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March Madness has officially descended up on our world as we are just days away from St. Patrick's Day.  Irish Dancer Girl will be shamrockin' all over the city of Tucson (Irish Dance style) for the next week to spread leprechaun love amongst the citizens.  While going over the performance list this morning, my mind wandered back to a time in the not so distant past where my sweet girl gave me a lovely surprise just before her very first St. Patrick's Day March Madness performance.  Thought it would be fun to take a stroll down memory lane with ya'll and give you some giggles.  Sit a spell while I weave a tragic tale of the six year old Irish dancer and her incontinent mother. One fine March day in 2009, Cat and I began our school morning cutting out shapes and chatting it up like two old ladies at bingo night. I had to (ahem) “use the little ladies room” for the 400th time in 20 minutes, and in the interest of safety, (because I’m one of those annoying over-protectiv

Ok...let's review the list of reasons I need a fabulous makeover and spa getaway...all courtesy of Oprah, of course... Exhibit A ....I recently doused my freshly styled hair with lavender/vanilla scented febreeze ...in my defense, I thought it was my hairspray...it didn't even register that my hairspray is actually a pump bottle...nope, I just grabbed it and went to town...It even took me a few minutes to realize that my hair was wet and smelling like a lavender field in France before the horror of my actions set in... Exhibit B ...I was excitedly telling Irish Dancer Girl (age 7) that I'd found the perfect costume for Halloween... Sue Sylvester from Glee!  Boom!  Easy!  Just slap on a track suit, grab a megaphone, throw on a short blonde wig, and allow my snarky sarcasm to flow freely from my lips...it's beautiful...right?  Nope...Irish Dancer Girl just looked at me and said, "uh, isn't she taller than you...a lot taller than you?...and...(long pause...

It’s reveal day here at the Bee and Rose!  I treated myself to a bloggy makeover to mark my return to the Land of Blog ! Isn’t it lovely??!!  The gals over at Designer Blogs created this beautiful design for me!  I have to tell you…they are simply the BEST!  Amy is the fabulous designer who created this awesome bloggy home for me!  She took all the little bits and pieces I gave her and wove it into a magical blend of bloggy delight!  It’s so much more than I could’ve ever imagined!  Thank you sooo much, Amy!  You are one of the kindest people around! These ladies have a portfolio of designs that are absolutely gorgeous!  I highly recommend them!  They are top notch professionals.  They stay in close communication during the creative process.  They are super friendly.  Customer satisfaction is definitely top priority with these ladies!  Scooty on over there and check them out!  You will love them! XoXo

Today's post was originally going to begin with a fabulous Wordle I tried to create to honor one of my favorite movies, "Breakfast at Tiffany's." However, my computer is not cooperating with me right now so just pretend you that what you see up there is a real Wordle and not this fake thingy I'm trying to pass off as one. If you have a moment, why not visit Shannon's Wordle Weekends at Last Shreds of Sanity to join the Wordle fun?! (I love making Wordles...not sure why "my precious" (aka computer) is being so persnickety this morning.....) Back to my Breakfast at Tiffany's.... If I were having breakfast at Tiffany's this morning, this is what I would order off of the "menu"... I'd start with some gorgeous key pendants....I love keys...I have them all over my home in all shapes and sizes... Then I'll have this.... and I should probably order these off the "menu" too.... and then I should have some dessert.... I

Join in the Not Me! Monday fun brought to the land of Blog from MckMama over at My Charming Kids! I did NOT have my mini makeover this weekend. I did NOT return home from the hair salon looking like her....(seriously...my hair is NOT this streaky or these same colors...no offense, Kelly, this looks fabulous on you.... for those of you new to this style of blog meme...this is exactly what my hair looks like right now but with more bleachy streaks...) Chilly and the kids did NOT call me Kelly Clarkson all weekend. My stylist would NEVER do this to me especially when I told him this (see photo below) is what I wanted....I did NOT show him a photo of the color I wanted....My hair is NOT even more auburn than before with huge streaks of bleach blonde...(not that I didn't enjoy my previously auburn colored hair, I just wanted to shake things up for summer...) I did NOT make it extremely clear that I wanted all coppery red tones out of my hair. I did NOT say repeatedly I wante

Join the Friday Fragments Fun over at Half Past Kissin' Time ! Hi....My name is Dawn, and I have NSPMS...Non-Stop PMS....That's right, folks...you are taking your chances hanging out around here today! My kids are now calling me Plankton because everytime they ask me to do something fun with them this week, I sing this song to them...Plankton's part....(go ahead...play it....you'll get a much clearer picture of who I am this week...) Yep....I like Plankton....now that you are as annoyed as I am, let's move on... ***** Good Summer Reading..... I am too grumpy to tell you what it's about so just read it...got it? grrrrr... **** Friday Feng Shui: Read this too.....It's a great book about Feng Shui and really humorous as well! It's my favorite book on Feng Shui and offers up really easy tips to bring prosperity and harmony into your little sanctuary...(oops...I didn't just sound upbeat...you are mistaken....here...I'll throw in another growl....grrr

I woke up this morning to find that my husband had left the TV on all night. I was about to nag him about the cost of electricity, how much this disturbs your sleep pattern, blah, blah, blah, when I rolled over toward the TV and saw this.... Oh yeah...that's right...Ty Pennington was plastered all over the TV screen...I stopped nagging in mid-sentence and curled up in my blankie...(cue the Barry White music...) It seems that this hunkalicious hottie is in my neck of the woods today....mmmm....and it seems that at 2:00 pm, he and the crew from Extreme Makeover Home Edition will be doing a big family reveal not too far from me....yuuummmmyyyy......what's a girl to do???? I start planning my day...hmmm...Cat has dance in Tucson at 3:00 just down the road from where this big reveal will take place...let's see...can I...oops, I mean can Cat & I make it there and get to dance in time???? (I'm getting all bubbly feeling inside...) What should I wear? How should I do my hai