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Friday, March 25, 2022

Friday Favorites and Happenings

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Happy Friday all! We are celebrating Rory and his birthday tomorrow night. I can't wait! Other than that, we have softball practice and soaking in all the sunshine this weekend.

Anyways, onto Friday favorites and Happenings.

ONE. So I ordered one dress for the wedding that I have in August. Yes, I realize that is far away, but when you see the dress you want on sale, you order it. It comes in today, so we shall see if it fits. 

This dress comes in like 15 colors. I chose one that was on sale. It is still on sale. 

Saks is having a 25% off Spring sale (no code needed) and then I added the code ACCOUNTSF onto it for an additional 10% (after creating an account) and it brought my dress down to: $145. That is still a lot, but if it fits and works, I think it will be beautiful. 

The wedding is in California at a venue that looks like a giant garden with a stone building. So pretty.

Norma Kamali Diana Ruched One-Shoulder Gown

TWO. Wednesday was Rory's birthday. We had a birthday dinner out to a new sushi place and it did not disappoint. We started off with a hamachi carpaccio. Rory also got a bowl of ramen. Then we both had a Mt. Rose roll (Shrimp, avocado, tuna, salmon, yellowtail, fried crab mix, unagi sauce, spicy mayo). I also got the Fire Ocean roll (Hamachi, maguro, sake, spicy tuna, korean spicy sauce, unagi sauce). Then we shared a Rainbow roll (California roll with tuna, salmon, yellowtail). Everything was amazing, so fresh and you could really taste the fish, but in a good way. We will definitely be going back.





THREE. I know many of you are not local, but this story is picking up in the news across the nation, and since it is close to home, I want to share it here. Naomi Irion, an 18 year old woman, from Fernley, Nevada, is missing. She has been missing since March 12th. She was on her way to work at Panasonic. She dropped her car off in the Walmart parking lot and was to get on the shuttle that takes her to her work. But she went missing that day. 

A man was caught on video getting into her car and driving it out of the parking lot. They found her car a few miles down the road. His truck is a 2020 or newer Dodge or Chevy truck. 

Here is the missing flyer and info. You can also find more details on the Lyon County Sheriff's Office page.

FOUR. Last weekend my nephew turned one. We had the best time celebrating him. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen some of these photos. I also had posted many videos of him digging into his cake, which was so good. It was a vanilla cake with a strawberry filling.




FIVE. Weekly funnies.





Have a great weekend. I am linking up with A Little Bit of Everything.   

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  1. Great funnies. Your nephew is so sweet. Love the dress you chose. I hope it fits you perfect. Have fun celebrating Rory.

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    1. Thank you. I am trying it on today and fingers crossed it works. I hope you had a good weekend.

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  2. I'm so sorry to hear about that girl who went missing. She's so young. I worked for Panasonic for 13 years before I quit back in 2017 and I often had to talk to employees at other locations as I handled all of our internal accounts. I'm curious to know if my old coworker who took over my account has heard any kind of inside information about this from anyone at her location. I might text her later today. I pray she is found unharmed. That's so scary.

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    1. So they found the guy who kidnapped her. He was arrested this weekend. But they still haven't found her. My heart breaks. I guess I forgot that you worked at Panasonic. Did you text your friend to see if she knew about this?

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  3. Your nephew is so cute! That dress will look great on you. Have a fun time celebrating Rory!

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    1. Thank you so much. I sure hope it looks good. Today is the day that I am trying it on.

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  4. That dress is beautiful; I hope it fits!! Sounds like a wonderful birthday dinner out. I love watching little kids with their cakes. My oldest refused to even touch his cake until I cut it up and handed him a fork. The least messy 1 year old I've ever seen.

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    1. I hope it does too. I am trying it on today and will post pictures this week. We did have a great time out. My girls didn't dig in much to their cupcakes on their first birthday, but it was still cute. I love cake smashes too!

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  5. I am so glad the sushi didn't disappoint. I think I'd love it too, but I haven't found a good sushi place here yet.

    Happy belated first birthday to your nephew! I'm so happy he had a good time.

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    1. I love sushi and it can definitely be hard to find a good one. Hopefully you do sometime.

      And thank you so much. He had a great time as did we all.

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  6. I love the dress you chose, and you can't beat the deal on it! Happy Birthday to Rory! I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

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    1. I love a good deal. I am trying it on today to see if it works. I will post a picture of it regardless.

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  7. That tank top meme - I honestly snort laughed at my desk at work.
    Things like that story of missing women - it freaks me out. How does someone just POOF - disappear. So scary. Makes me never want to go anywhere alone.
    You are going to look AMAZIN in that dress!

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    1. Haha. I am glad. I loved it too because it is so true. It happens all the time.

      It scares me too. We had another one happen several years ago and it still haunts this area. They arrested the guy, but still haven't found her yet. Ugh.

      I am trying the dress on today, so hopefully it fits and works.

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  8. Love that dress
    Hope Naomi Irion is found safe and unharmed. So scary
    Love all of those funny sayings!!


    Have a wonderful weekend

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    1. Thank you. I can't wait to try it on. And I sure hope so too. They arrested the guy responsible this weekend, but still haven't found her yet.

      I hope you had a great weekend too!

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  9. That dress is very pretty. Happy birthday to your nephew. That tank top meme had me rollin'...funny cause it's true!

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    1. Thank you. I sure hope it fits. And thank you. I can't believe he is 1 now. It is soo true. It happens all the time.

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