Spending time with Mom

Today's beautiful Thing is spending time with my mom. It doesn't matter what we do; we always have fun.

A Child's Laughter

Today's Beautiful Thing is a child's laughter. Our niece, Elise, is such a beauty.

Bittersweet

Today's Beautiful Thing is news that's good for someone else, but not so good for me. Congratualtions D. I wish you the very best. You deserve it.

well done

Today's Beautiful Thing is a job well-done. Everyone at work rallied together to pull off tomorrow's festivities and it's all working out. Yay team!

Presents

Today's Beautiful Thing is stumbling upon the perfect gifts when I wasn't even looking for them. Yay!

New scale!

Today's Beautiful Thing is our new scale. It's so easy to see how many pounds I'm losing now. Bonus Beautiful Thing: that would be 15 pounds lost since my birthday thankyouverymuch! :)

Breakfast for dinner

Today's Beautiful Thing is making an omelet for dinner. Sometimes simple is best.

Trying new things

Today's Beautiful Thing is trying a new dish. We had papusas today. Mmmmm, good!

Hopefulness

Today's Beautiful Thing is Hope. We brought home a rescue dog today. We hope he and Lulu make a good team.


UPDATE: Cooper went back to the rescue. He wasn't a good match. No need to worry. Five other families are on the waiting list for him. He's probably with one of them right now.

Celebrate!

Today's Beautiful Thing is planning a party. I can't say whose right now because it's a surprise. :)

Fresh!

Today's Beautiful Thing is freshly colored hair. I feel like myself again.

Dreams

Today's Beautiful Thing is having a dream. If there's something you want more than anything, never ever give up.

Leftover Meat Sauce

Today's Beautiful Thing is a big skillet of left-over meat sauce. Not only is it nice to reheat dinner (rather than cook it), but meat sauce always tastes better the second day anyway. Yay left-overs!

More Possibilities

Today's Beautiful Thing is yet another possible dog friend for Lulu. Tomorrow we'll make arrangements to meet him. He's shy and was abused just like she was. Maybe they'll understand each other. Here's hoping!

Message in Lights

Today's Beautiful Thing is the "name in lights" website. I celebrate my love for my husband today. What fun!


I got my name in lights with notcelebrity.co.uk

Safe and Sound

Today's Beautiful Thing is a happy ending. Our neighbor's son decided to run away from home. We got in the car and drove around the neighborhood, to the local school and park. By the time we checked in, he'd already came back. Guess he figured he'd get home before he missed his dinner. :) All's well that ends well.

Spaghetti

Today's Beautiful Thing is the low fat goodness of a spaghetti dinner. Lunch (and yes, cake, I'm only human) at the baby shower had a lot more calories and fat than I should have eaten, but we still went out to dinner with friends. I had some simple spaghetti with marinara sauce, salad and bread and left the rest of the combo (meatball, ravioli and lasagna) for later--or, most likely, my husband's midnight snack. :)

Follow-through

Today's Beautiful Thing is splitting, filling, trimming, frosting and (finally!) decorating those double-thick chocolate cake layers I baked yesterday. It's a shower cake for two ladies at work who are both expecting boys. It's not terribly creative, but there's only so much you can do with two rubber duckies--the theme of the shower.

2 layers

Today's Beautiful Thing is baking two double-thick layers of chocolate cake! The house smells very good.

Pringles

Today's Beautiful Thing is Fat Free Pringles! Yesterday began week 8 of my diet healthy lifestyle (day 50!) which consists of a low calories and fat, a balanced diet and exercise. I'm not a huge fan of salty snacks, but these Pringles taste just like the regular ones at 70 calories for 14 chips--very similar to a slice of bread. It's nice to have a little crunch once in a while.

Berries and Yogurt

Today's Beautiful Thing is my morning breakfast of berries and yogurt. This week I have a delicious mixture of blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. (Mine looks much tastier than this photo I found online.) Yum yum!

BTW, the best yogurt for berries is Yoplait Light, Vanilla or Boston Cream Pie. I used to wonder why anyone would buy yogurt without fruit in it. Now I know. ;)

A bargain!

Today's Beautiful Thing is my new Targus red leather laptop case. I found it at Ross for $34.99! When I got home, I surfed the net and the lowest price I found it for was $85.00, the highest, $150! I love a bargain!

Our Niece

Today's Beautiful Thing is our beautiful niece, Elise. Her birthday was a few days ago, but her party was today. I can't believe she's already two! She wouldn't sit still for a picture, so the one I posted is the best I can do. My sister-in-law got some better ones. Hopefully, she'll share. :)

The Boss

Today's Beautiful Thing is my boss. She let us go home two hours early because she's a fabulous person. Thank you D! (I'm glad she's the boss of me!)

Time Flies

Today's Beautiful Thing is a fast workday. I'm not sure why, but time flew today. No complaints from me! I've been dragging this week. Come on Friday!

Simplicity

Todays Beautiful Thing is a husband who doesn't mind soup and sandwiches for dinner. I'm so tired tonight and cooking was out of the question.

Another Dog Park

Today's Beautiful Thing is discovering another local dog park. This one has trees, benches, grass, landscaping and lighting. Lulu didn't want to go home and who could blame her? (Pictured: Lulu- happy in the car)

That's Hot!

Today's Beautiful Thing is air conditioning. Both at home and in the car. Damn, it's hot! We are so lucky to have it.

Lunch with friends

Today's beautiful thing is having lunch with some old friends. We normally don't see them more than once or twice a year and it's been nearly two years this time. They had a baby boy, Aidan, and they are expecting their second--a girl this time. So, obviously they've been very busy. It was nice to finally meet Aidan. He's a real cutie.

Fun Fair

Today's beautiful Thing is the 35th Annual Orange International Street Fair. Or, as we think of it, Gyro weekend. First stop: Greek Street. Always!