Our lives are often times very hectic and chaotic. We don’t always stop and appreciate the small things happening all around us. In this day and age, it is important to make a conscious effort to recognize the small things or moments that fill us with joy and wonder or make us insanely happy. Below are a few of our favorite things or special moments we’ve experienced from this past week. We’d love to hear about yours as well!
Alicia & Chrissy’s Favorite Thing-
*Fun New Apps. This week we both have a favorite new app that we have both downloaded and fell madly in love with, Instagram. We know that Instagram has been around for quite some time for all you iPhone users out there, and quite frankly we were both a tad bit jealous of all the lovely photo’s our friends would post on Facebook and Twitter. I mean how can you make every little humdrum photo look absolutely amazing? Did it really work that way? Well this week we found out it does!!!! What we didn’t know until this week was Instagram is more then just taking photo’s, it is a whole other world of social networking. Alicia summed it up well in a text I got from her late last night that said, “So, Instagram appears to be a cross between FB, Twitter & Pinterest. Would you agree?” So, now we have one more place for our friends to comment and like various things from our lives. Isn’t it wonderful! :^)
Chrissy’s Favorite Things-
*Dinner with my Mom. April means my Dad starts his yearly golf league and my Mom and I begin our traditional Thursday night out. We’ve been doing this for years and years. It started back when I was still living with my Parents, as a teenager, and we’ve continued it to this day. Every Thursday night we pick a different place to have dinner, chat about the week gone by and often times do a bit of shopping afterwards! I always treasure time with my Mom! She is an amazing woman and I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful role model in my life. Love you Mom!!!!
*Yummy Snacks. Kind Bars are my new favorite snack. The two bars I enjoy the most are the Dark Chocolate Cherry Cashew + Antioxidants and the Cranberry Almond + Antioxidants!
Alicia’s Favorite Things –
1. Sunblock – Why would sunblock be on my list of favorite things this week you may ask? Well, this past week I worked at the kids’ school as a Substitute Play Ground Monitor for two days. That in and of itself is an experience, let me tell you. Add into the scenario unusually warm temperatures and you have one hot Momma! (And folks, I’m not talking “hot” as in good looking. I mean hot, sweaty and soggy Momma. Ha ha!) The first day out it was almost 90 degrees…in April. (And here I thought moving away from California would get me out of those early season hot days.) I unfortunately did not think about bringing sunblock. I’ve never worked a job where sunblock was a necessary tool for my day. So needless to say, my fair Irish skin got a little crispy. To add insult to injury, I left with a Farmer’s burn (you know, that ever so sexy line where your shirt was) AND I was only burned on the left side of my body and face. So, I learned my lesson. When I came back to work a few days later, I brought my sunblock AND I stood on the opposite side of the play ground to even myself out. So I am grateful to whomever invented sunblock. All the fair skinned people of the world thank you!
2. Spring Flowers – I love Spring and all that comes with it. I love planting new flowers, weeding, digging in the dirt, and giving love to all that grows in my yard. Well, except the weeds! This year is an exciting Spring for me as we are in a new house and I always love seeing what sorts of plants will make an appearance. The woman who lived in the house before me was amazing at planning out her gardens and just made the whole yard beautiful. She had quite the green thumb. Thankfully, I have a pretty green thumb as well, so the yard is still flourishing and I am having fun adding a bit of my own style to the garden she left in my hands. I’ve discovered Peony plants, Hydrangeas, Shasta Daisies, Black Eyed Susan’s, Pinks, Geraniums, and so many more. My back porch has a high roof and there are hooks that I just had to utilize. I’ve always wanted hanging flower baskets so I have installed them and am in LOVE with the sweetness they add to the back yard atmosphere. There is something special about having the flowers hanging about adding scent and color to the yard. Here is a picture of one of my baskets I took using Instagram:
Well there you have it! Our weekly highlights of favorite things! What were your favorites this week?
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