Birthday Blessings!

I have been in TX visiting my parents for the past few days for my Birthday. We have had a great weekend so far. Today is our last day here, we are heading out tomorrow morning. =( But today is my b-day and Mr. Nabors and I are going to get out, go have lunch and do a little shopping. When I got up this morning my Mom had gone to work, but had breakfast out for us, along with a sweet card and some money for me to go shop today! SO sweet!! I've already done a little shopping while I have been here, but looks like I'll get to do a little more, yay!!

I will have MANY more pics to come, but here are a couple from our time here.

Mom and I after shopping in this great little store

Chillaxin at my parents and sipping on some wine before getting ready to go out to dinner

Mike and I after a night of going to the Wine bar and dancing.

On this Birthday, I know that I am so blessed to have my wonderful family!! I could not ask for a better gift on this day!

Cooking, Cleaning & Packing for TX

Cooking:

Sunday I made stuffed peppers and corn . . . yummy!! I had leftovers last night and they were even better because they had soaked up all the flavor!

Cleaning:

We are getting ready to go out of town and I have been running around trying to get things picked up and clean. I don't like going out of town with things a mess! Microwave got a good scrub (actually Mr. Nabors did it - since I had a little hard time reaching it, ha ha. And he did a damn good job too!!) I cleaned the counter tops in the kitchen really good, mirrors in bathroom and other rooms. Put clean sheets on our bed so they will be nice and fresh when we return. Mr. Nabors cleaned the toilets for me the other day too - he's the best!! I cleaned the rest of our Master bath yesterday and then our guest bathroom today. Oh and does doing laundry go under this category?? Been doing that too, and still have more to do! I'm also going to vacuum good all over the house tomorrow. Mike's Mom is going to be coming over a couple times a day to take Mr. Big out, so I want to get the floors cleaned. Oh and I have GOT to chunk a few things from our fridge tonight. I just hate doing that!! But I really don't want to go out of town and get back with a science project growing in our fridge . . . yuk!!!!

Packing:

Well what else is there to say??? I know I am taking more then I really need, but since I'm not sure what all we will be doing I gotta be prepared, right? We are going to TX to seem my parents for 6 days and the weather there has been kinda up and down. One day it will be warmer and then another day they will have the fire going, so who knows?? I know we are going to be going to dinner a few times and to have drinks with their friends, so gotta pack enough outfits! ha ha! We are driving instead of flying and to me - it's a pretty long drive, almost 15 hours. We are leaving tomorrow as soon as Mike gets off work, so we will be driving all night and probably wont get there till around 8a.m. So I expect to be drinking lots of coffee! If we get too too tired, we will pull off and get a hotel, but I'm pretty sure we can make it. My dad has made the drive to see us several times all by himself, so if he can do it, so can we!

Hope every has a great week and . . . HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!! Ta Ta for now - I'll be back in a couple days with some pics and details of our trip!

Green with Envy

St. Patty's Day is right around the corner and I am finding myself "Green" with Envy over all of these adorable things from Lulus.com. Check out all of these pretty shades of green.

(I LOOOOVE this one with the stripes and green bow, even though I'm not usually a bow person, this is FAB!!)

And don't forget jewelry . . . . even if you are not wearing green, add a pop of green with some accessories! A great black top or dress with one of these cute pieces from Forever21 would be all the green you would need ~to keep from getting pinched of course.

March Into Spring with Aquamarine ~week 2 ~

For week 2 of "March Into Spring with Aquamarine" you will see some beautiful Aqua earrings, rings and bracelets. Often times when you think of a gemstone like Aquamarine, a faceted stone comes to mind. But ~ Aquamarines, along with many other stones, come in many different cuts: rough, cabochon, raw and faceted to name a few. I love faceted stones of course, but these other types like raw and rough cut add so much character, which I like a lot!

If you want to see last weeks post with more Aquamarine jewels, click here. I thought I had each photo fixed so it would take you to where these pieces can be purchased by clicking on each photo ~ but looks like it didn't work. So bare with me as I fix that!

In the meantime . . . Feast your eyes on these pretties!

Great Find, Good Food, & Goodbye

Last night I popped into Dillard's, I have a Gala to go to Friday night and it is cocktail attire. I have one thing in my closet that I feel like I can wear and really feel comfortable in. I have a few other "cocktail" attire dresses, but they don't exactly fit like they used to - SO depressing!! I don't need to spend a lot and buy a dress that I'm just going to wear once or twice, but I thought what the heck and looked around. I found one dress that I just fell in love with. It was much prettier in person!! And it was marked down to $45 from $180 - what a steal!!!

I felt like it was a hair too tight (mainly on my bootay) but nothing that spanks wouldn't fix, ha ha! I contemplated and as much as I hated not to get it, I didn't. I have to admit though, I've still been thinking about it like crazy and though geeze, for that price I should just go get it and work my butt off so I can wear it and feel good in it, So we'll see . . .

As I was just about to leave Dillard's empty handed, I was making my way out and trotted on by the shoe section. I just couldn't help myself. I did a brief skimming of the inventory then saw a huge wrack of shoes that were marked down, so I made my way over for a quick look. And boy am I SO glad I did because I found gold!!!! I found a $100 pair of BCBG sequin, black heels marked down to $26!!! YES, score!! So of course I got them!! I also felt like it was a sign that I need to wear the dress I have, which also has black sequins (sounds like a lot of sequins I know, but I tried it on and it works perfect together!!)

Just look at these beauties!!!

After trying on clothes and feeling depressed I knew I needed to fix something healthy for dinner. On the menu: Salmon, sauteed veggies and then for hubby, mashed potatoes.

I was good and only had TWO bites of mashed potatoes. My plate consisted of only salmon and veggies! It was good!!!

Hate to end this on a sad note, but I just read that 80's movie star Corey Haim has passed away due to a drug overdose.

So sad. It seems that he had been troubled over the years and had taken the wrong path. So sad though!! I just wish Hollywood could get a grip on the drug abuse. I say Hollywood, but it's not just Hollywood, it's the world. But it is such a poor example to see and know that celebs are abusing drugs. As sad as this is, maybe it will wake someone up out there and make them realize they don't want to end up like Corey Haim. I pray for his family and friends, and as I said before - that somehow through this sad outcome, something good can come from it and someone out there will get help before it's too late!

Oh and one last thing - I read today that years ago he date Victoria Beckham and Alyssa Milano - interesting, never knew that.

Show 'n Tell Tuesday: Unique Art, What's it MADE of???

SHOW:

TELL:

On our first Anniversary last year, we just got a way for the weekend and went to Nashville. We stayed at a really cool, hip hotel that was full of unique furniture and art. One piece of "art" in particular caught our eye. It was not till we got closer to it, that we realized just what it was made of . . . .Can you see what was used to make this??

CRAYONS!! How clever huh? I loved this and though it was so cool! When I first saw it from a distance, I could tell it was sculpture, but had no clue it was made of crayons! Isn't it fun??

OSCARS Ooh La La or Oh No No

So did any of you watch the Oscars or any of the Red Carpet before the awards? Who was Best Dressed in your opinion??

Here is a little recap of a few of the ladies from the night (along with my opinions which no one has to share of course) :

Sandra looked Exquisite!

Not crazy about Kate's dress - think she could have worn something better. This kind of washes her out in my opinion.

Jenny from the block looked sophisticated and pretty in this gown!

I didn't see a ton of black dresses this year at the Oscars, but this one worn by Kristen Stewart is just gorgeous and classic!!! The style of the dress is very figure flattering!! You can never go wrong with black!!!

Cannot decide if I love or hate this little number worn by Zoe Saldana - it's definitely interesting. I keep thinking the bottom looks like tissue paper . . .

Penelope can never look "bad", but I wasn't that crazy about her dress for some reason . . . I just didn't think it really did anything for her. With her great figure, she could have so pulled off something that was more Va Va Va Voom!

Normally I'm not big on such a neutral color because I think it can blend in with skin too much, but I LOVED this and think Demi looks stunning! It was one of my FAV's of the night!

Not big on this blue number Maggie wore

Thought Cameron looked so elegant and beautiful!!

This was pretty, but again, expected a little more from her. Sorry Sarah Jessica!

Still on the fence about Rachel McAdam's gown, think she could have worn something better . .

I know some people like this, but I'm just not too crazy about it. Guess if anyone sitting near her got hot, she could cool them down and fan them off though! ha

Miley Cyrus gets on my last nerve, but she looked really pretty and I loved her dress!! Sad how someone so young and new to Hollywood can look better then some of those who have been around and in Hollywood since before she was born!

I don't think I have words for how Mariah looks??? Her stylist needs to be slapped! I've come to expect nothing fabulous from her, so why am I surprised??