The CHAOS got the best of me this last week!  I am totally behind and so I will not give a new task for the week.  (Oh, it is secretly great when you control the homework assignments.  But that is entirely a different blog post!)

A few odds and ins:

1.  I Loved with a capital L …… Smash last night.  Did you see it?  I can’t wait until next week.  This was my favorite scene. 

2.  Love that App:  Where’s my Water?

I recently downloaded this app and played it Saturday morning with my youngest for 2 hours.  We were in the ski lodge with time to kill.  We both think is was pretty super!  Produced by Disney, it is thoughtful in its design.  My kids adore the graphics and all the levels to unlock.  I appreciate that it is a physics based game with tons of reasoning skills needed to complete each level.  Cause and effect is taught through the introduction of toxic ooze, algae, traps and triggers.  Bottom line though, it is just plain fun.  (Plus, I love the price at $.99!)

3.  Vitamin D is good for the soul (and spirit and mental well-being)!  

I came across this website today and immediately thought….how ingenious! 

His website:  http://www.tomrobinsonphotography.com/feet-first/

PS.  insanely jealous of all the amazing places they have traveled together! 

I had to giggle this weekend while reading Bossypants by Tina Fey.  She included a list of attributes women must have to qualify as beautiful in our modern age.

She writes, “Now every girl is expected to have:

• Caucasian blue eyes
• full Spanish Lips
• a classic button nose
• hairless skin with a California tan
• a Jamaican dance hall ass
• long Swedish legs
• small Japanese feet
• the abs of a nine year old boy
• the arms of Michelle Obama
• and doll tits

  The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.  Everyone else is struggling.”

She then went on to list the healthy body parts for which she is grateful.  While that is a difficult task for most of us, it is probably the healthiest thing you could do for yourself today.  Why not give it a try?

PS.  Also loved this message I saw recently!  Had to share it.  Going to repeat this to myself everyday this week.  I may even write some of it on my bathroom mirror with a dry erase marker.  (Thanks, Becky!)

 I am reminded this week of a quote I carry in my wallet on a small card. 

“The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” ~ jill churchill

we are all in this together.  lean on those around you when you need it.  be the support for others when you are a strong. (I have been doing a lot of leaning lately.)

have a great weekend! xoxoxo

Took my boys to get haircuts yesterday after school.  I always take them to Rudy’s Barbershop on Bellevue Way.  Great cuts, no appointments, old auto garage, kinda hip.  So thrilled to pick a little something up for myself at check out time!

I am NUTS for these Sweet Chili pistachios!  Regular pistachios are great, but these are dangerously delicious!  I leave a bowl on my counter and have to stop myself for eating the entire thing in one sitting.  You seriously need to try them.

Everybody’s Nuts are the brilliant masterminds behind this addicting grocery item.  They also have Salt & Pepper, Chili & Lime, and Garlic & Onion.