dear and yonder

i could write a whole lot about how cool the new girls surf movie coming out this summer from tiffany campbell (thomas campbell's wife) but i won't.  if a picture is worth a thousand words i will let these speak for me:

just one more reason to look forward to summer.

*photos from the the dear and yonder site 

but let's not get ahead of ourselves

it's still spring and spring means flowers.

i was just drooling over the small stump blog and fell in love with these birch bark tubes that you can use as vases- or pencil holders or whatever your heart desires.  i think they are lovely.

*photos from the small stump blog, if you love flowers you will love love love her posts lately.

summer is on it's way...

which means your gonna be in the water a lot- right?  and if you or your kids are anything like me, i usually get at least one ear infection.  which sucks.  it's painful, no one likes to make trips to the dr and even worse, you have to stay out of the water.  a few years ago, after one such excruciating ear infection my aunt, who was a lifeguard at san clemente and has 5 lil water babies, told me about wally's ear oil.  so i thought i might tell you about it too. 

it's an all natural oil that you can use to relieve pain in your ears.  whenever i start to feel like i am getting an ear infection or have any ear pain i use it and feel much better.  it has never let me down!

wally's can be found at GNC and other health food stores for about $10.  last time i was at GNC to buy some, they had a buy one get one free!  wally's also makes ear candles which are always fun to do at the end of summer to see how much of the beach you have been toting around with you.  and i just noticed the itch-away oil, i will have to pick some of that up when we get back out to hawaii, for some reason mosquitoes love my sugary blood.

*just one little warning, you might not want to sleep on your best pillow case after you have used the drops, they have garlic in them and will make them smell (but it will wash out)! 

listography

list makers of the world unite.

i am one of those people who have lists everywhere- groceries, things to do, funny things my girls say, places i want to visit.... so many lists!  so when i saw the cover of the listography book on the daytrip website i had to look into it.  so i did, and lost myself on the internet for yet another huge chunk of precious time, but the idea of a book dedicated to lists! wow!   and on their rad website (you can join or free!) you can make oodles and oodles of lists and read others lists- double wow.  i know this may be old news to some, but i am hooked!  

i also love the idea of their kids book:

luke (that would be my husband) has a dr.seuss book that was a fill in the blanks book from when he was 8, it is so fun to read and see the world through his eyes at a young age.  i want my girls to do something like this for sure!

bunny cake

Go to Betty Crocker's little web site for directions to make this cake. It is very simple and especially fun to make. You only need two round cakes... and well, follow the directions from there.

(here's a tip my aunt Kris taught me, when your making a box cake mix use milk instead of water, and really whip the batter with a mixer for about 2 minutes. It really does make a better cake)

good to know...

this is a quick tutorial, go look at it. I was making knots in thread the same way she was, (roll it on your finger and create a messy ball of thread, is that what you were doing?) but not anymore.

on the subject of shaka's...

here is a tid bit on the many types of shaka's. This clip from Thomas Campbell's Sprout, is great.