Looking for a gift idea this holiday season for a special mom in your life (perhaps yourself!?)
How about a gift certificate for a treatment at one of my favorite local OC spas, the fabulous Pure Blu Spa at the Newport Beach Marriott? I can guarantee it would be a sure fire hit and would have the recipient singing fa la la la….SPA!
So I am thrilled to have a giveaway from Pure Blu Spa today of a gift certificate for a 50-minute treatment of their choice ! Be sure to enter below!
Aimee Della Bitta from Explore Life Daily wrote a fabulous guest blog for me today in celebration of Black Friday and the official start of the holiday shopping season! Here is what she writes…
“I’m so excited to be guest posting today on Tiny Oranges. I’m equally excited to be sharing some of my favorite local OC boutiques, just in time for holiday shopping!
There are so many reasons to shop locally, especially while our economy continues to struggle. For example, did you know that for every $100 spent at locally-owned, independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures?*
Today is my birthday (woo hoo) so I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with one of my favorite giveaways – a week of Team OC Winter Camp 2011!
I know it is hard to wrap your head around the fact that before we know it the kids will be out of school for the holiday break. If your kids are like mine and crave activities, this break can make for two very long weeks!
Team OC winter camp is the perfect opportunity for your child to have a blast when school is out and burn off some major energy with their plethora of fun activities.
The winter camp days are a combination of gymnastics, cheer, dance, trampoline, sports activities, arts and crafts, games, rockwall, zipline, and the AMAZING INDOOR BOUNCE HOUSE!
One of the things I love about my job is the fact that I get to learn about new things all the time. Before this article, I didn’t know one thing about the equestrian world in OC, so when Ivy Gate Farm inquired about becoming a sponsor on Tiny Oranges, I thought what a unique place to be able to share with my readers!
I don’t know about you, but if my child exhibited an interest in horses and I wanted to sign her up for horse riding lessons, I wouldn’t know where to go.
That’s why I am very excited to introduce you to the fabulous Ivy Gate Farm nestled in the foothills of San Juan Capistrano, a family-oriented boutique farm offering riding lessons and training for those with a passion for horses.
I had the opportunity to visit in person last week and I was really looking forward to it because I had never been to a horse stable before…
Before kids, I never used to get when people said “marriage takes work” because my husband and I were so compatible our relationship used to feel effortless.
But those were the days when, just for an example, we would sleep in on Saturday morning, have breakfast together, read the paper, maybe go for a bike ride or go grocery shopping together, hit a movie, go to a home store to buy stuff to work on our house, make dinner together or maybe go out for dinner and drinks, you get the idea.
Every weekend, all weekend it was just the two of us. And what that meant was we had a lot of TIME to focus on each other, talk and connect. No wonder it felt so easy!
Now after kids, I can absolutely see how marriage does take work. Anyone else feel the same?
There are stretches of time when I feel like we are both totally immersed in “Operation Scheumann Household.” We are a cooperative team focused on everything we need to do to take care of the kids and our household. Kids, activities, cleaning, shopping, birthday parties, organizing, work, bills, etc. etc. And unfortunately “Operation Scheumann Marriage” is often a neglected mission.