Prom

April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

This weekend I will be attending Prom, not really.  But I will be attending an event with Macy’s at the Costa Mesa store showing all the latest Prom fashions and trends.

Special guest and online fashion guru Mr. Kate will be on site to host the event and style the models as well as lend fashion tips to the audience.

It has been 28 years since I went to prom and quite a few since my kids did, but it is still fun to see what kids nowadays are wearing.  Boy that makes me sound old!

here is the info if you would like to attend

Saturday, April 27th at 2pm
Macy’s South Coast Plaza
3333  Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Follow along on Twitter! @Macys @MrKateDotCom #MacysProm13 #SCPlaza @Adriennevh

 

 

I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere provided me with compensation for this post. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own.  Duh

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Organizing for Good

February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Courtesy of O, The Oprah Magazine

Clutter: we all live with it, and most of us would love to get rid of it, if only we had a little nudge in the right direction.  This year, the editors at O, The Oprah Magazine in tandem with organizing genius Peter Walsh, challenge America to get rid of excess things for good, permanently purge unwanted possessions, and pass it along to someone who needs it.  “Not everyone can afford to write a check to charity,” says Walsh, “but everyone has clutter.”

 

Do you want to transform your life and that of others, just by offloading your excess?  “When you purge unnecessary possessions and open up your space, you feel more energized, focused, and motivated,” explains Walsh.  “Every time I help someone de-clutter, they say, ‘This has transformed my life.”

 

And what if you transformed the lives of others in the process?

 

A couple of years ago, Walsh received an incredible e-mail from Jane Hofmann, 49, of Ashburn, Virginia.  To help a local boy who was beaten outside of a convenience store and struggling to pay his medical bills, Hofmann spoke to a friend, who spoke to a few other friends, and soon they’d organized a massive yard sale of their town’s clutter, from clothing to toys to exercise equipment, furniture, and appliances—all to raise money for Ryan’s treatment.

 

Walsh got involved when Hofmann, who had seen his show, Enough Already! (now called Extreme Clutter), on OWN, e-mailed him to request a signed copy of one of his books for a raffle prize. After hearing about Hofmann’s project, Walsh was so inspired that instead, he flew to Virginia to help. “It was like a well-organized military campaign,” he recalls. “They’d thought of everything.” Strapping young men from the local high school were moving boxes, community members were selling baked goods, and a “boutique” area showcased higher-priced designer items. Hundreds of shoppers ultimately helped raise $30,000 for the Diviney family. (Last fall the women reprised the event, raising another $22,000.)

 

How to enter: Drawing inspiration from Hoffman’s story, readers submit innovative event ideas by March 18 to oprah.com/declutterforacauseand one ambitious and inspiring local declutter-athon will be chosen by the editors of O to be featured in a future issue of the magazine—with Walsh personally ensuring its success.

 

“You know, I never thought I would say this,” says Walsh, “but sometimes, a little clutter can be a good thing.”

 

For more on this story and other tips on how to “get rid of it for good,” pick up the March issue of O,The Oprah Magazine on newsstands now.

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Dictator

February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

So I just discovered this dictation on my new iPhone that I got this week and if I can do a whole post by dictation this may revolutionize my blogging I may actually do more

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Happy Birthday to ME!

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Adrienne Birthday redeux

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Resolved to Organize

January 15, 2013 By 2 Comments
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A big resolution many people make each year is to finally organize their home office.

Whether it is a table in the kitchen or an 8 by 10 room all of your own, here are some simple tips.

When you de-clutter the office layout, you ensure that there’s plenty of space to easily move between the office furniture. De-cluttering cleans up the space substantially so that you can easily walk your way to the file cabinet and the adjacent areas.

A desk which is too large or too small doesn’t give good feeling as it will not create a harmony of the office layout. Just imagine for a second, if your office table is too small, than it would create an emptiness of the space. Similarly, if your office table is too big, it wouldn’t leave comfortable walking space around, and the space will appear cluttered.

Regular office utility items such as printer, photocopier, fax machine, etc. should not be placed on your office table. Rather, a separate office space should be allocated for them, so that it is comfortable to use.

The best way to organize your drawer space is to go for labeling, wherein, you label all the project folders and then arrange them in a step file folder so they look smart lying on your desktop. Again, stacking trays are practical ideas for organizing stationery for a tidy office. It will create lot of space, and your office table top will look more than just amazing.

Now the big trick is keeping it looking amazing.  take a picture of your clean workspace and post it prominently so you can refer to it at the end of each workday and bring your space back to amazing each evening.

 

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Last Minute Halloween Costumes

October 18, 2012 By 1 Comment

Do you have your costume?  Do you have your kid’s costume?

 

Caitlyn will be with her dad this year, so I have no control over that costume, sigh.  Madilyn is going to be Olivia (a cartoon pig) and Matthew, well, his mom bought him a shield and a breast plate to be a knight but that didn’t work out so well on our trip to Camp Spooky.

So now I am trolling the internet looking for a size 4 costume that he will like.  Not so easy.

Thankfully Children’s Place has some to choose from, so I will have him look at them later this week to see what he likes.

They also have some great (read inexpensive) Halloween shirts and pajamas to choose from.

I have not been compensated for this post, but if a size 4 boys costume were to show up on my doorstep I wouldn’t refuse it.

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O You!

September 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

O, The Oprah Magazine brings its “Live Your Best Life” mission to Los Angeles on Saturday, October 20with O You!, an interactive day of seminars and workshops with Oprah’s hand-picked experts that brings the pages of the magazine to life in an energizing, enlightening and inspiring event.  And I am going to be covering it for you!

Editor-at-large Gayle King will welcome 5,500+ attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center, who will participate in seminars with a distinguished group of O’s trusted experts.  For the first time, mental health professional, daytime talk-show host and best-selling author Dr. Phil McGraw joins the O You! line-up with O, The Oprah Magazine contributors including financial expert and Emmy Award-winning television host Suze Orman, best-selling author and life coach Martha Beck; organizational management expert Peter Walsh; sex and relationship educator and therapist Dr. Laura Berman and O’s creative director Adam Glassman and beauty director Val Monroe.  Jenny Craigspokesperson Valerie Bertinelli will be making an appearance, as will Robin McGraw, for Poise. Oprah herself will wrap up the day with a personal and highly inspirational talk.

  • Editor-at-large Gayle King will open the day with welcome remarks
  • Suze Orman and Dr. Phil will offer insights and advice
  • Guests select two (2) of the following sessions to attend:
  • Get Organized! with Peter Walsh
  • Love, Sex & Relationships with Dr. Laura Berman
  • Creating Your Right Life with Martha Beck
  • A special session with Oprah Winfrey, who will inspire attendees with a candid discussion of her own personal journey and next chapter.

Between seminars, attendees will spend time interacting through on-site experiences including:

Chase Blueprint presents “Blueprint for a Better You,” where attendees can take photos with their friends, experiment at a tech ‘bar and lounge’ and get great gifts to help them remember the day.

Clorox takes over the Convention Centers bathrooms and a presents a “Clean Up” station with stand-up comedy sessions, an interactive game and demonstrations.

IKEA’s Life Improvement Project will be showcased in four fully-furnished rooms: Living Room, Bedroom, Dining Room and Kitchen.  In each room, attendees text a message for the chance to be entered to win the product featured.  O’s “Life Improvement Squad,” Susan Hyatt, Erin Gates, Amy Atlas and Kathy Hobbs, will be on-hand to answer questions and video booths will allow attendees to record their own life improvement stories and win IKEA gift cards.

Jenny Craig spokesperson Valerie Bertinelli will be making an appearance, sharing good-for-you snacks and the real skinny on losing weight with Jenny Craig. A proud national sponsor of the American Heart Association, Jenny will also offer tips on making your heart healthier.  Jenny Craig will also help attendees start the day “the Jenny Way” with breakfast sandwiches for attendees as they queue up to enter the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Oral-B® will have dental experts on hand to answer oral care questions. Visitors to the booth will have the chance to win an Oral-B Professional Precision™ 1000 power toothbrush.

Paul Mitchell hair care professionals will offer custom consultations, on-the spot hair styling and samples of their styling products.

Poise is proud to host Robin McGraw for two sessions on the event’s pop-up stage, as well as menopause expert Rebecca Hulem, who will moderate round table discussions and answer medical questions.

Sally Hansen will host celebrity manicurist Gloria Williams of footnanny.com, and offer free manicures and new product samples to attendees

Additional activities include book signings with O, The Oprah Magazine experts at the on-site Barnes & Noble bookstore; custom book creation at Blurb’s “Storytellers Stations” and Lug’s “Spin It To Win It” game, with prizes of Lug items that have been featured on the O List.

To learn more about O You! and get exclusive advice from O’s most trusted experts, please visit the official online hub atwww.oprah.com/oyou. For real-time updates, “like” O, The Oprah Magazine on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @O_Magazine.

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Mabel’s Label’s

September 19, 2012 By 2 Comments

Recently I was given the opportunity to receive and review a selection of Mabel’s Labels for the grand kids.

For Caitlyn we received the Ultimate Back to School Combo which includes

  • 40 Skinny-Minis™
  • 50 Tag Mates™
  • 16 Shoe Labels
  • 2 Teeny Tags™

We put the Teeny Tags on her backpack and her lunch box.  The Skinny Minis on her flashcard sets and the Tag Mates on her pencil box contents.  We went a bit rogue and used the show labels on her pencil case and homework folder.  her shoes never come off her feet at school so it isn’t like they will be lost.  Everything else tho?  Each of those pieces have been lost at least once in the past 2 years.  Now we are covered!

For the Twins we received the Preschool Shoe Labels.  They are really cool, each “label” is half of a whole, a left half and a right half, so when you put the shoes together you can tell which goes on which foot.  They were being obstinate the other day and wouldn’t let me put them on their shoes, so we put them on their lunchboxes instead.

All of Mabels are laundry and dishwasher safe.  You can put them on and through anything!

I don’t want to say “I can’t wait for Caity to lose something”, just so we can have it returned because someone saw the label.  But I kinda like the feeling that if she does, it has a better chance of getting returned.

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Burke Williams Spa Evening

August 16, 2012 By 1 Comment

I was invited to a VIP reception at the Burke Williams Spa in Torrance. I am neither a VIP nor do I live in or near Torrance, but of course that didn’t stop me from attending and from dragging my friend Sylvia along with me.

Burke Williams SpaWe arrived in plenty of time to sign in and receive our goody bag. Inside the spa area was a small display of appetizers and desserts and some mini spa treatments. Sylvia and I both enjoyed a paraffin dip and hand massage and stuck our faces inside a spaceship looking thing to see if how hydrated our skin was. Both of us passed the hydration test with flying colors. I had only a small piece of dry on my forehead, but it was the evening of the same day I had been out whale watching and had gotten a little sun that morning.

Afterwards we each opted for a 20 minute back massage (we could have chosen a facial) and headed off to our separate rooms. My masseuse told me that this massage was only going to be “a tease” and instructed me to disrobe and lie on the table. I did as I was told and vegged out for the next 20 minutes. When it was over I let her know that her “tease” left me wanting a cigarette.

This was my first experience with a Burke Williams Spa, but it certainly won’t be my last.

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Fair Days Ahead!

August 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Los Angeles County Fair

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The Los Angeles County Fair is just around the corner! I can hardly wait. I’m thinking I may not be up to the 8 hour marathon visit of days gone by but perhaps an evening with the kids and grands would be just perfect.

The Fair has always tried to make it affordable for all to attend, here is a list of all the available discounts:

  1. Season Pass good any day of the Fair for ages 6 and older for just $24.99 at any participating Walgreen’s includes a free weekday parking upgrade ($5 value).
  2. Come to any participating Ralph’s grocery store beginning Aug. 20 to purchase admission tickets for just $10 for adults, ages 13+ and $6 for ages 6-12.
  3. The Costco Fair Savings Pack is just $54.99 includes 4 Fair admission tickets, *44 ride & game tickets and 1 parking pass. Available Aug. 1 – Sept. 30
  4. Enjoy a Day At The Races with a group of 10 or more, it’s just $37 a person for a fun-filled day that includes free Fair admission, lunch buffet & group photo in the Winner’s Circle.
  5. Fair admission is just $5 after 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays. Get the coupon on our website.
  6. Guests receive free Fair admission in exchange for five canned products on Food Drive Fridays. Free admission good that day only , noon- 6 p.m. only.
  7. With Give Back Thursdays you can get one free admission noon-6 p.m. with a donation of Thursday’s featured donation, good that day only.  Check our website for details on each Thursday.
  8.   Blood donors receive a free Fair ticket good any day.
    Aug. 15 – Huntington Hospital, Sheraton Fairplex Hotel
    Aug. 16 – American Red Cross, Sheraton Fairplex Hotel
    Aug. 21 – City of Hope, Sheraton Fairplex Hotel
    Sept. 6-7 – Huntington Hospital Bloodmobile at the Fair
    Sept. 10 – American Red Cross, Sheraton Fairplex Hotel
    Sept. 15 – City of Hope Bloodmobile at the Fair
    Sept. 21 – American Red Cross Bloodmobile at the Fair
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