Remnants of the Past

Another one leaving the nest

 

My son, Ryan, says to me the other day "Mom, you don't have to buy me cereal anymore." I looked up from the grocery list I was writing with a perplexed look and said "Why?" "I'm hardly ever here to eat anymore." I wanted to cry. My last little bird is preparing me that he will be leaving the nest soon. I have a pantry full of cereal because I know that he will always at least eat cereal here. He looks so grown up in this picture. I guess I still think of him when he was around seven years old and stood in front me in his classroom. It was Mother's Day party at school and each of the children stood in front of their mothers and sang "I will love you forever". Remember that book? It makes me cry right now thinking of it. I guess I still have that mental picture in my mind of Ryan at that age and look at him now. But then he does something like this...

 

He is still my little boy.

The woman behind the design...

Many of you may know Jenny and many may not. If you do know her, you know that she is dynamic in a quiet way. I met Jenny about six or seven years ago. She did the designs for a store I co-partnered with. I quickly found that she was a kindred spirit and a talented graphic designer.  have since sold my store but kept in touch with Jenny and now she designs all the graphics for my antique show. Jenny has also during this time created her passion, Live Artfully, a magazine full of creativity and passion. I was meeting with Jenny the other day and felt I needed to take her picture.

 

I cannot imagine not having Jenny a part of every aspect of my business and as my friend. Jenny is teaching me how to navigate this blog world but unfortunately I wanted to add this to the previous post which shows a Widget that Jenny designed for her magazine. Please look at Friday's post and see how cool it is. Jenny will be designing a Widget for my next show. Sooo...if you haven't seen Jenny's magazine, which the newest issue just came out, rush to purchase one or contact her at [email protected].

Live Artfully

Why can't we be on vacation all the time...

Pure bliss is all I can say. I didn't want to come home. My husband, son and I went to Kauai for two weeks. The last time I was in Kauai was 17 years ago. I was running after a two year old and it was all a blur. All I remember is WARM water. This time I was able to absorb every minute. We stayed in Princeville the first week and then headed over to Poipu            

 

This is one of the pools in the Westin where we stayed.

 

Hanalei Bay. My husband and son  learned to paddle board.

 

 

This is the short hike that we took to get to Anini beach. It was so beautiful and peaceful...

 

I love how the trees come right up to the water.

This is Ha'ena Beach and also the end of the road on this side of the island.

You can see why I didn't want to come home.

This is the life...

We met up with a family friend that belongs to a canoe club. I got to try my hand paddling an outrigger. Lots of fun.

Well...I won't bore you with any more pictures, because I have hundreds. Needless to say...it was wonderful! Back to reality. Over 600 emails, answering machine full and lots of laundry. What happened to when you came back from vacation and all you had to worry about was the laundry.

Keep checking back. My daugher, Devon, who works for Anthropologie will be starting a blog called Wardrobe Chic. I am wardrobe challenged and Devon keeps me looking presentable. It will be a fashion blog but catering to the 30 to 60 year old woman. As Devon is always telling me...she is trying to keep me out of Chicos for my clothes. I will keep you posted!