Tweet!

So I've always been skeptical of this Twitter thing... I don't know why. Probably just because I want to hold off on jumping immediately into every new media fad.
But I've decided to give it a try...

I've started a Tweet page. (Is that what they are called?)

My inspiration and my topic of choice? Meals I make. Clearly that's already been a habit of mine here on Lula, but sometimes I get so excited to eat my meals that I don't get any pictures of them, so it never really makes a very good post.
However, I think its rather fun to tweet 160 symbols describing what I've made for myself to eat on a given day!

I let my bio be inspired by Holly Golightly, who, like myself, was completely broke, but knew how to throw herself together and be presentable. So its Breakfast, at Tiffany's, in bed. Made by me.


Found this great pic at The Fabulous Audrey Hepburn. Gotta love her!

So yes, while it may be arrogant and I certainly am not quite petite enough to tie a hand towel around my waist a-la-Sabrina, I, like Miss Holly, know how to live in style, and that includes my meals.
And so I shall tweet what I eat. Or maybe what I crave... Which right now is some peach ice cream. mmmm.....

Such a gift

I have to thank Kathy and Sarah profusely for capping my incredible visit to their home off with the most beautiful gifts.




Everyone gets excited when they get a box like this...


So beautiful!




And in my home! A small version of the Our Lady Mother of Mankind statue at the Basilica of the National Shrine Washington, DC.


I have the most incredible friends.

Also, Theology on Tap programming is incredible! I have to thank Friar Johnpaul Cafiero for his beautiful speech on spiritual fitness. He's an incredible public speaker, and a man whose life story and love of the Lord is inspiring! www.FriarJp.com

Jersey and NYC with Papermoon

Mid July I made a trip out to Jersey to visit my dear friend Sarah of Papermoon. It was a spectacular trip. And really, truly, there are no words better than her own, along with all the glorious pictures, which are posted on Papermoon through this link.

I laughed so hard reliving these glorious adventures...

In the event that the link doesn't allow you to visit Papermoon, I've borrowed a few of the pictures...

If only you could have been there to see how complicated our ouija game was. You wouldn't believe the kind of information you can pull out of say, something like, JVWOUUUIN. It takes a lot of skill. This is the closest I've had to a teenage slumber party in a very long time, and it was brilliant.



And the clock was created as a collaborative act of silent art making, meaning a lot of giggling.


Ah... and then there was the bird. The glorious bird who stood on water. We nicknamed him the Jesus bird, and he lives in Central Park on the lake you can boat on, and he apparently spends all day doing this...


Standing on water... looking magnificent. He was terrific.

So was Jersey, and New York, and Sarah, and her family, and my entire visit.

And wait until my next post... wow... I was absolutely spoiled by Sarah and her mom with the most beautiful and thoughtful gifts...
But for now, I'm making myself wait a day to share that special treat with you all.

China Week!

Sorry for the posting hiatus! Work started, and its certainly been a great change of pace, but wow, am I tired at the end of the day! That and I've been so generally pleased with my days that I sometimes don't have the emotional energy to promote to a good Lula post.
But these are all excuses. And no more shall I deny myself the pleasure of sharing my adventures due to laziness or supposed lack of material.

I should share a few of the charming tidbits I've collected this week at the Family Fun Festival.
Its China week, and the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago is our partner in the activity zone. One of the most popular and well attended tables is the calligraphy. They'll write your name in Chinese characters for free! So pretty!

Here's my name... well... maybe... it may in fact say Pebecca (as is written underneath it in a minor accident probably caused by my handwriting when I wrote my name out for them...) But frankly, be it Pebecca or Rebecca, I think its beautiful!


And this is a little pair for me and my sweetie!


We were also handing out these super cute Chinese fortune bracelets. I've never been one to like those rubber thingies, but I thought these were particularly charming.


I chose Love and Happiness, because those are two things I'm working on for myself. Learning to love myself and be happy with who I am.
Don't you just get frustrated when those old adages your mother used to tell you, like, "before you can love someone else, you have to learn to love yourself" turn out to be shockingly true?
Such is life. Mother always does know best.

Well now I've got a couple pretty little bracelets to keep my positive thoughts on track!

Thanks China week!

Hello again Lula!

Nostalgia

So I have been home now from Minnesota for about two weeks, and I miss it. ...Homemade breakfasts courtesy of my big brother Michael... yummy soft butter on bread from the bakery for afternoon snacks... Tivoing episodes of CSI Miami with my sister Lisa so we can appreciate, commercial free, the glorious bad acting of David Caruso as Horatio ... beautiful lakes... grand family gatherings and parties... really, sincerely kind and lovely people...
Now I know that Chicago has notoriously wonderful summers. And we also have a lake (singular). And I also realize everything about vacation implies a break from reality, and eventually life gets back in the swing. But I guess I'm feeling the post-Minnesota blues...

Its Friday night and my big task in my laundry.

...ugh... laundry... as inevitable as death and taxes... the reoccurring nemesis of Lovely Lula... it has more tags than my cat, which is hard to believe... (She is napping currently, instead of sitting on my head, pestering me for attention while I procrastinate doing laundry...)

Things will improve next week when I start entertaining kiddies at the Family Fun Festival at Millennium Park!

See all the fun family programming HERE! Anything thats on the Chase Promenade North is in my tent! So come say hello! And be sure to park your strollers in the designated stroller parking areas!

Just Lilacs

Hello again my old friends!



Oh hello there lilac bush, and brother and dad! What a lovely day in Minneapolis for the men to discuss yard work in front of the lilac.


Minnesota makes my heart sing.

The butter bell

Meet the perfect butter dish. The French butter dish, or butter bell!

Gorgeous, white, simple, a perfect size...


And here is the best part! You pull the lid out and the butter lives inside that little bowl! The bottom is filled with water, which forms a seal around the butter keeping in fresh, and soft. All you have to do is change the water every now and then, and you've got gorgeous, fresh, soft butter on your kitchen table every day!


This butter bell inspires me to want a bread maker to make bread worthy of such buttery perfection.

I like this link for its informational video on the butter bell. Apparently they have been around since the middle ages!