Hammer Time

Everyone knows Baking Soda is one of those "must have" items to have in your house. Cooking, Cleaning, Deodorizing, it is pretty much an all-around awesome product. I have recently experienced yet another benefit of this amazing concoction: bug bite zapper. If you mix the baking soda with a little water, rub the paste on your pesky bug bit, viola!, bug bite cure. I guess it is because it draws the bug poison (ick) out and absorbs it, note really sure, all I know is that it works. Take it from me, I am a mosquito favorite and have dealt with my fair share of bug bites.

No more itch for me!

Light Up the Night

My Favorite Time of the Year!
Yes, Fall of course, but more specifically the week before Halloween.
Carvings pumpkins, decorating and of course, costume making.

This year's inspiration - These Bad Boys
How awe-inspiring, whimsical and altogether magical are these fireflies?

What a great reminder of the glory in the beauty of the world around us.

Cannot wait for next week and my costume!

firefly image courtesy of gardenmatters.com

Fall for it All

Who doesn't love fall? The warm colors, the crisp air, the leaves, the pumpkins, the scarves....oh don't worry, I could go on and on.

I love fall, probably because as a child of the desert, I was deprived of this season entirely for the first 18 years of my life.

Here are my favorite fall snippets of the week:

Apple Cider in Apple Cups
Are you kidding me, how fun are these?!

Glam Carved Pumpkins

Gorgeous and Festive



Happy Falling!


Apple Cider Cups via Busy Mom. Beautiful Pumpkin Carvings courtesy of Martha Stewart, of course.

Joieful

Citizen Hotel - Sacramento, CA
photo courtesy of TripAdvisor

Oh my GOSH!! I have been working with Joie de Vivre hotel group for the past week, getting ready to help them send out their first Chip's Picks newsletter tomorrow and I am browsing some of my favie Conde Nast Traveler blogs and what do I see???? A shout-out to the very newsletter I am helping to facilitate!

Check out the article HERE!

Go sign-up for Chip's Picks and you will get a chance to receive some hotel deals that are pretty much the bomb.com

Seriously, such an amazing hotel chain to work with and the hotels are the among the best in boutique elegance in California. I love to feel like I am part of something bigger than myself. In this case, it is a pretty sweet marketing campaign. Yes!! Major discovery for the day.