Home Sweet Home. We’re back in San Diego after a very long trip back home from Aruba. Two, almost-five-hours-each, flights. With a couple hour layover in Atlanta. With a four year old, but she did great. Braids and all. She’s the only four year old who has the Delta 10 minute safety video nearly memorized word for word, complete with being able to gesture where the four rear exits and four front exits and the two exits over the wings are located. Not kidding.
After being awake 24+ hours at this point, two suitcases that I unpacked, a midnight grocery run for some produce, and fruit that I was chopping at 2am so that tomorrow gets off to a semi-normal start, and oh yes, sleep to get, the best I can do is show these beautiful calla lilies that I saw on our last day at the beach in Aruba. Same day as Skylar’s braid session.
I love calla lilies! I saw these as we were walking across the Hyatt hotel’s parking lot and thought they were just gorgeous.
Just sitting there on a cart, in the blazing hot, midday sun and 90F weather + humidity.
A woman told me they were being delivered for an event.
It’s kind of sad that after the event they were probably just discarded, but hey, at least I got a few pictures of them.
And I’m sure everyone at the event enjoyed them while they lasted.
Such delicate, beautiful flowers! To me, they scream “Wedding Flowers” or fancy bridal shower flowers. I wouldn’t know. My “wedding flowers” were of the plastic variety but I am totally okay with that!
And in Operation Memory Stick cleanout, here’s another beach shot from our last day.
Hot and windy, tired but blissed out. A perfect day. One I will always remember!
I’m glad you enjoyed my last post, Blogging 103, and based on the comments, the discussion of self-hosted vs. free WordPress was helpful as was purchasing your own domain name.
Stay tuned for Blogging 104 in the near future, and fill me in on any additional topics you’d like me to address in addition to what I mentioned I’d likely discuss.
And now, for the comforts of home:
1. My own bed! Not that my bed in Aruba isn’t “my own” since I do own my house there but my bed in San Diego is far more comfortable and I can’t wait to climb into it!
2. A shower with American-level water pressure.
3. My DVR and a whole bunch of Real Housewives and mindless E! Channel shows waiting for me. After the laundry, unpacking, mail sorting, grocery running, back-to-work, back-to-real-life flow, happens.
4. My iMac desktop. Even though I want to toss it out the window and get a new one, the bigger screen size is just so much better than my Macbook.
5. Being able to talk on the phone. We have a cell phone in Aruba that we use and do have ways to call that USA that aren’t horribly expensive, and yes, there’s Skype and email, but just picking up the phone and making a 30 second call without having to think about it is nice.
6. My Vita-Mix. The Magic Bullet was fine for smoothies, but it’s no Vita.
Oh yes, I also have a stash of Fudgy Nutella Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting waiting in the freezer.
And I am going to dig into them the minute I hit publish! A major Comfort of Home!
Questions:
1. Do you like calla lilies? Or what is your favorite flower?
I love them and actually have a flower post coming up with tons of Caribbean flowers I saw. I really like lilies, sunflowers, of course roses are beautiful, and so are hibiscus, Bird of Paradise, and all kinds of lovely flowers that I don’t even know their “proper” names.
2. What are your comforts of home?
3. Any weekend plans?
I hope you all have something lovely planned for the weekend.
It’s back to work for me. And laundry, and mail and parcel sorting, errands to run, and just trying to re-establish a flow after our trip.
TGIF though!
calla lilies are my fav! i have a tattoo in the works, like ive been thinking about it for a few years now, it will happen soon!!
Welcome home girl! I am glad to know you are all back safe and sound. Love Skylars hair & that first photo of her is wonderful. You have to blow up that picture of you and her for your home – precious!
My favourite flower is lilac. I love the look, the smell, and the colour.
My comforts of home include my bed, my computer and my couch. I also love my shower too, like you do – the pressure is great, and I can always have a hot shower.
This weekend the hubby and I are hanging out at a cultural festival with friends, trying foods from around the world, watching the entertainment, etc..
have fun w/ the festival. I love things like that!
I love these photos!
Thanks for sharing….
In the second pic of your daughter and some of the pics yesterday, did you do anything to the color? They were SO COOL! Like black and white with little hints of color – loved it.
I love the cala lillies, too – one of the most beautiful flowers ever : )
Have a safe trip back! Thanks!
read the last post, Braids, and yes, many of the pictures I played with the effects in editing. Fun!
New commenter here! Just had to post on my love of calla lilies…they were my wedding flower and I love them so much that I named my first daughter Calla!
Love your flower pics!
Cute pics, glad you made it back to San Diego safely. Not sure I’d do a midnight gorcery run! :-P
1. They’re okay, but my fave are sunflowers.
2. Bed, Vita-Mix, and plenty of fresh produce.
3. Hopefully a food fest if the weather behaves.
Hi Averie, love calla lillies! How could someone not!? And your posts are always so informative- even the little things I pick up on are so helpful. I was just wondering whether I should opt for a Vitamix or Magic Bullet (currently have an Omega 8003, a great juicer but not a blender), and you seem to have answered my question. It looks like a MB would be unecessary with a Vitamix, unless you think otherwise. Great post!
the MB is a waste of money if you’re already getting a Vita. I received it as a gift and for traveling it’s fine for smoothies but I would never try to compare a Vita with a MB. It’s like a Mercedes and a bicycle. Just two very different things :)
I’m glad your home. Wow, that was a long trip! I think you left around the time I went to palm springs which feels like ages ago to me.
Mostly, I miss the people from home. My friends, my dad, people I work with…My bed isn’t some super quality mattress so I don’t really miss that. and I rarely watch tv and I don’t have a dvr anyhow so I cant say a miss that. I do miss LA weather though! No where in the world can compare!
I love love love those flowers! So gorgeous :)
Welcome home! I think some of my comforts would be the same – my bed, my food / appliances, my DVR, etc. I’d also have to say a major comfort of home is my dogs! If we traveled that far we’d probably have to leave the doggies at home.
I love traveling and all, and just like you I have a other places I can call home, but nothing beats the comfort of your own home (the one where you spend the majority of your time!). I love all the things I have in my pantry to create my own dishes. Thats always more difficult on vacation when I have fewer ingredients.
Those flowers are gorgeous!! I’m partial to roses :D
Love Skylar’s braids!!!
So glad everything went smoothly! Skylar is such a cutie and I love that picture of you two! I think traveling when you’re younger is often times a lot easier since there’s no travel stress and it’s pretty exciting to fly on a plane, be in an airport, and visit a new place. Skylar’s quite the world-traveler by now! :)
Calla lilies always make me think of Katherine Hepburn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSvxdhVuPI&feature=related