Poo-Pourri & Awe-summm-ness!

Oohhh my, this makes me laugh! Last weekend I was at the NYC Stationery and Gifts show. There was one booth in particular that caught my eye. The whole booth was set up with a fabulous, vintage style. I soon realized that the booth was also set up for only ONE product. I read the name and thought it sounded so odd, almost like it had to be a mistake. May I introduce to you: Poo-Pourri. Maybe you've heard of it! Apparently it's creating quite a buzz and has been featured in several magazines. The woman at the booth gave me a sample and went on to say, "Spritz the bowl before you go and no one else will ever know!" I then read this catchy little poem written on the sample:

There once was a young lad from Rhone

whose odor he'd rather disown

now he's taming his poo

by annointing the loo

and now happily sits on his throne!

I was beside myself with laughter and curiosity! It was claiming to be an actual elliminator of all unpleasant odor rooting from unpleasant bathroom experiences, and here's the thing, it's not a spray to be used AFTER, in an attempt to cover up bad odor, but to be used BEFORE your bathroom "adventure".

The Poo-Pourri official website goes on to say that "when you spray Poo-Pourri in the toilet bowl, our proprietary formula creates a film on the surface of toilet water. The film adheres to solid matter as it enters the water, effectively trapping the offending particles inside. Flushing releases additional formula to help neutralize odor the air. Poo-pourri does not have the medicine or bathroom cleanser smell that similar bathroom odor control devices leave behind. Instead, your bathroom is left with the smell of citrus and a hint of your favorite essential oils."

I must say, I have not actually tried my sample! But I am still quite tempted to order a bottle for the bathroom. They are pretty convincing! Have you ever heard of this stuff? If so, does it work?! An inquiring mind wants to know! Too funny.

Now, on to something exciting. I want to say a HUGE thank you to Ms. Quite Contrary and Ms. Heather for giving me this AWE-SUMMM award! I think YOU ladies are awe-summm! So fun, I am loving this. My queenly duties are to list 7 things that make me awe-summm and then nominate 7 other ladies/blogs that are awe-summm. I know I know, but I can't do it. Seriously, only tag 7? Each and every one of you are an encouragement to me, and I find your blogs AWE-SUMMM. Nope, can't tag 7, I tag all of you, because without you, my blog would NOT be awe-summm by any means. I'm allowed to bend the rules a bit, because, well, it does say Queen of ALLLLL things. :o)

SO, without further ado...

1. I've been skydiving THREE times. Pretty much, the most awe-summm thing ever.

2. My husband is awe-summm, which means I'm automatically awe-summm, associated through marriage.

3. I love to eat and I love to cook. I can't say I'm any good at the cooking part (I KNOW I'm good at the eating part), but I love to try.

4. I've mentioned it before on here and I'm mentioning it again: I went to clown school. I think that puts me in the top 5th percentile of awe-summm-ness.

5. I'm the daughter of a King.

6. I went to Penn State, the most awe-summm school in the universe. :o)

7. I am BLESSED beyond belief. And that, is AWE-SUMMMMMM.

I hope everyone had an AMAZING Memorial Weekend! Happy Tuesday!! YAYYY for a short week!

XOXO,

Little Bee

After Thought! - I mentioned below that I will post on Monday, but I completely forgot that it is Memorial Day and I won't even be here!! I have to change it to Tuesday, and still promise I will follow through! :o)

Hello, my name is Anna. Do you remember me? I used to make an appearance on here on a semi-regular basis. Ahh, what a terrible blogger I have been! My apologies! To say my schedule has been quite insane would be an understatement. I feel as though I have barely had time to breathe lately! I have been a busy little bee. How are things with all of YOU? Trust me, I have been reading your blogs!! Even if I haven't been able to comment, I have been doing quick reads at every opportunity I get. The comments will start pouring over to you from me soon, I promise. NYC was great! Super busy, but super great. I came home on Monday and we immediately had guests come into town, which was so much fun, but another little thing keeping my time occupied from the blogging world. I have used this image before, but I really have been like a chicken running around with my head cut off. I know it's a lame excuse, but it truly has just been so hard to find time to sit at my computer and post. Next weekend we'll be out of town again and well, this weekend, tons of stuff going on! I am very grateful for the busy-ness in our lives. While it may be overwhelming at times, it is a blessing to have a full schedule. I wouldn't want to be sitting around doing nothing! I keep reminding myself of this. A busy schedule is a blessing. Soo, all of this rambling to say that I sincerely hope you will stick around, regardless of my lack of writing. You are my friends and I thoroughly enjoy keeping up with you in the blogosphere. I know there has to be an end in site to the madness. The posts will start flowing again regularly, I am sure of it. Please stick around!

That has been on my heart. Glad to get it out. NOW, on to fun stuff. I have some more pictures below from Italy! Nine days of pure bliss. It almost feels now like it was ages ago. It was definitely a well needed vacation; I hope every single one of you gets to have a vacation SOON!! Hopefully even this weekend for some of you. It was so rejuvenating. I hope you enjoy the pics!

On Tuesday, (yes on Tuesday, I promise! No excuses.) I am excited to write you a post about something I saw at the conference I worked at over the weekend. I was at the Nationel Stationery and Gifts show in NYC and kept walking by this one booth. I finally stopped and asked the woman what the heck it was they were selling. It is hysterical!! I can't wait to tell you about it. Monday, Monday. Also, and this is IMPORTANT, some of you have been so amazing to have left me awards and tags on your blogs. I am SO thankful and apologize that I have not addressed them yet on here. I am excited to post about it and can not tell you enough how appreciative and thankful I am!

Happy Wedenesday! HAVE AN AMAZING, LONGGG WEEKEND!!!! Have so much fun and please, please, please be safe!! Blessings to all of you, my sweet blogging buddies!

The yellow, Tory Burch jelly ballet slippers worked out GREAT!

Mmmmm, gelato.

My sexy husband.

I wanted to run up and squeeze him!

Here are some of my attempted "artsy" pictures. I really wanted to capture the amazing colors!

XOXO,

BAAAAAAACK!

WOW. To say that was one of the most amazing, phenomenal trips of my life would be an understatement. I am still in awe. We had the most magnificent time seeing so many amazing places that kept us constantly in awe of God's goodness and BEAUTY here on earth. It was also an amazing week spending quality time with my husband's two brothers and his parents, and honestly, I left more in love with my husband than when we got there - if that is EVEN possible. It was so romantic, so amazing and SO PERFECT!! I have a bazillion pictures, but here are a few! We visited so many places! Cinque Terre, Florence, Pisa, Recco, Lucca, Portovenere, Porto Vallarta, Santa Margherita, and the list still goes on - we packed a lot in! I hope you enjoy these pictures, I can't wait to share more. I hope everyone has had an AMAZING past two weeks. I can't wait to start getting caught up on everyone's blogs! I'm actually off tonight for my parent's house and then NYC for four days, PHEW, and will be back on Tuesday for more pictures and stories! I missed ya'll!! :o)

Cinque Terre!!! I dreamt of this moment for FIVE YEARS, being able to share it with my husband. It was PERFECT!

The view from our balcony! Our Villa was amazing!!
Bike riding in Lucca!

Another view from our balcony. Isn't it breathtaking?! We were so blessed.

On the Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence! Ponte Vecchio Bridge in the background.

Pisa! Look at how beautiful the sky was!! And the model is quite beautiful too. :o)

Town of Recco

Town of Portovenere

Blessings!