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California Dreamy- A Los Gatos Home

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A Northern California Natural Christmas

California Family Style- Amanda Pays & Corbin Bernsen

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Easter California Style- Lunch at Leasa’s

Getting Green- One of My Personal Passions

California Stuff!

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Shortcut Organization for the Slacker Mom

California Girl Style- Interior Designer Joan Tesauro

FOOD

Labor Day Dishes to Share- Asian Noodles & Appetizers

Looks like a sunny day at the cabin. I’m going t

Looks like a sunny day at the cabin. I’m going to try x-country skiing today. Wish me luck! I’m most excited about picnicking in the snow- and I have our lunch all planned. My day revolves around eating. Maybe I need to change that in the new year! 😂

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Absolutely in love with this book. I’ve spent so

Absolutely in love with this book. I’ve spent some quality time on the couch this week just absorbing this healing and calming book. I will share more about it on my next blog. This is the one to read now with the state of the world. We need peace, more sleep, repose and to be gentler with ourselves. That is what winter is meant to be. I feel so much serenity after reading this for a while with a cup of tea.

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Yesterday I spent a little time rearranging my bat

Yesterday I spent a little time rearranging my bathroom shelves. A few little plants always make it feel spiffy- and I ordered a couple of of my favorite towels -the fringe Healdsburg bath towels from @serenaandlily. They are the softest towels I have ever had. I am happy with my baskets. You can never have enough in my opinion! The top one holds an air plant. Those guys are the best if you have a hard time with plants. I do give them all ice cubes pretty often. We still need something else on the wall here- and a woven blind above my awning window. I have a pull up shade, but need some more texture and color.. Adding it to the list. -By the way for those who have asked these shelves are 12 inches deep.

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Just had to share one more photo from this Sunday

Just had to share one more photo from this Sunday in Santa Cruz. So funny how the photos with the most eternal summer feel are often snapped in January! I hope to catch a few more winter beach days. I have always been a fan of the beach in the winter though, as the summers are too intense! I will take a blustery and cool day on the shore over a hot July always. What about you? I hope to get to the beach more this year. It’s always feels good for the soul.

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My new little work space I carved out of the media

My new little work space I carved out of the media room. With everyone working here, I moved a few things around and started using my lucite table as my desk. We got the chair a few years ago- it was free on a Nextdoor and perfect with the white leather and and just a teeny bit of wear which was fine with boys. I claimed it now and with a sheepskin throw on it and it’s very warm and cozy. This is one of my favorite spots in the house because of the light and I am still loving my @serenaandlily rug and chairs in here. It’s my little happy space. I’m so excited for the sunny weather this week. ☀️ I plan to soak up at little this afternoon and putter about the yard and see how my plants are doing. Any plans for the week? Have a great day!

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Huge waves today at Pleasure Point. Never seen so

Huge waves today at Pleasure Point. Never seen so many surfers or spectators there ever. It was a gorgeous January day! Made me excited for spring though it’s months away. I think we are having a warm week which will be nice! Hope you all had a relaxing weekend. ☀️

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Just had to share one more beautiful home in the R

Just had to share one more beautiful home in the Rose Garden area of San Jose. Isn’t this lovely? More homes on my stories. I love that people have retained the original address numbers, doors and walkways on a lot of these beauties. Love the landscaping too.

My last white jean post! I found this sweater at t

My last white jean post! I found this sweater at the bottom of Max’s drawer and it matched with my old @emerson_fry coat! I love this coat which has bracelet sleeves and big pockets. I wouldn’t usually do dark boots with the white, but why not? I feel kind of equestrian or something. We got lunch at the best falafel place - and ate at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden which I haven’t been to for ages. All kinds of people having a picnic lunch today here. More details and some of the gorgeous homes that surround this park on my stories.

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Something about Saturday morning always gets me so

Something about Saturday morning always gets me so happy. 🧡 Even if we don’t have big plans it’s the potential that we might do something fun that is enough. Today we may just take a long walk and make enchiladas together... Hoping by the end of this weekend the president resigns. Our country does not deserve someone who incited a coup at the capital sitting in our White House right now. Sorry to get political here, but the reason we are in this predicament is we’ve tolerated way too much conspiracy and lies. Even if we ourselves didn’t buy into it, it was still being fed daily over and over again to his followers. This is how people start to believe it all. Twitter etc should have stopped it a long time ago. Just couldn’t sleep last night thinking about how we got here.

Wore another of Max’s sweaters today with white

Wore another of Max’s sweaters today with white jeans. I couldn’t decide what necklace to wear so I layered all of them and added a few charms I had sitting around. Trying to be creative and it’s pretty fun to shop the men’s closets. I am going to check out the son’s closets next, but don’t tell them! It’s time to go start dinner, but luckily I made soup last night so there’s plenty of leftovers. I love easy Friday nights.. Sandwiches are always an easy Friday thing too. Do you take it easy on the weekend or cook a lot? ... Sorry posted the full look on stories.

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Trying to distract myself from the news spiff up t

Trying to distract myself from the news spiff up things a bit at home today. How are you all doing? What a week. I bought these two books at @keplersbooks and the title of one is ‘This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing.’ I hope it is true for all of us. Maybe we’ll look back on this time as a blip. One thing for sure we will never forget where we were and what we were doing.
What do you think? Have a good weekend friends.

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A year ago today, but feels like a lifetime! I am

A year ago today, but feels like a lifetime! I am so grateful we had a family trip to Hawai’i. Today I’ve sadly sat glued to the television. What has happened to the world in the past year? I hope we get back to Hawai’i someday, but right now that seems unlikely anytime soon. Usually in January I like to plan travel. I don’t think it’s possible to plan anything until we see what happens with this vaccine - and our country.

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