After posting a FB birthday message to my sweet 6-year-old nephew, Yaya… I got to thinking of how he’s always thinking about others… once he was visiting his grandma’s house & was digging through one of the old jewelry boxes (like probably from my childhood — yes, my mom keeps everything!)…he found a random necklace […]

Are you a lover or hater on Valentine’s? On the surface I’m all “pssshh it’s no big deal… just another hallmark holiday”… but really I’m just a sucker for any holiday that celebrates love… chocolates…and chick flicks… which by the way, makes my husband awesome! As much as he didn’t want to see Safe Haven, […]

Ok, so she’s not much of a “let’s celebrate my birthday!” kind of person… like me, the younger sister … we’re pretty much the complete opposite…when I was little I thought she was mean… you know, the older sister that made me do my homework before I could watch tv… the one who gave me […]

You know what I love about Thanksgiving? Other than the yummy turkey (which usually covers my plate)… and the cranberry sauce I make (from my aunt’s recipe)… and the sweet potatoes (oh how I LOVE sweet potatoes!)… ok, and all the other (yummy) food at the table… I love that you get to see friends […]

Last month I got to visit my sister, Farida, in Seattle — which was nothing short of amazing!! The city was beautiful… the weather was perfect… and I enjoyed every  moment being with my sister… Here are some highlights of my trip:  1) My sister taking time off of work. This is an epic moment […]

I just spent 15 minutes writing about all the things that went wrong while planning for my first bridal show… like the thousand fliers I ordered… that arrived on Monday– a day too late… yeah, it was a bit stressful last week… ok, a whole lot stressful… but hey, it was my first show — […]

I told Dave a week ago that my friend (and my October bride) Jamie was hosting a “Girls Night In” party at her house… but as I put on my make up… curled my hair… and put my little black dress on… Dave wondered where I was really going!  I told him to — Jamie’s […]

Everyday my sister texts or calls me to keep me posted on what my 3 nephews and niece have been up to… even times when my sister gets so upset, we usually burst out laughing…  most especially things that my 2 1/2 year old niece says and does… maliha — is just — too — […]

Something annoyed me yesterday… something that somebody said to me… it was just so ignorant and so disrespectful… but the worst part? The person doesn’t even have a clue how ignorant they sounded… even after trying to talk sense into him… so I’ve concluded — what my best friend posted on her Facebook status last […]

Last week Dave and I just got back from our two week vacation & from our ROAD TRIP! We love road trips! Especially ones where there’s no agenda or schedule but to simply drive and explore… that’s how our road trip started… we literally started driving — looked on the map, and then decided where […]