Bella Tres Chic: What's On My Happy List?

I’m a 52 year old mother of five amazing daughters and wife to a caring, sensitive AND sexy husband. I adore my family. I’m dedicated to my faith. I enjoy a good laugh. I'm nostalgic and love to reminisce. "Remember" is my favorite word in the English language. I love life! I’m passionate about music, food and {dreams of} traveling the world. I wanna be a castle and waterfall chaser. I’m fascinated with anything European. {PARIS! Hello!} I love celebrating anything and everything! I love to read, especially a good biography, mystery, Regency Era Romance or Historical fiction novel. I love thoughtful gift giving. To me the gift wrap is almost as important as the gift itself. I have a bit of an obsession with gift boxes and gift bags. As well as old world maps & globes, apothecary bottles and jars! I love being creative…bolts of ribbon, coordinating scrapbook papers, producing a table scape, or planning décor for a themed party puts a smile on my face. I love the details! I’m a freak for anything theme oriented. I enjoy event planning, but oddly enough do not like to host or entertain. I enjoy fashion, but have to really be in the mood to clothes shop. I love purses and funky costume jewelry. Especially big rings! I’d rather wear wedges or heels any day than flats. I enjoy decorating and searching for the perfect decorative pillow or picture. However, you’ll never see me frequent high-end stores. I'm more of a Ross, TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning kind of gal. My favorite decor style is an old world rustic Italian chateau/Spanish Villa look with a hint of bohemian! OR a vintage shabby chic French country cottage/English cobblestone farmhouse. My #1 cookie-Molasses! Autumn is my favorite season. I’d go through childbirth a million times. I enjoy biking with my man, Pilates, and power walking. You’ll never find me in a gym working out. I love movies, whether watching them in the theatre or cuddled up on the couch with my family. I enjoy a good chick flick or real life drama! I'm a sucker for movies on the Hallmark & Great American Family Channel. I have a tender heart for the elderly. I adore Disneyland. I enjoy being in the canyon on a summer or fall evening at dusk. I love my friends. While I have some extroverted characteristics. I’m a self proclaimed introvert. I’m generally quiet, calm, reserved and pretty darn private. Why in the heck do I blog? It’s a creative way to record family history. I enjoy photography. I really don’t like to write, although I write in my journal often. My journals, patriarchal blessing, scriptures, quote book, and beloved Christmas tree filled with ornaments of family memories are among my prized possessions. I love the beach. I enjoy WWII history. I love a clean, orderly house, but ours usually looks lived in. ;) PBS Masterpiece is my friend. I adore Jane Austen films. They transport me to another time and place. If I had to choose another time period in which to live, early 19th Century England would be my pick. "Sense and Sensibility" is my all time favorite movie. My 3 favorite TV series are...BBC's Larkrise to Candleford, the 1950's Spanish Drama "Velvet," and the travel/food show "Somebody Feed Phil." My biggest pet peeve is people who blow their noses in public. So gross! {Take it to the bathroom people.} I’d go on a wine tasting vacation if it wasn’t against my religion. I’ve always wanted to adopt a baby from a foreign country. I’m an avid BYU football fan. I'm a Educational Support Professional. I tutor elementary kids in phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, fluency and comprehension. I love our campfires at Scofield Lake. I have a 'thing' for fairy gardens, Gallic French roosters, fresh flowers in a vase, pretty bowls & plates, yummy smelling candles & soap. I love summer rainstorms and warm baths. I'm a scripture podcast fanatic. I'm also a fan of several Fox News shows; Hannity and Dave Ramsey Talk Radio. I very much miss Rush Limbaugh! I hate when my kids have homework. I'd rather clean 20 toilets than give a talk or prayer in church. I have quite a collection of Madame Alexander Dolls, children's books, Disney pins, and quotes. My favorite quote is "Don't underestimate me. I know more than I say, think more than I speak & notice more than you realize." True True LOL! I always prefer sitting in a back row versus the front. {I'm sort of a seat snob..yikes} I also have high expectations for my lemonade, salsa, and french fries too. HA! I work well behind the scenes. I love a good Dateline, 20/20 or 48 Hour Mystery. I’m a night owl. I'd rather be cold than hot. I love to budget our finances! I enjoy being a chauffeur to my children. I'm not a huge fan of social media. I don't snap, pin or tweet. All I want for Christmas every year is a ticket to the Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. It's my FAVORITE. I’m an Anglophile…a royal watcher who loves anything English! Especially tea parties! I would like to serve a church mission to England with Jaren someday. I'm queen of paper towel, used kitchen dishrags and sponges kinda make me squirm. You’ll rarely find me out of the house not ready for the day, except when driving the kids to school on the days I don't work. I feel naked without lipstick or lip gloss. Mismatched socks, chipped fingernail polish, chapped lips and brownie crumbs on the floor drive me nuts! I like to organize and BE organized..but not saying I always am. ;) I enjoy hiking to waterfalls, ATV’ing with my family and snowshoeing with the hubs. Although I enjoy collecting recipes and occasionally watch cooking shows... (Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, Paula Deen, Jamie Oliver, and the Pioneer Woman are my favorites) I’d rather not cook. Eating out is so much more fun. I'm a foodie. I live to EAT! LOL Trying new foods and restaurants is a favorite past-time, and believe it or not so is intermittent fasting. I'm not good at a lot of things... but gosh, if you need help with a themed celebration or someone to enjoy good food with, I'm your girl. I love the joy of anticipation and the celebration of holidays. Family traditions are important to me. I'm a memory preserver. I'm a pathological picture taker ;) a visual storyteller, and a lover of happy lists!

Monday, May 04, 2020

What's On My Happy List?

Here's to week 7 of

Cooper's Covid-19 coping....

Kate has been wanting to make

homemade French macarons for quite

some time now...

so she dived into that project

on Saturday.

It's a process to make those

things, and it took her hours!!

She practically did it all by herself

AND they were tasty to boot.

👊😉

*****
Kyleigh and Hannah had a fun
time hiking with cousin Allie...

*****

We celebrated Hannah as
our spotlight this week.

For one of her activities...

Two sisters and I watched her as she swiped

through her mutual dating app profiles...

so entertaining!

Another night the family played
her Kahoot! quiz that she made
about herself. These have
been so fun to play!

She wanted Goodly
for her treat! So one night
we went on a cookie run.

I love their logo!

Another evening we went up to the

Corner Canyon area to watch

the sun go down, or tried to anyway...

there was a bit of cloud coverage.

Hannah loves watching a good sun set.

She used to love doing that with her friends.

Until they all left her for Jesus. haha

Due to the pandemic they've all come home

from their missions in the past month or so.

She was so happy to have them home.

But several have already been

reassigned state side

and our heading back out this next week.

😔

She chose Indian food for her dinner.

We got Ganesh takeout.

Their tikka masala is the bomb!

She also got to watch her favorite movie!

*****
Other random things that brought
light and joy
to our week....

The military fly-by
that went through-out our state
honoring our medical workers.
So awesome.
Made my day.

I brought out my mom and dad
to watch.

We had neighbors up on their
roofs.
It was great.

*****
Bingley's 1st Birthday
was a highlight of the week!

We ordered special dog
cupcakes from a place in
West Jordan called
Dela's Doggie Desserts.

Emmsie made a cheesecake
for us!

We had extra doggie cupcakes

so we delivered them to our
next door neighbor doggie
friends, who he likes to bark
at behind the fence.
He has taken quite a liking
to Penny who lives next door.

This is Sandy...

Buddy...

and his two hyper cousins...
Sparky and Indie.

It's crazy how much he has grown
since the end of July
when we got him at 10 weeks.

These first pictures of him

kill me!

He now looks like an old grandpa
in desperate need of grooming!

My hair is in a state of emergency too.

I get it cut every four weeks. Faithfully.

We are going on 8 now...Yikes.

Happy Birthday to you Bing!
We love you so much!
{even though you steal
our socks! 😂}

*****
In food news...

My friend brought us
sourdough chocolate cake

in place of our monthly dinner group outing.

Who knows when we'll actually

eat in a restaurant again.

😜

Some of my favorite eats this week...

Sunday dinner!

YUM!

My fruit/veggie and nut plate.

Right after a daily 16-20 hour fast...

This is what my body craves.

Healthy food.

This is one thing, of many, that I love

about intermittent fasting.

*****

What I'm watching....

I'm currently on a WWII kick...

It's such a fascinating time in history to me.

Two series I'm really enjoying right now

is Foyle's War...

{On Acorn British TV}

and the Hunting Hitler History Channel Series.

{Playing on Amazon Prime.}

This one intrigues the hubs,

Kyleigh and Hannah too.

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