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Gotta love the “Bed in a Bag!” I left this morning loaded with coupons for various department stores and also for Bed, Bath and Beyond to shop for bedding for our guest room. My first stop was BB&B and I immediately found something I liked. This link doesn’t do it justice because it looks light blue in the photo but it’s really more of a silvery pale blue with a hint of a greyed down teal. It’s the Othello Comforter Set. Only $80.00 for all 10 pieces. I bought a beautiful matching blanket that is so soft. It’s the “Think Mink” in slate blue. I also bought some very pretty shears in the same silvery blue with large stainless steel grommets. I also stopped at Dunn Edwards and found a paint color that will go perfect. Jessica’s husband, Pat, is going to paint the room for us. Later, we went to Costco and picked up a beautiful new queen size mattress and box spring. so next up is to buy new carpeting and bedroom furniture. I’ll probably look for an espresso finish with silver knobs to go with the silver grommet draperies.

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I thought I’d share a few photos of Flat Stanley that Jeff took yesterday. Jana wanted Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills so here’s just one. I know out of towners always enjoy seeing the palm trees, too. He also took photos of him in front of many of the shops- Versace, Valentino, Dolce and Gabanna, Cartier, YSL, etc… Continue Reading »

I have the best husband! This morning after he gets off work, he’s going to Rodeo Drive and taking photos of Flat Stanley visiting Chanel, Gucci and Dolce and Gabbana. Jana’s daughter is in the 3rd grade and Flat Stanley is a school project. It’s similar to Elliot’s Excellent Adventures that we did back in 2004. Here’s a website about Flat Stanley. I’ve been trying to take care of this myself but I’ve had Ryan and Jacob here all of January and February and then every weekend, it’s rained. The deadline to return him is approaching so Jeff said he’d just do it after work. His fire station is on Sunset Boulevard by Bel Air and just adjacent to Beverly Hills so it’s easy for him to do. It’s just the “silly factor” of having to try and hold a cardboard cutout Flat Stanley while trying to photograph him with fancy shops in the background. He’s even going to get the obligatory photo with the Hollywood sign in the background. I, of course, had that for Elliot, too. Hopefully, we’ll have a nice sunset one day this week because I want to get a nice beach photo at Malibu before we send Stanley back to Pittsburgh. Here’s the photo of Elliot in Hollywood. Continue Reading »