Hello my lovely QVC ladies!! I have not written a blog in months, please forgive me! I don't even know where to start it’s been so long. Is it ok with you if I start talking about life backwards because I remember yesterday but I don't know if I remember March, lol!
So excited that spring has sprung!! Steve and I are outdoor people so we love when it starts to warm up and we can eat, sit, walk, and live outdoors! In fact we've been working on our deck as far as decor goes and starting to plant in the front of the house. We moved into our house last year and though we did get deck furniture we didn't have all the finishing touches and that's what we are getting now. I'll take pics when it’s all together and show you but I need to get one more thing, flameless candles from my fave, Candle Impressions.
Our half finished deck! Note cute QVC flower boxes and the tree in the corner is a Roberta's lemon tree.
This year we are tackling the front of the house too. We are in a townhouse but do have some yard. We have a tree and a holly bush but there is room in front of them for more and we would like something that is a bush in the winter but blooms in the summer so I turned to my landscapers, mom and dad! Now grated mom and dad are not "real" landscapers but they've been homeowners for 40 years and both have green thumbs that I did not inherit. Mom suggested Knock Out Roses because they are easy to care for but also bloom from spring to frost. Now you know the first thing I did was go to qvc.com to place an order and boohoo they didn't have what I wanted. I would like to put a request in with QVC where you can select your color configuration with flowers. I needed 3 bushes but wanted 3 all the same color and we do packages of mixed colors. So off to our local nursery we went. Good thing was the nursery had roses on sale and in white which is what I wanted! I'll take pics of those too! Nothing else is really new in the house. Oh, we did get a clock from Pottery Barn and two white flower boxes from the Q that I will show you at the end of this.
Our PB clock! Please ignore the fact that the powder room door is open, lol.
How was your Easter or Passover? We had a wonderful day that included brunch with Steve's parents and then on to my parents for a late Easter lunch. Got to see my two favorite nieces (I only have two) and that meant I got to play baby dolls, school, spa, and my favorite; dance class! We have so much fun with them!! I'm looking forward to May because my parents, Steve and I , and Abby and Reese (the nieces) are all going to the beach together. My big sis has a wedding on Martha's Vineyard so we get to keep the girls. I love going to the beach in May because it’s not too hot and I don't feel like I have to stay on the beach all day and soak up the sun so I get to do a little more shopping, dining, and just relaxing. We go to a wonderful town called Stone Harbor in NJ and it’s the beach I've gone to all my life so it feels like home. Plus they have a great ice cream joint that serves peanut butter and brownie ice cream. Hello, are you kidding me?!?! I get a cone every night!
One of the reasons why I love my nieces!!
Everything's good with the family, though we did have a scare when Steve's dad had a small stroke earlier in the year. He is doing better and in fact back to work and finished with therapy but it certainly makes you realize how you just never know. Makes you want to hug everyone a little tighter. I know I sure felt like that with the Boston tragedy too. So scary, so sad, so painful. I hope all of your family is doing well and that hugs have been given.
So let’s see, we covered house, fam, so how about work. Things are great at the Q and I'm still loving that we get devoted time together between, Monday, Thursday and Friday. It certainly is fun having Inspired Style on Thursday and then turning around and coming back for more fashion in The Lisa Robertson Show. I certainly do my fair share of shopping those two nights. Oh, speaking of. Guess who has an Isaac cross body bag coming home to her. Hoping it will be there when I get home today.
I'm going to start doing a lot of travelling soon for IS!! Up to NYC, over to Philly, and way over to San Francisco! I really can't wait especially to go out west as I do love it out there. You know Steve always tells me he would move to LA in a heartbeat if QVC sent me there. I don't think I would as I can't imagine being a plane ride away from the fam, I like to hop in the car whenever I want to see them. Think my hubby secretly wants to be a surfer so I remind him he still would have to work if we moved and riding waves does not bring in income unless you are professional, lol. Anyway, I will keep you posted on all of our trips.
You know I always find it's best to get updated with what I like to call "Amy's random thoughts", basically a bunch of run on sentences but I find that what I want to tell you doesn't always fit in its own pretty paragraph. So here goes!
Had a great time in LA in Feb. Didn't want to take my green dress off and had a pinch me moment when I was hanging out in Lisa Rinna's room at the end of the night with her and Jen Rade!
Stopped using Super Smile for a month and felt like my teeth looked like corn kernels instead of white Chiclets so I went back to the expensive but oh so good stuff.
I have discovered the most comfortable heels in America, they are DVF and the grey pair I wear all the time but you could run 5 miles in them, ok fine I exaggerated, 1 mile.
Have two new favorite songs right now, for a slower/sad one, Tim Mcgraw's Highway Don't Care and for a fun/dance one Ceiling Can't Hold us.
Speaking of music, wanted to see Jay Z and JT in concert but then looked up the price for tickets and realized I could get a killer handbag, a ton of makeup, or three dresses and said never mind to the concert.
Tried a new shampoo and hated it (shh, its Loreal)
Tried Wen's Spring Gardenia and loved it!
I'm on the third Fifty Shades Of Grey book and I now see what all the fuss is about. Though I will say from an HBO watcher I think Eric and Bill are more steamy then Christian.
Steve and I finally sat down to watch old seasons of Breaking Bad and considering we are on season 5 in a matter of weeks I would say we are hooked.
Got a trim and wasn't sure if I liked it at first because we put more layers in it, but I now I officially do like it!!
And lastly because I feel so close to you I'm going to tell you something that many might find over share but I Know many will find as exciting as I do. We are trying to have a baby!! Well, we've been trying since September and no baby yet and everyone keeps telling me not to think about it but how in the world do you not think about it!!!
And that would be my life in a few sentences! Alright girlfriends. Sorry again that I've been a bad blogger. As you probably know I'm a talker not a writer or as MJ would say I'm a lover not a fighter. That is true BTW, lol! Glad we got caught up except I do feel like I'm the only one sharing so reply and let me know what is up with you?
Oh, before we leave each other let me tell you one more thing. When I go to NYC in a few weeks I'm going to hang out with David Dangle. Remember when IS did Dear Isaac? We are now going to do Dear David. If you have any style questions you want answered please feel free to write them in the reply section and I will ask him during the taping.
Ok, great to talk you!! I'll see you on the Q!
Much love,
Amy:)