{living life to the fullest and turning moments into memories}
SHOP: Round Neck Eyelet Top | White Denim | Classic Denim Jacket | Odila Sandal | Sunglasses | Clutch | Shell Necklace ($8)
Smiling because we’re ordering margaritas to-go tonight and I think it’s about the coolest thing that’s happened in the past 10 days🍹
Intentions for the Week:
Continue reading “{weekend notes}”
SHOP: Oversized Carved Wood Tray | Emma Beaded Pitcher | Felt Ball Garland | Cravings: Hungry for More: A Cookbook | Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering | Woven Coaster Set | Marble Soap Dish White | Mini Tin Candle Citrus Grove | Cucumber Mint Sparkling Water
Hi friends. Shit is just so weird right now. Still going through all the emotions. Stressed. Sad. Pissed off – that I can’t easily get the basics. Not trying to hoard, just need some necessities. Scared of the un-fucking-known. Happy to have more slow time.
Lets all remember to spread kindness. The world needs that shit right now!
Intentions for the Week:
And since I think we all have extra slow time, I rounded up THE best board games. I read the reviews. Did some homework. Gathered a great selection of games all available on Amazon, so you don’t need to leave the house.
Continue reading “{the best board games}”
Take me back to were the Wi-Fi is weak and the beers are ice cold ✌🏻
Cory and I skipped town for a quick Lake Tahoe getaway. That mountain air is good for the soul, let me tell you!
Here’s to a new week!
Intentions for the Week:
This week on xoxostacyb: Target Tuesday? With all the things Holiday!! Maybe a salmon recipe? Maybe not? Ha. We’ll see what happens.
Highlights from the weekend……
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Wow, September is HERE! August was literally a blink of an eye. I’m 100% ready for Fall to begin. I think the excitement of each Season change get’s me so eager for what’s to come. September brings structure and everything falls back into place. Don’t get me wrong, I live for Summer and all it entails, but I’m craving the routine of our new September schedule.
We spent the long weekend at our family cabin in Tahoe. Our final, final beach weekend for the summer. Our last summer hurrah! And man – it was all that. We sat at the beach on Sunday for almost 6 hours and it was pure heaven!
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed and not really ready to take this Monday-est Tuesday by the horns. But, here we go!
Intentions for the Week:
This week on xoxostacyb: new Target finds. Pull out all the things Fall from the archives. And a Fall home refresh.
Highlights from the weekend……
SHOP: Leopard Tank | Sunglasses | Necklace
Happy Monday friends! I woke up this morning in very, very desperate need of coffee. Lots of coffee! To find out I had zero coffee. No k-cups. No coffee beans. Nada! That is not the way to start a Monday, let me tell ya. I bee-lined it to Starbucks for a venti and I’m feeling alive finally.
We spent the weekend in Tahoe. It was the 4th weekend in a row we’ve been in Tahoe. As much as I love it at the cabin, I’m jones’n for a stay at home weekend. We got a chill week and I’m excited to kick it a home as much as possible. And catch up on laundry! ha!
Intentions for the Week:
Highlights from the weekend……..
Continue reading “{weekend notes}”
Well hello to the Monday-ist Tuesday there ever was!
Question: If you could drop everything today, and travel anywhere in the world…..where would you go?
Mine will forever be Italy. I love experiencing new places. Near or far! Taking photos. Walking around. Currently suffering from Major Wanderlust, can you tell? But, sitting at this beach did the trick this weekend.
Intentions for the Week:
This week on xoxostacyb: You got my {Italian Salad} yesterday, and I truly apologize that it posted without the actual recipe yesterday. On my end it looked as though everything was just so, but I used a “page break” instead of a “read more” option. Which cut off the ingredients + directions. It’s corrected now! Other posts coming this week….my front porch refresh. Some fun dresses that wont break the bank. And maybe even a salmon recipe.
Highlights from the long weekend…..
We stopped at Bridal Veil Falls on our way to Tahoe Friday. It was the largest I’ve ever seen it in my years of driving to the cabin.
Happy President’s Day…..coming from the only person on earth that is working today. Lol! According to Instagram story polls, there are about 4 of us total. I cant bitch too much, since I did take Friday off for a long weekend in Tahoe. Cold very cold and snowy Tahoe. Hope your Monday is off to a great start. It’s going to be a good week! I can just feel it!
Intentions for the week:
This week on the blog: Random Acts of Kindness. Easy sheet pan dinner. Friday 5.
Highlights from the weekend….
Thursday evening we ventured over the hill and through the snow to South Lake Tahoe.
With a pit stop at Strawberry Lodge, as always.
Happy Cyber Monday friends. This is a sale I can get behind! It doesn’t require going anywhere. No lines. A shit-ton of good deals. All from the comfort of your own home….of office, in my case. Believe it or not, I didn’t make a single purchase on Black Friday. I probably would have, had we not been headed to Tahoe for the weekend. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise? Ha!
Is anyone else insanely happy that we still have 1 more week till December?!?! Just a little more time till the festivities really hit! I’m going to embrace this week to the fullest. We are going to get all the rest of our Christmas decor up tonight. Hoping to get it all on the blog next week.
Intentions for the Week:
Let’s chat Cyber Monday first! These are a few of my favorite things….and a couple are on my list:
Click on any of the images below to shop…..
Couple other items that caught my eye today on Amazon…..
Ring Video Doorbell 2 with Echo Dot combo // AncestryDNA: Genetic Testing Ethnicity
Highlights from the weekend…..
Thanksgiving!!
“kid wine” cheers at the kids table!
Quick photo shoot with Gram + Papa ♥
The olive lover #olivejuice
Real men wear women’s aprons to carve the turkey!
I re-set my table…AGAIN! After the rotten pumpkin fiasco.
My mom collected the most beautiful leaves while we were camping at Casini Ranch the other weekend. These clipping lying across the table are the ones we stole off the side of the road. Festive AF! And free!
This is what our plates looked like. Although, we’re all eating turkey. I feel like everyone’s plate I saw on the ‘gram looked totally different. And I LOVED hearing about the weird menu item each family serves. Our’s is pretzel jello salad…yummm.
Friday morning we hit the road for Tahoe. With a pit stop in Placerville to pick up tree permits.
We picked up our permit at the Forest Supervisor’s Office: 3034 Briw Road. Placerville, CA 95667. Phone number: (530) 622-5061.
I called to confirm today and they do still have tree permits available. They are first come first serve. $10 cash each. 2 Tree permits per family.
Once you purchase your permit you’ll get the orange permits that you attach to the tree(s). And a map showing you all the spot for tree cutting.
Here’s more info on tree permits: Eldorado National Forest Christmas Tree Permits
Pit stop at Strawberry Lodge. It was raining + snowing.
My girl all bundled up…in my jacket…lol! The struggle is real!!!
Just a little snow….
Dressing the cabin up for the Holidays ♥
Avocado toast is my weekend jam #basic
I used the leftover Thanksgiving ham. Bomb.com
We hit the Fallen Leaf Lake trail from the campground. Such a pretty trail. Great for kids too!
Just give me all the snowy trails.
Then you get to this. I mean, could it have been a more beautiful day? The sky. The mountains. The lake. I can’t pick which one I like the most.
My people ♥
We are on our final week of August….holy smokes, how did that happen? September is the craziest month (other than December) of the year, in my opinion. Everything begins. School. Sports. 4-H. Activities. Omega Nu. Faith Formation. Boosters. My head is spinning just typing all this…yikes. Already planning September blog content too.
But, before we get into fall + September. Before I start sharing transitioning to fall clothing. Before I set my fall tablescape. Before I start filling my feed with casseroles + comfort food recipes.
I HAVE to share my favorite beaches!
I’ve been writing this post since……
Last summer. I kept starting and stopping. The problem is, I had the hardest time ever narrowing down five beaches. Honestly, I could easily do 10!
I want nothing more than to ditch work early on Friday’s and head to the nearest beach. Bury my toes in the in the sand. Open an ice-cold bud light lime. Turn on some country music and lounge in the sun.
This my friends, is my paradise. Even if it’s only 2 hours from home at the Lake or the Ocean. There is absolutely nothing more relaxing and good for the soul than sitting on a beach!
While the water may not be warm enough for swimming. Toe dipping is always do-able. Seashell hunting is possible. Picnicking is always a good time. Or just sitting on your ass staring at the waves.
Here is a list of my favorite beaches, tested + approved by yours truly.
Hello Monday! After the weekend we had, I woke up refreshed and ready to take on the new week. Last week almost, kinda, sorta killed me. So, a relaxed couple of days in my most favorite place was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Intentions for the Week:
Last weeks Intentions: {weekend notes}
Highlights from the weekend…..
We began the weekend the best way, celebrating. A little impromptu dinner.
I used to throw the most elaborate Birthday parties. With ponies + Disney Princesses + giant bounce houses + Taylor Swift cover band + butterfly releases. You name it! For about 8 years. Spent hundreds. Invited anyone and everyone. Now I tape homemade Happy Birthday banners that were made minutes before, to the wall. But guess what? Bay thought it was the coolest shit ever. And it didn’t cost me a dime. Crazy how things change and evolve over the years of being a parent.
We did, however, get the Timothy’s Bakery funfetti birthday cake. This is one of our many birthday traditions that will never change.
Bay + GG ♥
GG testing out Bay’s new beats by dre. And I kinda love that her life alert is sticking out around her next. God, I love her!
(Photo cred: Kissey)
Bay made a saran wrap ball game filled with money + candy.
That shit got wild!
About to boomerang!
I wrapped up Bay’s lunch for school. She said #embarrassing 🙂
Cory won for most creative wrapping papper. Nugget bag with sale adds as tissue paper.
Packing list for Tahoe:
Strawberry Lodge pit stop. It’s a tradition!
Cabin, sweet cabin ♥
This place never gets old!
Lake Tahoe Pizza Co. Another Friday night tradition. We walk to pizza. It’s right around the corner from the cabin. We secretly hope we see bears too…lol.
Home of the liters of red wine. And delicious pizza! Be still my heart!
Hey bartender.
Everything tastes better at the cabin too. Like my avocado toast.
Pope beach twins!
My dress is and old J.Crew from years ago. I scored Bay’s on super sale though….
Toes in the water
Ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world
A cold beer in my hand
Life is good today!
When you drive through Camp Richardson and there isn’t a line to the street at the Ice Cream Parlor, you GOOOO!
They say you only get 18 summers with your kids. I call bullshit. I’m 36 and my mom still can’t shake me! Hard to see but we’re 9,100 feet in the air on the HeavenlyMountain gondola with the most beautiful view of Lake Tahoe behind us!
We decided to try something new to us. We’ve always talked about going to the top of Heavenly, but just never do it.
Lot’s of time spent suspended in the sky with views like this. It even stops sometimes. Scary AF!
You have to hop out at the observation deck. Super cool 360 views of Lake Tahoe.
And picnic areas like this.
