https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2024/11/racking-up-those-airline-miles.html
wan life to live: racking up those airline miles
i had most of the next day to just chill at home, even squeezing in a barre class before it was time to head to the airport. it was finally...
wan life to liverackingairlinemiles
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2020/05/
wan life to live: May 2020
wan life to livemay
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2007/07/this-never-happens.html
wan life to live: this NEVER happens.
i hadn't been to nordstrom since the anniversary sale started last week. this is the big sale that almost always has all the greatest stuff...
wan life to liveneverhappens
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2008/12/no-twirling-just-yet.html
wan life to live: no twirling just yet.
what a difference three years makes. and three years ago right now, i was sitting in a lovely room at the four seasons in maui , enjoying ro...
wan life to livetwirlingyet
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2015/02/
wan life to live: February 2015
wan life to livefebruary
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/07/best-independence-day-ever.html
wan life to live: best independence day ever
we kicked off 4th of july with a visit to the place where president lincoln was assassinated. a little morbid? maybe. but the teen, who...
wan life to liveindependence daybestever
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2018/08/wandering-around-downtown-la.html
wan life to live: wandering around downtown l.a.
the hub sent me a link to an instagram story by travel + leisure last week that looked really interesting. i'd heard of lucy sparrow before...
wan life to livewandering arounddowntown
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2021/08/return-of-night-market.html
wan life to live: return of the night market
one of the things we missed last summer was the 626 night market, so when we found out that it was returning this yearn we made sure to snag...
wan life to livereturn of thenightmarket
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2008/02/all-dressed-up-and-nowhere-to-go.html
wan life to live: all dressed up and nowhere to go
so the bean and i were all set for a nice, busy day. i even dressed her in this adorable outfit that was a gift from my friend amber ! on...
wan life to liveall dressed upnowherego
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2007/11/t-minus-two-days.html
wan life to live: t-minus two days
till we leave for maui! so.excited.com. the weekend was pretty fabulous. on friday, the kid finally got to go out with her friends after b...
wan life to liveminus twodays
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2016/10/our-price-was-wrong.html
wan life to live: our price was wrong
a couple of months ago, i got an email from one of those seat-filling companies that offers free tickets for show tapings. they had a bunch...
wan life to liveour pricewrong
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2011/09/best-surprise-ever-20.html
wan life to live: best surprise ever, 2.0
so the hub was killing me with his non-committal responses to my poking and prodding about where we'd be going for my birthday weekend. he...
wan life to livebestsurpriseever
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2008/01/
wan life to live: January 2008
wan life to livejanuary
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2014/07/mind-blown.html
wan life to live: mind. blown.
remember a few months ago when the hub got on that fruit/veggie smoothie every day kick ? well, it lasted for awhile. actually, a lot lon...
wan life to livemindblown
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2016/02/a-whole-lotta-love-day.html
wan life to live: a whole lotta love day
valentine's weekend was super busy and super fun. the day before was spent workin' it at a local wally world, selling as many cookies as we...
wan life to livewhole lotta loveday
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2016/08/heres-storyof-lovely-lady.html
wan life to live: here's a story...of a lovely lady
70 years ago today, this little girl was born. a handful of years later, she grew up, went to school, and headed out to create her ow...
wan life to livestory of
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2008/11/she-puts-grrr-in-swinger-baby-yeah.html
wan life to live: she puts the GRRR in swinger, baby! yeah.
the bean and i went on a walk yesterday afternoon to the park that's just around the corner from our house. i had a lovely pot roast and ve...
wan life to live
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2013/06/bucket-list-eiffel-tower-check.html
wan life to live: bucket list: eiffel tower, check
as much as we wanted to get up early for breakfast in the park for day two of our disneyland paris extravaganza, it just wasn't in the cards...
wan life to livebucket listeiffel towercheck
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2019/12/keeping-up-christmastime-traditions.html
wan life to live: keeping up the christmastime traditions
we spent last weekend sharing more of that wonderful holiday cheer with lots of friends. the bean's girl scout handmade gift exchange kicke...
wan life to livekeeping upchristmastimetraditions
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/08/word-to-my-mother.html
wan life to live: word to my mother
sixty *mumble* years ago today the world was changed forever. (your daughter's stuck in jury duty and is trying to be clever!) it's bec...
wan life to livewordmother
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2018/12/family-photo-shoot-time.html
wan life to live: family photo shoot time!
for this year's family photo shoot, i found a photographer through one of the local mom's facebook groups i'm in. i'd seen posts of other f...
wan life to livefamily photo shoottime
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2011/08/goodbye-grandma-murf.html
wan life to live: goodbye, grandma murf
on friday, the hub's great-grandmother gave up the fight and moved on to a happier place. one where she didn't have to take pills or walk w...
wan life to livegoodbyegrandmamurf
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2009/06/
wan life to live: June 2009
wan life to livejune
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2015/09/best-day-evarrrrrrr.html
wan life to live: best. day. EVARRRRRRR!
because today, i can wear this: i'll give you one guess as to where i'm going. just one. because YOU KNOW. i'm gonna go cash in my f...
wan life to livebest day
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2021/09/date-night-strike-one.html
wan life to live: date night - strike one
while the bean was away at camp, the rest of us took advantage of the quiet time and scheduled a bunch of fun dinners at new (to us) restaur...
wan life to livedate nightstrikeone
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2018/08/getting-our-kicks-on-route-66.html
wan life to live: getting our kicks on route 66
the l.a. county fair officially opens tomorrow! you know what that means...my quest for that pink 4th place ribbon continues. i dropped of...
wan life to livegetting our kickson route
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2008/09/bean-stands.html
wan life to live: the bean stands!
check it out: yeah, i could literally make a flip book with the pictures i took of her getting up on those two feet. she hasn't gotten brave...
wan life to livethe beanstands
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2021/04/mmmkrispy-rice.html
wan life to live: mmm...krispy rice
the kids and i headed out to the grove last week for some fresh air and some retail therapy. none of us could even remember the last time ...
wan life to livemmmkrispyrice
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2008/08/im-so-old-im-krusty.html
wan life to live: i'm so old, i'm krusty
so now that i'm all done with hawaii , i can go back to blogging in real time. yay! well, sort of. the monkey did a great recap of saturda...
wan life to liveoldkrusty
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2017/12/kost-ing-right-into-holiday-season.html
wan life to live: KOST-ing right into the holiday season
the local radio station that plays christmas music 24/7 during the holiday season also does an annual private party at disneyland that i thi...
wan life to livethe holidaykost
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2019/08/pretty-dog-gone-entertaining.html
wan life to live: pretty dog-gone entertaining
i really thought we were pretty much over the whole pop-up "museum" craze. i was wrong. because as soon as the old lady spotted an ad fo...
wan life to livedog goneprettyentertaining
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2018/09/still-crazy-after-all-these-years.html
wan life to live: still crazy after all these years
eighteen years ago tonight, i went on my first official date with the hub, who presented me with a single rose when he came to pick me up. ...
wan life to livestill crazyafter allyears
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2016/08/wheres-gold.html
wan life to live: where's the gold?
the next stop on our fantastical norcal road trip brought us to empire mine state historic park. the hub had spent some time doing a little...
wan life to livegold
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2015/10/crafting-is-my-life.html
wan life to live: crafting is my LIFE
my life lately has been all about these things: chauffeur, girl scouts, room mom, sewing, cookies. and not necessarily in that order. also...
wan life to livecrafting
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2023/01/living-that-annual-passholder-life.html
wan life to live: living that annual passholder life
the bean and i managed to squeeze in two last visits to disneyland before our passes were blocked for the holiday period. and for the first...
wan life to livelivingannualpassholder
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2009/12/very-sfamily-holiday.html
wan life to live: a very SFAMily holiday
along with all of the other activities, last weekend also brought the annual holiday hoorah with the SFAMily. as we do every year, we'd draw...
wan life to liveholiday
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/10/todays-post-is-brought-to-you-by.html
wan life to live: today's post is brought to you by the letter...uh, A.
so i'm in the middle of making the teen's pettiskirt to match her sister's, so they can wear them for part of our upcoming family photo sh...
wan life to live
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2019/06/goodbye-london-bonjour-paris.html
wan life to live: goodbye london, bonjour paris
last morning in london. it was a little gloomy, but that's okay. kind of matched my mood, because i really do love london and i was fe...
wan life to livegoodbyelondonbonjourparis
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/09/at-movies.html
wan life to live: at the movies
the bean had another milestone not too long ago - her first trip to the movie theater! while this doesn't really sound like a big deal, it...
wan life to liveat themovies
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2013/02/i-will-shank-you-with-my-5k-medal.html
wan life to live: i will shank you with my 5K medal!
my fabulous february of sunday runs continues! this time, it was the first-ever live ultimate run in santa monica. i'd actually signed up...
wan life to live
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2026/01/hello-again-graceland.html
wan life to live: hello again, graceland
my second trip to graceland was a whirlwind of a weekend. the hub and i had considered doing it as a long road trip, but ultimately decided...
wan life to livehello againgraceland
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2020/03/working-off-dinner-even-before-eating-it.html
wan life to live: working off dinner even before eating it
my most favorite part of epcot center is the world showcase. thirteen different countries are represented there, complete with replicas of ...
wan life to liveeven beforeworking
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2011/12/snowin-san-dimas.html
wan life to live: snow...in san dimas
there's a credit union within walking distance from the house of wan that hosts an annual "snow day," where they truck in an assload of fres...
wan life to livesnowsandimas
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2019/10/around-world-with-hello-kitty.html
wan life to live: around the world with hello kitty
it's hello kitty's 45th anniversary, and as part of the celebration sanrio opened a pop-up event in l.a. called "hello kitty around the worl...
wan life to livearound the worldhellokitty
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2019/10/
wan life to live: October 2019
wan life to liveoctober
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/09/phototasting-20.html
wan life to live: phototasting 2.0
it's only been WEEKS, but hey, better late than never, right? and a little backstory for this version of phototasting : i don't know if i...
wan life to live
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2020/12/
wan life to live: December 2020
wan life to livedecember
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2023/10/even-more-soapy-fun.html
wan life to live: even more soapy fun
i'm fully expecting you to make fun of me for this, but not only did i attend the official general hospital convention this summer, but i al...
wan life to liveeven moresoapyfun
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2015/06/cuz-players-gonna-play-play-play-play.html
wan life to live: 'cuz the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
i don't know about where you are, but here it's been butt ass hot lately. so gross. luckily, my friend lilcee has a pool and has basicall...
wan life to livethe playerscuzgonna
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2023/11/wrapping-up-summer.html
wan life to live: wrapping up summer
coming home after vacation is always a little...rough. but considering we didn't have a whole lot of time before school started back up, we...
wan life to livewrapping upsummer
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2015/11/another-year-another-annual-fund-dinner.html
wan life to live: another year, another annual fund dinner
it's hard to believe that i've been attending the annual fund dinner at the bean's school for four years now. from that first time in that ...
wan life to liveanother yearannual funddinner
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/04/eatin-like-beyonce.html
wan life to live: eatin' like beyonce
believe it or not, despite the other craziness in my life these days, i've been cooking! this week's dinner offerings included a new recip...
wan life to liveeatinlikebeyonce
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/07/big-apple-awesomeness.html
wan life to live: big apple awesomeness
the one thing that the teen really wanted to see in NYC was the statue of liberty. so as soon as we got up and out of the hotel, we headed ...
wan life to livebig appleawesomeness
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/03/glee-ful-saturday.html
wan life to live: glee-ful saturday
my friend lilcee , the teen, and i had been looking forward to this past saturday for weeks. and why? well, because we had these: what exact...
wan life to livegleefulsaturday
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2010/07/winding-down.html
wan life to live: winding down
kinda bums me out not to be able to post pictures, but internet's been hard to come by for the teen's laptop (that, or i've just been too po...
wan life to livewinding
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2011/03/warning-cuteness-overload.html
wan life to live: warning: cuteness overload
my friend nanette , if you don't already know her, has an adorable daughter we call "em." she was born almost exactly a year after the bean...
wan life to livewarningcutenessoverload
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2015/07/celebrating-murrica.html
wan life to live: celebrating 'murrica
so, along with about four bazillion other people, we'd made plans with some friends to hit the beach for the 4th of july. it was gonna be g...
wan life to livecelebrating
https://www.wanlifetolive.com/2007/07/toga-toga-toga.html
wan life to live: toga! toga! TOGA??
so we've been invited to a birthday party for one of the hub's teammates. i went to the mailbox and found a white box that contained this: t...
wan life to livetoga