Cool Site! Young House Love

March 13, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Cool Finds

It’s the weekend and I bet plenty of you are tackling chores, cleaning and maybe even painting or redecorating. I should be painting our kitchen cabinets. We found out our white cabinets are actually Koa wood, which is hard to come by. So we took the doors off (over a year ago) to refinish them.  That task proved harder, much much much harder, than we thought.  The old paint is so far into the grain, even sanding didn’t do the trick.  So I am back to painting them back to white, I just haven’t done it yet. But I have high hopes and the best of intentions to do it…one day.

Until then, I’ve been perusing this awesome site for tutorials, fantastic design ideas and eye candy of other homes.

Young House Love is my daily indulgence and inspiration.  I just wish I could fly Sherry & John out to Hawaii to help me get this place in order! Sherry & John, the invitation is open, come on you know you want a vacation in Hawaii!

So if you are redecorating, painting or just looking for some house decorating eye candy head over to Young House Love…you will fall in love, I promise!

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Aloha Friday! What’s on the agenda for this weekend?

March 12, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Life

The weekend is upon us, Hip Hip Hooray!

So my question for you is…

What are you up to this weekend?

I’m really jonesin’ to head over to the other side and maybe watch some wind surfers in Haiku, walk around Paia and have lunch in Makawao at Casanovas.

I’ll be sure to share pics if we do!

So what are you up to? Spill it!

Be sure to visit Kailani’s An Island Life for more Aloha Friday questions.

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Dream Big My Children

March 11, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Life

{this post is in response to Mabel’s Labels Blogher 10 contest.  The scenario: “Electrical storms are going to wipe out the Internet (perhaps forever). You have one day left to write about your passions: what do you want to say to the blogosphere in 300 words or less?” I have chosen to write my last post to my kids. This should have been my very first post ever, it seems the most important. Thank you Mabel Labels for the chance and a reminder to never forget your passions!}


My children, this is for you.

I have lived my life through dreams. Sometimes my dreams were written on paper. Other times they were kept in my head; played out in my mind as if a movie on a screen. I could literally see them. My life is what it is because of those dreams.

When I was a young girl, I dreamed of meeting a man and falling in love. I wanted a true love story.  I am and have always been the hopeless romantic. I met your dad in high school, and with one look we fell in love.  I will forever remember his smile that day.  It’s the same one I saw when I walked down the aisle to marry him and the same one that was plastered on his face the day each of you were born.

When I was in high school, I’d imagine moving to Italy; sipping cappuccinos by the Duomo, learning Italian, having adventures all over Europe. You’ve seen my pictures and heard some stories…yep that dream came true too.

When I graduated from college I made up a list of dreams…

  1. Marry at 24
  2. Have our first child at 26
  3. Have my second child by 30
  4. Move to a far away land to raise my children

One by one, my dreams became reality.

My passion, quite simply, has been to dream. Without dreams and daydreaming, imaginary play in my head, I may not have realized it when love struck me.  I may not have appreciated that cappuccino by the Duomo. I may not have had you.

Dream my children. Dream big. Have passion. Dream it, believe it and one day you will achieve it. That is my dream for you.

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Five Kid Friendly Things To Do on Maui

March 11, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Hawaii

Check out my “Five things to do with kids on Maui” post over at Ciao Bambino today!  If you’ve been to these spots, or can’t wait to go, be sure to leave a comment!

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Hey Mike Rowe, Have I got A Dirty Job For You!

March 11, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Life

My 2 year old daughter is potty training and it’s not going as easy as I thought it would. Whoever says girls are easier has not met my daughter.

Leah has all the signs that she’s ready…she was interested in the potty, using it from time to time on her own and she holds her pee and doesn’t want to go in her diaper.  BUT, and herein lies the problem, she also doesn’t want to go on the toilet anymore. She’ll be crossed legged, doing the potty dance but won’t go to the bathroom.  So then I take her and sit her on it and she screams, cries, then pees, then smiles.  She’s a manic depressant potty trainer.

So the toilet gets a bit of a cold shoulder from her, her diaper gets too much love and not enough action, and her adorable, cute princess underwear has been getting the brunt of her accidents. Lucky me.

Somewhere between taking a pair of urine soak underwear off my little princess, then trying to take off her BM soiled elmo panties (boy is that tough!) and then using a plunger on a clogged toilet, I realized that this would be the perfect next episode of Mike Rowes, Dirty Jobs.

Mike, you are welcome any time. And good luck dear Sir!

No, not really.

But YOU, Moms! Help me!  Have you gone through this?  We can’t revert back to diapers because she will hold it forever and I don’t want her getting a UTI (urinary tract infection). So please share with me your wise potty training tips!  Anything and everything!

Oh and please send “diaper be gone” vibes my way! Thanks!

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Hula Shake around the Blogosphere {leave your link!} Featuring Argee

March 8, 2010 By Sarah Filed Under Cool Finds

Happy Monday! It’s time to get our hula shake on! Here’s how it works…

I will have a featured site or product that I think is shakin’, then YOU share your….

→ Giveaways
→ Posts from last week
→ Your latest promotion or blog news
→ Vlogs
→ New sites
→ You name it!

This goes for mom businesses too – please share your latest sale or new items in your store!

Here’s my pick to start off this week’s Hula Shake Around the Blogosphere…

If your kids love to do arts and crafts, Legos, or cook with you, the Luv That Tray from Argee is a must have. They come in a pack of four and are the perfect addition to your art room or kitchen!

We’ve been using these trays for the past month for everything from doing arts, to baking with mom, building Legos, and using them as placemats. What I love is that they are pliable and have a funnel so when it comes time to clean up, you simply bend and pour into the trash.  Or if Cameron is building Legos, it makes cleaning up a snap – just bend and pour….even HE can do it…when he’s feeling up to cleaning, that is (which lately has been like pulling teeth!) Cleaning the trays themselves is also incredibly easy and they are dishwasher safe, which to me is a grand slam!

We also received a My Toy Tote to review from Argee.  I was amazed at how BIG it is and right away Cameron went around and picked out his blocks to store them in his Toy Tote. It holds a ton and makes cleaning up easy.

I am loving these products from Argee because they put the power of cleaning up into my children’s hands by making it easy for them.  No more excuses “It’s too hard mom!” Yes, I hear that a lot {insert the rolling of my eyes here} but with the Toy Tote and Luv That Tray Cam has been much better at helping me and we could all use a little more help with cleaning, right?

Now it’s YOUR turn! Leave a link, click a link, and keep the hula shake shakin’!

Have a shakin’ week everyone!

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