~Mosaic Monday: Travelista!~

Happy Monday!

I hope your weekend was fun and relaxing.

I cooked an ambitious Italian feast alllllll day yesterday for Mother's Day, more on my weekend next post with some fun photos!

For today:

Mosaic Monday: Travelista!

I can't freaking wait for our coming up vaca . . .

it's one of the main things on my mind:
what to wear?!

Do you have any traveling plans this year/summer?

Do share, I love to hear about it!

Our vaca:

London, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, France . . . etc.

It can't be soon enough!

Enjoy your Monday my dearies!

~Making Awesome-spice Lemonade from our Lemons~

Via The Keep Calm Shop

Yup we have alllll heard this adage before.

(Via the Hostess Blog)

Maybe at times have wanted to ignore it and focus on the sour-ness

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Or have used it to turn a situation into a

 new adventure!

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This last weekend we were thrown a whole bunch of lemons.

for all my blog friends who know me . . .

you know that:

1) We LOVE to travel

2) I like to plan

3) We are trying to travel as much as possible before we have beeebies!

The Lemons:

We have been planning our vacations since last year

(redeeming miles we need to book a year in advance!).

We have one in June and one in November.

My hubby was checking the Royal Carribean website . . .

it had our June trip . . .

and. that. was. it!

Where the h.e.-double-hockey-sticks did our 2nd trip go?!

Hmmmmm?!

So he calls.

They cancelled it.

Sweet arse!

So we are freaking out because we have a flight to Milan, Italy, and 10 days later going home from Barcelona, Spain, but no cruise . . .  so what the heck do we do, we can't cancel our flights b/c we will then have to pay an arm and a leg, and we are cheap travelers.

mmmm mmm nope.

There are no other cruises fitting our criteria.

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Our Awesome-spice Lemonade:

We are going to keep the flight to Milan, and just change the last one to go from Rome.

Train pass: cheap!

So we are going to travel Italy on our own!

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We get to experience the local night life

See all we want to see

Not be stuck with a bunch of 70 year olds

(sorry but true on cruises in Europe!)

I'm soooo pumped.

So thank you my marvelous hubby for the new plans and not cancelling our trip!

(Ok so I may be overly dramatic, but that's why you love me right?  AND if you were here during this fiasco you'd understand.  Don't mess with our vaca's . . . we only have a few before we give up travels for kiddos!)

K thanks for reading my rant.

And enjoy your lemonade today chicas!!!

~Mosaic Monday: World Travelista~

Happy Monday!

As it is a holiday here (woo hoo) the hubby has today off as well, so I'll make this quick so we can go take the pups to the dog park and make some seafood pasta:-)

BUSY weekend, more on this tomorrow!

How was yours???

Lately I am in this mode to finish what I've started. 

I'm not sure if it's a Spring Cleaning mode coming on? 

But I am all about clearing my mental to do lists to open up space to think clearly.

Anyone else feel like this?

One thing that I've been meaning to do is edit our travels pics from our last vaca

(ummmm last May! Lol)

And share them with you all.

I got through Rome and day 4 . . . only 11 more to go! Hee heee

Chk out posts:

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4

I need to do this before we head off again in June . . .

So with that said, this Mosaic Monday is for all of you travelistas out there . . .

1. Gelato cones, Italy, 2. Pressed Between Pages, 3. Oia, Santorini, 4. caryatids, 5. venice, 6. Venice Canal, 7. bruges in vintage, 8. sometimes your heart just explodes, 9. All ways lead to the sea\Все дороги ведут к морю\, 10. Boulange de Cole Valley, 11. Vintage Inspired Travel Journal, Journey, 12. globes, 13. A big thank you14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

So I will be doing my best to post pics, and bring back my

"destination thursdays"

in order to share them with you all!

Where was the destination of the last trip you took??

~Mosaic Monday and What I've been up to~

The theme of my next three weeks until the big show . . .

~Create beauty~

1. keep calm and create art, 2. diana mini, 3. Monday Morning Coffee Blues, 4. Crafting 365, day 158 - not the right sort of blue, 5. Precious metal eye in a lake of fire, 6. Green machine, turquoise fabric, HBW!, 7. "I can resist everything except temptation.", 8. capture the moment, 9. His & hers xxxx, 10. Kodak Blue, 11. L U S H, 12. Sweet preparations ♥, 13. Lady Writes the Blues14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

Any of you working on any creative projects?!

I know a ton of my fellow bloggers are super creative and crafty, do share!

Now onto a ridiculous amount of pictures

from the last little while of our lives:

~Baby Henry~

(my new little nephew is stinkin cute, can't get enough!!!)

~Hair did~

(With my girl Tessany at her salon Chocolates Cherries and Blondes)

~Victoria for our 2 year anniversary~

Rainy but still a blast! Waiting for the ferry . . .

Our haunted mansion "The Great Gatsby"

I love little B&B's!

Went to the B.C. Museum:

Went to High Tea at the Empress:

Mmmm tasty!

A lot of kissing took place:

Enjoyed some yummy cidar at a pub, then got ready for our dinner:

Twins?:

Mmmmm lobster tail and steak, the food was amazing!

~Antique fun: post soon!~

We have finished a little "antique" project, stay tuned for pics!
Maybe a little DIY post woo hoo

~Happy hours and constantly eating~
Non-stop let me tell ya! Between our happy hours, football games, etc we have been eating and eating.  Thank goodness for the gym otherwise I'd be huge!

Mmmmm our cheap but yummy sushi spot!

And my fave new boots:

~Happy Birthday Mama!~
Today is my mama's b-day! Love you mom!!!
Yesterday we went out to Ellensburg with the fam to celebrate:

My sis holding Baby Henry:

My little niece's first swing and slide experience:

Bro in law and his baby playing around:

Phew now I am caught up!!!

The rest of my day:

Crafting

Posting up about 60 new items in my Etsy shop!

Dinner: Maybe some fish tacos???

Shipping recent sales

And with all of that I bid you farewell and enjoy your day to the fullest!!!

Cheese!!!

P.S. What did you do this weekend???

Wooo hoo it's the Weekend!!!

We're back from Victoria, BC!

What a lovely time we had, pictures to come soon.

(oooh and thank you ALL for the anniversary wishes,

seriously I'm feeling the blog love!!!)

Part of our adventure included . . .

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~High Tea~

At the Empress . . .

quite nice, and also quite expensive

But alas . . . I am glad we partook of the "nicer things",

I think everyone should once in a while!

It's ok to splurge occasionally, aye?!

So for this weekend:

Do something nice.

Enjoy life

Treat yourself to something out of the ordinary

Live it up!

Indulge

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“Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.”

~Eileen Caddy

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~How will you treat yourself this weekend?~

Do share your plans!

Destination Thursdays . . . on the Island of Capri, Italy

My very first edition of "Destination Thursdays"

Today we're taking a trip to . . .

The lovely Island of Capri in Italy

(for tourist info chk this out here)

Andiamo!!!

(Let's go!)

So we arrive to the gorgeous Island via the Port of Marina Grande on motorlaunch . . .

and this is what we see!

and this . . .

(photos via our vaca July 2009)

Then let's head up the hill on the "funicular"

(view from the ride up)

to the famous Capri . . . where celebrities have been spotted walking the street, shopping at the expensive boutiques.

Oh wait . . . is that Jessica Simpson with her new beau?!

(photo source and story here)

Capri is a major destination for celebs . . . there's a good reason it's absolutely breathtaking.  From the fun buildings

To the view from the top

So many gorgeous colors everywhere you look!

Oooh here, let's stop and get a lemon granita!!! Mmmm

~We lunch here~

Lido del Faro Restaurant (info here)

~We Swim~

Bagni Internazionali (info here)

~With a glass of Lemoncello~

Mmmmmm (photo source and info here)

Then back to our 5 star hotel, Punta Tragara

(we're day dreaming, we totally deserve a super expensive 5 star hotel, right?!)

(hotel info and photo source here)

To get a spa treatment

(photo source and info)

Then we get all dolled up and head out for a night on the town!

Oh, what up Mariah?! Nick?  You guys all going to The Number Two?

(Club info here)

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We all get our dance on . . .

and then stumble back to our hotel with this view

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Awww . . . thanks for being such a great travel bud!!!

Hope you had fun:-)

*Photos without links or sources are from our travels*

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P.S.S. We've been crazy style doing touristy things in Seattle every day with the fam visiting from Luxembourg . . . MANY pics and stories soon:-)

Soooo fun yet tiring.  I'm pooped.

Mwah!