Love to Love it #39 August 8, 2008

I love to love London, England!  This city was my favorite stop on my family’s European vacation.  This city is beautiful, easy to navigate, and full of life.  Big plus, they speak English !  The food, well it’s marginal, but the sights make up for it!  My favorite stops were Buckingham Palace, St. Martin in the Field, Trafalgar Square, West Minster Abbey, and of course St. Paul’s Cathedral.  I have to say the high light for me was shopping in Harrods, the best department store I have ever seen.  I could have spent 3 days in Harrods!!!  I hope I’ll get to shop there again!!

Love to Love it #38 August 6, 2008

This week on Love to Love it, I’m going to be highlighting some places I love to love to visit;  inspired by my friend Emily’s awesome travel blog!  Let’s start with a place lots of people love to love, Paris!  I was so blessed to be able to visit this city with my family in 2004 during a back packing trip through Europe.  We stayed in the Grand Hotel Leveque, one of my favorite hotels on our trip.  Some of my favorite sights in Paris included the Louvre, the Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triophe, Versaillies, Notre-Dame, Saite-Chapelle, Sacre Coeur, Mont-Martre, and of course the Eiffel Tower!  I’ll never forget the first time I saw the Eiffel Tower, it was magical!  I was so excited to learn the the tower sparkles with lights each night!  So fun! My stay in Paris was something I’ll never forget, I hope I’ll go back someday!

p.s. I know I probably spelled several thing wrong here

Love to Love it #37 August 2, 2008

I can’t believe this waited until #37…..because, I LOVE TO LOVE my Franklin Planner ALOT!  My little black binder holds my life….my schedule, my phone numbers and addresses, my to-do lists, important notes, it’s all in there.  I was first introduced to this revolutionary idea by my father-in-law before I headed off to college.  I have been using the same binder since I was 18 and it still looks like new!  I know many of you have upgraded to an electronic day keeper, but not me!  I love the paper and pencil method.  Something about writing something down helps me to remember. Each year, I go pick out new refills to put in my cute black leather binder.  They have lots of themes to pick from and different layouts to choose from.  It is one of my most favorite things to do every November.  I look forward to the day that I hand transfer all of the important dates from one year to the next.  I love looking back at last year and remembering major milestones, birthday, anniversaries.  And I love looking forward to all the great events coming up next year. Nothing beats a Franklin Planner, no ICal, no Palm Pilot, no IPhone, nothing; well, for me at least.