tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10487264659876238402012-01-29T10:00:27.419-08:00Life is a roller coaster, and I want to enjoy the ride. This is my blog about the journey to make that happen.Ruby@Ruby'sMusingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15311021498743390316noreply@blogger.comBlogger3791100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1048726465987623840.post-75096147191327611122012-01-27T16:11:00.000-08:002012-01-27T16:11:43.386-08:00

Looking back .... and remembering fondly. Many years ago, what seems like a lifetime I worked at a dive on the side of Highway 1 on the Central Coast of California, The Rusty Pig. I was the second customer through the door of what began as a doughnut shop out in the middle of nowhere. All that existed at the time was a tiny grocery/gas station and lots of open space. Oh of course people lived

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If you follow my blog regularly, you know that I love to bake cookies, and I love to tweak recipes to be a bit healthier, or to my tastes as well as to find a quicker method. I have been doing this nearly all my life, I urge you to use the original recipes first, it is the only way to know what it should taste like. If you are experienced of very much a risk taker, go for it! What is the worst

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A house proud post...well still in apartment, but you get the idea. What a week it has been. I will spare you the details, but I had a medical emergency and am feeling very under the weather. Medications are also draining to say the least. To cheer me up hubby helped me with a few sprucing up projects that I had wanted to accomplish. I had started on these projects but just could not finish. 

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Oh very sorry for being absent as of late..did warn you that for a time I would be so however. I have just been taking me time, family time and relaxing, which includes reading. A lot.  As you know I am a huge fan of what is commonly called a Cozy Mystery**. Cozies are for me a lovely read, they flow wonderfully, they have engaging lead sleuths, often small town charm, and for the most part are

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Not me...but I wish *giggle* Yesterday hubby and I decided we wanted to take a drive among the foothills, soak in the unseasonably warm January sunshine. Of course we also had a goal to pick up an order of wine we had waiting for us. So with a cup of joe or two and an English muffin in the tummy, we were off...destination Apple Hill region near Placerville California.  We headed first to

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Have you ever considered how much power words, spoken or written have on your life? I think more and more I realize they have a considerable amount of power. They can influence, hurt, even destroy. Words can also empower, enlighten, cheer one up and make one see the world and themselves in a different, more positive light.  Last year I read a blog that challenged the reader to pick a word to

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Saying Good Bye to 2011 I have to say this past year was not what I had expected. When it started, we had family and friends helping us pay for our rent and bills, we were in a place of accepting food from churches and family. Hope was at rock bottom, as was the belief that anything would change in the coming year. It was not a happy way to start the year of 2011. However, as the year

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Going through albums filled with so many memories This time of year is one for reflection, that is most assuredly true. We all do it. Look back at the year that has passed, perhaps a look back at our years leading up to the current one. What have we experienced. What has shaped who we are, and what we most certainly would like to change if we had a chance..sometimes we do. It is also a time

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Our tree this year...and my favorite gift from years past from my hubby, the Santa. One day I will do what I always say I will, and wrap all the presents in the same paper, with matching homemade tags and bows...one day. I tend to change the theme of my trees each year or two...but I think will keep this one for sometime and just add to it.  Each year it seems our Christmas celebrations get

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I recently had the pleasure of reading yet another remarkable book. Again within the pages I was taken back in time, much further back than the last book I chatted with you about, back to the late1800's-1900's as a matter of fact. I was transported to a time when things we simply accept were looked upon with wonder and amazement...the world that Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump (Vinnie) lived in.

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In the kitchen again! I just got my last batch of cookies out of the oven. Mmmmm Mmmmm does it smell good in here! I shall fess up, I truly did not wish to bake, there are so many sweets in the apartment right now that I truly do not need cookies as well...but I did promise a few readers that I would post a cookie recipe a week for the holidays....so I gathered up my supplies.... ...and I

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Christmas Time Cheer! As you my faithful readers know, when hubby is off work, and the weather allows for safe and enjoyable travel, we go wine tasting. This past Sunday was just that sort of day. There was a special bonus this go around, the Placer County Wine Growers Association was sponsoring a Toys For Tots toy drive. Seventeen participating wineries along the Placer County Wine Trail was

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As you know I love a good book, even better a great book. I recently was walking through my local book store and came to a rapid stop mid isle when I spotted a cover of a book with the image of a woman from the 1920's on the cover. I rushed over and picked up a book by the title of "The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt" by Caroline Preston.  Amazon  The book weighed quite a bit, and out of 

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A friend and fan asked if I had started baking for the season...she had not seen many recipe posts. Truth is it has not been cold and gloomy enough for me to want to back...now it is cold, but the sun is shining and the last thing I desire to do is stay inside and bake. However, since she asked, I decided to pull out the cookie cookbook, see what ingredients I actually had and could work with (

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Yesterday was the Celler Dweller wine club pick up party at m2 in Lodi. It is always something we look forward to. Every three months we get to see friends, sip on amazing wine, knosh on delectable nibbles and this time was also when finally the dessert wine I helped name, Ruby's Muse would be unveiled! The day was to be even more special as I was to meet up with my friend, and a newly self

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All year long I have been taking you along on my journey through the book The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I have posted each month the goals, the ones I decided had meaning to me and the ones that I tweaked and the ones that I had mastered...at least in my mind. Reaching the last chapter in the book, the only goal was listed as a "Boot Camp", basically it was to put everything into

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Happiest of Thanksgiving to all my readers and your families! I hope that this finds you happy, well and full of gratitude for what life has given you, big and small! Thought today I would share a bit of history and some photos of the famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Always a family tradition of ours to get up,have pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin coffee and watch the parade...one of the few

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After turkey you HAVE to have pie! The other day I shared that I loved to cook with my Grandparents and learn new recipes, one being the Red Hot Apples I posted about, another was a pie recipe dating back to the 1930's during the Great Depression...Ritz Cracker Mock Apple Pie. I thought I would share this one with you all as well.  Now I know what you are thinking, "How can Ritz crackers make

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I have fond childhood memories of the holidays.Living close to my Grandma and then living on family property and a lot of that within my Grandma's house, she and my Grandpa gave me my earliest memories of food and cooking during this festive time. Several dishes that she used to make me not only on the holidays but also year round, I still make today. One that is most simple is a recipe called

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I just adore a good book! Recently I discovered a new series of books...lucky me I discovered the first of the series as well, so no catching up! I was online looking for the next in many of the series I follow, this time a Cozy style mystery series called "Agatha Raisin Mysteries" , but that is not the book I am sharing today...however I suggest you look into the series(you can find more info

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Well it is a busy week in the Feldman household. As you know Monday was our youngest daughter's 20th birthday and today is our middle daughter Rebecca's 23rd birthday! By the way if you did not already see off to the side, she is the talented artist that designs my blog for me and often the other avatars I use. Anyway, as I did with our oldest Chanda, and a few days ago with Angel, I am posting

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Today just happens to be the birthday of two very special people. The first I would like to mention is my youngest darling daughter Angel. She is 20 today! Here I am with her on MY birthday this past July. A photo taken about a year ago. Having fun with her older sister at Phoenix Zoo Last year on her 19th birthday Her favorite past time is "bouldering"  Seems so long ago when she

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Happy Veteran's Day! Having many family members and friends who have served or are still serving, of course I can not let this day go by and not say how grateful I am for their services on behalf of the United States! THANK YOU! My youngest told me that this date has another important little side note to it. On this date November 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. in the French town of Redonthes, the

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In the kitchen with Ruby time! What a day. Hubby had been so sweet and bought me a new camera...well actually he won it through a contest at work. It is snazy, a Kodak easy share. Well it takes great pics, BUT I can not get it to transfer the photos to the computer....I am not so challenged that I should get stymied by this action, but the darn camera does not seem to be functioning. SO a lot

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The "theme" of sorts that I am trying to live by in life As many of my loyal readers know, just over two years ago we moved into our apartment, walking away from our home, as we felt if we could not pay we could not stay. It has been just over a year since the official closing of the short sale. So very hard to believe. We thought we had hit our lowest point in life, loosing everything

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Getting back to life.... Keep a contented heart ....this is the heading for the November chapter in The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.  There is a wonderful sub heading that says it all "ATTITUDE" . If you can master a good attitude about whatever comes your way, good or bad, it can go a very long way at building your happiness level. Gretchen states within the first paragraph of the

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Do you know who or what is peeking through windows, around dark corners and in the shadows this all Hallow's Eve? I thought since this is Halloween and a Monday, I would do a post about monsters..hence Monster Mash Monday. You can not have Halloween without them!  What a better way to wrap up this month long series dealing with vintage Halloween fun?! Who does not love a scary movie and the

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Today I thought I would share some spooktacular images that bring back Halloweens of the past. But first a bit of history..... 1920's Halloween parties were all the rage. Towns would have dances, social club gatherings, and a variety of decorations followed suit. Parties had themes such as an "Animals" or "Famous People" with an art deco flare to the costumes and

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Have you ever been afraid of the things that go bump in the night? Well we are nearly at the end of my favorite month of the year, and in keeping with the spooky stories of murder, supposed suicide and hauntings, I wanted to share some great "ghost pics" and even a spooky tale to tell by the glow of that pumpkin on your porch. I hope you enjoy! One of the most famous ghost pictures, circa

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November 6, 1882 – November 19, 1924 Thomas Ince.  American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul. Known as the "Father of the Western", he invented many mechanisms of professional movie production, introducing early Hollywood to the "assembly line" system of film making. That is who he was in life. But of course, yes you are

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Virginia Rappe 1916-1921 Who was Virginia Rappe? I normally would not spend much time going over the life of who I am profiling, but as there was not much dealing with her as far as her ghost stories go, it seems to warrant it.    Virginia, like many of the stars and starletts that I have done research on for my series of  spooky ghost tales, had a most unfortunate life and one that like the

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Can spooks speak to us from beyond the grave?? I have always been fascinated with the other side. What happens to us. What is it like when we pass. Can we still see people left behind, can we interact with them? I watch and often re-watch every show about hauntings and ghosts that I can find. I have as I mentioned in last years post about ghosts, had my own experiences as well! One thing that

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 *all information collected from various sources on the web as well as books, and the TV series above. Photos from google searches. OH! and I have no idea why there is underlining of some of the text. In the writing of all these stories this past three weeks, I have had computer glitches, problems with loading images, and other odd occurances happen while putting the blog together....just a

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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (2005) More info Rudolph Valentino died August 23rd, 1926. He was only 31. When the news hit the public there was shock, deep mourning for a life cut too short, and for some it was such devastating news that a few tried to commit suicide, right in front of the hospital that he passed away in;they wished to join their beloved actor on the other side. An

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In keeping with my theme this month I am having to get creative. I could of course post each and every day about haunted Hollywood...ghosts of stars and starlets of the 1920's & 1930's...I am indeed learning so very much through my research and having a grand old time...but thought I would instead share some of my clip art/photos I have collected and then also give a book recommendation. So

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March 3, 1911-June 7,1937 Harlean Harlow Carpenter, a budding starlet of the 1920's and one of the most famous starlet's in the 1930's.You say you do not recognize the name? Well read on. Harlene was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to a white collar family, the father a dentist, her mother, "Mother Jean" had aspirations of becoming an actress, which later led to divorce and a move to Hollywood..

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Saturday my daughter Rebecca and myself headed to the Roseville Westfield Galleria Mall. I had seen on the web site that there was to be a stop there of the Style Tour hosted by no other than Stacy London from What Not To Wear! Being a huge fan of the show and of Stacy, we just had to go. Originally it was to be at noon, so we wanted to get there way ahead of time to get a place next to the ropes

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Red Death scene from 1925 film of Phantom Of The Opera with Lon Chaney Sr. Welcome to Ruby's Musings Frightfully Fun Friday! As I mentioned in Tuesday's post, being a huge fan of all things Fall, Halloween, all things spooky I plan to devote a bulk of my posts this month to the subject through photos, movie clips, and as we get closer to the all hallows eve, some ghost stories. Friday's will

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*images located via google image search October is my favorite month of the year. I adore all the all hallows eve decorations, ghost stories that come to light once more, spooky movies from day's gone by ....and so in the spirit of the month I adore most, I thought I might share a few famous stars and starlets who are known to still walk the earth, but in a ghostly form. This Tuesday's featured

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High Hand Cafe,Conservatory and Nursery is located in Loomis California. One of my favorite places near where I live is a true oasis in a small town by the name of Loomis. Right off the main road that runs through Loomis, sits High Hand Cafe and adjoining it is a garden center, as well as a wonderful old building filled with treasures as well as history. During the warmer days of the year my

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  Where has the year gone to? This year has flown by. In many ways that is a great thing, and in so many others I wonder if I even paid attention to life as it has been. I had been mulling this over for a while now, especially as I went through my gratitude journal, my dream "envision it" journal and then I opened The Happiness Project to do this month's post and to my surprise, the subtitles

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photo via Facebook page for Freshberry & Smallcakes Roseville Yesterday myself and hubby drove to a local business by the name of Freshberry And Smallcakes. I had been in contact with one of the owners, Tony Morabito about coming in and doing an official "interview" and to learn more about this franchise location of a well known cupcakery out of Kansas City that was founded by Jeff Martin;you

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Yesterday I had such a sweet day! Back in May I had won two dozen cupcakes from a local shop by the name Cupcake Cravings. Somehow I had missed the email in my Facebook inbox and was greatly saddened by that fact...you all know what a big sweet tooth I have! I tried to send a message back but I guess it too got missed. Well lucky me, I posted to their Facebook page and they spotted it, and told

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I mentioned in my last post that my hubby and I have started to allow ourselves to dream of purchasing a home again. If all the stars align, that is. This is going to take a lot of effort to keep the dream alive on both our parts. But it is a worthwhile one, considering if you have a decent down payment, even the minimum of about 5% payments on a home in the 160,000.00 range and below will be

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Settle in, I have a lot to pour out this go around. I picked the title today as I do not have one specific subject in which to write about. I nearly called it "Old Comfy Pillow " ,but thought that might be a bit of an odd title even more so than Hodge Podge. Right now however that pillow is recalling my name. I have not been sleeping as well as I like. The causes are many, G.I. reactions to the

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Last week, or maybe the week before, I shared with you all that I was considering going back to my natural hair color, which is a heavy salt with just a dash of pepper. Surprisingly I received so much support from my readers, friends and family that is has bolstered my confidence to do it. I have of course in the past done it before, but as my mood was gray for some time the last thing I wanted

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circa 1939 Today was a doughnut lovers dream come true. Our town finally has a Krispy Kreme shop open again! Trust me I was not the only one rejoicing! In a time when stores are still closing their doors and people are desperate for work, it was a double joyful time as the re-opening of Krispy Kreme provides 75 jobs to those in need and a whole lot more smiles to the local's faces. I for one am

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Do you like the title? I thought it was simply perfect for my blog post about how I spent yesterday. Which of course was a Sunday. It was indeed a very balmy day in Northern California, typical for Septembers, as we always have what is known as Indian Summers. Such weather, after months of heat and this year mugginess, makes me want to simply lounge all day and doze on and off, so does Queen

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The other day I decided to step out of my comfort zone. Dip my toes in the pool of a face to face social gathering. I do not do well in big crowds and with meeting new people. Ok, I know you are sitting in shock and are taking another sip of coffee just to clear your vision to make sure you read that correctly. Is this the same Ruby that goes to wineries and small local shops and posts all sorts

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Yesterday was a special day for our family. Besides a rare day of the Feldman family nearly being all together(oldest is still in Arizona), it was also the day my Uncle Ralph was with us to take our daughter Rebecca's and her fiance's engagement photos. Ralph had done our wedding photos, or at least some of them 25 years back and so this was nearly a full circle moment, and it will be when our

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By now you know that I am tress fickle. I have had my hair long, very short, blonde, red as well as brown and every shade of both! Then of course I always go back to a shade of black. Then there was an entire two years I skipped coloring and went 100% natural to see that I was salt and pepper with an over all effect of silver before going back to black, then brown, red and back to black all in

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  You may have spent the weekend at family picnics, or perhaps you went camping, or to a beach resort to relax over the Labor day weekend,or maybe you just closed the blinds and watched old movies the whole time. You open the fridge and you truly just now remember you did not buy many groceries and do not know what to cook. This happens to me a lot. There are days I start off with great

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Inspired by msruby featuring seamed stockingsMango knit sweater£30 - mango.comH M flared skirt£20 - hm.comSeamed stocking$18 - modcloth.comARCHIPELAGO high heels$37 - shopruche.com1928 Jewelry vintage earrings$30 - 1928.comWorthington pearl bracelet$13 - jcpenney.comParkhurst wool beret$24 - nordstrom.comLipstick - Lip Stick - Lipsticks | Ulta.com - Makeup, Perfume, Salon...$7.49 - ulta.com

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I am a bit over due for my monthly post about my journey through the book The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. You may ask why the odd title. Well, I have been remiss in posting for several days, so this will be a real catch you up post. Then I also have a lovely bit of exciting news, and thus everything else including the happiness project is on a side note.  I do however plan to do the

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In the kitchen time again! I am so very eager for Autumn to arrive. Today I even had my manicurist paint my nails in a lovely shade of deep, dark wine...a color I normally reserve for the cooler months. I wish to wear my sweaters, coats, laced up oxford shoes and of course my hats & gloves. We do not get much an Autumn here in my neck of the woods of California. The temps seem to hover in

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I have been thinking a lot about blessings and dreams as of late. Often we ignore and miss the blessings, fail to count them, and we often give up on our dreams, thinking they will always be just that or be too hard to achieve, or if we do, they will not measure up. Considering what is going on over the last few years with the economy, my own personal life, my health, and chatting with friends

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Paris 1920's My love affair with France and Paris started at an early age. I have never been. How can one have a love affair with a place they have never seen? I know I am not alone. My best answer is the romance and beauty of it all. Perhaps some created in my mind. But that does not denture me in the slightest. It is rather like my love affair with anything before 1950...though I also

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29,000 gallons of propane have been burning since 12 noon PST yesterday. Team from Houston in to help end the situation. If allowed to just burn could burn for 21 days! Nearly 1 million gallons are near by that could ignite if it blows. Shrapnel could fly at least 1 mile! Yesterday as I was watching the noon news an emergency report popped up. There was a train tanker filled with 29,000

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I  have been having a lack of motivation recently. There are times when life piles everything on at once and it just pushes out everything else. I am not unhappy, just a bit stressed. There has been so much going on, and it seems that unless hubby and I are out for a daycation I can not concentrate on anything for very long. First there was coming to the very hard decision to surrender our cat

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Off on down the trail again! Let me pick right up where we left off yesterday. What? You missed it, well ok, go back to HERE and get caught up, or you can even go all the way back to Monday's post and start there (Tue/Wed). I will remind you where we were at just in case you forgot, or wish to start right here. We are in the Sierra's of California. In Calaveras County. We started in

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Ready for a good old fashioned trail hike? After the last three days of sharing our trip to Murphys California, a charming town in the Sierra's and named the Queen of the Sierra's as a matter of fact. We decided to travel on up Hwy 4 and visit Calaveras Big Trees State Park. With the threat of many of our wonderful state parks being closed in 2012, we wanted a chance to visit one of our

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Welcome back....or just welcome if you have not been here before. If the latter is the case , be sure to click HERE and HERE to catch up on this weeks series of posts about the latest daycation. Yesterday we left off here.... Taking time to escape the Summer heat, and enjoy the relaxing signs of the babbling river running by. So the one thing you simply must do is see this woman. (Oh

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So, where were we? Oh yes, I remember now...I was sharing with you the adventure along HWY4 in the Sierra Foothills..though I really do think it was more like mountains.... the town of Murphy and all there is to see and do there! If you missed it, click HERE. All caught up? Oh good. Moving on then. The last photo I shared was of The Enchanted Workshop, a lovely place that had very interesting

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Yesterday hubby and I decided it was time for another daycation. So we pulled out all the travel books, brochures and did a bit of online research. Our choice was to go back into the Sierra Foothills, back to Hwy 49 and surrounding areas and discover more hidden treasures as we had done so many times before last Summer and Fall. It was determined we would head to Murphys which is located on Hwy

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"Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about." — Leo Tolstoy This week, the last two really has been really filled with thoughts that I truly do not like to consider or allow to rule my day, my emotions and my heart....and most of all any actions or reactions. When I saw this quote in my email , attached to The Happiness Project "

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Life often throws curve balls. There are times you are equip to catch them, others you drop the ball and still others knock you in the head and to the ground. I have had a combo of all three in the recent weeks....when I felt as if I could handle things I made adjustments to thinking and how I dealt with what was being thrown my way...but at times I found and still find myself struggling to do

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Sorry I have not posted. Life. When it rains.... you get the idea. Well it put me in a momentary funk. Then this was a week of not a single day out in which was worthy to report upon. Inspiration was at an all time low. Even what should have, such as it being Lucille Ball's 100th birthday... Happy 100th  ...or the things that have happened in my life the last few days that may have been an

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Today is my silver wedding anniversary. On this date 25 years ago (1986 for those not wanting to do math) my then sweetie of nearly three years said our "I do's". The day started off cold and gloomy. Exhaustion from not sleeping, and hunger because my dear Mom forgot we would need to eat before hand is how it began for me. For my hubby it was waking his hung over friends. From the minute upon

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my new tatt. Alot is going on in my life right now..a lot that can cause stress. I am doing my best to believe everything has a reason, everything has it's own prefect timing, even if I do not like it or understand it. I am doing my best to let it roll off me like raindrops on a rose petal. I am striving to be Queen of my own life...just like one of my favorite books by the same title.

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Before you go any further, I am not speaking of an actual garden. Though I could...I do miss having one of my very own, and one day I may just create one on our apartment patio if I can get over hauling water over the carpet from the kitchen to keep the plants hydrated...but that is a rabbit trail. So let me explain. The other day I mentioned my own personal happiness project, based on the book

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Yes, I am a few days early with my monthly look back and look forward of my own personal Happiness Project, based on the book by Gretchen Rubin. The reason for this is my youngest daughter is having oral surgery and will be staying with us for a few days, and thus not entirely sure how much time I can devote to blogging. Often I can only write if I am by myself, music playing or even in dead

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A couple of weeks ago I attended a Girlfriends Night Out at a local boutique here in our town by the name of Amelie, and at this get together there was to be wine served by a local winery from the area. When I arrived, right at the front door to the shop was a lovely lady serving wine from Lone Buffalo Vineyards located in Auburn Ca.;soon found out it was the owner and wine makers wife Jill

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This was to go out on 7-24-11, oddly it never did, and oddly I did not notice until today using the new blogger interface. So thought I would post. If it had done so before,and blogger is just messing with me....I do apologize.Ruby A week later and we have reached the end of the journey to the Pacific Coast daycation hubby and I took last Sunday. San Francisco. I truly hope you enjoyed it. I

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I'm hoping you are enjoying this weeks recap of hubby and I's trip over to the coast and then on down Hwy 1 into San Francisco. It is a time consuming journey to take the back roads into the city.It was a beautiful day and the roads had many cars parked along the sides, outdoorsy people were milling all about and cyclists were on the road in the dozens, which made it slower going than 20mph for

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So here we are, day five. Yesterday we cruised through Tomales Ca., after leaving the Bodega Bay area and before that Yountville. All with a goal to make San Francisco via the scenic route(aka curvy roads at 20 mph.).  The drive down scenic Hwy One is simply beautiful..no one can argue or doubt that. There is rolling hills and farm land, inlets of water with sailboats floating atop and small

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Afternoon. So pleased you have all been enjoying this series from hubby and I's daycation to the Pacific Coast of California. Much needed in the heat wave...though that day the weather was beyond perfect. Cool over cast morning with a slight breeze eased into warm sunshine with just a bit of that same morning breeze to keep it comfortable.  For those of you who are popping in for the first time,

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Afternoon all...so in continuing the daycation posts from Monday and yesterday, we head on over to Bodega Bay which sits on and near Hwy One of California's Pacific coast. Where we last left off..... Finally the ocean!!Been too long! See this rock with the hole in it...in a bit you will see why I mention it. Hubby had control of camera so a few shots had to be snapped off....

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So yesterday I began to share with you the daycation trip hubby dearest and myself took to the Pacific Coast..with a departure off route to go to a lovely bakery in Yountville,CA.and grab French style Macrons, plus a loaf of bread. About one hour and forty minutes from Yountville ( with traffic ) we were there at our first destination. Bodega. Normally two and a half hours if driven strait

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Hello!Did you miss me? I am so glad you all enjoyed the 300th post. It came from the heart, truly! I adore all my fans/followers.  Ok now on to what kept me away from the computer yesterday. Hubby and I decided we wanted to take a drive along the coast. To get to hwy 1 is over 2 hours away, a far cry away from where we grew up and we lived off of the famed highway and the beach was only a 20

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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I had been trying for a few days now to decide what my 300th post should be. There is quite a bit going on in my life right now, but it is all

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Happy Bastille Day!  Today's blog in celebration of the French national holiday will have a touch of Paris to it . But first, let's set the mood..... We have raspberry macarons and music too!    And of course we must have dancing ...... And libations are being poured....Now that mood is set ...let the eye candy begin! This past year I discovered a shop I consider the bees knees. Each

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Yesterday I shared that hubby and I took a Sunday drive after dropping our oldest daughter off at the airport. We decided to pop over to Woodland California. I shared the historic district of Woodland, the business district area of it at least. We also explored the neighborhoods. Street by street , up and down, back and forth. It of course did bring to the surface some emotions that I was not

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On Sunday after driving our oldest daughter to the airport for her to return to Arizona, we decided to go the rest of the 12 miles to Woodland California. Another one of the towns in our own back yard that we had yet to explore. It was still a bit too warm to get out and really walk around, so we we just drove through the grid of streets in this charming and changing city.  After driving on

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Saturday was my 45th birthday as I had mentioned in my last blog post. I thought it was going to be a rather quiet day spent with two of our three daughters with a bite to eat, a bit of window shopping and then home for a champagne cocktail to end the day. I am pretty used to such birthdays, gone are the days of large celebrations.  The day did not start out quite as I would like. I awoke with a

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Well it is that time of year again. I am another year older, and I would like to think wiser and better too. This past year of life has been one heck of a ride for sure. A true roller coaster ride......At times it seemed also very much like a merry go round ride, getting nowhere fast, just going in circles.   But I have made it through. I thought, I hoped, I dreamed I would have my new smile by

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Shuttle launch of  Atlantis . Today. 8:30  a.m. July 8th , 2011 Today's final shuttle launch gave me a launching point (forgive the pun) for my blog post. During my 45 years ( as of tomorrow ) on this earth I have seen so many advances in the Space Program. Often launches has marked times in my life of special mile markers, so the timing for the last shuttle launch was perfect what with me

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Love me some pie! Yesterday was just one of those days. It was 100 degrees out, I had no more chores left to do, was stir crazy in the four walls and there was not much going on within the social networks that I frequent. So what was a girl left to do? I decided to make a pie. Yep, I turned on the oven during a heat wave. Thank goodness for A.C. and a portable fan. Now of course being in the

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via  I had been trying to decide what to write about today. With no daycation happening for well over a week, it being too hot to do much out of doors right now anyway, and having already shared how to do easy finger waves, was at a lost as to what to write. So today has been filled with doing a few chores, chatting on Twitter and in between time I have been watching Silent Films that I have

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*all images were through a google search typing in 4th of July 1920's, Independence Day 1920's and Patriotic Women of 1920's  Happy Independence day!!!! I hope everyone is either having a wonderful day so you see this a day late, or perhaps you are celebrating tonight, or perhaps you celebrated yesterday, that is what we did. We went to our youngest daughter's, boyfriend's Mom's house.... did

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Busy day today. We are off to go see venues four our middle daughters wedding. Then it we will have a brief time of relaxing at home, before we go to a friends house to celebrate the fourth of July a day early along with our youngest daughter and her boyfriend. Hubby loves doing fireworks, so he is very excited. I like the big ones, much better, but it makes him so very happy, and that makes me

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*can be found on Amazon It is that time again. Time to recap June's assignment from the book The Happiness Project by author Gretchen Rubin, and to outline what is in store for July. As mentioned this is my second go through for me on this book. The first time I did not put much effort into it all as I should have. I slacked off. But I truly did not wish to do that this time. So sharing it with

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" /> The other day my friend Ashley over at The Shine Project posted to Twitter about having a wonderful project coming up an wanted bloggers to help out. Of course I contacted her and asked what I could do. It was so very simple. I could help get her message spread, get the word out. How could I not help? She sent me this wonderful video to watch ..... It inspired me, it made me smile and it

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Wednesday, I shared with you the town of Plymouth in the Amador Valley of California. As our final destination that we went to on Sunday was the winery of Perry Creek. Nestled in the "town" of Fair Play, not really a town, but a winery mecca as all that sits out amongst the picturesque scenery of rolling hills and winding roads is farms, winery tasting rooms and vineyards. After following these

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Yesterday I shared our visit to the Sobon Estate and Winery and the adjoining museum, it was such a beautiful place, and we had wonderful wine and even learned something. After we left, we again just followed the road to see where it would take us, and we ended up in the tiny town right near the heart of the Shenandoah Valley.  The road ahead as we left Sobon. Sitting at the cross roads of

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On Sunday hubby and I of course went wine tasting. This is a pretty regular occurrence as you are by now figuring out. My hubby loves everything about wine. From the growth of the grape, to the way it is made and then of course the final product. He is never happier than when we are out at wineries, or if he is lucky enough, like when we are at m2 in Lodi California, he gets to help out serving

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*Giggle* could not help throw in one of the few French words and can pronounce correctly in...but now back to girly/beauty talk. As you know from yesterday's post I was working on trying to add some finger waves to my hair, just something different to do while it grows out in length and the layers even out. I showed you a photo of them in process using the Garnier Color Shield as my setting gel,

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Every image is from a Google Image Search for 1920's make up or hair. So recently I have been playing around with a few new beauty products, and some products that are not actually beauty oriented, but work very well. I thought we would have some girly chat, and I would clue you in!  So the first product I wanted to chat a bit about is the new Maybelline Super Stay 24 hour color. Now normally

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Today I had the chance to finally go and see Midnight in Paris. I adore Woody Allen Movies, good or bad, I love adore them all! So I was very excited it was now playing at the theater down the street from our apartment. So I awoke early, had a nice hot cup of tea, a bit of Blueberry Limoncello Cloufouti with a dallop of  creme' fraiche on top , enjoying the song of the morning doves outside my

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*All images from Google Search for Images of 1920's & 30's brides I know that most people who join in on the blog hop over on Blonde Episodes post fashion from the magazines, perhaps photos of themselves, I considered sharing this past weeks looks from my Pinterest Style Board, but I thought perhaps I might keep with the vintage theme that seems to be my obsession at the moment and seems to

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*link above, and below for hostesses blog !! OR Join the hop link blow as well!! It is Wednesday and this week I had to choose between a few link up parties....and I choose Semi Wordless. This past Sunday before going to Winters California ( see blog from Monday:Small Town Charm) , hubby and I went to the local car show. Hubby sells cars for a living, and is a big car geek, and well we both grew

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