Friday Favorites #59

If you missed it this week:

Monday: February In Numbers

Tuesday: How To Make A Burlap Wreath

Wednesday: Style Perspectives Series - Outer Layers

Thursday: Legoland Review (cont. from last week): Things to Skip

I got to the gym three times, and by the time you read this, I should be at the gym...okay if you're reading this anywhere between 10am-11pm PST, I should be at the gym, yay! Getting back in shape is hard work!

I  told you that I was going to try to wear everything in my closet...okay maybe not everything since I was just going to do it for the month of March and then go from there, see how I feel. But so far so good, three outfits in, feeling GOOD! I figured I would recap them here, cause why not.

This is what I wore on March 1-3...those last two, the grey sweater I wore to work, and the plaid outfit with the jacket tied around my waist was to Disneyland.

Speaking of which, had a blast with my bestie and her family. We saw Paint the Night and the Fireworks Show, neither one I had seen before. It was fantastic! The start of the show.

The only picture I took of us together, oops!

 

Fire works show, amazing! Totally worth seeing...

Then the bestie and I walked her family back to the hotel and we headed to Downtown Disney to eat a late dinner and catch up. It's not often we get time with no little humans hanging onto us. Again too much fun and chatting for a picture. We're seeing them tomorrow, so I'll make sure to get a picture.

Have you see this? Astronaut Scott Kelly spent the last 365 days on the International Space Station, taking pictures from space, this was his last one, he returned home on Tuesday! Some of the pictures were unreal! This was the last one he took before heading home.

Rise and shine! My last sunrise from space then I gotta go! 1 of 5. Good morning from the International Space Station! #YearInSpace

Posted by NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly on Tuesday, March 1, 2016

How cool is this? Getting a tweet from the President...I would be freaking out too!

Great tweet chat from space on @Twitter yesterday. Thank you to all - including Mr. President - who joined me and asked...
Posted by NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly on Sunday, August 2, 2015

And what would a Friday Favorites be without my two favorite kids? Things happening this week around our house.

This girl earned everyone ice cream going pee in the potty with no accidents, woo hoo!

Baby Fox was begging me to go back to the rock wall, so we dropped Mini Fox at the daycare and we went climbing for a bit. He really wanted to get to the top, they put a "that was easy" button up there, he really wanted to hit it, he thought it was so cool.

And this girl, cause she has cats and a smile on her face. Need to remember that when she's throwing her 2 year old tantrums...good thing she's cute :)

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Legoland Review: 5 Things to Skip

Happy Thursday Foxy People! Last week I gave you a list of 5 things that you needed to do at Legoland! This week, it's all about what can be skipped. Cause I figure, if I only knew...

So here the list goes:

ONE

My kids LOVE the aquarium, but if you don't get some sort of deal on it, don't bother. It is really small, and not really worth it. Currently as I write this (March 2, 2016) they are having a deal on going to multiple attractions, but if they don't have a deal I wouldn't bother. Or wait till they do have a deal. We got our deal through Costco (back in December 2015) and it was buy one day and get a 3 month pass. Good deal. Else I don't think we would have bought the multi attraction pass.

TWO

If you can skip the Helicopter ride. For whatever odd reason it's one of my kids favorite rides but it is the MOST BORING RIDE EVER! Seriously, as a parent, the kids get to control going up and down and going around in 180°, and that's it. It says in one place. The line is long and ride turn over is SLOW! Painfully slow. So if you do want to get on this ride, when you get into the park go there first.

THREE

This is a big one...are you listening? Wait Reading? If you have two kids and you are going by yourself, don't. haha...just kidding, sort of. If you have two kids make sure that one of them is at least 48 inches tall. That is their minimum requirement for kids to ride alone. I have a 5 year old that is about 42 inches and a 3 year old that is about 38 inches...there is no way for me to be able to go on any rides with both them. Or I would have to have Mini Fox stand by herself while I take Baby Fox on the ride and then vice versa. There are exceptions to the rule, like the horses, or race carts, but those rides my 2 year old can't go on, so she's just watching big brother go on all the rides without her.

Bottom line, if you are by yourself with two kids under 48" make sure they want to do a lot of show watching and lego building. There is probably one ride you can get on and that's the Lost Kingdom Adventure, you have to be 42" to ride alone. Here are the height requirements, I see that there are some rides that you might be able to do if your youngest is taller than 34", so just have a well planned out day, so you know what they can and can't do, so there isn't any disappointment.

FOUR

This is just my personal preference, so take it with a grain of salt. If you do happen to get the pass that has the Aquarium attached, eat there! Skip all of the other main food places in Legoland. We've been to the BBQ place, and while the food was pretty good, it was crowded, a little expensive and chaotic inside.  The one in the Aquarium, had really good food, is pretty reasonably priced and wasn't crowded at all. I think the kids meal, was $7 and it came with a healthy amount of food, enough that I should have just let me kids share. But Mini Fox wanted mac and cheese and it was huge and was legit mac and cheese they made in front of you.

FIVE

Again this is just my opinion, and my daughter LOVES the carasoul, but really, it makes me a little sick. It goes so fast that it just makes you dizzy. But we continue to go on it, EVERY.SINGLE.TIME because Mini Fox loves it that much. Baby Fox, really dislikes it and will d o anything not to go on it. So if you get dizzy or motion sick easy, skip this ride.

So there you go, I could hardly come up with 5 things, that last one was a stretch I know, but 5 things sounds so much better than 4 things right? So really pay attention to the first 4.

For those that have been, what do you think of my list? And for those that are planning, does this list sound reasonable?

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Link Up: Style Perspectives Week 1 and Hair Challenge Week 9

Hi Foxy Fashion People! I know I usually have a Hair Challenge link up, but for the next few months I'm going to forgo those because we're starting our Styles Perspective Series with The Blended Blog! I'll still be recapping my hair, but I don't think you can have two link ups in one post, that's just confusing.

In case you missed the announcements, the ladies over at The Blended Blog are hosting a fun series where each of the contributors pick their signature style, and then the rest of us are going to come up with our version of that outfit. Here are the prompts:

This week was styling a wrap/outer layers. I know that many of us live in different climates, I'm excited to see how everyone styles this prompt. As you know I live where there isn't many seasons, right now it's mid-70's, my favorite time of year. So I decided to style a Kimono. Normally I would pair this with shorts, but at the time I took these pictures I was cold, you know cause 70° is cold here.

Of course I had to do my hair for the prompt too, I did a fishtail half crown, and then added a flower to it, I thought it was very Spring of me.

Now onto my hair styles for the week:

Last Wednesday I actually woke up a little early, okay only 8 minutes early, but I figured that would be enough time to curl my hair. I plug in my curling iron, get the first two sections curled and then suddenly my curls aren't as curly. I keep going...they're getting looser...yep the curling iron turned off! So I try to turn it back on...it turns on and then off 10 seconds later...boo, there's something wrong with my curling iron. So what did I do? I tried to curl the rest of my head with the dissipating heat and quick as I could. Which pretty much left me with half a head of curly hair and half a head of semi-straight hair.

Curly side...

Not so curly...oops!

You can really see it here...haha, just had to laugh all day.

So come Thursday, one would think I would have fixed the non-curl right? Nope too lazy. So I put it up in a braid and hoped no one would notice. Not my favorite look,  I had a really cool style in my head...and it didn't work out...oh well, live and learn.

Thursday night after my shower I decided to try a Nicole's blow out method. This was the result.

I think it turned out great, I did use Bed Head Super Star* which I mentioned in this post. I think between that and Nicole's method it made my hair super shiny and smooth and soft. I did this right before bed, so this is what the blowout looked like just after waking up. Literally, I woke up, grabbed my phone and took a picture, this is not brushed out at all.

I promise I'm not naked, there are PJ's under there

Even though I had this nice blow out hair do, I decided since I had the day off and the kids were napping to play around with my extensions and doing my hair with them in. I loved having the extra thickness, and length.

How cool is this style? She considers it a back to school style, which seems a little fancy and trying too hard for school, but whatever floats your boat.

Saturday we didn't have anything going on, so before the kids woke up I did this style. I absolutely LOVE it, and will definitely be doing this one again!

Sunday I met up with a friend at Burke Williams, so I knew I was going to wash my hair there, so when I woke up on Sunday, my hair was super dirty. And what do you do when you have super dirty hair? You throw it up in a braided crown.

So that's all of my hair styles! Lots happening in this post! Come back next week because the Girls and I might have a nice giveaway for you all, and an extra bonus for those that participate in the link up! Next week it's all about shades of pink.

*This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on a link and purchase an item - I may receive a small commission.  THANK YOU!

Now go check out all of the other ladies from The Blended Blog and see how they styled their look!

14 bloggers each picked a look that defined their personal style.  The featured blogger on the Blended Blog showcases her signature style (the prompt for that day) and then the other bloggers (on their personal blogs) show how they interpret it.  Make sure you stop by the Blended Blog to see the featured lady.  Please link up on the Blended Blog to show us how you would wear the prompt!

Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After : Library-Lovin'-Lady

Daily Style Finds: The Personal Stylist

Foxy's Domestic Side: The Crafty Engineer

Grumbling Grace: Toddler Tamer & Teacher

Simply Shaunacey: Reformed Frumpy Mommy

Two Teens and Their Mama: Stylish Midlife Mama

RSquared: The Not So Nerdy Accountant

Shoes to Shiraz: The Shoe Hoarding French Teacher

Puppies and Pretties: Cube Dwelling Fashionista

Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life:  Single Girl, Simple Style

A Lovely Little Wardrobe: A Casual Petite

Making the Most of Everyday Classic Yet Current Over Forty 

NickandNik: Mama with Curves

Living on Cloud Nine: Blissful Fashionista

An InLinkz Link-up

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Craft Time: How To Make a Burlap Wreath

Hi Foxy Crafters! I told you last week I would have a tutorial up for you on how to do a basic Burlap Wreath. I noticed that  a lot of burlap wreath tutorials were sort of confusing. I know when I went to make mine, I had all of the materials, was all set to go, but then couldn't find a tutorial good enough that I could follow it. Perhaps it's just the way I learn, so I'm breaking it down for you! I hope this helps and makes you all want to go out and make one for yourself. Let's get started.

Materials Needed:

3 15 foot Burlap Ribbon Rolls (I used 3, but if want a tighter wreath like this, then you'll need more)
1 Wire Wreath
Some string or floral wire.

Directions:

Step 1:

Cut a bit of the floral wire (or string) and fold the burlap in half (some people fold in fourths, I prefer half).

Step 2:

String floral wire through the burlap and attach to the wire wreath. I like to attach to a vertical pole (and the inner most horizontal circle)  I like to anchor the burlap to something on the wreath so there isn't much slipping.

 

Attach where I am pointing

 

Step 3:

Make a loop with the burlap and loop through the outter most ring, where I am pointing to below

 

Then make another loop and loop through the middle ring, and again make another loop and loop through the inner most ring.

Step 4:

Twist the burlap a little and then make a loop and loop through the outter ring.

Make another loop and loop through the middle ring, and another loop and loop through the inner most ring.

And keep going like this till you get around. As you finish each roll of burlap I like to tie it down and then tie the new one down as well. Keeps it more stable in my opinion. And the finished product!

Cost Breakdown:

Wire Wreath: $3.99
Burlap Ribbon: $4.99 (x3) - On Sale At Hobby Lobby - Originally $9.99
Floral Wire: $3.99

Total for the wreath: $22.86 (plus tax)

And of course I made a little video for you of the whole process. Cause why not right?

 

 

If you make one yourself, let me know and tag me social media! Have fun crafting!

 

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