The Battle of the Cold

This cold/flu I've got going on is not going to let me go easy but jokes on them - I'm now becoming accustomed to having a 5,000lb head full of mucus and lungs that don't feel like doing their fair share, so I'm winning this battle!  If I say it then it must be true, right? Gotta stay positive.

I cannot gush enough about what an incredible time we had down in Florida.  Hurricane Hermine definitely made the first day interesting but nothing could put a dint in the amazing vacation we had.  Y'all, the beach house we rented was absolutely ridiculous - I don't even know where to begin.  Let's just say that calling a multi-million dollar beach house your home for a week is definitely the way to go.

 This place was H-U-G-E and just gorgeous.  It's hard to pick one thing that I loved most but the pool area was where I spent most of my time.  Pool, hot tub, outdoor bar, giant TV, a canal, cute lizards, comfy couches to lounge on, ping pong tables, kayaks, paddle boards, wildlife watching, etc?  That was only one part of the house! Too lazy to walk upstairs?  Just take the in-house elevator up to the second floor.  Too tired to walk the few steps to the beach?  Hop in the golf cart or grab one of the restored Schwinn bicycles.  It was heaven and I will hopefully be back sooner than later.

I haven't even begun to go through my film but I'll be getting a LOT of mileage out of my "Cake by the Ocean" collection, that's for sure! 

I can't believe I came home to discover that Fall had arrived but I'm not complaining because this is my favorite time of the year.  Back to School, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas... I'M READY!  Get yourself ready with one of my Fall-themed kits and save 40% when you use coupon code FALL2016 at checkout. (The are much, much more in the shop!)

FREE KIT TIME!  I'm giving away TWO kits in honor of summer turning to fall and you can get the first complete kit - Poolside - below.

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So Long Summer...Hello Fall!

I've been home two full days and this is the first I've been able to lift my head from the bed thanks to this post-vacay cold/flu.  Oy Vey!

 It has been an absolutely crazy past 10 days and I'm finally getting things back in order after a few unwelcome hiccups.  Before I get to that.... Look at this cutie building her first sand castle.  All together now....AWWWW!

Baby Finch (Quinn) 

Our vacation was incredible - oh Gosh, was it incredible!  I'll be sharing more about it over the next few days but I have to get these announcements out of the way. So....last Friday we caught a 6am flight out of Tulsa and I thought I'd be fine just taking a power nap and then getting some good sleep while on the plane.  This was the perfect plan...until it wasn't.  I was so tired going through security at 4:30am (apparently 4:30am is a time of day people are actually awake for??) that I completely forgot about taking my Laptop out of my bag to be scanned.  This was an intensely traumatic discovery for me - I cannot lie.  We'd won the battle against Hermine and I was basking in the glow of being in this truly incredible beach house with all of these people that I love and then...whomp, whomp!

Long story short, the laptop was found and held for me until we got back home.  As someone whose laptop is an actual appendage it was a very unwelcome sensation to be without it and to make things worse it completely messed up being able to communicate with y'all, sending out newsletters, etc.  Did I mention that I lost my phone and broke my newest Kindle within the same 48 hour period?  Yep, THAT happened.  So...yeah...LoL I'm back and I'm slowly regaining my digital sanity.  

Word to the wise: Should you ever feel like you're losing your mind I cannot recommend enough jumping fully clothed into the ocean with your 2 year old niece as she experiences waves for the first time.  That child, I swear, what a constant blessing she is.  Fearless she is, fearless.

10+ Days without freebies is NOT okay in my book so I'm going to be making it up to y'all by giving out two of my absolute favorite kits - "Poolside" for summer and "Hello Fall" for autumn.  YAY!  You'll be able to find the "Poolside" patterns and the end of today's newsletter, the "Poolside" elements in tomorrow's newsletter, the "Hello Fall" patterns in Wednesday's blog post and the coordinating elements in Thursday's newsletter.

Pick up one of these "So Long Summer...Hello Fall!" kits at 40% off when you use coupon code FALL2016.

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned!

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