My Exciting Weekend

So Cal Lady Bloggers
via Jamie Gall

SO much happened this week.

I "hosted" a Hooligan's at Olive's, and Mr. Pasadena and Jim Smith made mighty fine company.  Plenty of other friends were there, too, whom I was also happy to see.

My little sis had a birthday, and my folks traveled to Nevada to be with her and her family. *sniff*

I had other weekend plans.

We had our third meetup for Southern California Lady Bloggers at a beautiful winery, Leonesse, in Temecula. Those gals may look prim, pretty and proper, but they can throw down!

via The Wine{a}be

Once the group was assembled, there were luminescent orchestrations of wine flights all over the table, capturing the sunshine and smiles.  Other patrons even applauded and asked to take photos of our table scape.

AND each of us received and wore a gift from our new sponsor.  Whitney Howard Designs is providing all our members who attend a meet-up with a special key that is inscribed “Inspire." Cute, cute, cute!

I can't stop wearing mine.

Weird thing, though: I had my first ever panic attack on my way to the winery, and my second the following morning as I left my hotel. More on that another time...

I met great people all week long, felt loved, made LOTS of personal progress, and smiled a lot.

Oh, and I have some findings to share from the interwebs. (All attribution can be traced back through links. Please go visit them.)
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Yacht Rock:
Episode 1

Humor:
4th Wall

Bands:
USC Tusk

Children:
Nothing more than Feelings - Carolyn


Thinky Stuff:
Stories of Abortion
TallyHo
8 

Organization:
Too Much Stuff (Christian)

Mental Health:
Help for the Anthem - Cindy Pen
Children's Mental Health - Betsy

Artsy Stuff:
Crazy, He Calls Me - Bill

Words:
Well that's just GREAT!


Animals:
We Can No Longer Ignore the Siamese Elephants in the Room - Tim
Not an Elephant, However, I did snort. - Harvey

Girl Crushes:
Why I don't like Pinterest - Kristy
Nater-Tater
4 Things that made me Laugh. 

Boy Crushes:
Four Lessons from Basic Training - Please Note Number One
Mr. Pasadena - GO HART HIGH! (WhiLch is not in Pasadena.)

Food:
La Romanella Lemon ChiLcken Pasta - Prizes available with minimal effort.
Salmon Mornay. 
 
Hoarding:
Hoarding Mail in Kansas - Ceci
They are coming for you, Canada
Treating People who Hoard - Kathleen
Two-alarm House Fire in Adams County Leaves One Dead - Terri
Take THAT, Sis - Donna

Music & Media:
My parents' song.
Gets me through the day. 
Now THIS MIL is a  true SOB. And it's only the beginning.
Egypt - Tom
Louis Armstrong - Joel
CBJ - I still know every word - Walt
My Paternal Grandma bought us this  Storybook Album
La Di Da Di - Britta
Doing the Pidgeon - Carrie
Freedom - Britta
For COH's everywhere.

Oh dear. This is a loss.
Davy Jones on the Brady Bunch -Jimmy Lee
Riu- Chiu - Denise (Greg swears they are lip-synching)
This is my fav song evah perormed by three of my fav bands: The Untouchables,  The Sex Pistols, The Monkees, who did it first.

Have a great week, everyone!!!