrushes is just the ULTIMATE flash back for me and I was so excited to tackle this look. I kept sending Marcos and calling friends showing them because I was so giddy!!! And the fact that TODAY is National Sticker Day is just too perfect!!! Did you collect or own any Lisa Frank? Tell me your story!
This is one of the MOST requested looks. An everyday, get me out the door makeup look. Not much to it which is so great for an everyday wearable look. If you live in a super humid climate, think about swapping out the BB cream for something less dewey. other than that, this is good for everybody! Head over to my IG for the full video.
Everyone has their hobbies, their interests and their talents. Sewing is none of those for me LOL. But I WANT it to be!!!! I have been entranced with the idea of designing and making my own costumes. To be able to do quick sewing fixes for me and my family and to teach my kids how to do the same.
Sew now…see what I did there?…I am making it a resolution to do just that. To learn some basics and maybe even take a class with my oldest. He has gotten into making costumes of all his favorite Avengers and is already showing remarkable and meticulous skills! I think it would be fun to learn and grow together. Here goes nothing!!! If you sew, what basic tools would you recommend starting out with?
“The whole thing is HIGHLY suspect!!!” Can I admit something? When Chef Skinner said this in Ratatouille I broke into a fit of laughter. What a funny thing to say! Such a funny combination of words! Must be because English was his second language…..silly man should have said it’s highly suspicious. Theeeen I started hearing it used in this same way in books and in other films. I felt so silly not having known the word “suspect” could be used as an adjective as well as a verb. IIIIIIIIII was the imbecile 😂. I also used to think the Michael Jackson sang “And noooo messes coulda been in my cupboard” (Man in the Mirror 🙈). I thought Freddie Mercury was “kicking my cat all over the place.” Any mishaps like this for you? Realized a song lyric wasn’t what you thought it was? Kept using a word wrong? Spill it!!!!!! Don’t make me feel alone!!! 👇👇👇👇 And doesn’t my cousin Beth look smashing as Chef Skinner??? I was inspired by Audrey Logeasis (a makeup genius!) and the nose almost KILLED me!!!!!😂😂😂
This lasagna has been a staple in my home ever since I was little. It is one of the most comforting meals to me for some reason. Through the years I have always given my mom credit for this recipe. I made it exactly the way she did (down to the brand of products), except for one small thing…I don’t like Italian sausage. It’s just not my favorite blend of spices on this particular meat. I started using Jimmy Dean sausage. Regular, good smelling, amazing breakfast sausage. Then little by little I changed something here, and then another thing there. I remember making it for my mother one day and she was like, “This isn’t my recipe. It’s completely new and all your own.”
It was actually exciting to hear those words. Something that was my very own. Something I have shared with everyone around me whether they have come over for dinner, moved into a new home, had a baby, babysitting payment for my sweet sister in law or just needed a “pick me up” dinner. Good food is one of this world’s greatest treasures. I looooooove sitting down with my favorite people and eating good food. I love to eat new foods and try different textures. One day at my friend Olga’s we feasted on goose liver paté, salted fish salads and bone marrow soup. You may not think so but it was HEAVENLY and we ate so much!!! =)
My hope with these segments is that I can share food we eat around our dinner table and love. Recipes that are quick and easy, others that take time, others that are comforting, some that are nostalgic and ALL that satisfy an appetite. From my kitchen to yours, happy cooking!
For the first time in forever she accepted the pain, the hurt, the sorrow. She felt them and let them become apart of her healing. No loger would she suppress them and act as if everyting was fine. She accepted that there would be times of complete joy, warmth and contentment….but there is no progress or growth in the comfort zone. She walked into the cold, knowing it would only be a season, plus….the cold never bothered her anyway.
I’m learning to lean into pain thanks to @simplysadiejane and learning that it makes me stronger. Makes me wiser and helps me teach my children how to get through tough times. I am also SO excited to see Frozen 2!!!!! Who’s already seen it? What do you think of my ice queen? Not a character from the new movie but it was inspired by it for sure ❄.
