Now, I know I’m pushing your imaginations to make this feel real. Only a small part of these posts will ever be real. I know my descriptions sound magical. But I’m sending you both my strength and this is the way I know to do it. If these posts make you smile just ONE more…
To celebrate our dear Bea and her graduation – not to mention the start of the summer, I propose we have a desert oasis themed pool party in our desert dream home. You can invite all your friends and family. Everyone we love would be there to have snacks and graduation cake, talk, laugh and…
I have big plans tonight: I’m going out to an Italian dinner and then to see Romeo and Juliet at a local performing arts high school. I’ve been impressed with students from this school and I’ll be looking for some of my old students on stage. But before I can do that, I need to buy…
So another Friday Night or Saturday ritual of mine is taking my weekly bath. I shower several times during the week of course, but I take a warm and soapy bubble bath to wash away the frustrations of the week. I light scented candles, burn incense and make special smelling bath salts to put into…
Aladdin is one of Sheherezade’s stories. But it is more important than you might think. Imagine that you found a rusty old lamp sitting in the dirt near your house. You pick it up and start to brush it off to see who it belongs to. All of a sudden, smoke begins to filter out…
I told you my black horse would be named Sheherazade (Sha-hair-i-zad). Sheherazade is the name of a major character in the stories of the Arabian Nights. She is a woman who must tell her new husband a gripping story each night with a cliff hanging ending so her husband will chose not to kill her….
Well, I had to work today, so I imagine you both got to sleep in and enjoy hanging out in our fantasy desert dream home. I hope you enjoyed hanging out on our cool leather couches, playing with your new ipads and dreaming about our amazing summer together. As you know, Friday nights are…
Just close your eyes… and listen. I’m going to fly to you, on a magic carpet and take you away this summer. Look at the next post and enjoy the beautiful ideas. We’re going to have so much FUN with this!!!
I want you, my sweet girls, to use your imaginations and envision an absolutely amazing desert dream home for us to vacation in this summer. This will be our home base for all our adventures this summer, including our trip to Europe. In my imagination, I’d pick you up in a white H2 Hummer and…
We went on a field trip today and our last activity was making friendship bracelets. All we did was get two pieces of string and twist the ends opposite ways. You and your sister could make one. Once it’s tied on, you must make a selfless wish. Guess what I wished? That you both would have…