Winchester

On Memorial Day Danielle and I went to tour the Winchester Mystery House.  All I have to say is that woman was NUTS! There were doors going into walls, stairs that led to no where, a 1/2 inch storage cabinet and various other crazy things in the house. We were not allowed to take pictures inside the house, otherwise I would have snapped a picture in every single room. 

We also took the behind the scenes tour and we were able to take pictures. If you ever go on a tour of the place the behind the scene tour is a waste other than to get some pictures. Although I think you could just walk around the outside of the house and avoid the additional money for the behind the scene tour. 

Danielle and I in front of the house. Only 3 people walked through the front door of the house. Mrs. Winchester and the 2 guys who installed the doors. 

The sections of the house painted black are unfinished areas of the house. 

Front of the house

Back section of the house

Another picture of the back of the house

Me in front of the house

A map of the house

Front of the house

Back of the house

Another back section

On the tour we had to wear these lovely plastic hats. We went into the basement of the house and there were pipes that were really low. 

Front door

The Winchester Mystery House is a must see in CA....but I don't think I would want to see it more than once. lol

Menu Monday

Art has been asking to do the cabbage soup diet for at least a month. It is a 7 day diet that you eat specific things for 7 days, but you can eat as much cabbage soup as you would like. It just hasn't worked out for us to do the diet with traveling for work and company. I told him we would start the diet this week. I started it on Saturday and lasted until around 5pm. Sunday I tried to get back on the diet train, but just couldn't do it. All that cabbage was making my stomach VERY upset (no kidding).


Art was suppose to start with me on Saturday. He had to work on Sunday and would be ordering Applebees for everyone, so he said he would start on Monday. I am not sure if we will be starting back on the cabbage soup diet today or what we will be doing. I do know that we have TONS of fruits and veggies in our fridge. We will be eating LOTS of veggies that is one thing I am sure of. =) Otherwise I have NO idea what we are eating for dinner this week. 


What is on your menu this week?

Oldie but Goodie

Lacey text me the picture below. It must have been taken about 10 years ago. We look so young and happy! I think this picture is from when I still lived at home. Look at how tan I was! I use to tan year round. Another thing California change me.....no more tanning! Have to protect my skin!

This picture brings back so many memories! Makes me miss Lacey so much too!

Mmmmm Mac & Cheese

When I was visiting Krystal a couple weeks back, Eric made dinner for us. He made mac & cheese. It was AMAZING!!!! I even had seconds. I asked how he made it because I wanted the recipe. It was Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese at Target. I looked for it at the grocer store and was unable to find it. Of course Target had it. 

I bought a package and made it for dinner. Art LOVED it! He wanted to eat all of it. I told him he had to share with me!

This is the best stuff and super easy to make! 

The picture above is the meal Eric made. Mmmmm it was delish!

Wordless Wednesday

Sneak Peak!

Just a little sneak peak to a DIY post coming next week! It had only taken 2 years.....but we have gotten another big project done! I couldn't be more thrilled!!!!

Here is one of my outfits from one of my many trips to LA. I bought a full size mirror for my bedroom. I am usually in too big of a hurry to take any pictures in the morning. When I stay in a hotel I usually have an additional 5-10 minutes. I think it helps I don't have to rush off to a train, so I have a few more minutes to take some pictures. 

Tshirt - Gap

Pants - Target

Jacket - Kmart

Shoes - Macy's

Jewerly - Sears Outlet

Purse - Marshalls

Menu Monday

I am not sure how much cooking I will be doing this week with Nellie visiting. We will be on the search for food trucks!  She did have a couple requests, so here are 2 things I will be making.


Lasagna Soup


Knefla - German dish my family makes. It is bread rough that is cut into small pieces, cooked in boiling water, removed from the water and put in a 9x13 pan. The knefla is then baked with pieces of ham and heavy whipping cream for about 20-30 minutes. It is soooo delicious, but very rich! 

Sunday in Photos

Happy Sunday!

Saturday Pinterest

I am LOVING the mint green and coral colors mixed! I am on the hunt for a color tshirt or tank top to wear with my mint cardigan.

How beautiful is this yellow buttery lace dress! LOVE!

I found this clutch on Pinterest. The correct Etsy link was attached to the photo. How adorable is this clutch? I want one! 

Source: Etsy

Yippy Skippy Nellie is on her way.....

Guess who is coming today....DANIELLE!!! EEEEKKKKK!!!! Oh my goodness I can't believe the day is here! We have been counting down the days until her visit!  Remember our world wind trip from 2010?  This trip is going to be MUCH calmer. We do not have any crazy traveling planned.  

I also can't wait to take a picture of us together. We have both been working very hard over the past year losing weight. I think our new picture will look MUCH different than the one from 2010! Stay tuned for the Bold & Beautimous babes! 

We are planning to visit the Winchester Mystery House, San Francisco, Bart rides, Sprinkles (of course) and food trucks!  Danielle has watched the Food Network with the food truck shows. I send her pictures ever so often of things I get at the food trucks to torture her.  I am looking forward to lots of laughter, Scrabble, cupcakes and just having my friend here! Oh and we will be celebrating Nellie's birthday too!

3 hours in the life of a traveler.....

What a day! I've been traveling this week. I'm exhausted after spending 5 days away from home, packing about 250 boxes, throwing away TONS of stuff and organizing an entire office move.

I was sitting in a coworker office and my phone buzzed. Southwest informed me my flight would be delayed 2 hours. A few minutes later it was delayed another 40 minutes. I wanted to throw myself on the floor and cry hysterical like a 2 yr old that wants gummy bears. I gathered myself and called Southwest. I was able to secure the very last seat on the 615 flight.

I then went to the mall for an hour. As I was walking through the patking lot I stepped on a wad of gum. It was all stringy and got all over the top of my shoe and toes. I was sick to my stomach. I HATE chewed gum!!! Blech

I went to the airport. I found one of the last seats with a plug in. My rental car cigarette lighter didn't work so I was challenged all week to charge my gps and phone.

A guy near where I was sitting was being all loud and talking to this older woman. He told her he was a Dallas Cowboy player. He was #82 to be exact. I turned to the guy sitting beside me and said I'm going to google him. He laughed and did the same. We pulled up Jason Witten. There is nooooo way the loudmouth was Witten. The loudmouth was maybe 5'6 and had tons of tattoos. We cracked up laughing as we compared pictures we had googled.

Then the guy sitting beside me offered me $50 bucks if I would give up my seat and wait for the 740 flight. I told him $50 was not enough money today to give up my seat. I wanted to get home to my fur baby and darling husband.

While I was dealing with all the craziness my husband sent me a picture of our bed he had made, bathroom he cleaned and a list of all the various other tasks he had done around the house. Danielle comes Friday and I was stressed about getting everything done. I sat there smiling thinking I have the best husband ever!!!!

Crazy People

I like to people watch as you can tell. Last week a vendor took a couple people at work to a Giant's game. The woman in hat sitting in front of us was playing musical chairs. As people came back to their seats she would have to move.


She sat in front of us for half the game. She would talk to herself, flip her hair, point to things and laugh. RANDOM!

Wordless Wednesday

Burp Clothes

While I was visiting Krystal she asked me if I could sew some fabric on her burp clothes. I had brought some fabric along with me and I got to work. Here are the burp clothes I fancied up for her. 

Giants Game

We will be skipping Menu Monday this week. I am traveling AGAIN for work! Ugh! This is my 3rd trip to LA in 5 weeks. This is the last one for awhile. Although this trip I am a little happy I get to see lots of friends.  In the next 2 weeks I will have lots of pictures to share of my LA trip. 

Last Thursday a vendor from work took 3 of us to a Giant's baseball game. We had the BEST seats! We were only 11 rows behind home plate. When we arrived Buster Posey was up to bat. I was in aw of where we were sitting and didn't notice who was up. A little girl sitting near us starts screaming BUSTER. I think she was about 4 yrs old. She told her mom that she was going to marry him when she grew up. She was so funny!

It was the perfect day for a baseball game. The weather was perfect and we all just sat there relaxing enjoying the game. Plus the Giant's won too!!!!

All these pictures were taken with my iPhone. I think they turned out pretty great for phone pictures. 

Water, Water, Water and more Water....

Bird poop = lucky?

Right after this picture was taken a bird flew over my head and pooped right on my head! I turned to Art and said that bird just pooped on my head. He didn't believe me. I said I know it did I felt something plop on my head. Sure enough there was bird poop.  Art cleaned some of it out of my head and was dry heaving. Amber cleaned the rest out. 

I don't know why people say getting pooped on by a bird is lucky! I didn't find anything lucky about it!