Happiness Project

My son, Cpl Honda is a US Marine. He just returned from a deployment in April. Needless to say this made me VERY happy! My best friend, Lady Red and I went to homecoming. We stayed in San Clemente, CA. I love this city. It is the perfect beach town. We had quite an adventure and you can read about homecoming part one, part two and the final installment. Overall, we had a great time exploring the city, eating in some great restuarants, shopping and spending time at the beach.

I got some amazing shots of succulants growing outside of the shops we visited.

But the best photos of all are my son finally home!

Excuse the wild hair. It was humid and I have curly, thick hair and we were out there waiting for several hours. You know, military, hurry up and wait.

Safeway and Betty Crocker Giveaway! Winner

Congratulations! The winner is Mari! Please email your info and the Safeway gift card and Betty Crocker bake set will be on the way.

Just to let you know. Your name was drawn by the newly returning Cpl Honda. He just returned from deployment a few days ago. Happy Marine Mom!

This giveaway was made possible by Safeway and Betty Crocker through BlogSpark.

Saving Abel USO Tour

I will be hosting a live stream of the band Saving Abel on my other blog, Life’s Like a Box of Chocolates. The band is in the Persian Gulf entertaining the troops. It is March 4 10pm est 7pm pst.

Be sure and stop over tomorrow night and enjoy the show!