Add a touch of wonder to your Halloween celebrations! With pumpkin “ears” and a glowing smile, this jack-o’-lantern bears a haunting resemblance to a beloved classic. The warmer is on my website, selling for $75. The new scented wax, Frightfully Delightful, (extraordinary golden pumpkin illuminated with bright harvest peach and delightful touches of whipped vanilla and brown sugar delivers the thrills of the season) is $6.50 per bar or buy three for $18.50 or 6 for $32.50.
Our Friends: Central Perk™ – Scentsy Warmer includes the orange couch and classic series logo. Switch it on to light up the Central Perk™ sign and be sure to look for character names in the rug. You’ll be ready to give Gunther your coffee order, take a seat and get caught up on the latest news.
Keep the coffeehouse vibe going by pairing the warmer with our new Friends™ – Scentsy Bar:
Double espresso and freshly brewed coffee create the best coffeehouse mood where moments with friends are sweetened by laughter and coconut cream.
Here are the purchasing options:
Licensed products cannot be purchased using Host Rewards or Perpetual Party Rewards. The Friends™ – Scentsy Bar can be added to licensed 3-packs or 6-packs in Bundle & Save.
The Friends™ Collection will be available starting at 10 a.m. PT Aug. 7, while supplies last
Party is open now but the Central Perk will not be available until 8/7/23: https://needcoffeeplease.scentsy.us
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories by Kelly Ripa
...I gasped. All of Rome knew of the existence of Cardinal Borgia’s children—Pope Alexander, I corrected myself. It was no secret that many of the other cardinals had mistresses and bastard children as well. But for a pope to acknowledge such children . . . “He brings his children into the Vatican?” I asked, shocked. “He allows them to be known as such, even now that he has been made pope?” Fabrizia nodded. “It is unusual, indeed. No referring to them as his nephews or nieces, as popes usually do. And you know he keeps a mistress, yes?”
I gasped again. I had heard the whisperings, but I tried my best to close my ears to such things. Gossip—especially gossip about the Holy Father—was a sin.
Yet my curiosity rose, despite my pangs of guilt. I shall confess this sin after Mass on Sunday, I promised myself. “I . . . he does?” I asked...
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| Tim & I visiting with Phineas and Ferb |
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| Folks from the 100 Acre Wood in their costumes. |
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| Dancing ghosts from Haunted Mansion |
I received this E-ARC via Disney Hyperion and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I do have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I "wished" for it on NetGalley and my wish was granted. I began this book, knowing that it was written for a teen genre. I thought the story was very believable and well written, especially having two teenagers in my house at this point in time. The book is written with those kids in mind. Summer of Sloane is a coming of age story for Sloan and is primarily set in beautiful Hawaii. She and her twin brother summer with their mother, who is a doctor in Hawaii, but attend high school in the Pacific Northwest where they live with their father. Because of this rotation, they have friends in both areas -- coming to Hawaii for "this" summer, was already in the works when Sloane got crazy news from her best friend, and her boyfriend. I enjoyed the back and forth in this book; the story was entertaining and moved along quickly. I even gave it to my teenage daughter to read - she loved it. My daughter is not the quickest reader and tends to get bored easily, as do many teens these days. She plowed through this book like a champ and loved how she "knew" where she was even though we've never even been to Hawaii. One thing that I may just not be on the cutting edge on was the partying going on in high school While I don't turn my back on such matters, and hope that my kids will call me if they need a ride (as the mother offered on occasion in this book), it was one thing that I gave my daughter a disclosure on when I gave her the book. I would definitely recommend this book to others. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review Summer of Sloane.
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| Olaf for Halloween |
Just like that, another year is almost over. Seems almost as quickly as we started 2013, 2014 is looking us in the face.
In 2013, we saw plenty of action in our family. In the first month of the year, we witnessed the devastating destructiveness of fire as my sister and her family lost everything they owned when their house burned to the ground. We witnessed the power of the social media and our family, friends and community as wave after wave of donations came in for their family. We saw, with renewed eyes, how community bands together in times of trouble.
In early winter, too, we had a few different foster puppies, including Holiday - the not so much Boxer mix. Throughout the year, we've worked with a rescue group, Joe Joe's Place, to raise awareness and funds for animal rescue.
We spent the winter and the spring gearing up for Jonah's playing baseball, Ella learning how to play tennis and Piper playing her first ever year of softball. We also spent time gathering our Minnie Mouse themed clothes, blankets and other baby items for the addition of Darby Grace, who was due in early May.
In 2013, we learned about placental abruption, stillbirth, pre-eclampsia and how to plan a funeral. We said goodbye to our little girl, our kids' baby sister. We again saw the strength of our family, friends and community with so many sending meals for our heartbroken family, making donations to our pre-eclampsia walk and sending donations to our church in little Darby's memory. We witnessed, with humbleness, the doctors, dumbfounded by our loss explain how fragile pregnancy, life and death really are.
Tim & I visited Disney World twice, once in the spring with our fabulous friends for the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival and once in the fall with our family to visit during the Halloween season. We took our annual vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in July. We had a fabulous week and our annual family photo shoot with local photographers and friends, Kate and Daniel Pullen.
Fall of 2013, had our littlest Piper entering kindergarten, Jonah and Ella are both in the our town's middle school. It also brought travel fall ball for Jonah and the girls playing rec soccer. It was a crazy schedule but the kids had a great time playing their sports. We saw their improvement at each and every game and practice. We also learned in the fall that we're expecting another child in the spring.
It seems that we'll have a busy spring, if we have all the kids playing sports again like they did in 2013. I think we'll try to take it a little easier than we did this year though. We'll sit back and try to enjoy and relax during this pregnancy. Our newest addition, another son, has an estimated arrival window in May, 2014.
During this Christmas season and into the new year, our family wishes you health, happiness, love and knowing God's grace.
