Zoku Slush Maker

July 10, 2014
With the temperatures finally warming up cool refreshing treats are a must.   I like a frozen treat or drink but not always chunky icy treats.  Enter the Zoku Slush Maker.  I received my Zoku Slush and Shake maker a few weeks back from Zoku to try out and make a few fun treats with it.   With several colors to choose from I selected the blue. My son was all excited about it and was the first to want a shake. 
It is so simple and perfect for a quick frozen treat without a lot of fuss or dragging out a blender.  In a matter of less than 15 minutes you have a perfect treat.  I want to get one for each of my boys for gifts so when they want a sweet treat all they need to do is just add their favorite cold beverage and stir. 

First up is our raspberry limeade.  Fill the insert that you froze over night with your cold beverage.



Blue Zoku Slush Maker

Zoku Slushie

 Stir after a few minutes and continue stirring and scrapping the walls until you have this....


Zoku Limeade

Limeade in Zoku

Zoku Cherry Limeade


Pure sweet slush!




The next thing we made in our Zoku was a chocolate shake.  Want to know how simple it was?  We poured chocolate milk in up to the line and stirred and scraped the walls as it froze.  Less than 15 minutes we had a delish treat!

Chocolate Zoku Slush

Chocolate Slushie in Zoku


Zoku Slusk Maker with Chocolate milk


This little guy couldn't get enough! 



Zoku has a wide assortment of fabulous products for cooling you down for the hot summer and enjoying a sweet treat or two! 


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Girls Weekend

July 09, 2014
I'm finally back after the holiday weekend.  My bestie Gayle flew in on Friday Morning for a girl's weekend that we extended into a four day girl's weekend!  We have been besties for 23 years and have lived in the same cities twice together.  I posted about her moving here.  We had a great time relaxing by the pool, exploring every inch of the plaza just like old times, and dining at our favorite restaurants .... and we always order the same things everywhere!! We got pedicures on Saturday after shopping all morning and oh what fun we had.  I got tons of new things and will be sharing some fun outfits with you later.  She  even got to try her hand at taking outfit pics.  We did a little shopping online to take advantage of the great holiday sales and I bought this on sale.  



Remember when I shared my new prints I wanted to hang on my office wall? Well... we got them hung up and it looks sooooo good!  Look for an office update soon too! 

I'm catching up on sleep where we had late nights, but well worth every single one, and will be back tomorrow with a fun post!  

Happy hump day friends! 


Fourth Favorites

July 02, 2014



I love Independence day! Not only because of what it stands for, and the fact that its a day off from work, but because there is something that just feels good to wear your countries colors proudly!  It's not every day you can sport a flag tee, tank, or scarf and not feel a wee bit out of place unless it's celebrating the 4th! 

 My Bestie and I will be hanging out at the pool, taking in a few good restaurants and overall enjoying some quality girl time!  I'm positive we will laugh our pants off the entire long weekend!  What are your plans?  Headed to the lake? Or maybe staying in town and catch the local fireworks display?  Let me know what you're up to! 

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My Weekend

July 01, 2014
Remember when I posted about the painting mishap with the gray not blue walls?  Well I had enough of the blue... yes it took me over three years to tackle this repainting project, but I finally did it.  It started out as a plan to just do the hallway.  Simple enough and small enough.  But the problem is where the hallway ends and the great room begins the walls intersect into one.  I didn't really have that detail of the plan worked out just yet but all I knew was I was ready to paint the blue gone.  My son taped the entire hallway off and begin the project for me to help out.  I really appreciated his help especially since I ended up taking on the entire hallway, upstairs entry, downstairs entry, and the stairwell.  Yup... it all is connected.  

The fist set of pictures is the hallway.  Simple enough right? 

But then you get to the end and the ceiling pitches to about 16 feet.  See that in the first pic? Yeah, its way up there on a ladder.  And the second pic looking over the door is the main entry and that wall on the left, yup, that's a staircase!  And let's not even mention the ugly entry light shall we! 
I painted, and stretched, and reached, and rolled, and cut in, and cut in some more until I was done.  I also was an advil popping fool at the end of every day this weekend.  These are the before and work in progress pics and I will be adding something new on the big wall  where currently you see the double flower pictures hanging over the stairs but not sure what yet.  Any suggestions?  I want something lighter I think than these bold flowers.   

Oh and by the way.... Joe is on vacation visiting a family member and has absolutely NO idea I have done this!  Won't he be surprised!!!!  He  has been wanting it done but it seemed like such a huge chore working around and over a set of stairs.  I have to agree.... it was!  I am glad I like this color because I'm never changing it again!  You can see a little of the color in the top pics of the hallway, and as soon as everything is back in place I will share the finished pictures.  

I also had my hair appointment this weekend.  I decided to cut 2 inches and she added some contrast to my highlights because it was seeming too bright.  I am so happy with how it turned out too.  What do you think of the color she added?  I think next time I will have her add a third color too... for just a little more dimension.   


I have been super busy at night and on the weekends lately.  I have a list of things I want to do and it just seems to keep growing!  If you saw last week in instagram my prints arrived for my gallery wall and I cannot wait to hand them up this weekend.  My bestie is coming in town for the long weekend for some good girl time and we will definitely be hanging them all up!  I'm so excited to reveal a peek at my office.  



So there you have it.  A packed two days full of color in my hair, on my hands and elbows and just about every where else, and those pretties framed for their new wall!  

And before I go, here is a little 4th of July decorations I whipped up last weekend with my mom and sister!  Super easy!   For a complete tutorial read this post.  Its the same process, just different colors! 








So what have you been up to?  



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