You’ve all seen jewelry boxes over-flowing with necklaces, rings, strings of pearls, bracelets… the goods. Sure, it looks great for display purposes, but who actually keeps their jewelry like that??

Me. Oh yeah, I’m all over it. Mountains of jewelry on top of jewelry on counter tops, oozing out of boxes and sprawled out like you do when you pass out from too much drinking. You get the idea…

Hey, I never said it was…. presentable. This is my version of it.. which results from an over-load of accessories, continued purchases adding to the pile, absolutely no idea how to organize it…. and pure laziness.  I don’t really want to go through this mess of tangles. Would you?

However, trying to find that one thing you’re looking for. Impossible. The matching earring of the pair? Impossible. How about remembering what you have? Barely possible.

So goodness help me. In what state is your jewelry? And how the hell do you organize it?

Please, enlighten me.

XO,

Yawwwwn. Bored? Spice up your night with some Doritos!!

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Thank you. Loves you.

XO,

Bored? Have an hour to spare?

Why not crack open a coconut?

The name says it all: Easy Open Coconut.

1. Pierce eye, drain milk.
2. Tap along groove.
3. Remove flesh, enjoy!

SO SIMPO! Right? Has anyone ever tried to open a coconut like this? Let me tell you how it’s done.

Step 1: Pierce the eye. That’s easy. Drain the milk? Easy too right? Right. Until you realize that hmmm liquid doesn’t drain too well from small holes in concealed objects. So like a physicist you think,  Right. All I need to do is poke another hole so that the pressure can escape.

Here we go.

Poke.

….. Poke.

……. Poke!

….. POKE. Poke. Poke.

…… POKE! POKE! POKE! POKE! POKE!

WTF!

It. Won’t. Work. The first hole was easy access. Working the second was NOT. The third wouldn’t budge either. Oh yes, we tried chopsticks, knives, screw drivers. And after much effort. It gave in… Woo hoo to a few more drops of coconut milk.

Step 2: Tap along groove. What does tap mean to you? To hit lightly right? Wrong! In coconut language, tap means: to pound vigorously first using knives of increasing length, size and durability and then with a hammer. It’s like trying to cut open a freakin’ rock.

Step 3: Remove flesh and enjoy! How do you easily remove flesh that is dense, tight and almost solid? Not with a spoon! A knife perhaps? Sure. But you’ll need a lot of strength, precision, articulation and sawing skills.

One hour later…. I’m not even sure if I really enjoyed myself. Watching someone open a coconut becomes less exciting over time. ;) { Yes, all I really did was drink the milk and eat the flesh. } However, the 2 sips of coconut milk was great and the dry paper-like flesh was… okay.

If you’ve never done it before, it’s something new, something different, and something “fun.” I’d say it’s one of those things you have to do once in your life. However, they could have made the instructions a bit more helpful.

Materials: A strong, patient and determined figure { ideally a male } who has chopsticks, butter knives, steak knives, butcher knives, a cutting board, and a hammer.

I guess if you have time to kill, you could always watch a movie or something too. :)

XO,

Why what?

Why, Wally Hermès Yachts!

The winter coldness has just about passed, the Olympics are over and the sun is starting to come out… oh, what next? Birds chirping? Flowers Blooming? Spring? Summer? Let’s jump right into the warmth. After all, warm and sunny puts me in a good mood. You with me?

The Wally Hermès Yacht is gorgeous 58m long x 38m wide moving island that captures the essence of freedom and beauty, while implementing advanced sustainable technologies and recycling thermal energy, organic waste and inorganic waste.

View of WHY and its energy efficient solar panels and covered skylight patios.

The yacht has 3 decks.

Level 1: living space, beach, spa, dining room, music room, cinema
Level 2: suites, lounge and library
Level 3: owner’s space

There is room for 12 guests and 20 crew members.
{ More crew than guests huh. }

The lounge area

The yacht also includes an on-deck promenade, swimming pool and a helipad.

The bedrooms. Heavenly.

Mmmmm summer is definitely my favorite season. And this summer, I’d like to go WHY. Visit the Official Wally Hermès Yachts site to see how YOU can make my dreams come true. ;)

XO,

Just a little reminder…because sometimes, we all need one.

[Image by tchaikovsky2]

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?

When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Ever told your child,
We’ll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time
To call and say,’Hi’

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift….
Thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower

Hear the music
Before the song is over.

A poem said to be written by a teenager with cancer.  Unlike most of us, she’ll never make it to prom,  graduate from high school, or get married and start a family of her own.

So take a moment each day….
to stop and smell the roses.

XO,

Generally, women are in the shape of…

apples or pears.

{Who cares about guys.}

And then there are bamboo sticks, toothpicks, and women without an ounce of fat on their bony frames. If you are the latter, go away. You don’t belong here.

Me? I’m a pear. And I may live longer than you apples out there.

Apparently, if you have more fat in your bottom half – your butt & thighs – you may live longer because your fat can trap harmful particles and release beneficial compounds. It’s like a superhero.

Another reason I’m glad to be a pear?

When you overeat {and man do I overeat}, the fat in your legs get a piece of the action – they absorb the fat from your meal. It’s kind of like a bitch, don’t even THINK about hogging that fat to yourself sort of deal. {Don’t you wish more people demanded that of you?} The result? The rest of your body is spared from being overwhelmed by your massive dietary fat intake. Yum. No wonder I can never lose thigh fat. That, and because I’m lazy.

For more, visit Vancouver Sun: Fat thighs, bum may help you live longer

Which one are you ?

XO,

PS – Don’t tell me I’m not a pear when my bathing suit set consists of a XS top and a M sized bottom. Mix and match rocks!