Home Sweet Home. We’re back in San Diego after a very long trip back home from Aruba. Two, almost-five-hours-each, flights. With a couple hour layover in Atlanta. With a four year old, but she did great. Braids and all. She’s the only four year old who has the Delta 10 minute safety video nearly memorized word for word, complete with being able to gesture where the four rear exits and four front exits and the two exits over the wings are located. Not kidding.
After being awake 24+ hours at this point, two suitcases that I unpacked, a midnight grocery run for some produce, and fruit that I was chopping at 2am so that tomorrow gets off to a semi-normal start, and oh yes, sleep to get, the best I can do is show these beautiful calla lilies that I saw on our last day at the beach in Aruba. Same day as Skylar’s braid session.
I love calla lilies! I saw these as we were walking across the Hyatt hotel’s parking lot and thought they were just gorgeous.
Just sitting there on a cart, in the blazing hot, midday sun and 90F weather + humidity.
A woman told me they were being delivered for an event.
It’s kind of sad that after the event they were probably just discarded, but hey, at least I got a few pictures of them.
And I’m sure everyone at the event enjoyed them while they lasted.
Such delicate, beautiful flowers! To me, they scream “Wedding Flowers” or fancy bridal shower flowers. I wouldn’t know. My “wedding flowers” were of the plastic variety but I am totally okay with that!
And in Operation Memory Stick cleanout, here’s another beach shot from our last day.
Hot and windy, tired but blissed out. A perfect day. One I will always remember!
I’m glad you enjoyed my last post, Blogging 103, and based on the comments, the discussion of self-hosted vs. free WordPress was helpful as was purchasing your own domain name.
Stay tuned for Blogging 104 in the near future, and fill me in on any additional topics you’d like me to address in addition to what I mentioned I’d likely discuss.
And now, for the comforts of home:
1. My own bed! Not that my bed in Aruba isn’t “my own” since I do own my house there but my bed in San Diego is far more comfortable and I can’t wait to climb into it!
2. A shower with American-level water pressure.
3. My DVR and a whole bunch of Real Housewives and mindless E! Channel shows waiting for me. After the laundry, unpacking, mail sorting, grocery running, back-to-work, back-to-real-life flow, happens.
4. My iMac desktop. Even though I want to toss it out the window and get a new one, the bigger screen size is just so much better than my Macbook.
5. Being able to talk on the phone. We have a cell phone in Aruba that we use and do have ways to call that USA that aren’t horribly expensive, and yes, there’s Skype and email, but just picking up the phone and making a 30 second call without having to think about it is nice.
6. My Vita-Mix. The Magic Bullet was fine for smoothies, but it’s no Vita.
Oh yes, I also have a stash of Fudgy Nutella Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting waiting in the freezer.
And I am going to dig into them the minute I hit publish! A major Comfort of Home!
Questions:
1. Do you like calla lilies? Or what is your favorite flower?
I love them and actually have a flower post coming up with tons of Caribbean flowers I saw. I really like lilies, sunflowers, of course roses are beautiful, and so are hibiscus, Bird of Paradise, and all kinds of lovely flowers that I don’t even know their “proper” names.
2. What are your comforts of home?
3. Any weekend plans?
I hope you all have something lovely planned for the weekend.
It’s back to work for me. And laundry, and mail and parcel sorting, errands to run, and just trying to re-establish a flow after our trip.
TGIF though!
You and Skylar both look so beautiful! I can’t get over how much she looks like you already!
Those flowers are gorgeous. I love tulips and daisies and any “yellow” flower, haha. But I get sort of when I get flowers because they die. I’d rather have a plant most of the time!
welcome home, averie! :-)
i love flowers. my absolute favorite ones are … tulips! when they’re in season, i buy myself two bunches each week; it makes our home happier during dreary months!
my comforts of home are our bed (we call it the nest) and being able to cook and eat food that I want to (i.e., fresh, low sodium, healthy, etc).
weekend? spending it with my husband, with the highlight being bicycle shopping!
have a great weekend!
xo
Those lilies are beautiful! I love flowers, but I don’t like bouquets. I like planted ones, so I tell the boyfriend not to get them for me (keeps us both happy, they’re expensive!). I’m not sure what my favorites are. Tulips have a really simplistic beauty. My mom has these gorgeous flowers growing up a trellis at her house but I forget what they’re called!
My favorite comfort of home is eating my own food. Sometimes I get agitated when I’m not in my own routine.
This weekend is my first half marathon! And hopefully visiting a farm animal sanctuary after!
Enjoy the brownies and SLEEP!
I love lillies, Lori loves yellow roses.
glad you guys made it back home safely, enjoyed seeing all your pictures from the beach
my plans this weekend is get organized and unpack all my boxes
have a great weekend averie
I love calla lillies! They were my sister’s wedding flowers!
Wow! Those flowers are gorgeous!!! So glad your home safe and sound!
Your daughter is gorgeous and I loved reading how she has the safety video memorized…oh flying…
;-)
Welcome back home! The callalillies are so pretty. Vacations are always awesome, but home is the best place ever. Enjoy your comforts at home this weekend :)
Woohoo! Home Sweet Home!
1. Orchids are my favorite and were also my wedding flowers :)
2. Nothing says “home” to me more than my sweet pups cuddling with me on the couch.
3. Relaxing, reading and then shooting a food event.
Those brownies look amazing! Want one.
Your flowers are so beautiful!
So happy you are home safe. :)
thanks lauren! hope you ordered your cards. i still have to order mine..soon!
Those brownies always look soooo good!! Do they keep well in the freezer? I’m always scared to put baked goods in there!
yes just fine! I keep a stash of TONS of baked goods in the freezer so at a moment’s notice i can pull out whatever i feel like. My grandma’s trick. Worked for her for 90 years :)
I’ve never seen lillies like that before, but they are beautiful. I love flowers! :)
welcome home, averie! glad you made it back safe and sound. long trip.
the hyatt – best gardens/grounds on the high rise strip, IMO. i sometimes go and just hang out in their lobby to absorb the calm and peaceful (and posh!) atmosphere.
i love lily of the valley, lilacs, magnolias for their amazing scent.
weekend is quiet – work!
all the best as you get back to routine!
yes the hyatt has the best stretch of beach of all the hotels and the best grounds, in our opinion, too!
I love calla lilies! Lilies were the flower of my wedding! The star lilies are my favorite! We’re at the airport headed to California and Disneyland for the weekend! Can’t wait for some California running. Much better than Texas running this time of year!
enjoy CA this weekend!
1. My favorite flowers are chamomile (I guess I’m the only one)
2. Tea with lots of milk & honey. (Can drink that everywhere, but for some reason I only do it at home).
3. Meet friends and eat, eat, eat :-)
Yay, welcome home!! :)
1.) Roses (red!) are my favorite.
2.) My room, my loved ones, my upbringing.
3.) You know my plans ;)
have fun/#3 !