mothers are priceless.

okay, i'm in big trouble.

and i mean big trouble.

you see, when you don't typically have a mom around to 

do all things girly and fun... you don't spend much money.

it's the normal: grocery shopping and saturday date night with lovebird.

however, when you do have your mom around...

that story changes. big time. 

with the combination of it being spring break {free time} and

the fact that i live in a place surrounded by fabulous shopping in every direction,

it's a little hard to not spend money. 

or should i say, it's too easy to spend money?

wether it be spent on clothes, accessories, diet cokes, lunches, decorations...

it all adds up. and it adds up quickly, might i add.

lovebird is about ready to hide my little wallet.

however, as much fun as it is to spend money on a new outfit,

there is nothing like "spending" time with my mom.

we are best friends.

and have been for as long as i can remember.

i was in need of a little mother-daughter time to reboot my engine.

she sometimes feels too far away from me.

being in her arms these last few days has been lovely.

yes, most definitely- spending hours shopping, drinking diet cokes,

reading, laughing until our bellies hurt, going on lunch dates

and running errands has been the absolute blast.

but, simply being in the company of my mom is worth far more than

any outfit, diet coke, decoration or pair of shoes i could buy.

i love her dearly.

xoxo

p.s. i'm back to "normal" blogging on thursday.

and stay tuned i have an awesome giveaway coming up! 

spring break, baby!

hello to a new week.

{a spring break week.}

my mother is in town,

so blogging will have to be on 

the back burner for a couple more days.

{so sorry}

i hope you had a lovely easter.

we sure did.

even though it was spent mostly indoors due to lovebird being so sick.

a day full of church, an easter dinner, cuddles, movies

and a drive to the country roads to visit the baby cows.

i promise to post pictures as soon as i get the time.

until then, have a happy week- 

i can't wait to read up on your fun weekends.

xo

a little "midge" is coming to visit.

{adorable wreath my cute mom made and sent me for easter}

happy weekend.

{and happy spring break to me}

today is a quick post due to two things:

1. i woke up with lovebird's sickness. 

2. my dear mother is flying into visit us today.

{a very last minute decision.}

can you say awesome?

what a perfect way to start spring break:

sick and in the arms of a mother. my mother. 

surprisingly, i'm not joking.

this is a dream come true for me. {okay fine, minus the sick part.}

now, if i can just boot the sickness by easter that will be perfect! 

please send happy and healthy thoughts my way,

as i will send them back to you.

xoxo

"the sun will come out tomorrow."

{nerd alert}

it's thursday already. 

this week has been quite lovely all in all.

{minus the fact that lovebird is sick}

i have been a little too busy this week.

but a good busy.

the type of busy where i throw my hair up in a pony, 

put little {if any} makeup on,

grab my glasses and wear the first thing i see in my closet.   

rehearsals for romeo and juliet have picked up,

my school load as seemed to doubled,

and racing to a from to teach piano has been crazy.

however, i think knowing spring break is just around the corner 

has given me motivation to plow through.

spring break starts tomorrow. 

thank goodness.

i have grand plans of doing one thing:

relaxing. 

{and reading a book or two of course} 

i would ask what your plans for spring break are,

but i feel like everyone has already "been there and done that".

for some reason, california schools seem to be behind schedule. 

it's odd. but i'm not complaining,

because a break is a break.

and we all need one no matter when it comes. 

so the countdown has gone from days hours...

27 more hours until spring break. 

what a lovely thought.

xo

hello world: meet bonnie.

I know what you're thinking right now.   "Guest post today?  Well, shoot. Alright, toots, you've got exactly seven seconds to impress me before I click out of this site and don't give you the time of day ever again." The pressure is intense, I tell you, it's intense! Deep breath.  And here I go. First things first.  My name is Bonnie.  This is me.

I used to have pink hair before I got a real job.  Now I have a real job.  But I don't have pink hair.  You can't have it all, people. I've been given a lot of nicknames over the course of my life, but the one I prefer is Bon Bon.  So if you feel in the nickname-best-bud kind of mood, you can call me Bon.  Or if you feel in a normal mood, you can call me Bonnie.  Whatevs.  The nickname you can not call me is Bonnarrhea.  I do not like that name. I write over at Life of Bon.  If it weren't for blogging I would have long been driven to insanity by now.  That's because I spend my days in the company of punk seventeen year olds.  Mostly I try to teach them how to write thesis statements and how to tell the difference between your and you're.  It's a lot harder than you'd think to get that rule to stick, I tell you.  Even though those high schoolers can be a bunch of bratty ingrates they have somehow completely stolen my heart. Ain't that always the way it is with bratty ingrates?!?! I'm not exactly sure why I love these teenagers so much. I think it might have to do with the ridiculous things that are always flying out of their mouths at 100 miles an hour.  Because I love Erin and I love her blog I figured I must love her readers by default.  And because I do nice things for the people I love, I have decided to include for your reading entertainment some of my favorite "stupid questions" that my students ask me. Student: "Mrs. Larsen? What do we do if we can't find what page we're on?" Me: "Uh... find the page you're on..." Student, six months after school has been in session: "What time does school get out?" Me: "Five o'clock." Student: "Did we do anything in class yesterday?" Me: "Nope. We all just sat here and stared at each other." Student: "When you were in high school were computers invented yet?" Me: "I went to high school seven years ago." Student: "So were they invented yet?" Me: "No, not yet. The world was a very primitive place seven years ago. I had to use a type writer for all my assignments. Cars weren't invented either so I had to walk to school. In the snow. Uphill. Barefoot. Because shoes also were not yet invented." Ah, don't those little cuties just say the darndest things?! When I'm not trying to cram grammar into the heads of hormonal teenagers, I try my best at being a wife- a gig that is new to me this past year.  I guess you could say I've got a small crush on this guy.

Ahem... the one without all the hair... If you're wondering why my hubby has got a giant teddy bear on his shoulders, it was an experiment to see if we are ready to have babies.  We are not. If you're wondering why the walls are lime green in our apartment, it's because I made a terrible, terrible mistake.  It's fixed now. And because I just couldn't resist, I recently got a new haircut and have therefore spent a lot of time lately flipping my hair around.  I mean, what else do you do when you get a new haircut besides flip?!?

I figure by now my seven seconds to impress you is long gone.  Also, the ice cream in the freezer is calling my name.  So I guess this is adieu.  Unless, of course, you hop on over to Life of Bon and say hi, which I strongly encourage you do.  I promise you won't regret it, and if you do Elease has promised you a box of French chocolates.  You can't argue with that now, can you?! Come on, Elease, just go with it....  You know your cupboards are filled with French chocolates...

greetings in april.

goodbye march. hello april.

goodbye st. patricks's day. hello easter.

goodbye leprechaun. hello easter bunny.

goodbye self control. hello cadbury eggs. 

goodbye 25. hello lovebird's birthday.

{golden birthday, in fact. woot woot!}

goodbye feeling overwhelmed. hello spring break.

goodbye choreographer workshop. hello romeo and juliet.

goodbye seriousness. hello april fools.

{did you play a good joke?}

goodbye pandora. hello spotify. 

goodbye hatred of tea. hello vanilla rooibos tea lattes.

goodbye red lips & mint nails. hello coral lips & lilac nails.

goodbye to my usual: silent car rides. hello recent obsession: kina grannis.

goodbye side part. hello middle part.

{i'm talking hair, incase you didn't pick up on that.} 

goodbye kelly green. hello chartruese.

goodbye chickadees. hello robins. 

goodbye animal print. hello floral print. 

{ever-so trendy yet completely adorable.}

goodbye to spending. hello to saving for summer vacations.

goodbye to dark winter layers. hello to light silky pastels. 

goodbye march. hello april. 

hello lovely followers,

happy april to you.

please link back to my page if you carry on this idea.

i greatly appreciate it. 

xo

instagram weekend.

 happy monday.

i hope you had a lovely weekend.

we sure did.

but, once again- it just wasn't long enough.

we played a little putt putt.

{aka miniature golf}

i had a little ballet performance.

lovebird worked. however, not as mush as normal.

watched conference. so inspiring.

we ate fire balls, like we used to in the sixth grade.

saw the jelly belly truck.

{of course i had to take a picture}

and took a nice sunday drive out on the country roads.

what did you do?

i hope something fun.

xoxo

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