FLINGING INTO FABULOUS ...FINALE'

I feel so fabulously happy, I'm one moment closer to my husband coming home!  I just got his call he'll be home tonight! He was suppose to be home yesterday; we knew when we didn't hear from him by nighttime it wasn't happening.  Finally on the 11th day, I get to see my husband!

So this is my last day of "Flinging into Fabulous...all during a fishing trip" but not my last day of feeling fabulous.  I hope its not yours either!

I'm leaving you with some fabulous clues from earlier in the flinging and a thought.  It has been a ton of fun and I've learned a few things.  I'll be back in awhile, after I've soaked up the sweetness of complete family and husband time... xxxxoooo Michelle



I think if you think of all the things you love instead of all the things that you have to do then you will have a fabulously happy day.

Here are a few of my loves for today
(these are in no particular order)

I love the way my heart skips a beat when Andy calls when he's away on a fishing trip

I love the way my dog Martine, nestles and nozzles in his covers and then finally plops, I love his plop

What is your "box" becoming?

I love the sound our dogs make as they are eating and drinking, crunch, crunch, crunch, lap, lap, lap

Embrace all your feelings

I love the way Nyla gives feelings and names to everything, for instance she says you have to be kind to our home otherwise its feelings will get hurt.

I love being alone

I love the smell of coming rain and that there is a word for that, Petrichor
I love that I fall in love with new things daily
I love blogging

Pretty little lunch and snack presents

I love to be inspired
I love going on
inspirational walks and drives
I love great food
I love that I can put on my lipgloss without a mirror
I love pretty mirrors
I love my dream, to publish my children's book, The Town of Plizz Dot

Realize what makes you feel fabulous

I love my computer and camera
I love that I can see, feel, taste, touch and speak
I love that Nyla is feeling better
I love my cellulite, I just wish it didn't go everywhere with me
I love pretty thank you notes
I love my earrings my husband gave me for Valentine's Day
I love to send pretty thank you notes
I love our home in Costa Rica
I love cows, I love their beautiful eyes
I love my moms daily phone call
I love that I will find new things to love tomorrow

Rainbows symbolize happiness

I love chicken n dumplins
I love when time stands still when I need it to
I love music that makes me feel
I love my daydreams
I love my pj's
I love rainbows and I love how everyone loves rainbows!


I'm sending each and everyone of you a big hug filled with all the love you need! xxxxoooo Michelle :)

FABULOUS RAINBOW diy...

Everyone loves rainbows, they just make me stop in my tracks in awe, since Rainbows symbolize happiness but are not always visible I thought I would create one for a fabulous reminder! (we all have a rainbow inside of us called our chakras, you can learn all about chakras here) http://www.rickrichards.com/chakras/Chakras1a.html
 I had these containers   hanging around waiting for another project and I got this idea - Rainbow in my window.  It looked just as amazing laying down and stacked, just make sure you tighten the lids real good :)  To make this rainbow happiness just take little clear containers (I got the whole box from Michael's craft store for about 10 bucks) and fill with water and food coloring, easy peasy and re-enjoyable.  (my purple really looked pretty, it just didn't show up, I'm working on my photography skills :)

When my "rainbow in my window" fades away, its going to turn into this amazing purse.  Check this out! Isn't this so perfectly pretty! Thanks Honestly...wtf for this beautiful inspiration and how to's!  Love your blog!

http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-transparent-clutch/


Have a fabulous day filled with all the colors of the rainbow! xxxxoooo Michelle

FABULOUS DEGREE...

HI!  When I started, “Flinging into Fabulous…all during a fishing trip”, I didn’t realize my daughter would be throwing up as my husband was heading out to sea, I didn’t realize it would be the anniversary of my brother’s death (see posts a few days back), I didn’t realize that I would have a half gallon paint explosion on my linoleum floor (Monday’s post), I didn’t realize it would take me so long to re-do my coffee table AND I didn’t realize my daughter would get sick with the throwing up kind again! (I love 1^st grade swermie germies!).

But what I did realize is it feels great to FEEL fabulous. 

Just how can you do that during an everyday “Mommy” kind of day and night?  My fabulous varies according to the moment and situation I am in.  I’ve allowed myself to have degrees of fab, it takes the pressure off.

I think if we surround ourselves with gentle reminders of how amazing we really are and things that make us feel like a million bucks; hopefully those reminders will pop into our head when we’re cleaning up throw up or having a blue kind of day.

For me to feel fabulous I need to be comfy.  I want to feel comfy with how I look, where I’m at, whom I’m with and of course my home.   I love my comfy bed, the thing is I'm not in it as much as I would like :) and my dogs are the last to get up so I can rarely make my bed until mid morning and when I do they usually get back into it!  When I finally get the opportunity to sleep, I'm having sweet, snoozie dreams all because I made it a big deal to have a comfy bed. Did I mention  I love my comfy bed?

 I try to fill my day with comfy (bra comes off after 5), I feel amazing when I do kind things for my family, other’s and me every day, I try to be a little glammy whether it be some part of my outfit or how I eat my food (I like to use my china more than not, although I didn't use it today for lunch, hmm I had a fab slack moment). 

Today, I had a nice relaxing lunch while Nyla took a well needed sick snooze. My lunch was filled with some of my favorites, beans and sunshine!
My super easy bean recipe came from

http://cloudoflace.com/2012/03/22/a-beans-snack/ .  I switched it up a little bit and used black beans, peas, and endame, I threw in a little rice and I added cilantro to the recipe and a dash of hot sauce.  Fabulously yummy!!! 

As I look at my beautiful little sleeping girl I realize that how fabulously lucky I am to have such a sweet, smart, funny, kind, little girl.  I know she is going to be ok, she's over the worst and I am so thankful.


Another thing that I started doing a couple of years ago is
 I try to shop and go to places that have nice, friendly people working there.  How can you feel fab when your paying for mean, grumpy bad service?

I love to do creative things and work on my dreams.  If I can do that even, if it’s a brief thought, I’m on my way to fab! Today, I've got ideas for rearranging some pictures in our house, that I've been trying to decide where.

I also love looking at cuteness.  I put together my "3 little birds".  I'm slowly getting into the Easter season so while Nyla was still sleeping I made this centerpiece today too.  

Remember, my fab has degrees.  Does yours? Only you can decide your fabulous, every little tiny bit of it.  Beside Nyla feeling sick, its been a pretty fabulous day; if I can squeeze in a shower and a face mask I’m gonna be feeling squeaky clean fabulous, if not I'm still feeling pretty fab!

 xxxxoooo Michelle