Everyday Adventures

Babycakes!!

If you’ve been following my Central Florida trip adventures on Facebook, you know that I was super excited to visit the new Babycakes Bakery at Downtown Disney. WOW! Everything looked absolutely delicious!! I especially loved that they give you a view into their kitchens – so you can watch what they’re baking (and get some […] Read more…

Boy’s Game Night

I must say, my Grandsons are just so much FUN right now! Westly is just chatting up a storm lately and Hunter, well, he’s just the absolute handsome angel that you see in these photos. I often get a bit jealous that Pops is retired and can spend so much more time with them just […] Read more…

Gardening Season Begins…

and I’m so ready…YAHOO!!! Finally, our weather is becoming “Spring-Like” and I’m just loving my mornings out in the garden. Here’s a few shots of what’s blooming so far: It’s truly unbelievable how quickly the weather has changed. We had 22 out of 25 days of rain in March. I know my yard has enjoyed […] Read more…

Searching for Calm

Boring. It’s how I feel right now, and I somewhat welcome it. somewhat. It’s a bit calming and my life tends to be a bit chaotic – of my own creation I know (and possibly with a little help from Pops). Every once in a while I decide to address this issue and try to […] Read more…

The Skinny Scoop

Have you noticed the fun survey box on the right side of my blog? SkinnyScoop is a quick and easy online surveying tool that helps women who want the skinny to get the scoop. It’s fun, so check it out and let me know what you think. Happy Saturday! ~ Lita Read more…

Plane Food Plan

Yes, we flew to Hawaii today..phew we made it even after all my guilty-feelings and preparations. Thanks everyone for your encouragement and support. I’ll admit it takes me a bit to get motivated to go somewhere, but I’m NEVER sorry once I get there. I can tell this trip will be no different! Since it’s […] Read more…

FOOD!!!!

(I’m warning you ahead of time, this is a seriously rambling post…way more than usual) I’m seriously having a FOOD obsession crisis! As in, that’s all I think about..what should I eat, what shouldn’t I? on and on and on….. So, I’ve told you I’m part of Nia’s  Fitness Challenge over at Nia Peeple’s Elements […] Read more…

Cure for the Blahs…

It’s true, last week was pretty blah for me, but, today… I found the cure. It’s these 3 guys…Westly, Pops & Hunter. Pops loves to take these two monkeys to the park on Saturday mornings. I felt like today, Bubba & I had to show up unexpectedly and invade their “boy” time to join in […] Read more…

Fabulous Friday

Using the word “fabulous” in the title is my secret way of trying to uplift myself today. Sorry, I’ve been a slack blogger this week…I kind of have the blahsssssssss….. AND I can find no reason why! Which, I suppose, is a good thing. I started trying to figure out “what’s going on”, “what could […] Read more…

More Vegan Blogs!!

This morning, I happened to catch a post over at “The Kind Life Blog” which rang out a call to all the vegan bloggers out there to submit their blog for a potential “feature” on their site. Of course, this blog is by Alicia Silverstone author of the book that inspired my whole turn to […] Read more…

Winter Weekend in San Francisco

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!! Though the “big” fun we had this weekend had nothing to do with watching the big game, I hope all of you are having fun cheering for your favorite team – hopefully with a big crew of friends and lots of high calorie snacks. Our “big” fun this weekend was heading […] Read more…

Bloggy Moms February Blog Hop

Vegan Blog Hop yesterday, and now Bloggy Moms February Blog Hop today. Why? Well, because I love vegans and I love being a Mommy (and I’ve met the most fabulous bloggy moms on the Bloggy Moms site). Hope you’ll join in the fun!! Read more…

New Garden Shoes

I’m not really a “shoe” person per se. Well, at least I don’t think so. The last time I was really, really excited about shoes would probably have been in my teens when I was getting a new pair of toe shoes for ballet class or tap shoes for tap class – and even then […] Read more…

Blog Birthday Week Day 2 – VegNews

Are you ready for Day #2 of I hope so because…. again, today, I’m so grateful for all my readers that I want to share some of my favorite things. Today, I’m giving away 2 subscriptions to VegNews Magazine. I’ve written about VegNews in the past, so I’m sure you know it’s simply, hands down, […] Read more…

Java Lovin’

Do you love coffee? Are you in the Bay Area? If you answered yes to these 2 questions, do yourself a favor and head to a Philz Coffee. They have 8 Bay Area locations. Trust me here people…this is the BEST coffee I have ever had! As the tagline reads, they make their coffee one […] Read more…

Alaska

Should we? Shouldn’t we? Should we? Shouldn’t we? This is the ongoing conversation Pops and I have been having for about 2 weeks now. The question “Go on an Alaskan Cruise?” Today, Pop’s answered that question when he called me to tell me he booked our trip for the end of July. We’re going on […] Read more…

Ft. Worth Stock Show

Because we’re here, and the Ft. Worth Stock Show is going on today, we headed there for the afternoon. I’ll share a bit of it with you now…and much, much more later. I really got a big kick out of a lot of the signage around the show. There’s lots of Texas pride here – […] Read more…

Texas Day 3 – Museum Day

One thing you may not know about Ft. Worth, Texas is they have fabulous museums here. Today, Pops and I took in 3 of our favorites. First stop, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. This museum is simply one of our favorites. Why? you may ask? Well, they have an amazing display of “western” […] Read more…

You know you’re in Texas when….

You know you’re in Texas when chocolate is combined with Bacon: Day 2 in Texas started with a java, a bit of Twitter and then a lovely pedicure and manicure…trust me, though it’s winter my tootsies needed it! Sorry, you probably didn’t really want to see a photo of my feet, but today, there wasn’t […] Read more…

Texas Visit – Day 1

Day 1 has been very relaxing so far. Happy to say, Pop’s mom, Mimi (yes, our youngest daughter is named after her) is doing well at 90 years of age. She’s a real Southern lady and still makes it to the beauty parlor every week to have her hair and nails done. She also always […] Read more…

Off to Texas

and this photo epitomizes how I feel: although he hasn’t been packing and going through his inbox one last time and checking/replying to messages and making lists for Mimi (dog and house sitter extraordinaire). Nope truly he’s been doing nothing this morning, but snoring under the covers on the bed…lazy boy…you’d think he’d at least […] Read more…

Packing List

I do this every time we travel…stress about forgetting something. We’re only gone for 5 days. Still there are some things that I’m simply lost without. I mean really, you don’t want to be around me if I don’t have these things. Somehow, Pops can travel pretty much hands free and be calm and not […] Read more…

Out with the Old….

well, at least for this week, I’m going to mix it up a bit around here. So, I know it’s “Green Tip Tuesday” just like I knew yesterday was “Meatless Monday”, but since I didn’t follow through on yesterday, I say, why should I today??? Instead, I’m just going to ramble…and through this rambling maybe […] Read more…

Nia’s Fitness Challenge!!

I know today is my “Meatless Monday” day, but I’m going to mix it up a bit today. Why? you ask…. Well, because today my good buddy Nia begins her 2011 Fitness Challenge, AND I want to encourage everyone to join me in signing up for this. So, head over to Nia’s site, read about […] Read more…