tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:29:03 +0000cookingcake decoratingbirthdaytablescapesholidaytaggedcrystalcupcakesshoppingIn the kitchenThriftstore bedroomchristmasprojectsfallmakeoversGardeningInspiration Fridaygarage saledecoratingcraftsthriftstorerecipes thriftstoredishesShow and Tellthrift store findsbakingTtransferwarevintage linensAround CaliforniaflowersHome Decorkidsroseshttp://romantichome.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Cindy)Blogger1207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-7476201304781188464Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +00002012-01-26T18:02:26.330-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  My daughter Lauren and I spent the day together today...Shopping!  We went to get her some new jeans, which we never found but I did get a great deal so I just had to share!   We went to Marshalls and I found this pair of "Guess" shoes and you aren't going to believe how much they were..... I'm trying so hard not to spend money since I'm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/W3wlSMgCEsI/welcome-to-show-and-tell-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)45http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-to-show-and-tell-friday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-3861600540970404278Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +00002012-01-21T08:29:48.661-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I was super rushed today so I had to pull an old photo off of my computer to share.  It was quite a day...my iphone died and I wasn't eligible for an upgrade until next month!  I panicked a bit because I had a voicemail about an interview and I only got part of the message and I couldn't even call her back on my phone. I don't have a home phone anymore so http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/ODVCj0yk7Ig/show-and-tell-friday_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)47http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/show-and-tell-friday_19.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-6317138933040661502Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +00002012-01-12T18:00:02.940-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  It's lemon time here in California! I see lemons in almost every yard right now...except mine. For some reason, my lemon bush doesn't have any yet but there are buds on there!  My son gave me a bag full of lemons from his girlfriend's house. Her tree was loaded with them!  I used those for my centerpiece. When my mom bought this tiered dish back http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/n2iHI72lx20/show-and-tell-friday_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)60http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/show-and-tell-friday_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-8448541001754629342Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:26:00 +00002012-01-10T12:26:32.722-08:00 I did a post today on my Beauty and Fitness blog, Fit and Fabulous over Fifty on one of my favorite breakfast foods. It's so yummy!   http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/RMwdavKzJU8/healthy-breakfast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)16http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/healthy-breakfast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-2550119193121359074Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:00:00 +00002012-01-06T19:53:08.812-08:00  Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!!  I know a few weeks ago I shared some roses from my garden and I thought they might be my last bouquet of the season but I was wrong!  These are for sure my last roses of the season!  I pruned all my roses yesterday and now there are nothing but stumps left but I did get one last bouquet out of them! I sort of went crazy with the photos because theyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/yXbcko211GE/show-and-tell-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)49http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/show-and-tell-friday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-1306545786104746776Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:29:00 +00002012-01-04T09:57:42.776-08:00 Another Update:  Sorry but, if you have my button on your side bar, you will have to grab the new code to update it!  Slowly but surely, I'm getting my blog restored. Update:  I got my header back!!!  A HUGE thank you to Mikey, who had saved a copy of my banner!  knows about Google Spiders (which I know nothing about) and was able to find my header, signature and blog button!  He really http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/ml-Le8kYzyo/help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)31http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-9210092456776682860Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:16:00 +00002012-01-03T21:16:57.811-08:00I was on YouTube looking at cake decorating tutorials and I stumbled across this adorable girl and her amazing wedding cake! I just had to share it with you! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/mr4kgRw9Xj8/i-just-had-to-share-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)10http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-just-had-to-share-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-5682231994859924861Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +00002011-12-29T18:00:01.990-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This week has been busy and I'm not even working! The good news is that I had a 3rd and final job interview yesterday!  Now I'm just waiting to hear if I got it.  They said they will be making a decision in the next 2 weeks! Fingers crossed! This week since I don't have anything new to share I decided to do a year in review type of post.  The yummy muffins http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/5ZAw48PFlQk/show-and-tell-friday_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)45http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-and-tell-friday_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-6171924611578353144Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:51:00 +00002011-12-25T08:51:51.052-08:00 Merry Christmas friends!!  I hope you are having a wonderful day!   http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/F4gkDzhdZV8/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)24http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-5437201043545795886Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +00002011-12-22T19:19:09.366-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This year I tried to save money since I'm unemployed and use my fake skinny Christmas tree that I usually put in my dining room instead of buying a real tree.  You may remember that this is the tree that I hung with blue and white china in previous years. Remember this?... Christmas 2009 Well, it made a much nicer tree in my dining room than it does http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/XN_nXatePLY/show-and-tell-friday_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)65http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-and-tell-friday_22.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-2239914709745227191Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:28:00 +00002011-12-20T08:29:26.359-08:00 This morning I saw my daughter's ring sitting on the kitchen counter. It's one of those rings that has the stretchy band.  I got an idea!  It would look great on an old bottle!  Hmmm....now I'm going to be on the lookout for more of these rings! They can do double-duty! On your finger or on a bottle! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/1AmaK_lYBow/put-ring-on-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)40http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/put-ring-on-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-8482929242870961681Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +00002011-12-19T11:04:29.103-08:00  It's time for our holiday cookie exchange at work and I seriously thought about not joining in this year. It's my last week of work...I was laid off on November 1st and I'm still not happy about that, but the truth is I LOVE to bake! I try not to bake too often because I also love to EAT baked goods!   This year I made some snowflake sugar cookies with royal icing.  I think I'm getting betterhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/9CZ_ePZzl7k/i-love-baking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)43http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-love-baking.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-6097697779137027513Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +00002011-12-16T09:10:15.453-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  Last week we had a record number of bloggers join in!!!  I could hardly believe it when I saw 527 links!!  Thanks to all of you that join in and thanks also to all of those that just visit!  This week I'm sharing my new hummingbird feeder.   I've had so many hummingbirds in my yard lately! One even came right up to me and hovered almost nose to nose beak with mehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/gz2bZLVl7Xg/show-and-tell-friday_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)44http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-and-tell-friday_15.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-509295542212751898Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:38:00 +00002011-12-13T12:42:35.041-08:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (finally!) in my apartment!  I moved my birdhouse table under the stairs to make room for my Christmas tree.  I had a lot of fun decorating this table top in all white! I even decked out my dining room chandelier (above) with some faux pine branches.  It looks so pretty with the crystals hanging below the greens.   I filled this large apothecary jar http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/XNoxMhasfyI/christmas-in-white.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)64http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-in-white.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-8746944889202911169Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:32:00 +00002011-12-12T09:32:54.163-08:00 Here it is, December 12th and I still have roses blooming in my garden!  I think this will be my last full bouquet although I still have quite a few buds on my Climbing Eden Rose but I'm not sure if they will even open because it's been getting cold here at night! We've even had some frost but the roses didn't seem to care!   We had a record number of people joining in for Show and Tell last http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/bD8CK_xr8lc/last-of-my-garden-roses-of-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)19http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-of-my-garden-roses-of-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-1348104182761490550Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:48:00 +00002011-12-08T17:49:21.134-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! Honestly, I don't remember a time in my life when I've been busier than I am right now! Between job searching and still working (my last day is December 23rd) there is just not enough hours in the day!   I started decorating for Christmas Tuesday night! I really wasn't in the mood at all! I had just received a rejection notice from Google, after only two phone http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/nEQurWXJmHo/show-and-tell-friday_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)66http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-and-tell-friday_08.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-4047482870222738623Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:38:00 +00002011-12-07T10:38:47.462-08:00 Happy Birthday Lauren!  I can't believe you are 19 years old already!!!  Nothing makes me prouder than when your managers tell me what a hard worker you are and that you always have a smile on your face! I love you honey!  I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a wonderful last year of being a teenager!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/63qAjb0nas0/happy-birthday-to-my-wonderful-daughter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)17http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-birthday-to-my-wonderful-daughter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-7416337820968472373Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:38:00 +00002011-12-01T19:38:57.843-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I have a tradition of buying my daughter a Christmas ornament every year. I've been doing this since she was really little and I try to find one that is meaningful for that year.  A couple weeks ago I walked into a little shop in and saw this nail polish ornament and knew it would be perfect for this year!  Why?  Not because she is always polishing her nails...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/eWOJnuDDsjE/show-and-tell-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)42http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/12/show-and-tell-friday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-6381321051903508225Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:35:00 +00002011-11-30T09:16:41.246-08:00 I haven't even started decorating for Christmas yet! I usually have everything up by the Sunday after Thanksgiving!  This photo is from last year...or was it the year before that?  I hope to at least start this weekend!  Have you started yet? I've been so busy job searching. I've had one great phone interview with HP today and tomorrow I have a phone interview with Google!!!!  Google!!! Yes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/RrBL-RfW_2c/have-you-started-christmas-decorating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)31http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/have-you-started-christmas-decorating.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-4637492704367301534Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:16:00 +00002011-11-24T17:16:26.487-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday and Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a great one!!! I made Weight Watcher's lemon pie so that's what I decided to share today!  I thought it was really good.  My daughter, Lauren, wasn't so fond of it. She said it was a little "too mushy"...maybe I've been dieting too long...I could have eaten the whole thing!  Just don't make the same mistake I made and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/tDJFu4Kbw_Q/show-and-tell-friday_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)30http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-and-tell-friday_24.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-7047528909787400645Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:18:00 +00002011-11-23T08:18:50.121-08:00 Hi everyone!  As you can see I still have roses growing in my garden!  Even my Eden rose has buds! I'm hoping they bloom before the weather gets too cold.  I thought I would give you an update on my job search.  I've sent out over 30 resumes and I've only received two responses.  One was from a temp agency which I don't want to do yet. I will consider temping if I don't have a job by February.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/ft7DQIi_Aew/happy-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)19http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-wednesday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-7468451449211467676Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:00:00 +00002011-11-17T18:00:00.777-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday It's sort of a sad day for me today.  It's my mom's birthday (Nov. 17th)...the first birthday without her! I think about her every day but today even more than usual.  I was so lucky to have such a wonderful mother! This week I'm sharing my Thanksgiving table from a few years ago.  I love my little turkey candy dishes that I use to serve soup in.  I learned to do http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/nekD-T67dsU/show-and-tell-friday_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)61http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-and-tell-friday_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-4107984044440942487Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:00:00 +00002011-11-10T18:48:40.451-08:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! This week I'm sharing a new book I just bought!  For those of you that watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills you may recognize Lisa Vanderpump.  The Real Housewives shows on Bravo are a guilty pleasure of mine!  My favorites are the California shows (Beverly Hills and Orange Country).  Lisa is my absolute favorite housewife on all the shows!  I love her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/tkRs2hE5p3s/show-and-tell-friday_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)43http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-and-tell-friday_10.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-9004242863062682670Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:03:00 +00002011-11-09T13:01:19.285-08:00 Photo courtesy of The Ritz Carlton website  A couple weekends ago, my guy and I were on our way to spend an afternoon in San Francisco but half way there we decided to go to Half Moon Bay.  It was one of those spur of the moment decisions that led to a wonderful and oh-so-memorable afternoon! After having lunch and walking around Half Moon Bay, we were headed home when I asked my guy if he http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/iGSo9MI91K4/visit-to-ritz-carlton-half-moon-bay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)22http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/visit-to-ritz-carlton-half-moon-bay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13907926.post-7648703036449683143Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:00:00 +00002011-11-03T18:00:04.484-07:00 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This has been an emotionally exhausting week for me.  In between the tears and feeling sorry for myself, I've been fine-tuning my resume and looking through job postings!  I submitted my first resume...and guess where I sent it? Google!!!  I actually used to work in one of the Google buildings before Google moved in there! I still have a lot more resumes to sendhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MyRomanticHome/~3/9cuqVem4zyw/show-and-tell-friday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cindy)62http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/11/show-and-tell-friday.html