happy monday...

a few much lovin' and miscellany mondays...

1.  it was my first day back at work after 7 weeks of fun.  it was great to be back.  i love my coworkies!  they sure are a great group of gals!  i'm sure you could tell by the pic that there's a lot of fun and laughter that goes on in the office as well as hard work!   

2.  i also made a trip to our much loved trader joe's where they had wonderful looking watermelons and bright, beautiful flowers.  i walked out the door with our favorite's which we had for dinner:

mandarin chicken, edamame beans and rice!

                                           

for more much love posts go to anna's blog and for more miscellany monday posts go to lower case letters by carissa!  happy monday!


day 200 flickr project365

pin it forward: what home means to me...

i am thrilled to be participating, along with 300 other bloggers in pin it forward mash up organized by victoria's aka sfgirlbybay and pininterest a visual bookmarking site! the theme is "what home means to you" and over the next few weeks the 300 other bloggers will share their photos and thoughts of what home means to them.  

here's my take on home...

i grew up, got married and lived in the sf bay area for most of my life, moved up to the state capitol with my family and lived there for almost a decade so therefore i will always be a california girl at heart and...

photo source: tumblr, flickr kristin may, tumblr,

but four years ago God led us to leave the only home i've ever known, and with much prayer, trust, faith, we uprooted our three kids away from our much loved family and friends and moved 2726.53 miles away. but thankfully blessed to have my sister less than 2 miles away (that's God's providence).

photo source: flickr, tumblr,
where i have learned to embrace southern living.  sweet tea, biscuits, pulled bbq pork, southern terms/lingo etc.

then there is the actual physical home where my family and i live
(the pictures are from different sources on the internet, not my actual home)
but i try my best to make my home 

photo source: maryruffle, tumblr, flickr, we heart it

but home is ultimately...

photo source: flickr

i didn't get a chance to create my board on pinterest because they are working on some kinks and it didn't allow me to register.  i'm eagerly waiting for them to get things worked out so i can start creating my own board.

in the meantime please visit jessica @ jessica torres photography to view yesterday's post on what home means to her.

and for tomorrow's post please visit the loveLee piper @ one sidney road for her take on what home means to her.

have a loveLee monday!

much love [smoothies] & miscellany monday...

i've decided to change "things i heart monday" to "much love monday" so i can link up future posts to "much love". 
strawberry, banana, blueberry smoothies are much loved here.

day 130 flickr project365

bon appetit!

i'm also linking to lowercase letters.

1)  i trimmed the doggies hair today.  her hair was getting quite long.
2)  where oh where do all the socks go after they are washed and dried?  i can never find the right pairs to put together!
3)  i had homemade sushi for lunch.
4)  my baseboards still need to be wiped down.
5)  and lastly, i need to get up and put some batteries in my clock.

here's to yet another monday!