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

I’m a 51 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, and 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!

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

What's On My Happy List?

Turkey day at our house!

My favorite time of the year

with my favorite humans

and furry friends...

Walter made his debut on our

Thanksgiving breakfast table!

We used Reese's Pieces candy

to represent our 5 kernels of corn

and the bugle chips were the mini

cornucopia's...

😉

It's always a delight hearing everyone's

5 things

that they are grateful for!

The Poppi knocked it out of the park

with the cinnamon rolls this year.

I came across this picture

from Thanksgiving 2004!

I can see kernels of corn

on the plates...so looks

like we were doing our

"thankful breakfast" even back then.

😂

18 years and counting....

We watched some of the

Macey's Day Parade!

We ate a yummy Thanksgiving meal

with the hubs family that afternoon.

The Poppi trying to sleep in the middle

of all this! haha

The cousins made these cute turkeys...

We usually go to a movie on Thanksgiving night

but there wasn't one we were really

interested in seeing.

We stayed at home and watched the

Thanksgiving movie

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

and I finished decorating the tree.

*****

The day after Thanksgiving

it's tradition for us to go to

Christmas in Color!

We took my parents with us this year.

They were celebrating their

Wedding Anniversary that day!

66 YEARS!!!

How awesome is THAT?

*****

In food news....

A sweet neighbor brought

this box of yumminess to us.

We had a good 'ole home cooked meal for

dinner group this month.

The hubs mac 'n cheese and okra

were the bomb diggity.

We topped it off with a slice of pecan pie.

Which is a favorite of mine...

but whoa I'd never tried chocolate pecan pie before!

So delicious!

*****

In dog life...

Mr. Bingley just hang'in....

I'll tend this guy any time...

How sweet is this?

I wish you could see the

big black blob of cuteness

{Mr. Darcy}

chill'in by the tree!

Hoping he won't destroy the nativity...haha..

One week in...so far so good.

*****

In other random....

I was able to get the front room tree done

a couple nights before Thanksgiving.

Gotta say I'm so glad the trees are DONE!

😅

I love them SO SO much...like they are

in the TOP THREE of my

favorite things about Christmas.

BUT no one really enjoys

decorating them. Even me.

Getting them fluffed and lights put on

drives me bonkers!

NONE of the lights worked on our pre-lit one.

UGH!

{Can't even think about taking them down

in 6 weeks.

Cuz that is even worse than

putting up! haha}

Emmsie, Hannah and Kate

went and helped the twin cousins get

their tree up and decorated.

Emmsie and I got the village out this year.

Loving that!

We celebrated Dec. 1st with

advent calendars

and peppermint chip shakes

from the Chic-fil-A.

Kate and I have been enjoying watching

this together on the Food Network!

And then.... I was just in heaven watching this

along with an old Sinatra, Dean Martin Christmas

special on PBS. I adore the old classic Christmas songs

so much!!!

The ones sung by Andy Williams, Perry Como,

Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, and Karen Carpenter etc...

Gosh. It doesn't get any better than those.

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