california love

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i love you California...you're the greatest state of all....sound familiar?! thank you Jeep for the shout out in your latest commercial

SO its defiantly no secret i love where i live....

im a California Girl to the max.....born & raised

i have lived up and down the state of California so Cali & I know each other pretty well

so when I came across The Home T i was instantly obsessed....

a t-shirt representing my home - YES PLEASE.....& then I found out that a portion of profits are donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research & i was sold! 

when my Home T arrived I was so excited to try it on....I couldn't believe how soft the material of the shirt was. I was in love...& haven't worn anything else to bed since -

and then it got me thinking of why I love California so much....SO

"....you can stand in the sand in a bathing suit at the beach & look at the snow caps in the mountains.... "

one. the weather - we are so blessed to have mostly sunny days year round...there are times im in a bikini in december!

two. the beach - i get to see this every day

i've been in that house on the cliff

three. the diversity of people



four. san francisco - i've walked across the golden gate bridge...a must do for any tourist 

five. the food....any kind of food you want from any part of the world is within 45 minutes

six. hollywood & beverly hills - the land of opportunity, celebrities & make believe

six. surfer boys.....shaggy hair, bleached blonde from the sun, dark tanned skin...need I say more?

seven. big bear & lake tahoe - in a matter of hours you can go from the sand to the snow

the BF is a pretty bad ass skier

eight. we are always in the know.....always current with the trends

nine. wine country...in both the northern & southern California

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ten. there is SO much to do that I couldn't possibly end this list at 10....what can I say, we're a pretty cool state

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The Beach Boys were right when they sang...."i wish they all could be California girls"

purchase your own Home T - HERE 





why do you love your state so much? 

PS. the MINI project is LIVE on Wednesday

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my cat has a facebook

okay sooo I had a little bit too much fun with all the new Halloween themed fonts & fun on picmonkey......

I love Halloween time! I'm a big holiday person in general so any type of holiday that comes up, I most likely celebrate in some way....plus its my GF birthday month so even more reason to celebrate! 

But there's another special reason why I love & look forward to Halloween so much.......

& it involves a cat. 

you may have heard me mention her before around here...& whenever I speak of her I always compare her to an actual person & today you'll get to find out why.

Meet Dolce - my sassy, human like, queen cat.

just your average house pet.....right? 

nope. 
Dolce is far from average. 
In fact she's actually a star. 

Now I'm sure you're all shaking your head & thinking ok crazy cat lady whatever you say - but before you sum this post up as just another girl talking about her cat let me tell you why Dolce is so special....

Every Halloween for the past 6 years I have dressed Dolce up in costumes & entered her in pet contests. 

I'm sure you're wondering what I mean by costumes.......because she is a cat. 

Well, when I went to buy Dolce's first costume I had to get her a dog costume because obviously they don't make cat ones. I never had put any type of clothes on Dolce before so I was taking a risk hoping this would work out. 

To my surprise Dolce not only let me put the costume on her without fussing & moving, but she kept it on for as long as I wanted without trying to take it off or anything. 

She literally would sit in her costume & just pose.  

She wouldn't even make a move when we were at the contests with tons of dogs running around. Everyone would ask to take her picture & she would let them. 

With all the fuss that was going on around her, Dolce was as cool as a cucumber.  
I knew I had something special here.

Do I consider myself a stage mom? 
Absolutely. 
& proud of it. 

Soooo the very first costume Dolce ever got was a princess - we won 1st place in this costume! 

Dolce standing proud next to her prize! We were very excited for this win since it was our first! 

The next year Dolce as a bumblebee, however we did not take home any awards for this costume. We didn't even place.....but in Dolce's defense the dog that won was wearing a matching outfit as her owner so they had that advantage....'oh look you match your dog how cute'....blah blah

After the loss we didn't let it get us down. We just knew we had to blow them out of the water with next years costume....& boy did we.

With this costume not only did Dolce enter the usual pet store contest but I also entered her in the Orange County Register online animal costume contest....

Put your hands up because Dolce the cop is here! 

& I'm happy to report we not only won 1st place in the pet store contest but we also won the OC Register contest!!! And her prize for winning the register contest was a professional photo shoot in her winning costume....& look how fabulous they turned out! Dolce means business!

we took home 1st again the next year when Dolce was a witch -

and then last year we took home 2nd when Dolce was a cowgirl - & the back story on this costume is the plaid shirt is actually a baby boys shirt I got at Target. 

Besides these fun costume contests........

Dolce was also in an infomercial for a new type of cat litter box. She didn't make the final cut of the infomercial but she did get paid $25 for her work & to me that's a win win! 

She was also invited to a casting call at Hollywood Paws in LA. The casting call was for pet agents. Did you know all the animals you see in movies & TV actually have agents? 
The agents loved Dolce, of course, but like a lot of places in LA they wanted Dolce to do training & the training wasn't cheap. so we passed on that. 

Dolce also went to an audition in LA for a cat food commercial. The studio that it was held at was where a lot of magazine have their cover shoots. They had a binder in the warehouse that held every picture of all the celebs that had been there before. It was pretty cool to see Dolce & I were in the same place where celebs like Jen Antison & Cameron Diaz had been. 

But it's Hollywood & Dolce did not make the commercial....but that's show business ---> however like everything else the experience was still really cool. 

So as you can imagine i am super excited for the contest this year...& I'm even more excited for her costume....but you're all gonna have to wait to see that one.

I brought Dolce this hat back from my trip to Mexico in 2008

However if you want to keep up with Dolce & her glamours life you can do so on her facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/dolcedolcedolce or you can follow her on twitter at @IamDolce

yes, my cat has a facebook & twitteryes, she is active on them& yes, she actually has over 100 facebook friends & over 200 twitter friends

so what do you think? crazy cat lady? or very cool cat ?.......& just so you know I am perfectly fine with the phrase crazy cat lady, as I'm sure all my cat lovers are :)

Dolce even has her own graduation cap & gown...of course we graduated together too. 

so be her friend now before she gets too famous & forgets us all....

Hollywood has already gone to her head, god help me. 

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