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November 18th, Rachael and I made a "dream a reality!"  We finally, after months and months of talking about it put together a little thing called a "Favorite Things" party.  With Oprah as our inspiration, and the desire to always have wanted to be on her favorite things show... we threw this blockbuster of an event.

We each invited 5 favorite ladies, making the grand total 12 people.

We asked each lovely lady to pick one of her absolute favorite things on the market right now... and  bring 12 of them.  There was a spending limit of 6 dollars per thing.

Once you got to the party, everyone explained why their favorite thing was their favorite thing.  It was pretty funny, and we were all excellent marketers for our product.  

In the end, everyone went home with 12 new things to try, and a lil' something extra from their hostesses.    

We had such a fantastic time, dining on homemade chicken soup, and lots of goodies.

Many laughs were had, especially when Alisa purposely poured red wine all over my carpet! Luckily her favorite thing was Spot Shot, a stain removal product, and it worked.

I'd love to make this an annual event, it was that much fun!

Testimonials:

"Eating my Skinny Cow bar now, SO good!" -Andrea

"I am quite impressed with the Downy Unstoppables..I use very little and it really smells nice." -Camille

"I'm happy to say that I now have purple nails, clean dishes, fresh smelling laundry, a cleaner face, and smooth silky lips all within the last 24 hours!!! I also brought my snacks to work today in the sandwich pouch! And my snacks are a fruit leather & skinny cow candies!!" -Amanda

"I just made the pumpkin pie crunch, but I substituted the cake mix with gluten free cake mix, crossing my fingers it turns out!" -Stephanie

blast from my wedding past

A Blast from my Past:

I finally got sick of all the space my wedding dress was taking up in the closet, and finally had it preserved for  perhaps a future daughter one day.  It arrived by FedEx yesterday, and here it is all boxed up, for me at least to view thru a clear window.  I loved my dress and am still glad I chose it.

Election Day

I voted in my 3rd presidential election this morning at 6am.  

I followed the above advice.

my weed

Ok, so I didn't have a very good year with plants.  My dahlia broke with a strong gust of wind... the pretty plants I bought in the beginning closed up and didn't bloom again like 2 weeks after I had them, and it was such a hot summer that all the potted flowers just died despite me keeping up with the watering.... but here you have it.  My favorite thing that grew is this weed.  Well, that's what I think it is, at least.  Isn't it the prettiest weed you ever did see?  It grew to be nearly as tall as me, and I am proud of it. It deserved a picture!