Bloggers I Love:

I just wanted to share a few of my favorite reads...

In case you're looking for something to do this weekend:

Decorating:

Absolutely Beautiful Things

Casapinka

Big Bloggers:

Girls Gone Child

Finslippy

Fashion:

Cupcakes and Cashmere

Rantings of a Fashion Addict

All things girl:

Lacey in Love

Life is Bananas

Reality TV:

Reality Roadkill

more to come next weekend...



© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"

Fashion Friday

Being that I am still recovering from vacation, I haven't had much of a chance to get unpacked, let alone get dressed up for pictures.

Actually, it's Jimmy that is being too lazy to take them. Slacker.

But, I can't go another week without something fashion related....so I'm about to share my latest must have fashion items so that you no longer need to go without.

First up:

Hanes 3 pack of the white tanks


These are awesome because they layer so cute under anything and everything. And they're long, which I love.

Next up:

Fit Flops & Cobians




The Fit Flops are a new find, and I have to say I love them. I didn't think I could ever find a pair of flip flops that I would love as much as my black Cobians. But, now I have two go to pairs. I adore them both and they make my feet very happy.

Burts Bees Lip Shimmer


My sister Heather just turned me onto these, and already I'm hooked. Just enough color, moiturizing, and not at all sticky. So now the wind can toss my hair and I can still look sexy. I was having some problems with that before.

And that's about it for today, I have to save the rest of my secrets for another post.

Now if you have something fashion related to share, link up here!



Next week, I'm going to show off some of my thrift store finds. They're all cleaned and ready to wear!!! Fun fun!



© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"

The meeting with Mama Kat...just in case

I realize with the last post that some of you may be confused. What with the going back and forth between blogs and news sources to get the whole story. And since the media just loves to play things out, let me help things along.

So here you go. In chronological order...

Mama Kat voicing her anxieties about meeting me....can you blame her really?


The meeting and Mama Kat's after thoughts....


Incredible honesty and sweet words:


And finally....

The happy couple, together at last:





© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"

What are you looking at?

On the off chance you didn't see it on the news, or read about it in US Weekly, this last Monday Mama Kat had the pleasure of meeting me. And I, her, of course.

We knew what we were attempting, trying to go in public without being recognized, was a difficult feat, but try we did.

It was a tough doing our best to be incognito...we felt as though we were being stared at the entire night. Even our waiter couldn't stay away from the table, making up excuses to fill our sodas just so he could be near us. Little did he know it was so obvious he knew who we were.

It certainly didn't help things that Mama Kat wore her apron. It was kinda like she wanted to be known. Hmmmm.....

With each walk to the bathroom, with each puking session Chloe decided to have at the table, with each crying fit Taylor threw over a lost balloon, we couldn't shake the feeling that people were watching us. Staring at us really.

It's hard being famous. It's tough having people watch your every move.

But, I have to say....it was quite refreshing to dine with someone who understands such complicated living.

Anyway, all in all, it was super fun. You know besides the puke, the crying, and the kiss I supposedly missed out on.

What I really loved most about meeting my BSF (secret code, don't ask), was her refreshing honesty:



I also thought I would share a couple pictures with you before you see them on E! News...




So, if blogging doesn't make me really explode into reality tv fame or grant me the illustrious book deal, or place me on the Momversation videos...

then at least I can say...

from all this blogging craziness, I've met an awesome, non creepy friend...and that alone makes it all worth it.

Sniff sniff.



© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"

Mommy Dearest

I'm on vacation at the moment...and actually away from the computer...but lucky ducks, you get to still read some good stuff on here.

Today I picked an oldie but a goodie.

I'm sure at least one of you can relate. Please, oh please....just one of you....relate!


Ever have those days where you feel you slightly resemble Joan Crawford, and there is really not much difference between you and her when she yells "NO WIRE HANGERS....EVER!!!!!"

But instead, you hear yourself yelling, "NO MORE WHINING....EVER!" or "NO, I DONT WANT TO TALK TO YOUR CARS ANYMORE!!!!" or "I JUST WANT TO POOP ALONE!!!! (okay, maybe that last one is just me....)

Ya, it's been one of those, um, months for me. Just call me Mommy Dearest.

Honestly, I have to agree with a friend of mine who said, "Motherhood is a calling."

Somedays I have it, most days I don't.

I envy those of you who are able to stay at home, keep the house clean, have your laundry done, cook dinner from scratch, and somehow you don't even know what an antidepressant is.

Who are you people? How do you live such lives?

I don't mean to complain. I don't. I love that I get to stay home and be with my kids. I do.

No really. I love my life, I love my life....

But.....

Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side, and today I want to be on the green. Just today I want to talk to an adult who simply says what they have to say and they say it once. And to be around the kind of people who know what I mean when I say, "Jason is such a great dad. I really hope he gets the right girl this time," ahhh, I mean, that would be the life!

And just once, just once when I flush the toilet, it would be so nice not to hear, "Was it a big one or a small one, Mom?"

I know it's weird, but I don't want to talk to a car that doesn't talk back to me. I don't want to hear the same phrase 40 times in five minutes. And I'd like to be spoken to in a tone other than high pitched whining.

Oh crap. Wait, what's this oh so familiar "mom feeling" coming over me right now?

Guilt. (Like we don't feel that enough...)

Okay, okay....

To be honest, it's me. It's not him. I'm the one with issues and stuff.

He was sweet today. I mean, he stayed by my side from morning till night and yet still felt that he needed to tell me, "I miss you, Mom," every ten minutes.

Bad, bad mom for complaining.

Just call me Mommy Dearest.



© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"

I breathed in, I breathed out

I had a moment...and it's moments like these I need to remember.

I was content. I looked around at my life, and I smiled in my soul. I breathed in, I breathed out, I felt okay.

For that one moment, I allowed myself to accept me. There were no menacing thoughts, instead I embraced what God had blessed me with.

My children. My babies. My home. My body. my body.... My marriage. My friends. My family.

I let go of the shoulds, the should not's. I breathed in, I breathed out. I was okay.

I was not trying. I was not working for. I was not anything, but in that moment.

I breathed in, I breathed out.

In that moment...

I was alive. I was free. I was exactly where I wanted to be.

It's moments like these, that if I don't grab them and taste them and feel them and know them....they could simply pass away.

I must hold on to it. I must remember...

To breathe. In and out.

To accept. To forgive. To not try. To not work. To just be.

To breathe. In and out.

For just a moment.




© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"

Vacation!

Don't cry, dry your eye...
There's no Fashion Friday,
because it's the 4th of July!

{almost}

If you had a post to link up, save it for next next Friday!

And enjoy your long weekend guys!




© 2009 "Le Musings of Moi"