Hello WP! Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ Well, belated. Valentine’s Day was fun! But before I go into it I wanted to talk embroidery. I smashed through a lot of sewing this week, and I started on my 2021 sewing journal that I mentioned last post. The journal is a different beast of a project compared … More Sew Much Fun
Hello everyone! Merry Christmas! So. How was everyone’s holidays? Mine was pretty great. I’ll go into detail below. But first… 🕊To those who celebrated these holidays, I hope that you enjoyed them as safely as possible and spent the days in good company with lots of peace, love and laughter! 🎁 If you’re secular, well, … More Christmas 2020
Hello guys! I totally forgot to update you on my holiday! Bah. My brain these days. This year’s Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. It has been a handful of Thanksgivings that I am the hostess. I like entertaining- from cooking, setting tablescapes, cocktails to everything in between. I love it all. Normally, we have … More Thanksgiving 2020
Well, if there was a day to have a drink to shake off stress, it would be this one. I got woken up this morning by a phone call. It was from my eldest sister in Italy. She was calling to tell me that my dad was being rushed to the hospital with chest pains. … More Sober October Journal- day 24
Hello WordPressland, Hope you all had a peaceful Christmas and Hanukkah, AND, a fabulous start to 2020! 🙂 This will be a quick post, I promise. Here we are, at the beginning of another era, whichever way you think of starting a decade… year 0 or year 1, this beginning is special! We are … More 2019- End of Year Fun!
day 1 We took off for New York by mid-morning Sunday. By the time we got into Manhattan it was about 3 PM. Probably the best time of the day to get into NYC during the holidays with all the lights. We had dinner reservations at Ragtrader for 5:30PM. We stayed at the Cambria Hotel, … More Christmas in NYC 2019
Hello WordPressland! I am in an insanely good mood for a Wednesday. A snowy one at that. The snowfall out my window this morning is picture perfect, with those slow falling fluffy flakes. Looks like a dream. So yeah, my birthday! Officially, I am IN my forties, 43. Crazy, right? I am in my forties … More Forty-three
Hey Guys! I am here! I haven’t forgotten to update my blog with Halloween. Things have been crazy busy with some personal matters and work, but I have time right now so I jumped on! Actually, since writing on here last, things have been going pretty great. Even if busy. I partied Friday and Saturday … More Halloween 2019
Hello WordPressers! I can’t believe I am already here typing out my vacation journal. My mind is still on island time and my legs still have not found the land (woo! wobbly!). We went on a fantastic trip down the Caribbean on a cruise. Before I talk about this cruise, which I will in my … More Vacation Journal- Fort Lauderdale
Hello WordPressland!! Hope you had a great Mother’s Day weekend celebrating all the mothers in your lives. What. A. Fantastic. Weekend. Let me start with Friday. Per usual, it’s a holiday so I treated myself to a new pair of earrings that I have been coveting for a while. They finally went on sale, so, … More Mother’s Day 2019
Hello WordPress! I am keeping this one short and sweet, a photo collage, as I have to run to PT! Today has just flown with work. Hope those who celebrated Passover and Easter this weekend enjoyed every moment with family and friends in peace. Here is a collage of our day, minus the after dinner … More Easter 2019 (in photos)
First… HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL OF THE MOMS OUT THERE! 💕 Kicked off Mother’s Day Friday after work with my sister and Mom. It was a little chilly Friday, but sunny. When I arrived to my sister’s there was a lot of commotion going on in the streets. The town was on lockdown, lots … More Mother’s Day 2018
Hey Everyone! What a great weekend! We took a drive up North to see friends who invited us up for the weekend; Well, we left after my husband’s job Saturday night and returned home last night around 7PM. This friend is my husband’s bestie from HS, and his family house is up in Weld, Maine, about … More Weekend Getaway
Hey Everyone! Back from our Cape vacation, sadly. :((((( We had a blast even though the weather wasn’t totally cooperative the whole time. We started off great, with a super beach day… then the clouds settled in a bit. Our one rainy day opened up to sunshine, though! Which was great for go … More Cape Cod July 2017 (in photos)
Helloooooo Everyone! It’s Saturday, and I hope you guys have great big plans, because I am doing nothing. Well, nothing except cleaning! But first, I am journaling about day 3, the first full day at sea and our first formal dinner night. Every night, late night, when we returned to our rooms, we would find the … More Vacation Diary-Day 3-At Sea/Formal night
Valeria Out Loud 