tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89479833075662912612024-03-05T08:51:16.274-08:00The Bespoke LifestyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-72977061691822034742020-09-08T14:11:00.002-07:002020-09-25T14:43:38.066-07:00Recent Planning Setup | Passion Planner<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkjz78Fzq1a25DzKTEpyW37rue0EkRRghZvjUTj2yK_Xo6bKZ1ytVRAZphg381D3ss_Nvr7kybuWJ73jPYrUtT3xQdspFkLH-bdiZEUR7Jxvz-bkjiv_NqeVDw7vcvh7ElD3e9YCgPp2G/s2048/C5A7903C-67FE-4BEA-B2B1-980833D82392.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkjz78Fzq1a25DzKTEpyW37rue0EkRRghZvjUTj2yK_Xo6bKZ1ytVRAZphg381D3ss_Nvr7kybuWJ73jPYrUtT3xQdspFkLH-bdiZEUR7Jxvz-bkjiv_NqeVDw7vcvh7ElD3e9YCgPp2G/s640/C5A7903C-67FE-4BEA-B2B1-980833D82392.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tpY1uyjdd1TPJB-qfPLL1VYhVAF8Wv1IKFgzeC7mZgiJLDOc6YCnPxCsQznANnxWdxrv7zQDOAQA78jf-KHqwPYMjdqkgWxoS93jYwQHnWBg5a0biKOFF2G96oB2BZiL-3D3djm9g6eL/s2048/06E64AD7-4158-4972-A2D1-D789B1250805_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1677" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tpY1uyjdd1TPJB-qfPLL1VYhVAF8Wv1IKFgzeC7mZgiJLDOc6YCnPxCsQznANnxWdxrv7zQDOAQA78jf-KHqwPYMjdqkgWxoS93jYwQHnWBg5a0biKOFF2G96oB2BZiL-3D3djm9g6eL/s640/06E64AD7-4158-4972-A2D1-D789B1250805_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Since I haven 't talked about my planner set up for over two years here, I felt it was about time. The system I was using in 2018 that I discussed <a href="https://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-2018-planninggoal-setting-set-up.html" target="_blank">here</a>, was working well when I wasn't traveling, but it was too much to take on the road. I tried traveling with my Day Designer, but it was just too bulky and was honestly a hassle to drag around. Also, I found that it didn't hold up well when I was constantly taking it in and out of bags and opening and closing it. The spiral kept separating, so I used a ribbon to tie it together, but this made it harder and harder to close, so traveling with it became impossible. I switched over to a Happy Planner for travel, finding that I could easily take sections out if I wanted to travel light, and this worked really well for all of 2019 and the first half of this year. </p><p>When I got home from New York in February and quickly realized that I was going to be home sat at a desk for the foreseeable future, I switched back to my Day Designer thinking I would be happy to be back in it now that it could just sit on my desk. I do love the set up of the Day Designer. I need a day on one page to keep all of my appointments and meetings as well as my to-do list in front of me, but I just wasn't loving using it. Like everyone else probably, I was feeling unorganized and somewhat at sea. With so many changes going on in my life on top of living through a global pandemic, I needed something to help me #ReclaimYourLife. I saw some planners posting about the Passion Planner, and I decided to print some of their free pages to test out the format. I only used the pages for two days before I was convinced and purchased a planner. </p><p>Currently I'm in a small undated Passion Planner. Unexpectedly, I love the size even though it's much smaller than anything I've used in the past. Even though the pages are smaller than what I would normally use, the fact that there are a full two pages for every day is a huge plus. I put my to-do list on the right page, my appointments are time-bound, and I generally use most of the left-hand side of the left page to jot down items that I know that I won't get to that day or that I want to intentionally schedule into a future date. I wish I was better about using the Today's Focus, Best Thing That Happened, Today I Learned sections because it would probably help remind me of good things and stopping to smell the roses, but I just decorate over them most days. </p><p>Since you can fit about 4 months into an undated daily, I will be using this format until October. <span>I'm already thinking that I might move into a large dated weekly since I think going to the larger size will still give me enough room, and with the way the weekly is sectioned, I should have a place for all of my lists and appointments. I just happen to have a discount code, <a href="https://bit.ly/3hhHYFY" target="_blank">GINAB10</a>, that you can use for your order.</span></p><p>I am still using my ring-bound planners as project planners. I find it extremely helpful to have dedicated binders for project plans, receipts, lists, etc. <span>I also could not make it through the week without some kind of planning pad. </span></p><p>What are you planning with right now? Has your system changed since you've been staying home, or have you modified your old system in some way? </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-3564919651099318022020-08-03T14:23:00.001-07:002020-08-03T14:25:07.756-07:00New York Minute<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxpQvntx4UEvFRZwL5N26dwufjklPGYIxbc_V-ZVjKTMQzRIxoAeSGWD7OV3xtluZx3ZEcvMhepCIgglDydt53Ba7l8byRahgXFPpwgKmV3S53cH8JdbUMzkboCHTU04R-2G5ft8sSKOW/s1230/New+York+Minute+BL.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1070" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxpQvntx4UEvFRZwL5N26dwufjklPGYIxbc_V-ZVjKTMQzRIxoAeSGWD7OV3xtluZx3ZEcvMhepCIgglDydt53Ba7l8byRahgXFPpwgKmV3S53cH8JdbUMzkboCHTU04R-2G5ft8sSKOW/w544-h625/New+York+Minute+BL.jpeg" width="544" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After over two years of almost weekly travel, I, like most of the world, had my last business trip in February. Since A's class schedule had her with free days on Mondays and Fridays, and my meeting was on a Friday, we took the red-eye on Thursday after her last class so that we could get to the hotel, find a place for her to perch while I ran across the street to my meeting, and then we could spend a long weekend in the city. We stayed at the <a href="https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycst-sheraton-new-york-times-square-hotel/" target="_blank">Sheraton in Times Square</a> because it was literally across the street from my client's office, and I was able to upgrade us to a suite with my suite upgrade through Bonvoy. I tend to always stay at Marriott properties when I'm traveling. We were both exhausted by Friday night so decided to take it easy and bring back food to the room to eat while we watched a movie, so we walked across the street to <a href="https://www.shakeshack.com" target="_blank">Shakeshack</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6c91Tsrtua28ZbDxArCLZ7Q5Uu84bTGOXpyGNh5Qhb7i1pN_G3jAFtVNa46Xz0npjOuYMKhNq9ITQbERHp465dcl5cK-DDPIsneTyU4J0H635EKnfr0hL0g_3w02bJegkzluUdl1M0QE/s1427/New+York+Minute+BL2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1070" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6c91Tsrtua28ZbDxArCLZ7Q5Uu84bTGOXpyGNh5Qhb7i1pN_G3jAFtVNa46Xz0npjOuYMKhNq9ITQbERHp465dcl5cK-DDPIsneTyU4J0H635EKnfr0hL0g_3w02bJegkzluUdl1M0QE/w586-h781/New+York+Minute+BL2.jpeg" width="586" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The next day we walked everywhere to do all of the shopping we had planned as well as stopping to have bagels at <a href="https://www.ess-a-bagel.com" target="_blank">Ess-a-Bagel</a>, and then we had a quick pre-theatre dinner before going to see <a href="https://www.hadestown.com/#subscribe" target="_blank">Hadestown</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI07qM_RqSA4o_-8UhzAGeNYG8fnTPtD5QPiJpFDcCdh7VkUu11z8Z0kw1QypIQD-TBjcPtCNXf9IikG2C0KtJPrhe5PqeoovESSwdj_ekPbNEB-uYEkruuqv945jHAwarHqVlI1ypvlAP/s1541/New+York+Minute+BL3.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrhk4WtNlwcub7zX-MAngXdRvcj_i4QtZXoJuiTM0qrj7f1GCDtp7I2Y-Z8LQyI3YJSlYhk3lpkP86xoIA9Ug5byk9e_MWdKKpOaEHyxMX64kTDsxPNe4fttKFRpyMhuqvgUr-nu07s7H/s1427/New+York+Minute+BL4.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1070" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrhk4WtNlwcub7zX-MAngXdRvcj_i4QtZXoJuiTM0qrj7f1GCDtp7I2Y-Z8LQyI3YJSlYhk3lpkP86xoIA9Ug5byk9e_MWdKKpOaEHyxMX64kTDsxPNe4fttKFRpyMhuqvgUr-nu07s7H/w300-h400/New+York+Minute+BL4.jpeg" width="300" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="1070" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI07qM_RqSA4o_-8UhzAGeNYG8fnTPtD5QPiJpFDcCdh7VkUu11z8Z0kw1QypIQD-TBjcPtCNXf9IikG2C0KtJPrhe5PqeoovESSwdj_ekPbNEB-uYEkruuqv945jHAwarHqVlI1ypvlAP/w278-h400/New+York+Minute+BL3.jpeg" width="278" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLzlVDsZrI5G4mz3rFYj1mVTVKsyzN4q1-_E9SgrzeQ5hISD8ygvnjCQEjmlh8Lk4MUJYhgMUKILa-2V1JjE4YALvKCsO6k0J20fg5VsZeWOyhN2kspwbbF7McrO7vzz5kFVrpFVpFm2v/s1563/New+York+Minute+BL5.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="1070" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLzlVDsZrI5G4mz3rFYj1mVTVKsyzN4q1-_E9SgrzeQ5hISD8ygvnjCQEjmlh8Lk4MUJYhgMUKILa-2V1JjE4YALvKCsO6k0J20fg5VsZeWOyhN2kspwbbF7McrO7vzz5kFVrpFVpFm2v/w274-h400/New+York+Minute+BL5.jpeg" width="274" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ILBwY2tK9mTFHeMWjD7YLxPqxE9Wtc9AzOpmwqZSjlkEFEV9qoq-3HXFBX1Mnq-2KXELYE-aM5bieaZ5j_VlYS6uDpS9ZOLBV8UvTJwr6g2phyphenhyphenVq5brs8lIC1yTpitJ1r8tqk7uPnfeI/s1427/New+York+Minute+BL6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1070" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ILBwY2tK9mTFHeMWjD7YLxPqxE9Wtc9AzOpmwqZSjlkEFEV9qoq-3HXFBX1Mnq-2KXELYE-aM5bieaZ5j_VlYS6uDpS9ZOLBV8UvTJwr6g2phyphenhyphenVq5brs8lIC1yTpitJ1r8tqk7uPnfeI/w300-h400/New+York+Minute+BL6.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A had really wanted to go to <a href="https://balthazarny.com" target="_blank">Balthazar</a>, and we were able to get a breakfast reservation on Sunday morning before going to a matinee of <a href="https://moulinrougemusical.com/new-york/home/" target="_blank">Moulin Rouge</a>. We were worn out after that and headed back to the hotel to unwind and pack for our travel day on Monday. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj135H-NT4_VecoK5LhNc6k9H9oE-SQQoW8C4lzm_Z55Z6VpwIrrRsbCfm7M0GtotVN6HVBjnucIh8QUUPYESeyCRxwtQy1jpRgm0JG3DN1bGEOPQUbQ3ZyvCNH6Hatp8CrzU-raB5svnIG/s1427/New+York+Minute+BL7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1070" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj135H-NT4_VecoK5LhNc6k9H9oE-SQQoW8C4lzm_Z55Z6VpwIrrRsbCfm7M0GtotVN6HVBjnucIh8QUUPYESeyCRxwtQy1jpRgm0JG3DN1bGEOPQUbQ3ZyvCNH6Hatp8CrzU-raB5svnIG/w586-h781/New+York+Minute+BL7.jpeg" width="586" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw06HwCL9QD4UeVZTkRoKN3wxtlrPbWwnR6vXQ7I9aF0-xUwyrDeVIr4HaRpS7FqMR3mVTKsK-klRRYhgiYT_rAtZ1qrjdPVMir3GtS5o1XaziEtqnsto8mTM0RK6a2caXb-JrxjyUQmm/s1427/New+York+Minute+BL8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1070" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw06HwCL9QD4UeVZTkRoKN3wxtlrPbWwnR6vXQ7I9aF0-xUwyrDeVIr4HaRpS7FqMR3mVTKsK-klRRYhgiYT_rAtZ1qrjdPVMir3GtS5o1XaziEtqnsto8mTM0RK6a2caXb-JrxjyUQmm/w586-h781/New+York+Minute+BL8.jpeg" width="586" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkwpcKUHzd_hlr6Onan44aEqwYVg8IJx9NyFWexUq7PKEzd795H3xrcHuEOb6QppcRxiJx7HEoCPVYENrQ1UXM06fr9iVuHikJuAA-nL9tR5fVpVt9m9IzC1ktzJg2XxjeXHdZwaVFFq7/s1070/New+York+Minute+BL9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1070" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkwpcKUHzd_hlr6Onan44aEqwYVg8IJx9NyFWexUq7PKEzd795H3xrcHuEOb6QppcRxiJx7HEoCPVYENrQ1UXM06fr9iVuHikJuAA-nL9tR5fVpVt9m9IzC1ktzJg2XxjeXHdZwaVFFq7/w625-h469/New+York+Minute+BL9.jpeg" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirb6l6mfC6N12R5i8EV_01x8tMoCKHLs_G5NDYPWO6LSk8Jn9R5itS2aGcz9HuLx1zdQrhZTOB8t-HFs8SGiJrbx9v0rTDbG17DxKtvjEgdihyhZ0zk6SUOr7yCTbmZsscCaoi2BwYbJiB/s1224/New+York+Minute+BL10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1070" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirb6l6mfC6N12R5i8EV_01x8tMoCKHLs_G5NDYPWO6LSk8Jn9R5itS2aGcz9HuLx1zdQrhZTOB8t-HFs8SGiJrbx9v0rTDbG17DxKtvjEgdihyhZ0zk6SUOr7yCTbmZsscCaoi2BwYbJiB/w548-h625/New+York+Minute+BL10.jpeg" width="548" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It was incredibly special that the last trip we were able to take before isolating was with each other to New York. We had actually never been there together, and even though we didn't make it through half of the things on our list, we are hoping to be back soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-78253970446505329632020-07-22T18:37:00.001-07:002020-07-22T20:57:28.317-07:00Reno Restaurants - Sup<br /><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGgzGPDfActn_FfYVabs7IE-wYLHaOh_k2UcY84kyDKokcHwEksCQO7rggfZtdEkA-WrinTRaJ_1t6druy-bwemoO3_EdicNJld8OwcoSi4W5I_BogkDr_xef1khaiyk1h6CT9zeBj5B7/s1322/sup+cranberry+salad+living+a+bespoke+life.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1070" height="976" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBGgzGPDfActn_FfYVabs7IE-wYLHaOh_k2UcY84kyDKokcHwEksCQO7rggfZtdEkA-WrinTRaJ_1t6druy-bwemoO3_EdicNJld8OwcoSi4W5I_BogkDr_xef1khaiyk1h6CT9zeBj5B7/w791-h976/sup+cranberry+salad+living+a+bespoke+life.jpeg" width="791" /></a><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Long time no see everyone. I yet again disappeared, and if you've stuck with me, I should honestly send you all a little something special. Where do I begin?</div><div><br /></div><div>When I published my last post in January of 2019, we were living in Henderson, Nevada, but had made a decision to move to Reno. We were finally tackling the cosmetic changes to the house that had been lingering since we moved in. I painted the hallway, we had new carpeting installed in the entire upstairs of the house, we had the old hot tub pulled out of the backyard and relandscaped (is that a word?).</div><div><br /></div><div>We ended up waiting until June to list the house and sold it in the first two weeks. In something of blind panic, we started looking for a house in Reno. We knew that we did not want to end up in a tract house again, so that narrowed our search significantly. I found the house which had a rather unique description in the listing, and that's probably why no one else was really interested in it. It's a mid-century ranch house that has been expanded over the years. I never thought I would be a mid-century, and honestly, the main part of the house - kitchen and living room - is all that's left of the original house. I do dislike how dark and enclosed it seems, but I'm working on it.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you noticed that my pronouns changed over that last paragraph, you deserve a grammar prize, and it was intentional. What started as a journey with us, is now a journey with just me. I'm not ready and don't know if I ever will be ready to publicly discuss this, so I'm leaving it at that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ariana had come home for spring break just as we started to self-isolate. Her boyfriend, Tony, soon joined us as we were concerned about some of the habits of his roommates and felt it would be safer with him here. I now feel like these two are my roomies for the long hall we've been together for what feels like so long. Good thing it's a big house. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have so much to do in this house and so many projects. I tackled my foyer first since that's the first thing you see when you walk in the door. I will be posting an update on that room soon. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6l02OrzVKTtDFZ7lKKS0-EYcbnNP2M0AbKVEnPAjjHAvcKX8h2MaDYYooMJFfc2HPeH1qgoGS5ntGsf96VMImSIZcdfZbvFKxCPNoV3M4TFqy-x8MGZ1V6JH2Ku36ZsudJH4oYwE_NLK/s1304/sup+chop+salad+living+a+bespoke+life.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1070" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6l02OrzVKTtDFZ7lKKS0-EYcbnNP2M0AbKVEnPAjjHAvcKX8h2MaDYYooMJFfc2HPeH1qgoGS5ntGsf96VMImSIZcdfZbvFKxCPNoV3M4TFqy-x8MGZ1V6JH2Ku36ZsudJH4oYwE_NLK/w643-h781/sup+chop+salad+living+a+bespoke+life.jpeg" width="643" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We are happily supporting local restaurants that have reopened recently. Ariana and I were loving picking up lunch at <a href="https://www.sup.restaurant" target="_blank">Sup</a>, and this week we were able to do it again. We have switched to a Keto diet to counteract the calories we consumed in the first eight weeks we were isolated in the house. I chose the Cranberry Salad with Chicken and A had the Chop Salad. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-50483110755582062202019-01-07T22:02:00.001-08:002019-01-07T22:05:06.838-08:00In the Midst - Organizing While Preparing for a Move<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am currently in an all too unenviable situation: I'm working on my house, packing boxes, and preparing to list it. I have lists and project plans, half started projects and projects that I long to start but can't quite ever find the momentum or time because there just aren't enough hours in the day. And I admit, I had a meltdown over the weekend. My mini hiatus from travel over the holidays ends next week, and I'm freaked out about getting everything done. Admittedly, I moved up my self-imposed move timetable right before Christmas and out of stubbornness primarily, I refuse to think about delaying the move. </div>
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Faced with the thought of another summer in Vegas, I stopped panicking and sat down to take a long hard look at my plans. Keeping it real, here is what we are faced with:</div>
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<li>Tear out the hot tub in the backyard</li>
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Bulleting it out at this level made the list seem more manageable and a little more feasible to accomplish in the eight weeks I've given myself to get it done by the end of February. I did take some things off the list that I determined would be nice to do but that aren't absolutely necessary. For example, whittling down the kitchen and packing my crystal can happen while the house is listed instead of needing to be done ahead of time. </div>
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I mentioned our goal to move in my <a href="https://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2019/01/no-resolutions-marley-spoon-giveaway.html" target="_blank">last post </a>about my non-resolution resolutions for 2019, but I didn't dwell on details there. We are going about this move much differently then we did with our move here to Vegas. When we moved here, we actually bought the house a few months prior to our move and moved over several trips going back and forth literally dozens of times over the course of months and gradually moving in. We also picked the house not really doing a lot of research about neighborhoods. That was a huge mistake: we love our house, but whenever we want to do something, we tend to drive all the way across the valley and should have done the research to buy a house where we would want to socialize, shop and hang out. I'm sure this has played a large part in our disappointment in our time here. In an attempt to not make the same mistake, we are planning on renting for the first year in Reno to find where we naturally are drawn before committing to a house. </div>
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Knowing that we will be renting, one of our big moving tasks is going to be separating our belongings into two categories: things we can't live without and things we could pack away for a year or so. And as a by-product, maybe after a year of minimal living, we'll decide that we don't need the rest of our stuff after all. </div>
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Usually I'm the first one who has my resolutions planned out for the year a month ahead of New Year's Eve. Sometimes I might not be ready for Christmas, but I have a full page of how I'm going to make life better in the coming year. So imagine my surprise when I realized this morning that it was January 3rd, and I hadn't even had a single thought about a resolution. </div>
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Maybe it's because I've spent so many years over planning and choosing too many projects and goals, setting myself up for inevitable failure because no one can do it all. I would normally have a goal for my weight, my fitness plan, the books I want to read in the next year, a home project, work goals, maybe trip planning, and the list would go on and on. </div>
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Part of my lack in planning is that this has probably been the busiest work year of my life. If you remember <a href="https://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-look-back-2017-travels.html" target="_blank">this post</a> that I did around this time last year with all of the Starbucks mugs I collected in what I thought had been a year full of travel in 2017, 2018 blew that away, and ironically, I mentioned in that post that I needed to go back to Colorado. I went to Colorado 7 times over 12 weeks this year. Instead of travelling once a month for work, the last half of 2018 saw me travelling almost every week. </div>
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A lot of my normal routines did not stand up during that much traveling, and you know what, it all turned out okay. My carefully planned days were spent sitting in airports or for days in conference rooms sometimes with no windows. And when you spend that much time on flights, you quickly find out that flights get delayed A LOT, and you have to learn how to adjust, which is something that I have never been that great with. When I have figured out the plan for the day, I don't like changing it. 2018 saw my days changing frequently, and I learned how to adapt.</div>
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Going through the pictures on my phone from last year, I found this one, that sums it up quite well I thought. There was a lot of new in 2018, and moving away from my routines opened up possibilities for me that I never expected.<br />
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So instead of over planning for 2019, I'm going to see what comes. I'm going to leap, and I fully expect that a net will appear. Now if you know me well, I don't want you to panic and think I've completey lost it. We defintely have plans for 2019, and some of them are definetly big, so I especially want to limit and not take on too much. I'm also finding that this list is a broader than any resolution list I would have made in the past. It's more open ended and leaves some room for improvisation. Who am I?<br />
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1. We are planning on moving again. We are staying in Nevada, but moving north to Reno. Our first year in Las Vegas was our best. The second year, D was plagued with health issues and we had some business disappointments. This last year, I was hardly here, D took a new job, and A left for college. When I was home, I just really wanted to be in Reno where there are seasons, and trees, and water, and mountains, and it feels more like home to me. So after wanting to be there so much, we started the wheels turning to take us there. We actually originally planned not to move until the fall or even later in 2020, but I'm committed to trying to be gone before we hit the heat of summer. We literally are loading a moving pod on our driveway as I write this to get the house ready for staging to list it.<br />
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2. Eat less processed food. No diet or weight loss goals. Just less processed foods. This one applies mostly to my travelling meals, as I cook almost every night when I'm home, and we are still using <a href="https://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2017/07/martha-marley-spoon-review.html" target="_blank">Marley Spoon</a>, so we don't eat processed foods really at all (And I again have some free boxes to give away. Leave a comment below, and I will make sure you get a free box while they last.). Generally the first night I arrive wherever I'm going, I'm tired, and I grab a junky meal on my way to the hotel. I need to take the extra few minutes and find better options.<br />
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3. Don't feel guilty for turning off and having down time. I work constantly. I love to work constantly, and I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I didn't work so much, so when I make a decision to leave early or not work at all, it feels great for the first few minutes, but then I tend to feel I don't know if it's guilty or just really that I'm so unused to having down time that it feels awkward to me. I would really like to work on not feeling that way and allowing myself to enjoy my time off.<br />
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4. Being open to more new opportunities. I allowed this to happen in 2018, and I was so rewarded by it. Since I don't know what those opportunities might be, this one is really wide open.<br />
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5. Looking at my surroundings. Being so busy and working so much, even though I travelled to so many different places last year, I really had to stop myself frequently to look at the scenery. I saw some amazing places last year, but unfortunately some times conference rooms have no windows, and long work days mean it's dark when you walk out of the building. I started waking up early to open my hotel room curtains to see my surroundings before starting my day. I was also really horrible about taking pictures last year, and I want to do a better job of that too.</div>
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I'm not sure honestly how I feel about this huge shift away from thorough planning, but I do like these "focus" areas. </div>
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In November of last year, I woke up one morning, looked at my brown bedroom walls and asked myself, "How have you lived here for over a year and not finished painting this house?" I like to paint. I find it very calming, it gives me uninterrupted time to think, and I love the sense of accomplishment I get when I see the finished product, everything looks fresh and new, and I'm that good sort of physical labor tired that makes you feel like you've done an honest day's work. I love it. So much so that when we had painters come in to do the living room, family room, and kitchen before we moved in, I didn't have them do the bedrooms and hallways. I wanted to do them myself. </div>
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Now, if you remember, this house had a lot going on paint wise when we moved in. I wrote about it <a href="http://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2016/10/welcome-to-our-home.html">here</a>. Our bedroom and D's office have something similar going on with different walls painted different colors in a more than an accent wall kind of a way. So when I woke up that morning back in November, I took myself down to Home Depot that day and made some paint choices. </div>
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I want our bedroom to be dark and cozy. We have dark furniture, and I could go for very light on the walls, but instead, I want an almost gothic feel to the room...in a non-Goth way, so <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/cy545hik9e" target="_blank">Grant Gray</a> seems perfect to me.</div>
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I went for a still dark gray in <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/cy5454ik9e" target="_blank">Elemental Gray</a> for D's office that I think will lend a very professional vibe especially when he's on a video call. </div>
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A's bedroom is going to be <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/cy546fik9e" target="_blank">Spun Wool</a>. It's neutral but rosy and reminds me of the color of her nursery.</div>
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I chose <a href="https://rstyle.me/n/cy546zik9e" target="_blank">Silver Bullet</a> for the hallways but have to admit that I'm not convinced yet. I love when you walk into a model home, and it has one consistent color throughout, but...I like to have very subtle shade changes from room to room (instead of wall to wall), so you don't even realize it's a different color. But our downstairs hallway is very dark. A guest goes from our very light grey and bright living room down this dark hallway to the powder room. I'm actually leaning towards painting it white. I know...groundbreaking.</div>
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If you've made it this far, and you are observant, you are probably now wondering, "Ok, so that was November which was over six months ago?" and you are correct. It hasn't happened. In November, I bought paint, and the next week, D had a pulmonary embolism. All the way through January we were visiting doctors to figure out what caused it since he isn't in a risk group as well as going through some challenges getting him onto meds that worked for him. Since then, it's just been a steady stream of work, business trips, holidays, theatre competitions, and everything that comes with senior year. I don't see any time for painting in my future until Memorial Day weekend, but that's my plan. Wish me luck. </div>
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I've spent the last few days thinking about my resolutions for next year. I'm a sucker for resolutions and make them every year the same way that I always get excited in the fall for back to school and for the first sign of changing seasons. I guess I just like new beginnings and the chance for a fresh start. But before I start to sound pious, I hate Monday mornings - every single week.</div>
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Part of my process is to review the resolutions I made last year and think about what went well and why and what didn't go well. If I want to make some of the same resolutions, I want to have better results this year after all.</div>
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One of my resolutions last year was to travel more. I wanted to stop thinking about going places and actually go. Little did I know how well I was going to achieve this goal. Oh, the irony.</div>
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For some background, it's not as though I didn't do any traveling in 2016. We actually took an extended family vacation in France. The joy of that trip led me to wish to continue traveling through 2017. And I did. Just not the way I expected.</div>
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I decided to document my travels using <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BNIRFJW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bespokegina-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00BNIRFJW&linkId=5e5ec9e67878244ad09b29845271586c" target="_blank">Starbucks You Are Here mugs</a> at the beginning of the year. Coffee is a constant in my life, and I thought this would be a fun way to look back after the year was over. Little did I know I would end up with 19 mugs.</div>
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Some of them seemed apparent. We still have family in California, we even had our Disneyland passes, so of course, we would end up in with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BNIRFJW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bespokegina-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00BNIRFJW&linkId=5e5ec9e67878244ad09b29845271586c" target="_blank">California mugs</a> as we made several trips back throughout the year. That takes care of 7 out of 19, and I only had to go to California once on business - even better. </div>
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#8 is a bit of a cheat. We live in Las Vegas, so that's not really traveling now, is it? Well, when you look at 9 - 19, I felt like my time in Vegas was a vacation at times.</div>
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I traveled a lot on business this year, at least for me, often multiple cities per trip and often trips back to back with only two or three days in between. And I saw some crazy weather along the way as well. I was in Texas most often (I think 8 times total) and when in Houston found out how terrifying waiting for tornados can be. Tornado weather is just plain scary, and I don't know if I would ever get used to it. I also experienced flooding in Houston but wasn't there for the worst of it. It's a beautiful city, and I would love to have a chance to go back and explore as a tourist soon.<br />
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I also really enjoyed my time in Atlanta and Charlotte. I think. That trip was very rushed and multi-city. I guess I need to go back to figure out which restaurants were where.<br />
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I wasn't in Chicago very long, and I didn't really enjoy my time there. If you have any recommendations to convince me to give it another chance, I'm open.<br />
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Colorado was very cold but very brown when I was there with no snow yet. Luckily, I've been there before in the winter and know how beautiful the mountains are. I need to go back now in the summer.<br />
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And that's it for 2017. No foreign travel but enough domestic to keep me really busy and to have a very full mug cabinet. Where did your travels take you this year?<br />
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Over the last few weeks, I've been experimenting with some big changes in how I'm planning and how I want to plan in 2018. This year I moved into separate planners, like this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LI8AH5A/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bespokegina-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01LI8AH5A&linkId=be12e68de74d2ed38c12fcb5e1fdd98e" target="_blank">MAMBI Happy Planner</a> with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XHBT7BC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bespokegina-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00XHBT7BC&linkId=7e1a32aaa6523e0f2c18bc6810bd50b9" target="_blank">Gold Expander Rings</a>, focused on individual projects or areas of my life. I love this from the perspective of keeping my supporting documents, goal setting, milestones and plans together in one place, but this does cause confusion and potential for forgetting things if I don't check every planner on a daily basis. To prevent that from happening, I started using a bullet journal like this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MUR93DX/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bespokegina-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01MUR93DX&linkId=cf1b34a352385fb6405d0e157c886000" target="_blank">one</a> </div>
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This system has been working well, but I felt limited because I no longer had somewhere consolidated where I could look at all my weekly appointments and workload at a glance. This was really where I was struggling and some days just feeling complete overwhelm from overbooking myself or forgetting commitments.</div>
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I had purchased a <a href="http://www.vdsshop.com/" target="_blank">Van Der Spek</a> and hadn't yet used it, so I decided to pair it with weekly inserts from Printable Pineapple to consolidate my week, making sure I have a level workload. Then on a daily basis, I pull out my daily tasks, transfer them to my Day Designer and keep that with me as I work throughout the day.<br />
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I ordered this simple graph <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FH1OQ2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=bespokegina-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B000FH1OQ2&linkId=3ef45d3d64455f2fc6b956fc1c4e7791" target="_blank">notebook, </a> and I use it as a somewhat modified bullet journal almost in the reverse of my weekly/daily planning process. In the evening, I sit down and transfer notes and tasks into the appropriate project planners.<br />
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I'm still working out my system for advance or annual planning, so I'll share that as soon as I get it figured out. What are you planning on using next year?<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This year, even though we are staying home and having just the three of us again for Thanksgiving, I wanted to put a little more effort into it. I pulled out my pumpkins and scattered them around the house, put up a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073R4KLR5/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B073R4KLR5&linkCode=as2&tag=bespokegina-20&linkId=bbff8fc3e9beddf043c198c3c0406cc3" target="_blank">festive leaf garland</a> on my balcony as well as a few pillows and plaques, but I really decided to put most of my effort into the tablescape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A is cooking her first Thanksgiving this year since this will be her last year living at home full time, and we thought this would be good practice for her when she’s doing the meal on her own in the future. There’s nothing like practicing when Mom is here to talk you through it. Since she’s doing all the work, I wanted to set a beautiful table as a backdrop for her efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Overall, I think the look is simple, rustic yet classic. I’ve partnered with several other bloggers for the Tablescape Blog Tour. Please take the virtual tour by clicking the little blue frog below and see what everyone else has planned for the holiday tables this year. </span></div>
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And it just kept coming. Just as beautiful as the food is the ambiance. 7th and Carson is not a huge venue, but it's well laid out with a chef's bar, a bar and a grouping of tables including a large communal table. With lots of warm wood, the focal point has got to be the tile tops of the table. The restaurant has gone so far as to use the patterns of the table as part of their branding, including the patterns on their business cards. </div>
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Dare I say that I'm not a huge avocado toast fan and be allowed to keep my blog? Well, I haven't been, then I was served this enormous slab of delicious toasty bread, smeared with soft, perfectly ripe avocado and a beautifully poached sous vide egg with a soft but not runny yolk. I personally prefer a yolk that is a firmer, gooey bite instead of runny, so this was perfectly cooked for me.<br />
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A crowd favorite of the group was the breakfast pizza. There was a vegetarian in our group, so Chef very kindly placed bacon on only half of the pizza, but can you tell? Those are scrambled eggs that were so perfectly prepared they melted into the cheese and crust. </div>
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If you are planning a visit to Vegas and are looking for a restaurant Downtown, you can do no better than dropping by 7th and Carson. If you are a local, you should run and not walk as soon as possible to pay a visit. I know that I will be putting this spot into regular rotation. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I love sour gummies. I’m not that big of a fan of gummy bears, but if they are sour, I love them and usually the more sour the better. I was given these <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ct8upiik9e" target="_blank">Sugarpova gummies</a> recently to review, and even though they aren’t overly sour, I really enjoyed them. They didn’t have that weird bitter taste that sour candy can often have, and these instead of being all one flavor such as lime or just sweetly sour were all a different mixture of fruit flavors, so one could be lime and cherry and another blueberry and lemon. An added bonus is that a portion of the proceeds from each bag sold goes to support the Maria Sharapova Foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One of the first restaurants we found after moving to Las Vegas was Pinches Tacos. The irony is that Pinches is all over L.A., yet we never went there when we lived in Pasadena. Pinches recently hosted a blogger’s lunch, and I had the opportunity to try some menu favorites that I hadn’t ordered yet. Since Pinches has a full bar, the day started off with the most amazing blood orange margaritas quickly followed by housemade chips with salsa and guacamole, tacos, flautas, and my favorite the Mexican corn on the cob. I could eat it all day every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I am the ultimate Rifle Paper Co. fan girl. I found Anna Rifle Bond’s work a few years ago, and every time I see something in a store or online, I’m instantly drawn to it. This year I’ve had a small monthly calendar sitting in a small easel-holder on my desk, and I’ve really come to really on it far more than my monthly calendar hanging next to my desk. I saw this navy and gold-embossed <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ct8uqwik9e" target="_blank">constellation calendar</a> and knew it was the one. Using the positions of the stars then adding the connecting lines as the basis, each drawings overlays an amazing depiction the mythological story for each one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There’s a reason these are called favorite posts - obviously they are full of things that are my favorites, but this month I feel like I’m just gussing, but all these things are just so good. I mean velvet. I love velvet, and these<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ct8urmik9e" target="_blank"> pillows</a> in Anthropologie are what I dream about. So soft in both pastels and jewel tones, I couldn’t decide which way to go. I love the rose and the burgundy and feel justified in getting both and switching them out seasonally since both go with my living room decor.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Finally I was given this <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ct8uu2ik9e" target="_blank">Pur-lisse Blue Lotus and Seaweed sheet mask</a> to review. I had never been a big fan of sheet masks thinking they were all hype until recently. This mask is another that I enjoy. It’s extremely hydrating and left my skin so soft and smooth with all the roughness gone after I removed it and rubbed in the remaining product. And sheet masks are the ultimate excuse to just sit and relax for 15 minutes as we get to the crazy busy holiday season. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This week I've linked up to Creative Mondays with <a href="http://www.clairejustineoxox.com/2017/11/2011-creative-mondays-blog-hop-this.html" target="_blank">Claire Justine</a>. Please hop on over and see what the other creative bloggers have been up to this week. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Over the summer when our daily schedules weren’t jam packed with meetings, rehearsals, early assemblies, and school runs, we had more time for leisurely family evenings. We tried playing some games but couldn’t quite find one that all of us could agree upon. We scrolled through Netflix and Amazon Prime but couldn't agree on a series to marathon. Then one night while having another discussion of what to watch and not reaching an agreement, we noticed The Incredibles in our Netflix suggestions. Why not do a Pixar marathon? So we did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ctmzrhik9e" target="_blank">Inside Out</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ctmzrsik9e" target="_blank">The Good Dinosaur</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ctmzkzik9e" target="_blank">Finding Dory</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ctmznvik9e" target="_blank">Cars 3</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you decide to do your own film fest, not all of the movies are on Netflix. We used a combination of that, Amazon Video and Red Box. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I found it amusing that except for Up ending up on both D and my lists, we had no duplicates for favorites. And we do seem to have a preference for the older films on the list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you have younger kids, you may not think that watching Cars A-G-A-I-N is a fun Saturday night, but if you are like us, it had been years since we had watched some of these movies. It had been so long since we watched some of them that we felt like we were seeing them for the first time, and I caught so many jokes this time around that I had missed before. In a few months we plan to watch a few of our favorites again to look for hidden Easter eggs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As some of you may know, we launched an online subscription box for our page flags last year around this time. We had done a significant amount of work on everything from choosing paper weight and adhesive strength to designs and logos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Everything was coming together to plan, so we chose a launch date, and then our technical plan fell apart. Instead of quickly changing our launch date, we pushed forward, jumping through hoops, changing our web provider and our e-commerce platform, moving content that had taken months to develop over in one long, long night, but in the process, losing some of the site aesthetics and usability we had worked long and hard on creating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But we launched on time with relief and plans for site refinement along the way. We were a little surprised when the Account Manager left our manufacturer suddenly just after the launch in the middle of planning for the next month’s release, and we should have been more concerned. Soon after, our emails with the 3rd month’s designs were ignored. We did receive our order for month 2, but we received no responses from the factory as we got closer to the month 3 production deadline. Now it appears that they’ve gone out of business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We were left with a choice, quickly find a manufacturer to fill orders without thoroughly vetting the product quality, which had taken months before, or stop the subscription box after only two months. We decided on the latter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">That was November of last year. Since then, we’ve moved all the products we created into an Etsy store, we’ve worked on the website, and we’ve begun the hunt for a new supplier who can support the high quality we want for our product. We’ve also taken what we’ve learned and thought long and hard about our business model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And we decided to make some changes. When we reopen, we may still have our in-house page flags, but we aren’t going to do a subscription box any longer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Stay tuned, and we’ll drop some hints along the way. As for now, we'll keep some things in the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBespokeLife?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">Etsy</a> store and show you our plans as we develop them. And we have no launch date. This time we feel like we’ll know when we are ready, and we’ll plan for a launch then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Put this one in the category of things I miss about Southern California that I never thought I would.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In Pasadena, we had a branch of the restaurant chain <a href="http://www.thecounter.com/" target="_blank">The Counter</a>. There are several locations spread throughout the states, but if you’ve never heard of it before, The Counter is a hamburger place I’ve mentioned <a href="http://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-counter.html" target="_blank">here</a> before. You have several options such as choosing the type of protein you’d like, the type of bun, cheese, toppings etc., to truly make a customized burger. They also have the best Parmesan fries. I think they add rosemary. Truly insane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Before we moved to Nevada, we went through and checked on the location of all of our favorite chains to see if they had one in Las Vegas. In most cases, we were pretty lucky including our favorite sushi place, Kabuki, and quick bites like Chipotle, Blaze and Pizza Rev. We also felt we were gaining so many great restaurants on the Strip, we really wouldn’t miss anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So imagine my disappointed when only a few months in, we started realizing the things we missed. Chick-fil-a? There wasn’t one, but luckily within a few weeks of realizing this was missing, two were opened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We knew one of our breakfast favorites, Urth Caffe, didn’t have a location, but then we heard the news that one will be opening early next year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Then one day I got an email from The Counter, and at the time, I really didn’t think anything of it. A few days later, I looked to see if there was one close by. No. Now I love burgers; I think they should be their own food group, but I had found so many other great burger places, whenever we went to The Counter, I actually began ordering other things off the menu, and that was when I found their grilled cheese. As much as I love burgers, I think I love grilled cheese even more. And this grilled cheese with ham and an onion ring inside with a side of bbq sauce was just life changing. I mean I immortalized it on my phone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Last week when I was cleaning pictures out of my phone, I found this one, and suddenly all I can think about is The Counter. Unfortunately I would have to drive to Arizona, California or Idaho to visit one, but I kept thinking about this grilled cheese. Obsessed, I went to look at the menu online and found that this particular grilled cheese that has haunted my dreams is no longer on their menu. I probably don’t need a recipe to recreate it, but I have found the cookbook <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/crkp36ik9e" target="_blank">Grilled Cheese Kitchen</a>, and now there could be be much experimentation while I look for my new favorite. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Probably one of my favorite gift ideas, I’ve used this ice cream gift for several different occasions over the years including weddings, housewarmings, anniversaries, and birthdays. I mean, who doesn’t love ice cream, and these days, buying an ice cream maker is probably not high on most people’s list of needs, but they are always good to have on hand for family events with kids. I love seeing the looks on their faces when you pour in the base and within a few minutes serve them a bowl of delicious creaminess and let them lick the beaters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Another great aspect of this gift is that it can be customized for your budget very easily. You could start with the <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cri5yrik9e">Cuisinart Stainless Steel Ice Cream Maker</a> which by itself is a lovely gift. This is the maker I had for years which is based around a canister that you freeze prior to placing it into the machine. The hardest thing about using this model is making space in the freezer for the canister and remembering to freeze it ahead of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A nice add on to the maker is the <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cri5xzik9e" target="_blank">Ben & Jerry’s book</a>. I’ve had my copy of this book for over 20 years, and I think I’ve made everything in it by this point. Basically, this book teaches you how to make your favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor at home. Ever felt like there wasn't enough chocolate in your chunky monkey? Now you have the power to add more by customizing the recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you are looking for a maker that doesn’t require pre-freezing the canister, the <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cri5yfik9e" target="_blank">Cuisinart Ice 100</a> brings the ultimate in convenience. Because it has a self-contained compressor, it will even keep your ice cream frozen while you are serving it to avoid that immediate melt you get with most makers. The Ice 100 has a lift up panel on the lid for ease of adding those mix ins that the Ben & Jerry’s are famous for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you want to add even more to your gift basket, these <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cri5y2ik9e" target="_blank">MacKenzie-Childs ice cream bowls </a>are both practical and decorative. The glaze over steel construction means your treats will melt more slowly especially if you place the bowls in the freezer before serving. They are hand painted with an adorable and whimsical check and stripe black and white print. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Finally the ultimate luxurious part of the gift is the <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cri5zsik9e" target="_blank">Mary Jurek Helyx ice cream scoop</a>. Not your traditional ice cream scoop design, this one is more of a mini ice scoop, creating great slabs of ice cream for your bowls. </span></div>
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Over the last few years, A has taken over the baking duties in our house. I am still responsible for cooking dinner every night, but she is always on the hunt for the next big dessert. She has been so busy this summer that she really hasn't had time to bake, which is probably a good thing, but last night I felt like having a little sweet after our meal. Of course, I hadn't planned ahead, so it had to be with only things I had in the pantry, and I wanted it to be fast. I found this recipe for Baked Chocolate Pudding in one of D's old cookbooks that I had actually never even opened before. It's from <span style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqi94gik9e" target="_blank">1000 Classic Recipes from Around the World</a></i> by Jo-Anne Cox and Elizabeth Towers, and it fit the bill with only seven ingredients. I did leave out the walnuts as who wants crunchy bits in your pudding?</span><br />
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When I pulled it out of the oven, I let it cool for five minutes then dusted the top with confectioner's sugar. The result is a creamy texture with some crispy, chewy bits around the edges.<br />
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Although I am faithfully using my <a href="http://daydesigner.com/#_l_1iu" target="_blank">DayDesigner</a> right now, I sometimes have more "must do" tasks than the space for three that are allocated on every daily page. I've gotten so used to looking in that space for my Top 3, that if I don't put them there, I forget about them. I've tried squeezing them into the space and have at times covered up the space to make it more usable for my needs, but lately I've been resorting to this hack using basic ruled <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqhfuqik9e" target="_blank">Post-It Notes </a> I pick up at Target, some stamps and ink.</div>
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I prefer the Versa Magic ink generally, but today I used <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqhfmuik9e" target="_blank">Tsukineko Memento Dew Drop Ink in Cottage Ivy</a> since I'm using the yellow Post-It notes. </div>
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This set of stamps is obviously from way back in 2015 from Studio Calico; however it has great heading stamps that I use for lists.<br />
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I have a set of these American Crafts Acrylic Stamp Blocks which no longer seem to be available but this one from <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cqhfssik9e" target="_blank">Hestya</a> is very similar. These blocks are great because they come in a package containing all of the various sizes and the indentations on the side make it so much easier to hold onto during stamping. I <span style="text-align: center;">last showed them in action in </span><a href="http://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2017/02/plan-with-me-january-2017-mambi-happy.html" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">this planning video</a>.</div>
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I'm not the best stamper in the world, but I've found with cling stamps, it's easy to tell when you've got too much ink on the stamp when you lose the definition between the lines. Blot it off and start again.<br />
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These little wooden stamps are my absolute favorite. I have this little tin from the Target Dollar Spot that I keep on my desk full of them. I've got my numbers 1 -5 for my task list plus this cute girl who has the days of the week under her plus a sweet expression for the vibe of each day.<br />
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I do have a harder time inking the wooden stamps, but it doesn't really matter to me if I get the ghosting around the edges. This is just a to-do list after all.<br />
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And here's the finished product. If I know it's going to be a crazy week, I will stamp out a list for the entire week at the same time to save time and not have to do it everyday. I pop this Post-It into my DayDesigner, and it's perfect for attracting my attention to make sure I get things done plus it's a fun way to make a basic Post-It cute and functional.<br />
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Do you stamp page flags and sticky notes? I'd love to see some of your favorite ways to use them.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-23638756907815412262017-07-10T22:42:00.002-07:002017-07-10T22:47:14.056-07:00Martha + Marley Spoon ReviewA few months ago we began using <a href="https://marleyspoon.com/martha-stewart?CLID=goog&v=LPJUTS5&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy4zLBRCOARIsADfss34bQFf-10WTJhKEiLRxw7ux0fchOvEYfSDWyuW-Yf4paeutCqc7FkYaAu9eEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Marley Spoon</a> for our meal delivery service. I mentioned in my <a href="https://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2017/05/favorites-may-2017.html" target="_blank">May favorites post</a> here that we really like it, so I thought I'd break it down a little further for you and also explain our history with meal deliveries as well as why we are using one now.<br />
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We've been in Nevada for one year full-time now officially, and although I think we've adapted well for the most part, there are some things that we still miss about Southern California. In addition to some of our favorite restaurants and hang outs, grocery shopping in Nevada is just not the same. We knew that we had it better than a lot of other places when it came to the variety and freshness of produce when we lived there, we really didn't expect it to be so apparent here. I admit that it is not horrible everywhere, but I don't really want to have to drive 30 miles to go to a store for fresh produce or pay over the top prices at Whole Foods for every meal.<br />
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I also found that we were being rather wasteful with our food and often not making the healthiest or smartest choices. Tired tonight? Why not have mac and cheese from Albertson's deli? Yeah, not good.<br />
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Even when we were in Pasadena, we had used Blue Apron and Diet to go at various times, but both left us with complaints. Blue Apron is, as A would describe it, pretty extra. Both the ingredients, instructions and prep time got to be overwhelming. It also didn't have as much flexibility as we would have liked. They may have changed that now, but at the time we were using the service in 2014, you either took what was being offered or you didn't. Some weeks found us bypassing all the meals because one or the other of us had issues with ingredients or the recipes seemed counter-intuitive to the time we were trying to save.<br />
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We tried Diet to go just before we moved last year when life was crazy with frequent trips back and forth between states and most of our time spent working or packing. The fact that the meals were precooked and simply needed to be warmed up seemed like a big benefit as well as being controlled portions. The only problem was the food was just passable and they seemed to have a dependency on using red bell peppers in almost every meal which are a vegetable D simply will not eat. He was living off of the same three dinner entrees every week which just got so boring for him. Also, after a few days, the meals just didn't taste fresh.<br />
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After subscribing to both Martha Stewart Living and Everyday Food for several years, I trusted that any meal service she was lending her name to would have quality fresh food; it was just a matter of how elaborate and time consuming the recipes would be.<br />
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Happily we have found all the menus easy to prepare, quick and the recipe creators seem to understand the concept of not wanting to dirty every pan in the house while you are cooking dinner. The dishes are usually a straight-forward mix of protein, healthy carb although there are always low-carb options every week if you have wheat issues or are on a low carb diet, and plenty of vegetables.<br />
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We feel like we are eating a really balanced diet and since there are only three of us utilizing the meal plan that is meant for two adults and two children, we always have enough left overs to feed two of us for lunch the next day.<br />
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The thing I really enjoy about Marley Spoon though is the flexibility. Every week there are 10 menu options from which we choose four meals. Options include vegetarian and a mix of beef, poultry, fish and pork protein options. We always seem to choose at least one vegetarian meal as well as the fish, but I have never felt like I didn't have options that would work for us. Plus Marley Spoon has an app, so I can always pull the next week's meals up on my phone or iPad to make changes up until a few days before the delivery. It's easy to skip a week like we did last week while we were on vacation. You have the ability to look at the entire recipe prior to choosing a meal to see if it will be too time consuming or complicated, but I've never had an meal that took longer than 30 minutes to prepare. Everything arrives in a box that looks way too small to hold four meals compared to the number of bags I'm usually carrying in from a grocery store trip plus they are well cooled and insulated when being delivered here in the Nevada heat.Once you open the box, each meal is individually bagged so you don't have to sort through everything looking for items for each meal. Blue Apron used to put all the ingredients for all four meals jumbled into the box together, and we would have to do an inventory to make sure everything had arrived and then we would put them into bags ourselves to keep them straight.<br />
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Also the customer service has been amazing. Two weeks ago, they had an issue getting our box out in time and not only did I receive an email from them, they called to make sure I would have enough time to pick up something for dinner. Last week, one of our recipes called for ciabatta rolls which were missing from the box. I went onto the website and chatted with a customer service rep who apologized and offered me a discount off of my next box to make up for the inconvenience.<br />
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If you don't believe that anything could be this good, I have a chance for you to try it yourself. I have three boxes up for grabs. All you have to do is leave a comment here with either an email address or your Instagram name and either follow my<a href="https://www.instagram.com/livingabespokelife/" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> or subscribe to the blog. I will choose the recipients of the boxes randomly next Monday, July 17. </div>
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Back in October I shared <a href="https://thebespokelifestyle.blogspot.com/2016/10/welcome-to-our-home.html" target="_blank">this post</a> about our new house and some of the work we were doing on the interior. <span style="font-family: Times;">Now I thought I'd share a little bit of the different work we've been
doing on the side yard. Our pool, shown here in one of the original pictures on
the listing of the house from early last year, is actually on the side of our
house. The lounge chairs pictured here are against the wall that faces the
front yard. To the left in the picture you can see the side of our next-door
neighbor's house as well as some Italian Cyprus trees. As you can also see, the
second tree in the line was already having some issues even before we bought
the house. After we moved in, all of the trees continued to begin slowly die.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Since we had quite a few projects to tackle inside of the house, we
really hadn't planned on starting anything in the yard, but when these trees
started to all die and since they are visible from the front of the house, we
had to do something about them to remain in compliance with our homeowner's
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neighbor's house. We aren't very fond of the rock in the planter, so we've been
weighing the options of different types of drought-resistant plants that are
also pool-friendly so we don't have to worry about leaves and debris falling into
the pool since it can be quite windy here as well. Right now we are leaning towards <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/2-5-Quart-Purple-Fountain-Grass-L8564/4294437" target="_blank">purple fountain grass</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">You can see the tree debris in this shot before we chopped it up and got
rid of it. Also this is a good shot of the climbing jasmine that had gotten a
little out of control on the side of the house. We cut this way back because we
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This broken fish was found hidden behind the bushes in the planter when we started to pull them out.<br />
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We had been debating whether or not to keep this monstrosity when the argument was solved for us by it springing a leak. I don't like these above-ground units, but my husband liked it. This one had seen better days. I'm voting on turning this space into an out-door kitchen area. Once we get this out of the yard, we can also tackle that horrible vine behind it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-87117196522775834232017-06-04T15:25:00.001-07:002017-06-04T15:25:40.453-07:00Plan with Me May 2017 - Kate Spade Personal Planner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I filmed half of this video and then my battery died. Then I realized I didn't have my wedding ring on...I need to write a reminder to myself about everything or obviously I forget.<br />
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<a href="http://rstyle.me/ad/g7ee2hik9e" target="_blank">Kate Spade Pink Personal Planner</a><br />
Studio Calico May Kit<br />
Fiihfio Translucent Page Flags (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/521090914/translucent-pastel-page-flags?ref=listings_manager_grid" target="_blank">Available in my store</a>)<br />
<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cn4m2qik9e" target="_blank">We R Memory Keepers Quickstik</a><br />
<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cn4mzfik9e" target="_blank">We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile</a><br />
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Artist: http://incompetech.com/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-82987273285015280162017-05-25T20:32:00.001-07:002017-06-06T15:54:25.938-07:00Favorites - May 2017A quick rundown of some of my current favorite lifestyle products. For my current favorite fashion and beauty products, check out the <a href="http://bespokebaroque.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bespoke Baroque blog here</a>.<br />
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The <a href="https://aaptiv.com/" target="_blank">Aaptive</a> fitness app - After dieting without exercise for the last year and not seeing movement on the scale, I realized I needed to do more. I joined a gym in October, but with so much business travel this year, I was getting frustrated about missing regular workouts. The Aaptive app has been a lifesaver. If you need to see someone guiding the exercises, it's probably not for you, but if you've worked out enough to know the names of the exercises and proper positioning, I highly recommend it. They have workouts for strength training, yoga, meditation, and my favorites the treadmill and walking.</div>
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<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cnu6mtik9e" target="_blank">Q Spectacular Mixers Ginger Beer</a> - I love ginger beer, ginger ale's sassier, spicier sister, but I really love extra spicy ginger beer. My favorite used to be Gosling's, but it's hard to find and really, it's more sweet than spicy. Q is made to be a mixer and not a soda, so it's really spicy and not that sweet. I love it and treat myself to one per week.<br />
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<a href="https://marleyspoon.com/" target="_blank">Marley Spoon</a> - We subscribed to Blue Apron for a long time. We were dedicated. But then the recipes started taking longer and longer to prepare, the prep was overwhelming, and the food, as the teenager put it, was just so "extra." We also had issues with the lack of choices that did not include bell peppers, the one vegetable D will not eat. We recently decided to switch to Marley Spoon, and we think we made the right choice. The prep is simple, the recipes are straightforward and just plain good food, and the number of options is substantial.</div>
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<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cnu6vuik9e" target="_blank">Webster's Pages Composition Planner</a> - If you follow my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/livingabespokelife/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, you've seen me posting a lot of pictures lately of my daily planner. I've never had so many people ask me what I was using until I started using this one. I bought this planner on a whim to fill a gap before I started using my next Day Designer. It's a great format and size and who doesn't love an old-fashioned composition book?</div>
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The <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cnu6xnik9e" target="_blank">Webster's Pages Composition Gold Heart Day Tracker Notebook</a> composition book even has the cutest gold-foil heart cover, so if you don't spring for the binder, you can use the composition book on it's own and not compromise the look. </div>
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The Kate Spade planners are something of a cult favorite due in part to the difficulty in finding one at this time of the year. Kate Spade releases the new colors usually in the fall, and they sell out quickly. There are always some available on eBay if you have to have one now or are searching for a color from a prior year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947983307566291261.post-31610305294711122912017-05-18T00:17:00.001-07:002017-05-18T00:17:46.242-07:00March Reads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ben Aaronovitch: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cmyjzpik9e" target="_blank">Foxglove Summer</a></div>
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Dorothy L. Sayers: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cmyj4nik9e" target="_blank">Five Red Herrings</a></div>
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Tana French: <a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cmyj82ik9e" target="_blank">Broken Harbor</a></div>
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My March reads follow my usual preferred category by consisting entirely of mysteries. I'm so late posting these, I considered combining March and April, but then I realized that I did not finish one single book in April! So on to talking about March.<br />
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My number of reads in 2016 was miserably low, so I sat down at the beginning of the year and made reading goals for 2017. My main focus is to try and finish one series of classic mysteries, to get caught up completely on one current series, to get back into reading the monthly reads for my online book group as much as possible, and to read one non-fiction book each month. If I can meet my goals, I'll finish four books per month, hence 48 books for 2017. That's much lower than my total was a few years ago, but far more respectable than last year.<br />
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So how did I do in March? I finished another in the Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series for my classic and one from Ben Aaronovitch's wizard detective series for my current series. The Tana French was a read for my bookclub. So far, so good. But I didn't finish any non-fiction for the month. <br />
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Of the three, all were very different, one being Golden Age or traditional, one being a cross between police procedural and fantasy, and the last being pure police procedural, but I did enjoy them all. <i>Broken Harbor's </i>ending left me frustrated, and the novelty of Aaronovitch's series may be running low for me, so I would choose Sayer's <i>Five Red Herrings </i>as my favorite for March.<br />
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With these three, I've read 14 books so far this year, which had me ahead of my goal at the end of March. However, with the lack of reading in April, I'm already two behind. I have already finished two books in May, but it may be a stretch to think I'm going to finish another four before the end of the month. Stay tuned for the next update on how I'm doing with my reading goals, but in the meantime, do you set reading goals? If you did for 2017, I'd love to hear what they are. Please add a comment to share below, and we can encourage each other through the rest of the year. <br />
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<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cjhejrik9e" target="_blank">We R Memory Keepers Evolution</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/486557439/fall-light-page-flags?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">Bespoke Lifestyle Page Flags</a></div>
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Color palette inspiration from <a href="http://design-seeds.com/">Design-seeds.com</a></div>
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It's hard to believe that I filmed this video back in February when it was cold outside, and I couldn't wear enough layers. We will be hitting the high 90s in the desert this week, but thankfully, it's still cooling down at night.</div>
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This pink <a href="http://rstyle.me/ad/gwk4g3ik9e" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Kate Spade Planner</a> is gorgeous, but to be honest, I don't get enough use out of it. I need the space of an A5 and generally feel cramped in a personal-size planner. I think I also struggle with proportion when I'm decorating in a personal size; although lately I've subscribed to the more is more method of decorating as you can see in this <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BTk5iYzFp4o/?taken-by=livingabespokelife" target="_blank">Instagram post</a>.</div>
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I'm using our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/486557439/fall-light-page-flags?ref=shop_home_active_5" target="_blank">Fall light Bespoke Page Flags</a> in this spread. I truly am so happy with the way they stick to the page and don't curl up like a lot of other decorative page flags and with the way you can write on them. If you've tried them, please leave a comment below to let me know what's your favorite thing about them.</div>
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