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PICTURE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR BEST FRIEND

Your Bestie, your BFF, your main platonic squeeze, your Homie (the affectionate term my Besties call each other) whatever you call them, when it’s time to get them a gift you want a picture perfect gift for your best friend. It needs to be meaningful, special and the perfect combination of useful and sentimental.  And […]

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CREATIVE WAYS TO USE ROOF TILE IN HOME DÉCOR

Creative Ways to Use Roof Tile in Home Décor Hello there and thanks so much for stopping in today. I’m very excited to report that I am now the proud owner of my latest fixer-upper, which we are calling, The House On Victoria Court. We closed escrow on Monday! This vintage cottage was built in […]

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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 52

Greetings and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 52. I hope you are enjoying a lovely weekend. Last Sunday I woke up to a heavy rainstorm. Did you see this video of our storm? Today I awoke to a pretty little dusting of snow.  Looks like we’ll be getting a little more snow on Thursday. I […]

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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 51

Greetings and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 51! I hope your first week of the new year has been terrific and that you are enjoying a great Martin Luther King Day long weekend. I’ve been busy with wedding planning (my son’s upcoming nuptials), handling paperwork on the purchase of our next fixer-upper & working […]

SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 51 | Island of Monserrat | www.AfterOrangeCounty.com
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I’M BACK

Dear friends, thanks so much for popping in today. I took a little unplanned hiatus from the blog, as life just got in the way. Between traveling right before the holidays, to the sheer amount of work required to execute all that is involved with holiday decorating, entertaining, gift shopping & wrapping, cooking and enjoying […]

I'M BACK | Rules Restaurant London | www.AfterOrangeCounty.com
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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 50

Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas Eve! Thank you for stopping in today for Sundays With Celia Vol 50. Are you ready for Santa to arrive tonight? We will be enjoying a quiet Christmas Eve, as our children and grandchildren are not arriving until tomorrow. But I’m all ready to go and excited to be […]

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THE MAGNIFICENT LONGWOOD GARDENS AT CHRISTMAS

Greetings and Happy Holidays! Today I invite you to join me for a visit to the magnificent Longwood Gardens at Christmas. It is one of the premier horticultural display gardens in the United States, and is open to visitors year-round to enjoy exotic plants and horticulture (both indoor and outdoor), events and performances, seasonal and […]

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SUNDAYS WITH CELIA VOL 49

Greetings and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 49. As always, it’s wonderful to have you here. I’m fighting a bad cold but trying to get in the Christmas spirit nontheless. In fact, this afternoon I’ll be attending my first Christmas party, cold and all. It’s the wine Pick-Up Party at our wonderful local winery, Sycamore […]

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