I love this photo.

 Happy Birthday Nadia!!!

A little background information:
My sweet little Nadia is a very busy girl these days. She fills her time with sewing, designing, crafting, creating or building things. Between that and homework and baking things with her best friend, she rarely has time to watch TV. However, whenever she has any down time she spends it watching The Cake Boss. 


The current information:
 So when it came time for Nadia to choose how she wanted to celebrate her big TEN, she reaaalllly wanted to check out Carlos Bakery (The Cake Boss) in Hoboken, New Jersey. So did we make it happen?... You bet your Sweet Sicilian Cannoli we did. We invited our dear friends Greta and Wendy to help her celebrate. A smashing time was had by all. 

Our first day there, we drove out to the Asharoken/Eatons neck area on Long Island. We stopped for breakfast at The Bagel Boss. (A true Kosher bagel shop) We made friends with Scott, who later brought out birthday cookies for the little girls to eat. You'll just have to take my word for it... They, along with their breakfast potatoes and soy sausages, were divine.

While on Long Island, we let the girls collect seashells on the beach. They loved it.

Huntington County... Forget about it. I could move there and live happily ever after.

Then the beautiful city herself. Of course you know I could live here.

This is Dylan's Candy Bar

Ralph Lauren's beautiful daughter's store. It is candy heaven... Can we talk about the dark chocolate salted caramels? WOW!!!

And saving the best for last... 

CAKE BOSS! 
 While we were in line, we got the entire crowd to sing "Happy Birthday" to Nadia... She was so shy she hid her face. I loved it!

Nadia got her own little mousse cake and I got THEEE best chocolate covered strawberries I have ever tasted.

 
What a wonderful way to celebrate my precious little Nadia. We had a great little birthday celebration!

Loving Loving Loving

 Anaranjado

Gettin' Cozy while the Cozy's Good

I want to wear this beauty

And snuggle into any of these...

 Mmm. I have to say there is nothing like fine linens. Climbing into a bed with luxurious sheets makes everything troublesome in your life just melt away.

It's Just Comma Sense

I really enjoy puncuation. My favorite puncuation mark is definitely the comma. I am confident I over use it, but I really don't mind. I use it here, I use it there, I use it everywhere. I think I love the comma because when I am talking, I have a tendency to ramble. (Don't act surprised for my benefit.) I speak in run on sentence after run on sentence without taking a valid break. I  just insert a comma wherever I take a breath in my thinking, then I continue on as though the breath never took place. I had a teacher once who said you can never use the comma too much, so when in doubt, use it. And use it, I do.

Coming To Terms With My Loss

The last time I remember wearing my wedding ring was at dinner with my girlfriends. I had just received a compliment and looked down to agree... It was quite stunning. I wish I had a side profile of this ring. It was truly a work of art! Sadly, It has been about two years now and my husband and I have lost all hope of it showing up. I think it's time I get a replacement (the ring, not the husband). It doesn't have to be like this one, (Although I wouldn't turn it down) Just a band would be beautiful. I am thinking I love gold now. So maybe a big gold pipe cut band.


I do wonder where this ended up. When I first realized it was missing, I would lie in bed at night and imagine its fate...Is it somewhere in a drainpipe? Is it on the finger of a woman who has no idea the value of it or the fact that it is stolen goods? Perhaps a pawn shop and if so, how much did it go for?

I'm thinking I would prefer to know it was in the sewer.

Go on... Don't be shy,

 (Would you look at that sofa!!!)

tell me you missed me. 

Know that I missed you, too.

(Love the gold with the grey)

I pray this post finds you well...

(Oh, that wallpaper!)

And hope you have been having a great 2012 so far.

I have been quite busy as of late.

 (Love this chesterfield)


I decided to take on something I've been wanting to do for years.

I figure, now or never...

I am back in school.

Getting the old (new for me) Real Estate License.

Because just like feathered hair,

The market will come back.

I know what you are thinking...

Not to worry, I will do both... Or all of it...

And I will love every minute of it.

(I'll take one of those spaces, please)

So please be patient with me,

(Can we talk about those chairs?)

What with my family, my clients, my job, my lunches,
and now my schooling

You may find me hard to get a hold of.

So I guess nothing has really changed there.

 For now, enjoy these beautiful photos

As usual, I don't know where the hell they came from.