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January 24, 2012 By JJ

I have an office nook in my bedroom – it’s where I blog and run my photography business.

It’s TINY.

Lately, the chair I’ve been using has been ultra uncomfortable and I’ve needed a better solution. I looked at HomeGoods, Target, and just about everywhere I’ve been. Though I’ve been on a self-imposed shopping hiatus, I realized I had a gift card to World Market and that it would be okay to get something I needed if I didn’t have to shell out any big bucks for it!

I ran in to the store on Sunday after church and zero’d in on the perfect chair within five minutes…and it was comfy…and it was on sale. BONUS!

I’ve literally avoided my computer all month because I haven’t wanted to sit at my desk, but now I can actually say that I’m happy to be back in my “office” now that I have a nice place to rest my bum!

I'm digging on the mixed patterns!

It scoots all the way under the desk, leaving me with the appearance of more space!

FAIRY GODMOTHER

January 22, 2012 By JJ

I’m a fairy godmother to a nine year old girl and a five year old boy – they’re really cool kids and I love having them in my life. Sadly, they live in Texas and I only get to see them about once a year.

When the oldest turned five a few years ago, my old roommate from DC brought her daughter out here to Disneyland for a girls weekend. We had a blast, even though Mackenzie preferred playing in the sand at the beach to a day full of Disney delights. It was an awesome trip and Robin asked me if she could bring Travis out for his 5th birthday, too!

Planning a weekend for a five year old boy is not anything I have experience with, but I think we succeeded in spoiling this kid rotten. Though I didn’t buy the right kind of milk or apple juice, the kid got just about everything he wanted including pizza for dinner twice, donuts for breakfast, and big slices of birthday cake!

We took him to Discovery Science Center (an AWESOME place – thanks for the hook up Sean!), the Pirate’s Adventure dinner in Buena Park (which I HIGHLY recommend!!!) and then to Legoland.

I’d never been to Legoland before and though I don’t have a ton of pics, trust me when I say we had a great day. We went on Friday and there were NO lines, the park was incredibly clean, and the food choices were incredible for an amusement park (seriously, I had a delicious salad from a gourmet salad bar and Robin has stir fry that was made to order!). I posted something about our awesome experience on FB and got a few responses sounding like our day at the park might have been better than most, but I don’t care…I’d still recommend it for boys (and even girls) under 8ish. There were some roller coasters, typical amusement park things, and even playgrounds for when mom and dad or mom and fairy godmother need to rest their barking dogs! The lego sculptures were incredible…and I’m not even a big lego fanatic!

I love that my friends include me in their childrens’ lives. Being Auntie Awesome/Fairy Godmother is really something special that I treasure…especially in this single season. I never thought I’d be childless at 35, but having these little monkeys in my life gives me something to look forward to!