oh, mexico.

{via the only place adam & i will stay at while in playa del carmen}

i've got mexico on the brain, y'all. and not just because the gos is lonely. 

well, winter break came & went.
today is the first day of the spring semester.
this week's posts will be filled with sponsor intros & those two giveaways i promised.

in the meantime,
happy monday.

oh, and please feel free to donate to my
"get michelle to playa del carmen, mexico" fund.

just kidding.

{not really.}

 

monday musings.

keep love in your heart. a life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

{oscar wilde}

this very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrows happiness grow.
{margaret lindsey}

flowers are restful to look at. they have neither emotions nor conflict.
{sigmund freud}

flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world.
{ralph waldo emerson}

happy monday, y'all.

Monday Funday!

Even though it's Monday and it's g-l-o-o-m-y outside, I think it's safe to say that it's been a pretty fabulous day overall.


Let's see...


I announced my first giveaway winner - again, congratulations to Liz & her daughter, Lanie, and thank you to all who entered!


My friend, Catrina, gave me a really cool present (she has the same items, too!) this morning that I'll use this weekend when the two of us head to the Neptune Festival Spring Wine Tasting:

It's a WOOZIE and a flip-flop coaster by Drink Wear. I love it, I love it, I love it! I can't wait to use it this weekend...I just hope it fits on the wine glasses they give you at the wine tasting (they're smaller than the wine glass I am using in the photo).

When I came home from work, the UPS man dropped off a lovely pink & white package...can you say EXCITED?! My first Lilly Pulitzer piece EVER (yes, EVER) and I owe it all to Angela at Sweet Tea Diaries.

I participated in a four-part discussion on cancer for the Go Public Project and I was chosen as the random winner. Yay...go me! I LURVES the jewelry roll and cannot wait until the kids head to bed so I can spend some time at the Lilly Pulitzer website.

I made a yummy dinner and I'm so glad the kids loved it...I love you, Trader Joe's!

I brain farted on my Mother's Day Swap present, but hopefully Shannon received my box o' goodies today...I received some awesome Avon loot from her last week...thank you! The way to my heart is through my stomach beauty products!

I got an email yesterday from Shannon at Welcome to the Nuthouse notifying me of my swap person for her hometown swap...I just can't say who it is or where this person lives! I love surprises...well, I love giving them but not so much receiving them...I know, I know...I'm no fun!

And, finally, I am participating in yet another swap over at The Company She Keeps...it's a koozie swap! Go check out BLC's blog and enter...because you know you wanna give someone a Woozie and a Koozie!

Whew...it's been a busy Monday...and now I've got to tuck the little ones into bed and check on the ailing hubs (*snort*). Happy bloggin'!